The National Register. — London, England, 1816-05-20 00:00:00

MAY 20. c.o. that a congsratulat, , lty Message be sent to their Royal Ilighnesses:—The Princess Charlotte answered,— •• We receive with great iatistliction this proof of the atten tion and regard of the House of Commons, and return them many tleaLks for their congratulations." The answer of the Prince to the House of Commons was as follows:- 0 Gentlemen, I rejoice at the share the House of Commons mice in my happiness, and am sensible of their attention in oink ing these congratulations. lam very touch obliged to them for their geed wishes and thank them for the assurances of their friendship, which I shall aleyays try to deserve." CITY ADDRESSI:S. To me ROYAL Mousrss TIIR PRINCE REGENT. 'the humble and loyal Address °flew Lord Mayen., Alder men, and Commons of the City of London, MAT IT ri.s.tsr Yot7n nor At. HIGH xrss, , his Majesty's dittitbl and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Ceoincil assembled, approach the Throne with the most lively sentiments of affection, to congratulate your Royal Highness or the auspicious event of the recent Nuptials of your Illus trious Daughter, the Prisseess Charlotte Augusta, with his Se rene. Highness Leopold fl urge Frederick. Mince of Cobourg. We participate with the personal feelings acid the patriotic gratification which your Royal Highness must experience upon an occasion of such joy to your Racal House, and of such vital importance to the welfare and prosperity of his Majesty's sub jects, inasmuch as this illustrious union affords an additional prospect (tinder Divine Proy Wettest) of sectoring to the throne of these realms the Protestant succession of their Sovereigns ; for which our heav e and enlightened ancestors, by the Act of settlement of the olorious Revolution, happily provided and established the mild and paternal 'may of the House of Hano ver, over a free, loyal, and happy people. That a long line of Princes, Arm to the reformed principles of otir Cznistitution in Church and State, may spring from these auspicious Nuptials, to continue for Cass prosperity and happiness to the United King.:sen, is the ardent and sincere prayer of his Majesty's feithful Citizens of London. In thus uniting with the general joy our heartfelt congratula tions at the foot of the Throne, we request your Royal High ness vs ill believe that, as we can feel nothing of more conse cpsence to the nation than a measure thus calculated to preserve our independence. freedom, NMI prosperity, so we can felici tate ourselves in nothing of more genuine and pure enjoyment, than in an alliance which is of so fair a promise, and must con vey solid happiness to your Royal breast, and every branch of your august Family. May your Roy al Highness have the felicity to behold every good consequent upon this propitious event descend upon the amiable acifolloyal Bride and her Illustrious Consort; and may the endearinses.qualities of her mind give the surest presage to an admiring people of the happiness she may in time to come be deatrned to confer upon the loyal and happy subjects of the British Empire. Signed, by o:der of the Court, H. WOODTHORPE. To %hie+ Address his Royal Highness was pleased to return. the following most gracious Answer : I thank you for this loyal and dutiful Address: it is with the roost cordial satisfaction that I receive your congratulations on an event no leas grateful tomy personal feelings than important to the best interests of the British empire. To THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. TIN Humble Address of the Lord Mayor, Aklermen, anti Commons of the City of Loudon. HAT IT PLEASE TOUR )I.LIERTY! We, his Majesty's duffed and loyal subjects. the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled, congratulate your Majesty on the recent and auspicious nuptials of het Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte Augasta with his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick Prince of Cobourg. We are satisfied that the dignity of her high birth, as pre sumptive heiress to the Crown of these Realms, is proudly equalled by the lofty attainments and the pre-eminently ami able qualities of her Hwy& mind ; and that the people of this happy country, the loyal subjects of our revered and venerable King, regard the graces and virtues which' adorn the Royal Bride as the happy presage of future !Ms.:rags to the United Kingdom. We earnestly hope, Madam, that all felicity may attend an union of such exalted promise, and that the Illustrious Pair may be crowned with every blessinrwhich can ensure it His Majesty's faithful Citizens of London have much satin faction in• partaking cite general joy upon so distinguished am occasion, and do assure you, Madam, that they will he ever forward to express• their tittn and loyal attachment to every branch of your august Family. Signet], die To which Address her Majesty was pleased to return the following Answer: — I receive your congratulations with heartfelt satisfaction ; and I ant highly. gratified by these sentiments of duty to the King, and of attachment to the Royal 7hmily, which you have expressed on the present occasion. TO NEIL ROYAL•IIICIINESS PRINCES CHARLOTTE AUGUSTA. MADAM, We his Majesty's (halite! and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor. Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common - Council assembled, request permission to offer our wartneq e.ongratulations upon the recent and anspicions Marriage of sour Royal Highness wall his Serene Highness the Prince of Saxe Coltourg. This very important ITnion with an atiiitthle and accomplished Prince, of a family long distinguished for its attar-hoes-1 to the Protestant Cause, we regard sic au additional proof the lifiXio4ls care of your "royal Fatlu r fur the interests and a .lfure of bi-; Majesty's subjects, and id' his paternal affection for your Royal ,lagliness. The splendid dignity of yams. Royal Birth, as presumptive Heiress to- the British Sceptre, cretties peculiar sentiments of affection aad reverence in the hearts of sall his Nlajesty's sub jects, accompanied by the full assurance and proud eealtation that the great I . .cest irements and endearing qualities anti graces of your Royal Mind are so happily calculated to adorn the exalted station of your Royal Highness ; and their pro,,pects is -ightened by the affectionate regard to the interests of theses happy main's, *Stich your Royal Ilia.iffess, the pride noel hope of Britain, ha: manifested by this illustrious alliance. 'fhe Citizens of London aresonxious to empress the cpTee- Collate soliciinde faer feel thatsthis joyful evt.st may be ec rompanied by the peculiar favour of Fit-men ; acid that the traceicemlautvirtues which inhabioyour Royal Bosom :nay tie amid to grate a line of Princes who may be the itaide of Wok Rtrjal l'arciaisouid a lastiatilory ha the country. Slot d, dtr.• THE NATrONAL REGISTER.. To which Compliments of Congratulation her Royal High tws, was pleased to return the following Answer:— MY LORD AND GENTLEMEN, I receive your Congratulations with the utmost satisfaction ; and desire you to be assured, that it will he my constant wish HMI endeavour to preserve the esteem of the City or London. TO HIS SERENE HIGHNESS LEOTOI.DGEORGE FREDERICK, DONE OF SAXE, &C. The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, anti Commons of the City of London, in Common Connell assembled, bare great joy in pay ing their Compliments of Congratulation to your Serene I-Ugh ties% on your safe arrival in this kingdom, and on your auspi cious Nuptials with the virtuous and amiable Princess Char lotte Augusta, presumptive Heiress to the Throne of these Realms. The dignity of your Princely I louse, yourhigh military fame, the solid endowments of your mind, the graguful qualities of your heart, demand our S env ration and esteem, and ntford the post cheering prospect that an alliance thus formed will be productive of all the happiness that can attend the married state. With the illustrious Princess, the fair promise of our Isle, your Serene Highness has received all the graces and shines which afford a pre-eminent example to the Daughters of Bri tain; the acquirements of her royal mind, fitted to her high station, are equalled by the engaging female softness of her character to bless and diNplay domestic life. , May your Serene Highness long live to partake of the bless . ing, and may your Royal Bride crown your wishes with a race of Princes, inheriting your respective graces, and transmitting your names with glory to the remotest ages. Signed,4te. To which his Serene Highness was pleased to return the following Answer:— MY 1.01113 MAYOR AND GERTLEMFM I return you my warmest thanks for your Congratulations, and for the sentiments, so favourable and so gratifying to my self, with whit they are accompanied. The Princess and Prince, as soon as the ceremony of the Addresses was over, took an airing in an open carriage; they were received with acclamations, and paid in turn the proper acknowledgment to the friendly greetings of the multitude. Mr. Sedeant Onslow and Lord Grande)! on Saturday presented an address of congratulation from the town of Guildford to the Prince of Saxe-Cobourg and the Princess Charlotte, on their recent nuptials. After the address their Royal Highnesses received a visit from the Princess Sophia of Gloucester. The Prince and Princess after wards took an airing in their curricle to Kew, Richmond, &c. and returned to Camelfbrd-house to dinner. In the evening they honoured the Opera with their presence for the first time. THE PRINCE REGENT'S LEVEE. Tuesday the Prince Regent held a Levee at Carlton house, which was very numerously and splendidly attend ed. Detachments of Life Guards. were stationed in the streets