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The National Register.
London, England, 1811-01-06

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CANA? AWL Daiss.—Gown of black Italian gauze worn over
white, with long sleeves made high in the neck, with antique
ruff a-la Queen Elizabeth, ornamented round the bottom with
. a grey flossed silk trinuning. A mantle of French grey satin,
with goilar Listened cm the right shoulder with black brooch,
and trimmed entirely round with a rich stamped velvet, lined
with the same colour. A bonnet to correspond, with stamped
..co•lvet- flower in front. Shoes of black. or grey kid; gloves of
she same.
AN ErENING DRESS.—An amber colour crape dress, with
• fimg sleeves, and frock waist, tied with white ribband ; slashed
Spanish front, let in with satin of the same colour, ornamented
with white beads, the bosom and sleeves trimmed with beads ;
on the back of the dress is worn a drapery of amber colour
satin hanging over the shoulders in front, or tied in a bow be-
bincif which either way forms a ptetty finish to the dress. It is
wacie itt6t to touch the ground behind, and is bordered with a
rich satin of the same colour, edged with beads. This truly
-elegant dress is worn over a white satin slip. The cap is com-
posed of amber plaited ribband and lace, edged with vandyke
Lee, tied in a bow on the left side, with amber flower in front.
Necklace and ear-rings of pearl. Amber satin shoes; white
kid gloves; tippet of swansdown.
London, England, 1811-01-06

STATE PAPERS.

CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN TIIE LORDS OF HIS MA-
JESTY'S TREASURY AND THE AUDITOR OF THE
EXCHEQUER, RESPECTING THE ISSUE OF MONEY
FOR THE SERVICE OF THE ARMY AND NAVY.
No. 1.
= Copy of the Warrant directed "to the Auditor of the Re-
ceipts of his Majesty's Exchequer," calling on him to issue
500,0001. "far the service of the Navy." Dated Whitehall Trea-
sury Chambers, the 31st day of December, 1810
(Signed) SP. PERCEVAL.
W. BRODRICK.
W. ELIO.r.
S. BARNS.
B. PAGE'!'.
London, England, 1811-01-06

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Henry Lowe, Macclesfield, Chester, hat-manuf
Wiliam Pagett, of Gloucester, sadler.
John William Mostran, of Buckingham-street, Strand, plas-
terer..
Robert Sare, of Bath, clothes merchant:
John Sums, of Neat h, Glamorgan, victualler.
Hen :y Pape, of Pocklington, York, grocer.
Samuel Porter, of Chesham, Buckingham, mealman.
Samuel Tipper, of Leadenhall-street, bookseller.
William Pearse, of Phoenix-street, Somers'-town, builder.
Joseph Simmons, of Lamberhurst, Kent, shopkeeper.
CERTIFICATES.—JaN. 22.
Joshua Haworth, jun. of Kingston-upon-Hull, merchant.—
Richard Holroyd, of Sowerby, Halifax, York, woollen-tnanu-
acturer.—Richard Kirk, of Dartf4rd, victualler.—William
Watson, sen. and William Watson, fun. of Ainwick, Northum-
berland, cornfactors.—Henry St. John, of Penny-Cross, Devon,
dealer and chapman.—John Bone and William Hone, of the
Strand, booksellers.—W.Llter Post, of Bristol, carver and gil-
der.—Samuel JVl'Knight, jun. of LivE rpool, merchant.
London, England, 1811-10-27

THE NATIONAL R

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ry will, during a whole war, lose the benefit of his
services. It may happen, that the fugitive may
carry plans and information, which may serve to fa-
cilitate the future designs of the enemy, and to en-
crease the dangers by which•we are threatened. It
also establishes a regular body of traitors scattered
through every part of the country, who, after having
suffered themselves to be gained over by the ser-
vants of the French Emperor, would not hesitate to
accept his bribes and execute his commands. This
is therefore an evil which must be remedied: It was,
perhaps, the consciousness of the means which NA-
POLEON possessed of silently and progressively
regaining the freedom of his Officers, prisoners of
war on our shores, that prevented him from agree-
ing to a regular exchange, and led him to make the
negociations on that subject little more than a fruit-
ful channel of mockery and insult. It is, therefore,
of the utmost importance, in every point of view,
that the escape of French Prisoners should at last
be efficiently checked. And as their mode of avoid-
ing our vigilance is no longer a secret, we trust,
measures at once decisive and effectual will be
promptly adopted.
London, England, 1811-10-27

THE NA

(1.1.6 FROM LORI, WELLINGTON.
A Lisbon Mail was r •ceived oii*ednesday, which
was btou;2lit by the ,Zizohirt frigate, arrived at
Portsmouth. The Zpnotia sailed from the Tagus
on the 13th insta, t, to which date Lisbon Papers
and le, ters have been received. The dispatches
front WELLINGTON, and the letter: from the
Army, hrott OA by the same cotiveyance, come down
to the 9th instant.

