The National Register.
London, England, 1822-08-26 00:00:00

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instant, at Montbrillont, and his Royal Highness
the Duke will depart for London on the 20th.
Vin tNA, Auo. 6.--The Archduchess Maria Louisa
is expected here about the beginning of October.
She will reside in a part of the Palace. of &hops.
brunn, where her son also has his residence. his
affirmed that the Emperor Aleaander has ezpresaed
a wish that the new Congress which was to be held
in Italy, at Leghorn, or Verona, may be held at Vi-
enna, " the residence in which (those ass his own
words) is more agreeable to him than countries that
are too warm."
COPENHAGEN, AVG. 13.—During this simmer
several English ships have visited Iceland, for the
purpose of filching cargoes of ice, but did not attain
!heir proper object, the expence of conveying the ice
to the coast being so great, that it would not an-
Two of these vessels have perished in the
floating ice from the Pular regions, and only about
20 of the crew saved.
The volcano of Oetield Jokkel, Iceland, which,
since its first eruption, had remained quiet fur half
a year, broke out again with great violence on the
126th of June, and has dime great damage to the
surrounding country, by the vast quantity of ashes
which it has cast up.
BERLIN, Au•. 10.-.. A Royal Cabinet Order has
been published, in which his Majesty states, that on
the late marriage of his daughter, the Princess
Alexanthina, he had resolved, as on the marriage of
his daughter, the Princes; Charlotte, and his niece'
the Princess Frederica, to excuse his subjects from
the payment of the contribution called the Princess
Tax, usual on the marriage of Prussian Princesses;
but that his Majesty does this as a favour, without
any obligation ter the future, or detracting from the
rights of his successors on the throne, in the gracious
confidence that his subjects will graciously Isakutsse•
ledge this mark of his paternal kindness.
OGESSI, JULY 25.—1 t is reported that the Russ
sian ships in the Black Sea, 14 ships strong, is to be
armed at Sebostopul. God forbid that we should
make it believed that this ii the commencement of
hostilities, but perhaps there is a plan of intimidating
the forks when they shall have recovered the panic
which the death of the Captain Paclia has caused
them, to obtain at least sum: of the conditions of the
lass Ultimatum. It is only to be feared that this
demonstration will have us little effect upon the
forks as those that have been previously made.
It is said that a garrison of 3,000 Turks will re.
main in the principality, after the arrival of the
Hospodars. It appears that, considering the eircum-
statices, the Porte has determined on this measure,
contrary to the treaty of Bucharest.
The news from Bucharest say, that only 1.200
Turks will remain in that principality after the ar-
rival of the Hospodar. There are still some vie.
lages Wined in the neighbourhood of Jassy.

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The department of the Lower Rhine has been for
the last h ur months afflicted with a scourge, which
has thrown the inhabitants into the utmuat conster-
nation, and reduced them to a situation truly de.
plorable. Ihe sufferings of this district have arisen
from the incredible ravages of mice. The arron-
dissements of Severn and Striumurgh have been must
exposed to their depredat.ons These destructive
animals have multiplied there to such a degree, that
in the district of Severn 1,570,000 have been taken
in a fortnight, and nearly as many have perished in
their holey. The crops hots been nearly dertroyed
in many communes, and the potatoes, the last re-
source of cultivators, are now atti.eked and threat.
ened with destruction. What the mice have spared
has been carried away by hail storms. On the Yid
a dteadtul storm barat over the town and environs
of Strasburgh, especially over the districts of Nlis.
rienheim anti Dappigheim, where ilte crops were
almost entilely destroyed, and the low estimated at
500,000 francs. - •
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An order was received e the Victualling-on* at
Chatham on Saturday for a reduction of that estab.
lislonetit. The others of clerk of the cheque, store- 61;f4t-11:
keeper, &c. are to be aboli!ted on the Ist to Sep.
tember, tind the arnt victaaller, et,rk, :rite
four or five labourers, are oil that wi.l etatailt Awe. 'N. s
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