During the latter part of this attack, the corps General Wrede arrived upon the right of the Prince Royal,and immediately advanced upon Tremilly.

The uhlans of Prince Schwartzenburgh made a most successful charge in front of that village, and took six pieces of cannon. General Wrede possessed himself of the place.

General Sachan, finding that his right was secured by the successes which had attended the attack of the Prince Royal of Wertemburgh and General Wrede, determined to attack the centre of the enemy's position at La Rothiere. While his infantry were engaged in the attack of the village, General Blucher directed a charge of cavalry upon the right of it, which was attended with complete success: twenty pieces of cannon were captured and a considerable number of the cavalry of Bonaparte's guard were killed or taken.

The enemy was driven from La Rothiere, and notwithstanding several attempts to retake it, was finally baffled in his object.

General Guilay, late in the evening, advanced upon Dienville. I left the ground with Prince Schwartzenberg before this movement had been completed, but the report has since arrived, that he succeeded in taking the part of the village on the right of the Aube, the enemy having retired to the other side of that river, and having destroyed the bridge.

So ended, my Lord, the affair of this day; the enemy still held the ground beyond La Rothiere, and was still in possession at dark of the heights of Brienne.

Bar-sur-Aube, Feb. 2. 1814.

In continuation of my report of yesterday, I have this day to announce to your Lordship the retreat of the enemy from all his positions about Brienne, with the loss of 73 pieces of cannon, and about 4000 pri

soners.

Baffled in the different attempts to regain the advantages he had lost, Bonaparte at last decided upon a retreat : his columns appear to have begun their movement to the rear about one in the morning, his rearguard was, however, in occupation of the position of Brienne at daylight.

General Guilay moved along the Aube upon the enemy's right, the Prince Royal of Wirtemburgh marched upon Brienne, General Wrede advanced upon the right of the Prince Royal.

The enemy retreated in two columns, the right upon Lesmont, the left upon Lassicourt and Ronay.

The Prince Royal of Wirtemberg made a most brilliant charge upon the cavalry which covered the enemy's retreat near St Christophe.

General Wrede dislodged a corps of infantry from a strong position upon the Voire, near Lassicourt.

General Guilay, assisted by the infantry of the Prince Royal, took Lesmont by as

sault.

It is due to the character of Prince Schwartzenburgh to call your Lordship's attention to the skill and talent he has displayed in bringing the troops under his orders to the brilliant situation in which they at present stand.

From the frontiers of Switzerland, after traversing all the great defences on this side of France, he has formed a junction with the army of Field-Marshal Blucher, and, in`` conjunction with it, has baffled the enemy's attempts to fall with superior numbers on a separate corps, and has atchieved a most glorious victory.

Dispatches, dated the 6th and 8th inst. have also been received from Lord Burghersh, the former stating the defeat of Macdonald's army between Vitry and Chalons; and the latter, announcing the entrance of the allies into Troyes, with the previous retreat of the French from that place upon Nugent.

French papers to the 17th also bring down the account of military operations to the 15th. On the 10th, 11th, 12th and 15th, Bonaparte had been in action with

the Russian and Prussian armies, commanded by Blucher, which the accounts say had been dispersed or annihilated.—All these details we are obliged to defer till our next Number.

In the quarter of Lord Wellington, no military operations of importance have occurred since our last publication. The hostile armies continued in their positions on

the 9th instant

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LOSS OF THE QUEEN TRANSPORT, AND 300 MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN. Falmouth, Jan. 14.-A hurricane from the S. E. this day has presented to us one of the most melancholy scenes that ever was witnessed in this harbour. The Queen transport, Carr master, No. 332, 354, tons, having on board, from Lisbon, about 360 men, women, and children, (the men principally invalided artillerymen) parted from her cables, and drove on shore on Trefuses Point, about five o'clock this morning, and went to pieces in about three quarters of an hour; only 60 people are saved, including the master, and chief officers. The dead bodies of men, women, and children, are floating in every direction.

Truro, January 14.

The transport Queen, No. 332, Carr master, had brought home 325 sick and invalided soldiers, 63 women, and 58 children, from the British Army on the Conti. nent, besides which she had on board 6 French officers, prisoners of war, and a crew of 21 men, making a total of 473 persons. The ship was lying in Carrick-road, Falmouth, and, we understand, was well moored. At the commencement of the gale, which has been attended with such fatal effects, she was observed to ride hard, and at about 5 o'clock this morning (Friday) she parted her cables, and drove ashore on Trefuses Point, where in a short time she was beat to pieces:-100 men and four women with great difficulty succeeded in getting ashore; all the rest perished with the ship; thus 369 souls were in a few moments hurried into eternity under the most awful circumstances! The bodies of five men, ten women, and nine children, have been washed on shore near Penrhyn, and a The above great number at Falmouth.

soldiers were all artillerymen, except about 32, who belonged to the 30th regiment of

foot.

