The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-10-27 00:00:00

LONDON.
WEDNESDAY. Ocrosea 27, 1919.

Several Noblemen and Gentlemen, of the most
respectable in the counties of York and Hereford,
have signed their names to Declarations. attesting
their film attachment to the existing institutions
of the country as by law estoblished. The senti-
ments contained in these Declarations are in strict
unison with the purest principles of our Constitu-
tion, being such as are, in common parlance, dis-
tinguished by the name of Whig ; and if, in took-
log to the insures which are annexed to them, we
had not rentooked that they are fur the most part
those of Noblemen and Grin'men whose general
tone of politics is what is commonly called Minis-
terial, we should have imagined that these papers
had been 'prepared in at excess of caution by some
of the Whig., fur the purpose of removing certain
ungenerous prejudices which seem to be entertained
respecting their condlict and opinions. lu conse-
queuce of the late ineetisig in York—the misrepre.
sentstions to which the circumstances connected
with it have beers exposed—and the very harsh and
ungenerous manner in which Ministers have thought
proper to express their sense of a proceeding that
appeared to question their wisdom and infallibility,
it has become a matter of some interest to ascertain
what opinions would be publicly avowed by those
who would not sanction the meeting by their pre-
sence, and who, fur their conduct, have so doubt
received,the gratitude of the Government. This
public expression of their opinions is entitled a
Cornier Declaration ; but if this epithet be under-
stood as implying au oppusitiou to the opinions en.
'ermined and avowed by the. Noblemen and Gen-
tlemen assembled in the Castle-yard of York, we
cannot conceive a term more infelicitously ur im-
properly applied.
The Resolmmo' adopted at the meeting of the
October were very• limhtrd in their objects.
ertrd the right of the people to inert in
Ire--lamented that the meeting held at Mau-
' the of August " was austties4 at.
dispersed by a military force, whitely
a great hasher of Iris Mao SKY'S stab•
eudaiogrred, many of them weauded,
"• imploring the FMCS
irewewerod to Patheastent a Wray
thew trionectians." Nothing was be
a citcatuateace of gloat triolre.Ces