The army occupied the cantonments into which the
last dispatches from Lord WELLINGTON stated it to
be his intention to distribute its different corps ; but
it was strongly suspected to be his intention to ad-
vance again upon Ciudad Rodrigo, as soon as the
state of the weather would render the resumption
of active operations practicable. The object of such
a movement would naturally be the same which
led to the late blockade of that city—to make a di-
version in favour of the Galician army, and to ha-
rass the French corps, by obliging the French Ge-
nerals to concentrate again all their disposable troops
for the protection of Ciudad Rodrigo. A letter
from Lord WELLINGTON to the Portuguese Secre-
tary, dated Oct. 2, in substance the same as his
dispatches of the same date, addressed to the
Earl of LivanPooL, represents the different French
corps recent:y concentrated for the relief (ICiudad
Rodrigo as having again separated,and proceeded—
the Army of the North to Salamanca, probably to
Valladolid—the Army of Portugal to Banos and
Placentia, and the corps of Girard, which had united
at Merida, to Zafra. Whilst the enemy's corps are
thus kept distinct, no apprehension is to be enter-
tained of any serious attempt against the Allied
Army. Either of the enemy's corps is separately
sufficient to master the detached parties of the Spa-
niards in their neighbourhood ; but nothing short
of the union of all could hold out promise of a suc-
cessful result in any operations against Portugal.
Whether Lord WELLINGTON, then, remain in his
cantonments, or undertake any enterprise, or make
a demonstration against any part occupied by the
French in Spain, Portugal may be considered per-
fectly secure, from the dispersed state of the French
corps, in the event of the inactivity of the Allied
Army, and through the consummate skill and abi-
lity of the General, and the steady and determined
bravery of the Anglo-Portuguese, troops in case a
movement in advance should oblige the enemy to
re-unite their forces.
London, England, 1811-10-27

TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.

B N K RUPTC lES ENLARGED.
John Henry Hughes, of Manchester, cotton-spinner, from
Oct. 26, to Nov. 5, at ten, at Guildhall, London.
Robert Williams, of Oxford-street, china-man, from Oct.
26, to Nov. 5, at ten, at Guildhall.
Nath„niel Bunn, late of Wickham-market, Suffolk, miller,
from Oct. 15, to Dec. 3, at eleven, at tke Crown Inn, Wood-
bridge, Suffolk.
Thomas Hopkins, of Cross Hall, Morley, York, merchant,
Vol, le, at eleven, at the Black gull Inn, Gomersal.
Edward Ellis, of Canterbury, hatter, from Oct. CG, to Nov.
5, at ten, at Guildhall, London.
BANKRUPTS.
John Ross, of Bedford-street, Covent-garden, silversmith.
.1) eph D'Agular,. of Liverpool, merchant.
Thomas Hall, of Hart street, Grosvenor-square, coach-
znaker.
George Seller; of Kingston upon-Hull, merchant.
William Byre :Royston, of West Leigh, Lancaster, cotton-
spinner.
James Jones, Peter Bromfield Litherland, and William Pen-
ford Bei ks, of Liverpool, meraanti.
James Ball, of Newcastle-under-Lyme,Stafford,grocer.
Robert Hunt, of Whirecros-street, victualler.
Thomas Winn, of Pririces-street, Hanover-square, jeweller.
Edward Harri.,, of the Precinct of St. Catharine, dealer.
Erlward Simmons, of Deal,Kent, grocer, dealer.
CERTIFICATES--Nov. 12.

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Joseph Welch, of Birmingham, brass-founder.—Samuel Hol-
land, of Liverpool, Lancaster, merchant.—Richard Reddish,
of St. latnes's-stre *,,1 London, wine-merchant.-13cn
• Feniin Stroud, of Poole:" linen-draper.---Jabez Goodwin, of
Iciy-Atreet, Cierkenwell, bAker.--Wi:liam Lucas, late of Bis-
hops-L'astle, Salop, currier.-- Benjamin Bowen, of Harrow,
Whitwell, of Bethnall-green, soap-mantt-
Lcturer.—John Whitaker, of Salford, cotton-twist-dealesti—
;An Fleming, of Blackburn, L:incastur, cotton-mmufacturer.-
-Milliam Beaurain, Lte of Union-street, Bishopsgate-street
Without, money-scrivener.—James liamper, ot High-street,
Southwark, hoser,—John Leigh, of Liverpool, merchant
ory of Cottenham, nurseryman, -rCharles
litadsdale, of Livvrpool, hoot vla shoe-maker.
London, England, 1811-10-27

OUTRAGE BY BUONAPARTE.

TO TILE EDITOR OF tIl I!: NAT/ON AI. REGISTER.

0 ..=•••••

Stit—l entreat you to communicate the following important
fact to the British Public, and to all other nations the
year 1783 of the last century, I purchased an annutty on my life,
in the French funds, which property has beeu treated with re-
spect throughout all the dangerous convulsions and factions of
revolutionary anarchy, and has now lately been seized by the
imperial ruffian and robber Napoleon, in consequence of my
political writings, and my loyalty to my own country, which
dark and silent theft was committed by a whisper to the Minister
•f Finance (without any public decree) to take no notice of my
certificate.
•
This unparalleled outrage on property, the great hinge of civil
society, will prove a more instructive comment /to the code
Brigailde,oi• Nopoleone, than all the pompous criticising of Re-
viesver4 to compare and prefer it to British jurisprudence, and
will/ old out a useful admonition to those jacobin fools who give
credit to the French Government, in either commerce or po-
licy, and teach them that if the laws of private property are
treated with such contempt, how little confidence can be plact d
in treaties with such revolutionary ruffianism, to maintain the
rAations of civilized policy among nations, or the peace of the
`world.
'Haig sacrifices of my property should alarm and unite friends
a mankind to effect the salvation of England. and the protec•
a'on of the world, I shall regard my loss as an inestimable gain,
though it was all I had to live upon.
J. STEWART, Traveller.

