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The National Register. — 1817-11-30 (London, England)

SOUTH AMERICA-ON TIIF BANKS OF THE OHARA.  PICKS MATURIN, 6TII SEPT. 1817. " I arrived among the Patriots at Yrapa about the latter end of July. While we remained there we got nothing but salt fish for our rations, and a bottle of rum a day. From Yrapa we were sent in an open lent to La Pica de Maturin. From thence we walked to this place, where we arrived after a most fatiguing journey. For three days, the half of each day's march was through mud, often through water up to the waist, and obliged to carry our knapsacks. At night we were gem:sally annoyed by wild beasts, and always by musquitoes. On our arrival here we had no reason to complain of the way in which were received. Indeed, for the first week we were treated well enough ; but it did not last long : they soon seemed to get tired of us, and at last we got nothing to eat but what we could buy for ourselves, and we get no pay, for they have none to give. Beef is plenty enough here, but no money to buy it nor cooking pots, and we cannot cook it for ourselves. There is no such thing as salt or spices of any kind to be had. Owing to the uncleanliness occae sinned by all kinds of filth being thrown about, what with the bad living and constant rains, we had not been long here before we were all attacked by the fiver. I was so ill for ten days that I could hardly move, and had nearly given way to it; but I roused myself, and have almost recovered. One of our companions is still so ill, that he can hardly move across the room, hut I hope to be able to send him away. Another, after being seine time ill of the fever, broke out in sores like a Lazarus. In short, it is impossible in a letter to describe all the misery we have suffered. There is no regular force throughout the country, nor have we any disciplined soldiers, and the mo& of fighting is always in ambuscades. Indeed the Patriot force never ventures into the plains, unless when they think they can surprise their enemies, Of the eight of us who left St. Thomas's, in two days, I shall, probably be the only one left to fight for the cause of the Patriots, and as soon as I can get a passage to Trinidad, I shall be off too.  " Whoever lives a few months among the people of this country, will try to get away from them as soon as he can. They ilo not want any assistance from threigners, and look with a jealous eye on every one who comes among them."... _ _ _  Th—e Prince Leopold, after the funeral, being pressed to sleep at Windsor by the Royal Family, declined, saying, "I must return to-night, or I shall never re-. turn 1'  Timm. AT 1:111(atToN.- On Friday, the three persons charged under the Verdict of the Coroner's jury, with the murder of Mr. nowles, the hcadhorongli, were brought into the Court of kiog's Deitch, and admitted to hail. Mr. scarlett intimat,..l that it wait iiim intention to move the coon on the first day of neat Term, for a criminal inhirtuation against the Editor of a certain newspaper, for having !lab' fished in his joisinal a atatenii nt of what occurred at Brighton, on the do Minded to, calculated to have an improper effect upon the minds of the Curuuer•e jury.
The National Register. — 1816-09-30 (London, England)

LAIT. \•[CTORY.  'The French newsplpers affect to disparage the treaty made by Lord Exmcmth with the lley of Algiers. This is not touch to be uuudered at. Their malignity has always pursued us ; but their envy has produced us the advantage of exalting us, even in the emituatioa of their own friends. They insist that Lord Exmouth ought to have demanded guarantees*. For what ? Not .for the liberation of the slaves, for they were liberated. Not for an apology to the British Consul, for an apology, abject end disgracefid enough, was exacted on the spot ; not for the payment of the sum stipulated, for the sum was actually paid; their fleet is destroyed; and their batteries levelled. What then would these delicate gentry desire more ?  Should any occasion arise (which we conceive however to be almost impossible) in which an armed force should again be compelled to bring these miscreants to a sense of their Vileness, and to exact guarantees for the fulfilment of their treaties, we trust the force will be prepared in French ports and with French money. As to the assertion, that Sir Sidney Smith has expressed .dissatisfaction at the result of the battle, it is totally unworthy of notice, since we do not believe a single syllable of the matter.  There is a meanness in the conduct of the French Editors, that equally excites our disgust and contempt. They insert our official account; and in the same 'breath seek to tarnish our laurels with the most odious imputations. The Dey is said by them to have cut off with his own hand several of those whom he accuses of treason; and who, the Editors assert, were bribed by Lord Exmouth—as if a British Commander ever condescended in any instance, however expedient, to the 'Bonapartean system of bribery ! Then they assert, that the Dey has lost no popularity with his own subjects !—assuredly not. Bonaparte lost little of fame with his myrmidons even after the battle of Waterloo.: Barbarossa was ,the idol of his desperadoes ; and there is scarcely a thief, that is executed even for murder, that loses his came with his associates, if he does not impeach. it is sufficiently curious and not a little flattering to our national vanity, that not, in a single Paris paper, has there appeared a comment or congratulation ; not the slightest panegyric, nor the least expression of satisfaction at the termination of our late glorious enterprize. To this general conduct his Majesty, however, forms an agreeable exception: he has sent a letter to Lord Exmouth, written with his own hand congratulating► his Lordship on the brilliancy of his Victory. It is much to be lamented that the Dey of Algiers is not King of France! •  A letter received from Lord Exmouth states, that. the. treaties with the Dcy have been signed, exchanged, and ratified. Sonic little delay occurred on account of -two Spaniards who htul been confined at Algiers, for a long series of years. They were at length restored to liberty, and are on board the Queen Charlotte. It is
The National Register. — 1821-06-25 (London, England)

