The National Register. — London, England, 1820-07-31 00:00:00

• . *p. 244 R E cu PAPERS. PARIS, 3(11X Genoese papers only notice the Revolution or Naples, by saying that the latest ndyices front Naples metal= that a change has taken place in the ministry, and that the whole political system of the kingdom is on the cve of re- . . _ generation. , Letters from Majorca of the 9th instant import that the plague continued its ravngcs at San Serra, Arta, and Cape de Pera, but it had not male much prop css nt San Lorenzo. lie rest of the island is in good health. The report at Palma, on the 2d of July, stated the deaths at 44., recovered 3, sick 2.50,. The four infected villages contained, previously to the visitation, 7,564 inhabitants, viz. San Servera, 1,684 ; Arta, 3626 ; San Lorenzo, 1,075 ; and Cape de Pert, 1,179; of this number 1;250 per rolls had died from the commencement of the malady to the 2d of July inclusively. The province of Catalonia had sent up, to the 9th inst. to the Board of Ifealth at Majorca, a dona tion of 183,00 francs. This sum was distributed among the unfortunate inhabitants, who were in want of cmnmon necessaries, and the troops who form the line of demarcation. The service of the military is of great importance, as it may be the means of preservins• the continent from the dreadful scourge with which it ;s threatened. A private letter from Toulouse says, that a Swiss regiment (Steigner's) marched from the garrison of that city on the '2oth July, to reinthree the cordon on the frontier. This reinforcement is rendered ne cessary, it is reported, from the cordon of health on the island of Majorca having been forced. The Monikur contains a royal ordinance, dated the 19th instant, appointing several new prefects, and authorizing an interchange of jurisdiction be tween others ; two have been susperseded and called to fill the functions of Masters of Requests ; three have been superseded without any motives being as signed , and the resignation of one has been ac cepted. On Sunday it was reported that M. Hyde de Neu ville was appointed ambassador at the Court of the Brazils, and that the Marquis de Riviere would give up the embassy at Constantinople to succeed the deceased Count de Puysegur in quality of Cap tain of the Guards of his Royal Highness Mon • aieur. In the siting of the Cortes on the 11th, a pro- ject of law, which had been submitted to that as sembly in 151 4, was again breeght before them.— It relates to inalienable property (vinculcdioner.)— The deputies Ledesma and Giralon having observed that betbre eistis,;ing this important question it would be useful to have the instructions of the Grandees of Spain on the restriction of their entails (majorats), it was answered that the Committee were empowered to obtain whatever was necessary fier giving them information on the subject with which they were charged. The Deputy Isturiz then niade a proposition, the object of' which was that the Cortes should declare every species of pro perty alienable. The Minister of Justice, in his report to the Cor tes respecting his department, stated, that the King bad disposed of some prebendaries, to recompense persons persecuted as partisans of the constitution. He added, that his Majesty had taken means to pre- Vent the convents of the Jesuits from being increased in number. Finally, his Majesty had determined that the Jesuists should not, in future, inta.fi:re with public education. Several canons have been arrested at Seville, for being concerned in the late attempts there to subvert the constitution. One of the ex-Deputies arrested in that city, Ostulazza, was confessor to Ferdinand (luring his captivity at Valencey, and has since been rendered notorious by a politico-moral sermon, preached at Cadiz. and profase:y circulated through out the winde of Spain. Accounts from Galicia say that a conspiracy has been discovered at St. lago de Compustello ; iu can sequence of which several persons of distinction have been arrested. Ritz°, who succ!.:edcd Quiroga as commander of the army in the Isla de Lcon, artivc.l at Cadiz on the sth iipstant. The Duke of Gurdun was lust week married, at the kirk of Fochaheas, to Mrs. Christie, a person about 40 years of awl with v.lioin tha Noble Duke has been intimately acquainted for many year. Mrs Christie has one son aiat three daughters. IF she now elioall have a son, he