The National Register.
London, England, 1819-08-09 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Mrs. Vansittart, moti.er of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, died on Monday morning at her resi-
dence, Blackheath.
Our letter firm Dover, dated August 5, says—
" His Majesty's packet Lord Duncan, Capt. Humil
ton, sailed this morning for Ostend, with his Grace
the Duke of Wellington. Also sailed tin- Calais
the Chichester packet. several passrge vessels, and
L'Antignne French packet, with a great number of
passengers, amongst whom were the I of Beall•
chump,and several families of distinction. The Duke
of Devonshire arrived last night from Calais."
Elechox.—State of the Poll at the close
of the 15th day : Mr. Bennet, 2436—Mr. &Rey,
2210.
Pi~KTsssnUTH, Aug 7.—On Thursday morning, at
(I ig d, the Royal Yacht and s madron ordered to at.
I CIO nit it:s Royal flightless the Prince Regent, sailed
fur Brighton. The sqii rrtnai arrived off Brighton at nine
o'clock. Prince Este.hay armed at the Fountain Inn
as 12 o'clock front llnglitoti. 'Ye hear by his
arrit al that the Prime 11. gent embarked to-day at half
pass two 40.0./Ck, sit troant the Royal Yacht for Port:-
month. The Tartar frigate, Commodore Sir Geoff's.
Ralph Collier, arrived this afternoon Innis the coast of
Africa and the West Indies. She left the island of San
13 ultimo► on the 7th ult. That island was in a state
of perfect tranquillity. The isoport and export duties
had been reduced its 5 per cent. for Eoglish goods, and
to per cent. for the produce of all other countries. The
King was auperintending the erection of a line of batik
ship, as a harrier to the Spailiarda. The Haytian-hos-
pital is muter the care of a Mr. Stewart of the navy,
who ranks as a Brigadier-General. Tice King had
e-tablished several schools on Dr. Bells plan of educa-
tion, in which the children are taught English (under
English teachers), with a view to the extermination
of the French langoace in the Same of these
schools contain- 300 boys, classed in the most regular
manner. The Grand Dignitaries gave very superb halls
awl dinners to the officers of the Tartar, and-showed the
greatest attention. Tne Sparta.) Frigate, Ca pt. Wise, had
mix eyed a large quantity of specie from the Spanish
Alain, to Port-royal. General M•Grisaor was at Port-au
Prince. He had lost nearly all the remnant of his deft atc4
troops by sickness. General English with 4000 English-
men, well armed, was at Marraretia, and were to proceed
thence is) a day or two to the Caraeeas. The Tartar has
bron2lit about forty chests of silver on prWa.r
seem till
RIFLE Sitoo-risror—At the last, Meeting of the
Acmtormertariun Society at NVormwood Scrubs on
Friday last, there was a truly fine display of skill;
scarcely a single shot that missed went un inch from
the target, 15 inches in diameter, and those that hit
closel.,- approximated to the bull's eye. The contest
for the gold medal ultimately lay between Captain
Furman and Messrs. Dutehin, Belville, and Smith :
the former gentleman won only by a single shot.—
Captain Forman's gun was made by Smith, of Lisle-
street, and the others by Riviere, of Oxford-street ;
but all were fired with percussion locks, upon a
detonating but novel principle, finished by His iere,
and which arc quite free from the former 'subject of
compltint against those locks, namely, that in
handling the small primer much inconvenience was
experienced; by his improved mock; the gun may
now be primed quicker than by any plan before dis-
covered.

We learn from Toulon, that a French squadron'
has sailed from thence, said to be intended to act in
concert with the British navaiforee, iti checking the
predatory excursions of the Barbary Powers.
The'German page as say the harvest is nearly end-
ed in the vicinity of Frankfort : the uncommon
weight of the corn is particularly spoken of. The
vineyards still promise a most extraordinary vintage.
Notwithstanding the stagnation of trade, this city
is continually improving; a new quay, on the banks
of the Maine, is carrying on with activity. The
Elector of Hesse has given the privileges of a
city to the town of Bockenheitn, not far from Frank-
fort. It is said that many Jews' families intend to
settle there. In the present situation of Germany
the meeting of the Ministers of State of all the
principal German l'owers at Carlsbad is very re-
markable. Many are already there.
CORONER'S Isratresr.--On Friday between 11 and 12, an
inquest was held before Charles- Jemmett, Esq., coroner of the
distriet, at the Sawyers, in the Bishop's walk, Lambeth, on the
body of John Hill. a youth 17 years of age, son of Mr. 11 U.
carpenter, of Struttomground, NVesuninster, who was drowned
wink bathing in the Thames, near the barge-houses in the
Bishop's- walk.
Stephen Gammon, of 41, Struttomground, stated, that on
Tuesday evening last, about half past 6, he accompanied the
deceased to the back of the bar.;mhouses for the purpose of
bathing; the deceased went into the water cast, which was there
about two or three feet deep, but in proceeding a few steps fur •
they he suddenly disappeared. The witness knew the deceased
could not swim, and therefore immediately gave au alarm ; he
observed the body rise three times, when it sunk, and appeared
no more ; the body, he stated, had been about lull au hour
under water when found.
Janice Collins, fisherman, of Fere street, Lambeth, said, that
hearimi of the accident, lie immerliat,ly launched his boat, and
with his son went to the spot, where, aiter using hitchers for
about ten minutes. they found the body in what is called the hole,
at the back of the barge-house, close to the spot which Gammon
had pointed out: the body was taken to the Sawyers, where the
means recommended by the Humane Society on such oevaaluns
were premised for nearly three hours, but evithout success.
It appeared from Um last evidence of U last witness and Hr.
Scarp''. of Stmeig e, in answer to some questions put by the Jury,
that several lives had been lost in the same place s.thin these
two years. Tne Jury expressed their strong dhapprolraion of
sulfering such dangerous places to remain near the margin of the
river umillnl up. and retained a verdict.—.4eca-Recuy dreerffed
its one of tPkist babe' mod, ly improrrly e.rrarativg the Nat of the
ricer near /me icatiyerark.