The National Register.
London, England, 1818-01-05 00:00:00

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

LONDON:

MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1818.

For some days past the Funds have been rather hea-
vy : Consols for account remaining of 82. Yesterday
they experienced an advance. Indeed, we arc of opinion,
that the late depression arose entirely from temporary
causes, which a few days will entirely remove. When
the first decline commenced, a thousand political ru-
mours were circulated ; but now, even upon the Stock
Exchange not a rumour exists, with the exception of
some reports as to Finance, which we have no doubt arc
circulated with as little authority as the late political
rumours. The true cause appears to be the improve-
ment in the value of land, and the great increase in
trade. On both these accounts extensive sales of Stock
have been made. This, added to many heavy payments
to the Exchequer for this Quarter, are the only reasons
that can be assigned for the fall of the Funds. The
preparations made for the loan to France has also been
suggested to as having considerable weight in de-
pressing the money market on Friday, when so great
was the scarcity, that at the rate of 20 per cent. was
given in the City for money till Tuesday next. It is
reported that above half st.million was on Friday paid
at the Custom•housc flu. Sugar Duties. One extensive
West India house paid in one cheque 60,0001. IVlten
the Dividends arc paid, which will be next week, mo-
ney will be as plentiful as it is now scarce; and we
have no doubt a rapid alvance will tale place in the
nds.

THE NATIONAL TirGISTMR,

A private letter from Paris, received on Saturday,
states, that since the disposal of the law on the liberty
of the press in the Chamber of Deputies, the public
mind appears more tranquil. The discussions of the
Peers, however lively, create no sensation, as they take
place with shut doors. The Duke of Wellington is
said to have refused the office of mediator between
Prussia and France, which had been pressed upon him
by the Emperor Alexander. The same letter seems
to hint at a sort of connexion between the rise of the
French funds and the decline of the English. The
French Minister has received many offers for the loan
of 1;2,000,000 of francs, proposed in the project on the
budget.
An article in theputch papers states, that the Prince
of Onufp had appeared in the Theatre for the first
time since the resumption of his various offices, and
had leen greeted with the loudest acclamations. A.
Vienna paragraph threatens some measures of the
Courts of Austria and Prussia in concert, against the
I " licentiousness" of the German press.

The statement in the Flanders mail, that the Prin-
cess of Wales is about to sell her estate in Italy, gives
colour to the rumour that Her Royal Highness intends
to return to this country.

A Flanders mail received on Friday, brings the
following intelligence, which is more than usually in-

terest :
" Bats ssus, DEC. 26.—Letters from the Hague,
which come from the best source, state, tl•ut his
Royal Highness the Prince of Orange is re-invested
with all the places and offices which he held before the
15th of last November, at which time his resignation
was accepted. It is with very lively satisfaction that
we announce this happy news, which will dt übtless put
an end to the ridiculous rumours with which the
public curiosity is continually fed."—Oraele, Dee. 27.
" 27.—" The High Court of Justice was to
hear to day the appeal made by the public officer in the
affair of the Duke of Wellington against M. De Buss-
cher of Ghent ; but it has beet, put off, till a decision is
made respecting his Grace's application to the Court
' of Cas.sation, from the decree which has rejected his
appeal.

Hamburg:it mail contains a document, signed by
the King of Sweden, on the events which have taken
place since the last Diet, and on the general state and
prospects of the kingdom. By this it appears, that a
treaty of commerce has been concluded between Swe-
den and the United States, and a treaty with Russia
respecting the commercial relations between Sweden
and-Finland, her former province. Prussia has made
considerable progress in paying up the sums agreed
upon as an indemnity to Sweden for the loss of Pome-
rania. The Swedish revenue of customs has improved,
and her foreign debt has every where been discharged
or diminished.

KING'S HEALvw.—On Saturday a quarterly meet-
ing of the King's Council was held at Windsor,
and the following report was given in by the physi-
cians :

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" W inasor Castle, Jan. 3.
" His Majesty has passed the last month in a 'cry tranquil man-
ner and in a good state of bodily health, but His Majesty's disorder
remains unchanged."

It was exhibited yesterday at St. James's-palace.
WINDSOR, JAN. 4.—Yesterday, after the breaking
up of the Queen's Council, ell the members left Wind-
sor, except Lord Arden, who remains on a visit to the
Queen. The same day the Duke and Duchess of Glo-
cester, and the Princess Sophia of Glocestcr, left the
Castle for Bagshot-park. This morning the Queen and
Princesses attended Divine service in the private chapel
in the Castle.

Her Majesty, it is ncw said, does not go to Brighton
on the sth inst.

This morning was the time fixed upon for the de-
parture of Prince Leopold from Claremont, to Came,
in Dorsetshire,forthe recovery of his health.