would succeed to the Dukedom on the failure of issue-mule by the JAarquis of Huutley. On Thursday, the wife cf a gentleman's servant was safely delivered of three far: boys, at the British Lying-in Hospital, in Brownlow-street, who, with the mother, are likely to do well. The widow of Arthur T ig Inv nod has returned to her friends at Horncastic, accomponitd.by t'Le iNitirnate son of her late husband. VIE REGISTER. T.LIE PRE-VINT CiIARGBS AGAIYST THE QUEEN• The enormity of the present charges aLr,...inst the Queen has made many converts to the uptnion of her guilt--to we be to say, that the precision, time, place, and respectability of the parties bring ing ferward the charges against her fourteen years ago were much more appalling ; and to convince them we are right in our as.:ertidn, we extract the fidlowing from a biographical sketch of her, which upttearsti in the last number of The Loudon Maga zine, premising that all the routine of anonymous letters, and every other infamous practice, had been first resorted to, to injure this widowed wife:— " 'fitese having entireiy fail( il in ;audacity, any utipleasatit consequences to the Princess, John matte a foren.,l decla ration Oa the third of the ellbti I Decouti. a agaiu•t tier, ion matters of Still greater import, and a Melt was materially count eyed tt ith her honour and lire. This was submiited.by the Prince to the late Lord Thurlow, who said, that its the Urn al PliVecsiiiiia might he affected by the alkged facts if Iran. it a as the duty of his !loyal Hic newts to lay the whole case before tlrt King. 'fins ans done siccordiatgly, after some fresh depositions writ oliciined ; raid on tie t 9.11 of clay, tathi, toe and (Steatitics Krieg then its ad atin.sttat Mit, his Sate Alajesty issued u ronuuissiuo, directing Lord Erskihe, the then Chau...liar), E Spencer, (oiie of the Seerelaries Of Stale), Lai il euville, Sthe first limier of t lie l'rearairy Land Lot d ustice I:lleilbui tough, to itiquire, into the troth of till the written declutatithis touching the conduct of the Princess of Wales. These Noble elicit proceeded immediately to execute their commis ton. — The deposition tit Charlotte, Lady Douglas, wits nby them of toe Ist I//' Julie. the third day after Slier appoint ment. Toe substance of her blitteilielit was--.ilat, while residing on Blackheath. she hist lee came acquainted with the Princess in A, liV. 1601 ; lies' lt,lii i liighaess, attended by A lady, having walked tae snow, passed by her window several cams, for the purpose of being asked in: that after this, she and S r Juiw were frequently invited to dine at Alontague House; that in May or J tom, ISO/, I lie PrinCeSstii6t Old the &lament she was pregnant, and %could give the Prince of %Vales the rerdit of being lite father of tile child, as she had slept tan nights at Carlton House a the year. That the pregnancy of the l'rin, ess ap peared to demur ist to be very visible; hut that her dress was contrived to cauceal it; tats was in the cod of October ISO/: that to December fiction ing deponent went to Clem tershire, and staid there a month; that a lieu She returned in Jan. 1.-OJ, and called at Al oatague-house, she sON a child with the Princess, which her Royal highness described, as i'eponent uaderstood, to be the child of which site heiself had been delivered. Time di puneut positively sit ore the Princess was pregnant iti It:02 ; and that her litt3'ul ll'gh ness had frequently made gross awl indelicate declaratiotrs to her. Tile deprisit ion of Sir John Douglas was very short. The (tali material alle_ation in it W:O 3 that be swore the Princes. ap,lCaft.ti to him to be pregnant " Tile eVidellee of tilebe tun parties was littcznilded to he sasta . - ail ay that of meeeral peismis w Ito had lived :is ier vanta w ith the Princess, :ruin th.• tmie sit, nail resided at Carlton House : most M . their soil 4311 , "111S, however, Were hostile to those of Sir Jolla and Lady Dicaglas. Charlotte Sailer, a German feithih., who attended on the Princess as he r dresser, ',we're that the chill alluded to by Lily Dote: Jae:, wits brought to the Princess by ii o mono mooed Austia, whose Iwsh;u,d corked in (he doek•v aril tit Deptford.