The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-10-09 00:00:00

THE BRITI S liPRE S S.

LONDON,
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1819.

At a late hour last night we received Paris
Tapers of Tuesday, from which we hare oracle some
extracts :

PARIS, OCTOBER 5.

An important affair will shortly occupy the
Tribunals of Bourdeaux. M. Nognez his deposed,
that in the month of July last, M. le Bouteiller
offered him the situation of Lieutenant on board
the ship Atalanta, belonging to Messrs. Mieussens,
Bore, and Co. telling him ut the same time, that
the ship, on leaving the river, would attack every
t7ading vessel she encountered, of whatever nation,
preferring always those that traded with India.
because they were generally laden with specie.
Three ships of Bourdesux, which were preparing to
sail with rich cargoes, were marked out to be the
first attacked. Noguez says, that he accepted the
other for the purpose of frustrating this criminal
enteeprize, and, in pursuance of this intention, he
in a few days after communicated to the Commis-
sinner of the Navy all the details with which he was

acquainted.
On the sth of August M. Noguet was presented
to M. Roze. A meeting was appointed in a piddle
garden, when all the chiefs of the expedition assem-
bled. It was then determined that the dru/ania
was to be equipped ea corsuire, with all possible
diligence, for the purpose of sailing from the river,
in company with the Sophia. This ship was known
to contain a million of piastres. She was to be car-
ried in the night by boarding, and bring pillaged,
was to be sunk with every soul on board her.
The same principle was to be pursued in all their
subsequent enterprises, and when prudence required
them to return to France, they were to give a life
to the crew o►► a desert island, and murder all whose
discretion should he suspected.

Some persons have been arrested, but they en►
gage to refute victoriously all the allegations pre►

ferred against them.
The English merchants established at Batavia
have, in a solemn declaration, contradicted every
thing that was said in the official Gazette of that ,
colony, in an unofficial article, respecting the pre•
tended dissentious wetiveen these merchants and the
Dutch authorities.
The vintage has already commenced in several
departments, and will soon become general.
Every account promises a most abundant crop.
A letter from Rome states, that in the apace of
eleven days the lightning three times fell upon •
stone placed in front of the Swiss guards quarters,
at the Quirinal Palace. It is intended to open the
earth to ascertain the cause of this singular event.
The Countess of Gothland (Queen of Sweden)
has within a few days left Frankfort for the waters
of Pyrmsnt.
The Five per Cents. are 69 f. 40 c, Bank
Stock, 1,460 f.

The Requisition addressed to the High Sheriff
of Yorkshire, requesting him " to call • Meeting
of the Nobility. Gentry, Clergy, and Freeholders
of the County of York. for the purpose of
DEMANDING an Inquiry into the transactions which
have recently occurred at Manchesterw" will be seen
in the front of our Paper. The list of names
annexed to it comprises thine of NINE NOBLEMEN.
and of a hundred Commoners, eminent in tank
and wealth, possessed of those personal attributes
that command esteem, and distinguished by their
pure affection for the principles of our mixed
Constitution--and who that cousiders their high
characters, reflects upon the extent of their pro-
perty, and is capable of estimating those generous
sentiments that unite a love of liberty with respect
and veneration for the Sovereign, swim. DARE to say
that a meeting sanctioned by such names could
harbour • thought that savoured of disloyalty ?
We have fallen upon inauspicious times, and
doctrines now begin to be &milady pat forth at
which our more sensitive ancestors would have
startled with horror ; the laws of the country are
no longer admitted to be the guide of our conduct
or the estimate of our principles. It is the re•
preach of an English Parliament, that, at a time
when the nature of liberty was little understood, it
conceded that Royal Proclamations should have the
force of law ; but now, the country is to be bound
by the word, not of • King, but of a Minister.
our sentiments are to be regulated by his caprice,
we are taunted with sedition if we venture to ques-
tion his wisdom, or inquire upon what pretence or
authority several of our countrymen have been
mutilated and killed. This cry of disloyalty lISO,
we doubt not, exercised some influence; but the
appearance of the Requisition in York, DEMAND.
INC inquiry. must have the effect of disabusing the
public mind, and of leading it back to the con-
templation of those pure principles of government
which, iu their developeusesit. have givers to this
country a constitution that is at once our pride and
our protection.
The terms of this Requisition fully manifest the
principles upon which the meeting is to be held.
Eveots." observe the Requisitionists. " laving
recently occurred at Minichestcr, which mat ',clog
Molten° satisfactorily explained, appear to affect
important rights of the people, and essential prin.