The National Register.
London, England, 1809-04-23 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

which was a decisive proof that those things were considered as
money's worth, as a marketable commodity. It was impossible
for him to know that the practice which had prevailed to such
an extent in a neighbouring kingdom, also prevailed in this
country. if this practice was not destroyed, it would in the
end destroy us. .As to the tale of judicial aituations, he did not
pretend to say that it affected the purity of the Administration,
but he would still say that it was an anomAy, which should he
removed. It would be easy to place the fees of their offices in a
general fund, for increasing the salaries of the judges. lie agreed
perfectly with his ilot:ourable friend (Mr. Crcecey) that a
Dissolution of Parliament was not an appeal to the people but
to the Treasury. On the last Dissolution Ministers endeavoured
to set the people mad, and then talked of appealing to their
sense. The sense of the people had some slight influence fat a
General Election ; but the great preponderating influence was
the influence of the Treasury.
The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be
committed on Tuesday sennight.—adjourned.

Friday, ilyril 21.
No business of importance.

TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS AND THE PUBLIC.

A. Portrait of the DUKE of KENT, engraved by Scilly Inv,
from a Picture by Edridge, in the possession of the Princess
Arne* that was intended to be delivered GRATIS This Day,
could not possibly he prepared in time. The Proprietors possi- '
tively assure their Subscribers and the Pu4lie, that the Portrait
will be ready for delivery on SUNDAY NEXT, April SO.
'Tie Proprietors of The National .I??gister have learned Iv ith
the utmost regret, that many of its Readers have been deprived of
receiving the Portraits which have been delivered GRATIS. To
prevent similar complaints, and to secure the preservation of
the Portraits, as well as to pi f:vetit anneressary and improper
ci,:rges, the Proprietors he leave to inform Subscribers, that
the Prints will not, for the future, he delivered to the Venders
of Newspapers, without particular orders from the Subscriber.
The Portraits will be left at the Mice until seat for.
Immediate Orders should be sent to the Office, 11, Catherine-
stre;.A, Strand, by letter, post paid, or given to the Newsmen.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

tottDon,

SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1809.

POLITIC.IL lir6NT9 CP TI:111 R'EER.

DESTRUCTION OF THE BREST FLEET.

It is with the most sincere pleasure we have to announce,
that ztnothcr laurel has been added to the National Wreath,
invos!l the Temples of the Guardian Genius of
Bria. Victory, indeed, to use the words of poetry,
st,i7is to have tiken her permanent scat in the I.lfith tm-
n;res —here she secnis to wave ;ter wings, and to Bold
lbr proudest throne.
The assault on the Trench Fleet, in Basque Roads, has
bccn as successful as the fondest imagination could antici-
pate. The Brest Fleet has been altogether destroyed, or
reodered unserviceable. Perhaps, the whole Naval History
of the country cannot produce an example, in which British
Valour has made a more daring attempt, and been accom-
panied with a more brilliant result. It is truly cheering to
our hearts, that in a lime of so much general disaster to all
the States of Europe, we have such frequent occasions to
congratulate our countrymen on our own successes. If in
the gcaeral club of the war every one had contributed