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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

tions on it. Letters from Vienna, in noticing the
lamentable end of Kotzebue, whose prolific muse
so long possessed the German stage, state, that the
actors of that city were resolved to get ups, perform-
ance in honour cf him, the profits of which were to
be distributed to his family. The conscription in
he German provinces of Austria has praluced
46,006 men, fur the current year; but as 20,000
foreigners were about to retire from the same ser.
vice, to their respective homes, this reduces the sc.
cession of the military to 26,000 men.

Tuesday, at half-past two o'clock, Mr. Hase,
from the Bank of England, made an official commu-
nication at the Stock Exchange, stating, that if
there is a Loan contracted for this year, that Ex-
chequer Bills for one-fourth the sum to the amount
of any subscription that individuals may make will
be taken at a Premium of Twenty Shillings.—This
communication makes the report of a Loan certain
and serious. The amount is expected to be Twenty
Millions, and this too after so many years of Peace ! I

It will be seen by our Parliamentary Report, that
on Friday the very important question of Catholic
Emancipation was postponed to this evening, to give
way to the debate on the Bank Report. We shall
be glad to find that one voter more was enabled by
this postponement to give his voice fur so desirable
a treasure.

The Prince Regent, should he be sufficiently well
of the gout; is expected at Carlton-house in the
course of the ensuing week to hold a levee, and to
receive the Persian Ambassador, on which occasion
the beautiful Persian horses will be presented to
his Royal Highness, sent to this country, fur that
purpose by his Majesty the Shah of Persia.

THIL Dots AND I)UCRESS or KENT.—The Prince
Regent had, during the absclice of the Duke of Kent,
commanded a her of rooms in Kensington-palace
to he added to those ocsupieil by the Duke previously to
his marriage, and they were accordingly fitted up and
in readiness upon his arriial in England. The Duke of
Kent has been particularly attentive to the welfare of
his Duchess in their traveiling in England. '1 hey came
by short stages ; he drove ha himself in his phaeton,
and arrived in that carriage at Kensingti o-native nn
Sunday afternoon, about five o'clock, trout the Earl of
Darnley's. The I)itlce and Duchess dined with the
Duke of Sussex at Kensingtoo.paiace, aec•nmpauied by
the Piinceas, toe I)itchemi's daughter, the Baroness de
Bonne, the Piiiicess's Goveritos, General Wetherall,
the Coin ptridler of the Doke of Gen.
Moore, C sptain Conway, Dr. Wilson, the Ladies in
on the Duchess, &c. The Duchess is attended
to England by Mrs. Sit 1411, a celebrated midwife. Yes-
terday mnrrunsc. Sir Bloomfield anis ttl at
Kensingtampslare from the Prince Regent., at Brictitton,
to express the Regetit's congrandatioos to the Duke and
Duchess upon their ariiial w England. .

On Monday, the Duke and Duchess of Kelt re-
ceived visits lisim a great number of the Nobility
and Gentry at Kensington Palace, on their arrival
from the Continent. Their Royal H:gltnesses dined
on Sunday with the Duke of Sussex.

It is mentioned in a flrei,;tl Journal, that his
Royal Highness the Prince Regent of England has
purchased of the King of the Netherlands the coun-
ty of Speigelberg, which is quite surrounded by the
kingdom of Hanover, arid has again parted with
that domain to Count Munster, the Minister of State.
On Thunder. his Excellency the Persian Ambas-
sador, with Sir Gore Ouseley, and Mr. Willock, his
Secretary. mounted upon three of the Persian horses.
took a ride through Hyde-park. His Excellency
rode a beautiful gray horse, with a Persian brid!e
and saddle, and was dressed in his national costume,
in rich crimson satin, and. a fine large sash of the
same colour, with a highly finished dirk, with a
large diamond in the centre of the hilt.

There are three distinct parties in the city, who,
it is understood, will deliver proposals for the loan,
as soon as tha amount, and the manner in which it is
to be contracted for, are inside public. It was ex-
pected and hoped in a period of profound peace, that
the public would hear nothing more, at least for a
long time to come, of Loan Contractors.
We understand a person has arrived from Liver-
pool at the Admiralty, with a cannon and carriage.
which is novel to the gunners of the present day ; it
is so constructed to load with rwiler and shot at the
mod -hole, and can be rendered completely useless
momentarily. It is well adapted fLr a field-piece.
Should the cannon be lea at a retreat, the enemy
cannot make use of it ; but if retaken, it can be turn-
ed to use in two minutes, and requires only one.
feurtb of powder to a common gun.

MAY 3.

The Bill for the preventing of bribery and dustup-
titm in the election of Members for' Barnstaple,
enacts, that the Freeholders in the Hundreds of
13raunton, Sherwell, Framl;ngton, and South Mel-
ton, shall vote for Barnstaple.
• In the garden of the Bishop of Bath and Wells at
the latter place, there is at this time, an apple-tree
with fine fruit of last year's growth upon its branch.
es, whilst blossoms of the present Spring are bunt.
ing forth.

