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The National Register.
London, England, 1812-05-10

EXHIBITION OF MR. WILI4:IE'S PICTURES.

The happy coincidence of Mr. viriLicit's Exhibition being opened
nearly opposite to the British Gallery; and this National Repository '
of the art of painting, containing and preienting to the view the finest
Picture which this nation has produced (Christ Healing the Sick) has
rendered Pall Mall the centre of attraction, to which, from all parts of
the town, and we may say also, of the country, curiosity and taste drive
the carriages of the great, and direct the steps of all who feel a desire
of inspecting what is really goad. In the one you see what strength of
imaginati:m can invent; what majesty the free hand of the muse can
strike on the canvas; you admire the genius of the Roman school in
Great Britain, and in an Artist, who like Micu...E L. A s ctio, TurtAN,
OTTO VE NUTS, TENIER s, and several others, has preserved his mental
powers and steadiness of hand to a very advanced age. In the other
you admire in a y -nth, the talents of maturer years ; on small canvas
or iroinels, within the coAn d area of a few inche', you see all what
patience; nicety of pencillidg, and b hiness of touches, has ever done
trt the Netherlands. This prevents man in the neglige: of nature, with
humour and gaboy—the other displays the imposing spectacle of our
v:e::liness and infirmities assisted by the Supreme Being. Both these
London, England, 1812-05-10

DEFEAT OF A FRENCH SQUADRON.

The Gazette of last night contains the official account
of the capture of the Rivoli of 74 guns, and the defeat of
a squadron of three brigs and two gun-boats, in the Adri•
atic, by his Majesty's ship Victorious, 74, Capt. TALnoT,
and the Weazle brig, Capt. ANDREW. This action, the
most sanguinary that has been fought in the course of
the present war, commenced at half past font- in the
morning of the 29d February last, between the Victorious
and the Rivoli, within half pistol shot distance ; and was
continued without any interruption, except to suffer the
smoke and the fog to dissipate, until nine o'clock, when
the Rivoli struck her colours. The /Veade, after blow-
ing up one of the French brigs, the Mercure, of 18 guns,
and chasing the rest, which escaped through superior
sailing, was recalled and took her post on the bow of
the Rivoli time enough to give her three b:oadsides be-
fore she struck. The loss on board the eLemy was 400
killed and wounded, that of the Victorious 49 killed and
99 wounded. The French had a complement of 862
men at the commencement of the action, whilst our crew
consisted only of 506, sixty of which were on the sick
list, but were able to assist in the engagement. The
Weazle was so fortunate as not tol ose a single man. Capt.
TALBOT expresses his approbation of the French com-
mander in the following terms, which show how glo-
riously earned are the laurels which our seamen have
won in this long and desperate engagement :

tc I feel great satisfaction in saying, that the conduct of Commodore
Barre, during the whole of the action, convinced me I had to deal with
a most gallant and brave man, and, in the mamzuvring his ship, a most
experienced and skilful officer. He did not surrender his ship till
nearly two hours after she was rendered unmanageable, and had four
hundred men killed and wounded; his Captain and most of his officers
either killed or wounded."
London, England, 1812-05-17

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London, England, 1812-05-17

No. 2.

Whitehall, March 9, 1812.
atn directed by Mr. Secretary Ryder to acquaint you, that
To. y Petition to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, praying that
he would be plcased to order your Memorial therein ettciosed, address-
ed to the Hrluse of Con7mons, to be brought before Piatiament, has
been laid before his Royal Ilizhness, and that he was not pleased to
si,,tnify any commands there-upon.
Your Memorial to the House of Commons is accordingly herewith
returned. I am, Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant,
John Bellingham, Esq. J. BECKETT.
London, England, 1812-05-17

7VESDAY, MAY 12.

The Duke of YORK communicated to the Frouie the answer of his
R (yal Highness the Prince Regent to the recent Address respecting the
dear!, of Mr. Perceval, assuring the House of his Royal Highness's de-
termination to bring to condign punishruent the perietrators of the atro-
cious act ref, !red to in the petition.
The LORD OM N C in terms • of warm and irresistible pathos,
deplored the event which occupied thy atteriti(m of the House.
The Earl of Livsalsoot. then rose, and in a straiti of cordial, animat-
ed, sublime, and heart-felt eloquence, expatiated on the vatious virtues
'of that distinguished person who h..al unhappily beconie the victim of
malignant Or unfounded misapprehension. He dwelt with rapture on
• the dornestic virtues, and t)n the public purity of niiiia With which
lsilr.-Verceval was eudowed,and concluded with moving. that an Ad-
tiress be present( d by the House to hiS Rc:.:,l I fighness the Prince
Regent.---/ See Co"nons
After a long c6nveraation, it was agreed that their Lordships 3houla
die in
This being are. d to, their Lordships adjourned.

wEDNE,DAY, MAV 1:3.

The Lord CliANCrt.t.oß read a letter team the Earl of Wellington, 1
returning iris acknowledgments for the vote of thank: of that House for
the capture of Hatia.ioz.-0.1 the ;notion of his Lordship, the letter was
ordered to Et: entered on the,j.ntrnals.
Earl Cnoi.mo for. I. EY communicated to the House, that he had wait-
ed on the Prirwe to know when his Royal Highness unid he pleased to
rcceive th.f;r Lordships' Address. rk.:ative to the family of the late Mr.
Perceval; and must his Royal Highness had appointed to-morrow for
that purpose.—Adjourned.
London, England, 1812-05-17

MAY iv.

