The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-12-04 00:00:00

CATHOLIC AFFAIRS.

Mr. Michael Hughes,. Chairman of the late
Merting in Tnovneriid-%treet, has received the fol-
lowing letter from Mr. W. Conynghtim Plunkett :
" Landon, November 24, 1519.
" 117 w Mutt Sts—l did , until Monday night, receive
your very kind letter of the 18th of November, enclosing the
iteonbetions of the Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the Pa-
rishes of St. Andrew, St. Mask, St. Anne, and Si. Peter, in
whirl, they are pleased to express themselves so very kindly,
wills reference to my support of their Claims.
" 1 regret 1 had not as, oppoitimity in the last Session of
of giving them a more active support.
" Their cause will come forward in the present Session
with additional, andl IV! rsir opinion, irresistible advantage,
derived from the ateadYr...reflearriail attachment which they
have shelve' to the I.Aws and to the Cumnitutiou in these
times of dangerous turbulence.

alam at loss fur the pretence on which those who pro.
Tess a regard for the freedom and the safely of the empire,
eta reuse them admission to those privileges which tlwy
*hew llsesassives so worthy of enjoying.
I beg you will assure them of my respect and gratitude,
and that you will believe me, my dear Sir, with sincere per-
Dowd regard,
a Your obliged and faithful servant.
a W. C. PLUNKETT."
The Petitions from the Catholics of this Country
are, we believe, now utmost all prepared, and will,
we hope, be presented before Christmas. They
express the warmest anticipation of ultimate sue-
cr•s—and, we trust, their anticipations will be
fulfilled.

Yesterday the Dukes of You and CLARENCE
visited the PaINcI REGENT.
The Duke and Duchess of BEDFORD are still in
Paris; their Graces are nut expected home till
after Christmas.

The Ambassador of the Netherlands will give an
elegant entertainment to a distinguished party ou
Monday next, at his residence, Whitehall-place.
Sir Was. OE CRESPIGNY, Bart. will entertain a
large party of distinguished personages to-morrow,
at his house in Arlington-street.
At the Coburg theatre last night, during the
performance of Mr. MoNcatEFF's very successful
novelty, Beatify and the Beast, Mr. H. K tome,
in the part of the. Claud King, was so forcible in
his repalson of the Merchant Scanderbeg (Mr.
HUNTLEY), that he actually precipitated him into
the orchestra. The audience, together with the sons
of Orpheus, were at first greatly alarmed at the in-
trusion, but when they saw the Clara King ami-
cably assist his adversary from the regions of har-
mony to those boards he had so suddenly quitted,
their repeated cheers convinced their old favourite
that he bad only fallen to rise again.
It is conjectured that the Radicals purpose to
embrace the religion of Mahomet. They already
begin to look upon a bottle of wine with all the
horror of true believers. Their reverence of the
Koran will he attended with at least one good
effect, for abbetion is inculcated by the Prophet as
am indispensable duty of a Miassislalan.
BRIGHTON, DECEMBER 2.—A most singular and
novel procedure is going ou in this town. It will he
recollected that about a fortnight ago the mutilated
statue of the I
REGENT was pulled down as
disgrace to the inhabit:intr. After it was removed,
a meeting of respectable persons was held for the
purpose of erec.ing a splendid statue in honour of
the illustrious Patron of Brighton ; a spirited sub-
scription commenced, rod the most patt.litic exer-
tions were manifested. The Nobility and Gentry
were invited to aid the subscription, iiistead of
which, they have felt so aggrieved in not having the.
honour of being its first promoters, that they have
signed a requisition for a public !sleeting to-morrow,
in order to consider the propriety of their having
the honour of erecting another statue of his Royal
Highness.

Otonsm liquerr.—A letter from Alanebester, a.
eember I, says—u At au early hour this morning, Mr. Bat..
Mr. FarrAnd's learned clerk, informed the Jury, Ilsst in coo.
stfittenre of the proceeding■ in the King's Bruch respecting
the Coroner, there would be se necessity fur their farther
attendance'