and Ireland to Sir Rupert George of Park Place, in the county of Middlesex, and of St Stephen's Green, in the county of Dublin, Knight, First Commissioner for conducting the transport service, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.

28th.-WORTHING. A melancholy accident happened here the other evening. As Miss Elliot was walking in the high road, north of the town, she was met by a groom on a restive horse. In her alarm, she ran towards a stone wall; the unruly animal kicking and plunging, took that direction, knocked her down, fractured her skull, and so horribly disfigured her head, that not a feature remained visible. In this dreadful mutilated condition, she was conveyed home, where she lay four days in a state of insensibility, and then expired.

31st.-PATRIOTIC FUND.-At a Court of Directors of the Bank of England, held at the Bank yesterday, the sum of 5000l. was voted unanimously as a subscription to the Patriotic Fund at Lloyd's. This is the second subscription of a similar sum; and whilst it reflects the highest credit on the liberality and patriotism of the gentlemen composing the direction, it is a donation worthy of the Bank of England, and of this highspirited and generous nation.

MISCELLANIES

RUBLISHED IN COURSE OF THE MONTH.

The Marquis de Romana has caused a very splendid monument to be erected to the memory of Sir John Moore, in a conspicuous situation, to which the remains of the lamented hero have been removed from the ob

scure place where they then were deposited in the fortress of Coruna. The following inscription is placed on the monument :

A la Gloria

Del General Ingles Moore,
Y sus valientes Compatriotas,
La Espana Agradecida.
(To the Glory

Of the English General Moore,
And his valiant Countrymen,
The Gratitude of Spain.)
And on the other side,
Memoria del Dia 16 de Enera, 1809.

(In Memory of the Action of 16 Jan. 1809.

PUBLIC OFFICE, BOW STREET.PARENTAL CRUELTY.-An informa tion was lately heard before the sitting magistrate against a mastersweep, named Henry Doe, residing in the parish of Mary-le-bone, for ha ving in his service, as an apprentice, a child under the age of eight years, contrary to the act of parliament passed for regulating the ages of children to be apprenticed to that business, which particularly specifies that the children must be upwards of that age, and not bound for a longer time than eight years.

The circumstances of this case were truly distressing, and exhibited an instance of human depravity rarely to be equalled. It appeared that the mother of the child went some dis tance from London, and left her lit tle son, a fine child, five years of age, in the care of its father, who is a working plumber, named Millet. She remained out of town for nearly a twelvemonth, and on her return, few with anxious hopes to the lodging of her husband, where she, of course, expected to be gratified with the sight of her son; but what was her misery and astonishment, when she was informed by her unnatural hus band, that during her absenee he had

the cruelty and inhumanity to place his infant offspring in the service of a sweep, and thus early to expose its tender frame to all those melancholy vicissitudes, unhappily so often experienced by the unfortunate children doomed to that wretched employment. Her sensations may be more easily felt than described. She rushed from the presence of the monster, her husband, almost frantic, and, after some difficulty, found the den, for it could not be called a human habitation, where her unfortu. nate infant, then inaugurated in the mysteries of sweeping a chimney, was doomed to pass its existence, without the fostering care of a tender mother, so necessary to a child Bayoung, and subject to all the cruelties an inexorable master might heap upon it. The measure of her woes was yet, however, to be heaped still higher; and she had yet the horrid tale to hear, that the father of this hapless child absolutely sold it for three guineas, without the production of which its equally unnatural master refused to restore it to the longing embraces of its distracted mother. The only resource now left her, was to apply to a solicitor for advice, and Mr Humphries humanely took the case in hand, and summoned the master before the magistrates, who, without a moment's hesitation, ordered the child to be restored to its mother, and imposed a fine of five pounds on the master.

EXTRAORDINARY DEATH OF A DOG. A fine Newfoundland dog, the property of Mr Scott of Walt. ham Abbey, was killed lately in a field by a weazel, which attached it. self to his throat, whilst the dog was in pursuit of it in a ditch. The poor animal being unable to disentangle

himself from his troublesome assailant, struggled for a considerable time, until at length, exhausted with the loss of blood, he fell down and expired. The dog was valued at thirty guineas.

SEPTEMBER.

1st. Seven line-of-battle ships and some smaller vessels arrived at Spithead on Wednesday, with the prisoners from Zealand. With what were before at Portsmouth, this will make the number of French prisoners there about 20,000. There are now about 90,000 French prisoners in this kingdom.

The returns of the British naval force, up to this day, are at sea, of the line, 94; from 50 to 44, 15; 136 frigates; 149 sloops, &c.; 5 bombs, &c.; 79 brigs; 10 cutters ; 132 schooners, &c.-There are in commission 801 vessels of various descriptions-The grand total of the British navy includes a force of 1057 vessels of war.

2d.-The London Gazette of this day contains a very important dispatch from Lord Wellington to Lord Castlereagh, which the limits of this department of our work prevent us from giving in detail; and as its substance is given in the History, in the proper connection with the other political events of the year, we must refer our readers to that part of the Register. The dispatch is dated Deleytosa, August 8th, and contains an account of the army under Lord Wellington falling back from the position which it occupied after the battle of Talavera, to Deleytosa, and of 1500 of those who were wounded ia

the battle of Talavera, being left at that place in the power of the enemy.

RETURN OF TROOPS FROM THE EXPEDITION TO WALCHEREN.-Upwards of 170 transports arrived yes terday in the Downs, and we have been in a complete bustle all this morning, owing to the disembarkation of part of the 2d battalion of the King's German Legion. About five o'clock, 18 transports arrived in the harbour, containing from 25 to 50 horses each; ten were disembarked by cleven o'clock; the remainder cannot be got off the sands till high water (about five.) The whole of the cavalry, and part of the artillery sent out with the expedition, are now in the Downs, and are expected here this evening; they have been fortyeight days on board, and have now returned without having been ever landed (exclusive of two troops of the German Legion, and two of the 16th light dragoons, which are left in South Beveland.) One of the horses was shot on the beach, from an accident in landing it. They are under orders to proceed this day to Canterbury, and expect from thence to resume their quarters at Ipswich. and not to go to Spain, as formerly talked of. They are very fine men, and in great spirits; the horses are in fine condition; their legs are not the least swollen, which is rather singular, as their only exertion was stamping and kicking, owing to the great number of flies, and they were frequently up to their knees in water; in the whole they amount to 650. When they left Flushing, the greater part of the guns were re-embarked, and the whole of the troops were expected to be immediately sent home, except a sufficient garrison (some say 12,000, others 20,000,) at Flushing.

London Gazette.

Whitehall, Sept. 2.

The King has been pleased to grant the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the following gentle men, and the respective heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten, viz. Paulus Amelius Irving, of Wood house and Robgill Tower, in the county of Dumfries, Esq., Lieute nant-General of his Majesty's forces

Thomas Roberts, of the county of Cork, Esq.-James Shaw, of the city of London, and of Kilmarnock, in the county of Ayr, Esq.-Rowland Blennerhassett, of Blannerville, in the county of Kerry, Esq.-William Smith, of Eardiston, in the county of Worcester, Esq.-Chas. Cockerel, of Sezincot, in the county of Glo cester, and of Piccadilly, in the county of Middlesex, Esq.-Edwin Bayntun Sandys, of Miserden Castle, in the county of Gloucester, and of Chadlington Hall, in the county Oxford, Esq.-Henry Halford, of St George's, Hanover-square, in the county of Middlesex, doctor of phy sic, and one of his Majesty's physi cians in extraordinary.—John Tyrell, of Boreham-house, in the county Essex, Esq.

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