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The National Register.
London, England, 1812-05-31

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

MONDAY, MAY '25.
The General Enclosure Bill went i hrough a Committee, the Report
was received, and ordered to be taken into further consideration on
Tuesday se'mnight.
The Call of the Horse on Mr. Brougham's motion relative to the Or•
dens in Council, was postponed from the 27th itsstant to the 10th Ljt

June.
Mr. WHITBREAD postponed his motion for the production of the
Correspondene6 between it J. Craig and Mr. Henry to a future day;
the day he should not at present name.
The House went into a Committee on the Orders in Council, and
proceeded to examine evidence “t the bar.—Adjourned.

TUESDAY, MAY '26.
A division took place upon the consideration of the Report of the
Margate Pier Bill, when tlekiere appeared, for the Bill 511, against it 16—.
The Bill was then ordered.* be engrossed.
Mr. CANNING pOSIpOIIed his motion respecting the Catholics, in con..
sequence of the call of the House being fixed tor Wednesday fortniilu)
to Thursday fortnight.

ADMINISTRIV noN.
Mr. Bat:we-kiwis, in moving for the production of certain p
lative to the duties collected at the London Docks for the last five ye;x?,
q
took the opportunity of making some observations with rard to vlo
he called the present interregnum ! He had heard it was the Intention
of some Gentlemen upon the other side to move an adjouriment of the
House for some days. Such a motion he thought it the duty of every
apw, re.
man to resi.t. It had been last night stated by a witness to the Com-
mittee, that in consequence of the American Embargo, wheat had rho
in Portugal from 13 to 2.1 dollars per bushel, and lie (iVir. 13.) had heard,
from unexcei,tionable authority, that 6000 bushels of that articg
le
ito had
been recently purchased by a merchant for the i.urpose of
Eendin
the Portuguese market. He wished to know whether it wcs the ihtte
don of the Gentlemen over the way, under such circumstances, :he
suit of which it was easy for him to anticipate, to wove the Aajouril-
mem He had also heard a report, and that upon no slight foundatiar
that the Gentlemen to whom he alluded were in the conliderce of ti a!
Prince Regent, kind expected soon to be recognized as possLssin'L
confidence of Parliament. iG
Mr. STErnEN had not heard that a motion for adjoixement %v.'s
contemplation.
Mr. \V it Frio E 13 wished to have an explicit declaration front theN'
ble Lord (Caz:tlert:agh) as to the situation in which he and his colleaot!
at present stood. The reports respecting them were vrion ro:*,
tradictory ; and as much should be done as wkeu possible to be do:*c


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Fe; tit? plaintiff \ Ir. Jervis t übniitted, that as the defendant had re- '
tained tne hay, and d:d not retAlrr it, whereby the plaintiff lost the sale
of it eihewitele, he (:he defendant) was bound to pav for it.
Lord !LLE N BOROW Gii o'iierved,th.At the defendant had already appeal-
ed to law for the damaged hay, and there got all,the satisfaction which
the law could give him ; and it might he presumed that he sho•-14 go no
farthe-. Them was, however, a maxim in law, which wisely
this in-
says,
" That be who will seekjustsee, must de justice."—" Now, in
stance," said his Lordship, " the defendan: sought justice, and obtained
it ; and I think, Gentlemen of the Jury, he must do justice. He has
kept the plaintiffs hay, ard must pay tor i:. '
The Jury, without he.,hation, round a verdict for the plaintiff—Da-
mages, 61. 6s.
London, England, 1812-05-31

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

DEATH OF LORD NELSON.
Painted by DEVIq, Enrrrived by Bnomtry. Just published. A Fine Historical
Lino Engraving of THE DEATII OF LORD NELSON, iu MO Cockpit : bize of
00 path of Wolfe, to which it will form a Companien.—Price 31. is.
Published by Boydell and Co. No. 90, Cheapside.

337

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very cirefel and strict examination of the circumstances which hate occurred d :-
ring the experience of more than a ce..tury, the Society has been enahted gre!tly to'
increase the benefits originally hisul.ed to the present Members, by the progre, -sive
advance of cacti Share to 'loot. besides such contingent additions as may be pro-
duced in the year is Nv h lett the death happens.
The Directors hate lie(ewise the pletsure to state, that under the nathority of the
supplemeutary Charter which his Majesty has been recently pleased to Brant for
eitendinw the benefits of this Institution, they are enabled tout*: to the Public the
means of effecting Insurances front 1:001. to joflol. at the various a4es from S to 67,
whether for the whole of fife, fur any number of years, or on any contingency de-
pendier on life or suryftorshie.at coasieerably reduced Premiums-
At this Office the various kind. of Insurance are entitled, in ploportion to the
amount Insured, to participate in the advantage of the contingent additions to the
claims arising by deaths iu each year.
11.). Order of the Court of Directors,
J. PENSAM, Registrar.
LIGHT WATER-PROOF BEAVER HATvi. _ _ _ •

FRANCIS and S.t3IIiFI, EVE f:EIGH, No. 46, Q.teensi-i,treet, Southwark,.
respeettitlly iafor the Public that they Maitufacturc. suvrior Li ;ht Water-proof
Beaver Hats tin an entirely new principle, warranted to resist the effects of rain
and all kiatls of damp, ret their shape and beauty much longer than ans.
other Hats (the nap wearing; free to the last), And eakineatly combining the ad-
vantages of ihtlitne4s and durability.—Sold 1t ail by Francis FteleigL, No, 50,
Cheapslde and by many of the vslleetable Flatters in Town and Country.
London, England, 1812-05-31

