The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1808-05-23 00:00:00

jt.IIYESS IN' Mr F1073E . OF C 0313113,18. ORDERS OF THE DAY, Mostoav , May 23. Srotch Records Bill, to be read the second tittle, Scotch Judicature Bt4 , to lie read a arrow' tone, Shooting of Hares in Scutdiud, to be rend a second Coe. Land Revenue Bill, to be read a second time, Stamp Duty Bill, to be read a second tins, Committee on Land Tax Commissioners Pilot's Bill. Dean's Forest Bill. Duchess of Brunswick's Annuity DAL ' Military Commissioners' Bill. Report relating to the Distilling from Sugar. Dublin Police Bill. of Supply. of Ways and Means. Irish Fees Bill. Curates' Bills. .—.- Scotch Judges' Bill. Act relatiug to Pilchards. Report Copy Duty. of the Committee on the Distillation of Sugar and Molasses. NOTICES. Ana, Extraordinary. Bill to provost Spleading of the Smallpox. NOTICE, Tuts') M•tr Motion Telotito to Sir Hume Popham, and the ship L'Etruree. NOTICE, MIDIFE , D•V, MAY.2I. Catholic Chicatios. NOTICP, Tavasiimr, May 26. Prise-Ifesty aa4 Dad's. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, MONDAY. M4Y Coyle' of the documents respecting the loyal an 3 upright conduct of the Irish Homan Catholic Bishops, quoted in a late debate by General M. Mat rum, are given in the preceding page. Ire have received Dutch Papers to the 19th inst. containing the Paris news from the Monitenr to the 14th. A popular insurrection took place at Ma drid against the French, in which much blood was shed. It was preceded by similar commotion at Toledo, and other cities of Spain, but they do tot appear to have been of long duration. The Prince of al runes has resigned his usurped throne, and the old KING is restored to the throne ; but his is only it nominal sovereignty; he is brit the mere slisdon of a King, as the whole military establish ment of Spain is vested in the hands of Me ear, the brother-in-law of BONAPARTE. 'lee King and Queen of SPAIN are to pus some time in the neighbourhood of Paris ; the Prince of Asru RI AS is to be sent to Valency, in the Depart ment of Judze, where it is probable he will be detained a prisoner ; and the Pat nee of the PEACE was expected at Fontainbleun on the 20th instant, and will probably be restored to Isis former influence. History does not afford an ostance of so weak and 'corrupt a Court as that of :pain. The misfortunes which it has experienced, and those which it is doonsed to suffer, excite but little interest or sur prise. In this corruption awl inalErcility may also be found the reason why Spain has been so long spared by BONAPARTE. It would have been a work of supere7ogation to have sent his revolution ary Agents to Madrid, or to have assumed an hos tile aspect against Spain. The Dutch isapers contain letters from Copen hagen to the St!! of May, which, state, that intelli gence had arrived from Norway of an important bottle haviieg been fought nn the 25th of April, nrar Elverum, in which the Swedes were &fluted and that clothes• action had takcn place on the frontiers of Norway, in which the Danes ware also victorious. text Swedes, is if , said, beta; left en the field, will the remainder routed. The pnblic, who read the reports of Parliament. ary proceedings, must have observed, fur some Linie past, the declining influence of the Minister. —lf the ithpression he not sn stroll; as the C 350 warrants, it is only to be accounted for by the extraordinary influence which the m. ter has acquired over the public press. We have seen my Lord CASTLEILEAGH one day winning lus cause just by a Nose. Ticirsday crening, ou the Distillery Question, Mr. PTRCtVAL won just by a Neck. Besides the smallness of the Ministerial Majority upon the last question, it con ta:ued one very humiliating ingredient—it was a majority of Merchants—the landed interest was on the other side. It was a majority of the repre sentatives of West India Molasses sgsinst the re presentatives of the sinewy arm of the British Ims handman--of the representatives of the physical strength agaiast the weakness and luxury of the cauntry. Such is the situation to a liich the Mi nister is reduced. Little things be. nonc little men, and Mr. PERCLVAL has thin found his level.