The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-05-29 00:00:00

.liiimil His r Many larre-iiii titiVitAte leeks
which Jedd pet street indoceelents.te Were)" per.
uscale, reentatepeoctuediega, aegis*. their fellow-
: seliessea- From these statutes have originated what
urn admiralty called god fors actiosies but so ab-
hornet are the geniesof our Constitution aud.the
feelings of the people to such proceedings. thettbey
are by. general, imeseete abandoned to the most con.
• temptible class of peewee. and ip.our Courts of
law, as. in society at lore, the. MOO of "emearos
infbraser" ir • term of •disgrace and 'reproach. $a
it has eves been in every age and country. It is re.
rnarkable in the declining years of the Roman ern.
• pire, that the. infamous mcs of '6 DrilliOrita" U 111..
lonely immersed anti flourished under the reigns of
the wicked and cruel gtoperers, but. that they. were
duMpated like the nests of the morning on the tie-
ration of rime beneficent and able ferince to the
imperial purple. The preovsoce of such creatures
proved at once the wickednesat and the streakaella of
• the Govertameut. The association recently formed
is a society of informers upon a large scale, bet teat
which is infamous in an iodividual can nem be
rendered honotwable Or reepectittle by the union
of numbers. These informers. or at least the
pause number of them, do not indeed look fbr any
pecuniary emolument as the reward of their labour.,
but there iii a potitieal party purpose tw be served,
which, in the minds of the
.great ismiosity of the
association...is of far higher importance thaw mo-
sey. The pensioneri and placemen, and the other
hardy veterans of the Treasury Benches, who for

the most part conuitute this society, cannot he re,
girded as disinterested labourers in striving to
destroy the liberty of the press under the specious
and deceitful pretence of correcting its errors. In
• their eyes the ordinary powers of the Constitution
appeared slow and indecisive--the Ministers, even
though the Duke of MILLINGTON was one of
them, neglected their. duly—the ATTOIINIT and
SoLtclToe-Gen trail t. slept upon their posts,—
there was no spirit stirring to resent the in.
dignities that swore - littered against the majesty
of the Treasury Beirch—aud this association
arose to shame the negligence of the Officers
recognised by the Constitution. This remising:o
alone cats account fur the extenotdioary circum-
stance of a Minister of the Crowd'and a Member
of the Csbioet joining this extunstests association.
The Duke of Wel.r.tecron, if he feltihe danger-
ous licentiousness of the press, might its his opa-
city of a Minister hue roared the latent virtues of
his colleagues, rind hive new-strung the relined
eoergy,of the ATTORNST-GZNIRAL. Associations
within a state are never to be endured unless when
the Government bu lost the power of 'protecting
the public interests from' aggression. The,ittelitn-
tian of .societies for mutual defence ne general
•uoilety may iii such circitmetances become nicestiary
sad laudable. but no such necessity now seism,
Tire Government possesses the means of exercising
• the lees in their fullest vigour, and is no doubts,'
~arable of exerting a sound discretion with respect
•to-the time of calling them into activity, and the
objects against whom they are to be directed, as
even Mr. CHARLILI MURILAY himself. We see no
result therefore why the ordinary power.of the Go.
. 'eminent should now be wantonly seized by a self-
•constitisted authority, and why in England a sew
object of terror should he offered is the eyes of •the
people. Such in institution is not only an injury
to the public, but an insult Mud its injury to the
Gosernment.

A Lisbon mail has arrived, with papers'from
that city to the 15th instant. The .acceptance
of the Constitution by his MAJESTY has diffused
great joy throughout Portugal. That event and
the return of Isis MAJESTY will be celebrated by
splendid rejoicings, the preparations fir which hays
already commenced.

Yesterday the Duke of YQr trookorted military
business with the KING,

Count MUMMA had Ain audience of his MA-
JESTY yesterday.

The Duke of War.t.tuGTON. hlae,ter,General
of the Ordnance, has granted leave of absence to
WILLIAM SNITU. Eq. of the Repel Horse Artil-
lery, stationed at Woolwich. to fulfil the duties of
High Sheriff of the city of. Dublin, for the en-
suing ytio, to which he was elected at the last
General Quarter Assembly.

STIIILINGSHIRE ELECTION.—The contest for the
representation of Stirlingshire, in Parliament, which
has excited such general interest, was surstesilsy
(Thursday, the 2411 s lust ) decided its faVorir of Mr.
Home Deositiotto by a mrsjority of 5-47 °having
voted fur that Gentleman, anti 42. fur Sir.A. ED-
MONSTONS.—(GIusgoto Herald.)
A Dutch brig has arrived at Plymouth from the
Tazel, to take back the rtfrocierey soldiers on board
the itemoklim Dutch store-ahip, bound to• Batavia,
which pot into Plymouth in cousetotdce of a mu-
. tiny amongst the troops.
The temporary office opened here by the Bank
of England continues its operations. to the great
convenience of the toe/nand neighbourhood, which
must nee sssss ily have suffered very considerable in-
coinreniruce if such a medium of exchange bed
not been provided. One hundred mud lily thou-
sand sovereigns have found their way through it
auto local circulation, having hers) received in ex-
change for one and two pound 'rotes. This has been
effected without hustle, and with the most perfect
order and good humour, originating u► the
gentlemanly conduct of the Inspectpia and Cashier,
siotwithatanditig the affixing of sire word I Forged'
(repotted four trines) on ►ome of the,.asotes :which
have been resented.— (Mondale,. P.pe►.j