INSTU.I.AI

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The Order cf the Bath having been ex'ended to fifty
Knights, including the Sovereign and the Grand Master,
23 are to be installed to-morrow, at Wcstminster Abbey,
which is the largest number that ever took place at one
time, and will render the sight the grandest that ever was
seen of the kind. Orders have been given from the Loan
CHAMBEIMAIN's Office for the fitting up of a grand canopy
and a throne for the c2l7lt:N, and places fi)r the PRINCESSES,
to see the Installation. The PRINCES. CIIA tuoTTE of WAL: s
is also to be there. The Installation takes place in
HENRY the VllTn's Chapel, which has !wen fitted up
with seats for the purpose of accommodating a n'urner • us
company, and the ceremony will be performed by the
DuKE of
London, England, 1812-05-31

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, MAY 29.
We had not much Wheat either on Wednesday or to-days and in
consequence of the foreign being taken off by Government. probably fur
the use of our army in Portugal, Fine samples fully maintained Monday',
prices, but there was no briskness in the salesof those of inferior quali;v.
Oats were Is. per quarter cheaper • but tick Beam: that were hard al:a
handsome were rather dearer.—Malt likewise revived something on
Wednesday.— These are the only variations from Monday's pricef, and
to which, with the above exceptions,we refer you for comvlcte infurra-
tion respecting the current value of the several articles at this market.
CURRENT PRICE QV GRAIN.
A. d.
Si a 8'
71 a 74
74 a '77
134 a 73
40 a 55

I. ti.
Wheat
Fine ditto .. Lin a 136 Clnty Pease
It 76 a 81 Bean
Barley
Malt

P.,12,nel A it 3 47 a A
Piot*toe ditto a
Fine Fiiiur 105 a
Second no. I;iti d
Rape Seed t

AVERAGE PRICE OF C
FOR TIM Wawa E
Scotland. 1
s. d. I

;ORNT PER QUARTER.
Notri.; 31.1 Y 16.

England & Wales.
s. d.
13:; 7
SI I
76 I
41 5

.3 • .1.

Wheat
113 e
Zia rky
Oats
London, England, 1812-05-31

S AND OFFENCES.

A battle took place at Ascot Races, between a begging rtilor with I
one leg, and another with one arm. A sixpence had been thriao.n down
by a Gentleman, and a daptite are between the combat aats who the
sixpence was intended far, and who should have it. On the set-to, the
one-armed sailor instantly closed, arc': thaw his adverseo y, and which,
without more ado, decided the battle in his favour. One of a gang be-
hinging to a booth, where the gatae of prlckiag at the hclt wao, •-•arried
on, picked a getleman's pocltet of his peeizet-boa'.c, contaiaiag 501. The
book and its contents were recovered; the culprit .:as 1,,k to a sheet
of water near the race ground, and ducked till nearly e
aaasted. Mar-
quis Cornwallis witnessed a part of the saraaa and oar asted li', other
abatement of the punishment, tl.a:n to preserve the ollandar's life. In
addition to ducking, they cut the fellow's haic •• fr.
Last week, at Yarmouth, \V. Harnalotivi., of Yarmouth, wherry-man,
and his wife, playfully throwing potatoes at -each other, one of them hit
her on the head, when site, witbeot any evil intent urn, tirt-W at hit'.' a
clasp-kllife, which urfortutlately pei'€tratc(t throughhi
Lis
heart, and caused almo,t immelLte death. The Coroner's Jury the next
day brought in their verdict Manslatlghter against the wife, and she was
committed to take her trial.
Wm. Bowden, labourer, is cornta!tted to Bodmin goal, for the mur-
der of his wife; he was detected co: pse with turfs, having
previonsly stabbed her to death Nal::.:lla.ay wawa's.
A clerk to a banking house is in •custody, on a charge of stealing
12001. in notes from his er.2loyers 11001. has been recovered from a
female wih whom he assoaated.
On Monday, ten deserters art iv el at the Savoy, from Tilbury, alzen
at the island of Java, in the East Indies, for being in t: c ea.ploy of the
French Government, previous to :he taking of that Island by Sir S.
Auchmu- y.
Tuesclay morning, at eight o' clack. a Ere hroca out in Hog-yard,
Broad-street, St. Glles's, which hated w:th con aleral • fat; foa a i'ew
hours, and consumed two houses and a carpenter's averha..hap. It v. 's
got under, however, by the prompt arrival of the eni;ines, and a plen-
tiful supply of water.
Tuesday. a Paphiat: nymph, natanal Miber, voluntarily sorrel:-
dered hervlf to take her examination bafeta ..u+ r,la!!,•or. cn sus-
_c_on of la ira eoaceriitai a robaary to am ao I.aaal. euarait
Whit
ted upon a Sulfalk drover, 'paled a., of Iv .vold.
in that coo•• ty, a b hi•rt tone saute. The lair aa ;tit, ail,. tliai N!
herself to f!:.t '.-F ;asfice, was remanded until N'r. c,:ri he brought
up to t fAt'n.
SWICI n Coroae. '7 lary stit at Mr. th? Raoul:tab
. ..! : ts, b, fare A. V.restminsttr
a- •;. a body of Si RICK: AND, who
,was
London, England, 1812-05-31

POLICE.

• • HATTON-GARDEN.
Wednesday a young man was brought up, and underwent an et-
amination, being charged by a woman, who keeps a small chandler's
shop in Peter-street, Saffron-hill, with having, accompanied by two
other men, come to her shop, showing her a harp halfpenny, and telling
her, if she had any of the same kind, they would give her a penny for
each, upon which, the woman, having got by her near 21. in halfpence,
placed them on the counter to look them over, when the prisoner was
very active handing several to his accomplices; the prosecutri it. noticed
their pocketing some of the same, and begged of them not to rob her, she
being but a poor woman, and that was money put by to pay her baker
with. The two others immediately run off', and she, with assistance,
secured the prisoner, there being near ten shillings' worth stolen. 'l' ha
fact was sworn to, and the prison& r not making any reasonable defence,
was fully committed to Nel,vgate for trial.
Thursday Wfiliam Manning, alias Captain Manniag, a well-known
ciquacter, seed a woman with whom lie cohabited, of the name of
Davis, were brought up, and underwent a second examination. They
were charged with being in the habit of taking lodgings in various
parts of the Town, and stripping the same of bed-furniture; and this i•
;appeared the prisoners had pr:lctised to a large extent. A vast num-
ber of duplicates were found upon them, several persons lately robbed
attended, and two of the charges beit%t substantiated against them, they
were fully committed, but are to be brought up agt.in, when it is
supposed other similar charvs will be exlihited against them.
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London, England, 1812-05-31

SATURDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.

