The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-07-01 00:00:00

This day are published, (embellished with a Portrait, Re)
in Eighteen V 01.111104 Deny-Oetays, prier Nina GILIIIIHNO,
aad un Royal Paper, prier Twelve Guineas, can boards,
rI'IIE WORKS of JOHN DRYDEN,
with a Life of the Author, and Notes, Thstorical,
Critiesl, and Explanatory.
By WALTER SCOTT, Esq.
Arthur of " The Lay of the list Minstrel,- " Manilas,"

&c
Printed for William Miller, Albemarle-street.

It is a eircu sistance nether honourable to our taste, nor to
our national revises, that 28 bUildred yeah hire e:sperd
since the dee.th of Dryden (ore of the grratest assets in
Fitz!isli Poetry), witboat baviug furnished a Complete Edi-
tion of Isis Works. la the earlier part of the last century, it
Is p.mslak that she '...riser& and wok 'Jaded abnirstion rrf
Pope, and the scboolof Poetry whirls hr founded, diverted
the public satiation from a writer ileCtiel, 81 taste, tbonels
excelling him grains • deficient in correctness, thLegb far
superior in energy ititnarlit and diction. Bat as it is long
'Gore the publis bare looked bock with a faeturabls eye nu
the ...Hes of the ancient and pows.vful poets of the scree-
teenth century, it is presumed that a ComplAse pillion of
ElrysiciesWritings,comprelsensting bus wrigiaal Works of every
description, mint mow be rousi•lesed as tilliag up the dis-
graceful blank in the literature of Euglaud .

The Text is this pailleatius is Rhea arettrit.ly frAtt the
begs editions. The Nfites and Ilkshtrat ions are iti..h 40 11,te
Jittated k) the I:4l:tui's deep moss of t 1 ispartaate
of flee soli.

ES" forming new eAtiahlishmentr. will
F-AIII II
6na to their advantage to esti at 7sisi Onlard-
t, and vie* the fialleariai 6001)% pieced red
chimp, and oilier ',today faraiture, at is W. yet yard, sterile
as. ; 111114111 of every vetoer, from Is. ad. to es. i
charged frost as. to tid • say gailt• and cumul7.re=
ft...' tie. 64.; 1541 pieces of real ttessi.* sheeting, assay sif
thews fall yard sad half side, from as to 4. too ale-
riot fee servaats, ifs. 6.1. per pair ; ,iii • Irish sad tikutels
ditto, at 49. 6d.; those at ss. ire shsrlate4 sniffle is bd. ;
300 farisitaie duettists of the best quality, at is. 6411. ;
priers kilt' lima, strikingly t army ; fp) doers Itadrithack
towels, at t id. i 400 pieces foe taSil• cloths, fall yard and
Inlaid., at is ad. with a variety of vibes. goads,
cannot be fuelled elseapsese, to be bold at Richards
.ad ees,Pfo. 71, Oaford•atreat.

The 'loyal itsoeut wu given, Isy eoneseissien, to the Lot-
tery Bill, the Six Million Eschewer Bilis Pill, the Irish
Treasury bills Bill, the Irish sod Scotch Spirit Countervail.-
big Lally bill, the Brazil Penage IBM, the Atscrielot
Bill, the Couttairolootre ileetiugs Bill, the Learn Pi.lice
All, the Marriage indemnity Lill, the Load Militia bilk
the Silk Duty Bill, the &oath lilt bale Buller, at, tior
Woultea Allauefeeterrinte lbaillnegaspeneicei Btil, tie Claque
Ports Jurisdiction BM, the S.roteh Te:nds Auaiseutotios
Lill, the Spirit Doty bill, the Capra Distillation Peihilmi,
bat, the Cod' e LbAisC and the Coffee Customs Bills, tee
Barrack Accounts Bair 14n Pstrusekr Gement', Amounts
Bill, the Private Melillo* Bill, the !Vet Importation Bill, Ile
Westaduster Improceineet Bill, four other Pada: bills,
lisesey's Divorce Rill, and twelve Privet.: Lille.
Del O. TIM •It.CIFOIFUOP OF TOOK.
The Agents were t ailed to the liar, and, upon petition, tbs
Houce doe:lunged the cause without roses.
JONNION V. WINTER
UponCenahsel bu iag tolled te the bar, Mi. daimon pre.
vented a plume, status , that certain alterations Lad been
Rad, to the copy of flit judgment in the Court below I and,
irocuodire.icia ct the time, sod what the P:soutld.
haWstU
inittedeu that porpiwt At the her, this ease was reterred etll
to-morrow, 'too tiroasirl int& ritt.od, rod pruot ee given
iu aspect to the alteratives alleged.

