110 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1816. 



came leaninjj on the arm of the 

 Prince Regent, and followed by 

 the Duke of Cambridge, who 

 both saluted their royal sister, 

 and handed her into the travel- 

 ling chaise at the side-door of the 

 Palace : the Royal Brothers then 

 embraced the Duke of Gloucester, 

 who stepped into the carriage. 

 After receiving an affectionate 

 good-night from the two bro- 

 tiiers, the new-married pair then 

 drove off to Bagshot amidst the 

 huzzas of an immense multitude; 

 the band meanwhile playing 

 " God save the King." 



The application of the Nobles 

 of Pomerania to the King of 

 Prussia, to re-introduce the feudal 

 system, has been rejected by a 

 royal cabinet order, which the 

 Chancellor, Prince Hardenberg, 

 has accompanied by a severe re- 

 primand. 



24. Ghent. — The political and 

 commercial Journal of this city 

 has the following-article to-day — 



" The day before yesterday, the 

 workmen employed in our manu- 

 factories made on the corn market 

 an auto-da-fe of English mer- 

 chandise. It seems that the arti- 

 cles burnt, consisting of shawls 

 and handkerchiefs, were furnish- 

 ed voluntarily. It is, however, 

 added, that most of these weie 

 dein;mded from those j)assing by, 

 who were paid far them. A\'hile 

 we praise the motive, we cannot 

 but blame tMb>manner by whicii 

 individual liberty is violated. The 

 moral force of opinion ought to 

 proscribe the Anglomania, and 

 come to the aid of our industry 

 with all the energy of the national 

 sentiments. The proscription 

 ought to be made by all, because 

 all are interested in it : but mea- 



sures which infringe the liberty 

 of the consumer are blameablCj 

 He should be convinced, not 

 compelled. The scene, however, 

 caused no tumult ; there was 

 order amidst this disorder." 

 Dist?^esses of the Iron Manufac- 

 turers ill Staffordshire, described 

 in a Letter written by a Resident 

 at Coseley, near Bilston. 

 " When some of our princi- 

 pal iron-works first failed, the 

 whole extent of the consequent 

 distress was not immediately ap- 

 parent. The poor manufacturers 

 had many of them made a little 

 money : this, with the greatest 

 frugality, did not last long : when 

 expended, they ran in debt where- 

 ever they could gain credit ; and 

 when they could not be trusted 

 any longer, they pawned or sold 

 their furniture, article after ar- 

 ticle, till they had none to sell. 

 When their goods were gone, 

 they were obliged to have re- 

 couise to their parishes and to 

 begging. The ))arishes were over- 

 whelmed by the numbers apply- 

 ing for their aid, and could affoid 

 but little comparative support. 

 The community in general (for 

 commercial districts are usually 

 generous) made great efforts to 

 relieve their necessities. For my 

 own part, I determined that I 

 Avould fare harder, and that my 

 children and household should do 

 so likewise, in order to adminis- 

 ter to their wants ; and it was 

 my desire that none worthy of 

 relief should go away from my 

 house unrelieved. It is true the 

 succour was but small ; and they 

 asked for nothing but a piece of 

 bread, and bread for some time 

 great numbers of them received : 

 but I soon found that my very 



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