The National Register. — London, England, 1811-12-15 00:00:00

II , ..,e acquittal of Dr. SHERIDAN has called forth a Royal declaration, which at this awful crisis must be considered of great importance.—His Royal Highness the Duke of CLARENCE was at a public dinner, at Portsmouth, when the result of Dr. SHE RIDAN'S trial was announced, he instantly seized the opportunity of expressing himself highly satisfied with the verdict, and of declaring at the same time, that all his brothers, with the exception of the Duke of CUMBERLAND, are decidedly favourable to the great cause of Catholic Emancipation. His Royal. Highness was further observed to declare, that the great obstacle, namely, the prejudices in the mind of his Royal Father against the Catholics no longer could prove operative, and that of course tha: great portion of his Majesty's subjects were speedily to be emancipated.—Dublin Evehing Post. The case of BLACKER V. Lord F.FRENCH and Co. for usury, was tried on the 10th inst. in the Court of Exchequer, Dublin. There were one hundred and gighty.two counts in the declaration, and the damages were laid at 147,0001. According to the statement of the SOLICITOR-GENERA L, the crime of usury was committed in discounting certain bills, partly by cash, and partly by a 31 day bill, upon which no rebate of interest was allowed. There was beiides a charge for accepting a commission pre mium of one and a half per cent. which on the whole . made an excess of interest of 11. 11 s. 2d. After ex amining documents, the Rev. THONIAS RADCLIFF was called to prove the negotiation of a certain pa per. This gentleman . was immediately asked seve foal questions, but Serjeant BALL unexpectedly in terrogated him, whether a suit . of Chancery to inva lidate a bond in which he was concerned, would not in his opinion be affected by the result of the present action. He answered in the affirmative; and after a variety of discussion by the Counsel on both sides, this answer was pronounced by the Court to be fatal to the plaintiff, and a nonsuit was accordingly granted. INFORMATIONS Ex-OFFICIO.—A matter of consi .derable importance, from the frequency of Ex officio Informations at present, was established by the Court of King's Bench in Dublin, on Thursday last, in the case the King v. Cox ; namely, that copies of Informations are not subject to stamp duty. This duty, to a very heavy amount, has been hi therto (it now anh t .ars illegally) levied in all such cases. Tire trial of JoriN MAGEE, Esq. Proprietor of ;he Dublin Evening Post, for an alleged Libel against the Police Commissioners, was to have come on la st Tues. day, in the Court of King's Beach.—The Jury ap peared in the box, ready to be sworn, when an ap plication was made upon the part of the prosecutor, to put off his ti ial until next Term, upon the grounds that a witness, whose testimony was very material, could not be found. This motion was warmly re sisted by the Counsel for the defendant; but the Chief Justice was pleased to grant the application, and the trial was put off accordingly. In the interim, the costs of the defendant are to be paid by the pro secutors. TILE N :ON, ---!. The outward-bound convoys unmoored on Thurs day at Portsmouth, but the wind was not sufficiently to the eastward for them to proceed. The Bara couta was joined by more ships, which came in the Inconstant's convoy from the I),iwns. , ... ' . • AL REGISTE COIJRT WORLD OF FASHION. - THE KING. • On Sunday last the following Bulletin was shown St. James's Palace : " Windsor Castle, Dec. 7. " His M%JEs•rr continues nearly in the same state. Monday morning his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT, finding himself so far recovered as to be able to put his foot to the ground, made up his mind to leave Oatlands with the sanction of the faculty, and arrived at York-houseabout half-past five o'clock in the evening. The PRINCE REGENT on Tuesday evening took a warm bath, from which he found so much be nefit, that his ROYAL HIGHNESS is now able, not only to set his foot on the ground, but to walk up and down stairs at York House, with the aid only of a stick. His ROYAL HIGHNESS transacted busi ness with the principal Ministers on Friday from one till near three o'clock. Great numbers of the Nobility, and other persons of distinction, left their names at York House. Yesterday at three o'clock, the LORD MAYOR went in state to York-house, attended by the Re. corder, and a Deputation of the Courts of. Alder men and Common Council, to present the City Ad. dress to the PRINCE REGENT, praying his Royal Highness, at this season of scarcity, to issue his Royal Proclamation for stopping the further distil lation of spirits from corn. A personage of high rank is said to have made, within the short space of two months, matrimonial overtures to no less than four young Ladies cf large fortune. He has already been refused by three of them ; what success he may have with the fourth remains to be ascertained. His Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX bad on Wednesday a most, violent attack of his complaint, on account of the change in the atmosphere. His Royal Highness's Physician in ordinary, Dr. FRYER, passed the whole night with him, and such was the violence of the malady, that at moments a fatal termination was apprehended, as the respiration was greatly interrupted, with some very alarming symptoms ; his Royal Highness, however, is some. what recovered. An intrigue in high life has been discovered with in these few days past, which has been attended with serious consequences. One of the guilty party be ing caught in the trap, was so severely handled that his life is almost despaired of. Mrs. SIDDONS, it seems, really means to visit Edinburgh, for the purpose of taking a final leave of the stage at that place, before she renews sher engagement in the spring at Covent-Garden Thea tre. This theatrical excursion will of course be of great advantage to her son, who is the manager of the Edinburgh Theatre. Mr. SHEItIDAN left town on Wednesday, for Stafford, in order to pay an electioneering visit •to his old Constituents of that Borough, the majority of whom are said still to retain their former senti ments in his favour. Mr. WAITIIMAN has declared himslf a candidate for tlie city of London, at•-the next General Elec tion.