srr.tur DUTY BILL.
Upciatjthe third rending of this Bill,
The Earl of Su reohe stated, that he agreed with
the Okhiervations already made, in respeet to the
impor twice of the contents anal the great gropri-
esy of the same hill having been printed. There
Ives one particolsr hardslip included within its
provisions, which immediately affected people
played in the situation of his wru tritautry. It did
happen that several of his own infant* were thus
affected by the measure ; they were those who
bad take.i. %lease of their terms, at the rate of lOL
a-year, and, wider the provisious of the present bill,
Lesides the psynient of the lOL there would be true
on this iniewol of their blase. 41. to the revenue ;
and if he advei red to the dic,y paid by Ono* whose
farms iunovated to 501. n-ycar, a ease contribution
to Goverrisuent was ir.) more, he must episoder it as
hard upon the pour cottager*. who contribute !It
much as those farmers whose property trite of ituicu
more considerable "alum.
The Duke of NoartielL rose t• wake a few cols..
went*, which he conctiviel iu animism with the order
mid regularity of that House, upon buy disco...won
41,1464414 ti-ilaliemfirdimpplys,- He could not result
the opportunity of making some observation upon
a surgect ghicis was become of great coutidtratiou
I on the part of the public, at the same time he did
not wish the Administration to return say defini-
tive answer to his reiniirks, only se far as might be
consisteut with their ideas of propricl upon the
subject. The object lie alluded to was, the present
struggle of Spam to free herself from she iv-
rannical power of a man, whose attempts were
veiled agaeust the independent eof every mama is,
the world. But while Minibters might pro. •
perky be •iursuing the most correct method of
conduct, he would take the liberty to intimate
that prudence was a &memory virtue upon this oc-
easion. former instances had couviuced us, that
when suppliat had been granted with a view to for- a
ward the crude of the continent, they had bees at
length possessed by the enemy, or by those who
never applied them to the purpoces for which they
had been ;ousted. He *horrid consider it ale*.
lutely necessary that before auirreulzr assistairce
was given by the Executive Goverment towards
Sistii, we should be satisfied a regular Govern-
ment was estalilislicsL fa that couhtry ; an natinn
could with propriety be assisted. or could succeed
in its measures of 'Aimee, rued it was regulated by
some form of Goverameut ; for no people could
partake pf the blessings of hripiiness, who wars de-
void of the administration of justi.x. He wisitl
also advert to the state of Sweden, but on tinges's-
jec; he would not require any distiuct explanation
from lib Majesty's Ministers, although he did at-
tribute a ctetsitlcrille degree of rtsponerbility to.
them for tae residrisf tbetrAcondact. In his opit.
Sion, the kingdoui of tiorreties'mfasti,i tile end foil a
prey to the oeeshesring lower of the Hitler of .
I:raticei•ancf in the crest of isevitahle necessity, ht
might •bti‘pfuslisat los eslimate the uspedtency ft(
partiotpati•tg. will, It Artie Mot thern power in the
enjoyment of that areepts, rather than permit It to
fall into the hands cif triew*enmoir easel.
Lord Iloirrussaulte obselbed, that .the Noble
Duke had perfectly accorrig4eAtith regularity in
takine the present opportunitif making In. ob.
set-rattans upon the state of ith
re-
spect to the situ ltloll of Spain, • tkig me.t extra, .
dimity junetnre of affairs in the winner , tl t
cool 1 me only One %pinion—the* .could be oily
one sentiment and ccrunivait feeling is that House,
and in this country. The iFtitiravds were issgsNld
in a cause whir h most interest the feelings sad tie
patriotism of all nations who felt wain i their own
bosoms a suark of rodependeucr. On the part of
the atintinistmtion the Not.le Duke had, with p o.
priety, not required, nor would it 'record with a
prudeutial discharge of their offi jail situations, Obit
they should enter .at all into any civiinastinsisl ar-
cs:mot of the state of that coveatry, or WC 11Alikeltlf
lime of conduct which this metre might eve..tua"y
pursue. Bat be bait HO hesitation in saying, U.S
?wee ;vroper awashirice which cooly' he atorded
should tie extruded-towards Spain, in ',Mir to re.
litre her from the o,*prlll4loil of the tyratit of Eo-
roir,-, 'lon had routed that empire to eetion by aserits
of the most abMrri..lht, pros a: Mote IVith retard
to Sweden ids°, all merst admire the elonous stand
of that 31ouarch *pima the overbwiriug power of