The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1807-05-11 00:00:00

r„ LIBERTY OP THE PRESS. On Saturday 114 hr, the following notice was Nerved at the Office of this Piper : TO THY fr; rut( uF IHE BISITISII PRESS. hIR, May S, 1107. It havtitg bees the custom for a long time hack fur the Daily an 4 other papers to insert instAated and inc 'fleet account, of the .4 Proceedings...lth. King s Corrsinimon of the peace, oyer rid terming., and gael•de leery, for the city of tendon," held at I.Brace-hall in the 01$1.11aily—aand the trait projudice an I detrignSot tease salon( the Session:449er, and as s nu in it c incest, frusta long cuss use you are authoried its giving .uch aecissods, 1 he's to acqsaint thnt nu such eiant Imo.; with the 'anew •n of the Coliet..w..l, gal ad, ce at the Rest auttioritr has been taken on this point, and it is the cseintun of those who have been cnordted—athat the era of publish.na and miming rests solely with the Court, to appoint pt hem this please for that purpose i en 4 that anr accoutre, published eso . h.int their ta. diem, is ille{al. 1.1.1 e-d it has b^i n ao dem nuiurd y Lards Ilatdeicke and Bathurst, an! in the more recent 110•41bC0 of Gurney •. Lonrnan, Lord ILskuse cointided in the opinion of Lurd Hantwicke„ whom he qa iced on this occasion. i‘i•.k prop...r to Wet: those eircumetanews to you, and to give tot this noticethat if you persist in giving repotu of the Trittil at the U 4 Bat*, in future, you will übjeet pint ail( to an action at law for damages. But that the Public may not be deprived of the knowledge of the pro..eedinga at tho Sessions-Honor—being the person appointed by the Court to print and puhlieh, fur my vie use and exclusive right, the Ses•iane•Paper, lam at hbyty to fur. Doh you with the trials, tired by .boos-hand writer Kith. Court, which I pro lOW to 40 on the 1 0 :i o amg Terns Two Gum. ao for each Seosion. The C.Ty to be deiverell in the fallowing maanc-.. lion the ripening of thrt Court until Four, to he delnered st Six ii`Co-k. From Foot to Six at Eight o'Clock ; and }non Ste to tha breaktog up the C Jun, at Ten o'Cloc . :;-.. but should any thir.g of improtat.ta rlday t to Court be ,and acc.3:oin time of lyetklng p, the Ten:under of the 01; 7 will tia &livered otthoi mte 11,ur after the using of the C got. Your anrwer w.ll o:ige 5 c•ir Sc.n, a ser %an t, 23 F R. BUrTFRS. •.• fint e , .sa.ng Sotbioas commence on W 4 .c.,1.1 foe let Muse,. A. similar untice was, we understaryl, given to the Litton of all this other Diily Pap-rs, who will no doubt s^on cornet to a cant . rion understanding upon the subj.-et. But when a blow like this is ..inatid at the Li scar v of the Pa tst,we should think it ci nal to lie one enomdnt in its defence.—To be g in, then, we wilt two rich Mr. Butters, when we con test Cuter; or and chaiienge Nte punitlime:d. I he accn , rat in the Daily Papers of the prne, , edi sgs at the Old Willey, are, we admit, •• :nu tfafed aad tn&er. reef ;" and God forbisLthey sfwyt tue other n It wow.' be frightful if the mitalv were to be corrupted by accurate and detailed aceowits in the daily papers of the chocking scenes of human depra vity unfolded every SCatlj• • at the Old /Stacy. How often does tile Judge urcirr the tansies to *ithtlid.w ? How often doe. I•AC Bench interpose. and expre.. wish, that part cular cases octal 'login Court 6 , muld never be repurted out of it? And are theca lit sub. kilts tor the accuracy of short:lead-writers, to be given, bidetma and delotm. d as its. y are, at le..gtn, in the Newspape , si pai.oning our youth, and shocking every mind, of every age, that possesses deliuscy, sentiment, or honest: ? No Edi tor