The National Register.
London, England, 1823-01-20 00:00:00

TEE NATIONAL REGISTER •

necessity of accompanying him in his retreat. The
nest adviceas will prvbahlrbe decisive of the question.
Notwithstanding the warlike aspect of a fru ir s , it is
yet believed i?y many of the best informed, that the
Sp anisk Government will he ultimately guided by
the counsel, awl advice of England.

DESPERATE ACTION lIRI W ERN A REVENUE
(MAZER AND A SAIUGGLEIL

DOVER, lAN. 14.—Mr. Derry Wingfield, chief mate of li
his Majesty's revenue cutter Badger, arrived here this after-
no•m (so Prize Master) with • very fiee Cutler or dandy,
named the Three Drafters. It appears that yeaterday morning
the B.dy.r, whilst cruising, fell in with.* saspinuns sail be-
tween Boulogne and Daisies, about three !rape* frous the
land, ■nd suspecting her to be a smoggier, made all sail in
chase ;. at the came tulle firing • gun to bring her to, and
hoisting the nudge and peud•nt. The cotter finding the
Bolger gaits on her, fired her stern adiser. The action then
loscasne general, and lasted front half-past seven • ns. until
half past sine p.m. and after • runvisg figbt of via hones and •
half, the cutter struck shout sat leugaes from Dieppe. L'poss
boonskng her she proved to be the Three Druthers, as above
stated, sailing drum Flushing to Ber• Isles, having a valuable
cargo of lea, tobacco, and spirits, en board, intended for illicit
importation, and carrying twenty-seven nom, firer six. puns('
earronailes. he-ides swivels and an immerse. ga•ality of fire-
arms. 0.1 board the smuggler, the Captain and one man were
killed and seven wounded, two 'venally, one of whom died
this snowing. On hoard the Deager, Mr. Cullom, Depntatiun
Officer, much respected in this wain, was killed ; Lieutenant
New, her eusumander, the second mate, sad three seamen,
wounded. snow desperate anion has not been fought be
twee'. • revenue ',wimps and • solugaler for wine time. Tlm
remainder of the crew ef the cutter were put on board the
Badyer. %Aids bas not yet arrived. An Inquest will be held
by We Mayor and Cowen en the bodies of Ilse smugglers.

The iinelligence received un Friday from Ireland
is realh curious, and to us incomprehensible. The
High Sherif tot Wexford has refused to comply with
a lligoisatioin. Mie .cal by Dignitaries of the Church,
end s.:yeral Nolawmen and leading Gentry of the
Ciativit., torrid a Meeting to Address the Lord Lieu-
tenant, thz Representative id' the Sivereiga, on the
subject of the late savage mange and insult offered
to the person aids Excellency in the Dublin theatre.
Mr Alcoa, the High Sheriff, graaanded •his refusal
distinctly upon the circumstance of the Grand Jury
having thrown out the bills that were presents-11
agaiiivt, the individuals ucciaseil of that outrage !
Now this is really, a curious and wliiinsicul exams:
enough of Mr. High Sheriff Aleoek.—What, we
would ask hint, bail the throwing out•of the 11.11 s
to no • with alt lan:stint& ut •the olisgrecefill riot in
fine-Lion ! • Tien there was an titling,: he mei of
deity—that a bottle and a piece of wood were 11 lig
jut the Viceroy he cannot therefore a as
escuse for not eonipling with the Reapiisititat
absurd and ridiculous, and is such a attic US would
excite surprise, t yen though it had pax:Jed truss
a lie /range party of the Dublin Corp,rat ton. Mr.
lleowaie, the Sovereign of Carlow, is less cal:limit-
nicative as Its his reasons, fur not assembling the
Wrapt up in his Own iviulusq l self.
impiariunee, h.: 'actinically says, " he does inn think
it aaecessary at this time In cull at Meeting f.-..but.
the Clergy, the Nobleineat, and the Gouty of Ow
County think otherwise. These re lasals wall he
matter of exultation. to the Orange Factiou isi
lie-
laud, wail :awed as it is Of. 401641.11:db who are is
IMMfil I Ve. us truulwesnme, and **laird-11..3MA us die
stupid Ultras of France. As to Mr. Aksick, it he
had resat the Attorney-General** Speech, and the
~k,ervittions or the worthy and leaned Judge, oat
the subject of the Dublin Grant Jury throwing out
the [tills, he might have f .1 some cogent reasons,
even on the grounds hit has stated,. low ceiling the
Meeting, without le: is persitaaleal that the report of
the oatatcage its the Theatre was malting re Omit
a Mere dein:ion. The opinion of the two isounties,
we are convinced, is in perfina iothasit with the sen.
,intent sit' the noblemen and- gentry who signal the
llegoisitions ; and we ate oleo persuaded that Par-
liament wutild render a very great anal imporisitt
li_niefit to Ireland, if it would pas* an Act to put
(Lowe I/a-tinge Clubs slog-ether, which are a perfeet
and intolerable imistinee et that 4... usury.
The Marquis of Cemeen's gentekeeper, at Bay-
ham Abbey, was killed on Thursday eveuing lust,
by that tilling el hi. horse, r glean distance front
There loas been am unusual hustle at the Admi-
ralty during the hut two or three slays. All the
Junior Lords, with theiriGhtef, attended by Mr.
Secretary Croaker, have repeatedly assetublevl, and
the object of their meeting '.es been kept a very
profound secret. There have been several inter-
views between the First Lord of the Ailinirelty at;
Mr. Secretary Canning.
)The Lord Chancellor hex appointed the time and
place for the wanking of the commingle+) de Ituiellico
Uovviresio, concerning Lord Portsmouth ; namely,
in about a month from hence, at the Freemason's
Tavern. Counsel to suKort the lunacy, Messrs.
IVetherell, Denman, and Brougham ; Sergeant
Pell, Mr. Wilde, end Mr. F. Williams on the ether
bide. It is also seid, that more than 100 witnesses
are or will be summoned, and that the copies in the
proceedings will cost 3,0001.