Sir Henry Halford left the Pavilion at Brighton
about nine or ten days since, when the Prince Regent
was enjoying much better health than his Royal High-
ness had done for some time previous: but he feels
himself, it is said, unequal to the opening of the en-
suing Session of Parliament; and the Session, there-
fbre, will be opened on the 27th inst. by commission,
when it is expected that the change of succession to the
throne will be noticed.

The Duke of Canihritlge is expected to arrive in
England, about the middle of February, to settle some
preliminaries, relative to his approaching marriage.

The American ship Two Brothers, recently arrived
at Portsmouth from Batavia, with a cargo of coffee in
bulk, bound to Holland, left on the 9th September,
and reports, that the whole island of Amboynu, e:;-
cepting a very small part, was in the hands of the In-
surgents. A detachment of troops had been -scut from
Batavia to endeavour to suppress the revolt.

.TAN. 5.

THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE:

The following beautiful tribute to the memooy of
the late Princess Charlotte, is extracted from a Ser.
mon preached at Chester on the Sunday after her:inter•
ment, by Dr. Law, the Bishop of that Meese :-- •
" Youth, under any circumstances, seldom sinks
into the grave unlamented. The sympathies of our
nature, too, arc generally and powerfully awakened,
when they whose morn gave the promise of a resplen-
dent day, prematurely close their earthly career, And
disappear from off the face of the earth, to be seen on
it no more. But these regrets an naturally still far-
ther augmented, when comeliness of form has been an-
peradde7l to the attractions of youth. And such sensi-
bilities arc excited in the highest degree, when the
shaft of death has fallen upon one, who was early
treading in the paths of religion, and who was exhi-
biting a bright pattern of every rising virtue. Our
grief too is always embittered by contrast. Never then
could any disappointment be more aggravated, at nu
period could a female sink into the tomb more deeply
lamented, than at that moment; when expectation was
about to he realized, and when a new source of. duties
appeared to be opening to her, in the person of her
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" Neither on such an occasion should the distinctions
of rank be disregarded, or the important consequences
of an event be overlooked, by a reflecting mind.
" Now ALLthCSe • particulars, alas ! were combined in
her whom we are deploring. Comeliness and youth
were her's, but they were her last attractions. How
early she had imbibed a principle of devotion, how
strongly she tilt in her tender years the sanction of Rem
ligion, has been evinced by an interesting trait, recorded
in the life of that eminent Prelate, whose memory is
still fondly cherished in this place.
" And in estimating our loss we cannot surely forget

—that the object of o—ur regrets was the only daughter
of a Prince, endeared to his people, and most justly, by
every public obligation and principle, and to us indeed,
by even local and personal considerations—that she was

the grand-daughter of our King—u King, during whose
reign most of us have been born—a King, who in sick-
ness and in old age, still lives enthroned in the hearts
of his subjects."
" Under the present illustrious House, we have en.

joyed a degree of appiness and glory, certainly not sm.
passed by any other nation, if indeed they have ever
been equalled, in the annals of the world. We have
been no less distinguished in Arts, than in Arms : and
though a transient shade may sometimes have obscured
our prospects, yet have we seen darker clouds impend-
ing over every other kingdom. What soil is there, ex-
cept our own, which has not lately been polluted, by
the hostile tread of an Invader ? For the secure enjoy-
ment then of our country and home, for the spread of
our manufitctures and commerce, for as great u share of
liberty as we are perhaps capable of enjoying, for
ous toleration, the great and unrivalled privilege of
worshipping God as our reason prescribes—for these
and numberless other blessings, let us now, when thus
called upon, draw nearer to the throne—let us by an
increased attachment, and a still firmer support, testify
our devotion to the family of the Monarch, in this their
hour of trial. The sympathy of the subject cannot but
be grateful to the heart of the Sovereign. It will fill up
the chasm and the void which Royality hos experienced.
It will shed the balm of consolation there, where the
wound must be the most painful, and the deepest."

This being Plough-Monday, according to annual
custom, the gentlemen who have been elected to serve
as Common Council for the several Wards of the City
of London for the ensuing year will be sworn in before
the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and a
bench of Aldermen, at the Adjourned Sessions at Guild-
hall.

It seems now to be reported with some degree of
confidence, that the dissolution of Parliament will not
take place until after the next Session ; but whether in
the following autumn, or in the spring of 1819, is not
yet known.
Sir Joseph Banks transacted business with the Ad.
miralty Board on Saturday, supposed to relate to the
intended voyage towards the North Pole, on discove.
rics.

It appears from the French Papers, that the number
of dramatic pieces produced last year at their ten then.
tres amounted to 1.42: of these 22 became stock pieces.
As neither pantomimes nor revivals are included in
this account, the quantity speaks well for the fecundity
of the French stage-writers, and still better for their
enterprise; for the failure of six plays out of seven
holds out but small encouragement, and might damp
any courage, except the courage of literary vanity.
Tltere is no accomplishment in which the English
Ladies have a more decided advantage over the French*
tha:i in their skill in the management of the horse.—
Lady Wedderburne Webster, the lion. Mrs. Arbuth.
not, &c. excite the envy of the Parisian Belles at the
reviews near that city, which fidlowed the restoration
of Louis XVIII. Lady Annesiey, seated with grace.
ful case on her Barbary courser, flying along the 800.
%Thirds, is now the gaze of the day.