(Mr. Whitbread) never carried political animosity beyond the door of
that House, but towards Mr. Perceval it was irvipossible to feel it even
for a moment.
Both Mr. Ponsonhy and Mr. Whitbread were so much affected, that
they could scarcely articulate.
l'he motion was then agreed to nem. con.
I,:,rd CASTLE" EAGH then moved, that the Address should be pre—
sented by such Members as were of his Majesty's Privy Council.
Mr. WYNNE suggested, that it should be presented by the whole
House, which proposition was received with unanimous approbation.—
Adjourned.
London, England, 1812-05-17

of the noble trees, which adorn there, the fantastically-formed lawns,
hills, and slopes, all sorts of fun imaginable.—The Martyrology ap-
pointed this day to commemorate the martyrdom of Venautius, who,
accused of being a Christian, under the reign of the Emperor Decius,
was. after all kinds of torments, thrown from a rock, and at length
beheaded.-1804. Buonaparte is made Emperor of the French.--1797.
The Princess Royal of England married to the Prince of Wirtemherg.
—l2OB. The Swedes take the Russian flotilla.-1800. Died, Field-Mar-
shal Suwarroff,
The Sun rises at 4 b. 10 min. sets at 7 h. LID min.

. First quarter of the Moon at 4h. morning.
19. Whit-Tuesday.—Holiday at Public Offices.—St. Peter Celestin,
who, from his solitude was forced into the Papai Chair, and after hav-
ing performed the duties of a good Pastor there for several years. abdi-
cated, and returned to his hermitage, where, In mortification and
prayers, he passed the rest of his life, which ended In the year 1296.
Also St. Prudentia, who died in the second Century; St. Dl:l:gran,
first Bishop of Worcester, who died in 968.-1744. Her Majesty, Qu;,•n
Charlotte's birth-day.
The Sun rises at 4 h. 10 min. sets at 7 h. 50 min.
20. Wednesday.—St.Bernardintri,of the order of St. Francis,an emi-
nent Preacher, who died in the year 1244.—This is Ember Week, hails,
devoted to the ordination of Priests, Deacons, and Sub-Deacons, there-
fore fastings were ordered for Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.—Oxfo•
Term begins.-1497. Americus Vesi•utius sailed from Cadiz.-I.SUU.
Death of Columbus.

The Sun rises at 4 h. 7 min. sets at 7 h. 53 min.

21. Thursday.—St. Hospitius, born in P. ovence, where lie lived
walled up in a little cell, having no d• or to it, but only a lit: !e witOow
to take his provisions in, which were in,thing more than bread, friiit'
and roots; be died in the 6th Century.-1737. Mr. Burke impeached
Mr. Warren Hastinms.-1808. Buonaparte annexes the l'epal tecritory
to Prance.-1662. Marri.igc of King Charles IL at Portsmouth.
The Sun rises at 4 h. 5 min. set, at 7 h. 55 min.
22. Friday.—St.JuLa. Soon alter the taking of Carthage by the Vin
dais, she was condemned to die upon a cross in the 6th century.-177(1.
Princess Elizabeth's birth-day,--f::1. B. C. the Battle of the dranieas,
where Alex.in ler the Great, with !,0 noo Macedonians defi-at et? 600.00 i
Persians.-1773. Death of John Ent:ck, Author of the" Spelling i)ic
tionary," and other works.
The Sun rises 4h. 3 min. sets at 7h. 57 ruin.
23. Saturdcw.—St. Lutychius and Flurentius, two hermits of Italy.
They died in the sth Century.-1806. War declared against Prussia.-
1706. Battle of Ramillies, and victory gained over the French by the
Duke of Marlborough.
The Sun rises at 4 h. 2 min. sets at '7 h. 58 min.

PRICE OF STO

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London, England, 1812-05-17

MAY 17

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London, England, 1812-01-26

TUVASDAY, JAN. 23.

The further hearing of the Roxburgh Peerage came on, when Mr.
Leach was heard at considerable length, on behalf of the appellants.
Further consideration on Monday next, and to which day the House
adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

MONDAY, JAN. 120.

Mr GILES presented a petition from certain Straw-plat-mers, in
Hertfordshire, At
stating the grievance which they suffered, in conse-
quence of the invasion of their trade by the French prisoners of war
in this country, by whom al,ove half the demand for Straw plat was
at the present time actually furnished, and pray.ng fur redress.—Or-
dered to lie on the 'Fable.
Mr. Wiiirsiteao presented a petition- from the Renters of Drury-
lane Theatre, praying for an eltension of the Act •of last Session.—
Referred to a Committee.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought in the Bill to make
provision for the better support and arrangement of his Majesty's
Household, which was read a first time; and on the motion for its be-
ing read a second time,
Mr. Titeriev made remarks on the great Increase of expenditure
observable in various branches of the Civil List; the cause of these in-
creases, he maintained, should he laid before Parliament. When the
present question was disposed of, lie should • more for papers on the
subject.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no objection to the mo-
tion; the papers were therefore gianted, and the till ordered to be
read a second time on Friday.
The House being resolved into a Committee of Supply, the CIIAN
CELI.OR of the EXCHCQUER moved, " TL.lt a sum •not exceeding
100,C001. be granted to his Majesty, in order to make provision ler the
expenes incurred lilt, his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in conse-
quence of his assumption of the Royal Authority."
Mr. TIERNEY and Mr. WurreciAto objected to the grant, on the
ground that it would he eltliblishing a 6.ed custom, and ought to have
been preceded by a messamfrom the Regkt, stating the expenses this
sum was intended to cover.;
Mr. ADAM and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHIQU; R replied, deny-
ing the positions of Mes4s..Tierney and Whicbri_ad; after which the
motion was put and carried.
The Distillery Bill.was read a second time.—Adjourned.