MAY 24.—The bodies of the Greek patriarch, and of the four bishops executed with him at Constantinople, had arrived there to receive the honours of sepulture in a place not owning the dominion of the Turks. So anxious were the authorities at Odessa to avoid any act capable of being construed into an interference between the Greeks and the Turks, that a messenger was despatched to Petersbur,,h, to learn if a public procession at the funeral of the murdered prelates, which had been solicited by the resident Greeks, could be permitted. The remains of the army of Ypsilanti, in the frontier provinces of Turkey, were understood to consist of about 8,000 men, but they are represented to be a mere rabble in point of discipline, and a horde of banditti in their mode of conduct, plundering the churches and even their own countrymen, tUr subsistence. Their movements were wholly desultory, and their march seemed directed towards  the Austrian frontier. instead of threatening the capital of Turkey. The dreadful affair of Galatz, which has been before-mentioned, is conlii rind by hese letters. That fortress, which is situated on the Danube; was carried by storm by the Turks, and every Greek within it put to the sword. From Constantinople the advices received at Odessa extend to the 13th of May. They mention in the most positive manner that the tranquillity of the city was n.!arly restored, and business resuming its ordinary routine. All the ambassadors of the five great powers were employing themselves with great energy, and in concert to procure some amelioration of the unfortunate Greeks. Memorials end remonstrances had been presented to the Divan, and even threats of vengeance were not spared to induce the adoption of a more moderate course of proceediwg. From this judicious and spirited conduct the best results were expected, but the system of severity proceeded meantime in all its rigour. Nothing can be more deplorable than the present state of the Greek population, from the highest to the lowest class: all proscribed and marked out for extermination, or compelled, by flight from the country, to relinquish the means of subsistence. It is well known that the mercantile profession is chiefly carried on by the Greeks. Their commerce is now suddenly and wholly annihilated, since not a vessel bearing the Greek flag, or manned by a crew of that nation, or having Greek property on board, dares venture into a Turkish port. Our countrymen profit by this circumstance, and, as they are treated by the Turks with a degree of respect fur surpassing that of any other European nations, it appears probable that the mercantile operations of the Greeks will b. 3 carried on chiefly by English capital. It is now ascertained, that Smyrna has never been otherwise than tranquil during the whole progress of the insurrection. An alarm existed at one period, that the Turks were approaching in considerable force, in consequence of which a great part of the Greeks quitted the place, but it proved unbounded, and no disturbance or material interruption .to business followed it.
The National Register. — 1812-05-17 (London, England)

REYNOLDS. She said, the pr'.soner had lodged in her mistress's house for four months before the day he was taken into custody. She recollected observing, on the day before, that he was somewhat confused and agitated; she bad not made any bservation of that kind the Sunday before ; she had been out hi the evening for two hours. On the Monday he was taken, she thought before he went out that he was unwell. Sir JAMES MANSFIELD then summed up the case ; he sired that the indictment was for the murder of Mr. Perceeal, a man dear to ,'very Englishman. (Here the venerable Judge was so much affected, that he paused some time unable to proceed.) In naming him, he said, he was overpowered by his emotions; but the Joy y would consider it only as the case of the meanest of their fellow subjects. The law knew no distinction of persons ; they would attend to the evidence, and drew their conclusion accordingly. His Lordship then read the evidence to them, and observed that they had three things to consider ; first, whether Mr. Perceval died by the pistol shot ; secondly, whether the prisoner fired that shot; and, lastly, whether he was in sane mind, so as to know what he was about when he fired it ? His Lordship then stated the different degrees of mental derangement, and told the Jury that if the prisoner, .at the time of the act, knew right from wrong, he was a fit object for the Criminal Justice of the kingdom. The Jury withdrew for about a quarter of an hour, and returned a verdict of—Guilty. The Recorder immediately, in an eloquent and impressive speech, in which he eulogized the public and private virtues of Mr. Percesil, pronounced the sentence of Death—by which the prisoner was ordered to he hanged on Monday next, and his body to be dissected and anatomised.  The prisoner, during the whole trial, which lasted from ttn a. In. to Aix p.m. was perfectly calm and unmoved, and htard his sentence without the least change of countenance.  When the prisoner came into Dock, he appeared somewhat affected by his situation ; but his countenance exhibited nothing of dirulay, and after a few minutes his deportment was wondecfuily calm and coliected On entering, he made a profound bow to the Court. Whif:i standing at the Bar, he frequently looked round and appeared to comemo.ite the crowd with a curious eye. He was attired in a brown great coat, a yellow wlistcoat,iwith small stripes of black, and nankeen trowsers. After standing a considerable time, he asked if he might be allowed the indulgence or a chair ? This the Court permitted, and he accoriiingiv seated himself And appearei very much at his ease. He frequent': tqok•up sJifl of the leaves which were strewed in front el the Bar, and strell,4 to them, and was almost all the tune apparently trying in sonle measure to amuse himself with them, Before he was accommodated w,th a chair, he took an orange from his pocket, which he ate during one of tue pauses which occurred duriNg the course of the nil'. The Horse Guards were stationed in the vicinity of Black-friars Bridge, during the trial.  Mr.WILK'E'S EXHIBITION of all Lis PICTURES he has Painted, is
The National Register. — 1812-08-23 (London, England)

