The National Register.
London, England, 1817-04-28 00:00:00

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

TVIMUSFFVFH.-0111' lc:Al-sure aware, that this disorder
in prevalent in some parts of the country. We hese to mcu•
Lion a lamentable case of it. A great part of the noble fa-
mily at Cimnber Park, Nottinghamshire, are sufkring by it ;
some, it is teared, have by this time become its victims. The
Duke of Newcastle was in great clanger on Tuesday; his
confidential solicitor was sift for 11-0111 London. Several of
the children were also very ill. The Duchess is far advanced
in her ninth pregnancy ; but we have had the satistaction to
hear, that the disordor had not fallen upon her. Many of
thy servanis are ill. In other parts, the disorder is chiefly
prevalent in the poorer classes, whose want of nourishment
has rendered them liable to it.

CHRIST CHURCH, SURREY.

This parish, for some years, has been a scene of the most
unpleasant contests of perhaps any that surround the metro•
polis; tl►e foundation of which has been laid in one of those
Bills that cteep through Parliament at the dose of a busy but
short Session, and are denominated Loral Ael,l. One of these
the parish has obtained, which, for the last four years, will
prove, that at least it has been an abundant source of profit
to certain individuals daring that period.
A few months since an attempt was made, by the same
party who origimily obtained the Local Act, to bring a Bill
into Parliament to give to these Commissioners still farther
powei ; and to enable them not to levy the poor and other
rates ou Meeting 1-I.mses and Dissenting Chapels let to hire
and profit, to a Melt they had been compelled by soleimi and
e‘peue.ive decisions of the Court of King's Bench and Quarter
Srs.,ions at Guildford. This bill was presented to -cry full
vestries, and most decidly rej.ct•d. Committees, dinners,
canvassing, and all the usual cuticomitants of an election, were
then employed; and a vestry was called and hi Id on Moaday
last at the church, at which Mr. Hawes mined, that the Mil
be immediately proceeded with iu PArlienent, not withstand-
itig the deriSIMIS of two former vestries.

An amendment was then moved by Mr. Farqoharson, that
all farther proceedings he deferred till the Ist December next.
The show of hand, being most decidedly against the origin,'
motion, a poll eras demanded by Mr. Hawes ; inlet though the
parish office's refused to let any one vote azainst the hid t‘lio
had not rid all the rates to which they had been U.S,sswl ;
‘e., in spite of every exertion made by a few lam erfili 1..11i.
either by thi..tt or influence, the result of a Huey
fla)s poll was--__

For Mr. Fargairson'A amendment 3'
i•ut Mr. Ilawes's motion •• • •
Majmity

Extract of a letter from 'Gibraltar, dated March 31.
"13y recent advices from Algiers. it would appear that
the thrtifications of that place had ken complacly re-
paired, and that the Government was turning its views
to a navy, which it was extremely anxious clout, and
entertained hopes of its speedy re-estaiblishcmcnt ; when
it is feared that they wil. fall urn some of the most de.
fenceless Christian States."

APRIL S.

THE ROYAL FAMILY.

II ER MAJESTYS DRAWING-ROOM.

Wednesday, being St. George's dav, had been select-
ed as the day on which the birth of he Prince Regent
was to be observed, instead of the I 2th of August, and
a Drawing-room and other splendours, were of course
appointed We regret, however, to state, that a sudden
indisposition of the Queen, which occurred in the
course of the preceding night, prevented the Drawing-
room from taking place. Sir H. Huila(' attended her
Majesty and issued the following bulletin :
Qui en's Palace, 9 o'clock, A. M. April 23.
" The Queen having betm intliAposed in the night, her Ma-
jemy iv not able to receive company at the thawing-room
this
A Supplementary Gazette to the same effect was pub-
lished, and posted up at St. James's Palace, and is dif-
ferent parts of London.
It was at first supposed the Drawing-room would go
on, and that the Princesses would receive the company in
their Royal Mother's name ; but after due consideration
and consulation, it VMS concluded that it would be
deemed indecorous on the same floor where the Queen
was confined by indisposition, to be holding a Gala
Court. • _

It was not till a little after nine that it was finally
determined to postpone the Drawing-mom.

