The National Register.
London, England, 1816-05-27 00:00:00

GUARDIAN SOCIETY.

On Saturday a meeting of ladies and gerstersen was held at
'the eits of Lonit, Then. for the formation et hratieli soci-
ety hit the city of Louden and its eastern stiewirlis. on the plan
of time Guardian Oteeirty, for the preservetion of public morals.
and Mr promoting tenpins',• asyhams for prostitutes. 'the
elude was taken by the Lord Mayor, accompanied b, his 14,yal
Hi:horse the Duke of Sussex, the Sheriffs, and Chsnibeclaiu of
Wangles, the seercMry,esmil the report of the committer
appeisittql ft. consider of the institution. 91te report gave a
s ery full *fetal of the natniter and aleasification of the *ono-
nate females who are at large in the metropolis, as well as an
• ninneratioo of the various fOrd4l4, by inspriannuient and punish. '
meat, now practised towards those wretched characters, toge.
flier with an abstract of tlit munhers. from time to tune, pro.
wift,4l fir in the Asouns, Refuge for the Dc•tilote, and oilier
humane in. tinitions. It also showed the many artifices iesortcd
to by desiotine wretches, to previstit the rctuni of tho,e fenialt
to the paths. of %intim..
lii. Royal Highness the Doke of Siveii stated, ilia: %Imo
his dear and illustrious relation (the Duke of *am on the
rte of going abroad, lie entreated him, if the meeting of the
Guardian Society 0 Id take place in his absence, to preside
for 114114 M that occasion. lie clicerfolly Obi that. duty ; not
milv from a wish In conform to the desire iit hiss hunker, but also
to slo,w his own thew a Jpprobation of the principits of that In-
titiition of übich this was 4 branch- (Ergot upp!rtue, )
which His kitfil llightte•i• fervently toasted would de. elope
the advantages lie anticipated from their estahli•liment.
several resolutions wt re enter, d into for the regulation of
this linriods of the Guardian Sock',. In the course „t• the
day the Lord Mayor took an opportunity of apoloeizine to the
merlin: for his not having been present at an earlier
this oas orcasionedby his has in had to wait upon his I Hell-
;miss the Duke of Gloucester, and bit Serene Highness the
Prince of Saxe-Cohourg, to announce the vines of tile free.
than of tke city of Loudon to those illustrious personages.
He hoped that the Prinet.seCha Nolte ix Wales, and the Prince
df Sure-Cobourg. uoutil soon visit the city to receive the
congratulations of the eitihens, which lie knew would await
them.--(Grout applauw.)
A large subscription in aid of this institution was eolleeteil
in the room by the Lady Mayoress, Lady Bell, and Mini Weed.

In the Address to the Regent on the Princess Char-
- lotte's marria;re, from York, is the following passeme :
" It is neither fleets nor armies, neither alliances ;bread
nnr guards at home, that can give permanency to that
tate to which the love of the people is wanting." •

COMMEMORATION OF RURNs.

—raw— •
The rrietols anti Admirers of Robert Burns, in the-Metro-
polis, assembled en Saturday last. to the tieinber of about 200,
at the Freemastolis"l'as ern, thr the purpose of aiding the sub-
scription for completing the hlntitiment over his Ifave, now
erectio: at I)umfries. The chair nas tilled by the Earl of
:lberdcen ; and the company which contained several tlistiti-
gnislied, and many respectable names, partook of a very good
dinner, and passed the evening in the 4 :text reStiVity
fter the usual loyal mid patriotic toasts, aniong w Melt " The
Princess and Prince of Saxe Cobourg" were drunk with enthu-
siastic applause;
The Earl of Atierdocti sajd, In riving to propobe the present
toast, tie woold occupy bat a very small 'bare of tits it attention,
'f hey taste met to commemorate the fame of It obert rim its, of
whiten, without any tlisparagenient to conternimi :try excellence,
be might safely say, that he was the most truly original grains
of our times. They might justly he proud of his virtues and his
fame, for his genius was ti lily natienal---he might be said
to be sptime from the very soil of Scotland -1 Applatise. I
Yet though they might justly be proud of his reputation—when they
recollect:Al the hard fate which was I.ls shire, and the comparative ob-
scurity with which iw struggled through lift, hcferrod that they might
take some shame to theineelveii. and that his name, whicn ought only
to have Lim an honour to Scotism'. was in sumo dognx n reproach to
h.-r. They had along arrear of admiration and gratitutle to pay. and
they could row make no better reparation to the list for then' former
unkinclmss, titan br hor.ouring Ins tomb. This last duty was shat
they were. imw calledon to diachargt—a duty, mid his 1.00-ship. vain
and fruitle,s, if you please—but a duty winch every man will consider
sacred who feels an interest in the honour of his country turd the powers
of genies. lie then proposed that they should drink to the memory of
Robert Buns.
This truly classical speech made the strongest impression on the as-
sembly. We have endetwound to give an outline of the langtctge. but
it is impossible to conceive all the effect it produced. without 'having
hasty the tone of manly feliug with which it was delivesed.
Lord Aberdeen then requested Mr. Conway to recite a beautiful
Ode to the Memory of ltohert Buena, by Mr. Thomas Campbell.
which we aresorry our limits will not allow us to insert.
We can only further state. that the son of Barns was present. and
on his healt`s being drank. returned thanks in a stile worthy of the bon
of such a father. Mr. .lierctan, the Secretary. whose eflorts in the cause
hive been unceasing, stated that the aubscrtptions amounted to 5:01.

