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GEORGE and THOMAS ANSTEY ar.d CO. FURNITURE PRINTERS,
(No. 34. x, Strand)
Worm the Proprietor! of Hotels, Taverns, Lodging Noises, Bc. and the Public in
gvivoral, that they are, now solling a considernMe portion of their last pattorns
Chintz Furn;turollorilera,,te. at very reduced pricec.—Fam i tics about to furnish
their hawses, will and this advertisement %%ortlQ their attention.
Corner of Catharine greet, Strand.

SHOXT HAND, on the most Simple and Practical Principles, perfectly Taught
ie Six LessoNs. Experience has fully et iJecil that this very visofel Art cannot be
Twopefly acquired vs ithout the a,sistalice NTcacher. a
fe w Mr. NV (PArliatnontary
Reporter and Profeisor of gtenograyhy), will instruct Pupils. His system is
app rimed by the best Jialges, posse,se. the peculiar excellence of a Perfect
Leg ,the want of which in other meth° :s is generally complained of. Terms,
Half a Guinea for each Lest:on, a Compendious and PracticalGranyuar (lithe System
incluiled.—A liue :tad roised to btu at Mr. Mitchell's, No. Lib, *t. Martin's-lane,
Ndll be duly attendtd to.
London, England, 1812-03-29

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

'll.ll'
PICKPOCKETS.—Yesterday, two men of the names cf Carroll and
Strutton were brought before the sitting Magistrate, at Guildhall (Sir
R. C. (An) charged by Mr. Norris, a surgeon and apothecary, at
Bishopsgate, with robbing hint of his watch, on the evening of Tuesby
last. the prosecutor was coming down Holborn-hill on the above
f-
evening, when he observed two men (the prisoners) running v.:ry
fast a
ter him, when they came up, they hustled him, and one of them seized
his watch and ran off. He pursued, and observed the prisoner (Carrot)
throw something from him, which afterwards proved to be the watch.
Upon the cry of stop thief! the watchman secured him. Another wit-
tle:s proved, that he saw the prisoner, Strutton, running away, and a
watchman found him in a suspicious posture, standing in a door way!
Carroll in his defence, said it was all a mistake, for hearing the cry el
stop thief ! he joined in the pursuit, and was stopped by the vtchni3n.
Strutton denied any knowledge of the transaction. Ihey were fully
committed for trial.
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DIED,
At Glassen,near Cologne, at the alvanced age of 109 years,J. Schiffer;
a husbandman ; he led a life of temperance and activity.
At Blackheath, ten days after the dec,ase of her yew:l-able husband,
Mrs. Blittiaby, aged 76, relict of the Reverend Dr. Burnaby, and heiress
of tilt: late J. Edwyn, Esq. of Bcggrave, Leicestershire.
On Saturda the gist instant, agel 7'2, E. J. Pine.,;er, Esq. of Bell
,
Sayagc•yard, y,
nvtietv to Fineger, Esq. We of
znarston, \\Tilts.

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London, England, 1812-03-29

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London, England, 1812-03-29

ORIENT SQUADRON.

It was wrongly stated in most Papers yesterday, that
the Orient fleet had safely .got into Cherburgh, in spite of '
contrary winds and of the activity of •our cruizers. We
are assured from high naval authority, that this statement
is unfounded. No such advices had been received at a
late hour last night at the Admiralty. When the French
squadron was last seen, it was thirty leagues, or ninety
off Ushant, and the incessant prevalence of North-
easterly winds ever since until Friday night, rendered it
impossible for any ships to work up channel. It is sug-
gested that as some men of war are said to have been
seen at Cherburgh as if just returned from a voyage, it is
possihle that to deceive our vigilance and lead us to recal
our chacing squadrons, the ships which this port pre-
viously contained may have been brought out and so fitted
as to induce our cruisers to believe that the object of their
search was safely lodged in harbour. In that case the
Orient fleet would be able to pursue its course uninter-
rupted. Its destination, if it be still at sea, has not yet
been ascertained. Its first object was clearly to intercept
and capture our East or West India convoys ; the former
of which was only saved by the skill and gallantry of the
Commander of the Nayaden frigate. After performing
this service, it was probably ordered to proceed to Sour'

or North America. In the former to take advantage of
the contentions and civil wars by which the Spanish
- Colonies are torn, and in the latter to give a resistless pre-
ponderance to the French party in the United States, and
occasion an im:nediate declaration of war against us.
These are it is true but possible Lingers: tut let us gulr,l
aga►ust tl-e least probable evils ; for to prevent will al-
ways be better than to remedy.
London, England, 1812-03-29

192

glishmen. Another reproaches the REGENT- with' having -
forfeited the pledges he is said to have given to his early
friends, when he was only heir apparent; as though a
PRINCE, in that situation, had a right, by flattering the
prejudices of a portion of his future subjects, secretly to
impede and disturb the course of his Father's Govern-
ment.. The reality of such pledges we do not believe...
We never knew that the PaiNce had pledged himself to
turn out the present Ministry on his accession to unre-
stricted power ; and,,although we are told "That the
continuance of such Ministers in the service of the
Crown and of the public, destitute as they are of the
smallest chlim to support on any public principle,
can be attributed only to the most disgraceful in-
trigues, and to the pernicious influence of a despi-
cable faction behind the Throne—afflicting to a
loyal and intelligent people, and portentous to the
Nvelfare of the empire," we judge of their value by the
effecs of their administration, and not by the misre-
presentations of their enemies, and although we do not
think them faultless, find the Reoes•r's choice fully justi-
fied on the grounds of national security and glory. The
petitioi recounting grievances and praying that his Royal
HHighness will be pleased to dismiss his present 44 evil ad-
visers," although carried by the tumultuous reformers on
Thursday last, created much opposition among those
who still felt for the hohout' of the city. Arguments
against it were drowned in hisses, and it was forced on
the Livery at large, without allowing any freedom of dis-
cussion. It was ordered to be presented to the PRINCE
REGENT by The Lotto MAYOR, Aldermen, Sheriffs, a de-
putation of twenty-one Liverymen, the Recorder, and tit.?
Remembrancar, and will ever remain a monument of civic
insolence, in vulgar language now called, patriotism.
London, England, 1812-03-29

REPORTED SURRENDER OF CADIZ.

