The National Register. — London, England, 1820-02-14 00:00:00

mix' in IL t tOttr. a Conatitution anti naiviS. - - - • • t hf• • • _ 72' No. 1,219 —Vol.. X[ll.] Simonm We :11•1 so as • th prank, In maki lases; fairly e whet r ol•the I. • portant !alive s Y. 'l' one of vtantial lie •pie sequins otter II stippor 3. A • nimbi • lea.t, t should reeour memo • witoNe rel.ll al • 4. arose, privib lillert: moots al lire itise might pnili or lil • ricix G. &no may I sent I ineor I rilrg 7. the c elver sold by n nye I 111011 1 ‘ any two 8, RS Ii It al ally elide jr•CI rvn 9 to i Ilia an • ele ail I tj the 1. int by au r all • pc au !it tt, ;;„,,, • CI QI fit. In vl • :* ♦'•' •‘ .• $ r 7 .1 A• RULES Pi'', I•:l.E(' I'OI?S. extract the following Rules for F.icctors from 'British Empire," just published, and we arse we consider their general promulgation partieulntly desirable at this moment the arlinirsible plan of the British constitntion, se of Commons to represent the express their voice, and support their interests, le taws, iii confronting 11l i t sisters, and in levying onsegnetilly, its mew bers ought to be fire)y and mtesl lay the people, and to he insteps-Alent of istles •I pas Ramrod, of the Kiise's nllnistels, and (Muer of she taxes ; or they tease, tor their ins eonstitutional purposes, to be genuine represen t the people. sr property. liberty, happiness, and life, of every se British people, depending essentially and sob. nu the Mimi" uptihility, independence, ausl pith ! of their repres. Motives, every elector is bound to ie the character and pretensions stall persssins who smselbes as candidates. to express his voice, and Isis interests in the pa rlis 'tit of the nation. Guardians of the public purse, it is esisleset that s of the House of Conuauns R 111.11141 possess, at e ordinary qualifications of upright st e wards, and lot appropriate to *heir own humid those national s aitlt n Islets they ale entrusted; nor iu any itteiitify themselves with the Serrallia 11f lilt state, pcarditore they are appointed to canonise :aid As Guardians of the riglita of the people against en 'intents of tile prerogatives of the Cruet) and the eges of the nobility, and as eonserva tots of public y, it is evident that sitemhers of the I louse of Com should not consist either of servants of the Crown, o pendants of the nobility. A• Controllers of the political measures of the state, v Went, that the nicest hers of the [louse of Commons to possess iiiiipiestiosintile integrity and undaunted C spirit and, AS to CO ICKilanitirS, ought in be men ream education, 'swore age, and practical cape- if course it depends, iu all cases, on the intlepen. intelligence, and energy of c kclorb, whoever they whether the persons %limn they choose to vers.. em, are smelly or unworthy, are competent or 'meta, or are traitors or friends to the rights, pii and interests of the people. should never be lost sight of by electors, and by oneetions of electors, that, at the linstin4s, every r takes, or is required be law to take, the following oath :—" I swear that I have not recoived, or had, self oe any person whatsoever fur use, or fur toy benefit, tineetly or indi-ertly, any stun or rams of tinier, place, or 4.lllrloymessi, gilt, in reward, or native or seem ity for any .y, office, employ. or gift, in order to give my vote at this election." tot if the pet petration of the crime of perjury serve check 011 the conscience of an unprincipled elector, old be known, that to give, to offer, or to accept ribe, or the pit 111 l iso of any bribe, in any direct or ct laltitmer, is held by law to be a el line, which sob. Me convicted patty to infamous disabilities, and is him liable to heavy lbws and imprisonments. In like mnnurr any 'Attila or With a vices titmice an elec:or in the conscientious disehat gr. of held in law to he equivalent in cm immality to mid ; and the of an Minty on an tr, in ri•etinnent of his conseirittimi• vote, i• foolish iy law as a high co ime and misdemeanour. As the liberties of the pcup:e, amid the prosperity of !tiptoe, &prod Cu intimately on the integlity mid a r iiiimice 'detectors, a cm rapt or parasite vole is nsetiocuce all act of social treason to the cottony, crime against every citizen, which it is the duly of expose aid eildeaVUlll to 11141416 'fo inform heroines meritorious, when such great inteiests are in danger of being compromised; lie public-spirited