The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-11-21 00:00:00

T'fir, STATESMAN

o'clock. During almost the whole of that time they
were engaged in promenading through the ball-roam,
to As sound ,crf music, with diffeitstit, MI
taillg What. is calla'
manner honoured with their baud io. a reedit at two,
ell the females olitlistinctio6 who were present. W.
observed that the fltoperor Alexander changed.Plut• ,
Hera most frequently, soft thus conferred honour on
the greatest number. Ho was dressed-like a private
gentleman for a dinner patty, without soy decora-
tion whatever. The . King of Prussia was likewise
in a bourgeois habit ; but came in hoots, and mixed
pantaloons. The Emperor of Austria, Without being
in uniforms was likewise its boots. All the Ministers,
Ambassadors, and. Military Officers who attended,
came its felt dress, and with their various decorations.
The Duke of Wellingtoo and Lord Cesitereagh wore
the Blue Riband and the Garter ; the Duke of
Richelieu wore the decoration of the order of St.
Es; • ; and Prince Nletternich was neatly covered
with stars and rihands. The Ladies vied with one
another in the richness of their dress and jewels.—
The Princess of Tour and Taxis wore a coronet of,
diamonds, besides bracelets and necklaces of the same
precious stones; the Princess of Salms.Dyck was
nearly as highly adorned ; and Lady..Citstlereagh at-
tracted general admiration to the sptendosr of her
-dress and jewels. All these distinguished persons
joined in the prrimetrade. Lady Castlereagh was led
successively by all the Sovereigns, ill the Princes
(the Prince Royal of Prussia, the Print, of Meek-
lenborgh, and Prince William of Prussia, beside a
host of mediatised Princes, being present), ell the
Ministers and persons of emiueuce, dowu to M.
Guaira, the Burgomaster.

TO CO RR ES PO N DENTS.
.41 We have received vatiouscninisunicutions on the subject
or the Lite Vestry Act, and the manner new adeptled of.
holding Select Meetings for the purpose of managing Purfsh
affairs, several of which do nut accord with Ilse views which
we eutertnineql on these topics. But to wince our impar-
thlity, and to do justice to some of those who differ from us
in opinion, we have inserted one of the Letters which we
have received Irons Correspondents on these, to many not
uninteresting, affairs.

OF STOCKS TH
Hack Stuck
3 per Cent. Red. 76;
3 per Cent.Con-0137iif
3ito per Cent. 864
Lunsols fur Acc. 7744
I per Cent. ;Ai 94

IS DAY AT ONE trcLock.
6 per Cent. Navy 108 e
Irulin► Ronda 86 87 p
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Long Ann. 23
Exchequer HU; 19 90 p
°minium

LOtIDON:

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skroaDAT, irviSain 21, 1,1118.

Arrangements are making for Cie Funeral of her
MAJESTY, but no time is yet filed for the interment.
Probably that mournful 'ceremony will take place the
latter end of next week • but no order, Pithy with
VilpPet to the ettmaegtElallil !kir time, hes fiat been
issued. It is stated Ai. the Quay; has left to her
Royal Highness ehe, Ilittnceu AvausTes the hoes*
and grounds of, FrpgreOre, and to her Royal High.
news the PrioieSl tOPMIA, the Lower Lodge at
Windsor: Her MAJ Dale/ diamonds and jewels are
to be divided arming the PaißcEssEs.
An earctation has been expressed that the demise
of the Queers will• be attended with certain changes
in thp 4abitter, which have been for some time con-
temple/id., bat wet* hitherto not carried into esectr-
tionolyotit a deference to her MAJ EATY'S
It hell been repeatedly said the Earl of LIVERPOOL and
the LORD CHANCELLOR have expressed a wish to retire
from an active shsre in public life; bet it was under-
stood to be her M antsry's pleasure that that should
continue to retain their high offices. The absence of
these Noble Lords from the Cabinet weeld, of
course, produce an effect upon the politicatbtale of
the country. The Cabinet is known to brat pre-
fent divided in opinion upon the Catholic Question.
The late QUEEN is reputed to have sanctioned by her
approval, the sentiments entertained on this subject
by the Earl of LIVERPOOL and Lord ELDON but it
would be at present futile to enquire how far her
MIAMIeI demise might be cAlielated to influence
the fate of the Roman Catholics.