THE N4TIONAL REGISTER.  ILIYNIARKEI THEATRE.  On the I.sth a new Play, in three acts, was produced at this Theatre, under the title of Look at fromc. This piece is written by Mr. Er RE; the performer. It is founded on the Zeduco a Dr. Moorm. Our limits will not allow us to point out the various deviations from the original story which appear in Look at Jfonw ; nor to offer any lengthened strictures on the effect produced by the alterations made. We shall perhaps best consult the wishes of our readers by shortly describing the manner in which the story is here told, leaving them to compare it with the novel from which it is professedly taken.  ('snot Salerno, is represented as neuleciing, his wife for a miss tress, who exerts all her arts to make him suspect the viitue of his wifu ; and lie in consequence becomes e‘cessively jea'ous of while he is giving her the best reasiui in the woild to I.),:j..idoas of him. lie is led to believe that the brother of his lady is her paramour, and that loss own son is the olf•piin:z of an adulterous intercourse between Pn'cwit: (the brother) and the Couut&ss. Incidents occur which kgrengthen this suspici,n, and his thirst for vengeance subsequently prompts itini to destroy I ()lewd:: and the cl»Itl. Pclewitz unexpectedly disappears, and it is given out that the child died suddenly. The Countrss conies forward in frantic agony, and laments the loss of her infant, who it appears had bern tons Irons Item arms by ruffians, whose only object could be minder. Iler ravings determine the Count to remove her, in order to silecce her complainti for ever. The villains whom the Count hikes to seize her, by mistake seize his mistress instead of his wife. The captain of the vessel which was to convey her from Naples proves to be Poleuits in disguise, who having out-blibed the Count, thins the instruments of his vengeance ag,ainst him. By these pleans the hfe of the infant has been saved, and the Count baffled by the treachery of his agin:s, attempts to murder P.gewita with his own hand. Foiled in this attempt, and his intentions defeated at all points, fine finally retires, raging with despair, his wile having previously been divorced from bins by the authority of the Pope. Such are the leading features of this Play. Of the manner in which the outline has been filled up, we cannot say much in the way of praise. The intention of the author to:relieve the serious parts of the piece, by occasionally throwing in scenes of a light description, is not very successfully carried into execution. •  The comic characters introduced are, with th'e exception of the part of La Tour, miserable non-entities ; and the business in which they are engaged is very awkwardly attached to the main story, if, indeed, it may be said to be attached to it at all. It boasts, however, some pleasantry, and obtained applause, though a few of the audience were so absurdly fastidious as to hiss one part where their delicacy was shocked,
The National Register. — 1812-06-14 (London, England)