citizen, who is the 11111.411 S 11t expo and punishing htiltt.r3 at au electioii. i•, the. i..!l'. entitled to - ter:tire the legal pemilty of VIVI. i ii titl ails, and Ow Ilte—tltanks of bib CU•Vi1:13011i amid iy. Those electors who Fell their votes for money, or y other private benefit, lutist cxl'ict to repay hi the price of their curl option with heavy imterest, isms that they have borrowed o%eu 00 worse tettlis ;Feud -thrills amid Wolter,. Miring hate bought, oti.l expel : to he sold acxiu H lib a prnlit ; fog nu lugs hut ill the eltill•Cidli 01 1 ut silting age ~,,, mid ,1,4•118 t the tepieseitteo, so i,. likely to be the rept cacti- • Corrupt electors. in null wing unfit ineipled mein not only injure theoiselt , es, but become the utt•aus Inch kiiaves are ehaltlea I.t delis i►t; their fellotv•suu of [heir 141411prtly, haitiatte3 , , and tlit it later the 116111, Ilstat fore, who ~•II• or baits:as his ‘ute tit '.Bull lon Jill :•11•111 . ul l-thll. which is .:lid 10 lip the 41. prier of two tint.', i• • 1011114 - 1, who 4 , 11011 • 44..41 11501 . 1* net glsolirb titan those y of Ally sao.ller .pet ft ol . foe power of• exe.u,loos: all itii,ooper att.l equivocal tasters from parliament hem, in the hands of ...Lefton', rt •!.eel to their utua huu , .ut xnd y e d otn /Might 10 I'll elder) it• 04.1 die 40.1 y 01 1114 . 41110 1 , 0 t•arelltl Ilia) they wilted in Ilk' giciil cuta.ri. of 111 • ..:5511111 Is Mtn It ill 1101 1.111.415514 then k 0l• 14.1011' 4.Ugallle) the: ,111 b caeruo:.► sit till, Vel Vela:ll , lW , I•.vrty ht 1 . 0:T Ile V. u., 444444 examine Inne n the following I.ulul►: —‘t lief 11 , r Ile 4444113 W. a dig :glad hrhr, 111..1 15.,. 1411011111 e Candi. is toe • , . * 14.446 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1820 has no other motive for his preference than such conviction? Wh tilrrhr has no lurking wlt'.init•r•si whithhetturpases to serve ? And sr liellicr his vote is gittifi as uprightly and scrupulously as lint of the. caodidide Gilgit I to be, o hile per forming his duties iu Parliament ? 16. Au I •st elector wi ll have no rectrots to doubt in his clinic... if the candidate•. having alleady sat in Pal llama'', has rendered knouts bent fits to the community,—if he bus • Ol:p•srd wars en►ered into for sinister purposes, or to grit sits bad 11:0•30111!,••• if he has steadily upheld the rights and libert ant' t ii•• people,—if lie bat support d justice in traits actions with foe id i ot nations —if lie has resisted oppresisve taxes,—if he has voted for the icemen of ttttt of . 10011 abuie•s, —sod if he has assisted in impeaching mat-administration a (tercet r it may have appeared to rx.it. 17. Every honest elector should it ithhold his suppott from a late member, if his voice tom never been heard in Pailiament in defence of ally popular uteri st, of public justice, mu of loo , lic lulu, its ; it• las silent rotes have set veil only to swell ministerial majorities; and if his prer••nl re• eommenflati tttt s are Isis influence a Ulu the minister, his ofll• riot enlist.), meats or Isis improving fortunes at court; wilder such circumstances the eandidate should be efiesidered as a otilf and as wholly unlit to represent I st electors in their House of Pal 'lament. 18. lei regitch to candidates, whose real designs and principles have been flied by the test of ex peril lice , it si Id tie cosisid e tea by electors, ►h:tt lawyers are gene rally uutis, loom their views of pi ofessional interest, to he entrusted with the poweis of iepresen►atives I and that, etc they are accustomed Ili plead in any cause for Idle, so they fro gnrn►ly become the or st paiable hosts (*meats of 1110• minister, gueatly augmenting the ordinal y inisrldeffs of col roption, by their ecatly sophi►try sod habits of ap plication. 19. Contractor*, and m tttt ey-jobbers, whose gad is gold, are always incapable of set slog their co u ntry in Pa elia sole olojeet being to sell themselves to the :M -oister for any profilable job or speculation. 21. Young men who are devoid of experience, and Is the %lives of their passim's, however wealthy, however shoo y then• talents, or however poo et folly roe - fleeted, are unfit to pet form lice onerous duties ut • legis lators, anti might newer to be supported by calomel:I and patriotic electot.. 