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LITERA WV REVIEW. The LIFE of JAMES the SECOND, King of England, litc.; collected out of Memoirs, writ of his Own Haled: together with the King's Advice to his Sun, and tie Majesty's Published from the Original Stuart Manuscript in Cann,' Ilse, by the Rev. I. S. CLARKE, LL.B. F.K.S. Flisturiu papher to the King, &c. eolseato. These curious Memoirs have been rescued from Obscurity and probable destruction by the exer tions of the PRINCE REGENT; 811 , 1 it is in obedience to the contrnaud of his Royal Highness that they have: been prepared for the press. Considered either in respect to their important contents, or to the circutpstanCes in which they appear before the At odd, they are altogether without a precedent in lit era•ure—shey are the commentaries of a Sore veto) of England on the events of his own time; and they are published under the auspices of the Heir Apparent to that Crown which he forfeited. In almost every circle where this singular piece of biography is mentioned, the general question is, what could have been the motive for its pub lication? The contents of the svotk itselt afford satisfactory answer to this questi'db, and iotleed it would be needless to divine a motive more ho nourable than that which is assigned by the learn ed Editor in his dedication, viz. that the public may be enabled to form an opinion of the princi ples which influenced, in his own opinion at least, the counsels and conduct of James the Se cond. Jr is evident that the manuscripts have been carefully selected in reference to this abject, and at the same time with due respect to the me mory of their unfortunate Ant f or ; nor should it escape notice, that the high sanction under which they are promulgated is a virtue', though tacit recognition of those constitutional priuciples on which the House of Hanover accepted the sove reignty of these realms. It is not only in a political view that these Royal Memoirs are interesting ; they contain a fond of anecdote and privild detail, of which hi , toriaes have been long aware, anti which they have coveted in vain. We might white., the dis elosmes respecting the commencement thesecret negociations of Charles 11. with France ; the cir cumstances attending the &Tem.:it: of James 11. Egon', England, and the enumeration of those vi gorous and politic msasures by which that ;Mo narch had contributed most effectually in laying the fo u nd a tion of the naval supremacy of Great Miran'. Even to a wiiter of Romance the re ek:ll of a lite so chequered by misfortunes might supply a more varied teted of adventure titan is usually to be found in any single portion of au thentic biography, We are tempted to instance the account of the battle of Meiston Moor, al ready commemorated in song as one of the last conflicts, in the sunset, or rather the fading twi light of chivalry ; " The Lord Birou" here men *totted mast have been the first of the Millie, the ancestor itf " Childs Harold." " While these things passed where his Majesty was in person, his armies in the north were un successfull ; for Yiek t_ina besieged by the forces of the rebells in those parts, Prince Rupert drew together all the troops tale() lie could make in the neighbouring countries, with resolution to relieve it ; and the enemy being advertised of his march towaids them, raised the siege, and drew off about tour or five miles distance trout the town. At which time Prince Rupert received a positive order front his Mejesty to fight them, in persu anee of which he sent to the Marquis of New castle for all the forces be could spare him out of Yolk. Thus recruited, he followed the enemy, anti preased him so very close, that he was obliged to turn his lace and fight. The day, in all probability, had been the King's, it the Lord Biron had punctually obe yet. h is orders, for Fri; ee Rupert had posted him very advanta geously behind a warren and a slough, with po sitive .command not to quitt his ground, but in that posture only to expect' and to receive there the charge of the -enemy, who, west of necessity be much disordered in passing over to him, as being to receive the fire of seven hundred musketeers it) their advance to him, which undoubtedly had been very dangerous, if riot wholly ruinous to them. But instead of main• teining his post, as he ought