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article in the contract, that the succession to the Government of the United States shall go to the second son of the marriage, so that Holland shall not at any time be incorporated with, or joined to the Crown of Great Britain.

On the 7th February the celebrated Mrs Mary Ann Clarke was sentenced to nine months imprisonment in the king's bench, and to give security for her good behaviour for three years, for a libel on the Right HonWm. Fitzgerald, chancellor of the Irish exchequer, charging him with seducing his friend's wife, and of procuring the husband to be sent to an unhealthy climate; and of other crimes not fit to be mentioned in a newspaper. Mrs Clarke suffered judgment to go by default; but in an affidavit she stated, that she had patronized the prosecutor for many years, and that she had given up at his earnest request, not only his own letters to her, but had deposited others of value in his hands, which he had destroyed; and this circumstance, and his ingratitude and neglect, had caused, in a fit of irritation, the publication of the libel in question. The court considered the publication as part of a system to extort money, and besides sentencing Mrs Clarke as above, ordered Wm. Mitchell, the printer, to be imprisoned in the same gaol four months. Mrs Clarke was in court, and behaved with the same flippancy she exhibited in the House of Commons on the Duke of York's inquiry, till the judge spoke of imprisonment, when her gaiety failed, and she shed a few tears.

Between Monday, the 27th of December, and Sunday, the 2d of January 1814, a most extraordinary fog prevailed in London, and it seems to have extended a great many miles round in every direction. It was frequently so thick that it was impossible to see across the street. Candles were burnt in most of the shops and counting-houses all day long. The thickness of the fog was still farther increased by the smoke of the city; so much so, that it produced a very sensible effect on the eyes, and the coal tar vapour might be distinctly perceived by the smell. But at a distance from town, tho' there was no smoke, the fog was very thick. Not a breath of wind was perceptible during the whole week. On Sunday, the 9th, a slight wind began to blow from the east, which dissipated the fog; and this was fol lowed by a storm of frost and snow, which continued for a number of weeks. Of the nature and effects of the storm a detailed account is given in a subsequent part of this Number.

SCOT

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY.

ON Monday the 24th of January came on before this Court the trial of Margaret Aitken, alias Robert on, accused under the act 49th Geo. III. of concealing her being with child during the whole period of her pregnancy, and not calling for, or making use of help or assistance in the birth. The panael being put to the bar pleaded not guilty, and no objection being taken to the relevancy of the indictment, the following witnesses were called on the part of the prosecution:

Mary Reid, wife of Ewan Fraser, Portsburgh-her husband keeps lodgers; remem bers the prisoner coming to seck lodgings, 12th November, betwixt seven and eight o'clock at night, on a Friday; she had a bundle with her : paid some money for her lodging next morning; gave 1s. and wished two-penny loaf; said she was glad she had git a peaceable lodging, and would remain, if agreeable; she said, that she came about three miles from Linlithgow; there were Mary Scott, James Smith, William Bradly, and an old woman, Fanny Taylor, who lodged in the same room with the prisoner; did not observe that the prisoner was with child, nor did she ever tell the witness she

On Thursday night, prisoner was asleep in bed about eight o'clock, and the woman in bed with her was also asleep, the man was awake; witness being uneasy, she could not tell why, she went into the room with a candle; on a box-bed she saw some dreps of blood, and on prisoner's bundle saw some blood, as if a person had cut their finger, and wiped it on it; on inspecting the endle, found the body of a child; she screamed out" there's murder in the house;" when her husband came into the room, prisoner leapt out of bed; on being charged with being the mother of the child, she denied it. Witness went for Mr Davy, a constable, and when he came in, witness fainted way, and saw no more; cannot say where the prisoner was delivered; as she saw no marks of blood on the bed or floor; there are two beds and a box-bed in the room where the prisoner slept.

Feb. 1814.

Cross-examined-Pannel slept with another person all the time she lodged in witness's house; prisoner went frequently out, but always staid for a short time only; did not suspect her being with child. To a question from the Court-when witness accused prisoner of being the mother, she said there was no milk in her breasts; the child was a large well-formed child; did not explain to prisoner that there were more beds than one in the room; but when the prisoner saw there were, she made no objection to that circumstance.

Ewan Fraser, residenter, Portsburgh, remembers his wife being alarmed in last November; on Friday, 12th November, about twelve o'clock, Aitken came to lodge with him, and remained till eight o'clock on Tuesday night. On that night, between seven and eight o'clock, witness's wife went out of the kitchen, where they usually "stay" themselves, and where he was; after a short time, she (his wife) came back into the kitchen, and said she had found a dead child. She went for Mr Davy, the constable, who came in; the police came shortly after, and secured prisoner; heard prisoner deny to his wife that she was the mother of the child, but heard her afterwards acknowledge to Davy that she was the mother of the child, and was delivered at eleven o'clock on Monday night, but thinks this could not be the case, as he was always going backward and forward at that time, being up waiting for his wife, who was not returned from the town.