We are sorry to learn, by the letters from
Murcia, that the fever continued to rage with
unabated fury at Carthagena ; and in several
other places ill its vicinity, the deaths were esti-
mated at 100 daily. The unusual heat of the
season, at this advanced period, is supposed to
have contributed greatly to prolong and aggravate
the severity of the contagion. The setting in of
the colt weather was looked to with confidence for
a cessation of this mil ible scourge.

IST
London, England, 1811-10-27

THE NATION

Duncan, persuaded a tribe of Jukman, who lived on the Juan-
pore frontlet; to abolish the bon ible practice of moldering their
female infants, by convincing them that by the Hindoo
it was as criminal to kill even a fawns as a Bramin, and that
the punishment denounced against the person committinglhe
crime, was to suffer in hell fur as many years as there were hairs
on his head.

" The same Gentleman, when Governor of Bombay. heard
that the Jarejah tribe, in the provinces of Guzerat of Cutch,
committed the horrible crime of infanticide also. Through the
agency of Colonel Walker, this tribe was convinced that it was
as contrary to the precepts and religion of the Bramas, ;is to the
dictates of nature to murder intants. The crime was loudly
condemned by all other casts of Hindoos ? The Jarejah tribe
solemnly engaged to refrain from the commission of it in fu-
ture.
6" In these three instances, the anliment urged was, that by
the t' nets of the Hindoo religion. infanticide was an atrocious
crime, punishable in this world and in the next. 'The crime was
held in as much abitorrence by l iindn.a generally as by the
Christians, and Marquis Wellesley f 'end the liramins and 'Pun-
dits eager to support hie proclamation. The Juhmars and Jane.
jahs. were convinced of the sin of infanticide, according to their
notion I. sin., by the temperate reasoning of Mr. Duncan and
Colonel Walker.

44 I o sacrifice the life of an infant, having no will.of its own,
no pow. r of resistance, is contrary to the precepts of the flindoo
religion. Ihe crime of 11'w-der is punishable with death by the
Hisidoustan law."—(The Dug.)
London, England, 1811-10-27

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who denied any knowledge of the men; however ths did not
prove any thing more as to the criminali'y of Pullen and his
companions, as the letter which was in the parcel . ilk the Bank-
notes, which were stolen was not found anion* the s raw by
the coachman who drove the coach into London till then( were
six passengers in it. The attendance of Puilen was not thought
necessary in consequence.
At the Police Office, Marlborough-street, Tuesday, John
Rose and John Lewis were charg' d with defrauding the had-
lord of the Bull and Axe. Upper John street, Oxford-street, of
101. It appeared in evidence, that the prisoners went into the
public-house in question, and call. d for some porter, when the
one observed to the other that he wished to pay him the 101. he
was indebted to him, and at the same time drawing from his
pocket a Fleet note of twenty pence, lie asked the landlord, by
way of favour, to change it for him, or to advance 101.
upon it, and he would call again for the remainder of the change,
as it was a just debt, and the man was pressed for money. The
trick was so well managed that the landlord went up stairs and
brought down 101. which he gave to one of the prisoners, and
received the twenty-penny flash-screen, but he discovered the
fraud on looking minutely at it, and detained the parties, who ,
were fulled committed for trial.
A man, named Clarke, was charged at Marlborough-street,
on Tuesday, with having in his possession sloe leaves, or other
substance, in colour like tea, but pernicious in its qualities. two
pounds weight of it were found upon the prisoner, and he was
in consequence fined 101. which not being able to pay, he was
committed to prison for six months.
London, England, 1811-10-27

SPAIN.

The following letter was received in town on Wed-
nesday, dated Portsmouth, Oct. Arrived
the ship Henry, DoNoVAN, Master, in eight days
from Cadiz : she passed this port this morning, and
is a running ship. By her we learn, that the French
were, at her departure, firing on the garrison, but
with little effect. BALLASTEROS had engaged the
French under Gen. Gomel:in./cif, on the 27th and
29th ult. in both of wl.iich actions he had been suc:
cessful, taking above 400 prisoners. The French
under the above General were 5000. Some Span-
ish Gentlemen, whom we have seen, have landed
here from the Henry ; they say that BLAKE has
been successful in an attack made by him on the
French in Valencia." The above account is dis-
credited.

AL REGIS'

Vari,us letters have been received, stating that
the enemy wa, proceeding in grestt force to take
possession of Valencia. It is even added that Gen.
Sucitur at the Iv a.t of 25.000 men had penetrated
to Castili..ne, and that his approach so near the city
had created great confusion amongst the inhabi-
tants. It is p.,ssihle that a French force may have
advanced against Valencia mid from Catalonia too;
but that SUCHET should be at the head of it, is in-
consistent with the accounts received some time
since, that he had arrived at Burgos at the head of
10,000 men, on his -way to reinforce MARMONT.
The consternation and contusion created in the city
of Valencia by the approach of so strong a French
force, may be collected from the following letter

•° Valencia, Sept. O.
" This place is threatened by the approach of a
French force consisting of 15,000 men. The peo-
ple here are in a state of the utmost confusion, and
by way of precaution, most of the respectable in-
habitants are removing their effects to Majorca
and Minorca."

om Alicaiit we learn, under the same date as the
above, that the people in that vicinity also enter-
tained the greatest alarms for their safety, from the
near approach of the enemy. And that being in
considerable alarm lest the yellow fever should
find its way into the town, a cordpn of troops sur-
rounded it, to prevent the approach of strangers.
London, England, 1811-10-27

FRENCH PAPERS.

