The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1819-01-19 00:00:00

It atiertiond their doilies and rights, and derided Recording to 'oo 1f Owls 1101103 11111V1C1101111: the resiolt was, that Mo. Hone ro sated, and the liberty of the press was saved by his ac. you'd If the Jory had deferred to the alpinism of the lodge, Mr. Hobe moat have been sent too geol. The trial by to o , is a most yr...riot's gem in the Constiteition, and we most &feed it, nyt! If necessary, with our lives.—(Lend osioidatose)--It was formerly held, and that by the greatest and uolhu,g to .0.• a oth tlw subject matter of the alleged lilwl—that it was thror province simply too find the fact of pololiohiog rhos ores the doctrine hehl at law, and ailed upon by lord M ins. Held ; sod it was to the patriot/Mu of Mr. Fox that the roma toy or indebted for tht liberty of the press ; by his eloquence, hos perseverame, and his talents, he obtained an Art, giving too the Jury the right of determining whether the writing is or is not a libel, and altered the law as laid down by the Joidges ; for what was the province of the Jury 'whoa-, boot in oh ride whether a certain man pot • piece of pipes moor 311 instrommot called a press-1 do not speak in disrespect or the Judges; no, I respect the as humst and uprizht men, lint I will toot trust to Judges so long as I can have Juries.."—' l'etwornt ripplause.) The toast was then drunk with great applanse. " The Writ of Habeas Corpus" was then drunk. taee—" Moo' Apollo.' " The Now, ibc Thistle, and the Shamrock, and may the N3i111113 th. y represent ever be united iu the ORIN:. of Liberty.' - " Thee health of Thomas Dunilas, Esq. Member fur Richmond." having been drunk, he returned Hooks bet the leennou hush had been done him; it was sn hemmer, he said, to which he was nut entitled, b u t that he trusted tee peeve himself, by leis firmness on true collates:lei:mei prince. ply., not u nworthy of the honour they had done him. TI..- CFI vmaM s e then proposed" The health of those Ges %Oen had creme from a distance to join in consinease eattoes of the memory of Mr. Fox" I.s the oh , re•tions with which he prefaced this toast, he suet a had 111141 111111111411 ed In have 1111 annual C 1111 l inemoration r, a proposal which he submitted to the deter - I . of the Me tin:. This being carried in the affirmative, he priereiseal ehe fulluwlug Gentlemen 1111 Stewards for the en suing year:— Fir smith, Hart. I Marmadeeke Wycill, Esq. George Sian k land, Esq. Holwre Chrloiwe , E.st. General Whael 1111 l Doinsley, Esq. The name. of these Gentlemen were put seriatim, and earned u Sir CS Int 01: eRVLiW, on his health being shrunk, said— " Gentleseien, I taws( leave to thank you for the very flatter. in mei:ewe tie which you have drunk any health. It is high ly v.:saying in me te, meet your epeiriffiation on the present ors-as:on. A. an Honorary Member of the Tusk Whig (leek, 1 feel mark retie wed by the explanations of the views uf our worthy Chairman with respect to that Club. I eii. tiled tleis room; omelet considerable anxiety, lest any differ :ease:. should arise between the Mensbera of this Chile and veltia have not yet thought proper to join 11. It • to Ole, that most of the political difficulties that exist aneinig the honest friends of the freedom of their country, e: :se from nut drawing a proper distinction between political o p L ent and political odium,. " II has heen well observed, that as human opinions have been found to vary upon every other subject, it is in vain to p• CI perfect leuevinnity me any abstract political inquiry; end hence arose in a neighbonring county what was there ter mid a Courents it Society, having a regard to the salve ' of the c try as the common centre, but chewing the venom s s h a des of opinion, as to the means or effecting that eilej: el, by the different dimensions of the circles surrounding it. For the purpose of expressing political opinions, such tie plait is unexceptionable; but in respect of the safety 4f political ted it'll*, either steps must be taken. If we have a sick patient under the hands of several concentric physi !MOM, and if when the two