JAN. 10.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

gal régiments of Militia marched yesterday morning, the former to Toam, and the latter to Charleville. We have not heard the destination of the Artillery. The 36th regiment did not arrive here till late last night, having been obliged, in consequence of the difficulty of crossing the ferry from Cove, where they disembarked, to Passage, to march round by Belvelly. The returns of the sick in the feet from Monte Video, amounted to 817. The whole force, effective and nou-effective, which arrived in the transports, was 6294.

NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

Lord Gardner has struck his flag, and has been succeeded, temporarily, in the command of the Channel Fleet, by ViceAdmiral Sir J. T. Duckworth, K. B.

Lord Nelson's old ship, the Victory, is fitting at Chatham, for Sir Sidney Smith's flag. Sir Charles Cotton, when the weather shall permit him to reach the Portuguese coast, will remove his flag to the Ilibernia. Sir Sidney's present ship.

LOSS OF THE ANSON FRIGATE.
(FARTHER PARTICULARS.)

The

She sailed from Falmouth on Christmas Eve for her station off de Black Rocks: as one of the look-out frigates of the Channel Fleet. In the violent storms of Monday, blowing about W. to S. W. she stood across the entrance of the Channel towards Scilly, made the Land's End, which they mistook for the Lizard, and bore up, as they thought, for Falmouth. Still doubtful, however, in the evening of Monday, Captain Lydiard stood off again to the S. when a consultation being held, it was once more resolved to bear up for Falmouth. Running eastward and northward, still under the fatal persuasion that the Lizard was on the north-west of them, they did not discover their mistake till the man on the look-out a-head, called out "breakers!" ship was instantaneously broached to, and the best bower let go, which happily brought her up; but the rapidity with which the cable had veered out, made it impossible to serve it, and it soon parted in the bawse-hole. The sheet-anchor was then let go, which also brought up the ship; but after riding end-on for a short time, this cable parted from the same cause, about eight in the morning, and the ship went plump on shore, upon the ridge of sand which separates the Loe-pool from the bay. Never did the sea run more tremendously high. It broke over the ship's masts, which soon went by the board; the main-mast forming a finating raft from the ship to the shore; and the greater part of those who escaped, passed by this medium. One of the men saved, reports, that Captain Lydiard was near him on the main-mast; but he seemed to have lost the use of his faculties, with horror of the scene, and soon disappeared. At a time when no one appeared on the ship's deck, and it was supposed the work of death had ceased, a Methodist Preacher, venturing his life through the surge, got on board over the wreck of the mainmast, to see if any more remained, some brave hearts followed him. They found several persons still below who could not get up; among whom were two women and two children. The worthy Preacher and his party saved the two women, but About two p. m. the ship went to the children were lost. pieces, when a few more men, who, for some crime, had been confined in irons below, emerged from the wreck. One of those was saved. By three o'clock no appearance of the vessel remained.

Our Correspondent at Haverford West has sent us the following melancholy account of the loss of the Antiope Transport, Captain Mollenby, with part of the 90th Regiment on board:"We embarked at Portsmouth 16th of December last, and on the 20th set sail with a fair wind for Cork. We had very pleasant weather for two days, but after we had passed Scilly, we were becalmed two days. On Christmas Eve it began to blow very hard, and the gale increased to a hurricane, the sea running such prodigious heights, as to alarm the most experienced sailor on board; and which was made still more dangerous by a fog, so thick, that one end of the vessel could not be discovered from the other; great quantities of water dashing ter the deck and rushing down the hatchways, all hands wet to the skin and perishing with cold; our pumps choaked below, our sails and rigging tearing; it was with extreme labour we kept her afloat, by baling the water out with the bucket; the morning's light afforded us the prospect of the Irish shore, but the wind then shifting, prevented us making any harbaur there. We passed all that night at the mercy of the winds, and in the morning we saw land about two leagues from us, but dare not approach it; the sea ran so high, that the captain and crew expected every moment to be dashed to pieces, nor did

