The National Register.
London, England, 1816-04-01 00:00:00

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLV/ •:n.

)(navies and Co. Lancaster. wine-merchants-04-_,rne and Mears .
Mty-fate, bakers—Lord and' Co. Ihichtbde. fullen....Taylor and CO.
I.eetls,.marliine-makors—Simancls and Co. Reading, hankers--Moly-
neux and White, Falmouth, mantis—Knapp and Lee, Worcestrr,
irlove-manufacturers—Cory and lletealk, Iligh-stroet, South o•nrk,
linen-drap..:..—Hamilton and Agar, London—A. and li. Molyneax—
Ramsey and I luntington, Smith Molton-street, uil,:rs--Pnrkin and Co.
Itedforl-areet and St. l'honias Apostle. grocers--W illisniaand Birth,
Vineyard-walk, printers-11. and T. !liven, Mortlake, greeers—Good-
ni..o and Banks, Leeds, stuff-merchants—Jordan and Cooke, Norwich,
engineenr—d'hipps and Sons. Bristol, timber-merrhants--Cooper and
Co. ta.arliers—Burton and Dunkin, Bermondsey-wall, boat-
builders—Simmons and Co. Binninham. mezrhants—Cocite and
Cooper, Maly, drapers—Gorton and Ilazledine, Queenhithe and S':.reirs-
bury, merchants—Story and Foster, Itathluine-plate,
makers—E. and It. Loaaer,.Moorlields, upholsteren—Baas at Ikea,
Br tul, booksellers—l. and A. Taylor, Shields, ship-cliandlers--E. and
W. Druce, Ealing. butchers—/Calfern and Nettleship, Dowgate-hill,
grocers—Vizard and Co. I.incoln's Inn, solicitorw—Milos and Son,
V‘i3odbridge, upholsterers--I laugh and Co. Carlisle, brewers—Jenkias
and Co. Bristol, bee aen—S. and C. Freeman, BirmiNham, brarw-
Munders—Longnian and NVooliner, Stofonl, bleachers—Butler and
I'ad wick, Southampton, solicitor.s--Street and Co..Asliton-under- Line,
nrisliti-manufacturers-R. and .1. Smith. Croydon, plumber'—Tyrell
Fraurii, solicitors—llarbtr and thy. is. IC,n,ington,
painters-1G skstli and Son, Liverpool, drapers—l mlykual and Back,
trim-dealers-4.evi and Moses, Italifax, ntercluints
...Garrett and Mackey, Puddle-dock, lightermen.

• Theioflowing p.a-ticulars of the Woolwich smuggling
have••becn transmitted to us:--On the voyage home, a
carpenter employed in securing the packages discovered
othe secret. bnmediately on arrival he gave intbnuation
at the Custom House, but it was ten days after before the
ship was inspected; in the mean time much of the smug-
gled goods for certain persona were got away, and only
those were left for men of less note. There•were to the
amount of 70001. fir one man, packed up as—return
Congreve rockets. There were many rare things which
were got out of the way. In the mortars were laces,
gloves, mu-Aries, &c. and in the tumbrils wen: claret,
chan•paign, &c. Many people have long supplied th••tn-
selves and friends with wine in this way, and their wives
with finery. This is only a vessel, which has been detect-
ed, but the trade has long and aucu.•sivcly been carricd
on to a great extent. The man who iofnlited got about
10001. Why not cabin' before Parliament?

APRIL T.

THE ROYAL. FAMILY.

In consequence. of the long indisposition of the Prince
Regent, and the arrival of his Royal Highness in London,
on Wednesday night, Carlton House was on Thitr:laut
thronged from soon after ten o'clock till near six. The
company. was so numerous at one time, that the doers
of the t►rand hull were obliged to be thrown open, to a,i-
►nit the inquirer: They consisted of the itoyal Dukes,
the Cabinet Ministers, the Foreign Ambassadors and Mi-
nisters, and several of the Judges.
The Queen's visit to town, on Wednesday, was chiefly
for the purpose of receiving his Royal Highness the
Prince Revlat, who dined at Rockingham house on
Thursday.

Thursday his Royal Ilighness the Prince Recent livid
Council at Carlton House, which was attended by all
the Ministers. After the Council he gave audience to
Lord (..astlereagh and the Earl of Liverpool, and received
the Recorder's report. It is fixed, we understand, that
the Ceremonial of the marriage between the Princess
Charlotte of Wales and Prince Leopold of Saxo-Cobourg
will be solemnised by the Archbishop of Canterbury on
the Ifith of next month at Carlton I louse, previously to
which the Queen will hold a drawing-room thr the.
introduction of Prince Leopold, at whicn the Princess
Charlotte of Wales is expected to be present.
.

The wedding dresses fot the Prim. ess Charlotte arc
ordered by the td of April.