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solving a serious outrage upon the Political lights test of political sentiments were necessary, we 1
lim I
of the people, is slated us
having occurred ; and know of none which we should sooner recommend
the Puttscs: REGENT IS " implored to recommend
than this Declaration ; for ourselves, we, too, des
to Patliament a sole 1111 l inquiry into these trans- ; dare that it embodies our opinions upon the topics
actions :"—yet it Was for this that the venerable I contained in it ; font as we do nut suspect our own
FITZWILI.taII was insulted, sod declared UllmOrtily loyalty, ow. have any reason to suppose that it is
of the coolidence of his Sovereign. Let us now I suspected by others, we have uo intention of Mts.
see how far the Counter Declaration of the York- : ing our signatures to any similar document. Ir,
shire Tories goes to contradict or condemn the Re- I however, there be individuals who do not entertain
solutions. In the first sentence the Noblemen and an equal confidence i
re n the propriety of th
hone seir oortitii-
Gentbinen Declooranis say-- I mesas. or who apphend at eir ty s
1
s, twe, the undersigned Freeholders and Inhabitants of i doubted by others, we certainly should recomniesid
the County of York, impressed with the importance of de- I them to take the first opportunity of making a
elating unequivocally our Si sitiments at this alarming crisis, j public profession of their political faith. Possibly
recognise and I, as transmitted war from our an-
I i
o the act may confirm their wavering sentiments, but
craws, the undoubted right of all persons within this resins I
it commit affect their characters with the public,
to assemble peaceably taetther, fur the purpose of address-
although it might make their names favourably
meat of any laws, or upon any matter connected with the known to the Ministers.
eights of the people." •
What Wing in the country could assert in stronger
terms this important principle? 'rhe %ring Reso-
lution is actually expressed in terms less energetic
than the Tory Declaration, for in the former
are interned, by was of limitation, the words
si couforinable to law," whereas in the latter the
right of the people is recognised on the broadest
and most extensive principle. Had the Declarants
therefore appeared upon the hustings at the county
meeting, they would have agreed to the two first
Resolutions. The Declaration proceeds—
" But we have wituessed with pin and iadienation the
mesas by which desperate and seditious individuals have, in
some parts of this county, abused the privileges of public
meetings, is ostler to alienate the minds of the least in-
formed classes of society from the Government, the Laws,
the Religion, and the Constitution of the country."
In this sentiment every gelatine Whig in the
empire who understands the principles of the Con-
stitution which the Whigs of former days establish-
ed in this country will must heartily concur. No
men in England lament more sincerely than the
Whigs the delasious which, under the name of
Parliamentary Reform, have been set afloat upon
society, and none can feel more sensibly the dan-
gers which must arise from the propagation of the
pernicious principles which are avowed and sup.
ported in the infidel and seditious portion of the
public press of the metropolis. But why should
these topics be introduced in a Declaration pur-
porting to be opposed to the Resolutions of the
county meeting ? In the Resolutions there was no
reference to such subjects, nor was Parliamentary
Reform in any shape introduced by those who were
active in managing the proceedings of the meet-
ing. Surely the Noblemen and Gentlemen who
have biped the Declaration could net condescend
to the trick of implying, by a stole-wind, that those
who signed the Requisition were among " the des-
, Aerate and seditious individuals" who revile the
Ministers of religion, threaten the Magistrates in
the execution of their duty, and seek to subvert
every principle of the Constitution. Such impu-
tations have already been thrown out upon the
1 Whigs by the hirelings of the Treasury, and the
late insult offered to Earl FITZWI 1.1.1 A II would al-
must justify the belief that such charges had been
made with the approbation of the filinisters; but
such an unworthy species of warfare should be left
with its undivided odium to such ungenerous anta-
gonists. Those who sign the Declaration must be
aware that the great body of the Whigs are, from
rank, prometty, and principle, as sincerely hostile
to any seditious movements as the Ministers them-
selves could he. Who indeed would suffer most by
any revolutionary violence, the Whigs or the Minis-
ters ? It is presumptuous in the extreme fur the
present Ministers to think of instructing the great
body of the Whigs in political tenets, or in love to
their country and Coostitution. In what respect
can they venture to compete with the Whigs?—
Not in property, not in talents, not iu the glorious
remembrances of post sacrifices for the good of
their country, nor in the rich prospect which a con-
tinuance of present advantages affords. The Con-
siltation is the work emphatically of the Whigs,
and who can be more interested than they in main-
taining the splendid edifice of their own creation ?
Away then with the nonsense, the falsity of insi-
nuating that the Whigs would, by the avowal of
their principles. give encouragement to the Ra-
dicals in their desperate projects, if any projects of
mischief be in reality contetriplated. To what pur-
pose do we possess a Constitution, if, iu the um-
went of alarm, we dire not vindicate its principles ?
Vain and idle is the establishment of laws, if the
Minister of the day shall be permitted to censure
as traitors those who, against his will, venture to
complain of an infraction of those rights which the
laws were framed to protect. In such a case our
fears are our worst traitors, and we shall shew our-
selves ill deserving of the liberty we enjoy, if we
permit ourselves to be deluded by an unfounded
clumsier, and hesitate to assert our rights, because,.
forsooth, the Ministers pretend that there may be
danger in them. None but dishonest men, obi
are no friernin to freedom, will venture to confound
the demand of the people for an inquiry into the
unfortunate affair of Manchester, with an approval
of the objects *fro which the Manchester mertimi
hod been (*swiped, and noose but drivellers who
efeematoasby of freedom will he deceived by such a
mansions • -
Au Evestiag Treasury Print exults that 2,000
,iiiiirderve Mani life. *Wilma is tli• peg coon.
'LitYork to tiM "high it is ii juggegi agog
l te cal • 0•11olse Dielikataikiyl6,,
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The leading Radicals make so liberal a use of
the pen, we hive snit room for all their literary pro-
&actions. Mr. Ttitsu.swuou has written another
letter. It is to Lord SIDIIOUTH, requiring compen-
sation to the amount of 1806 and compound in-
terest, the alleged value of property belonging to
that Gentleman, which he tweedy was illegally
detained on board the /Men brig. Mr. WAD-
DINGTON we. the bearer of this letter to Lord
SIDIIOUTH.

