The National Register.
London, England, 1818-09-06 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTEIt.

expected to-morrow evening at Haguenan. Tye
l'refect of our Department has repaired dither to re-
ceive them."

e have received a Ilautburgh Mail, bringing Pa-
pers to the 28th ult. ; but they du not contain a single
article of importance, or interesting intelligence.

An ordinance Ilan been signed by the Bing of France
for levying a body of 80,000 men from the classes of
1816 and 1817. -Of this number 40,000 are to be at
the disposal of the Minister at War, who will employ
them in replacing the soldiers whose term of service
shall have expired on the 31st of next December, and
in completing the Ist battalions of the departmental
legions. The number of legions is 86. The establish-
ment of a French battalion consists of aboat 600 rank
and file; hence it may be concluded, on a reference to
the above levy, that the first battalions of the legions '
must be weak indeed, when they have room for so large
a reinforcement. The Duke of Wellington left Paris
on Friday last for Colmar. M. Gent; who bears the
title of Aulic Counsellor of Austria, proceeds, say the
journals, to Aix-la-Chapelle. It is evident, indeed,
from the ministers and negotiators who are destined for
thatimportant scene, that the Continental Powers, at
least, have thought it necessary to resort. to their ablest
statesmen.

Letter* from Colombo, dated March SO, have been
received, which make no nsention of the melancholy
circumstance of the surrounding rf General Brownrigg,
in a mud fort. The event was said to have happened
in the middle of that month, and if it had really taken
place, it must of course have been known at Columbo
on the 90th. On the contrary, these letters state that
the General was strenuously following up measures to
subdue the rebellious-enemies, and Irons his confidence
in the troops under his command, had every hope of
being soon able to subdue thew. Nothing could ex•
ceed the ardour, fortitude, and perseverance of the
officers and troops, who seemed to be animated with
the conviction that their efforts would shortly be crown-
ed with success. It is added, that there are also
private letters of the same date from Lady Brownrigg,
who is at Columbo, and who does not advert to the
rumour in question, but expresses hopes that the service
will soon be over.

A Mail from Hamburgh has brought us Papers to
the 26th ult. The Emperor Alexander is expected at
Berlin about the middle of 'this month, on his way' to
Aix-la-Chapelle. A new topographical division of the
Russian Empinr is said to be in contemplation, and
Volhynia and Podolia are to retain the name of the
kingdom of Poland. The Emperor Alexander has given
very liberal encouragement to an Eaglish Quaker, who
hus gone to St. Petersburgh on a project of draining the
bogs in the environs of that capital. Madame Krudener
is suffered, without any interruption from the Russian
Police, 'to disseminate her finatieul doctrines among the
boors of Livunia.

Theteremoey of the christening of the'yonng Printe,l
eon of the Prince of Orange, took place the .25th nit.,
at the Hague, with grout solemnity. He received the
name of William Alexander Frederick Constantine:.
Nicholas Michael.
The Flanders mail communicates two contradictory
statements respecting Prince Blucher, one of which,
if unfortunately it should 'be confirmed, will be a
subject of sincere regret to the admirers of energy,
valour, and patriotism, in every part of the world. A
Vienna paragraph of the 20th ult. assures us, that the
Prince was beginning to mend at Carlsbad ; while there
is a letter from Aix-la-Chapelle of the '2Bth, which an-.
nounces the death of that gallant soldier. The Aix-la-
Chapelle paper of the 10th says nothing in corrobora-
tion of this report, which we therefore •hope will prove
to have:been unfounded.

The King of France has rcr.t the Omer of the Lily,
with the sum of 1200 francs, to the Master of the Da-
nish vessel which conveyed him to Rigi in 1804..

The 'Semiramis frigate arrived on Wednesday at
Portsmouth, with the corpse of her lute Captain, the
gallant Sir James Yeo, on board. The Semiramis comes
from the coast of Africa, her term of service on that
station having expired. Sir James Yeo was not in a
good state of health when he went out, and the most
serious apprehimaions for his life, now unfortunately
•reslised, •haver been for some time entertained by his
friends and relatives. On his death, the first Lieut.
I cHarrison

1, assumed the command. In Sir James Yeo,
the country has lost an officer of great talent, courage,
and activity, and a worthy man. Sir J. Yeo was the
first person who brought intelligence to this country of
the rising of the Spaniards against their Gallic invaders,
and the consequent surrender of a part of the French
army--,an event that gave a new impulse to the people
of Spain in all quarters, and at length, by the assist-
ance of the British troops and their Allies, finally drove
their oppressive intindus out ef the kingdom.. Sir
James was then a Lieutenant in the'Navv.
The pedestal of the statue of Henry IV. at Ftris, is
to be 'bronzed. 'lt will present two bas reliefs, the
one representing Henry entering Paris, the other,
Henry allowing tn.pass late the town whilst
he besieged it.

