The National Register.
London, England, 1818-08-02 00:00:00

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SUNDAY, AUGUST %, 1818.

CONGRATULAiORY ADDRESSES.

Monday about two o'clock the Lord Mayor, attended
by his Household in full state, anti accompanied by
Sir John Earner, Sir James Shaw, Sir C. S. Hunter,
Mr. Alderman Scholey, Mr. Alderman Wood, Mr. Al-
derman Goodbehere, Mr. Alderman Bridges, Mr. Al-
derman Thorp, the Sheriffs; the several City Oaken,
and fitly-seven of the Members of the Court of Com-
mon Council, set off from Guildhall and proceeded to
Carlton house, where, shortly F.lker their arrival, they
were introduced to his Royal Highness the Prince Re-
gent sitting on the Throne, and presented the following
Address as agreed to at the last Court, upon the Mar-
riages of their Royal Highnesses the Dikes of Clarence
and Kent:—
To his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Regent of the
Wilted Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
The humble and loyal Address of the Lord :4/or. Alder-
men. and Commons of the City of Leadoff. 113 Couution
Council assembled.
May it please your Royal Highness.
We, his Majesty's most dutifitl and loyal %toots, the Lord
Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London. in COIIIII2OTI
Council assembled. humbly approach year Royal Highness with
unfeigned congratulations on this recent marriages of your Royal
Brothers—the Duke of Clarence with the Princess of Saxe Meiningen,
eldest daughter of the the • g Duke of Saga Meiniogen i and
the Duke of Kent with the t'rintxu of Leiningeo. Consort of the
late Prince of Lcinin.r* 'en sister of the reigning Duke of Sage
Cobourg. and of his Royal Highness Mace Leopold of Sage
Cobourg.
We rejoice in every occurrence which arrerigsheas our reliance in
the preservation and coot/nuance of the inestimable bleatings we en.
joy, under the auspicious Govemment of the Howe of Brunswick; nod
we confidently hope and trust that these happy alliances will increiise
the firm and loyal attachment of the people of the realms to his M:,-
jesty's Crown and Government; and Ono your Royal Highness will
deny;. much additional felicity from tlrm propitious events.
Signed by Order-of the Court.
HitsaY wuoartioarx.

To which his Royal Highness was plassed to return
the following most gracious Answer :
I thank you for your I. st and dutiful Addreav—it 44 highly ratis-
fiwwry to me to rot-airs this tratinvony of you! sengmotor on an oz.
rusion so interesting to tue and in Lundy, sad solltipirtant to the
nation.

The Lord Mayor and the Members of the Corporation
afterwards proceeded to the residence of ,be Duke and
Duchess of Clarence ; where the Recorder read the Ad.
d:-.2sses of Congratulation on their present inarriase;
to which they returned suitablt: answers. They ilex'
proceeded to Kensington Palacv ; anti on their arrival,
were conducted into the North Library, where the buhe
and Duchess of Kent were in readiness to receive them ;
and the Record'm read an Address to the Duke ; to
which his Royal Highness returned an appropriate re-
ply. The Learned Gentleman then rend an Address to
the Duchess ; and, previous to her Royal Highness
making a reply, the Duke addressed the assemblage, and
said, the Duchess did not read the English language
very well, but she would attempt it. Her Royal High-
ness then delivered her reply in a manner to be clearly
understood. They were most graciously received toy all
these august Personages, and had the honour to kiss
both the Duchesses' hands.

Toe QUEEN —The following. painful statement pre-
pares us ti►r a loss which will be deeply felt by all who
know how inestimable a blessing to a nation, is the ex-
ample of fcmale virtue on the throne. It is asserted,
we believe on too good authority, that the illness of
her Majesty k a total decay of nature, and a daily in-
creasing morbidity in all those parts, the energy, or at
'ea.:: the regular motion of which, is necessary to the
fitnctions of life. What usually occurs in this disease,
and which is always the last sialet.of borssanc time
since eoliths:aced in her Majesti-.... tl,t7i of water
has already accutnulated in the aisaisa-h.
Tuesday a Meeting was held at the .Privy eonncil
Oilice, for the purpose of opening tho Commission in-
stituted fir the Erection of New Church. The Com-
missioners are :—The Archbishops of graterbury and
York ; the Bishops of London, Winebs,
Lineoln anti Chester; Dr. Ireland, Dean Westmin-
ster ; Dr. Putt, Archdeacon of Looao‘f v. G. 0.
Cambrilge, Atch.leacon of Middies-ex ; H. Wol- -
Liston, Arch:x.l,lot of Essex ; J Eyre, Art hdeacon of
Nottingham ; E. Outran', Archdeacon of Derby; Drs.
Mant, Wordsworth, and 1). Whitaker • and the Rev.
J. licatilam ; the Lord Chancellor; Lords Harrowhy,
Liverpool, 1-I.lrdwicke. Sidmouth, OrasiSille' Kenyon,
and Lord Colchester ; the Speaker ; Sigs.W,Seott and
I. ; and Messrs. Vansittert, Bashotikfluslis-
bUll, Burton, Stephenson, attic Watson,. •
The Earl of Pembroke is named as tin ' likely
to succeed Sir Charles Stuart as British rat
Par s.
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PRICE 90.