TrESDAY; JAN. 21.

Mr Poxso %ray, on acconbt of a great domestic calamity which had
befallen a Noble Friend of hit (Lord G. Cavendish), a>kcd leave to
postponb the motion on the state of Ireland to Monday the 3d of Fe-
bruary.
London, England, 1812-01-26

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

On Sunday night, about half-past eleven, as a Gentleman, who live
in Lambeth, was passing along the IZew-cut, in his way home, he was
followed, and afterwards accosted by a stout man, dressed in an open
great coe. When he arrived nearly opposite the wit.dmill, the stranger
suddenly turned round upon him, and taking feint an inner pocket a
short thick bludgeon, struck the Gentleman a viokint blow oa the head,
which knocked him into the ditch, where the villain stripped him of
his great-coat, umbrella, &c. and kneeling upon his breast with intent
to rifle his pockets, the Gentleman attempted to extricate himself, when
he was threatened with instant death if he made the least resistance.--
lie then delivered what money he had, being two 3s. and one 75. piece,
with which the villain i.eiug di isatialled, he, with imprecations, and to
prevent an alarm being given while he escaped, aimed a blow which
cut through the Gentleman's hat, woanded him in the temple, and de-
prived him of his senses. After a considerable time, the Gentleman
recovered sufficiently to reach home, whence he has not been able to
stir, from the bodily hurts he received. The above description needs no
comment, when it is known that the scene of this outrage i centrically
rituated between two watch-boxes, and not more than a stone's throw
from either. What more powerful argument can be urged IA favour of
the perfect efEciency of the nightly watch
London, England, 1812-01-26

SUNDAY, JANUARY 2fl, 81;2.

PRICE 9d.

and refusing to restore them to their families
.and their
country. Our Government has been accused of prosecut-
ing measures which had the effect, without producing the
retaliation, of war, on the prosperity of the United States.
These charges, calculated to inflatne the popular mind,
that obeys the impulse of its feelings, not that of reason,
were followed by measures of a doubtful nature—not de-
cidedly. hostile, but likely to produce hostilities. Under
the pretence of guarding the waters of the United States,
and protecting their sailors and their trader frigates were
armed and sent out to watch our cruisers, and check their
pretended depredations. At that very period the French
privateers were admitted within the American hat boors,
laden with American spoils. A desperate engagement
was fought between one of those frigates and an lingliJ2
, brig, and blood was at last shed, whilst the Executive
still wished to deceive us with vain professions of an as-
sumed regard 1,..r peace ; because it had not yet completely
-overpowered the public apprehension of war. It per-
ceived at last that the arts which it had employed had not
failed. Misrepresentation triumphed; and the PURSE-
DENT, encouraged by the alteration which had taken
place in the opiniOn of the country, at last dared to ac.
knowledge his own, .openly stated in the speech with
Which he opened the present Session of Congress. It has
since become matter of discussion, and has led to the
adoption of measures and the expression of sentiments
‘vhlch can only be regarded as the forerunners of actual
hostilities.

The Resolutions submitted to the consideration of Con-
gress, by the PRESIDENT, in Consequence of the view lie
had thought pfoper to take of the relative situation of
England and America, had been referred to, a Com-
mittee of Foreign Relations. The Report of that Com-
mittee has been made public ; and its nature chews, that
the time is' at last arrived., when the Democratic Party,
finding themselves strongf-enough to carry their point,
have resolved to fulfil )their secret engagements with
France, and to force their. country to take an active shay
In the contest against us... Our ,4 Orders in Council were
of themselves a Sufficient ,cause for war," in the opinion
of the Committee. 'Why then not have declared it, when
they were first issued ? 'Because France had also proinul-.
gated obnoxious Decrees, and the Citizens of the United
States had not yet been taught to feel,' as 'injuries only,
those'evils which proceeded from us, and to which all
Neutrals are by their situation exposed:: War, if d'44".
dared at all at that period, must haver' been waged :witl4 .
France, as well as with England ; 61.4' the Head of thir
French, GovernMent had .s_cured the, friendship o Ile.-
, Ainericlln _Executive, and though plundered by his

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London, England, 1812-01-26

JAN. 26.

