The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-06-27 00:00:00

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of the 22d by the rerrk.r, thst be, was the 377th
person who hail validated the' tribune since the
openiag- the,dobdtaw upon the 'gadget..
The; Fife pet CS 019441. At 41301.4 99 ;
Baab Actioas, 1,68;,i1. 904, . .

The Bridge street Association hos irt.letigth sue.
ceeded is crushingaate tradesmen by the frequency
and weight of their prooecutions against him. A
Treasury Print exults' in this event, an 4 boldly
folkors the example of the Society by declaring
the individual guilty. TO apply such a term to a
man who has never been' put upon his trial before
a jury of his peers,. is, not only hazordous but
wholly unconstitutional; the successful party, how-
ever, may exult, for the victim is crushed, and, whe-
ther innocent or guilty, bet now suffers the worst con-
sequences that could have followed even ppon con-
viction.. The subjectreally addresses itself gravely
to the dispassionate consideration of all Englishmen,
for, as an example of what private malice or public
corruption might effeot against the welfare of any
obnoxious individual,tlsis occurrence appeals forci-
bly to our most serious apprehensiotts. Let the imp•
dividual alluded to be really guilty of every
offence imputed to him, let him have sold 'pam-
phlets of the most seditious chsracter, let him
even have proved himself an enesoy.to the, Pew-
cutlets of the Qtritzw, still- we would as', has
he been legally and constitutionally punished fur
his offences ? He suffers, untried, the penal conse-
quences• of guilt; lie has had- no opportunity of
proving, in the presence of his couotsy,, that he has
not been deserving of this absolute* ruin of his for-
tunes; no time has been allotted to him for repent-
ance, but lie is singled out for destruction at the
caprice of one or two of his fellow-subjects ; in-
dictments after indictments are levelled against
him by persons who screen themselves from
public view, and act wider no public respon-
sibility ; he might probably succeed in inducing
some of his friends to become sureties for his
good conduct upon one or even two indictments;
but the power of reiterating these attacks rests
with his enemies alone, and they being deterred
by no con.iderations such as may influence,the
legal Office►s of the Crown, can outstrip the zeal,
or exhaust the numbers of his friends, and he is at
length torn from his family and business and thrown
into prison, and his friends are punished for
their temerity in daring to assist him. Ruin
inevitably overtakes him long before he can
proceed to trial, so that even conviction can
bring no further. punishment, while the tardy
triumph of an acquittal offers him but poor con-
solation for 'his sufferings. Such a mode of pro-
ceeding cannot distinguish -between Innocence and
guilt, so that the fortunes of every publisher, news-
vender, or bookseller in the empire may be said• to
rest upon the caprice of this self-constituted so-
ciety. No private fortune can safely compete with
the accumulated subscriptions of some hundreds
of individuals, and, even if it could, shall it be
endured that the result, of many years. is( ho-
nest and laborious industry shall be forced into
so unfsir a competition,? These few remarks
oill probably suggest a train of similar reflec-
tions to the mind of every reader, and we
are satisfied that if the subject be fairly and eau.
didly considered, the existence of this self-consti-
tuted tribunal will be universally felt to be preg-
nant with dangers of the worst and most formidable
description.

A private letter from Alnico ceaminsiestes the
following intelligence:

" KINGSTON, JAWAICA, APRIL 24.

Yesterday a fellow was secured for attempting
an insurrection among the negroes. It was disco-
vered a few hours before it would have burst upon
us : the plan was simply to cut the throats of all the
whites, and declare themselves masters of the land.
I do not know whether it was well laid, as nothing
of moment has transpired. It was discovered by a
number of negroes, to whom the proposal was made,
who loved their overseer too well to join in a thing
of the kind. It took rise•in the mountains about a
do;en miles from us."

His %WesTY arrived is town last night, about
ten o'clock, from Ins Lode at Windsor:
Yesterday the Duke of YORK held a Levee at
his Office in the Horse Guards.

Bombay Papers to the middle of January, con-
tain a list of the different troops embarked on the
new expedition to the Persian Gulf, us follows :-
117 Officers, 1,265 European troops, 1,686 Native
troops, 1,611 followers. The ships were all on the
move, and some of them were below the Middle
Ground. It was supposed they would sail for
Muscat in the coarse of a few days. They will
proceed under the charge of the Company's cruiser
Vestal.
On Thursday evening a robbery of a very sin-
galar nature was committed'at Glasgow. A good-
looking young woman, of decent appearance,
called on a medical gentleman in College-street,
and detailed. with much apparent concern, the
symptoms of an affection in the atontach, under
which she had laboured for some time. She ap-
peared so well satisfied with the advice of the Gen-
tleman, that she expressed a wish, which she after-
wards repeated, that he would call at her house,
14. Tobago-street, and prescribe, according as the
effect of the regimen then recommended might
seem necessary to require. After her departure
he discovered that his watch, which he bad laid
down on the table, was gone ! He immediately
hurried away to No. 14, Tobago-street, but it is
almost unnecessary to add, that no such person re-
sided there.

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