The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-05-25 00:00:00

GENERAL ELECTION.

TO THE ELECTORS OF Iff ISTMINSTER.
Gana Lamm,
N"'' to the eonscioncnene of endeavouring
sir, erg', to wee rnt country. nothing Can be more
to mind than the puhl:e approbitien of my en
dyaemm Accept my g at-ful thanks.
At the ea tie time forgive me list feeling something like
&amt. ,4 any good to the country. whilst 1 we the regultr
es:iv-owe of corruption greatly em eeed all the eg,•cnses
sit, tor aiv war which we can be to•titied in othsamg ; hO-t
see att-in:as to delis& Vt. pu .lic initt4, by ewart nrively
'petty and .o‘.ll mFe,t soct oilier two what 1,., rioed Prr.l at•••st ;
tettak, those IA users the.uvelYes-. think it not .1.4 on oriole
In s. it! . en): oimmtunity eori,-hoic
out of the pcb oc *pod. by ally other 10,114$ nut teehogi
them Yerw.,te.,,,
Sc,o' sir •ten,i4 notion% of nub ie honour and honesty can
if r t no venal beneki to the politic, nor e m give us any
soilsole reiress Ti.e, appear to me to resemWe the notrm
of chastity eßtertained by th • prostitute, who bo!dl chalenged
any one to sasithit sit • even went nut of the regi.nent.
Arco dog to tionn. all within the regiment. all within the
R,.. reek, is honoui4hie and virtuou- ;awl they 111111,111 u, be
siacirriog, that th y 11.i+. as tuud a t ti• , by the Pei :4.,14 as
3,, y 01 tge pwple c. 1•1 11.1 Y,.. t., the Iftl is of their indu:try, we to
the :••4si•e or their an .egtoro; from which imlusug and
ft nn v. , n.henrance, be it remeniSeterl, sod f:orn them
at tn., tee It ,1 ir.elf take: every thing M., it has to
below the they poet...sit al incrl a tight to 3'l ei,,:h
gin en“tri•e t.. take (min us, as we have to the remainder till

(net •I too
Gentlemen, igine to 'tutee's's a gang of rolibms.
%hoe l tip tio•do c. oraceab.e and industrious inhabitants of
laeveral .Itroviistlinc mri•hes, Pnel ameeing amongst themselves
1• shoe e tlt.oh us -nett different i•roportiolit as the leader
'ref the gat,. shill apoutist to iaelt. From tune to time it will
haimen, that icsote t* Id or o-h./ ilitiOng.t them will purloin
• pats of rh, boo y, and c.;,• spprepnate to himself
more than ap Olnted share ; the I tnionttf is detened;
and the riot, o,.en mouths, exclaim -igaiiist the atrocity of
cheating :Ise reesnw emtv rr .810 ~f the leMl which th. y
acknowledg to lie ti. %You'd it iint odirulaus in them
pin to take al. pair such a diaputt ; and in
Loiduthemielve. into ..troog Da't'e for the 34.4'Uleri or trio Of -
towel ? k. liott la she thieves in common take all they can
lease. what tan to the oltatii!med people, who share the booty,
bow the. slur n, and In whit prOpott:nn..' Ought they nut
rather to chmir-y the volt, am' abolish the combioation ?
Such it my conreisiim tne different corrupt Wooers we
have poop, and ttoir a oui.t adherents. And unlem the Public,
with on united tut. e. vial! loudly pronounce the abolition clot
the sees/ or the ..i-ment system of corruption, I must still ten-
uous to d^-!rain 0; my country.
'fr.; Ge•alcirmr., by Oil. unparalleled Eleffirm, have loudly
protruuneet your aaatintetits. May your voice be echoed
shiogn
In the mt.,: time, though an individual is as nothing in the
teak, I 'eat! car ..v Mats ne your aentuneuts into the It lose of
Commons. Aod I inure you, that no rational rni..ivoiirs of
mute sail b, i•ru.tred, to resting to my conatryca- i the un-
.distufh.l erijoyment of the fair fruits of their 0.1•.‘t ; to
,•••t toe eecumei leaves of tuet seandahaus flail Beek ; and
twine na.:4 solo'. minds to the almost-firgotteo notivils of
.44 4Cr,1.711v.. LprilAte property, ought no lager to
.110. teeneferred in the legitimate pmatissors, by the corrupt
,011ette of nail awl mercenary combinations.
will to Cieutlemen, diontmeate:Tv faithful to the
*tercet• of m; e envy, and endeavour to prove niykalf your
eseloeempiesentat••*. Fit RIIRDETT