of any Daily Paper would publish other than " mutilated a,, , d oneorrea" .ccounts of the pro ceedings a: the U.d Balky. If any Editor, to-- getting what is due to Mouth, to public morals, and to public d“cency, would dare to fill hi, cclatruss with such matter, the Judges of the Comic ut King's Bench, wno occauunaaly preside at the Old Sauey. instead of sanctioning the gross abuse, ought s as the guardians of th e public morals. to punish him with the utmost severity. As to the Duchess of KillgstrCl'S Cast, and Lind Melville 's caw, upon Al Ms. Button's L osiers r , ly, they ate not in point. 'I hese we .rate trials. beicre the High Court of Parlia ment ; in the latter of which, particularly, the ens after of the CriVlertiracia was impheated. and both • rtstring from the sniseli , n thipiity and impol taller of the tribunal, that an " income and mutilated' account ni them should ant be •sot out to the world. To complain that all the trivial and indecent eases OLttli at the Old Bailey, are not taken by siThrthandleritets. and 'published witu the at niott accuracy and precision. is a new crime is the history of the public press. Upon the r i g 7, t of N. wspapers to publish the Old Bailey prucsedings as they now do, founded upon the long asage which Mr. Bu:ter, admits, and many public grounds, which he t' ink, should give way to his private inteicst, wt have not time to dilate. These arguments swa Inuit reserve for a future article, and shall HOW conclude with a single ob servation upon the proposit.on of Mr. Butt.iic— Supposing hiai to bairn the esclu,:te right of pub. billing the Old Bailey proceedings, we assure him that his lisgal advice is just as bad as Mr. Percev.ii's legal advice to the Volunteers—for it has very imprudently made him measure his own damage;, and give, under his etrn hand. that these damages can be at mast mer,.•iy nominal. Mr. , Butters must not be merited ; we take his own LONDON, MONDAY. Ma• 11. Capt4in Gi ass rd the r .*pkia, arrived in town no S.ituiday from Disolsac. brolgirg accounts from t eller to the 20 hal . At that period the Frei.‘h .! d Polish tr opt, which had been employed in the siege of ll.in sic, bad fallen back several miles, and it w.‘s supposed that part of that corps had been orJere.l to reinforce the grand army ; the battering trait, to he employed in the siege had, however, ou tie lenh, arrived a: Zuchoff. We lately stated, that an npiaion prevailed in the Rohl 'cal circles, that the belligerent pope: s upon the Co.,tinentotre negociating a peace.— that opinumilre fidd, is gaining ground, and to it is imputed the long ,Use a the OTlllltAry oper4tionb. This ciamtry 13 cnnfidently pre.umed to be a party in the neguci ation. Oa •he 21,t of March last, the anniversary of that memorable day, on which the brava Asa*. c..oM al E conquered and feel in Egvist, did his gal- Lira countrym..n, General Faassa, with a Briti,h toter, irk, posse,sion of Alexandria. We gave some particulars ot this achievement in our Paper ot Situ day ; and in the course of tt.e day the follow ing offitnal communication was made to the LORD MAYOR : ".4d , eirahr-eice, 9th luau. " By dispatches received this =Ailing, from Vice- Admiral Lord Cos Lisowoop, dated 27th of April, iiclosing a letter front Captain Hat.Lowet.t., of toe live, dated of Alerand.ia, 24th of the precedikg month, it appears that the transports contain u .g HIS Majesty's land forces, under command of joy -General M. FR *bail, appeared off that plate on the 17th, when a partotl landing was effrdted, and a summons sent to the Governor ; and that upon a juniflion of the remainder of the troops, oa the 20 , h, a capitulation was enter, d into, by which the city and fortresses, with two frigotes and a corvette in the harbour, were surrendered to His Majesty's arms." thoo. the 144 Marie." At night the details were published in The Gazene, a faithful copy of which is given in our subsequent columns —Our loss amounted to only G liked and 7 wounded,but the service, the' not of muds ranger, was one of great spirit and exertion.