Star.
London, England, 1820-12-12 00:00:00

THE DUCHESS OF CLARENCE.

The following is the Beelktin which was issued
yesterday morning :

" December 11, Eleven o'clock, A.M.
" Her Royal Mews, the Duchese of CLASINCI has passed
a good night.

" The Infant Princess seeing likely to live.
"H. HALFORD, W. KNIOHTON, A. HALLIDAY."

The Medical Gentlemen appointed to attend the'
Royal Duchess assembled again last night at ten
o'clock, when they found her Royal Highness and
the Infant Princess so extremely well, that they did
not deem it necessary to issue a second Bulletin;
however, it affords us sincere pleasure to be able to
state that the Royal Duchess and her Infant Daugh-
ter continue to do well.
Lieutenant EDWARD HALL, of the Royal Navy,
left town last night with dispatches for the reigning
Duke of MUNINGNAM, and her Royal Highness s
other relations, announcing the happy event of her
safe-accouchement.

The inquiries in the course of yesterday were most
numerous, consisting of all the rank and fashion at
present in town.
The Duchess of KENT and Princess SOPHIA were
both admitted to see her Royal Highness and the
Infant Princess. Crowds of humble but grateful
pensioners of the truly good and amiable Princess
surrounded. the Palace, anxious to ascertain the state
a her whose bounty had been their support ever
since her establishment amongst us. We understand
the extent of her Royal Highness's charities is al-
most incredible ; uniformly " doing good by stealth,
and blushing to find it famed." 'lie Infant Princess
is most perfectly, formed, and, though small, is very
likely to survive. Our late most venerable Sove-
reign was a seven months' child, and there is no
reason why we should not have a second Queen Eta-
ZABETH, as her Royal Highness was christened on
Sunday evening by the Bishop of LONDON, "Eliza-
beth," in obedience to the previous command of his
MAJESTY.

The answer to te enquiries this morning at the
residence of his Royal Highness the Duke of CLA
RENcE, in St.James's Palace, was, that Her Royal
Highness the Ducusss had a good night, and, with
the young PRINCESS, was going on as well as could
be expected."

Tuesday, the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and
Council of Aberdeen, unanimously voted a loyal and
dutiful Address to his Majesty the KING, in support
of the Laws and Constitution of the Country.

A Clergyman of Aberdeenshire prays in this sin-
gular manner for the Qualm :
After having blessed and prayed for his Majesty the King, and
all the Royal Family, he adds—" Thou arts GOD of truth, and
without iniquity, just and righteous art Thou. We rejoice and
thank Thee, that Thou hest interposed and rendered abortive
the designs of the many powerful persecutors of 411/T magnanimous
and benevolent Queen.—Favour her, .we beseech Thee, with
the continuance of Thy Protection, that she may be long pre-
served as a blessing to the Nation, and may be crowned at last
with immortal glery. We pray for our National Church,that in-
dependent Church, whose only bead Is Cuarrr, where, unfettered
with Liturgies and Forms, we can present our united supplica-
tions unto Thee, net only for ourselves, but also in behalf
of others, even of,any persecuted individual of the human race—
none making us afraid. May we long enjoy our inestimable pri-
vileges, and may we all use them so as not to abuse them."
The Duchess of BEDIVID left her card at Bran-
denburgh House, on Sunday.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.
Prince Middle and suite, at Grillion's Hotel, Alberts,
street, from Italy.
At Kirkhain's Hotel, Upper Brook-street : General Dowdes-
well, from Oxford; Mr. and Mrs. Monillet and family, from
the Continent ; --- Jewer, Esq. from a tour ; and Mr. Stephen-
son, from a tour.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Bundy, at Huntly Lodge,
North Britain, from a tour.
The Hoa. Mi. and Lady Caroline Lamb, at Melbourne
House, Whitehall, for the season, from Brucket HalL
The Marquis and Marchioness of Worcester, from Brighton.
—...- Raikes, Esq. from the Continent.
At Cook's Hotel, Albemarie-streetMiss Stewart, from the
Continent.
At Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square—J. Crawford, Faq.
and Mrs. Crawford; George William Ricketts, r.sq. and Mr.
Ricketts, jun. Charles Mitchell, Esq. and Sir Walter Cur.
DEPARTURES. -
From Thompson's Motel, Cavendbis•aquare E--Charles Hast-
ings, ThymeEsail to Brighton i Thyme Howe Gwynne, Esq. W. Z. '
Ward, . and Miss Ward, to Guilsboeough Hall, Northamp-
tonshire ; . Rodham, Esq.
From the Royal,' Hotel, St. Janseerairett ..--Litke White,
Esq. M.P. to his seat in liens; Henry Swann Esq. M.P. to
his seat, near Epsom ; Major Shudbrick, to Epsom;: Edward
Robinson, Esq. to his seat in Yorkshire.
Lord Brudeuell, from his father's, the Earl of Cardigan's
seat, Dean Park, near Wansford, Northamptonshire.
Warden Sergisson, Esq. and son front Shelley's.lisitel, Co*
spur-street, for Oxford.
. The Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, and the Rev. Mr. Hust-
ler, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, fig Cambridge.

lIDDRESSES TO THE QUEEN.

