The Sun. — London, England, 1817-11-28 00:00:00

LITERARY REVIEW. A SERMON, preached in the Parish church of Harrow on the Hill, au Sanday, November 9, 1817, on the sodden and lamented death of Her Royal Highness the Princess CoArt ' 1-arrs. By J. W. CuNNtsunr.vm, A. M. late r ellow of St. Jtshti's, Cambridge, Vicar of Harrow, and Domestic Chap lain to the Right Hon. Lord NOSTWOICK--HATCHARDI tadill ; SEELY, Fleet-street ; and Casta.t. and DAvt Strand. To the credit. of our Clergy the great majority of them, indeed there are very few instances to the cwittary, havecome forward on the recent melan choly occasion to pay a due tribute of respect to the departed ratNcEss, to show the fleeting na tore of all eartislyeujoyments, and to inculcate pious resignation to the Divine Dispensations.— We learn, from a , brief AddreSs to A. CAMPBELL, Yel., that this Sermon was published at .the ex peace of that Gentleman, and in contortnity to the tequest of the Author's friends. " Itegnest of friends" is a traditional excuse for the vanity of publication, but on the present occasion we are induced to thank the friends of the author, and • • the Crew Z.e man at whose : expence the Discourse eras pqbliSitt4, for. havint induced lam to extend his Otitis . exhortations beyond (he limits of his own Congregation. The Sermon is divided under . five general heads, vie.. the .vatticy of all buttou tiiiisgs, the emptiness and warthlessitess of all homatudistinctions, the inaccuracy of all hutuatt calculations, the vanity of all human hopes, and, lastly, the transcendant value of real Religion. • All these topics the Intkur has treated succinctly but ensphatically. Its the ptogress of his Discourse be has illustrated the character, and bestowed due praise on the virtues, of the departed PRINCESS. AA, bOwever, notwithstanding all our sorrow, the business of life must go on, we shall select the fao wing passage, ask relates to the excellent Mo rasrefs who was the great prop of our national faith, and whose principles, wishes, and inten tions, it is tlic more necessary for us to observe, because he is unhappily no longer capable of en forcing them by Isis example. Under the head of The Vanity of .all human hopes, the Preacher says— " Perhaps there are few instances in which the hopes of a nation have received a strougur iut pulse, and a more decided direction, from the birth and progress of an individual, than from those of the illustrious personage to whom our attention is now so solemnly called. These hopes have arisen trout a variety of causes. I shall name out a few. " They arose, in the first place, out of the character and ioLluence of the present ltrigu. Of . our reveted Sovereign it is our ,zuelanchoty privi lege to speak, .even while 'living, in terms of 'the signing to v.iti his personal regard, or to promote our individual interests. Under - these circum stances, then, I may be permitted to say of our afflicted Sovereign, that prObably no nation ever owed more to the personal virtues of a Monarch, than we owe to those of the Monarch on the Throne. Very. few Sovereigns have more assidu ously thrown the spleudnur of the Throne around the institutions of Religion —pr made Religion more a personal concert-I.—or publicly cherished its interests—or fed the flame of it in , the breasts of his subjects by daily example. Perhaps he was one of the few Ala:lambs of his time who never missed family devotious. And 'the influence of this example, I may venture to add, has been such, under the blessing of Divine L'tovidence, as we had a tight to anticipate. Perhaps no reign, in the annals of our history, has beeti marked by a more rapid progress in piety and morals. Be - neeolent and religious institutions have multiplied with incredible rapidity. As many_ Bibles and Prayer-hooks are now distributed in this kingdom is a single.year, as were before distributed in ten times that period.