experienced the most dreadful sea; thus we were for five days,
they exactly know where they were; we put about again and
without change of cloathing, starving with hunger, not being
able to serve out provisions, yet this was trifling to what we
afterwards experienced-the ship was left to the mercy of the
waves sailors and soldiers fell on their knees to prayers, for
deliverance from their dreadful situation: fortunately, how-
was forced into St. Bride's Bay, Pem.
ever, the vessel
brokeshire, surrounded by prodigious, and almost inacces-
sible cliffs-here we were dashed on a rock, which is not easily
to be discovered. Our situation here was the most dreadful to
be imagined-not a boat could venture to our assistance-hun-.
our mainmast fell overboard with a dreadful crash, and swept over
dreds of people were viewing us without possible means of help:
two poor fellows, who, together with four others that attempt-,
ed to swim, were drowned before our eyes. We got ashore on
the evening of the 29th, without any thing but what was on us;
a few of our men have saved their knapsacks. After we had
quitted the wreck some hardened wretches got on board and rob-
bed the vessel; the officers lost all their baggage. We are
now in Haverford West, in very hospitable and good quarters.
In the midst of this shocking scene, a soldier's wife was deliver-
ed of a very fine boy, and both are likely to do well."

DREADFUL SHIPWRECK.-Captain Russel, arrived at
Salem, on the 13th Nov. from Petersburgh, communicates the
Alexander :-
following distressing account of the loss of the English transport

Oct. 20, lat. 47, lon. 51. W. we fell in with a boat having on
board 21 living persons, among whom were a woman and a child,
in a most dreadful situation. They sailed from Monte Video on
9th Aug. in the Alexander, Captain Howard, an English
transport ship, No. 421, under convoy of the Unicorn and
Thetis. There were about 110 persons on board the Alexander;
on the 20th Oct. the ship being in a very leaky condition, they
were under the necessity of carrying short sail, by which means
they lost convoy; and on the 22d the leak so increased, that'
with both pumps going, and bailing at the hatchways, they
could not keep her free. The Captain took a small boat for
his preservation, and rowed around the ship several times.
Meantime the long-boat was hoisted out, but unfortunately
bilged in going over the ship's side: 18 sailors, 15 soldiers, one
woman, and a child, however, kept in the boat, and found
means to keep her from sinking. They had not got far off,
when the ship seemingly blew up, and foundered immediately.
They afterwards spoke with the Captain in the small boat,
who told them to steer NE. and NE. by N. as that course would
carry them near the coast of England, from which he said they
were but a short distance. They had only four biscuits in the
boat, three gallons of spirits, and one pound of raisins. They
had been in the boat six days, during which seven soldiers died
for want; two of whom lay dead in the boat when she came
alongside. They had cut one man up, and had eaten part of his
flesh, some remained in the boat when they saw the ship, but on
seeing her they threw it overboard. Captain R. and the Cap-
tain of another American ship took the remaining sufferers on
board, and carried them to Salem.

LLOYD'S LIST.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 2.-Arrived the Centurion, Douglas, bound to Jamaica; parted from the feet which sailed from On the 27th it hence 18th ult. on the 25th, in hazy weather. cleared up, when only 15 sail were in sight. Spoke the Generous Planter, and intended keeping company, but that evening it came on to blow a gale, which continued till the 29th, when Captain Douglas could see but one of the fleet.

JAN. 4.This day arrived the Piersons, Robson, bound to from the fleet, 31st ult. in a gale. The George Hibbert, Head, Jamaica, and the Cove, Westley, bound to Barbadoes, parted bound to Antigua, lost her bowsprit, but had got a jury one out. -Also put back the Tiber, Apollo, and Ralph, Nicholson, FALMOUTH, JAN. 1.-Arrived the Themis, Barron, from transports, from Sir Charles Cotton's fleet. convoy of his Majesty's ship Astrea, about four days since.London, bound to St. Kitt's; parted from about 170 sail, under Put back yesterday, by contrary winds, the Minotaur, man of war, Admiral Sir Charles Cotton; Antelope, man of war, and about 16 transports.

YARMOUTH, JAN. 2.-Last night, it blowing hard from the westward, the sloop Jenny, of Boston, from London, bound to crew quitted her, fearing she would founder, but she cleared Boston, with goods, rau foul of a brig riding in the roads, the and came on shore, and is likely to be got off with little damage.

The Morning Star, Sterry, from Bourdeaux to New London, and the George, Lord, from Bourdeaux to New Orleans, are detained and sent into Falmouth by the Mars privateer. The Ventura, from the Brazilles, has been taken; since retaken by the Contest, gun-brig, and sent into Portsmouth yesterday.

The Johanna, Suraisson, from Archangel to Oporto, is detained by the John Bull privateer, and sent into Plymouth. The Orion, Young, from Quebec, is totally lost at Plymouth.