in duty to have done, when the eoetn bad only drawn docee two or three field-pieces, and with them played upon him, he suffered himself to be persuaded by Colo nel Herrey to march over the mot ass and charge them, by which inconsiderate action he gave theta the same advantage which he bad formerly over them ; for they charging him iu his passage over the ground already mentioned, he was im mediately routed. • Whereupon, though the left wing, cotnmanded by the Lord Goring, had ac tually beaten the eight wing of the Rebells' army, yet their left, which was led by Cromwell and David Lesley, after having routed the Lord Blum, still keeping themselvei &me in a body, easily forced the Lord Goring out of the field, and de stroyed a considerable number of the King's foot. " Some few days after their victory, they sate down again before the town, which was surren dered to them by the Marquis of Newcastle, who, besides that he now despaired of relief, had lost the greatest number of his foot in the late battell. " lit this manner, that fatall order which was sent to Piritice Rupert, and his obeying it too strictly, occasioned not only the loss of the fight, and ratite town, but drew after it a more unhappy conse quence, namely, the loss of the whole kingdom. For after this battell, which was struck at Mars ton Moor, the affairee of his Majesty began visi bly to decline, and the rebells having reduced that part of the country under their command (which they easily performeA, and in a short time), those troops which were under the Emir of Manchester had leisure and opportunity to joyn them, and with that reinforcement they were encouraged to fight the second battell of Newberry against the King, who lost it. And here it will not be amiss to relate, what has since been averred by a per son of quality, who at that time wits in the Re bell army before York, that atter they had raised their siege, their Generalls, who were the Earle of Manchester, the Lortl Fairfax, and Old Lesley, were under the greatest consternation imaginable, as not knowing how to keep their army together; so that, had they tint been pressed by Prince Rte. eiert as they were, and compelled to come in a battell, they must of necessity have separated withie tone . days at furthest, and ctiii,et i tieffily have 1-:ft him in quiet possession of the country." FOR THE SUN. POPD 7 H CLAIMS. MR. EDITOR,---I beg to commtmicate for in ser,ion in your valuable Journal the subsequent remarks on the Catholic Question, should they not ha.,e been anticipated by, and interfere with the luminous and able discussions of your form& Correspondents. I believe, 11Ir. Editor, that the general plea for Catholic Emaucipatiou is, that the disabilities under which Papists now labour prevent them from filling the higher and more important departments it) the legislation, &c. of this realm. This, they contend, is deptiving them of the privileges and immunities which the rest of his Britannic Ma jesty's subjects enjoy. In reply to this, it will only be necessary to no tice what the Test Act requires of such subjects ; and then merely to put the question, will the Ca tholics comply with its requisitions ? The design, purport, and provisions of this Act ate to protect the Sovereigu, his Throne, and Prerogatives from future aggressions, the Church from future attacks, and the Country at large front intestine broils, anarchy, and bloodshed. — Fur this put pose it requires the Oath of Supre macy, &c. to be taken by every subject previous to his admission into the higher departments of the State, &c. Hence the question arises, will the Catholics comply with the revisitious of the Act 3 if so, their present disabilities are at once removed by their subscription ; it not, it would be proving ourselves' nitfaithful to our Sovereign, unjust to our Country and ourseive3, to accede to their Claims. Here then a question arises as to expetliency ; not expediency, Mr. Editor, as it has been falsely asserted and maintained, for ernaticipat.iig the Catholics from their present dis abilities ; but the absolute expediency of their subscribing to the oaths required previous to being admitted to a share in the Legislation. To establish this position, it is only necessary to take a transient view of the causes and occasion of the Act. Was it not trom a melancholy re view of the