The National Register. — London, England, 1820-07-09 00:00:00

TUE QUEEW Monday being the day appointed for presenting the addresses of the borough of Southwark and of the • Common Hall to her Majesty, considerable crowds began to collect in Portman Street and Oxford Street, at an early hour, notwithstanding the un favourable state of tbe weather. The windows were crowded with well-dressed females, and rows of car- riagcs lined the streets. A few minutes past one the Southwark procession appeared, and was saluted with cheers by the multitude. Sir IL Wilson, in the uniform ot' a General Officer, Mr. Calvert and the High Bailiff of Southwark, in their court dresses, with a number of gentlemen, electors of the Bo rough, were presented to the Queen, and had the honour of kissing her Mojesty's hand. The address was read to her Majesty, and the Queen returned a most gracious answer. The deputation then re tired, and was a second time greeted by the enthu siastic cheers of the people. At the same ►:►owcnt several benefit societies marched by with their flags and music. Tho whole scene was interesting and animated in the extreme. The Lord Mayor and other City Authorities, shortly after two, appeared with the Address of the Common Hall, which was read to her Majesty as follows _ _ "• TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. 4 The humble Address of the Lord Mayor. Aiderinen. and /leery of the City of London, in Common Hall assembled : " MAY IT PLEASE VOCE. MAJESTY, ". We. his Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor. Aldermen and Livery of the City of London, in Com. riots Ilan assembled, humbly approach your Majesty with our warmest conratulations upon your Majesty's safe return to this kingdom. " We sincerely condole with your Majesty upon the loss of so many illustrious persona ca in your Royal House, particularly that of your Majesty's guardian and protector, our late revered Sovereign, and your amiable and beloved daughter the Princess Charlotte, upon whom the hopes of the nation had fondly rested.' " We have beheld with grief the numerous insults and indig nities which have been offered to your Majesty, both at home and abroad, and lament that any person should be found with such unchristian feelings as to advise the omission of your Majesty's name in the solemn services of the Church. " As we have before congratulated your Majesty upon your triumph over a foul conspiracy against your life and honour, we have never ceased to feel the mast anxious solicitude for era,' thing connected with your peace and happiness, and sincetely trust your Majesty will prove equally triumphant over the ie. stewed attempts to vilify yourcharacter. " We have felt, in common with all his Majesty's subjects, the highest indignation at Me insulting previous to your arrival in this country. " We admire the prompt refusal of your Majesty to corms°. mice your honour for a pecuniary consideration ; nor can we forbear expressing equal admiration at the magnanimous and decisive conduct your Majesty has displayed. by yo.ir unhesita ting confidence in the loyalty and honour of the British nation es well as the courage you have crince4 in boldly meeting your accusers, protesting ~giunot all secret investigation. and demand ing an open constitutional tribunal. " We felt disgusted at the proposal made to your Majesty' to become an exile nom this land, which might afford your Majes ty's enemies fresh opportunity for the calumnies which probably they never would have dared to attempt, if your Majesty had re maiued in England. s , We sincerely hope that your Majesty will be established in the full possession of all your just rights,and reside amongst a geopla zealously attached to the house f Brunswick, and who Seel deeply interested in every thing connected with the honour of that house, and with the welfare and happiness of your Majesty." Her Majesty then returned the following onswer : " It is with tweeter satisfaction, and with most cordial thanks, that I receive tins loyal and affectionate Address from the Lord Mayor s Aldermen, and Livery of the City of London, whose manly *ippon of my cause upon a former occasion Las never ceased to live in my grateful remembrance. 6 . No wads can give utterance to the agonies of my heart, octuloned by those loom on which you oiler me your kind con dolence, and *loch admit of no reparation on this side the grave ; but, in the many and deep sorrows and afflictions with winch it has pleased providence to visit me, I have derived unspeakable consolation horn the zealous and constant attachment of this warm icarted, just, and genatnis people ; to live at home with, and to cherish wheal, will be the chief happiness of the remainder of fry days. 