—The Minis- terial Prins have already begun to depreciate the value of the conquest, as not affording security to our possessions in India, France having it now in her power to march her troops through Turkey in Eutope; but surely if only two ways to India are ripen to the enemy, it is some advantage to stop up one of them ; and no candid and imparial man can deny that many other advantages, in the present state of Europe, may be derived from the poueuion or a firm footing in Egypt. Admiral DUCKWORTH'S squadron arrived off Airiandtta two days after the capture of the place. I ne Admiral has returned to Sicily, with the Rope! G.7,ge, Pamper, Repair, and another ship of the I:ne. .iir T. Louis remains it Alexandria with the Canopus, Isgrc, and Mondani, of the line, the dipite and .Idice frigates, and ttie Weser/ sloop. The Weidror Cade has been obliged to go to Malta, to repair the (Image s!.e sustained in passing dm Dardanelles. On the Ls:, a detachment of nearly 4000 Men. marched from Alexandria against llo,orta. The natives received our people with the warmest de. monsuations of jny. The troops employed on this s:•rviee were, the first battalion of the 31 4, first and se :oud battalions of tae 3.5 th, second battalion of the 78th regiment, De Roxi.s's regiment, four troops of the 2tith Dra goons, three companies of Artillery, and two of Artificers. Letters have been re:eived in town, vim Ma• deira, from Grnertl-Cuacruan's lquarlron, which clearly establish the destinatiuii of the expe dition to be against the Westrtii ::oast or South America. One al them, from 4.i Offi:er on hid the jurriana transport, is da:eil tile 'Sus Fettru• mi. in lat. 59. S. long. 51. W. bring consideia bly to the Southward of the Rio de la Platt. 1 11141 at that time generally understood in the fl e , that Lima was to be the fir.t ohjetl of attack. Our people are represented as bring in exc.:Den health ; the few sick wer: on b: and the ./spuen.., which had been emp ied 01 her stores, and litteJ u; for their acrnimodation. Leann were received on SAturd4y at the Post office from Varel a date) the bth inst.—The Func.. in the daily upectetion el the appearance of British army in the Elbe. have mule Artangente... for abandoning the neighbouring country, fi which they are removing every thing of value fbey have carried off all the Artillery belonging ti. the Fity of Hamburgh, as also ten waggon-bads of unions hells. At Bremen. Lubec, Rostock, Lauen burgh. ke. they have adopted a like conduct ; All with a view to the ready concentration of thes troops, in the event of invasion, tgey have thrown two bridges across the Elbe at Artlenburgh. Capt. W•LTISS. of the illrung, who artived on natuiday in the rive: flow Vara. heard at the Custonn-hout,e there, while wAtt.ng for his papers that the kusuaus had obtained smile important ad vantages over tar fusks in Bulgaria. The ala.