The National Register.
London, England, 1813-04-25 00:00:00

APRIL et.

The America,' Government has assumed to itself a
1111 tight of settling and cow liming the terms of an exchange
of yrisi nets, not only without •he consent, but- in spite of
the exeness efwal of its enemy. Sir G ► ()Rot PEZYOST has
very trope ly protested against so novel and anomalous a
proceeding:. -
It appears from Seale of the Halifax papers, thit it was the
wartior R ,undlield who took General Winchester
prisoner. The Indian, according to his notions of the law
of nations, and the courtesy due to p. t•oners of war, first
stripped the American Commander of his fine coat and
waist, oat, and +hen ip 1 ed a covering of paint over his hare
skin. in this Intact oils sta.e, having dressed himself in the
regitnt.t‘ta t anis prisoner, he presented the litter
to Colow.l Piot:tot, who with inuolt difficulv succeed 'd in
wove, ing for the disc, mfited ;ener I his c at and sword.
Ntoe ,1;:oos, loaded with gold dust. bars, and sliver huh
lion, w trth u t‘tc tds ilf a mill ion, ari ived on 'chnrsd-iy a
the Pa k from Pot tsmottili. This valuable cargo was brought
by th • Pi e. ideut 1, igate from the Cape of good Hope, to which
it had hecu conveyed at different times from the East India
Comp m S pos.essions in India.
Mr. YOUErts, the King's Mest:enzer, who arrived on Thurs-
day from she armies. clic uniereit mn/ dilEcult,es isnince his
journey . he his had his clothes off only thiee times
the qsth day of March.
An order has been issued 1) Gbvernment to the Com-
inanaing officer. of all the Regiwents of Local Militia.
within chitty miles of London, to give up the accoutrements
of :heir respective col pc, for the purpose of being immediately
forwa,ded v. the North of Czertnany.
A meeting was held ou Ft iday at the City of London Ta-
vern, for the .purpose of elite' log into a Subset ipti, n iii aid
of the Germans in the great and glorious cause in which they
are now engaged. The I)uke of Sussex was in the chair,
and extitained the 01.04 f the meeting in a very able man-
ner. He dwelt on the noble spirit which was now mant-
fested to the North of (ye' many, in consequence of the
us example of the Russian nation. and the su' cess of
their aims: and concluded with ecrim tame that a sun.
scriptifai olould be opened for the put pose of Supplying the
rat tots with arms, and for n *king two, s.on fir the widows
attd orehans of • he brave men who might fall in the struggle.
nt Munster addressed th- nietting, bo..e testimony
to the eNcellent spit whit h a:vitiated the inhabitan's of the
North of Germany He read a cite, firm) Rambo; gl I, which
stated that the Vretich, t the number of 1.500 men, were on
their mash town. d. Cuxh oven, when the, receiid intelli-
gence cf the display of the popular feeling at Ilamburgh. and
reerea,ed.—A nuipber of res. liAions were then passed na-
nimously, and near IQ 0001. were anb!cribed in futLheru,:uce
of tie objects of the meeting.
The syst,in of set ror is said to be carried to as great an
extent to Paris as during the time of Roliespierre ; not 'hat
the guillotine is so actively at work, hut art est. are equally
numerous. and the sate crisons ate filled w'th the wretched
vicims of this execraole tyratst.- A erea: niany persons ois.
appeared after the dt.tiothance in the garden, of the Thoil-
Irries; no enquiries dare be made after t!tent by their re:a-
tites rf, tt ads.
AEIOAL hlitctast.a4.—aturday se'nnightn a Mr. CAME-
goN Alice ~led from Gimp, with a balioon, which had been
for ,o,pe clove in piep ti.,-tiott. Tile balloon went up in fine
style, t .ok a %ntith easterly three ion, and d. 5, ended at Val-
n.tsit, in the county cit Roalturgh, ten miles West of thwick,
haviug tra%c! ed sevect, foil; !ivies in one hour and twenty
nitotit'ttt:. Th,. in tr:y collected on this • occasion did not
ctiver %he Aeronauts expeuca.

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