French Papers have been received to the 18th inst.
The intelligence they supply is neither important
norinteresting. BUONAPARTE still continurid in
Holland, and was not expected to return to his
capital for some time; It is even stated in the
Jourmal de L' Empire of the 17th, that the EMPEROR.
was expected to visit the Grand Duchy of Berg,
after his departure from Holland. RCEDERERI the
Minister for that Duchy, was to leave Paris for
Dusseldorf, where he was .to meet the EMPEROR.
In that case BUONAPARTE could not possibly return
to his capital till late in the present month. It does
not appear by any thing contained in these Papers,
that the journey of the EMPEROR was to be extended
beyond the limits of the French Empire ; thriugh it
is not at all unlikely, that he may from the Duchy
of Berg proceed to visit in , WESTPHALIAN MA-
JESTY, into whose dominions he might extend his
journey without exciting anyalarm or even su,picion.
And when there he might in a very short time arrive at
any part of the Continent, whither his views or his
projects may lead him. It not yet clearly established,
that his differences with the Northern Powers have
been finally accommodated, and, thereto! e, whilst he
continues thus to linger upon his tour, v, e should not
be surprised to find him suddenly and rapidly
darting forward to decide, by the weight of his per.
sonal influence or by the force of his arms, the dis-
cussions, which are understood to havi been so long
pending between him and the Sovereigns of Russia
and Prussia.

The French Papers continue to give the most
'fulsome details (41 the reception given by the people
of Holland to BUONAPAR TE, and or the gross
actu-
lation employed by die persons in official situations
who had the•hopour to address him.

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London, England, 1811-10-27

THL ARMY.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OTFICE, AEGIOSA, OCT. 2, 1811.
GENERAL ORDERS.
No. I.—Tbe Commander of the Forces is desirous of drawing
the attention of the army to the conduct of the 2d Battalion sth
Regiment, 77th Regiment, and the t.llst Portuguese Regiment.
and Maj.-Gen. Arenchild's Portuguese artillery, under the tom.
mend of the Hon. Maj.-Gen. Colville; and of the 11th light
Dragoons and Ist Hussars, under Maj.-Gen. Alten, in the affair
with the eremy on the 25th ult.
No. 11 —These troops were attacked by between thirty and
forty squadrons of cavalry, with six pieces of cannon. supported
by a division consisting of fourteen battalions of infantry, with
cannon. The Portuguese Artillerymen were cut down at their
guns before they quitted them, but the second Battalion sth Re.
girnent, attacked the Cavalry which had taken the guns, and
retook them; at the same time the 77th Regiment were attack-
ed in front by another bedy of cavalry, upon which body they
advanced and repulsed them.
No. Ill.—Whilst these actions were performed, Major-Gen.
Atten's brigade, of which then only three squadrons on the
ground were engaged, on the left, with numbers, infinitely F•
perior to themselves. These squadrons charge IF
d, repeatedly,
supporting each other, and took above 90 prisoners ; and noS,
withstanding the iminethe superiority of the enemy, the rst
would have been maintained, if the Commander of the Forces
had not ordered the troops to withdraw front it, seeing that the
action would become still More unequal, as the enemy's Infantry
were likely to be engaged in it, before the reinfcircements order-
ed to the support of the post could arrive.
No. IV.—"Che troops then retired with the same determined
spirit, and in the same good order with which they had main:
tained their post. The 2d Battalion sth Regiment, and 77th
Regiment, :n one square; and the 21st Portuguese Regiment in.
another, supported by Major-General Allen's Cavalry, and the
Portuguese Artillery. The enemy's Cavalry charged three faces
of the s,,tiare of the British Infantry, but were beaten off; and
finding, froM their repeated fruitless efforts, that these braVe
troops were not to be broken, they were content with following
them at a distance, and firing upon them with 'heir •Artillery,
till the troops joined the remainder of the 3d division, and were
afterwards sepported by a brigade of the 4th division. Ahhough
the sit rortugucse Regiment were not actually charalOky t
London, England, 1811-10-27

ACCIDENT', OFFENCES, 4c.

A few evenings sine.. a gentleman was robbed by a tingle
footpad. near the two ar.d an half mile-stone, on the Fulliath-
road. The robber wore a soldier's great-coat and cap, and was
unusually successful in his predatory excursion. He com-
menced his operations early in the evening, on Wimbledon-
common, where he met \\Pub the hone-patrole, whom he dis-
armed of his pistols; but, that he might not totally disqualify
him for the employment for which he was mounted and,
armed—the protection of his Majesty's subjects—he allowed
him to retain his hanger. Thus equipped, on his road to Put-
ney, he stopped a gig, and obtained considerable booty.
ts.veen Fulham and Walham green, a day-labourer at the sight
of the patrole's pistols, was fain to purchase a few years longer
existence by the surrender of half-a-crown, the wages of the
day. Before he reached Chelsea, he stopped a clergyman, and
took from hiM 31. in cash and his hat, in return for which be
complimented the reverend gentleman with his soh ier's cap.
A drover was convicted on Saturday se'nnight, at Guildhall,
in the penalty of one pound, for cruelty to four sheep he was
driving in Warwick-lane, he having.wantonly killed one oft.lie
poor animals; _this species of brutality is almost daily practised
with impunity in the above neiabbourliooll.
On Wednesday evening, about seven o'clock, Mr. Green-
hill,of Stationer's-hall, was stopped in Duval's-lane, near Crouch-
end, by three footpads, who dragged him out of his.chaise, and
robbed him of his watch, and between two and three pounds in
money.
On Wednesday evening as two gentlemen were travelling in
a chaise near Hornsey, they were stopped by three footpads,
who, after robbing them, dragged them out and severely ill-
treated them.

