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ult. with - about 40, 000 men, while •General Bulow, With
the rest of the army, proceeded- towards Amsterdam. Advices
from Hamburg)), which come up -to the 29th, say nothing
of any battle having beenjought by Davoust ; nor do they
confirm accounts which come through Heligoland, of Ham-
burgh and Altona being actually surrounded by the Allies.
The French quitted Dusseldoiff on the 10111 ult, and since
that.. time the Allies have occupied the whole of the Grand
Duchy of Ikrg, belonging to young Napoleon Louis, son of
the late King of 11(l!and. From the assemblage of military
wen at-Frankf,rt about the 15th Ult. some grand opeFations
are on the eve of being undertaken.—Besides Prince
Schwartzenburg and General Barclay de Tolly, Marshal
- Blucher and General Czernichetf bad arrived there ; and
Ceneral Wrede was sufficiently recovered of his wounds to
be brought so the same spot. The news from the side of
Italy is most satisfactory. Admiral Fremantle describes the
. people of Istria and Dalmatia, in general, as holding. the
French in re, feet abhorrence. The Castle of Trieste sur-
rendered on the ed ult. and on thelOth Gen. Nugent ern-
l)arked at that port on a secret expedition. Ile appears to
_have landed on the southern bank of the .Po, and to have
thus compelled Beaubarnois to detach General I'ino to
pi event his occupying Ferrara, 'in the ancient States of the
Church : whilst at the same time other Austrian detachments
had crossed the Adige, towards its sources, and penetrated
to Brescia and liNgoma. Hence at Milan the public autho-
rities were packing up their archieves fur flight, and Mantua
was preparing for a siege.
A Mail arrived on Monday from Holland, with papers to
the 511‘ instant. The entrance of the Prince of Orange
into Amsterdam on the gd gave occasion to the run F-t enthu-
siastic rejoicings on the part of the people; at tight the
town was illuminated. Ilis Serene highness was saluted by
the populace wi:h the cry of "William 1. Sovereign Prince
of the Netherlimds." This circumstance, and still more
the terms of a Proclamation issued by the National Govern-
c yidently shows that it is not intended to restore the
mt Government of the tnited Provinces, but to frame
•w Constitution, at the head
.of which the [louse of
;sau shall be placed.
)e Dutch Papers announce the arrival of intelligence at
lague, on the Pith in-tant, of the surrender of Ilelvoet;
The Patriot cause continues to prosper. Arnbeim
'Zutphen are also in the possession of the Dutch or their
''a---the former place .was taken by the Prussians by
n. The • enemy have also been driven from Schoon-
'n ; and the Buiter,liiis, a fort defended by 18 pieces of
:on, has been taken by 50 volunteers, headed by an
ribman of the name of Adam. The fort of Ooltgen-
it has al:,0 been taken. The Dutch papers contain
,her Add es fi.otri the Pi inee of Orange to his Subjects
n his [Weep! log the new title of Sovereign Prince of the
Nr‘therlands, in which his Serene Highness states his
rmination to conform to the wish of the people with re-
to the ;sovereignty proposed to be conferred on him ;
very wi.,ely adding, that he had no desire on his own
to assume a higher 2utliority than hi; ancestors former-
pi•e•y..d. A dil:ral Verheuil still refuses to hoist •the
\.ll:e flag. a!uotints to 16 sail, eight or nine of
rim art of the' line, A dispatch was sent to him on Wed-
,day, app hiin that he would be honourably t' Bated
e joined the Patriots ; but if not, he should he con-i-
-ercd in the light of a Frenchman, and a traitor to his
unty. Ilis.answer was briefly, "I am the servant of the
neror (If the French." lie Inv, it is said, shut liiinsOf
in Volt La Salle, 'which commands the fleet. .The sea-

