Star.
London, England, 1818-09-28 00:00:00

" GEORGETOWN, DEMERARA, MX 29,1818.

" We are this day induced, fur particular reasons,
to entreat the serious consideration of the Public to a
subject that affects, in no small degree, the vital in-
terests of this Colony—whether we regard its rights,
,honour, or reputation. We allude to the important
point of military protection—and the parallel cir-
cumstance of our Town Militia being obliged, for
nearly the last twelve months, to do the duty of re-
gular soldiers.
" The obtaining of a strong garrison for such an
extensive and valuable colony as Demerara, is a daty
obviously prescribed by the mere nature of things—
the elements of her people—her geographical situa-
tion—her very constitution and character. It will be
in the reader's recollection that our Financial Repre-
sentatives, in January 1817, coincided with the Ho-
nourable Court of Policy, in voting a grant of
72,000 guilders (about 06000) in aid of Government,
to be applied for the support of an additional num-
ber of troops in the Garrison—so as to afford two
hundred men at the out-posts—which vote was oc-
casioned by its being in contemplation to reduce
or withdraw the regiments then stationed here.—
This grant was, by several independent members of
the community, reprehended as unnecessary and
unjust—inasmuch as it virtually went to imply a
resignation of their undoubted right of protection—
incorporated as the Colony is with the mother State,
and, by consequence, entitled to participate in the
privileges of their fellow-subjects. Others, on the
contrary, who had much property at stake—who
were well aware that it was exposed to the encroach-
ments of that destroying spirit which no moral re-
straint will ever be able to check—applauded the
wisdom of our Legislature in imposing upon the
Colonists such a sacrifice; conceiving they would
have at disposal a requisite assistance, ready to be
dedicated to the preservation of their several interests.
" Taking it for granted, therefore, that the vote of
supplies was but the prelude to the arrival of a suf-
ficient force; it is not to be wondered at that a deci-
ded feeling of indignation and surprize should have
been manifested, when, instead of an accession of
military strength, an actual dimir.ution gradually
2nd successively took place. In this predicament,
the Georgetown Militia was called open, and with a
promptitude and loyalty which, however misapplied,
will ever do them honour, came forward to assume,
under a burning sun, the arduous duties of infantry
of the line. The unexampled pmtraction of their
services is well known to every body. They are still
devoted to the hardships and privations inseparable
from such an unnatural state of things, and in fact
have begun to relinquish the hope, once cherished,
that their fatiguing and expensive duties would soon
come to a close.

" Our Legislature, at the last combined assembly,
evidently viewed matters in their true light—and,
like spirited men, faithful to the common good, ne-
gatived, for the present year, the vote of 72,000
guilders—on the broad and obvious principle, that
the appropriation of the former year's grant had I
produced no additional security to the protection of
the Colony—but that it had, to appearance, drawn
forth a disposition to try how far the inhabitants
would permit therriseh es, without remonsu once, to
be oppressed by the doubly se% ere Ilan's!. ip of pay-1
ing for their protection—and doing the duty of sol-
diers at one and the same time—a manifestation this,
of either blind confiJence, or downright ignorance,
before unheard of in the annals of Colonial llistol y.

" It is with undisguised resentment, then, that we
learn, from a quarter entitled to eve: y respect, that
some officious and mischievous chara. ter: have been
attempting to injure, at home, the integrity of the
Colony, by representing, in the most insidious man-
ner, that it has forfeited all pretensions to good faith
and hanoir, in so far that the Legislature had prof:
fered a specific sum of money to Government for a
supply of troops, and afterwards, in defiance of all
these promises, judged right to withhold the vote.,
This is not worthy of serious confutation: it is to-
tally devoid of truth.
" The protection required was not afforded—and
if it is an erroneous system (as every one must admit
it is) to pay for that which never was received, the
,duty of every member of the Legislature, who con-
sults his own dignity and the best interests of the
public, to: retract the vote in quz•A:.-.,r., was clenr, just,
and imperative.

" The subject altogether is ono of importance. It
is not the cause of faction or of party, or of any indi •
vidual, but the common concern of all. We rejoice
to learn that there is every probability of its being
brought beforo next Parliament : the Merchants con-
nected with these Colonies having taken up the busi-
ness in a spirited and proper manner—and no doubt
when they are fully acquainted with the case in all
its beatings, the subject will be discussed in the W.-
bunal most likely to obtain redress."

Jamaica Papers to the 14th of Auguct havt! .3r.
rivcil, but they contain no n‘C.ws a any trnporty

TilE QLQN.

" KEW sEE-L-E-,:2....
•
a The comparative state of ease and cold(
which her MAJESTY has passed the last .j,.
has not been pi oductive of any alleviatio 7
n
neral ~yrnptoms of her disorder. On tk-
her malady obstinately continues to bold
in spite of the utmost skill and exertions of Le,
JESTYS Physicians. It is, therefore, but too,
as we have before observed, that the sleep Rt.
occa,ionally appears to enjoy in the x;ght is
an excess of torpor, brought on by her r
through the day, and by the additional zk,
for though on awaking she sometimes
renovated, the alteratiuu rarely contizue: -
an hour or two.

