The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-06-26 00:00:00

We are eieeedingly glad •to observe; that, lo the
gracious speech front the throne yesterday, his Majesty
was advised to express his entire approbation of the
inquries instituted into the nature of the evils by 0,
which Ireland is disturbed, and suggest the expediency
of renewing those inquiries in another Session of Par- 1,
liament. This declaration cannot fail, we hope, to pro-
duce a deep impression on the people of that country.
The royal solieinsde fix their welfare ought to inspire
them with the fullest confidence in the disposition of the
King's Government, to eradicate, as far as it may be prac-
ticable, the evils from which they suffer. By calm and
dispassionate investigation alone, can the condition of that
country be made accurately known to the rest of the em-
pire, and such remedies discovered as may gradually raise
the Irish population to a level with their fellow-subjects
in Great Britain. 'We hail, therefore4tith great satisfac-
tion, this intimation of the intention of his Majesty's Mi-
nisters to continue that " wide range of inquiry," on
which Lord Palmerston said the Committee had entered.
The next Session, we anticipate, can hardly pass away
withoia the introduction of some measure calculated per-
manently to tranquillise that long-agitated and distracted
Country. The attention of Government is directed steadily
to the subject ; and the people of Ireland have had proofs
enough in the enlightened and liberal Administration of
the Marquis iVellesley, that they may rely upon the spirit
by which his Mijesty's Councils is guided, as to the ques-
tions connected with the welfare of that portion of the
empire.

In another part of our columns this day will be found
an abstract of the very immiant Bill lately introduced by
Mr. Peel for the consolida and amendment of the laws
relating to the imparelling of Juries. We have already
expressed our opinions Bally as to this measure ; but we
cannot refrain from again calling the attention of the
public to it, now that we are enabled to lay it substantially
before them. In this one Bill are embodied all the enact-

ments that lie scattered through upwards of fifty Acts of
Parliament, from Henry 111. downwards. Where it has
been both practicable and desirable to make no alteration,
the very words of the old statutes have been transcribed ;
and with respect to Common Juries, this course has almost
without au exception been followcd. Few greater services
in the way of legislation can be rendered to the country,
than by this consolidation of the various Acts which have
been passed at different periods, and under the pressure of
different emergencies, u circumstances suggested the ne-
cessity of them, and which have since been confirmed by
the concurrent approbation of succeeding generations who
have reaped the benefits of theme salutary and admirable
laws. Every man will hereafter be able to turn to the
clear and simple clauses of this Bill, and, as it were, with
one glance of the eye take in all that relates to that funda-
mental question—the due and impartial impanclling of
Juries ; and it must be gratifying to every Englishman who
feels a patriotic pride in recurring to the acts of his ances-
tors, that when their legislative measures are brought toge-
ther and embodied, we find in them every precaution against
the imperfections and infirmities of our nature that human
wisdom can devise. Nothing of moment could be amended.
' With respect to Special Juries, which are comparatively an
innovation growing out of the increasing commerce of the
eauntry, and the unavoidable refinements and complexities
et the law, some changes were perhaps necessary. The
amendments proposed in this Bill are evidently calculated

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to secure the greatest possible degree of fitness and impar-
tiality. The whole of our Jury system will, on the
passing of this Bill, be u perfect an instument for admi-
nistering justice, as the combined operation of experience
and foresight can produce. It will be adapted to every
case to which it is to be applied, and while it insures inte-
grity, where integrity alone can suffice, it will provide in-
telligence also where the safety of the public and the
rights of individuals require it.

The Duke of Clarence honoured Lord and Lady Hol-
land with his company at dinner, on Thursday, at their
residence at Kensington.
Yesterday the Duchess of Clarence and the Duchess of
Kent visited Prince Leopold.
Yesterday Prince Leopold had a grand dinner party at
Marlborough House.
Yesterday afternoon, at a quarter past three o'clock, the
Cabinet Ministers assembled at the Foreign Office, Down-
ing-street, and sat in deliberation till half-put five o'clock.
The Cabinet Ministers present were, the Lord Chancellor,
the Doke of Wellington ; the Earls of Liverpool, West-
mutant!, Harrowby, and Bathurst; Mr. Secretary Peel,
Mr. Secretary Canning, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Lord Bexley, and Viscount Sidmouth.
We are assured from a high source, that a Loan to the
Government of Buenos Ayres will make its appearance
in the money market in a few days. It is stated to be
for one million sterling, 6 per cent. interest per annum,
to come out at about 65.—Ereaing Paper.
We are authorised to contradict most positively the re-
port which we inserted on Thursday, that Mr. Curtis
o
(eldest son of Sir William Curtis), and Mr. Money
ilrigrem, intend to contest the borough of Leominster, on'
a dissolution of Parliament. We understand there is no
foundation whatever for the rumour.
On Thursday the Bank Directors came to the resolution
of lending money at the rate of 4 per cent. on Government
Securities or on Bank Stock, of which notice was imme-1
diately given in the usual manner at the Stock Exchange.
The tollowing is a copy of the notice :
" The Bank ptoposes to make advances on Government Stock
to a certain amount, for periods not less than one or more than six
months. The advance to be three.fourths of the value of the stock
at the time of making such advance, at the rate of four per cent.
interest ; likewise the same accommodation will be given on Bank
Stock.
The Court of King's Benc:i were occupied yesterday, in
hearing arguments and giving judgment on points of law.
Letters arrived yesterday from Madrid, of the 13th of
June. from which we learn that the most frightful anarchy
continues to reign in that city. From the 9th to the 13th
not less than ton persons were arrested at night upon Ms-
picion of treasonable intentions ; but the greater part were
released on the morning of the last-mentioned day. The
King was seriously indisposed tit-the early part of June,
and was visited by so end of the leading Ecclesiastics ;
but he continued obstinate in encouraging the servile. in
their resistance to the orders which the Ministry, under
compulsion of the French Authorities, had given for the
amelioration of the volition of the Constitutionalists, and
the general improvement of the provincial Governments.
Ferdinand was closely guarded by a mixed body of French
and Spanish royal guards, the latter of whom were chosen
chiefly from the sons of the wealthy clergy.
Yesterday morning the remains of Lord Macdonald
were removed frcm his late residence, 76, Welbeck-street,
Cavendish-square, for interment in St. Margaret's church,
'Westminster. The hearse was followed by a long train of
private carriages, including that of Lord and Lady Dudley
and ll'aid. The deceased Nobleman was in the 51st
year of his age, and unmarried. The title of Lord Mac-
donald devolves upon his eldest brother.
MADAME RIEGO.—It is arranged that the funeral of
this Lady shall move from Little Chelsea at eleven o'clock
this morning, in order to reach the Catholic Chapel of
Moorfields at two o'clock.

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One of the most complete, and, we understand, the
largest, specimens of cooking apparatus, ever attempted to
be heated with one fire, is now nearly finished, at a manu-
factory at Sheffield. It is intended to be used in cooking
the daily provision for an establishment, consisting of 340
persons, by the agency of steam and rarified air. Some
idea may be formed of the magnitude of the stove, when
fifteen pecks of potatoes, two hundred pounds of meat,
and puddings in proportion, may be cooked at one time.—
Fork Chronide.