BIRTHS.
Last week, at Knightsbridge, a Mrs. Bunyon, the wife of a
tradesman, of two fine boys, both likely to live : however joy-
ous such an event is bi high lite, to a man in nano v circum-
sta ces, with four small children before, a scanty trade, and
the loaf at 17d. the blessing may at best be looked upon as ques-
tionable.
MARRIED.

---
At St. James's Church, William Jones Burdett, Esq, brother
to Sir F. Burdett, to Miss Brent.

DIED.

On Tuesday morning, at his house in Bedford-square, Dr.
Iti:ynoids, one of his I•4lk4ty's Ph• sicians.
At his ;Torments. in lionci street, aized H 4, General Picton;
he has hai, the. 12th regiment fot the last 36 years.—lhe Ge-
el al is uncle to the Officer of the same name now serving in
Portugal.
London, England, 1811-10-27

RE-BUILDING OF DRURY-LANE THEARTE.

On Saturday sennight, Mr. Whitbread, the Chairman of the
Committee for rebuilding of Drury-lane Theatre, accompanied
by some other Gentleman, attended on the ruins, and dellver.rd
to the builder_ possession of the ground and materials. he
workmen, on Monday morning, began to remove the ruins.
1. he erection of Mr. 13. Wyatt's plan for the :tow arum; has
London, England, 1811-10-27

THE KING.

The following Bulletin of his Majesty's health
was shol/4.11 nil Sunday at St. Jam( s's Palace :
" vc%srlsok CAS rLE, Oc r. 19.—The K. tic has continued
nearly in the same state throurhout the melt.

The account of his MiursTy's stare receivedivs-
terday ailei noon, by thc• PittNct R EarNTs WIV--
" That his MAJl•vir was Lot consideted better, al-
though he had had three hours sleep in the course
of the night."

An express was received at York Ilcuse last
night from Windsr•,r, snoing, ft that his NIAJESTY
%V.AS not s. well as when tia: express was sent off in
the tiicrnuis, and had not taken the 'exercise of
•walkinB"
London, England, 1811-10-27

DRAMATIC REGISTER.

Nothing of important* has occurred in the course of the week
at either house. Miss. Ftaori has been by ought out at Covent-
garden as Raretta, in The Cabinet, with c nstderable success.--
Her figure and manner are not very captivating. Her voice if
• strung. but it wants melody, and appears almost wholly unma.
naggabie. If she can discard a little of her assurance, and a few
of her false graces, she may in time be found of considerable im•
portance in the vocal department.
At the Lyceum Mrs. DicitoNs has performed in The Minna;
and The Beget's Opera, with her wonted spirit and success.
Mr. KIRBY has played Scaranunuili, in Don Juan, in a very
indifferent manner. Mr. Kalil' possesses activity and supple•
ness of limb, but he wants vivacity and humour. G.
London, England, 1811-12-15

AL REGISTE

COIJRT

WORLD OF FASHION.

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THE KING.
•
On Sunday last the following Bulletin was shown
St. James's Palace :

" Windsor Castle, Dec. 7.
" His M%JEs•rr continues nearly in the same state.

Monday morning his Royal Highness the PRINCE
REGENT, finding himself so far recovered as to be
able to put his foot to the ground, made up his mind
to leave Oatlands with the sanction of the faculty,
and arrived at York-houseabout half-past five o'clock
in the evening.
The PRINCE REGENT on Tuesday evening took
a warm bath, from which he found so much be-
nefit, that his ROYAL HIGHNESS is now able, not
only to set his foot on the ground, but to walk up
and down stairs at York House, with the aid only
of a stick. His ROYAL HIGHNESS transacted busi-
ness with the principal Ministers on Friday from
one till near three o'clock. Great numbers of the
Nobility, and other persons of distinction, left their
names at York House.
Yesterday at three o'clock, the LORD MAYOR
went in state to York-house, attended by the Re.
corder, and a Deputation of the Courts of. Alder-
men and Common Council, to present the City Ad.
dress to the PRINCE REGENT, praying his Royal
Highness, at this season of scarcity, to issue his
Royal Proclamation for stopping the further distil-
lation of spirits from corn.
A personage of high rank is said to have made,
within the short space of two months, matrimonial
overtures to no less than four young Ladies cf large
fortune. He has already been refused by three of
them ; what success he may have with the fourth
remains to be ascertained.
His Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX bad on
Wednesday a most, violent attack of his complaint,
on account of the change in the atmosphere. His
Royal Highness's Physician in ordinary, Dr. FRYER,
passed the whole night with him, and such was the
violence of the malady, that at moments a fatal
termination was apprehended, as the respiration
was greatly interrupted, with some very alarming
symptoms ; his Royal Highness, however, is some.
what recovered.