Mr. Watfeito ce'a Cominiite.itoom, tae- Load ti
Tivorrit. CheerSiale, Man VS, 15,4%
ri".-IE CO MMITTE E in LONDON fnr raisir.g
A a Iren•tlai Fend On aid of that n,.• in the
County of y.,,k), for the purpose of debartne the nee...sang
is•ful expcows or Mr. WILIitKPORCE'S E1.E(.710!4,
dia-itom informing the Public upon se.lat grounds Mr.
WA/Awe* time elands, what are the re. I cirtuntatanea which
pato!. an • opest to the public at lairs, and what am the
ywiott.d!es and erm'ustre tilTjett of the London Commit*.
ire the part it,ev have ta' frn,,reso!ve, that Mt. Wilber.
bCtrmee's .farlitsa to the Yotirmire blear*, which 34y-weal
in D. Yuri: erre:mitre, fog May 21, 1607, bt reermted m the
priftripal public
• Grshllbereas, tt May 20, 1207.
Tna emetitarits of my poment cirew -natant.' mailers it
onessory for me In addre.i. sou once more; and to lay before
lost, with the 111.1,41 stuiplierty and tannest, the Situation in
which 1 am placid.
" Alter having passed through various parts of our great
Corot!. and received ;chits,* ton those, which, fin want
Sr tins*, 1 could not vi,it its peescri. I have been 4-. tared that
• gram majority of the Freeholders is lairtrtnarl3 to my
wale; and I calmst bring myself in b-lisve, that the Fr...
L,:eloys aro cap Snc at br akin( their lurid on',
r*. Tr,. notwithara.td:iic the Sheilit'a having decided
Stet the show of loutdi seat ilk f&T.sOf Of the two other Calais.
dais*. 1 have thought it na demand 3 Po" ; most an'et,nnly
re...fErmiti tilt which 1 made in the Castle Yatd,
that went I mat f ',sly convinced 1b..: th't GOA. of the Fieeltold•
era M Gty tallow, I would not • id, I wit. n-t
say my a b,i, ea..., my !sly-mat:a, let the expense and
tromb :of a cororTat. 11. n. Gentlemen, though m tie as votes
meeencern,l, I loafs forward to the issue us trio contest enig-
ma tamav, yet 1 Sat frankly miff's. ymi, th.t I cannot
altogether bici.llllllol iny mind, alf.relierisions of allos.lier
suit. !two the extent of .for Caintf , and tire pr...
d.gions uurv. bar of the Fleitl3att,t. n i. •tb•ril!e‘f Cvt to itaY
the oxpetese of transport ng, m, t.,•, maiiner, all ..,y greet
waxy-et; ili /am, rft oft pray... Gr 11. man'.
A.f....50: Sou ort.l otoerve, that if the Frechol lets, who antral
li-th lon Mr. I.a cell, sort Loud g ve to- ea li ~,err
arond ante, emelt, as fa. as I Lill i .'ti, Ia lit. viltri!i dri °.
.1,1,0, my cape, St* of ilia."
PI an sari Int wl.r t. I cannon ender-
t • ew:gar ; 11..thi:lot clalLirs, Ini ~,, 14
-1 Will, enroirift stri,e? liar Howe of t:r.inilons of .1 'Amnion