BILL has already been attended with one of the conse-
cluences which it must have been intended to produce :
General FOY, who had been detached towards Valencia
to reinforce SUCHET, has beenrecalled, before he advanced
many leagues from Toledo. •
It is obvious, from the route followed by General HILL,
that his immediAe object •cannot•be Badajoz. At Merida
be is equally convenient for the attack of that city, if it
should be deemed desirable, as for co-operation with Lord
Wri.LINGToN against MAIIVONT, if that be the purpose
for which he broke up from Portalegre. Things then be-
gin at leligih to wear a portentous aspect—as our troops
advance, the interest thickens—if the enemy should feel
cc,nfident enough to withstand the attack. a decisive action
will be the consequence—and when .we consider the con-
valescence of the troops, and the gradual and successive
accession of reinforcements which have been regularly
ai riving in the Tagus, we can have no fears of the result.
One great defeat would, under the present circumstances,
lest i to the final overthrow of the French power in Spain ;
and at no period can they be assailed with such prospect
of eventual discomfiture as when they appear every where
bard pressed, and in no place possessing an undisputed
superiority. At the date of the last accounts from the
North, the head-quarters of Lord WELLINGTON continued
at Freneda ; but a party of the Allies had been thrown
forward to support a division of the Spanish troops in an
affair which they had had with the enemy.
London, England, 1812-01-26

N° 213.

FOLI ICAL DISQUISI

No. 200.

AMERICAN POLICY AND BRAVADO.

We have frequently been, compelled to expose the du. I
plicity and arrogance which have marked the conduct of I
the American Government towards this country. When 1
doubt still hovered over the public mind, we unfolded
the' secret connection that existed between the United I
States and France ; to which alone the hostile disposition 1
of the former could be justty attributed. 'When party
spirit recommended the abandonment of the liberal but 1
firm system of policy adopted towards Amei ica, and the I
prostration of our national honour, to purchase reconci- 1
nation, we pointed out both the impropriety and .the i ,
uselessness of such a degradation. We repeated that the
.1
Government of the United States had bound itself to I
join our enemy at a future.. period, to be fixed only by
.1
the state of willingness and readiness to which the
people could be brought to enter into so- ruinous a con-
test. We remarked, that any attempt, on our part at
settling differences could therefore meet with no success,
and if attended with ricers of reparation derogatory to
our dignity, would only serve to swell the pride of
France. Our statements attracted attention, but did not -
then command general belief. They were ranked among
improbable possibilities. Other causes had been as-
signed
by the oppo,:ents of Ministers, to the enmity of
America. It had been represented as proceeding from 1
our own misconduct. The continuation of our orders
in Council, after the supposed repeal of the French De-
crees had been urged as a sufficient reason fnr the irrita- '
tion manifested by the United States. All the weight
of public indignation was, therefore, attempted to be
hurled against those who would —not credit a mere as-
sertion in the Moniteur, but required satisfactory proofs
brim Lbey 40doned a measure, the efficiency of
which had been est:;.'uriSbed by evris:i:aLn It was
difficult to divert the popular opinion, thus aitz'
fully engaged, into a new channel, although that
of truth. The unfolding hand of time has, however, •
assisted our endeavotirs ; and the events that have since
occurred, as well as the cortduct of the American 'Execu-:
tive, have, in every particular, corroborated the state-
ment we had made. Every mean which could impress
on the Citizens of the United States the necessit7 of
Waging war with us, has been successively adopted and.
skilfully applied. Official misrepresentation has -per-
verted facts, magnified, or created injuries. Out cruiseta
have unjustly been charged with impressing 410ericris,
Y'. V. Nit CCV.U.
London, England, 1812-01-26

EARTHQUAKE.

OXFORD, JAN. 24.—0 n Saturday last the shock of an earthquake a at
felt in many places in this and the neighbouring counties. We have ac-
counts from Tetsworth; laip, kiletchingdon, Radley, Wolvercot, and
ni,my other villages, which mention that the windows were mild
shaken, and in many houses the shock was plainly felt by the alarmed
inhabitants. It was accompanied by a deep, rumbling noise, similar
to the sound of a distant discharge of heavy ordnance. A gentleman f
this city, walking in Christ Church meadow, heard this noise very plainly,
and from its uncommon sound, he immediately guessed it mu t proceed
from an earthquake.. In Sonic places this noise was heard for upwards
of ten minutes.

At the Leeds Quarter Sessions, Robert Wood, a preacher in the
Methodist connexion, arplied for a qualification to oticiate as a Dis-
senting Teacher, to preach at Bramley, Arniley, and other visages in
the vicinity. The Magistrates, however, refuses.: to administer the
oaths, grounding their objection on tlie Report of a late decision of the
Court of King's Bench, which delared that a Protestant Dissenter,
who states himself as one who preaches to several c,rigrtgetions, with-
out showing that he has a separate congregation attached to him, is net
entitled to take theoatlis and make the declaration required by the
Toleration Act.
Monday night, some villains got on board the Mary, Captain Wil-
liamson, from Sunderland, then lying alongside the New Quay at Ply-
mouth, and succeeded in getting into the cabin where the Captain
and Mate were asleep, and took the Captain's watch from under the
pillow, together with his pocket-hook, containing the ship's papers, and
sixteen pounds in notes, with which they not off undiscovered. It is
conjectured they wore black crape o rer their faces, as a piece was feund
on the cabin floor the next morning.
One day last week the passengers in a Yarmouth coach, coming from
London, just as they approached Colchester, thought the driver waited
an unusual long time at the Turnpike Gate, and on enquiring the mo-
tive for delay, found the progress of the horses arrested the Toll Bar
and that they had gone the last stage, nine miles, (passing through Kel-
vedon) teitlenut coachman or guard. There were some very smart
turnings and bad hills to encounter, but fortunately the passengers ar-
rived safe, and were driven on to Colchester by the turnpikiekeeper,
when after some lapse of time the careful servants arrived in a post-
chaise. It appears that both of them had left the horses to go in at a
public-house, and after rcg'iling themselves, like " Giles Jolt," found
they had lost both coach and horses, and had two miles to travel on
foot before they could obtain the means of pursuit. It is said, that
two other Yarmouth coaches passed that without the driver or guard,
and took no other notice than enjoying what they termed the " good
joke" of late arrival, without any regard for the welfare of the pas-
sengers.
London, England, 1812-01-26

TUESDAY, JAN.2I.

