kY S. .SYMPTOMS OF PEACE AND PLENTY. Pike of posting reduced in some counties to 15d. in others to Is. p e r A tall is contemplated in Porter, said id. per pot. Horses, 15 per cent. lower, no more being wanted for the cavalry : and cattle more than 20 per cent. from the discontinuance of the con tracts. Some veal was last week imported at Dover from Caleis, whish was said at 3d. per lb. a fine turkey at 3s. 6d. and 100 eggs for Is. 6d. Good yea' is now selling at Harwich for at 6d. per lb. fresh butter Is. per lb. and eggs 50 for 11. which articles are imported from Holland regularly twice a week. A correspondent calculates the annual consumption of French and other prisoners of war, recently mnintnined in this country, at 2,607,142 stone, of 141 h. each of animal food ; this and the decreased consump tion of the army and navy will, it is reasonably to be expected, reduce the present exorbitant price of meet, which is so serious an article at the present price, that few can afford what our forefathers boasted of daily, a joint and a pudding. The property tax, by the last act, will remain till the 6th of April after the ratification of a definitive treaty of peace with the French. It does not depend on the continuance or cessation of the American war, as the Statute passed before dint event took place. The other war t .xes expire six months after the definitive treaty of peace with France. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. " ADMIRALTY OFFICE, 30TII APRIL, 1814. " The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty cannot announce to the fleet the termination of hostilities with France, without ex pressing to the petty officers, the seamen, and royal marines of his Majesty's ships, the high sense which their Lordships entertain of their gallant and glorious services during the late war. " The patience, perseverance, and discipline; the skill, courage, and devotion, with which the seamen and marines have upheld the best interests, and achieved the noblest triumphs of the country, entitle them to the gratitude, not only of their native Jaw], which they have preserved inviolate, but of the other nations of Europe, of whose ultimate deliverance their successes maintained the hope, • and accelerated the accomplishment. " Their Lordships regret that the unjust and unprovoked aggres sion of the American Government, in declaring war upon this country, after all the causes of its original complaint had been re- moved, does not permit, them to reduce the fleet at once to a peace establishment ; but as the question now at issue in this war is the maintenance of those mai itime rights, which are the sure founda-. tions of our naval glory, their Lordships look with confidence to that part of the fleet, which it may be still necessary to keep in commission, for a continuance of that spirit of discipline and gal• lantry, which has raised the British navy to its present pre-eminence. a In reducing the fleet to the establishment necessary for the American war, the seamen and marines will find their Lordships attentive to the claims of their respective service!. " The reduction will be first made in the crews of those ships which it may he found expedient to pay off, and from them the petty officers and seamen will be successively discharged, according to the length of their •ervices ; hes,inning in the first instance, with all those who were in his 'Majesty's service, previous to the 7th • March, 1803, and have since confirmed in it. " When the reduction sball have been thus made, as to the ships paid off. their Loidsinps will direct their attention to those which it may he found nt cessary to keep in commission, awl, as soon as the circumstances of the war will admit, will bring home and dis charge all persons having the same standing and periods of service, as those before discharged from the ships paid off: so that, in a few months, the situation of individuals will be equalized ; all men of a certain period of service will be at liberty to return home to their families; and the number which it may be still necessary to retain, will be composed of those who have been the shortest time in the sea vice. a An arrangement in itself so just, cannot, in their Lordship's , tpinion. fail to give general saiisfaction ; and they are induced to make this communication to the fleet. because they think that the exemplary good conduct of all the petty officers, seamen, and ma rines, entitle them to every confidence, and to this full and candid p:anatioir of their Lordships intentions. " Their Lordships cannot conclude without expressing their hope, that the vahair of his Majesty's fleets and aiiries will speedily bring the American contest to a conclusion honourable to the British name, safe for British interests, and conducive to the lasi!"