The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-06-25 00:00:00

that'iu the whole of the conduct of the British

Government, they have endeavoured to keep in
view the principle with, which they set out, namely,
to deal as tenderly as possible with America, iu re-
gard to an act of hostility that was committed un-
designedly, but at the same time not to surrender
any part of that right which has been thought es-
eentiol for our existene: as a naval power. With
the correspondence that is now before the world, I
think Government may 'safely appeal to the con ntry
to determine, that for no part of that transaction
have they ever refuted to make a suitable reparati-
on ; but at the same time supporting the principle
of maritime superionty. It would thence appear,
that the rupture of this negotiation, by Mr.
Roses departure, was not attended with a ee i eee e-
aity expressed on either side, although the reparation
offered was not accepted, nor a revocation effected
tu to that order of the American Gotenioncut,
which excluded British ships from their port*, al-
though ships of the enemy were suffered to enter.
It was essential to know that wts,have reason to be-
lieve that America conceived the separation offered
on our pert as a proper atonement for the injuries
shy austaibed. With respect to the embargo, which
had been said to hare originated from the Orders
in Council, it was imprirtant. to observe, that
no such communication had been made to the
American Government, at least that it fornml
no part of their complaints. It appeared to
have been the echo of the distitssious that took
place here upon these I /Merl' in l'omincil, that
created symptoms of irritation in America. In
this state of things I have only to add, that sits'e
the period of Mr. llose's return to this coun-
try, no communication lute been made by Anse- •
rice to Government in the form of complaMt.
• inonstmuce, or irritation wimutrvcr. I am the
more anxious to state time., as there have been re-
ports, that communications hail lice,, made to
Government by special Messengers, sent Imtn
America to this country.. Nlessem.ers had imleed
arrived, and if the lion. Grath:wan had . tiled
fur a production of their communications, there
could have been no disposition to refuse them; time
fact being, that they cunt:lilted notirow of nay im-
portance whatever. My OWII OVA upnn this matter
is, that it was probably expected be Arrit-rica, that
the ingoriations with Frillier were birel) to pro-
duce results, upon which their negotiations with
us were to depend, us it were, co ttttt 'gently ;
and there mare it was, that these writ als of Ines-
seme4ers here brnught nollming worthy of com-
munication.— Although the diapositivir to mt:ke