--Nor are our exertions con fitted to these realms. The na ti ona l p i ety an d benevoleoce Nave, as it were, spurned the na tional confines, and, overleaping seas and noun . tilt's, have made all nations participators in our spiritual and temporal blessings. Our own coon . trytnen are rapidly planting the Gospel in every spot.in which there is a sufferer to be comforted, or a sinner us be saved. Am I, then, inacc ura t e in s a yin g , t h at the present Reign had cherished in its a hope that every member of this Illustrious Family would perpetuate and extend our blessings —had taught us to expect much from our &we ' reigos—luul led us to consider the highest spot in , aar Common wealflt as that from which, utukr God, s6itie of 'best earthly gifts were to flow down upon us—had disposed us to consider the splen -0,,,ir of the Throne, not as an empty meteor, but as a steady lutoiaary,_lighted in heaven, and stied ' thug a salutary beaus over the dark places, di 9ur country—(tact taught us that the highest indivi-s dual in the country was not unlikely' to be the best i" As such have been the blessings resulting from , the reign of our genet able Monarch, we confi t:eutly trust that the Illustrious Personage who ".'‘ acts io ths name and on the behalf . of MA• J ZSTY," will Steictly adhere to the religious prin ciiles of that pious Monarch, in guarding the ,CIIII.ECA trout all the attempts of Po rtay to sap its fouildatiou, and effect its downfall, a purpose which it would assuredly endeavour to accosuplisit, if ever it should be admitted to a virticipation - lo political potver. We are unwilling t, with the awful subjects of the present Discourse, but our CONSTITUTION in ( rstrecks ::roc! STA re readers us the A.lsoiratiou aud r y into !mind by cold-blooded candour and a spe cious liberality. THEATRICAL REGISTER. • - Perforated Last Night. THEATRE ROYAL, Drainy-LAm—The Duenna : Don Carlo., Mr. T. Cooke; Clara, Nliss Byrne. After which, TlieFalls of Ciic.. THEATKV. Roy COVET-GaftnEN.—She Stoops to Con quer : Young Marlow,- Mr. C. Kruthle ; 11,ss Hardcastic, Mist -14cuotoo. After which, The Russian Festival. To which was added, The Youthful Day; of Frederick the Great. *V For PRovINCIAL .10111iNALS, see the First Page MAILS. AttaivED-1 Lisbon, 1 Guernsey and Jersey, DUE--I Got teniourr,b, Fluitand, 3 Hamburg-li, 1 ' , hinders, I Dublin, 1 IVatcrfurd. PRICE 0 STOCKS THIS HAY AT r per Cent. Red....... :82M per Cent. Cons ll4i 4 per Cents 5 per Ct. Navy Ann.loBl 109 Batik L. Ann. 20 13-16 ans 21 'W ELVE O'CLoCX. imparial 3 per Cent. Ann. 811 India Bonds ....975. 995. pr. Exch. pr. Cons. for Account HIGH WATER AT LONDON [MIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 28 atitaates after .5. I Evening, 53 minutes after 5. THE SUN. tor-Em quzs DICERE TALsum AuDAT LONDON, FRIIMY, NOVELVDER 28. 1817. The Paris ,Papers of Tuesday last, which were due this morning, have not come to hand. Some Atnerican Papers arrived this morning, but not of so late a date as those received before. A Boston Paper of the 27th Oct, says, there are about 30 sad of vessels now fitting out at Salem for foreign ports, of which nutuber 10 ships and five brigs are destined to ports beyond the Cape of Good Hope. Letters received from St. Thomas's this morn ing state, that the ship Two Friends, which bad been so long in the River with Officers and ammu nition on board, had arrived at St. Thomas's, and taken in a fresh supply of water and provisions, and sailed again to join Admiral BatoN at Au. gustura. THE FUNDS.--•The Stocks have not been quite so brisk to-day as yesterday. Consols commen ced this morning at 8H for the Account, and but little doing even at that price. The Commis sioners were served at 821 for money. The following Stocks Shut and Open, viz. :-.••• Consols Shut December 5..