The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-01-06 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPLAW.

Arrivals at Nem South Wales.—The Queen Charlotte.,
Thump on, fiom 001'cite, the 15th June; Nereus, Em-
nett, trout Port Dalrymple, Bth July ; his Majesty's shit,
Tamar, Bremner, from England, on an expedition to the
north-west coast of New Holland, 28th July; Alfred,
Laughton, from London, 15th July; Countess of Har-
court, Bonn, from London, 12th July ; Prince Regent,
Wales, from London, I.Sth July ; Thalia, Hauler, front
the fishery, 4th August ; Aguilar, Watson, Mini' LondOn
and Van Diemen's Land, sth August ; Phoenix,
from the fishery, 6th August ; and the Prince Regent,.
Limb. from Hohares Town, 7th August.
Soilings from ;Vete South Wales.—The Minerva, itAlso
for Van Diemen's Land, July 16 ; Caroline, Taylor, for
Van Diemen's Lind, July 4 ; Ann, Crimes, for the Maw.
ritina, July 17; John Bull, Tompkins, for Port Ilarymple,
July 19; Adrian, Gordon, fur Madras and Rengai; and
the Hope, for the Mauritius, Aug. 11,
S.udnry (Nets South WitleA)' August 16.—The ship
Phecnix, White, in working op the harbour, and while in
charge of the pilot, grouneted on the Pig Rocks, and re-
mained in a perilous situation twenty-four hours; she was,
however, lightened, and at the end of that period got off:
It is not yet ascertained what is the extent of the damage
she has received, but it is intended she shall be hove down
and examined in a few days. Many thanks are due to
Captain IlFemncr, of his Majesty's ship Tamar' who on
that occasion personally assisted Mr. White with his bene-
ficial experience, as well as by lending a party of his Ma-
jesty's ship's crew. The Lang. Lusk, is reported to have
arrived at Hobart Town, front England ; as also the Chap-
man, --, from England; both which vessels are daily
looked for here.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
CUSTO3I.IIOUSE, JAS. 4.

IN TER T.D INWARD..—The Sicily, f'upper, from Licata. Mes •
situ', and Gibraltar) Brilliart. Greenweli, from Alcoa; Neptune,
Knight, from Ostend; Camberwell, Cherry, from Perersbargh ;
Nonsuch, Monday, from Stangate Greek; Aid, Tramiel, from
31nrseilles ; Violet, Charrosin, from Harlingen; Brakes, Gar.
dener, from Nladeira and Jamaica Britannia, Simmers, from Lis-
bon ; and Factor, Connell, from Belfast.
ENTERED OuTwateins.—The Elizabeth. Ostle. for Demerara
Tranmere, Thompson, for Uarbadoes and St. Thomas's ; Bey,
Wishart, for Smyrna and Constantinople; Britannia, Davidson.
for Tobago: Swift, Artis, for St. :Michael's; Andromeda, 3lud,
dle, for Van Diemen's Land anrfNew South Wales; Dart, Siranacl,
for Ostend; Pena, Hughes, for Voughall.
(..t.Errtu r/urwartna FINALLY AT Oa ATIF-SEWD.—Tne
Vrouw llendrina, Vander (lever, tee Antwerp; his, Tyler. t'or
Jamaica; Concord Gibbs. for Kotterelatu; Lady Holland, Itotzers,
for Jamaica ; Charming 31trIly, Farrier, for Calais ; l'ansittariv
Ihtlryttiple, for India and Chita.
CLEARING ()I: T WA H 05.--The William, flumm, for Trinidad;
William and Henry, Partridge, for Grenada; Zeno, Talbert, fur
San !.near and Seville ; and the Crawford. Thomas, for Bilboa.