The number of Addresses presented yesterdar,
was as great as upon any former occasion ; and is:s
MMESTT received them with that grace, airaLiiit•-,
and dignity which have always distinguished her.—
They were all of them conveyed to her by select de.
putations, with one exception, and that exception
was the Address of the Seamen of the Metropolis.
Among the Addresses received in the early part
the morning, that from the respectable Paris!' of
Paul, Covent-garden, was the most cnn.picuous.—
The Procession which brought it was very har!..
some, and consisted of several barouches and
The Address was presented by Lord W. RUSSELL,
and was very graciously received.
The Address from Southwark was conveyed by r.
select deputation, consisting of Ladies and Gentle-
men, who occupied fifteen barouches, each drav
by four horses. The deputation was preceded by
three trumpeters, and was accompanied by the Parish
Officers in their official dresses. Sir ROBERT WILSON
and Mr. C. CALVERT accompanied it. Sir ROBERT
WiLsoN was dressed in full regimentals, and etas
almost covered with foreign Orders of Knighthood.
The Address from Camberwell was conveyed by a
select deputation of Ladies and Gentlemen. A large
flag, inscribed with the words—" The Camberwell
Address," was borne by a man sitting on the box of
the foremost carriage. This deputation occupied
three barouches, each drawn by four horses. 'lle
members of it, after they had presented the Address,
had the honour of kissing her Maseary's hand.
The Clerkenwell Address was presented by Mr.
STEDMAN, the senior Churchwarden, and a large
deputation, male and female. This deputation occu-
pied eighteen carriages and four, accompanied by
trumpeters: kc.
The St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, Address, was pre-
sented by Mr. PEARCE, the senior Churchwarden, ac-
companied by a deputation of both sexes, occ upyi ng 16
carriages, with the Parish Beadles and their maces,
white banners, a caravan covered with laurels, and
filled with musicians, &c. The Address was read
by the Rev. Mr. PEIRCY, who, on approaching to
kiss her MAJESTY'S hand, delivered, in a loud and
energetic tone, the following extempore benediction:
" May the KING of Kings, and LORD of Lords,
abundantly and for ever bless your Majesty r To
which the Queen replied, "I thank ! I thank you!"
Several Addresses were presented by Mr..). Hume,
M.P. and one from Soleby, in Lincolnshire, by Sir
GERARD NOEL. They were most graciously received.
The Address, which excited greater interest and
curiosity than any other presented during the day,
was that of the Seamen of the Metropolis, which, it
was understood, would be presented by them in per-
son. About half-past two o'clock, a large body of
sailors entered the grounds of Brandenburgh-house,
attracting the loud cheers of the multitude there as-
sembled, as they had done along the whole line of
their road from Blackwall to Hammersmith. They
appeared to be in number not less than 1,000, and
they marched in better order than any person ac-
quainted with their usual habits could possibly have
anticipated. They came into the grounds six
abreast, wearing in their hats favours of blue and
white ribands intertwined ; they were headed by five
Gentlemen on horseback, one of whom carried their
Address, and were accompanied by a very respect-
able hand of music. They had three flags with them;
one of which was of white silk, bearing the inscrip-
tion C. R. Heaven protect the Innocenti; and the
other two were union jacks, whidilseenred'io be not
a little the worse for wear. Their *Batiks- were a little
broken before they reached the lawn in front of the
house, owing to their having to defile through the
narrow path of the shrubbery. .Het-'NfAsastri, who
at the time of their arrival, Was receiving Addresses
in .the room to the east of the long gallery, shortly
afterwards removed to the Stott on the south of it,
under the windows of which the' sailors hid drawn
themselves up in a line.
As soon as she exhibited herself to their view, they
hailed her with the most vociferous cheers, and kept
repeating them far some minutes. Her MAJESTY,
who looked-very-well, appeared to be delighted with
this proof of their affection, and frequentiy curtsied
her gratitude in return. On her retiring from the
window, she entered into conversation with Sir Ito-
BERT WILSON, Mr. Home, Alderman WOOD, and
other Gentlemen, who, on being recognized, were
much applauded by the crowd. The Committee in
the meantime entered 'the house, and were intro,
duced to her Majesty's presence. The Chairman
then proceeded to read the Address to her MAJESTY,
who, immediately on its commencement, took her for-
mer situation in the window, and did not quit it until
it was concluded. She then gave her answer to Mr.
Alderman WOOD, who read it with a loud voice and
good emphasis to the body Of sailors who were as-
sembled in close column before him. After the cheers
with which it was received had subsided; the depu-
tation had the honour of kissing her MAtazary's hand:
That ceremony being performed, they left the apart,
ment much gratified with their reception, and shortly
afterwards departed with their messmates in the same
order and regularity as that in which they entered,—
' Her MAJESTY then returned to the room in which die
had been receiving Addresses previously to the ar-
rival of the sailors, and continued to receive them
until three o'clock ; shortly after which, all those that
were appointed for that day being presented, the
company departed, and the grounds were cleared.
The following is a list of Addresses presented
terday to the QUEEN:
Lincoln, by -- Slam Esq. M.P.
StOUrpOrt, by K. NORTHAMi Esq.
Whitehaven, and Stranraer, by H. MUMMA,
Benefit Societies, Prestonpans, by Sheriff
Dartmouth, by Lord J. ltussELL, Mr. BROOGIUM,
man WOOD.
Cork, Ardesier, Spalding, Wellington, Axminster.
Bromley, Congleton, Buck fastitigh, '
bury (Ladies), by Alderman WOOD.
Southwark, Codalnung, Al4ersgate, St.
Clerkenwell, St. Jame: (Westminster), _
den), Seamen, and King's Lynn, by Deputation.