The Cygnet sloop of war, arrived in the Downs, from Tortola, parted from her convoy in lat. 40. 14. long. 43. 44. in a heavy gale of wind.

The Augusta, Connor, from New York, was lost on the North Bull, Dublin, 31st December; the captain, mate and 2 boys saved.

The President Ince, -, from Barbadoes to Cork, was deserted at sea 18th December, having five feet water in her hold; crew arrived at Clyde in the Mary.

The Fanny, ---Carmarthaen Bay.

from Baltimore to Bristol, is stranded in

The Zalema, Howard, from Philadelphia to Rotterdam, is lost near Romney, part of the cargo saved.

The Hector, Hector, from Newry to London, reported to kave been lost in the late gales, was safe at Thurso 20th ult.

The Endeavour, Brown, from Gainsborough to Hull, was lost 28th ult. near the Humber.

The Sarah, Dennet, from Greenock to New York, was deserted at sea 19th November, having nine feet water in her hold. Crew and passengers taken up from the long boat, and carried to New York.

The John, Anderson, from Clyde, is lost at Pictou; crew saved

The William Phillips, Pullen, from Demerara to London, foundered at sea; crew saved by the Bear,, arrived at Portsmouth from Surinam.

The Thalia, Sillerman, from Bourdeaux to Philadelphia, is detained by the Mars privateer, and sent for Falmouth. The General Craig, from Quebec to London, has been captured, and retaken by the Rose S. W. and arrived at Weymouth 5th instant.

The Adelaide, Fenwick, from Quebec, was captured off Dover 27th ult:

The Mary, Stone, from Yarmouth to London (with corn) was driven on shore at Orford 5th instant, but expected to be got off. The Renown, Tidball, from Cork to Swansea, is on shore near Tenby.

PARIS, 2d DEC.-" The Grand Napoleon privateer, of Boulogne, carried into Calais 28th ult. the Edinburgh, Wallis, from Lisbon to London.-3d. The Espoir privateer has sent into Boulogne, a prize laden with oil, which she captured on the English coast.-4th. The Adolphe privateer of Boulogne, sent into Cherbourg 29th ult. an English vessel laden with corn.-5th. The Erin, William, from Baltimore, was totally lost 28th ult. at the entrance of Bourdeaux River, only one man saved.-9th. The Adolphe privateer of Boulogne, sent into Dieppe 5th instant, the and || brig Experiment, of Dover, laden with provisions.—15th. The Grand Napoleon privateer sent into Dieppe 9th instant, an En

The Berry Castle, Brum, from Shields to Dartmouth, and the Andalusia, Wilson, of Sunderland, both coal laden, were captured off Whitby 27th ult. by the Glaneur privateer, and retaken the same day by four Berwick smacks. The former arrived at Scarborough, and the latter at Bridlington.

The Nancy, Harvey, from Newfoundland, has been taken by a French privateer, retaken by the Dragon man of war, sent into Plymouth, and since lost there.

The George, Logan, and another ship belonging to Sirglish sloop laden with corn.-16th. The Eglé privateer, of DunCharles Cotton's fleet, put into Falmouth 30th ult.

The Antiope transport, Wellanby, from Portsmouth to Cork, is totally lost in St. Bride's Bay; seven people drowned. The Duchess of York, Davis, of Liverpool, is stranded at Baffoe Bay, coast of Africa.

The brig Active, Coales, was driven on shore at Weymouth 31st December.

The William, Ward, from Faro to London, is taken and carried into Corunna.

The Betsey whaler, Sims, Master, sprung a leak at the Cape of Good Hope in September, and was condemned.

The Otter, Boardman, from St. Kitt's to Liverpool, having sprung a leak, was burnt at sea 10th Dec. and not the Lady Hood, from Antigua to London. The Lady Hood was well on the 14th.

The Rising Sun, -, from Teneriffe, was driven on shore on her beam ends in Kinsale harbour, 27th ult.

The Providence Success, Pennement, from London to St. Vincent's, was spoken with in lat. 47. 50. long. 13. had separated from the fleet in a gale.

The Hercules, Gould, from Antigua to London, foundered on the 19th December. Crew saved in the Hope, and arrived at Liverpool.

The Sally, Knubley, from Liverpool to Antigua, is put into Whitehaven with damage.

The Margaret of Glasgow, lost her foremast and bowsprit at Cove of Cork, during a gale on the 31st ult.

The Rising Sun,, from Teneriff, which was on shore at Kinsale 28th ult. is got off with damage. The wine saved, but it is feared the barilla will be lost.

