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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

We it sert from. dm GerisisuPipere an interesting
article 011 the progressive decay and actual ruin of
the establishments of the Spanish monarchy :

MAUBIO. Jests 4.--” Since the time when- Ferdi-
nand and Isabella began to create us Spain a military
marine, it weer has been in so deplorable a slate as it is,
at this moment. Its order to form an exact idea of the
state of thin,a, we mint go back to the year MO. when
King Charles. IV. had the inconceivable weakness to
conclude an offensive and defensive alliance with the
Fiends Republic ; it is from that instant that all the
misfortimes of our missy are to he dated. is was then
maid of 85 ships of the line, of which 20 carried
.lions Su to 130 gulls. Sixty were actually in- commis-
sion, and most of the rest capable of being. repaired.
The iulantry of the marina consisted of 12 battalions,
each of 1.000 men ; and the artillery of 20 brigades,
making 3,04/0 men effective. The 3 military-posts of
Cadiz, Canhageria,.and Ferrol, had i. am docks, ar-
senals, mad usagazinesomply furnished with every thing
necessary for the service of the navy. Those-of La Car-
nes, in paticular, were ad ed by all strangers who
visited them. Our alliance with France, and the unjust
invasion, which was one of the fatal consequences of it,
have destroyed every thing. Our navy has been annihi-
lated, our arsenals are empty, and there is not timber
sufficient in the arsenal to build four ships of war.
The infantry- and artillery of• the marine have been
employed in the defence of the country, and no-
thing remains of those fine corps bus the miserable
wrecks. The department of Ferrol received from Na-
varre excellent oak timber for the navy ; those of Cadiz
and.Carthagena found the same resource it: the four
kingdoms of Andalusia : now those fine forests may be
said to be annihilated. The island of Cuba furnished
a great quantity of cedar, which was employed at La
Carraca. This resource has now failed, because we
have not the moans of conveyance : and the privateers
who infest the seas render it mill more difficult. On the
other hand, the Dutch brought us front the North,
masts, hemp, and other articles. These arrivals have
become %ery rare. Thus, by a series of unhappy cir-
ctunstanceso he Spanish navy is in a state of ruin, which
it will be very difficult to repair.. Hence the Govern-
ment has facto obliged to apply to Russia for some ves-
sels for the great expedi Uahappily this assistance
has not answered the expectations that were formed of
it : these vessels, in spite of all the repairs they have
undergone, are very 111 built. Such are the causes
which have delayed for above a year the departure of
the grand expedition for South America. Posterity will
hardly believe, that the armament of a squadron has cost
more trouble, labour, and embarrassment, than would
have sufficed, :As years ago, to send fitly *finis of the line
and thirty frigates lota our ports."

Thursday king appointed for the celebration of
the Birth day of His Royal Highness the Prince
Regent, a Drawing Room WaS held at Buckingham-
house by Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta,
assisted by her Royal Brothers and Sisters.—This
being the first Drawing Room since the death of
her late Majesty, it was more numerously attentled
than usual.

Among the company at the Drawing room were,
the Duke of Bedford, the Dole of Grattan, the Mar-
quis of Lansdowne, Earl Grosvenor, and Sir Francis
Burdat.

The utility of Drawing-rooms, in giving► encou-
ragenicnt to our manufactures, will induce the
Prince Regent, we hope, to hold them as often as
convenient, particularly at a period when our trade
is so much depressed, and many industrious
are in want of employment.

Advioes from Janiaia,.of the 21st April, men-
tion, that Lord Cochrane's force in the "outh Seas,
consists of 40 armed vessels of different descriptions.
The Andromache frigate, Captain Sheriff, has
saikd from Lima, with a considerable freight fur the
Brazils.

Neither House of Parliament met on Thursday,
in consequence of the- Drawing room at Buclini
ham !bailie.

Parliament is expected to be prorogued the third
week in July, by the Prince Regent in person

Nlarslial Sault, whose name is crawd from the
list of 28 exiles, arrived on Thursday sennight at
Paris. It is said he intends to return to Lis country
seat, situated between Versailles and St. Cloud, and
to live vary retittd

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'fik:sday sc'iiiiight, in the important question
betmcn the E-til of Fife and Sir James Duff and
others, the Trusts,. of the late Lord Fife, tl.e Se-
cond Division of lite Coon of SesNion, in Scotland,
have mtaiiiinoutly re.lnectl and set tisi:te the trust-
deed :n id deto. of entail, exceeted by the late Janica
Earl ul Fliiu. I y t;his aucit,ieu the krtacut. Larl

JUNE 21.

succeeds to an Ws': of wadi 20;0001 sterling per

A requisition has, it is said, been signed and pre.
molted to tl:c Lord Mayor, for calling a Common.
hall; to petition Parliament to adopt ouch pleasures
of retrenchment us will prevent the necessity of im-
posing new taxes.
The Rev. W. Gurney, M.A. Rector of St. Cle-
ment Dane's, in the Strand, is appointed a Domestic
Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Duke of Kent.
On Sunday last Sir Samuel Shepherd, the late
Attorney-General, left town to enter upon the du-
ties cf.bis new appointment as Lord Chief Baron of
Scotland.