-- When a Minister is reduced to little majorities, when he is bumbled, as Mr. T l / 4 11Cf.V/11. 00* is, his case has been considered hopeless. The public see, at a glance, at whieh side the sense of the people lies. It stands confessed. that, stripped of the aid of those inuaediately under the influence of the Crown, the Miuister is in a derided minority. The moment Mr. Parr approselie.t this situation, be wnigned. As soon as •the clUC!) . Cled FOXIT; , ‘, GILENVILLTII, cud PITTITCS, depr...iedi Mr. Au- Dtaerua to this state, he pr..i.;:red to retire.— Xettlier the pride of the on., uo: the delicacy of the other, would be eonttnt with a nominal ma jority. They would not submit to hold t h eir places by such a tenure. How comes it then that the town does not ring with reports of Mr. PERCLVACS immediate dismissal front offive ? 11'e have already stated that he has contrived to acquire au extrnortlioary influence over the public press. There is no print too low or contemptible to be con sidered unworthy of the attention of the panders of Government. At no period of our history was the public press so corrupt and degraded. It hence follows, that the humiliation of the Minister it ei ther eutirely concealed, artfully misrepresented, or disguised from the public eye, Except in one or two papers, the debates in Parliament are either wholly omitted, or reported in the most negli gent anti unsatisfactory manner. In these reports the people of Etiglaud have been hitherto accus tomed to read the sentiments of their Representa tives. From these sources they have been accus tomed to derive their knowledge of public affairs. It does not therefore suit the interest of the Minis ter to encourage a faithful report of processliagr, in which the public would read in every line a proof of his weakness and incapacity. The partisans of Ministers in the public press have for sonic time past laboured to strip Parliamentary debates of all their dignity, interest, and importance. We may state, without exaggeration. that the present is the crisis of our fate, that there never was a Session of Parliament, that produced more important subjects of discussion. Yet we have witnessed, io most of the public prints, an uniform disposition to treat them with contempt and levity. A great change has been effected in the public character of England. The attack on Copenhagen, and the Orders of Council, have been regarded by some of the wisest and best men this country inn boast, as a melan choly and dangerous departure from these just, generous, an.i honourable principles, to the strict adherence to which, upon all occations, England is indebted for all her greatness, and her glory; and yet these subjects, when brought before Parliament, have been treated with ridicule by the gl'eat mass of the public prints, or passed over in silence, with af fected contempt. The Orders of Council are no ticed, perhaps, in a rebus, or conundrum, and the attack on Coilettliagen is scarcely thought worthy or furnishing a point for an epigrunt. To the can dour, the fidelity, and ability, with which important subjects of this I have been treated, whether iu the shape ... • .. tiapcu'i?y debates or other wise, the , 7 natb have been hitherto in debted • ....tencc and prosperity. Of the nature aits.l amouto. of the temptation which has in duced them to commit a suicidal act, in the depar ture from that cour.e, wedo not presume to judge. There is, however, a limit of sycophancy and false hood which the corrupt part of the public press cannot, dare not exceed.