The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-11-16 00:00:00

No. 6,850.

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THE BOURBON IiIINASTIP. - ""

The antiquity and illustrious descent of the Enoritan
Dynasty, are subjects on which the French fintiqintriet
have delighted to expatiate, sod they are still the prom;
boastof every Frenchman who has any regard for ere Set
tient order of things—certainly, in as far as Meet of the
present reicening families in Europe lire concerned. C-har hie
the Tenth is of a most ancient race, ye; oar readeri wit te
surprised to learn that Charles the Tenth of Fretted is re
I disc, relant, and that too of a junior branch, of the fenilly
of George the Fourth of England. This curios* prate of
history hat betty most fully investigated by Sir Alulld
fialifilay, in his forthcoming voluimeof the Aerial; of
llonee of Hanover.
The first race of the Kings of the Fri sills etalisd tl
Melovingsan, was, when nearly worn me, a initiated h.
the Mayor of the Palace, named P. p n of a on•
talesman of Lorraine. Charlci-lagoe, the ion Of Patin, p't
coupe Emperor of the %Vest, as well as.Kinn of ktaln:e ;
but his poatcrity do not make any great figure, either 22
Princes or men, and the only brat; h which contie;,e:! to
reign in Frsnc- for any length of time, w.s4 that is: itlt
sprung in the female line from the Guelphs of 'Altdorlli
Louis le Debonnaire, who succe deal' his father Charlo•
magne, naserietl for his second Emeirers, Judith, daughter
of Guelph, C elm ofAltelorff, in Bavaria, end ry her 64
Charles the Bald, whose posterity reigned in Frinae for.
150 years. When the Bavarian Princess leh her native
country. sir- W:eF accompanied into France by tv o brolifig
young men of talent and enterprise, olio soon roseicto Ore
sour a ith the Emperor, their brother-in-law, And reit
much employed by him in the govorsonent of provineei, or
is the command of armies. Conral, theillildef of 0:C113
tiuelphic Princes, las:sine Count or. Duke Of Paris,.thire
irg the reign of his nephew, Charles the Bald; while Ito-
dolph, the younger brother, became a monk, and raze to
thigh preferment iu the church. • .3
Conrail married Adelaide, the daughter of Louie le Dew
bonnaire, by his first Empress lrncingarde, and by her left
two eons, Conrad, who succeeded him as Count of Falls,
and ilugh, who, from succeeding his uncle in the church,
is styled the " Ahb t." Of the existence of these tier
Princes as the sons of Conrad, thure was never any doubt,
but from an error in transcribing, or Ignorance in trauslite
ing, all ancient chronicle, a doubt has been started as to the
existence of a third son of this Prince, upoeissiehich4nany
learned treatise has bet n written. Towards the end of the
ninth cemoey, the Romans in considerable "force made
their way up the S..ine, and laid siege to Paris; the city
was unit ilifficithy saved from their ravages, and among
the liertee ho particularly distinguislyd themselves in
defence of the capital, and who was slain by the Nor-
mans, historians have singled out •‘ Rtneet the Strong"
as the most celebrated warrior or the day: • By his raw
lour the city was saved, and the invader; eventually
driven from France. This Robert, surnained the Strong,
was the great grandfather of Flu Alt or Hugo Cepa, who
displaced the last of the sTscentiants of Charlemagne. In
9111 he was crowned King of France, and is the common
ancestor of the House. of Bourbon. But who, }skit the
antiquary, was Robert the Soong?' All ancient Chronicle,
brought forward by Sir Andrew Halliday, states; and that
in express terms, that he was the brother of Hugh, the
Abbot, consequently he must have been the son (whether
II legitimate or illegitimate is not certain) of Conrad, of
Guelph, the brother of the Empress Judith. Our grade
ous Sovereign is the legitimate lineal descendant of Mei°,
the elder brother'of the said Empress. • • .
The following is a table of the direct descent of the pre.
sent Sovereign of France, from. his great ancestor rho
Guelphic Prince, who, be it observed, was aLo tho fdundgy
of another race of Kings, the. Sovereigns of` rles or .82.6
gundy, when the male tine ended in the reign of e2onraij
the Seconds or Salic Emperor of Germany:— • .1

