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Seingew '-4+ll
shall only state, therefore, that the changes in contem-
plation are such as will give general :.:Itistaction, because
they will not disappoint any wishes, and are like' y to gra-
%ify every feeling of the truly British part of the corn
triunity.

A gentleman jest arrived from Paris, states, that about
t month ago as BUONAPARTE was surrounded by his
zuards, a pistol was fired at him by a Spai:iard, the ball
from which struck his breast, and fell upon the ground,
from whence it is inferred he wears armour like Cnom-
"WELL. It was believed that the delinquent would not be
brought to trial, in order that the afrair might be made as
little pablic as possible.
•We learn 'from a source that cannot be questioned,
that JOEL Ban Low, the American Minister at Paris, is
attempting to negotiate a loan in I iolland for the use of
his Government, and it is expected he will succeed.
Captain ARTHUR BATT BINCI I AM, who commanded
the Little Belt at the time of her engagement with the
,American frigate President, has been promoted to the
Yank of POst-Captain within these few days.
Lieutenant SimmoNns, late the Manly, gun-brig,
Iris been appointed to the command of die Attack, in
consideration of his gallant defence of his former vessel,
against two Danish ships, each of far superior force.
Letters to the 15th ult. received from Nw York, state,
that a Colonel BERNARD, and another Spanish Officer of
the revolutionary party, had arrived at Natchitoches, for
the purpose of contracting with the American's for nms-
tets, &c. They had brought intelligence, that the Spa-
inish troops from Macodaches had made several incursions
and had plundered some Spaniards of the opposite party.
This Colonel licnNA RD was expected to. remain in A me. '
vita some time, to negotiate for certain articles. These
persons state, that even the ell), of I.lexico had been cap-
tured by the Republican Giltetal IZ VAN, They also add,
that Montrey and Leen, wiih .d 1 the mines, were in pos-
session of the same party. We must; however, venture
to doubt these important ham, till they are more strongly
authenticated. Four A mtriean Officers had, it is said,,
the management of the artillery in General RvAter army,
and had gained an high reputa;ion. One of them had
lately been shot by cane hitt
London, England, 1812-02-16

SATURDAY'S LONDON GAZETTB.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
John Clark, late of Shoe-lane, builder.
BANKRUPTS.
John Arden, of Blackrnore-street, Clare-market, grocer, to surrend,r
Feb. 17, at twelve, 22, at ten. and March 28, at eleven, at Guildhall.
Attorney, Mr. Swann, New r 11-street.
Abraham Whitehead, juts. of .lifax, York, Cotton-spinner, Ft b. •
27, at five, 28, and March :8, at eleven, at the Sun lint, Bradford,
York. Attornies, Mr. Evans, Hatton-garden, London ; and Mr.
Croaky, Bradford.
Askham Eyre, of Thurlstone, York, oil-merchant, March 4, at four,
6, and 28, at eleven, at the New Court House, Wakefield, York-
Attornies, Mr. Lee, St. John's-place, Wakefield ; and Messrs. Sykes
and Knowles, New Inn, London.
John Stedwell Mar Richmond, Surrey, butcher, Feb. 22, at one, 29,
at twelve, and ch 28, at one, at Guildhall, London. Attorney,
Mr- Rivers, Garlick-hill, London.
David I)ougal, of Lower Terrace, Islington, ship-owner, Feb. 18,
29, and Mardi 28, at ten, at Guildhall. Anomie*, Mearrs. ooke, and
I Lindley, St. James's-walk, Clerkenwell.
John Plowman, of Kensington, builder, Feb. 18, 25, and March 28,
at I, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. fibke, Faisi;ravc-rhice, 'Temple-bar.

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London, England, 1812-02-16

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY
.16,)812.

POLTI 'CAL DISQUISITION.

o. 203.

CONDUCT AND POLICY OF AMERICA.

The note of warlike preparation continues to resound
from the shores of the Atlantic. It awakens neither terror
nor despondency in our hearts. We have lnng expected
the bursting out of that storm, which we saw collecting
in the American sky, and clearly marked the -point on
which it will wreak its rage.—Like the volcano that
spreads desolation round its base, America will only call
down ruin upon all her States, should her spirit of blind-
ness continue to prevail, and the die of war be irrevocably
cast. The measures lately recommended to the adoption
of Congress, and those actually adopted, seem in some
degree at variance, and would induce a hope that all our
differences might still be amicably settled, did not the ex-
perience of the past demonstrate too plainly the sovereign
influence of Fiance, over the Councils of the United
Sates, to render a change of policy on their part proba-
ble. After having long blustered and threatened, they
begin to perceive their real weakness, and to grow
alarmed at the lengths they have gone.—They feel that,
notwithstanding their boast of annihilating our trade,
in case of war, they do not possess the means of
attempting to carry their menace into execution.—
The Indians whom they supplied with our commodities,
have exhausted the stock which had been laid in by the
American merchants before the revival of the Non-Im-
portation Act, and now not only loudly complain of the
deficiency, but in many quarters take up arms, and ravage
the frontiers of the United States. To pacify these, and
at the same time to recruit the resources of the country, a
Bill has been proposed to gi authorise the importation of
goods, wares, and merchandises, under certain circum.
stances, from Great Britain, her colonies, or dependen-
cies." Thus, the Executive wishes to derive from Eng-
land herself, the means of waging an unjust war with
Ivr. It is true, that this privilege will only extend to the
goods, wares, Bz.c., which were purchased, or actually
contracted for in Great Britain, anterior to the Ist day of
Feb. 1811. But the planners of the Bill suppose that the
F.llPply they will at once obtain by this modification of
the former Act will be so considerable as to answer
their immediate ends, and enable them to pursue the.hos-
tile course marked out by the Government, until the
prowess of their land and sea heroes, and the promised
assistance of the French may turn the scale of war en-
trely in their favour. Their hopes may, however, be de.
feted, and when they so openly avow their intention of
F°4 V. No. CC I VI.
London, England, 1812-02-16

FEB 16.

