The National Register.
London, England, 1822-10-21 00:00:00

LA Lull:sm.-1a the year 1799, his Majes:y's
frigate the Ltthae was wrecked on the coast of Hol-
laud, whilst proceeding to Cuxhaven, with a cargo
of silver, partly on Government, and partly on pri-
vate account. and all on hoard perished, excepting
one man. For the first time, on this occasion go-
vernment insured their retain antes to the Continent
at a very low premium, sold recovered a total loss
from the nude:writers. The actual place where the
frigate perished vas never diFeova:•ed till last May,
lvhen, to the great satisfaction of Lloyd's Coffee-
house, the ship was seen entire, and still remains
visible in the same situation. On the first discovery
of her, a resolu ion was odopted by the underwriters
to :manila the recovery of their property. and the
necessary means were taken either to raise the ship,
or to break her up in order to save the specie. The
Government part of the specie was a remittance,
under the name of Subsidy, to enable the legitimate
S wereigns of Europe to expel the then-denominated
Revolutionary Government from Holland, and to
reinstate that of the House of Orange, tic present
head.—The present operations of the underwriters.
however, in place of obtaining the sanction of the
House of Orange, to recover the property from La
Lutine have been resisted by the same government,
fir the re-instatement of which this money was
shipt, on the plea that England, in 1799, was at war
with ll:Aland, and consequently that the wreck of
La !Aline and her cargo, being within the waters
of Holland, are the legitimate property of ete
Dutch Government Since the first discovery of La
Luting, several English vessels in the pay of the Un-
derwriter.:, have anchored very near her. but the
Dutch Government for more than three months have
prevented there vessels from working at the wreck.
When the difficulties which the grateful House of
Orange placed in the way of salvage of this pro-
perty, were reported to the underwriters, a memo-
rial nas transmit* to the Marquis of London-
derry, whose death probably prevented am atten-
tion being given to it. Another memorial was
afterwards forwarded to Earl Bathurst, the locum
towns of the Foreign Secretary ; and another to
Mr. Canning when he was appointed to that situa-
tion, but still no reply has been received by those
who have the only just right to the property, be-
cause they have paid fin. it. Another petition,
about a month ago, was presented to the Foreign
Office, praying that a British frigate might be
ordered to take charge of the property, and to
place it in the hands of his Majesty's Govern-
ment, until the point should be settled " mk?-
ther this specie belonged to Mc Muse of Orange,
or to the Underwriter: a! LLOYD'S."--Even to
this most liberal petition no answer has been
yet received; and in the mean time the winter
approaches, and the ship may again be sanded, and
the property lost for ever.

SING.VLAR .21.1i5-TAXE —A Sheriff's of cer had re-
gently entrusted to him a writ fire a considerable
amount against a gentleman of importance and no-
toriety residing in Queen-square, sod was apprised
by attorney employed that he was what is tech-
nically termed " a shy cock." The bailiff called
morning, noon, and night, but was still disappointed
of the caption on which derended his fee—deter-
mined, however, not to lose: his labour, he plaided
himself one morning before sun-rise within sight of
the house of the Cantcheiche—he saw the servant
open the door to clean the bLellS, and to the
accustomed question of " Is Mr. at home!"
received the reply of " No! there is no one at home
but my mistress, and she is in bed"---yet, Once in
the house, he determined to search it, and proceeded
pas d pas till he reached the Sanctum saniurum
where the muster and mistress were accustomed to
enjoy " Tir'd nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep"
—here he knocked, and received from Maclaine an
assurance that son Mari was out of town: resolved
to persevere, he announced his determination to
break open the door, for the purpese of searching the
room, which he ultimately dad, and found Monsieur
sure enough there ; by menaces he obliged him to
dress himself, and accompany him to a luck-up-house
—arrived there, the Dclenv assured his captor he
was nut the party sought, and the officer, yielding
at last to his entreaties to scud for the plaintiff; to
colifirm his assertion, was assured that such was the
fact—it turned out that embarrassments obliging
the husband to be absent from town, a paramour had
taken his place, who, anxious fur concealment on
this unleoked-fur discovery, presented the officer
with a ten-pound bank note, to ensure his silence—
the efficacy of which was best proved by our being
in possession of the whole story within twenty-four
hours of its occurrence.

FATAL A CCIDLNT.—On Tuesday lust. two men
"slip were at work at a skte (paltry, near temielford, belonging
to Messrs. It sevear and Sloggatt, having charged a holte with
powder fur Wasting, were ramming down the charge, when the
bon liar struck against a piece of spar, and caused a prtmatuie
explosion, by which the unfortunate men were so dreadfully
injured, that one of them, named Bray, died shortly after having
his kg amputated above the knee: the other, earned Kellow,
has an arm and a thigh broken, one of his eyes deafen, cd, and
• linger torn oti; so that little expectation is entertained for his
recovery. Dray was enmarsied—Kellow has r