The National Register.
London, England, 1812-05-03 00:00:00

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Friday a General Court was held at the East India
House, and from the discussion which took place, it ap-
pears that Ministers intend to propoie to Parliament, that
the existing restraint respecting the Commercial Inter-
course with China should continue, and that the exclusive
trade on Tea should he preserved to the Company for the
intended term of their Charter; but that the Import Trade
from the East Indies should not be confined to the'port of
London.

The Hornet is arrived at Cowes from Cherbourg, with
dispatches for the American Minister, and a Gentleman,
who came over in her states, that BUONAPARTE had left
Paris fbr the North, and that all the ports in the Baltic
were to be garrisoned by French troops. The Hornet
sailed from Cowes for New York immediately after land•
ing the dispatches.
Letters of the 16th inst. from Carlscrena state, that
Sweden and France were so far at war with each other,
that captures were made by the vessels of both nations
whenever an opportunity offered. The Swedish frigate
Chapman, Captain Kr.vvr, had captured three French
privateers, between the 9th and 16th instant, and carried
them into Carlsuona.

On Sunday evening Serjeant REYNOLD, of thertth
Regiment of Foot, preached at the new Methodist Cha-
pel at Skipton, in full military uniform, to the largest.coa-
gregation ever remembered in that town.

MISC.EL LA N

'Tuesday, the Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, held*
their Annivvrsary Dinner, when their Noble President, the Duke of
Norfolk, took the Chai:., and Nv a I supported on the right band by his
Royal Uighur:Ss the Duke of Sussex, and on the left by the Earl of
Mountnorris. We were happy to see many other noble and distin-
guished persons present, amongst whom we noticed the E.arl of Rom-
ney, the Earl of Radnor, Lord Dundas, Sir .Robert Pell, Sir Watkia
Lewes, &c.

The funded debt of the United Kingdom on the Ist of January, 1612,
was upwards of 817- millions; unfunded debt, 52 millions ; Exchequer
Bill outtanding. 43 millions.—Produce of permanent taxes last year,
35 millions; war taxes, '22 millions: whole amount of money raised
within the year, B.i millons.—Value of stamped dollars issued by the
Bank from Feb. 1811, to April, 1812, .£1,447,469. 4s. 6d.
Drury-lamtTheatre is nearly roofed, and the workmen are making a
rapi, progreAs in the interior. It will be one 'of the most convenient
Theatres in Europe, and is ad::irably calculated for the accommodation
of the public. _ .

Anoiheir banking-house forgery, to the amount.of £3OOO, has been
discovered.

Oats have fallen in Ireland from 365. to 28s. per barrel, in conse-

querfce of the Bill now before Parliament for stopping the distilleries.
Last week, a writ of inquiry was executed at the Pownsball, Plymonth,
by the special appointment of the Under Sheriff of Devon, for ascertain-
ing the damages in an action brought by Mrs. Bentley, wife of Corporal
Bentley, of the Royal Marines, against Lientenahr Gibbons, late the
Commander of the Alphea schooner. The plaintik was ordered to be
fastened to a buoy, where she was left for some time in a most dange-
rous situation. The Jury gave her a verdict of .CSCO.
Sir • 74,- ;car y, Gibbs is to succeed Sir Allan Chambre, (with a prlmise
of the first vacant Chiefship,) as a Puisne Judge of_ the Court of Com-
mon Pleas ; Sir Thomas Plumer to become Attorney-General, and
Mr. Garrow Solicitor General to his Majesty.
Ministers seem at length determined to adopt the most vigorous and
efficacious measures for the suppre,sion of riot and devastation in the
manufacturing districts., For this purpose the military are in motion,
and proceeding iti all dfrectlons to the inland and northern counties..'-.
Detachments of cavalry and infantry, with field-pieces, passed throtigih
the metropolis, and different villages, on Thursday morning and • took
the road toßarnet. •
Sir J. A. Craig, late Governor in Chief of British North America,
and who is said to have had the correspondence with Captain • Henry,
died on the 12th of January last, in London.
The Bankrupt Bill, brought into the House of Commons as amended,
declares the seats of Members, who shall become Bar!krupts2 vacatit,
whose coMmistion of bankruptcy shall not be superseded, .and who do
not pay the whole of their debts under the Commission, or sati-f) their
creditors to the full amount, within twelve months after the Commis-
sion is issued.