The National Register.
London, England, 1814-09-18 00:00:00

Tilt' VATICNAL REGISTF,R.

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Ov Friday we( k the Princess Charlotte of a!es arrived
givi slew at on her jotury-y to Weymouth, which
!,r-e she rt.:idled the following day Th- Princess was
ritpaolf.ll- hy the Coirtittss c,f Ilcirester, the Corin•ess
nosslyn,. the Misses Coats, General Garth, and the Rev

.jr. Short.

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The Dulte of Cuniberland o•as married at New Strelitz.
(he 26 ult. to the Dov,a..er Princess of Saints, niece to her
Siair•:t r, and sister to the late beautiful but urifortunaie
sis
4neen c.f Plus:ia. The Pi ineess is about 40, and her bus
bar, d

A rile pourul rank of England note passes at present in
Pa 17s. 6d.
It is met•tiened, that when the Allies were about to entet
tatis, the French-invalids tore down the numerous banners
taken ft not di eient Po\ve,s which were suspended in the
ChaFel of e Vota des Inca.iitles, and made a bonfite of them,
1,) pre%ent the Allies from regaming.them.
A tessel is attic ed at Portsmouth, which carried a large
tplantity of French prisi.nets fr,,m differrnts parts of Spain.
'flit' Maritime Prefect would not teceive eh4htv, because the%
vere Italians; aid sevetal Spanish women, who 11.,d been
.I.lartied to liremh soldiers, were discwned by them as son!)
it; they t (-ached the Ft each pot t. They have been brought
to this country.

snd
o.intetera'e nfT o'd prejudices or the spaniards,
* great their auto Ahv to the French, that_a wa, lately
ftnn to piects at i 1.:( id, for wearing a tlaosoarent French
Thcv were ( nra!!«1 because it was Transparent, and
they were 1w ther ensiigt..d becan,e it was French.

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On TN], sdAy e th,•ttsand invaiidc; proceeded from the
Volk thpat at Che!sea, f-r in,pection in the Fire
b c appea, enee of many of these ve:etans wi,hout arms and
legs, pt anted painful sensations in the spectators. After the
ltispectinn tiv‘v a torned to the depot, ready to appear before
the board at Chelsea Hospital, .where they apply to be ad -
tnitted retisionets.

The Cornwall Gatetfe states. that Government have de-
termined on giving up the naval establihment at Falmouth,
find that orders have been received fur transporting the stoics
to Pk mouth

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EP. 18.

tsmouth on Friday
A Court Martial was held at Por
se'ni;ight. on Captain R. 11. B:,rclay and his remaining affi.
cers and mcn, for the loss of the squadron of British gun.
boa's on Lake Elie, on the 10th of September, isi3. ltt
action with the American flotilla, of vastly superior force.
The COUlt unanimously agreed, that Captain Barclay was
right in risking the action, and most (idly and honourably
acquitted him, his officers, and people, of any blame in the
losi. Captain Barclay appeared berme the Court with one
arm amputated, the other so dangerously wounded as to be
suspended by bandages in a most particular position ; a part
of his thigh cut away by a cannon shot; and with five other
WOUnds

Int tofu Court Martial is ordered upon
Colonel Quinton on four charges. It is to sit at Whitekill.
Lleutmant-Colonel Palmer, as second officer. has been called
on by ihe Commander in Chief to stand forward as the
prosecutor, and Genes al Irse. .it is supposed, is to be ('re-
,ident.—This regiment was raised during the rebellion in
the year 1715, and was successiv,ly commanded by Generals
Gore, Churchill, Lord Cobham. and Sir John Mordaunt; in
the year 1780 it was given to F•ir %Vllliam Pitt, and was then
eAssideied to be the pattern regiment of heavy dragoons, ex-
emplary for its strict di,cipline, its interior economy, and re-
markable as a fine body of men and hotses, as well as one of
.he best corps of officers in the set vice. It now all-acted the
peculiar alention of the Pi ince of Vales, and in the year
1783 it was refi;rinsed and made a regiment of light dragoons,
and his Royal Highness was appointed Colonel Commandant.
It has since that period. hut more pirtieularly since the Year
:795 (when Sir Wm Pitt was tensoved to the King's Dra-
goon Guards), been under the immediate command of the
Prince, his Royal Highness not holding any other rank in the
army :han Colonel of this distinguibhed reOnent.

The ,h.p Harmony, of Gteenocc, was recently captured
by the American privateer the Prince of Neufchatel; a letter
from a passenger in the Harmony, given in the last Edin,
burgh Mercury, states positively that the Captain of the
Prince of Neufchatel, named Oudinot, hii Lieutenant, and
most of the crew, are Frenchmen !

The new Hackney Coach Act is found to be one of the
most bungling pieces of work that ever came out of Parlia'
tpent. The Magistrates state it is impossible to put it in
force, and as it goes to rereal the former acts, the hackney
coachmen will have a sort of jubilee till Parliament shall
again assemble. •

The Trustees appointed by Art of Parliament for purchasing
an Estate to he annexed to the title of Earl Nelson, have
bought Standlynch, about six miles from Salisbury, on the
road to Romsey. This domain was late the property of A.
Dawkins, Esq.

Government has determined to send out beer to Inane, for
the supply of the troops there, in lieu of spirits, so destructive
to the health of Europeans in hot climates : the beer is to be
vended by keepers of canteens at a price not exceeding 6d►
per quart.

The fasting girl still excites attention at Brighton : evert►
means ate tried to induce her to take a requisite portion of
nutirishment, without effect. She remains in Preston work-
house, and occasiosally drinks a little tea, but refuses bread
and butter with it, and will stand or sit by the window of,
her room, motionless, for 4 or S hours together, unless Loused
from the apparent torpor.