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We understand that the Spanish Government has
acceded to the proposition fur establishing a mail-
coach from Madrid to Curtinnst, to be connected

with a series of steam-packets, to sail from that port
Falmonth, according to the suggestions made he
sir John Doyle. By this measure the letters from
Madrid, which are regularly, when the mail come*
through France, 14 days on the road,: will now
arrive in eight days, it being engaged by the par-
ties who contract for the conveyance of thcletters„
that the voyage, from Falmouth to Curunna shall
not occupy more emit four days; the remaining
time being divided between the land journey front
Madrid tot Corunna, and that from Falmouth to
London. This new arrangement. has given the
greatest satisfaction to the merchant* corresponding
with Spain, who will now receive their remittances
in sal cases, six days earlier than usual, and with
much greater certainty than before, escaping the
double Aunger of- interrup•ion on the Spanish fron-
tier, and of inspections by the agents of the French
isist-etace.• Trio parties contracting with the Spa-
nish Ouverniseut are said to be men of long expe-
rience in the manageamett of steam packets from •
Edinburgh to Lontluti, and therefore fully able lo
estimate how far the perfisrmeece of the voyage by
sea may be reduced to certainty
Accounishave been received from Aleppo to the
19th of November, at which time the shocks of the
earthquake were still frequent, and some of them
violent. The damage that has been sustained is •
incalculable, and the loss of lives almost unparal—
leled, even in such calamities. (Ate of the most
frightful and sweeping scenes of misery had sue-
'cettleol, the horrors ut which were aggravated by the
state of insecutity to which the poor sufferers were
reduced by the cootinuance of the shucks.
Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at
Memel, dated D7c. 28 :—" Since lust night we have
had a sharp frost, and our Leiria completely fast to.
the entrance of the harbusir.. It consequence of
the repeated typlications made from .home agaitn.t
the late additional-port charges laid an British and
other shipping, it is expected that an alteration will
take place be tbre spring. I,: however, think it ne-
cessary paint out to owners ancritliip-inasters, that
all vessels. which bring limestone, chalk, rubbish,
us even, manes of little or no value, as is often the •
case from stone ports in Scotland, Sweden, and
Norway, are liable to double port charges, the same •
as if loaded with valuable cargoes; representations
having been mule against this charge, and it is
I1)Iw hoi,crl goat nit exemption tvill be made, which
I Omit dot tail to communicate."
Extract of a letter from the, Agent-to Lloyd's at
Cnistatitimiple dated loth Dessember:—" The Sfigg,
Lashley, and the Lahma, Bailey, have arrived heir
from Tagon-ruck, with only u small part oe their
cargoes on hoaad, having been forced to leave the
Bay in atonseqqesire of •is heavy gale..from the-north-
east, which braught down large Wales of is e.
CIIONYTADT. Dac. 11 (23.) —On the Bth it blew •
a violeut gate wind tram the westward, which
broke sip all the ice below; and the next day a
peppered to be the Aiesamider,
tiotasst her way into it, end anchored ll ur 4 wrests •
front the mole..

OLD DAILEY SESSIONE.—(Sasu Rniv.) •
SATunDAY, ASV itt.--Jerentiah James Rearlihg, ;Irell-
- as :win,* person of respectable a ppeara tee,
iws ioilicted, and the indietetteist charged him wittr•
sealing two guld watchks, the properly. I.#' Juno! Upson
and others.
Ali. 0 isnot stated, that he was in partnership atW te. -
sided in Weirs-street, Retkeley.square. He had kitties's—
the prisoner a year or two Ise ore the 210 of Nur. 18'21;
when he called tor wnwis, and said he wonted two
gold watches for a young Nobleman, whose name he
'was nut at liberty to mention, as Isis frisiols would oat
hear of his porchaiitia such expensive articles. -
ttess was satisfied, and allowed him to harcilte watches.
• Anout IS days afterwards, he called to have his own
watch regulated,. when witness pressed, kilo hie payment
of tile property had on the sttst. He said the
was ton thew us the way, awl at other times be said tut
was 0.4 the Continent. Witness at lettath called mum
I , when hr spoke uf .onne difficulties. Imo said the-
.ll iney should be paid ; this nut ileitis dime, witness, ho
Slay, 1824.isatied a warrant of debt.
Crosswzamined—Toe prisoner visited the shop after
the transaction. hind say he would accept a good bid
he left oft vii g the shop a considerab'e time (whirs*, *
writ was liftleti This was the ease for the prow • .
The prisoner, on tieing called 'moo lot It s.. defeneo;
said, he would leave the case to the hands of the Coin(
and
T Jury.
he Jure, after consithing swine time, regoureil Out
Court allow th• in to pill a hew (I.lcplltouls to the
witness Damon, who, in answer, s.WI he had k 1111111 l
the primmer two ur three years, and ill.lll the mil? low,
tress door. prior to the tr iisactimi, the gtaolol 01 the
tires• nt. enquiry, was the repairini .and regulating a
watch, which was duly paid for.
The Jury retired I die Court to consider their
verdict—and, after an Mortice of twenty minutes,
mistimed a serdict of—Not Gqilty.
Their is a second charge against the prisoner, which.
was trot pru:eeded

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