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men desert in/con-iderable numbers from the ships, and im-
mediately joie the Patriots.—The inhabitants of last Friese-
land have been informed by proclamation fromthe'Prussian
Major Frecchius, that in conformity to the order of Lieut.
General Bulow, he had come to resume possession Of their
country—that they must return instantly to their former ob-
ligations of Prusspan subjects—and must acknowledge his Ma-
jesty the King of Prsusia alone as their legitimate Sovereign.
A Cottenburgh Mail arrived on Thursday, and also se-
veral vessels from Dollard ; in the course of the day, the
full ,wing Bulletin was issued by Government: ""''
" By di patches received last night from Lord Claneartv, it ap-
peals, that the enemy evaenatell Helvoetsluys in the night of the
th inst. when it was immediately occupied by the Dutch troops.
The capture of Gorce had bull immediately followed by the aban-
donment of the tort of Dmptesinc, and• the whole island of Over-
flackce, itryt Welt were found 100 p;eees of CAIWOU, and a large

quantity of stores.
" The whole of North Holland; except the Helder, was free

rum) the French "
In addition to the above satisfactory intelligence it vas
reported, that the commotions in Brabant had acquired such
a consistency 'that they now assumed the appearance of a i e-
gular insurrection against the French. A vessel which left
Catwvk on TuesdaX evening, arrived in the river on Thurs-
day, and the Captain states, that before lie sailed a report had
been received of the Iseople of Antwerp having overpowered
the French garrison,' and" formed a Provisional Govern-
ment, acting in the name of the Emperor of Austria.—
, Letters by the GottenbuO Mails state, that trade was very
brisk, and that the demand`•bti the Continent for Colonial pro-
duce and British manufactures was increasing. -The.Ex-
change with Pclershurgh had Hien seven and a half per
cent. Letters from Fianclifort state, that the Bavarians had
entered Basle, in Switzerland, paying no rt gala to the
neutrality proclaiMed at the desire of Buonnparte.—lt
is
expected that the Crown Pt i nee would be enabled to attack
Davoust, in his position behind the Stecknitz, on or about
the 3d or 4tli infant. llis force was said to be 70,000 ;
that of Davoust, includtng Danes, between 50 and 00,000.
The position of the latter is said to be judiciously fortified,
and very strong.
On Saturday a Dutch schuyt arrived at Harwich from
Scheveling, which she left on Wednesday evening. She
brings a report that Verhueil had written a later to the
Prince of Orange, intimating, that provided his Serene
Highness would communicate with or write to him himself,
the probable-effect would be the immediite surrender of the
Texel fleet. On Wednesday afternoon his Majesty's ships
Cumberland, Norge, Bedford, and another 74, sailed from
off Scheveling for Flashing. About 1200 of our troops, on
their landing. proceeded towards the Helder : More are
anxiously looked for. The French were still at Naarden,
about three leagues and a half from Amsterdam, but not in

any considerable force. • ..
Wednesday morning, the Duke of Cambridge left town
to proceed on his way to Hanover. At half-past seven o'clock
he entered his travelling carriage, accompanied by the Duke
of Clarence and Count Munster. - The Duke of Clarence
I accompanied his Royal Brother to Sheerness, where the
Duke of Cambridge and Count Minster embarked on board
the Pactohis frigate.
I Major-General Gibbs sailed on Monday evening from
Yarmouth, with about 1800 of the troops • from Stralsund,
, for. Holland. Six Dutch schuyts .sailed at the same time,
with arms, ammunition, and other necessaries, for the Pa-
triot.
The former pay of a l'ie'd Marshal, 91. 9s. 6d. per day, is
Inow inci eased to al Ss. tid. or 5,59t.-1,1. 13s. 9d. per auhtun.

