The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1808-06-25 00:00:00

'N um', the Assessed Taxes' Bill wax rend a third time, and passed. 011 the atotion of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER, the ‘Vestmilister improvement bill was read a third time. Mr. Smini brought up a clause to empower the CoMmissioners under this Act, to purchase certain additional grounds in the vicinity of the late im provements, and situatod between Genrre-street, Bow-street, and Angel-court, which were now w i t 11- out any buildings thereon erected, in cOnso f 'wave of a late fire. These lots of ground were :.evc in the hands of trustees fora minor, and would pro bably be soon built upon ; should it he itereafte: found necessary to purchase them, then owe, b e purchased at an expense comparativel.. Ztitirmuui. The nt clause would, i: th e P urc h ase were e arned expedient, nve extremely benefi cial to the public, by vesting this discretionary power in the Commissioners. BANKER thought it an improvident and un necestary permission to expend the public inoJey, and would art as au ioduceineut to pnxtigality uu she Com missioners. M:. Lona said, that, as the laud was now un .l..r.trusiees, who might build upon the ground, the neglect of this provision for the Commissioners *bight hereafter preclude almost the possibility of & di imi.vevements _ _ ft:hi:a:it:part improvement en o t f wo th u e ld E ce ir og oa d E , p ro u r ;i ß y also d thoThught e to the prospect and appearance of the present in- Y 1 proveinents. He, was not inclined, ho wever , t o If carry on this pulling down principle to any ettrot; e nor was he inattentive to the public expense cre a ted it thereby. Of this he was certain, that s uch an ha y proventent lutist increase the value of the l an d a contiguous. II Mr. Rose supported the clause ; and After some explanation from Mr. Balmer and Mr. SMITH', the clause 1111 s added as a rider, and the Bill permitted to pass. MR. PALMER'S CLAIMS. Mr. ilusittssom brou m iit up a Bill for granting to Mr. Palmer the arrears due on hes contract with Mr. Pitt, which wa. read a first time, and ordered to be read u second time to-morroor. The C lANCELLOR of 11:. EXCIIIIWER assured the House, notwithstanding the part he had last night and si:iherto taken, it was his intention to give the Bill ail '!. • sup l •ort in his power to carry a that lions,. If any objection shonld be ;b•se.Y by Mr. Paluiees friends to proceed fur ther in it at present, he had no objection to let it rest until it suited their convenience. Mr. Smelt approved of the candour and late conduct of the Right lion. Gentleman. lie saw no cause of disapprobation which could exist against him for his conduct, notwithstanding all that had been urged against him last night. Mr. ADAM could give no opinion on this subject, as he was unfortunately absent on the last evening. ..‘ i f..."YrZti JUDICATURE BILL. On the motion-of the Loan ADVOCATS of SCOT.. LAND, for the third reading, /dr. ADAM rose, and said, he hoped that on a subject of such importance m a great portion of the nation, wherein its civil rights and political liberty were concerned, the House would not be hasty in coming to a decision, which was to regulate hereafter the proceeding of the Committee ap 'pintail on investigate the expediency of this c!ange. lie did not intend to oppose the third reading of the present bill, but he wished that such an explanation of the motives of the House in passing the bill, should take place, as would learn to direct the Committee in their undertaking. The principlt of the division of the Court of Session, which hitherto consisted of fifteen Judges, into two disiuct Courts, he could not but ap prove, as it must forward the interests of litiga tion, which had of late increased in proportion to the wealth and increase of population, com merce, and agriculture of that country. The number of causes tried of late have been consider ably increased, and hence the division into two chambers must inevitably expedite the prngreaaof litigation. How far the next alteration would be serviceable to that country he would not take upon himself to say, but he thought it at least•a bold expei itnent, awl might probably be attended with important ;ooil ur great mischief. He was, and had ever been attached to the trial by jury. On II by far the very hest mode of deciding disputations, controvers., and discovering truth. In some natatory% it was in use in Scotland at present, and wine peutnnos for its being further extended had been Isni before the. House, and he was willing en greet. that in some iustances it would be the interest of the Court of Seoiion to increase its frequeney eren in that Court. —To waist those who were anent to inrco tieste the propriety of its general introduction, it would be well that accurate reports of the number of causes lately and antecedently tried last year by that Court, should he foirmsheil to the House, and that these should be submitted to the Coin manse, that it might not come to.