nearest the centre h av e, the one by blisters anal the other by purgatives, reduced his constitu tion be a low ebb, the this d is likewise to dram him of his blood, it is nut difficult to foresee, that death, not health, Will he the enem•quence. Nut what is the usual and only prettier able le pursued Ull SIIIII occasions? The medical gentlemen corteult together. modify their opinions by mu tnal conceNt 1111 l into tow delerMitieli hoe, or circle, w this ease, and then by a steady unity of effort eventually cure the patient. " Gentlemen, I take the existence of the York t-hig Club to he one ed the massy symptoms of the rapid mach of loubtor opinion ine pull:ilea! subjects. The state of the public mind n a., on a late occasion, by Major Torres's, excellently w.. 11 romp:n.4l to liw expansive fence of vapour in a Miller, which, I/1111^1 a lapin:able to great and useful purpreses, if prop. ly s u e s kE•al off, was, by the unskilful hands of the pre.ent only bottled up fur explosion, by Strew. Illg on a vete. upon every joini that begau to hiss. " C.-asilcue 1:,1 must apologise for occupying your aliens C so Intir, lint as I have touched upon state mechanics, I celosstli refrain (loin mentioning a machine I have lately seen, :shade i• perhaps tunic deserving your mince prom its real eenetilliese anal in:plumy, tha• f the political allusions at may ssigcest. It is the application of the power of horses te turn rush -cork in such a manner that each hawse, by diawing a we:ght over a policy, RS a counter poise: lee her acti 1111 l can he as:defied eau ctly such s hoot tit , is reaper taw his strength. otter Ibis sisal lie is cosily , to go at a certain speed; and hence a perfectly weir:win nur ism, is generated. This is exactly the proper political ma claim: tor the Concentric Reformers of England. Let each 1:1:111, iii lieu of labouling in a ilistatit circle, agree, ley dual g o ncrlSSl 1111 l to drag R specific weight eia one cwnmun Ist ass aye rage distance final the centre, and reform cud sa f e ty would go hand in hand. I *ball only make one re allaresu to this engine. Should the country ever be liampeard with an extravagant Administeatimei, let such Mini-tree ler yoked to this machine, with each leis proper char- or the weight uf taxateues as a counterpoise—we ',eight iu Heat rase spun expect to see the comiseencemost of a sou. (ere system of puhlinl economy. " Gridkiwis, I shall now propose as a Mast, that ought never so be omitted on as anstivessary of the birth of our late Mash.' Statesman, Mr. Fug— " A Constitutional, Temperate, hut Roiliest Reforms its the Representation of Ihe People •." . wiatiun of this resolution was received with the fowl. •t 1:1 mi.11•1r.11 10114 of iipplellye. ter 1:11.%1111.31Att, lii putting the toast from the Chair, made :owe o slims,' on the woad " radical," which he said Wizll br iill73l.6llWltiol. and interpreted to refer to an es- Asap. in *lw Constitsseitin of Parliament, of which be Auld by 11.• saran. approve; but, if it had reference merely rp the destroying the evil of corriiption by the route, to far ftem twin: au opposer, he was, the trielid of Radical Kamm. iuti 'operate spirit of • elitism prodticed all tha evils of tile h Revoluti .. and termiaateil in the establishment rif a wilitary arwieoljells. The ('imstituti 4444 established in sins eoitiory was our of the lo at a hich the ao.du,mil of into e•er devised; Ise ri collected Nlr. Fox speaking on this soli j. et, who said, if the nisi st rm a in F.111011.1' could be collected nor the voirptr , s . f 1...51.711g Ilse that lete.ibte roostiluljue, tin) e 5511 Ira fig .... 