— ' The Princess,' said she, was not ill or indisposed in the Autumn of I is'o4. She could not be ill or indisposed wit limit may know ing it. lam sures lie was not contioed to het room, it to her bed in that Antonin; there sit,s not tie toy kilo w ledge! any other child in the house; it aas possib:e there could have been rally (once rut lit thew wilhoal my iug it. I into no recollection that the Princess had grown bi g ger in the ye a r le( , /, Vital usual. I am sari , that the Princess aas not pregita,t ; being her Messer, I must hive situ it if she was. I solemnly alai posit ivei y swear, have no [raison to know or believe that( the I'tini•tssof Wales has been at :my iliac pregnant during the time that I have lived with her at Ai mitague llous.-. I never heard tiny body say any thing about the Princess being ;argil .lit till agate hot e tu.day. I n. vor had any reason to sai,plise that t he Princess received the visits of any gentlenitoi at improper hours.' " Fiances Lloyd, another servant, bore testimony to the child having been Intim:lit to Alontaglic-litaise by its mother, abuse mane was A ustin, and who cried at part. ing with il, and said slit could not milord to heti, it. A similar evidence was give:a lay Mary Ann W ikon, who declared site never noticed the shape of the Princess in ISO to be dillereut room what it had !wen before. Thos. t.tikenian, a page to the Plaices., gave an account of the eiiiid tarring been brought by its mother, Mrs. A omits, and of the Princess never having; the appeatanee of preg nancy. The same thing aas !Stilted hy Mr. gicard, tier stew ard, tool other with' sser ; and, its short, a III:1,S of evidi..cee Welit etc...fly to pt eve that ml the statements of Lady Othighis were i t ; ro-s talselionds. The ertivery ul Sophia Austin of her mule child r 1 ilhain, in Brow 'duct Stieet Hospital, was poured by h, r ultra Mid either rVllleitCe, its NCI as the regiso y of its baptism ; and also its Ming tai.en under the protection tit t h e There remained nothing lima to he disproved except the statements made by some of the witurs...s. of the Princes* has lug hcru :ern taking improper faindintitics anti Capt. Alaiihy anti sir Sidney Smith. Mrs. Fitzgerald. a cuitiptattion of the pasitive ly cootrialieitel tate asstotioet made lay I.lldys Douglas, and dec hired an oath, that Capt. Alaitby had never tweii Ineatmiiany with the Princess at improper hours.— Various exculpatory statements were also emote by the medical gentlemen who attended Ibe Princess. A most able reral satisfactory dr fence was a ritteit for the Pi hires, ; and the Connicisswiteis, at making thine report to rite King, declared their decided conviettoil that her Royal llighisess was intaocent oi all the charges puttee-led against her. " 'There was no lalige r any obsolete to receiving the Pri et scat Court ; mind accordingly on the Vlst of April Ilbo7, tiiiuules were la d before the King, as a prelude to that step, in it Cue cuuncil declared iss fulloa.:- 1 After ttee most deliberate consideration of the evidence which Inns hero brought before the taiminissienters, and of the plevious examinations, as melt as the iiiiswer and ol..ser vntiehis which have been buOuoitud w y our Mair sty upon them, they, t . be calmly!) feed i t twee ssary ,to declase thew ch.eided whew ience lu the circa and U11:1114110U) opalino of the Ccnnmi(:,ionr rs, runt. amen b., that of ali your Majesty's late cu.:Meath/I -4ervouts, that tun t ivy neon c harps ;stifled - against her Itnyal Highness, of prc:thoicy and delivery, are tompletel.y ilivf4ll%leti t and ilwy further ►uburit 10 your Maienl), their that all the other part'. euLirs ill conduct brou4lit hi acemation against bar Kuyal It ig.hsse , s, to ti Web the character of etimiscility C.lll be nscrined, are either siti•fActor;ly em:trattietv , l, 01• rested upon t•tidence t i tuelt a witty e, said ahieh was given under such circuinst_lnees, its reieler it. iu the judgment of ,our maj0.1) . , , emaidentiall:wriants.iiieleteeving of credit. Your Majesty 's ros,h.lesitial serttintl, therefore, essucarrin4 in that p a rt of the of your Lite serviiimi, as ►fated in their minute of the `:sth of January, that there is iso longer oily urct•sity fit ) our Alajesty Ming, 01111'04J 10 det1110.1l10:11111% the 1 1 1 .,01ite, filtit )1101 royal presence, humbly submit to your Alajemy, ti.:ll it is 1'0,411011111y liceesstry, to ju , tire to her It 1)111 lii4hoess, and fur the honour 71101 iuterett of )our Al.ijesty's Blasts ious henstly, I.Lit her Royal Ili hash, the Priocet.s of Wales should be admitted, with as litilc delay as ros-iisle, into your Majesty's Koyiti uresem e ; and that she ►hould he• received in a wanner due to hi r rank and station in your Al:jest)'s coos! and family.' (Signed) " ELIMN. " CANIDUsI. 