black catalogue of crimes which will for ever indelibly stain the historic page, that it was it st suggested and arterwards inforced by legislative authority ? Most decidedly so. Shall we then unconditionally repeal this Act ? Certainly not. Unirss they will taithtuny subscribe to the condi; ions it enjoins ; anti thus evince their honour as met), their sincerity as Christians, and their loyalty as subjects. I say faithfully to subscribe, because I am duly aware of the subterfuges which their religion affords th em . Besides, Mr. Editor, is it not a pKeposterous misapplication of terms for any one to style him self the subject of that Sovereign whose audio city he publicly disavows, and to the legitimacy of which he . will not subscribe ? Let reason, let truth, let justice, nay even common-sense answer the question. But it is objected by the advocates of Emanci pation—tl:at it is wishing and compelling them to act against their conscience. Let us examine the validity of this obj-ction. Is it either wish ing or compelling a man to act against his conscience, to require him to comply with what that conscience, as suggesting what is right, en joins ; what the laws, as the guardians of that right, enforce ; and to which the rest of his Ma jesty's subjects, from !he convictions of that con science, subscribe ? Certainly not to the wens conscia rerli Now, Mr Editor, the obvious de cisivos tram the preceding remarks are ; that it is their duty as men, as Christians, and as subjects, tto subscribe to the conditions proposed. , That it is a duty we owe to our King, our Country, and ourselves, to oppose their claims until they will so subscribe. A BRITON. LONDON JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. [Morning Post.] THE PRINCESS OF WALES. Extract of a Letter from Milan, dated Jan. 1. " The Princess of Wales is making prepare tio : - )r a trip to the Holy Land. The Baron, and young Austin (who is always addressed by the title of Prince), accompany her Royal High ness, together with a vast suite. The Princess told the Marchioness of Douglas that it was her intention to be absent six months ; and that she meant to visit all the places of note in Egypt. During the Princess's absence her new Palace will proceed. Two Gentleman lately arrived from England, and had a long conference with her Royal HigLuess." Some further advices have been received from America. The Secretary for the War Depart ment has made a report relative to the hostile In dians, in which he proposes that measures should be immediately adopted by the Executive Power, to exclude altogether foreigners from trading with these tribes ; and to obtain for citizens of the United States the entire monopoly. In order to secure this object, lie recommends compulsory steps, and the establishment of a company with a sufficient capital, to be divided into shares li mited to the term of 20 years. It would appear that the American Government is attempting to strike a blow at the British fur trade in Canada, which is of so much importance to this country; and the Secretary of the War Department enter tains the opinion, that the influence of the North west anti Hudson's Bay Coatpanies among the In dians may be successfully opposed.—We cannot compliment the War Secretary either upon the liberality or the justice of the sentiments in which he indulges in this document :—" ,The time seems to have arrived (says he) when our policy towards the Indians should undergo an important change. They neither are, in fact, nor ought to be, considered as independent nations. Our views of their intqest, and not our own, ought to go vern them."—(ltid.) The late HUNT—I:VG al 31,1NCHESTER. 311ANCHE$TP.R, J. 28.