The National Register.
London, England, 1820-10-15 00:00:00

French papers of Tuesday arrived at a late hour
last night. They contain no domestic news of any
importance, and their foreign intelligence is not of a
much later date than what has arrived front other
quarters. The following is an extract front the
constitutional journal of the two Sicilies :
" The Duke of Gallo, the Sicilian Ambassador.
who was obliged to stop short at Ciageufurt on his
way to the Court of Vienna, complained to Met-
ternich on the subject, and received from that Minis-
ter the following answer: ' After a revolution which
has overturned the foundation of the social edifice,
and menaces at once the safety of thrones, the sta-
bility of established constitutions, and the tranquil-
lity of nations, his Majesty the Emperor would act
inconsistently with the principles which have inva-
riably guided him, if he recognized the mission of
the Duke of Gallo.' The Emperor of Russia, the
same journal mentions, has refused to receive the
Prince Cimitele, the Constitutional Ambassador of
Naples. It appears, then,' adds the Neapolitan
journalist, that our political reform will be the
principal object of deliberation for the Congress to
meet at Troppau. Let us hope that more accurate
notions may enlighten the Allied Sovereigns than
at present appear to guide them.' "
Extract of a letter front Virginia, of Sept. 7:—
" Captain Jordan, of the rehooner Smithfield, who
arrived here on Saturday, from St. Bartholomew's,
states, that the brig Irresistible, commanded by
Commodore Daniels, under the Venezuelan flag,
bad arrived at the Five Islands about the Bth of
August, having captured a fleet of five sail, con-
sisting of a ship, thre..2 brigs, and a schooner. One
of the brigs was heavily armed, and acted as convoy.
The capture was made off Madeira; the fleet was
from the Havannah, bound to Spain; and the action
lasted about an hour and a quarter. The brig (or
convoy) had 35,000 doubloons on board, and Com-
modore Daniels landed them at St. Bartholomew's.

Captain Jordan saw the fleet at the Five Islands,
and bad some conversation with Captain Daniels."
By accounts from Vienna of the 26th September,
it appears that the projected interview of the Sove-
reigns is fixed to take Pace at Troppau bn the 29th
Ootober. The Ministers of France and England
only are to be admitted. Advices from Copenhagen
of the 27th, state, that, according to report, the Ma-
ratime Powers of the North are un the point of con-
ducting a treaty of navigation, which will secure to
them great advantages on the shores of the Baltic and
the North Sea. On September SO, the Duke of
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Cumberland bad left Berlin fur Dessau.

On Wednesday, John Croweer, Esq. gave an
elegant cold collation, at his house at Hammer-
smith, to the Gentlemen belonging to the Ward of
Farring,don Within, of which he is deputy, on their
return from presenting their address to the Queen,
by whom they were most graciously received.
We have received, Hamburgh, Holland, and Lis-
bon Mails They have not however brought any
intelligence of importance. A Brussels Paper
notices the rapid interchange of Couriers between
the British Governments and the German Courts,
and observes that the circumstance indicates, that
some important negociations are in progress, but
nothing is said as to their object. A vessel arrived
in.the Scheldt has brought news from Batavia up
to the 20th of June. The troops which were to
form the expedition against Palembang, under the
command of General Pock, wcre assembled, and
ready to sail. Accounts from Hanover of the 4th
instant state, that his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge, with the Duke of Wellington, has
appointed a commission there, consisting of Major-
General Alertin, Major Von Einem, and Paymaster
Taylor, who are authorized to pay the arrears of
Waterloo prize-money to those individuals belonging
to the Hanoverian army who are entitled to it.—
Circular letters had been addressed by the new
Government, fiirmed by the combined Juntas of
Oporto and Lisbon, to the Charge d'Affairs residing
in Lisbon, representing their several Governments,
apprizing them of the change which has been ac-
complished in the Government of Portugal, but
which it is hoped will in no degree affect the sub-
sisting relations with their respective countries.

MATCH AGAINST TINE.—A gentleman of the name
of Ferguson, woo has done some great pedestr.i.ti ex-
ploits in the North, started osi Tuesday morning, on the
Rath road, to perform ti!ly miles in eight hours, for a
stake of 500 guineas, !hat of which his friends stood
with him. It was a sporting match, and betting was
against time. Mr. Ferguson did the first mile in about
eight minutes, and lie performed rather mine than eight
miles in the first hour, and seven iii the secon,l hour,
when he refreshed, and completed half Ow distance in 3"
lamas and three quarters, fresh and well. He then
confined himself to a six miles au hour pace, and he
left himself something more than four miles to do in the
last hour, and won with the greatest ease.
Last week, an attempt was made to break into
the counting-house of F. It. Reynolds, Esq. at his
brewery ou the Denes, Lut the villains b6;ng lis-
t n bed made their escape, and have not yet been
discovered.