The sceounts from Aisoda•Cbapetfie otattirlhot tAo
Emperor of RUSSIA and the Mug of Purim were
to set out from thence on Tuesday last for Brawls.
The Emperor of A USTRIA bads's° filed his.depatitore

for Munich for the same day. The Duke of WILL*
LINGTON was to leave Ale-la-Chapelle a day or two
afterwards, and the Duke de RICIIIILIEU was two.
paring for his departure. The Emperor of Russia
was to give a parting dinner on Sunday last to the
Emperor of AusTeta, and the Members of the Di-
plomatic Corps. There were, it Is said, to to no
more conferences, it being understood, with regard
to the affairs of Germany, that certain principles
having.been agreed upon, they were to be recessed
either to the Diet, to Special Committees. or to the
Sovereigns whom they concern. Ile Emperor of
RussiA, since hi first arrived at Aix-la-Chapelle, is
said to have received neatly 8000 petitions from*
ferent parts of Europe.
The Duke of WELLINGTON has been eppeuseens
Field. Marshal of the Russian Empire.


Paris Papers to the 18th, and Mails from Hol-
land, Flanders, and Hamburgh, have arrived. Tb.
Paris news is nut of any particular interest. On
Tuesday there was to be a grand dinner at the Thai
ries, in honour of the King of FWANCEIS birthday,
whoa 01/ that day euteteti his G-Ith year. At this tit.
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•rtaiamerit all the Princes and Princesses of the
R;sytt: Family, and of the Blond-royal, were of
course to he present. The llutcl► Papers militia the
'copy of a Farewel Address which the Duke of Wcr..
• t.twwrom his issued on relinquishing the commmand
of the late Army of Occupation, in which he thanks
the Commanders of the respective Contingents, for the
prudent and enlightened conduct which they had
.manifested upon all occasions, and for the excellent
discipline which they had maintained among their
troops. It is supposed that the negotiations re-
peeling the territorial divisions of Germany, will be
speedily resumed at Frankfort, upon the basis agreed
to at the Congress at Aix-la-Chapelle.

In the Jamaica Papers, which have been received
to the 18th ult. intelligence is said• to have been re-
ceived from the Smartish Main, by the circuitous
route of Cuba, of a battle having been fought
between the forces under BouvAtt and the Royal
Army, commanded by Gederat Motw.Lo, near
the River Oronoco, in which the former was
defeated with great loss; hut that retiring upon his
reserve, a second engagement took place a few days
afterwards, in which the Royalists were most deci-
sively vanquished ; and that General Monrcr,o was
taken prisoner, and, with many of his principal Of-
ficers, shot four hours afterwards. Had this account
been well foinded, we should certainly have- had
some intimation of the alleged battle in the recent
advices from Trinidad. These Papers also. mention
the arrival of (he Andromache British frigate at Lima,
to protect our trade in the 134cific.

The American Pipers, which have arrived to the
22d contradict the report of a battle between
CURISIOPHE and BOYER, on the authority of the
Master, of R vessel, which had arrived in 19 days
from Aga Cayes. Presiders' MON Ro had arrived at
Washington on the 12th, on his return froin Viggi-
nia.—Commodore PERRY and Capt. Ile ATII had left
Washington to fight a duel near the Wawa,. line.
The cause of their quarrel is not stated.—A hurri-
cane, of short duration, was exp4rienced at Marti-
nique and St. Bartholomew's on the 341 of Sept.;
and at each island two American vessels were lost.—
Barnilton, the assassin of Major BIRDSALL) had
been triad and esacuted.

