The National Register. — London, England, 1812-09-27 00:00:00

1-CI E N.l lONA la Ifi,L IST F. R. 602 DISSOLUTION OF PARLI,43IENT. Mr. Western and Mr. Burgoyne contest the county of Essex, in Opposition to Admiral Harve% am , Mr. 14 In Kent, S:r William Geary otiesz; lotn.ett again. In Surrey, Mr. Tlnnistoti wtii he put ,n norninati n, though he had declined, and Sir Thomas Sutton has pleticed hrinselt to stets d the poll. Lord Cranhorne contests the county of llerts, in opposition to Sir John Scbrigi.t. Mr. Hallett is very active in tae canvass for Berkshire. Bedfordshire is not likely to he di • orbet. In Nliddlesex a candidatets likei) to start against Mr Mellish. Sir Godfrey Webster opposes the sitting Nleinb.rS for Jtt%64:X. Sir Gilbert Heathente starts for It u. lamishire. ' Mr. WHY:Floret: retires frcnt Park ment the Uun. II Lascelles is a candidate to succeed hint for Yorklti.e. in Westminster, an ovposOion is exi•ei ted Mr. Jetiniogs, who suoperted Sir Francis Burdett at his laeelectioo, is now to otts.o. self to the choice of the I..L.ctori. •:I he 11.1ato,nis of Tavistuck, it is also said, IlltallS to bee-ore a c:u'icLs►e. Mr. Waithrnan and Mr. Hcraiin Weed, ate arready iiamcoi for the city of London. Mr. Iklarriott is likewise to b.: proposed, acid will be backed by the Commetcial interest. Sir C. l's ice declines in la. your of the Lord Mis or. Mr. Charles Calvert is resolved to stand a roll for Sotirliwark,!.l opposition to, Sir T. Timms and Mr. licory Thornton. Mr. Jones Burdett has been invited to stand, best has ricclinciL Mr. Baker and Mr. Lusitington have uni;ed their interest fur Can ter...oily. Sir T. Turton finds an opporent, for Rochester in Mt. Barrett. Alderman C. Smith is cauvassing for St. A hian's Mr. Harvey perseveres for the Borough of Colchester. Mr. Da vies and Mr. R. Thornton oppose him. Liverpool is expected to return Mr. Brougham. Mr. Langston stands for Somerset shire. Mr. Hooey wk.ml declines eill;:ring himself fur Kciit again, on :lcc(•ont of ill health. ... ___ Colonel Curson starts tin ilic eitrofOxford. Mr. Serjeatt Onslow is - to be reit:ll,okt for Guildford. Durham is likely to be str .itgly eonlci , cd. • • . Stampf.td is again to bet:untested by X 1 r. Noel and Mr. 0t1.5r. In the list of Performers for Ncw Drury, publi.cd in most of the paFcrs, by mi.take the nail c of that fascinating child of Thalia, Mrs. EDWIN, was omitted. in answer to the many satirical obscrYations on the late Daelltth, ive arc autho.ised to say, that their pistols were actually loaded with ball The houseof C EOl GE SH. Ti..l) and Soh, of Threadneedle, street, Russian Prokers, stepped payment on Thursday. It is feared for upwards of half a million. . An issue has been male from the Bank of new 3s. and 7s. (id piecel. They a:e much Leiter executed than the other Bank•tokens in circulation. The head is more promi nent, and will require considerable force ancl power to make the impression. The new comet, which was discovered at Marseilles, by M. PoNs„and afterwards at Paris by M. asocvAtto, accuid ing to the calculations of these astronomers,. passed its poi on the 15th of September, when its distance from the sun, taking that of the ray th at unity, was 0,77333. Its inclination to the ecliptic is 7 4 de* 20 min In a very clear night, and in the absence of the moon, it is just visible to the naked eve. The Surrey Magistrates have, it is said, refu , ed to re license Vauxhall, in consequence of the late Masquerades at that place of entertainment. Mr. SADLER, the aeionaut, mill make his promised ascent and passage across the Irish Channel, should the wind be favourable, to-morrow morning. Ile will ascend -from the seat of Itlr. BERESFORD, at D umcondra. Every pq.sible means have been adopted to af.ll , rd him assis!ance in his hazardous enterprize. Vessels Will be stat ioned along the Eng!ish and Irish coasts. The inhabitants of Liverpool have male ample preparations for this purpose; and Mr FEL- Low's, agent, of his Majesty's packets at head, will have a g' eat number of oosstivg vessels stationed iu that quarter. CITY ADDRESS. S E PT. (17 Tuesday the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Recorder, Sher'fl,. an•! Corn. mom conocil of the Cii y of London, waited upon hi , It o)al Higssue,s the PR NCE Rzotstr, at Carlton-house, with an. Address, which was read i)r Hui Stivester, Esti. the. Recorder, as follows : Tu his Royal Highness: the PRINCE ut WALES, .Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain anti I relano ; The humble du'iful Address of the Lurd Mater A idermon, and Coqinions, of the City us London, in COIIIIII6II Cnui;ol assembh.d. We his Maj;:sty's riv , st dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and C•itionons, of ti•e City of Liiicon, in Common Coo n . cil assembled, with reverential awe and gratitude to the Supreme Giver or all Victory, humbly approach, yoOr Royal Hi g hness to ex. Kress our joy and exultation on the important and splendid Victory obtained by the valour and barer idity at the Allied Army, under tie eon:man:l of the Marquis of Wellington,, over the hostile army c f Frame, led by Marshal Marmont. To appreciate the heroism of the Noble Marquis, and his brave army, would be to recount a series of as Irilliant achieve:rents as have adorned the pages of British H.story; and we indulge a hope that •these glorious exploits will animate the Sintnio; nation to persevere in the noble contest for the tecevety of their !Picnics, and Freset vatiiii of their country. We humuly beg yr-to Roy al Highness will accept our warmest cong-atuirtions on the se splenuid event. ' obtained by the burlior talents of his Majesty's magnanimous Commander, and the bravery of the Allied A I my.— Permit us to a,sure your Roy I Highness, that his Majesty's faithful citizen.' of London hail with gratitude every event that may, by per severance, and the adolition of %vise and 111gOrCUS measures, seconded by the ardour, mulatto'', end kill:miry of his Majesty's Army and Navy, aflind to your Royal Highness the opportunity at giving suti,:r. ing Europe the blessings of Peace. Signed by Order of Court, HENRY WOO DTHOR PE. To which his Royal Highness was pleased to teturn.the following most gracious Answer : I thank you fur this loyal and dutiful Address. Your ccneratula tions r,it the successes %vhicit, by the favour of Divine Pre vidence, hdye attende t the operations of the Allied Army in Spain aid Po. tu gal, under the ermduct of its illustrious Commander the Marquis of Wellington, and more especially on the signal and decisive victory recently obtained at Salamanca, eamiot fail to ;and the the greatest satisfaction. The exultation which hers been(displayed, in Collbe (pet:cc of these splendid events, by all descriptions of his Majesty's subjects, your participation in which is ex i itessed in a manner so worthy of the City of London, is hiehly honourable to the feelings 411 d cliaricter of the nation ; and fully manifests the important e at. !ached, by the people of this country, to a cause which equally in volves the indepenthnce of the Peninsula, and the best interests of the United Kingdom. It is only Iratn ,unabated vigour, and steady per,e- VeranCe ii the exertions which Vie prese. t crisis demands, that we can derive a well-foum!ed hope et being enabled to surmount the ddricult es with which we have to. cot tend, and to accomplish the ultimate object of our wishes and clibrts—a secure and honourable PcaLe. Th:y v ere all received very graciously, and had the honour to kiss his Royal Highness's hand. Wednes.lay, the Lott! Mayor held a Court of Common Council at Guildhall, which was numerousli attended.—The Lord Mayor laid before the Court the answer of the Prince Regent to the Address pre sented by the Court to his Royal Highness, on Tuesday, which was read, and rctered to be entered en the journals —Mr. Deputy Box then brought forward Itis motion of Thanks to the Marquis of on the splendid victory obtained by the allied army under his command at Salamanca. Also to the General Officers, Commissioned, and Ision-comihist;ioned Officers and Soldiers, of the British, Spanish, ism! Portuguese armies, for their conduct on teat occasion, which was u ianimously agreed to, and the Lord Mayor was directed to transmit tne Reso!utions - in the custom-1y manner to the Marquis of Welling ton.—Mr. Deputy Box then mov d—" That the Freedom of the City, formerly voted to Lord Wellington, he presented to his Lord sh p, on his return to this country, in a gold box of the value of 200 guineas.• . — I his also wos agree‘ to. The follort ing American privateers have been taken by the squad rol on the Halifax station: the Frieaship schooner, of 1 gun and 8 men,. by the Plumper gun boat ; the Intention schooner, of 1 gun, J swivels, and men, by the Sparian frigate ; the Morning Star schooner, of 1 gun, 4 swivels, and 5U men, by the Maidstone frigate ; he Polly schooner, of 1 gun, 4 swivels, and 40 ioen ; the Commodore Barry. revenue cutter, of 6 guns ' • the Madison schooner, of 2 gu ns ; the Olive schism. r, of 2 guns ; t he Spence schooner, of 2 guns, by the M•tirlstone and Spat tan trigatesk s the Dolphin schooner, of 1 g un, swivel, and 98 men, by the G uerriere frigate ; the Dolphin schooner, of 2 gui s an 1 48 men, by the Maidsolie and Colihre ; the Le wis s ?sooner, of 6 gusts an di :t0 men, by the A tri..a man-of-war ; the Pythagoras schooner. of 6 guns and 30 men, by the, Bream who Der ; ihe Bunk r's Hill schooner, of 7 guns and 71 men, by the Belvidere frigate.