The National Register. — London, England, 1820-07-10 00:00:00

TILE 41! 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 the weather. The windows were crowded with well-dressed females, and rows of car -singes lined the srreets. A few minutes past one the Southwark procession appeared, and was saluted NN ith cheers by the multitude. Sir IL Wilson, in the uniform of a General Officer, Mr. Calvert and the High Bailiff of Southwark, in their court dresses, ith a number of gentlemen, electors of the Bo rough, were presented to the Queen, and had the honour of kissing her Majesty'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 si.istic cheers of the people. At the same moment several benefit societies marched by with their flags and music. The whole scene was interesting and animated in the extreme. The Lord Mayor and other City Authorities, shortly alter two, appeared with the Address of the Common Hall, which was read to her Majesty as follows: TO THE CIEEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " The humhie Address of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Livery of the City of London, in Common Hall assembled ; •• MAY IT PLEASE YOUR 3IAJTSTY, `• We. his :Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lind Mayor, Aldermei and Livery or the City of London, in Com mon Hall assembled, humbly approach your Majesty with our warmest cmgratulations upon your Majcsty's safe return to this kingdom. " We sincerely condole with your Majesty upon the loss of no many illustrious personages in your Royal House, particularly that of your Majesty's guardian and protector, our late revered Sovereign, and your amiable and beloved daughter the l'rincess 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 s:iould be found with such unehriAisn feelings as to advise the emission of your Maje , :ty's name in the solemn servicesof the Church. • As we have before congratulated your Majesty upon your triumph over a timl conspiracy against your life and honour, we have never ceased to feel the most anxious solicitude tor every thing c. , nneet..l with your peace and happiness, and sincerely trust your Majesty will prove equally triumphant over the re newed attempts to vilify your character. " We have felt, in common with all his Majesty's subjects, the highest indignation at the insulting and degrading proposals which were made to your Majesty previous to your arrival in this country. We admire the prompt refusal of your Majesty to compro. vase your honour for a pecuniary consideration ; nor can we forbear expressing equal admiration at the magnanimous and decisive conduct your Majesty has displayed, by your unhesita ting confidence in the loyalty and honour of the British nation as well as the courage you have evinced in boldly meeting your accusers, protesting against ail secret investigation, and demand. lug an open constitutional tribunal. " We felt disgusted at the proposal made to your Majesty to become an exile from this land, which might afford your Males. ty's enemies fresh opportunity for the calumnies which probably they never would have dared to attempt, if your Majesty had re mained in England. *. We sincerely hope that your Majesty will be established is the full possession or all your just rights, and reside amongst a people zealously attached to the house of Brunswick, and who feel 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 answer:__ • " It is with peculiar satisfaction, and with most cordial thanks, that I receive this loyal and affectionate Address from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Livery of the City of London, whose manly support of my cause upon a former occasion has never ceased to live in my grateful remembrance. ••No words can give utterance to the agonies of my heart. occasioned by close losses on which you offer me your kind con dolence, and which admit or no reparation cn this side tile grave ; but, in the many and deep sorrows and afflictions with which it Las pleased providence to visit lime, I have derived unspeakable oal.ala..ion Irian the zealous and constant attachment of this warns hearted, jtnt, and generous people; to live at home with, and to cherish %% horn, will he the chief happiness of the remainder of (!.tys. It.c indigruitiun 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 endea%our to suppress; and whist I steadily pursue the Illealla necessary to the full pos. vas:on ei'all my rights, privileges, and oignities, I would rain Lary l an: injuries anti insults hl oblivion. Conscious of my innocence, disdaining the threats intended to awe a..., knowing it was to ritain 1 was coining• it required no extraordiaary degree of courage to place me in the face of my accusers. 