The National Register.
London, England, 1809-04-09 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

" VIENNA, mAncu .11.
PROCLAMATION OF THE ARCHDUKE CHARLES.
" We, Charles Lewis, Imperial Prince of Austria. Royal
Irrince of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduke of Austria, and
Generalissimo of the whole Imperial and Royal Army.
" Our beloved Monarch summons all those of his subjects who
ere not by law obliged to repair to the standing army, to unite
themselves in battalions, in order to serve their country beyond
the boandaries of the hereditary dominions, in case it should be
menaced by an enemy.
" When iu the year 1500 the country was in danger, I called
nut, in the name of the Monarch, the Volunteers of Bohemih
and Moravia. Thousands soon united to form ale ions w hica
bore ms' name; and this legion would soon have grown to an
army, if a sudden peace had not put an end to these exertions.
It. is mit necos•zary to appeal to the acts of your amcestors— how
many perils they withstood through fortitude and patriotism.
I appeal to yourselves. Ye are still witat ye were in the year
1800. The same courage and patriotism which inspired you
then, inspire you now. 1. reckon now, as then, upon your arm.
" Some of you arc prohibited from abandoning your dwellings
in obedience to the voice of honour, by domestic incidents and
occurrences. But these will still remain for the protection of
the interior of the empire, the preservation of property, and
the maintenance of
.!•ood order.
" But those who are not fixed to their paternal hearths by
ether duties and relations, are to form themselves into battalions,
and may lay claim to all those advantages which our beloved
Sovereign has attached to this patriotic resolution."

DECREE RELATIVE TO AMERICAN SHIPS, DATED
FEBRUARY

Napoleon the First, Emperor of France, King of Italy, and
Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, have decreed, and
do decree as follows :--
Aar. 1. The American ships detained in the ports of the Em-
pire, in consequence only of the Embargo, may set sail to return
directly to the United States, but this favour is not to extend to
vessels seized in consequence of irregular papers or other causes.
1L The ships from which the Embargo is taken shall be pot
at the di-p►+sition of General Armstrong, Minister and .
tentiary from the United States, to seeurc the direct return of
those vessels to that country. Their departure shall nut take
place till they have given security, and received certificates from
our consuls, vice consuls, or agents of commerce in France and
America, that the said cargoes contain but territorial or manu-
factured productions of our Empire, and that there i= nothing in
them produced by the colonies or commerce of England.
111. Our Ministers of Foreign Relations are charged each, in
as much as it concerns him, with the execution of this Decree.
Another Decree, of the game date, contains in substance, that the
confiscated American vescels, whose sale will take place on the
part of the llapire, may be bought ou foreign account, on pav-
ing a duty of 15 francs per ton.

IREL.IND.

CARRICKFLEWUS ASSIZES.

PA Itt. Or 11.1SSEREEN! v. G 17011.017, DORAN, AND THE corN-
T F.SS OF NIASSCREENE, HIS WIFE.

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This important cause came on to be tried before the Hon.
Juctice Osborne, and a Jury of the County of Antrim, en Mon-
day. the '2oth tilt.
The Plaintiff claimed the estate as heir at law of the late Earl
Ma,,ereene. The Defendants claimed, under the will of the
late Earl ; and the substantial question to be determined was,
the sanity of the testator at the Cm? of making it. It appeared
from the evidence or both sides, that the late Lord Massareene
was a man of very weak judgment, and that his conduct on many
occasions, was Filch as to exhibit stronr symptoms of lunacy.
Tois trial lastelTACiatiVo tfa-y. -The Jury was allowed to ad-
joun to Wednesday, ihen they found a verdict for the Plain-
tiff.
The following. arm?. other curious evidf-oce, (mimed
Lord ond Lady Mascarene
ISO?. She recollected an
the death of a dog. When
took it out in a carriage in
then brought it home, took
Fad lamentation. Witine

