The National Register. — London, England, 1814-08-21 00:00:00

.AUG. 21. A tlamburgh mail arrived on Friday, which hrings an ac count of the arrival of the King of Prussia at Reilin on the s;l► instant. His Majesty entered his capital previous to the day on which he was expected, in order to avoid the pomp of the reception for which arrangements had been made.— ilia Majesty, however, approved of the application of these preparat it) es as testimony of acknowlf dgment to the army and its Chiefs, for their services, and a gland ceremony was, in consequil,ce, to take place on the 7th. A Dutch mail arrived Wednesday. The accounts by it mention the at! ival of 'he British Commissioners at Ghent. The Set retary of the American Legation had paid them a visit of compliment, and !he first conferences were to take place on the 9th. A cousldes able force is assembling in Brabwit. It is said that the lit it ish troops to be employed these will amount to 4senno, to which several Dutch and Belgic corps will he added. The caose of this warlike atti tude in the utidst of peace is still uncertain, but the most probable exp'anation is, that it is thought neees.:uy, lest re sis!ance should, on the part of any pus ti. altar st oe, he made to the atrangements determined on by tl O Cong , ess at Vienna. Ti ere is, indeed, a rumout that the F.ench vet n went wishes to oppose the annexation of Bratratit to llol land, and it has been thoo ,, ht worthy of remark, that the Duke de Berri lately inspected the line of fortresses on the French side, opposite to that along which the Duke of Wel lington is now mak;ng a tour, before he takes up his resi dence at Park The Freoch frontier is, however, fixed by the tteaty of Paris, and thorig,h there nr.v beg many restless spirits in France, who wo'r'd readily plunge their country into war, it is to be supposed that the Government, even if hosti:ely d sposed, which we are persuaded it is not, would seek some other pretext, rather than violate a treaty, so. lemnly gua!anteed by all the great Powers of Europe. Let ters from Frankfurt state, that a reconciliation has taken place between Mutat and Buonaparte, and that many adyentul els from various parts of Italy, and from Corsica, resort to the latter at Ellya, who, it is added, is endeavouting by secret intrigue in France, to excite discontent in that country. It is said that the Pope intends to 2o to Vienna, to super intend the interests of his States and the Choral at the Congress. A mail arrived from Gottenburgh hr ings intelligence of hostilities having at length commenced hctw(en Norway and Sweden. The Swedish Admiral, Baron de Puke, set sail on the -26:h ult. with his whole fleet, in older to attack the Norwegian flotilla, stationed in the islands of Hyatt), but the latter declined a contest, and retired into the Archipe lago, between the island of Ilvalo and Ft ederickstadt. The Swedish troops then took possession of the Island of Ilvalo, which is considered the key of the (;ulph of Christiana. Mr. Fester has returned to Sweden from Copenhagen. Two Ames lean privateers of rm:siderahle force have been for some tittle pact cru 7 slug off Bristol with impunity. On Sunday last, the Berwickshire packet, regular trader from Cork to Bristol, Crosby, master, was taken off Lundy, by the Prince of Neufchatel, plundered of every thing valuable, and delivered up to the crew. They have also taken and destroy ed several other vessels. The Adams American frigate whir h was waiting in a Fle mish port for ordeis firm the Republican Commissioners at Client tr, sail fur ti , e United States, has rff•ci% ed those or ders, and set sail. The report is that she is proceeding to obtain flesh powers for the American Coroissioners, those they now plssess being insufficient. It is said, however, on the other hand, that considerable progress has heen made in the negotiation, and that to communicate this progress to the Government at Washington is the purpose of her de parture. T‘r" - .'? - _ siderable progress has l•eett made in culation in paper any longer to exist." tt to communicate this progress to The priLe•money to be immediately disti ibuted at Calcutta, .; Lin ton is the purpose of her de- for the capture of Serampore, in 1803, atuouuts to 541,413 sicca rupees, or 67,7 14 1 . . .„ . . - . . , • .: . • . . . . -..-- .... ..._. = : . ''' ••••• ie 1 .; , • L THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 5:;1) The Thistle ship of war which sai!ca on the Ist instant from Halifax, has arrived. Ten thousand mote troops bad reached the St. Lawrence flout France ; 5000 of which were at Quebec on the 40th of .luly, and an equal number were at he mouth of the river on the :nth of that month. It has been affix wed on the alleged authority o f arcounts ly the Thistle, that the Macedonian and Uniteil States gates in the pert of New 1, , ,nd0n, with 60 or 70 more ves- sels in other harbours of Connecticut, have been destroyed by a naval expedition under Sir riomas hardy. We cannot find, however, that there i, any confirmation of this intelligence. The Commissioners at Antwerp have divided the fleet at that pert, according to the stipulations of the T► eat v of Peace ; seven ships of the line were given up as tkeir share to the Dutch. The Duke of Berri had an aiAience of the Prince Regent Sunday, which lasted two hours; and on Monday he left town in a havelling coach and six, followed by his attend ants, for Calais. The object of his journey hither, was for the purpose of con gratu %al ag the Pri nceleisesc would .gntcn birth day, and to solicit that his Royal Iliglin visit Paris. 'This invitation, which was politely declined in th e first instance, was renewed, and again declined. The Duke of Wellington a'ri'l ed at AntwerrWednesday last, and the next day set off fu- Brussels. On Thursday last the Stock Exchange was thrown into a state of dismay by the declaraticn, that a person of some consideration iii the city had confessed himself unable or unwilling to pay his difference, to the amount of 45,0001. There is something so c hshonour.ilde in a man going beyond his means in a gambling transaction, that a defauher in this %ray is branded wish opprobrium, and excluded from all honourable society. This makes a failure on the Stock Ex change of such consequence, that whenever a man Of an v connectious is caught in speculations beyond his ability to make go6d, he is generally supported by his friends, ifthey have the power to i escuc him from disgrace, or that he has a character worth preserving. In this instance the indivi dual is a Member of Pat liatnent, has long been au India Director, thou ;h he is now out in rotation, anti was some time ago appointed by Ministers to a place of high financial. responsibility, and of great emolument. Of this situation, w e s uppose, be will now be deprived; and the moment that he was declared a defaulter a canvas commenced against his re-election to the !tuna Board. Ile has left four or fire brokers in the larch. From a Correspondent.—" We are sorry to announce 1 that the St. Alban's Bank stopped payment last week; the amount of the debts has not yet been ascertained, but it has involved a numbe,r of industrious tradesmen and poor la bourers in the greatest distress who have received its notes in the neighbourhood of St. Alban's, IVatford, Rickmans woith, and the adjacent places.—The frequency of the fai -1 I lures of the count' y banks renders it a point of conscientious duty with all the landholders, farmers, bailiffs, and trades. men absolutely to refuse to receive any country bank notes whatever, which would effectually put an end to this evil. The injury sustained by the nation from the issue of these notes is incalculable, and in spite of ahy partial interest which may attempt to support them, they ought to be put down, that thousands of industrious families may not he wined. Ili' Majesty's Nlioisters, who are the guardians of the pro perty of the people, night not to suffer this iniquitous spe culation in paper any longer to exist." The prize-money to be immediately dish ibuted at Calcutta, for the capture of Serampore, in 1803, amounts to 541,413 sicca rupees, or 67,7 141.