The National Register.
London, England, 1822-12-29 00:00:00

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sonera could. be bailed. His connexions are very
respectable. Brownlow is cf a rank superior to all
the other persons who have been arrested. His
family are in very independent circumstance.

[From the Dublin Eveisimq Post of Tuesday.l

ADDRESS OP THE NOBILITY, GENTRY, AND CITIZENS.
This day, at half past two o'clock, one of the
most splendid and numerous deputations of citizens
that ever assembled in Dublin, waited on his Ex-
cellency the Lord Lieutenant with an address of con.
gratulation on his providential escape from the re-
cent Orange outrage at the Theatre.
Saint Patrick's Hall was fitted up fir the occasion.
We have not, at this late hour, time to describe the
scene. It was one of the most imposing we ever
witnessed. _ _

The following particulave of the late fracas be-
tween the American Consuls at Algiers and the
Government of that place are. given in a letter from
an American officer, dated' from Gibraltar ;—‘‘The
late disagreeable affair at Algiers- has occasioned
some uneasiness to our merchants, and various storks
have been afloat respecting it. However, the real
state of the affiiir is as follows—Our Consul, Mr.
Shaker, being away, had left his nephew, the Vice
Consul, to act in his place, who, when, out hunt-
ing, met some Turks, who told him he was tres-
passing on their fields, and desired him to go off.—
He refused, and they in consequence attempted to
use force, upon which he presented his gun at them,
which so irritated the Turks, that they immediately
disarmed him, and beat him with the butt-end.—
The Vice Consul immediately complained to the
Dey, and demanded satisfaction : but the Dey, told
him he could giie none, adding, ' I allow you suf-
ficient protection by appointing you a dragoman.'--
This oftiaer is a man sacred among the Turks, every
Consul being allowed one as a protection. It a
Turk insults any one under their protection he
loses his head. Our Vice Consul had omitted to
take his dragoman with him, therefore he was re-
fused satisfaction-. He, however, told the Dey if
he did not punish those men in 24 hours, he would
cut down the American flag staff—to which the Dey
replied he was perfectly at liberty so to do. The
flag-stuff was accordingly cut down, and a vessel
chartered to bring the Consul to Port Mahou, and
Dr. Swift is left in his places. This has ousesioned
great alarm among our merchants, to whom the idea
of an Algerine war is by no means palatable, as it
would do so much injury to our commercial inte-
rests, which are not in the most flourishing situa-.
tion now, although we are in the • midst of peace.
The Vice Consurii conduct 'btu; met with some ani-
madversion from several of our mercantile people,
who consider him in a great measure the aggres-
sor."

To the address, which was very emphatical pro-
nounced by the Lord Mayor, his Excellency the
Lord Lieutenant delivered the tollowiug.reply:a—
-"
W►LLFSLLY,
" The splendid appearance of this numerous and illustrious
assembly, the cordiality and ardour of your congratulations,
and your generous and affectionate attachment tomy person and
government, constitutes such an addition to my honour and my
happiness, and would adorn the close of a long and active life
with such lasting glory, that, if the assassin be not yet dis-
armed, my pereoual inte►est would be, that he should strike
now ; but my duty to nay God, lousy king, and to my Country,
forbids such a wish; and here, in your presence, with the most
unfeigned sincerity, t join my humble hope with your fervent
prayers that my life may be spared fear the service of Ireland,
adding, with the same earnestness, that if ever it should prove
injurious or useless to her interests and welfare, it will no
louver be valuablb to me.
No exertions of which any public servant can be capable
(however endowed with genius and zeal, or matured by expe-
rience) amid keep pace with the paternal solicitude of our be-
loved Sosereigii, for the tranquillity and prosperity of this in-
teresting portion of his dominions. Were 1 possessed of ail
the qualifications which you are pleased to ascribe to me, 1.
asastre you, in the most solemn manner, that I could scarcely
render justice to the spirit of benevolence towards Ireland
which animates his Majesty's Royal heart, and which is the
unanimous, active, and ardent sentiment of all his counsels.
" Whatever may have been the success of my government,
my anxious endeavour has been to pursue the course of his
'Majesty's intentions and councils by an impartial exercise of
the executive power, by a just and merciful sdininistratica of
the law, and by a regular system of mitigating and allaying
every cause of irritation, and every incentive to discord and
division.

