The National Register.
London, England, 1819-08-16 00:00:00

TUE NATIONAL REGISTER.

PROMOTIONS.

A Supplement to the London Gaulle of Tuesday
was published on Thunday evening, containing •
long list of Military and Naval Prumotimm—The
following is the outline:—
MILITARY PROMOTIONS
To beGaserals in the Anny. commencing with Liens.
the Hon. Robert Taylor, and ending with Lieut.-Gamma Sir C.
Gmen. Hart.
To be Lientenant•Generals in the Army. commencing with
Major-General John Crolier. and ending wish Meinc•Gienntel
John Dorrien.
To he Maeyr-Genersh in the Army. commencing with Colonel
Sir John El K.C.B. of the Royal Regiment of Hone Guards.
and ending with Sir Andrew F. Barnard, ILC.S. of the Rib
Bende.
To be Colenoh in the Army, commencing with Lieut..Colosel
Henry Loftus, of the Coldstream Regiment of Guards. and ending
1 with Alex. Slackensie, on the half-pay of the York Light Infantry
Volunteers.
'fo be Lieut. Colonels in the Army, commencing with Major
Edward Sheartuan, of the 26th Foot. and ending with Maxie
John W. O'Cyououghue. of the 47th Foot.
To be neon in the Army commencing with Cwhits Do-
nald Macpherson, of the 39th 'Foot, and aiding with grain
Lawrence Oilers. of the 36th Foot.
NAVAL PROMOTIONS.

To be Admirals dram Red, commencing with Win. !wing.
Esq. and ending with George Wilson, Esq.
To be Admirals of the White, commencing with Edw. Tynrel
Smith, Esq. and ending with Sir James Saumarex, Bart. and
To be Admirals of the Blue, commencing with John Child
Purvis. Esq. and ending a ith Sir 'MOW Foley, K.C.B.
To be Vice-Admirals of the White. commencing with Row-
ley Busted, Esq. and ending with the Hon. Sir Arthur Kaye
Legge, K.C.B.
To be Vice-Admirals of the Blue. commencing with Francis
Fayerman. Esq. and ending wi,h Matthew Henry Scott, Esq,
To be Bear Admirals of the Red. commencing with Joseph
Hanwell. Esq. and ending with Sir Edward Codrington, K.C.B.
To be Rear-Admirals of the White. commencing with George
Parker, Esq. and ending with Edward Pellowes, Esq.
And the undermentioned Captains were also ap-
pointed Flag Officers of his Majesty's Fleet
To be Rear Admiral of the White, Willoughby, Thomas
Lake. Ext. C.B.
To be Hear Admirals of the Blue. commencing with Sir C.
Ogle, Bart, and ending with Thomas Alexander, E 41,.

THE PRINCESS OF WALES.-011 Thursday se'n-
night, Mr. Sicard, Steward to the Princess of Wales,
vibe, since her departure from this kingdom, has
resided at Kensington Palace, received a letter from
her Royal Highness, informing him that she was on
her way from Pesaro to England, where she expected
to arrive in a very short time ; and desiring him to
communicate to Mr. St. Leger her wish that he
should immediately proceed to Calais. to be in rea-
diness to meet her un her arrival there, and that
Miss Genii and Mrs. St. Leger should repair to Do-
ver, in order to be in readiness to attend her Royal
Highness on her landing at that place. The Princess
also expressed a wish that her apartments at Ken-
sington Palace shou'.'. be prepared for her reception.
The moment the contents of the letter were made
known, the surprise that took place was greater
than can well be expressed ; and no small degree of
confusion and embarrassment prevailed among the
present inhabitants of Kensington Palace. A similar
surprise was; on the receipt of the intelligence, ex-
cited at Carlton-house, and the other Royal Palaces,
no individual belonging to which had the slightest
intimation that the illustrious personage in question
intended so soon to come back to this country. At
the time when her Royal Highness left England,
the whole of her furniture was removed from the
apartments she had occupied at Kensington Palace;
and no idea having been entertained that she in-
' tended again to return to them, some of them love
since been appropriated to the establishment of their
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Kent.
Under these circumstances it has been concluded,
that the idea of siturding the Princess an accommo-
dation at her late residence must be altogether aban-
doned ; and we understand that a house, with every
suitable convenience, has been provided at Black-
heath,- and that it will be ready for the reception of
her Royal Highness as soon as she reaches that
place. The Princess has not yet arrived, but is ex-
pected very shortly. Various (and indeed some
strange) conjectures have been hazarded as to the
motives that could have induced the Princess to re-
visit a country where nothing any longer remained
to excite her interest,. nothing to attract her re-
gards, and to whieit it was supposed she had bade a
final adieu. Ilut tl.c,tnest probable reason is the
suit which is new pending in Chancery, where her
Royal Highness is a plaintiff, and the Earl of Li-
verpool and Cuunt ,Mutiter defendants. It is said,

that in etaisequence of some doubts which have been
eotertained respecting the validity of a certain in.
strumeitt on which the issne of that suit depends,
the. presence ot• her Royal Highness is indispensably
u~.•rssary to remove the same; and that without
sueli a proceeding she will Out Le able to recover the
sLe sr.cd tilt.
We arenss:irot that part of the Foldicrs who were
n•moveil from I..Lve dispersed throuo the
lilircnt proincLs and joined the Gueril-
Iss. If this be true, the Court of Madrid cannot
but feel uneasy. Vill that Court still refuse to
otake any concession to the spirit of the age?

