The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-11-18 00:00:00

the Royal UndeAaker, arrived at Kew Pallet, to
make arrangement's for the funeral of the Quaint ."

We have reedited Paris Papers of Friday and
Saturday last. The Duke of Almon:Aims orris,.
ed at Aix.ls-Clispelle on the gth, where he was
treated by the Sovereigns with ►he most marked
distinction. The evacuation of France is nearly
completed.
The French funds have not improved since the
last arrivals. They were 011 Thursday, five per
Cents. 70 fr. 60 c.—Bank Stock 1,575 fr. Oa
Friday, five per Cents. 70 fr. 10 c.—Bank Stock
1,375 fr.

Letters from Trinidad to the 25th Sept. have been
received, with a series of Orinoko Gazettes. The
former state that an American schooner, with 500
kegs of gunpowder, had arrived at Angostura from
the United States, having Dr. Roasto, an long con-
fined by the Spaniard, in Ceuta, on board. Gene-
nil BRRMUDIZ had collected /00 soldiers, who
were iu the mountains of Guiria, and was soon to
occupy all the coast to Cantons. MARillo was at
Maturin, with from 1,300 to 2,000 men; and
MONTRII at Cumimacoa, with 300. Adm. BRION
was at Granada, victualling his ships. Margarita
was full of prizes.

The ships of war now remaining at Plymouth are—
in Hannover. the Ineprepuble, l'onnasit, Spexcer,
Superb, Revolutionaire, Mersey, Pheasant, Myr-
midon, Cyrus, Stoney, Maine, Britoasart, Anna,
Dwarf and Active revenue cutters.
The Lielsterv, SCHMIDT, from Liverpool to
Gibrslts... put into Waterford on the Bth instant
very leaky. and with two feet water in her hold,
the crew being unable to beep her free: she is
gone up for repair..
The Misserva, —, from Liverpool to Belfast,
ran oa shore in Duodrum Bay on Thursday.
LORD GASVAGH.—The vacancy in the Peerage
of Ireland, occasioned by the extinction of three
noble families, has been filled up by the promo-
tion Of GEOILGE CANNING. Esq. to the title and
dignity of Baron Garvagh. This Nobleman is
brother-in-law to Viscount CASTLEREAGH, having
Married, in 1803. the Lady Gioacitd• STEWA&T,
third daughter of the Marquis of LONDONDERRY,
by FRANCE*. sister of .the Marquis or CAMDEN.
The family of CANNING are of English origin, but
have been long seated at Garvagh. in the county
of Londonderry. The Right Hon. GEonGE CAR-
Nino, M.P. lot Liverpool. &c. &c. descends from
'younger branch of the Garvagh family.

The unexpected departure of the principal per.
nonage in a family of great opulence and distinction,
which has been followed by all the other branches
Of that Noble House, has excited not a little sur-
prise, particularly as one of the party (a Noble Lord),
bus so uniformly expressed his dislike to France
and French Manners--and at such a season of the
year too!

It was with great concern we heard some time
since of the accident which happened to Colonel
CHitHurea. A favourite dog went mad, and bit
the Colonel severely in the left baud. The usual
remedy of cauterising the part was resorted to with-
out delay, and we are happy to add, that he is re-
turned to town in a state of perfect health.
On Wednesday, the I ith instant, a serious affray
threatened to ensue at Linlithgow, between the
Highlanders and Irishmen, some hundredi of whom
are employed there in the Union Canal. The par:-
ties assembled, armed with picks, spadei, and other
utensils of a like initure, in i park at Winchburgh,
in order to have the difference decided; but the
Sheriff with a party of military appearing, seized
live of the Irishmen, who have been lodged in
gaol, and the otheni severally dispersed. A party
of dragoons from Hamilton has been stationed in
Linlithgow, to prebent further tumult. It is re-
ported that fifteen or sixteen of the Highlanders
have been very mileh hurt, several of them severely.
---IC/itigOto Heratd.)
The chew of horned cattle at Leeds fair was not
large, but we understand that they fetched tolera-
bly good prices. The horses were neither nume•
rous nor valuable, and the sale was heavy. The
light-fingered gentry were uncommonly active ; one
Gentleman had his pocket picked of upwards of
one hundred pounds in bills and provincial notes.
The officers of the police took a number of suspi-
cious characters into rustody ; but there being nd
evidence of their being actually concerned in the
robbery, most of them have been since discharged.
On the 30th ult. the workmen of Collingwood4.
malls Colliery. in cutting through pert of the londb
of Chirton, near North Shields, for a water level,
came to the remains of a human body. enclosed in
flag stones, set upon their edge., about four feet be-
low the surface, and covered over by others of • si-
milar description. Only • skull, and two or three
mutilated bones, were found. which almost mote.
diately, on being exposed to the air. crumbled iuto
dust : time bottom of the enclosure contai oo o ig no-
thing else, except some white .and. The place
where found is particularly interesting to the anti-
quary ; it is in the mouth-west angle of • large Ro-
meo elicamintient or entrenchment, in the field of
liast Ciiii ton, called " Blake Chesty tr." now ,ally d
Crawley. This extensive camp, on • range from
Segeiluouni (Wallsend eugiue) to Tyneinmith, was
a cnntiuuabou of the line of defence of the Emperor
SLventiii's Wall, to the East Sea, and 111111 rather
north-eastwards from Chirton watering-trough
(where it may still be traced over the lands of JOHN
(•431.1.11NGW000, JoHN FENWtdx, JOHN SCOTT.
Esquires, and *them), to a place called Cutthroat
Loaning, leading to the gallows of Roadatone Moor
(a mane given by the Christians) and Tyormouth,
into the lands of the Duke of NoRTHUHINALAND.
The wall of Stexeus was finished in or µbout the
year of the Christian era, 107 ; therefore this fortress
tempt probably was in its complete state upwards of
sidled', hundred years ago. The lines of the breast.
works and fosses are easily traced out by the utreviti-
bevy of the ground.. arid it i• not difficult to 11ei-
ceive wrmething like where the lire° 00000 n has been.