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THE NATTONAL

Accounts from Gibraltar to the I tth ult. state, that the I •
fever had entirely disappeared in the town, and then limited
to the garrison, and the deaths and new cases were greatly
diminished. On the tt2th the number of deaths was thvee.
Letters from Cadiz to the 10th state, that our Minister,
2.1 r. 'Wellesley, had paid his last visits of ceremony at Cadiz,
and had taken his departure for Madrid, and the same had
been done by .the Executive and Legislative Functionaries.
The Deputies lnfanzon, Lexan, Mexica, Vesa, Ruiz, Lo-
renzo, Martinez, Pena, and several other leading Members
of the Cortes, had died of the contagious fever. The Sici-
lian Ambassador is also among the victims.
'Letters received on Thursday from Plymouth, contain the
disagreeable. confirmation of the intelligence, that eight of
our Southern whalers, with full cargoes, have been captured'
by the American frigate Essex, Captain Porter, off the Gal-
hpag,os Islands in the South Sea.
his Ilighneis the Hereditary Prince of Orange gets a Bri-
tish regiment, as a reward for hie. gallant services under the
Great Wellington in the Peninsula. This is a mark of dis-
tinction at once judicious and munificent, on the part of the
"'three Regent and his Ministers. It will, of course, attach
the future Sovereigns of Holland more closely to British
interests.
An account has been required by the War Office, from all
Paymasters and Army Agents, of the arrears in their hands
'since the year 1 7 83.—This, we understand, will be published
immediately, and the highly beneficial consequence will be,
to enable the representatives of all officers who have died in
the last thirty years, to ascertain if any balance is due to
them, and where they may at once apply for their prompt
discharge.
At a time when the prison of the King's Bench is so
crowded with unfortunate inhabitants as it now is, we cannot
but applaud the considerate humanity of Mr. Jones, the
Marshal; who, to alleviate their situation, has officially
made it known, that a
.very large proportion of them may,
on giving proper security, enjoy the
.comfort of removing
into the Rules, without any demand of the usual fees on ob •
taining such a privilege.
Mrs. Clarke, it is said, has pleaded . Guilty to an indict.
ment for a libel upon the Right lion. Wm. Fitzgerald, Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer for Ireland.-
Mr. Magee, -proprietor of the Dublin Evening Post, con-

victod of a libel oii the Duke of Richmond, has been sen

tenced, by the Court of King's Bench, Dublin, to pay a fine
of 5001. to be imprisoned two years from the 28th of July

last, and to give securities, himself in 10001. and two sure-

ties in 5001. each, to keep the peace for seven years.
A Court of Common Council was held on Tuesday, when
the following Resolution, moved by Mr. Jacks, and seconded
by Mr. Favell, was unanimously agreed to by the Court:—
Resolved unanimously, That an humble, dutiful, and loyal Ad
dress be presented to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, to
congratulate his Royal Highness on the happy state
.of affairs (mem-
sione3 by the late Revolution in Holland, whereby it prospect* is
opened of a renewal of its ancient alliance with this country ; to
express the sati.tetion which this Court feels, on the restoration
Al4jesty of his Electoral Dominions; and its warmest hopes,
that by the further progress of his Majesty's arms within the tcyri-
tory of France, and by the Allies in other parts of Europe, the
power of the enemy will be eflectnally broken, whereby the surest
expectations may be entertained.af the speedy attainment of a sate,
honourable, and permanent peace.
An Address, conformable to the above Resolution, was
afterwatils. agreed to, and the Sheriffs, attended by the Re-
membrancer, were diLected to wait tyou the Prince Ritent,
to know his pleasure when the Court should attend him
therewith.