The mornino, was ushered in with the ringing of
bells. The Guards' mounted in white waiters, and wore
Dew clo•lies. Carlton House was thronged during the
whole of the day with all ranks, paying their respect-
fal ,:ongratulations. There were to have Wen various
other tokens of cspect and rejoicings similar to those ob-
served on the King's birth-day, had the birth-day Court
taken place. Tae Tower guns fired at one o'clock : the
firing of the Park guns was dispensed with in conse-
quence of the indispoltion of the Queer.
In the evening the Theatres, the Royal Traacsmen
house,:, &C. were illuminated.
Her Majesty was bled three times on Wednesday.—
As soon as the Queen is sufficiently recovered, her Ma-
jesty will hold a drawing-room. It is said that it will
be the last which her Majesty intends to hold, as the
fatigue is too great tbr • er constitution to sustain.
Saturday's Bulletin was as follows:
(.I..een has had 1.0 rt•lnen or ter nsin in her side,
LAI Is free trim fever. Her Majesty is cia.vakscent."

Monday the Prince Regent held a Levee at Carlton-
house, which was very numerously and splendidly at-
tended. The day being remarkably fine, a great crowd
was attracted in Pa and its environs ; the squari
of Waterloo-place was opened fhr the first time, fin- the
accommodation of Carriages, &c. which was a great ma-
venience. The bands of the Life Guards and the Guard
of Honour played alternately.—The former sounded
their trumpets on the ape roach of the Leaches of the
Royal Fatally. The Regent came from his private apart-
meats soon after the appointed time, and proceeded into
his closet, where he received the Field-officer in wait-
ing with the return of the effective state of the three
regiments of Foot Guards, and afterwards received the
Foreign Ambassadors and the Cabinet Ministers, the
Great Officers of State, and those win) have the privi-
lege of the entre : among whom was the Duke of Wel-
lington, who was introduced to the Regent upon his ar-
rival in England, having arrived from Paris in 48 hours.
His Grace appeared much stouter and in better health
than when he was in England before. He was received
With every degree of congratulation by the Prince Re-
gent, and most of the crowded Court. He left the dis-
tinguished assemblage at an early hour, and long before
numbers of those attending the general Levee had been
introduced. Prince Estechazy, the Duke of Argyll,
Earls Fitzwilliam and Aylesbury, and several others
came in state, and displayed most splendid equipages.
Among the listingnished characters were the Dukes of
York, Clarence, and Cumberland ; the Archbishop of
York, the Lord Primate of Ireland, the Judge of the
Admiralty, the Attorney and Solicitor General, Gen.
Hammond, the Equery in Waiting ; the Master of the
Horse, and the Chamberlain to the Queen, the Advocate
General, &c. &c,
Among the company we observed the names of a few
who are not often at Court : such as Lord Fitzwilliam
Lora Dudley and Ward, Lord Kinnaird Lord George
Cavendilit, Sir F. Burdett, Mr. W. Smith. and Mr. T.
Coke. A great number attended for the purpose of pre-
senting Addresses.
The Princess Charlotte, as we learn from good au-
thority, is in a situation which must gratify the nation
at large, and gig a an additional security to the House
of Brunswick.

THE REV. MR. WRIGHT.—The passage in Mr.
Wright's sermon, preached at Liverpool, on tin: Bth,
and ohjected to as blasphemously denying the doctrine
of a future state, is as follows; " Hence I conclude
that body and mind are both mortal ; both decay to-
gether, both die together, and will be both raisod to-
gether to life and immortality." Thus it oppears, that
the preacher holds the toctrine of materialism, as main-
taitted by the late 1)r. Priestley. It appears we were
rai,takvn with respect to the nasne of this Gentleman :
the Liverpool Paper was correct : John Wrizht we do
not know.

THE NATIONAL REGIS'

REFIEW OF NEW BOOKS.

