The Sun.
London, England, 1815-02-25 00:00:00

THE itiSrCE REGENT'S COURT.

esterday his Royal Highness the PluNcu RE-
GENT field a Court at Carlton Home. boon after
two o'clock, il,Treeably co appointment, the Cor-
poration of the City of Lotichm arrived at the
Royal mansion-house, in state, to present a loyal
address to the Prince Regent, on the ermelazion
of peace with America. They proceeded in the
following order :

The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in his splendid new robes,
attended by the Sword of -State, the Corporation Mace, his
Lordship's Chaplain, and four gentlemen of his household,
preceded by the two City Marshals,-in their splendid uniform. —They were folloWed by—Aldermen Lewes and Heygate;
the -Recorder; the Sheriffs of London and. Middlesex; Cu, der Sheriffs Leigh and Rooke ; the Cbaniberlain ; the Com-
mon Serjcant ; the Town Clerk; the Comnion Pleader; the
Comptroller; the Reinembrancer; Mr. Secondary Coleridge ;
I the Hall Keeper; Messrs. 11%0111m:1n and Pavel!, the .mover
and seconder of the Address ; Mr. Wheble, Mr. 3. Vale,
and a number of the. Gentlemen of the Court of CoMmon
Council.
In a 1)ort time after, the PniNcE.being seated
on his throne in the Council Room, his Royal
.1-Ugliness's readiness to receive the Corporation
of the City of London was communicated to them \
by 'the Lard Chaniberlaiii, who conducted them
into the Royal- oresence, where his Royal high-
ness teas attended by.
-•
The Lord President:Of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal,
the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretary of State fur the
Home Departniyat, the Master of the Mint,- and others of
the Cabinet Ministers; the Vice Chamberlain; the Doke of
Montrose, as Master of the Horse; the Comptroller Of the
Household; Major-General Re4ovv, as Silver Stich in wait-
. big ; Lord Gras es, in waiting, for Lord Petersham; Mr.
Herbert, as Groom.
The RECORDER read the Address,. to which his
Royal Highness returned a most gracious Answer.
The Deputation had the honour of kissing the
PRINCE'S hand, and then retired.
The following is a Copy of the Address, and
Answer of his Royaillighness , • •

" Jo his Royal Iligii.-zess the Prince qf Wales, Regent of
the United _Kingdom (y. Great Britain and Ireland.
- • " The bumble,lurid, and dutiful Address of the
• Lord Mayor, 'Aldermen, and Cullman:is of the
City of Condon in Coanuou Council -assembled.
' '" May it yea:.s.c.-.,vour.Royal
cc We his Majesty s most dutiful and loyal S'ubjects, the
Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and:Commons of the City of Loudon in Common Council assembled, present ourselves before your
Rtiyal Highness to offer Our zealous and heartfelt congratu-
lations on the circumstance of the'signature of 4
Treaty of Peace with the United States of-Ainerica.,: - •Wr consider this event as the fortunate and desirable
termination of that prolonged series u political calamities,
which, whatever may have been their causes, or in whateverdegree they were unavoidable, have at various periods of their
disastrous course, filled his Majesty's loyal subjects with
anxiety for the- welfare of these Kingdoms, and with deep affliction for the unavailing slaughters, desolations, and
miseries with which they have covered the civilised and
Christian world.
We had concluded an arduous struggle against a formi-
dable rival of the power and prosperity of this .empires in a
manlier creditable to our resources, and glorious to his Ma.
jesty's arms, by sea and land.; and as the rupture with the
United States of America.was but an etect of the mutual hos-
tilities of the pre-existing Belligerents, it was reasonable to
hope that peace with America. would have been the immedi-
ate consequence of the pacification of Europe.
' Alive to the honour as well as to the interests of the
United Kingdorika we ought not to conceal from
,ybur Royal
Highness, that we should have been far more gratified, had
the object of the-negotiations been sooner accomplished,
or
had suitable means been employed and promptly exevted
for
supporting the
:character aad:ensuring the triumphs of the
British. Dag.
.
" Oar regrets would, we acknowledge, have been much
more poignant, under the.circuaistauces of the great supe-
riority of our means and cuSoUrCeS, were it nut notorious,
that our occasional losses in the varied scene of naval hos-
initia;; are to he attributed, not to ally deficiency of ‘leeision
and energy in the British character,. nor to any want of gal-
lantry and perseverance on time part of our Naval -Coalman-
debts and seamen, but to the kVailt of due iindramtion as to
the force and construction ot the American ships of war,
and to the inapplicable description of the -force employed
against them.
c• We should nut have done justice to our feelings, had we
passed over in silence the topics at which we have thus
briefly and reluctantly glanced; but we contemplate' with
satisfaction:the prospect of speedily returning to tuat state of
society, which aiturds free scope to the commercial energies of
this great Empire, and the approaching renewal of an inter-
course with a great, free, and rising people, connected with
us by so many ties and sympathies—an intercourse which has
been mutually advantageous,- and has greatly promoted the
poWer r and prosperity of this Nation. Ntir thi we view with
less pleasure the opportunities which will thus Ire afforded for
diminishing our unexampled expenditure—for the removal of
the most galling and debasing of our Taxes, such as we hope
never again to have occasion to name—and for reforanog,
those-abuses which, in a series-of protracted couilicts, creep,
into and deform every State, uuless carefully watched and zea-
lously guarded against.
" That we may uninterruptedly devote ourselves to the
pursuits, and enjoy the blessings of peace, and that the
Royal House of Brunswick may long reign over a tree, happy,
anti united people, is the ardent wish of his Majesty's faith-
ful Citizens of London.
" Signed by Order of Court,
" HENRY WoODTHORPE."
To which his Royal Highness was pleased to
return the following most gracious Answer':—
I feel great satisfaction in having brought' the Negotia-
tions with the [hilted States of America to such a result as
affords- a fair prospect of the speedy re-establiskinent of peace
With that country.
" Whatever may hare been the calamities occasioned by
the extended warfare in which We were su long engaged, they
are in no respect imputable to Great &juin'. It was the
conviction that our cause was just, and that we were in/a-
voidably contending for all that was valuable to us as a na-
tion, that produced these extraordinary exertions, which,
under the favour of Divine Providence, completely frustrated
the designs of our enemies, and which will be eunteniplated
with admiration and gratitude by our latest posterity.
" No endeavours will he wanting on my part to promote
a friendly intercourse between this Kitt:plot/1 and the coun-
tries with which we have been at war, arid to secure and
improve all the advantages of peace."
His Royal Highness afterwards held a Privy
Council, when sonic other Sheriff's were obliged
to be pricked for, in consequence of some of
those already chosen being dead.
His Royal Highness gave audiences to the Earl
Of HARROWBY and Viscount SzeimouTa.

