The National Register. — London, England, 1818-11-22 00:00:00

NOV. 22 New York Papers have arrived to the eoth ult.— Tile Macedonian frigate, which sailed on the 9.oth of September, for the Pacific, had returned to the Chesa peake, :in distress, having, in a dreadful gale, in lat. 31 N. long. 5.1. W. carried away her mizen mast, sprung her fore and main masts, and lust all her spars. The rerrt of a considerable body of the Suwunees having made their submission, is confirmed by a dispatch from General Gaines. A new treaty was about to be nego ciated, at Fort St. Mary's, with the Indians. One of the miscreants, at Philadelphia, concerned in kidnap ping free negroes and mulattoes, and selling them as slaves, has been sentenced-to hard labour for three years, and a fine of 3001. These Papers bring another edition o the report from St. Thomas's, of u battle between su:•cr and Christophe ; according to which the latter was defeated' with the loss of 4000 men. They contain nothing new relative to the rumoured cession of the noridas 19 the United States. Eomhay papers have been received to the 11th of July. They bring many particulars of the storming of. the . great fortress of Chandah, from which it appeors,-. that the attack by the British troops was attended with Cie utmost hazard and difficulty; and that the complete success which crowned it, was in the highest degree honourable to 'their coolness, discipline, and courage. The, garrison consisted of above 3,000 brave soldiers, and the place was defended by 5'2 heavy guns, placed on the same number of bastions. 'The' lireach was flank ed by 800 men, who fought sa desperately, that the British officers were engaged with them band to hand, ail some of thew. cut down by the sabre. It was not until r.:ter a close and AV arm contest that the enemy were forced to give way ; but perhaps, the most strik ing and appalling ci rco instance to an European, through out the whole of .this Indian warfare, is, that on the present occasion the mercury of' the thermometer, in the open air, at noon, stood at 145 degrees—forty-nine degrees ebove blood heat in Europe ! Chandah, it was supposed, would afford a rich booty to the captors. B.ijce Row's surrender to -Sir John Nlateelm is spoken of as an event of which no doubt existed. The condi tions arc represented to have been, that lie should have a safe conduct to Benares, and a residence there, under the protection of the British Government ; with an income of 10 Les of rupees per annum—renouncing all claims of Sovereignty. • The rapture of the flntress of Mulingaum has been accelerated by a tremendous explosion of a •nagazine, which laid a large portion of the works in ruins ; a days after which the garrison marched cut, and formed opposite our line, within .‘25 paces, when they tfiletly laid llown their arms. The fiAlowing is an extract of a letter from Calais, dated November 20, received yesterday :—" The em barkation goes on with its usual activity and success.— The' 11 th Regiment will be entirely off to-day ; the Staff ofthe - Army will be down to-morrow ; and most likely all will - be embarked before the 27th inst." Intelligence has arrived from Ceylon, though of an old date, whence we learn that hostilities still umti nued to ravage that miserable country. The cuter ric•es of either party were on a diminutive smile. The natives are alleged to have been repulsed in their efforts to molest our troops ; but the latter wore, on the other hand, suffering severely from the insalubrious positions which .they were, in some eases, compelled to occupy. Tlit,'Ditke of Susses' has left Kensington Palace fur Tunbridge Wells. Div Royal Highness will return to town to attend theTuneral. Au Order of Council has been issued for the requi site 'alteration in the Liturgy, in praying for the Royal FaMily, in consequence of the Queen's death. Sir James Shaw, Burt., was lately elected Vice Pre sident of the Honourable Artillery. Company, vice Sir Charles Prim, 'Bart. deceased, and Sir John Perring, Bart. was elected Treasurer, vice Sirlunes Shaw. The new tragedy of Bri;to.s, in rehearsal at Drury Lane Theatre, is not • from the pen of Mr. Howard Payne, but altered and adapted tothe modern stage by him. Mr. Kean is, of course, to be - the hero of the ricce. An Operatic. Farce is in rehearsal at Drury Lane Theatre ; the. Music by Parry. The principal charac ters by 'Manilen, "Harley, Kuight, T.,Cooke, 1111•. Bland, Sfri. s Alsop, and•MissCubitt. The grandfather- of:the celebrated Messrs. Baring was a merchantin.Exeter. Dyinghe left his four sons 10,0001. each. The eldest of them, until within these few years, carried on the business of his father at Exe ter. The remaining three came to London, and settled as merchants. By their diligence, punctuality, and in tvritv, they have' become one of the most reputable caumercial establishments in the world. .They are an eminently example, consequently, to all those pursuing trade, as to diligence- and integrity, which are the only road to a high degree of coinnterclal reputation. The average puce of xtheat, for the.last six weeks of the liiarter ending Nov. 15. is-805..2d. consequently the ports are again oven for importation from all places between the Evder and Bidiosa. To