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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

I.oNisoN :
SUN' DAY, FEBRUARY 18,

We have received Park, Ilamhurg.k, and Rro.tvrit
.Journals. The French Journals, which are of Tuesday
htst, are totally destitute of interest, These papers
inform tis, that in one department more than flirty tax-
gathercl:, have been dismissed.; and it is etimputed that
mar six hundred persons, who were einpluyul in eolket-
jug the indirect taxes, 5,s well m in the central adminis.
tnttion of the depaoments, have been tbrevil to retiilpt.
The cause of their disiniasal is--diAtteetion to the
vernment.

Cortnnuni:aticms from private Correspotlonts,.t Lyons,
nree in stating that the public mind has IMUIIIV.I greater
tranquillity; but they stilt think a ellan;u will tato place
in the French Ministry; and that the I ?ate do Richelieu
will be forced to resign, u eircunistunce we should very
much deplore.
The English newsptetwrs are pmliibit%l with twin.
("our than ever ; and this meas•ire iS told to hive b.mt the
result of n Cabinet decision.
The Minister of trlicu de Care is stated to hare dj.
elared that there were only 711 persons in pima for ro.
litical ofliatco.. The report t. aa, that there were a vast

number more, which, says M. de Caze, " I did not cons
tradict, because it satisfied the minds of the well-disposed,
that the Government were active, and kept the restless
and turbulent in awe."—The answer to this surely must
have been obvious to M. de Caze. lithe report were so
beneficial in its effect, why contradict it now ?
We have received a letter from the Brazils to the 23d
of December, of which the fidlowing is an extract;—The
Prince Regent some days ago created these dominions
into a kingdom, and has commenced styling himself—
" Prince Regent of the United Kingdom of Portugal,
Brazil, and the two Alwarves." This, in the opinion of
the Courtiers, confirms, if further proofs were neeessary,
the idea, that the Court is resolved not to quit Rio
Janeiro.

Flanders and Hamburgh papers mention a report that
Saltzlxr,:rg had been declared in a state of siege; but there
is aspeeulation, that, notwithstanding this, the differences
between Austria and Bavaria will be amicably accommo-
dated. Fouche was still at Dresden ; and, it is stated,
was negociatin!, for the purchase of estates in Bohemia,
Silecia, and Poland.

His Hoyal Highnes.s the Prince Regent's general state
of health is improved by his late indisposition ; but he still
labours under a debility in the uncle joints, which ren-
ders it highly desirable, in the opinion of his physicians,
that he should protract his stay at Brighton.

SOCIETY or ART tire.—Wednesday his Royal High-
ness the Duke of Sussex took his seat as President of
the So s.,ty of Arts. There were near 400 Members
present on the occasion, among whom we noticed many
of the most enlightened scientific men of the metropolis.
After going through the regular business Gf the evening,
his Royal Highness, in a short and elegant address, re-
turned his thanks to the numerous assembly for the high
honour they had conferred on him, in placing him in the
Chair of an institution so justly dear to every man who
loved the Arts; and the appointment was particularly
flattering to him, us he owed it to the free choice of in-
dependent men. It was moved, and unanimously agreed
to, that a portrait of the late Noble Duke of Norfolk,
their President, should decorate the 34th volume of thir
proceedings.

A singular transaction took place at the F.ast
House on Wednesday. The Court of Directors having,
by every means in their power, resisted the payment of
a large sum or money to Major Hart, Mr. Groom, the
solicit°, to the Board of Cormuissioners for the atfairs of
India, with one of the officers of the Court of King's
Bench, was introduced to the Court of Directors, with
much formality ; when he served upon them individually
a mandamus, directing theM forthwith to sign and for-
ward to India a dispatch altered by the Board of Coln.
missioners, on the awe of Major Hart,

According to one of the numerous accocuits respecting
Buonaixtrto and his suite, it appears. that Madame Her-
trand, sick of the tulventure, quarrels with her husband
for being such a fool as to stay at St. Helms, and wishe*
t 4) return home. All Bitonaparte's French cooks and ser-
vants mutinied, and said they wore prisoners of war as well
as himself, and would not obey him. Admiral Cockburn,
however, sent the boatswain, with a cat-o'-nine-tails, and
soon brought them to their senses.

At a numerous and respectable meeting of the inhabi.
tants of Bury, hoiden or, Friday last, it was regolved to
establish in that town a bank Car the savings of the poor,
The Duke of Grafton and the Earl of Bristol were (lawn
presidents ; trustees, trwsurers, directors, a csinmittee,
and four secretaries were also appointed.
A memorial of Sir Robert Wilson, Mr. Ilnice, and
Captain Hutchinson, containing the grounds of the upwal
made by them against the decision of the Freneh Cham-
ber of Council, by which the provisional ',rbe.rtY- they de-
manded was denied to them, hos been published, It is
likely to produce no fovountble change in their ai tvvt
The new compiled Pantomime, to be prodwed ut
vent-t ttudyn Thoitre on Monday next, promises a rich
treat to the lovers of iiin o,nd

The Lord Maya of' I)ublin has called a meeting, fbr
the purpose of introducing sue;,/tg, franks into that city.
One of the Paris Papers tontines what we some time
ago mentioned, of thc passage of Luclletto throowh •Alau-
heint. He tr.s4 gi.sug to ovaria ; oar information adds,
probably fron► thence to Turkey.
The 'beg informed persons at Paris persist in dreading,
the effect of the uteastir‘s and conduct of the Ultra !loy-
alist party. The Ministry have a decided minority in
the Chamber of' Deputies ; and it is with in.lnite diffi-
e.ulty that the !hike de Richelieu is kept from resign-
ing. ►n the mean time M. de Talleyrand is said to be
acquiring more influence daily ; and glad should we be
to see him in the same Cubinct with the Duke de Rich-
elieu. It would be the union of integ'city and talent.--
A private letter meotions tt report. of the Duke de reltre
being about to topluee M. de Richelieu, and of M. {.:tine
succeeding Harbe Marbois.---We do not think .such
arranwntont likely.