—The Public have al ready been informed of the closing of our The atre, on Monday night, by order of the Magis trates, in consequence of Mr. Hunt, and a large party of his adherents, having signified their in tention of being present. The sante precautions wer e adopted on Tuesday night ; and it was inti mated that the house would remain closed as long Mr. Hunt continued in the town; but the IMlttragers yesterday waited upon the Justices, at the New Bailey, representing the great injury that would be sustained by themselves and the Performers, if the House were to remain longer shut ; and Mr. Hunt having pledged his word not tb skit it again, it was last night re-opened, and all has since remained tranquil. Thete was yesterday a long investigation at the New Bailey, of a person named Torr, accused by Hunt and his party of being concerned in the : attack 'Jr Tern on Friday night ; and Mr. Cross read Mr. Hunt a very severe lecture on the impropriety of his continuing here to disturb the peace of the to%vo, and agitate the minds of the lower orders. (Ibid.) [New Times.] DEATH OF THE DOWAGER COUNTESS OF SEFTON. We are concerned to state, that the above dis• tinguished and much respected Lady died at seven o'clock on Friday evening, at her residence in Hill-vreet, Berkeley-square. H&r Ladyship' was in the 71st year of her age ; she had been ill about three months ; she was aunt to the Duchess of Leinster, sister to the Dowager Duchess of New castle, and sister to tl►e Earl of Harrington and the Hon. Col. Stanhope. [The Times.] CHARtES RENNET (the Child Stealer.)—A pa ragraph in a Sunday Paper insinuates that Mr. Horsley has abandoned all idea of prosecuting Rennet, who stole his child ; it goes further, and intimates that Mr. Horsley never had any inten tion of a legal proceeding. The Public have a right to some explanation on this matter; for we cannot forget that Mr. Horsley, in one of his letters, haul the appearance at least of a man seek ing proper redress ; for he instructed his friend to take the necessary preliminary steps at Lord Bathurst's Office. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed on Saturday Night. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.--.AR Oratorio. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDES.—No Performance. PRICE 01 Tnts DAY AT T% 3 pet Cent. Red........76iii 3 per Ct. Cons..7Blfi 77{ 78 4 per Cents 97 iii 5 per Ct. N. Ann. 107/ 10tiii STOCKS EGVF o'cr qcK. Bank Long Ann 20 74 riths India Bonds ....,80s. pr. Exch. Bills, 2d 10s. 18s. pr. Cons. for Account, MAILS. Aantvzu-2 Dublin, 1 Waterford, 2 Sweden, 1 Flanders, 1 France. DUE-1 Dublin, 2 Waterford 1 Guetnssy and Jersey, 1 Sweden, 1 Hamburgb, 1 Holland, I Lisbon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. Morning, 2A minutes after 7. Evening, 53 minutes after 7. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE Pitts m AurEAT ? LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1819. Yesterday and this morning we received the Pitia Papers of Thursday and Friday last. It is stated in one of the Journals, that the fol lowing twelve Members of the Chamber of De puties bad been requested by the Keeper of the Seals to give their opinions and assistance, with a view to the arrangement of the bases of a projet of law respecting the Liberty of the P'ess with Trial by Jury, viz. : MM. Becquey, Dupleiz de Mezy, Jacquinot Pampelune, Courvoisier, Camille Jordan, Beugnet, Cassaignoles, Royer Collard, Manuel, Dupont (de l'Eure), Savoie Rolliu, and Lafitte. The King held a Council of Ministers on Wed nesday, which sat from one o'clock till four. Madame MARET, Duchess of Bassano, has been for home time at Paris, having come there to solicit the recal of her husband. The Prince de TALLEYRAND, as Grand Cham berlain, set out for Fontainblean on Wednesday, to receive the Duke of GLOUCESTER, who went there to inspect the Royal Palace. The Grand Duke MICHAEL arrived on the 11th ult. at Florence, from whence be Was to set out a few (lays afterwards for Rome. The King of NAPLES has established a new Or der of Knighthood, entirely military, called the Royal Military Order of St George de la Reunion. From Vienna it is stated, that on the return, in June, of the Emperor and Empress of Ms- TRIA, the marriage will be celebrated between the Archduchess CAROLINE of Austria and Prince FREDERICK AUGUSTUS of Saxony. The Duke and Duchess of CAMBRIDGE were ex pected at Cassel the week before last. From Madrid it is stated, that the Minister of War had sent orders to all the Officers absent on leave, whose corps are to form part of the expe dition to South America, to be at Cadiz by the 15th instant. It is admitted, however, that the expedition cannot sail before the end of this month, nor does it appear that it , can then, as the last letters from Cadiz bad stated that there was a total want transports. The Municipality of Stuttgard have petitioned the King of WURTEMBERG to convoke a Diet, but it does not appear that his Majesty had