'l'u have acted upon dabs or upon any other occasion a pusiilanmanis part could ill become a daughter of th b.,use of Bnirnot irk end time Queen of a nation famed for is valour i.: all age, and worse gallant sailots and solders have so recently been crowned with laurels in every par: of the globe." This answer her Majesty delivers , in the most feeliv, manner, and it made the duliest imp,Lssion on the WESTMINSTER MEETING. thi Tuesday at one o'clock a meeting of the inhabitant house ot Westminster wail bed is Lucent Garden, for the pur. puce cinsi:haing the propriety ix votiog an addrens to her Aaje,ty 11,011 die Fusent treatment ,he It receiving nom the :%11,1!iters. 'rue Inie;ligs were erec , ed, not as usual, in frolit of the coureh, but it the extrenuty of Tavh•toek How, near the llura. Tavern. 'rite ul s a moldier of res. pe‘a.,`Le ruliaLitams of IVentin,ter, th. Iligh in the supported by Sir Fcmci, ituroetr, \lr. Ilubhettse, end s,:verul otter public characters. L'ionLsi of the• I.:tetlag was opened in the usual form by dit II PN : :: itish:fi; who re:ai um rcaprisnion in pursuance of whico the in. was convened. Mr/fin:loan rose arid expatiated upon the unfair cour,e taken /le concloded by propobnig the to;lowing which were attired unanimously. 1.-144o:red, 'flat Er.sh.ntl ha. hitherto been rc,;arded as • TILE NATIONAL. REGISTER. nation of civilisation and humanity, in 14*.ich the sncial obliga tions in courtoy and morality lava been need in tale highes vsncrition. 'Z.—Resolved. That these principles appear to he most out rageously violated by the manner is whica mu Queen has been treated by the advisers of his Mijesty—by insidious attempts to banish that august personage, upon the bruunds of accusations unsubstantia . ix', &v. s.—Resolved. 'find from the fatal and repeated experience which we have had et the conduct and operat 10116 of Secret Cum nutters, we are not only the more s:rezigiy diaper ed to believe in the innocence of the accused puny, &c. 4.—Resolved , That we feel it the moro our bounden duty to testify our abhorrence of this procedure, inasmuch as it reveals ut once the system to which a Boroughinongerin:; faction, ea. S.—Resolved, That an adores. to her Maje,ty be adopted by his Meeting : Mr. Callaghan then read the Address, which was loudly ap plauded, and unanimously adopted. Sir F. BURDETT came forward amidst loud sneering. On the present occasion it would be Ln, roper for him to enter upon the subject now before the meeting. lie had attended as the Member for Westminster, to ascertain the wishes and to fulfil the commands of his constitueuts, and he should feel great plea sure in presenting the Address scotch had been adopted by the meeting, The conduct of her Majesty had always been that of an innocent iwrson; and when n p ropositian lout been matte to her, inconsistent whit her honour and dignity, sir: had only answered tt oy appearing in this countly, almost betere the threateners knew mat their pro..osal hail been rejected. He would now take his leave, repeating the pleasure with which lie • should always bow to the wishes of the freemen of Westminster. (Loud cheering.) Mr. HOMIOURE was then loudly called for, and came forward. lie expressed his cordial concurrence in the setitinients which had just been delivered by their distinguished Represen tative, whom, through their favour, tee cuulti now call his colleague. Mr. Hobtiouse then took u view of tne conduct of the House of Collations upon the Queen's atEtira, and concluded by assuring tile Meeting, that, on all occasions, lie should be most happy to conic forward in any manner to support the falling liberti s of the people. Captain WILLIAMS proposed a vote of thanks to the Worthy Represcntatives - of the City of Westmimter, tor their conduct this day; which was seconded by Mr. TitELwaLL, who expatiated 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 Bailiff'. These Gentlemen respectively returned thanks, and the Mee ing was dissolve(' at lialf.past two o'clock. A Deputation afterwards waited on the Queen, to know whets her Majesty would rec.ive the Address. HEE 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 address from the inhabitant householders of the city and liberty of Westminster will be long ucasui ea in my memory, as an indubitable proof of their regard, and a lasting claim upon my gratitude. The language of uffetion tin soy person, of de votion to my interest, and of zeal in my cause, winch appears to issue from their hearts, has made a deep impre‘siun on my own. In the feeling rammer in which they mention her for whom the invisible sigh of grief will never cease in my