IsIS,II Might sane t .ne to the Imstitaton of air.a•:i.ic ti render
Eve %ell m r.iii,nlent solnerstent to the re,tiratoto of my
fur tali :t. the kindness id man, of toy ft...n.! particular
e•tutodr bar film, iltcn to subs, Om I hail alnicor said too
liberally) tow..-ds my s .1.1•Ort Kitt (carom me, tientleinen,
It 1 apealt a tar mare r M. 1.11 e f art MOO be made, or
lite 1 MU*4 ll.e twit-,t will, • con.rilm.eri. n,,,jority
Ai. urn :.• 1,111. A COM, sti•r!y ..... IL, ti•en srod
y It !pine a at, r.l to Parliament; a e the ten.. of
the ~.h.u.;ty clear, you gme up the Impel of carding that
hae tater off•et, en ~.r.ofint of IMO ex Wile, is it tell much to
say lb .t the Itsi• ;ark Ih,, of Yorkshoe lint Ins eve, t Hut
the tent whiten Ss litot. veritaifed, allenn Wes 'Sent o. a • ri•atta
sown, won't! it.- "say to tho greet Court . If the Freeholders
t f rat.its w ul.l,,Totrtlante,each arc ailing to his means, tn.
,•• sac r i..g like indepoodenerr of the Coonty, sent per.
liaPa by corning to poll at *or own charge eititely ; °them
teem it in, raft •01111,•UpptIse, f.fMillit 3 local (rind, Of help-
ig to execute some plan fur cony- yirg the voters at a Cheap
,t.—..a mom w be required. But it it not fur in. now to
inter into detail ; I only stab to rapiers on y tint mind. the
raters aid the impor ante of the °Va....vs which call. fur your
eitent.e.s 1 only ark the MA of dose who twin,* that a treat
Ma;..rity the Fra,holJers is ff icifd'y to my cause; sod they,
I trial, v.:, have the discernment 1., e, and the spirit to feel,
that to a rf t a CO'llpArato,l, ,fll4lll,:i'sissity of Freeitol.! MI to
rhume iir rr,i,rnitron to the general len", wuu.d be
mu nog, the (...osilf) r•or, *Mtn tleireirJerice
rid ISA r.1.C,•51CV. I atll,Gtilllclllua. your ri4tiecd and faith.
rir Item- n•. rt W WILP.f.ILFOIII..E."
Slitacti:oims writ be racer ad at the Banking Hewes o-
Ste.sts. near Fl-err-tr••• 1: Allegan. item., lirrners,
a , Las. , v tstiet. tMewara. Storni, and
,:r, r•r,; - .tree!,bl..l
rnose ; M..l4ta I) Ilsofs,•
at.•l •, ; !laws, Smith mot Hon,
Email fir ..; %Imo,. Ransom, Mieland, and ;
; Man -to IL;Acieli and bevies,
141, Shand; Mr. IS..tt,•Ti.s grill, 4.1, Iken.itreet ; 114. P.4:14,4,
U.v.tsr tow' Loote, ; by time CsAlifisitStel Oft- eh lit
lady al :lie Neer L.-itdon it, Commack, form twe.•.:
awl at I h., I o.e far•rn. M. 111 Pres. alrert,
oh. in% • ‘nt,n t• ; and inn Ill* .1 .1,, t.;: asp.
*boat t.n,:a c.t.to.tt retail% o lst tit!' 1,461111. .(the Meat.
nit iv'.
State J 11.- ,cord 96), Thutaday, IMay 21. 140,
Nl• (V.l •e•Grce ltii4
Lo r•• ..1 .s •
Li Laaacc..r.s 11,84