• hasty and im proper conclusion Noon so very important a sub ject of legislative interference antb the ancient and estsblislied customs of a nation. These, if not fer ia:dad soon, ie should more fur, to this purpose, ear ly mitt Session. Upon the grand topic of general introduction of juries, he had to my. that he feared much whither ►t would prove beneficial to the country at large. Popular opinion and hereditary prejudice were ■lredy its strongest opponents. but there was also something in the constitution of the country which foi bad it on all oecassions. Where it could be, aivantn►leous it bad been already adopted. From his practice in a}►peal camps in the other House, he could say, fur his part, he did not see how it could be eminently advantageous, or could prevent the frequent repetition of such ap peals to a higher Court. In support of his opinion. he quoted the authority of that most acute and able Lawyer, whose penetration and sagacity even rivAled that of the grunt Blackstone---Lord Glen hairy, who had given it as his opinion that Scotland wes not so well calculated for the introduction of the Trial by Jury in all branches of .its legal pro ceedings. lie concluded with rerotienending t.. the House some amendments, the nature of which we could not collect. The I_OKI► ADVOCATE el ScOTLAND acknow ledged that country wa, ►ouch indebted to the \uhk Lord who had m•►,td the puseut Bill. lle was happy to hod the change was about to be mode iu THE BRITISH PRESS. LON I)ON, SATURDAY. JUNE 9.5. Last night, in the llou•e of Commons, Mr. WHITBREAD drew from Mr. CANBING an expla nation of the state of the country with regard to its relations with Sweden and America. The ex ploitation will be found in our report of Mr. CAN NING'S speech. He admitted that considerable changes had taken place in the military operations and councils of Sweden, since the expedition was sent out, and that to these was to be imputed the inactivity of our troops at Gotteuburgh ; and that, with respect to America, it was the principle with Government to treat her as tenderly as was possible and consistent with our maritime The Priseen Mary packet is arrived at Falmouth, with Mails from New-York and fi: - e left the latter place on the Ist instant. h time L'Obserratear, of 18 guns, had am vet.' with intel ligence that a French squadron of six sail of ihips of war had arrived at the Floridan, and landed &force of 4,500 uteri at St. Augustine. As the letters and papers brought by the packet were not delivered yesterday, we do not know the circumstances eon nectad with this account. Government, we under stand, have neverrecsired precise and positive in telligence of the actual coarse of the Rochfort Squadron. Its supposed arrival in the Mediter ranean rests chiefly upon the authority of the French Papers, and they may have been induced to make this representation to mislead the pm-- slier. It is possible, therefore, that the Rochfort Squadron may have landed at fort Augustine, but it i 3 not very probable. The report obtained very little credit in the city. - ---sewes-- The Lady Arabella packet is arrived at Fal month, with Mail,, in 46 days from Tortola. She brings an account of the loss of His 3TAJ EST T'S frigate Atom. of 32 guns, Capt. MEI. WOOD. upon the Jamaica station. The brig Eleanor, Tat a mice, from Falinouth, for the West Indies, has been captured by the French schooner privateer Brune, to the windward of Antigua, and carried into Martinique; the schooner Juno, from Tortola for Antigua, by Ls Moodie French privateer, and carried into St. Martin's. The Jupiter. MARTI'', and the Am% STaiNGER. from London and Ma deira, for Jamaica, arrived at St. Kitt's on the 28th of April, in consequence of having fallen iu with a French schooner privateer, about one hun dred leagues east of Antigua. which they beat off, after an action of two hours. Two of the Jupiter's crew mere wounded. The Asa had one man killed, and six wounded—they intended to sail fur Jamaica on the Ist of May. The Packet for England was to Nil from Ja maica on the lit of May. The Clarendon, HODUP., and the rest of the fleet from Cork, arrived at Jamaica on the 29th of April. A Ministerial Print of yesterday complains, that a subscription is actively going forward at this mo ment, the real purpose of which is to establish a large fond, in order to retain • considerable number of writers, who are to be constantly employed in the attempt to promote the Catholic cause, and to endeavour to clispcise the public mind