The National Register.
London, England, 1817-05-12 00:00:00

MISt. L. L.l EUUS.

The Princess of Wales on her way from Vienna, via
Trieste, arrived at Venice on the 16th ult. On the 18th
'the Princess was present at a ma.milicent kte given by
th.• Count de Goes, Gev.n•uor "Venice.
*Tuesday beim: the Duchess of Yorks birth-day, it
was celebrated with every mar!: of respect by the Royal
Family. In the course of the day upwards of 300 per-
sons of distinction called at York House, to pay their
respects. The Princess Angusta came to town frtnu
It'indsor upon the occasion vx►n atter twelve o'clock,
and accompanied the Que.•n and Princes' Elizabeth
to -visit the Royal Duchess, and remained with her tip-
wards of an hour. The Duke aa•l Dachas had a select
party to dine with them up in the occasion. The Queen
bad also a numerous and sldentlid party upon the oc-
casion at her Palace.

The Speaker, it is now said, will retire before the
close of the present S”ssion. He will be created Baron
Kidbrooke, of Kidbrooke, in Sussex, the estate which
he purchased of the Earl of Abergavenny. lustcsd of
taking a pension immediately, he will accept an efficient
Cabinet office, and his pension will comnence only on
hiS ceasing to hold an office of a certain amount.
Sir W. Garrow appeared on Tuesday morning in the
Court of Chancery, attended by Mr. Varr'.•n, Mr.
liable, and many Gentlemen of the King's Bar, and
delivered the writ calling upon him to assume the dig-
nity of Serjeant at Law. The writ was then read and
recorded. Rigs for her Majesty and the Lord Chancel-
lor were then presented in the usual fin•m : the Legends
were, Fas el Jura. Sir W illiam proceeded to the Court
of Common Pleas, where he was invested with the coif and

robes of a Judge. Ile then attended the Lord Chancel-
lor, by whom he was sworn into his high office.
Tuesday Sir S. Shepherd was duly sworn into his of-
fice of Attorney-General, before the Lord Chancellor.
Bousnr GIFFORD, Esq. was Iw:wit into the oihce of
his Majesty's Solicitor-General and a King's Counsel,
on Friday, by the Lord Chancellor, in his private room
in the House of Lords.
About two o'clock on Tuesday the Duke of Welling-
ton accompanied by two Ladies, walked over Waterloo
Bridge. lIN Grace was recognized by the workmen
who gave him loud cheers. The party was attended by
H. Swann, Esq. M. P. the Chaitman of the Board of
Directors. Ilia Grace expressed himself highly pleased
with this magnificent structure, and promised to attend
• on the day the Bridge is to be opened —The foot pave-
ment when very forward on one side, having been found
on-such a level, that the view from the Bridge was en-
tirely intercepted by the architrave being at s' eh
height, that the passengers would be obliged to stop to
lodk under it, or (if too tall for that) to walk on tiptoe
to See over it, the Committee of rManagement have re-
solved, for the accommodation of the Public, to raise

the tb:ot-pavement about eight inches, which will open
a paicramic view to the passengers.
Ait:.ough the Duke of Wellington may speedily re-
turn ti the Continent, it does not seem tube his Grare's

intention to resume immediately his former residence in
the French capital. Sixty or eighty carriages are said
to have arrived at his hotel, for the conveyance of his
Gram's bag age to the head quarters at Cambray.
The splendid new Custom-house, situated on the
Tha,nes, with its extensive wharfs, a little below Lon-
don Bridge, is now nearly finished. For some weeks
the Officers of the Customs and the Clerks have been
gradually taking possession of their new situations. Re-
port speaks highly of the aconnmodations of the differ-
ent ()Mem for transacting the business of the Port.—
The long room is stated to be more extensive and com-
modious ; the whole building splendid and worthy of
the metropolis of the greatest commercial city in the
world.

The French tribunals are still occupied with a curi-
ous law-suit lk-tween the rival Duchesses and the young
Dukes, their ofliAprings. The following is the story be-
longing to this uffair:—lt appears that his Highness
Marshal Lanncs, the late Duke of Montebello, of
glorious memory, had the double misfortune, in the
early pert of his life, to be a -hummer and the lawful
husband of one of those convenient ladies who follow
the camp, in the capacity of servant of all work.—
When. Lannes rose to a higher rank, Baonaparte gave
him one of Josephine's maids of honour to wife, in
whom, of curse, he never communicated a syllable
of his oriin, or of his former wife and her son, whom
he had (as almears by the trial), totally abandoned
to the wortl. Having shared in all Buonaparte's plun-
dering campaigns, Lannes, when he fell at Wagram,
was enormously rich. His wealth is, of course, t}e
bone of contention between the tweirives awl their
sons. The Provincial tribunal of gea, w or tl
first wife and her son have for many years bee., sup-
ported on charity, has given the cause ia their favour.
lbe second wife and son have carried the cause, by ap-
peal, to Pari3,. but it is not yet decitlA, though fre-
quently &bated. The Court-party doss not seem to ,
is ke auy interest in the proceedings, and it is likely,
t: erefre, that even-handed justice will •ie ai:miaistered.
The g-eat Pedestrian Comest betty •en Eaton and
I taker ).f .e Kentish Hero) ctmoncnced on Tuesday, at
MormwJud ti;rals. This arduous un kr:akin:, is to