LONDON,
MONDAY, M4T *5.

The M;nist••rs have asserted, that they dissolved
the Parliament to ',e, qn. to the sense of the peow
ple," and tlie pzcsple, and unsolicited. have
spontaneously retort:el Sir F:iati-.-11 Busoatr fur
the city of Westminster, t'r !tar N; jetty, of Par-
liament, and of the C •iir:s of cu.tice—the very
palace of the Constituti a.st r nor Laws and Liberties.
On Saturday M. SoLItIDAN wiled 75'S tots., and
were the cr.ntest tve 'Atte ! two days longer,
there is little doul.t but that Ise also would have
been vidotions. Indeed, nothing but the greatest
error and mismanagement (no part, however, of
which is to be imputed to him) could have pre-
vented his success; and at all events, it is by no
meaus certain that he will not be able to remove
Lord COCH a•st from his seat. Such hare been the
fruits of this recurrence to the sense of the people of
Westminster. Never was the voice of Eledors ex-
pressed more decidedly i s favour of a Candidate,
than was that of the Eleflors of Westminster in
favour of Mr. SHERMAN, from the moment his
deterns;nation to persevere in the co-nest became
generally known. To place him above the Minis-
terial Candidate, Mr. Et. f tory, his immediate ob-
Oa, two hundred votes wtre the great-st number
necessary on the last day, and yet, as we have al-
ready stated, he polled 75n, and such was the zeal of
his friends, that nearly 200 more, most of them of the
first families from the West-end of the town, attended
the Hustings, and were only prevented from giving
their votes, by the crowd Wore them, end the es.
surance of his agents. that they were not wanted.
Under these circumstances, then, we do not beitato
to pronounce the defeat of the Ministers, in the chy
of Westminster, decisive and complete. We know
that they feel it so, and the prints in their
employment are instructed to lside their mor-
tification. under the affected garb of indifference.
In obedience to these orders, they have accordingly
asserted, that no proper Candidate appeared upon
the Hustings, and that a general apathy prevailed in
consequence among the EleCtors of Westminster.—
For an answer to the charge of apathy, we refer the
reader to the numbers polled ; and for the chargc
of incompetence against the Candidates, they may
I look to the liame of EACH aao BRINILLY SlcaatDae.

But the whimsicality of their excuses, fur the defeat
of Ministers, does sot rest here. In a lively frolick
of fancy. they Ju out hesitate to assert. that Mi-
nisters are rsj .iced at the return of Sir Fa se-
cts BURDET T ; that it is the very chips they

wished d all others, as its Parliament they will
have him is harness, within their management and
controls', and consevently that he will be less an-
germs than when out of Parliament. Let them
look to his advertisement, in this Paper. and they
will see, anxious as they are to shut their eyes, that
Sir Fs /WLS BVItOEST is a performer of promi.-
And that lie is resolved to carry his notions of li-
berty to the utmost event of all his threats, ?to-
mi.es, and pt ofessims.

We have received D rrch Journals to ele 21st,
and Paris Papers to the 19th. The former mention
no event of importance, and the latter do not con-
tain any new Bulletin of military operations in Po-
Lind. Our private letters, however, notice the ar-
rival of an extraordinary MebsengEr at the Vague,
on the 20:h. with dispatches from the Grand Army.
fhey were immediately sent off t) King Lours,
who had a short time before set out for Brussels.

It was repotted that the dispatches consmunicased
the details of a general battle, but the substance of
them was not allrwed to transpire. A report of a
general battle was also in circulation in town on
Saturday. It was said to have commenced on the
fish, and to have lasted three days, when it ended
without any decisive result. The scene of anion
has not been stated, nor do we believe that there
was any foundation for the report, but the probabi-
lity of such an event.

The French agents hare caused the Speech of the
Arch-duke Palatine to the States of Hungary, at
their recent Diet, to be publibhtd in most of the
Continental prints, in order to shew the pacific sen.

tintents of the Austrian Government towards
France; and certainly this A Area, if faithfully
Riven, does not contain a sentence indicating a re-
newal of hostilities. The Speech is in Latin; it
alludes, in strong terms, to the unfortunate events
of the late war : 4, These events," he observes,
will prove to us more forcibly than the longest his-
tories, how greatly victories depend npon chance,
and the fate of Kings and people upon the atbitrary
will of the Conqueror. There is no peace, no de-
gree of public welfare to be depended on, if they
are not srcuted by forces capable of re.isting an
hostile attack. In this consists the fundamental
basis of each state ; from this emanate e=ternal se-
curity and internal prosperity; bat these forces
alone are net by any means sufficient, nor can they
subsist without a moral force, 'that is to say, a na-
tional charatter. We have among.' ourselves one
el di. must stoking examples, confirmed by a series
of ages.
,4 The courage nn.l virtues of our ancestors laid
the Ifound.,tim of our lib.q• y ; this liberty dietated
our constitution, and this constituti ,n rendered es
happy. It was by such means that Athens, Lace..
demonist. and Rome, attained their elevated rank
amongst nations.