reparation for the transaction as to the Clern.
peeke has led to nothing more satisfactory to
this cuentry than before, yet Goveresineut at-
tached us much value to the restoration and
continuance of a good understanding with Acne.
lies us the wurluest nth-motes in this orally other
country could possibly attach to it. Although the
remainder of the Hun. Gentleman's oliserratiuns
do not particularly allude to me, yet it may lint
be improper to advert to them. He has :snuffed
to the stagnation of comeneree and the tumults
there:by created, and has recommended, that what-
ever measure.. the Executive Govcrinneut now
take as to 1.1.05:t that hare been led into excese,
they should disc. itninate carefully in reepird to the
guilt or innocence of individuals goaded on t.
unfortunate eircuenstances to the commission lit
such elute:ages awl tumults. That principle it ass
menet:J.:Ns:try for him to lay down ; but I am sure, tl:,t
if their pretended griesunces were only wade the
cover for other de,igns, he could not mean to recom-
mend such ebscrinosnation to he made, or leniennv
to lee *hewn. As to the effect of the operatien:•
of the Ostlers in Council, it was never stated
they could be the means of leaving the eouneeres
of the country free and uninterrupted, or that no
impediment was to be thrown iu their way. The
argument used in their support was, that the trade
of the country being restricted elsewhere by our
enemy, this was the best mode of freeing tlp
country front the effect of those restrictions. The
opixioes of Government was, And still is. that the
removal of our enetry's restrictions was more likely
to be pi-educed by waking them suffer the effect of
deprivatiens they endeavoured to impose npon us.
Sewle were the motives which induced us to adopt
these ineftseires, and such were still the motiees
whirls induced them not to alter them. As to
his preliminary observations, regarding the getwial
course of business in this House, the laborious-
ness of the session, asid the Committees that
have been appointed, were it necessary to express
an opinion upon the subject, I would entirely 'tete::
with him. I acknowledge that a more laborious
session of Parliament has never occurred, and I
cannot but think the Hon. Gentleman has had his
competent share in producing that labour. I eau
assure him, however, that we are conscious of line-
ing done our duty to the utmost. With regard to
the allusion to the motion he himself made as to
negotiations for peace, it would be a waste of time
to descant upon the wishes every one mud enter-
tain upon the restoration of peace, upon terms con-
sistent with honour to the country, and such us
would insure stability and duration. These a ere
sentiments which it is not only our interest beet our
duty to enforce. and upon these our minds remain
unchanged. Notwithstanding the difficulties e 1
our intnation, sea have still the means of contend-
ing for the enniute uance of our power ; but toopen
such a negotiation at present would only tend to
ogre ate our evil*, by making it the more difficult
of attainment, and relax the spirit of the country."
Mr. Wnerisastes made various observations :a
explanation, and to the same time took occasion
to allude to the internal defence of the county,
sad the necessity for Ministers attending, to the
truths disclosed in the speech of a Right• Hon.
Gentleman (Mr. Yorke), upon a late occasion.
Lord CAATt.IartEAGN expressed his appitthation
of the suggeotione thut had 14en thrown out by the
Hight Honourable Cientleum..th.dosf so, ben
certainly did not think-there was any endeavour to
throw out any discouraging prospects.
Mr. DeNDAS, ns ulharivo to what hail born
stated as to the East India Committee, observed,
that the account betwere the Cosniailey and Govern.
meat was of the stature of an account current, and
therefore west ueeeseurily fluctuate it, regard to the
final balance. Ile could not take upon himself to
state that Pairlialuesit would not aguiu be called
upon for farther aid nest Session ; but the, would
then have it in their power to impose certain' regu-
lations and provisions. '
The aneendnients were then agreed to, and the
Bill 'admire' to be read a third time to-morrow.
WEST INDIA MERCHANTS.
Mr. BARHAM, after expressing his opinion that
sufficient steps had not vet Isecu taken for the re-
lief these merchants, moved, " That the Reese
do resolve itself into a Committee of the whole.
Howse. to take into consideration the second and
third Report of the West India Committee."
fordßs It s situ expressed his approbation, and
seconded the motion.

Mr. ROSE, Mr. MAttatOT; and the CHANCEI.I.Oa
of the EXCIIFAUfa opposed it, on account of the
protracted period of the session, end thought the
measures alreetly adopted for their relief would be
sufficient till tieNt session.
Mr. IitnISERT thought that some more effectual
measures might have been adopted this stswitin. •
Mr. Er.r.ts contended, that in the present situa-
tion of the country the importation of brandy and
foreign spirits into this country, ought to be, by
means, discouraged, as tending to overturn the in-
terests of the torn-gmwers of this islaud, end el
sugar merchants of the colonies, by the deficient,
in the coosumption of the article of rum ; whilst
it was considerably serviceable to the enemy, by
encouraging the, immolation of their commoditn.,
by indirect means, into this country.
Lord U. Perry gave notice, that early in t::.
next tiessi,in of Partitio:tit he should take an o;.-
; portunity e.f attracting the attention of the littu-t
to the sie,tructive consequences of the Ott' r. t..
Council ; and should, therefore, abstain froth .
tering into the course of argument which hati 4),
by. the gentlemen who had preceded ilk...
Ile should, therefore, content himself with ",t.
in.; fur that period, to Neer int . more extended te•-
servations on that topic ; anti remaAed that
lion. Friend (Mr. Barham) had by no means finds •
valued the measures which had been adopted
relieving the: distresses of the %Vest India Phil,

tt:N.
The CHANCELLOR of the Eicticeustt and 1.0,1
H. Petry twvertily exploined.
Sir. BARHAM briefly replied, angi contenile:l he
lied out umlersalited the reinetlial nivasures n ~rre-
d to by this countrr, for the relief of the lt-e:,t
Indio trotters : and co. iielutlett with inforningg

House, he ahouhl not proeLtd to a 4.11%1114m
queoion then before It.
After a few %%fora; in explatattion from Mr. Rai
the motion war uez.tived without a thri.,.a.n.