Considerable alarm was excited yesterday, by a rumour
that the traitorous correspondence, which is known to have
long subsisted between the French besieging army, and
their adherents within the walls of Cadiz, had terminated
in the surrender of that city to the enemy. The Cortes,
and the Members of the new Regency, with the whole of
the Government, were stated to have fallen into the hands
of the Duke of DALMATIA, who had assumed the com-
mand instead of the Duke of BELLUNO. The anxious
fears thus awakened, led to strict and active inquiries,
And it was found that this disaster had no other founda-
tion than the firllowing improbable story. A Gentleman
had picked up in the streets, a paper, purporting to be a
translation from The Aloniteur, of the 21th inst. in which
were these words :
4 6 Cadiz surrendered on the 4th inst. to the troops under the corn-
mnd of the Duke of DA LM ATI A . The interesting particulars of this
event, will form a part of our next number."

Apprehension was at once disarmed of all its terrors,
and the whole was considered as the produce of some
political wag, well acquainted with our national
credulity.
London, England, 1812-03-29

1111 E

NATIONAL. REGISTER.

3Lonbon.

SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 1812.

THE KING.
Windsor Castle, 28th March, 1819.

fly a private dispatch we have it in ou'r power to st.te,
that the RING is better, his appetite continues very good
snd regular, and he frequently converses with Colonel
TAYLOR on various topics. Having gained considerable
strength, his range of apartments have been increased to
enable him to take more exercise.
London, England, 1812-03-29

A DECIDED SUPERIORITY OF CHANCES.

HORNSBY and CO. 26, Cornhill, respectfully acquaint the Public
that the LOTTERY to be drawn the t oth of NEXT MONTI-1 claims
s preference to any preceding Lottery, having a long list of Capital
Prizes, and so well arranged as to meet with universal approbation.—
Tickets aad Shares are selling in great variety,and at the lowest Prices,
at their old established State Lottety-Office, Cornhill, where all Prizes
are inunediately paid.—Orders by Post or Carrier executed with fide-
lity and dispatch.—Schemes at large gratis.

TO LADIES OF FASHION.
CLARK, Ladies' Habit and Pelisse-maker, (from Mr. Allen's,
Bond-street,) begs to inform his numerous Friends and Customers, that
the business heretofore conducted by hint, under the firm of I)it nu-
CHEN and CLARK, of Rathbone-place, is now carri...d on by him,
solely on his own account, at No. 37, Golden-square, Piccadilly. Ladies
in general are infOrmed, that he has just completed an entire new
Habit and Pelisse, which, for neatness and elegance of design and exe-
cution, has been rarely equalled, surpassed by none, and need only to
be seen to be admired.—Young Lady s and Gentlemen's fancy Great-
Coats, as also young Gentlemen's Hussar and Arab Dresses, in the first
style of elegance.—Country residents in general may have an order exe-
cuted at a very short notice after their arrival in town, or may be in-
formed by letter how to send up their measure.

LIGHT WATF.R-PROOF BEAVER HATS.—rRANCIS and
MUF:I. EVELEIGH, No. 46, Queen-street, Southwark, rospect-
ftlay inform the Public that they manufacture superior Light Water-
proof Beaver Hats on an entirely neW principle; warranted to re: :it the
effects of rain and all kinds of damp, retaining their shape and beauty
much longer than other h:trs (the nan wearing free to Ow last), and eint.-
pently combining the advantages of lightness and durasil;ty.—Soldretall
py Francis Eveleigh, No. 50, Cheapside ; asid by awl), ol the respecta-
ble Hatters in Town and Country.
London, England, 1812-03-29

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

MONDAY, MARCII '23.
A new writ was ordered for Northumberland, in the room of V'Td
Percy, called up to the House of Peers.
The lion. Mr. EDEN rose to complain of an offence coromhtetl
against the Privileges of that House, by the arrest of Mr. CamPl'lll:
a person ordered to attend the Committee of Transportation, wbo Lau
been on his way to attend, and when he was arrested, he shnved
precept to the Officer, which was disregarded. He therefore Mt",
64 That Mr. Hudson, theofficer of the Sheriff of Surrey, and 'Mr. fl'
bell, do attend at the Bar of the House to-morrow."—Agreed to. ,
General TARLF.ToN presented a petition; signed by
of respectable merchants of Liverpool, praying the repeal of the c: zlrtL.l,
of the East India Company, and that the trade to India might be t;ro,.
open —The petition was, after some conversation, ordered to lie L',l
the Table. a great nlimoer.

