The National Register.
London, England, 1808-05-08 00:00:00

'THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

burgh. Riga, and Archangel, that the AMC is now opened ; and
en which corn►uissinn, all British subjects are compelled to pro-
duce a balanoe of their property, namely, such as may consist
in ships lying in any of the ports of Rus.sia; merehaudize
lying at the Exchange, or in the Custom-house ware-
houses ; also of their capitals and books, exceptiog only such
suouies as are placed in the Bank. And tvhoever has any kind
of demand on the British. or who are themselves indebted to
them, are bound to give in au account thereof to any one of the
Liquirlative Commi.,sions, mo.,t suitable to themselves, within
four months from the first publication thereof in the Newspaper.
After that time has elapsed, the Commission will neither receive
nor discharge any demand which may be made."

From the German Articles in• the series of ilenitcurs
which arrived on Monday, it apilears that Austria is as-
suming a menacing attitude against Turkey. The Ger-
man Papers that arrived on Wednesday, seem to make
this at least certain, that the French troops are marching
from the upper part of Italy towards Greece. and that
Russia, as well as Austria, is making demonstrations
against the Porte ; but whether for the sake of intirnidat-
ing the Turkish Government iato an accession to the pro-
ject agaiast England, or with a view to an immediate con-
quest of Turkey in Europe, it i• not easy to decide. But
it should seem that the story of a scheme for the immedi-
ate dismemberment of Turkey, is incompatible with the
report that leave has been granted to the French armies
of passing through Asiatic Turkey into Persia.

A French Artillery Officer of rank has lately written a
letter from Dalmatia to a brother officer in the north of
Germany, in which he assures the latter, that the expedi-
tion against the British territories in Vie East Indies will
certainly go forward, both on the part of the French and
Russians, whose combined armies are to co-operate. Mar-
mont is to have the chief command. The French army,
reinforced by trowo from the German Confederates, will
march from Dalmatia. to Astracan, where it will be joined
by the Russians.
Lucien Bonaparte lives in all the seclusion of a private
man at Rome, and all the offers of his brother Napoleon to
snake him a Prince, or a Sovereign, have been rejected by
him. lie refuses to acknowledge the latter by his title of
Emperor and King, and assigns for reasons, that he had
povie: enough, as First Consul of France, as a Republic,
and should have remained true to the cause of Republican
representation, for which he formerly Itnight by order of
Napoleon. The name of Lucien Bonaparte has been erased
from the list of the Imperial Family.
The fate of the Pope and his territories will now proba-
bly he soon decided. It is said, that at first, he would not
admit to an audience the French General Aliollis, who so
Pallantly planted the artillery of his army against the Popes
alace on his entering Rome, The French Minister, it is
reported, introduced Mullis without the knowledge of the
Pope, who then no longer could avoid the interview, He
would not speak to the General a single word on State af-
fairs, but referred him to the Cardinal Secretary. The
French General, instead of kissing his Holiness's slipper,
only made him a bow ; when Pius sarcastically asked him
Saito Catollco, Voir —" Arc you a Catholic Miollis
answering in the affirmative, the Pope gave him the usual
blessing.
Bonaparte has granted domain lands in Hanover to no
less than seventy of his officers, of the annual value of more
than two and a half millions of florins.
A man named Daphne, at present in custody on a charge
of picking pockets, lately made an attempt to rob thr
mail, in a novel and extraordinary way :—the London mail
being near the town of Maidenhead, and the guard's horn
being within hearing in the town, this fellow got close to the
post-office, blew a horn so similar to the guard's, that the
postmaster threw the bag nut of his window, and Daphne
Rot clear off with it. On his being taken into custody, he
was discharged for want of legal evidence.

