The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-10-20 00:00:00

ADDRESS of the PROTESTANT UNION to ht:
RGYAL HIGHNESS the DUKE oj FORE.

The Address was presented to his Royal Highway, at
Andley House, on Friday last, by a Deputation, consist-
ng of the following Members, eta, :—The Rcv. W. L.
Faticourt, D. D. ; We. W. Mane, A.M.; Rev, J. S. Set_
grove. LL.B.; Thomas Saunders, Esq.; Thomas
ley, Esq.; aid F. W. Carter, Esq. and Mr. J. Et des,
S,..cretart 7s.
According to a previous appointment mule by Sir Her-
bert Taylor, with the Secretarits of the Union, the above.
Named Deputatiou waited on his ltoyal Highness, who
ceived them with the most gracious and condescending
affability. After the first introduction, the Secretaries ad-
vanced, bearing the open Aeldress ; attd having made their
obeisance, Mr. Eedts, as one of the Secretaties, intro-
duced the reading of that document, by addressing his
Royal Highness in the following words:—
Mayy it please your Royal Highness,
The Protestants of the United Kingdom are no deeply indebted
o your Royal Highness, as the illustrious Itefender of their hest
rights, privileges, anti ihov.unities, both civil and weleviasiical,
hat if there can be one method of expressirg their Ileblilllefits
more sineetely, compliinfo tary, or more respectinl. than another,
it becomes their bounden s' uty, as well as their delight, to adopt
that method.
Actuated by this feeling, the Members of the Protestant Union
have had the heartfelt gratification of unanimously voting the Ail.
dress sMO we hold in our hands, and which, by the gracious roe.
descension of your R.vy al Highness, I em now permitted to Mae
the honour of reading 13 your Royal Highness's presence.
The Address was then read as follows:
TO lIIS lOYAL HMI! NESS TUE DUKE Of YOkE AND ALDAN T,
COM 1111 IDISR IN curre, &c. &c &C.
Sm.—We, the um tersigned Members of the Protestant Union,
here leave respectfully to approach your Royal Highness with sen.
dissent; corresponding: with the language in which we hese the ho.
nour to address you..
God, r the *owlet, ',us and purely Protestant sway of the illus.
trions House of B-u nawirk, our hi,thly.fartiored country has sue.
mounted the assault of foreign and domestic weenies. has sustained
the falling thrones of Europe; a d, amidst the dire events that
have agitated her et mvulsed continent, the Rriiisit, Enspire. (tong
as the Beicon of th e Universe, has arained to a pitch of prosperity
and renown unpait aided In the history of nations.
For these hive rtant benethe, we reel ourselves imperiously
cal :al upon to offs r our first and most grateful suktiowleolgenterti
to the Supreme D sposer of 01l events; who, io sovereign *Wont,
directs iht etskarae of nations in the tlevelopi trent of h 6 inscratahla
designs in providence, and sho has been pleased net only hi favour
Great Brisein will the establishment of Internal peace, and cis.l
and reel, Plastic I liberty, fut also to crown her efforts for the 'is.
semination of re ligious truth, and for the consolidation of those
moral and politt.cal principles which are superetninently calculated
to civilise and t less mankind.
While thus we offer oor humble tribute to the Great First
Cause of all go ,xl, we are not, Sir,—we cannot be, insensible of our
obligations to the honoured iostruments by whom these benigtent
purposes Itao • been t &ord. Your sties? ancestor; the No.
narchs of the,,,resent British dynasty, have invariably proved them.
selves the ur compromising goartlia:.‘ of the civil and religious
rights, and c ,insequently of the best Interests, of tilt ir Initbful pro.
pie. hits pro sent Miiji si yis the worthy successor, not uol.) ut ti.,
' throne, bu tiro of the principles uf his progenitme. Long may
he reign, to receive the licari.emanating plaudits of hi. admiring
and affectint Ate subjects, and to witness, with unmixed gratifies.
Ow. the so ccessful efforts of his Royal Brother, the next Naval
of the blood., to protect and perpetuate those bulwarks of our Pro.
testant Coo seltution, to which, under Providence. we are indebted
I for the general prosperity of our country, and the secure and try..
quil erjorment of our invaluable privileges and immunities as to.
dirtiluals !