We have received Paris Papen of Friday and
Saturday last. The most important of their con-
tents are the accounts they furnish of the pro-
gress of the dreadful malady which now afflicts the
southern provinces of Spain. The fever not only
rages with undiminished violence in Cadiz, but
notwithstanding the flattering reports already pub-
lished, it seems that the Isle of Leon still labours
under its afflicting influence, and that it has mani-
fested itself in the city of Seville.
The Queen of SPAIN, in her slow progress from
the frontier to the capital, was at Vittoria on the
7th and Bth of this month. The Authorities in
Vittoria, in the simplicity of their hearts, thought
to delight their new Sovereign by a shew of bull
fights; but her more refined taste and generous feel-
ings revolted at so barbarous a spectacle, and she
soon retired from the scene of cruelty, leaving her
less sensitive subjects to enjoy the torments of ani-
mals far nobler than themselves. It seems, how.
ever, that this indirect censure of the customs of
Spain has not diminished the respect which the
Sbaniiirds of all classes testify towards this young
and interesting Princess.
The French Five per Cents. are, 70f. 50c.—
Bank Actions, 1,487 f. 50 c.

Among the motives which bate induced Govern-
ment to restore 10,000 of the veteran battalions and
Chelsea out pensioners t ctive duty, it is said,
that great numbers of these men (not officers)
have been noticed in the ranks of the Radicals
at their late public meetings. The officers thus re-
called to the service have all retired on full pay,
anti the full pay of the men will not exceed the ag-
gregate of their present half.pay sod pensions. If,
then, it be not pressing too far upon age and infit-
tnity; if this revocation of the reward, well merit-
ed by the services of their youth, be justifiable ;
and if these men be competent to the duty assign-
ed to them, which we understand is the garrison
duty, we see no objection to this measure. We
have feeble old men to gourd us at night as watch-
men, and a like description of torn may suffice far
our garrisons. We wish that every other meats
sure in contemplation of Ministers may afford as
little ground of complaint.
The proposed increase of the Royal Marine forces,
to the extent of 20 men to each company. is not
connected with the alarm excited by the proceed-
ings of the Radicals. A correspondence has been
carried on for some time between the Commander-
in-Chief and the Admiralty, on the subject of the
Dock-yard duty, to which the present establish-
ment of Marines was represented by the latter as
Wadi/mite. The case has been made out, and the
increase on the Royal Marines is, we understand,
to supply this deficiency.

As the Parliament is just about to assemble, it
would, we think, say* the Dublin Evening Post, be
advisable fur the Catholics of Ireland to have their ,
Petition presented at an early part of the :Session.
It is only necessary to hove the document left in
convenient places for signatures, and there is sin
doubt that it will he i tttt nediately tilled. There
was never a more (avowable opportunity, and we
do believe, that Parliament will never receive the
Petition with greater favour, than at this moment.
The conduct of the Irish Catholics fully entitles
them to this consideration. They have abstained,
with the most laudable spirit, from the various
efforts that were made, directly and indirectly, to
induce them to co-operate with the Reformers of
England. ‘Vhatever may have been their opinion
as to that measure, they justly coosidered that it
should not be mixed up with their own claim ; and
hence belated was never in such a state of pro-
found tranquillity as she is at this suoment, while
the Sister Isle is almost " shaken from her pro-
priety." In this conduct the Irish Catholic will
persevere, and we verily believe that lee will have
reat•on„ in the course of Ow next year, to congratu-
late himself on his prudeuce and good temper.
Lettere from Seville, received yesterday in town,
mention that the greatest alarm rod confusiou pre-
railed there, and all the country routed, in cons,-
queues of the ravages of the fever, and the restric-
tioacsat the Government to prevent its spreading
• hehariset at open defame. Six thousand men,
: Mios.the Expeditionary army, hod broken
the . and peueirated missals Caceres and
distemper had manifested itself
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