.
‘• Twelve men perished on board the frigate in conseqitence of an
explosion.—(Monileur, Feb. 7.)
,‘ The same paper contains three letters front Admiral DE WINTER
to the Minister of the Marine and Colonies, by which it appears, the
illaudia was commanded by G. H. SEYMOUR, Esq. who, with the
crew, consisting of from 170 to 180 men, has been saved."

The following extract of a letter from Plymouth, dated
the 13th inst. contains some intelligence which we trust
will prove unfounded.

66 Arrived in ten days from Corinna, the Spanish brig Diligente,
Capt. ANTONIO DE CAREACIA, with a cargo of nuts for London. It
vas reported at Corinna, that private letters had been received there
from St. Sebastian's, in which it 'was stated, that the Surveiltante fri-
gate had been forced into that port in a gale of wind, the batteries at
the same time firing upon her, which was returned with great spirit ;
but at length she was compelled to surrender, and all the crew were
ria,le prisoners. Ido not vouch for this information; but such was
the rumour at Corinna, when the Diligente left that place."
London, England, 1812-08-16

EXECUTION OF DAWSON.

The report of this culprit being reprieved was unfounded, he suf.
*red the sentence of the law on Satirday at I`2 o'cl.)clt, at the top of
Cambriege Castle, amidst a surrounding assemblage of at least twelve
thousaid persons. Previous to his condemnation, and for a day or
tvri alter, Dawson's conduct w.is unruly and boisterous : but through
the unreolittill ex nortationsvf the Cluipldin, he became reconciled
to his unhappy late, and spent his whole time in devotion. He made
an unsolicited declaration of the whole poisoning business, from the
lute of phy sicing Ruhens, at Bright'n, to the poisoning at New.
waiter, in 1811. The parting s.sth his wile on 1 bursday was an
affecting scene. She is a respectable woman ; and the prisoner seemed
more affected at the recollection of his fofiner indifference to her, than
at approaching death itself. He ascended the platform with fortitude
at 12 0.14x1, and after spending twenty minutes ist prayer, he was
launched into eternity. in his last moments'he declared that he never
swain to kill, but merely to prevent the horses from winning.
London, England, 1812-08-16

DYING DECLARATION.

joists T 111011117•011 on the morning of exeutiticm, (his irons being
Inocked off,) addressed Sheriff Birch in these words :—" Being now
at liberty, permit me to avow, in the presence of God, in whom I
rely for eternity, that I am innocent of any wilful act for which i am
about to suffer : If I am not, may my soul, in less than half an hour
be consigned to hell." Upon this, he dropped on his right knee,
and calkd God to hear his prayer. He then turned round to Mr.
Poyethur the Under-Sheriff; and thanked him for his kind attention
during bus confinement in the cells; and turning to his brother, (who
bad attended him during the night in his cell,) requested him, in pre-
senee-of tb. whole, to publish a true and candid statement. The
bell ;i6w tolling, he proceeded through the yards to the scaffold,
with # fartinide rarely witnessed by any belonging to the prison.
London, England, 1812-08-16

THE NATIONAL Itt;C;ISTER.

4SCENT OF MR. SADLER.

Ltvzst root, Avis. 12.—This afternoon the inhabitants of this town
were gratified with the long-oxpected ascent of this intrepid aeronaut.
Several hours before the time fixed for the ascent, crowds of people '
hid occupied all the lanes and ov....nnes leading. to the ground, which
was a convenient er.c:oseel field, near St. Domingo, about a mile and a
half from the town. At twelve the town was nearly deserted ; and the
shops being almost universally shut, it wnte the aspect of Sonday, but
with scarce y a person in the streets. The balloon was inflated within
the encle-ed area, so.(ieli was pattitioned off tutu three divisions, for
the admission of spectators, at fixed prices. Here upwards of ..:000
persons were :.sseniblvd. The operatien of tiling the balloon com-
menced about ten o'clock. and after it was inflated, the car was at-
tached 10 it, and Mr. Sadler placed bitwelf in his vehicle amidst the
acclamations of the sl'ectators.
The ascent which took place at half-past two, was sublime; net
ropid. but deliberate and graceful ;exhibiting the beautiful.proportions
of the whole vehicle, aid the decorations of the car. The wilosk took
;-.Blr-usint in a south-cast direction towruds Knowsley-Park; but as
it WI:S ti 't Mr. Sadler's intention to travel far, he attained his highest
altituee in about twenty mintees, at which time the balloon itself
was recluctrl to a very diminutise site, and the car was totally
The appro. ch of the balloon to the' earth was spon after apparent,
sltd the descent was gradual and majestic. We suppose the actual
desc,iit to have taken place in the neighbourhood of KnowsleyTPArk,
*bout four miles front this.—(literpoo/ Courier.)
London, England, 1812-08-16

1T AS LOST FULLY 14.1)no

The French Generals BONNET an(l CARRIER both.
dead. MA rtmoNT wounded, reported dead. The loss of
the combined army 3500, including Gen. .1.4 MARcu As r
killed; and Generals BELL ESFORD and COLE wounded, both

dangercAlisly."
" The Searlower is arrived at Falmouth with Lord Wm.-
N GT ON% dispatches."

Previous ;o which the following Bulletin was issued.
131ILLETIN.
" Horse Guards. Aug. li, 13 N.

" A leitnr was this morning received by COL TORRENS,
from it NICHOLAS TRANT, dated Oporto, scull July, in
which he mentions that Lord CLINTON had been dispatcher!
from the army on .the 25th, for Lisbon, with an account of
Lord WELLty9Tom having obtained a decided victory
over Marshal MARMONT, on the 22d of the same month.
• " 'rhe British army had arrived at Arisellas, followed by
the enemy. Lol WELLINGrorr seeing a favourable op-
pot tunity, halted his columns, and attacked with such vigotp,
London, England, 1812-08-16

Sri Nall', AI 'G tIcT 16.