The Solicitor-General was heard, at considerable length, in behalf
of the appellants in the Roxburgh Peerage.—Further twitting ro.tpuntd
till Thursday.—Adjourued.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22.

A petition was presented by Lord Hood, of Catterington, from a
person named Drummond, c;aiming the title and dignity of Earl of
Perth, &c. which was ordered to lie on the Table.
Some judicial and private business was transacted ; after which
their Lordships adpurned till to-morrow.
London, England, 1812-01-26

6:1

TUE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Antioch ; after governing that church above forty yuanz, with apostolic
seat and pioty, he was apprehended by order of the Emperor Trojan,
carried ti. Rome, and there devoured by lions in the amphitheatre.-
1793. The French declare war «gainst England and Holland.
The sun rises at 7h. 29min. sets at 4h. 31niin.

LAW REPORTS.

COURT OF KTNO'S BENCH, SATURDAY, JAW. 25.

BARNET V. TIM DU(IiEcS DU PIENNE.

Mr. Abbot, for the plaintiff, moved to set aside the nonsuit in this
vise, and for a new trial. It was an action upon a bill of exchange, ac-
cepted by the defendant in the month of July, 1804; and it appearing
that the Duke, her husband, having resided with her in this country for
some years, and had gone to Sweden in June, 1803, where he remained
ever since; but letters had been received from him a month previous to
the trial taking rlace ; and on this evidence the plaintiff was nonsuite,!.
The Learned Counsel grounded his present application upon the deci-
sion in two actions bron,;ht against the same defendant, where the opi-
nion of the Court was for tin: plaintiffs. In the last of these cases it ap-
peared, that the Duke had left this kingdom in 1797, and had not re-
tnrued at th time of trying the cause ; upon which Lord Kenyon lo Id,
that he had abdured the realm, and the Duchess could not maintain the
pIA of asfeiunte covert.
• Lord ELLENsoitoucm, however, observed, that Lord Kenyon had
come to a conclusion against the fact; for the Dt.ke did return, and re-
mained in this country for some years; and it would be a most mon-
strous proposition to maintain, that because he had gone to seek a liveli-
hood in a foreign service, and that only 15 months before the action was
hrotight. his wife was therefore to be ousted of her protection as afemate
et/pea—Rule reused.


PRO VINCI.ALS.

RIOTS AT NOTTINGHAM.

SA N',2B

The outrages in this town, and counties adjacent, are continued with
as much activity and malignity as ever, and may be said to have assumed
a more decided character than at any period since the commencement of
the malpractices. A letter received in town yesterday morning states,
that between thirty and forty frames were broken on Sunday night, aid
several the fol!owing evening. Ths most turbulent spirit is strongly
manifested in all the proceedings of the Luddites, who have extended
themselves to Yorkshire. They have burnt a cropping mill at Leeds;
it was found to do the work of a number of men, and consequently was
a considerable saving to the proprietors. Cafmankey, B:tsturi, New
Radford, and Lidley, were scenes of the most daring depredations in
the beginning of the week.
London, England, 1812-01-26

BIRI'HS.

At his !,nr.lsbip's house, Gredington, Fiintshire, the Lady of the Right
Bon. I.old K., neon, of a son.
On Satu. day sc'nnight the Lady of Lord Vi4count Milton was safely
delivered of a 'on and heir, at Milton-house, Northamptonshire.
RA (4 RD; NARY 13IRTIL—Last Sunday evening, six o'clock, the wife
of John Sc►tithail, shoe-maker, Mansion-house-row, Kenninron, was
delivered of three fine boys; which, With the mother, are in a fair way
of doing well ; the mother has only one breast, with which she can
stickle these three children.

'MARRIED.
At Alltrton Park, Yorkshire, T. D. Bland, Esq. of lZippax Park, to
the Hon. Appollonia, daughter of the Right Hon. Lord Stourton.
DIED.
Soddenly, on Thursday, the 9th inst.Mr3. VAnnister, aged 67 years,
the wife of the Rev. Marmaduke Bannister, perpetual Curate of 'l'ring,
in I-lertfordshire.
At Hampstead, aged tit, Mrs. Holford, wife of J. Holford, Esq. of
that place, her death was occasioned by her clothes having accidentally
caught fire on the Friday preceding.
At Clifton near Bristol, of a decline, aged Q 2, Charlotte, the accom
plished and beautiful daughter of Admiral George Montague.
•In Wine street, Bath, Ann Morris, aged 1-03 years : sh enjoyed her
eye-sight and mental faculties to the last ; and has left a daughter aged 74.
Thursday last, at Lynn, Mr. Lym Taylor : his death was occasioned
bit some person, for joke, putting some gunpowder in the tobacco he was
wiroking ; the pipe In consequence exploded, and the fragments entering
the roof of his mouth, caused instant death. He has left 12 children to
Lament his loss.

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AMERICA.