The Duke of Susan left Kensington Palactzet-
terday, for Tuubrisige-Wettr. Nit lioial Highsiess
Mill reined -TO tOwinlo intend the funeral.
The. Duke of Yon 'althea the isiunct.REeeNT
vesteiday, at Carlton-house,-

year.. J.
Letters froM (fambergh, dated the 13th inst. state,
that a severe frost had set in since the 10th inst. and
strong easterly winds having caused an unusually low
state of the river, the navigation is for the present put
a stop to. A number of British and foreign vessels
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in the river, bound to llamberghl were kept back in
consequeoce.
Our letter from Dovt-r, dated 19th November
(Thursday), sa)e, " Twenty-three vessels arrived in
course of last night from Calais, and hare landed
•,about 500 men and 400 horses, chiefly of the 7th and
11th Regiments of Light Dragoons. The major part
if the vessels have sailed again this afternoon for.
As soon as the death of her Maw's was known
at the several out-ports, 01l the sepals hoistedstheir
colours half-mast, and the royal flags were enly
heisted half-way up the fisg•staff. At Brightenn'the
Church bells tolled their mournful peals, and tie
.'theatre and all the Libraries were closed.
Yesterday evening, about four o'clock, thejsre.
bells, Capt. Ross, and the Alesander;Lieut..P.sititY,
arrived at Deptford. All the persons belonging to
these two vessels are well in health. The wouderlvi
Esquimau: has come back in the Isabella.. Iftrriri'n
pod health aid spirits ; and,_on his Orilla, he shook
hands very cordially with several of ltie old aCcitia4aa-
_sects, who went on board the ship.
By recent arrivals from North America, art.kre
formed, that Sieam•veseels. ace making great pal.
peso in the river St. Lawrence; there artrievera I
nous between Quebec and. Montie.at • the drachinery
most all of them cause froveXtgreld ; -hitt the
festest vessel on that paretage,• ta toe called thellte-
graph, the machinery ef.iiltich constructed aid
manufactured by Mc. JOSAIIIMI:iIiCtsoN, Llardan.
Puce ow Bust.rox.--Tbert-wfieisi quotas nu for
gold yesterday. -New dollars and silver in bars were
at 51. W.
Perbaps it would be difficult to name a (own niters
'liberal 'opinioes base made more -rapid and:efficiett
advance than Colchester, Until the powerful straggle
is 181 S, the inieence of tbat.Corporationked-eisabled:,
them to returns.* upwards of 20 years, with duly.
boa abort internal two unceasing supporters 4401
"fille.iiirr's :reissues : since that time it has been obit
sloes), declining in power end respectability, slid,.
on Thursday lam, it received a blow, froth which it
is not likely ever to recover.. A Aequisition b. 4
been clandestinely presented to the 'Mayor td. titlf
Common 11•11,•to present tho ireedom•of that eneidittl
borOugh to Ms. WsussiArs, the Court Member, O,OIA
Mr. friltzuft, the fashionable tailor, and the esormA

loader el that party,when 'Motion was ealvdt igrAvvlfilt
the same honour upon Mr. liAttecir, Oa had beau
returned by the popular influence. This elltsitable pro-
posal was overruled by the Corporation faction, upon
the ground that Mr. ilmtvsy's name was not in-
cluded in the Requisition, which would stamp the
whige-proceedings with illegality. As this objection
was Insurmountable, Mr. Houses. in en able and
imprt.alve speech, called upon his• Brother Burgesses
to support • Motion, that the Hall should be forth-
with dissolved ; and which, after n violent opposition
from some of the &ocher., was carried with sccla•
motion by a majority of upwards of twenty to
one. The Corporation, however, not satisfied with
this defeat, and calculating upon the influence of fa-
vours and promises, demanded a poll ; bat when 40
had voted for and only two against Mr. HOLHOI
motion, they evinced as much tproclenca in their
=groat, as mimeo sag, injustice in tinge original