COMPLETF. coNmltn.trioN of THE GRFAr VECTo!ly.—
ARRIVAL OF' LOllO CLAN FON %UM 11E. FR 3.11
LOUD wELLINGFON.

Comments must give way to feel:ng and exolta i•tt on aft-
flouncing the full and official cootilio-:•ion of 0, e of the
greatest victories ever gained by Our country. The French
have at last been defeated in a mantic "phi h rPnee,s it
imposible for them to conceal or repair their di co,n.i,ure,
Hitherto they had attacked us, and when repelled, had
saved appearances by an orderly retreat- Nov tinw have
beet' asNailed, broken, and pursued with a r;t9idi,v which.
has t!oubled the advantayss of victory, and the %vide r'.in
of defeat. Upwaids of 14,0n0 men have been taken, killed
and wounded. Our immoral Commander, who had freed
Portugal from the Invader's yoke, has now mo:e than ha!f
redeemed the independence of Spain.
At eleven o'clock yesterday •morning the f.llowing com-
munication was made to a nation burning with hope, and,
now glowing wi:h gtatitude and exultation :
A telegraphic communication from Plymouth has an-
nounced the landing of Lord CLENTocr, with the oflici4
dispaches containing the details of the glorious victory over.
MA RmoN T. The words of the telegraphic communica-
tion are—" A MOST COMPLETE VICTORY—THE ENEMY
London, England, 1812-04-12

BRISTOL

A Gentleman, arrived in town from Bristol. informs ns,
that some disturbances took place in that city the last
rn.oket-da-i, on account of the dearness of provisions.
Potatoes had been on the rise for some time previous ; and
the farmers, who had several waggon-loads at the market,
t ere attempAng to advance their price, wlen a mob as-
sembled, and threatened them with their vengeance. Some
of the respectable inhabitants of the tovn in consequence
interfered, and endeavoured to arrase the mob by pro-
nwang to prevail on the farmers to sell the potatoes at the
price of the previous market-day. In this they were un-
successful ; and the consequence was, that the mob seized
the provisions in spite of every opposition, and either de-
stroyed or carried away the whole.
London, England, 1812-04-12

Tnn NATIONAL I'J

.41;;;0P•re.t,•1•...
THE COURT AND IVORLD OF FASHION.

Thur-iday tic PitINCE RECENT held a Levee at Carlton
House, which was attended by the
Dukes of Vorh, Clarence, Kent, Cumberland, and Brunswick ; the
Foreign Minister.; ; the Archbishop of Cashel; the Lord Chant-eller,
and tne re:,: of the Ministers and great Officers of State; the Chit fJJF-
tice; .the f 13.:r0n ; the Lord Nlay)r; the Sheriffs; the Dukes of
Gordon, iviatichesttx, &.c.
Among the presentations were the •
Lord .1% iayor, ;;I:erift4, and Remernbranci‘r, who presented the Reso
1.
lutions el t::e Lor:1 Chliord, the Hon. Mr. Stotctim,
EngleliLl.l. ;led :;ir J. Thr.Aktnor;on, who presented ;.n cm
the Roman Catholics of Engiand ; Viscount Milton, and Mr.
force, with a Petition from Yorkshire; the new Spanish Ambassador
and suite; M. Navarre, Chargc d'Affaires from Portwral; the Duke of
Manchester, on his return flow.' the Government. of Jamaica; Captain
Eyre, who received the honour of Xnighthood; and a number of Mili-
tary and Naval ()Ulcers, on promotion, and on returning from, or pre-
vious to dvparture for, various foreign stations.
The PRINCE itt:GE.:T has giver. Lord WELLINGTOIs: per-
mission to assume the-title cf Duke of CI UP AD RODRIGO,
Wilieh !)AS 1)11.:3 cuafei rr.i oa him by the Cortes of Spain.
London, England, 1812-04-12

POLIIICAL DISQUISI lION.

No. 210.

WAR BETWEEN RIT:SIA AND FRANCE.

When clouds lower on the horizon, it is natural to ex-
pect a storm. When armies are collecting, and the force
of empires is marshalled in battle array, it is reasonable
to think that so vast and expensive a display is not made
for the purpose of useless parade. Everts of the most
important nature may, then, considered as sil:ntly-
growing in the womb of fate : the ear may listen for the
approaching clash of arms, and the feeling heart bleed
at anticipated destruction, or exult at the prospect of re-
deerrod independence.

The confused rumours of war, which almost every
gale wafted from the Continent to our shores, have at
last given way to clearer and more certain information.
The preparations of France and Russia nre no longer of
a doubtful nature. The complicated movements of
troops, intended to conceal their real object, are no
longer confined to the interior. The French and Prus-
sian legions have crossed the Vistula, and the Russian
arms, reinforced by the Guards from St. Petersburgh,
has passed the frontiers and entered the Prussian terri-
tories. The last accounts from Gottenburgh state, that
the Russians were advancing towards Memel, and recent
letters from France add, that they actually took posses.
sion of that place, together with the magazines it con-
tained, on the '2sth ult. Should this account prove
correct, and it is so probable in itself as to leave us but
little doubt of its authenticity, the sword has at length
been openly drawn, and the campaign may be considered
as begun..
Our readers have perceived that hitherto the French
rapers have been remarkably cautious of giving any clear
annunciation of a war in the North. Conscious of the
weight of public opinion, and of the disgust which his
subjects experience at the continuance of the contest with
Spain, Portugal, and England. NAPOLEON has carefully
avoided to let them see that his restless ambition was on
the eve of plunging them wantonly into hostilities with
another Power. The more successfully to blind their ob-
servation, he has remained in his capi!al whilst his armies
were marching towards the North, and has delayed his
departure until he should have an opportunity of imposing
en the credulity of his people. By the magnitude of his
preparations, both on the confines of Russia and in Poland
on almost the very edge of the Russian frontiers, he
created the utmost alarm an the Court of St. Petersburvh,
and compelled them, in common prudence, to assemble
the largest army in their power to meet and counteract
Iris possible designs. This arming and collection of troops
he will now represent as an act of undeset ved mistrust on
Vol. V. No. CCXXIV. •
London, England, 1812-04-12

