The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-05-26 00:00:00

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'L, COVENT-GARDEN.

If EVENING, SATURDAY, May 26,
will be acted the Corsurdy of
THE PROVOKED HUSBAND.
Lori Towniy, Mr. C. Rep'slel, Sir Francis Wronghead,
Mr. Fawcett; Mr. Manly, Mr.'Abbutt • Squire Richard. Mr.
Listless ; Could Basset, Mr. Corer; Joha Wooly, Mr. Eatery.
Lady Toviity, Miss Deuce; Lady Grace, Mr.. Fattest ; Lady
tirranglies,l, Mrs. Davenport; Miss Jitney, Miss Foote.
Afar which, 4th time. a new Farre (with some Music), called
THE GRAND TOUR;
Or, STOPPED AT ROCHESTER.
The principal Characters by Messrs. Blanchard, Junes,
Dormer Liston, Tatra, Eatery, Clkapumaa, Mrs. Davenport,
Min Ilewwiaist. Men Shaw.

Drew Wl* opsniall.Malt pa* Six o'Cleeli—.4be Play Mr
beano at Seven.
74 ; Second Pate, 3, Id. _Pit, Se. ed.; Seenad
2s.—sliery, 21. • Seemed Price, 1e....41pper Gat.
key, la.; Seemed Price,
Places fur the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Brandon, at the
Box-Oiticir, 11mi-street, from Ten tall Four.

A Private Buz sway be had fur the Stum, or nightly, of
Mr. Brewton. at the fins-o(fice.
Owliesday will be prodseed a sew Tragedy, called
Deana sad P)tbias, with Undiue.

THEATRE ROYAL, ENGI.ISH OPERA-HOUSE,
STRAND.
MONDAYS, THURSDAYS, AND SATULDAYS,
(Whitman Eve excepted.)
LAST Seven Night. of Nlr. MATHEWS'',
ADVENTURES In AIR, EARTH, and WATER!
and the POLLY PACKET.

It is wire; fatly saagestrd lo those Ladies and Gentlemen
she have nut yet honoured Mr. Nlailrews wills a vialt, that
•u early applicatiou for Boars will be is y.

Peretiation of the Right Hon. the Lard Chamberlain.
ADELPHI THEATRE, STRAND.
THN EVENING, SATURDAY, May 26,
Messrs. CHALONS and DATOUST will repeat their
.

Performances.
kluns. CHALONS, Professor of Recreative •nd Natural
Philosophy, from Geneva, in Switzerland, respectfully an-
aemic* his Recreative Philosophical Entertainments of
Wzgic Illaslun. Extraindiessery Crate of Dexterity. Gym.
mastic mod Snrprisi•g Marche /Erienne, which will be per-
forr•ed by Wu.. DAVOUST.
Part I.—Mons. CHALONS will perform a variety of
satestainiug Pais of Pliilnsophienl Dexterity, via. the Eu.
slanted Bird—the Invisible Currier—the Magic Bottle, ke.
Pert 11.--The great and extraordinary Marche Eriennei
sr, Antipodean Walk! Mons. DAVOUST will climb •p •
deed, by the strength of hi. wrists, from the stage to the lop
vt tAie house, where ►e will walk with his feet against the
preameniom, his head downwards! Re.
Part 111. Mow. CHALONS will continue his wonderful

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salertaiunients by a variety of astonishing feels of Philoso•
phieal Feeformances: Out of a small travelling-bag, the
eetreattlitiery Treosforeardien of a Bird iuto a Young Lady !
Part IV.-11"ns. DAVOUST will close the Eniertniu-
mews by several Feats of Agility, of a uuuvelle and singular

Doom open at Seven, the Performance to begin at Eight
o'Clutk.
Places for the Beites to be taken at the Bott•nfSett of the
Theater from Ten to Four u'Clork, where Private Boum
may be lad.
Bean, 4..—Pit, Slo —Gallery. la.

