The National Register.
London, England, 1816-03-24 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

T. IVlll-ri:34.441, husband ' '''''' h, Lrccsi rsbim innkeeper,
April tt, 9. May 4, at the George Inn, Market Itarlanom;ll. Att.
Mr. Inez!, New Inn.
P. Loon:ALT. Liverpool, merchant, April 8,9, March 4, at the
(h‘orge Inn, Liverpool. Aft. Mr. ModdJwcroft, I ancolii's Inn.
J. JACKSON, Ilkeston, rope-nitiker, April to, It, May 4, al the Flying
llorse, Nottingham. Att. Mr. Iterridge, Ilatton-,a n.
J. lA:CAMAY, Wigan, linen-drnrer, April 17, 18, :day 4, at the 3li-
norca Inn. Wigan. Att. Mr. Jolin-street, Raiford-row.
J. l)ocxr.n, Great Itus4:ll-street, Covent-garden. victualler, :March
2(, April 2, May 4, at Guildhall. Atts. liuvillard Co. New Bridge-
str:et,
S. CAMPRV.I.T., Liverpool, upholsterer, April 9, In, May 4, at the
York Rotel. Liverpool. AtI.A. Clarke and Co. Chancery-lane.
Js and W. NAIBII, Edward-street, Carerulii4ll-square, glasz-stainers,
April ?, 6, May 4, nt Att. Mt. Towers, Castle-street,
Falcon-square.
W. S. Lucca, llvtlw, bank-:r, March to, April 2, May 4, at Gull-
hall. Att. Mr. ilielnualsn, Clement's
W. HERMAN and M. CitAltitrits. IVhitechapel. tavern-keepers,
March 50, April 6, May 4, at Guild:tall Atts. Brat:sand Cu. Surrey-
s[. KtrritL

11..131c;4;att Am. Ilriddriton, dottier, April 10, 11, May .4, at the
Elephant Inn, Exeter. Att. Mr. l'untun, Wine tHfice-cntirt, Fleet-

street.
J.tusoN, Newcttql..-upon-Tyne, merchant, April 17, 18, May 4, at
the Turf llo.rt, NewCaStk,Uil.oll:4lll:. Att. Mr. Ilartley, New
Bridgc-strcit.
W. Lir WIN. Cil 2apride, etati..re-r, March !:8, April 4, May 4, tit
Guild-
hall- Att. Mr. riarvty. •ar t ha:a:cry-lama
W. ii.t.tais, li.tr•An, Devon: hire, tan er, Al•rit 1,4,
Ma:, 1. et the Hull Inn, Fuir otd. Ate.. t tort. and Co. &Nit-art:et,
Lintultt'a I nu.

31anchotaz, iron-liquor-1114a, Aril 1., 13, May 1,

MARCH. 24;

at the Conch vid llorscs, 31anche..ter. Atts. Willie and Co. Want..
iont-court.

W. Trlsi mscor, Norwich, upholder. April 18, IN May 4, at the
White Swan, Norwich. Att. Mr. 'l'ilbury, Falcorostro.i, Fulton.
square.
T. and .1. and B. GIRBONS WOIVCI4MInrtOti, hankers, April 10,11,
N!ay ;2 the Star Ilotei, Shiffnall. Atts. Baxter and Co. I'und-
sal's Inn.
T. llonixtsoit, Roberts-bridge, Su.savx, brewer, April 6, 20, May 4.
at Guildhall. Atts. Greg. on and ('o. Angel-tour:, Throgrnortomyt.
3. N. RADCLYFVE, Birmingham, plater, April 2,6, May 4, at Guild-
hall. Att. Mr. Ellis, Ilattomgan!en.
G. Ilaantsnar. Whitcoinbetrect, brewer, April 13, 16, May 4, at
Guildhall. Att. Mr. ltighy. Holborn-court, Gray's Inn.
DIVITIENPS.