%, January *e: o per gents, December 3. .. India Stuck, December 4 ...January 22. The tribute paid to the memory of the PRIN CESS CHARLOTTE by the Court of COMMON COUN cu. (see Advertisement in oar first page), while they adhere to their usual custo,o of forbearing' to present addresses of condolence on the death of Members of the Royal Family, is highly credit able to their character. At the same time, how ever, it may be obserVed, that on an occasion of so very extraordinary a calamity as that of the loss of a Princess, possessed of every human vir tue, who was so immediately near to the Throne,. .and whose untimely death has -stopped tlie di rect line of succession, such a loss might be urged as a ground of departure froth the cold formality of custom. However, we, repeat our commendation of the GorosoN COtTscit, for hav ing so far deviated from the chillness of precedent, as to pay this well-merited homage to the departed PONCESS. Nor will we withhold our praise from the COMMON" COUNCIL for passing a Resolution of Thanks to the late Loan Havort ; for though we essentially differ from him in political prin ciples and views, we are ready to' give him due praise for not. suffering politics to mingle' with his conduct as Chief Magistrate of the City, in which he conducted him self iu a manner that well entitles him to the ap probation of his "fellow-citizen's. We are not such thick and thin" advocates for Govern ment as to refuse well-earned praise to a Public Character because our political opinions happen to be of an opposite description. If we had not so often witnessed the perverse temper of The Morning Chronicle, we should he surprised that it has resumed the subject of the continuance of the Command of the Army in the hands of the Duke of YonK, on account of the lamented death of the Princess CHARLOTTE, and its comparison of the case, when the application of the Prince of WALES, for a military appointment, to enable hint to take an active part in ti.e defence o f th e country, was refused. It has been clearly proved in this, and other Papers, that the two cases arc not parallel. Th e Prince of ‘Vaccs is the Heir Apparent to the Crown, and it would be impolitic indeed t o let him put his life to lt-azArd, • a :it.) i;ittelt depends on it. The Duke of to act on this point, because, as we have sheurn, !he cases are not the same. modestly declares, that " in reviving this ques lion there is nothing personal to the Comnaander , in-Chief." To whom then is it personal, or for what purpose is it revived ?—The Chronicle itself admits that-.- • But The Chronicle " All parties concur in the approbation of his Royal High ness's conduct in this high 'office, 'and cheerfully acknow ledge, that to him and to his impartiality, vigilance and exer tion, we are indebted in a high degree for the admirable equipment, discipline, and condition of the British Army." For what reason then is this question, as The Chro niele.calls its own absurd complaint, brought into notice ) Bnt it is a tame panegyric on the Duke Of YORK to say, that we are in '• a high degree" indebted to his Royal Highness for the admirable condition of the Army, as it is perhaps impossible to render that condition, in all respects, more complete, and yet, upon a pretended apprehension of danger to the Constitution, The Chronicle would have the Duke deprived , of that otEce which he has discharged in such a manner, that " all parties concur in approbation of his conduct." But, as might be expected, the cloven foot of Jacobinism at length appears, for The Chronicle observes, that " if precedent is to be attended to, we ought to have no Commander-in-Chief at all." That is,. by the removal of a Commander-in-Chief who has brought the Army into a state of military perfec lion, that it may be suffered to fall into decay, and be exposed to all the temptations of seditious Re- formers, who would endeavour to render it in strumental in overthrowing the Government of the Country, and overwhelming us with the horrors of Revolution and _anarchy. Such is the obvious iniport of that extraordinary regard for the Constitution professed by a Journal tha patliated the guilt of Traitors, endeavoured u render them objects of public compassion, prevent them from suffering the justice of the Lim, and sighed over their graves ! ! ! The Company's ships General hyd and Atlas arrived at Madras the 24th June, the Marquis of Wellington and Minerva the 29th June, and the Princess Charlotte of 'Wales, Streatham, and Rose on the Bth .luly. The Bombay, Charle4 Grant, and Inglis sailed from Bombay for China the 12th, the Marquis Camden the 13th July. The Lowther Castle and Vansittart were expected to follow on the 27th July. CoRN-ExCIANGJ, Nov. 28.