maternal breast, I cannot be insensible to the homage widen 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 me upon my escape from what they truly described as a nefarious conspiracy' against my (amour and my lite. Upon that occasion my character was 4:sown-wed front the load of calumny with whicii it had been oppressed, though my conduct had un dergone only an csparte ,examination, and though I had no means of facing my accusers, or of being heard in toy defiaice. " The people of England then, almost universally, expressed their approbation of a liat they considered as the triumph of rectitto:c and innocence over perfidy and falslawil. From that hour to the present, I have been the victim of a similar ccnspi. racy, which has been incited by the same motives, and prme. cuted with the same view:4 though with increased violsoce, and with aggravate malignity. New and more appalling efforts have been made to destroy that cltaractet which nail rei.iisiett sit many former attempts; but I rejoice that I now find, as I :it that time loutal, the people of Westminster uninfiacaced by tin.! powerful machinations of my uneirdes, and a.al 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 innociace. " In the present perilous crisis of my fate, I an supported by that courage which arises from the cortbeiuuaness or rectitude ; and I feel that the English people will never sutler an injured Queen to to peal in vain either to their justice or to their uutna nuy. I ant convinced duo in this land of liberty no oppression Call be practised, and that to tic right is to be secure. " In the warm desire which the people of Westminster have expressed for the consideration of my honour, they have exhibit ed ♦ striking Lestimeny of loyalty to the Kin„, ; for the honour of Ins Majesty must ever be atutitied with that of his Quee.t. " My first wish is to prove, that my character as beat un justly traduced; my next is to teoninate my days among the high-minded people of this country, to whose affectionate sym pathy I am at present indebted tor so much Of tie ea;erfulnese. whiten 1 feel, and of the support wadi 1 poss, wide,. toe pressure of such complicated wrongt, and such accumulated persecutions." A BILL " Entitled an Act to deli' eve her Majesty, Caroline Amelia Etizaheth, of tht• Title, Prerogatives, (tights, Pt iviitgt,r , and Eariopti ... s, ol• Queen C. , :iisort of this calm, and to tiiii-olve the marriage. between hia Majesty and tl.e said Careline " Whereas, iii the year I' 14, her Majesty, Caroline Amelia Eiji, jeth, then Princess nt . Wales, and now Olives, Consort of Ilik realm, being at Milan, in Italy, en ii: ha r sert iv., 51101411 , .,, 4/111, M.llOlOlllO 8.111.'1011110 ( ~r i iglier of low .4a:ion. wt..) hail heroic sei veil in s• •lar capstily : " And whereas. alter the said liarluluano Perganii. otle w•ke Barn)! had SCA entered this ..ervire nt h••• Royal s I 111! .5,.A Ylincess u:' %Valcs, a must iiiiheeimini4 and degaaiinp inaim . .ry eninittettrill briWeell ha r sii;ll II iglms , s3 ittiJ Slav Itartolointo Perganii, i wise I.l.iiinion:u Lter.2anit " 'err bald 1(0)41 not way :Hiram:eel the , :eid II 4 itolutelo otles•rwise Bat te.Leetto to a high pituation it, her Royal !le,.;lauceea's isteowlaolel, aad t (Teti tel into her svrs ire orally uf Ii ue.irerhetiu: -. Mollie ul tli(w ill lutcrior, anti others ill high and cotifittviiii4l situations, about her Royal Highness's person. but be. stowed ut him other great and extraordinary rn.:rhs of favour and distinction, and obtained for Mai orders of knighthood and titles all honour, and conferred upon I nn ► a portended order of kuitihthood, which he• Royal High ness bail taken upon hersalf to constitute without any just or lawful authority. " And whereas also her said Royal Highness, whilst the said Bartolumn Pergami, otherwise BdI'll)1011110 was ill her said set vice, fort her unmindful of her exalted rank and station, and of her duty to your Majesty, and wholly regardless of her ow I: honour clad character, con &tried herself towards the said Bartulourio Pergami, other wise Bat tutimio Bei gaini, and in other respects, bolls in public and private, in the various places and countries which her Royal Highness visited, wills indecent and offensive lantiliarity and freedom, and carried nu a licen tious, disgraceful. and adulterous intercomse with the said Bartolorno Perg.slui , otherwise Bariolonio Bergeron, which continued fur a long period of time dining her Royal Highness's residence abroad, by which conduct of her said Royal Highness, great scandal arid dishonotre have been brought upon your Majesty's famity and this kingdom. Therefoie, to manifest um deep scavii of such scandalous, disgraceful, and ''rim e s condsill, on 'be part ol• her said Majesty, by which she has violated the duly av Midi she nasal] to yo u r ;Majesty, and has rendered her set,. iiiinorlby of tl u • exalted rank and station of Quern l;nn:urt of lIIIM hobo, and to evince our just regard for th,• dignity of the etowii, and the honour of this nation, ue, ymir Aiaje-ty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, tlic L•nvls, spiritual and temporal, and C in Pallia in.