WASHINGTON, DEC. 7.—Yesterday, in the House of Representa-
tives. when Mr. Porter called up the consideration of the Report of
the Committee of Foreign Relations, he briefly stated " the objects and
views which had governed the Committee in their Report, which he
had submitted to the House. The Orders in Council were of them-
selves a sufficient cause of war with the Committee; and which causes
were aggravated by the miserable shifts of the British Ministry, and
their authority in this country. Any man not wilfully blind, would
see that Britain had not acted towards till even in the manner which
accorded with her own ideas of justice; she captures under a principle
this week, which she does not avow the next; and if a doctrine so
monstrous were sanctioned, she would next trample upon the necks of
our citizens in our streets. It was the unanimous opinion of the Com-
mittee, that these encroachments were such as to demand War, as the only
alternative to obtain justice. Our situation was like a young man esta-
blishing himself in society, who if he submitted to indignities in the
outset, would have to incur a double expense of time and labour, to
establish his lost character. On the carrying trade the Committee ex-
pressed no final opinion. It was in our power to harass the resources
of Britain, as well on the ocean as by land ; to carry on a war against
her coast and colonies at her own doors; and destroy her trade with
the colonies, by the number of privateers which would be fitted out for
service. We had it in our power to make a conquest of Canada,
which, to Britain, was of the utmost importance; and from whence
she imported articles of the utmost necessity, last year, to the amount
of 600,000,000 dollars, a great deal of which was for square timber for
her navy. We hold a sword to her resources which would cut her to
the quick. It is, therefore, the dctermination of the committee, to RE-
COMMEND open War to the utmost energies of the nation; yet he hoped
it would not be entered into prematurely fur the howlings of newspapers.
.He knew that many of his friends were for immediate war; he felt the
indignities of our situation as sensibly as any man in the House, and he
would go as far to redress them, when the Preliminaries were settled ;
-but he did not wish to invite to the feast till the cloth was laid—till the
nation was " put to the attitude, and a war demanded by the crisis."
Tie Resolutions were afterwards taken up in the House, and the
first carried by Ayes and Noes, 117—to 11.
The second Ressolution was then proposed by the Speaker. A plea
for time was put in by Mr. Randolph and Mr. Goldsborongh, who
said, if they were to be dragged into a war, it was but reasonable to
give them one night to reflect on it.
The House of Representatives has determined to recognize formally
the independence of South America.
London, England, 1812-01-26

SUPERSTITION.

Superstition appears to be rapidly extending its empire in Germany.
The wife of a citizen at Presburg, who belonged to one of the new
sects, having been twice delivered of a still-born child, conceived,
says a foreign Journal, that she was an object of Divine displeasure,
and determined to destroy herself. She spent three days and three
nights in continual prayer and great anguish, and having, at the expira-
tion of that time, made a large fire in the oven, under the pretence of
drying some new wood, she rose, and threw herself into it. Next
morning, when her husband sought her, he found her remains in the
oven, her fingers still grasping the wire with which she had fastened
the mooth of it.

After an the various attempts to prove the sang
elchman, he
uinary:suicide Wil-
liams to have been an friMman. a Scotchman, and a W.
Pr.oves after all, unfortunately to be an inglislitaast: beausa.pativ.c of
the town of Coggershall, in Essex.
London, England, 1812-01-26

NATIONAL REGISTPt,

MN. 2j6:.

the coast. I trust the Russians. will givejthem full employment else-
where.
44 We have been all last year perplexed with contradictory accounts of
war—immediate war ; but, if any reliance can be placed on the demon-
strations, or the information just received from the Continent, the die
is cast, and war is certain. It is but an hour ago that a Gentleman ar-
Tired and informed the Governor, that every thing is bustle and prepa-
ration at Hamburgh. Every Frenchman who could be mustered, and
every piece of ordnance that could be collected, has been forwarded to
the frontiers of Poland, in order to commence immediate operations
against Russia. All the cattle and grain that can be collected together
is Ow ready for the supply of the French troops. The King of Prussia,
we are told, remains a silent spectator of the busy scene: and how far it
is true I will not say, but we are informed from the Continent, that the
brave General Blucher has been created a Field Marshal of the Russian
Empire, and is to have a correspondent command in that service. All
the rivers have been, stripped of the cannon, to supply the French
troops; and each regiment is allotted five pieces. The coast is entirely
left to the care of the douanierg, whose vigilance can be now and then
eluded. The late gales have done much mischief to the shipping, the
extent of which, at present, I cannot tell. 'I he sea is, lam sorry to say,
every where covered with wrecks.
N. B. I omitted to state, that the Danes have of late abated much
of their rancorous disposition towards England."

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

MONDAY, JAN. 20.

51

Lord GRENVILLE moved, its the absence of Earl Fitzwillfam, that
the notice respecting the affairs of Ireland, which stood for Friday
next, should be further postponed until Friday se'nnight. He moved
this reluctantly; but it was in consequence of a domestic calamity,
which was well known to all their Lordships, and which peculiarly
affected the Noble Earl, namely, the death of a relative.
The Loan CHANCELLOR stated, that he had received (through Lord
Wellington) a letter from the lipanish General Blake, acknowledging
the receipt of the Lord Chancellor's letter, conveying to him (through
Lord Wellington) the Thanks of that House, for the gallant and dis-
tinguished conduct displayed by him, and the troops under his com-
mand, at the glorious battle of Albuera.—Ordered to be entered on
the Journals.
London, England, 1812-01-26

PENITENTIARY HOUSES.