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

THE NOPILITY AND FAMILIES OF THIS METROPOLIS,
ALSO TOWN AND COUNTRY DRAPERS,

Are respectfully apprized, that the entire STOCK in TRADE
of the IVIANCHESTER, SCOTCH, and IRISH FAC FORS, No. 6,
Pickett-street, 'Fempli.bar, opposite St. Clement's Church, is now on
S:Je. the whole of which, amounting to 17,5001. must be immediately
cleared off, in consequence of the death of Mr. Stephen Perkins, one of
the Proprietors, amongst which the following articles will he found
particularly worthy attention, viz. a large quantity of grass-bleached
Irish linens of known celebrity, Russia and L►ncashire sheetings,
dowlasses, and Suffolk hemps, 1500 pieces of India and liritkh jacco-
nots, mulls and cambrics for gentlemen's cravats and ladies' dresses,
su) pieces of India nankeens, 2000 silk, imitation, and wove-in shawls, ;
150 pieces of rich printed bed-furnitures, counterpanes, quilts, blankets,_,
&c. with an assortment of printed canihr.cs and calicoes.
No. 6, Pickett-street, Temple-bar, the large corner Shop, with a
Golden Unicorn in front. Assistants wanted.
N. B. the above extensive Premises to be disposed of.

EXCELLENT and BENEFICIAL CHANCES, '26, Cornhill.

HORNSBY and Co. advise the Public to peruse the Lottery
Scheme, and they will find peculiar interest therein; all those who
purchased in formsr Lotteries will not reject the present, on account
of the many advantages the Scheme possesses. HORNSBY and Co.
ever solicitous of Public favour, hope to be honoured on the present
occasion with their commands, which shall be duly attended to.
London, England, 1812-04-12

LONDON SESSIONS.

At the above Sessions on Monday, Robert Towers was tried on an
indictment charging him with attempting to bribe anci excite a turnkey
iu Newgate to assist in the escape of Mr. Skeene lately executed for
forgery.. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Newman, the Governor
of Newgate, that the prisoner attempted to bribe one of his turnkeys
to encourage the escape of Mr. Skeene. This being communicated by
Air. Hardy, his confidential clerk of the papers, he had the turnkey
and prisoner face to face, when the prisoner not being able to deny the
(barge, he told him he would be under the necesAty of proceeding
ikr:4llSt him for this ofTence.—Mr. Hardy, the clerk, and Samuel Davis,
the turnkey, corroborated this statement; the witnc.is, Davis, explain-
ing that the prisoner had promised him, if he could assist in the escape
of Ny. S. he would give him in gold coin, enough to make linn and hl3
Equly harpy for life, &:,—Mrs Alley defended the prisoner in an able
London, England, 1812-04-12

CO3DrOY HALL.

At the Common HAI, held on "Fr:-sday, in consequence of t - e Prince
Regent's refusal to receive their P( :trim on the Throne, a new series of
Resolutions were passed, and or,!ered to he presented to his Royal
Highness at his Levee, with their Petition. The eighth Resolution
states their ci• privation to have been only fol.ede,lo:: a letter of the late
Lord Hertford to that patriotic keave John Wilkes, wherein the Cham-
berlain informed the Lord Mayor, tisat hi 4 Majesty " would not, for
the future, receive opt Cie Throw, any Address, except from t'.e Body
Corporate ;" meaning thereby, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com-
mon Council: but tv:o Addresses, the Resolution adds, had neverthe-
less been received from the Court of Lieutenancy. This is the case
which the Livery !save made nut.

After this business was diipoqed of, Alderman Wood came forward,
and stated, that be had hen obliged to postimne hi, intended Motion
for an Address to the Princesq of Wales, in c.msequence of the necessity
of issnior :mother Frcctpt. The -Address he had then in his pocket ;
but, berore he brought it forward, he would snbmit it to the judpmerit
of his friends. The purport of the Address did not transpire; but we
presume, f..om complo,ion of the Worthy Alderman's ohservAtions,
that it wi!l roil on t!'e Princess to assume that splendour in society,
which ought to acconlpany her ditlioguished rank.

RELIEF WITHOUT DANGER OR INCONVENIENCE.

Warranted, and the tun Cost returned, if not approved of after any

Trial, War, or Damage.

SALMON, ODY, and Co. '291, Strand, London, PATENT
SELF-ARIUS-I ING TRUSS-MANUFACTURERS to his Mljesty's
Royal Navy, the lion. East India Company., &c. &c. warrant their
Trusses, without any Strap whatever, superior in ease and effect to
every other irvention on the above terms-, and confidently recommend
a trial to all those who Prefer perfect ease and security to the galling
application of the ennunon Truiq.—Stild by appointment, by Maw and .
Armstrong, I earlenhilii“ereet ; at the M:iunfriatory, and in all the prif
Opal Tuv.its itt Ltit:l«ail.--3.lct chants anti Captaiils supplied on litmAl
sorra 5.
London, England, 1812-04-12

APRIL 12.

Daniel Lacour, of Brewer-street, Golden-square, goldsmith, April
11, lt3, and May 19, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. J. B. Mills,
Vine-street, Piccadilly.
John Jacob Poidevin, of Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, tailor,
April 14, 28, and May 19, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr.
Popkin, Dean-street, Soho.
Win. Simpson, of Sidney's-alley, Leicester-square, tailor. April 11, 21,
and Ma) 19, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Swann, New
iasingliall-street.
Eglinton Maxwell, late of Featherstone-buildings, Holborn, mer-
chant, April 14, 21, and May 19, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attornies,
Messrs. Dawson and Wrattislaw, Saville-place, New Burlington-street.
Thomas Smith, of New Bridge-street, Vauxhall, baker, April 14, 18,
and May 19, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Robins, Bouverie-
street, Fleet-street.
Benjamin Walmsley, of Surrey-place, Kent-road, merchant, April 11,
', and May 19, at ten, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs. Wilde
and Knight, Castle-street, Falcon-square.
Herman Gerhard Hilbers,_ of New London-street, merchant, April
11, 18, and May 19, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs.
Gkgson, Dixon, and Gregson, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street.
Richard James, of New London-street, merchant, April 11, 18, and
May 19, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs. Gregson, Dixon,
and Gregson, Angel-court, Thragmorton-street.