5511 e So well adapted to 101.1•111'r the great purism's. or Gut,. m.o. tr an q uillity, inoted i„,,, ami d tierilum ; awl if to thew. - Cl were to Wrl the si is.loas of (wilier ages. it would be setipamilde to produce a lel route pert , et this Ilw theory 111 . the British Constitution The lowa was then shook with great applause. Teist•—••• Doke. uf Bedford awl Devonshire." Ihe CIIAINVArI, sit giving flit excels of his Nirlde rid:dints, g is i Fitz-jihanl, rotered into somewhat of 71 long defeat..., ere mathn r explawit 1111 l ,of his lartilship'e conduct to ccptitig lie Mere ands s Ilw Pill Adwisitairat 1111 l ; the fact nes, that lo et Wiwi was, in -a saussiewary lit lit al sum. fl ightesied into oilier, wool that he li.eepool it a ills tlie 1w0,.1 issfristiim Of help tio Ent go Isis country; lust thi:t whin he tumid his plans awl that he dahlia out be 771 11w se r vi ce h e et, • arr 11111: OW Cawood potion of the Catholics, he re. segued his ; but of tin many who 111111airli bra Noble frond. in being feighteuerl join sabre, few had the (tank - - awl m agnisiiiiiidy to retire titan it whets they disco. s. r.. 1 the grouoilli ss nation. ill * 1 111 - 11* 11$11,11cbC11.11)113.. The .S.l 3 3. 111111 (1.1.11 k wd l rlfrrat Hr CIIALONVH, 6ralth of " Lord Holland," I.i. Is * 3..1r1r3A w:Ill great applause. uttan•s, w propi.srug •. The health of the Bishop - - - • Th.. Orli% " 4/14 car ohs elm 1. 1 .4“).r.1, Yt Ike room of taw Chairman, awl with the imasait of the swari. of Norwich," said, that through he could not go to the very bead of the Church and propose au Archbishop, he MRS happy to and in the Church so erelong. a friend of civil and religion.' liberty as the Bishop-of uNorwiels, whose health lie was more wood., tor drunk with the greatest pleasure by every `person present. He mentioned an anecdote worth record. lug. In Dame brooms.. respecting the secular •S'airs of the Church, he excused his ignorance of the bushier' they were npois by ii4yine" If I vivo to ntlesol too much to the fleece, I should neglect the Rock." The toast was drunk with great esilhnemion. Dr. lint-nte proposed t h e health of " Lord Hoodoo," which wise drunk with great pleasure. Mr. Menai, in returning thanks, said, that his father was OW oldest member in either lllroise of Parliament, mid was conseqviently the father of the United Parliament. He t urther oloservecl, that is Lord Dundee was the oldest friend of Mr. Fox, he was also one of the steadiest adherents to his pciiitiples. He also sailed, that his father was in excellent Wealth. The Citainuast then said, that be had next to propose " The lurk Mott Club." les giving this toast, the Chair -111;115 snail, hr dill out mean to agree to all the (Milli ions en tered into by that booty, nor could lie pledge himself to soy miclefined system of reform. " I easisol, " said be, " approve of all the Resolutions en tered into by this Club—and however much I valise ;he good up. ll ion and she friendship of those friends who have so long and as, warmly supported me, I must even give up that, ea ther than conceal my yes ll ll teisto on this important point. A vim of indiscriminate change is dangerous; from this arose all the evils of the French Revolution. I love the Cuts otitsition of England, because I believe it is better adapted to secure the liberty Roil happiness of the people than any other, and I Cannot thook that every new projector is qua. tilled to hull an improvement mots it. Though its energies may he somewhat unpaired, it has not yet mink into decay ; and if the 114 ople of England, even under the present repre sentation, would 'Teak 110 fairly and fully, their voice would be attended to. Idu not think that those radical Reform- ers ran make a better England than the old one. I love England—hot I insist omit-s that I loved it better some years ago lion I do now ; 1 loved it better, became it haul not been so much accustomed to suspensions of the Habeas Corium Act—l loved it better, became the people were inure solicitous for the preservation of their rights. Eng. lend has been asleep, but I trust it is now awaking, and will soon cause its voice to be beard. If any thing can be clone t .04'cm:then the power of the people in the House of Cum I shall he glad ; and of such a Reform I sin the advocate, hut besionl thio I will not budge a hair's.hreadth. Whatever the Comolitutimi of England may have lust by time, it is still the best Cuonslitnt 1111 l lin the world." Some elliosions were then mode to the American Conotitution, which he thought had not produced the beneficial results which hod been expected front it. He strongly condemned Ilar executiou of Arbuthinot, which he termed an atrocious