The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-12-17 00:00:00

OLDHAM INQUEST.

In a fee. days will be published, in One forte Volume Sen.
with an aerurale engraved Plan of St. Peter's Poen),
Price 10a. ed.
WHOLE PrAcentorwas or

COBONEBaS INQUEST on the BODY of JOHN
LEES; including the Leg.,l Arguments, and the various
Decisions of the Coroner. To which will ha subjoined, the
Proceedings in the Court of King's Browll,un an Application
for a Mandamus to the Coroner, the Affidavits therein, and
the Petition of the Father of the Deceased to Parliament.
Together with • copious Analytical Index, and references to
the Cases on the subject. Taken in Short-hand and
Edited

By JOSEPH AUGUSTUS DOWLING, Esq.
In this Publication will be drtail•d the Evidence adduced
on both sidearms, it will sffurd to Parliament and the Na-
tion at large the only authentic infinanation on the late
Transactions at Manchester.

Printed for William Hone, Ludgate hill.

ir and J. SIVEWRIGHT respectfully an-
*l • flounce that thry have eowtracted with Government
for the New Year's Lottery, to be drawn in Two Days,
12th of JANUARY, and 29th of JANUARY, 1820.
FOUR of .e 10,000 !
And no-Prize less than g 18.
SCH ESI E.

2 ..of £20,000 0 0 Money .. ire .. £lO,OOO 0
2
2
4
4
10
34
1,950

4.000 Tickets each Day. £114,670 19
TWO ...... First-drawn Prizes....... f MOM
TENTH-Drawn Prise above 10 Os. t 10,000
IN EACH CLAM.

Tickets and Shares are Selling at J. and J.SIV CWRlGtirs

37, CORIRD.I.; I 11, HOLIBORR ;
38, HATMARKFT; 141, OXFORD /TRIMS ;
Who Slat-oil nod Sold in the Lottery just rude t, No. 1,81'4,2
Prise Of VOW' also SIX other CAPITALS, and Nu 3,710,
a Prize of lid,ollo/. in the preceding Lottery.

ADDRASS 7') MR. HOBIMUSE.
CROWN AND ANCHOR TAVERN.

Yesterday a meeting was held, Sir FRANCIS
Butwerr in the Chair, fur the ;purpose of convey-
ing an Address to Mr. Hobhouse, in condolencl
fur his present confinement, and fur exprespopp?. the
avers felt by the people of Welawinster to that
power, and its exerciie, on the absumplion of
which lie is sa rotitiord.

Sir F. BUIDSTT apologised for bring late in his
attendance; it had been caused by his having to
wait on Mr. Hobbouse, at Newgstr, to make some
arrangements which were necessary for his accom-
modation. Hr had taken the Chair at the request
of several of the electors, that the meeting, how-
ever vainly, might make one more effort, and try
what effect the declaration of popular opinion
would have in stopping the torrent of despotism,
winch, having swelled more sod more exactly ac-
cording to the progress of time, by one additional
means threineued to destroy the liberties of the
country altogether. Of all the stretches of arbi-
trary power yet known, there was novae to equal
that which, under the assumption of its privileges,
the lionse of Commune had exercised in the case
of Mr. Iloblionse. It was a subject so amply dis-
cussed, that there was now nit disinterested person
in the country, Ito one he meant uticonitected with
the borough proprietors, who did not agree with
them in execrating that monstrous plait of judgment,
wherein judge, accuser, jury, and executioner were
alt one and the same party. Without any process of
exatnination into the criminality of the case, there
was a power assumed of inflicting the heaviest pus
nishments of the laws, short of capital ones. It was
needles* to say that this power was nut allowed to
the King. It was absurd to suppose that the lowest
branch of the Parliament, having no prerogatives
nor unconditional privileges, should enjoy a power
not to be found among the prerogatives of the
Crown. That privileges were necessary to the
House of Coy:nuns. to prevent intefruption to its
bustuess. and pools!' contempt, so expressed as
either directly or indirectly to istoiest its proceed.
ings, he would readily allow ; it ought to he guard-
ed from insult or interruption in its most important
inquisitorial transactions as well as the other
Courts ; but the present was not a case of interrup-
tion of its authority, it was only an atfrout to
its dignity, as the Members termed it. The
Berson who directed that assembly had been de.
tected in traflickite4 a lucrative place for a seat
the offence was passed giver, end

justified on the most absurd ground of ron.
triety. Wilb it to be endured then, could any man
hear it. that', under pretence of ass:sting its dig-
nity, that [louse should exercise air authority not
known nor assumed l;y losoy other power in the
State? lie denied the imotice of the sentence pro-
nounced in the cave of Sir M. Lopes, while the
greater of of the Prime Minister wax puax.d
over on the ground of notoriety. lfe hail root ob-
jected to the mot for transferring tine franc hire of
Grompormd to Leeds, or some othe► populous
place not now represented, heron:4., if it pooped, it
would du great good to the country ; he had, bow.
ever, iso hope on that tootri.et. Ile remembered
the case of Barnstaple, which was rrlualiv tlagi.
I mull. The Bill for transferring its charter had