—When the case becomes desperate, the vermin begin to desert the sinking vessel. w With so small a majority," says The Courier, meaning the majority of 14 upon the Question of the Distilleries ea Thursday night, 44 we should think that Ministers will see the ne cessity of not pres.iitg the measure farther." The Portuguese Jounrals state, that Gellert! Jt. NOT is created Duke of AIMANTES. They also contain AM order of the lutendant-General of the Polley, dirreting lists to be made of all the italivi duala who disappeared with the ancient Court. cud that, after the ..!erth of April, the time fixed for the returns, fatten should be given for the sequestration of their property. Strict onlere are given for pre venting the receipt of •ny intelligence from the squadron, by papers, letters, proclamations, or odic'. vrannintrictorioris. Sir Jogurit Yoaas has commissioned the Chrirtian the Seventh, at Portrmouth. The Resistance frigate, Capt. Aoam, was to sail yesterday, with dispatches for Gibraltar, from Portsmouth ; and the Belle Poole. Capt. Bars- COIL, will Said in a few days with a convoy for the Mediterranean. The CleilrooNe frigate, Capt. WAsawainir, is fitting for foreign service. The Spedy sloop, Captain Meninx, made the signal, at Portsmouth, on Saturday, for ouvoy to ewfountlland and Nat, lax. The lord Eldox, DNonshire. and 3fultareA, atitward-hound East Intliatneti, have arrived at the Meitherbank. from the river. THOMAS TALBOT, A..istant Surgeon or the 80th regiment, in Jamaica, has been trie,l by a Court Martial, found guilty of seretal charges unhecone inz an officer and a gentleman, and sentenced to he cashiered. The Bill now before Parliament, for regulating the collection of the Assessed Te‘es, Commissioners, with a power for " any one of them, by Min sty, or together frith one or more of the Commissioners of the Division, to use, even-Ise, and apply all the powers contained in the said several Arts relating to the said Duties re spectively, as effectually as any other Commis sioners are by the said Acts authorised to Use, ex ercise, or apply the same." Now these Special Commissioners, being appointed by Government, will he of necessity the mere creatures of the Nil- Mster, and will ►upersede the whole body of regu lar Commissioners, who are men of property, who "scar to their qualification, and act as middle men between the htNO and the subject. We under stand that it is the intentina of the regular Com missioners to hold a meetiii4 immediately to take into consideration this clause which is at once an insult to their widerstandiv, and a mike:ion u;•on c*) v% ALOPFMENT. The titled Lady, whose elopement we an nounCed Nat week, is Lady B—R---3IGEO--.14. Sir A ILTMIJIA PAGET, /10111 of the Earl or U. 6 the happy man. A n&gociation had been on fool for simie days. among the friends of the Lady; who hoped to Im ali:e to prevail at her to give up her lover, and retire to the family sent in Deistishire,.but in the inkinu time she ed to send away her clothe,. and finally decamped with him. About 3 o'clock on IVethiesday, the Lover called at Lord ll—a—at:it—yes house, in Cumberland street, i:1 the absence of his Lordship, and the lady and he wok a pedeatrian trip together, since which time they have not been heard of. Lord NI--Tai dined on that day with Lorsl B. ; and Lady B. not appearing at dinner, confirmed the husband it, his auspicious of her fidelity. He immediately *petted his mind to his friend, and proceeded to take the necessary steps. Lord 11-a-Naia-s is one of the finest looking men among our Nobility. The Lady, who is the only spoiled child of her family, it rich in per sonal charms. DRAMATIC WONDER. Mile SI DDONI one night was attracting each ear, Some thought —an dttorwry was seta abed a tear ! "'Phan which to prefve—criegl • critic—" I'm loth, " fur it 'oust have bees capital acting is beith."