The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-05-21 00:00:00

LON DON,
MONDAY, MAY 21, ISM

Paris Papers of Wednesday and Thursday last
have arrived at our Office. They are occupied
very much with the details of the examivatioli of
witnesses and the argomri►ts of Counsel in the
trial before the Chamber of Peers of the persons
who are accused of having conspired against the
life of the Kinks on the 19th of August last. The
statements of the witnesses iii this case are singularly
u teresting, and indeed there seems to have been
no very sufficieut cause for imputing a design
against the KING'S life to the persons accused.
The AUied Emperors toe said in an article of
intelligence from Vienna, elated the 6th of this
month, to have determined upon soon leaving Lays
bach. They were expected at Vienna about the
Nth or 13th. The Emperor of Russi♦ did not
purpose to remain more than four-and-twenty
hours in the Austrian capital, being desirous of re-
turning as quickly as possible to his own states. A
letter from Rome says, that a courier extraordinary
had arrived in that city on the 4th, to summon
Baron VINCSIIT and Count POZZO DI Bosco to
attend upon their respective Sovereigns without
delay at Laybach. The summons wag of course
obeyed instantly. The good people of Vienna
flatter themselves with the hope of a visit from our
Sovereign duriug tl►e ensuing summer. Flow many
more countries w►ll contend for the honour of this
intended visit ?
In our extracts will be found some curious spe-
cimens of the 'sowing.- iii which the GRAND
SIGNOR addresses his Turkish subjects upon the
subject of what is called the Greek insurrection.—
His Highness reproaches the Greeks with habitual
perfidy, and commands Lis Turks to throw aside
the enjoyments of social life. and resume the mi-
litary habits which in the spring time of their
glory distinguished the champions of the Crescent.
In a second address the Turks are ceneured for
their remissness in the discharge of their duty, and
fur their censorious habits towards each other, and
are told that the present c►rcumstances of the
empire are far more alarming than any former
abniger, for that the existence of their religion is
now at stake. A publ:e declaration of this nature
!thews either that the insurrection in the Christ►an
provinces is very form►dable, or that the Sublime
Porte is deficient in moral courage. All Turks are
reiterate' to procure arms and hor►ea. The cruelty of
the Government has been so excessive that nume-
rous families of the Greeks have fled fron► COM.
stantiuople. Now, though the Government attic('

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The agritulturista are beginning to lank anxi-
ously for the Report of the Agricultural Coin,
mince, hoping that some device will be therein
suggested for alleviating the distress which tin-.
doubtedly prevails very generally among them.
The Committee has now been sitting fur a consider-
able length of time, and have pursued the inquiry
submitted to them with greet industry and ex-
emplary pet-generative; but the deeires of the agri-
cultural body are not in their nature capable of
bring gratified to the expect that is contemplated ;
the exertious of the Committee must, therefore,
inevitably fail in attaining the object proposed by
their deliberations. Ire the mean time there are,
as we understand, constant applications made
to die Ministera, urging them importunately
to do something to woe the agriculture of
the country; and threats have even in some in-
stances been offered, that if the Government
should hesitate in acceding to the desires of tlie
agriculturists, the Minister' shall no longer
receive the support of that body, who have hitherto
been their staunch adherents. The something now
requited by the agriculturists is that the prices of
corn shall be raised. and the only means suggested
for effecting this purpose is to impose further diffi-
culties upun the importation of foreign corn.—
Much is said about altering the mode of striking
the averages, and it has been intimated in Parlia-
ment that Ireland shall be deprived of the benefits
she now enjoy, of a free exportation of her pro-
duce to Great Britain. But no alteration in the
laws now affecting the importation of curls, no
changes in the mode of striking the averages, can
possibly have the power of raising the price of
grain throughout the country. A considerable
length of time has now elapsed since the ports were
open for the free admissiou of foreign corn, so that
whatever quantity may then have been imported
has since most probably been consumed ; yet we
find that not only dots the prier of this find article
of necessity remain below what the farmers call a
remunerating price, hut that it has even recently
experienced a further fall. This, in our opinion,
thews very clearly that the power of Parliament is
not sufficient to maintain corn at a high price, when
other circumstanced, of a nature purely domestic,
are silently operating to counteract its exertions.—
There are soineaseticles of constant necessity or use
which laws ate incapable of controlling ; among
these are principally to be counted provisions, and
the precious metals that constitute the medium of
universal barter. With these, statesmen have at all
periods been foolishly meddling, but by a species
of political retribution the ill effects of every re-
striction upon their natural freedom uniformly re-
coil upon the heads of these olicions legislators.
This country has not yet recovered from the con-
sequences of the Bank restriction, and each of the
two attempts that have been made to return to a
sound metallic currency has been marked by a
popular ferment little short of actual insurrection.
Next to the currency of a country, whatever con-
emotes the primary article of food exercises the
most extensive influence upon the general state
of society. Bread-corn is in England the principal
article of necessity, and it is therefore used among
us with perhaps greater iwnpriety than the precious
metals to measure the value of labour. The prices
of oilier articles, therefore, may be governed by a
secret reference to bread-corn, but the price of
bread-corn itself cats never be controlled by laws
in opposititiou to the influence of other cause.,

