The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-08-14 00:00:00

THE KING.

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['mum. or a ',treats wirrial
.. TAIMOUTII. AVOW 12.

• to One good and gracious Sovereign passed this
*arm yesterday evening at half-poet seven. The
yacht was towed by two steam vessels, at the
• tole of ten knot, an hoer. Several thousand people
wean down from oil pert. of the country to get a
view oft, all regretting that his Majesty
;ut pom nearer the land, trait they might have
testified their affection to hie royal person. The
riwal yuchtdttl not approach the shore nearer than
ce miles, and the velocity of the steam retools ea-
pialta her to outrun all the attendant rqoadron, who
wet. away maps astern. Same boot, wrest out, and
tome gvetiir.s to observe his Majesty looking re-
alptlifbly well, in cheerful converoinan, and welk-
in the deck, arm in arm, with Commodore Sir Co
Pjget. The steeples, and all the principal houses
amyl the *hove. displayed colour, of every descrip-
one whilst large groups of well-dressed females
4;st:copied every eminence, waving their handker-
chief, arid *hewing every mark of' respect, whilst
illsi bounty of Orphan* Thomas Mouby, Royal
Marv, enabled all the old radios in drink health,
Lappineos, sad a good cruise to his Majesty. " God
Lips she King!' was the shout of every voice.
"God sate 14 King!" was the feeling that glowed
in every British bosom. As long as day-light re.
,twined, the eyes of thousands followed the royal
f g with fervent wishes fur his safe arrival in
Scotland's capital.
a Whilst writing at 10 a.m. two of the attendant
frigate. ace ill ;Tilt at the back of the sands, nearly
ht voluted, mid it is the opinion of the well•inforin-
rsi Piling., that hie Majesty at this time must be in
mabt of Flesabta! Head ; there is a light air of
aliud from the southward, with the sea as smooth as
tlafTliumes at Key."
[EXTRACT OP aIIOTRER PRIVATX LETTER.)
ss Upwards of le,ooo people were on the Jetty
said beach. expecting the King would have run
through the Roads; however, as that was not the
cam, several Gentlemen, I may say hundreds. in
pleasure vessels, &e. run out at St. Nicholas Gatt,
pod sainted ins Majesty, who was glad to see them,
and look off his ars cap. At the rate the vessels

nose going, they. will be at Leith to-morrow even-
ing; the ►eat of the fleet is not expected to get
shale before Wednesday night or Thuradoy."

FUR LGN INTELLIGENCE.

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tAigui PAPSIM

P 411119, .11/411301 10.
Three officers of the Spanish gourds have &WC.
owk.ded in gaining admissiou into the French terri-
tory. One of them has arrived in Paris.
Op the 30th of last month the Committee of
Hemlth at Marseilles held au extraordinary meeting.
saitiseurd an official document, containing several
perestoronary regulations, for the purpose of se
• jog the coasts from the dangers with which they
mil he menaced from the iutruduction of the yel-
,),yee,fever.
4p Mae sittingof the 3d of this month, the Court
Veipe at Calmar continued to hear evidence.
kystimoity.of the/176th lances., the Sieur Groff.
hientenant to the it9th regiment of the line, gave
,rtsrs ao a long duscuonon. He is the person who
daaed the communicrtionsmade to him relative-
}iram.She t:onspiracy by the Sieur Gromette, one of
t cased.
4mongst the communications, were those stating
slot General Foy was to be Minister at War, that
the epitspiracy was about to break out at sever•l
• apd that there would be a provisioual go-
verprneot. Gromette had oleo spoken to the ',n-
ovo of General Lafayette. and of • General of
tits 4.-guard. liviyg iu the environs of Belfott.
The last accounts from Vienna announce that the
*WOW 4 the Emperor Alexander, relative to the
Juncerof tbet,.ttivsu,ia which the next Congress is
tn.he holden. has not yet arrived. It appears cer-
f#lllskrAis latnetirst Majesty will leave
eri:4:3o nes Olrevistlitlter the fete, forVi en no..
bee w
,;st appease. *intends nroceeding to

'THE BRIT' S I I PRES S.

LON DON,
WEDNESDAY, Auaurr 14, 1822.

The cause of Lord LP N DON °NARY'S death his
been investigated by a Coroner's Jury, and the re-
sult will be found in another part of our Paper.
The verdict was such as must have been anticipated,
and attributes the sad event to Ltutaey. The dr.
licacy which we were anxious to observe yesterday
upon this subject, and which, as we had been
assured was most earnestly desired by the family
and friends of the Noble Marquis, is now no longer
necessary, for it cannot be concealed that the
deceased had, " with desperate hind," effected his
own destruction. The reports which prevailed on
Monday to this effect were not generally believed,
for what was there in the circumstances of the
Noble Marquis which, according to ordinary cal-
culations, could have led him to so dreadful a
catastrophe ? But " we are fearfully and wonder-
fully made;" and who can fathom the depths of
the human understanding, or estimate the pressure
which it is capable of sustaining ? This is a matter
which admits of no reasoning, and it may shake
the firmness of any individual to learn the distress.-
ing fact, that the intellectual powers of this eminent
Statesman had sunk under the weight of an over-
whelming malady, and that in a paroxysm of mo-
mentary derangement he put an end to his exist-
ence, by cutting the carotid artery with a knife.
To the causes of this mental debility the public
attention will naturally be directed, as if the mala-
dies of the mind were susceptible of ouch minute
examination. We know not how far it may assist
this inquiry to refer to the fatigues of office; to
the multiplicity of matter which demanded the
earnest application of his Lordship's mind ; and
especially to the physical weariness that must have
resulted from the excessive exertion of the last
tiresome Session of Parliament. Investigate these
subjects as we tiny, the sad event must. mill baffle
every attempt at. nquiry ; the theories of science
can never reduce the human mind to the dull
level of material existence, or make it the sub-
ject of experiment or speculation. The me-
lancholy fact is. all that we are capable of
understanding, and the motives that led to it lie
as little within the sphere of oar contemplation, as
they are submitted by ETEMCAL WISDOM to the
frail judgment of mortality. The fact •offees to us
a serious lesson of humility. Flow it most check
tbe.pride that arrogates spiritual excellence to think
tkikt ascii mea as the Marquis of LOA ROlllnitalf,