_ BALANCE. - - P.11177ES 7llls irEsK. This evening. the Msechiusess Of Buckingham's Greed ?dashed Runt, Pall MgR • Masquerade at Arylo-strest Rooms— = fu-morrow, the Duchess of Bolton's Grand Boot, Grueeromr-aquare —Wednesday, the 31archieoess of mar ket s Mask Party, Cleveland-square • Mt* Theorem's Music Party, Grusrenor-sleare ; Lady South Borgcs's Greed Rust, Hyde-Park Corner; cud Mrs. Joddrars Grand Rout, Grusrenor-square.—T hal day„ the Countess of Oxford's Gisiol Rout, iptiag {lros.—Friday, the D11(11010 of St. Alh.• is Gram! Rust, Stafford-place. Yesterday morning, His Mesterei'', Princesses AUGUSTA, MART, a►►d SOPHIA, accompanied by the Earl of DeR11101:TU. Ladiesamea, THY NE, meal BULKSLEY, Generals FITZROY and GARTH, and Major Patee, rode to St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and heard a sermon by the Rev. Dr. Ceotsow, from the id Epistle of Peter, the 9th chapter and 16th verse. They afterwards returned to the Palmer. The Earl and Countess of LOvSDALE gave grand dinner, yesterday, at their house in Charles street, Berkeley-queue, to a large party of No bility. On Saturday, the Dukes of YORK and Sussex, with fourteen military gentlemen, dined with the Earl of Castney, at his house in Arlington-street. Yesterday the Noble Earl entertained sixteen per sonages of distinction with a sumptuous dintber, at his house. It is snid, that Lady B—,t first charmed her se d.icer by the exhibition of her picture in the uSidst of a group* of psrtraits of beautiful women, by a celebrated artist. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wat.ll9 gave a grand diaper, yesterday, at her house at Blackheath, to. the Earl and Countcas of Evnii and a large party of Nobility. Ladies, when disappointed in lore, were formerly temped to t►ecome Aims. It is feared, that a newly deserted husband will turn to a Monk. . The Duchess of Batinswicn intends giriiig a splendid public breakfast, at Blackheath, in the course of a few days. Mr. WALSH PoRTEIt will shortly enliven the fashionable world aid' a grand entertainment, at his bea►►tiful cottage, near Wandsworth. The Marquis mid Marchioness of Lansouwa, gave a grand dinner, yesterday, to Sir Joey and Lady DAsHWOOD KING, Mr. awl Mrs. LEE. Mr. and Mrs. (:isaaLes %Vim's, and Mr. and Mrs. Jones; in the evening her Ladyship had a party which was attended by an elegant assemblage of Nobility. Master BETTY is new at Huntingdon. Ile em inences au engagement at Peterborough. on Friday neat, and on Thursday, June the 3d, plays at Wis. Lech. On Saturday hull, a new play, from the pe n o f Mr. SISPFINGTO N . ca ll e d The ]Mysterious Bride, 1% A! , read in the green-mom of Drury-lane Theatre. Great expectatious are formed of this drama; it is said to •to much interest, with considerable knowledge of stage effect. Jafia of Elagload is a heroine of the first order ; no private scandal or base insinuation pervades her interesting but romantic story. Her example is intended wraith, not debase her rex; and to prove there is no inheritance like a virtuous education. Friday morning were married, by special lii- cease, at 31ary-la-bonne Church, by the Bishop of Ottroats„ Lord Pltilt*Ofit. to MISS BOUVEILTE, second daughter of the Hon. B. Bouveate. After the memoir!, the happy intir let off for his Lord ship's seat iii where they intend pairing the hei.e)moon. Senate» Care was delivered of a son, at ilowick, on the 13th instant, roil is es well as can be expected. Earl I:etv will be in town thia week, to the great disappointment of the Hyde Park, yesterday, considering the unfarour ohleuess of the day, din•hn ed an elegantasticuad age of Nobility.