The National Register.
London, England, 1819-02-01 00:00:00

THE QUtEX S WILL.

It will be recollected, that in the Queen's will two
I;sts were referred to, which, however, did not &rpm-.
The executors in the subjoined declara.ion, fried
in the proper Court, explained the caus♦ of this
omission :

Appeared personally the Right Hon. Charles George
Arden, and Herbert Taylor, of Vkintlsor. iu the count•
of Berks. Esq., and being duly sworn to depose the
truth, !nee oath that they are the executors named in
the last wit! and testament of her Most Excellent
Majesty Charlotte Queen of the united kingdom of
Great Britiin and Ireland deceased, bearing date the
16th day of November, in the year of our Lord 181 a.
And the appeurer Herbert Taylor for himself saith,
that immediately after the execution of the said willsby
her said Most Excellent Majesty, it was delivered to
him for safe custody; and he thereupon sealed up the
same, in the presence of her said Majesty in an enve-
lope, front which it had been taken fur the purpose of
bang executed as aforesaid ; and the said will remah,e4
so sealed up in his poesessi'm until the death of her
said Majesty, which happened on Tut slay, the 17th
day of November, 18 iS. And both the appearers for
themselves, that on the fbllowing day, to wit, the 18th
day of the said month of November, the said will was
opened and read by them ; and the) then observed the
following clauses, in the seventh page of the said will,
viz.—" Having brought from Mecklenburg various
property, as specified in the list No.), annexed to ti. s
my last will and testament, it is my wish and desire,
and my last will and pleasure, that such property shall
revert to the house of Meclenburg-Strelitz, and I direct
that it shall be sent back to the senior brauch of that

house.,"
" I give and bequeath, as specified in the li!lt No. e,
annexed to this my last will and testsioent, to be pit(
out of the value of my personal property wititin six
months after my death."

And they further made oath, that no list of property,
as stated to be annexed to the said will, under ve mark
No. 1, or any lists of bequests, also stated to bt• an-
nexed, under the :nark of No. were found annexe.'
to the said will, or contained in the envelope in which
the said will was enclosed, as aforesaid. And sate
pearers further make oath and say, that they have care-
fully looked over and inspected the papers left by her
said Most Excellent Majesty, ana that no such lists as
those referred to in the said clauses have been disclose".
or found by them, or either of them ; and they an
verily and in their consciences believe. that r

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lists were ever prepared by her said Majesty ; and that
she died without preparing the same, thoogh is is %via in
the knowlAge of the appe.irer, HerbLrt. Tayl9r, that
her said Mejrity had signified 11._r i,,te:ition to prepare
th, lists so referred
.to in the said clauses, tin3er the
marks No. 1, and 2, and to have annexed to them the
said will, so as to have formed part thereof.
The Bth day of January, 1819 the
Right Hon. Charles George Lord
ARDEN.
Arden and Herbert Taylor, Lei.
H. TAYLOR.
were duly sworn to the truth of
this affidavit.
Before me,

['resent,

S. 11. Burraby, Surrogate.
Mid Nicholl, Notary-pub.

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PARLIAM

HOUSE OF LOUD&

TUESDAY, JA 16.
lard T)uorlas toe!: the 041 hi and his seat,
CD•ierOD I' OF •rti r. KING'S PERSON.
Lard Frokks so, on the miles' of the tioy being tooted for
a ike?unel reading of the bill to provide for the custody of the
King's person. WWI perfectly willing to sektiowledge, on the
earned nrp.rituweli,ll4 rine recognized the principle, whether
AO wr wressx, that the care of the King's person should he
41,95141,i 4 from the exrentive government, that the iris,'
coat.' not hr better disposed of than it W4ll by this hill. But
Ogirdites the separation of the trust, the bill involved another
vrineiple, which had, when tt:e question wan before thsenssed,
been the subject of much objection wish many noble Lords:
he meow the establishment of an imperiuns iw intporio, by
giving the person who hid the rare of the King's person an
extensive patronage. lie thought that their Lordships might
not to pots the present bill, moil they ascertained the nature.
of the potrimage which was to he vested is the Duke of Volk.
As he had olreoily observed, he hod no objection to the object
of the bill, bat wished, tor the sake of re.nlArits in their
LOrdshipii. proceeding., thin wine rspi.tt Lion should be given
on the point to which he hod

The Earl of LIVERPOOL had no objection to give the ex.
planation which the noble ',Aril required. It was intended
that the establishment should undergo a reduction, and the
proposition which was to be made would he founded on a
principle of reduction ; but as to the de tails of that reduction,
they had no connexion with the present bill. They would
coma first before Ike other house, and would in the usual
coarse of business be brought under the consideration of
their Lordships. In the mean time, nil that he contended
for was, that whatever that establishment might he, it ought,
if their Lordships agreed to the present bill, to be placed
under the control of the Duke of York.
The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to bo
•oiws.dtted on 'fiuraday.—Adjourned.

