The National Register.
London, England, 1818-06-01 00:00:00

TIM. NATIONAL REGIgTiII.

The Bill for amending the Regency Act with respect
tll the custody of his ..•iljesty's person has been printed.
After providing far the increase of her Majesty a Coun-
cil, in the way already known, it proceeds to enact, that
is ease Parli.tment shall be separated at the peried of
the Queen's demise, a proclatn:itinn is to be forthwith
issuel, calling it tether within sixty eays. If there
should be no Parliament, nt the occurrence of such
event, and in we it should happen liers:e the day of
meeting appointed by writ of summons, a proclamation
shall be isstie3 for the meeting either, on the day tip.
pointed, or within sixty days. If the event shall hap-
pen on or after the day appointed by such writ, then a
proclamation is to be issJed in like manner for the Par-
liament to meet within sixty days. The htat clause
enacts that tithing in the present Bill is to affect the
provisions of any other Act providing for the meeting
of Parliament.

The Tenth Report from the Select Finance Com-
mittee has been presented. The Committee state, that
the furnishing of tho Royal •yachts, decorations for
watermen, &c. should have been detrstyel out of the
Civil List ; and they notioe, with apprehension, the
exper:ees incurred, and the lenxth of time consu:ned,
by the Commissioners fur examining the duties, sala-
ries. and emoluments of ofcers of justice.
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The hotel of Mr. Nil. Muiltius, the barker, at Frank-
fort, Las been purchased, at an ex-eene; of 2,21,000
fl trins, for the future residence of the llereLitary
Prince of Hesse Honthourg.
We have received a creey of the treaty cencluded be-
tween this country and the. Eingef the Netherlandr, for
the more effectual aboliticn of the Si:,ve Trade, which
was signed at the Hagee on the 4th inst., and has been
since duly ratified and exchanged. By the first article
of this treaty, the King of the Netherlands engages,
within eight months from the present time, or sooner
if possible, to prohibit all his subjects, in the most effec-
tual manner, from taking any part whatever in the
trade of slaves ; and, in tile event of the measures here-
after to be adopted being foand ineufEcient for that
purpose, his Majesty further engage- to adopt such
other ones as may appear best calculated to secure
The second article provides fur the right of mutual
search, on the part of both the Contracting Powers ;
and the third explains the mode in which that right
shall be exercised. This, a s the meat important, we
subjoin. It enacts--
"• Ist. That such reciprocal right of 'visit and deten-
tion shall not be exercised within the Mediterranean
sea, or within the hut., in Europe lying without the
Straits of Gibraltar, and which lie to the northward
of the thirty sevenelo paeallel of north latitude, and also
within, and to the eastward of the meridian of longi-
tude twenty degrees west of Greenwich.
" 2d. That the names of the several vessels furnlith-
ad with such instrtivions, th:e force of each, and the
names of their several commanders, shall be, from time
to time, immediately upon their issue, communicated
by the Power issuing the same to the other High Con-
tracting Party.
" Sri. That the 'number of ships of each of the
Royal Navies authorized to make such visit as aforesaid,
shall not exceed the number of twelve, belonging to
either of the Ilige Contracting Parties, without the
special consent of the other High Contracting • arty
being first had and obtained.
" 4th. That if at any time it should be deemed ex-
pedient that any ship of the Royal Navy of either of
the two High Contracting l'arties authorized to make
such visit as uforeseid, should prot eed to visit any mer-
chant ship or ships under the flag, undeproceeding un-
der the convoy of arty vessel or vessels of. the I,oyal
Navy of the other ifihh .Ccntracting Party, that the
Commanding officer of the ship duly authorized and
instructed to make such visit, shall proceed to effect the
mire in communication with the Commanding Officer
of the convoy, who, it is hereby agreed, shall give
every facility to such vieit, and to the eventual detainer
of the merchant ship or ships so visited, .and in all
things assist to the utmost of hisp ower in the due
execution of the present convention, according to the
true intent and meaning thereof.
" sth. It is further mutually agreed, that the Corn-
mandLrs of the ships of the two •R
.yal Navies, who shall
be employed on this service, shall adhere strictly to the
exact tenor of the instructions which they shall receive
for this purpose."
The remaining Articles, which are seven in number,
do not essentially differ, in any of their provisions, from
those which are contained in the Treaties noncluded by
this country with Spain and Portugal, and which are
already known to our readers.

A singular proceeding for a divorce is said to be now
in progress in an Episcopal Cuurt. It is understooe. to
be a similar case to that which was agitated about tvto
centuries ago, between the Earl of Essex and his Lady.

Old Phoebe Hassel, well known at Brighton, who
se, ved many years in the army, and who is; now in the
10 d year of her age, is dangerously ill, but refuses
medical aid, declaring, that she never but once in her
life took a dose of physic, art that had like t have
kilted her. Ihis female veteran is a pensioner of the
Rerent.