'rho indignation which a long series of persecutions, plots, and conspiracies, carried on against my peace, honour, and life, is so well calculated to excite, it shall be my endeavour to suppress; and while I steadily pursue the means necessary to the full pos session of all my rights, privileges, and dignities, 1 would lain bury past injuries and insults in oblivion. *. Conlicious of mx innocence, disdaining the threats intended to awe me, knowing it was to Britain I was coming, it required no extraordinary degree of courage to place me in the face of my accusers. 'ld have nested upon this or upon any other occasion a pusillsniroous part would ill become a daughter of the house of Brunswick and the Queen (it'd nation tamed for ha 114 . :0111' in all ages, and whose gallant sailers and soldiers hare so recently been crowned with laurels in every part of the globe." This answer her Nlak . 7 delivered in the most f:eling manner, and it niaoe the deepest impression no the hearers. IVESTMINSTER MEETING. On Tuesday at one o'clock a meeting of the inhabitant liouse bditiers of Westi»inster was lied in Cuveat Garden, for the put. pe.e of ~),,id,rin4 the pro f riety of veAu.g an address to ;ter :.I..jesty upon tne present yeaunent 16.1 C is re.aieuig troth' the K ,g'e Ministers. 'toe hustings were erected, not as ueaal, in front of the church, but at the o.treiaity of Tavi lock Row, nes.r die I lum MUMS Tavern. 'EL meeting w.:s composed number Of res pectable inhabitants of Westintinter, the in the criair, supported by Sir Frutlcia Burdett, Mr. liubhouse, and otacr public ti•isra.:ters. Cite . .Jusine.4 of the !meting was ripened in the usual form by the 1-11.gu ;LOME, alto read tit.: requisition u. pc,scance of viitica tile imeting twas convened. Mr. Tist.wall ruse ithi expatiated upon the ur,filir course taken against her .Majesty. lie conch:Lb-11 uy proposing the todowio 4 ; res,lutions, allitii were carriLst urainiumusty. Tam ird;gh.r.d bee hitherto bun regarded as VIE NATIONAL REGISTER. nation of civilisation and humanity, in which the social obliga tions olcourtin and morality have been held in the highes veneration. :I.—Resolved, That these principles appear to be most out rageoudy violated by the maniwr in which our Queen has been treated by the adviser of his Majesty—by insidious uttempts to banish that august personage, open the grounds of accusations unsubstantia ed. &c. 3 —Riaolved, That from the fits! and repeated experience which we have had of the conduct and operations of Secret Com mittee*, we are not only the more strongly dispo ed to believe in the innocence of the accused party, &c. 4.—Resolved, That we Mel it the moro our bounden duty to testify our abhorrence of this prucedure. inasmuch us it reveals at once the system to which a Burouglimongeting faction. tee. s.—Resohett, That an address to her Majesty be adopted by his Meeting:— Mr. Callaghan then read the Address, which was loudly ap- ' plauded, and unanimously adopted. Sir F. BunDETT came forward amidst loud cheering. On the present occasion it would be hit, roper for Mtn to cuter upon the subject now before the meeting. He had attended as the Alember for Westminster, to ascertain use wishes and to fold' the commands of his constituents, and he should feel great plea sure in presenting the Addrese which had been adopted by the meeting, The conduct of her Majesty had always been that of an innocent person; and alien a proposition t u tu been made to her, inconsistent with her honour and dignity, Lie had only answered it oy appearing in this cuuntty, almost before the threateners knew that their proaomi had been rejected. He would now take his leave, repeating the pleasure with which he should always bow to the wishes of the freemen of Westminster. (Loud cheering.) Mr. llositousz was then loudly called for. and came forward. He expressed his cordial concurrence in the sentiments which had just been delivered by their disunguishcd Represen tative, whom, through their favour, he could now call his colleague. Mr. Hohhouae then took a view of tile conduct of the Hotke of Commons upon the Qucaes affairs, arid concluded by assuring the Meeting, that. on all occasions, he should be most happy to come forward in any manner to support the falling 'Merit s of the people. Captain WILLIAMS proposed a vote of thanks to the Worthy Representatives of the City of Westminster, for Mei: conduct this day; which was seconded by Mr. TRELwata., who expanated upon their characters and meritorious conduct upon all occasions. Carried by acclamations. Votes of thanks were also passed to Mr. Alderman Wood, and Mr. A. Morris, the High Ilaihfl: These Gentlemen respectively returned thanks, and the Meet. ing was dissolved at hail-past two o'clock. A Deputation afterwards waited on the Queen, to know wheel her Majesty would receive the Address. HER MAJESTY'S ANSWER TO THE WESTMIN STER ADDRESS. On Thursday, at one o'clock, the High Bailiff of Westminster, with Sir F. Burdett and Mr. Hob house, waited on her Majesty with the Westminster Address, to which her Majesty returned the follow ing most gracious answer • This anthem from the inhabitant householders