•iil assembled, do !Minify entreat your Majesty, that it may be enacted, and lir it #4141:441 by the King's most excellent .%l ijesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Luta' , spit noel and temporal, and COniiiinlitl, in this present Panlinno•nl li.srunbleti, told by the atillibisny of Ine same, that 11 , -r said ;11Iajelly, Caroline Anti list Irons staid after the passing in this Act, shall be said is hereby der riv i-d of the title of queen, and of all the rights, privileges,. said exemptions apper taining to her as Queen Consort of this Itealin : and that her said :Majesty shall, from and after the passing of this Ael, fur ever be disabled and rendeied incapable of exercising, and elijoyieg the 5:51114', iir any Of them: and inureollt r, that t h e n.-at ridge between Lis Majesty and liar: said Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, he, said the same it, hereby from henceforllt for ever wholly dissolved, an nulled,and made void, to all interns, vonsti actions, and purposes whatsoever." THE NEW BANE-NOTE. A Bill has been introduced into the House of Commons for the prevention of forging and counter. feiting Bank-notes. ['he preamble of the Bill furnishes a general description of the new note which is about to be issued by the Bank of England. It recites that— •• As well for the prevention thereof, as to facilitate the detec tion of the same, the Government and Company of the Bank of England have, atter great consideration, labour, and expense, formed a neoi plan for printing Bank -notes, in which the ground work of each Bank-note will be black or coloured, or black and coloured line-work, and the words • Bank of England' will be placed at Me top of each Bank-note,in white letters upon a black, sable, or dark coloured ground, such ground containing white lints intersecting each other, and the numerical amount or sum °fetich Bank-note in the body M the note will be printed in black and the back of each note will d:giticdy show the whole contents thereof in a reversed impression." The exclusive privilege of using this plan of printing notes is given to the Bank of England, and the Go . ..ernor until onipany are further authoriced to cause the names of the persons intrusted by the Company to sign Bank-notes on their behalf to be pressed by machinery upon Bank-notes, instead of having them subscribed in the hand-writing of such persons respectively. ALI PACHA.— By a letter frma Venice, dated June 18th, and published in the Genoa Gazelle of the 'LI& it appears that the Paella of Scutari, by the orders of the Sublime Porte, set off from Scutari on the 3d of June, with a force of :;0,000 men, of whom 5,000 were cavalry, taking the road to Joannina, against Ali Paella. In Greece, military operations against this chieftain have coonnenced by the entry of the troops of the Grand Seignior into Sahma (the ancient Amphissa), a town belonging to Ali Paella, where they istaliiished a numerous garrison, and hoisted the standard ut Mahomet, but the place was subsequently retaken Aii Pacha, who :Jut the garrison and inhabitants to the sword, and aban doned the town to the pillage of his soldiers. The Turks hod captured, near Corfu, a vessel from Leg norn, laden with warlike stores for Ali lacha. It continues to be confidently rumoured . in Ha nover that hia '. 1 .1...jc sty intends to % isit that colutry about the middle of August, owl to remain there until the end of September. If this report be correct, an habitation of such intention will, of cour,;e, be made 1•,;f re the rising of Parliament, to both Houses, to obtain their sanction, without which his Majesty cannot leave the Kingdom. American Papers to the I lth ult, have been re ceived. The Nem York Gazette of the 9th states, that, " in consequence of intiirmation recently received. from the African coast, of the immense number of vessels employed in the slave trait:, the government was about to despatch some i'ast-sailing vessels of war to that stutieo, ir,sist :f•e Cyme in lninging to jtiAice those oflenders the laws, religion, and butnanity." Mr. Stirling Leld nu less than seven inquests last week, on persons who died suddenly, being a ftw minutes before in good health.