• This mushy, which is about 120 miles in kiigth, sad
30 in breadth, is hounded on the worth by the Baltic sea, by
Brandeuburgh on the east; by Lwantbergli sad Dresden.
burgh on the south, Sod by Holstein oa the West. Its ancient
inhabitants were the fathoms Vasa* who formerly made so
great a bustle in Ede*, and,, at length, had their kiegdoni
reduced to this Duchy, by the Buights of the Teutonic
Order, the Puks, lad the arsadeoberghers. The Vasdals
were a rude, barbarous people, who had settled in this coun-
try at kast 1,200 years before the birth of Christ. They
formed it into a powerful kingdom, and preserved its title
and dignity till 1163, when its filooarch, ',Mahlon, 11. was
compelled to embrace the Christian religion, by Henry Lyon,
Duke of Saxony and Bavaria; and one of our Ring's suers.
tors, assisted by the Duke of Pomerania. At this time the
title of Kiug of the Vandals was extinguished, and that of
the Prince of ilfeekleaborgh substituted in its stead, who
became a vassal to the Doke of Bavaria. However, in 1349.
lb. Prilif 41.4 hlecklenhurght as he was called, was created a
Duke, and nude a Prince of the Empire. The remnant of
the Vandals united with the Blecklettbarghers abuse the year
1449: alter that time they sere divided into three branches,
of Gestrow, Swerin, and Sheltie t but the extinction of
that of Goshen, iii 1600, occasioned • lawsuit between the
descendants of the two other breaches, shoat the succession ;
which dispute continued till 1901, when a treaty of partition
was made at Ilamhorgh, and ratified by the Einperor is the
following massiser:—That Ike Duchy of thrstrow should go
to the Doke of Sento, and that the Duke of &mitts should
hare the C:shopric of Raitellistrg seeolatireil, and 40,000
erowlia a year from the lulls of Boilscuburstg, and i voice is
the Diet of the empire.

linlinff, in his NoWM !Worm* Germania, gives • kite
account of the gem of shill family, which, he sae•, is
lineally deerrndcJ from the Kings wr leaders sit the Vainlalw.

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of tiseaties. The Courts of Versailles, Warsaw,
Vienne, and St. Petersburgh, were leagued against
him. The King of Sweden, Frederick's, brother-
in-lair, thought this was a favourable opportunity
to invade his dominions—mad, the Russians har-
ing obtained a footing in Pomerania, hr raised au
army, the command of which was given to Count
Hrebilton, in order to ers.nperate aith than. Fre.
derick succeeded in driviiig both Swedes and Has.
sians I his territories—but, as he lisd been in-
formed, that the Duke of Aleckleiiiiiirgh w.is to
have assisted tl.e Swedes, with all the troops he
could raise, in case they had beta joined by the
French or Russians, .and that seventh magazines
had been formed in his country fur that purpose,
the moment he had driven them into Stralsund. he
sent • detachment of Prussian troops items the
Duchy of Mecklenburgh, who not only seized the
magazines, but raised contributions as if they bed
been in an enemy's country, the Duke himself
having, upon their approach, retired to Lubeck.
The Princess Charlotte, afflicted by the distresses
of her country, is stated to have written in these
terms to the King of Prussia :
u Nay U please your Majeity,
" I am it • loss whether 1 should congratulate, or con.
dole with you on your late victory; since the same success
which has covered you wit► laurels, has overspread the
country of Meekleaburgh with desolation. 1 know, Sire,
that it seems unbecoming my sex, iu this age of vicious re-
finement, to feel for one's country, to lament the horrors of
war, or wish for the return of peace. 1 know you may
think it more properly my province to study the arts of
pleasing, or to inspect subjects of • more domestic nowt ;
but, however unbecoming it may be in me, 1 maim resist
the desire of interceding for this unhappy people.