[A Letter from Lord Keith, encloses the following :1
.N.i.thumbcriand, or the Peamarks. IV;aci S. S. If;
Brerzes, mid fine Weather, May 24, 1811,:.
have the honour to info' m you the object of the orders I re-
ceived front you on the 19th instant, to proceed oil L'Orient for the
purpose of intercepting two French frigates and a brig lately seen at sea,
has been accunTlisht d, by tl.eir total destruction at the entrance of that
port, by his Ahjesty's ship untivr my command, (the Growler gun.
brig being in company), under the Cir‘ututtancos I beg leave to relate
to you.
London, England, 1812-03-15

POLTI IC AL DLSQUISI 110 N.

No. 206.

DISTRESSES OF CLERGYMEN.

Whilst our demagogues roar for Revolutionary Re-
form, it is the duty of every friend to the Constitution and
his Country to oppose their innovations, and expose their
designs. This we have done without fear, and shall con-
tinue to do, with a strict regard to truth and justice ; but
we are by no means unfriendly to reasonable and useful
Reform. We would, on the contrary, that every evil
which really presses upon the subject should be remedied,
every failure of public duty prevented or punished. But
instead of clamouring against pretended evils, we look
for those that are real, and point them out to public no-
tice, in order that their effects may be rendered less op-
pressive,nntil they may be entirely removed.
Among the latter is the want of a suitable provision for
great numbers of our Clergy, through many parts of the
country in England, and nearly the whole of the Princi-
pality of Wales. A class of men who, in order to be
efficient in their exertions, ought to create respect, are
frequently sunk, by the slenderness and total inadequacy
of their income, below the level of those whom they are to
Instruct and to guide in the path of virtue and of reli-
ginn. Is it likely that Pastors should retain that autho-
rity over their flock, which is essential to fulfil the ends
for which they have been appointed, if they are labouring
under the stigma of poverty ? If they depend for their
support on the charity of those who ought rather to look
up to them for temporal assistance in the season of adver-
sitY, as well as for divine consolation at the awful hour of
departing existence ? It is true that the noblest spec-
tacle on earth is that of virtue contending with difficul-
ties, and that in the eyes of a Christian philosopher, a
Minister strictly performing his duty under every priva-
tint, acquires greater dignity, and gains augmented
esteem from the very humility of his circumstances. But
rnen iR general take a different view of things. Opulence
is With them the chief scale of met it. A respectable suf.-
E.iency scarcely entitles their fellow beings to their. re-
gard ; a decided inferiority of income excites their con-
tempt; and poverty, although undeserved, only atti acts
frozn them neglect or ridicule. The qualifications of the
mind vanish before those of the purse. If the latter be 1
'Weil filled, the absence of the other will not be noticed.
f it be empty, the powers of the mightiest genius, the
eleties of integrity and holiness will ice disregarded. Nor
s this
sordid appreciation of menconfined to individuals that
ove in the highest sphere of bartune and of fashion. It
VOL V. No. CCXX.
London, England, 1812-03-15

DI FD.

On Friday morning, the Earl of Uxbridge.
Mr. Napper, surgeon, Chichester, his drub was occasioned by paring
off sonic hard skin from his heel, about three weeks before, when lie un-
fortunately cut too deep, and treating it NV .1(11 ill difltrOnCe, a mortification
took place, which terminated his existence.
Lately, at Falmouth, Mrs. Fanny Nicholls, of whom we are told her
maiden name was Monday, that she was horn on a Monday, christened.
on a Monday, married on a ivlontlay, and had nine children at single
births, all born and christened on Mondays,
In Lower Brook-street, Salisbury, Mrs. Sheppard, aged 10(.3 years ;
she bad been blind a few years, notwithstanding which she *twat tied to
spin, with a small thread wheel, to within a slndrt period of her 4;eatli, and
earned from 2d. to gd. per day.
At his house on Blackheath, aced So, the Rev. A. Burnaby, I). I).
Archdeacon of Leicester, and for inure than forty-three years vicat. of
Greenwich.
London, England, 1812-03-15

SUNDAY, MARCif 1.5, 1,412,

Ipervades all ranks whe, with different objects or compari-
son, entertain the same feelings, When such is the pro.
pensity of human nature, it is undoubtedly necessary to
invest the religious instructors of the people with a por-
tion of that ease and independence which, by securing the
respect of the community, arms them with greater power
to effect public good. It would be vain to expect that the
superiority of their education, should be able to coon (-sr-
balance the inferiority of their stations, and to raise thee"
to that rank in. society which they ought to occupy. A*
the world is constituted at present, education, unless it
has procured, or is attended with riches, is a neglected
jewel which none will snatch from its dunghill. In the
cases adduced, its unprofitableness is too evident, not to
frustrate every exertion made to redeem its credit with
the multitude ; who, instead of wishing tlitir children to
learn, rather feel a disposition to withhold from them wan
accomplishment, which they see cannot yield its possessor
as much profit as the common drudgery of manual
labour will produce.—Clergymen are appointed to teach,
not only by doctrine and exposition, but by example,
They are lights set up on high, Which nothing should
conceal. They have a particular work to perform, on
which they ought to bestow'all their care, their time and
their abilities. But how can they worthily fulfil their
task, if the hands which onght to join in prayer over the
couch of sickness, the bed of the dying, are toiling to
earn a scanty pittance, that can but half satisfy the most
common wants of craving nature ?—lf the mind which
ought to study and to expound the words of life, to pene,
trate into, and to preach, eternity, is busy with schemes
and inventions to insure a precarious existence ? Can
a heart, torn with parental anguish, supply streams of
eloquence to the tongue of a preacher, who, on ascending
the pulpit, leaves his wife and children a prey to unreg
lieved misery. An affecting picture might be drawn of
the feelings of a man, who fitted by a liberal and classica
education for the minister, finds himself reduced
to a situation, in which all the sensibilities of his,
Inanity are wounded, all the hopes of being ex-

tensivcly useful to his fellow-creatures, destroye3.—.

