The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-09-07 00:00:00

To which Lord Food reurne.l the followin7 answer

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" Gent!4men,—.lllow me to return von, in the natne
of myself and companions, our most sincere thanks foi
this ilatteri nir, mark of respect, anal pleasing testimony
of your approbation of ocr comitict to the late much la-
mented Queen of Engitn.l and Princess of Brunswick.
eannet but cot.sider, that your attaeitsuent to
that illustrious Lair has intlaencea von to confer upon
es this unexpected honour ; an honour considerably In-
creased in our estimation by sorb consideration. Suffer
me again. gentlemen. most sincerely to thank yon for the
nattering mode in which you hare conveyed vonr senti-
ments, and to assure you tLat it will never be effaced from
our tecolleetian."

His Lordship then introdee•d the Ladies and gentle-
men iron nd him to the members of the depu:.ttkn.
who bowed and afterwards retired. They then pro-
ceeded to the apartuient of 31r. Alderman Wood, to
whom they to the same manner presented an address,
of which tire following is i ropy

" TO M. w00p,.E54., ALDECA:AX, ANSI 3463:DER OP TO=

BRITIStt p.tuLl.t:.T►s T.

Sir—A deputation front the inhabitants and citizens
of Brunswick, very much alfectetl at the loss of their be-
loved Princess, the late Queen of England, desires to
express tiOlosensibility of the 'vast active interest whieit
,volt huve kituily'esincaol for her welfare from the tins! of
Star kali. rtortaraasittOtegtillfllto stie,lat clifsit3t enit of her"
existence. Ar, oid.of our sincerc thanks for the most
noble attachment von have spew,. her.
" As we hear that it IS yitUr intention so shortly to leave
our town, we heartily wish von a safe return to your 11a•
tivecountry—the land of freedom and happiness."
. The worthy Alt1;:o mato then addressed tile gentle-
tuen of the deputation in nearly the followin, words.—
" tientletnen,-1 cannot licit words to cxpress the
feelings with which I receive this poioiic avowal of yap r
approbation of my conduct to our I Ate most 1::•at.:ons
Queen and your illustrious l'r.:neess. in the
fiat: of Loulbn, of which 1 have the kmour to he a

member, I many years aza considered it. my ilnty to
move an ailiress to that iilnstiious lady then ilrineees of
Wales. I did this contrary to Cie wisl.es of snaky of
my friends with whom I was in the Isa:-it of actinzi
who were fearful of its sucee:s. It wee, however, t ar-
dell by a powerful majority. and it wi e-diaived leiy ad•
dresses front every part. of Great Britain. Frani that
time, my riinneetion ...eili this 'treat ;oil lull...an:tate
lady has hen snore Bain:els.; and on the death of ids late
most gra&oos :tlajesty, George 111., I received from her
several letters from the Continent, inCtiraing her deter-
minted reeolittion of proceeding immediately to Englatol,
and, rvgardkss of coneeiittenee:, to assert her t*:11'.11 ci
all the rights and privileges of her it station, atil
stating the unpleasant situation in which she then found
herself piaeeil. In consequence, I hastened to her, and
the noble inagnanimity with which she spurned the
ofreriel hritie of 5:1019/. a year to retn.iin from England,
neither time nor eirenivistatiee can eeer efface from my
memory. Her only fear was, that compulsory me-dimes
would he adopted to 'limier her proiteeil;n4. Nor were
those fears aHaved till she stept oil English ground. She
was received withopenarins hy that great and generous
people, who, under all her trials, remained her unshaken
friends. She hail enemies, it is tree, and those enemies
Englishmen : bnt I ant persuaded that it would Le diffi-
cult to find one of them whose judgment was not biassed
by his interest. She is now,happily for herself, released
from all the wretchedness to which she was here 'abject.
Tim heavy afflictions she has borne are now for ever
Amer; ;$ although we, tab! es.joyed the lonian( of her
, Intinsacy,winst long feel air irreparable loss. yet to her
it is a happy relete;e. She died, gentlemen, as a Chris-
Gan should die. The day before the one* which she
breathed her last, when, on being renimeeti from her bed
to a chair, as I was staiiiiing by her side, she repeatedly
and fervently dee:teed that she forgave all her enemies
the cruelties that had Uroeglit her to the bed of death.
“ By the instructions that Government hail thought
proper to issue respecting her funeral, I was prohibited
attending as a Moarner from England. I therefore have
travelletlat my own eepens-, to pay this last tribute of
respect to one I so highly reverenced.
" For acting as I have done, I have been assailed
with innumerable calumnies; but while tits illnsitions.
deceased pleased to honour rde with her confidence, no-
thing on earth should have- induced me to have with-
drawn from her any token of attachment that it teas in
my limited power to show.
" I again, gentlemen, return yon my most sincere
thanks for the pleasing testimony of your apptebetion
of soy public conduct; and likewise for your pelsonal
good wishes." . .
Immediately after the deputation had withdrawn,
the Worthy Alderman, accompanied IT Isis sim,. the
Relr.-J. P. Wood, left Brunswick fur I-I.:mover. It is
their intention to proceed to England by the runup of
llollaed.and France. It was is contemplation, by the
iiiliablunts of Brunswick, that these addresses should
he preteuted by a tar more numerous deputation, and
in a style of witch greater magnificence. Bat, from
the decided part taken by the Olurt prudence' was so
oppos..d.to this inclination, tbat'tliey writ compelled
to abandon their intention. Very numerous private
plellsdgei were sent both to Lard hood anti Alderman
Lll-
s °A, Irons ,i,riltlettlen of the first re.pectabili:v,'al-

