The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-09-22 00:00:00

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fir— 4 ay, will give force to the Wiper of I
honest indignation, and no Casuistry will be abk to
oppose its energy ; neithis. the rash approval of
interested Minister's, nor the falsities of their hire.
ling preas, can stand against it. In • candid exa.
'till nation of the question, such an opprovsl and such
an advocacy should weigh as nothing. The Minis-
ters feel therneelses parties in the transaction, their
opinions consequently can have no weight with any
but tion.c who conceive that the lives and limbs of
the people, and the sacred inviolability of a great ,
constitutional right. should, without a thought of
the consequences, be sacrificed to the attaininent of
an imaginary point of present expediency.

We'have received Paris Papers of Saturday last,
from which it appears that the King of FIANCE is
again restored to the enjoyment of good health.
The yellow fever continues its ravages in the Island
of Leon, but the former rumours, respecting its
violence in Cadis and Seville, appear to be at least
much exaggerated. The preparations for the grand
expedition are still continued at Cadiz; the army is
said to be perfectly free from the danger of infec-
tion, and to be in a good state of health.
An article front Genoa notices an act of violence
on the part of a Spanish ship of war towards an
English vessel, which we trust will prove to be un-
founded. The Spaniard searched the English ship,
and then wantonly fired into her, killing some per•
sons on board. The English Captain ran his ves-
sel into Genoa, where he complained of the outrage
►o the British Minister there, who immediately,
it is said, dispatched his Secretary to London with
an account of the transaction. Should such an
event really have taken place, we hope it will
not be passed over with the same indifference to
the honour and safety of the British name, as was
evinced by our Ministers on the revolting murder
of AEBVTHNOT and AMaa►STER by the American
JACKSON.

The French five per Cents. for account are,
71 f, 50 c. Book Stock. 1,460 f.

A Dutch Mail has arrived, with Papers to the
17th instant. Count Mumma, the Hanoverian
Minister, was insulted by the Students of Jena on
his tray through that town.

A letter from Dover, dated Sept. 20 (Monday),
says-1' The Royal yacht, with their Royal High-
nesses th► Duke and Duchess of CLARENCB, is ex-
pected here to-morrow from Dunkirk. The Go.
vernor's apartments in the Castle are fitted up for
the reception of their Royal Highnesses, who, it is
supposed, will stop some time here, for the benefit
of sea•bathing."

We rejoice to find from the Dublin Papers which
have arrived, that all attempts to encourage Ra-
dical Reform Meetings have failed in Ireland. The
lower clastes in that country are obliged to work
for their bread, and have no poor rates to subsist
on ; they, therefore, have not time to devote to
meetings of this description ; beside., the elective
franchise is much more extensive in Ireland than in
England. Leases for lives are the general mode of
tenure, and thus there is scarcely a tenant with a
house over his head who does not rank as a forty
shilling freeholder. The people of Ireland may
be therefore considered as almost exercising the
right of universal suffrage in their present civil and
political state.—lt has been finally resolved by Go-
vernment not to call out the militia in Ireland this
year.

CADIZ EXPEDITION.—The present state of this
armament is thus reported in a letter of the t9th of
Augu't :--'1 There are now ready, 4 sail of the
line, 6 frigates, 6 sloops of war, about 30 bombards
and gun-vessels, and 100 sail of t•ansports, which
are positively to leave this on the 15th of Septem-
ber. These are to form the first division of the ex-
pedition. A second will follow in about 15 days
afterwards."

The Lord Mayor has called another Court of
Aldermen for this day, the summons for which
expresses an earnest request for the attendance of
the members. The complaint against Alderman
WAIT4IIIAN is not mentioned in the summons, but
is probably comprehended under the words *i other
business." - . -

A Meeting of the inhabitants of the Ward of
Fsrringdon-Without will be belt' in St. pride's
church, Fleet-street, this morning, at eleven o'clock
precisely, in compliance with a Requisition pre-
sented to Mr. Alderman WAITHMANS to take tato
consideration the late alarming proceedings of the
Magistrates and Yeomanry at Manchester.—A Rr-
quisition, numerously and reaper:Wily signed, has
also been sent to Mr. Alderman ANSLEY, to call a
Meeting of the inhabitants of Bread-street, for a
similar purpose; to which we understood uo answer
has yet been returned.

PERTH, SEPT. 16.—We are happy to announce
that the gentlemen of the county and city are de-
sirous to ameliora►e the condition of the operatives,
hundreds of wham are entirely out of employment.
At a meeting of a committee of the county gentle-
men, the Magistrates, and the Sheriff, held this
day, several improvements in the immediate ♦icinity
of the town were projected, and are, at this mo-
ment, under the consideration of the Magistrates.
We have uo doabt that our fellow citizens will, by
a continuance of their commendable conduct,

merit the exertions that are making for their relief.
On Monday morning, between eight and nine
o'clock. an alarming fire broke out at the house of
Mr. Rirruzves, Hatfield-street, Bleckfriars'-road.
The fire broke out in • buck room. and soon ran-
somed the interior. but. by the speedy arrival of the
engines, the names were prevented from doing far•
ther damage.