THE NATIONAL REGISTER. AUG. 16. COURT AND WORT D OF FASHION. Tux Pacqcrt RForw Cs BIRTH-1)41%—0n Wednesday the Antii ver,,,r, o t k 4 Royal Highness the Prince Regent's birth was celebrated, „i t i e atly the smile dem n onstratios of respect as have usually tt shown on the Klug e 's birth da . v, except in the splendour and tv of a Court. i &mut half past two o'clock the Prince Beaent arrived at (a. ltou Hons. front Wiialsor. Soon :otter three o'clock the N„id e H en and Gentlemen wire introduced to his Itu)al a:ql hid the honour to kiss hands upon their respective app-iht- so. nts Lord cioorge Beresford. on being appointed Comptroller of the WI too 11" Id ; M. li..)bert. reel, on b , ing appointed Secretary to the Lord Lieu ten a:.t of la t lian,l ; L d Jocelyn, ~ n hei g appointed Vice-Chamberlain ; M . IVilhatu Fitzgerald, vu being appointed Chancellor of the Ex eliciper fur ; an t Lord C. Bentancii, on being eppoioted Treasurer of the Household. LITERATURE. 507 . TO THE EDITOR. Stn—lf you find the following tranNlation of the three satin epigram" that appeared in your ISts and t 39 numbers, worthy of insertion, they air the offerings of a con.tar.t reader wbu .has derived much enter tainment from your publication. Bath, July 629. Tho' oft I've given (till many a kiss I'll be content with one front thee ; Nor be amazed, there's greater bliss In °tie of thine than scores fun* rue. Tis Chloe tree, i snatched a kiss, If blu4hes should thy cheeks eiubue. 1 will restore the stolen blips-- A thousand are. at interest, due. I stole two kisses, love, 'tis true, Why blush, thy lips still sweet remain, hut restore the theft to you Aod gese a thousand for the twain. F• F. W. TAs► UPON LEATHER. Mg. EDITOR, 1 take the liberty of addressing you on a subject in which, (though it may particularly affect me, and those in the same way as myself,) I cannot but think the public at large are deeply interested. As soon as it was known that a Tax of_ three halfpence per pound was to be laid upon Leather, the tanner laid on an advance to at least twice that amount ; and when the Bill had actually paned, he did not fail to add to that the Tax imposed by Government. It ought to be understood, that in shaving the skins down, and preparing them for the shoe-maker, each hide loses half its weight, by he process of the currier. From this it will be seen, that the Tax, as it falls on the currier, is necessarily doubled by him ; and he, in humble imitation of the tanner, feels it due to his profession, not merely so to double it, but to add about three halfpence in the pound to what the tanner has put on, and to what he is obliged to charge. From this it will be seen, that instead of three halfpence per pound, the shoe, maker has to pay on all the leather he uses, little less than a shilling. The public have only to do with the shoe-maker, and understanding that a Tax of but three halfpence per pound has been laid on by Government, naturally complain of the charge which he is obliged to make, as exorbitant. haye thought it right to say thus much to set things in 4 proper light, as it is rather hard that that class of men should bear all the blame who have none of the profit. I am, Sir, with great respect, Yours, Ere. &e. CRISPIN HIULLTAP. On Wednesday last, the birth-day of the Prince Regent, the first stone of the 13reakwater, in Plymouth Sound, was lowered down. Mr. Peter Finnerty was liberated on Friday se'riniglit from Lincoln Gaol, after a confinement of eighteen months, for a libel on Lord Cas-. t lereagh. _ _ The New Theatre Royal Drury-law!, is now in such a state of for. wardness, that the scaffolding is carried up to paint the cieling over. die pit, and put up the ornaments to the front of the b..xes. A consi derable addition is made to the number of artists etrployed, and every exertion used to finish the edifice by the time appointed. The advertisement of the Drury lane Committee has already set $ number of scribblers to woik to write addresses. One of them w understond begins as follows : " All ale Whitbread, his labours since the fire, I* Have raised this pile; 'tis therefore his entire; " Now let him rest, fur who can wish to see, In action here. so steady an 0. P." A Learned Judge, who presided at a late trial, happening to be dis. satisfied with the verdict, asserted that it was wroug L as clearly as II and 2 make 4.—" It may be so, my Lord, said tiro Foreman, for s id some situations, $ and 2 make 22 !" THE EARL OF Y.ARMOUrws BALL AND SUPPER. " This Fashionable Fete was given on Tuesday night ; it was at-: tend q l w ith, al: the eclat 11%11.11 at such entertainments. The house was twit orihantly than tastefully illuminated : there were an abund aive of patent lanps, the burning o;1 of which exhaled a timid smell. the dancing comineoced at eleven o'clock, when about twenty couple went down. Waltzine commenced about one o'clock, when his Hui al Highness the Duke of Cumberland pleasingly surprised the corn piny, and delighted his Royal Brothers of Clarence, Sits-ex, and Colibudge, by the skill he disi.Lyed in eiving several of them with the true G. ratan fling. The heat became oppre•sive about two o'clock, ellen all whir weir not other eise occupied, flew to the cool retreat of the temporary room. Although trout note till three o'clock, at least a dozen persons were c. nstantly occupied in givit.g ous refreshments of fruit. cakes, ices, lemonade, yet the impatience of the visitants b-casue ungovernable, long before the time prescribed for the arrange ment of the regular ban pret : and it is a fact, that the Dukes at Cla rence and Cambridge supped at a table, having on it nei:ner cloth nor 11.1 1 kin. The sup,rer was certainly excellent, but not ahund ; how ever some allowance ou.,ht to be made for 11Ir. Ward (who was the caterei), he being a bachelor. Supper was laid f •x2OO persons. The Prince #egent was of the party, bat did not stop supper. " We will thii.ce,' said the Duke of Cumberlaud sp:ritedly to the Duke of Lein stet, " the Regent's btriod.l in here, and dance it Out at the Queen's house at Froginore." This was sang about la-past eleven o'clock." From this tine account, which has appeared in some of the Daily Papers, it shoul I seem that the company were ifir,t entertained with a find aunt!, and a German These, however, were not sufficient tar them, as they were vulgar enough to wish for something to eat, and in coniquence became anp,ouernable 1 If this be true, us well as the scramble that ensued, in which the Dukes of Clarence and Cambridge were . glad to sup off a table without clo th or napkin, we very much euisnou if the Company were altogether consoled, either by the re fection that Mr Ward is a bachelor, or by the spirited speech of the Duke of Cumberland to the Duke of Leinster, which was said about 4-tit past eieven o'clock ! A WARD FEAST. At Yarmouth's grand fete all the sons of the Kiug it seems were delighted with Cumberland's fling; Wh:ch, we're gravely informed, was so cilia; mingly German, givould a Bishop have made leap with joy, in his sermon. But when it appeared that WA Res Bachelor's fare. With an Hospital WA It lI'S might in some sort compare, As so scanty it was, that 'twos soon understood, All present must presently " cr.tch as catch could," 'Tis thought those who supped upon air in the passage Would have given the fling fur a good German sausage. Y. G. A certain dashing City honatongrr, who sports his coach and four, is said to have lately rode rusty, as, in consequence of something in his conduct which was thought to mark softness of head, lie has ludicrously heti, denominated the buttered buns. His friends loudly complain of t his appellation, as they are confident it is in their power to prove he is Only a cake. Some taxes are complained of as being too loosely defined to be Weiser,' understood. This. however, cannot be said of the Tatt upon tooth'', as that emu hums to every maa's uuderstanding. i• 4- /47'