Air SIiIIIIL Rodtar, and Mr. WIHTIMAD,
should have severally sought relief from mortal
existence by the awful twang of self-destruction !
The deaths oT these tfiree eminent Statesmen were
nearly similar, yet how few could compare with
either of them, while in the vigour of health, in
energy of mind or promptitude of action ! They
were not men who fortified a physical contempt of
death with a reckless indifference to a state of fu-
ture existence, or who ridiculed the solemn doc.
trines of religion, as if they were the dreams of iurs.
terested theorists. They were not released from
the claims of this world by the absence of those
whom nature has taught us to prize as the chief
blessings of our present existence, nor were
they steroid of those accidental circumstances of
wealth, honours, and power, which minds of an
elevated churacter might have contemplated as
essential for the enjoyment of life. Yet the intel-
lectual powers of these men have sunk beneath a
short or momentary illness. The paroxysm of a
fever, or the occasional delusion of the mind, has
over-mastered their'reason, and they have fallen
into the class of those persons whom the laws of
England regard with such peculiar, such harsh sus-
picion, as to require the intervention of a Jury be-
tween their families and the Crown, to ascertain
how far they shall be deemed criminal or unfor-
tunate.

The report of the Coroner's Inquest will be read
with deep and anxious interest. No doubt can be
entertained that the fatal deed occurred during the
total aberration of his Lordship's mind. An exceed-
ing degree of nervous irritability had been noticed
by his family and domestics some time previous to
the event, and it was thought necessary within the
last day or two to remove from the presence of
the uoble patient his pistols, and every other
obvious instrument which might have afforded to
him the means of destruction. The knife which even-
tually accomplished the purpose, was contained with-
in a pocket-book, and had unfortunately escaped
the observation of his attendants. He contrived
to send his servant from the chamber, by affecting
to require the attendance of Doctor BANKNZAD,
his physician, •nd took occasion of that moment to
use the knife for his own destruction. The servant
instantly reti:rned to the chamber, accompanied by
Doctor BANKEICAD, who received the Marquis in his
arms, but the wound was too severe to own the power
of science, and lie expired almost immediately. The
Marchioness—this is the most melancholy part of
the sad tale—the Marchioness was apprised of the
event, and instantly hurried to the scene of the ca-
lamity. She Bung herself upon the lifeless body
of her Lord, and called in vain upon him who had
been the fondest sud kindest of husbands. But
such grief is too sacred for observation. Their
union was marked by • peculiar felicity ; and
who can sufficiently imagine the hopeless waste,
the sickliness of heart that must follow this cruel
and har►h separation ? Her Ladyship is said to
have been ever since in a state almost of delirium.
She is attended with anxious care by her sister,
Lady SUFFIELD, who hail been on a visit at North
Cray since the prorogation of Parlisinent. Several
other ladies have sat op all night in attendance upon
her. During the Inquest her Ladyship remained
in a room called the Chins Room, contiguous to the
dieting-rootu, in which the Inquest was held.

We have received the Paris Papers up to Sun-
day. A French tquadrou has sailed from Toulon,
destined, according to rumour, for a cruise ou the
coast of Spaiu.

Frankfort Papers to the 7111, and Dutch to the
11th instant have arrived. The Members of the
Second Chamber of the States General at the
Hague ate returning to their respective homes, the
Session being nearly ended.

An account of the preparations made in Edin.
burgh fur the reception of his M A.llllllr, up to Ss.
turtlq evening, is given in another part of our
Paper.

On Monday evening the Lou CHANCELLOR
had r long consultation with the Earl of Livia-
POO L.

We stated yesterday, by mistakt,, that Lord
MARTRaRouGm wee gone to the Netherlands. lint
Lordship *was in London rcitrrtl.y, and had a con-
sultation with the Earl of Ltwesroot., at Liverpool
Honer, Whiteh■ll, as did the E. .r 1 of WESTMOR-
LAND, Mr. AEBUTHNOT, and the CHANCELLOR
of the EXcuisiusit, who came to town yesterday
morning Irum Blackheath, sod rammed in the
evening.

Mr. ARBUTHNOT arrived in town at four o'clock
yesterday morning from his seat near Kettering.
Conjecture is of course busied with Lord Low.
DoN DEISM'S successor. Mr. CANN ING's was the
tint twine which suggested itself, notwithstanding
the high and Ineratite situation to which he has
been lately appointed. But though political ani•
marines seldom hold out long against conve.
Marley, the feeling supported to be entertained to.
wards Mr. CANNING, in a certain quarter, and the
opinion. of each other, which the Lord CHANCEL.
14011 and himself have been ist so little pains to
conceal, seem to throw obstacles in the way of his
admission into.the Ca:pourt at this time. We have
heard. that Lord Ltviaroot, has named Sir Curls.
STUART, our Anibassoch,r in Paris. and that he is
likely to be the snecessor.—l Evening Paper.)
Yesterday was the Last Day of Drawing the
State Lottery, and the tioish.of•the Controct, when
N0..4,080, drawn a Prize of 30,0001. Consols,was
sold by fility 4, Conant!, and. 9,

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