Yesterday, a numerous Meeting
resident in the Metropolis, wars' hell
Well public-house, in Barbican, td.
priety of voting an Address Of Csingratull
hiais.srv, on the abandonmentot
and Penalties. Mr. J. GA:pr ivas;
and after a variety of sriealles,,. the
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lesterdayeveldng a mod inuhetous alonetiviy
yectable Meeting of the above populous district
:AS held at CanOnbary-hodse, Islington, for the pur-
roe cf an Address of Congratulation to her MA-
I% `.lf, and also to Petition his MAJESTY to dismiss
:is Ministers. The great room was crowded to excess
by a most respectable assemblage of Ladies and
ientlemen, and many hundreds were unable to ob-
ain admittance.
At seven o'clock Captain LONGSTER took the
Chair, in consequence of the illness of Mr. THOMAS
WILSON, from whom a letter was read.
The Requisition to the Churchwardens was then
read, as was also the correspondence between the Re-
cuisitionists, the Churchwardens, and the Rector.
Mr. Smorn then addressed the Meeting in a very
able speech, and, after accusing the Churchwardens
cf a want of directness and straitforwardness in their
dealing, with respect to the Requisition, as one of
them had at first given him to understand that the
Meeting should be called in regular form, if the
consent of the Vicar could be obtained, he observed
that they might have taken a lesson from the Mayor
of Bristol, who had lent the Guildhall one day to a
Meeting called to Address the Queen, and another
day tor what was called a Loyal Address, without
deserting his duty or compromising his principles.
In the latter of the Meetings at Bristol, as well as at
many other Loyal Meetings, there were a number of
truths brought forward to which he cordially gave
his assent; the only difference was as to the conclu-
sion to be drawn from the same premises, as to the
causes to which the evils which they witnessed were
to be attributed. His opinion was, that the proceed-
ings against the Queen had weakened the stability
ef the Throne, and that it was, therefore, one cause
cf the dangers which the Loyal Addresses deplored.
There was not, he believed, a man, who did not now
lament that the proceedings had commenced (Hear,
hear); they had tended to break down the barriers
of the Constitution, and those laws which had fenced
round Englishmen as with a wall of adamant. Nei-
ther would any one now deny that a great majority
of the nation was in favour of the Queen. Was there
a man who would say that such protection had been
afforded by the King to the Queen, as a man of ho-
nour and generosity would extend to a wife?—
(Hear, hear, hear). The omission of her name from
the Liturgy had, in all Catholic countries, the effect
of an excommunication on the minds of the people,
and no alternative was left her but to return and to
throw herself on the protection of this nation. As to
what had happened since, he had no hesitation in
saying, that all the evidence against her was such, that
it would not have been entertained for half an hour
in any inferior Court—( Hear, hear). Had the Minis-
ters felt any strength in it, without question, instead
of a majority of nine on the third reading, they would
have had a majority of 90—(Applause). By what-
ever quibbling they might excuse themselves on the
strength of that majority, the Ministers knew that
the middle and industrious classes of the community,
those who worked as well as thought, were of opi-
nion that the evidence had totally failed, and that to
have pressed the Bill further would have endangered
the Throne—(Applause). They knew that when a
number of men got into a scrape, every man put the
best face he could upon it in order to get out of it ;
:o that if there were forty or fifty persons, there
would be to, or fifty pretences. This was he key
to the variety of opinions among the Ministerial
Lords. If the Ministers had been wise, when the
proceedings in the House of Lords had terminated,
they would have allowed the whole matter to go to
rest, and the Queen to sink to a level with other
Royal Personages, and have allowed her to inhabit
one of the Palaces which the King did not occupy.
This was not their course. But whatever proceed-
ings they might meditate for the future, the Queen
having thrown herself on the People and the Press,
it was not in their power to weaken her security.
After some further observations, Mr. Smith pro-
posed the first Resolution, on the abandonment of the
Bill ; which was seconded and agreed to.
Mr. TieLocir rose to move the second Resolution,
expressing the indignation of the Meeting at the con-
duct of Ministers in permitting and encouraging the
diffusion of " a polluted and contaminating stream"
to deluge the country with vice and immorality. He
called on the Meeting to contrast the circumstances
of the country at this period with what they were
thirty years ago. What Englishman would then
have dared to calumniate the Queen of England ?
What Minister would then have had the hardihood
to commit this act of treason—for treason 'it is, by
the law of the land, to traduce the character of the
Queen Consort—not only to commit the act, hut to
encourage, by their own conduct, the promulgation
of such a flood of immorality as could only be al.
luded to in such an assembly as 'he now addressed:
Yes, by the conduct of Ministers and the enemies of I
the Queen, language which would disgrace a brothel,
had been rendered familiar to the ears of the vir-
tuous—the subject of household interlocutory in the
ears of the rising generation. How hateful—how
execrable the 'conduct of the men who, 'by their la-
bours, had endeavoured to render' opics familiar to
our ears about which it was difficult to converse any
where without blushing, excepting only. in a dissect-
ing-room, where the gravity of philosophy and the
garb of a dead language, furnished a veil to hide the
blushes of the speaker. Is there now no other place
v:ileie such topics can be rolled about as sweet
m0r01,,, and without one feeling of shame ? He
would leave to others to answer the question. He
-could not, however, avoid noticing, that in many
cases the Judges, when evil might be apprehended
either to the parties in Court, or to the Public, pro-
hibited publication of the proceedings ; but, on the
Bill of Pains and Penalties, not only was the pub-
lication permitted, but great pains were taken that
the moral poison should go forth without the smallest
diution or antidote. The Counsel for the Prosecu-
tion had stated many crimes, too, which they had
not even attempted to prove; in what they attempted
to prove they had entirely failed; but the summing
up—without one word in reply being permitted,
was sent forth to act as poison on the public
mind during the whole time of an adjournment.—
Ile then reverted to the conduct of Migisters at the
eommencemeot of the present Reign. No sooner
was the good old King dead, than machinery was
attempted to be put in operation to destroy the
Qum. Ministers were at their wits gads. There