Manh 26, K. Joseph, lltitY--sirect, At. Mary-Axe. merchant, at
Gniltlludt—llarch 26. S. N. .I.lsoplt, Bury-star:. t , St. ”itry-Aar, nor-
chata, at Guildhall.--June 15, K. thirchartl, Feitcltert '•-sheet Cham-
bers, insurance-broker, at Guildhall.-31 arch 19, 'l'. Davenport and
Co. Devonshire-square, merchants, ut Guildhall.—April 13. A. Cuth-
bert out Co. Gutter-lane. ut Guildhall.—April 2, 11. N
Oxtbrd-sireet, haberdasher, at Guildhall.—April 16, W. Dead,
Credition, Devon, serk,:v-maker, at the Globe Tavern, Exeter.—A tril
21, T. Itbiylock, merehant, ut the Green Dragon inn, Carli le.
—April 27, E. flirch and Co. Flect4treet. paper-stainent, ut GuildhalL
--April 25, .16.6.11 en, laaldnu-road, money-scrivener, ut Cuiltthull—
April 27, .1. Hay, IVulthain Abbey, Essex, lath r, at Guildhall.—
April IS,. W. Ileeve. Clapham. coachniaster. nt Citiltllo.l.—April
. J. Parker. Mortimer-street, goldsmith. at Guildhall.—April 19. .1.
Foot, Plymoudi-Dock, bootanakce, nt the Fountain lintel, Plymtatth-
I kiek.—April 17,1. N l'l, mot:tit-1 /tick. woollen-draper. at tl • c
Fountain flotel,Pl 'moult I lock.-- A trill), ►l. Ludlow, hatter, at Weld.-
ley 's Hotel, Plymouth Deck.--Aiiril 21t, J. Masson, of Bowra, Lill
nthi, draper, at the Bull Inn, llowra.---April 17, T. Bode, Little
Sat:atom York, weld-mere:mut, at the Woolpaik inn, 11:mt aster.—
April IL 1.. 11011 E, Solthani. NV:a:wick, money-scrivener, at the
Wnrwiek Arms Inn.— i2tt, W. Neweasie-upon-Tyne.
linenalraper. at the George rim, Newrastle-upon-Tync.-7April IS, e.
1 tarrison„ Barnard-Ca.stle. Durham, grocer, at the King's Ile.al lni
It;:mard-Castle.—.ll ril 20. S. Tnie, Cortimmutli, virtu:tar, at the
l•teintain Inn Cortsoolutli.---April 17, F. 11.d1, Cheltenhttn, fanner.
:o the lkt Swan Ire, Cheltenham.--April 17, 11. Buckle. Chelten-
ham, baker, at flit Old Swan Inn, Cheltenlinnt.---April 1 7.. f. I lerbett,
picking nn, GI lister, larett.r,,st the Oki Swan Inn, Cheltenham.—
April 13, .1. Ahernethie and Co. College-hill, merchants at Guildhall--
April T. Ilandley, Washot. Warwick. salesman. at the Warwick
Arias !rm.—May 3. J. Hale, Chester, Itutrltec, at the Feather's Inn.
Chester.---April 15, Dodson, Liverpool, merchant, at tie King's.
.%nit:, Liven:wt.—April 22, .1. Pipit;-cut, Chtisteli:unit. Toy:Milan,
builder, at the King's Arms Inn, Chri telturch, Twyaehatn.

CERTIFICATES—Arun. 13.

R. Collier and Co. I.ivcr;xuil,;itterinar)-.,urgyotts.--..T. Woodward,
I.stnplightert:-Intll, Clinwaster, vinmer.—T • Revis, Camlairlety, lace-
lloskell, Liverpool, linen-draper.--G. Smith, Sheffield,
briumnla.nwouidytticez,—V.'. Cooper, SLerton-:Mallet.Somen t, stock-
ing-toaker.—.7. E:Ax, shop-keeper.—.t. Stepie,,
Don't:no trot, Kent, cabiyet-makcr.—W.Pia, Northiam, SuseeN,
meryhant.—lt. Bromley, Shorter's-court, Thropuorton-streer, hill-
bract—H. Bramley, Colley Hom ti e. insinnce-Oroker.—J.
Bravo. Londor,-Widl, merchant—J. SparkeN mul Co. Crest Portland-
street. co.iell-maktrs.-11. Iklllncn John-stria:4 Couiacmial-Ito.id,
insurance-broken—ll. Divan and Co. grocers.
DISSOLCTIONS OF PARTNERSHIPS.
--• • • -