ASSFASED TAXES.
On the tuotiou of the Ca.czt.t.on of lbe

'Num', the Assessed Taxes' Bill wax rend a third
time, and passed.
011 the atotion of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEQUER, the ‘Vestmilister improvement bill was
read a third time.

Mr. Smini brought up a clause to empower the
CoMmissioners under this Act, to purchase certain
additional grounds in the vicinity of the late im-
provements, and situatod between Genrre-street,
Bow-street, and Angel-court, which were now w i t 11-
out any buildings thereon erected, in cOnsof 'wave
of a late fire. These lots of ground were :.evc in
the hands of trustees fora minor, and would pro-
bably be soon built upon ; should it he itereafte:
found necessary to purchase them, then owe, be
purchased at an expense comparativel.. Ztitirmuui.
The nt clause would, i: the Purchase
were earned expedient, nve extremely benefi-
cial to the public, by vesting this discretionary
power in the Commissioners.

BANKER thought it an improvident and un-
necestary permission to expend the public inoJey,
and would art as au ioduceineut to pnxtigality uu
she Commissioners.

M:. Lona said, that, as the laud was now un-
.l..r.trusiees, who might build upon the ground, the
neglect of this provision for the Commissioners
*bight hereafter preclude almost the possibility of
&di imi.vevements _ _

ft:hi:a:it:part
improvement
enotfwothueld EceirogoadE,prou r;ißy also
d thoThught
e
to the prospect and appearance of the present in-
Y
1 proveinents. He, was not inclined, however, to
If carry on this pulling down principle to any ettrot;
e nor was he inattentive to the public expense created
it
thereby. Of this he was certain, that such an ha-
y
proventent lutist increase the value of the land
a contiguous.
II Mr. Rose supported the clause ; and

After some explanation from Mr. Balmer and
Mr. SMITH', the clause 1111 s added as a rider, and
the Bill permitted to pass.

MR. PALMER'S CLAIMS.

Mr. ilusittssom broumiit up a Bill for granting
to Mr. Palmer the arrears due on hes contract with
Mr. Pitt, which wa. read a first time, and ordered
to be read u second time to-morroor.

The C lANCELLOR of 11:. EXCIIIIWER assured
the House, notwithstanding the part he had last
night and si:iherto taken, it was his intention to
give the Bill ail '!. • supl•ort in his power to carry
a that lions,. If any objection shonld
be ;b•se.Y by Mr. Paluiees friends to proceed fur-
ther in it at present, he had no objection to let it
rest until it suited their convenience.

Mr. Smelt approved of the candour and late
conduct of the Right lion. Gentleman. lie saw
no cause of disapprobation which could exist
against him for his conduct, notwithstanding all
that had been urged against him last night.
Mr. ADAM could give no opinion on this subject,
as he was unfortunately absent on the last evening.

