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of gentlemen on horseback. streets were crowded with people, and her carriage passed through them, at a slow pace, which indeed was only practicable without trampling on the multitude,towardsTemple bar; there the city gates were thrown open, and the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and City Officers, joined in her suite. The whole procession then passed on to St. Paul's Cathedral, where prayers were read; after which her Majesty returned to Brandenburgh-house in the same order as she had set out. On the following Friday, the City address was read to her Majesty by the Recorder; and numerous other addresses on the same subject were then, and have since been, presented to her from various parts of the kingdom.

At a Court of Common Council, held on the 1st ult. for the purpose of addressing his Majesty on the present state of public affairs, it was resolved,

"That a dutiful and loyal address and petition be presented to his Majesty, expressing our attachment to his person and family; representing the manifold evils which have resulted to the country from the pernicious measures of the present ministers, and especially from the unjust, oppressive, and unconstitutional proceedings adopted by them relative to her Majesty the Queen; humbly praying his Majesty to dismiss from his presence, for ever, those advisers, whose conduct has been productive only of calamity to the nation, and excited the general indignation of the people :"

and an address to the above effect was accordingly drawn up. On its being presented by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common

Council, his Majesty was pleased to return the following reply.

"It has been with the most painful feelings that I have heard the sentiments contained in the address and petition now presented to me by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of London. Whatever may be the motives of those by whom it is brought forward, its evident tendency is to inflame the passions and mislead the judgment of the unwary and less enlightened part of my subjects, and thus to aggravate all the difficulties with which we have to contend."

On the 5th ult. this address to his Majesty from the Court of Aldermen was agreed to:—

"Most gracious Sovereign! "We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, approach your Royal presence with renewed assurances of our most inviolate attachment to your sacred person and government.

"Impressed as we are with veneration for your Majesty's crown and dignity, we view with horror and detestation the unprincipled efforts of the disaffected, in every direction which infatuated malice can devise, and a licentious press promote, to withdraw the unwary and timid from their allegiance to their Sovereign, and, in the result, to overwhelm this free and happy land with anarchy and confusion.

"For this base purpose, calumnies of the most mischievous tendency have been circulated against all the constituted authorities of the realm, with restless and unabated rancour: the parliament, the courts of judicature, the altar, and the throne, as established by our en vied and glorious constitution, have

become the objects of the most profligate abuse and insulting derision.

"We feel, Sire, that, in order to avert the devastation threatened by such a torrent of impiety and sedition, it becomes the bounden duty of all the liege subjects of the realm to stand forward without delay, and avow their determination to support the principles of the British Constitution in the true spirit of British loyalty to rally round the throne, and guard the religion and laws of the country from outrage and insult.

"The Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London are therefore most anxious, Sire, to testify to the country at large, in this evil hour, their resolution to defend the Monarchy, as well as the other branches of the constitution, against the attempts openly and industriously made by the instigators and abettors of sedition and infidelity; and to their utmost endeavour in their respective stations, as Magistrates, under the sanction of the laws, to transmit to their children's children the blessings they have derived from the wisdom and bravery of their ancestors, and which they enjoy under your Majesty's paternal sway. "We beg to add our most fervent prayers to the Almighty Disposer of all events, that your Majesty's reign may be long, prosperous, and happy, in the affections of a faithful, grateful, and loyal people.

Signed, by order of the Court, " HENRY WOODthorpe.' On the presentation of the above, his Majesty returned the following

answer:

"I return you my warmest thanks for this loyal and dutiful address. It is peculiarly gratify

ing to me to receive, at this time, such an assurance of your unshaken attachment to my person and government, and of the feelings with which you regard the attempts so unceasingly made to extirpate all that has hitherto been held sacred amongst us, and to destroy all the sources of British freedom, prosperity, and power. A spirit similar to that by which you are actuated, happily predominates throughout the kingdom; and I well know the implicit confidence which is due to the virtue and loyalty of the great body of the nation, who are manifesting their just sense of the blessings they enjoy by the most decisive proofs of their zealous determination to defend and preserve them. You may rely on my constant support in the discharge of the duties which arise out of the present extraordinary conjuncture. We are engaged in a common cause; and I feel most deeply that the honour of my crown, and the happiness of my reign, are inseparably interwoven with the maintenance of our established constitution, and with the true interests and welfare of my people."