An intrigue in high life has been discovered with-
in these few days past, which has been attended with
serious consequences. One of the guilty party be-
ing caught in the trap, was so severely handled that
his life is almost despaired of.
Mrs. SIDDONS, it seems, really means to visit
Edinburgh, for the purpose of taking a final leave
of the stage at that place, before she renews sher
engagement in the spring at Covent-Garden Thea-
tre. This theatrical excursion will of course be of
great advantage to her son, who is the manager of
the Edinburgh Theatre.
Mr. SHEItIDAN left town on Wednesday, for
Stafford, in order to pay an electioneering visit •to
his old Constituents of that Borough, the majority
of whom are said still to retain their former senti-
ments in his favour.
Mr. WAITIIMAN has declared himslf a candidate
for tlie city of London, at•-the next General Elec-
tion.
London, England, 1811-12-15

L REGISTER.

these threatenihg demonstrations are expressly di-
rected against us. What mighty measure does he
then propose to maintain the dignity of the United
States, and secure the injured interests of their
trade, or in other words to punish France for her
late lawless plunder of their property, and to pre-
vent its future seizure and condemnation ? Mr. MA.
DISON must be a good natured man and bear no
malice, for in return for so many wanton injuries
inflicted on his country, so many insults offered to
his Government, so many words of contempt ap.
plied to his abilities, and on that point we hitherto
fancied he possessed most feeling, he only pro.poses
that should France persevere in the same course,
" corresponding restrictions be imposed on import-
ations from France into the United States." What
renders this self-command still more magnanimous,
is the care which he has taken that no one but him-
self should settle this business with France. Un-
willing to give any unnecessary trouble to Con•
Kress, he has kindly taken this affair out of their
hands. He has given " instructions on all these
subjects to the Minister Plenipotentiary he has
lately sent to Paris," and the result of the nego-
tiations, which the French Court will find the means
of retarding as it may suit its purpose, should ,it
arrive before the Session of Congress be over, will,
the members are graciously told, be communicated
to them, that the fruit of his wisdom and patriotism
may be fully perfected. Should the result only be
known after the sittings have ceased, the PRESIDENT
will then have it in his power to adopt any mea-
sure he pleases unopposed, and many months will
elapse before he can be called to account for the
propriety or impolicy of his conduct.
In another number we shall conclude our exami-
nation of the other features of this important Docu-
, merit.

The conduct of the American Government seems
to have undergone an essential change with respect
to the treatment of those French privateers, who
have for so long a period insulted the independence
and outraged the honour of the United States, by
the unprincipled depredations committed upon Amt•
rican traders on their own coasts. A. Gentleman
from New York states, that the Government had
sanctioned the seizure of two French chips ; one in
the port of Charlston, and the other in Philadelphia.
It appears, that the vessels in question were captured
separately some time ago by the French, carried in.
to a port of their own, and there condemned with.
out the least justification. They were afterwards
purchased by French citizens, who in the way, of
trade sent them to America, to bring home cargoes.
This circumstance coming to the knowledge of
their real owners in America, they seized their pro-
perty, and were supported in their claims by the
Government. All parties united in the approbation
of such an act of summary justice.
London, England, 1811-12-15

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ATTxmr-r. TO POISON —The servart of a Noble Lord was
charged with having infused a poisonous drug into a mug of
beer, with intent to poison a res;.ectable family in St. ,latines's
parish. It appeared, by the depositions of the several witnesses,
that Lord occupies apartments in the house of a mill;ner
and dress-maker, in the parish of St. James, where revrral
rung females are employed, and the prisoner, his Lordship's .
valet, also resided in the house. The dress-maker's servant lrad
placed a pot of beer on the kitchen-dresser, whilst she laid the
cloth up stairs, and during her absence the prisoner infused the
poisonous drug into it, as appeared by his volwitary confession
to Hamilton ;.nd Foy, who apprehended him, and which was
corroborated by the testimony of a foot-boy who was present,
and to whom the prisoner imparted the secret. The beer was
taken up stairs, and some of. the young females partook of it.
It was found offensive, and subsequent symptoms ind the
mistress of the house to seek professional aid, and on analyzing
the remains of the beer, it was found that it had been adulte-

rated with poison, sufficient to have killed every one in the
house. Powerful emetics were primiptly applied, and no life
has been lost. The prisoner accounts for his conduct rather
upon the ground of ignorance than of malice. He was re
mantled for another examination. He professed to hav_e an at-
tachment for one of the young females.

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TTIE NA'

Americans will yield nothing. rik that of France
they begin by setting forth their devotion to her
will, disguised under the name of " justice and fair.
ness tow,rds her," as titles to her gratitude. This
devotion, the Speech tells us, " authorised an ex-
pectation" that she would have done what was
" due to their reasonable claims as well as dictated