•eherbr packet is arrived at Falmouth ; she left N •vz Yo kon the sth April, and Halifax on the ta.h. The Doke of Kral packet arrived at Halifax on the loch April, with the March Mail. from Falmouth. The proceedings of the C •urt of Enquiry upon the Honourable ('apt. Bi.Acswoon, his Wirers, Stc. of Fits 11sissrv's late ship rj,./, which appear. ed to Tat Bairn's PR ass of Fnday. were inserted unknown to. and unauthorired, in any shape, by the Honourable Capt. itt.acarrooo. Mr. Deputy Br NCI. was eleaed, on Saturday, Al derman of Candlewi:k Wald, ,n the room of the late Mr. HAMICLV. Government received advice, on Friday, of a French squadron, consisting, it two sail of the line, three frigates, and one corvette, having put to sea from Rochefort, and being seen in lat. 41. North, long. 84 Admiral Lord COI. L IKG WOO CI hid de tached Sir J. Sauss ate with a sufficient force to interc pt them. T:ee Hon. General Fox arrived in town, on Sa turday, from the Mitditeiranean. The Earl of PEM !BROKE, Hi:. MAJESTY'S newly appointed Ambassi:dor to the Court of Vienna, set siff with hi suite, on Saturday, for that capital. A lkl , tice from the Postmaster. General. in The Glum. of Saturday night, informs the Members of boils Houses of gailiatient, that their letters and pickets will begin to pass free on t to I 'Lb instant ; being forty days before tile SUM/1011S of the new ?at bament. _ _ (iutrlie of S *torch) , contains Addresses, con gratulating I , is y 1 aerie Y n the line of co' duR he was pleased to pursue oil the Catholic Question, from the eounites of Carnarvon, bleb, IL:rks, Chester, Dumbarton, Unlit .risv, Selkirk, Perth. and Ber wick; also from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the town and borough of Leeds, town of New Windsor s and the town and borough of Carom-von. Brigadier-G •nerial Haowtss, who commanded the assault at Monte Video, and who so much dig tingiiiiheJ himself, is a native of Dahlia, ai.d s the brother of Capt. Hoaxer BROWNE, Deputy Teller of the Exchequer, and of Capt. I'. Baowtsa, of the Itny4l Navy. Lieutenant EV611•111, whose gallantry and good conduA upon that occasion has bren noticed by His Royal Highness the Duke of Yosc, and who is immediately to be appointed to a company, the just nseed of his gallantry, is a younger Pull of a very ancient and honourable fa mily of Kandalstown, in Ireland. It having been represented to the Klan, that on the night of the 16th last, a lugger, laden with smuggled spirits and other contraband articles, was chased on ►hore opposite the town of Foik stone, in Kent, and boarded by the boat's crews of t' , e Lieely tinter, in the ,service of the Revenue of Excise, Was. Li t Rya N, Commander, and that a great number of persons assembled riotously, and tired several ironies of small arms against the and that a cannon shot had damaged b,ir ; His Ma. JEST v, in order to bring to justice the persons who have been guilty of this outrage, has been pleased to promise, by inivertisensent in Saturday's Gazette, his most gracious pardon to any accomplice who shall discover any of the offenders; arid as a farther encourJg. ment, the Commissioners of Excise offer a reward of 5001. to any person making such dis. Coven . To-m , rrner, the (:ennral gesiinns of the Peace for the Li.y ct London %ail, br ht-ld et Guildhall; on iy, t! e l'sfi.idlesva Sessions, at the Sessions Hou s e. t.l-rkenvrtll Ore. n ; and on Wednesday, the nt tieer and l'efmnier. a..d Ga .11 Delivery. wul coonneuve at Justice Hall, in the On* Salley. DR. DOUGLAS, filsllUP OF SALLSRuicr. The late yeller rb'e I'rel rte, Dr. Douglas, was one of the fif SI I ter ary char - a •rs of the age, and r l 141 sorrviv.nic Member, tic pt Mr. Conroe - att.!, of me Boer Steak Cab, celebrated by Dr . Gkfldsnoth, has Poem of ifetaiieri4e..... " And Douglas ss ;simian/. substantial and plain " lie was at tint fate Cannn nt Windsor. Tk e literiity talents t.t 13 slnap D•ntglas were first Wiese in dr!reling the attempt ot Howler, to deptreine the merits nt ;Nam. He viudicatsd the nali y of our iilustritous bard, and cuenrPti his npp on , nr with contuunts. Ili, Iler. Per l t , tol th put,us e d such merit. as hi,{hly t t rtetmm •ne Mt chas,,ei r. )0111 AS • NterAly man. and 4'. at;VOCA'eier tor, al religion. I t Was antiti-s1 The Creirri.s. is muste r m une ., I, Bly • .ifirarlea seem tied 1)r. LAW 13 the 11.simptic ct Cart sl in 1783, a J upm the ttausleinn of Dr. Barrington to the 8.. e of Dts-havn, was apt to , ted is sti.:ces,iir Lo r d s o f she A iiiraity re ! vested Stomp 1) tee n to •upsrintend the sp.eu t,d rsl. i nt ear, wh l a I.