The Baronetage of the late Sir Edwar.ll Tate, of
Kent, which has long remained in abeyance, is now
claimed by Walter Honywood Yate, esq. of Gloces-
tershire, as the lineal heir of the Yate family.
SwELT Wirmo. Amount of Duties paid in
Great Britain, viz. for 1817, 12,443/. 2s. 21(1,-
1818, 9,34.91. 6s. 110.-1819, 1.5,878,. ss. 814_
Pater or lluwaN.—Gold .31. 19s. per oz. or
Is. Lid. higher than the Mint prim, standard silver
is ss. 524 d. per Oz. one halfpenny above the Mint
price ; dollars, which are-of as inferior silver ss. J.
per oz.

It• appears that the Ex-Empress Maria Louisa:
Approached the gates of Rome wick the Emperor of
Austria, but did not enter the city. She was pre-
vented, it is stated, by some " scandalous occur.
rences contrived by the Liberals" at Bologna, when
she was there with the Emperor. What the scan.
dolma occurrences were is not explained.
The Lords Contmissionens of the Admiralty have
given directions for an 81. gun ship, to be called the
liath, anti also a 28 gun ship, to be named the
Success, to be built at the new Dock-yard, Pem-
broke.

A gentleman has, we understand, arrived in Lon-
don, with a commission from Lord Cochrane, to
raise an aii•of four hundred seamen. In this we are
persuaded 'he will find no difficulty. Tlu.t. Foreign
bilistment Bill, even if passed, is not to take erect
till the Ist of August; so that there will be time
enough to complete the levy without coming under,
its operation.
. .

tenderstautlthat Mr. Charles Warren is to be
appointed to the Chief-Justiceship of Chester, which•
will be resigned by Mr. Sergeant Copley, upon sue-,
cecding to the Office of Solicitor-General. The.
Lord Advocate of Scotland is to be made a Lord of
Session and Justiciary, in the room of the late
Lord Reston, and to be succeeded-1)y Sir William
Rae, Baronet. Our readers may. depend on the
accuracy of these appointments.

There are four Caedidates for Barnstaple. viz.
the present Lord Mayor of London, Mr. Nolan, the
barrister, Boa; shier Pall Wrey, and J. D. Bassett,
Ears.
We understand that a matrimonial union is on.
the tapis between •Mr. Henry Ball and Lady Jane.
Puget. it is known that the gentleman is possessed
of a large ihrtune. His annual income is splendid;
in addition to which, he became entitled to the pos-
session of between two and three hundred thousand
pounds in the funds, on Wednesday se'nnight, the
day he war; of age.

An elopement, we understand, took place from
the west end of the town on Tuesday. The lady is
a married woman, young, beautiful, and accomplish-
ed : the gallant an officer in the army. It is sup-
posed they have directed their steps to Paris.
1.. the Consiatory Court on Saturday lust, sen-•
tence of divorce wus pronounced in the cause of
Temple v. Temple, by the learned Judge, Sir W.
Scott. Our readers will remember that there was
an action at common law, some time since, fur cri-
minal conversation, Temple v. Poulett, in which the
plaintiff; Edward Mato, Temple, Esq. obtained a
verdict by default against the defendant, John Poo-
lett, Esq. of Addington-house, Bucks, to the amount
of 5000/.

ortury Park, Surrey .—This beautiful estate,
which comprises 517 acres, was knocked down by
Nlr. Robins, on Wednesday, at .19,600 guineas.
F. Robinson, esq. is the purchaser. Belmont, late
the residence of T. Harris, esq. of Covent Carden
Theatre, was :as° knot kcd down for 10,400 guineas.
The sae was numerously situ:n(l44; erat persons
of distinction were present.

The New York Papers state, That the mansicn-
house, called Hydc Park, at Hempbtead halm,
occupied by William Cobbett, was burnt to tl.e
ground on Thursday, the 20th May.

We are happy to state, that part of the master-
manufacturers have agreed to give Be., tr , and 101.
per cut of ginghams, t I, 12, and 13111 g, instead of
the late prices, averaging stout Is. advance on the
cut. All the workmen are actively employed in
finishing the webs which they had begun previously
to the turn-out, thus manilestirg their entire ote-
dience to the law, though it is undtrstoed that they
have exptessed their dct,:rminatien nut to continue
in tl:e employment of these a Ito refuse the advance,
after the present work• is finished."