of the city and liberty of Wartninster will be lung treasured in my memory. as an indubitable proof of their regard. and a lasting claim upon my gratitude. The language of alfeenion lot my person, of de votion to my interest, and of zeal in my cause. which appears to issue from their hearts, has made a ueep impression on my own. In the feeling manner in which they mention her for whom the invisible sigh of grief will never cease in my tuaternal breast, I cannot be insensible to the homage *hien they pay to her memory, and the solace which they oiler to my regrets. •• It is now seven years since I received an address from the inhabitant householders of Westminster, in which they congra tulated toe upon my escape from what they truly deseithed as a nefarious conspiracy against my honour and my life. Upon that occasion my character was exonerated front the load of calumny with which it had been oppressed, though my conduct had un dergone only an ex parts .examination, and though I had no means of facing my accusers, or of being heard in my defence. •• The people of England then, almost universally, expressed their approbation of what they considered as the triumph of rectitude and innocence over perfidy tied fahhood. Front that hour to the present. I have been the victim of a similar censpi. racy, which has been incited by die same motives, and prose cuted with the same views, though with increased violence. and with aggravate • malignity. New and more appalling ettbru have been made to destroy that charactet which Had roasted so many tonner attempts ; but I rejoice that I now find. as I at that time found, the people of Westminster uninfluenced by the powerful machinations of my enemies, and animated by the same sentiment which they then expressed, that every subject, until convicted of guilt, had an undoubted right to retain the reputation, the rights, and immunities of innocence. se In the present perilous crisis of my fate. 1 out auppotted by that courage which arises from the consciousness or rectitude ; and I feel that the English people will never suffer an ionized Queen to appeal in V/10 either to their justice or to their 'mine nity. lam convinced vita /U dna land of libcrty no oppression can be poetised, and dia, to be right is to be secure. • In the warm desire alien the people of Westminster have expressed for the considerat.on of my honour. they have exhibit ed a striking testimony of their loyalty to the King; for the honour of his Majesty must ever be identified with that of his Queen. • My first wish is to prove, that my character has been un justly traduced; my next is to terminate my &Lys amung the high-minded people of this country. to who..e atfixthrriate .ym pathy I am at piesene indebted fur so much of the case real which I feel, and of the support which I possess, under the pressure of such complicated wrongs, and such accumulated persecutions." 4 BILL " Entitled an Act to deprive her Majesty, Caroline Amelia Eilz..oeth, of ihr Title, Prerogatives, Rights, Privileges, and E' onitions, of Queen Consort of this realm, and L. itissols Ure marriage het wren his YlJjesty anti the sand Cal ohne ,%slielia Llia“beth. " Wlivresin, in the )earls 14, her 51 . 1jesty, Caroline AlllOlll ElIZ•11.elh, Plllserss of AV:les, and now (befit Conv..rt of the remit)), being al Milan, in Italy, en gagett its lief s(•i %ice, inn menial satiation, one 11.trtoloitio Pegg4llll, etlieso ise 11,no , loota llergaini, a futrigner of low station. who had Iteltstr svut ed la a sonilar capacity: " And whereas aflii• tie said liarioluato Peigatni, otlicro Bnituleisio Berg , had sa entered the set %it e tier Roy Highness the said l'iincess of IA ales, a moo IlliheeollllllX and ileMr4shilg 1116111M' y 1 . 1111011e!lelli lottWeele her said ittly:ki 11;01111'14S Mid llie foto llartolunso Pergaini, Ull14•11/41/11 114r11.11)1o13 , -4418111: " An In') .41111 Gily,,l Ilieliness not only 4 1 1 s towed :be said 11. it tololllo Pei.; 11:11. ..therwise Bart.ihnio to a high situation 111 Ile, Royal and reteiVed hat/ her service 111411 of his near 11:1461011S, some of them in intei•iur, anti otisca in high stud consdemial situations, about her Royal Highness's person, but be stowed upon hint other great and extraordinary marks of favour and ilistinciiun, and obtained for hint orders of knighthood and titles of honour. and conferred upon hilo a pietendeil order of knighthood, whirls her Royal High ness had taken upon herself to constitute without any just or lawful authority. And whereas also her said Royal Highness, whilst the said Bartiolonto Pergaiiii, otherwise Hal'iUlolllo Bergaini, was in her said service. further wmiiudlul of her exalted rank and station, and of het ditty to your Majesty, and wholly regardless of her own honour and character. con ducted heiself towards the said Bartoloino Pergaini, tulles wise Bin wham) liergaini, and in other respects, both in public and private, in the elisions