leading to Carlton-house, with a number of Bow street Officers, under the direction of Sir N. Conant and Mr. Birnie. The Levee was attended by the Dukes of. York, Clarence, Kent, Cumberland, and Gloucester ; the - Prince of Saxe Cobourg ; the Dukes of Bourbon and Or• leans; the Cabinet Ministers; the Foreign Ambassadors.; the Archbishop of Canterbury ; the Earl Marshal ; se veral of the Judges ; the Vice-Chancellor ; the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and an immense number of Nobility, and persons of distinction, the recapitulation of whose titles would fill three or four of bur columns, but afford little satisfaction to our Readers. His Royal Highness received Addresses of Cdugxatulation from various. quar ters, on the recent nuptials. His Serene Highness Prince Leopold of SaxeCobourg cane to the Levee soon after three, and his suit, in two new carriages, the servants in state liveries. His Serene Highness was received with military honours, and every person in the court-yard took off his hat. He was at tended by Sir IL Gardiner, Baron Hardenbrocke, Mr. Addenbroke, and Mr. Chester, who conducted his Serene Highness, as Assistant Master of the Ceremonies. Among the presentations were the new Judges Perk, Holroyd, Abbott, and Burroughs, who all received the honour of Knighthood. QUFfEN'S DRAWING.RO6)f. Thiirsday the Queen held a Drawing-room, to receive -! the consmtulaticns of the Nobility and Gentry on the marrit.ge of the Princess Charlotte with the Prince Leo pold. A greater interest was exsited' among the pablic, and the Court itself was more splendidly and numerously attended, tha-von anyoceasion since the king's recnYtry. is supposed that between two and three thousand per- - sons were present. The company began to arrive mon: after twelve o'clock,. and continued so to do till past foitr o'clock. The Royal Pair,. the grand ohje7t of attractio7r,. 'arrived a luarter befote two o'clock. They came in State, escorted:by Lictit-tGuardti, :tad prcced by three carriages containing their suite. • TEe Duke anti Duchess of York, the DA., of Sussex, :tad G leiteester, with his sister, came also in:State. - The. P'rince lidgent • was followed by a vain of Lite Guards'of meat extraor dinary.length. ThiQuezn, -kith the Pricmcates, entered tltii Drawing-mom punctually at two o'clock. • Thieom piny immediately t.idressed her lulnjetty their.con gratulations, and these passed or. to pay their respeLte tb the Princess Charlotteand Prince Leopold,. who stood en the right hand of her Aftdesty. Several Atiftresses-from tliflereat tow-as were roc:sired by her. lqajesty. The Princess Charlotte-rod her husintd left the Pa lace in the FCIIMe. State with which they entered, and were-received on thoir departure, as at 'their entrance, with loud huzzos by the poi4tlace. The company had not left the Palace till seven o'clock. The Regent re- tuanzed.to du with the Queen and l'riuctliev. • The Court was attended by the Dukes of Orleans and Bourbon, by the Foreign Ambassadors, by nine out of the twelve Judges, by seven Bishops; and by almost all the Nobility in tuwn of whatever party. ROYAL VISIT TO THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Her Majesty, attended by his royal highness the Duke of Clarence nod the Princesses Elizabeth and Mary, yesterday went to inspect the two Houses of Parliament. Soon after twelve her Majesty arrived at the private entrance to the House of Lords, in her private carriage drawn by a pair of horses. The Royal Party was received at the entrance by Sirl', Tyrwhitt, who conducted them to the House of Peers, in which the Lord Chancellor and the Earl of Shaftsbury waited theitk arrival. The Duke of Clarence explained to her Majesty the forms of the House, and called her attention to every thing worthy of observation. Her Majesty then took her leave of the Lord Chancellor, and proceeded to the House of Commons. At the door of the lobby of this House she was received by the Speaker and the other officers of the House : the former took her Majesty by the hand, and led her into the body of the House, and fully explained the nature of its proceedings. Her Majesty afterwards partook of a cold collation in the Speaker a house, and at two u'cluck retired, highly gratified with her morning's visit. It will be seen by the Ordinance of the Prince Re gent, in the Gazette of Tuesday, that Prince Leopold takes precedence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, and all Peers, except the Royal Dukes. His Serene Highness of course ranks immediately next to the Duke of Gloucester. The Princess of Wales arrived at Tunis the beginning of the present month ; from which place her Royal Highness was to embark in a few days for Constantinople. We understand his Royal Highness the Prince Re gent has been pleased to order a Patent, creating the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor a Baronet• of the United •-: - Kingdom. The anniversary of the British Institution for the Edu. , catioss of the Poor, was held at the London Tavern on. Monday last; when a most satisfactory report was made to the meeting. The Duke of Kent, on thanks being voted to him (on the motion of Mr. Adams, the American Ambassador), spoke nearly as follows : " The attendance to-day surpasses my most sanguine expec tations. I have at former meetings looker/forward to preside at the next returns.