to be friendly to the Catholic claims. That with this view, a Pa per has been in circulation among the more wealthy order of Catholics, and considerable sums have al ready been subscribed ; and it adds, that the Pa per alluded to was at first addressed to I , The No blemen and Gentlemen of the Catholic Persua sion," but that this designation having given offence to a Roman Catholic Priest in the metro polis, who considered the term persuasion as implying only a belief or opinion, the Paper al ready iriuted was stopped ; and another was published, addreseed to r The Catholic No. hility, Gentry," &c, This, the Ministerial Print asserts, is •" a fact very important, and ought to be a subject of deep reflectiori to those who are so zealously supporting what are called Catholic Claims; for if the leaders of the great body ofCa tholics think it their duty to conform tints sillenis t.ively to the opinion of an humble i,tditidual of their order, how implicitly are they likely to obey the direciions of those who posses; higher autho rity anmag them ? And if an individual, who, doubtless, has greet ininence within his sphere of siction, can be ditto; open and ileeitled upon the adoption of a mere word, at fl time when it is the interest or the whole body to conduct themselves .with the utmost caution, what might be expected if all restrictions were taken away, and the Catho lics were placed upon an equal footing with those who support the Established Religion of the coun try• ?" Of the existence of such a plan cud paper among the Catholics we know nothing; but taking it for granted, we think it strange that it should be imputed as a crime. The Catholics have been cruelly and wantonly calumniated and misrepresent. ed in the - Treaeury Journels. Are they then to sit silent under the lash, and to be refused the liberty of uttering a word nations. visidicatios? The penal code against Catholics was formerly so severe, imagination appears to have been put to tho ruck for the purpose of inventing new crimes and penal ties among that class of men; but it never entered into the head of the most persecuting Minister that ever sat in the British Cabinet, to make it critninsl in a Catholic to write a line in his own defence. That was reserved for the retainers in the service of the liberal and enlightened Mr. PERCEVAL. But the matter does not rest here : 44 The paper," it is gravely charged, 4 4 has been circulated among the more wealthy order of Catholics." Had the charge been that it was circulated among the mote wealthy onler of Protestants or of Methodists, there would be something like reason in the complaint; but it is quite absurd to complain of any possible injury to arise to the Protestant Religion from a defenceof Catholics circulated only 4' among the more wealthy enter of Catholics." We have received some foreign papers, moon?: which those from 11lolland, which are the: most recent, come down to the 19th Mount. The most rigorous measures against aU commerce with England continue to be adopted in llolhool ; and it was cousidercil that any further couttniiiii cation between the two countries would, by thehe means, be rendered impossible. The Copyright Bill, as amended in the Com mittee, 14 given in the lost page. Extract of a leuer from Deal :—.44 T he . Ame rican ship Miseree, Captain JENKINS. arrived iu the Downs last night from Rotterdam, • bringing the pleasing intelligence of the embargo in Hol land being removed, and that the.Ainericau ships then there were allowed to sail for America. on condition of taking on board a cargo the produce of that country," The Spanish prisoners, natives of the province of Asturias, were embarked at Plymouth on Wed nesday, and were to sail for St. Ander* in a day or two. A letter from Aberdeen, dated on Monday last, contains the following paragraph :—" who had just landed at Peterhead, from lite.sia, arrived here yesterday, and set off for London, in a chaise and four. The intelligence he brings has hot transpired." Upwards 0f.70 sail, under convoy of two frigates, hound to the Mediterranean, passed Plymouth on 'Eusday last. As th ere was but little wind, the fleet made a grand *how in the offing, to a nume rous assemblage of persons on the floe. Extract of a letter from the master of a neutral vessel, one of the convoy which sailed from Gotten burgh, with His MAJP.STIni ship —, dated Mal mo, Bay, June 5, 1508:—" At 3, p. at. got under weigh, and cleared Copenhagen, and nearly the island of Saltholm, but when off Uragoe, we disco vered 29 gun •Ixtats, armed with two g4-pounders,And Mar swivels, and shout 60 men each, shooting-in !tattle array against us, besides several privateers. The signal was therefore made by our Commodore to put back. Yesterday we could see cis more gun