- - -
Mr. HOLFORD, after a short conversatidh, in vihich. Sir W. Crrtis,
Mr. Alderman Conlin., Sir S. Romilly, and Mr: Atercromby, bore a
part, moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the.orection of a Prnitentiary
House, for the reception of Male and Fentaleßonvicti under sentf-nce
if 'Fransportatiunin London and Middletwx. This Penitentiary House
be intended to be an alternative witty ft linlks and Botany Bay.—Leavo
vva,; giVen to bring in the Bill. -

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London, England, 1812-01-26

TIM KING V. COLONEL CIIARLES BROWNE.

The derendarat attended in person to surrender himself and plead to
an information ex officio, filed by the Attorney-General, charging him
with forging and fabricating the name of Mr. George Harrison, one
of the Secretaries to the Admiralty, to a statement or survey of certain
lards in the Island of St. Vincent's; also for forging and counterfeiting
the mane of Session Jenkismon, Itsq. one of the Under Secretaries of
State, ti a letter ad.lresst d to Sir Charles B; ishane, Governor of St.
Vincent's, dir,cting him to make a grant of certain lands in that
Island to the defendant. To which charges he pleaded not guilty.
A s re had voluntarily appeared to plead, the Court .1:d not mean to
make an order for his commitment, and be was inform -d he was to
take iris trial the sittings after term ; but it appearing that he was'already
In custody upon civil process, the Coat remanded him to the same
custody.

Thursday, in the Sheriffs' Court, a Special Jury WU impannelled to
assess the damages sustained by Captain Rennie, of the Trinculo sloop,
!Ann the Editors of the British Press hod Globe Newsp;yers, in conse-
quence of a libel inserted in these papers, stating that " a Court Mar-
ti l
was holding at Sheirnes on Captain Rennie, for (:!1:ri.!:“; et drunk-
enness and cowardice ; and that Captain Rennie had pleade.l insanity."
The defendants Lad refused to give up thu author of the libel.—The
.3 lay returned a verdict, damages 5001.
London, England, 1812-01-26

TOTAL SURRENDER OF THE ISLAND OF JAVA.

The intelligence brought by his Majesty's frigate Plxele,
which arrived at Portsmouth on Sunday last from Bata.
via, puts the cap to the climax of British colonial conquest
in the Eastern Seas. The unconditional surrender of Cent'.
ral JANSEN, and the few followers who accompanied him
in his flight after their disastrous and dreadful defeat at
Fort Cornelis, has secured to the British .arms the midis..
puted possession of the Island of Java, and completed the
extinction of every spark of French power or influence in
the Indian Seas. Whatever may be the intt insic value of
that settlement to this country, the relative importance it
derives from the expulsion of the French from any footing
in a quarter so convenient for the annoyance of the Bri.
tish trade and possessions in the East, wade it an object
the highest moment to acquire, and renders it a position
of the greatest consequence to retain. The Phcebe, which
brought the dispatches from General Sir SAMUEL A un-
MUTY, dated the 21st of September, touched at the Isle of
France, the Cape, and St. Helena ; from which latter island
she sailed on the 30th.of November. The passage from
Batavia to Portsmouth was remarkably quick, having
been pe: formed in less than four months. The dispatches
.were published in an Extraordinary Gazette, and will be
found in our preceding columns.
London, England, 1812-01-26

OLD BAILEY.

Wednesday, Christopher Hodgson, driver of the Bath mail, was in-
dicted under Lord Stanhope's Act, for selling eight guineas for ten
•pOlitids in Bank-notes. It appeared that a Police Officer of the name
nt Rutliven, who was the prosecutor, had been in the country fur the
purpose of detecting instances of selling guineas, and thar coming to
town by the Bath mail, he prevailed upon the drver, not lung before
lie reached London, to sell him the guineas as above. The Jury were
`out for four and at length returned a verdict of Guilty. The
Conrt fined the prisoner 40s. intimating that this light punishment was
inflicted in consequence of its being the first conviction under the Act;
but that future offences of the same nature would be visited with More
severity.
Thursday the Sessions ended, when sentence of death was passed on
Astardo and P. Bernard, fur stealing goods in shoe,; C. King and T.
Culliver, for stealing goods from a barge on the Thames; R. Wood-
batch and E. James, for returning from transportation ; R. Leach, J.
Butler, J. Clayton, W. Jenkins, and J. Cathetwood, for burglaries ; T.
Wood, W. Fowler, Mary Carroll, C. Lester, and T. Kite, for stealing
In dwelling-houses; T. Wells arid T. Hunt, fur highway robbery; G.
• Skeene, for forgery ; and Sarah Slater, for stealing counterfeit money.—
G. Davey was sentenced to be transported for 14 years ; and 3l for 7
years.—J. Brown and Martha Ashfeld were ordered to be imprisoned
in the House of Correction, at C:erkenwell, for two years; six for one
year, one for nine months, and 15 for six months each; 13 to be impri-
soned in Newgate for various perioCs ; two to be publicly, and eight
privately whiptrd ; t 7 jii4 men ts r:-spited; three tiled is. each and dis-
charge , and :20 y pro4a.lnation•
London, England, 1812-01-26

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London, England, 1812-01-26

1 FIELIGOLAND, JAN. 13, 1812.

" T should have written to you sooner, had I bad any thing of moment
to communicate. In a former letter I gave you my opinion as to an
opening of trade between this Island and the Continent : the reatl4
prrtycs ; have not been deceived. We have constantly smugglers arru.,
mg, wllo take away our goods: but we must extend our connexions in
this way considerably, before all our warehouses are disburthened of the
heavy loads with which they are filled. A few days ago a little sgt: •
drop of boats came in, and took in cargoes, and safely lauded thew•
liut the business, you mlist•know, can now be managed with greater
facility than formerly, owing to the absence of the French troop fro
London, England, 1812-01-26

LISBON MAIL.