DRV (V-LANE.
On 'Friday a new prelude, called " Orange Boren ; or, More
Good News'!" was performed tOr the first time. It is onderstood
to be from the pen of Mr. Dmitri ; hut it is of very little import-
ance who is the author, as the haste. in which it has been composed
would have precluded a writer of first rate talents from exerting -
himself with success. and the piece, torch as it now comes forth to
the world, is of such a character„ that it is impossible to sey we'
wonder how it etiold be produced in so short a time. It is Itoi 414
subject for criticism. Sayiug this, e admit the hnrry in which it
has been brought tbrward to be a satisfactory excuse for the.
absence of all literary talent and Dramatic ingenuity. The..
author had no time to study either situation or dialogue,
and " Orange Boren." conAdered as a theatrical entertain.'
MOIL is about as good a piece as we should have expetted to view,
if, the day after the news •ot the counter Revolution in Holland
arrived, we had been invited to see the Actors run on the stage and
.make a farce extempore, by saying all the pleasant patriotic thingp
they could think of.—The music, composed and selected by IV iiITA•
lIER, is
,very pleasing, and the variety of dancing introduced,
give• this preltide a chiim to praise as a Ballet. Viewing it as a
trine produced with a laudable anxiety to- meet the puhlic feel-
ina
ia a moment of general exultation, we are not sorry it is likely
to enjoy a .short-lived popularity.
Any thing that read.~to warm the feelinkii of rapture with which
Englishmen behold the hippy bursting of the bonds of tyrautry, de-
serves indulgence. Hurry is not only es:crucible, but praise-worthy,
on such an occasion, and in making but an attenpt, an Author
does trot add to his literary fame, :Min ugh the pr.,ise of nragna-
-I,iniity is due to him for risking the reputation he may have previ-
ously eprnea, from a lauddble desire th please, from a generous'
wish to unite all hearts in the cause of freedom.
'tilE PRINCE REGENT'S LEVEE. •

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Friday, at two o'clock, his Royal Iligliness the Prince Regent held I
Levee at Carlton House, wide', wits numerously attended.
. Ilk Royal Highness the l'ri..ce Regent gave audiences to Viscount,
Castlereagh mid Sid tnout li, Ear. Bickingliatnaltire. and Mr, Pierrepoiiit.
The latter delivered to his Royal Highness the Order of the Bath and
the Rib!•on, hel nging to Si' W. Meadows, a Member of that Order.
The Shelia}:. f London and Misldlesez, accnnspanitil by the 'Ciry Re..
membraneer. had also an audience of the Prince R-gerir,. when Its
ito.val Highness appointed Moßday next at three o'clock
Lopnrdaeocii:.tltyx,
I:,:ie.
receiving the Aldress of the Corporation of the ay. of
ton Dolts ..- •
The Pt ince appointed a day of General Thanksgiving for the late nu-
merous and splendid victories of the Allied Armies, to take 'place WI
Thursday the I ith of January.
Her Abjesty and the Princesses Augusta and Elizabeth arrived on
‘Vetliiesilay at the Qicen's Palace from ‘Vinesur Castle.. In the eveuitig
site dined with the Prince Regent. .
Thursday, his Royal 'licitness entertained her Majesty, Prircesses,
and Royal Dukes, with a grand dinner, and in the evening there was a
splendid dress party to meet her Majesty, at which were present the
Foreign Ambassadors and their Ladies, the Russian Deputation, Ittsiilaime
DeStael, and a tintiterim. list of distinguished Nobility tin,' (Jewry.,
• In consequence of the crazy state and iniusense weight 4 the-old
Sedan Chair used by the Queen on state occasions, a new foie has been
I to Ade, u lids her Majesty first used this week, in going to dine At Cart•
i ton House. It is universally admired for its compactness, elegance, and
spleadoar,o,illy weighing 58 pounds, exclusive of the poles :--
The ranirels are boll 'w and covered in with scarlet Morocco, superbly
mounted with an elegant border and cornices of a beautiful shell patter's
. hildilv burnished in gold. On the centre of the upper hack pirnitel are
the l; o, al arms, delicately *raised and chased, particular!! the lion nod
1 unicorn. In the upper patine! on each aide are her Majesty's, initials,
11 C. R. with a 'kb clowit over them, aid the branches of laurel :red pMtia
*i in happy all's ion to the live victories. Under the sw ..ep hack panitels
I are the Imo and tin.corn. irchlY cat veil iii ebony, elegantly gilt. In diet
1 centre of the lon is Ike royal diadem, superbly wile and thurni.lted,' in it
superior st) le of elegance. Tile interior is of eriiii.vit silk throughout.
.tufled and bully plated. The hick with a hell WI dr ''l) of el,gant
il drapery curtains. Round the inside is mounted. with beautiful garland
1; twined ft Mgt s, &C. Bi.c. .

