The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-12-21 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR.

A Reeortwu lately presented to th., French Minist
the Interior, by Messrs. Percy and Vsliquclin, reaps
the comparative nutriment contained in certain a:
and vegetable substances of which Report I °leen
extract in your Monday's Paper. It would appear fro,
experiments made by these gentlemen, of which I l.str
been so fortunate as to see any detail, that bread furnis
larger quantity of nutriment than animal food average
the proportion of so to 35 parts out of too. This cone]
is so contrary to the received theory on this subject,
when I tint read the account it excited in my mind eons
able surprise. The quantity of aliment %Inch any spool,
food contains has been, I believe, hitherto conceived to be
portioned to the quantity of blood which it prodeoes, (trek.,
the medium of the stomach and lacteal,. As animal Mod Pro,
daces the largest quantity of blood, it has been anderifno.!
to possess the property of nutrition in the highest de •
Hence those who make blood list are required to be splr.
in the use (Wardens' food, and In some cases to abstain fr
entirely. If any of your medical or scientifio reader, •
explain the principle on which the conclusions of the Fr
chemists were deduced, or in what manner the experic •.
were conducted, lie will oblige ono of your constant rm. •
who is neither Anatomist, Physician, nor

THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS-LORD
KENYON-AND THE NEW TIMES.

The Liberty of the Press! Unquestionably it stands
Ighest in value and in rank of all our privileges ;
sould ever its existence come into contest, we hope
e shall ever be found in the front of the battle. We
rm the same of every one of those rights which
ake up the great charter of English liberty. But
e adi, likewise, that should ever, which Goo for-
d ! a struggle for the preservation of the Crown and
se established orders of the State under that Gonsti-
ition which gave freedom to our fathers call us to
leir defence, we trust that, with the innate pride of
ritishloyalty,we should then also stand forth wjth the
ime alacrity, and push forward to the same foremost
ation. Therefore, and on this ground it is, that we
ve no wish to magnify dangers, or to" fear where no
ar is ;" and we may be permitted to say, that we see
cause to predict, frOni the deeision of the Commis-
voners of Bankruptcy in the matter of SToix6 LE; a
liar rapt, es-parte LORD KEN YO)T, any of those
fetal consequences to the LIBERTY OF THS Pans
which the ominous prophet of the New Tines would
lead the public to apprehend. LORD Kantor; is a
slaty benevolent and a very worthy man ; he has dab-
bled with Newspapers and has burnt his fingers. We
qre very sorry for it ; we think he, like many other
sufferers, deserved a better fate : —but the law must
L.,ke its course ; the law of partnership makes him
liable, and from its decision there lies no appeal. But
as for the Freedom of the Press, we are of opinion,
that the New Tines and the Courier, with the rest of
Are Thema, may go on defending the abuses of Go-
vernment and defaming their opponents with as much
safety u ever.

This alarmed Journalist puts forth his statement
thus :—" The facts of the case," says he, " u nearly
es we can collect them, were the following :

" About two yeers and a half ago, three persons (A. B. and
C.) established a Newspaper; a fourth (D.) advanced 19
Om the whole money necessary for that purpose, to Up
Sao unt ofilve thensams4 pews& D. was not to receive to Ms
lens use any pert of the profits of the concern, nor was be
bold out to any body ass partner, nor did he ever claim to be
considered as snob ; but A. B. and C. agreed, in consequence
of the advance be had made to the concern, that they would
be guided by bis opinions in the conduct of their Paper ; that
they would submit to his judgment in the allotment of the
shares of profit between them in proportion to their respective
labours ; that be should be at liberty to remove any one of
them for misconduct ; sod that if the profits shonid ea-
ed a certain sow, be should be authorized to direet the
stribution of the surplus among charities, and other sub-
•ects of a stipulated description ;—and upon this statemest of
fads, it would seem, the Commissioners held that D. was a
partner."