" After having obtained peace through the eff,rts
of the best of Kings, we ought more than ever to
dires2 our attention to the injuries svaich h.ive been
eccasioncd by use late dreadful war, and the evils
which have resulted from it. Thus we have, of
Goo accord, met together in the Diet, to insure, as it
were, our very existence, as well as that of our peo-
ple, to maintain the honour of the crown, the pros-
perity of our country, and the safety of every thing
that we hold most thar. Great sacrifices will
dotibtkss be necessary ; but our anctstors, under
similar circumstanses, did not hesitate to make
greater. It would therefsne be a disgrace to have
it now said, 'the greatness of soul et the' Hunga.
rians, for the preservation of their King and Coun.
try, is vanished, and their conduit is palsied."

The ignorance of an article in the Ministerial
Papers of Tuesday really surprises us. ht. It as.
setts, that by Mr. PITT'S Bill of 1804. Catholics,
Mahometans, and Jews, might be promoted up to a
certain rank, but by Lord Howics's Bill, they
might have ewe rank. Now, we defy the writer of
that article to point out any restrittion i.i Mr. Parr's
Bill of 1204, as to rank ; and we assert, that under
that Bill, any Catholic, Mahumetan or Jew, pre.
added wily he wee set a Braub subject, nal, thfrOPe.
owed the ediegiessee, might have been pro-
moted to any military rank, commission, or appoint-
ment whatever. 2.11 y, The sane writer asserts.
that a Jew or a Turk must have acknowledged the
supremacy of the Keno, in a manner in which no
Jew or Mahometan can acknowledge it. before he
was qualified to hold any oflice, civil or military, in
Ireland, after the repeal of the Irish Test A& Now
we assett, that ass oath is now exacted in Ireland,
nnr has been exaded, since the repeal of the Test
Aft, to qualify a person to hold any office, civil or
military, high or low, in that ki•igdont, which the
religions opiaitans of a Mahometan or Jew, or in-
deed a member of any pereasion, the Roman Ca-
tholic only excepted, would compel him to rejea.
We refer those who doubt our statement to the
Statute Book, which containeetlse best end most
convincing refinAtion of moat of the cavils and ca-
lumnies, in which the partisans of our present

Mir:_try have dealt so largPly. All the
of this country know, by experience, that Mr p,
C6VAL la 5..01 tO .11 mi.takes; but the tango tl
Adopted, the st.ttem.nts m tie, and the etym.:,
advanced, by the partiz tot (3' the Ministry, airn,
lead us to douht, wrather there is a single man
Cabinet who can, by any possibility, unth
stand 4n Alb of Parliament. We have given thl
credit (or 'being mischietous in playing upon t
ignorance of the vuig tr ; but we begin heartily
lothere eta: they partake of it. As they derive NI
alvantage from the propagatk,,n dmn. a, it is fort
nate for them that they are so impregnated w
it themselves.

Miens ignorance is bli+s, 'ti. folly en be wise •
If su..h can be the fruit of profound ignorance,
are disposed to believe that this is the happlesr A,
mi%istrAtion ever yet formed is this country,

We have received American Papers to the 11.
ult. The final examination of Colonel Buas,v: •
took place in the Capitol, at Richmond. beEr: ;

Chief Justice of the United States. and in ill. it-
sence of an immense asvensblage of the citizens, L
terminated in the eying security. on the part of tl
gentleman, of 10,000 &Afars, to appear before tin
Federal Court at Richmond. on the 22J instant,
(last Friday). The charges made against Colonel
Buss, by the Attorney Int the United States, were
Ist. Fir setting ,nt fwd. and providing the mesa, for, an
on expedition against the ternaries of a nation at pen, with
the United States.

2.1. Fur cu. mting Treatort *pion the United States.

After the hearing of Counsel on both sides, Col.
Buss addressed the Court: he principally relied ol
his two former acquittals, and inquired wbether
there was probable cause to suppose him guilty,
when in Kentucky and the Mississippi :erri•or,,
where the greatest alarm; had been escited, the
civil tribunals had pronounced him innocent t

The Court refuted to insert in the ennrnitmtat
the charge of the freesna, leaving it to the A:tar-
ney of the United States to prefer an indiamvm
should he be furnished with the necessary se.,
mony.