F.. BradletT;nd Co. Sandwich, Kent, brewers.—..l. Mil:dock and Co.
Cambridge;hankn.s.—C. Watts and Co. Newen,tle..upon-Tyne. dry..
salters—J. Knowles and Co. Liverpool, wine.merehanat.--.1. Oshcr,ie
Co. Niithilesex. bakers.—J. Lord and Co. Rochdale, Lancaster, faller*.
—al. Taylor niui Co. Leeds. machine.roaltert.—W. B. Simonds and
Co. Reading. hnakers.—S. :ttolyneux And Co. Falmouth. mercers.—
.1. Knapp :aid Co. Worcestet., glove manufacturer.—G. Cory and Co.
W. Land :.nd Co. Greenwieh,tavern.keepers.—W. I lamilton end Co.
I mud on.—W. Curtails and Co. London, i;nen.dralwrs.—A. Alolene:ix
and C. London.—P. Ramsay and Co. :Bidillesex, taylors.-11. Parkin
and Co. Covent-gastlen. grocers.—l(. Williams and Co. Clerkettwell,,
printers.—ll. and CO. Surrey, i.:Tocers.-11. t;codinan and Co.
Leeds, stutf-merchants.—E. Jon!an and Co. Norwich, emrincem—lV.
Phipps and Co.Bristel. timber.nicrehants.—E. Cooper ants Co. %Verity
Essex, butchers.—T. Burton and Co. Bermondsey, 1:oat-builders.

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The INDLX, ke. of VOL. VIII. of t'as NATIONAT.
es noto ; rue 7d.: tIo of VOl.. IX. 11 1 c 1":14;84ed rrl
tle cod rf the gior‘wit.'s :homy cstlithms of annilal Papers (mal
State vests, ,;r.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

LONDON :
SUNDAY; MARCH 24.

A proud era dawns upon the country ; the ConstittPs
ticn of England, which sums party cavillers have rerrc-
•cnted us shaken to its base, now stands flirth obtrusive
o the view in all its pristine excellence, uninjured by the
itorats which have assailed it, or the machinations of con-
spiring enemies. The right of petition re.ted in the peo-
ple, bus never been so extensively acted upon, as on the
Into momentous question concerning the Property-Tux.
From every nook and rranny of the nation burst firth► the
!Tint of opposition against the continuance of that otlio.is
impost ; and Niinistera have been forced to yield what
they might, with credit to themselves, have voluntarily
conceded. High indeed have the present Ministers stood
in our estimation; they have slilfidly steered the helm
of the country through an ocean of difficulfies ; they have
conducted it, with untarnished honour, into tl'e hariner
of peace. Let us, however, not meanly triumph over
this single error which they have committed, but, ketr-
ing in our remembrance, the services which they have
rendered the nation in a season of imminent peril, and,
with the t•,.1 conviction, that the good of the country is

1f .%.RCII

tlteir proudest wish, re-instate them in that confidence
which has been injured by an injudicious opposition to
the mice of the people.

The fall of the Property Tax has been succeeded by
that of tbe War Duty on Malt. We rejoice in the abolition
of this Tax on various grounds. The Agyitalzural In-
terest will be promoted, the private individual will be
able to procure for himself a wholesome beverage, and
the public, we trust, a chcaperone. The discussion on the
Army Estimates has ben postponed, which is supposed
to be preparatory to a further reduction of our standing
army. The Navy Estimates arc also to undergo a n:vi-
si:m. A reduction of expeue in the army and navy,
the Ordnance and the Admindty, may ba rcl,ntrded us a
new era in the annuls of the country.

German papers to the 14th inst. and Paris papers to
the 2tith have been received in the course of the week.
The forin:r are destitute of general interest. By private
whims from Vienna, the difference between Austria and
Bavaria appear to be adjusted by the cession of two Ba-
varian circles to the former; this intelligence was, how-
ever, received in this country some time ago, and had it
not borne something of an official stamp, we should be
inclined to call into quottion the authenticity of the in-
formation tra:l:anitted by the private correspondent from
Vienna. We most positively deny the fact, that Austria
is prepared for war, or that Bavaria dare unfurl the flag
of battle against a pon:er so much her superior in phy-
sical means. Like another leading. power, in tic late tre-
iucndous conflict; the finances of Austria :ire in too'
ruinous x state to admit of her drawing the swoni on a
question of not much greater importance, than the break-
ing an 9,7 a the broad or the narrow end, and the de •
csum of which amid be et:4ly effected, without a ras
and intemperate appeal to arms. We are in the mean
time not blind to the ambitious views, and the spirit of
aggrandigement, which limn the earliest period, have
lwen the leading features of the political system su tena-,
ciously adhered to by the court of Vienna; but we pre-
tl:Lt it will not be from the petty jars of Austria
and Bavaria, that the repo:4: of Europe will be broken.

