The National Register.
London, England, 1814-05-29 00:00:00

Al -VC' 29.

la's in order to convey the .earliest information to the Duke
of C.arence, is to precede the Prince of Wirtemberg 24
hours
A Morning Paper says—" We understand that Govern-
ment has determined to send Lord Gambier to the Hague,
to treat for a peace with the American Plenipotentiaries.
Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope accompanies his Lordship, and
Captain Fabian of the Navy is appointed Secretary of Le-
gation. His Majesty's ship Providence, Captain Vansittart,
is to convey Lord Gambier and his suite to the Dutch
coast."

Ferdinand IV. King of the Two Sicilies, has issued a de-
clara!ion, proclaiming most loudly and indignantly, that he I.
has not renounced, nor ever will renounce, his right to the
Kingdom of Naples ; not will be accept of any compensation
svha.evet for that kingdom.
Paris Papers arrived on Wednesday to the 23d instant.
Their contents are not possessed of much interest. an
order of the King, dated the 20th, Marshal Oudinot is ap-
pointed Commander in Chief of the Bova' Corps of Grena-
diers and Foot Chasseurs, and Marshal Fey Commandant in
Chief of the Cuirassiers, Dragoons, • Chasseurs, and Light
Horse Lancers. It is worthy of rematk, that the King styles
each of these Marshals h this appointment "our Cousin."—
Geneva is become one of the Swiss Cantons.—The Pope, it
is said, swis to make his entry into Home *on the 10th.—The
King of Naples and his troops arc on their return to the
Neapolitan territory.--The King of Sardinia arrived at
Genoa on the 9th, on his way to Turin, to take possession of
the former d iminions of his family.--The Archduchess
Maria Lou;sa arrived at Zurich on the Gth, and was to
proceed, on the Bth, to Munich. Iler Imperial Highness
travels ins og;iilo under the title of the Countess de Fidken
stein.—The Emperor of Austria, was expected at Munich
the 23d or 24th ; a pact of his equipages left Paris on the •
Dith. It is certain that he does not visit England.—The
review of the National Guards at Paris, which was to have
taken place last Furday, is postponed. ills Majesty the King
of France has appointed a Committee of eighteen, one
half for the Senate, and the other from the Legislative Body,
to finally at range the new Constitution, which his Majesty
had promised to submit to both Douses on the loth of June.
"f hat important business, and the arrangement of the Defini-
tive Treaty must fully occupy the time of himself and his
Ministers for the present.
The German Observer mentions the recent death of Ahmed
Effendi, a Tui k of distinction, at Adrianople. This man •
who was sonic Sears ago employed on a mission to the Court
of Vienna, was, it remarks, distinguished as much by his
corcupiscence and gluttony, as by the possession of great
weAth Ile had twenty-three wives and one hundred and
concubines !—he ate till he became quite plethoric!--
and left property to the amount of eight hundred thousand
pounds sterling !
A certain sell.:Ttlicient Gentleman, who plumes himself on the
present, but has a west aversion to records of the past, who has a
it .tipathy to be told of Coxheuth adrcutierts, or St. Creorgea-ticlds
exploits, ingenionsl.y tells the Public, that the liberal exertions of
those Gentlemen who give gratuities to the Purchasers of Tickets or
Shares in the Lottery, tend only to bring it ihto disrespect, and that
it is highly probable not one-third of the Tickets will be sold prior
to the day of Drawing, 4th of June,--This is assuredly a new dis•
covery, and a somewhat singular speculation ; but we think we can
fathom its foundation, and that he draws his conclusion from his
own diminished sale ; but if he would stand tOr a tew hours any day
in the Office of MApTIN, 8, Curnhill, the fallacy would discover
itself, and he would soon sec how much the Contractors and the
Public are benefited by those two admirable coloured F,ngravings,
'file modern Prometheus, and Britannia and the Seven Champions, or
modern thristenclqm- Restored) presented Gratis to the Ptarclosetsof
a Ticket or Shares.