The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-05-29 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

NOTICES OF NOTIONS FON WEDNESD IY, JUNE '2.
Sir George Warrender, Navy FAimatiii fin Committee
of Slimily). Mr. Chaniel!or of the EN(loquer, Irish Trea.
miry Bilk, Unprovided Exit r Rills, mull Sinking Fend
on Exchequer Rills (in Committee or Supply ) Mr. Ruhert
Ward, Ordnance &timing' (in Conindifre of Supply )
Mr. Chutes Grant, Bills fur lievilatiui Feet in the (Unit
of Chancery, and in the kiNclu time Chunilicr in Ireland.
Mr. Charles Grant, Resolutions on K.awnplinn of Cash
l'itymeniu by the Bank of Ireland. Mr. Richard Nlartiiii,
Charge against Baum Al'Clelland, fur Breach id his Judicial
Duty.

WIDENS OF TILE DAY FOR WEDNESD AY, JUNE 2.
Silk Manufacture Bill; second reading. ;tlenai Bridge,
kr. Bill; Committee. Cloirehts in Scotland Bill; Com-
mittee. Cli :k of the Peace (Irobad) Bill; third errultitg.
Bankrupt Acts Amendment BIN further consideration of
Report. Public:ma Licenses Bill; Committee. Church Be.
artier% Bill ; f'ommitree. Church Bali w (Ireland) l ill ;
Committee. S uu Winks (Scotland) Bull; third
Supply; Commillie. Mail Conch Contracts (Ireland) Bull;
se I leading. Parishioners Evidence Bill; second read.
tog. Ju tiers of the Peace (Irrknouri Bill;
Bankrupt IR.:elation Bill; Committee. Still Fines (Iri -
I Bill; ai fund Contagious thipt.,l%(ll (Ireland)
Bill; fuetbee cuusidcrarion of Brtoil. Menai Bridge Ex-
penditure : Cummillte thereupon. Bank Cash Puynicuits

11.1 E, S Ft S,

LONDON,
SATURDAY. MAY 29, 1819.

Our columns contain some interesting documents
respecting South America. Among these an art'.
cle, dated Freernaii's-court, the 46th instant, de-
serves particular notice. It is a statement of the
grounds against the Foreign Enlistment Bill, now
before the House of Commons, agreed upon at
public Meeting in the City on the lid.—The
Meeting consisted of Merchants mid Ship Owner.,
whose views have been directed towards an inter-
course with Spanish America. The opinions of such
men see entitled to every fl spret, initl their ta-
p Obit; of this important case will go far to
en-
lighten the minds of those less cin.versant w;tli a
subject that involves not only the commercial in-
terest of the country, but its character fur guns!
faith, honour, and love of liberty all user the world.

There were tome fluctuations in the F9ntle yes-
Imlay. Since the decision of the too Iluusts of
Pat'lament on the Reports of their respective Com-
mittees, thee hove vitewsi is tendency to rise—lint
we do tot expect any thing decisive until an-
nouncement of the Loan.

We have received Pali, Rivers of 'Nevilay Lat.
The Five per Ctuni. are 67 f. 15 c.—f•rnk Stuck
1,512 r. so C. The following are t

PAM., letY 25.

Madame the Countess Jules ale Patient hnx died at Saint
Maur, near Paris, aged twat!), yews. This lady be-
longed to one of the must ancient and opulent families
Scotland. She was suited not more than Iwo years to Mr
Noble sponse, wheal she sunk under a chionic disease. She
has left one sou, now the only hope of an illti.trioits
faintly.
In the Chamber of Peers yesterday the projet de le relating
to this prosecution and sentence of crimes committed by way
of the press, was after SOON dilCll‘llloll ise.iiptell, 133 Mem-
bers having voted for It, and 34 against it. The ehasnlo r
then adjourned to the following day, when it is to hefte the
Report on the pro?' de Int relative to the journals and pe-
riodical writing•, mall to discuss the projel tla lot rsistiug
to the transit of colonial commodities by way of Alsace.

In the Chanstn r of Deputies, the downs,ion was resumed
on the law relating to the accounts of 1818, when the law
WAS dnallf ailnptrol by 182 spinet 11. The ihveussion on
the projet do loi relative to the expenses ef 1819, was revols.
ell to be opened to•asorrow.
NIDNID, NAY 14.

Mr. Forsyth, the new Minister from thy Ciestrel States to
•ur Court, has arrived here from Cadiz, au the puce of Mr.

Fur some time all our papers display a allocable sterility.
They are filled with old Ilispatiebes from !Ili %ice., which Mier
no interest. The preparations fur the expedition to Ame-
rica advasice insensibly; and sinthing ollicial has been as
yr t published respeciing the King's marriage. Thr general
Edict of the Holy Office, rropectisig prohibited books, ap.
leered neither olio year our the year precediug. This
was usually ribboned during F.sairr.

