The National Register.
London, England, 1818-03-23 00:00:00

TTTE NATIONAL REGISTER.

deficiency of accomodation th•►t exists, but (nice apprized
of the fact, they will (with a glance also at concomi-
tant circumstances) cease to wonder at the immerre
increase of Dissenters, and we will venture to hint to
those whom .itaaay concern, that it is not roofs and
nyills that alone are wanting.

Parliament adje:rned on Thursday-r ntil the • Cii•irif
April, and it appears that there is no probability of a
dissolution at present, Ministers having come to a
determination to postpone it until after the harvest.—
It would certainly be attended with ninny inconve-
niences were it to take place just row, though we shall
be very glad when the Country is relieved from the
ferment and confusion which el ways attcnds a General
Lkctior..

In the coarse of flirt debate on INT‘xltiesiar a most
gratifying piece inteliig7mee was conimnincated to
the house by Lord Ca:alereagh. His lint:lshii) stated
that the King of the Netherlands had accuticd to the
principle of the treaties with Spain and l'ort,igal, by
which a reciprocal right of s-.%..rcit is c;tablished within
certain limits, tin the purpose of effectually putting a
stop to that detestable traffic in human beings, called
the Slave Trade.

The-Bank Directors have.given notice that they are
ready to i'sue to the Bankers in London, 20,0001. in
Silver Coin of the realm, provided application be made
before the sth of July next. Some of oar contempora-
ries have expressed a hope that tins is the prelude to the
resumption of Cash payments, in which hope we cor-
dially join, as we think it is highly important, for va-
rious reasons, that no time shouie be lost in effecting
this desirable object.
J. 11. Leigh, Esq. nephew of the late Duke of Chan-
dos; and High Steward of Winchester, is elected M. P.
for that City, vice Meykr, on an union with the
Mild-
may Mr_ Baring has withdraw a.
The fbilowing changes in the naval commands are
stated as being about to commence:--Portsmouth, Ad-
miral Sir G. Campbell, vice Admiral Sir E. Thornbo-
roagh ; Sheerness, Admiral Sir J. Gore, vice Admiral
Sir C: Rowley; Cork, Admiral Sr*i J. Rowley, vire
Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell ; Malta, Admiral Sir
G. Moore, vice Admiral Sir C. Penrose.
Artificer: of varions descriptions are.crdered by • go-
vesnment to be sent to 1 rincomake from that depart;
meat in Chatham Dock yard ; none are taken but
volunteers, and the oilers of service are innumerable.
BooKS.—lic Bill, brought into• the Flcusc of Com-
mons, relative to the 4hts of Universities and of some
other public bodies to (me copy, for each such Body, of
all published works, proposes to enact, that for every
copy which shall he demanded, a certain part of the
retail price shall be paid.
Letters received from Port.au_Prince, dated the
26th of January, announce the protracted indispomi.
tion of the' F resident Fetion, whose fever continued
unabated up to that date.
The Duke of Sussex took the chair, at the City of
London Tavern, where the subscribers to the Jews'
Hospital had their anniversary dinner. His Royal
Highness was supported by Earl Pomfret, Lord Tor-
rington, the Earl of Portsmouth, Sir T. Bell, Sir W.
Blizard, Sir ft Wigram, Ashley Cooper, John Atkins,
C. Richardson, John Dent, floury Dickenson, James
Vigne; W fiolden; John. Jacobs, Thomas King, and
John Reeves; Esqrs.
The Weymouth storeAlip, recently arrived at the
Motherbank from Malta, has been released from quaran-
tine, and sailed from Portsmouth for Deptford, to de-
liver the remains of antiquity tbund at Lebida, and
presented to the Priwe Regent by the Dey of Tripoli.
At the late sitting of the Institute and Royal
Academy of Science, the gold medal, founded by the
late M. be Lalonde, was awarded to Mr. Pond, Astro.
noraci Royal at Greenwich, tiir his researches relative
to the annual parallax of the fixed stars.
For some weeks past the number of bank-notes in
circulation has been gradually diminishing. By the
account presented to the I•louse of Commons, on • the
motion of Mr. Tierney, it appear; thet the amount in
circulation rn the
:nth Febniary last was. T28.945,58(1
17th dim)
t:ath ditto 28,216,60{,
• 3d March 28,241,126

• The following is given as a copy of the later which
the Prince Regent wrote to the Doke of Nl'ellingtor,.
on,the occasion of the late attack on his person -:

Carl!, 11-'IOtISC, Feb. 1 t.
"M r DIEAIt cu mot deny my: c•h the pleasure of
w. fling you a few lines for the purpose of t xpres:ing to you both the
happiness which I feel at the ninvs hi; just reached me of
your escape. thanks to Divine rrovidettre. from a base attempt
formed against you. and the sent:men•s of horror and indignatioa
with which I wa.s tilled at the intamy end Laseness of such an atro-
(into ateack. I can only. in common ..eitiv the rest of the nation,
offer elp.al•mksgiving to the sepreine goodness of Divine Providence,.
for having pmtected a ;ife aa.ratportant to the fc.at intereota of our
own country., as for the preservation of thev..lia.il
Furor. That.-'any to enjoy..l life we prc,lons
all, is the rcosts.,uotit wish of your sincere and a4ctionate friend, .
•• iraoac..E, r. H." •