CERT! FICATES—A nu L 28.

John Howson, of Tickill, York, grocer.—John Flaxman' of Dean-
c•reet, Lion-square, Holborn, cheesemonger.—John Stua; t, of
Leadenhall-street, merchant.—James Ouinlan Sadler, of Lisp-street,
I .eicester-nelds, coach-maker.—Francis Tohn Dupont, of Watford, I fen-
ford, draper.—John Elworthy, of Plymouth 1)ock, money-scrivener.
—William Jones, of Deptford, apothecary.—William Barley, late of
the White Swan Tap, Skinner-street, broker.—George Theakston,
la!e. of Albany, New-road, Walworth, merchant. —Thomas Beaumont,
of Lark Hall-line, Stockwell, Surrey, cow-keeper.--John Sykes and
George Sykes, late of Curriere Hull-court, clothiers and factors.—
James Ashley and Thurston Ashley, of Primrose street, Bishopsgate-
street, silk-weavers.—Henry Johnson and Thomas Pritchard, late of
Nile-place, New Kent-road, Newington, builders.
London, England, 1812-04-12

CARLISLE.

Accounts from Carlisle state, that on Saturday week,
strong symptoms of insubordination were manifested by
the lower orders of the people, but no serious mischief en-
sued. On Mot day the populace, to the amount of :30V0,
went to Sandsfi,ld(Poet Carlisle), with an intent' II of un-
shipping several calves of corn and potatoes, that were
tlestmcd to go coastways; but before they had accomplish-
ed their purpose, they were checked by the arrival of the
military and several Magistrates. The populace appeared
perfectly satisfied with the assurances of the Magistrates,
v ho are said to have promised to use every exertion tn pre-
vent forestalling. All terminated quifttly at Sandsfield,
except that some of the Magistrates and Officers were as-
sailed in the suburbs on their return, by women and boys,
with a few stones. The soldiers were marched up to the
markATlace, and followed by an immense concourse of
people, many, no doubt, attracted by curiosity. Some of
the eincers were hissed and h -toted at, on their retiring,
when they suddenly wheeled, drew their swords, and ran
to their men, who were still under arms, and ordered them
to clear away the populace, by which many were wounded.
The mob, as if momentarily appalled, did not farther in.
commode them, and the Officers went to mess, leaving the
soldiers under arms. After the. lapse of a few minutes,
the populace assembled in great numbers before the mess-
room, br,)ke the windows, and tin eatened vengeance to
the Officers. On this the Riot Act was read. Some
rounds, it is stated, were afterwards fired, by which a wo-
man was killed, and several men wounded ; and must of
the houses in the market-place exhibited some mark of the

fa ing.
London, England, 1812-04-12

PROP:TAW:ILS..

A large brgly of Cornish miners, to the nutuly:r of Lioout 1000, have
risen in the different parishes around Truro, and compelled the farmers
to sign a paper, engaging to sell corn at a r, d;iced price.
Thursday senni2,ht, a passenger in a stage-coach, which runs daily
from Chichester to Brighton, was seized, near Shoreham, with a vio-
UM fit of insanity, and bit his wife, who was in tlic coach with him,
In a most shocking manner, about the face ;:nd arm 3. Thc coachman
and outside passengers hearing her scre:tms, got down, and with much
difficulty rescued her from the jaws of the n;ani;.c. Two
,gentlemen
then got inside, and pinioning his ar.ns, prevtuted him from doing
farther mischief
The liquor vaults of William Watson, El. of V'
*eta nutch infester: with rats, a trap was stt t few 441ns-face, 011 a
London, England, 1812-04-12

SATURDAY, APRIL 11.

Jot. Thompson alias Jas. Woolntan (who was acquitted of an indict-
ment for forgery on Wednesday, in consequence of the omission of the
letter s) was this day tried on another indictment, for feloniously forging
the acceptance of A. MiDoughall, to a bill of exchange for 1181. 18s. 4d.
and thereby defrauding W. Carter and S. Strong.
Mr. ALLEY, for the prosecution, observed on the criminalty of the
prisoners conduct, in an eloquent address to the Jury, and detailed the
facts of the case to the Jury, which were afterwards substantiated by
proofs.
Mr. Strong a five—maker, at Hanworthy, near Poole, in Dorsetshire,
stated, that he received a letter signed N'l'Dotighall and Co. Great Her-
mitage-street, Wapping, in September 1811, which stateeoha: in conse—
quence of a di4solution of partnership betwixt the firms, (country cor-
respondence) they requested to know the terms, generally, upon which
Messrs. Strong and Co. would supply them. Tlll3 correspondence end-
ed in witness sending forage to the amount of the sum stated in the in-
dictment, and drew a bill upon MiDoiighall and Co. for the aniotil:t,
dated Om 21, IEII, which witness paid into the Poole t' ink, anti 111.
s:Nue:al)* received a letter from London, that the bill La. 1.;,.
London, England, 1812-04-12