A Dutch Mail has arrived, with Piper' to the
26th inetant. The Swedes beast of the respect
pled to their flag in the Mediterranean, by the Bee.
harry States. They have very little eatt-e to be
proud of this distinction. They condescend to pay
tribute to these pirates.—Nunterons petitions have
br..esi preferred to the King of SPAIN in favour of
the Spanish exiles now iu France, Eligland, and
other conntriee; but they are not likely to prove
succusbful. The exiles have sinned beynntl for-
giveness. Toe). have been proved by in'ereepted
correspondence to be the friends of the Invitrgents
in Soot!, America. The time of the departure
of the wend exi.edition from Cadiz, for that
qua. r, was not iiKt 11 Ou the nth isoo.lot. Two
thy:son:4 Were, liowertv, ri:!O-Cirli to $4ll Arkrlly ;
one for Liai,t, with .I,t;th) troop., the other with
10 rriuloree (iem-F.31 Moat hho. An arti-
cle dated Bro•sels, the ,21st 11.1. the
arrival of accounts flow Ciiracur, allich state, that
the I)4sies have coo-roteel to receive into their porta
the tes-els of ts;tr i t loogiog to the itoleitergleote,
and have perniittA tltrm in Pell their prizes there.

We lately tinticed the fears entert3ii,...tl fur the
Print...so Charlotte .14innies pack.-t. it watt pre-
sumed that elle had I rrII taken by pirate.. That
war u.t her pree:,e Cite: but Mi.. Int% berm isttroriti-
trAtr. The has becto lu.t ; but the ertw,
posseuger!., and the siwrie (a) 'ward, vitt:tilt alum
'0,(160 dollars, have ISP. n saved. The Jula ticulprs
are given in our

We think it right 141 i!-aw the otention of the
public to is circumstance which o.'erri reel in a case
tried at the 0141 Bliley nu Tionsitay hot, which
V/1111 reported to our Iltriwr yesterday, and which, in
our opinion, ought trot to [rigs Iltsito teed. A Ppm
was indicted for sre.4lilig some nropert.r, rind it was
thought oree:•siit, to ',nog St to 6 er hr wee ern-
deuce against him. The poor womaa, from %trot%
lettings of natural affection, .refused to answer any
questions tending to critnioato her brother. The
Lea' lit tl Judge oil the Bench, J leo ice BA LEY,
for whom we entertain tut ut:fLigned re-pect,

ISO .4014 the woterts ou the duty she nista to so-
ciety. but she persisted iu her refo!%.ll. rimming
emphatically—" 3.1 y Lord, Cie laismorr is soy
hro-
ther; I know nothing about daty lo ,i,ciety, but
I can never bring my Cisll,Ciri.er to g. ev.tlence
against met own flesh mid blood, I never should be
happy itlier if I did." 'roe Judge, Ins.t err, did
not admit the nu fliciessey of this ex, we, and ordered
the usirtottinote womait to be committed to nrisosi,
where she had been previously coutioe.l idi.ce the
last Sessions for the tame offes,Ce :sgatio4 the audio-
rosy of the Court. We are aware that bootless
and sisters are, by the commorn law, admitted to
give evidence for and against each other, hut we
trust the pliblic will feel with its, that there may
be great inhumanity in ctaillielliatt: a i err to Ile-
pose to tircurnstasices coming to her 4ssowledge
from the unreserved coclidteice of tionic.llc habits.
nhicti Islay lead to the execution of mcch-lovell
brother. If such a violence were fasted to the
feelings of individuals, what Nolte of mental
tramp:Wily could they ever I:fit r lupe to en-
voy ? If borne down or eurri.est by the tors
ful apraraisce of a Court of I.sw, a bro-
ther or sister should be ihilocell to give their
testimony, roust slot the prosols tos acting ever
look uposs snits ass action as a floc,' batb.ir.ots noir-
dr r ? But if no ragerd he paid to the feelings or
the trampillity of mind of au todialo,y
some cousiderathos is slue to the paltry ,:r s. e,ty.
The 1.1%, of E-•gl 1,141 Irfeyri,lm a hobbit's:l
or wife buil: giving testimony lor or against rat it
tither, atoteeslly ill otinatenatice of Ilse lr ~l lictinr,
which snppn•cs iiti.hil.ll Mid u' Ile to c.,,eoitiste or r
hialy—et tilliet rcie irstis pi• prat, eqa).A.
But the rule, tutu lit deer wherce originating, is scoe
VOliSillrfell one of humanity awl policy ; for the
law will not invade the sacred coofultio-e that is
supposed to subsist between a nom sod the partner
ul Ins I•••som—it will not plume a auy within the

to take silvan, age of domestic font-
liarity —it will not coontenance treachery, where
there onatiot Ire reserve. Is the snit it of this prin-
ciple oteserveil, g 4 lien an attempt is mule to sever
the strongest links or human nature, to marshal
kindred against kindred, to make n sister the in-
rument of the ignominious death of * brother, to
du•roy those tine feelings that give to life its
sweeteNt cilium, and to ►ociety its surest strength?
Let any loan who thinks differently, when the
abstract ptincil.le is stated, fancy himself itt
soch a Ottution—lct him in imagination picture
11 c brother or sistrr with whom, in the hours
of int.uceasce and childhood, lie was accustom-

