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wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the boar frost on the ground. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, it is manua: for they wist not what it was. And Moses, said unto them, this is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat. This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents, and the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less. And when they did mete it with an omer, he that ga thered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating. And Moses said, let no man leave of it till the morning. Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them. And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating; and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. And he said unto them, this is that which the Lord hath said, to morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. And Moses said, eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the Lord: to day ye shall not find it in the field. Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. And the Lord said unto Moses, how long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no mau go out of his place on the seventh day. So the people rested on the seventh day. Aud the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. And Moses said, this is the thing which the Lord commandeth, fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. And Moses said unto Aaron, take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept for your generations. As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the testimony, to be kept. And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.

(To be Continued.)

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No. 9, Vol. 3.] LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1820. [PRICE 6d.

PROSPECTIVE TRIUMPH OF THE QUEEN OVER HER ENEMIES.

Dorchester Gaol, Monday Morning, June 19, 1820. Since writing our last article on this subject we find the Queen has removed from the house of Mr. Alderman Wood to the house of Lady Ann Hamilton, Portman Street, Portman Square, in consequence of the great inconvenience she saw that she occasioned the family of the worthy Alderman, who were residing at an hotel. A third motion for delay has taken place in both houses of Parliament, and it is expected that something definitive will take place this evening respecting the terrible green bag, either to withdraw it or proceed in the investigation. The enemies of the Queen are becoming very humble and acquiescing on the subject, and the cause of it is evidently, that her Majesty has awed them into silence. Nothing certain has transpired respecting the negociation, therefore we do not wish to enter upon any surmises on the subject: we shall speak out and freely as soon as any further measure is determined upon. Every possible respect has been paid to her Majesty by the respectable part of the people, we mean those who live by honest means, and who have sentiments of their own which they dare avow. Those who are hired and compelled to slander, we look at as the very dregs of society, whose hate to a virtuous woman would be far preferable to their love and applause. Whatever sympathy her Majesty now receives, she must feel the assurance that it is spontaneous and genuine, whilst those who to-day cry God bless the King, would to-morrow be ready to pelt him with potatoes if their interest were not at stake. We will not forsake her Majesty, although we sincerely hope that she might be the last queen who will stand in need of defence against VOL. III. No. 9.

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treachery or assassination. The following is a copy of the City address which was presented to her Majesty on Friday last:

"To the QUEEN's Most Excellent Majesty.

"The dutiful and loyal Address of the Lord-Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled.

"May it please your Majesty,

"We, his Majesty's ever-dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled, approach your Majesty with sincere expressions of loyalty, attachment, and regard.

"We condole with your Majesty on the various afflictions your Majesty has sustained, since your departure from this country, by the loss of so many illustrious personages of your Majesty's family, especially by the demise of our late beloved Sovereign, your Majesty's paternal guardian, whose countenance and support, under the most trying circumstances, gave the best pledge to the nation of your Majesty's innocence, and the firmest protection against all your enemies; and also that of your amiable and illustrious daughter, the Princess Charlotte, the fond hope of Britain, whose memory will be ever dear to an affectionate people.

"Deeply attached to the Royal Family, and anxious for the preservation of the public tranquillity, we feel ourselves called upon to express our earnest hope that the differences which unfortunately subsist, may be arranged in a manner honourable to your Majesty, as well as to your Royal Consert, and satisfactory to the country; and that, should an investigation of these differences be still unhappily resorted to recognizing the dignified firmness which your Majesty has manifested, by the solemn protest you have entered against all secret investigations of your conduct, so repugnant to common justice, and to the feelings of Englishmen, we trust such investigation will be conducted in an open and impartial manner, and terminate in the complete vindication of your Majesty's honour.

We rely upon your Majesty's gracious acceptance of this Address, as a proof of the loyalty and affection of your faithful citizens of London, and of their attachment to the illustrious house of Brunswick, who, they trust, will long continue to sway the British sceptre, and maintain the liberties and happiness of the people."

To this Address her Majesty returned the following an

swer:

"I return you my heartfelt thanks for this dutiful address, which is both loyal to the King and affectionate to me.

"If any thing could lessen the grief which I must still feel for the loss of those dear relations of whom I have been deprived since I left England, it would be the proofs I now receive, upon my return, that their memories are cherished as their virtues deserve.

"In the new trials to which I am exposed, my first duty is to vindicate myself; and my next wish is to see nothing attempted that may burt the feelings of others.