by her amicable professions." We may here per-
ceive a guarded mildness in the language, expres-
sive of the reluctance with which the writer dis-
charges that part of his duty, rendered imperatively
necessary by the oppressive conduct of France.
Had he suffered it to pass unnoticed, his blindness
or his corruption would have been the theme of ge-
neral animadversion throughout the United States.
Had the facts been known only by a few, their sup-
pression might have relieved him from this difficulty,
but tit were committed in the face of the whole
world, and had been blazoned forth in America in
a particular manner, by the Newspapers hostile to
what is misnamed the Republican party, at the head
of which Mr. MADISON is placed. It was therefore
impossible to withhold blame from acts so noto-
nous ; but throughout the part of the Speech dedi-
cJted to that topic; the wish of not offending the
person or the Government, from whom the unjust
measures proceed, is clearly revealed. The edicts
under which " the great amount of American pro-
ro-ty has been seized and condemned," are repre-
s oted, in a parenthesis probably intended to soften
the effect which this declaration might produce on
the popular mind, as, " not affecting the neutral
relations of America," and " therefore not entering
into questions between the United States and other
Delligerents." Here A merica either throws off
her neutrality and avows het self the Ally, or ra-
ther the subject of France, or the PRESIDENT has
pervet ted every rule of sense and right, in stating
that edicts ordering the seizure and condemnation
Of a "Venires property, do not " affect its neutral
relations !" As those Decrees, however, 44 were
founded in unjust principles," the PRESIDENT owns
that " the reparation ought to have been prompt
and ample," and that " the United States have
reason to be dissatisfied with the rigorous and un-
expected restrictions to which their trade with the
dominions of France has been subjected." But does
he ask for reparation ? Does he wish the United
States to be put into 41 an armour and an attitude
demanded by the crisis, and corresponding with
the national spirit and expectations ?" Does he
' advise the encrea-,e of the army, the calling out of
the militia, the formation of volunteer corps; and
the manufacture of cannon and small arms, as a
*denunciation of future hostility against France,
should she pursue the same line of conduct. ? No ;

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CITY.

Tuesday a Court of Common Council was held at Guild-
hall, at which the Lord Mayor, fourteen Aldermen, and the
greater number of the Common Council attended.
The City Lands Committee presented a report for altering the
Market-day, at Smithfield Market, from Friday to Thursday,
which was read, agreed to, and referred to the Committee to
carry into execution.

It was then moved, as an instruction to that Committee, to
consider the most eligible mode for enlarging or removing the
said Market, on which an amendment was moved, by leaving
out the words, '‘ or removing," when a considerable debate
ensued, and a division was demanded and granted, by which it
appeared there were—For the amendment, 50; Against it, 43;
Making a majority against the removal of 7.

Tuesday the Lord Mayor ordered the price of Bread to fall
Three-pence in the peck-loaf. The quartern loaf, wheaten, is
now sold for Is. sd. and household

SEIZURE OF CHRISTOPHE'S REGALIA.—The sei-
zure made at the Custom-house some time ago, of
the valuable articles intended for the Emperor of
HAYTI, excited much curiosity. A list of them
has been made out, of which the following is a
copy :

I. A Crown, set with diamonds, rubies and emeralds.
2. A Case, containing two breast-plates, and a pair of drop-
ear-rings, set with diamonds and emeralds.
3. A Case, containing .gold cup.
4. A ditto, containing a gold salver.
5. A ditto, containing diamonds and rubies.
6. One small gold fillagree stand, set with amethysts.
7. One pair of gold spurs.
8. A gold and silver plume, set with rubies, amethysts and to-
pazes.
9. One small gold Crown.
.10. One row of gold beads and tassels.
11. One diamond collar. •

• 'l2: One row of pebble beads and Crucifix.
13. One Crystal, with tassel and relic.
• 14. One box, containing sundry diamond and gold pins,
brooches, ear-rings, crosses, and watches.
• .15; Seven diamond tiaras.
16, 17,18, and 19, diamond lockets, pins and rings.

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THE NATION

The Solicitor-General and several other witnesses proved the
facts of the fraud, and he was sent to Tothill-fields Bridewell.
Mr. Jenkins opened the bag of gold which Mr. Walsh gave
him at Falmouth, which contained 71 doubloons, worth al. 12s.
each, and a half one.
Sir Thomas Plomer produced, and had read, a number of
letters, some of them had been intercepted at the Post-Office.
Those to his brother are of the most distressing nature. He
alludes to his father, at his death, not having left him any
thing, supposing him to be a wealthy man, which would have
been the case, but every thing he h ,c 1 embarked in had
failed, and he had lately lost 20001. by a person he was
security for, and •he now found it was impossible for his
commissions, as a broker, to be sufficient to meet his expendi-
ture; he, therefore, could not bear the thought of his dear
wife, and his beloved children, who were the delight of his
life, and the admiration of all who saw them, to come to want
or poverty, which had induced him to commit the act, and
craves their pity and forgiveness.
Sir Thomas received a very long letter from him, in which
he takes a full and general view of his affairs and conduct, con-
fesses the impropriety of his proceedings in the most penitent
and feeling language. Promises repayment if ever in his power.
Hopes he or his family will never feel the loss. States that he
had made.aeveral applications to Mr. Perceval for an appoint-
ment under Government either at home or abroad, being will-
ing to go to any cliinate. To his last application Mr. Perceval
did not return him an answer, which had driven him to his
present conduct. In another letter to his brother he dreads the
consequences of this act coming to the knowledge of his wife,
as she expects to be put to bed in about a week.
He vainly flattered himself that Sir Thomas would not make
his conduct public, on account of the largeness of the sum ; if
he did, he anticipated that it would make a great noise, parti-
cularly when it got into the Newspapers, but which he calcu-
lated could not possibly be the case till last Tuesday ; in this
particular, however, he was mistaken, as it appeared on
Monday.
London, England, 1811-03-24