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PROCLAMATION.
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BY IliS AOYAL BIG/1N las,Tai sectlfet
WALES,
RLOZST Of TN/ ODITED KINGDOM ON GREAT BRITAIN Alm
LAST, IN Tag AMCM AND ON TRt, aIIGAIAI Of MS GRJRATI.
A PROCLAMATION.
GROROL P. R. •
Whereas .sv an_Aet passed to the BLit year of his Ifidm,_
reign, intimated, •• An Act to provide for the AdiaiisistraW'
the Royal Au Mirky, and fur the Care of his ainiestrilit
Perbou, during the t"onlissaance of his Majesty's litotes.,
thn,ReAtmptwu of the Exercise of the Royal Authority
Majesty,' it was amongst other enacted, that traii.k7
jeaty, the Qaren, thould depart this life darned the Our dila
care of his Majesty's Royal Person should be committgd
Majesty, accts ding to the provisioiso of thetaid Act,
Ne
should forthwith order and direct a Proclamation sager a,
Great Seal of the United Kingdait of Great Ur t tin and je'67
to be issued and published, declaring the same: Mid oriseeet7
another Act, passed in the I ,st Sessioia of Parliament, Jane*/
•` An Act to alter avid athend certaia of the provisions of slat;
passed iu the blot year .4 his Majesty's reign, nut titled,''
Act lei provide for the Administration of the !loyal Antlairi,e-
and for the Case of his 1111:.jesiy's Royal Person, daring theca's;
tionance of his Majesty's. lilac's. .4111 for the Resumption la*
Exercise of the Royal Authority by tau majesty, " ie „ea
' amongst other things enacted, that if the case thisuid happen
which it was enacted by the said Act, cassed in the .sist year,.
his Majesty, that the Regent sneak/ fimhirithn;der aieglireet
such proclamation to he ialorti and published al RfOlTsilfe.
if the same should happen upon, or after the da v appoin
Writ of Summons then issued, for cnlling .as'd asseititslits,:assei
isaennaleat, and before such new Parliament shOuld have ate;
J and atlas a Parliament, theta and in inch ensertie Regentho
forthwith cause such a Proclamation as aforesaid to be *tot
I and published. declaring that such case had happened, sad ee,
quires% the new Pail:bonen( either insconveneutul sit at Wen,r iiianediately after such Proclainatioa thanid have heft
published, or u pew it day to lie mentioned in sorb t0e5,14,,,4
two, and being widens sixty too, to he compsted front the
date of the said Praciamation ; aid re such cam the Patna,
meta so convening and sitting should he and he deented a tae„.
I.anient to all kneels and. purposes, under the prnvisiois at as
said last-isseationed Aols t And whereas the Parliament Cies
w;.6 iiumultifled to Writ at Westminster un .he 4th day of Aim
last, hails not yef'snet mid sat as a Put I iamem, but wands's,
raped to thaillito day of December now nest ensuing: 114
whereas her Majesty, the Queen, departed this life on the tits
day of November instant, daring the time th..t the care
Majesty's Royal Person was causautted to her majeay
we do hereby by this Proclamation (ordered and directed 111 h;
issued and published, and issued and published wider the Gem
Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Dritaiss Irelsod)ao
Blare, that her Majesty. the Queen, departed this itfe on the tits
day of Nov, ; stud we do, in the name and on the brhtlf se
his Majesty, by and with the advice af Gls Majesty's Privy Caw.
cif, pu Wish, declare, and Irq u Ire, that tee new Parliauwat sal
be held, convene, and sit at Westminster on. the 11th day ofJes,
now next ensuing., for the di•patich of divers urgent and Maws,
ant lIC4 i ; and Ike Lords Spirt t ttal and femporal,and theKons
Cititeas, and Reisgesses of the Douse of Coalmines, are lame
reqiiired and commanded to give their attendance acenrdiagfc
am the said 14th day of January now nest carting: and trees
hereby further publish and declare, in list std and on auto
half at his Majesty, and by and a ith the advice of his Majesty%
Privy Council. that the said Parliament shall, on the 991 a day
of December now nest ensuing, be farther prorogued to they
11th day el Januaty now 'teat ensuing: And we have, in the
name and on the hroalf of his Majesty, given order to the Cqam
cellar of that part of the United Kingdom called Great Brit*
to prepare a Writ Patent, under the Great Seal of the Usited
Kingdom, for pruroguiag the stun. accordingly.
Given at the Court at Carlton-hottie, this 19th day of No.
weather, 1818, la the 59th year of his Majesty's Mo.
GOD SAVE TDB KING.

