The National Register. — London, England, 1814-09-18 00:00:00

Tilt' VATICNAL REGISTF,R. . , Ov Friday we( k the Princess Charlotte of a!es arrived givi slew at on her jotury-y to Weymouth, which !,r-e she rt.:idled the following day Th- Princess was ritpaolf.ll- hy the Coirtittss c,f Ilcirester, the Corin•ess nosslyn,. the Misses Coats, General Garth, and the Rev .jr. Short. nn The Dulte of Cuniberland o•as married at New Strelitz. (he 26 ult. to the Dov,a..er Princess of Saints, niece to her Siair•:t r, and sis ter to the late beautiful but urif or t unaie sis 4neen c.f Plus:ia. The Pi ineess is about 40, and her bus bar, d A rile pourul rank of England note passes at present in P a 17s. 6d. It is met•tiened, that when the Allies were about to entet tatis, the French - invalids tore down the numerous banners taken ft not di eient Po\ve , s which were suspended in the ChaFel of e Vota des Inca.iitles, and made a bonfite of them, 1,) pr e %ent the Allies from regaming.them. A tessel is attic ed at Portsmouth, which carried a large tplantity of French prisi.nets fr, , m differrnts parts of Spain. 'flit' Maritime Prefect would not teceive eh4htv, because the% vere Italians; aid sevetal Spanish women, who 11.,d been .I.lartied to liremh soldiers, were discwned by them as son!) it; they t (-ached the Ft each pot t. They have been brought to this country. snd o.intetera'e nfT o'd prejudices or the spaniards, * great their auto Ahv to the French, that_a wa , lately ftnn to piects at i 1.:( id, for wearing a tlaosoarent French Thcv were ( nra!!«1 because it was Transparent, and they were 1w ther ensiigt..d becan,e it was French. . . On TN] , sdAy e th , •ttsand invaiidc; proceeded from the Volk thpat at Che!sea, f-r in,pection in the Fire b c appea , enee of many of these ve:etans wi , hout arms and legs, pt anted painful sensations in the spectators. After the ltispectinn tiv‘v a torned to the depot, ready to appear before the board at Chelsea Hospital, .where they apply to be ad - tnitted retisionets. The Cornwall Gatetfe states. that Government have de termined on giving up the naval establihment at Falmouth, find that orders have been received fur transporting the stoics to Pk mouth • EP. 18. tsmouth on Friday A Court Martial was held at Por se'ni;ight. on Captain R. 11. B: , rclay and his remaining affi. cers and mcn, for the loss of the squadron of British gun. boa's on Lake Elie, on the 10th of September, isi3. ltt action with the American flotilla, of vastly superior force. The COUlt unanimously agreed, that Captain Barclay was right in risking the action, and most (idly and honourably acquitted him, his officers, and people, of any blame in the losi. Captain Barclay appeared berme the Court with one arm amputated, the other so dangerously wounded as to be suspended by bandages in a most particular position ; a part of his thigh cut away by a cannon shot; and with five other WOUnds Int tofu Court Martial is ordered upon Colonel Quinton on four charges. It is to sit at Whitekill. Lleutmant-Colonel Palmer, as second officer. has been called on by ihe Commander in Chief to stand forward as the prosecutor, and Genes al Irse. .it is supposed, is to be ('re ,ident.—This regiment was raised during the rebellion in the year 1715, and was successiv , ly commanded by Generals Gore, Churchill, Lord Cobham. and Sir John Mordaunt; in the year 1780 it was given to F•ir %Vllliam Pitt, and was then eAssideied to be the pattern regiment of heavy dragoons, ex emplary for its strict di , cipline, its interior economy, and re markable as a fine body of men and hotses, as well as one of .he best corps of officers in the set vice. It now all - acted the peculiar alention of the Pi ince of Vales, and in the year 1783 it was refi;rinsed and made a regiment of light dragoons, and his Royal Highness was appointed Colonel Commandant. It has since that period. hut more pirtieularly since the Year :795 (when Sir Wm Pitt was tensoved to the King's Dra goon Guards), been under the immediate command of the Prince, his Royal Highness not holding any other rank in the army :han Colonel of this distinguibhed reOnent. The ,h . p Harmony, of Gteenocc, was recently captured by the American privateer the Prince of Neufchatel; a letter from a passenger in the Harmony, given in the last Edin, burgh Mercury, states positively that the Captain of the Prince of Neufchatel, named Oudinot, hii Lieutenant, and most of the crew, are Frenchmen ! The new Hackney Coach Act is found to be one of the most bungling pieces of work that ever came out of Parlia' tpent. The Magistrates state it is impossible to put it in force, and as it goes to rereal the former acts, the hackney coachmen will have a sort of jubilee till Parliament shall again assemble. • The Trustees appointed by Art of Parliament for purchasing an Estate to he annexed to the title of Earl Nelson, have bought Standlynch, about six miles from Salisbury, on the road to Romsey. This domain was late the property of A. Dawkins, Esq. Government has determined to send out beer to Inane, for the supply of the troops there, in lieu of spirits, so destructive to the health of Europeans in hot climates : the beer is to be vended by keepers of canteens at a price not exceeding 6d► per quart. The fasting girl still excites attention at Brighton : evert► means ate tried to induce her to take a requisite portion of nutirishment, without effect. She remains in Preston work house, and occasiosally drinks a little tea, but refuses bread and butter with it, and will stand or sit by the window of , her room, motionless, for 4 or S hours together, unless Loused from the apparent torpor. fp • t lie new Ea. rack at Chelm , forcl are ordered to be cleared rel'ittat"lY to being sold and taken down ; and also the follo , ving in the Eastern Dish ict--Danhnry, Maldon, "Yarmouth, ecley, a ' , art li:swicb, and a part of Col thester. (iii Monday last, a beptitation from the Court of Aldermen tf the City of London, consisting of Sir John Perring, D a rt Aldermen Birch, Wood, and Goodbehere, attended by the Town Clei k, and George Dance, Etq architect, left town, On the important object of visiting 610. ester and other gaols in tie West of England, to ascertain their improved state, for the pui pose of forming; regulations for the nvw Debt,rs' Prison now et ecting, ar d whether any and what :literati. n should be adopted in the govt.r nment of Newate and tithe , Watt's of confinement, within the Jurisdiction o f the Magis• trates of he City of I (intim!, for which purpose, we under stand, they have been fin nishtd with an facial older from the c-cretary of State. for the Home Department. An 1- ;h Paper, in noticing a Coroner's Inquest on the 1104 of a voi , ng tvt:man, who had thrown herself into the rand Canal, between Chat-lemma and Latouche bridges, la s, the Jury, after a quarter of an bour's deliberation ) I,iutii ; hl yettlitt of Wifixl Murder iigainst lama"! •'7r~--.... ~T'4•~'~~..'e'l.'- - . - .. f V I. •• V