The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-09-01 00:00:00

KINC-CliA RMi NG.

" The Irish," sly, the Dumfries Courier, in
their present state of over-excitation, bear a strong
resemblance to the English at the termination of
the Commonwealth; said the reade► who is not fa-
miliar with that period of -our history, wall hardly
believe that the following sentences were penned
nearly two hundred years ago :
This was owe of those popular torrents where the most
indifferent, or esen the most ■verse, are transported with the
g I passion, and adopt the sentiments of the community
to which they belong. The prospect of peace, concord,
liberty, justice, broke forth at once from amidst the darkness
in which the nation had lung been involved. The view of
past calamities no longer presented dismal prognostics of
the future: it tended only to enhauce the getters' exultation
fur those *MIPS of happiness and tranquillity which all men
coufidently promised themselves. The Calhoires, the Pro-
&striate, forgetting all animosities, mingled is tulllllloll
joy and transport, and vowed never more to gratify the
ambition of angry leaders by their calamitous divisions.
The populace, more outrageous its their festivity, made the
air resound with acclamations, and illuminated every street
with signals of jollity and triumph. The rapidity with
which all these events were conducted was marvellous, and
discovered the passionate zeal and entire unanimity of the
nation. Such au impatience appeared, and such an emula-
tion in Lords and Commons and City, who should make the
most lively expressions of their joy and skity, that, as the
noble historian expresses it, • man could not bet wonder
where those people dwelt who had dune all the mischief, sod
kept the King so many years from enjoying the comfort and
support of such excellent subjects. The King himself said
that it surely must have been his own fault that he had sot
simmer t diet, possession of his (Irish) throne; since he
found every body au zealous in promoting his happy ac-
cession."

FUNERAL OF HEk LATE MAJESTY.
STADE, AUGUST 21.
The inhabitants for many miles round this town
left their houses, and came here to witness the ar-
rival of the Queen's remains yesterday, and stayed
to see the procession set out to-dry for Brunswick.
The sight, which was truly affecting, made a deep
impression on the spectators : I have seldom had
an opportunity of observing such heartfelt sympathy
as the people universally manifested. Each pe►son
seemed to feel for the Queen as if her. Majesty had
been a um and dear relative, mixed with a sort of
•we, inspired by the exalted rook of this unfortisuate
Princess.

Dr. and Mrs. Lushington were the only persons
of consequence who attended the royal corpse yes-
terday on its passage up the canal, and lauding
here. Lord and Lady Hood, and Lady Ann
Hamilton, &c. &e. who left the ships at Cuxhaven,
fur the purpose of coming hither over land, were
not iu time to join the impaling-. ceremony. At
four o'clock this afternoon, as you are already
aware, the procession began to move forward. All
the horses in this part of the country are put in re-
quisition, upwards of seventy being necessary for
the hearse, carriages, and vehicles, of one descrip-
tion or another, which 'unite up the cavalcade. To
an Englishman, the appearance of the procession,
as it left this place, was, in the extreme, grotesque.
A great part of it was made up of German wag-
gons, into which several of the attendants and other
persons were stowed. These waggons are the na-
tional vehicles here, and almost the only machine
used by all classes of people for travelling.
At Cuxhaven, Lord end Lady Hood, Lady
Ann Hamilton, and the rest of their party, were
obliged to put up with a carriage of this descrip-
tion ; that is, an open waggon; drawn by four
draggle-footed horses. In this way they travelled
eight German, or about forty-six English miles
a distance which the waggon performed in some-
thing more than 12 hours. The procession is ex-
pected to re4cll Brunswick early on Saturday, and
it is supposed that the interment of the Royal
Corpse will not be postponed beyond that day.
The following is the route fixed upon for the fu-
neral cavalcade, and preparations have been made
at the places mentioned below for the proper re-
ception of the Royal Remaios. On Tuesday (this
day, when it left Stade) it will proceed to
German Miler.*
Buttchule
IVedoestlay, to Welk
Ther.day, to Celle 8
Friday, to BargsdotE.
&flunky, to Brunswick
* A German mile is about Englid, awe..
Mr. Alderman Wood arrived here at the Clear-
ing-house, at a late hour thi, evening. He pro-
ceeded immediately to Hamburgh. Several gen-
tlemeu from England are obliged to remain at
Stade. They are unable, for live or mousey, to
procure horses to follow the procession, till those
that were sent with it have returned.
PRESIENTATION OP A PIECE OP PLATE TO
11. J. Lirmsrow. ESQ.

On Thursday last a numerous and moor re.pecto-
ble hotly of the coal and iromnasters of this tows, and
neighbourhood met at Ate Lion Ism, in this place,
to present their wOrthy and respected county re-
presentative, Erlersard John Littleton, Esq. with a
piece of plate, as a taken of their approbation of
his gentri al conduct in Parliament, and more purlieu-
lar‘y of his indefatigable exertions in protecting this
sown and its extensive interest its the coal and iron
trades, from a proposed tax on inland coal ; a mea-
sure which, if carried into effect, would nioet proba-
bly have ruined the important manufictining in-
terests of Wolverhampton, Walsall, Stou.bridge,
Dudley, Westbromwich, Billiton. and Wednes-
bury, with their surrounding connexions. and have
involved in its consequences millions of property.
The piece of plate was got up for the occasion
by Messrs. Makepeace and Co. Serle-street, Lin-
coln's Inn, London, and reflects the highest credit
on the skill and taste of its manufacturers. It is •
plateau, nine fret long and two broad. Its value
is estimated at 5001., and on the centre part is en-
graced the following inscription, and the anus of
Mr. Littleton :
" Presented by the Coal and Iron-Masters of the South-
Western District of the County of Stafford, to Eduard
Juba Littleton, Esq., is testimony of their unfeigned re-
spect, esteem, and gratitude, for his judicious, zealous, sad
indefatigable exertions in fru s ng an attempt to imposes
Tax upon Inland Coal—Amur Domini 1821."

About four o'clock Mr. Littleton arrived, and
was usl.ered into a large room, where the 'date wits
placed for the purpose of 'greenling, and where the
Committee appointed for the occasion were waiting,
when Thomas Price, Eeq. after a suitable address,
presented the same. Mr. Littleton returned thanks
in a neat and appropriate speech. The cowpony
then sat down to an elegant dinner, and the eve.t-
inte concluded wish harmony and good humour.—
( Wolverhampton Chronicle.)