" It was but a very few years ago, that this territory
wore'the most pleasing appearance. The country was col-
Heated, the peasant looked cheerful, and the towns abound.
ed with riches and festivity ! What an alteration, at pre-
sent, from such a charming scene! I am not expert at
description—nor can my fancy add any horrors to the pic-
ture; but sure even conquerors themselves would weep at
t►e hideous prospects now before me. The whole country,
my dear country, lies one frightful waste, piesenting only
objects to excite terror, pity, and despair! The business of
the husbandman and the shepherd are quite dii.contioncd;
the husbandman and the shepherd are become soldiers them-
selves, and help to ravage the soil they formerly cultivated.
The towns are inhabited only by old men, women, and chit.
elven; perhaps here and there a warrior, by sounds, or loss
of limbs, rendered unfit for service, left at his door ; his little
children Meg round him, ask an history of every wound. and
grow themselves soldiers before they find strength for the
field. But this were nothing, did we nut feel the alternate
{animus of either army, as it happens to advance or retreat,
in pursuing the operations of tie campaign :—lt is impos-
sible to express the confusion, even those, who can them-
selves our friends, create. Even those from whom we
expect redress, oppress us with new calamities. From your
justice, therefore, it Is, that we hope relief; In you, even

&Wren watt imam may misuptais, whose humanity 'mops
to the meanest petition, sod whose power is capable of re-
prtasiag the greatest injustice.
" I am, Sire," S:c.
This appeal, which soon found its way to every
Court in Europe, created a great sensation at the
lime. It was justly viewed as a very extraordinary
production, coming from one so young and so in..
tXperietived. Rumour says, that, on his Majesty,
it matte a deep impresiititi. The delicacy of senti-
ment, the good sense, and, above all, the warm love
of country which it breathed, pointed out the
Illustrious Writer as every way worthy of sharing
the British throne. Ou the Bth of July, 1'761. his
Majesty, having just then turned the three-and-
twentieth year of his age, caused his Privy Council
to be specially summoned. The Council was at:.
tended by all the Great Othcers of State—and to
them hie Majesty declared his iotentions in the fol-
lowing words
" Having nothing,o much at heart, as to procure the wel-
fare sod happiness of my people, and to render the same
stable, and permanent to posterity, I have, ever since my
accession to the Throne, turned my thoughts towards the
eissiee of a Princess for my coined; and I now, with great
satisfaction, acquaint you, that, after the fullest informa.
tier, mid matere deliberation, I am come to a resolution to
deemed in marriage the Princess Charlotte of Meckkn-
bargh•Strelits—a Prince* distinguished by every eminent
Simi', sod amiable endowment, whose illustrious line has
misistantly sheen the Anneal seal for the Protestaat Reli-
gion, and a particular attachment to my family. I have
judged proper to communicate to you these my intentions,
in order that you may be fully apprized of a matter so
highly important tonic, and to my kingdoms—sad which, I
Persia& snyaelfs will be most acceptable to all say luring
subjects:*

This declaration was immediately made public,
and was received with great pleasure by all ranks
of people. The Earl of Harcourt boon after left
England, as his Majesty's Plenipotentiary to the
Court of Meckleuburgh, and arrived at Strelits,
nu the 14th of August. The next morning, be
performed the ceremony of making, in form, her
Serene Highness the Prindess Sophia Charlotte in
maniere for the King, Ins Master. The contract
of marriage was immediately signed, and the Prin-
cess was afterwards complimented by the States of
the country, and the Deputies of the towns. On
the 17111, the Princess, .accompanied by the niggl-
ing Duke, her brother, art out fur Slide, where
she arsivril on the 42d, Ind embarked on board
his Majesty's yacht, accompanied by the Duche%ses
of Ancaster and Hamilton, the Earl of Ilaseoutt,
and Lord Anson. Falling (loam the Elbe, she
prim-tied to Cuxhaven, whence she sailed for
England, on the itith. After a voyage of ten
dab., during which the fleet endured three violent
storms, the P • •ass arrived its the port of Har-
wich, nil Sunday, die 6th of September. Site
landed on Monday, nt Harwich, and was received