DEPUTATIONS OF TURNPIKE TRUSTS ROUND
THE AIETItOPOLIS.
A NIEETINti of the nhote DEPUTATIONS
partiewlarlyrequested to lar held at the Crown and

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/lecher Thiarn, in Ike Stand, ton lIIONDAV, the 18th of
May, at Ore o'Clock punctually.
By Oidir, JOHN BICKNELL,
Clerk to the Deputation Meetings.
Grammies, May 26, 1821.

LADIEV AND GENTLEMEN'S SHOES, BOOTS, ale.
THE QUALITIES EXCELLENT, THE PRICES
BELOW ALL PRECEDENT.
.1 BARU ET T and Co. hove n Shoe Roorn
if • oul.ly for Laths, sod a Shoe Room solely fur Gra-
thmen, No. 1, Queen-street, near to 340, Oxfood-street.
01111ITLIBISIM's LADD?
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p. d.
Drees *oft 6 6
Slitsw b 6
Woo C.,11' 6 6
Boot.
•Wttlit ;too ditto.... 13 6

Bni I sad G rho Boots.
I 4d, 24. 4d , sod 2s„ ad.

d.
Mock Kid 2 0
R►ni Kid
Cordovan
Bouts

11, lye %troop Shoes,
Lit per fikor.

Fattens Ll.

1011 YOUNO LADIIP,
From 12 pars u J and up.
ward., Ir. 61. tisul
Very ouptroor mike.. 2 6
Clri6'rrn'. Houle .... 0 6
Du. otoinceta aDJ Shoe, 1 2
Cloth Otto— ..... 1 6
mehare Clow. 1.. is.

COMMERCIAL HALL WINE COMPANY,
Eatabiishrd in sire Year INS,
is, lIIEINNER.ETERET, and No. 34k OXFORD.

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STREET, Loudon. -
THE COMMERCIAL HALL WINE COM-
PANY solicit the favour of the Poblie stlostSuis to
their very Reduced Prices of Wines sod Spirits.
per Dour*. per DidesPilik.
Port Wise, of fell ►only Malmsey Prlstleirs, of doe
Mae &soar 34s. MN* &lidos. Sassier,
Ditto.listit body S4i. aid vrarrsatell all as
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Old Sherry
Fine (lid Busellse of full Vintage of 18011 SOL
Ludy gic Collbills4l ist of like quell.
Ditto, light. from the I ty, end of the onstage
Hock Grape ss,„ of 1904
Excellent Lisburn...... 38s. pw Gollea.
11.. 54.
Fin. Old Madeira, /a./a.Fine Cordial Gin. A .
Old Jamaica Muni-14s &l.
voured Tenerife.... 411 s.
Dili°, cutiouely Aor high Old Coeniac Broady, Pisa
Apple Rum, Awii Bullets."
flavoured Weft India
Madeira
TbeConsinersial Hell Hiss
Creaming Champagne 7se. Company also rireostuenil the
Is mt.., Mt, the finest ... • 6so. fullowsag COR DIA LS, which
ere prepared is the superior
Banat, ditio
Clam second growth liOs. matinee of the Iliartihigra
Dm". era growth, of Livieuts s
• 1815 Vintage
Care MAdvirs .. 10s. & Ils. Norma Oka/. Itt Bleat Mo.
Red Cape Burgandy, oho Shrub, prepsreil with the
Arst evil only parcel linen Lima end Pi.e
ever imported .. 30s. Apples
Bramitly Biuters 36a.
IN 114 ES I N WOOD. ppe
Pr rmi u i Cordial 311%
New Port—. per Pipe 165 Cleve Broody . Me.
Old ditto 9O Casio coni•iniug le brittle%
Sherrie..
Cape Medeirae
Iparlacg or Cressiing Cock. end Clove Brandy, 425. the
aye Cider, 11,.. Ad. per dos. I ease.—Noyex. and Shrub eon
.--3%. Ail. per dos ruts— I wily 11111 sold iu of out
lIA. per gallon. less than 10 bottle,.
A full List of the Company's Winos, containing the Par.
l it-Ware of ['rusted Pus is, from 3 so 10 years to bustle, of all
the favourite Bonn Rrieirn, Rorie, and other Irst-rate [le.
vows, East India Sherries, Madeira., Mc. may be bail, by
spielyiug to tier Company, us to their Agents as below sii....
Chelsea, \lr. G liaiehisisois ; Eelkold, Mr. Froakam• Cantd•es
Taw., C. Illeloined i Greenwich, I. T. 'dunes;Cewielatut.
John Base; sad Tottenham., Mt. iiiirlasda, jun.