ed to associate, urraigited at the liar as a crimi-
nal, and life and (loath depending on his silence—
let him eolisider that this valuable secret, now
sought to be extorted, was acquired in the full con.
!Weiler that no reset was firers:guy iii his presence
—would lie, in such case, for the wealth of worlds,
hiing down iglu) .. it by and lief/unction upon one
who hind always looked to him as his best pro-
tector ? A parent and child might, in like um-
tier, he ti gutted to take early the life of either,
and might, for refu►ing to comiuit so revolt-
ing an action, he punished ;:t the unrestrained
rEscretion of a Judge ! It. Ilections may flow
from this too painful lu endue., We sin.
cerely hope that the core of this poor woman
(Ltat.le is her statue) will not be suffered to rest
here. We should prefer, however, to any ulterior
procreditigs, that the learned Judge who thought
proper to punish the woman for being too true to
the best and kindliest fat liiigs of our nature, would
suffer his own humanity to throw off the weight of
legal lore that oppre►ses it, and acknowledge the
force of her simple appeal. Such • proceeding
would he consistent with the spirit of our law, anti
with the policy of our institutions ; for certainly it
would he better that one guilty tuan should escape,
than that domestic confidence ►hould be destroyed,
the ties of kindred burst, and society be shaken by
the sacrifice of every good and generous feeling that
car. animate the bn.nlll.

On Thursday next the l'ultscit Iteaswg i,
expected to hotel at Lever at Colton Howse, at
two o'rlock.

Extract from a latter from a British 'Officer,
114441 Ans-CaypN St. Domingo, Nlirch 10. 11419

" More than two soothe We 'laved singe we sailed
from the Donut, and I kis* sot been it nsatiseut•ont of
to etch or :writ,. IVe hate the 'shot Pawky tremolo
Irons the other side, and we anticipate the most beilliaGt
stu•ct.:s. The Ipkigenin. friCnte; pat in here a few
days ago, and her people tree as she moat 42ittring hopes
of the 11,1111 of our ineditated attack nes New Grenada. It
is said that there is out low thin five million of tseavoire at
Portobello. The ase,chants applied to .54. Home P.'••ham
for a .iy to cosset y it hence, which the gallant Admiral
sant.. d, satuty. lie would Lave nothing to do with tither
party. The Governor of Csztbageoa us now here. He says
we shall he received with open arms. Certain it is, that
there is scarcely arty force to defrost it w
By a letter from A. Ate utiADE. F.sq. Vice-
(:instil for Porttival, Brazil, and Algaires, to the
tircretury at Lloyd's, it sppear4 that an Edict has
beret issued by the Boaid of X'oinmerce at Lisbon,
dated Atli instant, stating that convoy will he given
until the enisionvccement of Joly to all ships that
may oc.ed, and he ready to avail -themselves of it,
for the ports of Pria, nitnuhuni, Pernambuco,
Bahia, slid Bio Janeiro.. The period allowed for
reporting such iiiitntion to the Board is to the end
of the present usontli, a hen a list will be prepared
by the said Board, is ostler that 11.. con►oying
alkips of war may Ire rtgolated at•cordiugly.

We understood th.tt biromx ogoinot
the Bill for preventing the enlistment of British
*iiltiects w the service of Foreign Stater, without
the permission of their owii Government. tire how
prep:mug by corrrmercial bodies in sieverul of the
Dart 10M119. es 1,6'16 likely to affect trills to o se-
rious resent.

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THE PRINCE. REGPNT'S (wire.

it.e.iterilny, at 11'IPt. k, rhr pn!NrE
I''III +, Court at, C.l.itva r. 1:: t Zr.
tended

The Arclihishop of Cantrr!nsiy, ilti•
the C tttttt rd, Lord iv) al, the (Ai slice of thc
Exchequer, the Secretary of Slate for the Cidaii,l 11 pot
'Tient, Earl Matliraitre, the Lord Chamberlain,
the nrinertiohlt the Ttensurer of
the Secretary of S.att.. for Ireland, the Judge
„:;,,
'Ube PRINCE ItI:GUNT held u Privy
its;;11:11 fittANT, E4l. 111.1 ti,ctriitiv tl
Stale for Ireland, was introduced
form, tied sworn to ti Membtr, runt to 1,14 ,rat at
the Bonn! accordingly.

Nlr. BULLER lsit;Zfecl as Cie? k rdf tl:4- Conell.
E irl ul I)iiLAWARIL and the II c. Coioatt
STANIIOPE were the Lord and Growl' In long.
The I 4 del Of lIARROWSY had au litidit•.: al !ha
PIIINCF: RiGENT.

Mr. BEckerr. tie Judge Advocair, hid 1„.f„,„.
big Itooyal flightless the proceeding-a of ,to!it,t
Nlarlial, Hood took lois
upon The Court did not Li) titt ki„M.
lout tix o'clock.