The infant Princess, daughter of the Duke of Clarence, (see London Births,) is named Elizabeth, at the express desire of the King. Should she ever ascend the throne of this realm, we pray most sincerely, in common with every well-wisher to our country, that she emulate may the glory of the queen from whom she is named, and be as much beloved at home, and respected abroad. Nay, that she may as much excel her great namesake, as the present age will afford her better experience, and more extensive and liberal views regarding the welfare of nations and the art of governing.

During the past month loyal addresses have been presented to his Majesty from the Universities, and from many different places in the United Kingdom.

One event of importance we have to record, which will be viewed by most persons with a true sense of the proper and honourable feeling which caused it,---we allude to the retirement of Mr. Canning from office. The delicate situa

tion in which that gentleman was placed in respect to her Majesty, made it impossible for him to continue longer a member of the administration. Mr. Canning, from having once been her Majesty's confidential adviser, seems to have considered that he could not take a part against her, without violence to his feelings as a man and a gentleman. Mr. Peel is announced as his successor in office.

The latest accounts from the East Indies brought intelligence of a considerable stagnation of trade at Bombay, owing to the failure of the crops, and the large stock of European goods on hand. The latter were, for the most part, selling at prime cost. An expedition had sailed to the Red Sea for the purpose of making the English flag respected at Mocha, where some of our countrymen had been ill treated, and could obtain no redress.

Accounts from the Cape of Good Hope concur in commending highly the situations, fertility of soil, and advantages of the new settle

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The measures about to be adopted by some of the foreign powers of Europe in respect to Naples, and the situation of several of the other States, are at this moment subjects of eager regard to politicians. For our own parts, we must acknowledge that we partake in the common anxiety felt so universally respecting the right of interference with the internal affairs of lesser states, which some of the more powerful governments insist upon lawfully possessing. We cannot conceal that we are little inclined to admit the principle for which Austria at this moment

ment, together with the measures which the Government at home has adopted for the comfort and convenience of the colonists.

Accounts have been received of a revolt in a company of the 3rd West India regiment, which had, as a temporary measure, been sent from Trinidad to Tobago. Sir F. Robinson embarked immediately from Barbadoes for that island, with two companies of fusileers; and the company of the 3rd West India regiment was sent back to Trinidad, after due example having been made of the instigators of the disturbance.

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contends, and, we think, would act upon too, if she were not restrained by weighty reasons; one of which, rumour has proclaimed to originate in a remonstrance from the British Cabinet and that of the Thuilleries. Her warlike preparations are designed for offensive operations; and there is no doubt but she has resolved upon the occupation of the kingdom of Naples, provided the other European powers can be brought to agree in her views. The conferences at Troppau between the Allied Powers, she had anticipated would be favourable to the coercive measures which she

had in contemplation, and for which a most formidable military force was assembled. The Congress having adjourned for three weeks, at the expiration of that time is to meet at Vienna; about which period an answer is expected from Naples to the proposals made from the conference, and sent from thence on the 20th of November. The renewed conference at Vienna will, it is supposed, be carried on by the ministers of the five great powers and a plenipotentiary from Naples. A place more to the south than Vienna, has been named for meeting and entering upon the arrangement of affairs after the 20th of December; and Laybach is presumed to be the city appointed for that purpose: most probably to facilitate the communications with the Neapolitan government. The hope may, therefore, be rationally indulged, that the miseries of war will not so soon desolate Europe again as there was reason to apprehend.