" In relieving the distress of the last dreadful season, I was
greatly assisted by many now present receiving from you this
honourable tribute of your approbation, I desire to extend
anion to our countrymen and fellow-citizens.
" The indignation which the recent outrage has excited in
your breasts is natural and honourable ; let me not be supposed
to reprove so just a feeling when I declare, that having placed
the consideration of that transaction in the bands of the low, I
leave it to the sacred light of legal justice to discover the origin,
prcgress, and object of that disastrous attempt.
" So far, however, is my disposition averse from casting
upon the nation the crime of individuals, that I consider this
event to bays called forth the tree character of my country in
the most amiable and vivid colours, and this assembly attests
tie justice of my opinion.
" On the other hand, neither the dangers with which.my life
has been encompassed, nor any which may still impend over
me, can disturb the even tenour of my course of government.
Sensible of the value of yetir confidence in my firmness, I trust
that Providence will never deprive me of the fortitude required
to meet tae duties of my station.
" The great and valuable lesson, however, inculcated on my
min.% as it is upon yours, is the necessity of labouring to turn
this evil to the public good. Here L claim your most
assiuu-
ous and active exertions Cur the peace and honour of our coun-
try. Towards this useful, but difficult work. I tender you, in
true sincerity of heart, the aid of every faculty, and of all the
means which I possess or can acquire • and, recommending to
yourdeliberate and united wisdom and zeal, the calm and dis-
passionate consideration of the most effectual plan for removing
trout your society the destructive incentive of division and
discord, I implore lb. Cod who has saved my life to enable
me to employ whatever days may be allotted to me in establish-
ing the tranquillity, freedom, and happiness of Ireland."

ADMIRALTY.--It appears by a copy of a letter
from Mr. Secretary Croker, to Mr. Buckle, late
Chairman of the Committee of the Society of Ship
Owners, dated Q3il inst. , that the Board of Admi.
risky had just done what we believe the present ad- .
ministration never did before take into considera-
tion, that in consequence of a prevalence of north
and north easterly winds, the merchant vessels
coming in the contrary direction may be in want of
water and provisions, and Mr. Buckle is informed
that their Lordships had therefore directed the Ad-
mirals commanding at Portsmouth, Plymouth, and
Cork, to use their discretion in sending out ships
with supplies, and to cruise till time wind changed.
This is certainly a very prompt measure, as it was
only on the 10th inst. that the wind changed, after
blowing very strong for about six weeks from the
south west, and at this sensen'suelt a precaution is
not very necessary, as but few ships are expected
from the south-ward and westward. We are, how-
ever, very happy to find that the trade of the coun-
try engrosses some of the attention of the Admiralty
Board ; but it is probably owing to the approach of
the meeting of Parliament, when the subject of the
want of protection in the West Indian seas, and the
late depredations of pirates there,. will, we are
assured, be brought bake the House by several
commercial members.

Among the deputation we observed his Grace the
Duke of Leinster, the E:!r1 of Meath, Lord Ardee,
O'Conor Don, and several of our most distinguished
fellow-citizens. We observed also, and we were
happy to see them, the Most Hey. the Catholic
Archbishop of Dublin, Dr. Troy. and 1)r. Murray,
the Coadjutor Prelate. These venerable men were
in full canonicals, and wore their crosses.

The Society for promoting Christian Knowledge,
at a special meeting held in London on Monday last,
(the Lord Bishop of London in the Chair), resolved
to erect a monument to the memory of, the lute Dr.
Middleton,. Lord Bishop of Calcutta, in St. Paul's
cathedral ; and the members of the society are every
where invited to contribute to it, nut exceeding
their annual subscriptions.

We never witnessed a scene which affected us so
deeply ; we never saw a meeting' so moved, as the
very distinguished company who were present in
St. l'atriek's Hall, and, certainly, there never was
a reply so emphatic, so full of feelingl so pregnant
with the fire of youth, and the wisdom of mature
age.
Immediately after the reception of the address of
the inhabitants of the city of Dublin, this day, by
the Lord Lieutenant, his Excellency held a Levee.
There were present among others, his Grace the
Duke of Leinster, the Archbishop of Dublin, Lord
Meath, the Mon. and Rev. Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Wal-
lace, Milliken, the Sheriffs, Aldermen Harty and
Kenny, Colonel Morris, &c. &c.
His Excellency's private secretary, in the first
instance, introduced Mr. Milliken, and from the
marked attention with which his Excellency honored
him, we have every reason to believe that his ser-
vices have been duly appreciated.
Prisoners charged ►with conspiring against the life
of the Lord Lieutenant.-1 he Handwiches, we be-
lieve are carpenters ; George Graham i► a shoe-
maker ; William is a printer, and a person of better
condition in life. Forbes is the person who applied
to the magistrates at College-street, on the morning
atter the riot, and just after he had been reprimand-
etf
for his own conduct, to know whether the pri.

The bodies of the seamen belonging to the sloop
Lord Ncla.a, which was wrecked near Hayle, De-
vonshire, on the 16th instant, have been picked up
and interred in the churchyard of Phi Hack, Some
of the cables and anchors of the vessel have been
recovered and lodged in a place of safety. The dis-
position to plunder, too often manifested by the
people along the coast in cases of shipwreck, appear-
ed but in a very partial degree on this melancholy
occasion; the inhabitants of the neighbourhood
generally exerting themselves to save the property
and place it in a secure situation.

Extract of a letter from the agents to Lloyd's at
Smyrna, dated the Stst of October:—" The situ-
ation of this place continues prfectly tranquil, and
more satisfactory lux future prospects, in consequence
et very vigorous measures being at length adopted
by the governor of the city, to repress the turbulent
populace; and many of the ringleaders in the late
disorders have been publicly executed. From the
quarters of hostilities no intelligence of. any interest
has lately been received."