The last adviees from Paris of the date of Thursday
last, represent the situation cif France as fir from trail-
coil, the spirit tf alarm is again revivin4, and the Go-
vernment is seriously apprehensive of ecumaions. We.
extract the followin,; from one of the letters:—
_ _

" The fermentation n hick still unhappily prevails, and the
pienaclng attitntle of Lyon and several of the contigious De-
partments, have excited just apprehensions in the hlinisters of
the Allied Powers. Since I wrote to you last, M. de Polignae
was devoted to the Duke of Wellington, whom he met at the
Elyst e Huurbor,with M. Fa'ul, Ambassador of the Kiog of the
I.ow Conuti:cs, and intimated an intention of the Court to ope
rate a elitio,:e in the hlinistry in favour of the Ultriottoyalists.
The Duke made no )(ply, but, in conjunction with Pozio
di Ilorglio, tisane shortly idle ran till rgutie representation to
the King iiiirtc,f. hi. Ve.,zo di Borgho's was rerbal, his
Grace eons:eyeo, Lis sent:ments by letter."

The storm, wlliylt has loog desolated this fir portltm
of Europe has indeed rasscd over, but the swe 1 is stlll
on the ocean. In the Fesent distracted state of her
fiovernment, split by fitction, and torn by civil diss.:n-
stints, it is in vain for France to look for that settled
peace, on which the prosperity of a nation is founded.
If we look to the state of her finances, what a deplorable
picture prevents itfelf to cur view. By ref:tying to the
lett..a.s of the 14th inst. we find that the Chamber of De-
puties was occupied for two days in discussing. the
Budget, and at the close of its deliberaions, had not
proceeded one degree in determining the sources ficrAi
which the public supply now in arrcar is to be drawn;
the violence of the contending parties here present itself,
and the dearest interetas of the country are sac..i!ieed to
support a deep and intriguing faction. !den dime-the
Chamber is enforcing the strictest economy in all denart-
inents o 1 the gate; the King has 7iven up ten million:
from his Civil List, and a gradual roduc:ion has been
node from the salaries of al public officers, beginning Its
low at 251. per annum. ‘llhen we read this and look at
Our own Civil List, our pensioners an r'acemer, we
cannot refrain from exclaiming, o .vi sic amnia.
By the papers of the !20th inst. we rejoice to observe,
that a bright gleam of hope has dawned on the tine of
Sir Robert Wilson, and his two associates. It is finally
Fettled, that they shall take their trial before the Court
of Assize. The most serious charge against them of
having contrived and facilitated Lavalette's escape, has
been withdrawn. We extract the article in question
from La Gazelle de France:—

" fly virtue of a Decree of the Chamber of Accusation
date) the IGth iuxt., Madame Lavatette is definitively rest
to liberty. Tlic keeper.. atilt mervants of M. Lavalet.e are to
Ipe i aoe,;ht b,fore the l'imrt of ArbiZe,ll% ellArgt'd lilt 111:1% illg
itra the esedio: of M. laivulette. Alt,srs.ll noon, Hi ore,
sod arc equally to be tried hy the Court of
..r COM iNP:111,1101 tli.•
1‘ -,:i•X•ri to then the lust btai of accusalitAt is done
away."
- - - -

The Duke of Wellington, we under:mad, left Paris
f r Coudray, immediately that the serious part of the
charge against his countrymen was alaindoned.
The aente ice of Colonel Foytr has limn c.mnutud into
imprislainent for .20 years in a state priml.
(ieneral Manton l)tivernet has been apprehended.
TIT French fund., continue to The five per ceuts
are at '2O c.

THE NATIOI

From Madrid we learn that the beloved Ferdinand is
in daily expectation ,of beholding the Brazilian Princess,
(victim, we would say), who is to share with him his
blood stained throne. He is in the mean time filling
the dungeons of the Inciuisition with fresh victims, whose
death or exile is to form a part of a grand fet and
marriage jubilee. We hope the groans of his murdered
subjects will startle him in his hymeneal.% and the shade
of Porlicr stand between him and his bride at the altar.
Report has not yet presumed to mention the number of
petticoats which the THE BELOVED has embroidered for
the virgin of the House of Breganza.

The Public will learn, with real regret, the renewal
cf hostilitim in our Indian Empire. Letters dated the
end oflast July from Karmoul, in the Buhar, state, that
when the Government expected a long repose, a new
war had suddenly broken out and extended itself from
the southernmost point of the eastern boundary, us low
down as Chittigong, up to the northernmost parts of
India, where Europeans had never betbre s-t foot. The
British arms have atehievcd, by their valour, the expul-
sirn of the enemy, more formidable in themselves than
the mere value of the conquered territory; but the ex-
pend'ture and the loss sustained have been considerable,
among which is to be estimated that of a number of our
best Officers on the Establishment. Lord Moira, after
an absence of a year, was on kis return to Calcutta, from
whence it was supposed he would ruame the next cam-
paign, after new arrangements had been made, and the
rains had ceased so as to enable the army to take the field.
Ills Lordship's Proclamation, declared, that " tLe sword
should not be sheathed until the Company was indemni-
fied for the expences of the war."