—The Ditelieb.es of 31aat.suaouon, GoIIDON, BOLTuTi. LEEDS, and Sonsmicr, dis played their elegant equipages. Amongst the four in hand were Sir IL Vasa TI:MPIST. Sir WATKim WILLIAM§ WTI§ I§L. and Mr. BURTON. A sharp shower which came on at four o'clock, cleared the Park of its C.ernpauy. The Hon. Tuoirss Knott gave a grand dinner, on Saturda to the Duke of BM O Foto, Paid Min. rt.e. Lo th ALTMORPE and 11.;TCHINsuIl, the knight of ' saav, the Hon. W. onsomav, Ge neral %VaLeor.e, Mr. I:tisk:NE, Mr. Cauca . " and Mr. Cututv ; and another grand dinner yes tenlay to Earl PLMLY, Viscount Par.nrecront Lard and Lady Csayseintr, Lady C. Paony t Lori CIA nava, Sir Joust and Lady SMELLY, and tert.ral other persons of distint.tion. ror war. YORK SPRINt; MEETING, ilrhir catisnences tliio day, la likely to be well attended. 'lhr horses, Ac. orlik It have .trivet!, we all wall, sad is' high u.tAititntior tu:tuiag, and the course is in very poll order, There to there/ trr ertry prospect wfixedlent apart. Anion the Geatlrtarti arrived et York, and espret•d, IV* lint Grace toe Duke of Leeds; Lord Peblllowtoo ; Sir George Artuytare • Sir Thomas Gasciairte; Mr. Weetworth; Mr. GatfAtti ; Mr. Coulburu ; Mr N. Bet ; Mr. Chokes Mr. Low's Deleeuw, ; Mr. N. rt. Hod:Non ; Mujor-Getirral liewgill; Cbilder; ; 11 r IV. A. W. Ilewett ; &c. &c. kc. TJac Llama% kOroes, Lc. are anived at Dring!umsts ar I Duke of Leeds's cb. c. by Pandoiplio, out .4 Ji•ther Rrde. • Lord Dartiergion's Arcbdake litutl.es. to . . IN . • ration Lord Scarborough's bay colt, by N.r S.,:omun, dam • ;Ater; and flospo.lm. Lord Strat%usure's Curio and bay roll, hy Iliouhlstuaiou, out of Beatrice. Sir L. Smith's gr. e. by St. George, out of Quid's Jam. Sir Jobs Lawsms's Sir T. Gaseeigue's elms. coat, by HambletoMan, out of Gul dens Mr M. 3lasterman Sykes's Harriet. Mr. Wentworth's Margaret, Contusion, and Irene. Mr. Hnsudliag's Sniashs.r. Mr. Garfurtles b... by Hambleturiaa, out of CilfloLae and ch. c. by Hyaciutbus, out of Flora. Mr. Hewitt's Stilly'. and M•tseorpr.. ar. W. Flateller's Mims Stareley. Mr. T. Itoucosabe's Lluiel.leaf and Ceres. Mr. Saadon's*hr. f. by Waster, out of Isabella., Mr. Gualburu's Grimaldi, (late Confederate). Mr. Benamis Alias. NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING, isos FRIDA MAY 19. 14 G. H Careollisles D:sesamswirbt, yst. gib. best 12 Foley's Pipyitua, sit. alb. Two-yr otd C. goge. Sir J. Boa, noodle Bacchanal, ;et. I .lb. heat Mr. no-- aloes Ccrbet us, est. 21b. Across the Flat. 2uogs. b. R. Mr. IVat;uo's Hymen, sat. Vb. beat 14 Groavenor's Sus beers, so.t. Ab. M. wogs. Mr. Vanssitart's Borlrigh, by Stamford, oat. alb. best Mr. Pantors's Ralphina, est. 91b. R.IM. wino L. ft. 2 to 1 uo Breadnunglit—ti to 4 agst Bazelsaral--15 to 4 mist Hytnen-7 to 4 on BUlleigii. Sweepstakes of 25gs eas.h-3 yr olds, Cett 91b —a yr olds, ose—g yehlds, sst. 71b —b yr olds, and aged, sat. Lab T.3IM. B.C. Gen. Grusreom's Osiris, • yrs old ' 1 14 Lostbm's 'l' ut, te yrs old Mr. C. Browns's Puritans, .g. 74 - Mr. Ferutur's StripliK, •• y ra obi • p 4 Eros% us Osiris-3 to 1 &gat Pamilisma. Sir J. Shelly's f. Fanny, by Illoturd, sot. Ilb. best 14 G. H. Cavendish's f. by Gouty, sat. tib. Too yr old C. bap. L. ft. Mr iVysidlasse's &becloud, 7st. !db. beat 14. Loutlmes Wormwood, est. alb. First ballot Ab M. D. of Gralloolt Vtaity, sat. Vb. beat La Fotil's Conands, 7st tab. sop. Ld. Grosvenor's Iletema, sat. bib agst Mr. Femmes Brighton 7r4 stb. D.I. sues. (lks.l