HOUSE OP COMMONS, FatmaT, MAT !S.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at four o'clock.
The Freehold Voters Regulation Bill wee brought is and
read a first time, and ordered to be read a second lime or
Monday oe'weight.
The Home resolved itself into a Committee on the Irish
Coal.yarda Acts, when a Resolution woe passed, recommend-
ing that leave be given to tiring in a Bill to amend lbe same;
which was afterwards reported and agreed to, and leave giver
accordingly.
Os she motion of Kr. C. GRANT the Irish Insolvent
Courts' Bell was ordered to be re-committed on Monday
next.
Os the motion of Mr. LITTLETON, leave was giver to
withdraw the Church Briefs Bill.
The Irish Stamps Bill went through the Committee, and
was ordered to he reported on Monday.
LONDON BRIDGE.
Mr. Alderman WOOD brought up the Report of the Lon-
don Bridge Committee.
Sir W. CURTIS said a few word., complaining of the
great rxpeuse of building a new bridge, as the Commits,.
reeonunesded, and thostglit it would be much better to repair
the old oar.
Mr. Alderman WOOD said, the additional expense would
he defrayed out of properly which was held in trust for
that purpose, sod would out in airy degree fall on the
public.
The Report was ordered to liens the table.
Mr. DUG DA LE presented • Pentium from the Overseers
aid Guarallum of the Pour in the town of sialegbart
against the Poor Laws Amendment Bitt.
The IPatitioa WIN ardaved to baar.
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* • ORPHANS* r
Sir W. CU BTU ogre, amigo of a motion having Wow gives
and repeatedly posipooed reletiug to the Qrpboaat food, •
subject with which hts name and character had been mush
mixed up, and un which be wan moat anxious for an oppor-
tunity of explaining sod justifying his condom, he would
now oak of the Hon. Member for Surrey (411 r. H Sumner)
whether it was his kat-osier to move fur a Container this
Beasiva, or whether be intended to postpone it ?
Mr. H. SUMNER said that baviug found himself se-
peatedly obliged to postpone his mutton in order to give
way to other motions of public importance, and afterwards
on account of the ill health of the Hun. Baronet, he was at
length brought to so late • period of the Session, that he
could not hope to early through the Bill which Ise hoped
would be recommended; he therefore mast nrcemarily post-
pone it, but be should certainly bring forward the subject
next Session.

Mr. W. COURTENAT hessoght In • Bill for the better
regulation of Trust Estates, which was read • lest time,
and ordered to be read a second time on Monday next.
Ou the motion of Mr. HUSKISSON !be Crow• Lands
R ee Bill wail read a third lime and parsed.
The River Importation Refutation Bill was read • brat
time, and ordered to be read a second time on !Woodsy
next.
It was ordered that the Howse at its rising do adjourn to
Monday.
The Committee on the East India PrivsteTrade Bill was
postponed ho Monday.
The Comasittee en the Assessed Taxes Composition Bill
was postponed to Wednesday nest.
The Committee on the Bask of belated Bill was postponed
to Monday next.
Mr. H. G. BENNETT presented a Petition from Joshua
Parris Trimmer, • dealer in slate, complaining that having
ofered himself as tenant of a certain portion of land he-
longiog to the Crows, in the County of Carnarvion, which
produced slate is considerable quantities and of exceiliat
quality, he had heels refused, mud • lease of the same bad
b,vo grouted so Mr. P t, • Member of the House, and
one of she Commissioners of Woods and Forests, who did