ADEL—Extract of s letter, 'dated Resolis, 4th June, 1812.:" On Tuesday last, the 2d current, Captain Charles Munro, late of the 42d regiment, and Robert Ferguson, ship carpenter, both residing at Inverbreaky Ferry, parish of Resolis, Wiring met at a neighbouring work-shop, a trifling dispute arose between them. After a lit. tie altercation, Ferguson pulled a large knife out of his pocket, and plunged it into Captain Munro's side. Dr. Nl'Donald, at Cromarty, who was immediately called, dressed the wound.iVith the greatest skill and tenderness, and afforded every possible assistance, but all to no purpose, the wound was mortal; 4nd npxt evening,about 28 pours after receiving the cruel stab, the Captain died ! Upon perpetrating the atrocious deed, the base assassin attempted to elude the violated laws of Isis country, by absconding. In consequence, however; of ttie exertions of Captain 111‘Kenzie, of Newhall, whose activity on this occasion merits the highest praise, the miscreant was taken on the same evening, and lodged early next morning in the goal of Taink: Captain Munro has. left an indiont widow and a numerous helpless family to deplore his cruel death." On Wednesday was ccmamittecilit the Towh-hall, Plymouth, J. Gilson, First Mate of the Queen transport, for the wilful murder of P. Fitzgerald, a boy about 14 years of age, on a voyage to Port Mahon, in January last. During their voyage asignal was made to the transport, by the convoying ship, to carry more-sail, which was answered by the former : but in lowering the pennant, it became entangled in the main rays, and Fitzgerald was ordered by Gilson to proceed aloft, in order to clear it. Fitzgerald, unused to the sea, did not execute the task so quickly as Gilson wished, in consequence of which he was directed to stand upon the maintogallant-yard for several hours, by way of punishment. The weather at this time being peculiarly ibclement, the boy, terrified by his situation,_ and shivering with cold, cried most bitterly, when Gilson went up himself with a rope to beat him; but the nY, in endeavouring to avoid him, lost his hold, fell into the sea and Was drowned, without any effort being permitted to be made by Gilson to save his life, either by lowering a boat, or puttitig thehelm about.— Gilson is to take his trial, we apprehend, at the next Admiralty Sessions.—(Plymouth Telegraph.) Last Tuesday morning between seven and eight o'clock, a private in the West Kent Militia, now quataered at this place, was flogged on Woodhouse Moor, for theft. T 40.., populace to the number bf some hundredsthe officers dunng the infliction of this obnoxious punithment, and two persons, one of them a recruit, were taken into custody on account of )their riotous behaviour. A art prevailed, that the military, irritated by these insults, fired upon the people, hut we have authority to say that only a fevermuskets were discharged, and that the fire was not made to injure but to intimidate.—( Leeds Mercury.) , he atrocious practice of stealing arms has betql lately carried on to an arming extent in the West Riding of Iterkslare.  _
The National Register. — 1818-08-02 (London, England)

THE NATIONAL. REGISTER:  TRIAL OF HUSSEY,  FOR THE MURDER OF MR. BIRO AND MARY SINIMONS, AT GREENWICH.  MAIDSTONE, FRIDAY, JULY 31.  The Court was this morning crowded at an early hour by people attracted by the interest of Hussey's trial, against whom a true bill was found on Wednesday for the murder of Mr. Bird and his housekeeper, at Greenwich, on the 7th of February last. Hussey was brought to the bar and .arraigned on two indictments, for the murder of Mr. Bird and his maid-servant. The prisoner was well dressed Ls a black coat and waistcoat, and mixed pantaloons, and appeared composed, both in his manner of entering the Court, and in his mode of answering the questions put to him on his arraignment.. He is rather a tall man, with a mild looking countenance, and possessing much the appearance of a person above his rank in life. When the Clerk of the Arraigns put to him the usual questions, " guilty or not guilty," and how would he be tried, he answered with a firm tone, and with somethinglife a practised manner, " Not Guilty," and he would be tried by Gotland his country.  He was accused, as is stated in his arraignment, of the murder of Mr. Bird, of Greenwich, by giving him several mort►l blows on the head. on Saturday the 7th of February last. A model of the premises was exhibited in Court, representing the situation of Mr. Bird's house with respect to the academy where Hussey deposited his box with Litton, and the other buildings mentioned in tlieevidence. The plan was on a have scale, but the Court remarked, that if not necessary it would rather tend to perplex and distract the miads of. the Jury than to enlighten them Mr. Sergeant Onslow, in a luminous statemest, detailed the circumstances of the .ease, gave a connected view of the evidence which he was to bring forward, showed how it bore against the prisoner, examined the weight of even• part of it, and laid it before the Jury in a very methodical and distinct manner. Re deielt particularly on the late discovery of the hammer, and the evidence which contradicted the t.atements made by Hussey in his own defence, both in his examination before the Magistrates, and in two letters found .on his person when apprehended, the one addressed to Mrs. Walmsley, the mistress of the Tiger's :lead Public House at Greenwich, and the other to his brother. These letters stated, that he had embarked for America. though l►e was then in Oxfordshire—in the heart of England ; and that he had been all the Saturday night,from 7 o'clock downwards,when themurfier wa.• committed, ut the Tiger's Head. among the society that met there, called the lodge of Odd Fellows. This last statement he would disprove by the evidence of persons who were there. The whole evidence, he reminded the Jury, was circumstantial ; but according to a trite observation, circumstantial evidence was sometimes stronger than direct testimony, as circumstances could net be so easily falsified. .1 he learned Sergeant proceeded to call wit ncsses.