GRANT TO THE PRINCESSES.
The Order of the Day was then read for the House going into; Coa'
mittee of Supply, to consider of the Prince Regent's Message.
Mr. CREEVEY said, the income of the Priive Regent was e
130,0001. a year, yet re splendour of the Crown v,•as not parll"1"0,
sllpported by it, and the Princess of Wales had only 17,0 M. a
although the Queen enjoyed 58,0001. As to the circunistaoce ""

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London, England, 1812-03-29

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

MARCH 29.

....--
1 Elizabeth Fitto.. n, of Bolion-lediVfoors, Lancaster, milliner and dress.
maker April 22, 23, at four, and May 5, at eles:elif, at the Commer-
cial Inn, 13olton-le-Moors. Attornies, Mr. Mangnall, Warwick.square,
London ; and Mr. Robert Kay, Bolton-le-Moors.
William Henry Worthy, late of Manchester, merchant, April ns, ..-4,
and May 5, at eleven, at the Bridgewater Arms Inn, Manchester.
Atomics, Messrs. Barrett, Wilson, and Hamer, Manchester; and
Messrs. Willis Fairthorne, and Clarke, Warnford-court, London.
Edward Sephton, of LiTerpool, draper, tailor, April 4,7, and May
5, at eleven, at Guildhall, London: Attornies, Messrs. Bourdillon and
Hewitt, Little Friday-street, London.
William Hunt, of Throgniortou-street, factor, March 28, April li,
and May 5, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Bellamy, James-
street., Adelphi.
John Edwards Blewitt, of Great SaintHeler s, London, broker, April 4,
14, and May 5, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attornies, Mr. Cooke, Bristol;
and Mr. James, Gray's Inn-square.
Joseph_ Russell, of Cubbington Heath, Warwick, bleacher, April 2,
3, and May 5, at eleven, at the
;Bandlack Swan, Warwick. Attornies,
Mr. Smart, Staple Inn, London
Warwick.
Joseph Pottinger, of Birmingham, cordwainer, March 30, 31, and
May 5, at twelve, at the Stork Hotel, Birmingham. Attornies, Messrs,
Webb and Tyndall, Birmingham; and Messrs. Tarrant, Clarke, and
Richards, Chancery-lane, London.
CERTIFICATES--APRIL 14.
Diton Sellers, late of Old Compton-street, Soho, oil and colourman.
—John Ritch, of Castle-street, City-road, insurance-broker.—Thomas
1 Freame, late of Worcester, cabinet-maker.—Peter Maclaren, of Ecig-
ware-road, ironfounder.—John Shirley, of St. John, in Bedwardine,
Wore ester,. woolstaplen rub
—William Grubb,
of New Castle-upon Tyne,
1 wine and brandy merchant.—Jame: Walker, of South-street, Munches -
\ tneire.rluaanrte, cEodawc 'al:m(1 -.4lki eart.i —tawCraaywfoofrelWMalscalllisosnt,affoorfd:l;aovcisetrocklalcaheeei
\; Marsh, of Rayleigh, Essex, linen-draper.—James Waller, of Lower
I Tooting, Surrey, butcher.
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London, England, 1812-09-27

SAILIXO OF TIIE SW EMS?! EXPEDITION;

Two Ales,engers arrived yesterday from Riga and Peters-
-burg. brirgiog dispatches from Sir ROBERT W I LSO s, who is
with the Russian army ; and Lord CATHCART, who remains
, „
wan the ramperor A ICELANDER,

• The following are all she particulars which have been
•suffered to transpire in the Government Offices, on the sub-
ject of the above arrivals :*.
The RuEsian Messengers above alluded to left Gotten-
burgh on the 19th. AU was bustle and preparation at Got.
tenburgh for the sailing of%the Grand Expedition, whiCh
ins to take plate next day. • •

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London, England, 1812-09-27

SEPT. el-

and Mr. YOUNG came forward as Belvidere and Pit
The former was greatly inferior both to Mts. SIDDONS and
Miss SMiYu. Her manner was too theatrical, and though
the exertion of her powers frequently Oned applause, she
seldom found her way to the heart. Mr. YOUPG gave a
most masterly delimeation of Pierre. In energy it was
greatly superior to KEMBLE:I pc, formance of the same part,
and hardly second to it in dignity. Nothing could be more
impressive than his deportment in the scene where hi
strikes Jailer, and in the last it was impossible. for itiso ionic
excellence to make Pierre mote prominent. The part
of Jafier yeas admirably sustained by Mr. C. KENIBLE.
The conflict* emotions arising from the union, of love, re-
sentment, and despair, hr depicted in the most forcible man-
ner, and to the ravings of remorse, distraction, and horror,
which rend the bosom of Jollier, he gave the greatest effect,
without much overstepping the modesty of nature. The
play, altogether, was weal performed, but we wonder the
managers do not make the senate more respectable in ap-
pearance. The scene itself is superb, but the few senators
that appear, half of which are hid by the soldiers, when the
prisoners are brought- in, look more like a set of drowsy
watchmen,-just returned from their rounds, than a delibeta-
tire body assembled in council.

