The National Register. — London, England, 1819-11-22 00:00:00

••• e-A„. 9 4 .ev-p' 9°Y44.4e- Dr 0 No. 230.—V0L. XII.] VoUtica LAttrospetr. tVEIIY eye from every quarter of the country is :EAT anxiously directed to the alymaching meeting Parlia•;ient and with good reason, for it wi:l be a Se. s; ooqn which we verily hclieve will 1 . C..c.tellritain. If the alurm by other atcans which .:;, be found atlequate • .11 they I':' 4. Al. 'H..' ~ fl ~. .:tl .{:.l mcasmcs to oil t:r.• c'tarar er an d d estr .ms!;ta.i.in at. to their ittk-it Ha. The. Nlinisteri .1 havy openly deviarctl that Parliament is a. , cmhi..! to put down Treason, Blasphemy, and Sedition. Thia language when phlinly construed, means neither more nor less, than that tl:c laws by which we have hitherto been governed are to be suvended bymew ones of greater force, and of u more despotic ten dency. It means, we fear, that the public voice Mall, if they can prevent it, no more be heard from the assembled people ; that the proud boast of our euuntry a free Press shall exist no more, anti that opinion itself, as far as regards poiitkal questions, shall be annihilated to the utmost •stretch that human policy can effect so tyrannical a purpose, viz. that though it cannot forbid .us to sit dawn and mourn, and Avec!) over the calamities of a faHen country, nor to grcan under the weight of the yoke we are domed to bear, yet that our tears shall flow hi secret, and our groom; issue only in retirement. This may be called the language of extravagant party spirit or extravagant alarm, but when we look at whet has been done of late, and from our conjec- ' tures from the symptoms, already ton manifest, of tic future, we challenge any man to-say that then not good reason to dread, if, as we before oh. ii..:rved, the ministerial majorities be decidedly tri l-mphant, that the British Constitution is not near its end. A censorship of the press has already been sanctioned by the Prince Regent thr his dominions in Hanover, and what he has consented to abroad, his Nlinisters may, with reasonable presumption, n-commend to his adoption at home. It is true that much evil, as well as good, is the limit of a free and unfettered licence of public discussion, both on po litics, morals, and religion_ Hume wroteiiis beau tiful history us a defence of the family of the Stuarts. Hobbes, another infidel, wrote his Leviathan to prove the divine right of Kings, and boll'' , declared that the authority of the Prince was greater than -the authority of the Basle, and that the command ment, fur instance, of " thou shalt net commit adultery," was of no value unless the Princeshould, by his own precept and example, forbid adultery to hoe committed within the scope of his dominions. Lord Bolingtulle was another profligate Tory who equally set at defiance reason, and religion, and conscience, by his writings and - his actions. Jo land, tile most shameless and abandoned infidel of his age, was yet employed by Government, anti encou raged us a spy ; so that, considering the matter in this point of view, we would recommend all thCse Gentlemen, and many more whom we could men tion, to the grateful remembrances of Mr. Vansit tart and Lord Sidmouth,and remind them that the blas phemers 4 their G d, and the enemies of faith anti ehristianity, have been generally such tools as Go vernments, conducted upon certain principles, have 'been glad to find and use. If the press also is to 4,lla.nattrictcd, we would remind themoltat lies, and LPittcs 914/.. G1M614.4 It -LETO* Whitehall. JAM 0. My 1nee1...41z been 'blended thin there " are iyiniv about throughout the . onecialy in the umisine pens altos r number of east. which are private prepany.n considerable pan of which were funnel, used in muchness! ships." 1 beg leave to uill your Lordship's attention to this sub. jects4 uni to request that you will direct the 'Weidman* of the county ot:d.fr lone I..ort6lttr's charge. to make the nt..xiisary ins rcipective eiguicut. and if any ganef this rte., 0,,: :,• therein, that dory will cause imam ; . . , •n, wait the o , neent of their oilmen. fee uscou.. or from retioniog them to a piece ..aunty. I have the knoeur to be. &e. 11. M. Lieutenant of .