..‘if..."YrZti JUDICATURE BILL.
On the motion-of the Loan ADVOCATS of SCOT..
LAND, for the third reading,
/dr. ADAM rose, and said, he hoped that on a
subject of such importance m a great portion of the
nation, wherein its civil rights and political liberty
were concerned, the House would not be hasty
in coming to a decision, which was to regulate
hereafter the proceeding of the Committee ap-
'pintail on investigate the expediency of this
c!ange. lie did not intend to oppose the third
reading of the present bill, but he wished that
such an explanation of the motives of the House in
passing the bill, should take place, as would learn
to direct the Committee in their undertaking. The
principlt of the division of the Court of Session,
which hitherto consisted of fifteen Judges, into
two disiuct Courts, he could not but ap-
prove, as it must forward the interests of litiga-
tion, which had of late increased in proportion
to the wealth and increase of population, com-
merce, and agriculture of that country. The
number of causes tried of late have been consider-
ably increased, and hence the division into two
chambers must inevitably expedite the prngreaaof
litigation. How far the next alteration would be
serviceable to that country he would not take upon
himself to say, but he thought it at least•a bold
expei itnent, awl might probably be attended with
important ;ooil ur great mischief. He was, and
had ever been attached to the trial by jury. On
II by far the very hest mode of

deciding disputations, controvers., and discovering
truth. In some natatory% it was in use in Scotland
at present, and wine peutnnos for its being further
extended had been Isni before the. House, and
he was willing en greet. that in some iustances
it would be the interest of the Court of Seoiion
to increase its frequeney eren in that Court.
—To waist those who were anent to inrco-
tieste the propriety of its general introduction, it
would be well that accurate reports of the number
of causes lately and antecedently tried last year
by that Court, should he foirmsheil to the House,
and that these should be submitted to the Coin-
manse, that it might not come to.• hasty and im-
proper conclusion Noon so very important a sub-
ject of legislative interference antb the ancient and
estsblislied customs of a nation. These, if not fer-
ia:dad soon, ie should more fur, to this purpose, ear-
ly mitt Session. Upon the grand topic of general
introduction of juries, he had to my. that he feared
much whither ►t would prove beneficial to the
country at large. Popular opinion and hereditary
prejudice were ■lredy its strongest opponents.
but there was also something in the constitution of
the country which foi bad it on all oecassions. Where
it could be, aivantn►leous it bad been already
adopted. From his practice in a}►peal camps in the
other House, he could say, fur his part, he did not
see how it could be eminently advantageous, or
could prevent the frequent repetition of such ap-
peals to a higher Court. In support of his opinion.
he quoted the authority of that most acute and
able Lawyer, whose penetration and sagacity even
rivAled that of the grunt Blackstone---Lord Glen-
hairy, who had given it as his opinion that Scotland
wes not so well calculated for the introduction of
the Trial by Jury in all branches of .its legal pro-
ceedings. lie concluded with rerotienending t..
the House some amendments, the nature of which
we could not collect.

The I_OKI► ADVOCATE el ScOTLAND acknow-
ledged that country wa, ►ouch indebted to the \uhk
Lord who had m•►,td the puseut Bill. lle was
happy to hod the change was about to be mode iu

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LON I)ON,
SATURDAY. JUNE 9.5.

Last night, in the llou•e of Commons, Mr.
WHITBREAD drew from Mr. CANBING an expla-
nation of the state of the country with regard to
its relations with Sweden and America. The ex-
ploitation will be found in our report of Mr. CAN-
NING'S speech. He admitted that considerable
changes had taken place in the military operations
and councils of Sweden, since the expedition was
sent out, and that to these was to be imputed the
inactivity of our troops at Gotteuburgh ; and that,
with respect to America, it was the principle with
Government to treat her as tenderly as was possible
and consistent with our maritime

