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. - - - 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. MISCELLANIES. Lord Wodehouseis elected High Steward of C rent Yarmouth, in the place a Lord Pawing, deceased. Marquis Townshend was the unsucc, ssful candidate. There was a Special Meeting of the Whig Club, on Tuesda* upon the subject of Parliamentary Reform. A labourer in Plymouth Dock-yard has invented an improved method stopping shot-holes or leaks under water, during the time of action. Sir ROBERT CALDER inspected the model on Monday, by order of the Admiralty, and Wit, hiphly pleased with is construction : he express. d his conviction of its efficacy in harbour and smooth vrater ; its effect in rough warer is to be tried in the course of the week, if the apparatus can be com pleted. I'he shipwrights employed in hrealting up La Toche corvette % at Plymouth, have found many Louis-d'ors conct--Ocd, suppce,ed to have been deposited in different places, antecedent to action, by the owners, who afterwards fell. A duel was fought on Bagshot Heath, on Thursday morning, between a :Major Sneathe and a MrWalbrook, in coo , eottroce of a divire at Windsor respec•ing a trivial bet on a s• v l / 4 •Arrs at Ascot Fietalt s. The cemoatants exchnt.•ed wc; when Mr. Wa;brook fr•!--1 a wound on t! e side of tLe head, j which, however, is not consiuered clani;erous. -