boats, two bomb ships, and two ketches, go out of Copenhagen, to join the armament at Drosse, and this morning their 64-gun ship got under weigh ; we may, therefore, all expect to he taken in, this bay, as there is no battery to protect us, and the 40 Swedish gun-boats that are in port are of no use, they bring chiefly manned with the new conscrip tion men, many of whom do not khow bow to load a gun or a musket." The following is an extract of a letter from Capt. RAY•tes, of the Speedwell, arrived at Csork from Jamaica, (a running ship) We sailed from Ja maica on the 6th of May ; on the 9th, off the Na mes, we fell in with five sail of the homeward bound fleet, separated from the convoy the next day. Off Cape Nicola Mole we fell in with seven sail, which were separated from the convoy, one of which we spoke, called the Neetiaghaot. of London. Same day, at 'unmet, saw the body of the fleet from the main-mast head, close to the Island of Tortaila, and at 9 p.w. was boarded by His MAJEsTY's ship Serpent, which had taken the above ships under con voy. and tacked to join the fleet, which I suppose they did that night. Next day saw 3 sail a-head, steering for Crooked Island ; the mow Fanny, Cox te E Es, and brig Trafalgar, joined the convoy off Peet Morant. On the 14th, in the Windward Pacsage, engaged and heat offs French privateer, with 50 sweeps, and full of men. On the Yid, in lat. 47.26. long. 08. 10. spoke His MAJESTY'S ship !adios. who cautioned us of a Danish privateer, of 10 guns and full of men, which we fell in with the next morning, and beat het of after a tanning tight of half an hour," this Csmrt. The present change was . particularly agreeable to him, its it W4B anaceoto limited with may additional expense, nod with no uoisee!tisitry crea tion of offices. The present Court of Session par took too much of the nature of e popular ittsembly. There hence arose .n inclination in its Members to deliver their sentinieuts on every ti abject Ir:fore them, owl thus impede the pirtgyr_sn of leg3l de cision. To have estaiblislied tt tiwtinher of review would lw attended utlvautage, cotnpnra tively speaki:ll, to the procedure et taw. It up ',eared V. Piirliament ileres ,, ary that the .Ou..srs should report on the propriety of introduc ing trial by Jury into the Court of Serosious. The further proceedings of Parbauteut would be founded upon their report. It was already introduced into courts of revenue ; and though ill some installers he thought it might with justice be introduced into the Court of Sessions. he very much feared, lest, if it were suddenly dropped in amongst them, like Something from the cloud*, it might be produc tive of the worst effects, and ultimately prove dan gerous to the enforcement of justice in that coun try. The present reporters of the Scottish Courts were authorised pervous of respectability and cre dit amongst lawyers. He therefore thought the provision by the Act unnecouwary, as there were already proper persons provided for that purpose. After an amendment, proposed by Mr. ADAM. was rejeeted, the Bill was read a third time and passed... . . 'Flie Woollen Sespewsion Bill was then read a third time awd plowed ; also the Flop Dag, the Smear Wash Doty. Irish ltpirit Du), and the OyStrr Fishery Bills. The Small Debt, and the Clandestine Marriauw Prevention Bills, were read* second time, awl ordered to be etininsitted to-noorroar. The Massey Divorce Bill ear read a third time and paned. The Howse then adjourued. ASUOT HEATH, JUNE 23. The freshness of the morning, after a very beet►/ shoat r, attracted an elegant company ; much sport being expected, the gmund had a very gay appi.erance, except the Not al stand ; Her Majesty and the Princesses were not present; his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales's stand was filled with company, amongst whoru we noticed— Their Royal Hightiesses the bol e s 111 York and Cassbet•. huril, the Martiiii.. arta 11,11.1.11i011111S Cor.iwallis, Earl Grier sty. Mr. Wiudhaia, and the Honourably Mr. and Mrs. G. Villiers. All the stands cd an elegant assemblage of • company ; the carriages were more numerous than was expected ; the ladies mounted the dickies, they were mostly dressed in white, with close caps, and small sprigs of flowers. The Chinese parasol was displayed in all parts of the ground; white mantles, with a purple Vandyke border, and small hoods, were much worn.