46 Her MAJEsrv, within these last tro ezt,
complained of a painful tension and seLse ef.
on the right side, and she is at the same
bled with a slight hectic cough ; both a u h:ch
toms, we understand, indicate a diseased
corroborate our former remarks on the nzre
complaint. On Saturday evening the ccogh
very troublesome, with a considerable um.
fever ; but towards the middle of the night
favourable symptoms again subsided a little,
Royal Patient sunk into that torpid and
pose in which she always remains *ken nix
the influence of pain.

aAt half-past seven o'clock at night,
perceptible alteration : her night, it was th
would be a restless one. On Saturday
Duchess of GLOUCESTER and the Princen. Ai
walked in the sh: uiaberiel for an hour or tr
a circuit of the whole domain. Their Royal
tresses were, as usual, attended by General Tit
In the course of the evening, Lady Altt:N
of WINCIIELSEA, the Countess ILtacotrun
FREEMAYTLE, paid their respecs at the Palace.
The Duke of loam arrived froth his hone
Stable-yard about twelve o'clock, and joined hia P
Sisters on the lawn, as they were returning (7:::
walk. After remaining at the Palace sometEr.
than an hour, his Royal Highness rent on to
sor Castle, with the iutention of returrat ta-
the same evening.

About four c,nclock in the af...srnooa the .
AUGUSTA received a letter by express from tize
cess SOPHIA, announcing that her Ro7al
was seriously indisposed. Sir FRAYCH lda
had previinisly left the Palace for ass home at EL
A messenger was in consequence seat after
desire his instant return, whilst Sir fizsay HAI
prepared to set out for Windsor.
"In the mean time, the Palmer P.Fcrs .
from Carlton House, and Sir HENRY HALSORD
an immediate inlerview with him, -.:hen he '
for the Castle in his own carriage,
and servants cf the Princess AUCL.STA. The P.
did not remain more than half an hour at t:
and then returned direct to Carlton House.

" Yesterday morning, at seven o'cicck.
HA LroRD returned from visiting the Prints! ieer
and, having signed the Bulletin of the day, a
an interview with her MAJESTY and the'
he again went back to Windsor, wheace he 1
returne4 to the Palace at six o'clock to-night.

" From the unsmled appearance of nhe
the Princesses only walked for a short time in
little garden at the back of the Palace, and
their Royal Highnesses received visits from the,
tess of CARDIGAN and Sir Joscru and Lady BA:
" Colonel STEVIENSON came express from tii
sor to meet the Punier REGENT whilst his
HiAness was at the Palace, and he then Went ca
Town.--Mr. Bnaune arrived about seven o'cicr.i.'
The following Bulletin was issued yesterday:
The C/LIZE:7 has had some slee? is tae rif
but het. MAJESTY still labours under the SWIM:.
toms of disease. (Signed) "F. Mu.untax.
" U. HALIaSS:

The foilowing is the Bulletin of this day :

" Kew Palace, Eeptetabot
The QutEN fcels herself somewhat refreshed
morning, licr Mertes' having slept we: in the •

(Sinne,i)

"H. HALPORD. P. WILLI:AP:

They know little of life, who imagine
deur has not its cares. So far from Fes:ll.i
pure and serene aspect, which the mtfatia.de r

the elevated regions of the social svoild are o
distinguished' by an unclouded sky. T.
in the habit of judging Princes mon.
they but se half the cares which a Cro-.7a isc.r
covers, would be more disposed to pity than ceta
They do not consider, that the possessor of a Tit:,
is su`aject to the same infirmities as met,
far mote liable to be seduced from ti.te straight It::
of duty. However, this is a fine, wh::!: it'gh
has ever• been, and ever will be, ocaiTclei to yx.
and tbq more the age is eldightenc.l, the Tore is
prone to this severe and undistinguisairgcennte.

Her MAJESTY has also felt thecifecu of t?..is-as:
nets in judging the conduct of Prince:, thonfa
probable that the next age will most materially Li:
Coin the judgment passed by the prose..-.t, =din
her most for those very qualities which ;:re now r,
subject to animddvcrsion. It is certai: hy.a
QUEEX owes to her rank alone the ceasure :cat
fallen to her share ; for had she beet plae.l is
rate station, she would bave comma:ale.' es,'

been held cqt as a pattern to her set. In the ni
lelatioks 4f wife and :✓ether she is entitkZtc
uiNgalilo4 44miratiou and i; i; ttrarie Ortt,

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cipatiicli reginerties* the czaisple od rite
..ei; virtues upon a Throne has not been mo:c.