• IIAYMATI Er THEATRE
Last night Mr. TA I UOT, ho, we understand. is engaged for the
temainder of the Season, again 'appeared un these boards in wag
Wilding, in The Lyar. It is well known to our Readers, that oar opi-
nion tat that Gentleman's talents in Isis former efforts was hot a favour-
able one, and h s pet formance last night did not in a great degree re-
mow our first impression. although he obtained considerable applause ;.
and who could personi'y the z'ood tempered, genteel, airy, and elegant
Yourig Il ilifink for so has the author drawn hint,millsout it ? He,
however, by no means succeeded in giving any thing like a finished
outline of the char'cter. Fws and BF .T rf.n to N Papillose and
Sir James. Elliot, did not succepl much better ; and di:siss. DALTON and
Mr. Elan were.as ineffcciive in Miss Grantham and Old Inkling.
London, England, 1812-09-27

NEW DRURY THEATRE•

The interior of the new building is nearly completed. The
statues which we mentioned in our last as intended to ap-
pear on each side the stage, now occupy their respective
niches. The gilt work which is to surmount the - 4.!ais on
each side the stage was nearly completed yesterday, and its
effect, when the Theatre is completely lighted up, must be
superb. It is intended to open the House not with " Thc
School.fur Scandal," as has been repotted, but with " Ham
let( the character of Mmtet will be sustained by Mr. En.-
LISTON. The second play is to he " The Ducana."
The boxes are exceedingly well arranged and splendidly
decorated. We think the pit very good, but not equal to
that at the other house. 'the galleries are fitted up with a
laudable attention to the comfort and accommodation of
those in the lower walks of life who may be expected to visit
them. A lobby and other conv=eniences are attached to each.
Both command a good view of the stage.
The appearance of the stage is alike distinguished by its
novelty and its grandeur. When its decorations are com-
pleted, the coup will be most striking and magnificent.
We never saw a stage so well calculated to give effect to
spectacle. This, it is to be feared, will lead to the; introd.lc-
tion of performances more likely to dazzle the eye than to
clear the understanding. It is the opinion of some, that its
excessive splendour will spoil the effect of many scenes, and
destroy the illusion which ought to be kept up. This ob-
servation, though nut to be despised, does not give us much
alarm. it may be that the decorations of the r.tage will hut
ill accord the picture which tt labourer.'" hut should pre-
London, England, 1812-09-27

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

Friday, about 1 o'clock, at his lodgings in Radnor-street, Folkstone,
Peter Paine, a voung man, supposed to he about :30 years of age, mi.
happily terminated his existence by shouting himself through The n.:ck
with a horse pistol.—He is a stranger, and arrived there two u:onth
ago, for the purpose of recruiting his health. IE loin the conversation
Stevenson, the person with whom lodged, had had with him,
she suspects he is a native of Guernsey. Four letters were found in his
room, directed and scaled, one of them to his landlady, in which he
has bequeathed his go:cr watch and all his clothes as a remuneration
for her trouble, and requested her to forward the other three by riie
post, concluding with the following sentence, "as I,e found him-a It
no longer able to support the ev;ls of tins life, he hoped his gracious
Redeemer would pardon hint for the act be w..s going to commit."-
}le had been observed by sevcral persons in his morning's walk to as-
sume an untrsilal (14..ction in his appearance.
UN 10N-H AL L A niefanchriy circumstance occurmi at this office
on Wednesday rvenin4. Bell, a Plitt of Trinity lout
who had been appri!,-cwieil on a charge of te:uny, put a period to his
existence, by first cutting his throat, and then hanging himself /a the
&Von room bclonging to the Ake.

BIRTH.

At Mitcham G rove,. Surrey, the lady of G. Hoare, Esq. of a son

MARRIED.

At Mary-le-home, If. P. Boyce, I:sq. of the 3d Regiment a
Foot Guards, to the 1t ight lion. Lady A. S. Spencer, plunges:
daughter of his Grace tin: Duke of Marlborough.

DIED.

On Satim'av week,' Sir Thomas D. Hatton, in consNuence of the
wounds wh►ch he received by tieing thrown out of I►is curricle cu the
Saturday p•ecetti►,g. Tl►e title becomes extinct ; but the estates
devolve on his sister;.
Esinioa Diamond, a free black woman, at Kingston, Jama:ca, on
the 2titl► July, at the advanced age of 13) years.
London, England, 1812-09-27

of inhabitants, whose'reskuces support the toe, and whose
numbers feed his armies. A retreat could have. been ad-
vantageous in only one cae: if the public feeling in the ter-
ritory purposely relinquished, run decidedly adverse to the
French. It would then have proved wise and profitable to
have fallen back to a certain point without risking a battle,.
but also without abandoning the strong holds of the country,
because such a movement would have drawn the enemy in*"
the midst of an hostile population, who would have
circled his rear and flanks with danger, cut, off his convoys,
harassed his troops (;n their march, and should be lq..vc
met with a defeat, would have prevented their retreat, and
completed their destruction. As it is, however, not. only
are the French assisted by the natives on their advarce,
as far as the antient limits of Poland extend, but should dis-
comfiture compel them to retrace their steps, they would-re-
e through fi lends, who would facilitate their flight, and by
every exertion in their power attempt to check their pur-
suers. Flom these colp.i&ir,tiong, as welt as from the sudden
It and rail iriuptiou of the fiench, it :,)ay be fairly irferred
:l that the ret, eat Of the Russians Licrcm the Dwinz, and after-
walas beyond Smolens!::, and Wiasna, was not voluntary
and must consequ.:ntly have unsettled all their plans. What
I effect it may have upon the issue of the campaign now re-
I mains to be examined.