AGRICULTURAL REPORZ

Theiharm is dissolved, a re-action has succeeded,
and, in despite of the ice islands, and the conjecttute of
the learned, we have at length and in turn eejoved a
summer as high in temperature as any, or must of dame,
which used to warm our ancestors. I larvest commcnc-
ed, some ten days or a fortnight since, in the south wes-
tern counties, and will soon become geueral. The lung
continued drought has greatly injured all the crops,__
wheat, it is to be hoped, least ofall, as most able to
endure drought, and generally productive, in dry sea-
sons. In some, perhaps many parts, the wheat will be
undoubtedly a greet crop in others, middling, below
an average ; and, upon scalding gravels, and weok arid
soils, the produce will be light. The wheat plant has
been universally tinged with maw, in consequence of
atmospheric vicissitude and drought ; and considerable
quantities of blighted and smutted wheat may be ex-
pected. The whole of the spring crops—barley, oats,
beans, peas, will be short, throughout England ; in
some parts the barley will barely return seed. On the
other hand, letters from various districts in Scotland
represent terley and oats as probable to be the best
orops, the wheats not promising to reach an average.—
Hay, of every species, well got, but universally light ;
and green food never more scarce, afronling a cheerless
prospect for winter. They who, having land well
adapted, stocked it with lucerne, %vat have ample rea-
men to appland their fezesight and economy. Little pre-
gress has been yet made in turnip sowing, for went of
rain ; and great rut of the plane:, already above
ground, have perished, with the execution of wine of the
tiortherat counties, where sense sheeers having oppor-
tueely fallen, large breadths of tuteips have been sown,
and are in a healeliy and 'flatirishinf state. Hops and
fruit, particularly the oreluttid fruits, promise to be
most abundant, equal to the most productive seasons ;
pears and plums arc said to he exceptione. Neatly hop
plantations are as clean and Fire, in leaf and bine, as
the oldest plantix has wituiesed.. The potatoe crap
greatly in want of raw. Tho weather has been ee-
tremely favourable ehr the sheep shearing, and the el:,)
will be most valuable, as wool is perhaps higher in priest
than ever known before, and still apparently ailvateirig.
Both fat cattle and lean somewhat lower ; stores consie
derably so, on account of the want of thud. Pige ser.ree
and dear. Mitch and in calf cows greatly in request ;
and horses, of good quality, at extremely high prices.
The demand from abroad fur English well bred min-es '
has been greater, within the last twelve months, than
ever before experienced.—Middlesex, July 20.

Letters, dated Monte Video, the I ith and 12th cf
April, state, that " the Government of Buenos-Ayres
had marched a division of about '2,000 men, under the
command of Balcarcel, to attack and destroy the force
which Artigas commanded at Baxada de Santa Fe.
which expedition was completely routed and defeated
by the force of Artigas. Ha'carrel, having left his
artillery and baggage behind him. retreated, with only
700 men, to St. Niel)lay, about 50 leagues distant from
the capital. To this information is added, that the
people of Santa Fe have declared themselves against
those of Duenos-Ayres; that the troops of Belgranc,
having revolted, had taken Guemes, which was occu-
pied by a body of the patriots, where, it is also said,
Belgrano was taken ; and that this force, having united
with Artigas, had prepared to oppose itself to the Go-
vernment of Buenos-Ayres. This TAWS has occasioned

the greatest sorrow to some, and the greatest conster-
nation to others. Such is the state of anarchy in the
revolted provinces of Spanish America, though the par-
tisans of disorder and insurrection continue to assert
that independence is firmly established."
The Emperor Alcsancler has it in contemplation
to destroy several of the Russian fbrtresses towards
the Turkish frontier: justly conceiving the greater
portion of them not worth the expense of keeping up,
Doubts are even entertained as to the exp of
restoring the ruined works of the celebrated ()ckaahop.
coif, to acquire which cost the Russian Govern..astrt re
ninny thousand, of its bravest soldiers.
It state: Ciat M:. Canning is oonfined by a Awry*
w._.4 hat Wa .r
is
attack of the gout, which has prevented his atterslease
at the
f
mi
'e'3y i rboth his feet.
lair. Oithe Cabinet this week.
that played the trick on the Cornwall
Banks, was 'andel at Brest. He had with him about
vogs. and u large lantity of foreigt eosin ;he is
sail
have obtained About 1,0001. altogether.