Mary Scott slept in the same bed with the prisoner nine weeks past on Friday; did not observe that she was with child; the landlady had lost something, and came into the room one night with a candle to seek for it; she opened the bundle lying at the box-bed, and said there was murder in the house; Mr Davy, the constable, then came, when the prisoner immediately confessed she was the mother of the child; the father, she said, was an unmarried man far from this; heard her say in the police office she was delivered on the Monday night, between ten and eleven o'clock; witness was in the same bed with prisoner at that time, but

neither

neither heard nor saw any thing; witness was not asleep at that time, observed no signs on the bed clothes; did not perceive any symptoms of the prisoner's being with child.

William Davy, constable, Portsburgh, remembers Mrs Fraser came to his shop a little before ten o'clock one night in November, saying, there is murder committed in my house; witness went to her house immediately, found a police officer in the house, and saw the prisoner sitting on the side of the bed, and a number of women railing at her, calling her a murdering jade, and saying she would be hanged; he desired them to hold their peace, as it was no business of theirs; he asked her if she was the mother of the child, when she immediately confessed she was; he asked when, she was delivered, she said last night, and said that she rose several times during the night; asked her bedfellow if she did not see her delivered, she answered she did not even know she was with child; it was cold; a female child; thought it was a full grown child; it had hair on its head, finely curled, and features fully formed; but he (witness) was not well acquainted with these subjects, and could not say it was come to its full time; said to prisoner, put on your clothes, and come with me; asked for a mantle to cover her, as she appeared in a weakly state, but no woman present would lend her one; he took her to the police office, leading her by the arm; the body of the child was brought up after; the serjeant was not at the police office when he arrived there; said she must go to the Infirmary; policemen said they had no chair, but would take her on a barrow; witness said it was impossible for her in her present state to go to the Infirmary on a barrow, and if they had not a chair, he would hire one at his own expence; he charged her with having murdered the child, but she said it was still-born. On his asking her why she did not call for assistance, she replied she was a stranger, and wholly unacquainted with any person in the place. To a question why she was not prepared for the reception of the little stranger, she answered, that the father was a married man, and had a family (he of course could not be seen in the business,) she had her wages to provide necessaries, but was suddenly taken in labour before she was prepared; he examined the child, but saw no marks of violence on it.

[The Court, after this witness had finished his evidence, told him he had done his duty with great propriety; and highly commended the humane manner in which he had executed it.]

Several other witnesses were examined, whose evidence was not very material.

The prisoner's declarations being admitted, as to her situation, were here read.

The first, dated 3d of December 1813, stated, that she was a native of the village of Ratho, and that her father's name was William Aitken, a labourer there; and that both he and her mother were dead. She is about 32 years of age, and was servant to Mr Archibald Harvey, farmer at Kingscavile, within a mile of Linlithgow, for about ten months, having left her service three weeks ago; that Archibald Harvey was the father of the child of which she was lately delivered; that she did not communicate to Mr Harvey, or any of the family, that she was with child, but communicated it to some of her neighbours; that she was near her delivery when she left Harvey's house, and walked to Edinburgh; that she was much the worse of it, and having no acquaintance in Edinburgh, she slept in the house of E. Fraser, who kept a small shop and let beds: in the same room with her, slept two men and three women. On the third night, she was delivered of a still-born child, and had no assistance, neither had she provided any clothes, not thinking her time was so near. She wrapped the dead body of the child in an old shirt of her own, and put it on the top of a box-bed in the room, where her landlady found it. No person assisted her in her delivery, nor did she communicate the fact to her bed-fellow, Mary Scott. She was delivered on the Monday night, and remained in Mr Fraser's house till the Tuesday, when she was apprehended, and carried to the Police Office, Infirmary, &c.

Her second declaration merely mentions the additional circumstance of her having a natural child, six years ago, who is living with her sister in the country. The declarant could not write, and her declarations were, of course, properly attested.

The

Here the evidence for the prosecution closed.-The Counsel for the pannel then rose, and proposed to call in Mr Gardner, a surgeon and apothecary, who had examined the body of the child; but the Court suggested that his testimony could be of little service to the prisoner, and the Counsel for the pannel acquiescing, he was not called. public prosecutor, (Mr Solicitor-General) however, agreed, that such part of his written report should be read, as completely acquitted the prisoner from any charge of being the murderer of her child; and with that humane attention to the situation of a prisoner, which always reflects honour on the candour of a public prosecutor, declared his complete conviction of her innocence, with regard to this crime.