But, in all the trouble through which I have passed, the generous attachment of the English people has been my safeguard against the

King's enemies and my own; and be well assured that no time can ever weaken the grateful impression of such obligations.”

After which she conversed freely with the different Alder men, and came forward to the window and bowed to the greeting assemblage before her house.

It is now become pretty evident that the determined conduct of her Majesty will form a memorable epoch in the affairs of this country. Her enemies were carrying every thing with a high hand both against her and the country at large, but such is the effect and influence of an individual with a title, that her Majesty's opposition to their measures has done more to arrest their career of wickedness than all the complaints of the injured millions. We subjoin an interesting letter said to be from the late Princess Charlotte to her Majesty.

EDITOR.

Letter stated to have been addressed by the late Princess Charlotte to her Mother.

"MY DEAREst Mother,

A very few days will elapse before I may claim to be addressed by the endearing appellation with which I have commenced this letter; when Providence may develope to me new duties, which may in some measure temper, but can never supersede, those moral and pious obligations which have been heretofore imposed upon me. Were I to disguise my true sentiments, or to affect feelings other than those which occupy my bosom in the prospect of becoming a mother, I should feel myself unworthy of that parental affection which constitutes at least the second bliss of life.

"United to a man whose whole attentions are directed to the promotion of my happiness, I cannot but feel a pleasure in the anticipa tion of that hour of perilous hope which shall enable me to present to him a new tie of connubial love, and to the nation a new and abundant source of future promise and consolation. Political considerations, in this instance, stand in competition with the more near and natural feelings of the heart. While, as a wife, I am alive to all those anxious susceptibilities which accompany my peculiar situation, I am compelled by circumstances to extend my views to contemplations widely different in their kind as in their latitudecontemplations involving the nearest and most durable interests of a people to whom I owe a debt scarcely to be liquidated-gratitude for unbounded affection.

"To relieve, in some degree, this weight of obligation, and to justify the universal confidence in the strength and consistency of my character, I have determined, should it please Providence to bless me with an offspring, so to regulate its early reason, and to direct its

infant energies, that the lessons I have received from you, and the wis dom, which time and observation have confirmed, may be handed down to my child, with a view to the perpetuation of the great principle, that the legitimate end of all governments is the welfare of society, and that political and private virtue is the surest foundation and the best bulwark of a throne,

"But, O, my mother! when my timid imagination revolves upon the uncertainty which veils futurity; when I look to the dark possibilities which may put a period to the dreams of hope, even shadows shake my courage, and I feel myself the victim of terrors, which rea. son would almost demonstrate absurd. At such a trying moment, why am I debarred from the consoling voice of maternal affection? Why is not my mother allowed to pour cheerfulness into the sinking soul of her inexperienced and trembling child? I have no friend, no relation near me, whose advice may guide, or whose admonitions may check my conduct. Surrounded by strangers, with a single exception, my heart feels itself alone; and should the protection of heaven for a moment leave me, and I fall, the presence of a mother would assuredly impart a serenity and resignation to my mind which would smooth the pillow for my dying head, and prevent my distrac ted soul from erring in the hour of her severest trial.

"Secluded from the giddy world, I have learned to set a true value on that retirement which has taught me a more perfect knowledge, not only of myself, but of the society over which I may one day be called to rule. Folly and pride no longer wear to me the imposing blazonry which they exhibited to my early years. I have read, reflected, and conversed-and I trust the evidence of a future day will rescue me from the imputation of having read, reflected, and conversed in vain.

"The sufferings of my early years, acute as they were in their operation, have not been unproductive of instruction. Their effect has been to correct that sanguineness of disposition which was too commonly a source of severe disappointment, and which uniformly led me to view things through a prejudiced medium, a sort of premature experience has give me that insight into human life and human character, which in ordinary cases and circumstances is the result of the study and observation of years.

"Your virtues, my dearest mother, and your afflictions added strength to the affections which nature had entwined about my heart, and urged me to cling to you, in all changes and under all shades of persecution, with a constancy which those who hated you termed obstinacy, but which those who loved you elevated by the name of honourable perseverance. I felt that I was not merely acquiescing in the first of my moral duties.

"In proportion, however, as I have loved you, do I now feel the bitterness of your absence: you have no substitute in this heart; there is none to occupy your place to my seeking eyes. Even the affectionate attentious of an amiable consoit are insufficient to supply the chasm

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