The National Register.
London, England, 1818-01-11 00:00:00

PARIS, JAN. 3.—The Journal des Debars, contains a
very interesting letter *Dm Timis, in Persia. The
author, Colonel Mcrcher, is one of those officers who in
Itils accompanied Buonaparte as far as Torbay, and
who were then sent with Savary, Due de Rorie, to
the island of Malta. Having lett that island, he re-
turned by several circuits to France Soon afterwards
be left his country a second time, for Persia, accompanied
by a Mameluke of the Imperial guard, WIIQ acted as
his interpreter. The letter of Colonel Mercher could
not be inserted in the Journal des Debuts entire, because
of the censorship. The following is one of the passages
of the letter, word for word:—" It is very possible that
we shall have a war with Russia, for the hereditary
Prince, Abbas Mirza, has told me that he will never
consent that one inch of territory, or one single subject,
should be celed to Russia The Prince is of my own
age, about 26 or 28 years old, tie most handsome man
1 have ever seen, a great lover or the sciences and the
arts. He is a passionate lover of war, in which he has
already gained some success : in fine, the blood of Gengis
Khan still flows in his veins. I wish he may attain
success. lam sure he is worthy of it." The letter
likewise speaks of the jealousy which exists between tae
French and English officers at the Court of Twirls.

KING'S HEALTH.—S.lturday week a quarterly meet-
ing of the King's Council was held at Windsor,
and the following report was given in by the physi-
cians

" Windsor Castle, Jan. 3.
" His Majesty has passed the last month in a very tranquil man-
ner and in a pod state or bodily bealli, but His Majesty's disorder
remains unchanged."
BIRTH-DAY OF THE PRINCESS CIIARLOTTE.BUI
two and twenty years passed on Wednesday, since the
birth of a Princess, whose private virtues endeared her
to our country, and whose early and irreparable loss is
now universally lamented.
We are assured that his Royal Highness the Prince
Regent has it in immediate contemplation to institute a
Welsh Order, similar to those of St. Andrew and St.
Patrick, consisting of twelve Knights Companions, be-
sides the Sovereign, We hope in a few days to be able,
to lay before our readers an accurate list of the distin-
guished personages on whom this new dignity is to be
conferred. The Installation will probably take place
oa the Ist of March, being the festival of St. David,
the tutelary Saint of Wales. It is a singular coinci-
dence, that at the time of the death of ter lamented
son, the Duke of Gloucester, Queen Anne was occu-
pied in the arrangement of a similar Order. The inten-
tion, from what cause we have been unable to learn,
was subsequently abandoned ; but many original do-
cuments relating to the subject are still preserved in the
library of Jesus College, Oxford.—Morning Paper.
Papers have arrived from Boston (N. E.) to the 29th
of November, and from New York to the 3d ultimo
By the latest advices from Chili, inserted in them, it
appears, that the Patriots were in possession of the
whole of that province.—lt is stated in a Boston Paper,
that Mr. Cobbett means to revisit this country in about
year, or sooner, should a General Election take place ;
as he intends to offer his services in Parliatnent to some
city in the interior of the kingdom, to the inhabitants
of which he had pledged himself to return on such an
emergency. We know of no city or town that would
not willingly dispense with Mr. Cobbett's redeeming
his pledge. It would be a libel upon the good sense of
our countrymen, to suppose, that a man who, in their
turn has lavishly panegyrised, and scurrilously abused
our public men of all parties, could any where, in
these realms, pick up a dozen independent votes.—
These Papers merely repeat what has already reached
us through the medium of the Baltimore Journals, re-
specting the losses from the late hurricane in the West
Indies, the rumoured successes of the Patriots on the
Spanish Main, &c
THE BERKELEY PEERAOF.—A whisper is in circu-
Laical, says a morning paper, that it is intended to
bring the question relative to this peerage again before
Parliament. The only reason for such an application
must be the discovery of new and important witnesses.
We know not that this discovery has been made, but
rumour confidently asserts it, especially to an elderly
witness, weose absence was frequently spoken of dur-
ing the examinations. An Eminent Chancery barris.
ter is said to have the conduct of the affair. The
young Earl, who is now come to age, has never cele-
brated his majority. It is reported, indeed, that he
regrets the dicision which counteracted the wish of his
father, and that his affection for his elder brother is
such as to render the prospect of the application here
spoken of matter of pleasure to himself. Whatsoever
may be the merits of the main question, upon which
we do not pretend to be informed, this disposition can
be viewed only with approbation and esteem.
The celebrated chemift Berzelitts has been raised to
the rank of Nobility by the King of Sweden, on account
of his great talents as a chemielphilosopher. Hia Ma-
jesty, on conferrina, this dignity on the learned protes-
tor, we hope-presenled him with an income sufficient to
maintain it.
LONDON HOSPITAL—An election took place, on
Wednesday, of a Solicitor ; the situation having be-
come vacant by the death of Mr. Wright. The result
of the pull was as under :
Mr. Lang 373 I Mr. Pear:e 94
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