wad fio law thtt could punish the Queen, had she
even been guilty of the foul conduct which some
wished to impute:—and where no law is, there can
be no transgression. But how much more diffi-
cult to fix crime on an innocent person/ Mi-
nisters were out of place for twenty four hours;
but the sagacity of one or more of them, count-
ing
on the talismanic, influence of Court patronage,
persuaded themselves that they could in this coun-
try—in England !--carry an ex post Ado law to
effect that which was contrary to law, to punish an
individual—that individual the Queen Consort of the
English Throne. The goad sense of the country—
that innate hatred of injustice and oppression, which
animates every honest English bosom—that love of
truth and impartiality, which ever rouses the virtuous
to defend innocence—had defeated their mighty pro-
ject, and humbled them in the dust, loaded with con-
tempt and execration ; and, therefore, it was fitting
and proper that Meetings such as that which he had
now the honour to address, should express openly
their honest sentiments respecting the immoral ten-
dency of every part of the conduct of his Majesty's
Ministers, driving these demoralizing proceedings.—
The Resolution was carried, with only three or four
hands against it.
A Resolution to Congratulate the Queen was then
moved, in a neat and appropriate speech, by Mr.
RICHTER. The proposed Address was then read,
and carried. A Loyal Address to the King, praying
him to dismiss his Ministers for ever, and to call to
his counsels only such men as would duly maintain
the dignity of the Crown, enforce a due administra-
tion of the laws, and by yielding equal protection
and encouragement to all, ensure the affections of
the People, was then moved and carried, as were
also Votes cf Thanks to the Members of both Houses
who had exerted themselves to prevent the carrying
of measures threatening the ruin of the Queen, and
the destruction of the liberties of the country ; and
to the uncontaminated, the free, and incorruptible
[ part of the Public Press, which had so nobly sup-
ported the cause'of truth and justice during the late
struggle.
The Rev. Mr. DRAPER then moved, in a long
speech, the Address to his Majesty, which was agreed
to, there being only two hands held up against rt.
The Address to the Queen was ordered to be pre-
sented by a Deputation—that to the King, by Earl
GREY, the Earls of DARLINGTON, GROSVENOR, and
DARNLEY,LOrds ERSKINE and HOLLAND, Or such of
them as could make it convenient to attend.
A Vote of Censure, on the Churchwardens, was
passed; Thanks were given to the Chairman, arid
the Meeting broke up soon after nine o'clock.

