Star. — London, England, 1820-11-30 00:00:00

• . set!e of white riband MI Ms left breast, aid bearing a white wand, the upper tart of which was gilt, and ornamented with wreaths of artificial flowers, sur mounted with a white silk rosette. To these Gen tlemen the arriesigement , )f . the seats in the. Choir was entrusted, and it is but justice to state that every possible accommodation was made by them. The service performed was Mr. Nareses, and the chaunt Load Mornington's. It is impossible not to remark how strikingly applicable the Psalms appointed for the Morning Service of yesterday are to her Majes t situation. The following are two of them: PSALM CXL. Erire, me Domino. " 1. Deliver me, 0 Loan, from the evil man : ind preserve from the wicked man. Who imagine mischief In their hearts; and stir up strife ail :11. Jay long. Ticey have shtirgened their tongues like a serpent: adders' T oi.ion is under their Keep me, 0 I.ORD, from the hands of the ungodly : pre serve me from the wicked men who are purposed to overthrow my vino. • ;. 'Fie proud have laid a snare for me, and spread a net cords: yea, and set traps•in my way. s , 6. 1 ...yid unto the Lotto, Thuu art my Gon: hear the voice of my I't were, 0 Loa.. "7. Loco Gon, thou strength of my health, thou bast co vered my Le.id in the day of bottle. S. Let not the ungodly have NI desire, 0 Lotus: let not his rni;cluevous im:lginations prosper, lest they be too proud. •• th • miszhief of their own lips 1411 upon the heath of th.,t ccmpass me about. 10. lxt hat buraing coals fall upon thm: let them be cast L... iit! .ire, and into the pit, that they never rise up again. .1 ma.) full of words shall not prosper upon the earth: evil :4•-tll !luta the wicked person to overthrow him. 12. Sure I am that the Lotus will avenge the poor: and nnima.n ch.: tau •t- 74 the helpless. ~ : 3. , us also shall give thanks unto thy name : I.¢d :::e just shall continue in thy sight. Pr.. 11 CX LI. JAmtitzr cfrimart. “ 1. ! :mn, I rail spon !mite th,e nnto ine w aid coma u::: , 61e. Let my prayer be :1,2t forth ia thy sight as thi.• incense; ! f:t :! , e fitfif t .; up of niy handi be an evening sacrifice. 3. 5..; a w .tch, 0 L•Jan, IN.fare my inn:all; and keep the my . _ . " 4. 1) I i not mine heart !)1 t 6 any evil thing : let si,.t iic ..ccupi,d in ungndl-> works with the men that work r I eat of such things as pl.:ase theta. • 5. 1,,t the righteous rather me friendly : and re r:,ye e. lit not their precious haln-is brzak my head lea & I r.il ;rte yet 17...11,4 their Wickedm ss. i.zt judges be overt's:Town in stony places : that may wn,•tls, for they ate sweet. i. Our hot:.: , lie scattered be‘ore the yit : like as when one 2 •! lu:weth wood upon the earth. wirc eyes look unto thee, 0 LORD Goa: in thee is I V :IT-% not out my soul. me from the snare that they have laid for me: so i fr, ;11 the traps of the wickedfdot:rs. l,et the ungodly fall into their own nets together : ana • evet escape them.' "Cie Litany was read as amended on the accession is present Majesty, no notice being taken of her' !‘:l:esty's name. In the General Thanksgiving, the entheticai clause which it is customary tor the Clef gyman to read at the : - equest of any it.•ividnal who desires to offer up a particular thanks g: ving, was also omitted on this occasion. A dead was used on their part to accommodate all tv;.o were pi esent. At first, only the families of the nbers of the Courts of Aldermen and Common with a few select friends, were admitted, ani were disposed in the most convenient seats not ppropl iated fur the reception of those Members of ''ailiament, City Officers, Magistrates, Ste. in at .:lance on her Majesty. Ity half-past eleven o'clock Choir contained a great number of beautiful dressed in a manner as tasteful and elegant as coasistent with a prudent regard for their 1:11 at the iire-ent season of the year. Among At were Mrs. Alderman Wood and her two daugh ;: occupying a seat nearly opposite to that set la far her Majesty. Tke Bishop's throne and the •r•ft. , rat were not occupied at all, berth these Re- Dig:.itaries Lavin:;: written to the Lord Mayor, them fro:n being used ! The seat ap. .a ., ; -riale.t to her i'vlijesty's use on this occasion was le one unfornile occupied by Members of the Royal and called the Bishop's seat: it. is situated the middle of the Choir, on the south side. Ths c , :c•ponng seat on the opposite side of the Choir • set - apart for the Lord Mayor. The Countess .'