The National Register.
London, England, 1818-04-20 00:00:00

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arc,. 4 leavinz a great part of his camp standing, and
considerable quantities of amunition on the field.
"6 His Highness the Peishwa is said to have fled aba-at
two o'clock in the morning r>f the 17th. The enemy
succeeded in carrying otf all liis.guns but one ; and -I
had no means of pursuing him beyond the Gre of ray
artillery.
" The enemy: having thus o.ls3prcaTel, I lost no time
in recrossing the river to ecenpy the swat favourabll
. ground for bombarding the city ; but every interest and
policy, as well as considerations of humanity, made me
most anxious to unite my exertions with those of Mr. El•
plairistone, U avert thodestruction wldch now threatened
it, either by bombardment or storm : and the enemy hay-
ing luckily fled in an opposite direction, and left the
defence of the city to °nips few hut tired Arabs, these
were, by Mr. Elphinstone's influence, prevailed upon
to withdraw ; and I have the pleasure to acquaint your
Excellency our guards toY,, peaceable possession of the
city in ti,.e • course of the when the 13ritish fla;
was hoisted on his Highness's palace, under a ro; at
salute.
"-T.. !lull' be unavoidably detained here, siding in the
tablishmetit of order and military security to the city,
till the 2•?(I inst. when I propose marching agaln upon
the enemy iu his retreat to the santhtvard."
•The subsequent dispatches merely relate to tl.c
pursuit of the Peishwa, and a few skirmishes, in .w
hkia
British troops were successful.

TIIE QUEENS COURT.

• Saturday, ha:Majesty, accompanied by the nil:cu.::
Ax.l-;usta, heldz:Coart.at her Palace, attended by her
Household.
A few minutes befit::: • fan: o'clock, the Lord Mayo:
and Corporation arrived at the Palace, accompanied I,:y
Aldermen Curtis, Flower, . Hunter, Fanner, &holey,
Birch, Wood. iMagnay, Bridges and Cox—Sir Francis
Desanges and Sir George Alderson, the Sherifl's c.:
London and Middlesex, and seventy-eight Gent
• of tbc Court of Common Council.
The Corporation was introduced, when the'Common
Serjeant. in tne absence of the Recorder, read the ad-
dress of- contrattihoion upon the marriage of herßoyal
daughter Her Majesty having returner her ausamr,
received the Lord Mayor and the numerous assem-
blage most graciously, •and they had the honor to lie
her :Majesty's hand. They returned to the
room, and in a short time after it, was. announc:d, that
the Princess was in readinem to receive her address in
the Queen's Drawing Room. The Corporation wa::
introduced, when the Common Scrjeaat read the ad-
dress to her Royal I Tighness upon lice marriage, to
which her Royal Highness re:.ozned a waist gracitl:
anaver,andaftcrwar,la (.7 nversed with the 1,( rd Mayor,
exprming' herself highly gratified at seeing so many
gentlemen present upon the occasion of her marriage.
Her Royal Highness very condescendiugly . informed
them, that she was about to leave England, 'but should
not lose her attachment to her country, intending to
return in the ensuing Spring. The Lord Mayor, :irni
. all those attending, had the honour to kiss her Reyal
Highness's hand.

Their Royal Hi:(linesses the Duke and Duchess of
Gloucester, and the• Pliuress Sophia NEtilda, on Salm..
(lay honoured the exhibition of the -Society of Painters
in oil and water colours, in Spring Gardens, with a
private view, prerious .to its being opened to the pub-
lic. Their Royal Highnesses stayed long in the rooms,
and dwelt very particularly on the works of the several
artists. On leaving the rooms, the Duke expressed to
111 r- Smith, the Preitident, and Mr. Uwins, the Scerc-
.tary, his high approbation of the exhibition, and of tlic
exertions of tl:c trembers, which, his Royal Highness
observed, could not fail of contributing esseuLially
the advancement of the arts of the country.
Mn. CANNING.—A pamphlet having ions ciieu-
lated, under blank covers, in which Mr Canning' is
censured in a mode which he considers- to be expressive
of personal malignity in the author, Mr C. has ad-
dressed a letter to the nameless. author a his booksel-
ler's, in which is the> following:pasrage:—" To you,
Sir, whoever you may be, I ,e.tldress myself thus di-
ree'tly, tor' the purpose of exores.sing to you my opinion,
that—you are a liar and_ a slanderer, and want courage
only, tabc. ass::ii!x."
Mr. Broluon is engaged for the Bath and Somer.
setshire Grand Musical I:cstival,which is to title place in
theAbbev Church and. Upper Assembly Rooms at Rath.
The Russian Grand Duke Michel is coining to. Eng-
land by the- way of Vienna and Munich. His impe-
rial Highness was expected to be at the former plac d
e
about the beginning of this month. He has a goo
help on his way—a credit of :200,000 rouples on a
Waking-house at Vienna.
• The Emperor of Russia has alvanced .180,000 roubles
out of300;000, the sum destined tar the establishment
and, support of Conventual Schools, or Seminaries, at-
tached to the-Monasteries in Russia.
it is understoo& in the City, that the Spanish Consul
lately paid into the hands of Mr. Harman .:.%iO,OOOl. Sr.
account orthc Russiau-Guveruntent.