The National Register. — London, England, 1808-08-14 00:00:00

lugger 41.. paL lariy healthy : several had been scut out to the West Indies. On the 13th July, the Sybille frigate and Sappho sloop ar- Hied there with a fleet from Cork, bound to the West In dies, and sailed again on the 17 ih July. Sewn Law Antis ve rw ENT/I.—The Lord President of the Court of Session iu Scotland is to be succeeded by Robert Blair, Esq. Lean of the Faculty of Advocates.—lt is sup posed Matthew Ross, Esq. will succeed Mr. Blair as Dean of Faculty.—lt is further stated, that Lord Dunsinnan re signs both his gowns, and is to be succeeded as a Lord of Justiciary by 'Lord Hermand, and as a Lord of Session by Archibald Campbell, -Esq. younger, of Succoth. We have not heard who is to replace Mr. Canipbell as one of the Commissaries of Edinburgh. . Tuesday the . Lord Mayor ordered the price of bread to to continued at 121 d. the quarters loaf of wheaten, and VW. household. Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Burned, who has the com mand of the expedition to Spain and Portugal, at his first entering the army in 1776, held a commission. in the. 60th, or Royal Americans; iu which regiment he served seven years: he was thence promoted to be Major in the 14th Foot. In these regiments he saw actual service in America and the West Indies. . In 1189 he exchanged into the First Regiment of Foot Guards, of which he is now the Lieute nant-Colonel, and served under the Duke of York. in Flan ders; at Ostend (where he was taken prisoner) lie was the second in command under Major-General Coote. He had a brigade in Holland; and in the Expedition to Copenha gen, was appointed second in command to Lord Cathcart. Sir J. Piers who has been so long au exile from Ireland in consequence of the verdict against him for seducing lady Cloncurrv, has committed suicide in the Isle of Man, which has beeis some time the place of his retreat. The cause of this unfortunate man's catastrophe is of a most melancholy nature. lie had debauched the daughter of a re4pectable clergyman, who, on discovering his disgrace, instantly shot himself; and it was upon hearing of this that Sir J. put an end to his existence by shooting himself through the head. The unhappy female is in a state of distraction that threatens her life. ris=l2:a= THE COURT AND WORLD OF FASHION. Wednesday, at twelve o'clock, his Majesty arrived at the Queen's Blalace, from Windsor. At two o'clock his Ma jesty held a Private Levee, when the following Military Gentlemen had the honour of being presented : Cencnit Finch, on his promotion to the command of the 54th regiment ; I.leut.-Caen. Nicoll, on his appointment to the com mand of the 66th r eg i men t ; Gen. Gwyn, on being appointed to the meutenant-Governorship of the Isle of Wight ; Gen. Cal mitt, on being appointed First Major to the Coldstream Regi ment of Guards. His Majesty afterwards held a Privy Council, and gave audience to the Duke of Portland, and the rest of Misktera. courtiers, _ Her Royal Highness, with her accustomed attention to gratify the juvenile part of her.company, had prepared a rustic fair on the lawn, where booths were erected, and furnished with toys and trinkets of all kinds, selected, by her own taste, and . adapted for the youthful minds to which they were presented. 'Midst this assemblage of .royalty, rank, and fashion, the charms of music were called in to aid the general effect, the bands of the Blues and Stafford shire playing a number of martial tunes on the laws; rapid transition from those warlike strains to the dulcet notes of softer melody, and'of the merry dance,_ prompted the,Younger Branches to enliven the scene by featly .trip ping it away on the green sward, until more substantial amusement called thew attention to the itetrai..trAlgula tions of four superb marquees, amply suppL% w+PAlsory At three the company sat down, ansllieuloyed the festive scene till seven, when her Majesty . and Prin cesses returned to the Castle, The .comppny then serrat ed, all highly delighted with the grated hospitgitth i es ot., their fair and Royal Hostess: On Monday afternoon, the family conspod of the Rue. sets and Stanhopes was completed by the union of the Heir of Bedford to Lady Anna Maria Stanhope, eldest of the lovely daughters of the Earl of Harrington, a nunterous and splendid assemblage of the friends of both houses took plans at Lady Harrington's, in the Stable-yard, St. James's. A tit tle after three, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales ar rived, to act as father to the fair Bride, and the ceremony was performed at four, by the Archbishop of Dublin.