There have been several slight disturbances in Spain, caused principally by the conduct of individuals averse to the new order of things. A tumult took place in Valencia on the 10th Nov. directed against the Archbishop, who had published a letter, condemning the conduct of the Cortes. The Bishop of Cadiz too had published a pastoral letter, containing doctrines at variance with the principles of the constitution; which on being read in the churches, they were precipitately abandoned by the congregations, and a riot commenced in the streets: on this, the military were called forth; but tranquillity was speedily restored, through the exertions of the public authorities only. The Bishop, in the mean while, sought for safety

in flight. At Madrid, the absence of the King from the capital was viewed with fear and distrust, and the people demanded an extraordinary convocation of the Cortes; to which an answer was returned, "that no case had occurred which could, according to the constitution, authorize such a measure." Ferdinand returned to Madrid on the 21st of November, and his presence diffused the most lively satisfaction through all ranks of the people, who hailed him with tumultuous acclamations; the whole garrison and militia were drawn out to receive him. His continued absence had given rise to fears of treachery against the constitution, which his presence dissipated. On the 22d of November, the day after the King's return, the municipality printed and promulgated an address, which they presented to the King; wherein, after expressing to his Majesty their satisfaction at the measures which he had authorized to be enforced against all those who endanger, by their excesses, the public peace, they add--

"All the troubles which have taken place tend to prove incontrovertibly, that the inhabitants of this capital are firm in their dauntless resolution to die, rather than suffer any attack upon the social edifice, whose bases rest upon the sacred code which your Majesty has sworn to maintain: but the doubts which afflict and torment them, as to the true intentions of your Majesty, are the only and real cause of all these agitations."

After stating that agents are active in exciting distrust and hostility towards the Constitutional Government by proclaiming that the King is secretly averse from its measures, and that to defy its authority, and obstruct its course, is con

formable to the wishes of his Majesty, the address continues

"This is the origin of the evil. The remedy is obvious. In your palace, in your chapel, in your stables, in the royal residences, exist those who shelter themselves under a false pretence of absolute devotion to your person; they are the authors of these commotions, at least the people accuse them as such; and, as long as facts do not prove that your Majesty regards as your personal enemies the enemies of the New Institutions, it will be impossible for the Authorities, however zealous they may be, to vent disorders.

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"Finally, Sire, you must be informed, that on the day of your return to the capital, perverse agents distributed money to mislead the people, and to engage them to destroy the constitutional system, in invoking the name of your Majesty: we, therefore, supplicate that you will take prompt measures to undeceive those who disturb public tranquillity in the name of the King."

In the latter end of November the Permanent Deputation of the Cortes represented to the King that an individual had abused his name at a foreign Court (St. Petersburgh), and compromised the dignity of the Spanish name. The Deputation further represented the alarm caused by certain individuals in the kingdom, and prayed his Majesty to terminate these anxieties. The following was the King's

answer:

"His Majesty, who always hears with pleasure the representations of the Permanent Deputation, and who knew how to appreciate the frankness and loyalty with which it expressed itself in its last, considering to what point foreign rela

tions may be relied on, and convinced that he can find only in the love of his subjects his true support and real happiness, has ordered his Secretary of State to develope to the Deputation all the means which an impostor has employed to deceive the Emperor of Russia.

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His Majesty, who even in the affairs that relate to his private person, has willingly yielded to the suggestions of the Permanent Deputation (alluding to the dismissal of his Confessor), will cause to be prosecuted by due course of justice, all individuals, who, by their declared enmity to the actual system, shall have subjected themselves thereto.

"His Majesty will also deprive of their employments all who shall have lost the public confidence.

"His Majesty demands of the Deputation its aid for the restoration of confidence, which malice or men's passions have endeavoured to destroy-his Majesty's proofs of adhesion to the new system, and his sincere desire for the good of the nation, not appearing sufficient. to re-establish it."

From Lisbon we learn that the Provisional Government has deemed it necessary to assemble the Cortes as early as possible, and that the 6th of the present month is the day fixed for their meeting. The election of Deputies is founded on the forms of the Spanish constitution: 100 members are to form the extraordinary Cortes, whose object is to be:

"To frame a political constitution for the monarchy, maintaining the Catholic religion, and the dynasty of the most serene House of Braganza, and taking as the fundamental bases, those of the Constitution of the Spanish monarchy, with the alterations and modifica