VLF:ARID Otrwaautl 70 IRELAND.—The Maria. Monis,
fur Waterford,

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

PLYIIOI77II, JAIL. 3—Arrived the Brailsrotr, —, from M.
ratnichi, in 23 days. The Percival was got of the rocks in .Mount
Batten Bay, and towed into Catwater.
Po 4VSnourtl, Jaw. 4.—None of the ontwartl.l)otstd have yet
attempted to sail. Arrived the Kidney tramper/ nom lialltSt.. In
the early part of the day the wind was from vonth.west ; .ht this
time (7 p.m ) it has got to the north, inclining easterly.
llrwt, Jas. 4.—Half-past four. m. northmoithoesot. fresh
breeae. About two, p to. the wind shifted to thernorthward, wlea
nearly the whole of the outward-bound got away. The lbitiour.
able Company.% ships the 'Windsor, liaviside; kingstone, lATJT:
Wallis;lsabella and Essex, Appleton, are not yet gone. Ar-
rived and remain, the Loyalist, Chicken, and Argo, Spink, frau
St. John's, Sew Brunswick. Midas, —, from New South Wal,:/.
last from Cowes ; and the Meridian, Coker, front Opotto, in eight
days.

4.—The Dove, Brown, from Bremen to St. I.;bes,
;ailed from this port Itkii ult. and has been endeavouring AI Cr to
force a passage down Channel. she had go to the westward ut Port-
land, when she encountered a heavy gale at S.W. and carried
&war her tn4F and hula/aka. lost her boat. water casks, dc. ; in
coming for this port last night she struck the north pier. and wont
on xkure behind it, but was got off this morning, with considerable
damage iu her hull and loss of an anchor and cable, and brought.
into the harbour.

(loxv wsr:vn, JAN. 4.—Arrived the Severn, Field, from
bun; !lope, Sitnron, from Enbon ; Maria from
Bayonne:. and min, Charrosin- from liirlingen. Sailed the.
bont Suffield, ltips4ll, for 31artras ; Cincinnsetos, for Neer
York; Adventure, Adamson, fur Bahia; and the Agenoria, them*
well, fur Genoa.

LitvEnvoot, JAN. 3.—Arrived the Robert Kerr, *erre
New Brunswick; 'Waterloo, Dudne; from New Ihunvwiek; Fa—
vourite, Walker, .A gentrria, and Douglas. lialea, (min New—
foundland ; Fairy Queen, ?zero Gibraltar: and linen, Jeuk—
inson, from Lisbon.

Hut. t., J N.3,—The :theona, Heigh. of Ihtndee, front Lon -
don, is pn into Grimsby with lova n( anchor, cable, winding!, and
other damage, hiving been on the Trinity ifand.

The Doris, Alders, from Havre ter lowd.n. has put into Hon-
fleur, with tau feet water M her hold, Medic; been on shore, anA
mot discharge* repair.
The Hamilton, It'iMani.. from Petersburgh to Liverpool, put
into llama:Tate on the lUth Noreinber, by contrary winds, and was
still detained there on Tuesday last.
The Hope, Deno, from Sierra I.sone, Ms arrived in the River,
after a passage Moldy 31 day..
The Honourable Company's ship Inglis, Captain Seek, was ois
Tuesday towed from Hlackwallto Northlyet su ;our bonze, by two
steam. eaIC.S.

