The National Register.
London, England, 1818-11-22 00:00:00

NOV. 22

New York Papers have arrived to the eoth ult.—
Tile Macedonian frigate, which sailed on the 9.oth of
September, for the Pacific, had returned to the Chesa-
peake, :in distress, having, in a dreadful gale, in lat.
31 N. long. 5.1. W. carried away her mizen mast, sprung
her fore and main masts, and lust all her spars. The
rerrt of a considerable body of the Suwunees having
made their submission, is confirmed by a dispatch from
General Gaines. A new treaty was about to be nego-
ciated, at Fort St. Mary's, with the Indians. One of
the miscreants, at Philadelphia, concerned in kidnap-
ping free negroes and mulattoes, and selling them as
slaves, has been sentenced-to hard labour for three years,
and a fine of 3001. These Papers bring another edition
o the report from St. Thomas's, of u battle between
su:•cr and Christophe ; according to which the latter
was defeated' with the loss of 4000 men. They contain
nothing new relative to the rumoured cession of the
noridas 19 the United States.

Eomhay papers have been received to the 11th of
July. They bring many particulars of the storming of.
the. great fortress of Chandah, from which it appeors,-.
that the attack by the British troops was attended with
Cie utmost hazard and difficulty; and that the complete
success which crowned it, was in the highest degree
honourable to 'their coolness, discipline, and courage.
The, garrison consisted of above 3,000 brave soldiers,
and the place was defended by 5'2 heavy guns, placed
on the same number of bastions. 'The' lireach was flank-
ed by 800 men, who fought sa desperately, that the
British officers were engaged with them band to hand,
ail some of thew. cut down by the sabre. It was not
until r.:ter a close and AV arm contest that the enemy
were forced to give way ; but perhaps, the most strik-
ing and appalling ci rco instance to an European, through-
out the whole of .this Indian warfare, is, that on the
present occasion the mercury of' the thermometer, in
the open air, at noon, stood at 145 degrees—forty-nine
degrees ebove blood heat in Europe ! Chandah, it
was supposed, would afford a rich booty to the captors.
B.ijce Row's surrender to -Sir John Nlateelm is spoken
of as an event of which no doubt existed. The condi-
tions arc represented to have been, that lie should have
a safe conduct to Benares, and a residence there, under
the protection of the British Government ; with an
income of 10 Les of rupees per annum—renouncing all
claims of Sovereignty.

•
The rapture of the flntress of Mulingaum has been
accelerated by a tremendous explosion of a •nagazine,
which laid a large portion of the works in ruins ; a
days after which the garrison marched cut, and formed
opposite our line, within .‘25 paces, when they tfiletly
laid llown their arms.

The fiAlowing is an extract of a letter from Calais,
dated November 20, received yesterday :—" The em-
barkation goes on with its usual activity and success.—
The' 11 th Regiment will be entirely off to-day ; the
Staff ofthe -Army will be down to-morrow ; and most
likely all will-be embarked before the 27th inst."

Intelligence has arrived from Ceylon, though of an
old date, whence we learn that hostilities still umti-
nued to ravage that miserable country. The cuter-
ric•es of either party were on a diminutive smile. The
natives are alleged to have been repulsed in their efforts
to molest our troops ; but the latter wore, on the
other hand, suffering severely from the insalubrious
positions which .they were, in some eases, compelled to
occupy.
Tlit,'Ditke of Susses' has left Kensington Palace fur
Tunbridge Wells. Div Royal Highness will return to
town to attend theTuneral.

Au Order of Council has been issued for the requi-
site 'alteration in the Liturgy, in praying for the
Royal FaMily, in consequence of the Queen's death.
Sir James Shaw, Burt., was lately elected Vice Pre-
sident of the Honourable Artillery. Company, vice Sir
Charles Prim, 'Bart. deceased, and Sir John Perring,
Bart. was elected Treasurer, vice Sirlunes Shaw.

The new tragedy of Bri;to.s, in rehearsal at Drury
Lane Theatre, is not • from the pen of Mr. Howard
Payne, but altered and adapted tothe modern stage by
him. Mr. Kean is, of course, to be - the hero of the
ricce.
An Operatic. Farce is in rehearsal at Drury Lane
Theatre ; the. Music by Parry. The principal charac-
ters by 'Manilen, "Harley, Kuight, T.,Cooke, 1111•.
Bland, Sfri.sAlsop, and•MissCubitt.
The grandfather- of:the celebrated Messrs. Baring
was a merchantin.Exeter. Dyinghe left his four sons
10,0001. each. The eldest of them, until within these
few years, carried on the business of his father at Exe-
ter. The remaining three came to London, and settled
as merchants. By their diligence, punctuality, and in
tvritv, they have' become one of the most reputable
caumercial establishments in the world. .They are an
eminently example, consequently, to all those pursuing
trade, as to diligence- and integrity, which are the only
road to a high degree of coinnterclal reputation.
The average puce of xtheat, for the.last six weeks of
the liiarter ending Nov. 15. is-805..2d. consequently
the ports are again oven for importation from all places
between the Evder and Bidiosa. To tic more digits&
parts. len:W(lA. under the provisions of the Corn Dill;
no prohibition he& taken phlce, as that can only occur
when the. avcrage. fur the whole_quartcr. is under bps.

