The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-08-05 00:00:00

of May, and the greatest put of June. bac been, for the last
fortnight, warm, with frequent rains, which promises a good
harvest.
The importation of foreign gonds is considerable, but the demand
:s rot in due proponion; wither is the exportation of Russian
goods particularly great.
CrINISTIANIA..II:LY 19.
The Storthing has now resolved to order she payment of 60,090
species Jolla's, as the contribution of Norway towants the expenses
of tic journey and marriage of the Crowe Niece. It hos likewise
resolved to continue the payment of the 6a,tsm and:l2,ooo species
dollars to the King and Crown Prince respectively ; and 24.6110
.neoet dollars is the sum fixed for the household of his Royal
Highness as Viceroy.
rxcnAxGEA.

fIA mntr wan, Ju I.Y 16.—L*041011, 3t; 5). ; tenN months. 36 2i.
p • . mum. JULY W.—London. 9 16442.
LE:7'llO, JULY t6.—L.341d." MU 11:0:101a, 6 16i ; Berlin,
three months, 6 22.

When we yesterday stated that the ruin of our Wvst I
India colonies was going on as well as their enemies could
wish, we thought it not unlikely that we might hear, from
time to time, of fresh revolts among the slaves in the dif-
ferent islands, but we had uo conception that we should
hsve proof in a few hours that revolt was not partial, but
general throughout our settletnents in these quarters.
It will be seen in another part of our paper, that a con-
spiracy has been providentially discovered in Jamaica, and
earnest as every hope must be that the mischief will pro-
ceed no further, there is yet great ground of alarm ; for the
seeds of sedition have been so thickly sown, that at this
moment no European in the West Indies can lay his head
on his pillow in the certainty that his throat will not be cut
before morning. We hope that the abolitionists are now
satisflai.

The Morekg Herall quotes the following from the
Dmlplin Star : _ .

"A poor humble man, named Halloran, residing near Lough.
sea, in the neighbourhood of Kilcrist, being in a state of lunacy,
his relatives were persuaded by their confessor that be was pos-
sessed of a devil. In such an exigency no time was to be lust;
and as the Holy Father who had made the discovery was a cele-
brated exorcist, he was immediately employed to dispossess the
demoniac of his troublesome spiritual tenant. Having, therefore,
procured a sufficient quantity of strong spirits for the occasion, hi:'
Reverence commenced his exorcisms by taking a potion, to pre-
pare him the better for the spiritual warfare in which he was :thou:
to engage. The demoniac was then stretched on a bed, in the p-c..
senee of his mother and several spectators, who insisted in the
operation. After opening his mouth by means of a gng, the exor-
cist forced a large spoon down the unfortunate man's throat, for time
purpose of bringing. up, as he said, the demon ; but, instead of
bringing out a spirit, he pulled the tongue out of the lunatic's
mouth, In consequence of which he Panned shortly after ! !
Why was this horrible transaction passed over without inves.
tigetion ? Why was there nut an inquest held on the body ? Per-
haps it may be said the fdfleiatine priest was insane. To this I
answer in the negative ; for after undergoing the trifling puidsh-
ment of three months suspension from his duty, to which he was
sentenced by his superiors, he was restored to his clerical situation.
and is now invested with full authority to perform all his spiritual
:unctions. PHILALETHES.
•
letughree, July 14.
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Now this is obviously a fabrication, for one of two things
must have taken place; either the tongue must have been
cnt out by the roots by means of the sharp edges of the
spoon, or it must have been torn out by the roots by the
force applied.