Dr Duncan, was also examined on the part of the pannel.

The evidence being closed, the Solicitor-
General

General addressed the Jury for the prosecution. Mr James Grahame replied on behalf of the pannel, and the Lord Justice Clerk summed up the evidence. The Jury, having returned a verdict of Not Proven, the prisoner was assoilzied from the bar.

Counsel for the Crown, Mr Solicitor-General, and H. Home Drummond, advocate; agent, Hugh Warrender, W. S.-Counsel for the pannel, Mr James Grahame, and Mr Thomas Maitland, advocates; agent, Charles Knowles Robison, W. S.

Monday, the 31st of January, came on before this Court, the trial of Nathaniel Blair, alias Sawers, for uttering forged notes, knowing them to be so. The pannel pleaded not guilty, and no objection being made to the relevancy, a Jury was called, and the trial proceeded.

It appeared from the indictment, that five different acts of uttering forged notes were charged against the pannel, viz. 1. That on the 15th October last, when the prisoner being at Kilmore market, Argyleshire, bought a horse from Duncan M'Grigor, tenant at Pennyfair, for which he paid £.10, receiv ing back 5s. as a luck-penny. The money consisted of three two pound notes of the Bank of Scotland, and four one pound notes of the Falkirk Banking Company. All these were clearly identified by several witnesses, into whose possession they came, and were proved to be forgeries by two clerks of the Bank of Scotland, and the cashier and a clerk of the Falkirk Bank. When he bargained for this horse he said his name was Sawers. 2. That on the same 15th of October, the prisoner, in the same market, bought a mare of Neil Stevenson, crofter at Clackensheil, for three pounds, which he paid in three one pound notes of the Commercial Bank. The notes were identified, and were proved to be forgeries by two gentlemen belonging to the Commercial Bank. A girl was along with the prisoner when the bargain was made.

3. That on the same day, and at the same market, the prisoner purchased a mare of Duncan Macpherson, tenant in Camuslaich for three pounds. This money was paid in a one pound note of the British Linen company, and a two pound note of the Bank of Scotland. The first note was identified, and was sworn to be a forgery by two clerks in the commercial Bank. The young girl was also present when this transaction took place. Macpherson swore that afterwards the mare came back to him, without saddle or bridle, but he did not know how. The pannel called himself Sawers.

4. The next charge for uttering forged notes in the purchase of a black mare from

Angus Philip, miller at Achphola, for three pounds, was not gone into.

5. The last charge was for uttering two notes knowing them to be forged, the one a one pound note of the British Linen Company, and the other a two pound note of the Bank of Scotland, to Donald M'Intyre, tenant in Stockvain, which, with 5s. in silver, he received from the pannel, as the price of a white mare, giving back a shilling as a luck-penny. The prisoner said to M'Intyre, that he resided in the neighbourhood of Glasgow, but did not tell his name. The notes were identified, and proved to be forgeries by gentlemen belonging to those banks.

The following were the only other material witnesses examined :

Archibald Macallum, saw the prisoner at Portsonachan, going across the ferry from Inverary to Kilmore, a few days before the Kilmore market; he was about an hour in witness's house; a young girl was with him, they were walking; he paid the whole bill; gave witness a £.2 Bank of Scotland note; witness kept the note till prisoner returned, the day after the market, and eight days after he had passed over; the girl was with him, when he returned, and four horses; Mr M Nab, Mr M'Corquodale, Mr Sinclair, and Andrew M'Intyre were with him they took him up stairs, and kept him there, as they said he had bought horses, and paid them in forged notes; asked witness if he had any real notes in the house, and he brought to them the £.2 note which he had received from the prisoner formerly; this was on Saturday morning; witness returned the note to the prisoner, who was in a garret room quite alone; there was a fire in the room; witness said he doubted the note was bad, and the prisoner gave two Renfrewshire guinea notes and received 2s. of balance; the prisoner immediately tore the £.2 note which witness gave, and then threw it away; two of the four horses brought to his house by prisoner were taken to Inverary, with the prisoner, and Neil Stevenson and Angus Philip got away one each; Neil Stevenson left three 20s. notes of different banks, on which he put his name, and gave them to the Fiscal at Invarary; (notes shown and identified ;) witness gave the prisoner a guinea note, and the balance in silver.

Katharine Skelton knows the the prisoner ; first time she saw him, had a room of his, along with another woman, in the Pleasance; went to Argylshire along with the prisoner; went by Thornhill and Stirling, and crossed Loch Lomond; he had no horse when he left Edinburgh, walked all the way, saw him have bank notes and silver, but does not know what they were; went to Oban;