The Government rteam packet., called the Light-
ning alai Meteor, which are intended to convey the
mails from llolyliead to Dublin. put into Ports-
mouth on Friday, from the River, with foal wind.,
4111(1 brilrfl again on Saturday night.
On Thursday the Seringapainnt. Captain S.
WARREN. sailed for Plymouth; the burveyitlg-
veesPl Strap, for Newfoundland ; the Redpole and
Catnelenn, on cruises. Remain at SpitlieAd Active
tiled Redwing.
Owing to, the deprevved vtate of trade. sevPral
Newfoundland veostls are lying idle in Poole
harlmur.

The Ma►tin *loop. 20 guns, was launched from
Portsmouth dock-yard on Friday. The Ito3e, of
lA, guns, will be launched irow the saute slip the
Ist of ntxt mouth.

'Flee Troya (Venue), Swedish frigate, 48 guns,
Lieut.-Colonel Count CRONSTEEDT, Captain, ar-
rived at Portvinouth ou Sunday from Havre, having
I wiled there the luggage of the Swedish Ambassa-
dor to the Court of France, from Sweden. Her
object in vieiting that port is curiosity only ; she
will return in ■ few days to Havre. Permission
having been given to the Officers to see the Dock-
yard, they bad that graification on Thursday. The
Troya has • great number of supernumerary of&
errs on board, for the purpose of practice. The
First and Second Captains (the latter kids the
rank and title of Maki') have been entertained by
our Naval and Military Commanders-in-Chief (Sir
JAMES HAWKINS WHITSHED and Sir GEORGIC
CooKe), since their arrival.
Friday and Saturday abort twenty sail of out-
ward-brand merchantmen, which pot into Porta-
mouth with cositraty winds, proceeded on their re-
spective voyages. The ship Tuscan, bound to the
South Sees, was among them, having oil board the
Rev. DANIEL TTERIIIAN (late of Newport, Isle of
Wight), GEORGE BENNET. Esq. or Shrfil,ld, and
missionaries, who are about to visit Oiabeite, &e.
us ■ Deputation from the London Missionary So-
ciety.
The Liffey frigate, Captain the Hon. HENRY
Duwe*n, which roiled from Spithead with sealed
orders, on the gBth uttimo, arrived at Lisbon on
the 4th instant.

Yesterday seienight, about three o'clock iu the
afternoon, during a storm, a quantity of electric fluid
eutc-red a farm-house, the property of the Member
for Reading, Mr. LociiiisKT, at Crandons, user
Noah Manton, Buck., and did considerable
chimse to the roof of the house and chimneys; it
burst through the dairy wall, several of the stows
of which were found at the distance of clearly sixty
yards. The inmates of the house, to the number
of nine, who were sitting round the fire, most pro-
videntially escaped uninjured ; they felt considtr-
able alarm, and described the body of tire to be
about the size of the face of a clock.