But this i not an appeal to the passions, but to the sour
judgment of men. This is an effort to demonstrate tl a

dangers to which the national religion is exposed, by the

want of a proper provision for its obscure, bqt frequentl;•4
its most active members. How often does it not hopper,
that in those polishes, where the pastor of the establish-

ment lies sank in poverty, unable to rescue his family c r

his religion from the contempt, which through his miser:.

ble situation is cast upon them, a methodist chapel flail.

riches in pie-eminent pomp and prosperity, drawing with,
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price, on account of the great exportation of grain and
pota•ws. These attempts have had some effect at Leix-
lip, Maynonth, Edenderry, and along the line of the
Royal and Grand Canals. The yeomanry there are un-
der arms. I hear that the rioters have carded to death
one of those who was buying up provisions for exporta-
tion. They have cut the canal in two places with a view
to intercept provisions to the capital."
One of the Dublin Papers contains also intelligence
to the above effect, accompanying it with inflammatory
obsei vations,

MEI

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PM

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London, England, 1812-03-15

MISCELLANIES.

The four vacant ribbands are said to be at last conferred on the Duke
of Richmond, on the Duke of Montrose, (in the young Prince of
Orange, and the fourth is said to be desizned for the Duke of New-
castle.

It is reported Mr. Bragge Bathurst is to be Secretary of State for thgt
Home Department.
1 he office of C •m;.troller of the Fioust.hold, which has been recently
mentioned as being destined fur Colonel M ,Mahon, is, it seems, to be
filled by Lord Jocelyn, son of the Earl of Rodon, and ternber for the
county of Louth. Colonel M4Mabon is to he Keeper of the Privy
Purse, and to be made a Privy Counsellor. The Earl of Albemarle, it
is said, has refused to accept the office ut Master of the Horse, and the
Duke of Montrose will continue to fill that appointment.—The Earls of
Darlington, Gui:dford, and S-ailiorough, aid Lord Say and Sele, are
also said to have declined appointntents and honours from the Regent.
We understand that a requisition is now signing by the Livery of
London. requesting the Lord Mayor to call a Common Hall, to express
their feelings and opinions on the prevent unprecedented and mbar•
rassed state of the country.

A treaty of marriage is said to be in contemplation between Mr.
B-11, one at the Mt.rnhers for Ireland, and Nib's Fitz-Clarence. Re-
port adds, that :in Irish Peerage is, by the interest of the Royal Duke,
the Lady's father, to be bestowed oil Mr. B—, father to the young
gentleman.
The Ely bank of Messrs. Braaenbury, which failed about four
months since, last week deelarcd a tavidend of :los. in the pound.
The frame-work knit ers of the town and county of Leicester) met
at Leicester on Monday last, and after deprecating all violence, resolved
to present a Paition to the Prince Regent, praying him to take into con-
s:deratiun the present distressed state of their trade, and which they at-
t• intite to the Orders in Council. _

According to the return made to the House of Commons, the num-
ber of the whole Local Militias force enrolled and serving at the late
period of training and exercise, were 10,189 serjeants, 9,959 corporals,
50;7 drummer", and 202,988 privates.
Mrs. Doherty, who lately shot herself through the chest, wounding
her im:gs, is, to the surprise of the faculty, in a fair way of recovery.
An affair of crier. cum. in the metropolis is said to have been within
eh, se few days compromised by the seducerpaying 10001. to the husband,
on condition that he resides with Lis wife again, and does not expose the
gallant.
Thursday morning a pitched battle Was fought at Loughton, Epping
Forest, between Robert Morton, a carter, and Joe Evans, a carpenter,
both young powerful men, for five pounds aside. The contest lasted.
fifty-three minutes ;raj hard fighting, sod terminated in favour of
Murton.
London, England, 1812-03-15

SWEDEN.

The followinr, is lin Extract of a letter from Gotten-
• ,
btvga, dAcd iarcb 6, ISl2:
" day brings us snrips new political rumour, but it is ascertained
bev,-,:al doubt, that on the ',7th ult. the French troops entered Swinne-
monde, A wt.:int, and U•edom, in Prussian Pomerania. We now con-
sider that a war n Sweden and France is inevitable. Denmark
Itas t...it:11,:r 20,000 of her troops to pass into Zea-
land, on condi-ion th•,t 6...0J only shall at any one time be stationary in
that prwir:ce ; such troops must he intended to act against Sweden.
Irt liolstrin, and in the island of Flown, the French are purchasing
hora,.;:s, alid forte irg :sage depots o: rice, biscuit, and all kinds of pro-
yis:ons. 0:1 !h.! ether hand, our Crown Prince (.13karrinoTTn) is not
n idle spt-ctAtor ; the cnintry expects war, and from recent exertions,
an army, consisting of 65,r'00 mcn, is in a state of discipline, and ready to
sake Ow. Th, for.::hic entry of Stralsund and Swedish Pomerania
c!e:,:ler,(l an aggression of such magnitude, that
!1 ,1)•:•1 r- atTherence of Sweden t tithe t :onle,leration
:t r be eurorced, and that her ports shall be de-
-1::- oi the univerthe.
Ca ow N Pa; NC F. is expected to pay a visit to this place; he is
!rosily occupied in inspecting the various fortresses of the kingdom ; and
an order has lately been reef ived here from Stockholm, directing that
a l'st may be immediately made out of the names of such re,idents as are
subj 'cts of any Power connected with, or in any manner under the ii;flu-
tat-e of Fla .:cc, with a view to their being sent away at a short notice.
it 1, vJerthy of notice, that when the French entered Stralsund,
xittler ch.: pretext of searching for Colonial produce, that in the House
of the :FKr.xcH Co N set., more goods of that description were discover-
ed se,:reted taan were found in any other house or warehouse in the
town.