murder, but lie admitted that it was not fair to impute it to the American Guiveroment. Sir Geneve CAYLILY thought that the inferences implied in the speech of the Chairman, from the Revolutions of the 'fork Club, were without any foundation. The Resolution referred to contained only the annunciation of • notorious ties, which strongly indicated the necessity of Reform, but specified no opin 00000 as to its nature or extent. He added, that the French Revolution had so often been conjured up to frighten away Reform, that it had lost all its terrors. " Mr. Brougham, and tlw Freeholders of Westmorland," was put from the Chair, and received with great applause. Supine other toasts were given, and about midnight the Chair. niau quitted the Chair, when the company broke up. NAVAL COURT MARTIAL. A Naval Court Martial was held on board the Impregna ble. at Plymouth, yesterday se•nnight, for the trial of l.ieut. G. Furtescue, of the Pandora, un a charge of disobedience of an order of his Captain. Members of the Court—Captain Caulfield, President" • Capt. Sir T. Hardy, Bart.; Capt. Wise, CIL ; Capt. Hon. P . I'm lire ; Capt. Hun. F. Pellew. Mr. Eastlake, jun. Judge Advocate. It .ippearril by the evidence of the Prosecutor, Captain Josses. that when off the toast of Ireland, in November last, lie had given the Prisoner au order to go alongside a strange sail under u quarantine flag, " but not to touch any thing but the rope that might be thrown into the boat ;" the Pri soner, however, returned with the vessel's lug.hook, &c. bay. in% communicated with bee. The Prisoner read a lung writ ti a defence to the Court, detailing his view of the circurn 'Anises's, and called his brother (Aiken, who gave him an ex c.-dent character. The Coast, after SONIC delilwrstiuu, f I she harxe proved, and existence(' him to be ?Jet tat Me hot tom of the list of Lieutenants, and to be dismissed from his ,Ilairslis sloop Pandora. BRIM!' CATHOLIC BOARD. At the Board of Briti , h Catholics, which met na Wednesday the 13th instant, by adjournment Iron& the 15th of hist month, His Grace the Llnke of NORFOLK, Eirl Marshal of Ex,/land, in the Chair. the following among other Resolutions were una nimously passed :-- Ist. That the Boa►d of British Catholics embrace with ',tuna's zeal an OCIIIIIIIOI4 of recording their deep regret at the lamented !tenth of the Bight Hon. William Elliott, whose loss 19 to he deplored by every member of the empi►e, but by wine more deeply than the British Catholics, whose Petitions he so often presented, and of whose admission to the blemings of the Constitution he was the unwearied and able advocate. That a Petition for the Repeal of the Laws remaining in force against the Catholics of Great Britain, be imme diately presented to both Houses of Parliament. 311 That Earl Grey he requested to present the British Catholic Petition to the House of Lords, RIO that the Right Host, the Lord Nugent be requested to present the same to the House of Commons. NORFOLK, E. M. Chairman. EDWARD JERNINGHAM, Secretary. Board adjourned to Wednesday the 20th inst. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Mom,Ay, JAsutair 18. The LORD CHIEF BARON took his seat on the Woolsack soon after two o'clock. The House was occupied exclusively in receiving the oaths and qualifications of the Members. Several Peers took the oaths and their seats; among whom we noticed the Duke of Bedford, the Duke of Dorset, the Marquis of Lansdowu, the Earl of Charlevilie, the Earl of Besborough, Lord Glastonbury, &c. HOUSE OF CONIMONS, MONDAY, JANUARY 18. The SPEAKER entered the House at three o'clock. Prayers were read by the new Chaplain.' the Rev. Mr. Wordsworth. who enjoys the rich living of Lambeth, is brother to the celebrated • poet, William Wordsworth, and is said to have been tutor to the Speaker. The English Counties were again called over in alphabetical order, and a considerable number of Members appeared, produced their qualifications, and took the oaths. The Counties of Wales, Scot laud, and Ireland. were also called over, but very few Members for those counties came forward. At half-past four, the House, on the tuotion of Mr. S. R. LUSHINGTON, adjourned. FOREIGN INTELLIGEN&E. COURT MARTIAL. The following is the sentence of the General ('Hutt I.lartiol, held at Edinburgh io October last, no Edward Mortimer, private in the 6th Drugoous, fur desertion and rubbery. GENERAL ORDER. Adjutaut-General's Office, Edinburgh, January 4, 1819. Parole, Antrint—Conntersigo, Darlington. Major-Central Hope having beets honoured with the fol. Ina tog cotonittnicati•tn boot his Royal Highness the COM numilrviii•Choef, takes the earliest opportunity of making the saute ktwou to the troops under his comssiaull : Horse Guards, December 86, 1818 5111.