The National Register. — London, England, 1815-07-30 00:00:00

Ora . There is now in London a person who left France about a month ago. who insist , that he is no less a personage than the Dauphin, who acetyl &rig to all accounts . , died in the Temple. Fla ;~ltc ci t es that he was confided to a cottager in the depart ment of the Ardennes, in the year of 1793, and that the boy who 'heti in the Temi.le was substauted fur him by the per who catried him oftl Ile says that he did not make his • ase known to I.,ortiii XVIII. till last year, when it was done Armagh the medium of Generil Dumnnecati, to whom he enuitutioicated his history. The answer of Louis XVIII. was, as .sve* are infoinird. that he should present himself, which, lionever, w:.s not done. We understand that he has zpvhcd to be Mfinitted to an inter view with the Duchess of Angooleme,•sinee his art ival in London, which has been re f:Jar:l on account of the want of such proofs as are thought necessary td support his most extraordinary statements: which proofs, however, he says, he can produce when in Fance. 1;oston Parrrs to the 'IV, and New York to the 18th tilt' contain rather a curious notice by the Secretary of the Trear tiry, whirls dues nu! give any flattering account of the fiitancel rf :he l nitecl Stit es .—i n giving notice of arrange- Went, the payment of Treasury notes, the Secretary men tinns ttat the amount of the Treasury notes at New York and Roston is sn very at eat, that current money cannot be obtain. ecT tri pay the holders; they are therefore °Cured the c hoi c e ef funding the no t es f or s i x per cent stock, at ninety-five , for one hundred • &Parc in stock, or receiving drafts pgyable in Baltimore nr Philadelphia ; or new Ti entury ItiUs fur rieid at 6 per cent. Six per cent. stock at Boston may be prtrchased at the rate of 8 4 or . 85 dollars in money tot iOn &Hats of the stack : the discount of the Government Pape is theiefore-stated at 11) per cent. • The Secretary bait also given Wile notice, that all taxes and other payments to .Govern rnetit will 1:e . taketi O'nfy in . priyate bankers' notes, mho pay in specie, or receive Treasury notes at par. • The New. Yu/4 '(.a;rt/e of the 19'11 gives an evtract of* letter from New Orleans, dated the olith of•kT:rv, mentioning a went overthrow , o•f the river Mississippi.' The daitrage done is said to he incalculable; entice sertltments are stated to he many fret under water at Palmyra. Cnncordie, and apart of Point Colipee. Many• sugar and cotton plantations were entirely ruined. Wednesday morning the Marquis of Anglesea was suffici. recovcted as to be able to take an airing in his carriage, and proceeded to pay his respects first to the Prince Regent at Carlton House, about one o'clock; he was assiited out of carriago.on crutches lry his Mrotheo, Sir E. Paget. The Noble Maiquis remained with the Regent near three hours; he• was assisted and conducted back to his carriage by his son, Loral Greaves and General Bloomfield. The Foreign Exchanges have lately advanced considerably in fivour. a this country. The Exchanges with Holland Hamhurgh, and Prance, are - as nearly as possible the rates maintained previous to the arrival of Bonaparte from Elba, ant♦ before the least appearance of a war ; the prices of bullion have fa►len in proportion. Dollars, which have lately been so high as Ot. J. have declined to ss. 7d. COUNTRY WIT.—" I think," said a facetious farmer' "that T should make a tolerable Padiament-Man ; i am frequently using their sort of language.—T'other day T receiv ed two bill; from two of my creditors, accompanied with re ouests for immediate pitmen'. Oue of the bills 1 ordered to b 41! ; and tlte other• to be rcail that day *ix tn.coll." TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER. Accounts received by its of the commencement of the operations resolved upon at Ceylon against the Candiaus, who had given some trouble by their inroads from the interior upon our settlements towards the coast. The British advance, consisting'of the 73d regi ment, commanded by Colonel O'Connell, had entered the Candian territory; and the Governor of Ceylon, General Blownrigg, seas hiniself in the field to fotrow with the mail) body of his forces. NVe ate sorry to find it stated in those accounts that an au:Hilary force of 3,000 Polnats, sent from 11Iadras, on a requisition ftom General prownligg, had gone over to the Caudians. Captain Sartorious arrived in town on Monday morning be fore six o'clock with' the dispatches from Captain \lait land ; finding Lord MeNille, the first Lord of the Admi ra!ty, was not In town, he proceeded to his Lordship's house at Wimbledon. Ile returned to London to see Mr. Barrow, the Secretary to the Admiralty, who was in the country. The Captain went to the Salopian Coffee-House to breakfast, waiting till Mr. Barrow came to the Admiralty. The field library carried by Napoleon with him during the last campaign, and t;keu on the LOth June, at Chas lerc,i, consisted of the following works: The Bible. Homer, Jvlanon Lescsut, Bossuet, La Pucelle, the History of Henry IV. the Conspiracy of Itien;i, La Pitie, (poem by Delille), the Anarchy of Poland, La Fontaine's Tales, History of the Progress and Downfall: of the Roman Republic-, Don Quixotte, Treaties of Peace by M4rtens, Blas, Memo; ial of the Revolution, the Devil upon Two Sticks, Use Revolution of Corsica, the Amusements of Spa. ST. .TIEZ,GNA. This Island, the destined resided* . of Bonaparte. h island the most distant of ail islands from any other land.-- It stands in the midst of a- tempestuous oeea perpetually heat ing and daihing on its perpendicular tacks, but oat of the reach of all the storms that annoy the world beside. Though its stdes are boisterous, its atinosphere is unclouded, a n d there reigns perpetual security within. The sky is always clear---the clap of thunder was never heard.--and from the top of mount Diana, the higkest point in the island. ships at sea may be descried at the distance of sixty miles. The consequence of which is, that no vessel can approach without being noticed in time for preparation against attack. In point of sarety from escape, if the person to be watched be resident at the Governor's house, that is on the high lands, it is totally imps acticable without treachery. In no case of a similar kind do we retnensbOr the public anxiety 6(1 much excited in it is at present as to the fate of the great capital prizes, which, although they have been two days drawing. still remain in the lottery wheel. On Tuesday next, however (the last day) they must come forth. A few undrawn tickets and shares still remain on hand, but we doubt if the quantity will at all meet the demand which this circumstance mwst naturally create. Of all disorders to wisieb the human frame is liable, there are none but what May be ascertained by the appearance of the morning urine, Nothing can be a greater proof of this minions fact, than the amazing number of painful, lingering, daoerous, and complicated diseases, that have been per fectly cured by the celebrated Dr. Cameron, who is con sulted every day till three o'clock, at his house, No . 34, Berner's.treet, Oxford-street, and practices by emnitsing the above-meutioned fluid. , !,; In • ; • ; I :4°7. JULY 30. et V' the latest arrivals from India, inform