—Not so now.-1 am about to leave my be loved country. Perhaps years may elapse before I meet you again. Let me hear while lam abroad that this cause prospers, and I pledge rayseil that when the purposes of my absence are accomplished—when I return, I will place ONE THOUSAND GUI NEAS at the disposal, and for the use of the Institution. If I have not done it before, it is because I had it not iu my power. I am desirous that this last act—this pledge of my-love to it, should be upon record. I feel gratified that this motion came from the Minister of the United States. I lived long in the neighbourhood of the United States, and it was ever a grief to me that tke two countries should be at variance. Their lan guage and their interests are the same, and their friendship should lee hsviotable. 1 return my thanks to this Assembly." PIRACY AND ROBBERY ON THE RIVER THAMES. —deb— The house of Messrs. Fairly and Go. having occasion to send to Calcutta thirteen chests of dollars by the Lady Campbell, lying oil Greenwich. they were put an board the India Cony patty's hoy Coromandel, to be conveyed to that ship. Between two and three o'clock Thursday morning last, when the hoy hail reached Bugby's.hole, a small cratt came alongside on pi etext of asking questions. As only two men appeared in view of the boat, no serious alarm was excited, until a tarpaulin was hauled ow one side, and discovered about twenty more. The boy woe now on the alert, but it was too late ; the pirates were soon ors • board, and placir.re pistol to the head of Mr. Abbot, the mas ter,demanded Isis submission. Mr. Abbotosith Mr. Champion. the Companliefncer,and the crew, were driven into the cabin, 'from whence they discharged severuldtleraderbusses at the ban ditti on deck. The tire was returned, and an exclamation was made as if a person was wounded • it was succeeded by a voice, saying, " We will murder thenrell," which led'the crew to the resolution of fighting for their lives, if the vessel•was attempted to be scuttled, as they apprthended. In the mean time this villains broke open the hatches with a crow-bar, and proceeded to rummage the hold—Their alum, however, was so great,tbat they hurried into their' craft oulyeevenviteets of the dollars out 'of the thirteen 40U board.. In each clithrt-were contained four bags, wills one tlionsand'eloilars in each, so that the whole emoted of the • booty obtained . was about seven thowand potowls. The rohbery .being tires completed, the pirates - ran the hoy on to prevent way immediate pursuit. The sante day, Tii..lstlav a vigilant search was set tot foot by the police after therrobb ' ert, but with-ant snrcess. A deposition t o the above etti'zt'waa given at theThatnes Pelice.offiee, on Fri day, by the master and crew of tile boy. It appears that Mite bags of tire dollars have since been recut ered ; Nnl none of the *eine! tiepredators are yet in enstody. It would seem that, fetal' .the speedy-approach of day-light, end the +dean, ss of ' the tide immediatetrafter the rouhery was committed, the loins were afraid to venture-tot sistwe-vrith-thenstnien property, and therefore deemed it eseetlitnt to sink the whole or past of the chests, as they supposed . , within-kw water mark, in Gal. lion.reach I for about SC‘CII o'clock, at low eater, three of the chests were observed oneovereit en the sht.re, by Comtuan der of a tnalwArt and some Greenwich w Mermen, A‘ho opened the boxer, and divided the booty; but the greatest part hill • heed stiere given tip, anti- mini,- anuOl. will it is expected, be thus recovered..—:.reward of 5001. is uttered tilt the appre.. hension of out-or 49•P1 . of the Wenders on eonvietiou,:sud MAIL morevn recovery - 4f the remaining proputy. Iftty Wm—A mane: t • pee.aents' ftT 'stopping the dry rot in timber, that ttltich ntw in ese iu Plymouth Yard, is a bole bored to the (1(1101.019 or In inches in the head of each timber, and fillet! with train oil: the hole is then plugged up, and the *left to penetrats• into the timber. On the nrsoal of the !loyal George, off Gravesend, from ott Wednesday bet, three singular accidents happened : etewnin'A Wife w ent ott• in it boat to meet her husband, who, descending from the ship, kissed her, fell back, aid ex pired immediately. - About the sante on shore, the nisther of the mute towing to see her son, in getting .down from the coach, broke her leg : and iu the evening, the armvurer of the ship WO drowned. - 119