A ship, now in the London docks, is taking in
goods and passengi-rs fur New South Wales, about
30 of the latter having already engaged their pas-
sage at 80 guineas each. A stage coach is shippec,
which is to run from Sydney to Paramatta, being
the first stage coach introduced in that quarter of
the globe.
The grievances under which the Roman Catho-
lics labour are these :—No Catholic can be a Judge.
a King's Counsel, a Master in Chancery, Chairman
of a County, High-Shea; Sub-Sheriff, Alderman,
Cotamon Councilman, and is not entitled to any
Collegiate honour, but it is not true, as stated. that
a Catholic cannot vote ut an election for a Member
of Parliament.

On Wednesday lost the body of Thos. Theaker,
of the Royal Artillery, was inter. ed at Pontefract
with military honours. On the discharge of the
cannon, the shock so shattered the coffin, as to leave
the corpse entirely exposed to view.
We understand that. owing to large orders froro
different parts of Germany, colonial produce Ilad
risen very considerably. At Rotterdam there was a
considerable revival of trade.

LAW CHANGES IN SCOTLAND.—The Chief Ba-
ron of the Exehequer in Scotland retires, and two
candidates have offered themselves for this high of-
fice—the Chief Commissioner of the Jury Court,
Sir W. Adam, and the Lord Advocate. The latter,
it is reported, is the most to succeed.
Tus lsiarr —The Antelope of frO pins. recently re-
turned from Btrbadoes, has been paid off at Cha thin'.
The Towey frigate, from the East Indies. has heel, paid
nil at Plymouth. The lAven frigate, Captain Rartho.
lotnetv, railed from l'eneriffe on ihe 2lith of February,
on a cruise off the coast of Africa. The s••ry frigate,
Captain IVlnte, who lately brotixlit the Agent from the
Dry of Altriert. is tinder orders to return immediate'v
to the Nlediterratiean. An extensive supply of naval
limber, of various descriptions, has recently been rri-
ceived into Chatham duck-yard, brought (min Trieste
and the Adriatic by the Weymouth store-sliip, Captain
Timer. It is said to he in excellent cu,niiiion, and ap-
plicable to many purposes nf

Sco-rrtsis HOSPITAL—On Saturday, the friends of
this t,:tictolctit itistitutiott ass.mbled witli Elie corpora-
tints to (limier at Farm:lsom' I'avern. As this is the
season wlien there is the greatest assentlihige in town of
noblemen and gentlemen front the other side of the
Tweed, the meeting might hate been expected to he
very intinerons, and :be sill:scrip:ions very liht ral ; and
no doubt this would have been the case, had the badness
of the we:titer not coliirgati:vil to prevent it, The coin-
Noy, though not so nitincrotis as we base
seen it cm former ()evasions, was liighly respectable.
Lord Melville was in the chair, supported by the Lord
Adv,cate of Scotland, Sir G. Clerk, M. P., Mr. lioswtll,
M. P , Sir Graham More, Sir Pooltney laleottih, and
several other p. nuns of distinction. Tile usual touts
were given, and the usual emertainnints of songs,
speeches, and bagi.:pes eujoyed. The Secretary, Mr.
Auld, iii the course of the eveninz, read the tunics and
c mirthutions of the subscribers. The JlllOlllll of sub.
sctiptioits seas about 4501., a third part of which was
contributed by two individuals.—Mr. Macnaughtim, of
Alacitaughton, and a lady who sent her sobseription
through the medium of the Chieitam ; he giving /4,
and she ho guineas. The evening passed away in
great harmony, hilarity, and good order, and the meet-
ing dispersed about 11 o'clock.
The plan offered to the Bank is said to have been re-
commended by Mr. Ricardo; according to which, the
Bank should never pay in coin, but in bars of gold at
the standard price : in fine, it is advised, that the Bank
shall at all times buy gold when offered, at 3i. is.; and
sell it, when demanded. at 3/. 79. 141. This scheme
niay have been derived from the practice of the Bank of
liamburgh. This Batik (as we learn from a little work.
entitled A Statement of the Pars of Exchange, anti
Trade in 801 l oti") is " bound by its constitution to re-
ceive all silver that is brought itt, at the rate of 27 niks.
10 sh. batten, fur the mark of fine or pure silver ; for
which the person who deposits has credit given hint
upon the books of the Bank. But the Bank returns all
silver called for be any persons having an account there,
or holding a 1.0 of exchange, payable in Bulk money
on Hamburgh, :.t the rate ()I' 27 inks. 12 lilt. Banco, the
mark of pore or fine silver."

