The National Register. — London, England, 1811-04-28 00:00:00

THE NATION AI. YIEGISTEB. Advice has h , en received at Pow . derham Castle, in Devon shire, from America, of the arrival of Lord Courtenay, with his yatcht,ir. blandford river, in Virginia. It is said that his IVlajet,ty has 11•. d the key of the Cabinet Boxes restor..d to him, that he may, as Leretofore,be made acquainted wit h t he official 11:e King's Birth Day, which at all times is a day of rejoicing to every true I;ri!iin, will this year be marked with an ad6itiona joy, a; on that memorable day 60 Ca, ital Prizes, and . 2C0,0001. in money, will be divided timong the fortunate adventurers in the present Lottery. Tickets and Shares for which are sellinz in great variety, at I.3rsH'S truly fortunate Offices, 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing Cross, where 2 Prizes of 20,00 l. thelast Lottery, 2 Prizes of 20 ; 0001. in the Lottery before, and 7 Prizes of 20,0001. with 37 other Capitals, were sold in the last fifteen months. Thursday evenirg, as the Duchess of York was passing in her chariot through Baker-street, Portman-square, one of the bind wheels of the vehicle broke down. Neither her Royal-Highness nor the Lady who attended her, received the smallest injury. FINE: Ax rs,—On Friday the Royal Academy opened its doors to the Artists, previous to the dinner which took place yesterday. The exhibition of this year will be found to be highly creditable to the English school ; 1)r though it has not to boast of any great prominent wol k, the pictures are distinguisht d by a more uniform style of art. The President's famous pc ture would indeed have graced the exhibition ; but the cause of its absence (the high price which it obtained, and the crowds it draws to another place) contributes,_ perhaps, more than its presence to renovate the exertions of the Academy. His Death. of Nel3on, however, stands over the chimney, and there are many other works of genius in the rooms. Several transports have arrived at Plymouth, from the Tagus, having on board sick and wounded, and others French prisoners and deserters. A quantity of guineas, amounting to several thousands, were seized on Thursday on board a vessel in the Thames, regularly entered outwards at the Custom-House !—That guineas, to an immense amount, have been illicitly exported, is but too noto • rious a fact ; and we, in common with the public at large, have long wished that Government would provide some remedy for so enormous an evil. The circumstances which led to the above discovery, as well as those which attended the entry of the ship, are now under strict investigation ; and we ardently hope that the result of this inquiry will enabe Government to adopt some measures that may in Tutu; e prevent so infamous a tra2ic as the sale and exportation of the current coin of the Realm. LoNnoN DISPENSARY.—On Wednesday last, the Governors of the London Dispensary held their anniversary feast, at the City of London Tavern. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex,• the president, was prevented from attending by indis position. George Byng, Esq. the senior vice-president, in his Royal Highness s absence, took the chair; and read a letter from his Royal Highness, expressing his great regret at being unable to attend, and announced his accustomed donation of guineas. Mr. Mellish, M. P. for Middlesex, also attended, accepted the &lice of Vice-President, and presented the com pany with a donation et SO guineas. A spirit of unusual libe rality pervaded the company, and before 8 o'clock upwards of 2001. were collected; soon after which a note, of which the following is a copy, was put into the hands of the Secretary:— " Sza,—A few Gentlemen of the Silk trade, being much in terested in the welfare of the London Dispensary, have request ed me to give the accompanying draft, and hope it may be a stimulus to the rest of the company." This note was accompanied with a cheque for 1001. which was received with the most unbounded applause. The com pany broke up at an early hour, having in the whole collected the sum of 5031. 12. 7d. a larger sum than ever was known for this institution. ln•short, nothing was wanting but his Royal Highness's presence, to make it not only the greatest but the happiest day the charity had ever known. A prisoner confined for debt in the Marshalsea Prison, ap plied to the Court for his discharge on Friday last, on the ground of his creditor having failed to pay him his sixpences in a legal manner. It appeared that the creditor had tendered . him three shillings and a piece of silver resembling what now passes fur sixpence ; the latter, however, upon closer inspection, appeared to b:• a foreign coin. 