•ladan.e Felice, Mr. Austin, and others, °cp. from an early hour one of the right side seats, the door and her Majesty's seat. The only preparations made on this occasion were the. :colon of a few seats in the space between the :ire% of the Choir and the nave, and the placing of oral firms along the ai,le of the Choir, between pulpit and the railing in front of the Altar. The DT - mince had expressed a wish to lay down a co a-u-7 of carpeting from the outer gate of the Ca •edral, through the nave and Choir, to the seat set art for her Majesty; but Dr. Hughes's instructions '! not permit him to sanction the proposal. : a qua] ter before twelve o'clock, the Committee s.x.,y Ladies, who were in attendance to receive :tlaiesty, entered the Choir, and took their seats the lOrms placed in front of the Communion-table. trey ,sere all, with two exceptions, dressed in white, .tin hair decora ed with white rihands, and white, is hanging gracefully on their shoulders and bo-. 1 r... The et, ect produced by seeing so many beau and elegant females uniformly dressed, and together, was peculiarly striking and pleasing.! .Itt:t as these Ladies had taken their seats behind ••• pipit, we observed with regret the only act of ~ : tc,.atim that was committed during the whole ay—the only exhibition that was inconsistent with a: solemnity of the occasion. While every other :"san within the Choir was evincing that solemn Vollich was becoming in the house of Gon, •! Rev. Dr. linghes entered one of the side stalls, ! ;ie.; .n to add r e s s the Committee of the Common •L;;:i'l in a loud and angry tone of remonstrance. rev. Sib. Dean stated, that an agreement had t.;,te.,ed into with the Committee that the gat be opened to the Public at a quarter before o'clock ; but he now found that the Con who ! orders not to admit the people till the Queen . 111 i ., he loudly complained of as a viola :hecondition to which the Committee had I. (/..e of die Committee observed, that. • ;planter bcfoic twelve might have been ihen:iored at which the gates would be.• t , • ; till die Committee acted withii, ,t the :I,: et:well, since the only object 0: •a,_t• ci;ti - ance of the PAIL . • t':••••:• c -;ici:u.k. was to al.ruid such a pressure le! ,der it imposible for her Majesty t. •'-k4l:atr c..niort or with safety. Dr. ifuzbes, • I • • apparently much irritated, and striking his trencher cap with violence en die front of the desk, reiterated his complaint that the agreement was violated. The condnet of the zealous Canon drew from the persons assembled in the Choir very unequivocal symptoms of disapprobation ; but the good sense of the congregation soon restored to this solemnity the devout attention which is always so becoming in the House of Pi . ayer. • At thirty minutes past twelve, her Majesty ap proached St. Paul's, and the west centre doors, front ing Ludgate-hill, were thrown open. The vast pile resounded with murmurs of gratulation ; and the distant shouts of the multitude without continued to increase in loudness as her Majesty drew nearer to! the majestic temple. Notice of the Queen's approach having been given to Dr. Hughes, he proceeded with the Choir to the west doer to receive her Majesty. The Committee advanced and joined the Choir, and in a few seconds her Majesty entered the Cathedral amidst loud shouts. The west door was then closed, and her Majesty ad vancad thus attended : Two Marsha!men. Members of the Committee, two and two. The Officers of the Corporation. Mr. Sheriff Waithman and Mr. Sheriff Williams. her Majesty, resting on the arm of the Lord Mayor. Alierman Wood, and the Members of her Majesty's suite. Lady Hamilton, resting on the arm of Mr. FavelL Members of the Committee. Her Majesty was also attended by the Hon. Keppel Craven, Sir Robert Wilson, Mr. Hume, M.P. Mr. Hobhouse, M.P. and several other persons of distinction. As litr Majesty approached, Mr. Attwoncl, the organist, performed a voluntary, and one of Mozart's fugues. Her Majesty walked slowly and solemnly tkp to' the nave and choir to the seat appointed for her, headed. by the Lord Mayor, and followed by the Gentlemen already mentioned. Lady Anne Hamilton was on the Queen's right, and Sir Robert Wilson and Mr. Hobhouse on the left. On Lady Anne Ha , miltun's right was