The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-04-13 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
FRIDAY. Aram 13.

We congratulate the Public on the restoration of
perfect tranquillity in this Metropolis.

We have given, in another part of oar paper, a
sketch of Mr. AVtannata's celvl)ratad areal on
the late debate upo.a the Expeditioa that:l4.64ldt.

In consequence of the attack mode by Mr. Yorke
and Mr. Windham. upon the respectability of New-
papers, and all person. connected with the% and

rata ezpreAiion of a similar import, viltkli fell from
Mr. Tierney, the gentlemen eniplu3ed to report
s
the debates in the House of Commons for the
Newspapers, have entered into an agreement to
take no uutice whatever of these three Gentlemen, in
their reports of Parliamuntary debate. We have re-
ceived many complaims upon this subject, against
thi, suppression and dereliction of the duty of a
Newspaper to the public, who expect from it a
true mewe of the proceedings of their Representa-
tives in Parliament, without favour, prejudice, or
partiality. The following, which we received yes-
terday, affords a tolerable idea of the species of ar-
gument and expostulation with whiih we have been
assailed :

TO THE EDITOR OP' Tilt POTSII.

thin—ln your Paper of this morning, the Leading Article
refers to a very interesting speech of Mr. iVioilham, on the
osi'neet of Sir F. Bartlett, from with-tiro* liner made
• ire,: in the report of the same debate, in your Paper
• • •••}.'.d ay, although it occupies, the greater part of your
r 4e woe. Wieditri se is wt amitiened.
I nun severe that, its the rep art of the /[bates is confided to
Where, you are nut so immediately responsible fur their
ennisoion, art meaty of your readers may he disposed to think ;
neeeetheess, it is worth your consideration, bow far the
public has a right to expect an impartial report haw those
who looks+ to report at all It may he a matter of little
import to Mr Yorke, Ma. Windham, or Mr. Tierney, whe-
ther their speeches .11. r painted or out, but it is otherwise, as
respects the politic. The opinion of persons who have held
real slaty of are of itepartenee is be known, when
cereal iu Parliament ; especially when in reply to, and pod.
sably in roofettotion of, other speakers, whose speeches obtain
place in the reports of the day. The reports arc otherwise

I ant owed those who dunk Nr. Yorke and Mr Windham
Wig, to blame, for enforcing the @lauding under of the House,
hat I tlook the reporters rotten) to blame, in testifying t►eir
spleen at the expeuwe of the pubic A persistaarc w thus
(contort, eau only teed to close the gallery doors upou the
most important dircessistas;/ and 1 triton that such a
maiusre is in ecniteraplatiots. The repot trts are under-
stood to be, for the most past, hbeially educated—let them
act Ihetally. let the emtiliirt of M... Yorke, Mr Wind-
ham, and Mr Tierney, be openly and directly atticked,nith
all the pilot of argument; but let them out club their petw,
when such iit octillion, •hose talents and expel Min e must be
admitted, arts.. to speak in nohow:ht. The public have a
Chaim to a true report.

I trust, Sir, you impartially will *link this sulJrms M year
PP"- I ma, Sir, you is,
Apra 14 lAin. ON E OF THE PUBLIC.

We do confess. that ao apology is due to the
public from the to•iduetors of newspapers, for the
om•ssion couittlai :tl of in their Pistriatnentart
R, ports. For ourselves, particularly. we wish to
dire l r citisidetory explanation, such omission
bi lite not only against ours ill, but aviiist the in-
terest~ of the concerti. That Gentlenorti, upon
whom so mu, II abuse has been heaped, should feel
indignant, and lir disinclined to put themselves in
the priw,-r of men, who have declar, d so nitwit con-
tempt for their characte►s and their persons, is
ival to expect .1.10 still we do sii.pect, that other
interests and feelings ire blended in the husineati,
besides those of the Gentlemen employed to re-
port the Debates in Parliament. In the Session
before the list, when the &Wes, from the im-
portant', and variety of subj►cts, became very 11-av
in Pailieiseut, some of the Newspapers, wit., li are
di.,tilitte of public spirt md principle. or only
affect View for seli•h purposes, attempted to suii-
press. in a greet measure, the speeches in Parlia-
ment. To &instil:a to th• m, they felt would only
abridge their profits, by uiving to debate these co-
lumns which could be tame lucratively devo:ed to

