The National Register. — London, England, 1808-03-06 00:00:00

• 111 E NATIONAL REGISTER. •,-- - A erten deelrega t very new in its arrangement, has Misty been sdopeatia Waal! ; A Plffe Lottery is formed by a Club,• sow asauding 100 persons, who, for a certain 'Sates wt, are ;stilled to draw lots for a number of rich . fatutersi daughbin ; and to whomsorrei the prize is drawn it matters sat, but that party are bound to support the for tunate winner, aisdo body, sulliciest to accomplish the pur- . .poser v ia instantly ready to" put him in possession of his prey. la •tuating a purpose so perfectly savage, no barbarity is !aspen, it the unfort una t e woman h ave strength ofpei lion, and resolution of mind, to struggle against long conti nual violence. This practise has now arisen to such a height, that many of the more op u l en t f armers are providing hus bands for their daughters at the age of 11 and 12 years, in order to secure them from violation. &wrest vors.---On Tuesday evening a voting Lady, in the Borough, High-street, of much respectaiiility, and posses sed of an ample fortune, eloped with a Naval Officer, who a few days ago arrived from Plymouth, on a visit to a near comiection of the fugitive. A dashing spinster of forty-five, eloped from the house of her father, a retired soap-boiler, in Tottenham Court-road, on Tuesday night, from the window of a first floor, with a recruiting serjoant, belonging to a regiment of light dra goons. The Lady possesses a fortune of 6001. per annum, and she was originally the playmate of her paramour, whose father was a shoe-maker in that road. No tidings have as yet been heard of the fugitives. THE COURT AND WORLD OF FASHION. • Trig COURT. Wednesday 'lts Mau:errs , arrived at the Queen's Palace, and held* private Levee. The following•had the honour of being presented to His MAJESTY : Lieutenant-General Tarter venter of Berwick; Lot." Colonel Herbert, on his the county of Norfolk ; appointed Captain of the. HIS MAJESTY held a Privy' Council, to which Colonel Herbert was introduced, and sworn into his office of Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. HIS MAJESTY gave audiences to the Cabinet Ministers, and afterwards set off on his return to Windsor. We are happy to have it in our power to contradict the report mentioned in several of the papers, that His •Ml - sight is again so much affected as to render an ope ration necessary. So far from this rumour being true, the KING'S sight continues rather to mend than otherwise. - IIY DE PARK. The flattering appearance of the weather promises us this day a brilliant dkplay of Fashion, and of Equipage, in the Park ; the keen n iiitry wind being more conducive to the glow of health, than the patent bloom of the various Pahricaleurs des Cesnietigues, we may hope to meet our fair countrywomen under English Colours. Here w ill be lessons for the Moralist, the Philosopher, awl the Mau of Ton; the first may see how fast some are driving to destruction ; the next may ruminate on Droth and Pleasnre, which put all upou a level, from the Dutchess revolving in the Ring in her gay Chariot, to the sprightly Sempstress or Milliner, dashes along in the Motley Crowd, anxious to see, and ambitious to he seen;--Whilst the last may obserse how many buttwis of his waistcoat he may venture to open, without infringing on the regulations of the fashionable Barometer; and ma) perhaps, be able t o as k h er flying Ladyship, " ilow she liked the last Opera? - -This will n Aurally bring on a half-debate on the Harmony, which prevails in the Musical World, on the contested claim of the Concert singer, and on the shocking hardship of an un-musical Chan cellor, or a Jury of Goths and Vandals, being admitted to de cide tot the merits of those, whose Votes are considered as equi valent to so much Sterling English Child. Such are the promised Delights 9f the Day—" Nair nous verrons." 'arleton, upon his being appointed Go- nd Setcy, upon coming to his title ; is being appointed Lord Lieutenant of Earl MINIM Ltigecombe, upon his being e Band of Gentlemen Pensioners. _ • MARCH Yk dmaassamaismi NEWSPAPERS. A Newspaper is so tree a mark of the caprice and levity of Englishmen, that it may be stiled their coat of arms. The Turkish Koran is not half se sacred to a rigid Malsometan—a parish dinner to an overseer--a turtle feast to an alderman —or au election to a freeholder, as a Gazette is to au English quid nunr. If this informs him of a naval armament, he toasts the Admirals in half pints a piece, wishes them success, gets drunk With loyalty, and goes with his head-full of seventy fears, sixty fours, frigates, transports, and lire-ships.