--Haviog laid before the Prince Regent the proceed. lugs of a material Court-Martial, held at F.dinburgh Castle, on the Ist of October, 1810, and continued, by adjouru meuts, until the 20th of the same month, fur the trial of i II private Edward Mortimer of the 6th Dragoons, who was arraigned upon die miller-mentioned charge, viz.— " Fur desertion Gum the bead-quartent of the 6th regiment of dragoons at Ezell - Non or about the 26th of August, 1217. after having ritlibed Regimental Quarter-muter Kerr, of the fith Drumm, of a large sum of money, in bank notes : "The shove offence being to the prejudice of g I order and military discipline, and in breach of the Articles of War." Upon which charge the Court came to the following decision The Court having considered deliberately the esidenee un both sides, the Pri►oner's statement in defence, and whole procedure, is of opinion, that the Prisoner, private Edward Minnow', of the 6th or Enniskillen Regiment of Dragoons, is Guilty of the charge, and the same being is, breach of the Articles of War, does, therefore, semester and adjudge the said private Eilaard Mortimer to be transported, as a felon, for the term of fintrectea years. " The mount, lcr mature deliberation of the whole of the evidence adduct 01, further recommends, that the balance remitted, as having been found in the possession of the Pri soner, when milord in France, amounting to thirty pounds ...ening to hank antes, seven Napoleons, fourteen fu u cland a half, be rimmed to the Prosecutor, iu podium of recovery of the loss he has sustained." I as to acquatut you,that Isis Royal Highness was pleased, in the statue and ott the behalf of his Majesty, to approve and co:diem the 6udntg and sentence or thee Court, and to that the Prisitoer shall he trausportrd accordingly t.l NEW walla Wale/. I shall therefore take the steps directed by the Mutiny At tut lhi. CAW. I tREDERICII. Commander in Chief. The arrangemmits, stated in several Papers to have iret•ir made Irir an tacit:lnge of the commands sit Ihr Beroluitunaire Liffry frigates, between the Captain FLEETWOOD PELLEW and the I Ints. Captuot ntflit:AN, It 14 gruerally will out how take place. Coptaits *III to I mottittel.ce provet.ll to the illethtearantao 1.1 alit la( eishitiopmet r iotteod of the Liffry, tasup tr lu 1.1111111 fur the the Portsmouth natio n s: THE BRITISH. PRESS. LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1819. By a reference to our Report of the proceedings at the Old Barley yesterday, it will be seen that the London Grand Jury, after having discharged the regular bushier for which they had been sum mooed, expressed their opinions to the Court in a strong and emphatic ma n ner, respecting the seve rity of our Crinairi:,l Code, its injurious effects upon the mural habits of society. mud its conse quent inefficiency to check the progress of guilt. It is distrersiug to think that such is the opinion generally entertained by the most intelligent per. sults in the Senate and throughout the country ou this most import:rut subject, hut still more ohs musing is it to find that the occurrences of every day bring ample proof to justify this conviction. Every succeeding Session in the Courts of criminal judicature throughout England, chews, by the Icrigth of the calendars, that the number of cri. moods colanders to illetrw.e. uhile there appears nothing in the peculiar ciretritio a IWell of the COMM try to warrant a that this arises from causes merely temporary. few yeats Sitio.. when the cduntry Riu labouriti4 under