~act work the quarry, because he had a gurney on an (elate
of kis own in the neighbourhood from which be derived a
considerable. • mune, although the slate which it produced
was of so inferior quality.
Mr. HUSKISSON, at considerable length, explained the
eircanciaueer of the lease. It appeared that the right of
the Crown was disputed by the lice Lady Pesithyo, and the
claim in the opinion of the Crows lA./ma was a doubtful
one. The piyperty haring bees surveyed by a professional
man, who recommended if any hardy adventurer could be
Knout to offer h mself as a tenant, that it should be let to
him fur W. a year, and a ninth part of the slates worked, i■
(*der to avoid Isligatous an offer was made to Lady Penrhysi
on the part of the Crown, of a lease us, those terms, which
was accepted by her Ladyship, and that lease had since
come tutu ibe possessi-n of Mr. Pennant.
Mr. DAWKINS PENNANT entered into a statement at
enniidttrable length of the odoure of the property, and to
prove that he did musk the quarry, read an areouut of the
expenses of working it for a considerable period.
Some conversation then ensued between Mr. Alderman
Wood, Mr. Huskisson, Mr. D. Pennant, suit Mr. H. G.
Bennett; after which the Petition was ordered to be
printed.

MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS.
A message from the Lords antimuted lbw their Lordships
bad agreed to several private Rills, and to the Grampownil
Disfranchisement Rill, wells some asseudinenta, in which they
requested the Hume of Commons to acquiesce.
The messengers having withdrawn, and the menage
being read over by the SPEAKER to the Horse—
Lind MI Lrin4 said, as it was his intrittiou to call the
attention of the House to the onlore of the amendments in-
troduced by the Lurd into the Grantiniund Diafrauchisement
Bill, he should wish to have the amendintsits read, mil
ordered to be printed, mid that a day should then be find
for taking Hum i•to considrration. HiN therefore, moved,
" That the said amoldurent• be wow read."
The Marquis of LONDON DERRY rose to @neves to
the Noble Loetland to the Hou.e, that if any dinuestou went
to take place on the amendments, it would be more cones-
meat to tlet r going into them until a futon day.
Lid MILTON said, that he should move the Hossein
agree with the arneudineuta of the Lords.
Mr. S. WORTLEY signified his intrados of objectiug to
Ibe ameaduaeuts.