The immense extent of the Russian Empire has always
been tegarded as one of its greatest means of defence. Its
two capitals are placed at such a distance from the frontier,
especially since the conquekt of Finland, that they have
generally been deemed beyond the grasp of invasion. From
their bosom, as from the heart of their dominions, and 'the
centre of their strength, the Russian Autocrats beheld, un-
concernedly secure, the flame of war rage on their borders;
and even if they proved unsuccessful in the contest,,tbe -
wound inflicted at the extremity of their gigantic empire,
the desolation or the loss of a remote province, excited little.
alarm in their breasts. - They relied, not only on the valour •
of their soldiers, and the skill of their Commanders, for pro•
tection, but on the dreary extent of their territory, the
depth of their forests, and the severity of their climate.—
They knew that no war could materially shake their power
that did not reach its seat, and imagined that when the prize
is so far removed from the entrance of the career, no candi.
date would have strength, constancy, or. resolution enough
to pursue its attainment. But if .he persisted in his rash
• advance, continual hostilities, rendered more effective by a
perfect knowledge of the country, and of the innumerable
defensive positions which it presents, would so waste his
force, that before he could have proceeded an hundred, •
leagues, he must relinquish his vain and ruinous enterprise.
on finding that more than double that distance still sepatatest •

'^
London, England, 1812-09-27

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and our hoops took a posnien tetween the Dnieper, tl.e village of Pe-
tit, a, and Doroghoboni.
The capture of Smolemila, which was reduced to ashes by the
enemy, cost them more than ,zu,ooo men. The inhabitants had all lett
it previous to the battle. The loss in killed and wounded on our side
amounts to 4000 men. The brave Lienerals Skalen and Bulla are
amongst the former:
We have made a great number of prisoners, and whole battalions
6f the enemy's army were ohliged to. lay down their arms in order tr
escape death. Three regiments of Cossacks and three of cavalry over-
threw sixty squadrons of the (nemy's horse, commanded by the King
of Naples."
POSEN SEPT. 2.—They write from Warsaw, that the Etnoeror has
appointed the Colonels of nine new regiments of infantry, and four of
cavalry, which are to be raised in Li.huania. The s: me accounts
speak of a Proclamation by Prince lablonowski, in which we are as-
sured, that the 30,000 men about to be raised in Poland, together with
the regiments which have returned from Spain, and the levies which
have already been made, will make the Polish force under arms amount
to more than 100,000 men.
London, England, 1812-09-27

NORNIK4I

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0•••• O••..

To CORiIESPONDENTS.

We have received a letter rehrtve to the abilities of Dr. Ft cc,
whose advertiser:l:ga we gazette:l in cur last. }Vs friend might have
perceived from the nature of fur -cmarks, their place, that they
*;plied to•the style of the athwti;einent, a! :I not to Ills! professicual
talents of th a gentleman. It h will de,.ciihe iltcrn in choice terti;:,
and favour us with a new paragraph, 511411 have no ejection to
comply with hip request aril give it insertion..
Want of rco,;i hay reieuttd Mr. SALTER'S Young Dornton' from
the fangs of a critical correspon.!,grt, of nu to:;i0 sc.veri!y.

TH 2 NATIONAL R EGISTEit,

ton Den,
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27.

SANGUINARY DEFEATs OF TUE FRENrIT.

We rep the press to announce that we have just received
the Petcrshurgh Court Gazette to the Ist instant, containing
Count WITGENSTEIN'S official accounts of his had 'battles
with General ST. CYR, in which he claims deeded victo-
ries, and states the loss of the enemy, in prisoners alone, at
7,000. We shall give this important document at icrigth,
with additional infortnation from St, Petersburgh, in a
Fe;ond Edition.
London, England, 1812-09-27

GOTTFNIIUIIiAI MAT U.%

Two Gottcnburgh mails, to the 19th, arrived vesterdlv,
and letters (coin St. Petersburg!) have also been recti‘e,l,
•
hut not of so .late a date as tLe lost French Bulletin,. Toe
fol:owing is the substance of the intelligence brought by the
mails :
" Got rrirnenott, Si Pr. 12.—0 n Wednesday last the G .vero r
gnee ciders to prepare transports for 7000 men by the vitt) instant,
hut it emitter ariived last iti;:ht Irmo Stockliolin, with orders ter theta
to be ready for sea i.ry the lioth. The whole of the Swedi•ti tro Its to
be embarked will alp cut to 30,000; they are to be joined by 35 hOJ
IZ11•Ri. taw.
" Lttiers Tiiiza, Of the Ist instant, st.tte, that the Prince WITT.
CII.N7PI}.I w h;id n hind' lime. attacked anti delealed, with very 61eat
lo.'. the emirs heel% commanded by the 1)tt!03 ct t..noto
Areffi"" tr"'" (:‘)Pt•ollagril say. thlt the Duke of 11F0010 is
fk;ql nt his wt,llllliN 1 lie garrison of Big& has made a sally, aind cut
Prus.iim (I pieces.
" An official lieport front General NV in GENSTF TV, dated tine 19th
Angus', states, that on the 17th lie drove General Ori 1,/ No r Feick into
ills entieneliments. The loss of the Itits4toit is esti:tn:ll at 210') men,
ni killed and wounded ; that of the enemy is very considerable, in ad-
dition to 'to9o prisoners.
" Ott tie 18:11 the French at±,tin ntiacked the Russians under Wlr-r-
-ok..NsTLa No and were repulsed kt it 1 I great suss."