—We have bad but few fresh Arrivals since Monday, and buyers ap pear to be waiting for supplies, consequently Fine .Wheat sold at Monday's prices ; Fine Barley and Oats are full as dear.; in Pease and Beans there is no alteration. THE PRINCE REGENT'S' CouaT.—Summonses were issued for the PRINCE REGENT holding a Court yesterday at five o'clock, at the Pavilion at Brighton.. The' Cabinet Ministers,whowent to attend it yesterday morning ' about ten, ,were the Lord President of the Council, -ibe Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Secre tary of State for the Home Department, the Se cretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and the Se cretary of State for-the Colonel Department. Vis count Chetwynd went to attend as Clerk of the Council which was to be held. ROYAL Torda.—lt is understood that a Monu ment is about, to be Arected in-Westiniuster Ab bey to the Meinoty of ; the late Princess CHAR LOTTII of WA,Las. THE PRINCE LEOPOLD.-At Windsor, Prince LEOPOLD, when he first entered the room (where in all that his heart held dear was deposited), took off the coronet and cushion, ,and gazed with mute and fixed ['mention, his eyes streaming with tears. His Highness afterwards removed the pall 5 and alter reading the inscription, threw himself upon Ow coffin, which he embraced with frantic ardour. THE DUCHESS OF YORK.—The Duchess of YORK was so much afflicted when she paid her first visit of condolence at Claremont, as to be un able to enter the presence of Prince LEOPOLD. Her Highness was seized with an hysteric fit, which was so alarming that it became necessary to remove her out of the house. LORD HOLLAND.—The Noble Lord returned to Holland House, Kensington, yesterday from Paris, in a very indifferent state of health. • On board the vessel in crossing the channel, his Lordship was very sick, which brought on a gouty spasm in hn stomach. This was the second at tack of the souse description. The first vvas in Paris. tnnate demise . of a beloved Princess., is still not the Heir Apparent, and therefore the same ob jection which applied to the Prince of WALES does not apply sto the Heir Presumptive . . It seems almost a wilful blindness to attempt to confound the two .cases. Yet The Chronicle obstinately perseveres in its silly endeavours to prove that they are identical. But The - Chronicle says, that " as the Ministers now in place'ave, in fact, the same as those who advised his -Majesty in the former instance, we should be glad to see how they would act on the present ()Cession." What The Chronicle calls the present occasion is no occasion at all. The Ministers are not called upon is! , TO JESSE Four, ESQ. Sts,—Your able and scientific Letter, appeared in THE SUN of the 13th inst. alter that most calamitous and singular f' took place at Claremont, which has pira lised d, ,great and . feeling Nation, has been read O li o , most inquisitive feelings and atteution• Public could not but read with eagerness you r j eo , cious rettrailts on this appalling disaster, cool° 41 surate with the. magnitude and importance ft 's event so-universally deplored. 5' A large circle of friends around the person . takes the liberty thus to obtrude, Sir, oil f r , time, hare been taught to hope that the may soon look for 'some more copious rrol l ' ) from your able pen, and excellent beat t, 001 sad occurrence. May I then, Sir, as the off f of that circle (though under an assumed cure) implore you to lose no time in the pub ij oi • tion of your Pamphlet, whi c h must be redo all ranks who pity misfortune, or who feel f e is nation's woes, and wh o consegnent l y l oo k extreme anxiety for a further developement d e o, cumstances connected with this great calO i r t i which has plunged a .nation into universal( ' and sympathy. I hive the honour to be, with great respd' Sir, your most ob e di ent h um bl e ser° 0 0 ' London, Nov. 26, 1817. HER MAJESTY, &c. BATH, Wednesday Night.