JAW. X.

TUE REFORMATION.

Wednesday, a very numerous meeting assembled at the
City of London Tavern, to commemorate the tri-cente-
nary of the Reformation. The Rev. Dr. Collyer informed
the meeting, between t'2 and l o'clock, that his Royal
Highness the Duke of Sussex was expected to pre-
side, that he had not yet arrived, and that he would
therefifre propose that a Clegymen of the Established
Church should take the chair pro ternporc. After
waiting some time, the Rev. Mr. Simeon, of Cam-
bridge, took the chair, apologising at the same time Mr
his incapacity to preside over such a meeting.
The Rev. Mr. Cox, of Hackney, rose to move the
first resolution, expressing the right of every man to
worship God according to his conscience Having
taken a part in the formation of the Committee, it
seemed proper that, in bringing forward this resolution,
he should state the motives and principles by which
those who called the meeting had been guided. No-
thing could be more remote from their views than to
promote any thing like party feelini,ni by the notice
which had been given of this meeting through the
medium of the newspapers. Their cause was indeed
truly popular; but he wished to be regarded as only,
in that meeting, advocating human rights, in so far as
those rights involved freedom of conscience. That
freedom was the true principle of the Reformation and
Protestantism. It was the character of all intolerant
religions to maintain an equal enmity to the persons
and principles of those who maintained other opinions.
It was their maxim to exterminate at once the heretic
and the heresy. This was the real character of all false
religions ; they were like two-edged swords, made to
cut at once both against the heads and consciences
of their victims. It was thus the Romans had en-
deavoured to exterminate the early Christians. Such
also was the character of the Nlahometans. True reli-
gion, like the sun, enlightened and animated the earth;
but persecuting religion was a firebrand of destruction.
They had, however, met on that day to celebrate the
Lligion of love—a religion which presented to man
the olive branch, which with angel voice proclaimed
peace on earth and good-will to men. He might be
told that reformers did not understand their own prin-
ciples, and that they had in their turn become perse-
cutors. If he should grant this, what was the conse-
quence ? That meeting was not. assembled to vindicate
every individual act at the reformers. It was to be
hoped, that They who had now met to celebrate the
Reformation understood their own principles, which in-
culcated this maxim—that the spirit of 'Christianity is
in contradiction to every kind of persecution. Ile con-
cluded by moving the first resolution.
Mr. J. Young seconded the resolution, and while
addressing the company, the Duke of Sussex entered
the room amid loud applauses. He made an apology
for his delay, stating, that his carriage had broken down
under him.
Dr. Collyer moved the second resolution, declaring
that Religion was not intended for an engine of State.
Mr. Henry Weymouth moved the third resolution,
4' That the Scriptures, as the only fountain of religion,
ought to be acce'siblc to all."
John Mackenzie, Esq. moved the fourth resolution.
against all authoritative expositions of Scripture.
1)r. Rippon moved the fifth resolution, expressing,
that the violation of those principles caused multitu-
dinous evils.
The Rev. Dr. Vowls moved the sixth resolution,
and represented, by strong rhetorical figures, the fas-
cinations the delusions, mid the impositions of the Ro-
mish superstition.
John vs, ilks, Esq. moved the seventh resolution,
expressive of grateful remembrance of Wiekliff; Je-
rome, and Huss.
The Rev. Dr. Newman moved the eight resoln-
tion, purporting, that the objet of the meeting was to
celebrate the tri.centenial period of the Reformation of
1617.
The Rev. Thomas Styles and Alexander Fletcher
explained the ninth resolution, which enumerated the
political and social benefits that resulted from the Re-
- formation, though they had not yet attained that state
which piety must desire, and philanthropy approve.
Mr. Ivermy moved the tenth resolution, ranking
Luther and his associates in the Reformation as great
among the greatest of mankind.
His Royal Highness having repeatedly requested
greater brevity, now iiirected that the five remaining
resolutions should be moved at once.
Mr. Davies accordingly moved five resolutions, the
11th commemorating Knox, Tyndale, Latimer, and
other martyrs ; the 12th rejoicing in the similar re-
spect for the Refinmation proclaimed in Germany ; and
the 13th exhorting European and American Protest-
ants to guard the principles of the t,efbrmation now
that monastic institutions and dangerous societies were
revived, and inquisitions were continue,, or re-estab-
lished ; the 14th and I.3th deprecating persecutions and
uncharitableness.
The ltev. Jas. Townsend seconded these resolutions,
and animadverted on the ingratitude of the Pope, and
tie want of gratitude and gaud faith in Louis XVIII.
who not only refused to protect, but persecuted Pro-