the pressure of sever? distress, the offences of inclividuok were ploisiobly and issturolly attributed to the general calantily ; rod this miciertinn was then considered II .iufficient refotation or evrry arg iiiii rot that tended to a revi7 •ion of OUT Criimual Code ; but now, tI9 we ► L rll no doubt be informed in a few days by the very highest authority., the sources of nal I provenly ire again opened; connneree, both foreign and do- Malik, 14 Ng:lin established ; awl in the improve ment of the finances most be discerned the pro grriative amelioration of the country. By a conici deuce also peculiarly fortunate, it happens that at the moment when, by the disbanding of a consider- able number of our soldiers, apprehensions might be entertained that the security of individuals, both in person and property, was exposed to more than ordinary danger, the war in South America opens a means for draining off the most enter prising and desperate of these men. It is not, therefore, to the political aspect of•the country that we call look for a solution of the present difficulty; there must be something in the system radically defective, and this something it will be the duty of the Legislature at no distant period to discover. A Protest, as it may well be called, against our Criminal Code, similar to that read yesterday at the Old Bailey by the London Grand Jury, was pre- vented un Saturday last to the Court by the Mid. dints Grand Jury, at the Clerkenwell Seshions. house. In this declaration the imperative neces. pity is noticed of an immediate revision of the Criminal Code, with more direct reference to the laws relating to forgeries on the Bank of England. In this branch of our penal legislation are at once illustrated all the evils that crowd upon society from the enactment of laws too san guinary for the spirit of the age and the feelings of the people. There is no crime denounced with more vengeance than the forgery of Bank of England notes ; there is none where capital Aronvietion is more promptly and more unerringly followed by the punishment of death, the severest recognised by our law, the last of which our nature is susceptible, and which, by putting the criminal beyond the pale of human power, can only operate by way of example ; yet in the face of this there is no crime which has more rapidly increased. The great facility of committing the offence is no doubt a strong incentive to its perpetration ; hut the cri minals rely upon the humanity of individuals, who would be unwilling, in the present severity of the law, to prosecute them to death, or, on their good fortune, that the choice to be made by the law advisers of the Bank, of those who are to suffer the utmost penalty, will not fall on them, and in the delusion thence arising they proceed in contempt of law, and in despite of the gallows, to tempt their fate. Even while some wretches are undergoing the torture of a public trial for passing forged notes, or are suffering fur the offence, we see others brought up to the police offices charged with the same crime, and find them at the bar of the Old Bailey at the ensuing Sessions, to he followed in the same career by a third set. equally rash and equally unfortunate. From this it is too manifest, that the present laws do not check the offence, for it is certain that all offenders cannot be hanged— the feelings of the country would revolt at thal— ami it is equally certain that, when compared with death, the punishment of transportation is regarded as insignificant. Some other punishment must therefore be tried, and several have been suggested. We think solitary imprisonment liable to many se rious objections, both amoral and political, and should propose hard labour, with occasional whip pings, as the conduct of the individual might seem to warrant, as the most salutary substitute. The increase of crime throughout the country is illustrated by statements from several County Ses sions. On this point we have particularly noticed the Chairman's charge to the Jury at the Staf ford Sessions, in which the Learned Gentleman (Mr. CiSETWYND) remarks, that although hut three mouths had elapsed