The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-08-12 00:00:00

THE Burnsn MESS.

cumstances on which I think I must grant the costs of the
petition." Thus the Loan CHANCELLOR am enough in
the conduct of the plaintiffs to induce him to set aside their
father's will, and to take the Wad:. out of their keeping.
If this judgment was right, it was proper for the Editor of
the Birmingham Journal to do all in his power to procure
the passing of it. It is clear that the Journalist had no other
design but either to accomplish some object of this kind
(for be had no private malice), or to testify his detestation
of inhumanity in general, which, in the eyes of the law,
and of all men, is considered praiseworthy. if he
had only stated those facts which induced the LORD
Cuawcattoa to award the costs of the petition against
the brothers SMITH, who resisted, it is clear, that even in
the view of persons most hostile to the Press, there could
not have been the least shadow of accusation against them.
The general fact of wrong treatment is admitted, and even
supposing the defendants to have invented the parts in
which the statement had been "inflamed,' it still re-
mained to be proved that they were so "inflamed" with
malicious intent. The general fact of ill-treatment was suffi-
cient; for if no man is to be allowed to state any thing of
which he is not quite sure, no crime can ever be brought
to punishment. It is wrong to suppose that the Press is
the only vehicle for publication. A man who talks to
another on any subject, publishes that subject in the eye of
' the law just as effectaially as he who prints it in a news-
paper. The argument on this subject goes to prove that
no one ought ever, in any way, to blame the conduct of
another. The innumerable individuals who talked on this
subject at the time, are all of them equally liable to pros-a
cution with the Editors of the Journal; nay, thongh
Lawyers have got a prescriptive right to say what they
please, the principle cannot be easily turned aside from its
application to them.

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CITY, FRIDAY EVENING
Reports have been very plentiful again to-day ; among the
most prominent of which were, Mr. C A NNING'S immediate
departure for Pads; news from India, by a ship arrived
at Bordeaux, of a disastrous nature, detailing the total
annihilation of the British Army by the Burmese ; and
lastly, that Sir SIDNEY SMITH had had an interview with
his French MAJzsw, on the subject of a command, to be
intrusted to the former, for the purpose of watching the
operations of Lord Coc it RA NE in Greece. It is tolerably
certain that no credit whatever attaches to these inventions ;
but Consuls continued tb decline in the course of the
morning. This was, however, rather to be attributed to
very large sales by a public accountant, than to any re-
liance upon the information in question. The lowest price
they reached was 781 ; immediately after the period of that
quotation, a celebrated bracr came into the market and
purchased a large amount at 743—the same Gentleman
who made such considerable sales a day or two back, at 791.
At the close of the market, Consols had regained 78;,, at
which price there were buyers.
The Foreign Market has not displayed much business.
Mexican declined during the day to 491, and finally
closed at 501. Colombian, upon the whole, went down
A per cent., closing at 33. Russian Stock has regained the
quotation of 81. Spanish Bonds are at 101, and Greek re-

main at 13.
In Shares the little that has been done is at lower prices,
Brazil having declined to 15, and Tlalpuxahua to 35.
The Colonial Market has been rather heavy and at
prices a shade lower, while Mark-lane shows an advance of
one shilling per quarter on best Wheat. Barley also is a
trifle higher. The prices of other grain remain stationary.
The only alteration in the Exchanges are those of Lisbon
and Oporto, which arc a shade higher.
Theto!lowing is a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's, at
Genoa, dated Aug. 1:
" With our shipping list or the 14th June last, we communicated
the arrival of a Sardinian vessel, at the Lazaretto of Varigoano, in
the Gulf of stpezzia, wli,eh had the plagueon board. We now learn
from the public papers that this vessel, named Nostra Signora de
Loretto, with a cargo of olive oil, which she took in at Candia,
and nailed from thence on the 30th April, with a crew of thirteen
hands--that eight of them were taken ill of the plague, seven of
whom died of this dreadful distirder, besides one of the guards who
attended as nurse on the sick. But by means of the stn:t precau-
tionary measures which h•we been adopted on this occasion, such
as scuttling the vessel and keeping her under water for a consider-
able time, burning every thing belonging to the crew and other
susceptible articles, &c. &c , it will be radically extirpated."

The Lord Chancellor has nearly recovered from the at
tack of the gout in his hand, which his Lordship was af-
flicted with in the beginning of the present week. The
Countess of Eldon was much better yesterday. Sir M.
Tierney attends her Ladyship daily.
Despatches were sent off yesterday from the Office of the
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, to Lord Granville, our
Minister at Paris. Despatches were also sent, by the
way of Gottenburgh, to the British Ambassador at St.
Petersburgh.
We hear that the Governor and' Company of the Bank
of England have now finally resolved to establish a Branch
Bank in Leeds. Upon the expediency of this measure
there exists a variety of opinions—by some it is held to be su-
perfluous and even injurious, as no advances will be made to
the customers of the bank, and as it will introduce a system
of banking unknown to this part of the country ; by others
it is said, that the competition in banking concerns tints
introduced, like ether commercial competition, will be ad-
vantageous, that discounts will be facilitated, and that
money will become more plentiful. rdy both parties in this
controversy the measure is spoken of with doubt. At
Gloucester, little or no business has yet been done with the
new branch hank.
The implacable Quotidienne is frightened at the arrival
of Joseph Bonaparte at Brussels. It does not dare to
I express all it feels on this subject, but it thinks it may ask
1" if it be very proper. for one, against whom European
rilifi)isAMPßWiltiejjatutlt this time to the gates of
catitraostesisakts is Chateau a palaie, 'of his bowe-
-1 hold a court, and of his friends and the discontented, sub-
jects." "Ifelititik we can reply to the anticipated accusa-
tion of the Quotidirnne, that the French Government has
nothing to fear from all that it may suppose to exist in con-
nexion with the Ex-King of Spain. The Bonapartists
ate dead in France. The Charter has killed them. Sup-
, posing, even, that be, who chained all Europe, could at
once burst from his tomb, cross the sea, and come again
;to menace our frontiers, he would be reelved with the
moat profound indifference, or, at least, he would only ex-
cite that curiosity which follows whatever was once power-
' ful and exalted. Peace has taught nations that happiness
is not always the fruit of glory. Napoleon has found as
miters in the new generation ; without disparaging his
genius, it abhors his despotism. Bonaparte might be
afraid of seeing the Princes of the House of Bourbon ap-
proach France; but the latter, on the contrary, can see
themselves surrounded with the family of their former
1 enemy, without having anything to fear, because the
Bourbons form a dynasty, while Bonapurte could esta-
blish but an individuality. St. Helena has devoured its
prey, and the name of him who alarmed Kings belongs
I henceforth but to poetry and to ltiaory.—Pilote.
Letters from Rome, of July 21, state that the Signor
Baruni one of the most distinguished disciples of the
Immortal Canova, with a view to honour the memory of
his master, has just finished, at his own expense, a co-
lossal marble bust of the great artist ; and this monument
of pious gratitude has been placed in the Hall of the Ca-
pitol, betwixt the figures of Michael Angelo and Raphael.
The parties whose absurd and profligate elopement has
made so much noise amen;; the gossipping tabbies,. are said
to have taken up their temporary abode at Popham-lane,
an obscure place intl./col Winchester and Basingstoke.
The great uncle of the gallant Capt sin formerly represented
the borough of Devises in Parliament, and to the memory
of whom a small monument is erected in the parish church
of St. Mary's, in this town.—Deei;:es (s'azdte.