A grand entertaisuncrit has been given by the Fcinci-
, pal Master Alanufacturers of London and its vicinity,
to celubrate the event of their obtaining an Act of Par-
liament to repeal certain grievous laws tvspticting ap-
prentioes ; when a costly silver salver, of the value of
near 8001. was presented to Mr. SZTUTANT ONbLOllfa us
a testimony of their gratitude for his distinguished and
patriotic exertions in obtaining, in the year 1814, an act
of Parliament, that repealed so much of the statute of
thc sth of Eliz. its subjected to penalties those who car-
nail on or followed certain trades without having served
an apprenticailfjr of seven years ; which has emancipated
the British artisan, and given to him the full Ana tree
exercise of his genius and industry. Mr. Serjeant
On-
Flow, on receiving the salver, addressed the Gentlemer
in an expressive and appropriate speech, noknowledging
in the most handsome manner the thatovisig coraplitmatt
that had been bestowed upon hint, for his exertions in
thiair cause.

thsenertiortoren ItryttuATtoto.—A letter from Konigsberg,
' dated Aprtl Se, says :—" Oa Me SUth of Morels /wt. the tract
of cunntry tiluate between the two htnnchm of the Vistula, in
the vicinity of Dantric and Tdarienberg, was subjected to a
middim and dreadtiti calamity : the dam ou the left side of the
eastern branch was burst in two places by the impetuosity of
the current and force of the ice ! An unprecedented intim!".
lion was the consequent*: the more dreadful, as it surprised
the wretched inhabitants at night. A fertile, populous, and
opulent region, not less thAtip square miles in extent, was
transformed to a barren waste; mad 2100 inhabitant, lost, in a
meter or lees degree, their winter grain, their cattle, houses,
*tables, and hams. In many places the soil was covered with
sand, and irreeoverably rowed. Thes calamity has produced
a misery swore tggravated than even the ravages of war.

Friday night. or early on Saturday morning, the wart.house-
belonging to Mir. WAdie, Mercer. in Lamencedanr. era•
vim, and rohbf,l ot'Ms•rrral hundred imam& worth of ailk and
cotton altavvla,liandkereltietl4, and other articles.

lIIRTII.
In Ireland, tie Matel,inne-s of Ely. of n WA.

MARRIED.
J. Curning, Esq. to Anna Frances of Gray's Wood, Mild-
dingfold, Surrey, youngest daughter of thy bite 11. Bishop, 11.4 q.—F.
B. (lead, P.al. of die Engineers. to Juna Valenta, youngest sister of
Lord Somerville.-11. C. Boalie, of Sackiille-irreet. to Anne,
youngest diet. of Mr. Serjcant Se Blake, son of the Ber. S.
L. Cooper. of Great Yannoutl:, to Marianne.. only dins. of J. Keeling,
Esq. of Broxbourne. Herts.—At Cork. rapt. Sad Ker, of the Bth re •.
to Jernima Eliza, youngest datt. of the late J. T. Payne, Esq. M.P.
of Upton-Louse.
Dirt\

On St. Su/Allan's-green. DuhPn, Sir T. Lighton, Re—At Richmond,
Suney, S. Hodgson, Esq.—At Lambeth, J. Howard, list'..ln her
' 7sth year, Mrs. S. Embry, of James-street, Covent-garden. sister to
the Rev. F. Embry, Rector of that parish.—At Winchester-place. Pen-
ton-ilk. aged 35, Sarah, wife of T. Tebbutt, Esq.—ln Par}-street,
Grosver.or-square, Jane. wife of IL Warren. Esq.—lt. Wordsworth,
Eat. of Staple-Inn, and of Stockbridge. %V estmovlantl.—On Ida mute
to Portsmouth, to take the command of the Stith leg. Cul. the Hon.
Bard Cochrane (brother to Lord Cochrane.)—At Plymouth, eged
Capt. D. O'Reilly, R.N.—Aged no. the Rev. G. Gates, citrate of
Monkweartnotith. He• went to bed in his ordinary health. !loving
to marry a couple the next morning, the bridal party waited in church
her him some time, and at lasi sent to his Janne; nobody answering at
the door, they went in and found him lying a corpse in his bed.—Mr.
Baterton, brother of Mrs. Glover. of Drury-lane flicatre.—At G
nsston Park, the wife of Sir Brook W. Bridges, Bart.—N. Milne,
Esq. of Manetivster4soiiitor, and Coroner for Lancashire.—At Upstreet
Kent, in her (7th year, suddenly. Mr.. E. Henneker. widow. Sie
was in Perfect health not a quarto of an hour before her death, talk-
ing with a ; and on returning in doors, dropped down in a chair,
and eat iredirnmediately.—ln his 16th year, Nigel, brother to Sir
Roger Grisley. Bart. of Drakclaw 11811, Ilirhyshire.--At (ii-Jittme
Park. in her 448 h yo,r, th- Right lion. I.arly
worth, in her 94th year, Mrs. Longtl:n; formerly of ilackney.—At her
moan is sring.gclien, Mist Burn.—At the Viearago Howe,
Arthur.. thu Rev. R. Oreicrod.

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