The National Register.
London, England, 1816-08-04 00:00:00

POETRY.

THE SEASON.
THE Season, 'tis granted, is not very gay,
Hut we cannot in justice complain of the weather,
For if changes delight ua, we have in one day.
Sprir.g, and Summer, and Autumn, and Winter together.

ON TILE SENTINEL'S DETECTION OF TILE TOWER

GHOST.

THE fearless guard, possessing 611.,
Is able still to take his po,,t ;
Who ('tis well known) in phantom strife,
Courageously curve up thr Ghost !

Her Majesty has issued cards of invitation for a nu- -
merous party on the 12th of August, at her Palace, to
celebrate the Prince Regent's birth-day.
The Princess Charlotte is so much recovered, that only
the weather prevents her from going out; but Prince Leo-
pold, we ttre sorry to hear, is now indisposed.
The Prince Regent honoured Lady Heatheote's ball,
on Fuiday week, with his presence. Among the company,
there were the Marehiones.s. of Bert ford, the Dowager
Lady Jersey, and Mrs. Fitzherbert. His Royal High..
mess was in excellent spirits, and did not retire till four
o'clock in the morning.—Times.
According to intelligence from Cairo, there have been
commotions in that city by the mutiny of the troops, and
from which the family of the Swedish Vice-Consul -has
suffered. His lady, being on her return at mid-day front
the bath with her two daughters, was fired upon by one
of the disorderly soldiers, and the eldest of the young la-
dies, fourteen years of age, was struck with a ball, and
died in a few hours afterwards. The Governor took an •
active part in this affair, and ordered the arrest of the de-
linqt.ent, who was executed on the spot.
A Court of Common Council was held on Tuesday, at •
Guildhall ; when Addresses were unanimously agreed to
be presented to the Prince Regent and the Queen, and .
compliments of congratulation to the Princess Mary and
the Duke of Gloucester on their recent marriage.—The .
Committee of Coal and. Corn•presented a Report, recom-
mending the dismissal of the Chief Clerk of the Coal
Market ; which, after some discussion, was agreed to.—
The Committee of 'City Lands presented a report on the
expediency and practicability of abolishing Bartholomew
Fair; but which could not be done without the sane- •
tion of Parliament, and an adequate remuneration
being made to the several parties at present interested
therein.

Wednesday evening, .the Lord Mayor Lady Mavore;-, .
and several Ladies, accompanied by Sheriffi; Thorpe
and Bell, and Aldermen J. J. Smith, ScSoley,
C. Smith, Ma,gnay, Bridges and llcy".ate, and the City
Officers, arrived at the Crown Inn, Itueheiter, in the Tri-
nity yacht. On Thursday the Lord Mayor gave a public
breakfast, and the same day adinner, to the Mayor and
Corporation of Rochester, the Duke of Sussex, Earl of
Darnley, Lord Clifton, the Members for Rochester. Ad-
miral Rowley, Gen. Winter, and Sir J. Brown; Capts.
Sir J. Gordon, W. HoAte, J. Louis R. N. &c. The Lord
Mayor gave a splendid Ball and Supper in the evening at •
the Assembly Room, which was illuminated and nume-
rously attended. The Lord Mayor and party went to
Cobham Hall, to the Earl of Darnley, to meet the Duke •
of Sus ex and a large party-4 to whom Lord Darnley gave
a public breakfast. The Lord Nkorafterwards returned .
to London.

A deputation of tke Corporation of Bath waited upon
the Duke of Wellington, on Tuesday, at Cheltenham,
with an invitation to that city, and to honour them with
his company to dinner. They were received with the
most. polite attention by the Duke, who rct.,•attad hit
inability to visit Bath, on account of his leaving Chel-
tenham on Wednesday, and England on the 6th of Au-
gust._