The learned lawyer of the New Times proceeds to
eater his protest against this decision, as destructive
of the Liberty of the Press, and the consequent security
of the civilized world. "If such," says be, "be the
judgment of the Commissioners, we do not hesitate
t•. say that the law ought immediately to be altered."
" Impeder is his owa opinion,
To Lawyers sad the law's dominion 1"
He does not deem, for an instant, that the lasemay

Tossibly be right, and himself wrong ; but wherever
their conceptions don't square, he is for sending the
jurisprudence to the right-about.
• Now, we really think, that, upon this writer's own
ihewing, if any circumstances in the above statement
can constitute D. (meaning the aforesaid LORD KEY-
DN) a partner, here is enough evidence to pronounce
him so. For how stands the fact ? D. furnishes all
the capital, not only to set the newspaper concern
afloat, but to keep it going. A. B. and C. were to pro-
mulgate his opinions, not their own ; he reserved the
entire disposal of the profits of the concern ; he was
to apportion those profits among his three coadjutors
he might think proper ; he retained the power of
41,arnissiug them for misconduct ; and if the gains
exceeded a certain sum, he was at liberty to apply
Ilia surplus to charitable uses, " and other subjects of
stipulated description." Now if here is not an
iitterest, and an interference in the disposition of the
prOts of the concern sufficient to make D. a partner,
we know not what is required to constitute a partner-
ship. But let us attend to the supposed cases which
ship most learned Theban produces by way of illustra-
tion. .4 Suppose," says he, " two bankers in the city
acre to agree that all the profits of their bank, above
t.n thousand a year, should be paid to the Bishop of
radon, to be distributed among poor clergymen,
mld this be such an interest as to make the Bishop
partner ? Or suppose they were to agree to consult
C LORD MAYOR, and to be always guided by his
Nice in the employment of their funds, would that
Ake the LORD MAYOR a partner ?" Really, a writer
mean bring forward either of these suppositions as a
, .srallel case, must possess so slender an allowance of
intellect, that to press hard upon him would be down,
right malevolence. Let us for a moment imagine the
oi,iestiou to be, whether A. against whom there is the
:,trongest circumstantial evidence that he received
•i,e goods of B. knowing them to be stolen, is guilty
felony as a receiver of stolen goods ? " If the
iw is so," says some such analogical reasoner
this Journalist of the New Timcs—" if the
I iw is so, we do not hesitate to say that it ought im-
mediately to be altered ; for suppose the case of two
ckpockets in the city privately agreeing that all the
nount of their nocturnal depredations beyond a cer-
in sum shall be sent to the Bishop of London, to be
;plied to charitable purposes, and they enclose it in
n anonymous letter accordingly, would this be such
receiving of stolen goods as would subject the
B•shop to transportation as an accessary? Or sup-
rose, as strangers, they were to consult the Lord
Mayor, being a banker, where they should best place
.eir money for security, and he was to advise them
,• invest it in his bank, would that make him liable
be indicted as a receiver of the stolen property,
t d convicted as a felon!'
An individual who can reason thus is never diffi.
nt of his own capacity, because he bas not sense
()ugh to perceive his own want of it.
In order to make his casts at>J assimilate: In the

rst, the Bishop of Londcin should not merely be the
chosen almoner of the Iwo city bankers, to the extent
of ten thousand a year, but the Right Reverend
Father should have advanced the whole of the trading
capital ; the firm should be subjected to the control
of his guidance in the government of the banking
concern ; they should submit to his discretion, as to
the apportionment of the profits ; he should be at li-
berty to dismiss any one of them from any share in the
management, whenever, in his opinion, they miscon-
ducted it; and if the emoluments exceeded a given
amount, he should be at liberty to dispose of this sur-
plusage to pious uses, " and upon other subjects of a
stipulated description." So, in the other case, the
Right Worshipful the MAYOR must take the UM
lead, and the whole transactions of the concern and
the profits of it must be in like manner placed under
Ibis uncontrolled and uncontrollable direction and au-
perintendence. But to strip the case in gueition of all

its circumstances, and then to reproduce it as a case
in point, even the Ministerial readers of the New
Times, accustomed, as they must be, to trick and
imbecility, must bolt at such a shallow attempt upon
them as this.

The alarmist of the New Times affects to be in
utter dismay at the decision which affirms LORD
KENYON'S liability as a partner. "A more deadly
blow," he declares, "was never struck at the sound,
rational, and beneficial liberty of the Press." Indeed I
We would recommend to this terrified scribe to take
some cooling medicine, and to read the Six Aces--
the former to abate his feverishness, the latter to
refresh his memory.