WEDNESDAY.
CRIMINAL LAW

Lord HOLLAND wished to call their Lordship' attention to
petition which he hold in his hand on the state of the crimi.
mai law of the country. It was from the Lord Mayor, Alder.
men, and Common Council of thi city of Landon ; it relined
is one of the most important subjects on which the Legis.
lature could be addressed, and the facts itecontained were
•alculated to awaken in their Lordship' minds the most
serious considerations. Ho wished that this subject had fallen
into Miler hands in this House, and was glad to see that it was
takes op in another place. The improvement of the criminal
law was of the greatest importance to the welfare of the
country; sad notwithstanding that great loss the cause of
humanity and improvement had recently experienced, he
hoped soon looms time object of the petitiumers aceomplished.
The Earl of Lovsnroot. did not intend to oppose the motion.
The only petal to wich he was assziues to call their Lordships'
attention was a Isere matter of fact, involving the consider
atioa of how fir the increase of erioses during the last years
palates' out in the petition, may not have arisen /rens the
situation in which the country Was placed by the change from
war to peace.

The Marquis Of LANSDOWN could 110 t concur in the view
taken by the Roble Earl. Last year a statement of the num.
ber of ceuvk►ioes and punishments for a series of years bad
bees laid before the Home. It appeared from that statement,
that the ioctesse of crimes could not be attributed to the
change from war to peace ; for it would be found that they
bad not only increased after the war, but during the peace.—
"One predominant cause of the increase he held to be, the
state of the primes. From the want of proper principles fur
use regolation of the goals, and irons the want of sufficient
machinery fur enforcing the laws respecting their regulations,
they had become schools fur vice, and J to prepare the
youth who voce entered them for the commission of greater
crimes. He hoped that the subject would be lii ictly and
promptly investigated by their Lordships, and that they
would take into their serious cossideratio■ how far a diminu-
tion of punishment was likely to lead to a decrease of crimes.

Lord Klan alluded to the report before their Lordships
rWative to the means of preventing the forgery of Bank-two',
and oh d, that if they meant to put a stop to the lament-
s:de effects of forgery, they must remove the cause. There
were very few instances of the forgery of country Bank-notes,
while executions for the forging Bank of England notes were
numerous. The reason was, that the competition of country
bankers occasioned a vigilant attention hn the part of each
dense to the state of its notes. If many forged notes were
'offered by country bankers to get into circulation. it would
elect their credit. Hence they were constantly on the watch.
But the Bank of England, having no competition, did not
feel the necessity of the same vigilance. To tete tdy this, be
proposed that the right of tuning one and two pound notes,
to the monopoly of which the Bank of England had no claim
by their charter, should be given to the other Loudon
banker..

The petition was ordered to lie on the table.
CUSTODY OF THE KING'S PERSON

The House resolved into a committee on the bill to provide
fer the custody of his Majesty's person.
Lord HOLLAND was very retort-int to offer any opposition
t• this further progress of this hill; he begged, however, to
Ls understnud as circling no objection whatever to the pre-
position for placing the custody of his Majests's pe:sun in the
Duke of York. Dusting the, greater pelt of the time which
the Windsor establishment bait lasted, he had been of opinion
Clot it was in lio was necessary to the comfort and di„mity of
the person fur whuse use it was pretended to be maintained,
bat that it was an unnecessary burden on the people; and he
tviould be happy to feud that the noble Earl had cimm o►er to
11:s opillison.

The Es' I of Liverpool thought that, as their Lordships were
agreed on the 'proposition of m 'king the Duke of You k
Persona, there entail be no objection to the other ',Arts of the
hill. Hr had stated ye•slerdaa•, that Ciere could Or no increase
*f the estAhlishinent; bat lie snit Parma to contrail, that
whatever might be its extent, it ought all to ter placed model
the coutr,il and diiectioa of the. nabs Prrsoner.

The EArl of Lst.r.ranot then said ;le hall titer to pronto..
to Nil up the hlnttw., and to etni ye th, appointment u!.l smetuin r
of the cooocil, to supply the a aeztory oc-et,intied by the derto
of the Lurd Curl Jqopro. Ito Fllollld theft tote MO ye the
4.,pnintoutot efJoloi J•tfoliu. A!.trtp.ri or Caw. len,
1.4 e ith the atnette..,...lA. 1,45 then arrectl too end
orc't..e:l to bt tertrted.-..A,ljoorned,

TIIN NATIONAL

Tnuft.,DAY.
The Duke ofSLasge look ih oaths and his seat.

The Doke of Monennes brought down the answer of the
Prince Regent to the address ins the speech of the LI Ida Com-
missioners, expressing in the usual let 1114 his 1/14 al Highness's
sat istaelion at the 'Wald and 10)41 address/4 their Lordships.
The Bail of Sri seeitesuov reported the bill fur the c minify
of his Majesty's person, which, with a verbal amendment
mos ed by Lord Liverpool, was ordered to be engrossed, and
lead a third time to-morrow.--Itliottrited.
FRIDAY,
The Earl of Titawer took the oaths and his seat,
A person from tho East India Company, presented the annual se-
eostnt sf resolut. worrants, &c. grattng 4laries, pensions. or an-
nuities, purmant m act of parliament.
The hill to provide far the custody of his Majesty's person was read
• third time, passed, and ordered to be 'eat to ihe Commee:, by two
of the Judges.—Ad;utinsed to Mondny.