A plzrtial change in Administration is confidently
cxi.en of: The presmt Chancellor of the Exdtequer re-
tires, and is to lie succeeded by either Mr. Peel or Mr.
Huskisson. Lord Castlereagh will be called to the House
of Peers ; and Mr. Canning is mentioned, we are in-
trmed, as his successor the Lower House. The defi-
nitive Settlement of the new arrtingemmt, awaits only
the return of the Prince Regent to Tuwn.

HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING H 110 ..-.lllUrAbiy her
Majesty held a Drawing Romn at Bud:high= Huwe,
hr the first time since last autumn, whi:o was attended
by nearly all the persons of distincti.m in town. It wim
at first intended that this Levee should be held for the
purpose of introducing Prince Leopold SAxe Cobonrg,
but the indisposition of his Royal Highness th.: Prince Re-
gent prevented the introduction.
It is however understood, that in consequence of the
Prince Regent's recent attack, her Majesty has ordered
that a Grand Drawing-room shall be held on Thursday
week next, for the purpose of introducing Prince Leopold,
the Princess Charlotte's intended husband, preparatory
t•i the soleuinixation of their nuptials, f r which the
most splendid preparations arc making.—The dresses are
to be of the nmst costly nature, and are ut present in a
very furward matt.
'[he Steahm• of the House of Commons and the Lord
Chancellor went in their rate carriages to the Drawing
Room, as also the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of the City of
London. 'The spectacle on the whole was very brilliant,
a or. the fineness of the day added to the general eTect.

The fellowing are selections fi•utn recent foreign
papers :
FROM TUE IkIAINE MAIM% 6. —lt k not Gt.llerAl Lavallcite,
hut General Drouct, who is now at Bayreuth.

Letterfrom Stockholm. .111cch I.
His Royal Highnos the Crown Prince was lately indi+posed ;
slight us the intloposition wa+, it gave 04(104111 to sliew the at-
tachment aml cordial feSpert With which the illhithit.ifitA of the
capital. us well Oti Of the province+, tire animated toward> the
august Prince, to whom Sweden and Norway hal e such infinite
ohlizations, since ihcv have had the happiness of po++es•in2
Eye.l.N. h.& tools the sincerest interest iu hii illnes., ctrl
the joy at his 'perfect recovery was universal.

1.1%N0$ 1112,1iARCII Royal lil,:haet, the Mince Regent
h.ns grunted to the Duke of Cuutherlauth, fluzzuls, th.t.inc-
tion of '• II aterke."

(7u;r.otke.. are making in the Harz fur the re;iments o:* Cui
ro.sicrs that are to h' f..rtned.

Three divigion of Foot Guards w:11, it is said, be formed
here and at Calle and Hilde•he,iii.

VIENNA. NIAR(11 2. —iler Ilaieity the ArelitluelP•ss Maria
Louisa of Austria, 'tooth sr of Parma, Placentia, slid thiatalla
(this is the title :she will bear in Astaire) departs for Italy oil tl e
7th or this mouth.

BULN*WICK, MAIM! 4.—The new 4 of the heroic de•ith of
the brave Doke of Brunswick was received in his capital on
the third night after the melancholy ev..at. Tho Tutor of the
two Princes, his sons, began their le .sons the next moin'ng
with a conversation upon separation and death. Piince Charles
Ferdinand, the eldest, said in a few minutes, " How
you come to this subject? e d,J not leave otf here."
" 'that is true,' said the tutor, " but vont father has h••en
forced to pail truin his drat* Anus That is because I cis a
soldier," es torited the Prince. " And how easily might he by
wounded, severely wmaided ?" " Certainly, but he is u •ol-
dter." ".end if he shook' evon be killed, coissidering how
lessiy he Mayes every danger -'"l•he PI Mee started and cx•
claimed mu:lde•dy, "has my father tutor, in
faohering voice, replied in the a ;:irumtlr e. The Prioce uns er
his c3;es with hi. hood. and was .silent for some m inert~ -
then he asked mote composed, " Did my OM r before
Ins cad that the hattie was gained This was also tinsweird
in t{ac affirmative. "At least, then, returned the Prii.ce, his
host moments were happy!" ilia 1101 s, a. nature ligstri, tier
he burst halo tears,through which, however, beamed
VOIISOOPSIO •s of a pi-heroes pride.
Allay the spirit of their great ancestor, Henry the Lion,
fro• fritur, couLtum to Lis 44 the ~,,no/