MAY 8:

An extraordinary circumstance is stated to have hap-
pened recently at Bath. A gentleman of family and Lir-
tune entertained some time ago a young man in his service.,
who was seized with a sudden indisposition, which required
that he should be immediately bled. Professional assi.,t-
ance was not at hand, and the Gentleman, who understowl
phlebotoirr, proceeded to bare the arm, when he &set).
ered the initials of his own name, which hail been inserted
in the manner common among sailors. This brought
his recollection, that many years ago a child of his ouil
had been thus marked before it was entrusted to the care of
certain persons in an inferior situation of life; and upod
enquiry, consequential to this discovery, the Gentler:an
ascertained that the servant was his own son.

. .
A post chaise and four arrived at a twits,. of notorious
ill fame in Catherine-street, Stra.pd, ycste►::::y afternoon.
From •the rapidity of the movements of the s 'rl'ants; a. 44
other circumstances, induced the spectators to h.-sieve that
the chaise brought some deluded female to tb, i infamous
place of resort. The above house is of the musi ini.7 •is
description, and ought to be narrowly watclie4.l by alo
police.

THE COURT AND WORLD OF FASHION.

HIS SI4JESTY'S LEVEE.

Wednesday His Majesty, at two o'clock, held a Private
Levee, at the Queen's Palace, when the following had the
honour of being presented to His Majesty :
The Earl of Shannon, upon coming to his title; Col. Carlton,
upon kis promotion, and being under orders for Canada, h the
Earl of Effingham ; dee Earl of Scarborough. uron cnminr to
his title; Mr. Augustus Foster, his Majesty's Secretary of Le-
gation to the United States of America, on his return on leave
of absewe; Admiral Butler, upon his promotion ;
Brown, Aid-de-Camp to the Commander in Chief, upon his
promotion; and Captain :Untwists's, Private Secretary to Lord
Molgrave, upon his being appointed Colonel of the Koval
Marines.

His M*jesty held a Privy Council, and gave audiences to
the Duke of Portland, the Cabinet Ministers, Earl Shan-
non, and Mr. R)der.

FRACAS IN MiGH LIFE.-At the Countess of Essex's grand
rout, on Tuesday night, the Earl of T—tic's and the Earl of
C—l's carriage.; were called at the same time, and each coach-
man strove, with all his professional skill, for precedence : but
the Earl of T—lle's reached the door first, and received the ye-
nerahle Earl, his Countess, and fair daughters, 'f he Earl of
C—l, dissatisfied with his coachman, ran down the step, seized
the reins of the horse, and harked his own carriage, mica-
, vouring at the same time to take the coachman from the box.
The servants took the part of their brother of the whip; the
Earl of C—l was very roughly bandied and obliged to sound a
retreat, after having fallen under the horses' feet. Cansidera-
. hle apprehensions were entertained for his safety, hut his Lord-
ship, we understand, did not receive any material injury.
t atat. Cox.--The wife of Mr. M—, a confectioner, in Queen
Ann-street East, eloped from her husband a few days since, anti
was traced to the arms of a butler, in Baker,street, North. The
lady had apartments in the bouse of an upper servant, belonging
to the same family as the butler, but in consequence of too much
attention have been paid her by the butler, the husband removed
her. This, however, did not succeed, for one day laq week she
wife left her home u ith a young child, as she informed her hus-
hand, to pay a visit to ber mother, at Richmond, but did not re-
turn at night, and on the follow ing day the husband haei
the wor-
tification to find, that she had left her child with her mother, and
ded. After a long search, she was traced to an apartment in
Johm-street, Mary-le-bonne. The husband, with an officer, on
forcing the dour of a hed-room, found her in the arms of her pa-
ramour. The rare of the husband wits suppressed by the officer,
and he departed, having placed his wife in proper bands. Steps
have been taken for legal redress, and consequently the business
ill he settled in Westminster Ball.
'there is a tale in the higher circles, of an net of human de-
pravit.% , that, if well founded, cannot he too w idely exposed
to public ahhorence :—that of an antiquested Peer having tures-
tueusly seduced his own nottsral daughter from the cottage of her
iictlier,.wbere he had concealed them both for many years,
ith the scantiest means flit their subsistence !