THE QUEEN'S WILL.—It koala, thaVtahichlts
been recently aeon/04,00 written in June, 1817,
and that thereare many Codicils to it. Iler MAJESTY
has left in money no larger atom then 10,0001. spas
statements say only 3,0001. She has bequeathed here&
mesons diamonds and immensely rich wardrobe lobe
divided equally among the Palsicesscs, her daughters,
Kith 'some distinctions; and is said to have ghee a
handsome bequest to Lady liaamenstrovho los
been always admitted to the honorer of her lollop(
confidence, besides smaller legsClei to those whk;
have been longest in her MAJESTE'I esevioe. All sir
under servants will have, pensions from the Pablki
according to their ranks.
THE KING'# JEWELS•--Soma alarm has been Er.
cited by the circurnsialice of the KfNO'S jewels beiug
missing, viz. the Geor4e, the diambnd sword, aid
tle invaluable buttou and loop; they were deposited
in Windsor Castle, and had not been found when
thq last search took place. It is supposed.they hare
beeepleced by the KING himself in some secure place,
but the-apot lee not been discovered.
The:P.llw uses continue to be exceedingly af-
fected by the dells of their Rol.al parent. Yester.
day they-cenfillet themselves closely to their apart.
ments, end only received the Duchies of YORK and
the Dowager Countess of CARDIGAN. Last night,
Petween bill and seven o'clock, the Patxce REGENT
again risi.ed Vie PRINCESSES. Sir FRANCIS MILIEU
and General T.AYLoa still remelts In attendance 01
their Royal ilighneelea. It is said, that the Prince
of IlessE.Hoilitiact will be present at the (aural et
her MAJESTY.
Mr. Manlier the Lord Chamberlain's-Office, and
Mr. BASTING, one of the Royal Undertakers, ar-
rived:at Kevi-Palace, yesterday evening, soon Ow
sit o'clock, to make arrangeteents respecting the lit
Queries fu keret.
Yesterdiy, 0., following Mike was Isteed frea
the Lord-=Chamberlain's Office, to Messrs. Fitaata
and BANTISG, the Royal Undertakers, respecting tbe
anit.ezhibition of the late QeEEN's Coffin :
" Lard Chamberlain's Office, Nov. 90,
06 Meets. Twee and RAINING are hereby lime petsene
4faiiirdeetrit not to mates public exhibition of the coFiMd
fie! fate MAaserr, nor to allow lute be-seen by apy penes
r.
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Tni LATE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE,—The dth inst.
-Ile melancholy anniversary of the day on which the
.Princess CHARLOTTE Wired, to the iv:repressible
sag of the whole nation, was olmorted at a day of
Roteiliation by all the establlthutent at Claremont,
4elso appearedfirs del' full mourning.; and Dr. Simi;
see of the late Princess's tutors, &seised there from
Winchester (or the occasion, and performed Dili,'
, and also administered the Sacrament to they
11;and as an appropriate tribute to her memory.
101. was dharihnted among the poor la money, cloth.
14sg, and f0i..4, according to their: situations ia
We. The premises have been closed froW abowiuf to
the Public, in crinseq aeries of the death albs Quill.
The Neptune, Wilson, from Qeebie to DobLe,
was totally lost, with all her cargo, in Mary's Bib
Ate, feefOland, 16th ult.: crew saved.
The Poor's Rite for Leeds was last Thurtdsy laid
at 3s. in the pound, heir* 2s. less than the last half•
pear's essessmenf. This rerleetiosi its the vete* pill'
owing to the equalization that hes lately been mode
In the assessment, and pertly*. the improved c°°'
tuition of the labouring classes. The effect of theists
pmeral and laborious survey of the. propetty is the
fiderent divisions of that town has been, in mall
ses, to make a nominal adeance,.but its operalis
will be attended siieheivreid reduction irt the 'clod
payments to be made by a major ty even of those else
ihaTe received onuses of as advance. • 1

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