Her Royal !Ugliness the Pri►►ccss Charlotte l'as been
pleased to hppoint Messrs. P. and P. Cooper, of Pall M4l,
to be her silk uterceis.

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RIGISTER.

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WATCHMAN:

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Ah, •ed restrse ! a stripling of the gown
Neer holds. the vicarage, hat lira in town.—LT NCH:

NON-RESIDENT CLERGYMEN.

PARLIAMENT has repeatedly felt it imperatiie to inter-
fere -respecting the discussion that now solicits our consi-
deration. If the implied compact still subsisting between
Church and State, in this realm, be indeed a virtual one,
as some have assumed it to be—resting on the adequacy of
the ecclesiastical establishment to supply the spiritual neces-
sities of the population of the country,—then the Non-re-
sidence of Clergymen, being calculated to defeat the great
ends for which their order was originally founded, is nothing
less than a national grievance, and nearly alike injurious to
themselves and to the state. Notwithstanding the " Provi-
sions of the Act for Enforcing the residence of Spiritual
Persons on their Benefices," however, and the clear and
urgent manner in which our " Bishops, in their Charges de-
livered to all their Clergy, on their respective Visitations,
have, for many years past, endeavoured to inculcate the ne-
cessity of ftesidence, together with a more frequent petf,rm-
once of Divfne Service," and notwithstanding that their •
I.o7dship, the Bishops, have recently laboured to direct the
attention of their respective Clergy more particularly to the
provisions of the before-mentioned Act, still it would appear
that the Non-relidence of Clergymen is one of those public
evils which have already been described as having increased,'
being increasing, and which, therefore, ought speedily to be
diminished ! It is evidently of little avail, ecclesiastically con-.
templattd, n hat provisions ate legislatively made for the
ivotection and permanence of an Established Church—unless
t )e.tninisters- of that church, impressed with their responsi-
tility, will conscientiously devote themselves to the interests
sof the establi,innent by which they are thus fostered, pro-

reeled, and supported. \I
Lord Redesdale, it may be recollected, was somewhat ' •
• .
rrontL7ally reproved, according to the reporters of our de-
bates, for some strictures on the clergy, which he took an
pppot tunity of expressing, 'during the evening of the 17th
of May last, in his place•in Parliament, upon the order of
the day being read for taking into consideration the Report
• on what was then called 1 The Curates' Bill.' It was easier
to-ridicule, than to invalidate, the statements his Lordship
had made. Every one who is actually acquainted with the
manner in which the duties of the clerical calling are too
frequently performed,—independently of the mischiefs aris-
ing out of non-residence !—nitist have known instances in
which, as his Lordship then said, " curates would ride from
parish to parish," sabbath after sabbath, 44 with such' pre-
cipitancy as to render their conduct indecent, 1111(1.13ring dis-
grace on their profession ;" while such an observer might
have seen, what his Lordship also stated as fact, the "cler-
gyman who so far neglected his duty, from his anxiety to
proceed and return, that he would asceid the reading-desk,
and so rapidly dispose of the service" as to induce a farmer's
wife to rise up in her pew, and insist upon his resuming the
desk, in order to the dee performance of his duty. Such
are, and too many there are, those our •
%hipping clerks,
Who, with a jockey's speed, trom morn to night,
Gallop amain throng,' sermons, services,
And dirty roads ; and barely nd the day
Sufficient for their toil!'
Reflections of. this nature are again forced on the public
mind, by the cireu.nstance of the Legislative ilaviitz m:s

WE NATIONAL REGISTER.