—.— SI DMOUTH. The Earl of Lauderdale is now on his way to town from Scothad. Lord Grey leaves next week. The Marquis of Lansdown is expected. from Italy on the 151 n, and theEttel of koics on the ‘2oth. Mr. Tierney has been in town these lOdays. :1s 'Earl Fitzwilliam,. accompanied by Land Mil ton, was on his way to meet the hounds, on the I It% inst. in the vicinity of Oundle, he was received the inhabitants of that town with every demonstra tion of respect and joy. The popala,:e took do horses front his carriage and drew it through the place. A similar scene presented itseil since, on his Lordship's arrival at Peterborough. We learn by letters received from Yorkshire, that there-will be held in the Court-house at Leeds, a general meeting of the merchants, manufacturers, woolstaplers, and others, 'interested in the woollen manufacture.,...to take this -matter into consideration, with the view of making an application to Parlia ment l'or the repeal of this auo.:t impolitical tax. The public are generally aware, that the duty im posed last Session on foreign wools was deprecated at the time, as threatening much •mischicf to 'our woollen manufactures, especially to the coarser de scriptions of goods, which used tube sent in con siderable quantities to the northern parts of the Continent, and fur which one of the principal te tarns used -to be coarse wools iu the raw These antieipatiens have-been bat too truly veriSed by the experience of last summer and autumn, th..l usual orders from RUSSiA fisr coarse wollcn cloths having, In a great measure, been vritbeld. The alarm of the It orkshire.msmutictuters hats been pro portioned to the ruin with which their manufacture is threatened -by the continuance of this impolitic tax, and they are employing such means as are with in their reach to awaken Ministers to the dangers which may be anticipaitesi if the tax be not repealed. Already it has occasioned ninch injury to the ma nutixturer ; and if persisted in, the mischief will soon be placed beyond the reach of remedy, by the establishment of Continental manufactories. to work up the raw •material which formerly came to this country. - Recipe to prevent Infection frtm Feuer.—Taku rue, sage, mint, rsemary, and lavender, fresh ga thered, of each a handful, rut them mall and put them into a stone jar, pour upon the hubs a pint of the best white wine vinegar, sever the jar close, and let it stand eight days in the sun, or near a fire; then strain kelt and dissolve in it an ounce of cum. phor. This liquid sprinkled about the chamber, or fumigated, will much revive the patient, and pre vent•the attendants front receiving infection. - Propostyl Meeting is /ottskire.—A Circular is now widely distributing in Yorkshire, signed kr the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Thunet, Walter Fawkes, and many others of the Nubility, Clergy, and Magistrates, railing a Meeting to testify their teeth for the•eharactereftbe insulted venerated Lal We are told, that a very considerable sum of r.old soverei,vs and rvgents, or hnlf•wwerigna Well seised on buarda•royal yacht * lag week, by an officer fkota .Depttiod. in consequence dr the very manly conduct of Lent Anson at the late meeting inStaffurtl, all the reictitht of liberty in that county evince, we understand, a disposition to rally shout him. •His Lordship has, it is said, been solicited to originate a Requisition re the Sheriff, to conetne a meeting of th county, far which the mass of the freeholders ate pect;liar4 anxious, for these freeholders are nut to be son. sounded with the Ministerial Party who act %turfy at Statford. Ple freeholders of the worth of the ~ a unt; ex ,preparing an address to Lord Assts. ... ' I can ationat Altaitittr+ Our Ulna, eons htution anti It Md. MONDAY, NOVEMBER E 1819. calumnies., and falsehoods, will , no.more be allow able in deemee of a wicked administration, than lies and groundless charges agn;itsl the same administra tion. That if justice is intended, the Times and the Ceru•icr must, in this respect, stand upon the same level. if we are told that blasphemy