. The Queen and Princess's dresses arc in readiness for
the marriage of the Princess Charlotte.
The Duke of Kent has, we understand, in the most
liberal and handsome manner lent his House at Castlehar,
to her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte, for ;Awe
years as n ecowntry residence.
•
The Bill which was passed in both Houses, in so cur-
sory a manner, on Wednesday, was, it seems, not the Bill
for the actual naturalization of Prince Leopold, but a pre-
paratory one fbr dispensing with the forms prescribed by
an Act, relative to the introduction of such Bilis, in ge-
neral rases. The final Bill was introduced an Thursday
and passtid with the same speed as the fbriner. It con-
tains a clause for fixing the place of his Highness in the
scale of precedency; but, as the Bill was not read ut
full length, it is not certainly known what that will he—
probably next to the Duke of Gloucester.
The .fidlowing arrangements are stated to have been
suggested by his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, fur
the marriage:-
1. The precedent of her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Brunswick to be strictly followed, in consequents., of
which, no distinction of the Royal Family of England is to
be continued to her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte,
and even the Royal Liveries are not to be worn by
her servants, but those of the illustrious House of Co-
bourg to he substituted in their room.
S. The Prince. of Colxmr,,, to be created Dube of
Kendal, by which creation her Itt)val Highness the
Princess Charlotte of Wales, Heiirss Presnmptive to the
Throne, will become Duchess of Kendal, a title only
known in this country by having been borne by the Ger-
man Princess of George I.
A letter from Cobourg, of the Inch March, states, that
an English Courier arrived there a few days befTe, with
letters to her Serene Highness the Duchess Dowager
Sate-Cobwrg, from.her Maiesty the Queen oti England,,
and her Royal Pfighness the firin.irss Charlotte of Wales.,
written with their own hands, relative to the marriage of
Prince Leopold, her son.
The Princess of' Wales was, at the date of the last ac-
counts from her, at Phlerino, in Sicily. An article from.
Milan, in the foreign pap^n, state—" We learn from
Como, that the Emperor of Instria visited the curiosities
of that city, and among others the villa of the Princess of
Wales, which his Majesty rtlinired greatly. The agents
of the Princess have received ostlers to hasten the fittings
un, so that they may be finished in a month, when she
will, return. Upwards of 500 worlmen are consequently
employed in the palace and gardens. The most celehrat—
ell painters have been sent for from every part of Italy.".

The rumour, of a total chanoe in Administration has
subsided. If there is any change, it will be ruer:dy par-
tial. As the Prince Regent has come to town, whatever
Chang, is to take place will be immediately settlol. Mr.
Peel is still mentioned-:w 311CeeSSUt to the present Chun-
tellor of the Exchequer.

It is st.►tal in the Brussels.papers, under the heaivof
Victual, th4t the person who lately made his appearance
at Warsaw, as an Asiatic Prince, and son of the Emperor
of the Bramins, is an impostor. This discovery is stated
to have been made atifucharest, where he was met some
time ago by Major Stewart, Aid-de-Camp to the Earl of
Moi►n, assisted by the English Consul, resident in that
city.

MARSHAL SOULT' CANE D.—" As Marshal Soult •car:
prooeeding along one of the public walks, an old Ham-
burgh itterchant, who had suffered se ve re 4 Davoust,tltme
boldly up to him, and ' Is thy name Sault ?-1-last
thou brought buck to us any of our hulk monoy?' Receiv-
ing no answer to his queries, he struck hill, a blow, and
then caned him mos: soundly. The M.irsl.al rid& off
and with dihiculty reached hip hotel with thy oilta at his
htels..Post horses were ordered directly, and lu !set 0i1.4.61
Lis ulterior dcbtivatiun:

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ATAIL 1.

13UONA1'AR7'E.

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Mr. IIITATIOW.MOVCC, ST. HrtLl A, JAN. IL—Those who have
only seen the ,hurnitte valley and shabby town of St. Helena,
can form no idea of the romantic beauties Or this enchanting
spar. The Governor, at whose house we are, aisles us to
remain till th:. new Governor arrives. bnt
will not allow us In he absent from ramp many dayso—lit unna-
parte makes the duty very hard upon the &beers; they are on
they every third thy. Since we arrived with the great Napo.
Jean, we have had nothing but a round of balls, entertainments,
And galas ; and Sit G. It ' our colonel, gave a morning
fete in tents, which cost g3Ol. [did the honours to the *French
Countesses, Governor. Ladies, &c. danced iu every dance, and
and then walked home two miles in the rain, so you will say
I am tolerably strong. danced with young Count Las-
cortex. She song to Boonaparte, and accompanied herself in
two Italian songs on the piano. He war, su delighted with her
that he seized her by the car and ease her tall severe pinches,
which is the climax of his approbation and delight. He
pinched Sir G. and eery officer on board the. Nor-
thumberland, except the Admiral, when they said any thing
to please hint.
I was introduced to Bony when he lived at the Briars. He
met me in the garden where lie was walking with his generals,
aU very obsequious, with their hats in their bands. He asked
whether I was the lady who sung Italian, and spoke to me
in Italian and French. He Asked me to go into Mr. Italcomb's
and sing him at Italian song. I felt a little alarmed %shell I
hand the Emperor of the whole world behind my chair, al-
though he is HOW an ex-Emperor. I snug NW a great many
songs and an Italian duet with whit+ appeased to
phase hint greatly, and I understood he talked of us fur three
data.