—Aruougst the elegant earriag,s were those of— Tim Countess of Char Levine sad Family, Earl sod Coun tess of Mountaorris, Lord Braybrooke, Lord Hooke ' Looni er of Jersey tb• Hos. Mr. mad Mrs. Villiers,andif. awl Lady Deiberuad. At oi - te o'clock the bell nag for Paddling, the betting stand was imtnediately filled. The gold cup of Inn guineas was an excellent race, , 2 to I and 6 to 4 on Mr. Fertnor's Brighton, who kept the lead ; he was rod e by Buckle , who came round the drat time very easy ; at the second time .Mr: Butler's ,Epsoas, who was rode by Samuel Arnold, indde a strong push at the coming in. when it was so near that it was adjudged a dead beat. Lord W.grentont paid forfeit to lord Foley. Lord Foley's f. by l'ersaits, nut of Higliflyer mare, 4114. Bth. against Earl Jersey's c. by the Irellesky Arabian dam, was a very fine race ; the odds were in favour of the Arabian ; they came its in great style ; it was won by n neck. The .501. plate fur the yeoman pricker% and keepers of the forest add great park excited a much anxiety amongst the numerous field of sportsu u the race not taking 'place, on actsmut of some dif hirence between them. The Noble Martinis Cornwallis was in the stand at the time, and was displeased ; it was first agreed that Shake ran Bags should walk over the course, bin it was brought to -11 compromise, and we understand the busilic,s will be settled at Outlands to-night, as hi s 1:„: 1 1 Highness the Duke of York invited a numerous • company to dinner. ASCOT-HEATH RACES. FOUR'S, AND LAST DAT, JUNE 24. A Sasepstakes of esp. each. Three miles. Five Sabeadheak Lard Egresaut's Canopus walked over A Sweepstakes of sago. each, for 9-yrs old. 11. R. H. the Dote of York's c r. c. &lecrisere.. ..... 1 Mr l'crnmes b. f. by Guleaana, data by Iltreary ..... a Emdes's b. f. Miss Sevdlial, b Totteridge Mr. Ladbrokes ►. C. Sinter to 1:let tiou e A hau•'ieap plate of sot. for all ate, the bent of tkree beat• • abort two tildes and Ist eons each. To start en the King's Staud. Mr. Balsas's cb. e. Gladiator, 4 yn. old - I t 14. Jersey's b a. Poke, 3 yrs. old A Sweepstakes of stop. each. t Miles. 3 Sabserilleta. M... R. t.•wa, 7111. . • Mr. Turner's UrAILO, W. Mb. WINDSOR, Jui& a. This morning, the Kure and Patocresas ride in the Great Park, accompanied by Lady Autn lA CollialltLAND, Generals atacouar, Finaoy, and GARTH, and Colonel Tat oa , and return, d at twelve. The Quaittir, PrinCeseeS ELIzABETII and MARY, took an airing to Froginore Lodge and Gardem, &e. The Theatre was crowded in the evening to see the performance of TA* Rivals, and Tom, in whirl, Mr. DA I.TO !I and Mrs. prose, in the parts of Acres sad Jelia, received unbounded ap plaust, There was a ball here last night, which had also its share of company. 111.4SKED BiLL, ARGYLE-STREET. Sy authority of the Committee of the Ladies Putnam's. the last night of the Argyle Sobscription, us TUESDAY, the 2St h , iu.tead of 3!onday, the 271 h), will be a GRAND mAsut - rit %DE. In order that the increased expenses nay he defrayed, eccry subscriber (daughters excepted) taking out • ticket, will pay half-a-guinea. Extra tickets to sou-subscribers, of which a number will will be kneed, "ill be two guineas each. No extra tichris will be issued, unless by order in writing of a Lady Patroness, or a subscriber. Ladies IliCOMMellgillg fur lauies, and gentle men fur gentlemen; and it is confidently relied on, that no subscribers will take out tickets iu their own wanks, unless for their own OW. Every subscriber who recommends for extra tickets, will give in the names Of the persons applied for, and will be re sponsible for their respectability. • Nu applications will be attended to after this day and Monday, as the preparations mast be made before the day u( the Alasquerinle. Tbe tickets will be delivered tins (lag and 31ouctay. By order of the Director, J. Rttlf LE, Searetary. The Bull in the Irish Bank Bill, alluded to by the Earl of LAUDZIDAI.I, is a clause providing that the profits should be equally divided, and that the residue should go to the Gorerrter. This is exactly on par with the Irish Captain, who threw the _whet of his cargo over':oard in a btoriu to save the remainder. Should the opportunity which presents itself on Tueedny next, be permitted to pass by, it can ne a rer be regained. Six Prizes of 20.0001. present them selves for public favour. besides 10,0001. 5.0001. 1,0001. and 3001. and the usual proportion f smaller Prises, which may be purchased at Routine and Co.'s, 26, Coruhill ; 52 Charing. •cross ; and St. Margaret's-hill, Borough ; who sold 26i Shares of Capital Prises in the hit twelve mouths. SAVE a CAPIT SI, PRIMES. in the last Lottery es 4, were sold in shares at SWIFT and Co's. Offices. No. 11, Poultry, and No. 12, Charing-Cris" sit. No. 0,824 a 110.0001. No. 6,5y5, a 1,00011. No. 11,417,a 1,0001. No. 10431, a 1,0001. Nu. 11407, a 1.0001. No. 15,635. a 1.0001. and N 0.24,884. a 3001. Tickets sad Shares in the State Lot tery which beginsdrawing on Tuesday next, and con tans six Prizes of Twenty Thousand Pounds, &c. Ike. are an vale at Swiss and Co.'s Fortuoste (Jf fi,:iss as ab..re.