sioce the previous Sessions had been held, the present calendar contained more than 100 criminals ! that the number of persons confined within the county gaol was great beyond former example, and totally prevented the exercise of the rules usually adopted for the internal regu lation of the prisoners. Mr. CiteTwytiD'il charge will be found in another part of our Paper. At Norwich Sessions the prisoners were unusually nu merous ; at the Somerset Sessions there were 112 prisoners on the calendar; and in the Sessions fur the east division of Sussex, there were no less than 30 bills of indictment found by the Grand Jury ! For this increase of crimes various causes will, no doubt, be assigned iii Parliament, and every Nleinlwr who speaks on the subject will trace the evil to Ins own favourite theory. Poverty—luxury—increase of learning—want of churches—taxation—disband ing the army— . stverity of the penal code—a mis taken lenity in the infliction of punishment ; causes sonic or them vain and illusory, some inconsistent with reason, mid contradictory each to the other, will be assigned wish confidence, as the source of every calamity. The country, however, requires sonic mitigation of the extreme severity of the laws; the spirit of the nation revolts et the sight of blood fur so many various crimes, wan t ' of them in their nature and tendency essentially distinct. Moth good, we doubt nut, will wise from the ili , voion of the %obit et in Pssilianient, and we trust that the result will be a graduated scale of punishment, Lerein sortie proportion %ill be divernible letween the penalty slid the riffence. We have received Paris Papers of Thar.. day last. They contain no political intrlhgence of much interest. The French Funds seem, by the steadiness they have evinced for some day., to hie at length reached their proper level. The Five. per Cents. were ois Wednesday at ti 7 I. 23 c. ; 13 11 ,1.. Stock, 1,470 1. We have received Charleston Papers to the 16111 last. The following are Extracts:— NEW-ToRK. DECFMIit R 10. IVe learn from Capt. IVliiihead, of the sciaamer Rising Mtn, forty days from Pernambuco, that a few days before he sailed the prisons who ti,t-re confinement for being concerned in the late revolu tion, had received the King's pardon, and were berated. Captain Noble, from Aux Cayes, states, that it was reported at that hive that a Baltimore 1 sc.iooner had been captured by a pirate, and :ill hands r,a board murdered, and that the pirate was alterwaids chased ashore by a man of war schooner belonging to Aux Cayes. FROM Rtu JANEIRO.—We learn from Captain BARTLING, of the brig James Murdock, who U. rived this forenoon from Rio Janeiro, that the patriot troops, under General ARTIGAS, have had several skirmishes with the Portuguese forces, near Monte Video, but no great advantage was gained on either vide. Accounts from Chili, received at Rio Janeiro, represent the Patriots to have been victorious in every engagement they have had with the Royalists. It will be seen in an article in another part of our Paper, that a Petition will be presented imme diately to Parliament in behalf of the Catholics of Great Britain, for the Repeal of the reututiling Penal Laws in force against that loyal, respectahle, :ind long-suffering body of his Majesty's subjects. The Petition to the Lords will be presented by Earl Cs'atv, and that to the Commons by Lord NUOENT.—The British Catholics have hitherto united their cause with that of the lriah Catholics; upon the present occasion they mean to stand upon their own distinct and separate merits. From this departure from their usual practice, it must not be understood that there exists any dissension or disagreement in the Catholic Body of the United Kingdom ; their interests do not admit of any difference or distinction, and never were the Catholipi of both islands more firmly united is sea• tumid and principles. But in the agitation of this important subject, some objections have been made to the conduct of the Irish Catholics, which their adversaries have never ventured to apply to the Catholics of England ; and consequently, if these objections be founded, and of weigh►►, the latter, by standing on their own exclusive merits, present themselves to more advantage. The verdict obtained on Saturday by Mr. WARD against Mr. CLEMENT, the Proprietor of The Observer Newspaper, is hailed as a further exposure of the misrepresentations by which Lord CASTLE. REAGII was enabled to obtain the as , ent of l'ai liament to the suspension of the Milieus Corpus Act, and, as such, will be celebrated by a politic dinner this day at the Crown an.l Anchor Tavern. The term " hail" is perhaps too cold. To use the language of the 7'reasury Journals, the frieuils of freedom glory in the result.