— The company asseinbled to grace these disting4shed sop lids, consisted of the Dukes of Bedford and fieweastle s Duchess of Bedford, Duchess Dowager if Rutland, New castle, &c. &c.; and on the benediction Win: given they all sat down to a superb entertainment in - the dr;whig- room. As His Royal Highness intended leaving town for Brighton, his departure at six was a signal for breaking . up the happy party, when the enraptur ed pair set off in a chariot and four for (Mktg, in Bed tsishire, to commence their honey-moon. This estgfirof QOl. per anoint, had been given a few days before - ftethe Marquis of Tavistock s by his father, as a nuptial present. The Bride was attired in rich point lace, looked enchantingly. interesting, and was supported during the awful ceremony by her elegant sisters, Lady Cbarlotte and Lady Caroline. The satisfac tion of the company was without alloy, the match being. the result of ardent affection of the juvenile pair, and form• ed under the sanction of their noble parents. if any thing had been wanting to promote the general happiness, cheerful hilarity and dignified affability of the Prince would have chased the deepest wrinkle from the brow of case. Notwithstanding the dignified retirement in which her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales passes her time, it is pleasing to see ber select those occasions which offer Warms selves, of marking the interest in the welfare, snit in the `concern of this, now alas ! her only country. On TM's*, . • • ~..• . AUGUST 'TO , • . • The letters friinegisi mato . el* „ Sovereign continue? . to grit loyal taunt of the manner in . whieli the Prime Assent amid: who radon to Windsor with his presence on the Ter. fished end commeneed his ;overdo:set. 111, fsir thi - race, ever/ Sunday evening; like a father in the nsidet of English has been manifested in the most hisincs way, a numerous add affectionate family. Here is uu parade of and there bill/Cy appearance of a most prosperous reiv. Guards, no jealous regulations to'separate, and sitread t He has constituted a new Order of Knighthood, of which Monarch from his people, for in his health and h • the gallant Sir Sidney Smith is to be one of the conipanious. is their welfare ; and indeed what stronger bulwar . can Sir Sidney gave an entertainment un board his ship, in ho- there be than his confidence and their affection. Tile LU' of his Majesty!: Birth-day, at which the Prince Re,. ,mornings of the Hoyal Family are generally spent on haw. geut an:stiA. The colours of the two nations were 'dia. back in the Park ; and the rest of the day is filled up in a played, as in happy union, over the canopy of state where calm domestic way, enlivened by such little plain . of Cuter his Royal Highness was placed ; and Le took occasion, tainment as are suggested by the taste of the Princesses. after the repast, to take the Portuguese fla; and present it On Wednesday, her Roy al Highness the Princess Elizabe th ; . to Sir Sidney Smith, with a short address , in which he de- gave a splendid deguene at her charming little cottage nest i sired him to bear it h future on his coat of anus—an ho- Old Windsor, to her Majesty, and her lovely sisters, to • hour the gallant Knight received with grateful corn- which also about 120 of the neighbouring nobility sad gen- • plarency, try were invited. Among the !mintier. we noticed Lord Letters from Madeira were received in town on Wed - A shb ro ok and famil y , the - Walsinghains, Colonel Desbrow, • Deathly, dated the sitth July, brought by the Indefatigable lion. Mr. lad Mrs. Villiers, the Freemautles, &c. &c. and lugger, arrived at Plymouth. Our troops were particu- their families, forniing an interestink groupe of future t several had been seut out to the West Indies. courtiers, statesmen, and dams, to grace Britannia's Court. .~ ~ ~ ~~~. ,_ 1 .1 ~. . ;