l 6 It iy said, and believed here, that France has given ordrrs at I lain-
hi..th, it . seizlire of 411 Swedish property found in th:,• a: d he
ae.j c ^nt towns and pl ices—corresponding directions are shortly vxpect-
Cls Li* 1W Swetltn.

" The it u 'shut Goccroment, it is said, have expressed considerable
surprise at the approach of the French troops into the Yr USIA, I donii-
niens."
A Letter from Anholt says—" I left Anholt on the 2d in.t. The ar-
rival of Capt. DA li WOO D'S squadron has dissipated every idea of another
attack. lam sorry to announce the loss of the Fly sloop of war on the
Reef, off Anholt. Exertions highly creditable to (2a; t. irliostA N
and her Officers, got her off the shoal; but she could nut be krpt
and having all her men taken out, she was burnt."
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commnilicatin with it, by which, continual supplies were
rec:,;ved from without."
Under all these ciroirnstances, and with four casemate!:
bearing upon the siore from both sides, which rendered
the approdclies, already so difficult, almost impossible ;
upon such 0-round, a viuorous and effectual defence was
to have been expected. The Max ines of the British ships
off the place w;.nild have baffled all the attempts of the
enemy ; hnt die p ,st was in the hands of a traitor, Don
G A RC/ N.\ vArliw, whose name should become a watch-
'word for infamy amongst his countrymen. He had been
2 pri-;orier arnmi;_;st the French, and was suffered to escape,
yin doubt, 01.4: by affecting to the cause of his country he
mi:4lit obtain some trust, in the sacrifice of which he
alight more effectually betray its interest. The diabolical
purpose has but too well succeeded, and in the surrender of
the important fortress of Peniscola he has paid the price
of a favourable reception from the inveterate oppressors
of the land of his nativity. But the fall of this place,
though certainly advantageous to the enemy, does not se-
cure them the more ready reducti:m of the whole_ Eastern
Coast of Spain. The British General RocuE, as SUCHLT
stales, has the command in Alicant. He has under his
orders a force of six or seven thousand men, raised and
dixiplined under his own immediate eye, and we are
much deceived by our anticipations, or the French will
another Saragossa in Alicant, defended by such a man.
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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

MARCH 11.

would produce similar effects on the horse spoken ot. Witness.a..o the
prisoner became very intimate, avid Bishop's evidence, which was in
some part corroborated, opened a scene of iniquity never exceeded.
They had been together at different races, and witness 1..4 procured
solutions of arsenic at various times, which had been intured into a
trough at Done., ter. ' At Newmarket one brood mare and a hack
wei e destroyed i n July, 11,0. They had also attempted to poison Lord
Darlington's Rabons, which NVOII the Pavilion Stakes at Brightou in
18C9; hnd they, succeeded in an attempt
.at Newmarket iu the
same year. In conjunction with a man, by repute named Trieste, yeit.
ness had been employed by the prisoner to infuse poison Into the
ttosvihs at Newmarket in 1811. The horses were under the care of Mr.
Ptince, a stable-keeper, at Nevionrrket ; and also a training groom, in
high esteem among the Members of the Jockey Club.—Mr. Prince had
under his care tke principal horses for the Clan t Stakes ; amongst which
were Spaniard and Pir incite, the property of Lord Foley; the Doady,
the property of .I...•'rd Kinnaird ; and the Eagle cult, the subject of tios
indictittent, all of which were poisoned, but some reetivercd. Bishop
said, that he had infused the arsenic into the troughs, three in numl,
i .►tr,
where Mr. Prince's horses watered, by means of a syringe, in conse-
quence of their being covered and locked. Dawson was the acting nian
in the back ground, and Tikate was the person veto was to hack the
field against the favourites. After having watered the horses en the
Ist of May, the day after the Claret Stakes seem run for, they were all
taken ill in the stables, refused their cc:rn, and the four which died may
be estqnated, corWeering their own value, and their engagements, at
12,0001. Whilst Dawson awes in London, Bishop was busy in keeping
arsenic in the trough ; and he addressed the prisoner by the appellation
of MiSi Datesim, and received in return of Dawscn enclosures to
enable him to carry on his nefarious practices.
The poisoning of the horses was completely proved by Mr. Prince,
who had been apprised of for plan, and, owing to his exertioes, the
perpetrators were brought to justice.
A young man. inAned Longford, proved. that the prisoner had met
him at Is•Jewmarket in 1810, and consulted him with regard to lending
himself as an agent on the occasion. Dawson had often called on him,
but he refused to participate in his plans.
After Bishop's evidence had .been gone through, the Judge stopped
the proceedings, and after hearing arguments on the part of Mr.Ser-
jeant SELLON, for the prosecution, and Mr. KING, for the prisoner,
directed an acquittal, on the grounds that the prisoner had Iseen in-
dicted as a principal, instead of an accessary, before the fact, which, in
point of law, could not be maintained. The prisoner was acquitted, to
the mortification of a crowded Court, but was detained until next As-
sizes, on a charge of poisoning race-horses in 11109.
London, England, 1812-03-15

7'UESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.