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There is a sort of natural propensity in cettam classes
of his Majesty's subjects to indulge in a laugh at the
failings, the errors, and even the misfortunes of the
principal personages attached to the Royal Household.
We certainly cannot approve of this feeling: it but ill
accords with their obedience as subjects, or their duty
as Christians. The ebullitions of wit, however, often
know no bounds, and the ill nature of satire is prover-
bial. The press teems with lampoons, satires, and bur-
lesque directed against the Members of the Royal Fa-
mily. We have recently perused a novel of this Lind,
entitled " The Pavilion ; or, a Month at Brighton.
A Satirical Novel, by Humphrey Hedgehog, Esq. Au-
thor of ' A Month in Town,' General Post Bag,'
Rejected Odes,' &c. in three volumes."
We will not attempt to analyze this whimsical and
not always correct production. It is levelled at the
Prince Regent, who will probably not much relish the
satire with which it abounds, though plaistered over
with the following " Conclusion, ' which is, by far,
in our mind, the best part of the book.
" It was a very short time after the return of the Prince
to town, that a traitorous attack was made upon his life by a
•et of unprincipled raffiam; yet, this attack which, thronol
the knodoess of Provido.once, was defeat -41, had nu effect In
altering the resolution Ito had formed to make a generous
uctifire to lessen the distressts of the public; fur his royal
nighties:: embraced the very tir-t favourable apportimity to
convey to the public his determination to give up no les,
than out fifth of the income approin Wed to his household
expenet s by a vote of ornament. an 1X:111114o %Inch no
only invited the adoption ut tithe's, but, on every tonirria-
docrd and loyal mind, produced the firm conviction that his
roval highness had the good of the country at heart; anal, in
spite of every assertion which had been made to the contrary,
and corroborated by the unwise policy of ministers, pro,
scssed at least that paternal principle, on the future enercise
of valve!) the nal ooight ressodahly ram-Mate, in all periods
of general distress, and which must give dim a eiglin to the
gratitude if every thinking hull, iduid."

Antirc pleasing and interesting publication has just
been put into our hands, entiae.l " Melincourt. By
the Author of a Headlong Hall." Titis novel is also
in three volumes. It is, however, of the satiric
stamp; but of' sou►.: toltrabiy chaste and very amusing
nature ; and though we have no great partiality for
these sort of productions in any shape, we can safely
recommend " Melimmart" to the perusal of our readers,
without, however, pledging o trs.:lves for the accuracy
of the auth deliacationh ; unl still less of recom-
mending the work, witit any other view gran that of
affording the reader a day's amusement at a reasonable
expence.