.7-egoted.
NIAJEJTY was linked otir revered 80-
os bet, ,
sbeve, was hardly a Court in Europe, that
',bed by its licentiousness. The vices of
CAS notoriously led to the Revolution,
aged that use country with blood ; and it
that the same cause occasioned, in a
to horrors with which Spain and
subseqaently visited. During that time,
„rated from the Throne the example of
les ;hat form the great and binding links
chain; and to it we may in part ascribe
boss in having withstood the storm, which
, of Europe with all the horrors of in-
„coy. This example was the more sa-
every thing in our situation tended to an
'ssoluteness of manners. Our sudden and
opecity was calculated to prodUce the
-al relaxation: and it is undeniable, that
of the domestic life led by their MAJE. -
0414 contributed to check the torrent of
.06, which, from a vast accumulation of
tkesened to overflow the face of the country.
rho have connected the Qom with the
' this reign, and ascribed to her an as-
&hence, have merely betrayed their igno- '
,the means by which the political machine is
They have also tried to ‘fix upon. her the
;vents ever which she pro' ably had no con •
But in their eager desire to discover imagi-
, glean trifling defects, they have overlooked
substantial virtues—the unsullied purity of her
'life, and the noble example she afforded to
me, of Glen Britain. -Upon the conduct of
• manly rests the edifice of public, as well as
morals:and it is but just, to trace to the ex-
which has been given from the Throne for the
ifs, Tears, mach of that purity by which the fe-
haracteris still distinguished in this country.
that time, no woman, however elevated her
• poiretful her connections, if her reputation
vn to have suffered the slightest taint, was
a to appear in the presence of her MAJESTY.
Qum has been frequently charged with eco-
This charge, if true, what would it amount
;oacany is the most useful virtue that can be
oa a throne ; and particularly in a country
opposite quality is the cancer that is un-
the State. Profusion in spending, and an
desire in acquiring wealth, are the great
Iv! the present English character. To this ex •
. our expenses all the hardships, all the
, and much of the profligacy of our time,
ascribe .1. Therefore, the economy which
Amories displayed. merited admirrion, ra-
censure. Even en excess in this virtue is far
kernental than its opposite extreme ; and the
id and improvident course of expense, by which
tats of English society are characterised, serves
imenct the many eminently good qualities,
mri the natural character. Economy is always
aim! by spendthrifts, as a mean, pitiful quality ;
Wanda inconvenience, how much meanness,
iw nth sacrifice of honour and principle would
*mid, were they to follow its golden rules ! We
ram that this admirable quality may be carried
an ev.t.;; but we are by no means aware that
tivlntstle; have done so, snaless the practice of
tettrannt,nd a predilection for simple enjoyments,
runt thatM7nation. In the preference they gave
to themodecti life they pursued, they imitated the
tteha of those rulers who have conferred the
etiu upon mankind. A King, it is true,
se right to consult his convenience at the expense
6gity; and a certain degree of splendour is
My accessary on his part. Rut* is well known,
ma all public occasions. their MAJESTIES ap•
with a dignity suited t 3 the Throne of this
; and it was merely in private that they
in their love of that noble simplicity, which
notable to the growth of every virtue, public

is by posterity that the conduct of Princes is
duly estimated ; and those who were luke-
"aised when alive, frequently become o.b
anmingled affection after their demise. With
' institutions like ours, it is difficult, perhaps
de, for the Sovereign to acquire universal af.-
..; but the grave men swallows up the prejudt-
tied passions, which party contention engenders ;
Ilthen, and only then, is the character of Kings
ty estimated. It is not possible to produce a
Ner proof of the injustice of contemporary judg-
L, than the opinion which had prevailed of a pre-
;tem on the part of the KING for arbitrary princs-
Pef Government A Sovereign, who goes sYste-
bazuly :o work with a view of establishing tyranny,
bier,. Alm. to corrupt the manners, and break down
'7l:ay spirit of the nation. His MAJZIITY constantly
at producing opposite malts ; and the encott-
rube, gave to ,agticulture—the great source.
V7ll
itslt'ty, independence, and consequently of I:-
re that the happiness, and not the oppkes-
apeople, was the result he studied to attain :
egiyand enlightened efforts to promote univer-
!"dscsten, expose, above all, the folly of such an
13;74:10-a. And it is undeniable, that the Quezw,
ttics virtues she displayed, contributed, in an emi-
. dent to improve the moral character cf the
and consequently to render it more fit for the
°t:7l feet and preservation of its liberties.

Tilain—We are enabled to give a few particulars
Itothe prevent situation of our venerable Sovereign,
''alh may not bi uninteresting to our Readers, and
iefoilarly so when such a studied silence prevails
t6O subject. His ATAxasry is perfectly blind, and
'pies a long suite of rooms, through which he is
continually strolling. Several pianofortes and
•Psltherds playel at certain intervals, and the
tech frequently stops at them, runs on a few
Handers Oratorios, and proceeds on his walk.
. chiefly on cold meats, and frequently eats
mg. He has a silk plaid dress, and will some-
, eop and address a Noble Duke or Lord, thus
mg a colloquy, and furnishing their answers.
T(ING stiffen his beard to grow two or three days,
leld°lll, however, exceeding three days. His hair is
Isle'fectlY white. The Doctors \\Tutu attend with
.1., miler but not with the privacy of the
i. quite cheerful in his couchut and con-
'tate; sts heartily, and enjoys good bodily health.

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in sex mitt
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