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A Paris paper says—" His Royal Highness the
Duke of Glocester,. travelling under the title of the
Earl of Connaught. arrived at Thoulouse on the 22d of
August, and on the following day received the visits of
the civil and military authorities. He drove out ac-
companied by Lieut. Gen. Count' de Partoneaur, corn-
mending the' tOth military division, and visited the
Polygon, where he admired the manoeuvres of the artil-
lery. He next visited the capitol, which he examined
with attention; remarking particularly the statue of
Henry IV. and the busts of those illustrious men who
adorn the ball. The same day his Royal Highness
dined with the Baron de St. Chastens, Prefect of the
Department:'
On Wednesday his Royal Highness the Duke of
Sussex arrived in this University, accompanied by his
Secretary, H. F. Stephenson, Esq. of Trinity Hall, and
after a short stay at the Sun Hotel, proceeded to Tri.
nity College, and' after reviewing that celebrated and
magnificent foundation, honoured the Rev. G. Ai
Browne, his Royal Highness's Chaplain, with his com-
pany to dinner, at which a select party were invited:
On Thursday the Mayor and Corporation attended his
Royal Highness in full'procession at the Sun Hotel,
and presented him with the freedom ofehe corporation,
which his Royal Highness graciously received. His
Royal Highness, in the course of the morning, visited
several of the Colleges and 'public buildings in the Uni-
versity, and in the afternoon dined with the New
Lodge of Freemasons, at the Red Lion inn.. Yesterday
morning the degree of D.C.L. was conferred upon his
Royal Highness in the Senate house, and in the after-
noon he dined in the hall of Trinity College. His
Royal Highness is expected to leave this morning for
Flolkham, the. met of Mr. Coke.--tiatfield's Ctrs.
bridge Gazette, Frida9.
On Thursday morning. Lord and Lady Castlereagh
and suite embarked at Dover for Calais, on board the
Chichester packet, Captain Rutter. His Lordship
was saluted by the Heights battery on his going on
board the packet.
The son of Gustavus Ado/phus, Es-King of Sweden,.
has taken the name of Count of Itterburg.
The act passed in the last session of Parliament,
relative to the erection of churches in those parishes
where a grelt increase of population should render it
necessary, i; beginning to be put into execution iti the
county of Exeter. The Lord Bishop of Exeter and Lord
Rolle, visited Exmouth last week, accompanied by an
architest from Bath, who has traced the outlines and
dimensions of a new church, to be erected on a piece
of ground (behind the Beacon-hill) the property if
Lord Ralle, who has made a present of it to the
parish for tlilliumrpose. It is estimated that the build-
kg of the church will cost 7,0001. of which 4,0001.
will be advanced by Government, and the remaining
3,0001. by Lord Rolle, who will receive ample indem-
nification by letting a certain number of the pews.
The Prince falleyrand has arrived at Bareges, in
order to use the waters for the benefit of his health.—
His Highness gave a splendid fete on the festival of St.
Louis, at which the Duchess of Dino presided.
By a letter from the Hague, we learn the death of
she Dutch General Ddendels, who was not unknown
during the period of the Revolution. This Officer ex-
pired suddenly on the coast of Guinea, where he was
Governor of the Dutch settlements.

General Baron Benningsen has -recently visited
Vienna, where he vvat well received by.all the Imperial
family, particularly by the Emperor.
Tire Swedish Government continues to pay unto-
mittiag attention to the re-establishment of its naval
_force

A considerable improvement has taken place in the
foreign exchanges in favour of this country ; the rise
has been slow and gradual, but regularly progressive ;
and maybe estimated, in the course of the last three •
months, at from 24 to 3 per cent.
The Master.shipwrikht of Chatham Dock-yard his
recently been ordered to Plymouth and Portsmouth, to
survey the state of the ships at those ports ; the Master-
shipwright-of Woolwich-yard was also ordered at the
same time on the like service. The Master-shipwrights

from the above yarda are to make their survey of the
ships at Chatham and at Sheerness,-so that the greatest
care is to be taken on the several inspections of ali the
shipanow in ordinary, in order to ascertain the extent
of the dry-rot, and to find, if possible, the best way to
prevent it. . _ _

The Horncastle, Wallace, master, arrived at 13:trrow-
stonness 28th Aug. She left the Alexander, and Isa-
bella discovery ships under Captain Ross, on- the 18th
July, in lat. 74. 6. persevering to the northward, but
from the great quantity of ice, there was little proba-
bility of their success this year. This, which is the Littst
account, seems to-warrant the suppo tion of those who
corisider the further.
.progress of the ,xpedition as im-
probable.
The P.xcadis of revenue in the present cri:irter, lievnnA
that in the corre.sport.ling nn;,rler Le !. be
near to one million and u

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