Mr. Hume, and Mr. B. Beaumont. The lion. keppel Craven stood below, in front of her Majesty. Having left the Queen seated, the Lord Mayor, followed by the Aldermen and City officers, pro cteded to the opposite side of the choir, and took his seat, Mr. Alderman Wood being on his left, and Sheriffs \Vaithman and Williams, and their Under- Sheriffs, on the left of Alderman Wood. The Mem bers of the earporation who were present then ar ranged thentselves in their respective places. The Deputation of Ladies, who preciously sat on the forms in front of the communion -table, now removed to the side-seats on each side of the pulpit. Dr. Hughes took his private seat at the end of the choir. Her Majesty wore a white silk pelf se, with deep trimmings of white fur, and a close turban head dress, covered with a white veil. As soon as she was placed in her scat, she turned round, and kneel ing slowly down, offered up, in silence, her prayers and praises to the DIVINITY. The usual Morning Service wat then read—the Prayers by the Rev. Mr. Hayes, and the Litany by the Rev. Mr. Pridden and the Rev. M. Pack. —Solemn silence pervaded the Choir during the time of service ; and owing to the excellent. arrange ments previously made, and already described, it was not uncomfortably crowded. The unaffected solem nity of her Majesty's deportment, during the per formance of the Service, was emkently characteristic of the devout aitd humble Christian. Public Worship was concluded at a quarter before two o'clock, and' the Deputation of Ladies then moved towards the door of the Choir, and arranged them selves on each side of the pa -sage through which her Majesty was to walk on proceeding to her carriage. HER MAJESTY'S RETURN. The Corporation, Choir, &c. preceded the Queen on her return in the same order as on her entrance, the Lord Mayor walking on her left, and Mr. Al derman Wood going before her Majesty to make a way through the people, who pressed round her as she passed, offering up their henedictions and their prayers for her past and future protection by PRO VIDENCE. Her Majesty graciously acknowledged these offerings of affectionate loyalty and duty with her accustomed gracefulness and condescension. Having been handed to her carriage by the Lord Mayor, her Majesty left St. Paul's Cathedral, at tended by the same procession that had escorted her to this great National Temple. The appearance of St. Paul's Church-yard and Ludgate-hill, from the western door of the Cathe dral, mocks every attempt at description. The scene was truly picturesque. Below the spectator were seen thousands of uncovered heads, undulating in one connected wave, according to the impulse given to the crowd ; while the surrcunding houses were literally roofed with people, and the fronts of them were almost rendered invisible by the clustered groups that occupied the windows, the balconies, and every lamp-iron, ledge, and pinnacle on which a human being could maintain a footing. A few minutes before two, signals were given of her Majesty's return. All became alacrity and at tention. At two precisely the procession began to move. Her Majesty was now seen to great advan tage, the carriage being opened. This high gratifi cation gave infinite energy to the joy and exultation of all. Her Majesty seemed deeply affected, and signified her tense of the national homage now done to her innocence and moral courage in the most courteous and gracious manner. The Lord Mayor attended her Majesty to Temple-Bar, and then re m-fled, loudly and warmly cheered. In her passage through the Strand, and on to Hyde Park-corner, her Majesty was again most enthu siastically cheered. On this occasion the almost countless thousands who filled the streets doors, and windows, were gratified with a sight of her Majesty as she•passed. Her Majesty's condescension in throw. ing °reit her carriage was gratefully acknowledged, arid she had thereby the additional gratification of observing more accurately the unaffected and enthu siastic joy which her presence everywhere inspired. She hem enjoyed one of the greatest of all human consolations to a British Queen—a consolation for ,which Kings and Quteris may sigh in vain, unless .hey deserve it—the proud coasci3usness of possess mg the love and affection of her People !. • After the procession had passel, the assemblage ... • • - • moved quietly away,. as quiCk