A Mr. TRIOG, 49 ye;irs of axe, the proprietor
of large landed property at Royston, for some
time paid his addre,ses to s young lady in the
neighbourhood, at first with eve ry prospect of suc-
cess; but she received hint latterly with great cool-
ness, and finally snit ham letters discarding him
altogether. On Sunday week he invited a potty to
dine with him, and the meal was scarcely finished,
when he went up stair., and not returning, his
friends went in search of him, and lie was at length
found iu • piece of water, with his heed immersed
in the mud, and his legs in en uptight position,
quite dead. Verdict—lnsanity.

Lady Hampden gives a ►out this roasting, at her house is
Green street, Groavenor-square.
The Countess of Jersey gives • rout t►is evening, at her
house in Berkeley-square.
Mrs. Beaumont gives a rout this tenting, at her house lu
Poi tmais-square.
Lady George Hugest gives a ball to-siorrow evening.. at
her house in Norfolk-street.

Mn.. Garnier gives a mat lo•neurrow evening, at her
house in Albemarle-street.

Burl Verdian' entertains a distinguished party to-morrow,
at his house is Grosvenor square.
The Marchioness of Salisbury gives a splendid rout on
Wdncsdy, at her house in Arlington... Feet.
The Earl and Countess of Arran will have a party ou
Wednesday, at their house is Dover-street.
The Countess of St. Germaine gives a splendid ball and
anoprr on Thursday, at her house in St. J•roes's-square.
Lads Smith gives her arm rout for the season on Thurs-
day, at her house in Piccadilly.
Mrs. Caswell gives m rout ou Frieay at her house in Chan-
dor.str eet, Cavendish-square.
The Marchioneas of Londonderry will have • fashionable
party on Saturday after the opera at her house M St. James'.-
square.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Lanedown gave an ele-
gant entertainment on Saturday to Count mod Countes Lie-
yen, the Duke of Devonshire, the Ambassador of the Nether-
lands, Earl slid Countess Morley, Lord Minh), Lady
GwOir, Ste. at LAnadown House, Berkeley-square.
Lord Crewe has issued cards of invitati.w for an enter-
tainment on the 18th instead at his house is Grosvenor-
street.

Mrs. Howard gives a concert on the With instant at bar
!muse in Grosvenor-square.

The Marquis of Buckingham entertained a distinguished
party yesterday al his house in Psll•mall.
Sir Welkin and Lady Harriet Well. Wynn had a dinner
party on Saturday at their house in St. Janies's.square,
among whom were the Marquis of Buckingham, Mr. and
Mrs. lYms. Wynn, Mr. and Mrs Cholmondeley.
Earl ■ud Countess Grey entertained yesterday the Earl
and Countess of Sefton, the Ladies Molyneux, and a large
party, at their house is Savilte.row.
The Archbishop of York will entertain the Directors of
the Ancient Music with a grand diaper on Wedneaday, at
Iris house in Grosvenor-square.

SATURDAY.-.Outiiiiii; Lettere et Mr. Penn's, New-street,
Spring-garde.; it three o'clock.

Yesterday Divine Service was performed at the
Palace, in Pall-moll, by the Rev F. W.
BLostacat). Clerk of the Closet.

His MAJESTY, we understand. has signified hi:
intention of honouring the Duke of DEVONSHISt:
with his company at dinner on Friday nexi,
Devons!nre House.

Her AJ &STY dined yesterday, for the fist lop ,
Kt her house in town, and returned in the ,ng
to Brandenburgh House.

Saturday Prince LEOPOLD attended, by Sir Rn-
lERT GARDIN[R, lett town for Claremont.
The Duke of CLARENCE and the Prince,.
AUGUSTA attended Divine Service yeaterday 1...
the Chapel Royal.
Vesteulay the Duchess of CLAautlt
Minor service at the Royal German Clispel, rut
heard a Sermon by the Rev, Dr. Kur
,i,lit'e.datethritelaypiuheehDukt slid
rasot.
KgNOcTutsh:o u(
her tßasErNic.tg,
in Kensington Palace.,
The Duchess of GLOUCRETED. the Prince.,
AUGUSTA. and the Princess SONSIA. iiPiltd It
Duke •Int Duchess of CLARINUS yesterday.
The Duchess of GLOUCISTER and the Princfstr
AUGUSTA took an airing together in a ein!"o
)esterdry,