The National Register.
London, England, 1821-08-13 00:00:00

FURTHER PARTICULAR..

The Sunday evening previous to this wretched
catastrophe, Lady Frances entered a room where
her husband was engaged in a duel with his valet.
Mr. W. was in the act of cocking a pistol to shoot
him, when Lady Frances rushed between them, and
rescued the man from inevitable death. The has-
band has fled, leaving her with only 100 francs.—
Surely her friends will send fur her home.
On the present occasion Lady F. was again the
first to enter the room. Mr. W. and his servant
were then on the ground struggling, the valet up-
permost, and both deluged with blood. She dragged
the valet off her husband to the staircase, when he
fell from loss of blood. The company now ran out
from the drawing room, and Mr. Curzon pulled the
dirk from the man's body. Surgeons Campbell,
Robertson and Gorce, and Dr. Courtenay, were in-
stantly called in. They declared that he had lost
full seven pounds of blood. He is between fifty
and sixty years of age, and of a plethoric habit.—
My private opinion is, that the wound not having
been in a mortal part, the man may yet refover.—
We think that Mr. W. cannot be sane. He said
last Tuesday, in the presence of four gentlemen,
that he should be happy were he sure that his brains
would be blown out at the next day.
The company in the house when this catastrophe
happened were—Lord Barrymore, the Honorable
and Reverend Henry Maxwell, Lieutenant Colonel
Knight, Hon. Mr. Curzon, Captains Rowed and
Rose, It. N. and Doctor Courtenay.

On Wednesday last, in consequence of the direc-
tions of the Lords of the Treasury, a Committee of
the Board of Excise are diligently employed in re-
viewing the practice of that extensive Department,
with a view to make such alterationethercin as may
tend to increase the facilities of the fair trader,
without injuring the securty of the revenue; and
also to ascertain what reductions are practicable.

On Monday last, the Nereus, a fine irigate of 44
gulls, was launched from the Pembroke dock-yard.
She went off the stocks in gv.ril style, amidst the
acclamations of an immense concourse of spectators.
PORTSMOUTH, AVG. 9.—This morning orders
were received for his Majesty's ships Glasgow, Cap-
tain Doyle; Tyne, Capt. T. K. White; and Rosario
sloop of war, to promed immediately to Harwich,
in order to receive the remains of her Majesty the
Queen on board, to be conveyed to Cuxhaven. The
Glasgow was getting ready to receive Sir Edward
Paget for the East Indies. She will return again
to this port for that purpose. At half past four they
were out of sight, with a fair breeze ; they will be
at Harwich early in the morning. Agreeably to
orders received from London, the royal standard
was hoisted half-mast high on the bastion, as also at
the dock-yard and gun-wharf, and the pendants of
all his Majesty's ships and vessels in the port were
lowered.

Extract of a letter dated Stockholm, July 27 :
'• It is now ascertained that the multiplicity of bu-
siness now before the Diet of Norway will not per-
mit the session to be terminated before the arrival of
the King at Christiania. This circumstance is per-
haps a good omen for the events that may probably
occur during the King's residence among his Nor-
wegian subjects. Union and perfect harmony be-
tween the legislative and executive authorities would
be for ever established, it' the Diet, voluntarily con-
ceding a part of its actual privileges, would accord
to the King a future Pao on all decrees to be here-
after issued by itself. Till now the King has only
possessed it in an extremely qualified manner, and a
decree passed by three Diets in succession could de-
feat altogether the refusal of the King's saution•—
All persons, except the actual members of the Diet,
seem to be desirous firr this salutary arrangement,
and to think it necessary for re-establishing the
equilibrium between the two authorities of the
state."

iking Instance of the Impruvement of the Navi.
gallon of the Ullde.—The line American brig .Su-
perk of 228 tons burthen, arrived on Friday at the
Broomilaw from New York, with a full cargo,
chiefly cotton. This is the largest Mreign vessel,
folly loaded, that has come up to Glasgow. S•'+e is
said to be intended for a regular tradct betwevo New
York and Glaow.

PIRACY AND MURDER.
(Extract of a letter, dated Stornaway. Jay 27.-1 am
sorry that it becomes my p Maid duty to relate a case
the most atrocious murder and piracy lately committed
in the Western Ocean, the particulars of which, and the •
manner in which the same came to light, I beg leave to
explain in the following narrative :—Late on Monday
the 23d inst. it then blowing a hard gale from the south.
ward, I received intimation from a Mr. Mac Iver, tacks-
man of the farm of Tolstay, near the But of the Lewi•,
that on Sunday evening his tenants had perceived a wreck
at some distance from the land, and that on going towards
her they discovered the wreck to he a cop er-bottomed
schooner, water-logged, and on her beam ends ; that they
made fast to her, in hopes of being able to bring the
wreck to some place of safety, in which they would hate
probably and eventually have succeeded, but fur the gale
of wind which had just then come on, and which drove
the vessel that night on shore into a cove near Tolstay.
head. In the morning it was discovered by the vessel's
parting that her cargo consisted of hogsheads of oil,
paper, which were floating about in all direc-
tions. Immediately on receiving Mr. Mac leer's letter I
Guide preparations for sending a proper person to the spot
es look after the wreck, and take a charge of what could
be saved, there being no evidence to prove the identity of
the vessel, intending to proceed there myself with all con-
venient despatch, but was prevented by the followiog
circumstances :