The Maria, Arrowsmith, from Quebec to London; and the -, Pelter, from Quebec to Oporto, were spoken with 31st November, near Anticoste. They were bearing away for Pictou in consequence of being leaky.

The Intrepid, Hutchinson, from Philadelphia to Tonningen, foundered at sea 7th October. Crew saved.

The John and Joseph,

from Baltimore to Amsterdam, is totally lost off Middleberg. Crew saved.

The Eliza, Schnell, from St. Thomas's to Bremen, is detained by the Amethyst frigate, and sent into Dartmouth.

The Marianna Daphne, da Silva, from the Brazils, is detained by the Active privateer, and sent into Falmouth.

It is reported that a brig and a sloop were captured by a French privateer 6th instant, between St. Alban's Head and Portland,

The Divina Providentia, from Plymouth to London, is onshore near Plymouth, and it is feared will be lost.

The Liverpool, Hamilton, which arrived at Liverpool 29th ult, fell in on the 1st, in lat. 38.8. N. long. 68. 47. W. the brig Betsey and Peggy, of Baltimore, deserted by the crew.

kirk, captured on the 5th instant the Betsey, Lyall, from Petersburg to London."-From the Journal du Commerce.

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS.

THURSDAY, JAN. 7.

PULLING NOSES.-Henry Sawyer took his trial on a charge of pulling and twisting the nose of Thomas Atkins. From the evidence it appeared, that the prosecutor had made use of very indecorous language to the defendant, which he resented, and told the prosecutor that if he repeated the same again he would wring his nose; and that the prosecutor not regarding the warding, the defendant did twice pull his nose. This happened at a public room in Westminster, where several persons were present. Many of them were called, who corroborated the foregoing circumstances, and the Counsel for the defendant observing, that as the prosecutor was one of those men, who, coming into a public room with a mouth full of slander, having neglected to soap his nose as a precaution against offended iudividuals, deserved all the pain and all the anguish which such a circumstance produced, so say nothing of the disgrace attending it.

No evidence being brought forward on the part of the defendant he was found Guilty.

The Court, however, in mild consideration of the provocation altogether, sentenced him to pay a fine of Gs. Ed.

FRIDAY, JAN. 3.

William Soames, Henry Woodford, and William White, alins' Conkey Beau, were brought to the bar, and heard by Counsel against their conviction, before the Magistrates at Bow-street, under the Act, the 42d of the King, chap. 78. commonly called the Vagrant Act.

Mr. Knapp, the Counsel for the Prisoners, started a variety of objections with respect to the legality of the conviction. Among other things he argued, that the title of the Act of Parliament had been mis-recited, inasmuch as the actual title of the Act defined the Jurisdiction of the Magistrates to the Justices at the Thames Police Office, &c. whereas the conviction, attempting to recite the title of the Act, stated the words to be "of the Thames Police," &c.

Mr. Gleed answered Mr. Knapp.-The evidence afforded nothing new.

The Chairman observed, that he was clearly of opinion that the Prisoners came within the meaning of the Act; but then, as to the trumpery objection they of instead of at, he had some doubts, and should reserve his decision until the adjourned day

of the Sessions.

The Prisoners were then taken back to prison.

In the Appeal Hubert v. the Coal Meters, the conviction was affirmed.

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No. 3.

Our King, Constitution, and Laws.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1808.

POLITICAL DISQUISITION.

NUMBER THREE.

THE EMPIRE OF THE WEST. There are few subjects more interesting either to the present generation or to posterity, than the nature and probable stability of that empire which Bonaparte is labouring to consolidate, Should it acquire any degree of permanency, it will nearly redace Earope from a number of independent states to one vast dominion: should it quickly fall to pieces, after the arin which now holds it together is withdrawn, its ruin must give rise to new confusion, to new wars, of which it is difficult to foresee the termisation. At this moment, when further circumstances have occurred to develope the plan of this empire, and the means employed to establish it, some examination of the subject cannot be uninteresting to the public.

PRICE 82.

a new chief or emperor, when a vacancy occurred. It was their policy at first to raise to the Imperial throne, one of the least pow erful princes, to prevent any dangerous encroachments; and to this circumstance the Austrian family first owed its elevation, though fortunate incidents afterwards enabled it to acquire an extension of territory, which gave it a complete ascendant over the other associated powers. The constitution of Bonaparte's empire is fundamentally different. The sovereign of France is entirely independent of his subordinate allies, while they are, in many respects, dependent upon him: his power is so superior, that they have only the power of aiding but not of injuring him.