I had the felicity of dining with him on the td of January,
at the first party he cave. Sir 0. B. WM the only one invited.
1 he greatc•t slate and etiquette is ab.+erred ut the C-0011. 0
Longwood, not a single word W 41.4 uttered during dinner ex-
cept:og by Buomparte himself. All the Marshals and Coun-
tesses at umitschatire, but I chattered away to his lilajesty
tritium, any feat% which appeared to amaze them all. You
cannot form an idea of the awe they ail stand in of him, and
lie prat► them, dadif's and all, -in Abe most to ralkr manner.
'the plate anti clams is superb beyond belief. The entree-tams ,
are IS guineas each cup. After dinner he asked me to play at
tric tam-. I sat don n, hut did not ►now the;;awe. He then
asked me to teach him English backgammon. The idea of my
Instructing the Great Kapok on put me into alie fright. He
is very dim ful and gay, and 'mg all the time hr WAS playing
at cards. All the ."..3tl were introduced to hint in a body. He

ant a plate Or 6weetmeats to E-y from table with hie
own hand, and uttered some to me, which I did not remark at
the time, bit I was told by his Secretary. Count I.aseascs, that
it wt.s a favour Queens had never received from him ; and as
fur Rings, said he, I base seen seven at once waiting in his
anti-room without gdining an audience.
Countess Bertrand is an elegant woman. J see her eery of-
ten, and Lascases is one of the most learned men of the kw.,
and exceedingly aereeahle. Onr Camp is a smarter of a mile
from Longwood- We are huibling a house which will he rea-
dy in a month. The climate is very twin in the mountains, but
too cold I think.

A letter has been received in town front an officer on
board his Majesty's ship Theban, dated St. Helena, of
which the following is an extract: —" We sailed from
India the 22d of last November. On our passage we lay
at the Cape of Good Hope three weeks, front whence we
proceeded to St. Helena, where we contintwd three days,
Bonaparte has got a number of persons from his Majesty's
414 Northumberland, 74, with the consent of the Ad-
miral. He also wanted in his service eight able seamen,
and one of the ship's boats to amuse himself round the
island, but this was immediately refused."

TR.IDE„ITANUEICTURES, 4' COMMERCE.

Three great commercial houses at St. Petersburgh have
gust become insolvcnt : they are those of Warovief, Ave-
riw, and Nemtstiet: The first has failed tin. 50,000,0000 t
roubles, the second for 10,000,000, awl the third for
3,000,000.
Messrs. Ratusbottom and Co. who a short time since
suspended their payments, have given notice to their cre-
ditors, that they shrll be enabled to pay the full amount
of the claims against them on the 2:.2d of April next.
A few days ago a Deputation from the Wine Trade
waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer with a Pe-
tion for a diminution of the duties on wines. They
stated, that the revenue would be benefitted by such a
measure, inasmuch as the consumption would be increas-
ed in proportion to the cheapness of the article. Mr_
Vansittart appointed Wednesday for the Deputation to
receive their answer ; when he expressed his determina-
tion not to make any alteration whatever in the duties,
because he could not in the actual situation of the coun-
try, consent to lower the duty on any article of luxury,
although the proti..ssed object might be an increase of re-
venue.

The manufitcturers of Tournay have had an audience
of die king of Netherlands, who has given them assurance
that he will protect and encourage them. Throughout
Belgium great exertions are making by the native manu-
facturers to exclude British goods.

Walla, the great Jewi;roker at Pra,,,,tic, has cut his
throat, in consequence of commercial la,ses.
We hear that the Manufacturers are prep:nine to petition
Parliament against the proposed ditties oil rape-sold, tallow,
and wool, from tlw perstinsi )))) that these imptAlb VIII tall silk
a heat y soil undne pressure ninon that class of the community.
As to affording them relief by it drawback, that is entirely
oat of the que•tion, for It appears that of every hundred gal-
lons of rape-01l produced in this country, ninety-nine gallons
at least WIC conNinactl in the woollen manufacture.

So ;cleat has been the adulteration of the quality of Spanish
'Wool, through the avarice of thu Spaniards, whn hare for seine
cars liven nosing the* Wools s ith coarse fleeces, that at
this snow ent, while SAMIII Wlll/15 and the cloths remit- from
them arta feteli the hiLliest prices, there is Si areel, a:l3 de
ri.and liar Spanish ohs. A Clothier has the hist
dos !tough, v.ot I "t hss than rs. per lb. for mail.
'tripes, tine awl um ions for We Cbiaa .*.et.

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