21. The profligate io 'solvate life, and the desperate in p e c 111 l j a i y tin .':once,, are as nimble as they ace un likely, to resist the overt tore of any ambitious faction is Parliament. or the insidtious HMI uremia.' g cornett tion of the ministers of the croon, and might the, efore never to be entrusted with the representative I •lions. 22. Solemn ordrts of the House of Commons declare it to be a high VI lose for any Peer to interfere in tiny man iocs in soy election; a hide un the par► of electors, except in extraordinary inst iIIICCA of tifiequiv. cal patriotism, it in An act Of suicide to ietc.lll the palpable depend ant Wisely Peer of Parham( lii, or to elect the hells or noble 1 1111 l sea, thereby emoveriitig the Howie of Con:moos into a mere seminary of education for the junior nobility. VS. 1 hose candidates a I independent electors are hound to put in uuuiivatinu, summit, aid trnun , cite tried wen, %lose prilicephs have retitled the temptations of power; or worthy and itudepesidesit mghbonis, whether laud•prnprietor•, merchants, batik' rs, ur manufaettireis, whose principles, pubic spit it, and independence ate koint ii to the electors; coal, other circumstances alike, a hose stiletto' and etfer:,ies have raised him to sasitm•tmn, might to be preferred to a we.dtlty heir, oho, never having had occasion In think for himself, is i-capable of tit - it:KIN it h colvai cage far Ihr• triadic. :54. As it isolfell tile most valuable privileges of Britons exerciseto their elective ft:meioses ..t the redone of noy nett it 4i i s ament, or at Uflclt :It any ViICAI , 4 IieCUIS, it it the fatty of all intelligent electors to resent et, ry attempt to demise them fit' their power of choosing, by base comprismisf s older lire eiafts uuet:.tititional pert et of preserving the peace of the place. Every 'teas candidate, who electors on ()ppm !unity of camels tog their chief coos its tional light, inizlit to have his other velem' viesied i h 1.,v0t0, :Ma to be 'trete" red to any ocher catioidate, w ho liassotuJit to nullify the rights of thee-lectors. 1). No &foetid:oft of tile Litton or the minister, it haterer be M.. gefieral reputati 1111 l uto,lit to he e taisidered, It, in dependent electors, as codified to serif preferenc e over less equivocal candidates; and all bodies a electors .11.tuld he 011 their guard against appeols to thin. iir 1101'letif1, made by sueeee•lul toifit..rs or 'total cfmonatiflers, by spe cious Ito yers, itedithy contractors, Of 110 , 1 eatil MOW of ichutll ought to lie suffered to ef,joy the opportunity of la steering Ilien votes hi parliament, tof exchatige for their p •I s:mal 4,; ; ;raililizeinent o► pecuni.o•% advantage. 26. lit regard to placidity'', pensi. o'er*, and dependants of the cross so, generally it sli,auld 'fever he forgotten, toad the sot, inn Colllilaci bi twreit clue retgaing dy oast) and Ili- na tio'. h a . pravide.l in express terlllz :—" TISK. 101 peasuu is 00 iris 011 idliffe, or place of profit, ler the king, or is ho IT (itet it pray' fr the close u, sit:1111w cap:tole of sect as a menom of the !louse of ,;" thoui,lt this hol ti ark i.e. beau wait by a subsequent taw, and re. elf clone is deemed SIETCH OP THEM . - ,.trE .MAJESTIF.A" EARLY DOMESTIC LIFE AT KEIV, DURING THE SUMiLEIt SEASON. Then M ijesiies rise al six nt the and enjoy the two succeeding hours, which they call !mu oa n : at ci l ziet thr Prince of W.lieS. tnc 11 , ,h0p of (huathhi t it. the Pcince,s and licitly, are ioun.ilit hot:, their sever.d nooses io Kew, in tireaktas, with Meir illustrious relations. AL nine youi,Lei children attend to lisp or imile their go d morrows; an whilst the live eldest are closely applying to their tisk., ! (yaws 94i1. the little ones and their muses pass the whole utoruing in Richmond Gardens. • The and thieen NI:le:111y annee themselves with sitting in the room while the childsen di n e' anti , once a week, :mewled by the ss hole (Joining in plies, make the little del ghoul tour of Rielintimil Gard, ns ; In the afternoon the Queen works, .and the Kiaig walk to her; and what...Nur charms ambition or folly may conceive as attendant on so exalted a situation, it is nc - ther on the throne nor in the drawing 100111, in t he splendeaw or the toys of sosereigutv, that trey place their felicity; it is, 'text to the fulfilling Of the dot! of their statism, in social and domestic gratifwations, ii breathing the free air, admiri t the works of I)iltnire, teeing and encearaging the elegancies of art, and in living to their own hearts. In