CAPTOR E uF SEVILLE.
Every week-displays the important consequences of Lord
WEL LINGTON'S victory. The occupation of Madrid. fol-
Imsed by the evacuation of Cadiz, has now been crowned
by the capture of Seville, under the British and Spanish
force commanded by Colonel SKERRET, who so honourably
distiuguishrd himself by his successful resistance at Tariffs.
The detail of this gallant afair will be fund in The E.rI;,T-
ordinari Ga.t-ette given in another part of our columns. The
enemy intended to evacuate Seville, hut there is no doubt that
the activity and bravery of this Officer and his detachment
hastened his retreat, and rescued. that city from the appre-
hended horrors of pillage by a retiring, enemy. Meanwhile
the movements of NI A RMONT'S army in the North, probably
subsevent to Mass EN A's arrival with reinforcements (which,
however, are stated in the Spanish Papers to amount only to
two instead of 10,000 men), attracted our Commander's at-
tention, and he left Madrid on the Ist instant, to put him-
self at the head of the troops he had collected at Arrevallo,
with *Pleb be recrossed the Douro, the enemy failing hack
London, England, 1812-09-27

1)IS.2111S1110.N.

RUSSIAN WARM E : 11S A ; I'AGTS, DISADVANTAGE%

AND PROBABLE ISSUE.

(Cciiebuletlfrom our Last.)

We concluded our last, with asserting that the evacuation
of the vast extent of territory now occupied by the French,
formed no part of the original plan of the Russians. To
prove that a!;,ertion, we appealed to their official docu-
welds, which lie open to every eye; shall we now adduce that
corroborative evidence which observation supplies, and
which seems armed not only with probability, but with
truth.

ALEXANDER.. was not ignorant, before the commence-
ment of hostilities, of the disposition Of the public mind hi
those provinces of antient Poland, which the Myi ineipled
aggressions of his predecessors had attached to the Russian
Crown. He knew that !,ecret hatred rankled deep in every
Poli•di heart, and that only an op; ortunity •vas wanting to
make it 11114 c out in ail its fierceness, against the destroyers
of their country. Its symptoms had become more apparent
and alarming since the creation_ of the Ducliy Id Warsaw,
which revived the idea and the hope of national resuscitation
among the numerous inhabitants of Lithuania, Sathogitia,
Courland, Volhynia, Kiovia, and Podolia, which, after the
Prussian and Austrian campaigns of 1807 and 1809, had
been left under the dromination of Russia. To this natural
feeling, awakened by the emancipation of their brethren and
neighbours, were added the incitements of the French, whose
agents, availing themsAves of the ill-smothered patriotism of
the people, easily fanned it into a flame, ready to burst out
as soon as the overpowering pressure of the Rus:isian armies
posted in Lithuania and Volhynia should have been
lightened or removed by the events of wa:.. Under such
circumstances was it politic to transfer to the enemy, without
a struggle, all the resources of those countries which he only
dpex . cted to gain after repeated battles? To let loose that
nlation, which it w:is known would immediately crowd
ie
bit ranks and fill up the losses of his armies, or create new
Vies; whilst the continued presence of the Russians would
have rendered its rising impossible, and deprived him of its
hearty co-operation ? Was it good policy to remove the seat
of war from the least well-effected provinces, to those, which
by their attachment and loyalty to their sovereign, deserved
t-) be shielded as long as possible from its ravages?
It was such policy that treachery Shane could advise,
or necessity dictate. Although:ire credit the exist-
ence of the former to a great 'ilittettt in the Russian
Cabinet, yet we think that chiefly to the latter must be im-
puted the abandonment of so many provinces, and millions
yet. V. No. CCXLVILL
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608

SHEERNESS, SEPT. 23 —Morris Fitzgerald, alias De Medic, was this
morning brought on board the Raisonable, from the Ceres, at the
Nore, ironed, and lashed down to a gating. He has contessed that he
was one of the murderers of the Mars and ‘Villiamsons. He is a
strong robust fellow ; his hair a light vellcw, and is about five !eet
ten inches high. Adkins, the otlicer;has just arrived to escort him
to London."
The tollow;ng is 311 article, upon the same subject, from the Thames
police-Office :
Some clays ago a rep •rt prevailed, in difillent quarters of the
metropolis, that a perstat an board a tender at the Note had made
voluntary confession of his being the murder.. r of Marr and I Indy.
At the above office this report is further corroborated, by. one of tilt!
Police-Officers having seen a cutter coming up the river in the course
of Thursday morning, the people belonging to which, it seems, in-
formed him, that they had such a person on board as a prisoner.
The report adds, that he was lett in charge of the Enterprize rt.ceiving
ship, until it was determintd at which of the Police Offices lie should
be brought up for examination.
These reports were true, and on Thursday last, the man passed
over Tower-hill, in custody of Police Officers, and in chains. He
had been taken from on board a tender at the Nore, in consequence of
having attempted to drown himself by jumping overboard, ou two
occasions ; and at length confessed the cause to be remorse of con-
science, for having {nen concerned in the murder of Mr. Mare and his
family.
When delivered to Adkins at Sheerness, he was in so violent a state,
that it was found necessary to lash him down hand and foot, and in
that manner he was brought up in the Admiral's tender to the Tower,
where he was put into a hackney coach, and conveyed to the House
of Correction, Cold Bath fields, raving the whole way in the most
incoherent manner about the murders, and threatening those about
him It appeaas, that a few days ago he entered as landsman on
board the Tender at the Tower, from whence he was sent to the
Ceres, at the Note, where he had only been a short time, before he
shewed the most violent symptoms of madness, and for some days
previous to his removal from the ship, had retused to take any sus-
tenance. Once, on his passige up the river, he asked for a little
water ; and since he has been in the House of Correction has eaten
part of a loaf, though he continues Ia the same violent paroxysms
of rage; so that it is iiiirossible to collect any thing rational from him ;
nor isit yet ascertained whether it really proceeds tiom madness, or is
Assumed.
London, England, 1812-05-24

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THE- NATIONAL REGISTER.

