The National Register.
London, England, 1811-06-16 00:00:00

TIDE NATIONAL. RECISTF,R.

The following is from the Halifax Papers :--
f 6 On the 2'2d of February, four French frigates,
tinder Commodore ROQUEBERT, bound for the Isle
France, with 1500 troops on board, fell in with the
American ship Endeavour, from Lisbon to Marble-
head, borrowed 10,000 dollars from her, and sunk
the vessel, putting the crew on board another Ame-
rican ship to find their way home. M. Rot:11'1,11E1a 1
will doubtless have a welcome reception from the
Eatglish at Port Louis."
Private letters state, that Sir J. SAUMAREZ had* I
demanded of the Swedish Government the imme-
diate release of all the confiscated ships and car-
goes
at Carlsham, in default of Vfhich the British
Admiral. intimated that he should, without delay,
in conform ty to order from his Court, attack the '
Swedish fleet, aiai ether shipping in the harbour of
Carlscrona, which' it was in his power to destroy.—
This determination of the British Admiral is said to
have induced the Swedish Government to pause ;
and it was proposed to send a military officer
(General TRAvERs) on board the Victory, for the
purpose of discussing the matter in dispute with Sir
J. SAUMAREZ.
Genet al CASTANOS has publishedan official account
of the battle of Albuera, in which he speaks with
great modesty of his own exemplary conduct, be-
stows a high panegyric on the cool and . steady
conduct of the British and their allies, and agrees
in every particular with the account given of the
battle of by Marshal BERESFORM General BLAKE,
who was always at the head of his troops, had his
left arm grazed by a musket ball, but fortunately
sustained no other injury. The Command in Chief
of the Combined Army, previous to the battle of
Albuera, was offered to General CASTANOS, but he
politely and generously declined it in favour or
Marshal BERESFORD.
The intelligence from Stockholm is dated the 2d
of M ay, and repeats the story published long since
in th e Paris Papers, that the PoirrE has roused to
• mak peace with Russia, though the rumeur is fal-
sified by subsequent information. '['he only son of
the great Marshal SwAroww, was lately drowned
in attempting to pass the river kimner, the place
where his father obtained a signal victory over the
Turks, which gave 11;n1 the title of Kiminski. It
is mentioned in Sweden, that the Danish Gq,vern-
plea have it in contemplation to give up Zealand in
trust to the British, in the event of a war in the
North of Europe.
Letters from Copenhagen state, that Marshal
NEY had arrived in that city, and that he had had an
au&ence of the KING. It was supposed that the
object of his mission was to induce his IYLljesty
to
place his troops at the disposal of France. When
the last accounts, however, came away, the Danish
Government had not given a final answer to NEB's
request. It was generally believed, that NiY would
go to Sweden as soon as his mission at Copenhagen
was finished.
In the Exchequer Chamber yesterday,' the case
of DE YONGE, for exporting guineas, was argued at.
great length by Mr MABItYATT for the prisoner.
and the ATTORNE,Y-GENERAL for the prosecution.—
Further proceedings postponed.
Covent-Garden Theatre is not expected to close
for the season until the last week in July.

PRINCE REGENT'S FETE.

The fashionable world are all on the alert, under the assur-
ance that the Prince Regent's grand fete will positively tele
take place on Wednesday next.
All the .preparations are nearly finished in the Chineve
temporary rooms ; these apartments occupy in the lawn of
Carlton House Gardens, 13,214 square feet ; and 45,824 cqu ire
feet ut canvas (oil cloth), are used in covering-the covered roofs.
'l'he aisle, north and south, is in length 186 feet by 22 ; the
room next the Palace, 150 feet by 22; the erd one, 159 feet by
22. At the end of the aisle, opposite to the grand entrance front
the conservatory, will he placed a noble mirror, the dimen-
sions 12 feet high by 9 feet; this looki g glass will refl. •ct ever!
object, by sit igu,s rly well disposed girandoles and candelabrx
The whole of this promenade, tae aisle, will r semble an riLle
redo, or green walk, uith garlands and festoons of races of
every colour; honeysuckles, inks, carnations, and tulips, natu-
ral and ar:ificial. ihe finest flowers, of every genus will bloom
in beds, along the sid. s of the walks, and behe,d t: cm an abun-
dance of the most beautiful shrubs and dwarf fruit trees, con-
sisting of oranges, cherries, &c. growing in a state of nature. All
the numerous chandelierswill be suspended from chains covtre.l
with wreaths of arufi ial flowers; there will be 2000 yat Lis at
Last of the Litter used. To the capacious moans which the
regular est ,blishment of the house affords, have b en added
many other ac;:ommodatiocs. Four sup& tb marquees have
been t noted in the interior of the Treble Cross, as it WaS firtz
called ; but circunisr;uTes have induced Mr. WYATT, the
Inspector General, to. alter the fi ure : we sail that part the
interior, wherein the connecting rooms for the serv.nts are
intrutit.eed ; the pround occupied by each tent is a holow square.
There will be two princil al rooms app• ()Fluted for dancing in,
the Grand Council Chamber is one; the floor of that room is
already chalked in a very beautiful style. In tin cen re appears
GAIL R. with the Royal Crown and supporters ; the whole
er circled, 'n a highly emblazoned manne: by the rose, the
thistle, and the shamrock, emblematic of the arms of the United
Kingdom.
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THE SUP?EIt.-At the upper end, namely in the Conservatory,
will I e placed the Pa IN c E's table, elevated on a platform shout
six inches from the around. From table, there will
range of tables, extending in line over the farther extre:n•ity of the
l'xitick..'s bed-chamber, occupyine no a di taece than .ix
hundred feet. Evtry table will be covered with gold or silver
gilt plate. Covers will be laid on the R IGENT's tit'lle for 140
particular friends.—His ROYAL HIGHNESS will do tbe honour
of the table, seated on a :Aiperb stab- chair, covered with crim-
son Genoa velvet, embroid-red with gold. The chef d' ceurre of
the whole will he a serpentine bubbling brook of real water, oc-
cupying a central space down the PRINCE'S table, 170 feet in
length aad 14 niches in depth. It will be a running stream,
produced by a reservoir at one end, and waste pipes at the
other. This canal, which will he filled with gold and .ilvter
will ne ander over weeds, congenial to the soil, artificially con-
structed. A space on each side is allotted for moss and flower...,
to give o,e batiks an appearance of an enamelled tread, the
bu hies in the water will he produced by sqyare blocks of
wood, placed at equal distances at the bottom/and painted a
lead colour, so as to resemble a natural appearance.