Mr. Lintels, of thti Chaneery'llar, !mirth ereepted the office
of Ch ateillor or the Durby of Coots ail, ha. vitt•itte.l hi. %rat in
the Howe of Catuntooi., to wiriCh•he dues not row; it, being un-
wiitine to. take Oppositi u, with whom he
let• hitherto nub, 1. Report marks '..r. Lroch ..A the ..!eisrignotill
.iteers.o.• to Ow Wor3,..iti•L, 01l tins exprrtti:l t lir. own': of 7.0 41
Eot!in ottilt eiose ut 11., tegal year. tir t:. otter.
will be the at tt Ne4Slbtr for Seaford, in the room of Mr. I.roch

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PRINCESS CHARLOTTE 01' WALES.
It is now understood, that matters arc fairly en train
for the nuptials of this illustrious personage. The late
frequent and long sittings of the Cabinet, it is said, had
tbr their object the setaements necessary to render the
marriage equally productive of happiness to the Princess
and her future spouse, and of gratification to every Bri-
tish bosom. Prince Leopold, a younger son of the Prince
of Saxe-Cobourg, the deained bridegroom, is about 25
years of age, of the Protestant religion, and not only a
handsome, but what is much better, a virtuous, enlight-
ened, and accomplishol young man. His deportment is
mild, inoffensive, and modest; and his keen sense of the
honour which ought to pervade in the breast of every
gentleman, caning be better illustrated than by the fol-
lowing trait in the history of his courtship.
The first personal interview between the illustrious
parties took place in the simmer of IS when the me-
tropolis was tilled with the !:oval and Noble visitors from
the Continent. On that occasion, his Highness was
the bearer of a letter from the late Duke of Brunswick
()els, to his cousin the Princess Charlotte. His pleasing
manners produced an invitation from the Princess, with
the most perfect approlmt ion of the ladies of her establish-
ment, to repeat his visits at Warwick House. The in-
stant that Prince Leopold thought he discovered that
his company was agreeable to the Princess, he waited
upon the Prince Regent, anti in the most candid manner
stated the cireumstances in which he was placed, as de-
licately as he could. His Highness then added, that
"proud as he would be of such an illustrious alliance, he
came to take the commands of his Royal Highness to quit
the country instantly if his presccution of the affair did
not meet with the cordial approbation of his Royal High-
ness." The Prince Regent readily gave his sanction to
the continuance of an intercourse which was commenced
and carried on upon such honourable principles. From
that period down to the present, the mutuul attachment
first conceived, has been strengthened by a more uner-
strained intercourse; which has, nevertheless, been con-
ducted with so much prudence and good sense on both
sides, that until very lately, only those in their most in-
timate confidence, knew of the existence of any particular
feelings of the parties towards each other. One part of
the proposed arrangements at least must be peculiarly
pleasing to our national feelings: the Princess Charlotte
of Wales has expressly stipulated, that she shall never be
taken out of the country without her full and free consent.
The Prince, who is expected in this kingdom in a few
days, is the third brother to the reigning Duke. lie was
born on the Itith December, 1790. His brother was
lately married at Vienna to the beautiful Princess Krassal
Kowick. His sister is married to the Grand duke Con-
stentine of Russia. Rumour says, that a proposition has
been under consideration of Ministers, at the instance of
an illustrious personage, for the appointment of Prince
Leopold of Saxe-Cobourg, after the intended nuptials, to
be Viceroy and Commander in Chief of the army of
Hanover.

EMBASSY TO CHINA.
Friday se'nnight sailed with a fair wind from Ports-
mouth, his Majesty's ship Alcestc, Capt. M. Maxwell ;
Lyra, Capt. 13. Hall ; and the Hon. Company's ship
General Hewitt, Capt. Campbell, for China. A letter
from the Regent to the Emperor, repeating his highest
a'seranecs, will be delivered to him by Lord Amherst's
son, as page to the Embassy. We understand the letter
is most superbly illumined on vellum, and is enclosed in
an eleguit gold box, the lid of which bears a miniature
of the Prince Regent, eawircled with a wreath of dia-
monds, at an expense of 4,000 I.,mineas. The magnificent
prey' nts which arc intended to give weight to the assu-
rances of consideration and esteem for the Emperor con-
sist wholly of British manufacture; elTantly cut glass
vases, dishes, and bottles, have been selected as likely to
be the articles he would most acceptably receive. The
ships will proceed to Canton, and from thence immedi-
ately to the Yellow Sea, and there land the Embassy.
The persons gone in the suite of his Excellency Lord
Amherst are—
The Hon. Mr. Amherst; Mr. Ellis, Public Secretary; Mr.
Ha? nes, Private secretary ; Rev. Mr. Griffiths. Chaplain; Mr.
Abell, Naturalist; Dr. Lynn, Physician; Mr. Murriage, Mine-
ralogist and Assistant Naturalist ; Mr. Pole, Draftsman.
Sir George Staunton will join the Embassy at Canton.

It is expected they will be absent from linglaral about
two years. The Embassy hope to obtain permission to
return from Pekin to Canton through the Chinese terri-
wry, which will give them an opportunity of passim,.i" the
great wall of China and Tartary, and viewing the in-
ternal appearance of 1,500 miles of dig vast and almost
unknown country. 1 69