The National Register. — London, England, 1815-02-26 00:00:00

1 7 ,8 r• On Frith! Pccorder, c%a;ted upon Tl,llowing A' Bart. the Re Roynl The AI6I Cuu May i We, his Lord Mayo don, in Co fore your congratulat nature of America. ‘Ve cons urination c which, wit; degree the, their disast anxiety for tliction for ries with w world. We had able rival c manner en jesty's arm United Sti hostilities I to hope th mediate co Alive to kingdom, that we sh. of the nee able able mean porting th tish Hag. Our re: poignant t our meam casional Ic be attribu in the Br perseverai seamen, I and contti inapplical We sh passed owl and reluct the prosf which aft( great cm!: with a grc 1 so many I mutually and prosy sure the c ot the most .n a series of protracted conflicts creep into and deform every state, unless carefully watched and zealously guarded against. THE NA' CITY ADDRESS. the Right lion. the Lord Mayor, the Ahlermen, Sheriffs, Common • Council, and City .Officers ,n the Prince Regent, at Canton House, with the address, which was reaJ by Sir Jolla Sylvester, Recorder : Highness the Prince of Wales, Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. bumble, loyal, and dutiful Addretai of the Lord Mayor, liermen, and Connuorti of the City ut London, in Common )uncil assembled, 't please your Royal Highness, , Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the ror, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of Lon ornmon Council assembled, present ourselves be- Royal Highness, to offer our zealous and heartfelt .lions, on the auspicious circumstance of the sig a Treaty of Peace with the United States of Isider this event as the fortunate and desirable ter of that prolonged series of political calamities, itatever may have been their causes, or in whatever icy were unavoidable, have at various periods of ,trous course filled his Majesty's loyal subjects with it the welfare of these kingdoms, and with deep af• the unavailing slaughters, desolations, and raise which they have covered the civilised and ehristian had concluded an arduous struggle against a formid of the power and prosperity of this empire, in a seclitable to our resources, and glorious to his Ma •nu by sea and land, and as the rupture with : the Yates of America was but an effect of the mutual of the pre-existing Belligerents, it was reasonable :hat peace with America would have been the itn !onsequence of the pacification of Europe. '0 the honour as well as to the interests of the United , ought not to conceal from your Royal Highness hould have been far more gratified had. the object •gociations been sooner accomplished, or had suit ns been employed and properly exerted for sup tie character, and ensuring the triumphs of the Bri- egrets would, we acknowledge, have been much mote under the circumstances of the great superiority of ns and resources, were it not notorious that our oc losses in the varied scene of naval hostilities, are to ited, not to any deficiency of decision and energy iritiAr character, nor to any want of gallantry and Ince on the part of our naval commanders and but to the want of due information as to the force Iruction of the American ships of war, and to the ble description of the force employed against them. ,ould not have done justice to our feelings had we rer in silence the topics at which we have thus briefly Awl) , glanced; but we contemplate with satisfaction , Peet of speedily returning to that state of society ,ffords free scope to the commercial energies of this !me, and the approaching renewal of an intercourse .cat, free, and rising people, connected with us by ties and sympathies, an iptercourse which has been advantageous, and has greatly promoted the power Tosperity of this nation. Nor do we view with less plea opportunities which will thus be afforded for dimin our u nexampled expenditure,—for the removal of galling and debasing of our taxes, such as we hope occasion to name, and for 4 •1 ming That we may uninterruptedly devote ourselves to the pur suits, and enjoy the blessings of peace, and that the Royal House of Brunswick may long reign over a free, happy, and united people, is the ardent wish of his Majesty's faithful tizens of London. To which his Royal Highness was graciously pleased to return the following answer : " 1 feel great satisfaction in having brought the negocia tions with the United States of America to such a result, as affords a fair prospect of the speedy re-establishment of peace with that country. " Whatever may have been the calamities occasioned by the extended warfare, in which we were so long engaged, they are in no respect imputable to Great Britain. It was the conviction that our cause was just, and that we were unavoid ably contending for all that was valuable to us as a nation, that produced those extraordinary exertions, which under the favour of Divine Providence completely frustrated the designs of our enemies, and which will be contemplated with admiration and gratitude by our latest posterity. "No endeavours will be wanting on my part to promote a friendly intercourse between this kingdom and the countries with which we have been at , war, and to secure and improve all the advantages of peace." A Foreign journal contains the following laughable %c•. dote of a French fiddler of the name of Boucher; who lately came to posh his fortune in London. On his arrival at Dover, across the channel, he had the mortification to see Lis fid dles seized by the officers of the Customs. It was in• vain he protested that they were not articles of commerce, but instruments for his own use-. and 'that if he meant to make money by them, it was not at least by their sale. The Meat agents were deaf; the fiddles must pay duty. To fix the amount, their value must be estimated: and Mr. Boucher was desired to set his own value on the . fiddles; he fell into the snare, and fixed a very moderate price. Then, in virtue of Custom-House regulations unknown to our travelling musi cian, they offered him fifteen per cent. more than the lealtid lion, and declared they would keep the instruinen's. Our artist wasin despair ; he complained, he prayed, het hreatenefl. but all in vain; there was only one resource,--,that of going to London to claim the interference of the French Amhassa d ; but to do this he must part from his dear fiddles, the instruments of his glory and his fortune. He wished atleast to bid them a last adieu, and, taking one of them, be brought from it such melodious but doleful sounds as - corresponded with his feelings. The Custom-house officers attracted by the notes, formed a groupe around him, which gradually increased so that the office could no longer contain the collected-audi tors. They begged the musician to pass into a large lobby:, to which he willingly assented. Thee, mounted on a 'step of the staircase, he performed several pieces which charmed even fiscal ears. Animated by his success, the artist surpassed himself, and the enthusiasm of the audience was at its height, when they heard God save the King executed with the most brilliant variations. How repay so much talent and com plaisance? Every thing was forgotten; even the regulations of the Custom-house; " Sir," said the chief of the customs to the French virtuoso, " take back your fiddles; you may boast of a finer because a more difficult triumph than that of Orpheus. lie melted only the infernal deities, but :on have made the donaniers of Dover relent." .TIONAL REGISTER. n th e_ o v s e e r a atg a u i s n es to have which i •