TM?. N'ATIONAT,• REGISTER.

THE PRINCE REGENTS COURT.

The Lords of the Council assembled on Wednesday
at the Council Office, to examine precedents as to the
foneral of the Queen. The meeting was held agreea-
bly to the precedent at the death of Queen Caroline,
who did in the evening, and the Lords of the
Council assembled the following morning at 10 o'clock.
Thursday the Prince Regent, as the reigning So-
vereign, held a Privy Council as Carlton House, for
the purpose of receiving their Lordships' report upon
the subject : among the inciabcrs present were

The Archbishop of Canterbury. the Lord Preqident of the Connell.
the First Lonl of the Treasury. the Cly,eelior of thr chequer,
the Sasetaries of State fur the Home and Colonial Departments.
the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Lord Steward, the 31aeer of
the Horse,

The Lord President made-the report of the proceed-
lugs of the Lords of the Council ; and it is understood,
that the funeral of her late Majesty Queen Charlotte
is not to be confined to the forms and ceremonies fi►r-
merly observed, but to be lett to the entire direction
of the Lord Chamberlain.

An order %tike agreed upon for the esFembling of Par,
liament, for the despatch of buainess, on the 14th day
of January next.
An order was also settled for a nk”.v Form of Prayer
to be used in all churches and cliai,..!U this day for a
national humiliation on account of the demise of the
Queen.
The Lord Chief Justice Abbott was introduced to the
Council with the isual forms, and was sworn in a Privy
Councillor, and took his seat at the Board accordingly.
Sir Bober, Dallas, the Chief Justice of the Court of
Common Pleas, was introduced in a similar manner,
and sworn in a Privy Councillor, and.took his seat at
the Board accordingly.

The Prince Rege—nt gave audiences to the Earl of
liarrowby, 'he Earl of Liverpool, Viscount Melville,
and the Duke of Montrose.

Soon after the breaking up of the Court, the Regent
left town for Kew, to visit his sisters. The whole
Court appeared in full dress black, on account of the
demise of •Her'Majesty the Queen.

TIIE QIIVEN'S Iloussmoto.—ln consequence of the
• demise of the Queen, a considerable saving will accrue
in the future charge of the Civil List. By the Act of
the 52d of the King, the Queen's annual income, inde-
pendent of the Queen's establishment at Windsor, wits
settled at 58,0001. with an additional hliowanee of
10,0001. a year thr travelling and other contingent
expellees. The salaries of the principal Officers and
Ladies of her Majesty's Household all of course cease,
after the Christmas quarter. Of these the chief' are—

The Earl of Morton, Lord Chamberlain; Edward Desbrowe,
Esq. Vice-Chamberlain; Earl Harcourt, Master of the nurse;
ALjor-Gencral Taylor, 'Treasurer and Secretary ; Sir Henry Camp-
bell, Comptroller ; T. J. Mathias, Vice-Treasurer ; the iMarchione►s
of Rath, Mistress of the Robes; the Ladies of the Bedchamber, the
Maids of Honour, and the Pages of Honour, with the Attorney and
Solicitor• General, &c.

• Her Majesty has made a will. It appears that she
was not possessed of 30001. of money at her demise,
and that she possessed no funds. She has bequeathed her
diamonds to be divided equally among the Princesses
her daughters, with some distinctions ; and is said to
have given a -handsome bequest to Lady I larcourt, who
has been always admittod to the honour of her intimate
courdence, and amaller legacies to ethers, who -.have
b..•en longest-in lax Majesty's service. All the under
servants will have pensions from the public, according
to their ranks, which will amount toa considerable sum.
It appear^ from the accounts of the Civil. List for the
last year, that the pensions to the .servants of Queen
Caroline and the Princess Dowager. of Wales were-then
9.4301.•th0ugh few of them are now alive.
The funeral of the Queen will take place on Tues-
day se'nnight. In the mean time -the body will lie
privately in state, at Kew. On that day it will be re-
moved to Windsor for interment in- the royal cemetry.
The Prince Regent, we understand, has mentioned his
intention t.o attend .s Chief Mourner.

Thursday night, about eight o'clock, a plain hearse
and thur, followed by a mourning mach, in which were
Mr. Banting, of Pall and several assistants, ar-
rived at Kew. The .hearse contained the inner case of
the coffin, intended for .her Majesty. The extorioris
of thick lead, and lined with line oak. At the bottom
is a mattrass, and cushion tir the head, embossed with
white fins silk, upon a rich plain white satin, and an
ample sheet of the mine costly material. The sides are
lined withwhite satin in close perpendicular plaits, and
the whole surmounted with a richly embossed border of
the same.

It is remarl•:able that Sir Henry. Raiford should in
the early appearance of her lamentek Majesty's disorder,
have given it as his opinion, that she could scarcely sur-
vive the second week in November.

one of the most esteemed and con.pieuous traits of
the late 'Queen's character was, the strictness with
tvhich rue consulted the moral decency of her Court
Her reply to .Lady when .soliciting her Majesty
for permission to present Lady—, mid when refused,
saving•she did :not know what to tell her disappointed
fritrul, will 'mg be runembered and repeated—" Tell
her,'!:.aid the Qnsen, "You did sot date loa.vk we."