" Laou-Seng-Urh, or r An Heir in his 011 Age,' a
ChinZse Dr. in,,," is a work of ntocit greater tuerit than
either of the andre u.O The viex of the dramatic re-
presentations of the Cuinese is a truiy interesting por-
tion of tins elegant little work.
"The Comedy of " Au Heir in his Old Age," is taken
from we solar culleetiuu AS that of the " Orp tan of Cimo."
It is the t.anslation of Mr. DJ% is. a writer on the estaotesii-
ment of the East India Company's factory at Canton, and a
suit of the Director of that 114,111.; a young matt who greatly
distinguished limisetf at the Cuile.:,.! ..f Hertfoi .1, and oue
fruw Wilo.ll much curious and valuable infolunatmii may he
expected, on the state of literature of C atria. The ttansla-
tioa Sias sent from Canton to the Cum of Directors, as a
literary curiosity, and placed in their library at the India
Douse; which, it is almost needless to say, is as free and de-
cessable to those who may be disposed to make use ut It, as
any public library in the kingdom; and the Editor reels it
due to the Court of Directors to add, that inimediattly on
their being made acquainted with his opinion, that the play
ought to be published, the original copy was sent to hint, with
tin ti perinksion to print it.
" Mr. Davis is gone up with Lord Amherst to Pekin, as are
also Sir George Staunton, N Ir. Manning, and Mr. Morrison ;
all well versed in the annul and spoken languages el China.
With such assistance, how infinitely greater are the advan-
tages of the present Embassy, in all its bearings, than that of
the Earl Macartney, whose intercourse mid communica.
tiros were conunitted to the timidity and ignorance of two
Chinese missionaries, who had been educated in the College
Dv Propaganda Fitt—yet this Embassy laid the foundation
of that know i. lige of the singular languago. of China, which
is now so rapidly spreading itself over various parts ut tiie
glob”."
The fable of the drama is thus briefly told :
" The Comedy of 6' An (kir in his 01J Age," is the simple
representation of a a ory its domestic lift- —a plain "unvar-
nished tale,' in which Cainese manners and Cliniese feelings
are faithfully delineated and expre.oied, in a naturist manner,
and in appropriate language. Two things, however, lutist be
borne in mind by time European reader,to enahlo WIN to enter
fully into the spirit of this play—first, that filial piety is, a-
mong the Chinese, the first of virtues, and the lack of it, one
of the worst of crimes, that it is the. erand basis on which all
the religions, moral, and the civil institutions of the empire
are founded ; ih it the greatest misfortune in life is the want
of a son to humour and console Isis aged parents, and to ' bit
ammaily their tombs when dead—and, secondly, that to afford
every means or procuring; a son, a man may take isaciior
wives or convehines, who are generally purchased from pour
relations; such a ives having nu rights in their own, and their
children lieutig considered as the children of the first or legi-
timate wife. who call her by the name of motlwr, and are
entitled to the same rights and privileges as her own chil-
dren.
The dramatis pet-sonic of this play are made up m-
ilt-Ay of the 'simpers ut a family in the middling rages of
aOrit•lV, cionsiting of all old luau—his wife—his second or
inferior wife - his nephew—his son-in law—ant his naught r
The of I man, ha viug .massed considerable wealth by tra :e
' and having no sun to console him in his old age, and to per
form the obsequies at his tow!), had taloa a seeou4l

whose pregnancy is aatiounced in the opening of the play.
In order to propitiate heaven to favour him with a son in hie.
old age, he makes a sacrifice of all the small debts due to
him, by burning the documents, a hit It at the same time
serves to quiet some scruples of conscience as to the mode in
which part of his money had been acquited. Ile then di-
vides his property between his wife and his married daughter,
giving to his nephew, (a deceased lirother'sson), a hundred
pieces of silver, and sending him away to seek his fortune,
the wife, owing to an old quarrel with his deceased mother,
leading hint a most lollop'', life at home. The old gentles
man then sets out for his estate in the country, recommends
big his pregnant wife to the humane treatment of his family,
and in the hope of revisiting from theta speedy congratulas
lions on the birth of a soil.
lie is no sooner departed, however, when the son-in-law
cannot conceal front the daughter his disappointineet at the
pregnancy of the old man's second wife, as, it' she brings
finth a girl. he will lose half the family property, and if a
soil, the whole. Ilia wife soothes him by a hint how easily
she may be got lid of,. nod the old man persuaded that she
Ind soddenly dleappeared; and shortly after both the son.
in-law awl the audience are left to infer that she has actually
contrived to put her to death. In the mean time, the oia
Wall waits the tesult in great anxiety; his family appear in
succession to console him for the loss of his second wife,
which lie is reluctantly brought to believe. In the bitterness
of his diseppointinent, tie bursts into tears, and expresses
droug suspicions of some foto play. He attributes his miss
fiat tires to his former thirst of gain, resolves to fast for seven
slat a, and to bestow alms publicly at a neighbouring temple,
is the hope that the oujeets of his charity may treat him es
a father. Among the becgars at the temple, his nephew ap-
pears, in the most hopeless state of poverty, being reduced to
take up his holgieg tinder the furnace of a pottery; lie is
onsulied by the son .n.law, and reproached by the old wife;
but his uncle, mill.- ol with costip.,ssion, contrives to give I '
.a tittle money, and earnestly advises him to be punctual in
visiting the tombs of his family at the approaching spring,
.011.11/111g biro that a Joe attention to filial piety must ulti-
mately lead to wealth. The nephew accordiegly appears at
the toattes, performs the rights of oblation, as far as his po.
• city will admit, and invokes the shades of his ancestors to
emmuisserate his distress, and to grant him their protection,
He no sooner departs titan the uncle and aunt appear, and
express their indignation that their own daughter and son.
ind.w have neglected their duty, in not being there with the
imstionary offerings; they observed that, from the earth
being turned tip, and paper burnt, that some needy person
twist have ueen there, and conclude: it to be their nephew.
The scene of the tenths, and the reflections to which it
gives rise i. the old man's mind, have considerable interest,
he reasoolwith his wife, convinces her that the nephew is
more worthy, as well as nearer in blood, than the son-in-
law, she relents, and expresses a wish to make him reps,
ration ; lie appears, a conciliation takes place, and he is
..gain received into the family. Soon after this, the son.
in law anal daughter appear, with a great noise, and a pro.
cession of village officers, to perform the ceremonies; but
are mee ts. d by their par, its with bitter reproaches for
Vat ir tardy piety and ingratitude, and ordered never to
enter (hell doors again. On •fle old man's birth-day, how-
l's •1, thoy send to ask permission to pay their respects,
when, to the titter astonishment and unbounded joy of the
Mel man, leis daughter presents Iliac with his second wife
mei her soh, now about three years of age, both of whom,
it appears, had been secreted by the daughter, and sup-
ported, nit of affection for her father, and unknown to
the husband, who had supposed them otherwise disposed
of. The daug:iter is separated from her husband, and taken
hack Imo If•r ; a new arrangement is made for the
disposal of the old man's property, the daughter to have a
fluid, for nephew a third, and the little ram a third; and the
piece ethicludes with espressious of joy and gratitude tor
th.• old gentleman basing DeCIII blessed with " au heir in his
old age."

