The National Register.
London, England, 1820-09-10 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

COLONEL BROWN, has become celebrated in the
history of the proceedings against the Queen, and
adorns every page of the reco-ds of the Milan board.
The following are the dates of the promotion of this
?meritorious gentleman, who, among his other claims
to public respect, is said to be a relation of Lord
Castlereagh :—Lieutenant Brown (an Iriskman),
23d Foot, about a year in the Quarter-Master-
General's Staff, on the Peninsula, in the year 1818
and 1814; Captain in October, 1814, immediately
before the reduction of the second Battalion; front
which date he was placed upon half-pay. From
this period he appears never to have any appoint-
ment, civil or military; notwithstanding which he
was, contrary to all precedent, at the special request
of the Duke of Wellington, made a Brev.lt-Major in
June, 1817; thereby, although on half pay, ;;ping
over the heads of all the Captains in the British
service, from 1804 /0 1814 urther, still
on half-pay,and resident at Milan, in January, 1819,
at the special and private request of bird .Ytemart,
he obtained the Brevet of Lieut.-Colonel, ther6y
going over the heads of 1,500 Majors of the British
army.

- NG.—The preparations for the embarka-
tion of his Majesty oat ins long contemplated sea-
•excursiou were resumed last week with great acti-
vity ; and it was expected that his Majesty would
leave Windsor for Brighton on Thursday or Friday
last. On Friday, howevs2e, orders were suddenly
received in town, and at Br;glitott, countermmding►
the arrangements made fin• the voyage. The King,
in declining the intended sea diversion, did not name
any other day when he thought he should avail him-
self of the present fine weather. The King does not
see any company. He remains almost constantly
in his cottage ut Windsor. Sir W. Keppel and Sir
B. Bloomfield, together with the Duke of York
at times, arc almost the only persons seen by his
Majesty. The communications to Minn front his
lklinister.i arc uncommonly rapid. There arl lea
orderly men (Lancers) daily proceed to his Ma-
jesty with despatches from the House of Lords
and the Government Offices. The cause of the
postponement of the sea-excursion is stated to be the
receipt of another communication from or on the he-
haff the Queen, asserted to have ben tbrwarded
on Friday last. The intercourse consequent upon
this, as well as what necessarily results from the
proceedings in the Lords, between the King and the
Ministers, rendered inconvenient to proceed on
the excursion at present.

Samuel Waddington has been 'committed tlir six
months by Mr. Birnic, the magistrate, to the House
of Correction, under the filiowing circumstances :
He was charged with printing an inflammatory
posting Lill, and refused, when called Lpon, to pro.
duce the manuscript. lie was convicted in the pe-
nalty of 20 I . which he not paying, a warrant of
distress was issued by Mr. Birnie, mud Mayhew, the
constable, sent to levy it on his goods anti chattels at
No. 20, Cow-cross, where he said he curried on the
business of a printer; he had, however, no printing
materials, no press there. Ile had only one chair, a
sack of shavings, and some rubbish, on which it is
supposed he slept. There not being sufficient pro-
perty to satisfy the amount of the conviction, on the
premises of his residence, was the ground of his com-
mitment to the House of Correction fir six months.
agreeable to the directions of the Act of Parliament.
SWANSEA, Seri.. I.—We arc concerned to state,

dim a difference in respect to wages has arisen be-
tween some of the Copper Companies in this vicinity
and the men employed in the works. Thirteen of
the latter were convicted, bethie our Magistrates,
of a combination, and committed, but escaped from
the constables. On the followink.r day dire,: of these
were again apprehended and lodged in our tempo-
rary place of confinement, previous to their removal
to the House of Correction ; but they were speedily
released by a body of their comrades. It has been
deemed prudent to swear in un accession of con-
stables, and to embody our volunteer cavalry.
Oa Saturday se'nnight a person named Briston
was hawking a bill in the Nlarketvlace of Norwich,
which, to iiiduce people to purchase, he described as
follows :—" Here is a full and true account of the
trial of the Italian false witness against the Queen.
this man swore so fast against her, the Queen
filinted away ; she soon came to herself, end proved
what the witness said was false; he was, after a
trial of tour days, cast and committed to Senate."
Alderman Crisp Brown passiiig at the time, ordered

the hawker to be taken to tail:we:4 when he was
taken bethre the Mayor, and on promising not to be
guilty of the like offence again, he was bound over
on his own recognizance to keep the peace, and
discharged with a sovete rcpritaaai from the Ma-
gistr.:te.

Mr, F. Crook, son of T. Crook, Eq. of Tytherton
Lucas, Wilts, being out sporting with his friend,
Mr. Ken s, on Snettril.ty last, the gun of the latter
accidentally went ofr and shot Mr. Crook, who cx.
pired within half au hour..

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