1•:51'N101{.1. AN It. ItA'l'llUlt3l'. I. CASI'LEREAtiII " LI i ILA VL. CANNING." To this declaration, it will be seen, are appended the signatures of seven members of the then Cabinct, and those seven by a fortunate association of circum. stances hn. the Queen (however fatal to their coun try's interests) are still of the administration. In that instance, the accusers were ENGLISH, and of a rank of life that might have shielded thew from sus picion : in the present instance, they are ITALIA:4s, and of that rank of life that is moat open to subor nation, and therefore most liable to 4 tspicion. PROVIDENT Lirx 0141CCM6ETING.—The se cond septennial Meeting of this Institution took place on Tuesday last at the Society's house in Re gent-street, Piccadilly, which was very numerously attended. The Hon. W. Shirley in the Chair.— The Report of the Direct: rs gave a most flattering view of the progress of the Institution, and declared a bonus of ‘261. cent. The dividend, together with a former one, at the end of the first septennial meeting, amounted to 40 per cent. upon the contri butions of all the members, at: well those who insure fbr life, a; the original subscribers. The Managing Director, in adverting to the extraordinary profit of the last seven years, took occasion to make known a fact which reflects very high honour on the Society, viz. that among the means used to produce such. , profit, niggardliness or evasion it. the settlement of claims were not of the number, for during the severe years, of 123 claims that had been preferred, not one hid been denied payment, had been disputed, or delayed an hour Mier they became due. It was also a flattering circumstance, that two respectable Life In:air:mut Offices had broken up to join this Institu ' Con, viz. the Birmingham, and the London Com mercial Life Association, being convinced, after many years trial, that under the present reduced, terms of insurance, not only a good plan and good I management were indispensable, but that a very extensive Association of Lives was also necessary to render a Life Insurance Society profitable, or even safe. These three Societies were now conducted tv Wyatt any addition to the expellees of one of them. The Chairman observed, that be was led to believe, front what lie saw, that the influx of new Members to the Provident Lifc Office now exceed that of any other similar Institution. Nothing could exceed the satisfactory manner in which the business pro cceded. A very handsome eulogium was then voted to the Managing Director, accompanied by a prcavet of plate, and the meeting adjourned. The recovery of the King from the attack of the gout in his left hand is advancing daily. Ills Ma jcsty's bodily health is in'the same good state as fi)r some thne past. The latest accounts from Majorca represent the plague as still raging in the parts of the island where it first areared. The pet:cautions adopted by the authorities have latunately prevented it hitherto from extending its ravages beyond the cordon. Ills Grace the Archbishop of Tuam has formed in his Diocese a Memthly Clerical Association, at which ohs& religious at .!)ieets are to be discussed his Grace has Mei formed a fund for the relief' of Clergymen's widows. Mr. Grattan's picture has been restored since his death to the place it formerly occupied in the hail of Trinity College, Dublin, from which it welt removed in the year 1798. It is rumound that the King will proceed to Portsmouth in the course of the ensuing week, to etaisuk in the Royal George yacht. lie will Le atteuded by the Royal Sovereign and Prince Regent yachts, which latter are fitted out for a splendiit retinue, who are to attend his Majesty. A squa dron of ships have also been ordered to reudezvons at Portsmouth, and hold themselves in readiness to escort his Majesty. A letter from Copenhagen of the fish July, as nounces the fidlure of the old established bank of Conniuck and Co. hitherto of unimpeachable credh, but which has been unable to resist the pressure of the times, and has declared itself in a state of lu ;rlvencz, though the naminal amount of their cre dits is said to exceed that of then (lats.