Mr. C. W. WYNN by no means wished to put iu hazard
lb* remedy which was contained in Use 8011.
The motion was agreed to.
lord S. RUSSELL was anxious that the remedy of the
DIU 'should not be Isimarded by any attempt to divide the
souse, of York isle two plots, concerning which plat., the
mare he cossidered it the mere was heirooviseed of the great
difficulty of secomplialsiss it. He shoved that the Bill
should be priated with the amesdoirnts.—Ordered.
DR. THORPE.
Mr. HUME presented a Petition frost Robert Thorpe,
Doctor of Lawn, setting forth, that in 1681 he left the Eng-
lish bar to go out to Prince Edward'. Island, as Chief Jus-
tice of the Criminal Court that in PPS he was 'removed to
the Court of King's perreb, Upper Canada----that in 1808 lee
was sent out as Chief Justice to Sierra Leone, and was made
Judge of the Admiralty Court in 1811—that in 1814 she
inhabitants ofSieera Leone sent borne a 'sensorial contain-
ing charges against Governer Maxwell of abusing his trust
and employing the forces placed rind., his command in the
pleader of the ueighlinering districts—that the Petitioner •
forwarded the memorial to the Secretary of Slate, Earl Ba-
thurst, who, instead of admitting the Petitiouer and the
memorialists to tie proof of their allegations, did by letter
express to the Petitioner that his Majesty's Ministers had
considered the ease of the Petitiofter, bad concluded that he
had acted devegatory to the dignity of the situation in which
he was placed—that be had rendered hi■self rant to retain
that situatios—that his Majesty's Ministers had advised the
King to dismiss him from ii, and that his Majesty had
to said him accordingly. The Petitioner declared further,
that be was ignorant of having dose any thing to incur the
(*pleasure of Government, except is 'ending home the
sisemorial. as act "which his duty required hint to per-
form► The Pelitiseier thought this lamb treatment foe
each au olfeeee, after so any poem of lispertaait pshia
lionise, mid as,,, hassior bees ImArvased W the Secretary
of lime seamy set esounitted by him which emelt! he deemed
worthy of sorb trestoseot. The Petitioner prayed redress Irons
the House. The Hoe. Goodman stated, is addition, that
one of the settlers had returued home and brought an action
against Governor Maxwell for conduct of the nature corn•
plained of to the memorial, and that the Governor was cast
in damages—a plant proof that there was some ground for
the charges made against him.
Mr. WARES remembered as action having been brought
.gaited • Governor abroad—be supposed it muse have been
Governer Maxwell—and that there soli of that action hieing
horn stated is the House, the Member for %titbits.a ex-
pressed it as his opinion that the G ought to he in-
defaulted for his losses oat of the public money. He re-
collected that an Ortimetios was gives from the other side
of the Noose that seek indemnity would be given, and the
Hesse seemed entirely to concur with the suggestion. If
these drugs were so, he thought it plain that the charges i■
the Petition were not entitled to any consideration.
Mr. GOULBURN corroborated the account of the Hoe.
Geetlensan who had just sat down, and said, that isotherm brit
the distresses of she Petitioner prevented him (Mr. G) from
entering isle so explasation of all the circrwatsnees of the
case: is pity for the present coodision of the Petitioner, he
►efrained from making sae of his Official knowledge of the
particulars.
Mr. HUME was quite ignorant of any cha►ges which
could be adduced against the Petitioner. The oaths el
twelve honest Jurors bad give• some warrant to his state-
meats. He lamented that the Hon. Gentleman had not goes
into the statemeots so which be had so distantly alluded.
Ile thought that there was less mercy 'hewn to the Peti-
tioner by insinuating than by stating the charges opiast
him ever so broadly.
Mr. C. HUTCHINSON, without deriding on the merits
of the case referred to in the Petition, bore ',alimony to the
great character and talents of the individual who bad sent it.
He bad been dtatinguished in the appointment to his slim
by the recommeudatiun of the lest Judge of the
Circumstances had come to his knowledge which bad Weed
his opinion of the uncivil, and abilities of the Petitioner to
the 'towbars* of the duties of his office.
Mr. SCARLETT knew nothing of she case between the
Petitioner sad Governor Maxwell, but be remembered that
an settee was brought against the latter by a poor ass, who
got a verdict, with 1,0001. damage..
The Petition was ordered to be printed.

FORGERY PUNISHMENT MITIGATION BILL
Sir JAMB* IMAcKINToSII, iii bringing up the
Report of this Bill, wished to move the small
amendments which lie found it iircessary to make
in order to the Bill being reprinted, and to post-
pone the discussion upon them snail the third read-
ing. He concluded now that the House of Com-
mons. by full two-thirds of its number. had decided
opium the general principle of inflicting death for
the crime of forgery. After complimenting the
humanity and wisdom of the eminent bankers and
merchants who bad lent him their support in the
previous stages of this Bill, he expressed his teadi.
mess to defer to their opinion, though against his
own. by introducing some alterations which had
heeu suggested by them. He would move, in ad-
*jou to the exceptions made in the Bill, some fur-
ther ones, to exclude from the effects of it forgers
of wills in bequest of personal property. Landed
property was too well secured in its testamentary
chsposition by the multiplied forms of law to need
soy such security. He would except also the two
forgeries created by the Marriage Act—forgeries of
entries of marriage', and marriage licenses.—
He moved the couia.iou of the word " wills,"
and the insertion of these words, to occur imme-
diately afer the exceptions of forgeries on the Bank
of England, " or ally last will, codicil, or testa.
narsitary papers."
31r. Cairn suggested, that forgeries on country
banks •oultlit to be excepted, as wall as those oil
the Bank of England.
Sir J. MACKINTOSH suggested, that this or any