places and countries whirl, her Royal Highness visited, with indecent and offensive lainitinsity and freedom, and carried on a licen tions. disgraceful. and adulterous Intel - comae with 11t said 1141111101110 Pergaini, otherwise Bartoltinor Bergaini, which continued fur a long period of tittle during her Royal Iliglines-'m residence aim odd, by whorls conduct of her said Royal Highness, great scandal and dishonour have been brought upon your Majesty's faintly and this kingdom. Therefore, to manifest our deep sense of such scandalous, disgraceful, and vicious conduct. oa the part of her said Majesty, by which she has violated the duty which she owed to your Majesty, and liar ientlered,her self unworthy of the exalted rank and station of Queen Consort of this realm, and to evince our pat regard for the dignity of the crown, and the honour of this nation, we, your Maje-ty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lords, spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in Parlie went assembled, do I lily entreat your Majesty, that it may be enacted, stud be it enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lord's spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that her said Majesty, Caroline Amelia Eliza beth, from and after the passing of this Act, shall be and is hereby deprived of the title of Queen, and of all the prerogatives, rights, privileges, and exemptions apper taining to her as Queen Consort of this Realm: and that her said Majesty shall, from and after the passing of this Act, for ever be disabled and rendered incapable of using, exercising, and eiijoying the sante, or any of them: and moreover, that the 11111101 w between his Majesty and the said Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, be, and the same is, hereby from henceforth fur ever wholly dissolved, an. nulled,and made void, to all intents, cousttnetions, and purposes whatsoever." Au PACHA.—By a letter from Venice, dated June ISth, and published in the Genoa Gazette of the 23t1, it appears that the Pacha of Scutari, by the orders of the Sublime Porte, set off from Scutari oa the 3d of June, with a force of 40,000 men,of whom 5,000 were cavalry, taking the road to Jeannine, against Ali Pacha. In Greece, military operations against this chieftain have commenced by the entry of the troops of the Grand Seignior into Salona (the ancient Amphiasa), a town belonging to Ali Pacha, where they established a numerous garrison, and hgisted the standard of Mahomet, but the place was subsequently retaken by Ali Yachts, who put the I garrison and inhabitants to the sword, and aban doned the town to the pillage of his soldiers. The Turk:: had captured, near Corfu, a vessel from Leg horn, laden with warlike stores for Ali Pacha. It continues to be confidently rumoured in Ha nover that his Majesty intends to visit that country about the middle of August, and to remain there until the end of September. If this report be correct, an intimation of such intention will, of course, be made before the rising of Parliament, to both Houses, to obtain their sanction, without which his Majesty cannot leave the Kinguom. American Papers to the II th ult. have been re. ceived. The Nem York Gazette of the 9th states, that, "in consequence of information recently received from the African coast, of the immense number of vessels employed in the slave trade, the government was about to despatch some fast-sailing vessels of war to that station, to a.,sist the Cyane in bringing to justice those offenders against tae laws, religion, and humanity." Bk:RLIN, JUNE 15.—1 t is rumoured that the new l'russian coustitution will be promulgated on the 3d of August next, which is the natal anniversary of our Monarch. _ RALiTADT, JUNE 21.—The Members of the two Chambers of Baden arrive successively at Carlsruhe. The opening of the Chamber is to take place on Saturday next. It is said that the Grand Duke will repair to the Chamber in person ; but this is still un certain. The members of the Chamber of deputies of the Grand Duchy of Hesse Danistaat have been assembled at Darmstadt fur eight days. Only one member of the first chamber has presented himself. All the rest have declared against the new constitu tion. We are assured that the members date second chamber follow the system, and demand great modi fications of the constitutional act. A letter from Copenhagen, dated June 10, an nounces the failure of the well-known and long established banking•house of Ityberg and Co.: an event which had peutliteed a great sensation on the Exchange of that city Accounts froin Majorca state, that the plague, which had broken out in that island, was extending with alarming rapidity. Palma, the principal town, had insulated itself, by a military cordon, from all communications with the rest of the island. Iler Nlaj,:sty has taken the pleasant villa, situated on Barnes.tcrraco, ix:lunging to Mr. Dull, for hes exam= rc4ideoco. 1110