•
This Gazette contains the official account of the victory atchieved itt
the Mediterranean by the squadron of frigates commanded by Captain
Maxwell, over three French vessels of superior force. With the result
of die e-gagement we were already made acquainted by one of the
defeated French Captains, who was liberated on parole, and on condi-
tioo tha he should tratn4ruit the intormation ro England. The Pers-Jire
way tAken by the after a loug run, and after a most severe acti ,e.
bet.ween the Pon-u.ne and Pauline, and tae Aleeste and the Active, die
Pornone .was caoute4, and the Pauline escaped owing to the Alceste
having her n aimtop mat shot away. The loss on board our skips, we
regret to say, was considerable.,Fhe Alceste had twenty killed and
wounded,, and the Active thirty-two. Captain Gordon lost. leg, an.:
his first lieutenant an arm.
Admiral Fceeniantle, in forwarding the account of this su:ceqs,
mentions the loss of another French frigate, called the Flora. which wai
wrecked in December last, off Chiozza when the whole of the crew,
except five or big, perished.

This Gazette also contains an Order of Council, importing that ret-
sob.; connected with mercantile houses in F ugland, whether Spaniards
or English, anti resident, for the purposes of commerce, in towns ot the
Peninsula osetipitti by the ,•tienty, are tint, En that accounte cv-
sitirml as enemies or traitors; hut, if hpaiiiards, are to -7134 n their
rights and character of alien friends ; if Englishmen, of British subjats.

Carlton House, March 10.—His Royal Highness the Prince Regent
has bet), graciously pleased to make the following appointments :
Vice Chainlit-Hain—The Earl of Yarmouth.
To be L.4rds of his Majesty's Beachamhcr—The most Hon. the NTar-
quis of Headfort ; the Right Hon. Viscount Velhouro ; the Right Ho.
L.:11-1Heaiiitield'; the Right Hon. Lord James Murray ; and the Riglit
Lord Viscount Petersham.
-First Groom and Master f the Rohes.—Nassau Thomas.
r FN.
Grooms of the Bedchamber--General (*harks Leigh; Cental F.
Stephens; General T.Slougher Stanwix ; Flqn. Henry Stanhope; Lolow
it'A;
General 6ir J. Craddock; Lieut.-General William Keppel; and C
Wilson.Bradyll.
Clerk Marshall and Chief Equerry,Colonel Benj. Bloomfield.
Equerips—i-Mtjor-Gcneral Hammond ; I,ietit.-Colonel William C
nal
r!:
p:eve; Major. General cgidstrilrn Guards; Hon. Frede
iowarda tatlt Light Dragoons; an4l colonel Viviien, 7th DraLcol,
London, England, 1812-03-15

IrrttNCH PAPERS.

French Papers to the 7th instant, received last Thurs.
day, contain an article, dated Madrid, February 15th,
which communicates the very unpleasant intelligence of
the destruction of the EMPECINADON force at Siguenza, by
the corps of the Marquis Rio MILANO. The party of the
ENIPECINADO is said to have consisted of 3500 men, of
whom 1152 were made prisoners, and the remainder
either killed or wotfnded, with the exception of the EXIPECI.
• N ADO himself, and a few other Chiefs, who escaped across
the mountains. It is probable that this active and enter-
pr icing partisan may have sustained some loss ; but we
cannot bring ourselves to credit the account of so total and
irretrievable an overthrow as the French Papers represent.
BCONAPARTE had not left Paris at the date of these
Journals, nor was any thing known or suspected in that
city as to his intentions: neither does any thing appear to
confirm an extraordinary report received from Heligoland
of the ill-treatment and dismissal of the Empress MARIA
I.CUISA. All the accounts from Semlin, Bucharest, and
Vienna concur in representing the renewal of the war be-
tween Russia and the Porte as probable, if not certain, and
truth, it is not easy to withhold belief from such repeat-
ed ;Ind concurrent testimony to that fact. Whatt:ver im-
p-di:news have arisen to the conclusion of the projected
must have been raised by French influence cod in-
trigue ; and if they should lead to the renewal of the war,
mint materially influence the issue of any operations
which may take place in Poland.
Tnese Papers also contain the surrender of Peniscola,
an event as extraordinary as unexpected, intelligence of
which has been derived from the last accounts from the Pe.
iiin•nla, hut as derived from the French Papers, stands upon
a r different grounds. This fortress, situated upon an iso-
/(ited rock in the sea, and connected with the Continent
only by a narrow neck of sand thirty toises broad and
sixty in length, presented to the besiegers such difficulties,
and promised to the defenders such protection, as would
ihave lvArranted the most unbounded confidence in drib
ohs kacy, if not the efficacy of a vigorous defence.
The event, however, has unfortunately baffled all calcub
latio,, and the treachery which gave tap this irnpoitant
post to the enemy does not rest upon inference from de.
feet of r!Kertion, but is openly Lianifest upon the face of
the ins-riumnts by which the infamous traitor who wat
Govern:a• surrendered it to the enemy : the merit he
cl,iims for having given up an impregnable fortress, well
supplied for a vigorous and protracted resistance, to the
cnemles of his country, is an adequate measure of the
atrocity of his treason, and of' the d:testable extent of his
paf.ricidal guilt ; if the place were even so invested as to
shin Gut any reasonable prospect of' supply, there might,
perh:ips, he some excuse for precipitate submission ; but,
acc,adintr to tip.: French General's :account, it was not pos-
sible '' to blocklde it on account of its natural positii n ;"
and " five English vessels were crrising off the ,place and

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MARKETS, 4v.

CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, MAY R.
Wednesday we had some fresh arrivals of Wheat from the counties
on the coast. with one ship from the Baltic. More being expected,
the Mealing Trade was dull, and without scarce any sales effected. 'This
day, Friday. we had some nvre Wheat in from North Britain, which,
with the little on hand, prow .)ked no disposition in our buyers to pur-
chase, and prices were held 3s. per quarter lower than on Monday.
Barley was Is. Malt 3s. per quarter cheaper. Old Beans, and Ticks of
the best quality, were named rather higher. than quoted on Monday.
Some fresh arrivals of Oats have operated to lower the price of that
article Is. and 2s. per quarter.
cuaastrir PRICE OF G RAIN.
41. E.
96 a 138 White Pease ST a 9?
140 a 145 Grey Pease 73 a7B
7S a 84 Beans 7O a 76
6S a 76 Ticks
94 a 105 Oats

S. d.
P:dand Oats bS a 59
Potatoe ditto a CO
Fine Floir ieb a l it)
Second do. a 100
Rape Seed XVI a£ 76

Wheat
Fine ditto ..

Rce
Barley
Malt

AVERAGE PRICE OF (
TOR THE WEEK
England & Wales.
d.
Cana.Sco
. . I
Wheat
Rye
B Lrley
Oats ...... 43 1

;ORNI PER QUARTER.
:NDING MAY 2.
England & Wales.
s. d.

Scotland.
s. d.

Beans - 0
Pease
Oatmeal..... 44 9
Beer or Bigg 0

PRICE OF BR EAD.
The price of Bread was ordered, agreeably to the Act, to remain at present prima
Qnarterii Leaf, iStrl.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR,
Computed from the Returns made in the Week ending MAY 6, is V 214
per cwt. exclusive of the Duty of Customs paid or pa; able thereon on the Impoit.
ation thereof into Great Britain.

AR.

CUR
from to
s. s.
Antigua 6B •• 76
Id goon. Or Ernwu6B .. 79
DOlll.Nev &Tor. 68 ..
Grenada Muccov.69 .. 72
Jamaica brown. .64 ..
g00d...16
tine .. SI

from

S. S.
Lps brown 93 .. 95
.fine 99 ..10S
Sing.loa.ltrown 94 ..
best ..100 ..196
Powder loaves.. 95 _lO3
Ilambro' do.— 96 —llO
blolasses ........ .. 40

PRICE

63111111
B. d. P. d.
Beef b 0 a 6 0
Mutton—. b 0 a 5 S
Veal
Pork ip 0 a 6 4
Lamb 6 0 a

ST. JAMES'S 3

WIIITECHAPEL 3
London, England, 1812-05-10

SWEDEN AND RUSSIA.

Our time has reconciled many extravagant thing, and
procured belief to many incredible ones. The most me,
mentous occurrences, which have recently happened, have
run directly in the teeth of calculation and probability.
Spain, which since the accession of the 13ounnoNs to ti'e
throne of that country, was one of our most invetcrate
enemies, which a century before that event aimed at not hint,
less than our destruction, has been suddenly converted
into the most faithful and devoted ally. But of all
events, the most extraordinary, the most incredible anti
unexpected, is the change which has lately taken place :n
Sweden. As if some power meant to ttivn the .dente
political calculation into ridicule, it Las fixed upon a
dier of PiuoNAPArert:; fixed him in °l:c of the most com-
manding points of the continent ; given him absobite con-
troul over a very hardy and warlike ; and place,!,
as it were, in his hands the means of accomplishing the
destruction of the last. and most inaccessible ba: rier of
European independence ; and suddenly changed this very
man into an enemy of his late Master—a friend of Eng-
land, and into an active champion of that very cause,
which, for sixteen years, he 1110 been labouring-
zeal and success to subvert. That lie is serious, firm and
honest in his present line of conduct it would now be 'rd.:
surd to deny ; for it would be carrying caution beyeet;
the verge of scepticism, to suppose that 13ET,N.11)01-fl',
after having admitted a British Ambassador into Stock-
holm, and even invited him to Orebro, xdiere his pi esence
cannot fail to have great influence on the proceedings 01
the Diet, is still a secret partizan of BUON A iimerr.. Can.iont
like every quality of the same defxrip:ion, when carried to
an extreme, plunges us into greater difficulties than those
we wished to avoid, and always marks a dull, or superficial
under standing. The recent conduct of the Swedish Go.
vernment is the most pointed insult to the French Ruler
which he has hitherto received. It is given in the presence
of all Europe, and in a manner that stings and injures bin'
the most. The great olject of his ablr...xrence and decia:
matory invective is Great Britain. She is dr! source 01
his tears, and the principal impediment To his sue,
Every demonstration of respect and confidence shew»
to
her, necessarily implies towards him, reproach anti (kb-
ance, and it is the grossest drivelling to imagine that Le
is the secret instigator of a line of proceeding, which
in so glaring a point of view the just and honourable tele
dency of our exertions, and the iniquity of his measures.
The conduct of BERNADOTTE offers much matter e,f
pleasing and interesting speculation. It contains tli.!
strongest evidence of a fact, which was only suspected
fore' and sweeps away at one blow those cobweb
ries which some sullen fantasts amongst us have been
ning for some years. It strews that BUON P ARTF,
t I`. t ° 4:r
from being an object of veneration or attachment o "
French, cannot even secure the adherence of those per:oo

Pow
London, England, 1812-05-10

Bank Stock .

3 p,,r Cent. Reduced s9i
3 per Cent_ Consols
4 per Cent. Coisol 74 i
b per Cent. Navy Ann. .... 911 1
Bank Long Ann l5 5-16tles i
Cons. for Account

E N ATIONA L REGISTER.

tonbon.

SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1812.

WAR BETWEEN SWEDEN AND AUSTRIA.
Some of the letters received in London yesterday, from
Stockholm, state, that the Austrian Minister bad sud-
denly quitted that capital ; the cause is attributed to the
circumstance of the EMPEROR Of AUSTRIA having cog-

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MAY 10.