On my rising in the morning (Tuesday) I met the col-
lector of customs, who informed me that a (oat's crew had

been surprised the preceding inciting within a few miles
of Stornaway; which, fruits the information of a boy w ho
had turned King's evidence, proved to have been a set of
pirates, who had murdered their captain and a seaman ;
and having plundered the ship of a considerable quantity
of specie off the east side of this island on Sunday morn-
ing last, scuttled the vcssel and abmiloned her, but were,
from the interposition of Providence, prevented by the
gale of wnid from effecting their purpose of reaching the
m3in land. The crew being immediately made prim-
tiers, a precognition was taken before four magistrates,
rind at which I attended fur three days ; and the following
narrative is a brief statement of what was elucidated

front them :
The schooner Jean, of about 1(10 tons, owned by a
Jew house of the name of Louis rat Lewes, at Gibraltar,
loaded there in the month of May, a cargo, consisting
of sweet oil, becs'-wax, jars of olives, paper, &c. and
30,000 to 40,000 dollars in specie, and sailed from thence
on the 19th of May ; her crew consisting of ,he master,
'l'hilanas Johnson; the mate, Peter Hayman three
British, one Italian, one French seaman, and a Maltese
boy; die Captain, and Paterson, seaman, were murdered
on the morning of the 7th of June, then in degrees
north fat., when piratical possession was taken of the
vessel, and her papers thrown user board. After various
schemes being proposod, it was resolved to steer north
to the Lewises, and afterwards to land on the east of
Scotland %%id' the specie ; they first made the north of
Ireland, then the island of Barra, where they bought a
large boat, for which they paid about 151., the Captain
now, formerly mate, assuming the name of Rogers,
and pretending to be Iron, New York, bound to
Archangel.
On last Saturday morniog they sailed from thence,
and steered their course to the northward, inside of the
Long I-land, until being to the eveniug abreast of Stor•
naway, they descried a vessel which they took to be a
cutter; this Immediately canard them to Alter their for-
mer resolutioti, and induced diem to determine on aban-
doning the schooner, cilia making the best of their way
to the main land in the large boat. Raving accordingly
voceeded to the northward, they collected their specie,
and shipped the same into the boat; whist the other
effects, and raving scuttled the schoonet, filially aban-
doned her. 'limy then steered tor the main land, when
next morning they were pros nivittially overtaken by the
gale of wind which forced them to put into the creek in
which tiny were discoiered; they at first came to a grap-
nell, and continued sortie tone riditig by it, hut at length
were driven oo shore, and die butt at we. This put them
under the necessity of secreting the specie, and they ac-
cordingly honed toe gmiter part or it in thd sand, and
the rest they concealed among the haitaaAe, every man's
share being previously Mt idol, and sewed up in canvass
bags, each taking care of his own, trusting that they
could have repaired their boat anti put to sea again when
the weather nioderatee. In this sitnation.they were sup.
prised by the officers of customs, st hen the pretended
captain, wider the new made of Ledley, (having for-
merly at Barra gone under the name of lingers), mopped
up a story of shipwreck, and said that he had beets tnate
of a ship froin New York to Liverpool.
The Maltese boy, however, 10U.Iil all opportunity of
communicating to the Surveyor tit Costunis the infor-
tnation of the al rliC OLIS act I hat had been committed, and
the subsequent cootlii:t of the Male 31111 crew, as well
as their secreting the specie. 'Fitey were itmuediately
made prisoners, and atter a very minute investigation be-
fore the ni iAistrates. they fully admitted the facts com-
municated by the boy.
Captain Oliver, of the Prince if Wales reventte cruiser,
having to call tin here ....sterday, advantage was taken
of shipping tiff' the cittninals fur Leith to undergo their
trial

Porn smou r Atm.4.—The snitc of Buonaparte
were treated in every respect, on landing, according
to the provision of the Alien Act. Sir J. Whitshed
sent off his barge, for their conveyance on shore, with
his secretary, J. IL Glover, E.A. who accompanied
hem, and a carriage was waiting at the sally-port to
convey them :o the inn ; but it was previously drawn
to tin. owpm-house, where they were examined,
and a description of their several persons and charac-
ters registered. It is under,top:i to Le Count Her.
tramt's ‘vish to up his future residence in
Engl end. Buonaparte is seicl to have left a curt3i-
,ierablc :,hare of his property to ti.e Ccuut.