ac ceded to their desire. A marriage is said to be in contemplation be " t tween the Archd u k e P d l a ti ne o f Hunga ry 5 0 1, Princess PAUL INE , d aug h ter o f Doke L °ol Wurternberg, uncle of the present King. lurn 911 ° The followin g a re extrac t s from the . " of Friday : " CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. " SITTING OF THURSDAY, JAN• 28; sP " M. de Serre, the Keeper of the Seals, after . to ntrodue«)ry speech, dwelling Upon the necessllt, with a view to prevent a b uses in the Govc runle :i. of giving full effect t o the responsibility tit ,f stets, by rendering them amenable in cert t be cases to a recognized Tribunal, Pres e ' itet.i following Projet of Law " Louis, &c. " TITLE I. y " Art. I.—The Chamb.n. of Deputies peach a Mioister on a denunciation siglied by of its members. tbe " 2.—Three days at least to be allowed for examination of the denunciation. se " 3.—The President to .eopi, the iginl9l.l.o cused in writing, of the accusati - m agaill st 1 : 1 0 . " 4.—A week at least after that comoluillc, tion, the Chamber to hear what the Min ister r t i l e cused has to offer, and if it sees ground accusation, to appoint a Committee. eg ta d s.—The Committee to consist of nine bers. t i " 6.—The Committee to verify doom"' testimony on each side. ho e " 7.—The Bureau of the Chamber to "- right to assist at the Committee. • 0 5 1% The Committee to in,ilte a repo rt ', c i f . weeks, anti to present, if they see meet; Brij of charge, An nie ( " 9.—The Articles of Charge n ot to be au — te e until after three successive debates, wi th in val of a week between each. OP ea . Tle Articles , if sustainer!, 10 — to be be rl by the President Sand Secretaries of the Ch ani se p " a that case five Deputies to be c n o t as Commissioners to manage the imPecilin before the Court of Peers. ,- 0 11 0 ' " 12.-1 a case of a dissolution of the Cll9- 1 11 is• or renewal of one of the series , the G°ll,ll es sioners either to be wholly or par tl y electe-' the case may be. ° I e I' I3.—The Chamber of Deputies tcl')3l I ha eu i ` ways the option of abandoning cue imP eae- " TITLE, 11. • 1 It ej " 14.—The impeachment to be c omni nn 0 4 et * to the President of the Chamber of P the Chamber to be immediately COD vokefi. hg " 15. The Minister impeached to be bill", o t before the Chamber, and desired to Ne i 114 Counsel,—in default, Counsel to be appointed him. ttg l 16, 17, 18, and 19, Respecting th e a.t4 ance of the Peers. ~ of " 20. The Commissioners of the Chamhe' t, Deputies to present the articles of impoc hille° and documents. Ol ".21. The Procureur-General of the Cour t Peers to he heard for the impeachment. " 22. The proceedings to be public. h , tin t " 23, 24, 25, and 26, respecting t he '' -te eri proceedings . of the Peers ; five-eighths o f the ' - 00 present requisite as a majority for a coAdelli (ion. 0 1111 " 27.—The punishments which may be ° 10 . ed by the Court of Peers are death , dePnrtatige perpetual imprisonment, civil degradatine'l st prisonment for term of years, or they maY degrees of these punishments, according to eurnstances. De° es " 28.—The President to pronounce the h at , a , public 2 9 sitting. Th e ie Od re to abide by the.Laws' authorised decisions as precedents. (Signed) bOUI S. 0. 00 s.Pg (Countersigned) " Dated, Jan. 27, 1819." ; Ed 8n 4 ",The projet was ordered to be Pr- lit 0 0 0 distributed, and to be examined in the ur on Tuesday next. poe the (ter jet respecting the Duke de Richelieu, 01500' several speakers had been heard, th e hour 1 1 to' ing late, an adjournment took place °— morrow. " PARIS, JAN. 29. —Yesterday the t . t b ceived the Count Decazes, the Minister Interior, and his Ounntess. 1( 00 " The Duke of Gloucester returns this do/ FoUntainebleau. be rot e " The King's Coronation is sai d to poned till the 15th August, Assumption Dee r c' t " The Marquis de Latour Maubourg, itt France, is appointed Ambassador at Loti°ll' the room of the ?vlarquis d't)smond. eof The Sietirs Cantillon and Nldt ;net, Hecticefoot attempting to assassinate the Dnke of Wellivg dal late been put in accusation by the Cour 14 ,, and are to be tried before the Court of As si .3 % 01'1 " The Duke de Richelieu attired the Sta nt Ph irn 11Ir a; 4,,5, ,t (I teos,. II) tilt Ve rt : !i't i Flit b„ th i , Po, the t)), ii ; ir i al,. n~F. ~~ ~ f~ ~r ,