—But, add these pure and faithful guardians of the people's 6 t lits, the libel, on which the verdict has been obtinied, is not precisely the violent abase best 'wed upon the Plaintiff by his Lordship, in the debate of t' a 17th of February, on the motion for a Com niittee to inquire Into the truth of the Petitions preferred by the persons arrested under the [Libras Corpus Suspension Act. 11'e grant they are not the same; the philippic of Lord CASSI.Eat 41:11 is infinitely mole virulent thus the libel its Th.. Observer. But does it, therefore, follow, that the libel is 'tot to be charged to his Lordship's ? What Editor could hesitate to receive the state. went io The Observer, as true, who had loald or read the cliarg,es preferred by Lord CAsris.- 11EAL111 against Mr. WARD, a n d seen thew repots by a majority of the I louse of Commons Mr. CLEMENT did not attempt to justify the libel, and we presume could !wt.—Lord C ssTi.E NEAGH need out justify his eh ir. ger. lLs Lordship has obtained a 11111 of lid ty. Much mischief uvab dime uu the ,oittlt-went coast of Ireland, by a vtilleut t.t...roi. oil ;%I d% The IiOUIII•West coast of England also buffered front the borne cartu.e. The hart ludic C patty's ithip Ludy Lushing sus arrived at Bombay the 1 2111 September. The Abut-Blare, 74, mud Seulark behoutier, a ordered to 641 bold The Corninibbnosers of the Navy are about to dis— pose of bitch Plstro as sulay be SO ile.t 41 fur sale at the different ports by teistivi, 111.14tbli of by Dutch unction, as hitherto. The bucks at Lloyd', tintin g the latter part of the pubt uve• k exhibitvd the • tfeci of the late peaty gales 111 II 'Ong 84 V. tet•lks and other disasters at bets. The hisses were those the kitty, f Norioik to London. flus shore near Fivitguarol, u, %1. ale.; •tsiol of the hittiribs, front Snuyi mu, wreck. it nu the Ctiritialt coabt, Padstobv. These vt—m-ls %ere unsuited at Llo)(1% 11,/ the 81110111 A VI . 31.01101. ' rite Kitty, we 'mulcts stand, will be a tut .1 tub*. PARIS PAPERS. PARIS. JANUARY 14. The King presided yesterday at a Council of Mi nisters. _ _ _ His Serene Highness the Duke of Gloucester, accompanied by the Marshal Duke de Belluno, visited yesterday the Military School. They are labouring with activity in the making of the grand uniform of the King's Foot Guards. The uniform is, it is said, of the greatest beauty. That body will wear it, for the first time, on the day of his Majesty's consecration. A letter from Mew% (Loiret), says—" On the fourth Sunday in Advent, Miss Maria• Elizabeth Clare, the daughter of an English Minister, abjured her religion, in presence of M. Desquirou, curate of that town. Miss Clare is well informed. She reads the Holy Fathers, and translates their works into French anti English with the utmost facility. She receiveu baptism and the communion. Miss Clare cannot be accused of precipitation and levity, for she has attained the age of 45 years. It has been remarked at the elections of the de puties iii the circles of Bavaria, that the inhabitants of the country have attached no less importance to their choice than the inhabitants of the towns. They have named several peasants for their deputies, say ing that no person can be better aware of the wants of the agricultural class than those who forts a part of it. The opening of the Diet at Frankfort will not take place before the 18th of this month, the ['resi dent not being expected sooner from Vienna. It is said that this Minister will bring instructions+ of the highest importance fur the Diet.