In the execution of this plan, Bonaparte has made a progress quite beyond the calculation of politicians. The miserable weakness of the old European governments was not perceived till they were assailed by an enemy who had the resolution to despise all dangers but real ones; and as the people looked on No sooner had Bonaparte confirmed his dominion in France, their change of masters with indifference, Bonaparte found that and perceived, from the successive defeats of the Austrians, that when he had dissipated an army of mercenaries, he had con be had little to apprehend from the opposition of the surround-quered a kingdom. In the course of two campaigns, be was ing nations, than he conceived the magnificent project of form-enabled to carry his plan into effect, perhaps as far as he wished, g an empire which no power in Europe could presume to op- on the most exposed frontiers of France. With the exception pose, and which might avoid the defects that had precipitated of the hereditary dominions of the House of Austria, the whole the dissolution of so many great dominions., Convinced, either of Germany has been parcelled out into dependent allies of by his own lights, or by those of his sagacious counsellor Talley- France; and in this view, her frontier may be considered as Ded, that, by presenting a more extensive frontier to the terminating with the Duchy of Warsaw. Italy is parcelled enemy, a great enlargement of territory serves rather to weaken out in a similar manner; and the operations are at present than to strengthen an empire; that its resources must be speed-going forward, which will probably convert Spain and Portu- · By seed by the armaine-ti hecary for its defences and its government embarrassed even by the care of its too numerous laternal relations: he formed a new plan for extending his doainions, and yet rendering this extension a source rather of strength than weakness.

gal into similar dependencies.

But the most important subject for us to consider is the probable stability of this new empire. The devices of Bonaparte · to render his establishment permanent, discover both ingenuity and a knowledge of human nature; though they are not with- out defects which may ultimately baffle all his sagacity. One circumstance to which he seems principally to trust, is the near › equality in size and strength of dominion, which he has estas

By this plan, which was announced in the official journal, Face was to comprehend all that compact and fertile territury, which is separated from other countries by the Rhine, the Alps, and the Pyrennees. All the other conquests of Bo-blished among his subordinate princes. None of them is so : aparte were to be divided into small dependent kingdoms, which should look up to France as their guardiau, assist her with troops and money in every emergency, and form an exten ive harrier between her and the enemy. From this plan, if it could be carried into execution, great benefits were to be ex. pected. France, instead of being more exposed by the exten-novations on the established order by intermarriage, or any on of her territory, would be rendered far more secure. Her own immediate frontier would be provided with far better natural defences, and would even be more contracted than before: all contact, and consequently many occasions of quarrel with great neighbouring powers, would be cut off by means of her intermediate dependent kingdoms; and as each of these would possess its own supreme judicial and legislative power, the centre of government would not be embarrassed by a multiplicity

superior in these respects, as not to be deterred, by the least angry intimation of France, from making war upon any of the rest. The vast predominance of France can always enable her to quell their mutual animosities, to enforce the payment of their contingencies as subordinate allies, and to prevent any iu- í

of subordinate business.

This model of empire resembles several that have existed, and yet is in some respects perfectly new. The dependent kingdoms bear, in their rights and burdens, a strong analogy to the allies of Rome; only the latter were by no means so systematically arranged, being neither designed as a frontier, nor useful in any other way, than by furnishing their contingents. An analogy may also be traced between this new empire of the West, and the German constitution; but the differences between them are great and radical. The princes of the German empire were a umber of independent sovereigas, the greatest of whom elected

other cause. This same equality of size renders it pot less the direct interest of the dependent powers than of France, to . maintain the confederacy unbroken. It is to the preponderancy of the sovereign state, that every one of the inferior allies must look for protection against the ambition of its co-ordinate powers, or the irruptions of external nations.

Bonaparte appears also to have not a little calculated upon the ties of affection and gratitude which he has established between himself and his dependent states. Of those ancient German princes whom he has confirmed in their dominions, there is not one which has not great obligations to him beyond that of forbearance. The Elector of Bavaria, has been rescued from the dreaded jaws of the House of Austria, has received a large accession of territory, and has been elevated from an electoral to a royal title: All these advantages he owes to Bonaparte and France, and by their protection must continue to hold them. The kings of Wirtemberg, of Baden, of Saxony, are all in a similar situation, and are equally bound to the

French empire by the ties of gratitude and interest. The fat