A Mail artived op Thursday from Lisbon, bringing-
Letters and Papers to the 6th instant. By these we learn
the advance of General HILL with his corps into Spain.—
On the 25th tilt, (Christmas-day) he bloke up from Port a-
legre, and proceeded in the direction of Albuquerque,
Los Navas, &c. towards Merida. His advance came up
with a party of the e;,emy on the 29th, near .Los Navas,
and in an affair with them, killed 25, took 15, and wound-
ed 20, with a loss of only two killed, and one Officer and
20 w(,unded. The enemy abandoned Met ida on the ap-
proach cf the British General, and that city was conse-
quently taken possession of by the force under General
HILL, and large magazines found in the place.
In this movement, so prompt, active, and unexpected
—conducted, by so enterprising a General, towards the
scene of his recent achievement—it is easy to discover
plook of a determination to chant;ethe character of the
campaign, by compelling the enemy to provide for his
safety by fi,ghting for his positions; or'to withdraw from
a contest to which he is unequal. The advance of General

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'SY'.
London, England, 1812-01-26

PENINSULA.

Dispatches from the Peninsula, completely favourable
nougit comparatively unimportant, will Le found under
the head of last night's Gazette. We are, at the same
time, happy to learn, through letters which reached us
late List night, that, owing to the convalescence of the
allied at my; Lord Wellington can now reckon upon at
least forty•tlu British soldiers, who are able to meet
the enemy in the field of battle.
London, England, 1812-01-19

PRINCE REGEN'T'S COURT.

Wednesday his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT
held a Court at Catlton House. At half-past two o'clock
the PRINCE held a Pt ivy Council in the State
.Room, at-
tended by Generals TURNER and KEPPEL, for the pur-
pose cf taking consideration certain estimates to be
laid before P.ulia•r,enr, which was attended by—
The Lord Presidcot oi• the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the First
Ler.? of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord
of the Admiralty, the Rlaster•General of the Ordnance, the three Se-
cretaries of State, the President of the Board of Control, the Duke of
Montrose, Earls Wincheliea and Aylesford.
His ROYAL HIGHNESS gave audiences to EarlsCAMo
nEN WEs.rmonr,AsD, the Marquis WLLLESLILY, Mr.
PERCEVAL, and Mr. RYDER.

The roof of Drury-lane Theatre, it is understood, will be on by the
20th of March, and no d•iubt is entertained by the Architect of the
Theatre hei!:g fully completed in September.
The Pantheon Theatre (7t concern in opposition to the Opera House)
is nearly complete':, but great doubts are entertained of the Proprietors
getting a License from the Vice-Chamberlain. A long Correspondence
bis.taken place en the subject between Lord John Tbynne, Vice-Cham-
berlain, and the l'untheon Committee.
Mrs. Jordan, it is stated, has renewed her engagement at Covent-
Garden Theatre, and is to fill up the interval till the return of Mrs. Sid-
dons, after Easter.
Miss Duncan has received an offer from the Covent-Garden Mana-
gers, but is not yet engaged.
Mr. Charles Kemble leaves Covent-Garden Theatre at the conclusion
'Of the season.
'1 he dauzliter of a Gentleman, in the neighbourhood of Mary-le-
hone 'New-roar!, went off with a maid-servant, a few days since, without
any apparent cause, in order to proceed to lrelpd, but was overtaken
Stonh, and brought back, and now greatly repents her Inds-
at . •
cretion.

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London, England, 1812-01-19

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

COURT AND WORLD OF FASHION.

43

THE KING.
The following Bulletin was issued on Sunday last :"..."
" His MAJESTY continues nearly in the same state."

BIRTH-DAY OF HER. MAJESTY.

Yesterday being the day for annually commemorating
HER MAJESTY'S birth, who completed her 671 h year on
the 18th of last May, the bells of the metropolis were acs
cordingly rung, and its streets, towards evening, were
enlivened by the accnst,rned illuminations on the part of
HER MAJESTY'S tt aciesmen.
London, England, 1812-01-19

CERTIFICATES-FEB. 4.

Henry Lee, jun. of Kinpton-upon-Hull, grocer.—Jervoice rugby,
late tof Henrietta-street, Brunswick-square„coal-merchant.—Peter Al-
dersey, late of Liverpool, grocer.—Williain Reynolds, late. of Ches-
hour, Hertford, dealer.—Nanny.Haydon, of King-street, Bloomsbury,
rniilitier.—Thomas Picton, late of Hillingdon, Middlesex, sozp-manu-
facturer.—William Brown, of Loftsorne, York, corinlealer.—John Wil-
liam Scott, of Grantham, Lincoln, banker.—George Knight, of Hol-
loway, builder.