The National Register.
London, England, 1809-10-29 00:00:00

The Gazette.of Tuesday contain,' Proclamations for the
pardoning of deserters belonging, to the Army and Navy.
It was said on Friday, that a Courier had arrived from
the Marquis of Wellesley, with his answer to the prol►usao
wade him to take the Office of Secretary for Foreign At=
fairs. This is not, and could not, have been correct. The
latest letters from his Lordship are of the 6th and 7th, and
the proposal was not sent off to him till the second.
The late accounts from our army in Portugal are by no
means of a pleasing nature. We are assured from an
highly respectable quarter that the total effective force
under Lord Wellington, did not, on the first of the pre-
sent mouth, exceed 15,000 men, and that his army was
daily diminishing by disease.
We have received a letter from Sicily, dated the 16th
Fepternher, expressive of apprehensions that the French
were preparing for an invasion of that island. The peace
in Germany had spread a general gloom over the Sicilian
Court, and it is added, that Sir John Stuart had written
home for a reinforcement of troops, under an impression
that the force at present under his orders is incompetent to
the defence of the island.
We understand that in consequence of the urgent re-
monstrances of the British prisoners at Verdun, the Com-
mandant of that fortress has been suspended in his govern-
ment. Sir Thomas Lavie has also been released from the
dose confinement to which he had been committed by the
command of that officer.

The letters from Gottenburgh contain some unfavour-
able intelligence respecting the last convoy from Riga.
Of upwards of 100 ships that sailed from that port, ho
more than 70 had arrived at Gottenburgh. The remainder
either foundered at sea, were on shore at Calmar and
Carheroin, or captured. Between ten and fifteen had
been carried into Copenhagen. The prohibition issued by
the late king of SwciiEN against the entrance of Jews into
that country has been abolished by his present Majesty.
Two Tyrolese had arrived at Gottetiburgh, on their way
to England, for the purpose of soliciting the support of our
Government in their efforts to establish their independence,
in case they were given up by Austria.

Extract of a letter, dated Flushing, Oct. 22.—Notwith-
standing the two large fleets of sick men which yesterday
and the day before sailed for England, our hospitals are
still quite full. !In truth there are now very .few troops in
the island but Sick. In our regiment we have not fifty
duty men, and some other regiments have not thirty. In
the mean time, the French are very busy in the neighbour-
ing islands, and will some morning certainly astonish our
Dons here. What can your wise people in England' be
thinking about, to attempt to keep such an island as this,
with a few weak, sick wretches, while you are every where
surrounded by an active enemy ? If reinforcements are
not speedily sent, we mav, in a very short time, be sur-
prised here. This week Government sent out two Gene-
rals, but no troops, We have Generals enough, and near-
ly as many Doctors and Commissioners as we have of mi-
litary Officers. General Don, our new Commander-in-
Chief, is daily expected, when Sir Eyre Coote immediately
takes his departure home. Au able Commander should be
considered as au indispensible. requisite here, for he will
save many able ones to contend with on the part of the
enemy, and that at no very distant period. If we are not
soon recalled from this burying-place, you may 'ere long
oxpeet to hear of our having very hot work here.

We have great satisfaction in being able to announce,
that the Duke of York reported to the Royal Family,
that the Princess Amelia was in a „fair way of recovery,
and was expected to arrive at Windsor, in a few days, in a
carriage belonging to the Prince. of Wales, which, has, the
convenience of a bed.
The account of Buonaparte's insanity continues to pre-
vail. The tale is absurd, and unworthy of contradictive.
if he be mad, what are his opponva:i

A person belonging to the French Court his 1),-,11 disci
patched to Hungary to sontr"ratulAte the I:iiiiieror
in the name of the EmpororNapoleoll 4,u his blrtli-d4y.
The Valiant man of war arrived at Plymouth on Timm*
ay. after having been on if It ore tiff L'Orient, and nerirljti
lusc. She made 14 feet water an hour for some time, uut4
a sail was made to pass wider the bottom and over tho
leak-

The long.-expected alliance between the Duke of Deion-
shire and Lady Elizabeth forater, took place on Thursday*
se'nnight, at Burlington house, Chiswick. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Mr. Priddy, Chaplain- to au
Grace, in the presence only of two Gentlemen from Doc-
tors' Commons.. Owing to a blunder committed by a per-
son who was sent express, in a pat chaise and four, for
necessary documents. the inarriaze ceremony was del :yet'
until midnight. The intentions of the parties were kept so•
se-ret, that no branch of the house of Cavendish was pre-
pared for the event. Expresses were sent off on the lo!..
lowing day on different routes. Sunday • arrived in town
Lord and Lady Morpelh, Countess of -Besborough, &c.
Lord and Lady George Cavendish were expected. .
Sittings appointettin Middlesex and London, beThre the.
Right flonaurable'idward Lord Elleribormigh. Lord Chief'
Justice, &c. in and after Michaelmas Term, 1809. t

IN TERM.

MIDDLESEX. LONDON.
Saturday - Nov. Ilth Monday -
'4aturday . • 18th Monday •
Saturday . 25th Monday -
AFTER TERM.
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Wednesday - -

Friday morning a mast exp used his wife for sale in the.
Broadway, Westminster. Tne money demanded forher
was threeguineas, and two being offered by one of her
!ants, the bargain was readily closed, when she with het
purchaser, accompanied by a few acquaintances; rating!
to a neghbonring, house, leaving her husband set::
roauded by a considerable number of spectators, *llOlO
attentions were attracted by the uoveltj of auch a scene is
that part of the town. • !l' • •
ELOPEMENT.—A young lady, the daughter of an archi-
tect, in the neighbourhood of Cavendish square, eloped ow
Tuesday morning, and in three hours after was detected
leaving a hagnio in St. Martin's parish, in a gentleman's cha.
riot, accompanied by the son of a Baronet. The chariot
was stopped in St. Martin's-lane, and the lady alighted a%
the end of Newport-street, where, to her surprise, she met
a servant of her father, and a relative who had, gone its
quest of her. The lady- was unable to support herself, an 4
a crowd of people collected, •so that the matter becamst
soon whispered about. She was conveyed to the house of
a relative in Greek-street. ...I. ai.:l st4l 6.1 I*4f • •
We have to add another niblindhgly instattte to the fatal
effects of that much to; be lamettted'prattice of duelling :41-
Tuesday morning,•Msit B. a Surgeon In his Malesty's Navy;
and Lieutenant G. of'the Gtiards, met on Wimbledon Com-,
mon, to decide an affair of honour. The first shots failing
in their effect, they had recourse to the second, wheni
shocking to relate. Mr. B. was shot dead on the spot, and
Lieutenant G. so badly wounded, tharno hopes are enter-
tained of his recovery. The seconds iinmediately
sconded. The quarrel originated about a lady who not
crth quarrelling- for. olt a 4 • it 1
Two men, one an Italian, the other a Portu?itese, wets
on the 6th. inst-strangled and burnt in the public p acp-Rf
Caes de Sordre, at Lisbon, for uttering base coiiL Thera
are about for[ 44; Ayq Ituore criminals4o ,undergo the sain.
punishmentr,ft-liq :01,1A s *a 40:14..*, •
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roe. Ticket 'r,Ol Writ *it t Otifts.4ll. I,otCol:.‘rfts mid inn'',
Quarter,Three ightit4i: art& Six min t4l', at Ey tools lucky
Opera,; 2, Cerabil 1., • ithrra- the fortneatit olden wutly retire
their Money onDemand„