•wststm eitecuteJ with Int ig news Hub litrdsLip ltd lung hecii • iih the gout. wit Ch AS last pito/el Wail. WII37IIMSTIsIt kLECTION. L—u C - --••••-• a. I. a into, tren.p'.l with N .nility, 1 i spot ..I , um, wht.li hash been, tis N.,. 111 , ,1 in the pun. she t.at,tt takes, fithi tit him—MAlim a I sho.ild toot fix that fount, mine aye, to 6a I the owe That 1 woutd C.lll mine Oracle.— %letbinsa '1 .t brow cod,: Sow awe me, and 1 were Tit: very miasma of usurping stow's', th.sohing F.ceduas of ha ai.jesty. T. make% an hireling's spoil —M,thiolts then., lip Wore never chosen the MAT: of roil. mown, tow'ring tooth —Methinks tt i, a man Nut fit to wear the wreath, that th.ly ha S!muirt trio, who was the people's hiend, approvei, By fading tyrants. Yesterday morning Lord Rives; ar-:s.d at WLdsur, on a Shit t., Their M kJ ITILS. Yesterday morning, flis M STY, Prircrsses Storms, Yesterday Li la, an I MARV, 1,11%1 RIMS, Generals Grouts and FITZOIre, !O St. Georr's Chapel, w rre a 'et won WAS psrad.rl by the Rev. Dr. Buss . ... from St. M t.f.ew, chas,. ver 17. They At.erw.ttis retututd to em Palace. Mr. Csourizao attended Li. Office, on Friday, for the first new since his illness. Tnit Earl amtrosn'ebs of Essex tare a ;rand &no. r, Tester :ay to a selea party of at. nds. at their linuse I lill soret ; 4.n . .1 gst fist coraomy were %rust. unt Sviri re. Si' Gm s at dad 1.1 •allyrt.ccit. Mr. all.l MIS. A. Si S. a..d Mr. Con it A No The Ouches" of R ,lIIICROSI JOH,: 'll sNxia, Esq. lett town y«s , esday on avir to L id. L .L 1 • hi•hrtsits. At her seat at M ItieYCy Gtuvr, .i ii rill return on Wedncschy next. The Collate s Das sv will give • gr4a3 rout on the 18th instant. at her duos, in Urossesior square._ ° The Earl of B A Itillrl4ol4, Y PLTII4IIIO4 and Captain NlLLLisii, were very adtiva y-sterday in canvassing r Mr. Bosuns AP• The Earl And Countess ns.f.s,st; gave a•z TA d dinner, on S..turday, at their house, in ki/11 sir et, Berkeley-square. to he Luke f AsovisiLthe E rl a , ,d Countess of Sr. NCLt, the Eitl nt Jis issu e Earl of Urrsa Ossoar, and Uentrat ar Mr. Henry the Eixhih was thinly attended, on Sa turday night, at Covent•Gaideu Th • toe. Sr DOOMS And Mr. KauaLs perform d with their usual ex , ellence. eirldeitha had a numerous a SSernbl le on Si. turday night, at I) styli :e Elseaire, and received the most unbounded applause. I".'e are positively assured, that Madan, C A TA. L Aril will this year pi,: Concerts, at Cambridge, Oxford, Chester, Liverpool, Dublin, and EA.:- burgh. A n w comedy is in preparation at Drury lase Theatr?, called, 111:0-1:14e and or It. MAI it IllAi he a favourahl- conriteiva, will be a general *m4 a; it is from the p n tit Mr. 11. Senuotis. Mr. Boise AM Vos sight p;ese is his Iriends Wins a most refined musical neat, in the beautiful Serious Opera of Areastries. Begnora Sttot At., takes the part of dream., Ata ; Mrs Dicansis is the gentle Mositisse, and Mr. Beaman Areares. Viscountess CAIT LLL e; AON gave a grand supper en Saturday, after the Opera, to near two bundled Nubility. Never did M tdarne C Alves enchart her au dience more than in th, Opet 4 of Sessiransiie, en