The following regiments, in Smth America. are
about to receive Lirge reinforcements :—the 33t.,
40th, 45th. 87th, 88th, S9th ankt 93th.
.

Major Gen. C. Home is. it is said, to be t!•.:
new Inspector-General on the recruiting set vice.
The Bishop of Ezsrua is to be 'semiarid
Salisbury.
We barn with pleasure. that Government he
received advices of au agieeable nature from Ind I.
Stile* Rot Chantki, the Chicf of the imurgifou
the Nils. has tendered his subtl.i.siiso on the con,:ii
Lion only of receiving a pardon, which has twia
anted to him through the iwerceseion of finite..
His followers have, in consequence, for the semi
part, resumed to their homes.
A Treaty, highly advantageous to the
has been concluded between the Bombay Govern-
mint and the HAJAR of Bate; and such are already
the beneficial consirtrences of the 'Treaties esta•
blished with the Arabian Chief', that one of them,
RAMAII, lately restored to the English a large
quantify of clnt!..as..l other articles,which bad beet
plot:del:4 fi.,m different ships by the the pirates is
the Persian Gulph.
About three o'clock on Saturday, the
of ;iti guns. rigged *ith jury-masts and sails ben',
wat launched from Mr.Piairir'SDLlCk at htackwall.
She went off in grand style : the Lords o' the 4d•
rriralty and several of the Nobi!i:y were Fuca: os
the occasion.

We regret to learn that no doubt whatever raids
o►f the capture of the Seahorse frigate, ei Genoa, by
a French squadron. It will be recollected tl.a: she
sailed from England with a valusble convoyotad
money on board, to pay nur troops at Malta. ne
was on her return when the le!l in with ti.o envoy.

By a letter from Copenhagen, of the lath, ee
learn, that the Pavers. Dau,tlcss. and Cow/alai:
prams, and Mayer gen-brig, arrived at Etsiueuran
the 10th, and immediately sailed for the Baltic ;
Banett.t sloop of war followed the next day, and
the Barei,i and Flamer gun brigs, which arrived st
Elsincur on the 11th, wets to proceed to Dantsic is
a day or two.
The filing heard at Dover, in the direaisnof
Boulogne, on Thursday evening, which was sup•
posed to he a Jiu-dej4., for s.ime important Luocat.
.was occasioned by the Clyde frigate, (7 mrnadatc
Owth, running down the French coast from CAlts
to Boulogne, for the purpose of teconnoitrinm, what
she was saluted in passing by the chain of bltterirt.
The snag was mowed on Friday morning, sal
no (1404 proceeded from a similar CAW:.
The 2d battalion of the Mb regiment' ;4th. sed
21 battalion of the Pompadours, with consitleralat
detachments for all the reg•ments in India, will .
out with the nest fleet. 't he new Command, •
Chief at the Cape, with Brigadier•Ceeneral V
TH as ALL . and several Staff Officers, and Nero. •
for all the regiments at that station, will proceed
the same conveyance.
We are happy to find that no lives were lost •
the late riot at Leeds. The following accuion
that transaction is given in a private letter tro
that town, dated May 20th: •• About &a o'clotk,
a person walking down Briggate, with Mr. loo-
ted's'. card in his hat, was et:dent', assaulted
Mayor being near the spot, endeavoured to restul
him, when he also was greatly abused and hustie.•
Matters were now grown .o set i-tv, that the Cb•-t
Magistrate. as soon as he was estricatei tram the
hands cf the rioters, thought it necessary that 04
riot act should be read and the military ca1,••,1 oat.
Mayor rest the riot act himself, from t!!e But
and Mu-sth Ina, and the Inniskillen Dragoons vele
soon on horseback, and scoured the sire,... /Vat a
midnight. all was pert.--.lly quiet, and i AT ?In),
to say no lives were lost, and bus very few 441-.4
Mounded."