Colonel Riddell, owner of the house the Mike of Wel-
lington occupied at Clichen ham, to commemorate his visit
there, planted a British oak on the lawn, on Mon.lay last,
the anniversary of the battle of Salamanca. The Duke
and Duchess, with their two sons, the Marquis of Douro
and Lord C. Wellesley, Lady C. Bathurst, Lonl Ass.'. -,
&c. attended at the.eeremony the oak is to be.called t::e
Waterloo 0.4..!
His Grace the Duke of WellieKton visited Bristol on
Saturday last. At half-past two o'clock the Sheriffs,
Messrs. Bickley and George, met the illustrinos Duke at
the Cross-Hands, below S3r R. N'aughan's. The cavalcade
proceeded through Redand to Park street, where it was
met by a numer.ats body of Gentlemen on horseback.
His Grace was in an open barouche, accompanied by
Lord Apsley, and passed under a grand triumphal arch,
which was surmounted by a figure, representing the Ge-
nius of Bristol, crowning a bust of Wellington. Beneath
on each side, two tigures.of Victory, supporting a large
transparent painting of the Rattle of Waterloo, the wins
covered with banners.; recording the victories of our Chief.
The cavalcade proceeded down to the Mansion-ho. tse.
where the Duke was received by the Corporation in their
robes, and presented with a gold box ; and also by the
Society of Merchants, who also presented his Grace with
the Freedom of their Body iu a gold box I lis Grace
nfterwartls walked from the Mansion-hones to the Mer-
chants' Hall, between two lines of the .55th regiment,
where he partook of a most sumptuous entertainment..

On a trial at the lust Old );:tilec ticssiona, fix the
stealing of pigs, it apparel, that Gammon took /log
into custody, and ihteon swore to the 14. king Lir.

QOG

THE PORTUGUESE GOVERNOR OF ST.J.IGO.

We copy the following from another paper ; upon
which we ought to observe, that it would be premature
to chqrge the affisir upon Portugal, as an act of national
insult stud ingratitude, before it be ascertained how titr
the Government of the Brazils is disposed to identify
itself with the conduct of the Governor of St. Jagn. The
esnuse which has been pursued by the Captain and pas..
lagers seems a very proper one.
I he ship Phiiippa, Captain G. Nicholls, hound to Cal.
(-luta, touched at Praya, in the Isle of St. Jac,o, ou I:II! 114111 of
ittas, with a view of obtaining a supply of waiter and refresh-
ments. They haunt lying in the harbour the ship Slater:iv e
Casile, Captain Ralph, put in there in distress, having struck
on the rocks that nisi oft the north-cast point ofßonavista ; and
the Captain of the Philippa being solicited by her commander
to take part of the Mulgrave Castle's cargo on board to the.
Cape, lie agreed to the proposition for a certain awn, in order
But the damaged ship might proceed to Rio de Janeiro Alr re-
pairs. The Collllllillllltsr of the Phillippa, in agreeing to the ac-
tsonnoodation proposed, highly lacetised against hint the Por-
tuguese Governor, Don Antonio de Contrinto de Lancastie.
Aithongh the British paid kiln every respect doe to his autho-
rity. he pet scented them to the utmost of his power, and tar no
other reason than became the Phillippa was likely to be the
means ut wresting out of his Minds a valuable British property,
which lie.had calculated on getting into his possession. The
Commander of the Philippa and Captain Ralph were treated
by the Governor on their first landing with marked disrespect.
They were immediately summoned before Zino; and, atter
beim.; obliged to hear the most violent language used iu ex-
pressing his detestation of the English nation in general, he
placed both the officers under arrest, and then ordered a sur-
e/ ey of the Mulgrave Castle, with the full intention of detaining
her as incapable of prosecuting her voyage. The Governor
beat to anus as soon as the surveying officer landed, fired two
ittots at the British ships, and it was with tunch difficulty lie
was prevailed on by an fficer under kin, to alter his determi-
nation of snaking them. 't'he two officers of the Philippa were
Text confined in a common gaol, without a hearing, and had
fora companion a criminal for murder! The Philippa wits put
In possession a 50 soldiers; and Capt. Harrington, who was
Passenger in the Philippa, was forced on short., and with the
Commander were consinered to be prisoners on parole. After
this, the Governor, weighing, it was supposed, the consequence
of his conduct, thought proper to be more moderate, amid grant-
ed permission for the vessels to proceed oil their destinations.
The following is the copy of a protest scut to the Governor by
the Officers and passengers of the two vessels:-
10 MS EXCELLENCY BOX ANTONIO DE CONTRINTO DE LAY-