The National Register.
London, England, 1816-05-20 00:00:00

THE PRINCE REGENT'S LEVEE.

Tuesday the Prince Regent held a Levee at Carlton-
house, which was very numerously and splendidly attend-
ed. Detachments of Life Guards. were stationed in the
streets leading to Carlton-house, with a number of Bow-
street Officers, under the direction of Sir N. Conant and
Mr. Birnie. The Levee was attended by the Dukes of.
York, Clarence, Kent, Cumberland, and Gloucester ; the -
Prince of Saxe Cobourg ; the Dukes of Bourbon and Or•
leans; the Cabinet Ministers; the Foreign Ambassadors.;
the Archbishop of Canterbury ; the Earl Marshal ; se-
veral of the Judges ; the Vice-Chancellor ; the Lord
Mayor, Sheriffs, and an immense number of Nobility,
and persons of distinction, the recapitulation of whose
titles would fill three or four of bur columns, but afford
little satisfaction to our Readers. His Royal Highness
received Addresses of Cdugxatulation from various. quar-
ters, on the recent nuptials.
His Serene Highness Prince Leopold of SaxeCobourg
cane to the Levee soon after three, and his suit, in two
new carriages, the servants in state liveries. His Serene
Highness was received with military honours, and every
person in the court-yard took off his hat. He was at-
tended by Sir IL Gardiner, Baron Hardenbrocke, Mr.
Addenbroke, and Mr. Chester, who conducted his Serene
Highness, as Assistant Master of the Ceremonies. Among
the presentations were the new Judges Perk, Holroyd,
Abbott, and Burroughs, who all received the honour of
Knighthood.

QUFfEN'S DRAWING.RO6)f.
Thiirsday the Queen held a Drawing-room, to receive-!
the consmtulaticns of the Nobility and Gentry on the
marrit.ge of the Princess Charlotte with the Prince Leo-
pold.
A greater interest was exsited' among the pablic,
and the Court itself was more splendidly and numerously
attended, tha-von anyoceasion since the king's recnYtry.
is supposed that between two and three thousand per- -
sons were present. The company began to arrive mon:
after twelve o'clock,. and continued so to do till past foitr
o'clock. The Royal Pair,. the grand ohje7t of attractio7r,.
'arrived a luarter befote two o'clock. They came in
State, escorted:by Lictit-tGuardti, :tad prcced by three
carriages containing their suite. • TEe Duke anti Duchess
of York, the DA., of Sussex, :tad G leiteester,
with his sister, came also in:State. - The. P'rince lidgent •
was followed by a vain of Lite Guards'of meat extraor-
dinary.length. ThiQuezn, -kith the Pricmcates, entered
tltii Drawing-mom punctually at two o'clock. • Thieom-
piny immediately t.idressed her lulnjetty their.con-
gratulations, and these passed or. to pay their respeLte tb
the Princess Charlotteand Prince Leopold,. who stood en
the right hand of her Aftdesty. Several Atiftresses-from
tliflereat tow-as were roc:sired by her. lqajesty.
The Princess Charlotte-rod her husintd left the Pa-
lace in the FCIIMe. State with which they entered, and
were-received on thoir departure, as at 'their entrance,
with loud huzzos by the poi4tlace. The company had
not left the Palace till seven o'clock. The Regent re-
tuanzed.to du with the Queen and l'riuctliev. •

The Court was attended by the Dukes of Orleans and
Bourbon, by the Foreign Ambassadors, by nine out of
the twelve Judges, by seven Bishops; and by almost all
the Nobility in tuwn of whatever party.

ROYAL VISIT TO THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.

Her Majesty, attended by his royal highness the Duke of
Clarence nod the Princesses Elizabeth and Mary, yesterday
went to inspect the two Houses of Parliament. Soon after
twelve her Majesty arrived at the private entrance to the
House of Lords, in her private carriage drawn by a pair of
horses. The Royal Party was received at the entrance by Sirl',
Tyrwhitt, who conducted them to the House of Peers, in which
the Lord Chancellor and the Earl of Shaftsbury waited theitk
arrival. The Duke of Clarence explained to her Majesty the
forms of the House, and called her attention to every thing
worthy of observation. Her Majesty then took her leave of
the Lord Chancellor, and proceeded to the House of Commons.
At the door of the lobby of this House she was received by the
Speaker and the other officers of the House : the former took
her Majesty by the hand, and led her into the body of the
House, and fully explained the nature of its proceedings. Her
Majesty afterwards partook of a cold collation in the Speaker a
house, and at two u'cluck retired, highly gratified with her
morning's visit.