heat.) LS Foley's Comrade, sat. tub. rcc. (rum 1.41 Grosvenor's Bulrush, tat. tolb. D.M. Mr. Shakespeare's Discount. rte. 6' , P. from' Mr. Writ!. bar's Sousa sat. i lb. cu-la. T , o !,r old Co tag 1.4 Lowther's grainwi.rns, pet. ;lb. ,at Gen Grosvenor's. Woodcutter, 7st. dernes the Flat. loop. Off by coaseur. Ld Groomer's Bs ush , set. iolb. rec. 1 4rs. from 1). of St. AlLAtes Prodigal, sat 41b. Two ”. uld I'. Sop. r• to 4 avt Faamv..s to 4 apt Scbcduui—ti to s apt Va. silty-610 4 0144 31444101.4. MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE. Mrs. Ford, wife to Ford, Esq. of the county of Down, Ireland, and eldest daughter to the Lite Right lion. William Brownlow, went on Thursday lea'night, in apparently perfect health. to the rout of Mrs. Leftus Tostkuham, in Dublin ; while seated at the card-table, she found herself seized with sudden iialisposition, and being near her sc. eortchemest of her twenty-first child, considerable alarm was excited, and medical assistance was in stantly called 'in; Mrs. Tottenham offered every accommodation her house afforded ; but Mrs. Ford, finding herself much recovered, yielded to the na tural impulse of wishing to be in her own house, on such en occasion, and was conveyed into her coach, accompanied by her sister, the Countess of Powers conrt, and her soa. Mr. Ford ; but before they ar rived et the house, the.vital spark had flown, and this truly amiable wife and mother, who had left her fond husband a few boars before, in all the splendour of rank mid foetune. returned a lifeless corpse. She has left nine children. Mr. Ford, Mrs. Brownlow, her mother, and all Mrs. Ford's friends, are ineonablaisle. The Countess of Darn ley, and Viscountess De Vesci a are also sisters to the deceased. Information having been received at Sew -street, that Bond-greet and its vicinity were infested with gangs of pickpockets. three Bow-street Officers visited that neighbourhood, on Friday, and found in Bond-greet, the noted Bill Wood, in company with two other suspicions characters. viz. Jemmy Portess, aad Dick emetics, whom they brought to the Office in the evening. Neither of them be ing able to give an account how they got their li ving, or what they were doing in Bood-street, Mr. GtANAM very properly convicted them as reputed thieves, ro;ues and vagabonds. finder the Police Act. • On Monday last the anniversary of the Election , of Sir fil. M. ST RFS, Bart. to serve in Podia/sent cc Representative bf York, was ccl.-bratexi at Ctaases hotel and Bleck Swan Inn, ki _wtere an exc e ll en t.di t .- net vial served up to itpwards of iuo guests. The 'hair was taken by W. Braun, Evi l . who filled :t with great hilarity till a late hour, assisted by th e Rev: Otottoa BtitiwN, as his Vlee-Presii.rent Ate numerous inettiag of the °Marro of the bri gade of Yeomanry in Dublin, eu Wed's...ably last, Colonel J. P. SMITH, Commander, it:s4l3e Chair, they resolved wianitnourly, that in casco, ierasion, hienirrection, or any other enseryfemy, ttvey woulil, with their respective corpa, extend their sirtiees to the adjacent cnienties. • AI Satu•day night's Gazette states, " That Melts. jesty is ptee'td, by and with the ativici4„o(. his Privy -Couacil, to order and declicre, that Informa tion of the OrJer of the 11th of Nov. i he taken hrild k. litive been received matt places on the Contirpoit of North and Solidi America. extending from the huh to the aoth e'er of north latitude, including the (slaw! or Nom t)rlcans, nn Ate Inds day of le.. nom; and that all tit itters contained in the Ords rof ilia tad. of Nov. 1.07, iii;iptv fixori tl,e prices urs.vbl;4l. t,. 111,win:,r leceirod notice of die said Order of the .1 till *if Nov. ibtl7, vu the se a loth dly of id). 111‘). • • >.