The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-04-05 00:00:00

King as deprived of his liberty. and subject to the caprices of a
band of factious persona who governed in the (tortes.
Now, as the cause alleged in the two manifestoes have ceased ; as
the faction of the tortes hat ceased, and the King's hands are now
free, and his sole wish is to confer benefits on all the people of the
Portv:ntese monarchy, especially our brethren in liraril, till the,
prereutng pretexts are removed, and only perjury and blind am-
bition can move the factious, who, hesiexing the Prince, excitis.g
the people by false pretences, and full ot gigantic ideas of the ter-
ritorial greatness 01 that country, think themselves immoveably
fixed on the throne ; their chimerical independence, without re-
garding the distinction that arises from the new order of things,
which they want to introduce into that kingdom, which is fitter for
tranquillity and commerce than for deriving advantage from revo-
lutionary prir.cipies.—Lisbon Gazak, from 11th fo 181/4 March,
inelusite.

We would direct tb attention of our readers to a letter,
signed " A Loos Ea-ON," in our columns of to-day, on
the subject of the exclusive profit which a few leading
distillers in England and Scotland enjoy in the manufac-
ture and sale of Walsh spirits. It is time the attention of
Government and of the public was called to this important
subject; and our correspondent, from his knowledge of the,
question, and his clear and impressive manner of treating it,
is manifestly well qualified to excite Ministers to an invtv-
tigation of those details which deserve most to be scruti-
nized, and to lead, through this means; to the adoption of
such regulations as may put the interior consumption of
the country, in the article of spirits, on a fairer footing,
and lead to an equitable adjustment of those interests,'
which, under the present laws, are sacrificed to the infiu-
ence of wealth and the patronage of monopoly.

The trial of the six Poiteeste foci the murder of
RICHARD M 'DA NI E 1., at the Queen's County Assist-a,
• which will be found in another part of our paper, cannot
fail of exciting a deep interest. A case of more cold-
blooded assassination is, we will venture to say, within no
Iman's memory. The Jury brought in a verdict of
manslaughter! Ilad we been of the Jury we should have
pronounced such a slaughter as this, of an unoffending
man, by OFFICERS OF JUSTICE, to be HeßDElt—a
murder, too, more dreadful in itself, and more dreadful
also in its example, for being committed tinder thrjiprms of
tar. Under the present verdict, it assumes the appearance
of a privileged crime. Where are the circumstances of
extenuation in this case, which warrant the Jury in return-
! ing it? What provocation was there on the part of the
creased to tuak.i such a verdict legal? The policeman
struck Me
.fiest blow: had he been first assaulted by the
deceased, and from a fatal wound, inflicted in a moment of
passion, death had ensued, it would Men have been, as to
him, a case of manslaughter, though of murder as to the
others. The law puts the community under the protection
of the Poi ice Or FICL ; and it also puts every member
I of it under the guardianship of tha eual.lC MAGISTRATES,
by whom such Police Officers are appointed. How have
those public functionaries in Ireland discharged their duty
to the public and to their country in the case before us?
Sonic of the Magistrates having entered into a resolution
to have all public-houses cleared of their risitors by ten
o'cia•e each night, these PocieemeN, in enforcing
this order, stab this unoffencling, unarmed, man,
who did not, in their opinion, obey it with sufficient
promptitude, and the physician proves in evidence that he
attended the deceased before his death, and found, upon
examining the body, that he had received Foi:ay.issi
BAYONET AND SABRE WOUNDS !!! If this is not murder,
Juries in ENGLAND have acted under a dreadful vespon-
sibility, not do we know on what ground hereafter our
executions for this crime are to be defended. It speaks
nit to Me imie of IRELAND ! It unfolds the con-
dition of its peasantry with the force of irresistible proof.
Something must be done to put an end to this state of
things: the character of Parliament and of this country are
deeply involved in it. Mr. Wattacr's address to the
Jury is a masterpiece of severe and sarcastic eloquence :
it is couched throughout in a studied tone of moderation
and courtesy ; but it is nevertheless not difficult to discover
the indignant feelings that pervade it ; and, in truth, it
requited nu slight command of them while detailing the
particulars of a murder committed in the wantonness of
authority, to which the perpetrators were excited by no
provocation, and impelled by no necessity ; and the foul-
ness and atrocity of which has no precedent, except in
that misgoverned and ill-fated country in which it was
committed.