The National Register.
London, England, 1808-04-25 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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-oiee classes of the inhabitants sutler distress, thoic espe-
cially who depended on the Conrt for their subsistence.
and who have lost their employment in consequence of its
emigration. The French. we are informed, with their
characteristic activity, have proceeded in making groat
improvements in the city ; more, indeed, than have beet
ado for many years before. The Governor has ordered
.t.e cleansing, and now pa..ring of most of the streets whit*
were before in %cry bad conoition. Other changes, how.
ever, have been ofa less grateful nature, and proceed frons
motives more doubtful. General Junot has ordered that
the images should be melted down. A deputation of Friars
waited on the General to procure a respite for a very large
and favourite saint, which they begged leave to remove
and preserve. His answer was—•" If the statue is of wood,
vou may throw it into the Tagus; if brass, von may break
it ; but if it is silver, or gold, you must bring it to mei and
will melt it."

Our squadron in the Adriatic has experienced much kind-
ness from the inhabitants of the Seven Islands, who have
expressed their dcsire to co-operate with a British force iu
the expulsion of the French, who are nut in sufficient num-
bers to sustaiii th:rnselves against a very moderate British
force. At Corfu they have only ;ift.;.on !intited men, at
Zante only ttie hundred, and fifty at Aphalonis. This lat-
ter Island would be an acquisition of great %a I tic to us, as
we night keep it with 500 men. The inhabitants, who
have 110 vessels, are particularly attached to the English.
'it'd by no means partial to the French.
We have been informed that Christophe, one of the En-,
perors of Hayti, has appointed M. Peltier, the quondam
Ediitor of L'Ambigu, to be his Imperial Ambassador at.
the Court of London, with a salary of three thousand a
year. It is added, that the first remittance has already
14een received by his new Excellency in coffee. If this
story be true, will our Government accept him ?
Capt. Goodall, Admiral of Hayti, is arrived in London.
and states, that the object of the expedition of which he
had the command, was to destroy yetion's privateers, anti
to protect the British trade from insult, under the opera-
tion of this decree. This object was effected by the de-
struction of Petioles vessels in the manner already stated.
B. H. Kennedy, Esq. Deputy Commissary General, is
appointed for the expedition to Sweden, who was out on
the late expedition to the Baltic. _ _

It is said that the voyage of the Duke of Orleans for the
Mediterranean, has in view an important political object.
The Queen of Etruria, it was reported, ssas to marry
Lucien Bonaparte. They were then to govern Portugal
jointly. Luck-a may perhaps now be less obstinate than
soire.years since ; and he may possibly be less averse now
to a divorce than when he incurred the resentment of his
brother by his attachment to his plebeian wife.
The body of the late Mr. Paull was removed from his house
in Charles-street, at six o'clock on Thursday morning. and
interred in St. James's-church-yard. The funeral was ver►
private, and the body was deposited on the western side of
the church-yard. It is said, that Mr. Paull lost 1600'. at
the gaming table, on the night previous to his committing
the rash act of suicide ; 500/. of which was lent to him by
a Marquis. The will of Mr. Paull has been found sealed
up, and addressed to Mr. Wollesley, of Shropshire, who
was one of his most particular friends. On the day after
the suicide, four sealed packets from India were delivered
at his house. It is supposed they contain pearls to a con-
siderable amount.

A new Harlequinacle and the Classic Story of Jason and
.ITedea, brilliantly illustrated with dresses and scenery, is
,iow performing with bursts of applause, at the New Ace—
tre, iu Catherine-street, Strand. The Proprietors have
undertaken the task with considerable spirit, and have ren-
dered the Theatre (he most commodious place within the
Liberties. The dresses are designed by Mr. Johnston, me.
etanist, late of the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane ; the mil-
!4;1! by Mr. Omni. We sincerely hope their ondeQuurs
weet siith