AUGUST Ig.

TBE PLAGUE.

..Now•-
REPORT.

The Select Committee of the House of Commons, ap.
pointed to consider the validity of the doctrine of con-
tagion in the plague, and so report their observations
thereupon, together wish the minutes of the evidence
taken before them, to the House —hase considered
the-
matters to them referred, mind ;tare agreed upon the
following rei:ort
. . . . .

Your CoMaittee, being appointed to consider the va-
lidity of the doctrinesconeerning the nature of contagious
and infectious diseases, asdistinguished front other apedi-
mica, have proceeded to examine a number of medical
gentlemen, whose practical experience or getresal know-
ledge of the subject appeared to your Committee most
likely is furnish the means of acquiring the most amis.
factory infoimation. 'limy have also had the evideften
of a number of persons whose residence in infected
011111lfiell, ur whose commercial or official einployinctits,
viable them to communicate inlOrtnation as to facts,.
and ou the principle and efficacy of the laws of quaran-
tine: all the opinions of the medical men witout your
Committee have examined, with the exception of two,
i are in favour of the received (townie, that the plague is
a disease communicable by contact only, and different
in that respect from other epideniic frier ; nor do your
Committee see any thing in the rest of the et 'dente they
have collected, which would induce them to dissent
from that opinion. It appears front mime of Ihe et deuce
that the extension and v•ruience ol the disorder is con-
siderably modified by annospheric ; ar.d a
doubt has prevailed whemer, under any circumstance,
the disease could be 'milted died premagateil iii the di.
male of Britain. No fact wnatever has been staled to
show, that any instance of the disorder has occurred, or
that it has ever been known to hate been kr:tight into
the Lazarettos for many years : but your Committee du
not think themselves warranted to infer from thence,
that the disease cannot exist in England, because in the
first place, a disease resembling in most respects the
plague is well known to have pr....veiled here in many
pe►iods of our history, particularly in ititis-6; and farther,.
it appears, that in many places, and in climates of
various nature, the plague has pretaiied after intervals of
very considerable duration.

Your Committee would also ol,serve, down to the
year 1800 regulltions were /Wowed which most Dave
had the effect of preventing goods infected widi the
plague from being shipped dirixtly fur Britain ; at d
they abstain from giving any opinion on the nature and
application of the quarantine regula.ions, as not falling
within the scope of inquiry to which they have been
directed ; but they see no reason to question the v.ilidlty
of the principles on which such reouirtions appcJr to
hare been adopted. June 14,1819.

Pftnrcic Lam.°Ln.—On Wednesday morning,
about 10 o'clock, Prince Leopold arrived in town,
at Marlborough-house, from Claremont, in his tra-
velling post-chaise, attended by Baron Harden-
brooke, followed by Sir Hobert Gardiner and Dr.
Siockman, in a barouch. His Royal Highness and
Suite only remained during the time of changing
horses, and then proceeded through London to Bar.
net, on his way to Scotland, where his Royal High-
neas will visit the Marquis and Marchioness of Staf-
thrd ; also the Duke of Montrose, the Earl of
Lauderdale, and several others of the Nubility and
personages of distinction in the north.
One of the Chinese. Jugglers has been committed.
to Lincoln Castle tin. trial, fur stealing a gold watch,
chain, and seals, from the Inn where they slept at
Gainsburough.
Canova is at present building a church at his own
expence, to adorn his native city in the state of Ve-
nice. It is to be built in the antique style, and it is
estimated that the expence will exceed 100,001)
piastres.
The Government of England, as one sole Mo-
narchy, is of a thousand years standing—from the
time of Egbert, in the year 819. Scotland, the
Northern Part, was a distinct Sovereignty of about
1100 years standing ; and Walc3 was erected into
a kingdom by hlwello, son of Cadwallader, the last
King of the Britons. They are all three now hap-
pily united, under the name of Great Britain.—
Wales being incorporated with England iu the reign
of Henry the Bth, and Scotland being united to it
in the reign of Queen Anne, May 1, 1707.
On the Di jeer sloop of war being lately taken
into Ardrussan harbour, a great crowd of people as.
sembled to view her, and among the rest a sly wea-
ver from the country. One of the ()them being
ashore, and rather surprised to see such an assem-
blage, asked this wag, who chanced to be near him,
what could excite so much wonder among the peo-
ple ?"—" 0, Sir, replied he, " it is the owners,
come to see the vesrel !"—" Ownera, Sir r-" lies,
Sir, they all hull shares; some more,some less !".
In repairing one of the walls of the fitment
church of Ogbourn St. George, near Marlborough',
a few days ago, the workmen discovered a large
groupe of figures painted on the wall, covering a
space of 17 feet square, which appear to be the
" Descent into Hell." " l'he last Judgment," and
" The Triumph of the Church." Many of the
' figures are in a perfect state. On the wall abore
the column of the middle aisle they found under
the whitewashing a figure upwards of 9 feet high,
in the position of striking a rugged shift on the
ground, and beneath the painting a small design of
a ship, with marine emblems.