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PROSECUTION OF M O'CONNELL—BILLS
THROWN OUT.
[Fr thallubtitt Morning Post of Monday.l
iii Tim of Mr. O'Connell for seditious words, allqed
tftalletwer ' at the Catholic Association, has terminated as
wary. it would, untesa, indeed, by those wise persons
.1=
• hailer,
pinubalic for thiseirineumperiur hill in ntinaguig
'We bash it never has °centred before, at least It has net so
charred within our recollection, that the Crown, in a State prose-
Iliftlon, did not rely for all initiatory proceedings upon its own wit.
awes ; yet, in this the Of Mr. 0 Connell, where a rash or ill-
his _d proceeding should be avoided with mon than ordinary pre-
caution -.IIII,CTe the results of a prosecution, when once entered
isms, should be well weighed—where • defeat mast beta humili.
• !nag, we find the Crown 'thrown upon • search after fortttitovis
roof, with the chances, as it really tumid tut, ten to one agginst
sheen! Why did not the Law Officers of the Crown rest their
'case, in the first internee, tpon the evidence of the informer or
informers? This, unquestionably, is the mode that common
sense, aided by the slightest knowledge of the public feeling,
would dictate. Instead of this, others were summoned—peons
who held the character of an informer in abhorrence—who attended
the meetings of the Association, not for the purpose of watching
and noting down the careleila or unguarded expressions of the
shakers but to convey the substance thereof to the newspapers..!
To flute from persons thus circumstanced evidence of precise
tweeds, or even of the precise import or meaning of any particular •
speech or part of a speech, whereon to ground a prosecution, was,
to say the least of it, • strange proceeding. 1
See, again, in what a situation a witness of this kind, entrapped
-into an incautious admission, is placed. His own character, as
well as the character of the establishment to which he is attached,
might be deeply injured without his affording one atom of addl.
danol strength to the case, in the fruitless attempt to bolster up
which, be is thus unnecessarily and unfeelingly sacrificed. This
'Was precisely the case with iespect to Mr.Chsuies O'Flaherty. An
attempt was made to entrap him into a corroboration of the col-
dense of the informer; the result, however. was the very opposite
to that which was anticipated—instead of being corroborated, the
evidence of the informer was thereby extinguished; and we have
not the least doubt, but that the throwing out of the bills was
Ibaitly, if not altogether, attributable to this ill-judged pro-
ceeding.
The incautions and imprudent admission made by Mr. o•Fla-
berty on his examination at the police office, placed the proprietor
of this paper in a situation of tome difficulty. It was his duty to
report faithfully all public occurrences ; he was in no way mpon.
Mole for his reports, save to the proprietor. But it was not a part
of his duty to furnish to any other person matter for criminatiaa
against any individual whatsoever. On the table of a Court of
Justice every man is, of course, bound to state the truth as far as
he knows; had the bills been found against Mr. O'Connell, air.
('Flaherty would never have appeared to give evidence against
him, at whatever personal risk—were he to be fined and confined
slating the remainder of his life-time. Were he to be proclaimed
an outlaw he would never have come fot ward. Upon this his mind
was made up ; he looked upon it as the only rermation in his
power, for the error he had committed ; and we now mention the
tact to show how grossly the business of the Crown has been mis.
managed, when a reliance was placed upon evidence so to be ob.
seined as was that of Mr. o•Flaherty.
PROSECUTION OF THE REV. SIR HARCOURT
LEES, BART.
The proprietors of the Antidote newspaper have been applied to
by the Crown Solicitor, to give up the manuscript of a letter signed
Hiretall Lees," which appeared in that publication some days
ago, in order that the author might be prosecuted. In case of the
teanuncript not being given up, it was stated that the publishers
should be prosecu-ed.
This proceeding it wan which gave rise to the report in circu-
lation ot Sir Harcourt himself being to be prosecuted; which
report having reached the ears of the Reverend Grand Orange
Cha7lain, he wrote to the Crown Solicitor, to know how the fact
stood.
The Crown Solicitor replied, stating the steps that had been
taken for obtaining the .manuscript, and asking the Reverend
Baronet if he was prepared to avow himself the author, and meet
the consequences ?
The Reverend Grand Chaplain, in reply to the Crown Solicitor,
'atoned himself the author of the letter in question—he had no
objection to the mannseript being giscn up; and he defied the
whole of his Majesty's Counsel at Law to decypher two lines
of it.
We give these particulars on time authority of the Reverend
sad Worthy Baronet himself, and we can bear testimony to the
tact, that not even one line of his manuscript can be decyphered
unless he attends in person to read it for the Crown Solicitor.
Such of his manuscripts as we have published in the Morning
Port, be has read himself to our printer, to make them intel-
ligible.