as milt:miles so cons' densed could get froni thtlr several places.. Every individual appeared td derive personal distinction tnd gratification from the undisturbed order and complete effect with which the highest tribute of re spect and attachment ever paid to a human being, was paid to the calumniated and prosecuted, but ac quitted and triumphant Queen Consort of George IV. The only deficiency in the gratification which loyal men and women must experience from the transac tions of yesterday, was in the niggardliness and muti • lation with which the services of the Church were ad ministered on this occasion. Whether it be for the interests cf the Church Establishment, or of that religion which is commanded to be preached to the lowly, the persecuted, nay, even the accused and the proved guilty ones, it is not now the time to determine. But it will long remain as a painful recollection in the minds of those who arc zealous in the observance and upholding of our national religion, that while the Queen of Great Britain was offering up her prayers and thanksgiving, in obedience to the precepts of that religifin, its ministers appeared anxious to maim its rites —to smother the incense of her Royal devotion. The pulpit and . the reading-desk were without holy book or spiritual comforter, or pious inspiration. The officiating Clergyman read and chauntesl the most ordinary Services of the day from the pew in ' which the Choristers are placed. Her Majesty's Thanksgivings had, however, another Altar for their ' celebration—the hearts of hundreds of thousands of her subjects sent up their concurring gratitude to the Throne of Grace in an offering of thanks, which, if less methodical than the praying of the rich Clergy, we are assured by the Author of Christianity is no less acceptable to the CREATOR. Excepting the achievements of the pickpockets ; whose activity never slumbers, whether the occasion be a public procession, or a dance at Almack's, in no part of the world could such throngs have been drawn into such a Contracted space, and so little mischief have ensued. The Earl of Doxouottmotte, during the Thanks giving of her MAJESTY t() ALMIGHTY GOD for her usca:)e from her thraldom, sat in a conspicuous pact of the organ loft, accompanied by Mrs. HUGIiES, the Lady of the Residentiary Canon. MEETING OF ST. JAMES, CLERKENWELL Yesterday evening there was a Meeting of the In habitants of the Parish of St. James, Clerkenwell, for the purpose of considering the propriety of presenting a►s Address of Congratulation to her MAJESTY upon the abandonment of the Bill of Pains and Penalties, and of expressing, as the Requisition stated, an ab horrence of the malignant and cruel persecution to which she has been subjected. This Meeting was most numerously and respectably attended. The body of the Parish Church was literally full, and in the galleries were a vast number of well-dressed females, who appeared peculiarly enthusiastic in the Pause for which the Assembly was convened. The Churchwardens, Messrs. STEADMAN and Bon- KIN, took the Chair abo.it six o'clock. Mr. NIIHOLSON, who opened the business, congra tulated the Meeting, as well as the public at large, upon the triumph which the Queen had obtained ; fur it was through the operation of public opinion, the power of which was in this instance proved to be superior to any authority existing in the country, that the persecutors of the Queen had been scared from their prey—(Appiause).—:The People had, in deed, on this occasion, demonstrated, that in England there was a limit to corruption, and that this was not the country in which arbitrary power could be established—( Applause) ;—fur such decided resist ance to injustice and oppression, the People might be, as they had been called, Radicals; but he should rather have his countrymen called by an) , name which tyrants chose to reprobate, than that they' should ever deserve to be called slaves, or the pan ders of tyranny—( Loud plaudits).—Rather should he have his countrymen the objects of the abhor rence, or even the victims of the revenge of tyrants, than they should ever become the instruments of their will, or the advocates of their injustice (Cheers). The worthy Gentleman concluded with proposing the first Resolution ; whieh, being seconded by Mr. Scutt, was carried unanimously. The Meeting was also addressed by Nest's. BOD KIN, STEADMAN, SCARGILL, BECKWITH, LOWTHER, HAVES, JONES, PRICE, CONST, HOGAN, REID, and THORPE.