' Conrad of Altdorff Count of Paris.
1 Conrad the 2d ..:',`,...ilte of Burgundy-2 Hugh the Abbot...s
1 3 Robert the Strocip
Rod° pb, King of Burgundy,l3ET. 3 Robert,Duka of Fraree.Regent
. ill the 41.!toority of Chazirtath,
St;rple. t
4 Hugh, surnamed the Greet Cent of Poxit.
li Hugo Caller, Ki , g of France. 167.
8 Robert, surnamed the Holy King of France, t
7 Henry the Ist, King of France, 1033.
8 Philip the Ist, King of France, 1060.
9 Louis the rith, King of France, 11011.
10 Louis the 7th, King of France, 1137.
11 Philip the 2d, King of France, 1160.
12 Louis the Bib, King of France, ;223.
13 Louis the 9th, King of France, 1226.
14 Robert, Count of Clermont, died 1317.
15 Louis, Duke of Bourbon, died 1341.
16 Jacob Count de la Marche, died 1362.
17 Jobs, Count de la Marche, died 1303.
18 Louis, Count of Vendome, died 1446.
19 John, Count of Vendome, died 1477.
20 Francis, Count of Vendome, died 1496.
21 Charles, Vint Duke of Vendome, died 1537.
22 Anthony, Duke of Vendome and King of Navarre, 15r40,
23 Henry the 4th, King of Navarre, RAJ, King of France, lEt9e
24 Louis the 13th, King of France, 1610.
25 Lout. the 14th, King of France, !643.
26 Louis, Dauphin, died 1711.
27 Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Dauphin. 1711, died 1712.
28 Louis the 15th, King of France, 1715.
29 Louis, Dauphin, died 1765.
30 Charles the 10th, King of Franey, 1324.
N.B. The descent is regular front father to ton.

Ilovt:sTv.—Seven years ago, Mr. Whitehead, a draper,
in Worcester, was compelled by the sudden depression cf
property to compound with his creditors by paying theta
10s. in the pound. A relative having left him some pro-
perty, the fast use he has made of it is to pay every cre-
ditor the full amount of their original claim against hint,
and seven years' interest. A person has called upon all the
creditors in London (the total amount was thousands 9f
pounds) and paid them ; and we have heard thi.t the house
of Craig, Nicholls. and Co. flannell merchints of this
town, have received a remittance of .5171. which includes
pie clear balance of their d-bt, with seven year's interest
added. This exemplary and truly upright character is
member of the Society of Friends.—Are..eshiirs

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On Monday, greater part of the reasons in Edinburgh
struck work. in consequence of the master builders re-
ducing their waAce. It is usual foe the latter to make a
certain reduction at this season, on account of the short-
ness of the day ; and on Monday, bring the commencement
of the winter hours:, the masters simultaneously states, ass!
they were resolved to give only 13s. a-week. Thoeps-
ratives conceiving this reduction out of proportion to the
loss of time resulting from winter hours refused to work
ut the wages offered. In the course of the forenoon, they
held a meeting at the West-end of Coals' Crescent, where
a small committee was named, and a second meet:rig agreed
to be held at the head of Bruntafield Links. At three
o'clock, about 600 appeared at the spot appoir.ted—a cost
,of natural amphitheatre, near Viewforth House. Herr a
act of recolutions were proposed and agreed to—the cab-
' stance of which was. that they (the journeymen) would
not work fur less wl.ges than I7s. a-week ; that they cm,-
tittered the depriving them of the dinner hoer in winter u
a great hardship; and, therefore, would not work to any
ouster who should not allow the usual period of rest for
dinner in winter as. well as in summer. A rimy a nun
was collected for the purpose of defraying any incsdental
,harges. From the sum collected, it appeared that &bag
;:oo were present. It was then proposed and agreed to.
that a soc.ety should he formed, with a view to eve
attsistanste to such of their brethren as might its future here
occasion to strike from a similar cause. Before they -
perm!, it was intimated, as a general understanding, that
in escry case where masters complied with the proposed
wages and time, that the journeymen should instantly re-
commei:ce their usual labours. It is said that many of tie
master builders have resolved to suspend their building
operations for the present, in consequence of not being able
to come to an arrangement with the operative masons.—
Glasgow Paler.

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A gentleman shot a fine hen pheasant in a rani ut New
Ely( t, one of the most public streets in Dashain, on Wed-
nesday eveniug last !

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