—list a newspaper, whose contents are not sanctioned by adthority, is necessarily so much the more the receptacle of invention '•—thenre u e hear—it is said—a correspondent. remarks—wh ereas,ereas, See. all serve to please, surprise, and infotin. We hear inn alter a man's face a, the weather w ou ld a b arometer , It is said can distort another like a fit of the span.—ff can make some cry. while suppose makes others laugh; while a whereas is like an electri cal shock, and though it often runs the extremity of the king_i don in unison with the rest, they altogether form a very agree able mixture. But particular and domestic occurrence. form a very essential part of this folio.—Thus a marriage hurts an old maid, mortifies a young one, while it consoles many a poor de jected liusbaud, who is secretly pleased to find another fallen into his case. A death, if a wife, makes husbands envy the widower, while, perhaps, some of the women who censure his want of decent sorrow, marry him a month after :—ln fine, every person is put in motion by a Newspaper. It is a bill of fare, containing all the luxuries, as well as necessaries of life.— Polities, for instance, are the roast beef of the times—c.says the plumb pudding, and nnet , ..o the fritters, confections, custards, and all the et cetera of the talile, usually denominated trifles. Yet the four winds arc not liable to more mutability than the vehicles of these entertainments ;—for instance, on Monday, it is , whisprred—On Tuesday it is rumoured—on Wednesday, it is coajetured—on Thursday, it is probable —on Friday it is po sitively asserted—and, on Saturday, it is premature. But not w ithstanditig this, some how or other ail arc eventually pleased; for, as the affections pf all arc dis flied among wit, anecdote, poetry, prices of Mocks, the arrival of ships, &c —.A Newspaper is a repository where every one has his hobby-horse; without it, entice-houses, &c. would 1w depopulated, and the country 'squire, the curate, the exciseniao, and the barber, aid ninny other., would lose those goitlea oppyttitnit:ci of appearing su very .s isc a. thelt o4ess flns CITY. A Common Hall was held ou Toesdav at Guildhall, for the election of bridge-Master for the remainder of the year, in the room of Mr. Joseph Wens, lately deceased. At the close of the poll on Friday the number, were, for Mr. Yeoward Mr. Thodey, 1875—Majority 38.1.-31 r. Thodey has declined the contest, but the poll books will continue open till Tuesday next. The Lord Mayor held a Court of Aldermen, on Tuesday, at which the price of bread was ordered to be raised half an assize, or a penny in the peck loaf, to take place to-morrow, when the quartern loaf, wheaten, will be sold for l Id. halfpenny ; and household 10d.—The Lord Bishop of Salisbury, and the Rev. Andrews, were requested to preach the Spital Sermons at Christ Church, Newgate-street, on Monday and Tuesday iu Easter Week. EAST INDIA AFFAIRS. Tuesday the dispatches for Madras and China by the following ships, were closed at the East India House, and delivered to their respective Pursers, viz. Ceres, Captain W. Dunsford ; Canton, Captain I. C. Loch• ner ; Dorsetshire, Captain K. Brown; Mania Castle, Captain C. E. Prescott ; David Scott ; Captain J. Locke, jun. and Exeter, Captain H. Meriton for Madras and China. Wednesday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the under-mentioned Commanders took leave, pre vious to departing for their respective destinations, viz. Captain Kymer, of the Lord Castlereagh, and Captain Campbell of the Lord Keith, for St. Helena and Bengal; Captain Herbert of the Euphrates, for Madras and Bengal ; and Captain Franklin, of the Northimbeellaad, for Madeira, Madras, and Bengal. The following extra ships were taken up, and thus stationed, viz. the Indus, Captain George Wellden ; Travers, Captain J. Collins; and Earl Spencer, Captain George Fleming, for Ma— dras an►d Bengal ; Lord Eldon. Captain J. W. Young ; and Car. marthen, Captain James Ross, fur Bombay. M ,~ ~ . I AMM0w......_