—Ten very spilited and impressive Resolu tions, with an Address founded upon them, were agreed to unanimously, and the Meeting dispersed. Sir JAMES and Lady MACkINTOSH, and the Misses MACKINTOSH, have arrived at Fenton's Hotel, Saint James's -street, from the Marquis of LANSDOWN'S, at Bowoud. Yiesterday, a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Captain G. WELSTEAD was sworn into the command of the ship General Harris, consigned to Madras and China. Yesterday, the Gentlemen who usually Contract for Lotteries waited on the Ministers to bid for a Lottery to finish 17th March, 1821. The Biddings were:— louse and Co. - - £l3 510 (imams CA IMOLL - - 13 3 5 Hasa ao and Co, - - - 13 3 3 J. and J. Sivzwatoser - - 13 5 1 THOMAS BlaH - - - 13 11 3 The offers made not being, in the opinion of the Clinwctstcon, sufficient, he objected to them, and fixed Friday 'next, at eleven, at which time, if any party thinks proper to give a higher price, they are to attend. Ftac.—Yesterday a melancholy catastrophe took place at the house of Mr. Fulford, bookseller, in Little Bell-alley, Coleman str•et and Mrs. Fulford went out in the morning to see the procession of the Queen to St. Paul's, leaving the house and four children in the care of their servant-maid. About three o'clock the neighbourhood was alarmed by the servant calling " lire!" Scarcely a moment elapsed before the flames burst' out from the first flour wksdow, the exclaiming, " For GOD'S sake save the children:" Mr. Hughes procured a ladder, and endeavoured to get in at the window, hut in vain. On the ar rival of the engines the flames were impeded, but not till they had vim:tunic:stud to the adjoining house of Mr. Williams, boot : maker ; by this ane Mr. and Mrs. Fulford returned, when Mrs. F. swooned away, whilst her husband ran about in a,state of frenzy, endeavouring to find his untortunate children, two of whom were found at a neighbour's house, where they had been the whole of the day ; but all search for the remaining two, a girl about two years old; and a boy about six months, was of no avail, and it is supposed they must have fallen victims to the flames. Not an atom of Mr. Fulford's furniture was saved, the home is in hall& and that of 'Jr.l Williams is ronsiderably , t . £A7V INTtLaCkfCg • COURT OF CaANCERY. • The LORD CrtitimEt:LOA will sit at Lincoln's-Inn- Flail nn Tuesday next, which will be the first Seal after Term. . . COURT OF KING'S BENCR, NOVEMBER 26. EDMUNDS V. WALTER AND BELL. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a Police Reporter, against tne defendants. John Walter, proprietor of the Times, and Charle s B e ll, p r i nter o f that Journal, for a libel published in that Paper, im puting to the plaintiff a fraud upon Mr. Walter, by • cqmniunicating to him false intelligence from the Union-Hall Police CMce, which the plaintiff for warded to the office of the Times, with the signature of the Chief Clef k of Union-Hall Police Office. The plaintiff stated generally that he had suffered in his business by the insertilu of this libel, and like wise alleged a special damage, that he had beeh re moved in consequence of it from the service of lth. Perry, the proprietor of the Morning Chronicle. The defendants pleaded the general issue, and then put in a special justification, first, the libel was true; and secondly; that the plaintiff had, in two instances, • supplied the defendants with false intelligence, the -occurrences of which originated the insertion of this imputed libel. To prove the plaintiff's case, Mr. Inman, clerk of the Morning Post ()ince, was called, who stated, that the plaintiff had formetly been employed to collect intelligence for that Newspaper, and that he was in the habit of receiving from him ft cm five shillings to two pounds a-week ; that, alter the insertion of the libel in question, his services, as far as the Morning Post was concerned, were no longer required. Mr. Bell, who formerly conducted the Morning lionld, stated that the plaintiff was in the habit of communicating int,liigence to that Journal, but he could give no testimony as to the time that he ceased to supply that Newspaper with intelligence. On the part oldie defendants, several witnesses called, who proved that the plaintiff was in the habit of sending false