'l'he Learned Judge being of opinion this was not a legal tender, according to the Act which directs that allowance to debtors should be paid in the lawful coin of the realm, ordered the debtor to be discharged. On Thursday evening, as Mr. Drewe, of Wapping, was sitting by the fire-side, a piece of coal exploded, and part fell at his. feet. Mr. D. on examination, found it shaped like a coffin, and this accidental concurrence with a dream he had the preceding day, that he should die that evening, had so powerful an effect on him, rhiit lm beCame extremely ill, and notwithstanding the sf medical men, he lied the loth) wing day. The Bath Paper we received yesterday, contains the following article We give the following article on the authority of a Gentleman who has numerous connections in Holland. and 'who read to us a letter that he has ju=t received from a capital hou , ie in London, from winch we give this extract A Dutch Gentleman jrst arrived from I-Tolland, brings a letter dated the !?Ist inst. from one of the first houses there, which confirms the news of a complete insurrection having ulcer% place from one end of Hol , land to the other; that pOOO Fretrh have already . been made to bite the dust; and that both the fleets in Anisieidani and Ant werp are in a state of mutiny." We trust the East India fleet that sailed on Thursday from Portsmouth, has got clear out of the Channel : . PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 26.—The East India convoy has not put back. The wind is inclinable to the east of north, by which they will be able to get out of the Channel. , determination to support the maritime rights and independence of that hitherto free and independent. country. The following article, for the 'information of the merchants and underwriters concerned in tl:e Baltic trade, has just been received : " LLOYD'S COFFEE-HOUSE, Twitr.vg o'CLoctc.—The Lords of the Cournitt , . e of the Council of Trade have received infor mation, from which there is reason to believe, that a Swedish frigate, the Eurydice, is cruizing in the Baltic, under orders to vipture ail Danish vessels." The gallant Lieutenant-General Sir J. DOYLE, Bart. is to hee employed, it is said, in an impor tant command—an abler or more gallant Officer cannot be employed. We find that both General WALKER and Sir H. PotniAm, who went on a special service to Co tunna, have returned. MISCELLANIES. Accounts from Hull state, that a vessel had arrived there from Norway, arid hrouz,ht the interigence of the desertion of the Dutch, Norwegian, and Danish sailors, from the fleet at Ant werp ; and likewise that the greatest disorder prevails in the town of Flushing and Antwerp. Several lives were lost in the night of the 20th, and it was expected that a genera! insurrection to a 3 about to take place in all parts of French Flanders. The Jews in Holland are now nominated to situations of trust. Several of them have recently been raised to the nutzis tr:e-v. as C-mmissioners of ~olice. The Sir Francis Drake, Captain Harris, while cruishr off the coast of .11va, having sent a boat's crew to examine ight Malay prows. they enticed four of tin. men below, whom they instantly murdered, cut nein lit quarters, and hung their man gled remains up in tie , hrouds ! Captain Harris, highly ex - asperatcd at this treacherous and cruel n - turder of four of his brave crew, stood the :Or Fraticis Drake closer to the shore, and fired at them till not a vestige of them was to he seen. The whole of the cre..vs, consisting of not less than 400 of these bar barians, who were not killed by the shot, found a grave in the Se 2. It is said that the Actaeon frigate, which sailed a few days ago for the Cape of Good Hope and India, took out dispatches from his Majesty's Ministers for those (;overnment 3, ;:uprising them of the critical situation of affairs between Poplin(' .nal America, together with instructions as to the conduct to be adopted in consequence. Similar dispatches, it ia added, have been for warded to our C'orm.ianders in the West Indies and at 1 Tali fax. The 11th Light Dragoons are lying at Tavistock, Totness, and other places io teat neighbourhood, till transports are ready to convey them to Portugal, which will he in about six days— They are about 81)0 strong. The 9th Light Dragoons, whose destination was altered from Portugal to the Cape and Isle of France, are ;rain ordered for Portugal ; they left Exeter for the neighbourhood of Plymouth on Mondry morning. Both are very fine regiumnts, in the highest state of order and disci pline. In the Motlitrur, of the 30th of September, I 0109, there were some official observat:ons upon the campaign in Portugal. After alio;ing Lord Wellington fur i'norance, rashness, &c. the Ala niteur proceeds :—" We hope the Buglish general in the course (j . t.lis winter 14.11 he driven iiitotivTagas,a lid forced to evacuate. Porttivl, will be created Duke of Lisbon!!"