The National Register.
London, England, 1809-09-10 00:00:00

OPT. 10.

iecittity, a requis►tion, s►gned byj nineteen Members of
the Court of Common Counc►l, with Sir W. Curtis at their
head, was presented to the Lord Mayor, reques'ing his Lord-
ship to convene a Court, at an early day, for the purpoie
of taking into the consideration the propriety of celebrat-
ing. in a signal and appropriate manner, the approaching
Anniversary of his Majesty's Accession to the Throne, when
his Majesty will enter into the sui.h year of h►s reign.
Advice is received of the safe arrival of the China fleet in
the Downs.

General Monnet and General Osten have arrived at Deal,
in the Monarch, Captain Lee. They went to breakfast
with Admiral CamF►bell. General Monnet was not in uni-
form : he is a coarse vulgar looking man. Gen. Osten
was dressed in a splendid uniform. The latter was as much
beloved at Walcheren, as the former was detested ; and he
has, on every occasion, shewn himself the humane enemy
of any English sailors who have been cast away on the
island, or who have been carried in ►risoners, always using
his best endeavours to procure the liberty of aged seameu.
General Osten headed the several sorties made by the gar-
rison of Flushing, and was fortunate enough to escape un-
wounded.

The Duke Dc Treviso (Mortier) was a clerk in the house
of a merchant at Middleburgh, and was then considered as
a man of great talent.
Gen. Monnet had the command at Flushing about ten
years. He has amassed a fortune of 100,0001. He nised
a contribution of seven and a half per cent. per annum on
the inhabitants, in the nature of the property tax, and he
received a shilling a gallon for all the gin smuggled. This
last article produced him enormous sum%.
The refusal of Gen. Monnet to permit the women and
children to go out of Flushing, previous to the bombard-
of.that place, is not the only instance of the sort which the
Great Nation has to boast of. At the slcge of Savannah la
Mar, which was so gallantly defended by General Prevost,
Count D'Estaign, who commanded the French besieging
army, was requested by Gen. Prevost to permit the women
and children to leave the town ; this he peremptorily re-
fused. After he received the check in the assault, which
led to the raising of the siege, he sent word to General
Prevost, that he would permit the women and children to
quit the place, which offer was then rejected with the con-
tempt it deserved. This was the D'Estaign who fell under
the guillotine during the storm of the revolution. Perhaps
the unsparing laws of war justified D'Estaign's refusal, as
the consumption of food, by useless 'Mouths in a garrison,
must evidently tend to a speedy surrender of the place if
pressed by famine. On what ground of military policy
General Monnet can justify himself, it seems impossible to
determine. At Walcheren, it was attributed to his wish
that the distresses of the inhabitants might produce such
a degree of clamour as to furnish him with a tolerable ex-
cuse for an early capitulation.
The annals of gaming have not produced so many vicis-
situdes of fortune as have occurred lately in the vicinity of
Pall-Mall and St. James's-street. Among the many anec-
dotes now in circulation, is one of a very recent date ; and
it relates to two personages of great rank and distinction.
One of the parties has lost, at the hazard table, tv the
other, no less a sum than two hundred thousand pounds!
Next Month.—Sw tFr and CO. Joint Contractors with Go-
vernment for the present State- LOttery, respectfully inform the
Public, that Tickets and Shares are on Sale, in great verietv, •
at their Offices, No. 11, Poultry; No. 12, Charing-Cross, and
No. 31, Aldgate High-street. The Scheme of this Lottery is
entirely new, and has hitherto received the most unqualified
approbation; there are only 5.000 Numbers in the Lottery, and
the whole will be Drawn .14 Oise Ofty (tile 20th of Nest qpinih)
P6rn The following Capital Prizes must he distributed .aniong
the fortunate Purchasers, viz. 4 of 20,0001. 4.4 5,0001. 4 of
,0001. Bof 1,6001. 12 of 5001. besides the interior Prizes of
1001. 501. iire. as usual. This Lottery also present; the .o.llllfir-
tunity never before offered to the Public, of gaining the iitt."
ramie Sums of 80,0001. 60,01)111:: or 40,0001 by the purchase of
Poe Number only.