ILonon.

SUNDAY, MAY 21, 1812.

GREAT BATTLE BE IWZEN THE FRENCH AND RUSSIANS
The Flemish fishermen report that a- great battle hits
becii 'fought between the Russians and French, which
lasted tv.-o days ; the place is not stated, nor the re2tilt
disci but it' said that the French had three part,-
cular regiments cut to pieces.
The cre!it is of itself not improbable, though its authen-
.
ticity is still doubtful.

CHANGE OF MINISTRY.
The MI of Mr. PVtCEVAL has occasioned that of his
AdminiGtration : both v6;l be long remembered, and
sincerely lamented. If a period were selected out of our
history, as crowned with brightei gicTies than the rest of

l'''
London, England, 1812-05-24

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

SPENCER PERCEVAT-1
A`,ASSINATED ON THE 111'11 OF MAY IN THE LOBBY OF THE

HOUSE OF CONIAIONS.

(Concluded from our last.l

The new Administration was no sooner formed in March
ISO 7, than it became necessary to consolidate it by an ap-
peal to the sense of the people. Parliament was in con-
sequence dissolved' Mr. PErtcrvA 1., in his address to
his- Northampton constituents declared, .6 that he was
called upon to give up his profession, to make a stand for
the religious establishment of the country." This was
called a display of intolerance and bigotry, and the man
who rose for our national establishment was ranked among
those who wish to keep the human mind in chains.
Scarcely had the outcry of bigotry subsided, when a
still Luder clamour arose. It was occasioned by the
seizure of the Danish fleet, on the eve of its being trans-
ferred to the enemy, either to assist in the invasion of these
kingdoms, or to exclude us from the Baltic, by enabling
him to take possession of Sweden, or at least of that part
of her coast which lines the Sound, and to close that
channel against us. Mr. PERCEVAL declared in the House
of Commons that Ministez s were pos,,essea of certain in,
forniation respecting BONAPARTE'S secret arrangement
vith.Denmark, and his intention to force all the Eu-
ropean Powers into a confederacy against us. He there-
fore contended tl:4 it was both wise and politic, as we
could not entirely prevent the execution of his plan, at
least to endeavour t' render it abortive, by disarming
those Powers of their means of hostility. But the oppo-
sition thought had found a rich soil in which to sow
tbuse and dissatisfaction against the Ministry, and not-
wit,!istanding the fairness of the arguments by which the
P) icy, and inusect the necessity of the act, were establish.
ed. continued to vent forth their fury until they had ex-
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London, England, 1812-05-24

FRID•Y, MAY 22.

Mr. Sru ART WORTLAY informed the House, that he had waited on
Lis Royal Highness. the Prince Re4ent with the Resolution of the House
of last night, which Address his Royal Highness had been graciously
pleased say "he would take it into his immediate and most serious
consideration."

Mr. BROUGEAM rose to state, that he had seen a Paper containing
a Decree, purporting to be of the French Governnent, by which the
Perlin and Milan Decrees were repealed. There %vas something, he
observed, bout the document rather puzzling to a person not skilled
i tine conductiof foreign clipi-nnacy; it was, when it reach(d this coun-
t,.;, of a good mature hut en months having elapsed from the time
wAs (fated. This ; henomenon indeed might be the result of a clerical
4.rror; but however that alight be, it would be recollected, that in the
)eclaration 'rarely made by his T.lajesty, it was expressly said, that
yThenever the Berlin and Milan Decrees were repealed, the Orders in
Couiv2il should lapse. The Decree in question was certainly a formal
revocation of those Decrees, so far as they regarded America ; hut he
canceived that thus it would be a virtual revocation with respect to this
country, and said he supposed the Deslaration was meant t,) meet the
spirit rather than the letter of concession. He wished therefore to know
in what light the. Palcr was viewed by his Majesty's Government,
whether as authentic or not; if the former, whether it was considered
such ti document as would bring into action the substance of the De-
claration, and in thi.t case, if the revocation of the Orders in Council
mere y to be understood; or whether any formal information would
be ;riven to/hat of` ec t.
Lurd sTi.r REACH stated, that the document to which the Ho-
nourable Gentleman had referred, was nor acknowledged by the Go-
vernment ; and that it was an artifice resorted to by the French Govern-
nient, highly unworthy or the Government of any civilized nation ; but,
at al event, he said, the revocation was only as to America, and that
the 'Declaration reejuired a general and tin conditional repeaL—Adjourned.
London, England, 1812-05-24

