The National Register.
London, England, 1809-08-06 00:00:00

TTTI; NATIONAL REGISTER.

AUG. 6.

TO OUR. SUBSCRIBIAN AND THE PUULIC.

On Snnday last we gave to the Purchasers of The Yational
Begistcr, a Portrait 9f the DuK Eof Volt K. it ha, been ob
jetted to us as a great inconsistency of conduct, to have (loopy
this whe.t we were among the number ( and still contimr-,
to be among the number) who bfilieueil Mrs. Clarke's evi
dence at the Bar of the House of C'emmons. Surely it is not ill-.
consistent to believe ner evidence, aml at the same time exceral..
the means by which that evidence was obi:tilled, and the pur..
poses fair which it wag brought font:ad. But to rt 'lawyer ill
consistency our conduct may invol ‘e, Nb e hat rather ple:,;!
guilty than tay ourselves open to a charge of ditiionesty : ltav•
iug 'promised to give our subset ibers, a se, tef Portraits of tip,.
whole lio at Family,—this promise ;se sb:11! certainly perfortn.

The statue of the late Duke of iletnra was finally completed,
and the scaffolding; removcd on Friday last. The critique w hien
we propose to give concerning it, will, we hope, be found cor-
rectly discriosinai.ve, aim formed on the most classical deduc-
tions. Such a critique must thereft..re be divested of those ei-
rors in jtriginent which the first impression of every work of
art 1, to produce : to contemplate the subject with that
accuracy o aid) it demand', we defer our animadversions until
'text Sunda).

A Letter from " 6 AN tNGLISII ARTIST" Caine too late for

7'llE NA 'ZONAL REGISTER,

IL oW3oli,

SUNDAY, AUGITST 6, 1809.

it, station on Tuesday morning last, at w hich time the C.'ar.'!
:in bad n view of the Expedition, hich was extended
in a line from Flushiu to Campvere. The Phoenix did nut
;.ppruach near enough to permit any :It-curate observation of
tquit was going on : but on Sunday :light the batch wens
Aserved to have lighted alarm tires along the coast. A.
;.navy tiring was kept up the w hole of Monday, and towards
evening shells were throtvn from various points. Captain
Walker, not deeming it prudent to approach the fleet, left
,le SCCIIIS of action early on the following morning, *llhuht
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learning any further particulars.
An account, says the Kentish Gazette, brought by some per:
sons who left the Dutch coast on Tuesday last, and were landed
on Wednesday afternoon near Whitstable, states that our troops
were in possession of the Island of Schowen, and that a part of
the Expedition was anchored in the Roomp,ot, stretching fro*
thence to Zierichzee, the capital of the island, by which they
would commit:A the eastern branch of the Scheldt.

After Walcheren is reduced and the French squadron de-
stroyed, we should nut he surprised to hear that part or
our armament pays a visit to Copenhagen—lt will at least
find employment for the Danishtontingences near home.
We understud that a Telegraphic Li:spatch was receival
at the Admiralty at a late hour last night, announcing Ili*
arrival of a Messenger in the Downs, with the official au
count of the surrender of Flushing.

From the Foreign Papers which arrived yesterday moka
ing we extract the following intelligence.
Tile MAINE, Ju g. r O.—The Emperor of Austria is stfll at
Olatutz. The head quarters of the Arciidake Charles at eat
Eylati. On the 17th fresh cavalry entered Nuremberg. Ot den
have been issued in Hanover to arreA all Aastrian deserierti, and
particularly all military persons and taker foreigners wko have
no passports.