WINDSOR, FEB. 24.

Yesterday Princess CHARLOTTE, after taking a
long airing in her pheaton and grey ponies, visit-
ed the QUEEN and PRINCESSES in the Castle, and
'returned to Cranbourne Lodge to dinner, and in
1 the evening her Royal Highnf!ss had a musical
party, at which the PRINcEss precided. The
same evening her MAJESTY and the PaiNcEssEs
honoured Miss TowNsEND with their company to
tea, and spend the evening, where there was an
elegant party to meet the Royal Family.
This being the Duke of CAMBRIDGE'S birth-
day, the morning was ushered in with the ring- 1
ing .of bells, &e. Princess . ELIZABETH gave a J
Heakfast on the occasion, at,.her cottage in Old I
'indsor, at which the QuEE:q and the 'other
PRINCESSES were present. In the evening, her
MastsTy gives a dinner and entertainment at
Froginore, in honour of the day, to which a se-
lect party are invited. The Doke of KENT and
Earl MokToN are arrived this morning to be
present.

P OETRY.

IMPROMPTU

On Mr. WurrnitrAn's having lowered the Price of Beer.

Though Party so often has slander'd the Brewer,
And swore that he cares not a (hilt for the:"ocr,
His reductjou should iow make Tunlevolenee cease,
Since 'tis plain that he C=tre,F. half-petthypiece.

The YANKEES lost one President,.
Enough to make a pother,
But., doubtless, they'd be well content
If they had loft another.

THE ORATORIOS.

TO THE EDITOR 011"FHE

SlR,—Though I am awari that every man who
now publickly xpresses an anxiety upon religiouE
topics runs the risque of incurring the imputa-
tion of _OV;locriiy, yet I cannot avoid requesting.
your attention to a, subject which, in my opi-
nion, calls, loudly for, reprobation, I mean the
highly indecent mixture of Sacred and Profane
Musick at the Oratorios..o.l the propriety of
performini; Sacred Musick at a Play-house, much
doubt may be entertained ; but if it be, permitted
to have, such performances on Wednesdays and
Fridays at the Theatres, during Lent, surely care
ought to be taken not to mix with them the Songs
and Musick of our ordinary'entertainments.
In order to slim that my complaint does not
rest on slight grounds'', permit me to direct your
attention and that of your readers to parts of the
"Selection" performed last night at Drury-lane
Theatre. •
The performance commenced with a
.song., of
which the following are the,first two lines :
" Slow broke the light, ;aid sweet breath'd the morn,
When a maiden I saw sitting under a thorn ;" &c.
which was soon followed by " 7e Deunz Lauda-
num" Then Caine a song beginning with,
Believe me, if all these endearing young charms,
Which I. gage on so fondly to-day, &c.
Which was immediately succeeded by.•
Meste fideles, laeti triumphantes
• Venite iu liettilehem,•&c.
I will trouble you but with three more extracts:
Come, conic, tfrru god'dt'ss,' fair ',rid free, •
In hear'n yichip'd huphro-yne, &c.
Which 'was Onoyired by this awful 'appeal. to our
Creator :

O Lord God! our Hearenly King!. God the Father 'Al-
mighty, Lord God, the Scm!,the only begotten Redeemer;
Jesus ! 0 Lord God ! Lamb of God ! .Son of the Father I
.Which was in turn succeeded by
An Invocation to two Pleilthen Deities, Isis and Osiris, in
which the Priest implores their protection !!,!•
1 trust, Sir, this public notice of such gross in-
decency will cure the- evil, which, I have no
douht proceeds only from inattention on• the part
okthe Directors of these ,performances ; .but if 'it
should not, I hope the s❑hject will attract the
notice of the liisbop .of :London, who -has-the
power, and- I. am -:sure the inclination, to put: a
stop to such revolting prOfanity.
Saturday.

A. B.