The National Register.
London, England, 1816-06-17 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

We regret to -find by the thllowiug Letter from the
British Consul at St. Petersburgh to Samuel Thornton,
1:411. Governor of the Russia Company, that attendant
upon the new Russian Tarn m.un• severe r,:straints
have been imposed upxn► the British Trade:—

Nt. gli. April 1e...., (3,fiy Ioj, 1816.
" sIR,—.I ha.' the pleasure. of %riling to you oil the 21st
Api ii k Alas 3), by pe.ot, and d aftei svillll.4 by 4 cets..ier,
With the hes% 'l4l

" Its these opportunities I communicated to you, for the in.
formation of the Court of .I,tsta Tv's, all the det:oht I eon:if
collert, of this so lone PsileTled : 41111 1 base flow the
mortification to acquaint you, that order has c he cn restive d
With it at the Custom-honer here, to continue itt force the roles
and regulations homed during the unfortunate differences be.
tween Great Britain and Russia, and eset since acted upon.
though se ith some temporary modifications on one or two points.
1 shall. 011 (Vel'y 011:W41011 in toy punt r, eutliblieisof i/I prm nee
either the re peal or suspension of some of. of these regina
Lions, *bleb appear Nlllll are ft•lt to be most prejudicial to the
prosecution of that liberal commerce it 14 the wish of his Ma-
jesty to cstablisli, and I Hatter myself, by the powerful assist-
ance of his Excelletivey, Lord Cathcart, toy representations
may produce the desired effect. In the mean time, I c
strongly recommend that all the rules and regulations. and
Custom-611,w lases estalhished by the Taritjof 1011, regarding
bills of lading to order, and other points, be
tiered to, and that the a xpethene) of so doing be made u
speedily known to the trade as possible.—l am, &c.
(Signed) " 1). 11.1YLEV."

The Emperors of Austria and Russia, and the King of
Prussia (it is again asserted ), will meet at Toplitz on the
15th of July. The object is said to relate to some sub-
ject connected with the Holji Alliance.
A letter front Vienna, dated May 25, contains the
following agreeable information ;—" By authentic ac-
counts from Warsaw, we learn, that the whole Russian
army which has hitherto been stationed on the frontiers,
especially towards Turkey, is dissolved, and that the
troops of which it is composed have commenced their
march to the remote provinces of the Russian empire."
Letters from Vienna, dated the 26th ult. in speaking
of the lonian Islands, state, that the Porte has not yet
acknowledged the arrangements which placed that
country under the protection of England. The Porte
also declines, at present, to acknowledge the Ilona! dig-
nity conferred by the Allies on the House of Orange.
The Ministers of the King of Bavaria, it seems, had
advised his Majesty to a certain reduction of his Army.
He has rejected this counsel ; and it is proposed, on the
contrary, to augment the troops of the line to 100,000
men. We have no means, at present, of ascertaining
the motives of this policy.
A letter from Italy, dated May 20, says, " Two Ec-
clesiastics have been sent to Rome under an escort, for
having circulated dangerous writings ; among others, a
false Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans, with a Com-
mentary containing dangerous doctrines hostile to the
temporal authority."
The Castle of Schoenbnmn. near Vienna, is fitting
up for Prince Leopold of the Two Sicilies, who is to
be shortly married to the Archduchess Clementine, of
Austria. The Prince is the Uncle of his intended Bride.

Under date of the Ist of April, we learn front Rio
Janeiro the unpleasant intelligence, that the Captain-ge-
neral of Chili had put under sequestration all the British
property in that quarter. Ile has done the same by the
Creoles at Buenos Ayres ; between whom, in matters of
trade, this officer makes no distinction.
The dissection of the Hottentot Venus has just been
finished at the Jardin du Roi, in l'aris. This new object
of curiosity for the amateurs of natural history, will be
placed at the museum of that fine establishment.
It is very difficult to obtain permission to see the sta-
tue by Canova, in the Borghese Palace, at Rome, repre-
senting the Princess Paulina Borghese naked as Venus.
It is counted one of the best works of the Master. A
fitreign Lady asking the Princess Paulina how she could
resolve to be represented in this manner, received for an.
saver "Cal flue la chain/.re etait Lieu chauFe!" (Oh, the
room was.well heated !)
A few days ago the holders of Omnium petitioned the
Bunk of England to postpone the final redemption of the
Omnium pledged at the Bank, which was to be redeemed
the I'2th of July, to the !4th of the same month. Mr.
Hose has, however, given official notice, that the Petition
cannot be complied with.
The Report of the Select Committee upon the State of
Mendicity in the Metropolis has been printed in pur-
suance of the Order of the House of Commons of the
26th May. It states that mendicity in the streets is
much diminished since the investigation of last year, and
that, by a strict entbrcement of the existing laws the
town might be speedily cleared of Mendicants altogether ;
but as that course would only transfer the evil into the
country, it recommends, that an establishment be formed
on Mr. Martin's plan of inquiry, tier the purpose of dis-
criminating the meritorious poor front the other classes ;
that due diligence be used to send home the Irish, Scotch
and African mendicants ; that the Chelsea and Green-
wich pensioners (a very troublesome class of mendicants)
be taken out of the streets, and some other minor regu.
lations.
An Irish Melody has been written in reply to Mr.
Cobbetes attack on Potatoes: the motto to which has been
taken from Moore;s—
-•• Mar creatures ! we can't do without them."
The chorus is
•• sweet roots of ! we can't do without thew ;
No touvie ran cap t."' ton it impurlaw•e to man.
Poor Corporal Cetiliett knows nothing *hoot them.
Well boil them and eat them as long 4* we