ABANDONMENT OF THE INCOME T.IX.
THE confidence with which we announced, last Sun-
day, the approaching downfall of the Property-Tax, eras
axed no little astonishment in the minds of those who
thought themselves most able expounders of political
prognostics. Notwithstanding the fervency of their
wishes, they anticipated nothing but gloom and defeat;
whilst, cool and attentive observers of the progress of
events, neither biassed by fear on the one hand, nor by
partiality on the other, we were able to trace the course
of ministerial measures to the very crisis of their fate.
Our prophecy, however wild it might appew to the eyes
of an anxious and apprehensive public, bore in our own
a character of mathematic truth. We sent it forth to the.
world fearless of the result, and in less than forty-eight
hours the event realised it wits fullest extent. The country,
we then said, would have her wish : the country has it
now, and greater blessings than she even dared to hope,
have attended the triumph of her exertions. She con+.
tended for the abolition of one tax alone. Against it all
her fears and all her efforts were directed. The rest,
however heavy and oppressive, were tinsgotten in the
heat of remonstrance as light burthens, which might be
cheerfully borne if the mighty grievance were removed.
That grievance fell under the pressure of universal
hostility, but it did nut &II alone. The shock of a na-
tion's united sentiment was too powerful to be resisted.
It shook the existing administration to its ibunation, and•
loosened other taxes, some of which have already droppad.
to the ground, whilst others still remain in a tottering
state.

Whatever opinion we may retain of the general merits
of ministers, and of their measures, it is impossible to con-
template this noble instance of notional energy without
admiration. Its effect will be twofold. It will prtyluce
at home that close attention to economy, which was so-
lemnly promised, anti which may be rendered consistent
with tha greatness anti the power of the country. It
will astonish abroad the nations.of the earth. It will
rend asunder the veil of their ignorance, and will show
them the British Constitution, beaming in all its beauty
and all its strength. Notwithstanding all that has been
said and written upon the subject, they have but a very
faint idea of the tights of Englishmen, and of the influ-
ence of the national voi 1: in the government of the states.
In seine places where miserable imitations of our Consti-
tution have been erected, their conceptions are still more
erroneous, for they judge of the original by the imper-
fections of the copy. lint in general, it is fancied' that
we possess the
,/b; we of freedom in greater perfection than-
other states, but little more of the reality. Despotism. is
• thought to iessmne a different shape amongst us. If it
do not move in undivided power, girt with the spitunlours
of a crown, and armed with the ttrrors of a sceptro, it is
considered to nide in the corruptions of an election, and
the majorities of a Minister. The will of a Court may
be less publicly declared, will Continental slaves tell you,
but it is as faithfully executed. amongst you as under the
most arbitrary governments ; and the right of speaking
and publishing your thoughts, is left you as a mere Mild
to prevent you from perceiving your thraldom, and as lit--
tie dangerous to the ruling authority, on account of the
peculiar frigidity of your tranper. This belief has been
considerably strengthcoed by the events which have suc-
ceeded each other with :;4) much raptdity during the last
few years. The unanimity with whiels lingiand hiss
borne burthens so multiplied, and made exertion:: So
petitions, and so incessant in the cause of universal free.
dom, is not generally understood .on the Continent. It is
considered, not as the .ellect of national spirit and mug.
.nanintity, but as the result of. national dependence on o
system imposed upon.the peupk by the siporior po."t:
and inflexibility units-government. The appearance of
our Minister abroad, moving amidst Kings and Emper-
ors, as the Representative of his country, invested with ail
the influence of her power, her sanction, and her glory,
the arbiter of Sovereigns, anti the distributor of States,
should have removed that absurd belief; but only served
to spread, and to int rease the delusion. The more C.lg-
nitied was his station, the more imposing his attributes,
and the more closely they coincided se ith the Continental
notions of despotism. The agent of a great nation wan
thus d,:gratled, into the ambassador of a Court ; turd floc
free-will and invincible constancy of England, into sub-
serviency to power.

With what feelings will Europe now leant the defeat
of that system which she &lighted to consider as dis-
pulsed, but real and resitle,ts despotism? She, who has
seen that miulitor in the plenitude of his power, who

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