and profana tion are the of of restraint, we must insist not only that tl:e works of all tiscse abontinAle Tories above Ilientionert ought to Lie suppres.:ed, l• , e nut , : ur 4 c th.t the laws in r•r t are adequate to ,vc.y ;• • NI:. Carlile has been preset:kik:it, titantl h uilty , a:iii is !vitt/ undergoing his ponis!nuent fir selling Pai:le s Age of Reason. Nob.aly attempts to defend either tke conduct or the principles at' the min,. cir die publication he was the instrument or spreading. The laws have done all that I:lWfi can do, aunt tvill again and again do the same, as often as they. are constitutionally appealed to. The iteL of legislatiotris•a mischievous disorder. Let us alone, do justice by the laws you have, and those laws will do justice by you in their turn. They were framed in better times, anti assuredly by wiser heads than those to whose hangs our destinies are now entrusted. • Christianity is not likely to be much recommended or supported by the legitiative enactments of the Duke of Wellington, Lot'd Cas tlereagh,- and Mr. Canning. • The two noble Lords first mentioned have lately been in Norfolk ; -one of them is said to'have attended divine service, during his s•ay in tite county, but the miatue.nt the Clergy man ascended the pulpit, us if quite satisfied with what he had already heard, to have deliberattly walked out of Church. And yet religion anti good morals are to be . protected by Acts of Parliament upon a scole and-with an energy that our liirefathers neifirer . knew nor dreamed of. We cannot at pre sent pursue this further, but .a • future opportunity will doutbless soon occur. The following in an extract of a letter wric:cn by Lora Cochrane to a friend in : Unarm :-- VA I. !ABAIR), II: ISI 9. Mr DEAR FA I END..-1 thatilt you most kindly for your long and circumstantial letter of January last. With it I receive d your book, containing the whole correspondence between yt.o and ; and I perfectly concur in opinion with you. as it. the character of all the potties. I hare just handed over to the Chili goveisonent„ in part at their abate of my late capture, up wards of 1,.0.000 dollars; and nest 14. now I understood how to carry on the .ar here; I shall get,' hope. at least some mil • lions, besides having the still higher wktioneif chastising the tmendes of hberty in this quarter of thoglobs !—The oeca a i oo of ms now witting to you. issluite ants pissed . and accidental. I send it by A whaler which happens to be passing. and I have transmith.d•to Mr. --....funds to toy toter hill fur the goods u have sent me. and those I now order. Remember nw - kindly to all friends. 'l'm she'l have a long account from rue of all things here in a short time; but hitherto I 'save had no leisure fur letter-writing. The fullming circular letter has been issued Ly the Provast of Glasgow, culling upon the citizens to carol themselves fur military service in case of necessity. ‘• the present alsrming Pitoitlnu of this part of the collar ty stokes it generally apprehended, that it arrav heroine nee aaaaa y to call for liar active aid of the 1..yal ..11,1 a , . 11-disposed part sit the forninnnity, to auppt era Ike 1:14 . 1111111.d Ilse turbulent and itimillectell. " (.111441111114111:144 1114) occur which soil reader the re. 100.41 of it part, or the whole of the seignior niilitary root,. quite indisven.able. in such a row, the City would ire Is It without a,, wolvellott whatever. •` In this vii imi, it his ' Leen j..iiited proper to call for pledge of service from °rely iudir nhutl who can afford. without 1 iy, to mkt. op arms in defence of his King and t WWl') -•-111 . the 111 . 4C11 41111 tranquillity of this CO 7-41141 ul leis own Ids and 1110I1P11V. " HEIN kV MoNTEITii, Pruv,ma. " Waver, 15th November, 114tH." His . Royal Highness the Prince Regent bus lately received limn the Emperor of Rt 136111 a very curious four-wheeled summer .earria 6 e, called a droschki. It consists of a froot and a side seat, con trived in a new but very commodious manner fur two persons. it possesses the tuo►euble exits, which are now very generally adtpted throazhout the Continent. 1:4 . - A , r+A.