—This morning, it early hour of nine o'clock, the QUEEN, the r ill .; cess ELIZABETH, and the Duke of CLARENCO, I° , the Queen's house, in one of her Majesty's l vate carriages, and proceeded to the Great room. They were attended by 'the Couple' of Ilchester and Melville. General Sir H. CaOr bell, Col: Taylor and Col. Desborough. Her Majesty alighted at the Colonadc, 13' d 14 walked through the Abbey. Church-y a rd to I - c room, where she was received by Dr. Gibbes, be Majesty's resident Physician, Mr. Tudor, Surge (l ' and Captain Wyke and Captain M a r s h a ll, 1114 Masters of the Ceremonies. The latter Gen''`- man having been recently elected M. C. or ll o 6 , Kingston Rooms, h a d th e h onour o f b e i ng lni? 1,0 duced to her Majesty, by his Royal Highness Duke of Claren ce , wh ere h e rece i ve d her Aitli'ef ty's congratulations upon that account . I° f Royal Highness the Princess Elizabeth also cif 4 gr,atulated Mr. Marshall on his success, in 1 0 most affable manner. Captain Wyke had b e( f introduced to her Majesty by his Royal liightle s ( the Doke of Clarence, during the former part htr,visit. or, Her Majesty recommences{drinking the wa s and the Duke of Clare nce a l so took -- a gla ss , t t the Princess Elizabeth declined taking atiy . • at i present. The Roy a l P art y p romenaded the some time, and her M a j est y was p l ease d to ot"e a donation of te n p oun d s to t h e M us i c of tifiej Pump-room, in addition to fifty pounds preset'' to the Renter of it, on her twiner visit ; and I trt Majesty and the Princess Elizabeth sent, besitl'; to the Kingston R ooms , su b scr i pt i ons of pounds and ten pounds. At one o'clock her Majesty, the Princess Elie ; bell], and the Duke of Cl arence , accompanied b: the Countess of Ilchester, took an airing in a ba rotn4je anti four: They proceeded along Great 1 1 ''' teney-street, Laura-place, Argyle -street, Nor gate, Cheap -street, and over the Old Bride; along the Bristol-road, and notwithstanding t b i gloominess of the weather, th e r id e was extede_i( to within four "miles of th at Ci t y, an d the Ror Party did not return till nearly four o'clock. I On Monday a Meeti ng o f t h e C orporat i on 03 e held, at which a dd resses o f con d o l ence to Queen, the Prince Regent, and' Prince Leppol" on the latnetded death of the Princess Charlott e ' were unanimously agreed to, and on her Majestf return from her ride, the Sheriffs %ete introduce, v to her, whet) they presented an Address, of wlti the following is a copy, and which was most e . ciously received TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJES,TI' " We, his Majesty's most loyal and most dui' ful Subjects, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Comm° Council of the City of Bath, again approach yoci c Majesty, but with feelings of acute sympathy, (d the mournful event which has involved the whol s , nation in the deepest affliction. Cheered by ye Royal presence, we, as well as all the inhabitatlf s of this City, hailed your arrival as an event of tl' ° most auspicious character, and we gloried in el gracious manner in which your Majesty receive' our heartfelt and united congratulations. A mid scenes so animating, and with hearts so elate, sle were peculiarly susceptible of any calamity whit might infringe upon your Majesty's happiness' or of any event whi c h m i g h t ha‘e a sorrowf u l . fluence on your Majesty's heart we, thereforg' now approach you with unfeigned expressions ( 4 the sincerest condolence ; and assure you, tW C the late appalling intelligence was no where more grievously afflicting than amongst those of his Ms; jest y's Subjects who had so recently been honourel by the gracious condescension of his amiable all august Consort." On Wednesday a Cabinet Council WAS held O r ; the Foreign Office, which met at ta•o o'clock, au ( ' continued in deliberation till after half -past font' It was attended by all the Cabinet Ministers ex" cept Earl M ULGR AVE; This was the third dad: successive Cabinet Council, in addition to dr one held last Friday. After the h;eaking up 0 ; the Council on Wednesday, the Ministers dine' with Earl BATHurtsT,'.at Putney. • Tuusday night an Officer arrived at the Offie r • of the Colonial Dupartinent, iu Downing-street' with dispatches from Quebec< -I