tic more digits& parts. len:W(lA. under the provisions of the Corn Dill; no prohibition he& taken phlce, as that can only occur when the. avcrage. fur the whole_quartcr. is under bps. TM?. N'ATIONAT,• REGISTER. THE PRINCE REGENTS COURT. The Lords of the Council assembled on Wednesday at the Council Office, to examine precedents as to the foneral of the Queen. The meeting was held agreea bly to the precedent at the death of Queen Caroline, who did in the evening, and the Lords of the Council assembled the following morning at 10 o'clock. Thursday the Prince Regent, as the reigning So vereign, held a Privy Council as Carlton House, for the purpose of receiving their Lordships' report upon the subject : among the inciabcrs present were The Archbishop of Canterbury. the Lord Preqident of the Connell. the First Lonl of the Treasury. the Cly,eelior of thr chequer, the Sasetaries of State fur the Home and Colonial Departments. the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Lord Steward, the 31aeer of the Horse, The Lord President made - the report of the proceed lugs of the Lords of the Council ; and it is understood, that the funeral of her late Majesty Queen Charlotte is not to be confined to the forms and ceremonies fi►r merly observed, but to be lett to the entire direction of the Lord Chamberlain. An order %tike agreed upon for the esFembling of Par, liament, for the despatch of buainess, on the 14th day of January next. An order was also settled for a nk”.v Form of Prayer to be used in all churches and cliai,..!U this day for a national humiliation on account of the demise of the Queen. The Lord Chief Justice Abbott was introduced to the Council with the isual forms, and was sworn in a Privy Councillor, and took his seat at the Board accordingly. Sir Bober, Dallas, the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, was introduced in a similar manner, and sworn in a Privy Councillor, and.took his seat at the Board accordingly. The Prince Rege — nt gave audiences to the Earl of liarrowby, 'he Earl of Liverpool, Viscount Melville, and the Duke of Montrose. Soon after the breaking up of the Court, the Regent left town for Kew, to visit his sisters. The whole Court appeared in full dress black, on account of the demise of •Her'Majesty the Queen. TIIE QIIVEN'S Iloussmoto.—ln consequence of the • demise of the Queen, a considerable saving will accrue in the future charge of the Civil List. By the Act of the 52d of the King, the Queen's annual income, inde pendent of the Queen's establishment at Windsor, wits settled at 58,0001. with an additional hliowanee of 10,0001. a year thr travelling and other contingent expellees. The salaries of the principal Officers and Ladies of her Majesty's Household all of course cease, after the Christmas quarter. Of these the chief' are— The Earl of Morton, Lord Chamberlain; Edward Desbrowe, Esq. Vice-Chamberlain; Earl Harcourt, Master of the nurse; ALjor-Gencral Taylor, 'Treasurer and Secretary ; Sir Henry Camp bell, Comptroller ; T. J. Mathias, Vice-Treasurer ; the iMarchione►s of Rath, Mistress of the Robes; the Ladies of the Bedchamber, the Maids of Honour, and the Pages of Honour, with the Attorney and Solicitor• General, &c. • Her Majesty has made a will. It appears that she was not possessed of 30001. of money at her demise, and that she possessed no funds. She has bequeathed her diamonds to be divided equally among the Princesses her daughters, with some distinctions ; and is said to have given a -handsome bequest to Lady I larcourt, who has been always admittod to the honour of her intimate courdence, and amaller legacies to ethers, who - .have b..•en longest-in lax Majesty's service. All the under servants will have pensions from the public, according to their ranks, which will amount toa considerable sum. It appear^ from the accounts of the Civil. List for the last year, that the pensions to the .servants of Queen Caroline and the Princess Dowager. of Wales were-then 9.4301.•th0ugh few of them are now alive. The funeral of the Queen will take place on Tues day se'nnight. In the mean time - the body will lie privately in state, at Kew. On that day it will be re moved to Windsor for interment in- the royal cemetry. The Prince Regent, we understand, has mentioned his intention t.o attend .s Chief Mourner. Thursday night, about eight o'clock, a plain hearse and thur, followed by a mourning mach, in which were Mr. Banting, of Pall and several assistants, ar rived at Kew. The .hearse contained the inner case of the coffin, intended for .her Majesty. The extorioris of thick lead, and lined with line oak. At the bottom is a mattrass, and cushion tir the head, embossed with white fins silk, upon a rich plain white satin, and an ample sheet of the mine costly material. The sides are lined withwhite satin in close perpendicular plaits, and the whole surmounted with a richly embossed border of the same. It is remarl•:able that Sir Henry . Raiford should in the early appearance of her lamentek Majesty's disorder, have given it as his opinion, that she could scarcely sur vive the second week in November. o ne o f the most esteemed and con.pieuous traits of the late 'Queen's character was, the strictness with tvhich rue consulted the