The National Register.
London, England, 1811-01-06 00:00:00

MISCELLANIES.

The melancholy intelligence was received on Monday, of the
loss of tbe Satellite sloop of war, Captain the Hon. Win. Berne.
It the evening 'of Wednesday, the ] 9th, she was in company
with the Vatitour, Captain Lawless, on their passage to join
our ships off La Hogue, it then blowing a sireadful gale, with
moat tempestuous squalls, in one of which she is supposed to
have upset, as her boats, some spars,. &c. were picked up next
zeornin,g, by the Vautoor ; and as no other vestige of her was
etV•rwar•ls seen, every soul on board, it is feared, perished.
' We are concerned to state the toss of the F.lizabeth East India-
lean, a country ship, on the coast of France. 'file Elizabeth
Let into Cork harbour a few days ago, from whence she sailed
for Plymouth, but on her arrival near the North Foreland, she
• lost her rudder, and was driven on shore off Dunkirk, where
she fired guns of distress, hut no person came to her relief. Cap-
. tain Eastwick went on shore to obtain assistance, but before he
reached the French coast, he saw the mast fall by the board, and
kamediately the ship went to pieces, and every soul on. board
-perished, excepting 22 persons ! Captain Hutton and his Lady,
and several passengers, were among the sufferers. The crew
consisted of nearly 300 persons, chitty I.:icars.
A desperate battle took place on Tuesday morning, between a
elan of the name of Harman, and another of the name of King,
1m .st. a side, in Spa-fields, which lasted an hour and seven mi-
nutes, during which time there were 47 rounds hard lighting ;
hut Kiirg heat his man by superior skill in the art of boxing.—
Fla man spewed himself as good bottom man as ever fought,
and is matched to fight the same man the day that Crib and
Molineux fight, for fifty guineas a side.
• An evtraordiretry twelfth cake was on Wednesday exhibited
in the ,hop of a pastry-cook in the City. The materials which
atenpostti :t weighed half a ton. It contained (270 pounds of cur-
rants, and 1000 cgs; its circumference measured 18 feet, and
the icy top was garnished with a variety or appropriate charac-
ters. The novelty of this exhibition attracted a great number of
spectators, and many of them proved fine subjects for the prac-
tical dexterity of the pickpockets.
A MANIAC w r CaavroNeHousit —On Saturday son'night,
about six o'clock, a Gentleman, who is a merchant in the city,
"lad
admittance into Carlton-house, on the pretence that he
lad an important message to deliver to the Prince of Wales
from the Queen ; he added that he had conic express from
Wunisor. strangerwas ushered up stairs by the night por-
ter to the Ptige se room, who, on seeing him, asked his business.
The stranger made a 11)%4, how to the Page, and asked him if
'he was. the Moir Apparent ? The Page perceiving a wildness in
the Gentleman's eyes (after assuring him that he was not the
Prince of Wales, but would conduct him thither), took him
by the hand and politely led him down to the great ball, and
. from thence: into the Court-yard, and shut the door against
him. There he made great noise, calling upon the Prince of
Wales to place him in Parliainent, and then he would 'reform
the country. With the assistance of the watchmen he was
conveyed intcrthe street, and shortly after Sayers, the officer

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