It will be seen by the Ordinance of the Prince Re-
gent, in the Gazette of Tuesday, that Prince Leopold
takes precedence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the
Lord Chancellor, and all Peers, except the Royal Dukes.
His Serene Highness of course ranks immediately next
to the Duke of Gloucester.
The Princess of Wales arrived at Tunis the beginning
of the present month ; from which place her Royal
Highness was to embark in a few days for Constantinople.
We understand his Royal Highness the Prince Re-
gent has been pleased to order a Patent, creating the
Right Hon. the Lord Mayor a Baronet• of the United
•-: -

Kingdom.
The anniversary of the British Institution for the Edu.,
catioss of the Poor, was held at the London Tavern on.
Monday last; when a most satisfactory report was made
to the meeting. The Duke of Kent, on thanks being
voted to him (on the motion of Mr. Adams, the American
Ambassador), spoke nearly as follows :
" The attendance to-day surpasses my most sanguine expec-
tations. I have at former meetings looker/forward to preside
at the next returns.—Not so now.-1 am about to leave my be-
loved country. Perhaps years may elapse before I meet you
again. Let me hear while lam abroad that this cause prospers,
and I pledge rayseil that when the purposes of my absence are
accomplished—when I return, I will place ONE THOUSAND GUI-
NEAS at the disposal, and for the use of the Institution. If I
have not done it before, it is because I had it not iu my power.
I am desirous that this last act—this pledge of my-love to it,
should be upon record. I feel gratified that this motion came
from the Minister of the United States. I lived long in the
neighbourhood of the United States, and it was ever a grief to
me that tke two countries should be at variance. Their lan-
guage and their interests are the same, and their friendship
should lee hsviotable. 1 return my thanks to this Assembly."

PIRACY AND ROBBERY ON THE RIVER THAMES.
—deb—

The house of Messrs. Fairly and Go. having occasion to send
to Calcutta thirteen chests of dollars by the Lady Campbell,
lying oil Greenwich. they were put an board the India Cony
patty's hoy Coromandel, to be conveyed to that ship. Between
two and three o'clock Thursday morning last, when the hoy hail
reached Bugby's.hole, a small cratt came alongside on pi etext
of asking questions. As only two men appeared in view of the
boat, no serious alarm was excited, until a tarpaulin was hauled
ow one side, and discovered about twenty more. The boy woe
now on the alert, but it was too late ; the pirates were soon ors •
board, and placir.re pistol to the head of Mr. Abbot, the mas-
ter,demanded Isis submission. Mr. Abbotosith Mr. Champion.
the Companliefncer,and the crew, were driven into the cabin,
'from whence they discharged severuldtleraderbusses at the ban-
ditti on deck. The tire was returned, and an exclamation was
made as if a person was wounded • it was succeeded by a voice,
saying, " We will murder thenrell," which led'the crew to the
resolution of fighting for their lives, if the vessel•was attempted
to be scuttled, as they apprthended. In the mean time this
villains broke open the hatches with a crow-bar, and proceeded
to rummage the hold—Their alum, however, was so great,tbat
they hurried into their' craft oulyeevenviteets of the dollars out
'of the thirteen 40U board.. In each clithrt-were contained four
bags, wills one tlionsand'eloilars in each, so that the whole
emoted of the • booty obtained. was about seven thowand
potowls. The rohbery .being tires completed, the pirates -
ran the hoy on to prevent way immediate pursuit. The
sante day, Tii..lstlav a vigilant search was set tot foot by the
police after therrobb'ert, but with-ant snrcess. A deposition to
the above etti'zt'waa given at theThatnes Pelice.offiee, on Fri-
day, by the master and crew of tile boy. It appears that Mite
bags of tire dollars have since been recut ered ; Nnl none of the
*eine! tiepredators are yet in enstody. It would seem that,
fetal' .the speedy-approach of day-light, end the +dean, ss of '
the tide immediatetrafter the rouhery was committed, the
loins were afraid to venture-tot sistwe-vrith-thenstnien property,
and therefore deemed it eseetlitnt to sink the whole or past of
the chests, as they supposed., within-kw water mark, in Gal.
lion.reach I for about SC‘CII o'clock, at low eater, three of the
chests were observed oneovereit en the sht.re, by Comtuan-
der of a tnalwArt and some Greenwich w Mermen, A‘ho opened
the boxer, and divided the booty; but the greatest part hill •
heed stiere given tip, anti- mini,- anuOl. will it is expected, be
thus recovered..—:.reward of 5001. is uttered tilt the appre..
hension of out-or 49•P1. of the Wenders on eonvietiou,:sud MAIL
morevn recovery-4f the remaining proputy.

Iftty Wm—A mane: t • pee.aents' ftT 'stopping the
dry rot in timber, that ttltich ntw in ese iu Plymouth Yard,
is a bole bored to the (1(1101.019 or In inches in the head of
each timber, and fillet! with train oil: the hole is then plugged
up, and the *left to penetrats• into the timber.
On the nrsoal of the !loyal George, off Gravesend, from
ott Wednesday bet, three singular accidents happened :
etewnin'A Wife w ent ott• in it boat to meet her husband,
who, descending from the ship, kissed her, fell back, aid ex-
pired immediately.- About the sante on shore, the nisther
of the mute towing to see her son, in getting
.down from the
coach, broke her leg : and iu the evening, the armvurer of the
ship WO drowned. -