ACCIDENTS, OFFEACLS,

On 'Friday night last, between twelve and one o'clock, the stable of
Air. Rob( rt Wardell, .No. 2, Westbourne-place, King's-road, Chelsea,
was entered by some rt,ffians, most likely with the intention of steal,ng
a very valuable mrre the property of that Gentleman; but being inter-
ropteJ, they contented themselves with taking away a most handsome
saddle, with quilted flaps arid jointed stirrups. It is hoped that the re-
doublcd activty of the watchmen in the neighbourhood will prevent
any farther :el empt at depredation. We understand that an equivalent
reward has been offered in order to detect the perpetrators of the theft.
.Svicioe.—A young woman, 'named Annis Reeves, not more than 18
years of age, de. troved herself with arsenic, on Wednesday morning, in
George-place, Oxford-street; this unfortunate girl left her friends in
Yorkshire ont a few weeks ago, with an. Officer, since gone to Por-
tuyal, and had thrown herself on the town for support,
INQUEST.—On Monday an inquest was taken before Thomas Com-
incline, Esq. Coroner, on view of the body of J. Bayant, about ten
years of age, apprentice to Thomas Mixemen Bronville, chimney-
sweeper, whose death was supposed to have been occasioned by the
inhuman treatment of his master. The body, by order of the Coro-
ner, had been carefully dissected by 4 surgeon, who being unable to
discover the smallest symptom of violence, the Jury returned a verdict,
vied by the visitation of God. Some time after the Jury were dismissed,
three Gentlemen from Newent (in consequence of a paragraph in the
Gloucester Paper), came forward, and detailed such ill-treatment on
the part of the master, that Bronville was again taken into custody ;
an i committed.to jail for the murder. He was tried at the Gloucester
Assizes, found guilty, and ordered for execution.
DUBLIN, APRIL 4.—This morning, between three and four o'clock,
the Newry fly-coach was. stopped by .a strong band of robbers, who,
without any intimation, fired into the coach, but without injuring any
of the passengers. They proceeded to hand out those in the coech,
one by one, and with the most dreadful imprecations, made them deli-
ver up all they possessed. There were two ladies, Mrs. Hamilton and
daughter, whom the robbers obliged to kneel down in the road, de-
claring they would shoot them instantly ; one of the gang, however,
interfered, and even declared he would not allow their baggage to be
touched. However, the Captain of the banditti ordered every thing to
be carried off. Money, watches, trinkets, clothes, every article was
plundered. The Rev. Mr. Beresford was in the coach, and is said to
have lost 2001.; another Gentleman lost 60014 and it is thou
ght that
the villains carried off with them, altogether, more than 20001. in cash
and property.
London, England, 1812-04-12

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

APRIL 12.

LAIV INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCU, GUILDHALL, Arm 8.

NTSBEI"r V. SWIFT.

This was an action against a Lottery Office-keeper, to recover the
half of a .20,0Q01, prize, gained by the ticket No. 27, in the Spring Lot-
tery of ISO 9, which the plaintiff charged to have been lost by the negli-
gence of the defendant. It appeared, that the plaintiff had dreamt
a dream that foreboded the certain luck of Nos. 27 and 111, and imme-
diately apolied to the defendant to procure for him a half-ticket of the
former number, and a quarter of the latter. This the defendant under-
took to do, and the pt tintiff was previously to the drawing of the Lot-
t. 2! e, nirnished with the quarter of No. 111 ; bat No.27,drawn a 30,0001.
did not procure. The plaintiff spccerdingly lil. d No Bill in
khan: try against the defendant, for a discovery of ctAtain facts, which
he coal not otherwise prove; and the defendant, by his answer, ad-
ilitual tile application and undertaking between him and the phOttiff;
that he had in pursuance ef it, made application az the proper
eff.:e in the Bank, had paid the usm:l tee tit ss. each number, and had
.givl in a paper with those numbers. This paper had, however, been
a-ciclently either effaced or lost, and the ticket, No. 27, was sold to
s..:tplioiy else. By chance, however, the ticket, No. 111, came into
the deft. octant's hands, and he secured it for the plaintiff.
Lord ELL NROP.OVOid observed, that the defendant having tinder-
•:.!cen to purchase for the plaintifr the one-half of the ticket pointed out,
V.'ls hound to fulfil that undertaking ; and if the plaintiff could show
i.e i.ad from culpable neglect, or even from inattention, failed to
!o so, the defendant must be liable.- Here, however, it appear- 41, that
thr defendant had used all due diligence to procure the number in
qavtion, but had been disappointed of obtaining it, by circumstances
1:e mull not foresee sir prevent
'l lie plaintiff was accordingly—Nontuited.
SATURDi-Y, APAIL 11.

03.1

speech, and called two gentlemen, who gave the prisoner an excelled
character for his benevolence, humanity, and his services to his country.
—The Recorder summed up the evidence, and commented upon the
enormity of the offence, and pointed out the justice of our laws—that
indtnpendent of the consequence of the unhappy criminal who silfercd,,
and ins very high connections, he was obliged to fall a sacrifice to the
law.—The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and the Court sentenced
him to pay a tine of Fifty Pounds' and to be imprisoned in Newgato
Twelve Calender Months, and to find security for h 6 futtlwr good
behaviour.
London, England, 1812-04-12

YARBOROUGH AND (0. TLI E BANK OF ENGLAND.,

This was an action of trovcr, -bronht by the plaintiffs, who were
hat.k:rs at Donc:e:ter,reuninally against the Bank of England, but sub-
stantially against a Mr. Sidney, to recover three loot. Bank of England
r=otes, which the defendants detained, Mr. Sidney claiming them as his
reperty.
It ap:wared, on the Part of the plaintiffs, that during th^ Doncaster
races in septentin,r last, they had taken the three notes in question at
their banking-house in Doncaster, in exchange for small notes, and had
transmitted them with others, to Messrs. Gosling and Co. their bankers
1,1 London, who sent them in the usual course of businep,, to the Bank
of En4i: Pt!, where they were deta:ned, beipj claimed as the property
of Mr. Ie appeared also, that it was the usual course of dealing
et. the Do:,Lituer yank, when persons came with large notes to be e.::-
c:,anBed for small, merely to indorse the name of the party on the back
Cf. the note upon exchani.ing it, without further entry or inquiry. The
totes in question were rough! by strangers, and one of them indorsed
w:th the name of Captain Johnston.
On the part of the defendant, Mr. Sidney, it appeared, that on the
evening of the lath June last, he had gone into Flett-market, to pur-
chase marketing for his family, when he was in:selled by a gang of
pkk-pockets, and robbed of his pocketbook, col:t;tining bank-notes to
the amount of near XXO among vraich were the three notes in ques-
tion, and that he immediately caused handbills to Ina circulated and
de;ivered at the different bankers' Goldsmiths, tScc. throughout the me-
tropolis, offering a reward for the recovery of his property, and that
one of these hills was left at Messrs.. Goslins, and Co.
Mr. Garrott', for the defencia.!c, contended, that his client was enti-
ticd to have his property back ,:md that one or other of the innocent par-.
ti,2 must be sufferers; he who had lost his property by felony was but
eutitled to restitution.