intelligence to the Times Newspaper, which he represented to have been communicated by. the Chief Clerk of Union-Hall Police-office. The Clerk denied that he hid ever entered into any agree ment with the plaintiff, authorizing him to furnisk such information ; and witnesses were then called to rebut this part of the Clerk's testimony. The JUDGE charged the Jury with his usual impars tiality and precision ; at'd a verdict was found fdt the plaintiff on the first and three last pleas, on the ground that the evidence of justification, as applied to one of the articles id que-tion stated to be false, did not completely negative the truth of the state ment; and on those counts which went to the false• hood of the other articles of intelligence, the Jury found for the defendants. BIGGS V. SAWYER. This action was brought by an Attorney at Read. ing, against the Sheriff of Berks, to recover damages for loss sustained by the Under Sheriff not being its his office to make out a warrant for the arrest of a Person named Field. The latter was-indebted to the plaintiff; and the officer being sent to procure' the writ of capias duly made out, fot the purpose of arresting him, neither the Under Sheriff nor his clerk were in the office. The officer was, .conse• quently, obliged to go to Reading from Maidenhead without the process, and it was alleged that the cir cumstance enabled Field to avoid being taken, Verdict for plaintiff—Damages one shilling. • HONEST}: We copy the following Notice fitom Carrick's 3tern ing Post, as an example which may serve to remind other travellers of debts which they have not yet dig. charged to those who assisted them in a strange land, in the hour of need : " The young Man who was so kindly assisted in 13russelg in the early part of January, 1818, by Mr. William S—, by the voluntary advancement to him of seven guineas, having written two letters to Mr. S. at Brussels, as - soon as be found himself able to distharge so kind a debt, but receiving ins answer to • either, he wrote a third time to Mr. C. requesting he would either re-direct the letters to Mr. S. or make inquiry, and in. form the writer, by letter ) of Mr. S.'s address; but getting no answer, he finds himself obliged, from a total ignorance of his kind friend's place of residence, to have recourse to this modes to discover where Mr. S. now resides, and he begs Mr. S. will write to him, to No. 17, and not 24, as 'soon as the knowledge of this may come under his notice. . " Dublin, Nov. 24, 182 b. • The Rev.-NV Cuter Els, of Burwash, Sussex, has • lowered his tithes, which before were moderate, 46 per.cent.—The Rev. R. HARE, Rector of Herstmon ceaut, deducted 20 per cent. at his tithe audit, on Friday last. A valuable assortment of succulent plants, con. sisting of four hundred species, many of them es• - • tremely curious and rare, has recently been presented to the Botanic Garddn at Glasgow, which was before .one of the finest collections in the kingdom. APPREHENSION OF FORGERS.—The Birmingham. police have succeeded in detecting and taking the principals connected with a numerous gang of ut. terers of forged Bank-notes. In consequence of the apprehension of John Bingley, a publican, of Great Charles -street, and George Peacock, a plater, of Cheapside, Birmingham, upon whom were found 1,150 forged notes, a warrant was issued to search • the house of William Dutton, of Colmore-street, where a number of notes, nearly destroyed by fire, were found by the police-officers: this man was taken into custody, and, ►n consequent?* of something that transpired while the officers•were awaiting his return home, Mr. Adkins and assistants proceeded to the house of William Batkin, a copper-plate printer, re siding in Freeman -street, whom, Stith his wife, they immediately apprehended ; and, upou searching the house, a plate was found for working £lO and £5, and two plates for working £1 notes, as well as a large quantity of notes in various stages of forward ness. It is supposed this gang and its connexions have carried on their nefarious trade extensively for the last four or five years; the notes are said to have been all worked by Batkin, the signatures affixed by Dutton, and the whole disposed of by Bingley and Peacock to common utterers. The two former are now in out prison, but they have not yet =de - gene a public eluminaticno—Aits's a *elle. •M.