The Priseen Mary packet is arrived at Falmouth,
with Mails from New-York and fi:-e left
the latter place on the Ist instant. h time
L'Obserratear, of 18 guns, had am vet.' with intel-
ligence that a French squadron of six sail of ihips
of war had arrived at the Floridan, and landed &force
of 4,500 uteri at St. Augustine. As the letters and
papers brought by the packet were not delivered
yesterday, we do not know the circumstances eon-
nectad with this account. Government, we under-
stand, have neverrecsired precise and positive in-
telligence of the actual coarse of the Rochfort
Squadron. Its supposed arrival in the Mediter-
ranean rests chiefly upon the authority of the
French Papers, and they may have been induced
to make this representation to mislead the pm--
slier. It is possible, therefore, that the Rochfort
Squadron may have landed at fort Augustine, but
it i 3 not very probable. The report obtained very
little credit in the city. -
---sewes--
The Lady Arabella packet is arrived at Fal-
month, with Mail,, in 46 days from Tortola. She
brings an account of the loss of His 3TAJ EST T'S
frigate Atom. of 32 guns, Capt. MEI. WOOD. upon
the Jamaica station. The brig Eleanor, Tat a-
mice, from Falinouth, for the West Indies, has
been captured by the French schooner privateer
Brune, to the windward of Antigua, and carried
into Martinique; the schooner Juno, from Tortola
for Antigua, by Ls Moodie French privateer, and
carried into St. Martin's. The Jupiter. MARTI'',
and the Am% STaiNGER. from London and Ma-
deira, for Jamaica, arrived at St. Kitt's on the
28th of April, in consequence of having fallen iu
with a French schooner privateer, about one hun-
dred leagues east of Antigua. which they beat off,
after an action of two hours. Two of the Jupiter's
crew mere wounded. The Asa had one man killed,
and six wounded—they intended to sail fur Jamaica
on the Ist of May.

The Packet for England was to Nil from Ja-
maica on the lit of May.

The Clarendon, HODUP., and the rest of the
fleet from Cork, arrived at Jamaica on the 29th of
April.

A Ministerial Print of yesterday complains, that
a subscription is actively going forward at this mo-
ment, the real purpose of which is to establish a
large fond, in order to retain • considerable number
of writers, who are to be constantly employed in
the attempt to promote the Catholic cause, and to
endeavour to clispcise the public mind to be friendly
to the Catholic claims. That with this view, a Pa-
per has been in circulation among the more wealthy
order of Catholics, and considerable sums have al-
ready been subscribed ; and it adds, that the Pa-
per alluded to was at first addressed to I, The No-
blemen and Gentlemen of the Catholic Persua-
sion," but that this designation having given
offence to a Roman Catholic Priest in the metro-
polis, who considered the term persuasion as
implying only a belief or opinion, the Paper al-
ready iriuted was stopped; and another was

published, addreseed to r The Catholic No.
hility, Gentry," &c, This, the Ministerial Print
asserts, is •" a fact very important, and ought to
be a subject of deep reflectiori to those who are so
zealously supporting what are called Catholic
Claims; for if the leaders of the great body ofCa-
tholics think it their duty to conform tints sillenis-
t.ively to the opinion of an humble i,tditidual of
their order, how implicitly are they likely to obey
the direciions of those who posses; higher autho-
rity anmag them ? And if an individual, who,
doubtless, has greet ininence within his sphere of
siction, can be ditto; open and ileeitled upon the
adoption of a mere word, at fl time when it is the
interest or the whole body to conduct themselves
.with the utmost caution, what might be expected
if all restrictions were taken away, and the Catho-
lics were placed upon an equal footing with those
who support the Established Religion of the coun-
try• ?" Of the existence of such a plan cud paper
among the Catholics we know nothing; but taking
it for granted, we think it strange that it should
be imputed as a crime. The Catholics have been
cruelly and wantonly calumniated and misrepresent.
ed in the-Treaeury Journels. Are they then to sit
silent under the lash, and to be refused the liberty
of uttering a word nations. visidicatios? The penal
code against Catholics was formerly so severe,
imagination appears to have been put to tho ruck
for the purpose of inventing new crimes and penal-
ties among that class of men; but it never entered
into the head of the most persecuting Minister that
ever sat in the British Cabinet, to make it critninsl
in a Catholic to write a line in his own defence.
That was reserved for the retainers in the service of
the liberal and enlightened Mr. PERCEVAL. But
the matter does not rest here : 44 The paper," it is
gravely charged, 44 has been circulated among the
more wealthy order of Catholics." Had the charge
been that it was circulated among the mote wealthy
onler of Protestants or of Methodists, there would
be something like reason in the complaint; but it
is quite absurd to complain of any possible injury
to arise to the Protestant Religion from a defenceof
Catholics circulated only 4' among the more
wealthy enter of Catholics."