A istavy firing wa- heard on Thursday morning from
the French coast. It was not known whether it was a
salute, or the firing of the batteries or flotilla upon some
of our cruizers. It k not improbable that BUON APART
might vist the coast before he proceeds to his army, and
that this may be a: salute in honour of his visit.
Yesterday se'nnight, the Skylark sl op of war, Captain
nxpß, :rid the Apelles sloop of war, Captain HOFFMAN)
Ullicllll I lately got ashore on the enemy's coast to the N. E.
of Etaplea, owing •to a very sudden fog coming on, and
the vend blowing directly on the coast. Finding it im
possible to get off again, Captain BotER, after seeing alt
the crew safe on board the boats, directed the Skylark to
be blown up, to prevent he) from falling into the hands of
the enemy. Captain BOXER and his crew were afterward
picked up by some of our cruizers. The Apelles remained
agron 'd, but, it will be seen from the following letter, has
since been rescued from the enemy :

" DEAL, MAY s.—His Nlajesty's sloop ( f war Apellea arrived this
morning clistna-leal, in the Downs. We must attribute the recovery of
her, in the fir,t instance, to the exertions of the enemy : the Command-
ant at Bo- logne directed WO soldiers and sailors to proceed to the vessel
and endeavour to get her off, in which they succeeded; but our brave
tars, not willing they sb.mld bear away the prize, three boats volun-
teered from his ;; t ajesey's sloops Castilian, Itcdpole, and Phipps schooner,
and made a dash amongst the Frenchmen, who were so much surprised,
that they moult, a pra:cipitate retreat, leaving only four on board, who
were taken prisoners, and the Apelles was brought off in triu . ph ! On
board was a vast number ref muskets, &c. which the French soldiers
brought -wit!, th --rs Captain Hoffman. the Purser, Surgeon, and 19
men were talc:•ra prisoners; he remainder of the crew, and also the
crew of the Skylark, are arrived safe."
London, England, 1812-05-10

ERR

ITT ljtatitt of 127. The numbers being for the Motion-88.—Against
it- -215. The question has ,been so often discussed, that vi ry little no-
velty could be expected; and it would be only repeating what we have
wven before, to have detailed the speeches of the different Membi.rs.--•
Ailjourned at Two o'clock.
London, England, 1812-05-10

THE NATIONAL REGISTER•

ELECTION OF MENIBERS.

The Marquis of Tnvts•rocs rose to move for leave !o bring in a Bill
respecting the mode of electing Members of Parliament for Counties.—
After some prefatory• observations on the neces,ity of reforming the re-
presentation, the Noble Marquis stated that what be had to propose
went to this—that the votes of the freeholders shouM be taken on cl
same day in each hundred, instead of being all tak••n only at the cos.
town or place of election ; also that a special County Court should
held, with proper notice, for the nomination of county candidates, pre%
ous h) the election. lids he was convinced would prevent the expen.
of freeholders in travelling to the place of election—and also prevent the
necessity of candidates paying them fur so doing. H 1: C9nChided v. irh
moving for leave to bring in a Bill for r gulating the election of Knights
of the Shires.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would not oppose the motion,
nor on :be other hand give any pledge of approbation to any of the Iwo-
posed regulations. He did not conceive in the Fresent state of thia
country, the Crown wa able to maintain ;•.ny Nlinistry contrary to the
judgment of the Parliament and the People. Snme prefer oth
Ministers: and think that affair; would be hater conducted than th
were by the present Administration, by their rivals. He was prepart
to meet the Noble Lord or his Friend., on the subject of the conduct 1):
the present Administration: and he was convinced that they would
find, that if the Administration hat{ been in other hand-, tin re wouls:
have been any instance of more vigour, wisdom, stiece,s, than in t.
present; or even a comparison witn them.—Leave was then ,k;iven t‘.
bring in the Bill.—Adjourned.

FRIDAY, ?TAY R.

Mr. Blt :In, pursuant to 11,,tice, brought forward his Motion on Pia
liametttary Reform. After a discus...oi,, his Motion was lost 114,

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London, England, 1812-05-10

ITHE NATIONAL REGISTER.

SICILY.

The mail from Malta has brought the copy of a Con-
vention fcrmed between Lord WILLIAM BENTINCIC, and
the French Officer commanding the Neapolitan 31-my.
The difficulty respecting the acknowledgment of Mutt r
as King of Naples has, it will be seen, been skilfnlly
evaded, by employing inferior Officers, so that the Con-
vention is signed by the Generals in Chief of the respec-
tive countries, instead of being an act of Government.

MESSINA, MARCH 4.—lt is with great satisfaction that we are able
to announce, that his Excellency the Commander in Chief of the Bri-
tish forces, has concluded a Convention with the French Government
for the exchange of prisoners in the kingdom of Naples, of which the
following is a copy :
Art. 1. There shall be a general exchange of prisoners of war In the
service of Great Britain and of the Sicilian Government, on the one shies
and those in the service of the kingdom of Naples, on the other.
Art. 11. The cartel of Exchange shall be made rank fir rank, or by
equivalents, according to the tarif adopted by both Governments.
Art. 111. To effect tliii exchange, as soon as possible, there shall he
given to the English a list of the British and Sicilians, who are prisoners
in the kingdom of Naples, and in like manlier there shell be &live: ed
to the Neapolitans a list of the prisoners of war appertaining to their
service, and who are actually in the power of the Engliih.
Art. IV. The port of Reggio shall he the point of debarkation of the
Neapolitan prisoners who shall be exchanged, The English and
pnsoliers shall, in like manner, be embarked at Reggio, and
barked at the isthmus of Mes&ina.

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MAY 10.

sented to furnish France with 80,000 men, in furtherance
of the views of BUONAPARTE in the North. The depar-
ture of the Austrian Minister was so sudden and unex-
pected, that he had not time to make any disposition of
the house in which he resided. He is stated to have pro.
ceeded to Copenhagen.