moral decency of her Court Her reply to .Lady when .soliciting her Majesty for permission to present Lady—, mid when refused, saving•she did :not know what to tell her disappointed fritrul, will 'mg be runembered and repeated—" Tell her,'!:.aid the Qnsen, "You did sot date loa.vk we." HER L:ITE Preparations ari. making for the Funeral of her Ma jesty, but it is now said that no time is yet interment. Probably that mournful ceremony will ta;;e place the latter end of next week ; lint no order, either with respect to the ceremonial or the period, has yet been issued. Mr Mash, of the Lord Chamberlain's Office, and Mr. Binning, one of the Royal Undertakers, arrived at • Kew Palace on Friday evening, to make the necessary arrangements. It — would b& difficult, perhaps, to pronounce a more comprehensive etiliqzium upon the character of our late Queen, than is contained in the following extract from an address of congratulation to her Nlajnay, drawn up by the late Bishop of I.hoidafr, after the King's recovery in the year 1789. His testinkny, at least will not be suspected of adulation, for his political prjoclices lea him rather to calumniate than applaud her conduct at that period : " tiensible of the influence of royal example, we have alwayethought that your Nlajesty was entitled to the thanks of the kingdom for the proofs you have unithrmly given, during a long residence amongst us, of the sin. eerily of your piety, ofthe amiableness and !wily 91 . your manners, as a (jams, as a rf';fi , „ and as a Mother. But, if your Majesty could have claimed our regard on no other account, the tenderness and concern you have shown for a beloved Monarch, during his late unhappy situation, would have secured to you the grateful at tachment of a loyal people." ANECDOTE or RED MAJESTY.—On one occasion 9, female presented a petition to the Queen ; she was a stranger. The memorial stated she was the widow of an officer, left with twelve children. The Queen direct ed the strictest inquiries to be made into the character atilt! applicant ; end the result proving satisilictory, her Majesty took the whole of the children from the mother, and sent them to school. Some time after, learning that the widow had aeuin become a wife, her Majesty sent back all the children. It is necessary to add, this object of Royal bounty had married a person in opulent eireumst trees. " Kew, lint oty NTOUT.The Prince Regent re mained to dinner, last night,. with his illustrious sisters, at 'Cambridge House. The Princesses continue to be exceedingly affected .by the death of their beloved parent, and his Royal Highness deleyed his departure till after midnight " This day their Royal Highnesses have confined themselves closely to their aiiartincnts, and have only reecived.the Dueliessof York, and the Dowager Countess. of Cardigan. Her Royal Highness, the Duchess, • came from Outlands ,in a curriele and pair, which she drove heenelf. "To night between six and seven o'clock,•the Prince. Regent again visited the Princesses, and had not left at eight. Sir F. Millman and General Taylor still remain in, attendance on their Royal Highnesses. It is said the Prince of Hesse Hombourg will be. present at the funeral of her Majesty." The inquiries continued on Friday very numerous at Carlti •: House, the Quee , i's Palace, 1 ork House, G10u... cester House, and Cambridge House, Kew Green. The • answers for all the branches of the Royal Family were,, " They were ass well as could be espeeted." The following is a trunslation of the inscription whieltl is to be placed on her Majesty's coffin : Herein arc the remains Of the most Serene PrincesJ Charlotte, by t',e Grhoe of Gad, Queen Consort of the most twgu.t and powerful Monarch, George the Third, by the grime of God King of Grist Britain and Ireland, Defender of tbe s eFaith., King of Hanover, And Duke of Brunswick and lumenberg. Died on the seventeenth of November. in the :You Of our Lord And of her age, the ?bat., THE LATE PRINCISS CHARLOTTE.---Tha 6th in* the melancholy anniversary of the day on which this. Princess.Cliatlotte expired, to the inexpressible grief of • the,whole natiun„ was observed as a day of .htniliation, by till the establishment at Claremont, %Om appearad: in• deep full mourning and Dr, Short, one of the late Princess's tutors, arrived there from Winchester fin. the, occasion, ind perforated Divine Service, and also adati. nisicred the Sacrament to then all ; and as an appropri. atelribute to her memory, 501 was distribilted anumg . the poor in money, . clothing, and food, accordirg to. their situations in life. 'file premises have been ela.:A. front showing to the public in consequence of the death.. of the Queen. The Pi ince 11,7ent has been' in a low nervoLs state ever since the death of the Queen. The Duke of York visited the Prince Itc,gent u.n.. day at Carlton Flonse. The Princess of Wiles's. late apartments in Ken-- sington Palace, it is said, will be fitted up fur the Prig, cers Augusta. The Prince Regent Kill occupy the late Queen': Palace in a short time; but, it is said ; only diming the . alterations intended to take place at Carlton House. it is said that the death of the Queen will home sever,al of the mac bruit:lies of tile _Royal Fatuily. 4'3 •