DEC.

cently passed Mr: Bathurst's Bill for the Staying of all Pro-
secutions against the Clergy, however instituted, under the.
Act of the 43d of his present Majesty, on the score of
Non-residence.. 'Upon the introduction of Mr. Bathurst's
Noli-Prosequi Bill, one Mr. William W right, formerly acting
as Secretary to dive's Bishops, and who, availing himself of
his official knowledge, had commenced Actions against cer-
tain Nonresidents, not only pc titioned . the two Houses of
Parliament, that Mr. Bathurst's Bill might not piss into a
law, but, at the same tune, explained the grounds on wioch
this prayer wsa. prefer red. The contents of this Petition
would be considered at any petiod as sufficiently inlet esti ng ;
but they appear to be pcculiarly important at the present
hour. Respecting the point of Nun-residence, it is ex.
pressly stated, by Mr. Wright, that thci e tee 10,301
Benefices in England and Wales, of whi:...11 -6311 were
without any resident Incumbent.; while ;:s few, resident
Curates wee left to supply their piace;—that 4734
Benefices were destitute of any kind A' resider 4
Minister ! The mischief does not ter initiate 11. re. Non-
residence is stated to have lessened the pert ice of the Es-
tablished Church ; so that some 46 Churches have had the
Duty diminished from Twice, on each Su,.d.-.y. to Once ;"
and,. Moreover, that whet e the Duty (Oh, this h .ekneyed
phrase!) hid been pet formed but once in the coins:. of the
Month, the Incumbents even refused to accept an augmen-
tation of stipend, though offered them, on condition of per.
forming Duty once. a thrinight ! Others, it seems, declined
to accept such angmentation_ for increasing the duty, from
once a Fortn:ght to-once a Week ; and, indeed, says mr.
Wright, " to such in alarming extent has a Neglect of the
Performance of the sacred Duty of the Church arisen, that
one Parish, wherein the Sacrament was formetly admit
three times every year, to.about ten Communicants at each
time, it is this year (1S13) returned to the Lord Bishop--
that this sacred Rite has not been administered for Six
Years!" Parsonage-houses, accordingly, have, in many places,
become utterly dilapidated,—some being now described as
64 unfit houses" or " metre cottages," others as 44 hovels ;'
while, within the environs of London, some are let out as
taverns, eating houses, offices. for traffick, and gin-shops ;
and one or two, here and there, have been, until very lately,
" occupied in a manner not proper to be named." Cdr-
tainly all this is likely enough "to prove the-ruin of the
Ecclesiastical Establishment" of this realm, if it be not re-
sisted and remedied.
Can reasonable men wonder that Sectarists flourisb in our
isle, when such is the fatal situation of the Established
Church ? Not only is the ordinary provision of this church
barely sufficient for the wants of those committed to its care ;
but what' it possesses of the heavenly manna, the bread of
life, is not even distributed so as to benefit the souls it was
intended to feed. "• Tell it not in Gath !" • Yet these
evils, concerning the Establishment, cannot be -denied ;
and, where this is the case, 'it is better that they should
be
candidly confessed, and forcibly pointed out. Silence
mostly begets suspicion. Let us, therefore, on this occasion
at least, acknowledge the dilemma, to which, as defenders
of the national church, we are reduced ; let tss, also, whilst
we oppose innovation, endeavour after amelioration ; since,
by conceding that which we are conscious to be wrong, wej
shall be emboldened more effectually to maintain that which
we are convinced is right.

* -4' There are, I am sorry to say," ohserves one Lord Bishop,
now in the Henri!, to Mr. Wright, 66 more than two or three Cler-
gymen, in this Diocese, who undertake the care of fonr,.and, in
some eases, of five Churches : it is unnecessary to add, that when-
ever this happens, the principal Past►►rai Duties must be sadly
performed, if not totally neglected," 64. e.