JITLY 17. Thursday, her Majesty beld a drawing-rooni at Bucking ham-house. The company began to arrive at the Palace soon after twelve o'clock, and continued setting down till about h a lf past three, at which time the Prince Regent arrived, es corted by a patty of Life Guards : his Royal highness was received in front of the Palace with military honours, the band playing tt God save the King." The other branches of the Royal Family came in state; namely, the Duke and Duchess of York, the Duke of Kent, the Duke of Cambridge and the Pi incess Sophia of nhucester.— Previous to the com mencement of the Drawiovrootn, the French Amhassadot and the Danish Minister 'ere introduced to her Majesty, and being admitted to a private audience delivered their ere de:itials, and were Limo graciluslv received. The Queen continued receiving the c ,, mpliments of the numerous and splendid a , Feml , l ige till fi‘e o'clock. In the evening her Alajes.v and tie Princesses went to Carlton.house, where there wa. a s•lect pa , tv _ The E m peror of .I,iistria ha. rnmcd tl , c• Prince Regent of En ;land commandant of a I egitnent of lins-ars, which will brae Lis name. The Empt:!or Alexander, when in this cnuntry, paid a visit to Madame Moreau. the widow of the unfortunate Ge• neia': he rema•ned wiih her near an hour and a half, and, when retiring. said to her, that he had granted 100,000 roubles, to be paid on her receipt at his bank . , 40,000 ditto a year, the rank of Dame du Portr7iit, Order of tit. Cathe rine ; alco 600.) roubles to her d.l•:!Jiter, and the title of Demokelle d'llonneur tc t! The Emperor of Russia arrived at the Hague the Qd inst. In his progress thither his Majesty viewed the city and for tifications of Antwerp, the house at •••andatn where his illus trious ancestor Peter the Great formerly dwelt, and the dock whet en) he ►•ugaged himself as a shipwright. The Em percr paned through Nimeguen on the sth, on his route to (.;e, many. The taking of Paris has been eclebiated at Moscow with great solemnity. Ilk Eminence Angu , tin delivered a very eloquent discourse in the Cathedral Church, in which, ad- • dressing Moscow, he said, " Thy ruins will hr eternal monu ments cf the wonders of God's goodness and justice, which Nv 4 . s r e disphived t.b thee in Russia atul all Europe, and the reflection of the flames that destroyed thy beauty will shew to future ages that thou was the victim of the redemption, not only of our beloved country, but of all Europe, from the heavy yoke of an ambitious tyrant." Tie ports of Norway are blockaded by foir Russian, four English, and four Swedish frigates. The Norwegian army, according to the lists, consists of 32,000 i n fan t v and 4000 horse, of which only 5000 are now in actual service ; but :ill the inhabitants if the vallies are enrolled as volunteers. The Swedish army, by the decision of the Diet 181% consists of 60,0n0 men ; but there is still all appearance of an amica ble adjulment. The following paragraiii is extracted from the Altona Mercury of July I: Ei N n, Jr vr. 25.—.1 great non.ber of Shipc, among which is a long expected cffivoy from London, ivis passed thy uk.ithin these low dais.—The sight of many hundred merchlnt ships of different na -11,,,is in, our Pviads is new to us, after so many years interruption. .1 . 1!v•e hundred and sixty-nine ships have paid the Sound duty within thew fiv:.l.lvs. His Majesty's ship Barham, which came conv.:y to the Downs with tip! Jamaica fleet, has brought home remittances om the merchants to the amount of 700,0001 consis'ing of otee million of dollars, and the remainder in gold and silver, in bars, gold dust, ke. weig.hin together upwards of rit tons hich has been Inadud at Deal in broad-wheeled waggou:;, Go Le sent to London under a sfrong escort. THE NATIONAL 'ISTEFt. 461 The Princess Elizabeth packet, from Malta, was taken the td inst. by the Harpy. American privateer, of 10 guns and 110 men, after an action of three hours and a half. She was afterwards given up to the passengers, and is arrived at Fal mouth.the mail was su,nk in the action. Much distress bas'beeu occ:sioned in Lincolnshire and adjacent counties, in consequence of the stoppage of and Sheath's banks at Boston ; the latter fi:m, besides four principal banking concerns at Boston, 1:ncoln, Spilsby, and Wi,br ch, had agencies at thiiteesi f , tlic;. towns ; and, it is said, !.aner issued to the nmol:at of 500,0001. !—Several ot!:e Innks have been com!Aled to suspend payment; in etud.:lg those of Bellairs and Co. at Derby, Stamford, and Le tester. The Emperor Alexander, who has himself so very largely conti ibuted by his valour to the rescue Europe, is said to have exclaimed, when he landec. At Dover,—" God be prai6ed I have set n►y foot upon that land which has saved ts all !" Ferdinand VII. of Spain, by a Decree of the 17th nit- has re-established the old law which the Cadets in every branch of Ow military service to exhibit proof, of his no bility ! This re , triction had been very rope; abolished by the Cortes. The Marshals apTloin'ed by Louis XVII!. to tIL , command of the military divisimuz, arc all leavin4 Paris for their respec tive Govemment.z. Mortier is appointed to the i Ci!h military division, the chief place of which is V: Look X 11l has ordered the re,torathn ,1 (he English and It ish establishments for eduea!Lo in Franc:-. with all the funds and property belonging to them, had been sequestrated by the revolutionary Govei 'lntents, and re•ained by Buonaparte. These establishments consibts sevei al ex tensive colleges at Pat is, one at Douai, minor schools at Lotivain, Angers, Bourdcaux, Toulouse, &c. pROVINCIALS, The inbahitants of Wiveliscombe, Somerset, celebrated the peace in a manner no less spirited than original. The procession cum. prised a representation of all the chief features of the various trades and employments carried on in tbe town. Among other eurions performanees, which took place during the actual course of the pro cession, was the mmufacture of a coat, through all the processes of shearing the sheep, washing, combing, spinning, and dying the wool, weaving it into cloth, and making it into a coat, in tlic :pace of our hwirs! On Thursday, the 30th ult., peace was celebrated at linntingford, by giving a ►linner to the poorer part of the population, the expences of which were dcaayed by a subscription. At five o'clock peace • was proclaimed. At six the tables were abundantly spread with beef and plum •ptuldin, and a party sat down to dinner, consisting of men, w own, and children, to the number of 630, exhibiting in their contented faces an interesti►►g picture of decency and gra. ule. 1 - iilkl►a►n Sheep Slie;tring commenced on Monday the 4th instant. It was most numerously attended. A poney race of nine miles took place on Friday, on EppinE Forest, betwixt a celebrated roan under 14 hands, the property of Captain Mitchell, and it black policy, noted for sp.ted, and known by the name of Young Ajax, the property of Mr. Meadow. The t►l:cck policy was the favoniite - at r, to 4, and the match was WC guineas. T he animals ran the first ►vile together in five seconds over two minutes and a half. The distance was pert'orn►ed in 13 minutes. Tin black poney had all along made play, and took the lead the last four miles and a half. Here the race , very interesting, and tlic struggle was great, but the lilac. recovered half a length in t:te last quarter of a Mile, and race. EXTR (ORDINARY FECUNDITY.—AR CUT of the South breed, belonging' to lieu y Poitinger. Clay Hall, near produced oil the 7 th i; of January last two lambs, and on the June last produced other two. The ewe is only two years tici, is a third imtallec of her roduciug two at a bit th. li~ the roan 1 became !k poney WOll the h Down • :al lode, P , 28th of • old, and • . . • . ,