In Germany public altars are very different to what
they are in France ; indeed the Germans only want that
which the French were desirous of ribtaining in 1789,
namely, «itial rights, no feudal system, and an Habeas
Corpus Act. And, say she Germans, if a Representa-
tive Got•ernmeut is thought to be fit fur Frenchmen. why
are we not to enjoy the same benefit ? /1:e we less
worthy of liberty than Frenchmen ?

MAY 3.

Letters received in town from the West :ladies so
late as the beginning of last month. communicate
the intelligence that General MiGregor having been
joined at Aux Cayes, by the Hero and Monarch
transports, with troops from England, he had imme-
diately set sail for the Spani.4h Main, and hal on
the 26th February landed at Santa Martha, without
any opposition, which was not expected, as we were
informed by previous accounts, that all the regular
tram?. Led withdrawn from New Granada, by
Generalr Morino. The affairs of the Patriots go on
Prosperously._ _ _

The valuable fleet of merchantmen from the Ila-
vannah. consisting of seven vessels, under convoy of
the Sabina frigate, arrived safely at Cadiz on the
9th inst ; the nmonnt of specie on board is esti-
mated at two millions and a half of dollars.

ITALIAN 13.INDITTI.-It may not be amiss to in-
form our countrymen of the danger to which those
expose themselves who visit Rome. A letter re-
ceived in town from a respectable gentleman. of
Cornwall, now in that city, states,. that as he was
travelling, about the end of last month, with his wife
and servant, in Italy, on his wuy to the capital, he
was attacked by a ferocious band of robbers, who
took him and his lady prisoners. The loader of the
banditti desired the gentleman to be detained as a
hostage, and told his wife and servant that they might
proceed on their journey to Rome, after plundering
tl,e party of all they had. The lady declined, and
resolutely declared that she wo•Ild not quit her host
band, and it was at length agreed that the servant
should be left as hostage fur a certain sum. The
gentleman with his wile having reached Rome, he
was making arrangements to fulfil the agreement
and release his servant, when the Government
having heard of the circumstance, ordered a party of
Roman soldiers to proceed to the forest, where the
robbers were The soldiers succeeded in releasing
the servant, but were at length obliged to retreat.
The robbers, mortified at the rescue of their hos-
tage, have sworn vengeance against the gentleman,
and have resolved that nothing will gratify them bu,
his death, and consequently he cannot Icily:. Rome,
fearful of being assassinated by this lawless band.
By a Cadiz: paper of a recent date, it appears that
the plague on the coast of Africa was still continu-
ing its ntviges towards the end of March, although
in Tangiers and its neighbourhood there had been
a great diminution of its violence. But in Rebel 10
were dying every clay, and in Lambe upwards of
15. In Tetuan there had died between the 17th
and 21st of March 357 ; in Fez, the daily amount
of deaths exceeded 150, and in Mequines they
amounted to between SO and 50.

When Buonaparte, then first consul for life,
wished to tak. the the title of Emperor, his brother
Lucien opposed himself to the project wit:► all his
power; and finding his efforts unavailing, Your
ambition knows no bounds,' said he; 'you are mas-
ter of France, you wish to be master of all Europe.
Do you know what the result will he ? You will be
smashed to pieces like this watch'—flinging his
watch violently upon the floor.
By the receipt of accounts from Halifax and New
Brunswick, of the end of last month, we learn that
several vessels belonging to different ports of Nova
Scotia, had been seized in the ha bours of the
United States, and the exc•.►se stated for this pro-
ceeding is, that there is no clause in the Commercial
Treaty which provides for colonial vessels touching
at American ports even in distress. A letter from
St. John's New Brunswick, mentions the arrival of
Captain Hanford, of the Three Sisters, who stated,
that having occasion to put into Vineyard Sound,
being short of provisions and water, he was not
only refused the supplies he stood in need of, but
narrowly escaped being seized. In other places
British vessels were without ceremony seised and
condemned: among others, the schooner James, of
Halifax, shared this fate.

The Duke of Bedford took the air in lair carriage
on Sutnrday, being the first time he has ventured
out since his accident.

Thursday a numerous Meeting of Noblemen and
Gentry was held at the British Coffee-house, Cock-
spur-street. the Duke of Athol in the Chair, for the
purpose of raising the sithseriptions towards a Na-
tional Monument, which is intended to be erected at
Edinburgh, in order to commemorate the Victories
and Martial Achievements of the Scottish Troops
during the late war in Europe, as well as the recent
glorious services of our army in India. The precise
nature of the monument will not yet be fixed, until
the extent of the subscriptions are known ; we un-
derstand that they already exceed 11,0001. Amongst
the persons present at the Meeting, we noticed the
Earl of Roseberry, the Earl of Sultoun, Earl Nor-
theston, hit. W. Sinclair, the Hon. W. Duntlas,
Archibald Campbell, Earl Breadalbane, &c. 8:e.

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