Eighteen hundred copies of Gernutnicus were sold tin
the first day at Paris. The manuscript was purchased
for 4,500 francs (nearly 2001. sterling).
VIENNA APRIL 3.—Those who travel through Mo-
dem Greece will soon discover among the people a de-
gree of acquired learning, which teaches us to believe,
that they arc awakened to a consciousness of the worth
of their ancestors, whom they eagerly seek to emulate.
The number of young Greeks who reside in Germany,
particularlv in Vienna and Municb, is a proof that the
want of education is felt in their country. In Greece
itself the most appropriate means are employed for the
instruction of those who are unable to seek education in
foreign countries ; ant Athens, the seat of the greatest
philosophers, artists, orators, and poets of ancient Greece,.
is now agaia resorted to by young men trout various pre.
vinces, to be instructed in the philosophy of Plato and
the eloquence of Demosthenes. We shall wen hear of
new and able writ from these schools. As a proof
how eagerly the learning of the Germans is used by
the young Greeks fix Ike literary improvement of their
country, we mention " The History of Greek Litera-
ture, by M. F. Sehoell," which has been translated into
modern Greek by Mr. Shoalli), a young Creek Loin
Smyrna, who has formed himself by travels thesugh all
Germany and Turkey, and completed his studies in
Munich. The first volume of this translation has al.
ready been published at Vienna. An excellent preface
by the translator gives a proof of the elevation of
dais
mind, and at the saute time a picture of the minds of
those to whom he chiefly directs his glowing and !uglily
figurative language. At the conclusion of his rreface,
Mr. Skoufth says, "Shall we suffer foreigners to seize.
on the (intellectual) culture of our county, in ordertior
have the right to reap the fruits tif it ? tv,, are too
proud to leave to tbrei:_mers the honour of :ailing ot
nation into life again !" The is lcdieated to Ma-
dame ltoxander de Stuurdza, La‘ly to:* Honour to her
Majesty the Kmpres; of it :ssia, n•w married to the
Privy Counsellor and linister of Soec, Von Ealing.
at Weimar. May these taudniiic eff )rts of a nation from
which civilized Europe is ent.tled to expoct so much,
at least not to be thwarted by the Turkish Government.