312

pace.—He professed that the office of the Government had been die-
ts ed by the most perfect sincerity—that they had been extremely
sorry that they had not been able to offer such terms, as, by ensuring ac-
ceptance, would have enabled them to form a strong and efficient Ad-
ministration. The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded, by declaring his
intention to support the Amendment.
Mr. CANNING supported the address, and explained at considerable
length his motives for refusing to join the present Ministry.
Lord CASTLERE-IGn said.the present Ministers had recommended to
his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, to form, if possible, a aombin-
ed administration ; but they bad at the same time express•.d their deter-
mination, if his Royal Highness should fail in this effort, to stand by
kiln, to pre-erve the Crown from any inroads which might be attempt-
ed upon it, and to save the country from the odium of having allowed
such an atrocious act as that recently cinamittel, to change the whole
tenor and cotoplexion of its policy. He thought the Administration
should be fully formed, and time given to judge of its conduct, before
such a measure as that proposed were adopted.
Mr. Woita LEY, in reply, said, that he could not go so far an the
Member for Yorkshire leal done. for in all the doctrines he had ever
witnessed on the subject, he never heard a speech so full of uncon-
atitutiotial maxims. He had guarded himself expressly in his opening
spo-ch front giving ally pledge that he would either sopport or oppose
any Government in its measure-. He reserved the accustomed freedom
of a subject, and he would maintain it.
The question being now loudly called for, the House divided, on Mr.
Ev E'S Amendment ler reading the other Orders of the Day, when the
a inbers were--
For reading the Orders of the Day 170—Against it 174; Majority
AGAINS MINISTERS 4.
While strangers were excluded, we understand that the Original
Address WAS carried without a divi-ion, and Mr. STEWART Woltreev
nneeed, that the Address should be presented to the Prince Ree,ent
by the whole House, but afterwards withdrew his Motion, upon the
understanding, that the Address should be presented in the ordinary
eray, by such Members of the House as were of his Majesty's Privy
Council, and. on our re-admission to the Gallery, we found the SPEAKER
putting the Question upon the Motion for presenting the Address, by
such Members as were of his Majesty's Privy Council, upon which
another division took place, when the numbers appeared—
For the Motion 174---Against it 176—Majority against rresenting the
Address '2.

ti'r. W. Wv NNE then moved, that the Address should he carried up
7vlr. S. Wortley the Mover, and by Lord Milton the Seconder, only.
The gallery was cleared for a division on this motion, hut it was agreed
to without that resort.—Adjourned.
London, England, 1812-05-24

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

MAY 24

The following are the particulars of the awful ceremony, as wi:.
nested from the street; _

About four o'clock in the morning the crowd began to ass,rrM
in front of Newgate, and before seven the area of the Old BLiler L:
all the adjoining streets within the view of the place of execution, wi-!k:
crowded to excess. Precautions had been taken, by strong barrkrs at
proper intervals, to break the pressure of the crowd.
Large posting-bills, of the following tenor, were prepared on Swid„,
night, for placarding the avenues to the Old Bailey:-
66 Beware of ent-ring the crowd! Remember thirty persons
crushed to death when Haggerty and Holloway were exet wed."
The rain from six o'clock until eight was heavy and inc
probably pr,-Vented an accumulation of spectators, which might
produced dangerous cons, quences.
At four minutes before eight o'clock, the criminal, preceded by the
executioner, stepped upon the platform, and appeared to be rather
ried in his manner, as if impatient. A great huz, accompanied !,,;
some partial cries of " God bless you ! Goa hles" you !" ran tbr.
the populace. The prisoner placed himself steadily in the ce:,tre
drop, under the large tranverse beam. The executioner then ph!
gauze night-cap on his head, and immediately ascended the steps ;La
made fast the rope to the beam. During this time, Dr. Ford, Leith
great humanity, took off his neckcloth, adjusted the rope aroLud is
neck, and then pulled the night-cap over the criminal's face. and urq
tied the handkerchief over his eyes, but he indicated dissatistacti• n 4;
the mode, and the Ordinary took it off, and unfolding it, covered
face with it zs well as his eyes. He then appear d to pray most tervtl,!:y
with the Ordinary, and after taking an affectionate farewel, the bolt w;
uudrawn, the platform dropped, and the criminal was launched io:a
eternity while the cloLk was striking eight. He did not ,truggle a sin.ltt
moment, nor moved a muscle of his countenance. The rope w.isr.a
untistia!ly long for the purpose.
The body bung till nine o'clock, and as soon as it was cut down, vc:.
placed in a cars, and carried to St. Hartholomt.w's Hospital.
is a singular fact, that after the body of Bellingham was opoe.!,
it was noticed that his heart continued to perform its functions, ,so
other words, to he alive for four hours after he was laid open.
expanding and contracting powers continued perceptible, till one
in the day—a proof of the steady, undiimayed character which b: •
served to the last gasp. It is said of some men, that the ly.at:
within them, but here the energies re liained when life was es;.l;:t.
So anxious were many persons to possess some of the relics at i3el:in:;•
ham, that the Executioner has sold the great coat in which the
man wi.s hung for 101. The other parts of his dress have, we under-
stand, been bought at a price equally exorbitant.
London, England, 1812-05-24

EXHIBI:ION OF MR. WILKIE'S PICTURES.

No. 5. The Harp, painted in I i;o3.—This little performance pos.
sess-s every ii,;:.; sv filch can make a picture in that style the object of ad-
miration. [lie sulijcet is simple, and composed of three figures only.—
But they are so well p:i,ced in attitude, so con ectly drawn, so highly
finished, chit it i, :Aniost nnpossibl:. t 9 auy thiog, even among the
other wo• Es of :his asf,.nislini,; master, superior, or even equal to it;
in the Vilia,_oc ;'(.liticians, we have remarked several groups, and ad-
mired ev••ry one. We (lid the same in the Blindman: B, t, but here
the artist is d.Triv,...l by his own (+mit:L. of the i•dvant •ge of ground: -.4,„
his claim to hpi.lause on v iriety an" bustle. A rustic periornier
upon the Jew's I i trp, sits down, and is attended by a gill, who is
come from the fair, with her little brother, tor whom site has botivh:,
It seems, the whispering instrument. file boy stands in estacy it. 1% Litt