Lord ELLENnoitouGn, however, thought, that as no imputation
whatever could rest upon the plaintiffs, and th&•y having received these
notes in the ordinary course of their business, the defAidant not being
able to show any knowledge on their part, of the transaction, were en-
titled to recover, and the Jury accordingly found a verdict for the
plaintiffs. Damages-3001.
London, England, 1812-10-25

THE

No. "53

POLII%

Bit' AVCE OF }

The beauty and ex
acknowledged and adn
by its three branches
Nide (,f insuring the
of those who live ben(
baud, and the Comm
which the Regal Auth
in a just and salutary

aspiring majesty of th
and tl:e turbulent re

Nell other at every p(
unitu.il encroachment:
although the proport
same, its frame, like
dency to decay, the fi
in in the unfounded
behoves every honest
should be checked an
its external grandeur,
ported the structure li.
by deal ; but the caul
the weakness of the stt
oak to its place, and ti
The equipoise mai
weights in our Constit►
or deterioration which
:object of inquiry is, th
crease or deterioration
outcry against the alle
only acquired a degre
portionate to the aug]
therefore wholesome a
State. Otherwise it NVI
and overbearing
Lion Peers, and suet);
Marquis, of different r
bition ; or it would h
and their leaders.

too divided among the
have not attained an:
teak. The Cotnmor
Which they are comi
Availing themselves 0
authority, they have c
afflicted their Sovevi
purpose they have dii
raised, ikainst the prt
altd preached ttp the I
fro i; V. No:tCI,T.
London, England, 1812-10-25

:cen of this ex traorilina-v nvin, a treaty of amity in his
,:and is but an- instrument of war. WWI this before our
eves, would it be well to surrender to him those conquests
which"have cost us so much blood and treasure, and which
even now enable us to bid defiance to his power, enormous as
it has become? Would it be well to give up these to procure
a :.ho:t susnnsion of hostilities, like that obtained by the
treaty 'of Amiens, and thus enable our enemy to attack us
with greater means of annoyance than he can boast at pre-
sent, and impose on our warriors the task of reconquering
those possessions, which, wiested from him by their valour,
England now securely holds? In order justly to appreciate the
value of a peace with him, we should look to the continental
nations who have made the expel invent, in order to, ascertain
whether or not 'what has been called a peace has saved them
from his Motility. If this be done, it must be seen that his
friendshie is to the full as dreadful as his enmity. To. prove
this, no extraordinary powers of reasoning are necessary. We
have only to point to the map, and the names of Holland,Spain,
Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Helvetia, express more than
could volumes. What has been the fate of those who, inti-
midated Isy.dereat, have hoped to gain repose by shame, and
submitted to disgrace that their blood might cease to flow ?
[lave their expectations been realized ? Look at the army
which BUONAPARTE now leads, and in the Dutch, Spaniard,.,
Swiss, Austrians; and Prussians of which it is composed, who
have fought and bled under his banners, see the blessings of
a peace concluded with a man whose towering ambition is
only equalled by his matchless want of principle. It will
the..-c be seen, that those who shrunk from war when its
~bject was to preserve their homes, are now dragged many
ilo::dred miles from their native country, to fight the battles
of a foreiiver ; and those who threw down their arms, when
they ought to have wielded them ;n their own defence, are
compelled to take them up at the mandate cf the tyrant,
to carry on an offensive war against a nation with whom
they have no quarrel, for the aggrandiSement of him who is
the cause of their ruin. What is this but slavery, the molt
abject, the most degrading slavery? What must those
meanness. to purchase safety,
monarchs, who had hoped by
feel, while these scenes pass before their eyes ? What must
be the raptures of the Emperor of AUSTRIA, when he hears
of the success of his son-in-law ? With how much conscious
and.fcrrid piJii .must he order a solemn Tr Deuin to
Gon, because BUONAPIRTE has revenged himself onALEx;
ANDER, for not coining sufficiently forward to complete the
destruction of Austria! How must ttellulers and the People
of the other places we have named, felicitate themselves on
hearing of these things, and bask in the glare of that glory
which their sons and brothers have acquired at the expeace
of their lives, in the service- of France, 'pa how gay
London, England, 1812-10-25

HORKII) Ift:RDERS.

'rilE NATIONAL REGIS' rat.