St. tarday last. A crow led lilt au holt, ho . testimony of her initntalle talents. Ike Sifir Troy followed, with ail i.s p n-ne cf scaii.ty, chinery, and ergo si• e d•uci,, R. The Duchcis of RICIINt,attEi Will leave [(W4 nest Saturday, for Irchnd. Net G Atte Will ht accompanied by her father, th-t Doke of Ougooe. as far as Ostord, whets his Grace tiitends stuppiaz a few days. Mr. R. JONES, the Lewis of the iihblin Tneat•e• at the conclusion of his benefit, o" Tae. lay ,i ht last. addressed a brilliant and ova Bowing atulteacc as follows: " Lad,.- and Gvntleineritittter the nertor• which my humble share of ahiht.e. has to.:eiv ..1, awl .to d support which has boors bestowed u.. lota itt.!T•lol4l by Y••u, my Generous Pete.,, I f-el it mt , duly to 'Moms yu, that yesterday evening, I acceded to pruitmtal. tram Coieni4.4l6• ll Theatre, too ad varitageuu4 to be te , :sted, but to.. 'ate to moo muoscate to my Frultd. : a..d to that Pubic t.. worm , . 1 ow. 4 much, that i: is probebi. this may be the left tl , ne I .11:..1 have the huituu; ut offelaug you my thaoke usi a vtllll . ll kle• casino " his Gentleman is either a yet? held Adventurer, or forgets that the hut•beJ of corein-Gataen is sot propitious to mini. p r or4bPr the. 1141"'Roll, 11 , RAOO4 Not fotJ—.C4 ybott..Ln vhochtklis:. E" Jo' 6640f0+J-1. AOO, ettn= L.t-h 6 # 14- ' R r tne—W ni t a m GnO•Le. s a , C.faidge U jkwley—G I..ton—Mt. A .• 11r , St Vito heart—. Thettotd.mi G,-1( Gum] )1.1 RCM I'IN E %I ILOM Jai 114. bit. 30a, Hon ?.Y WO; Su Sam Lo. I C.l CHIPPE Mr. Us. ea Yar Sir l Vise Lo •LV[R G,T,F ilr St, 11log - - - Sir M. die two of in the lon Tall Lusl We un t•r•• in at *r..l FART to tl.e Tha ei when the Mr. S ingly rett heen pr , st.nt E Mr. Lon; t`..! forrni • An.vi • stn.) e.Junt Woßci rty wou d .t C,Liined Live beer itirit r:• i.umh Eleeti e powe : - 3 pl e H e i •rn the d enth .6tl ilosti i irliph of -let twine it f rmehise, X 076 $r Cn L.:n4 It I( tnlu to kenaher I lin•trm i tiw ho s , "Wt JqY 440 %te I, the COLIIII 4 1 the i •: v' f representation. The olut7 wl icl, he proposes cannot be performed by fewer than three short. 114 " writers, at five piaci, a wells each ; making, upon the supp.isitioa that each Session lasts a fortnight, 30 guineas ; to which. if we are to add the expense of four expeditious copying clerks, at two guineas a we 4r each, the whole ex - pense. independent of pen, ink, p4per, and por terar. would am mist to 46 guine is each Session. For Mr. Butters to complain of any Minty from the weekly London or Provincial Prints, would he quite ridiculous. The s'son extra.% they give of the Old Bailey proceedings, when they do condescend to notice them. opera-c as advertisements of his pub lication, for the insetti in dl which he ought to pay. The London daily Prints are, therefore, the o ly class, which, by any possibility. could dl him the slightest injitry, and from which he could by pos sibility re:eive any contri!ststion N s.v, of these eight are Morning and seven Evening Papers. total 13 ; which, at S guineas a Session, would amount to 33 guineas, lear!ng Mr. Butters a loser on his con tract of 16 guineas each Session. From mercy t en to that G istleman.we mutt decline his offer; and shall continue to report the Old Bailey proceedings in the usual way. Mr. Batters has. as he states, ne doubt, " legal a Ivies, of toe first anthoi ity ; w and so thought the Volunteers, whets they had that of Mr. Pere , val. On this point, then, we shall only further observe. that an attempt to abridge the liberty of the press, and break down an established custom. is a proceed ng worthy of the commencenteat of the new Ministry. THE BRITISH PRESS.