The National Register. — London, England, 1814-08-28 00:00:00

J: 62. . . . Dutch tote's . Sntelfigence from B wise!, to the isth instant, when, the Doke of Wthington remained in that city.. piot!acte'd stay i• vavihuglY accounted for. Ilk Grace zconin i anied the 'Hereditary Piince 4,lo:an4e.oli'a visit to ,o;ove the, were received with every demonstration tifjoy. They rein , tinel Iwo days examining the plate which %volt Ch trleroi, Nlons,.Tournav, and tither cities, greatly s - tengthe;ied, a',d, it ;s added, at the eipence - of land. The Vinoci cf drily( dat St. Petersliagh on the i?.5111 vit. when.. he ;was Let eived cyitn.enehos,7rseic j o y. Th e c ity way dririn,ti three successive nights. Commi•sione , s a' (di; nt continue their confesenres, but n, iliin hits traintiN•d respect:ll;4 the sate of the Dego; h r. cxhe..tvd to be a ricotracted one. The Bely . rdera arrived on Wc.lnesday at Portsmouth from nitida, which she left on the 24th tilt. Admiral Malcolm. n irk a convoy of fi•teen con • isting of line-of-lrittle ships, frigates, and troop...ship', with troops on kaid, from . Bontale tux. an iced in the intoning of that day. Sir Alex ander (.so c l i r a ne, •who was at Bermuda waiting for this !emit forcement, it was exile' ted would sail on the following day for Noith A;uerlea. The f te aoived at Berintida is va ximisly estimated at from II) to i. 5,000 men. Niontie.d Papeis to a late date -were on Thursday received in town. • Tly.v.( )I:tain some further inf •rmation respecting it mditai v f crati,ais in Canada, which, we ate sorry to ohserve, is ra her uhfay..ui able complexion. It is st.,ted, that .tter the till of Foit ie and the action on the ..Ni. Lora, the 13 , ills!, for( e rrtir ed to Fort George, and that the eliel/IV I,A advanced to St. David's, abut seven or eight miles flow the foi n'a( e. In the General Older published at on the 18 h of July by General Banes, it is ~taut! that F. , ti whic h was Owed noder the command uf 1:11( k, of the stli te., , ,iment, capitulated without makißg an a‘lequate d.'len‘.e. The American loss in the ha - tle v ith Cletteral 16.111 was very con•iderable, as the Briti h artillery was wot bed in a most able and effective E‘tiact of a letter from Liverpool, Aug.. •••••• 41 The i s,Aort, Brown, arrived here from Burin, Newfoundland, sail: (1 flow thence the .51st July. Capt. Crown informs, that a vessel had arrived funii Halifax the day before he ,:ailed, in lour days, the Master of which reported, that the boats belonging to the ships under Admiral Cochrane, had forint the town of Portland and the shir t .ing in th a t poit. (* an t. Brown further says, that the account was fully credited at Burin." The ravage: committed on our commerce by the Ameri cau ci nize , continue unchecked. A representation made ort thi s silk:Jed to the Ad,uiralty on the 17th inst. by the London and Royal Emit:lnge i‘ssurance Companies, with tie view to ohtain an adequate protective force for the sta• tiuns infested, was answered by Mr. Croker, the secretary, on the !Oa): he states, that there was a force adequate to the purpose of protecting the trade, both in St. Geore's Channel and the North Sea, at the time refs: red to."—This answer I D :ty be soffit ient to throw the blame of the captures from one esponsib.e pai ty to another; but it is of little consequence to the merchants, or their - insurers, whether the insufficiency r►f the force, or the inadequate management of that fin cc, be t:.e cause of losses from which an ample and vigilant roue- Omn should secure them. • The Zealous, of 74 gnus, is fittirg out at Portsmouth, to b e s •aioned at Quener, as a p of naval communication hCIWC.2II that port and the Lakes of Canada. Preliminary meas.), es are, it is said in process at Rome, by otdei of .the Pope, far canou4in& Louis XVI. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. AVG. 28. The Emperor of Russia and the Jliirg. of Piussia are ex pected at,Vienna between the I-sth and 20th of September. It is reported to he the determination of the great powers of Europe to concert measures at the ensuing Congre,s for putting a stop to the naval depredations of the Barhar States: Our possession of Malta will - greatly facilitate any joiut or in. dividual enterprise of this nature:. • • The restoration of the Bourbons is said to have been re. ceivt'd with e , ithosiastic joy in all the French colonies. This news was received at I3at badoes on the 27th of May. by the Barroca frigate. Letters fi om the Ha% annah state, that in St. Domingo, I'etion had . hoisted the white !lag at Port-au- Pi ince, and declared for Louis XVIII. and that Christophe's tt oops . &stn. The King of Prussia's birth day was celebrated at Berlin the 3d of August; a grand dinner on ttie occasion was given by hince Hardenberg—the Duke of Cumbeiland present. Among the toasts was, " The Repose mid the Peace of Eu rope ! The sword aga i nst whoever disturbs it."—The armies of all the power s on the Ccntinect still remain on the war establishment, waiting the issue of•the Congress at Vienna. On the 18th tilt. the King of Sicily opened the Parlia ment at Palermo, in a speech from the throne, in which his Majesty declared his determination to support the Constitu tion as formed on the model of that of England. It is said that a misunderstanding exists between the Court of Rome and' the King of Naples, who has pretensions on the Legateship of Ut bino, and that the Bishop sent by the King to Rome hAs not been received by the Holy Father. . Extract of a letter from Smyrna, datediuly 2.-" The tavages of the plare begin to abate. it is calculated Mat nearly 30,000 Turks have died of it about 6000 Greeks, and a third of the Jewish population, are also supposed to have perished. The deaths ate now calculated at '2OO per dry. Of those attacked a great many escape, which is sign that the di , order loses its malignity." Mr. Foster has reached. Copenhagen, and has entered on his functions there as an English Ilinister. The other Com missioners to Norway return to Germany, The number of English now in France is estimated at 20,000, consisting chiefly of Nubility and Gentry, who arc gone there to see the world, and spend their money. The distinguished services of the Royal, Marines,• during the late war, have been rewarded by an increve of half-pay, equal to that lately granted to Qtficers of the Line. The whole of the German battalions remaining in this country arc under orders for the Continent. The Officers who volunteered flom the militia into the re gular Army, in December last, are to be vlaccd on halfpay fiom the 25th of this month. A considerable misunderstanding, we hear, now prevails in the Army. on the'question as to the right' of soldiers en- listed fora limited period'heing entitled to their discharges * notwithstanding the Prince Regent's PrO'clarnatit,q of July 1613 en that subj.ect ; and the opinions of the Law Officers of the Crown are to be taken on the occasion. The Funds on, fi itlay experienced . a considerable depres sion. Oinowin, which beg.au. at fell.at...the. close of ,the . • market at 14, and 2 per cent. discou;4. .The ; report of the rupture of the Nego , iation at Ghent, .contrAutekto the,fo,, ..• —The Fiords yesterday !horning also sullii:e4 a -yery.consi- . doable dewe~sion. Ournium is new as low es 4pd looks very heav,y, • _~.