The National Register. — London, England, 1808-04-25 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. • •• On Tuesday afternoon, about three o'clock, his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence arrived at Vice-Admiral Campbell's, at Deal, where he dined and slept, and on Wed nesday morning, accompanied by the Vice-Admiral and Rear-Admiral Keates, in the Vice-Admiral's state barge, with the royai standard dying, vent on board the Mars, the Rear-...tniniral's ship. when all the fleet, consisting of thirty-eight vessels, tired a royal salute. It being a ecry fine day, the spectacle was very grand : upon getting on board the Mars, he was received by a royal salute from that ship, and was complimented wit it the like on leaving the ship ; his reception was the same on going on b oard' and leaving every ship he visited, and which hoisted the royal standard ; and el, ery ship in the fleet had her yards manned. Government have lately adopted a new mode of manning the navy, by taking- able seamen front the marines, and ()tiering . good bounties to militiamen for volunteering into the marine service. Bonaparte has presented to Prince Kurakin a snuff-box, with his portrait set in diamonds, valued at 10,000!. for the share the Prince took in the treaty of Tilsit.. The house of a vvidow, in the neighbourhood of Inver ness, was last week destroyed by accidental a 're, and the poor woman perished in the flames ; in digging„ on the following day, for her remains, her grand-chid, a tine boy, eight years of age, who was supposed to have been absent, was found in a corner, under a mass of burning ruin, with out having sustained any injury. We have now, in the course of twe'.ve hours, a taste of all the seasons in the year ; for in that short period we have winter and summer, heat and cold, raid, snow, hail and sunshine ! During the last year, forty-five persons, 19 males, and 26 females, died in the United Kingdom, between the ages of 100 and I'4b. CITY. APRIL 25. ys, according Tuesday the Bridewell and Christ's Hospital Bo to ancient custom, were admitted to the Mansion-House, to sea the decorations in the Egyptian Hall for the Easter Dinner. They then walked through the Grand Saloon, with their beadles and nurses, where the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and several Alder men and City Officers were seated, with the Lady Mayoress, and a number of Ladies. Each of the boys received from his Lordship a sixpence or a shilling, according to their merit, with a bun and a glass of wine. After which his Lordship, the Sheriffs, &c. went in state to Christ's Hospital, where they heard a sermon preached by the Rev. Dr. Dodd. BREAD.—Tuesday the Lord Mayor ordered the price of bread to be continued at lid, the quartern leaf of wheaten, and 91d household. WIWI•CITIES AT TUE. MANSION ROUST. On the returis of the festival of Easter Monday, according to ancient custom, a splendid banquet was given by the Lord Mayor at the Mansiou-house. Before dinner, Sir D. Baird and Sir S. A uchmuty were presented with the Swords voted to them by the /Corporation of London, with the Freedom of the City ; on which occasion the Chamberlain took the opportunity of com plimenting them for their important services, and received a suitable answer from Sir I). Baird. All the principal apart ments of this spacious resilence of the Chief Magistrate were il laminated, as was the Egyptian Hall, with pbculiar taste and splendour. In Oat grand banqttetting-room, the columns and pilasters were decorated with lamps to the lofty summit of their capitals: at the top was the Imperial Crown of Great Britain, with the characters of G. R. and the legend, " May lie long live l" On the opposite side were the initials G. P. W. with the Prince's Plume, and the insignia of the Most Noble Order of the tartar. Five tables were spread, under the direction of Messrs. Hoffman, with all the 'delicacies in season and out of season . and with every viand which refilled taste and unbounded liberality could provide. We ought not to omit to notice a dish the most gratifying to the palate and pride of John Bull, the grand 3aron of Beef, which was surmounted On a pedestal at the extremity of the apartment. - - Among the company present were, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Dukes of York and Cumberland, Duke of Montrose, the Portuguese, Swedish, and American Ambassadors, the Earl and Countess of Portsmouth, Lord and Lady 111ulgraye, Earl Camden, the Lord Chancellor, the fli6hop of Salisbury, Dean of Lincoln, Earl of 0 xford, Lord Hawkesbury, Mr. Wind ham, and several other persons of distinction. - At ten o'cl. n the doors were thrown open for the reception of visitors to the Ball, and it was not until one o'clock that many of the equipages could procure access. The Ball was opened by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and Miss Ansley, to the admired air of Madame Catalani's Wall:. t about three o'clock in the morning, a considerable portion of the company had left the Mausion-huuse; but the amusements eootinuecl to a much late hour. TIII: LOCAL MILITIA BILL. This Bill has just been printed.—The Ist enacting Clause em powers his Majesty to establish a Local Force for the defence of the Realm.—The second enacts, that the number of men en rolled under the Act shall not exceed such number as will, in cluding the effective Yeomanry and Volunteers, amount to times (six times was the amount suggested by Lord Castlereagh) the Militia quotas of such counties.—The ad, that the deficien cies in the effective Volunteers shall be supplied by the Militia under the Act.—The 4th, that the .Counties may be divided into divisions in any case in which more than one regiment of Local Militia is ordered to be raised.—The sth extends the powers of Militia Acts to this Act.—The 6th, that men to he raised under this act shall be balloted from persons between the ages of and —, and returned on the lists now existing (from 18 to years of age).—The 7th excuses persons of bodily inability.— The Bth that no articled clerk, or apprentice, nor any poor rian who has more than one child born in wedlock, nor any person under the height of shall, by reason thereof, be exempt from being balloted and serving under this Act, though they may he exempt from serving in the Militia.—The 9th, that per sons shall not he exempt by having found substitutes or paid fines in the Militia.—The 10th prescribes the form of oath to he taken.—The 11th imposes penalty on persons not appearing af ter being so balloted ; the fine to be proportioned to the amount of the income ; the payment of such fine to exempt such per sons from being balloted for years.—The 12th enacts, that a person claiming exemption upon payment of the smaller fine, shall sign a declaration of the amount of his income.—The 13th, on engaging to serve without pay in Volunteer Corps, part of the fine to be remitted.—The 14th inflicts a penalty on such per sot s on being returned non-effective —The 15th, persons refusing to swear that they have not insured against fine, to forfeit the amount.—The 16th, Quakers not to be enrolled, but to pay certain tines according to the property of such persons.—The 17th contains regulations respecting Volunteers enrolling them selves.—The 18th gives a bounty to persons enrolling themselves voluntarily.—The I9th, Volunteer Corps may transfer them selves into the Local Militia.—The 20th, Volunteers to swear that they have no other bounty.—The 21st, allowances for ne cessaries.—The 22d, persons serving to be entitled to such ex• emptions as the Volunteers now hasie. — The 23 d , persons in suring for providing substitutes, or volunteers, subject to penalty. The remaining clauses regulate the officering and training in their respective counties—the embodying and marching to any part of Great Britain in case of invasion. Fines to be levied in counties for men deficient. TIIE THEATRES. DRCRY-L4NE. On Friday night was performed, for the first time, a Boll', d'action called Carartacus. A more uninteresting piece of splen dour it has not for a long time been our misfortune to witness. The Dramatis Persona were as follow : BRITONS. earactacus,. . . . • . • .4 M. D'Egtille. Uhry, Mr. Robert. If en. cs, Miss C. Bristow. Modred, Mr. Cooke. M odor, Mr. Smith. Isla,. Miss Layton. Ethslinde, .Mrs. Sharp. ItOM•NS. Casar, __ .Mr. Cranfield. Claudius, .Mr. Fisher. Drusus, Mr. Male. Mr. Laurent. Marcus, war% PIP f w