Nov if the correspondent of the Dublin Star can produce
a spoon, silver, pewter, or horn, that will cut through a
beef steak, he may then draw upon our credulity with
some hope that we may honour his draft.
As to pulling the tongue out by the roots, any man at
all acquainted with the animal economy knows that such a
feat is out of the question. The muscular fibre, when
called into action, is the most powerful in proportion to its
thickness of any known in nature. We have seen, and
every one that has attended an hospital can attest, that
when a joint is dislocated a force of ten times, at least, the
power of the patient is often employed in vain to reduce it.
The whole statement then must be looked upon us tale
invented to bring contempt on the Catholic clergy of Ire-
land, and to swell the cry against that body, raised by the
ravings of the unfortunate maniac who some time ago killed
a man in the delusion that he was possessed.
Is the editor of the DI:BLIN STAR, we would ask, pre-
pared to vouch for the veracity of his Correspondent PIIILA•
LE r tiLS. Ile ought to be sufficiently enured, ex-qfficiu, to
" the busy bum of tnen " to make his paper the vehicle of
such a base and barefaced fabrication. This " poor hum-
ble man, named Ilalloran," is stated to be " residing near
Loughrca." We would suggest to hint to inquire " lune
near," as there could have been no difficulty in fixing the'
precise place, in which this marvellous affair took place,
more especially if the patient was a lunatic, as a person
of this dangerous description must be pretty well known
in his neighbourhood. Ilia relatives, moreover, must have
been at least as mad as himelf, to suffer themselves to be
persuaded by ti.. it conkuur, that their brother or cousin,
or in whatever class of consanguity he stood, was" possessed
of a Devil." " Perhaps," says the relator, "it may be said,
the officiating priest was insane." If, peradventure, he
bad given us tbe name of this efficiating priest, it might have
assisted our inquiries on this head ! If, asks here stated, he
was " u celebrated exorcist," this might easily have been
done, had there been a syllable of truth in the statement.
But PUILALLTIILS proceeds to ask very gravely, " Why
was this horrible transaction passed over without inves-
tigation? Why was not an inquest held on the body ?"
We will tell him why not: because there was no such
transactbne to investigate, and because there was no body
upon which to call an inquest. When 'l'ilburina, in the
CRITIC, describes " the Pope-consecrated fleet of Spain "
as advancing to our shores, and is running on with—
'
I see—l see—what soon you'll see—"
the father, the worthy Governor, very discreetly throws in
ti doubt both as to her sight and her sanity—

Gov—Hold, daughter! Pace!
This love hath tuned thy brain ;
The Spanish fleet thou eau'st not see—because
11 is sot yet is sight !
W., would recommend this solution of the difficulty to
Philalt.thes and the Dublin Editor. They are neither cre-
dulous enough themselves to be imposed upon by such a fa-
brication, and they are therefore the more culpable in at-
tempting to impose it on the public.

Yesterday morning the Duchess of Kent, accompanied
by the Princesses Vittoria and Feodor, attended by Capt.
Conroy and other attendants, left town for Ilamsgate. The
Riyal party btopped to diuc with the Earl and Countess of
Darnley, and afterwards proceeded on their way to
Rains;.:ate, where there had been a house taken fur the re-
ception of her Royal Highness.
Prince Leopold arrived at Claremont on Monday night
from Bushy Park.
Kerb anti Countess Eatlitre and family left town on
Monday for their seat iii Gloucestetshire.
Mr. Secretary Canning remained on a visit to the Earl
of Liverpool yesterday, at his seat at Coombe Wood, Surrey.
Private letters from Paris, of the 2d instant, mention
that the Earl of llarrowhy, who arrived in that capital
en Saturday last, had Been received by the King, in a
private audience on Sunday, in the moat flattering
manner.

On Tuesday morning the Chancellor of the Exchequer
came to town from Charlton, Kent, and after transacting
business at the Treasury, returned in die evening.
Yesterday Emily, Marchioness of Londonderry, gave
a grand entertainmtnt at her scat in North Cray, Kent, to
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lady Frances Robinson,
and a niimeroul party.
The lion. Frederick Lamb, we understand, is ap-
pointed Ambassador to the Court of Madrid.

It was reported in the city yevterday that Lord Beres-
ford had arrived from Lisbon ; and that he is the bearer of
i.nportaot despatches fur this Goremmeut.