The National Register.
London, England, 1821-07-16 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

.THE QUEEN.
Her Majesty has received an official letter signed
by 1..0rd Sidinouth, with an apology for the mistake
of sending a letter without sigoature or address.—
Lord Hood has written to the Doke of Nortiiik, ns
Earl Marshal of England, inthrming him that it is
her MAjesty's intention to be at Westminster Abbey
at halt past eight o'clock on Thursday morning, and
requesting him to have persons in attendance to
conduct her Majesty to her seat. Her Majesty also
has written a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury,
in which she inthrms him of her desire to be crowned
some days after the King, and before the arrange-
ments are done away with, so that there may by
no additional expense. The Archbishop in his an-
swer represents with great humility that he cannot
stir u step in the ceremony, except in consequence
of orders from the Sovereign. It is proper to men-
tion, that her Majesty never thought of going to the
banquet in the Hall, considering it unbecoming to
be present at . a mere dining ceremony, while she
thought it important not to shrink from the right of
participating or witnessing the solemn service of the
coronation in the Abbey. We may add, that her
Majesty is fully determined to go, and that she is
completely ready in all the necessar). points of pre-
paration.
Those who receive orders to offer personal violence
to the Queen, on bet Majesty's approach to West-
minster Hall, to be present at the Coronation, will
do well to consider the consequences to which they
may subject themselves before they venture. to act
on them. We understand it is the opinion of lawyers
that her Majesty is within the protection of the sta-
tute of treason equally with th. ICing.
If the case come ham; e jury of their country-
men, it will not be sufficient for their justification,
that they acted agreeably to orders. Her Majesty
can only In resisted by lawful authority, and it will
be for the Jury alone to decide whether the authority
on which they may act is lataftd. It is nut the first
time in the history of this country, that military
have been subjected to the last punishment of the
law for obeying unlawful orders.

A mail has arrived from Ilainburgh with papers
to the 6th inst. An article from Odessa says, that
the Governor of that place had communicated to the
merchants two notes, transmitted to him by tl:e Rus-
sian Minister at Constantinople. In the first, Baron
Strogonoil. states, that he had protested against the
measures taken by the Turkish Government to pre-
vent the free exportation of corn from the Bos-
phorus, and that no answer had been returned to his
remonstrance ; but that fresh grounds of complaint
had been given by an absolute refusal of the usual
lirmuns to two Russian ships to sail out of the Oar-
danelles, in violation of the Treaty of Commerce
with Russia. The second note is addressed to the
Chamba of Commerce at Odessa, and points out the
steps that must be taken to enable the Minister, at
some future period, to enforce the claims of those
who may suffer from the proceedings of the Turkish
Government. A report is said to have prevailed at
Vienna, that Russian troops had entered Moldavia,
upon the ground of the Turks having violated the
existing treaties, by occupying IVallachiu without
the consent of the Russian Government.

Letters from Odessa of the I 4th ult. state, on the
report of persons arriving there from Constantinople,
that th: Porte has adopted measures of extraordinary
severity against those merchants who held corres-
pondence with the Greek commercial houses in the
Morea. Front 300 to 500 of these individuals are
said to have been seized, and placed on board
of boats prepared for the purpose, which were
sunk in the sea.— It should be added, however, that
this atrocious proceeding does not receive confirma-
tion by the Turkish letters received by way of
Vienna ; and hopes exist, therefore, that it may
prove inaccurate. Meantime the next accounts front
Constantinople are expected with the most pailful
anxiety. In the letters front the Morea it is stated
that the Turks .re marching troops thither, by way
of Corinth, which has recently fallen into their
possession; but no details are given of actual
operations.