OCT.

apporanee. He strongly asserts he has no associate, but was the sole
perpetrator of those bloody murders.
HORRID NIURIIER.—NEW ORLEANS, Aug. B.—On the 02:1 of
July, the family et Mr. PIERRE DOUCET, of the county of opt._
'onus, (Mr. D. and his Iciest son being absent from ll:gne ;) were
murdered by a young negro man,
.a show on the plantation. '1•h:
children had lain down to take an afternoon's nap ; Mi„lame Do„c"
-.vas occupied in spinning, and had I.rotia the window onset ved he
negro sharpening a broad axe. on they grindstone, • and ittartrtlig
what lie was about, received for answer, in a very ; .mpudelit tinT,
that he was preparing to run awt.y. The felt ow entered some !ilaot
time alter, with his weapon, and advancing upon his nusirev
instantly cleaved oven her skull, and then repeated his 111 ace
her face, and in o' her directions, without her doing any more than to
scream so as to awaken her eldest daughter la) itig asleep en the t:ihie
in the same room. The daughter dew, as by instinct, to the :it:t •
her mother, but only came in time to receive t::e sante late. •U he n else
by this time produced, brought out of another room a young o , wit>
seeing the destruction destine arotuul, at once attempted his
but was pursuAl by the negro to an a:!tacent fence, awl there it to to
death. The negro then returned to the house, mordeac I the httie
children in their seep, and collected all the victims into one pile. lie
afterwards set out to catch the best horse on the plantation, pp.,
',newly for the purpose of titght. The horse being somewhat
tractable, carried him to the f nee of a neighbour „a n. 4 sonic one ob-
serving the ledow,ashed what he was driing with the horse, he repheit,
that some Spaniards had come and murdeted his mist Ass, &c. The
enquirer and his companirins immediately proposed to go to the luose,
and one of them being more suspicious !ban the rest, thought proper
to seize the negro, who, after being detected in several lalsehOoeS, at I
finding particularly that no tra..ks, atter a receet shower of 'ant, ca ul,'
he shown of the Spaniards, confessed his eti tie. lie said that los
father was a warrior, and that he had inherited the tam ly eiltrage ;
that what he had before he would nor think of counting ; but it'
they would only t him loose, he would let them see le:w many he
could kill. The same littroinoiat atter del him thrimeh Its tit I ;
on being sentenced to the gallows in two hours, he appi arid :inxic us
to reach the spot ; awl when there, wont(' not %Van for the cart to be
drove from under him, but told the bystanders to to cut et his way
and let bun jump—which he did, into eternir).
London, England, 1812-10-25

I'OLI I'ICA L 1) 1,12

PETITION-; FOR PEACE.

TIT ltornin2; Chronicle has to!d us in the course of the
wcck, tint " the new Parliament will be met strongly with
Poi,ions for Peace," and the proceedings which we under-
steel have taken place at Derby, and in other parts of the
country, seem to entitle this assertion to some credit. On
this interesting subject we wish to offer a few calm and im-
ptrtial observations, and to put it to the good sense of the
country, whether at this ct isis an outcry for peace :vat be
most likely to shorten or to protract the calamities of war.
For oarzelves, to say that we ardently desire the return of
peace, it merely to state that we are men, and not (lends,
who, wearing the human farm, delight in the suffei hug,: of
Ankind. We arc as sincere as the most outrageous " friends
f peace" can possibly he, in our dete-tation of those wretchei;
:•upposing such to exist,) who would wish to perpetuate the
horrors of a sanguinary contest like that in which we arc en-
pl;cd, for private emolument; who would rise to wealth by
Abe miscues of their fellow creatures, and immolate de-
-1-ote,l thousands to preserve their influence. If a peace can
lioneurably and securely he made at the present moment,
we would *consign to endless infamy the man who would
seer his interest or his ambition to oppose it. For such a
man no punishment would be too severe. In all this we will •
rea(l:ly join with the friends of peace, and heartily unite '
xith thew to censure, nay, to execrate such a monster.
I;ut we cannot think with them that such censure or such
wcration is called fur at present. These gentlemen, how-
ever, in their pacific zeal, are too apt to array themselves in
wility to truth, and to shut their eyes to the real state of
bings From their harangues their ignorant auditors are
cd to believe that it is only for the Ministers of England to
Fill the restoration of tranquillity, and to have it ; to cast
way the flaming brand of war, to receive the proffered
iv'-branch of peace, and at once remove the burthens
f which the people complain, bid plenty return, and taxa-
tion be heard of no more.
Let
those who have been misled b. such representations,
lid who
are capable of thinking, cease to rave, and begin to
'fleet. Doing this, they will see that ,ve have but a choice
'1 evils, that it is only left to us to continue the war or to
ake peace With BCON AP A RTC. It will then be for them
consider, first, whether peace at all can be securely-made
ith Ikon APA RTE, and this carried in the: affirmative, it
1114 for them next to decide, whether their addresses are,
"ttY to serve or to injure the cause they wish to espouse.
With respect to the first it has often been urged, and with
Rreat show of reason, that a peace with WU° NAP ARV& iS
"0111PatibiC with our wcutity. From all we hao rf;.
re. N. ccur.
London, England, 1812-05-03

;.--
HOUSE OF COMMONS•

MONDAY, APRIL 21.
Admiral 1-Ltam presented a Petition from certain ship builders
and others, against tht privilege of the India Company to build ships
in
Colonel STANLEY presented Petitions from Lancaster, Wigan, and
Stockport, resvectively, against the monopoly of the East India Com-
pany.—Ordeteci to lip on the Table.
Oil the motion of Mr. BARING, Goldsmid's Estate Bill was read a
third time, and passed.
ORDERS IN COUNCIL.
General GASCOYNE said, he held in his hand a Petition from the
wn Liverpool, complaining of the elects of the Orders in Coun-
cil. Before presenting this petition, he had to state, that it was ttgned
by 6:560 names, m gin) of whom were respectable itv.rchallti, though it
had only lain lour days fo: sitnaturc. fle hid also to, nif7vti:,:t, that
they were Pio4tly the same personst who iLd signed a•
ha ath
dgainen st
the. Orders in Council when I tit;le mnp ti ires originatcd, And
tnretyld the c2lami its which the trade tit Liverpool LAd since suffered
London, England, 1812-05-03

THF NATIONAL REGISTER._

LOCAL TOKENS.

The CHANCELLOR of the Excurguk it gave notice that he would,
to-moi row, move for leave to bring in a Bill to regulate, with a view
to repress, the circulation of local tokens through Luc cowitry.
Sir Jou N NzwpoßT gave notice that he would, o:. this day fortni;:ht,
submi: a motion respecting the management of the funds destined for
the inland navigation of Ireland.