the evening all the clid- • dren again pay their duty at Kew House, before they re tire to bed ; and the Sallie order is observed through each retornitig, day. The sovereign is the father of his family ; not a grievance reaches his koowledac that re mains unseat essed ; nor is a single character of merit or ingenuity ever disregarded ; so that his private conduct ust be allowed ,u be nu less exemplary than is truly amiable. Though naturally a lover of peace, Iris personal cou rage count: in the 9111a:Icsi degree be intim:ached; lie ex ercises his troops himself, understands every martial maturtivre as well as any private centioei in his service, and has the articles at his filwer's ends. 'Topography is one of his favourite studies; he copies es cry capital chart, takes the models of alithe celebrated Inritlications. knows the souoilings of the chief harbours in Europe, and the strong and Weak sides of most lolltica towns. Ile can name every ship in his navy, and he keeps lists of the COllllll4lldeTS. And all these are private acquisi tions, and of his own chorioing. 'inc Prince of \Vales and the Bishop of Osoalaugh bid for, lion ever, Mr excelling the generality of 11“111. kind in learning, as intieli as they are their soperiors in rank wi~ht ehisse Itrittrs* application to the kiwi:lgen and the liheral sciences is daily enjoined them, and their industry is uniemiumg; all the ten are indeed fine chil dren, and it does hot yet appear that parental partiality is known at Court. Exercise, air, and light diet, are the grand fundamen tals, in the King's idea, of health and sprightliness; hit NI: jests feeds chiefly on vegetables, and drink' hume . wine; the Queen is what many private gentlewomen would call ss minsically abstemious, no at a table covered with dainties, she culls the plainest and the simplest dish, and seldom eats of more than two things at a med. His present Majesty.—The following anecdote of his present Majesty, when Prince Os %Vales, •tows the promptitude which he has always felt to embrace every idea that co old promote the essential interev.s of she nation. It occurred in the year I Wit, and is thus re corded by a writer of that period : " Lord Rodney, dining smile months ago at Carlton [loose, c,:ngrautiated the Prime of %Vales on :seeing a plate of British cored herrings at table.—' Your Ilia' tsighoess,' said the Noble Veteran, does infinite good to the British Navy, its thus encouraging 114 exam plc of English luxury; every table ss ill now follow the fashion; and if the her of fashionable tables in the 114111111 is considered, die result may be iu t i 000 e an addition of 20,m0 of the hatdiest seamen 'to of seamen raised and employed in that branch of fishery, which has raiwil Ihillatid to her Maritime truce: My Lo:d,' wished the Prince, 'sou do me mote justice than I deserve ; these 'wirings ' I all) sorry to say, were not cured by British hands. lomlerstand y our reasoning— ' it is just ; it is that of Lon' Rodney upon his own ele ' meat. Henceforward I shall outer a plate of British cured herrings to be purchased at any expence, and ap pear a standing dish at this table—we snail call it a Rodney. Under that 4.lc:.ignalitoti, what true Patriot will not follow my exampk.? ' " Adviccs from Manchester and Glasgow state,' that orders are arriving lorisklv, that the wages of . the . ‘veavcrs are advancing, anti that hands are as. sititom sly t.onglit after by the masters. A.: won as it was made known to Prince Leopold, that die illness of the l)uke of Kent wits dangerous, his Royal Highness hasteowd to Sidniooth with the greatest speed possible, where lie tinind the report he had received bat too true. After the dissai•ation of the Duke, Prince Leopold supported and upheld his afflicted sister with the greatest Christian tiorti tude, and relieved her from all respon.ibilityoo, ' every respect, and managed evi.ry thing hiLhurstio; purture from this scene of woe taKensingtolqataee; the Duchess travelling with him in his car l4 '. e. His Royal Highness also took every passil,la of ' the infant Princess Alexandria. y.ince tneir *Vim' Prince Leopold has been unremitting in Ins Aden tions to his Royal Sister and Niece : the IA er. Itis Royal Highness hus taken out daily tiff an Zring in his carriage. Throughout the whole at this listres sing event his Royal L ighness's conduct has been mast exemplary. ....te' ~..r.... a .$ • ~• ..I i J