..iprepose e: the civilizt a world. " By command of their Leed4iivq, "3. W. CROKER.'' THE COvlcr. On Friday his Royal Highness the Prince Regent held a Court at three o'clock at Carlton House, at which Warren Ilasting , , Erg. was introduced to the Prince Regent by 'Viscount Sidnu►uth. His Royal Highness held a a Privy Council, at which Warren Hastings, Esq. was introduced, and sworn in a member, and took his seat at the board accordingly. His Royal Highness gaVe andiences to the Earl of Liverpool, Earl of Mulgravc, Earl of Harrow•by, and Viscuunt'Sichnontli. The Court broke up a little before six. FASHIONS FOR NAY. OPERA DnEss.—A white sarsnet or worked marlin worn over a white satin half train frock, the &or delis embroidered round the bottom of the dress; a plain back, to fit the shape, and the Woes* of the train extended round the waist, rather beyond the hack; the front raised to a point in the centre of the bosom, and in similar form meets a narrow shoulder-strap, beaded with a double quilling of lace, which terminates at the corner of the bosom WALKING DRESS.— A high dress, of short walking length, com posed of French cambric or mull muslin, plain buttons, and orna mented in the front ; a milita y collar with an edging of embroidery ; a full fan frill of lace,-oi a single flnted rtitrof the same ; the bottom of the dress ornamented with a full flounce, confined by two bor ders of embroidery corresponding with the collar; pl:tin lung sleeve, with a militaty worked cud: CITY BUINF SS. A Requisition was on Wednesday signed to the Lord Mayor to call a Common Council, to consider a motion for givir,r a splendid entertainment at Guildhall to the Emperor of Russia, on his arrival, such as would correspond with the magnificence of the first city Ia the world. A Court of Common Council was held on Thn r '•day at Guildhall, when, after entering on the Journals the abswers of the King of France and Prince Regent to the late Addresses, the important re port of the Bread Committee was presented to the Court by Mr. Alderman Birch, Chairman of the sr: rd Committee, recommending the trade of a baker to be thrown open, and stated, that although he klt it his duty to bring up the Report, he should oppose the re commendation therein contained. _ _ _ .... The Report being read, a motina was made for nesceing there with, which was seconded by Mr. Jacks, in a speech of considerable length, in which he gave his reasons in favour of the doing away the Assize, and throwing tho trade open. The motion was opposed by Mr. Alderman Birch, Mr. Alderman Coomb:', Mr. Alderman A!kins, and Mr. Alderman cionelncLere,, .&e.; when, after a very long, discussion, the motion for agreeing with the Report was carried by a great majority; and it was ie.. ferred back to the Counittee, to prepare a proper P titiwi to Var. 'lament accordingly .. EAST INDIA AFFAIRS. A Court of Proprietors of East India Stock was held on Wedn e ,. day, when the salary of Mr. M'Colloeli, Assistant Secretary 'mike the Examiner of Indian Correspondence, was innte3sed to jt.:(),*. per annum. A pension o.:f BM. per annum was likewise contirioed to Mr. Owen, late Chief Clerk in the Secretary's office, and who lod sei veil the Company 4!) years. Notice was given for the ronsiTiera t ion of the Court of Proprietors on the expired or expiring pens', viz. Warren Hastings, 40001. per annum, granted for Cif yrias and half, expired ; to Sir John Kennaway, 17 )earsexpired, 5;:0). per annum ; Marquis of Wellesley, a continuance of iris annuity, of 50001. per artninu ; pensions to Lord Hobart, now Earl of Bucking ham, declined by his Lot &hip, while at the head of the B and of Controul. But a peuwion suggested by his Lordship to 1w granted to the present Vicount Melville, whose &Wer died poor, and his son with no gr-at fortune, had agreed to p;ly fatlier's debts.—'flee Court adjourned to Wednesday, the ‘2,sth i:e-tant We have tile satisfaction to annoi n the arrival off Falpooth, of the fleet from India, under the pt oteetion of t s M-,it-t's ship Lion —lle flue t consists of the ft,110%% iov• c.till'an ships :—The Rose, Diana, Nortlyrnpton. I..rkril MO!). and Cat marthen ; the Earl Moira, Henry IA 11 ..Fe..e•.ey, and Go•vernor Raffles, country Ships ; the ludr fatigabie,t ; the Rse, trader ; the Perseverance, Phoenix. Aim, aed Vc nos, Smith Sea whalers, and two brigs. The whole fleet saikd from St Helena on Ist of March, Sir G. It Barlow, with his faunly, eagle ita,sseners iu the Rose. 3O A