THE NATIONAL REGISTER . 413

Tin Ns, MARRIAGIS Arun- .A. great deal has
been said and written with respect t 6 this celebrated
act, but many of our readers probably have not a
(ear idea of the circumstances which led to its in-
,4troduction. • They are as follow :a-,The-Mitrehioness
.--of Donegal. was Miss May, •and was the natural
daughter of a gentleman celebrated for assisting
persons of fashion with, loans- of money. Being
married to the-Marquis, she became the mother of
seven children, the Earl of Belfast being the eldest
son of the Marquis and herself, and *heir of the titie
and estates. The Earl of Belfast being-arrived at
manhood, was reported to be on the eve of =trent:
with the daughter of another nobleman. At the;
juncture, the Hon.• Arthur Chichester, younger
brother of the Marquis of Donegal, and heir of the
title and estates should his brother die without law-
ful issue, came fbrward, and intimated his•intention
to dispute the validity of the marriage of his bro-
ther with Miss May; lie contended that the lady •
called and calling herself Marchioness of Donegal,
was still Aliso May. or at least not lawfully married
to-his brother ; and, consequently, that the Earl of -
Belfast and the other children were illegitimate,
andahat, .aa far as they were concerned, he was
the actual heir presumptive. In this manner at an
advanced age, the Marquis and -Merehioness found
their marriage questioned, and their children de-
scribed as illegitimate. The ground:of the conduct
on the part of Mr. Arthur Chichester waft- the mar-
riage of the Marquis and Marchioness by license,
svithout the corned of any person authorised by the
act of-1745. It will be observed that, had the
marriage taken place by buns, the objection could
not have been raised. • One of the consequences of
Mr, Arthur Chichester's intimaion was,;the post•
panetnent of the marriage of the Earl of Belfast ;
and, in the mean time, the Marquis and Marchi-
ness commenced such proceedings in the Spiritual
Court as afforded the beat chance of establishing the
validity of their marriage—though their chance in
the course of law, under thaact 1745, appears :t,
have been small. The course of proceeding,. then,
in the Donegal case, was this, and in all similar
cases it is equally needful.—The Marquis and • the
Marchioness discontinued to live together, whil-e
the Marquis commenced a suit against the Marchio-
ness, in the nature of an amicable suit in Chancery.
far what, in the language of the Spiritual Court,
is called " Jacitation" or assumption of marriage;
thereby requiring the Marchioness to show upon
. what pretence she called herself his wife, and why
she should'. nut. be forbidden so to do; and thevelbrs
affording to the Ntareltioness an. opportunity ta
establish. if pos.siltle, the validity -of the marriage
by legal evidence, which evidence would then be-
come matter of record for posterity, and demonstrate
the legitimacy of the children. This, it appeav,
could nut be. accomplished, and the at was intro-
duced, in order that its retrospective classes might
seamed where a straight-forward course had failed.
The marriage of the Earl of Belfast, with Lady
Harriet Butler, daughter of' the Earl Glengal, has
very recently taken place.
At a Common 'Hall of the Corporation of Lei-
cester, on Wednesday last, it was resolved forth-
with, to make several hundredsof honorary fiveteen,
principally non-residents, as the means of counter-
acting, it possible, the amaandancy which liberal
opinion is evidently obtaining over corporation in-
fluence.
There have been three hundred+and sixty cases of
cancer in the city of Canterbury-abase, since the
° fashion of women veering steel busks -in their stays
first commenced. These, by pressing on the bosom,
the physicians are of opinion, have occasioned many
cancers, and numerous distressing and fatal cases.
A young man mimed Cuignet, aged 26 a farn:s:
in Flanders, who had assassinated his mother, was
executed at Lille on the 14th instant. He was led
to the scatlbld barefooted, and his head enveloped in
a black veil, and his right hand was cut off before
he was-beheaded
The Journal de. Paris contains a letter from Ve-
rona, which asserts, that in consequence of the recent
ministerial changes at Constantinople, orders hatl
been sent by the Russian Government to the Gene- -
rads in Chief of the armies of the South and West
for. she concentration of their troops, in order to be
ready for every event.
The censorship of Lausanne Las ordered that the •
proprietors of reading rooms in that city shall sot
lend out the works of Sir Walter Scot,
On Tuesday the 17th inst. a fire broke out in the
chateau of the Prince of Orange, at Terveuren, near
Brussels: the cause of this is unknown. Happily
it was discovered in time, and immediate asaistanee
being given, the fire was extinguished by two
o'clock, without having done any other mischief than
destroying some part of the small staircase near the
dressing-room.
On Saturday last, a large monument to the me-
mory of the late Mr. Perceval, was opened in West-
minster Abbey. It represents him falling at the
moment of assassination. Bellingham, his assassin, .
is introduc.d. -Nothing can be in warse

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