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by lb* 41Infor irr 'hr'
Pr,,crerliug us bar journey
about five o'ulork she mune to Colchesi,
like stopped, and took refreshments at '
ir Mr. Eriew. While slie remained
Great, of Colchester, being irstrodin
Earl of Ilurcourt, presented her wit[
candied Eringo.root, a product of
which the Royal Family always receive,
travel that way. Cuedissuing her journey
rived at the Alarepirs of A bercorn's,
%nen, where a
.11011,11100111 enterldiuMel
rioted rui the Prioress and her suite.
(maned, that night, at the Mcritair of
—rod, at noon, on the following the
II ford, 'here the King's coach
met her. ['Aviv refreshed lier Stir ai
of Mr. Dutton, wine-merchant, she
Royal - coach—and proceeded to Lund/
her arrival at the garden•gate of
the Pril:CcISS was handed out of the
the Duke of Devonshire, us Lord CI
to the gate, where she was received by
York. As she alighted from the coach,
descended the steps from the Palace
den, and they lint each other half-wa;
Pinter's was going in pay her obeisance
took hold of her raised her
it, 11111 then led her up stair.: At air
the evening; the marsilge ceremony wits
in the Chapel Royal by the Arclibi,
terbury, in the presence of all she Boy&
the Duke of Cumberland giving the
hand to the King. On the SFI.I of Sept.
Alajesty's Coronation was performed
splendour in Wekisriniter Abbey. '
nation Sermon was preached lay the
Sarum, who took fur his text, I Ku
—" Because the Lord hired 1.4.4..1
therefore made lie flue King to do
and justice." From ihr:se words "
two important trutb•—trt, That
and good Rings reign, they are the nieuns
God blesses a people. It is not said, '
Lord loved Solomon, but, because he r
therefore made he Solomou King. et%
duty and end of Royalty is to do jt
jimice.—The rejoieingir throughout the
this occa-ion, almost exceeded any Benue
dent. Addiesees of 'culigratirlation l one
all quarters—and the Onion of ilieti
scented to be viewed, not wick as a Me:
liiical importance, by which the regult
to the Caown was likely to be preserved.
species of national blessing, from a
Moral connequenees were likely so proceed.
dressiug the Parliament, *Lech imscrisloled
Ilth of November, Lis Mejtaty. thus al'
recent noion::—
" My I.erds and anntirmelf,
" At the opening of the first Parliament,
elected uuder my authority, I will' pleartire
an evens, which has made me completely fish
universal joy to lay loving sohjerig. My matriage
Odom's, eminently distingnithrd by every tilt
ble endowment, shad it affords use all pur.ii
comfort.cauttot but highly cosalrihule to the
my kingdom, which has bean, and alas),
Pint object in every aetiou of my life.
• • • • • •

" I dare uy, your affectionate regard fur
Queen, Make you go before me in what I am
lion—the makingau adequate and hunourabie
her support, in case she idouttlil survive me.
wet only her royal dignity, hut bet own merit
I earnestly recommend It to your consideratio
This recontmeudution was liberally
by Parliament, and, at the conclusion of
on the 2.1 of June, 1162, his Majesty
faithful Commons in these words :-
4. I return you my particular thanks for the
you have gives of your regard to me, and to
the ample provisium you have made for the
virtues and affection Mai, country *ill, I am
found to deserve it."

Such i* a brief •ketch of that *mall
her Majesty's life which cull he fair!,
the province of hi►tory. In our le.ailsiig
we have endeavoured to complete it, by
general outline of her habits and character.

The Bishop of GLOUCESTER arli
Palace, in that city, on Saturday.
Miss WAXSTEIN IS perform's% at the
Theatre.

On Monday last a basket of ripe
was served up, with the dessert, at the
JOHN HERON MAXWELL, erinciiseew
of Kirouclitie, N. 11. and in the open
being forced in any manner whatever.
On Saturday selotuight * woodcocks
by the gamekeeper of his Grace the Dul
FORT, between Blarkpill and hilly L
Swonnes. a distance of only one time mad
Recollect I HAZARD HMI CO. Sold
Thirty riothosiol Pound Prises in the
Ivry—Mere were boa Tito, lOW iIAILAR 0 and k
BOA in Shares HAZARD snot Co.'s Office.,
&amp- Grie-26, eurnbill—eieg 3E4, Oxford-
eery no begin NEXT TUE•4DAY. curtains .
Thirty Thunsaind Three per Cent. Consids—,
Thousastl—Five oft hie Thussimsd. 4e. he. in sterling
First shams Prize NEXT TUESDAY entitled ,-
Consols.

It has been observed by iihilo.opb:
that the passion ri.r play iwt wad-%
countries, and exists as 'tropic in the intlittured
in the refined European. This is out son pt
consider the universal Metre lite power I\llll
easily tbt y may be unpaired by the sunk of
every person rho NOM buts n Ticks' or Shur,
Into inatepentlasire N I it. vets
Prix will a emir, taste of the roar Ptim sat Tl.t,
Numb, in adihnau So whansser laze it may I

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