The National Register. — London, England, 1811-05-19 00:00:00

thought is very psobable that a general enLagemal might take place Nfithin three days. MASSENA'S army had been reinforced, and in the latter erd of April it consisted of about 32,000 men including 8000 cavolry. ATTEMPTED SEIZURE OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA. The following information has been brought by the vessel which brought the Paris papers received yesterday : That a detachment of select persons (or emissaries as they are called) had been employed by IioNAPAR rE to entrap and carry - off the wing of PRusSIA. These men, having arrived near erlin, are said to have dispatched a messenger to his MA) r.STY, intimating that an Ambassador from BONAPARTE was in the vicinity, and requested an immediate intervievr. The KING, previous to receiving such summons, had heard of their ap proach ; and either being informed, or suspecting the object of their m!ssion, declined the interview proposed; and has been since s.:id to have put his person under the protection of the rnperor of Rti Of the other information brou3ht by this vessel, we shall only jive a brief summary. It states, that i..forced loan, to a , consi derable amount, was now in agitation in France, from the levy ing of which the most serious discos tents were apprehended : that an eminent banking- - house having lately failed for an im mense sum, and applying to the Emperor for relief, on a state ment of the assistance they had afforded him for the prosecution of the war, was treated with the most opprobi , nis language. Five French frigates are stated, on the same authority, to have sailed for Batavia, with a new Governor, and some specie. - It was likewise supposed, that from 40 to 50 frigates would put to aea this winter. General RuFrIN, who was taken prisoner at the battle of Barrosa, is said to have died on board his I'vlajesty'.s ship Gorton. Yesterday morning the French Eagles taken in the battle of Barrosa, were deposited in Whitehall Chapel. The concourse of spectators was very great. The Bands of the Guards played " God save the King," ".4ule Brittania," and other na tional tunes. The alizuments in the case of Sir PRANcis BUR DETT v. the SPEAKER of the House of COMNIONS, was closed on Friday, and the Court immediately gave judym2 nt against the plaintiff upon all the pints. The Court consisted of the L , rd CHIEF lesTicr, Justices GatesE and BAILEY ; Mr. Justice LE BLANC being absent in consequence_of indispo sition; and they were unanimous l y of opinion, that the House of Commons had a right to ar rtst fir breach of their privileges—that the SPEAKER was :trthorized to issue a writ for that purpose—and that the writ in the rreseut case was duly executed. A Mail from Anholt arrived on Tuesday, but its contents are unimportant. An Embassy was to be sent from Stockholm, in the latter end of last month, to Paris, with the insignia of the order of the Seraphim, 1 , 1- the infant son of BuoNAPAnTE, nick-named 4 , King of Rome." A Gentleman arrived from Holland states, that BUONAPA rurr has issued a new decree, prohibiting men from marrying wider the age of 30 ; and those vho wish to marry at that period, must bring four teen wi . .nesses to testify their age. This is done in consequence of the new conscription. 3 French Papers to th e 6th instant, arrived to Fri day night. The Official Journal of the sth, con tains an extrawdinarg account of the military ope rations in the Peninsula, uplo the 4th ult. Their contents are given in another part of out publicatibn. Every communion from the French coast am nounces some great commercial embarrassments or important failure. A letter of the 9th instant, was on Wednesday received from Paris, which states, that several bankruptcies had taken place since the beginning of the month, in the list of which was the - firin of Gros, D'Avilliers, and Co. one of the most re.pectable in that city. This particular failure was expected to involve sever al more houses, a dozen at least, in a similar calamity, as Gros ansl Co. were most extensively connected. The Impe rial Banker of St. Petersburgh, BARON Rom., and the House of El ASSELGREEN and Co. at Amster dam, have also failed. It was rumoured at Paris, - that a decree would soon appear, subjecting to ca pital punishment any one who shiuld be found guilty of drawing or negociating a Bill of Exchange - upon England. MISCELLANIES. Her Majesty, it is generally understood, will celebrate the King's Birth, at Windsor, on the 4th of June ; and on the fol. lowing day, after the review of all the Volunteer and Regular troops in the neighbourhood of the metropoli4, that it may be dedicated to something more than the met perpose of military parade, the Prince Re dent, we understand, proposes to give on that evening a nue,,nifi e elit Gala Ball and Supl,er, at Carlton House, to the Queen, Princesses, and Nobles.e, and he has d rected it to be expressly . citified on the .ever: cards of invi tation, " that every per s o n, of whatever rank or is expected to appear on this occasion, drosed entirely ire the saaaajitetures oldie United Kingdoms qf these Realms!" 'llle I.OA N..-N% ednesiay, the parties intend:ng to b:d for the Loan waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to lemll its amount and other particulars. They were informed, that the sum required would be twelve millions; that tor every KU. money, would be given 1001. in the 2 AAA - e, kit. Reduced, 201. in the 3 per cent. Consols, and :col. in the 4 per tents. The bid ding to take place in Long Annuities, whereof the party propo sing to take the least quantity is to be enti:!ei to the Loan.— Discount allowed at the rate of f; per cent. per annum, for pa t ./- merits paid in full. The Loan to be contracted fur to-morrow. Payments as follows: per cent. per ccnt. 24 May, 1811, deposit .110 20 December £lO 12 July lO 14 .ktnisary, 1812 10 August 20 September lO In October l5 2EIOO 22 November The Minister has abandoned ills further project in favour of the sagar system of distillery, which is :mw to cease on the Ist of June, tusk ad of Ow Ist of Oct. as he intended to propese. The famous Baron Armfeldt, who was one of the principal actors in the Revolution which drove Gustavus from Throne of Sweden, has het n arrested by order of Brmadotte. A meeting was held at the Norfolk Arms, Ai end. 1, on Thursday last, under the direetien of the Lari of Evremont, to take into consideration the advantage of t vending lie river Arun from the New Liiidge cut, to Guildlord, in Surrey, and then:e to the metropolis. I)atchett Bridge is about to he rebuilt, the expellee to he de. frayed by the counties of ks and Lucks. It 16 nitended to have a carriage roan made through a part of \\ Park to the bridge, fur the accommodation of their I.!Jje3tics , and the Royal Family. A few days ago, as some labourers were digging a foued..tioa at Mr. HALL% Livery Stables, in Down-street, Picc.lenhy, oriel of them, with his spade, lilt some very hard sub-tance, which on digging lower into the earth ; they uiscovered to Le a hinnaa body of some person unknown, wh.ch must have lain there for upwards of 80 years, as it is that pen• d since the Ina t..,t.ott was meddled with. Mr. HALL oruered the remains . im mediately interred in the Church-yard. 'lle 1)0(4 was its erfect state. t ' r ~~~