Iv Om attainment of this nationally exalted position, your
Royal li'ightlests has held a most prominent station. ()oat a was
the I/TOW as of British arms in former days, it has Leen ex VILA
by the et turophatit achievements of modern times; and we cannot
but renumber that the unparalleled victorleo, which consolidated
the hone tir or the British name and restored peace to the world,
were atiluired by an army under the supteme administration of
your Itoyal Highness, whose name must therethre be coLnected
with Ills: glory of your country in the records of the future his.
titriam as it is alio entitled to the unfeigned gratulationa of every
honest l lei; on —of every patriotic cotemporary.
But, Sir, the external relations of an empire, however prosper.
ous, would be insufficient to the maintenance of its security, %mien
arennie anied by a s:riet adherence to the wise and salutary laws by
which its internal economy is regulated. Here, then, we at once
rec.,attl sea recent /let, in your legislative capacity as a Peer of shit
Reabn, which must endear the name of your Hord Highness to
every real (rend to his country, and to those liberal onabliahments
and it I titutions under which her growing prosperity has beta fos-
tered mid matured. When artful foes, sided by well-meaning but
mistakt !I friends, assailed the bulwarks of our excellent Protntant
Conetivation, amt insidinualy aimed at the re-intmduction of that
system of civil and eeclesiasiiral tyranny under which our sines
happy e gentry an severely suffered in former nines Tour Royal
ilighmtoe, inheriting the genuine townie& of native Patriotism, and
tic:ttted by the spirit which animated the leaders of our glorious
Revcilot inn, boldly stepped forward to head the efforts of those
Noble mend lion. StetesMen, whose strenuous exertions in behalfvf
the boo interests of the nation, bud, in spite of contrary apprehen_
sirens, el:cited an intense interest, and an ardent hope in the breast.
of British millions. 'l'he truly constionlunal sentiments of your
Royal II ighneas—the just and conscientious appreciation of the
solemn -impact subsisting between the King and his faithful people
—and lit ti judicious and well.timed nterference, in the Speech de-
livered by your Royal flighne” on that critical and memorable
occasion, exact the vulunteiy tribute of utlualified Approbation
and grmcful thanks. These we most respectfully tender to your
Royal ilighness. for the essential benefits thus conferred on our,
advert, our families, and the United Kingdom in general.
By eh's. well-timed interposition, and its hsppy resnlte, a rational
degradatit m has been averted—the hopes and expectations of the
loyal, the liberal, and the peaceable, have been serengihetiedallt
enconragoi, and our beloved Sovereign has been relieved hoot direl
liability to an invidious responsion under which lie aught never to
be placed, hut which we feel assured would have been given. ha.
circunistaretis rendered it necessary, in the tailcoat accordance with
his Royal engagements on acceding to the crown of these realms.
Ynter Royal flightier., may possibly meet the puerile censures of •
few misguided and nri.infornied individuals ; or may be subjected
to the hid, cornets ravings of the slid fewer faction, enemies of our
constitutional establishments, "mf whom to be dispraised is no
small praise." But your Royal Highness will stand unmoved on.
tier these ebullitions of disappointed malignancy ; and twarbumble,
but sincere plaudits will re-echo the voice of conscious ounisfaction
in your own bosom, and reverberate throubli 'tic imniewe majority
of the British dominions
Long may your Royal Highness live in the enjoyment of health,
to aid the proton. its of the country, and to witness her protressire
advance in all the arts and inetitutioris that can adds:shill y, Le.
tour and dignity, to the British name.
''our Royal Highness',
Most dutiful, grateful, and obedient 'swarms.
(Signed by Upwards of billy Clerical and Lay Members of the
Union.)
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The Address, which was printed in gold letters on vel-
lum, ornamented with a rich border, and emblazoned with
the arms of the Royal I)uke, was then delivered into the
hands of his Royal Highness, who immediately returned
the following answer :
Gentlemen.—ln receiving the Address presented to me by pa,
on the part of the Prowstam Union, beg to express to yi u ho•
much 1 am gratified by the sentiments of loyal and zealous :inset-
ment snd devotion to hi, Majesty which it breathes, as wtl! as He:-
tined by the assurance, conveyed in terms so friendly, of the ,teprr.
baron which my endeavour, to discharge my various duties, dur-
ing a long course of public life, have been so fortunate as to ears-
rience front the Alembe a of the Protestant Union, more panted-
laxly with reft 7:nce to the important question upon which I was in.
ductvl to declare my se itiments in the House of Lords.
'1 he 3lembera of the Protestant Union cannot appreciate ewes
rongly than I do the blessing, of a free Constitution, which se.
cures to his blsjeat)'6 subject, in general, the possession of tit
and religious rights, and the tranquil enjoyment of invaluable
nlegea and immunities as Individuals' nor cat, they feel mere
minimal than I do for the (amanitasi peace and prosperity of a coun-
try, which has so well merited the protection and support of Pm.
videmee.. by the syirit and steady perseverance with which hiss
tua.ntaincd its independence during the late arduous unrest.

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There ip a custom in Jersey witich occurs fortunately
but once in thirty years, but whin it does come it is ab—
solute, anti from it there is no appeal. Certain officers,
who have the care of preserving the houndaric. of land,
ride round the island, anti wherever they observe an en-
croachment, they touch it with a javelin, Mtn} down the
tree or building. 10051 come. But on the 'aide day there is
a Saturnalia ; servants and mast( rs are on a ivied equa-
lity, and every man, down to the very chimney-sweep, has
a right to salute any woman he finds in the erects or roads.
This year, which is the 30. h, the English ladies were so
shocked at the conteirphiticti of such freedom, that they
all lcchttl themselves closily burticadoed un thiir
spelt-
in.•nte, tut the natives went abroad as itsual.
A few evetiiiegs since some mischievous person broke • ne
of the gas lamps on the Harrow-road, by tiring a tomtid
pistol at it. Two men passing at the time, each iteens,..l
the other of beitig the perpetrator ; while, without
time on either side for explanation, Loth resentid the im-
putation so warmly, that blows itnn.ediately eniuttl, and
was not 01 they had for ten minutes, at least, pummelled
each other unmercifully, that they discovered tittle ini—
take, while the real offender escaped in the ti me lug wltiils
prevailed at the time.

The Tirket No. iota drawn on Tues,lay a Piize of
20,0301., No. WIT, a Prise of 345/.. and N ti 954. Prize
of 2171. ware soh! by Swift and Co. of No. 11, P:.l!tr;,
19, Charkg-mls, atd SI, AlAgate nigh-street.