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It is said, that it was not the intention of the Go-
vernment to order the bells to toll, nor the places of
public amusement to be dosed. Popular indignation
was, however, so loudly- nd so stfongly expressed,
that if orders to the contrary were contemplated, they
were not enforced. The people, with an almost una-
nimous voice, declared that they would burst open the
doors of the churches, and, at whatever peril, toll the
bells ; and an elderly gentleman, a merchant of consi-
derable opulence in tl.is town, conceiving that money
would he an essential in effecting the pubic wishes.
instantly put down the sum of 209 dollars. " I knew,"
said he, " the illustrious deceased in her infancy, and
I have since venerated her sorrows, and nothing that
I can do shall be wanting to zive her remains a due
reception in her native town."

On Saturday an incident of rather a ludicrous native
occurred in the immediate vicinity of Blunswitk.
Two g.enthquen (it is rumoured Englishmen attached
to the Court) appeared it; public in coloured clothes.
The populace conceiving this to be a premeditated in-
sult to the memory of the late Queen, surroundei
them, and, without the least ceremony, upset them in
the mud ; they then very coolly told them that they
now were in half-monrning, and were requested to g 4
home and put on black. It is added, that Ibis method
of cold dying has bad the desired effect, and that them
gentlemen have since always appeared in monruing.
It is said that the young Princes of Brunswick, who
are now ptosecnting their studies in Switzerland,
. were exceedingly anxious to attend the funeral ott-Fc.
*plies of their Itoya/ aunt, but that their earnest appli-
i ration for permission met with k decided negative.
The ftoval vault is not yet dos: d. The coffin, tea-
hieing the remains of her late Majesty, continues otr
the bier; nor will it be deposited in a niche until,
same other member of the family closes their earthly
career. It appears to Le the custom for the last de.
ceased to occupy that station—the icmains of the late
. t)nke were removed to make room for those of his
Royal sister. The flowers haye Atm?, rempved -Awls.
*The eottin, but rianain'scattered *bast the Were trill a
wreath,snspended by a white riband,is bung over its head
'the principal personages of the suite ptoceed to
England lay different routes. Orders are given for
horses far titr return of the attendance through Hano-
ver to Cuxhaven ; off which port the Wye and the ti;:n
nett are in readiness to receive them ; they leay.,
Brnaswick at nine o'clock to-morrow morning.
vine the arrival of Count Munster, the legiltlatibe
Irniv, or Parliament, has been elected or more plo-
yperly speaking, nominated by bins. They are ex-
vette! shortly to assemble, fur the purpose of being.
i prorogued for three years, it which time the young
Prince will **e.of age.

LISBON.

The 24th of Angus', the anniversary of the Portn-
guese Revoiss. jou, has been celebrated at lui..ben with
the most cordin rejoicings, in whirls the King appears
to bate joined in such a manner as to incsease the
.1.. y
the people. Tl.c celebration of his Majesty's :.s-
-ee;u,in..;. the anstitntiou in the month of April, seem .
however, to have given birth to the misunderstanding
h, taetn the Purtnguese Ministers and the Envoys cf
Austria 4:sul Russia. 'lids We find at last waetlie
ur-
casion of the departure of those "Aanbassaders from
I.lseln. and nut the circumstances which we copied
yesterday from a Ministerial journal, Me Courier.—
%Hut parer had peculiar reasons for disguieing ;he pr.
casion. The fact of the case is, as we learn floes us
long correspondence that took place, that during the
illumination a sergeant of police haul been conenande.l
to watch the hotel of the Austrian Consul-lienensi,
Mr. Ilerks, and protect it (not being illuminated)
from the mis,iles of the mob. The sergeant, mistaking
his duty, left his post for a few winutes to patrole the
entire street, and in the meantime the mischief was
completed. Portagtiese Govevntricnt offer•
ed • to punish the sergeant—not being able to
iuletinfe the rioters—arid M. de ISerks was satisfied.—
In the con's. 00 the next month, however, one
aafier pisbiis such an account of the affair, that
on the Englisli• icpresentation reaching Vienna, a
new tune w ad Iby the Austrian Government,
which hal ht to believe that Portuguese of.
ricers ins
the,fnolo-- that the police had :leg-
lected its ;14—antlithe,Government had not dia-
countenanerd tlie offenders. Thus the same firebrand
serves the same pretexts for discord and animosity
abroad ansi at house ; and one more example is added
to the thousand of wean instrusneats being rendered
conclusive to results of indefinite magnitude.

Loan COCHRAN E.—As the detention of some British
merchant ships by Lord Cochrane la.is occasioned
siderable animadversion. the folloWing extract from a
letter from his Lordship, has been published by his
Comspondent. April 8, 1821.
.‘ Newr:il vessels are daily dropping into our-hinds,
laden with Spanish, French, Italian. and other goods on
1 Spanish account; hut in these there. is scarcely an irt:-
de of British mannfacture ; and strange to tell it is
chiefly-British merchants who cloak this property to the
destruction of the manufacturing and honest comineroe of
their countrymen. .One ---,ofLoffidon, and the
Of at Gibraltar, are great people in these deillin;,s.
I havOlately.seized two of their Ships, worth half a Mil-
Van ordollars; from Cadiz: - they culled at Gibraltar,
,and took out false papers as if they had loaded there.-
1 doubt not but yanywill see a deal of this in the papers,
and Ulan do. 1 wish you would just let these facts be
known."