A Requisition is in circulation for a General Meet-
ing of the County of Kent, and will speedily be pre-
sented to the Sheriff, for the purpose of addressing

the KING and the QUEEN.

We have authority to state that there will be a
Musical Festival, on the grandest scale, at Chester,
about the• latter end of September in the ensuing year.

A duel was fought on Saturday, on Blackheath,
between Mr. H--N, a Gentleman of fortune, in
Kent, and a Mr. S•••it.--. n, a merchant, in conse-
quence of a dispute at a Coffee-house in the City,
when some blows were exchanged. Mr. S. received
his antarnist's shot in the shoulder : the ball was ex-
tracted in the evening, and he is doing well.
Saturday st'nnight Earl CARRICK arrived within six
miles of his seat, Mount Juliet, in the county of Kil-
kenny, where he was met by his own tenantry, and an
immense crowd of the people of the neighbourhood,
to express their affection for his amiable and patri-
otic character—they took the horses from the car-
riage, and drew it to Mount Juliet, amidst loud
cheers. Lord CARRICK has endeared himself to his
tenants by his impartial conduct as a Magistrate, by
his kindness as a landed Proprietor, and by his con-

stant residence among them.
THE QUEEN'S LAW OFFICERS." It is now under-
stood that Mr. O'CONNELL and Mr. BENNETT will
certainly be appointed by her MAJESTY as her Law
Officers in Ireland, and that the appointment will be
by letter, under the QUEEN'S sign manual. The do-
cuments, it is said, if they have not arrived, are ex-
pected by the next packet. The Law Officers, we
hear, are searching the Rolls for precedents, from
which it is inferred that the CHANCELLOR intends to
resist the retognition of her MAJESTY'S appointment.
If so, the matter will, of course, be the subject of
much discussion, judicial, Parliamentary, and other-
wise. It is certain that Lord LIFT ORD considered
such appointments as legal, and that Mr. HEwirr
would have filled one of them, but for an irrecon-1,
citable altercation between him and his rival, re-1
lipetting which of the two should be the Attorney-
,GeneraV—Dub/in Paper.
Culuotts ROBBERY. Between seven and eight
'o'clock on Sunday evening, a Gentleman was met
en the road near the pond, at the entrance into Tot.
teridge, by two men, in a light chaise-cart, who
asked him how far it was to Totteridge? The Gen-
tleman answered, " you are now in Totteridge e. and
was proceeding on his way, when one of them made
a sudden jump and seized him by the collar; the
Gentleman lifted up his hand, and was in the act of
knocking the 'villain down, when the horse, with his
mouth, laid hold of him by the thick part of the
arm, and held him fast till they rifled his pockets of
his money, watch, and what other property he had
about him. They then jumped into the cart, drove
off, and effected their escape. Information of the
robbery was given yesterday at the Police Office,
Hatton-garden. It is supposed they were house-
breakers, and that the horse was properly trained to
act his part.
RHEUMATISM.—The following is the famous Ame-
rican receipt for the cure of the rheumatism, and, in
some cases, even a contraction of the joints :—Take
of garlick two cloves, of gum ammoniac one drachm,
bruise them well together in a mortar, make the
mixture into two or three boluses with spring water,
and take one of them every night and morning, and
drink while taking these boluses very strong sassa-
fras tea. The cures performed by this receipt in'
America have been extremely numeious.
GLASGOW, DSc. 7.—lt is consoling to contrast the
present state of the workman with what it was this
time last winter ; then there were great numbers of
tradesmen idle, and, with their families, suffering the
extremes of distress. Since Whitsunday the trade has
been in such a way, that all the workmen have been
able to support themselves without any assistance.