The National Register.
London, England, 1815-12-03 00:00:00

DEC. 3.

rounded by festoons of lamps. On the other was described the
single character " P." surmounted by a crown, and supported
by two stars, whose variegated rays agreeably contrasted with
the verdant olive branches that half encircled them. The Spa
nisi Ambassador had the word " Peace," crowned with a star,
and placed above an dive branch. There was little or rather
no further variety in any of the few private mansions that were
at all illuminated. In the eastern quarter of the metropolis the
portico of ti.e East India house was illuminated in much the
same way as we have seen it on former occasions ; the columns
Icing orn linen te,•l with wreaths of rainps. The front of the
Bank presented a display that was at once brill:ant and pleasing.
Th':. nature of the building admitting of great retrularity and
va iety in the position of the lamps, winch lined the various
totupartinents, in the front ; the whole had an CN tremelv tine
ell'ect. In the centre were the letters "G. It." separated by a
Lrilli4nt star, and the whole was surmounted by the word
" Peace," in large capitals. The Excise Office, iu 13road sti eet,
was ornamented with a profusion of variegated lamps. here
also the word" Peace" was displayed in large capitals, and the
whole surmounted by an immense crown. The rawness of the
evening., however, which extinguished many of the lamps,
Lept the workmen constantly emplpyeil in relighting them, and
injured the general effect.
'the Mansion House was illuminated as usual. But what here
r.tt'actxl chief notice was a transparency epresenting the ge-
ni as of Peace, to whom an altar was erected. Underneath were
the following lines:—

Hail, meek eyed Peace! thou maid of heavenly race,
In Freedom's Isle thy long-sought olive place
Fcr thou alone can'st close the poor man's woes,
And art the source 'whence all his comfort flows.
The front of Guildhall was tasteMly lighted up. En the
centre was exhibited a transparency rcpresentiiu the descent
of a dove from the clouds with an olive branch in her hill.
.Above, was the insci iption, Gllry to God," and underneath,
40 l'o our I leroes 'Thanks." In the City there we: c no private
houses illuminated, and we did not observe any other transpa-
rencies besides those we have mentioned.
FRENCH PROTESTANTS.—We referred in our last number
to the Proclamation of the King of France, as a demonstration
ef his abhorrence of the persecution which the bigotry of some
ianatics,
dangerous to his throne and country, has sa-
vagely excited. We trust, too, that his Majesty will not
merely punish the immediate authors of the assassination of
La (=aide, but will order an investigation into the first causes
of that phrcnsied violence which the mob has exercised, we
fear, from other snegelitiuns than their own. In the mean time,
we can a'sert that it is a gross calumny to impute these inistOr-
unes to the apathy of the British Government, or of the Allied
Powers. We are enabled to state with conti,ience, that our
own Government have assured the Protestant society, " That
it has been the invariable object of the British Government,
and of their Allies, to support, and, on every suitable occasion,
to assert, the principles of Religious Toleration and Liberty ;
anti that in their recent communications with the Government
of Fiance, the have brought forward these principles as the
foundation of their policy and of their just expectations; and
that they therefore arc using their best ctlbrts, to art est the pro-
gress of evils which they most deeply deplore."

111 r. Smith, M. P. fur Norwich, and Mr. :\rontagu Burgoyne,
ar laudably employed at this time in the erection of ovens in
their respective parishes in Esscx, f .r the bewlit of the poor.
It is now ascertained beyond a douht,that most of the dis-
°tiers incidcnt to the human frame, manifest and chew them-
selves in the.urine, and we have daily proofs that the study
and inve.tigation of tLat 11u:d lugs :wen inoulit to the gi eatest
lac fection by the intense application of Dr. Cameron, 31,
lierners-street, Oxfoi d-sti cet, who is thereby enabled to pei
the most astonishing cures, more particularly in casei. of ge-
neral dybility, diseases of the and lingering comphints ;
and we are glad to find he exterr.ls his assiitance and advice to
Ike poor gratnitotoly.

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