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of posterity. Since the secret influence of the press
may lead to results so .highly important, ought it
ever to be degraded into a mere vehicle for party
,spirit, and recriminatory abuse,? Ought it not, in
a land where. its .operations are unchecked, to pour
forth useful truths, instead of wilful misrepresen-
xatibns. But in aim has been artfully perverted
among us by the advocates of that revolutionary
system which has desolated Europe... Armed with
the most powerful weapon which civilized man
possesses, they only wield it to effect the ruin of
that political fabric
,under whose shelter they have
been reared. They spread delusive blindness at
home, and disgust among our Allies. abroad, whom
they represent as vainly, if not unjustly-, waging
war with the inveterate foe to their liberties and

happiness. Indignant at their audacity, we have
constantly endeavoured to disappoint the views of
their interested' ambition, and to prove, with nO
other guide but tru.h, the fallacy of the opinions
disseminated, and of the statements contained in
their publications. We have not rested satisfied -
with snatching the British public from the toils pre- •
pared to ensnare them. We have extended the
sphere of our exertions, and, in conjunction with
those papers who still maintain the 'cause of loyaltir
and true independence, have invariably counteract.
ed, as for as it lay within our power, the effects
which the discouraging harangues of our dema-
gogues, and the writings of their hirelings, were •
calculated to produce on our Allies. We have not -
viewed the Iberian Peninsula as the gravt. of cur -
warriors, but as the cradle of reviving freedom.
We have not told the still contending patriots of •
Spain, you have taken up arms rashly,. and your
efforts, instead of tending to vindicate the indepen-
dence of your country, only serve to protract her.
sufferings, and to delay the improvements which"
the Usurper of her throne would ctherwi3e
troduced amongst you. We bailed their first up.:
rising with rapture, witnessed their ciefeats with
grief, and still view their unsubdued firmness with.
confidence. We, therefore, never ceased to applaud.
the liberal policy-of our Government which supplia
them, not only with the nerve of war—money, butr
.
with the animating example, of our heroes ; app
whatever -be the men by %thorn that support t,#-.
th, :pressfon. olr Wablin appric444ol
London, England, 1811-03-24

RICHARD ARMITAGE.

This celebrated character, of whom so much has been heard
respecting his transactions with Roberts, in forgeries upon the
Bank of England, in which establislimeiit lie was a Clerk, was
taken on Tuesday morning, at an Inn, about ti.ree miles from
Ipswich, in a cross country road, by John Filr, accompanied by
two gentlanen from the Bank, a reward of :AY.. guineas Irv:lug
been offered for his apprehension as long since as the 11th of
August. The prisoner went by the name of Barclay, at the
Inn, and lie represented himselt as a private gentleman who
wished to reside secluded from the pities and pleasures Cof the
metropolis. He spent his time in the association of th:
men yconten in the county, with whom he used to take the
sports of the field ; and his wil., who had just recovered an
accuttcho...meni, was the only p-r-Ai who ktiew-his si.uation,
prisoner was surprised in bed, first by the hoqess of the Inn*
who hid informed him, three gentlemen wished to see him, and
after one of the gentleman had been introduced, Foy I.oll,wed,
and took him, and conveyed him to London in a chaise and
four. Lie was taken to Marlbirough-street 011ie..., and after,
having besna identified and some other necessary finis gone
through, he wls committed to New Prison, Cierkenwell, for
examination on a future day, where he now reina:ns doubly
ironed. The prisoner is said to be in. good spirits.

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GTTSTAVUS' RETLIUN TO SVVEDNe

To perplex and darken, instead of elucidating,'.
forms the chief characteristic of the policy of mo-
dern patriots. 'They hate ''king extolled the advan-
tages of a free press, drid.laimented the fetters im-
posed 'upon- it, and what h:rs been' the cOnseqmened
of their conduct ? The attention of • the public is
nor • almost entirely atti acted by the fantastic host
of dangers which they have set in array acialtist the
press, in order to display their courage and utility;
by attacking shadows of their own creation, and
its true nature remains uninvestigated and unknown.
With the very extent of its power, although it
is a point too important not to be deeply consider-
ed, and if possible clearly ascertained, men in ge-
neral ate but little acqtiainted. Reflection, however,
and reasoning might do much. The comparative
experience gathered from the history of different
nations might enlighten a subject on which the fate
of kingdoms may depend ; but when incessant cla-
mours stun the ear and confound the mind, reflec
tion is lost and experience forgotten.
To some individuals, opportunities seldom found
have opened the private correspondence of States-
men, and even of Kings ; and, however strange it
may appear, it is there they may find the fullest and
most correct information respecting the almost in-
credible influence which the press, even in those
countries where it is greatly limited, possesses over
the plans of Cabinets and the conduct and policy of
Monarchs. They will find; and we speak from
knowledge, that an apparently trifling paragraph,
sprung perhaps from thg fancy of its writer, has
more than once deranged a whole system of politi-
cal manoeuvres or military operations, by exciting
distrust, and creating a belief that the secrets of
the State had been divulged. They will also learn
that the expression of sound truths, the recommen-
dation of useful measures, and the 'discovery of
threatening peril have not always been unnoticed,
and that the proudest Governments, without, it is
true, ackno-wledging their source, have frequently
made the humble journalist's hints the basis of plans
afterwards disguised by their skill and enlarged by
their power, for the invention and exe

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