went in to know what was the matter; sbe beheld the dog lying
on the carpet, Lady M. on her knees weeping over it, and Lord
M. by her side consoling her. His Lordship then took the dog
in his arms and carried it to tut open window to give it a little.
air—after some time he brought it in and laid it again on the
carpet; lady M. exclaimed the dog was dying fast, It was air..
minty gone. His Lordship assured her that it was not, end told
her that he had seen many people die, but that was not the way
they died ; and in order to convince her that the dog was not so
near death as she supposed, he wtoitd shew her the manner in
which- people commonly died ; he then stretched himself on the
carpet, continued quiet for a little time, then turned himself
from side to side, began to distort his features, stare with his
eves, throw about his arms, work himself into the appearance
of convulsions, and then expire. This scene being done, he
returned to Lady M. and the dog. The N 1 ..7; then left them
and retired to her own room. In the mornin, 'he found all the
family in extreme distress, for the dog was actually dead; the
carcase was fuliered to remain some time in the drawing-roam,
and towards the evening was carried into the bed-room of Mrs.
O' Duran to he waked, next day a number of people came to her
house, among whom was a plumber with a lead coffin for the
dog, and a carpenter with an outer shell. The plumber's ac-
count was 4/. lls. When the carcase was put into the coffin,
a car was procured to carry it to Antrim Castle, and positive
orders were given that fifty dogs shoal attend the funeral in
white scarfs, and that all the dogs of the parish should also be.
present.
Cross-examined by Mr. EGAN.

Mr. E.—Pray Ma'am, I think, if I am not mistaken, that you
were married before to one Kellie, a fidler ?
Mrs. S.—And pray, Mr. Egan, what has that to do with
this matter ? lam not ashamed of having been married to Mr.
Kellie.
Mr. E.—Oh not in the least, Ma'am, it has certainly nothing
to do in this matter at all, but some how or other it very foolish•
Iy came into my head,—Pray, Ma'am, may I take the liberty,
I think you were once on the stage, and I have a fuint recol•
lection of your theatrical talents.
Mrs. S.—And what matter of that though I have been on the
stage--you are very gross.
Mr. L.—indeed, Ma'am, I must confess I am gross all over ;
there certainly is no matter whether you have been on the stage •
or not; so that after burying the fidler, you have now married
the apothecary. I wonder it was possible that you could have
persuaded him to poison the dog; but upon my life, Ma'atn. I
think if you had not quitted the stage, the death of the 4,;g
would have afforded an excellent subjeet for a drama, in which
you might have made your fortune.
Mrs. S.—Mr. Egan, what do you mean ?
Mr. E.--Oh Ma'am, 1 mean nothing at all, but permit me to
go on to describe how charmingly the scene would have been ;
there we would have had the dear little dog lying on the carpet,
and Lady Massareene weeping over it; then we would have had
lihrd Mastiareene weeping over Lady M. ; nest we would have
•had the waking of the dog, and last of all the interesting exhi-
bition or the funeral, attended by 50 dogs in white scarfs ; what
a rich collection of incidents this would have been.
' Mr. S.—Mr. Egan, you are very rude.
Mr. E.—Upon my life, Ma'am, I Cannot help it, I well re-
collect your first appearance.
Mrs. S.—So do I, sir, when yon upon a certain occasion for,
not your 12)
t crown.
n
Mr. E ---Oh yes, Ma'am, such things sometimes happen, and
we do really wish to forget them ; but I was only. expressing
my regret that you should have left the stage, when you might
have made your fortune.
Mrs. S.—Yes, Sir, if I had continued on the stage and pos..
sensed half your effrontery, I might perhaps have otade toy fora
tune; hut, Sir, Wbea you speak of my former husband Kellief
I must tell you, that whatever hardships attended his fortune in
life, I cheerfully have shared theta with him.
Mr. L.—Madam, yois may go down-1 have no more quel-

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The following Provincial Towns have voted Thanks to
Mr. Wardle for his patriotic exertions during the investiga-
tion Of the libuses relative to military promotions ; Vl7.
Gloucester, with the freedom of that city t Deal ;•
and Bedford, Ivith the freedom of that tosln,

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