We have received some foreign papers, moon?:
which those from 11lolland, which are the: most
recent, come down to the 19th Mount. The
most rigorous measures against aU commerce
with England continue to be adopted in llolhool ;
and it was cousidercil that any further couttniiiii-
cation between the two countries would, by thehe
means, be rendered impossible.

The Copyright Bill, as amended in the Com-
mittee, 14 given in the lost page.

Extract of a leuer from Deal :—.44 The
. Ame-
rican ship Miseree, Captain JENKINS. arrived iu
the Downs last night from Rotterdam, • bringing
the pleasing intelligence of the embargo in Hol-
land being removed, and that the.Ainericau ships
then there were allowed to sail for America. on
condition of taking on board a cargo the produce
of that country,"
The Spanish prisoners, natives of the province of
Asturias, were embarked at Plymouth on Wed-
nesday, and were to sail for St. Ander* in a day or
two.

A letter from Aberdeen, dated on Monday last,
contains the following paragraph :—"
who had just landed at Peterhead, from lite.sia,
arrived here yesterday, and set off for London, in a
chaise and four. The intelligence he brings has
hot transpired."

Upwards 0f.70 sail, under convoy of two frigates,
hound to the Mediterranean, passed Plymouth on
'Eusday last. As there was but little wind, the
fleet made a grand *how in the offing, to a nume-
rous assemblage of persons on the floe.
Extract of a letter from the master of a neutral
vessel, one of the convoy which sailed from Gotten-
burgh, with His MAJP.STIni ship —, dated Mal-
mo, Bay, June 5, 1508:—" At 3, p. at. got under
weigh, and cleared Copenhagen, and nearly the
island of Saltholm, but when off Uragoe, we disco-
vered 29 gun •Ixtats, armed with two g4-pounders,And
Mar swivels, and shout 60 men each, shooting-in
!tattle array against us, besides several privateers.
The signal was therefore made by our Commodore
to put back. Yesterday we could see cis more gun-
boats, two bomb ships, and two ketches, go out of
Copenhagen, to join the armament at Drosse, and
this morning their 64-gun ship got under weigh ;
we may, therefore, all expect to he taken in, this
bay, as there is no battery to protect us, and the 40
Swedish gun-boats that are in port are of no use,
they bring chiefly manned with the new conscrip-
tion men, many of whom do not khow bow to load
a gun or a musket."
The following is an extract of a letter from Capt.
RAY•tes, of the Speedwell, arrived at Csork from
Jamaica, (a running ship) We sailed from Ja-
maica on the 6th of May ; on the 9th, off the Na-
mes, we fell in with five sail of the homeward-
bound fleet, separated from the convoy the next
day. Off Cape Nicola Mole we fell in with seven
sail, which were separated from the convoy, one of
which we spoke, called the Neetiaghaot. of London.
Same day, at 'unmet, saw the body of the fleet from
the main-mast head, close to the Island of Tortaila,
and at 9 p.w. was boarded by His MAJEsTY's ship
Serpent, which had taken the above ships under con-
voy. and tacked to join the fleet, which I suppose
they did that night. Next day saw 3 sail a-head,
steering for Crooked Island ; the mow Fanny, Cox-
te E Es, and brig Trafalgar, joined the convoy off Peet
Morant. On the 14th, in the Windward Pacsage,
engaged and heat offs French privateer, with 50
sweeps, and full of men. On the Yid, in lat. 47.26.
long. 08. 10. spoke His MAJESTY'S ship !adios.
who cautioned us of a Danish privateer, of 10 guns
and full of men, which we fell in with the next
morning, and beat het of after a tanning tight of
half an hour,"