AdirettiseineubL TIIK BOITISIf Pais,, the
mo-
tarot it was apprise,' of this mot sir system, com-
pletely destroyed i• ; for the fact if one Paper
doe► Us duty, the rest are obliged, iu their own de-
fence, to attample ; but, for the seine rea-
son, it derived netbenefit from'etie-proof of-its ener-
gy and spirit ; and. what is more, ►ome of the most
active in promoting the aborts- hml thy impudence
to arrogate to themselves the. merit of having abo-
lished it.--Here then we have a contrariety of in-
te cAs and wishes on the subject between the N t•W!4
INS 'wry themselves some, among whom we class our-
safe. the first, anxious to du justice to Parham. ntary
D.•I• It e; and of here, sorry that any such thing exi►tel,
thini. mg they would be richer and move comfortable
without it. But this is a very narrow view of the suh-
krt. Mi ;lister* must know, that in talents they labour
tinier a most degrading inferiority ; that in ■rgu-
nrrnt they have not a leg to stand upon. To ooli-
tic.... their, the publication of Parlienientary De-
t,ll, As was done by their miserable agent, Mr
li",•ike„ the new Teller of the Ey.che quer, in the
rase of the Welchem' loiptiry, or to rob them, a.
i• now attempted. of that character of truth and
ini .arriality which they have hitherto memtamed,
mast be a most grateful and destralde triumph
to Nlinisters. This nee attempt of de ii,ion
and 'imposture, affu►ds, in fact, the best chance
of their salvation ; for if the Dr bate• in Parliament
rut be suppressed, or so given as to have no authen-
tic character, Mr. Perceval may pass for as great
e:a Orator and Statesman as the great Lo►d
Chatham. Here tlien we have the Ministerial
and all who influence them, ready to
the new %y awns of proscription egainst
!gr. Windlrem aml Mr. Tiertrey.—To try the
I...mired of this quoin ttttt it might be sufficient
t.• cell upon the Ministerial Papers to pro-
rkri*,- two of the leadrog Members of Ailinisist
es abet off against Mr. Tierney end Mr. Windham ;
bir that is a ease not v,ry likely to occur. Having.
awe stated two causes, strongly operative to the

present general dereliction of the duty of the
Public Press, we have the pleasure of being able
to add, and to promise, that, so far as concerns THE
Bet rue l'imss, we feel confident in our ability to
maintain the character of indepeiriPcce, spirit, and
impartiality, to which it has eser aspired. The
Gentlemen immediately connected with the esti-
blishniest are determined not to give Mr. Wind-
ham's Of Mr. Tierney's speeches ; but there are other
means, as may be seen in another part of our pa-
per, of procuring reports of the speeches of those
proscribed persons, and we still always feel it our
duty to insert them. r

From the Paris Pap.is of the 7th instant,
we learn, that on the third day after their mar-
riage, BONAPARTE and his Imperial Bride it-
ceived the congratulations of the Senate upon
the happy occabion, in the usual style of ful-
some adulation.=:t appears by a dispatch front
the Governor of Madrid, that King Jost:rti was
making the tour of the provinces contiguous to An-
dalmia. lie made his formal entry into Grenada
on the iti h lilt. The dispatch also mentions, that
tit the late hurricane in the bay of Cadiz. two Bri•
ti,lt ships of th.r. line, which went on shore, were
taken po.ession of by the French.

rie Princess Charlotte packet is arrived at Fal-
mouth, with a Mail frAnu Lithon; which place
Irft uu the 2d inst. The Mail it not yet arrived in
town.

We have received New-Yolk papers to the 14th
lest. The amendments made ou Mr. Mactie's
Bill, by the Senate, were rejected ill the House
of Representatives, and it is to begin its course
again, de novo. It will probably drag on without
coming to a conclusion before the arrival of the dis-
patche., lively sent from England.
By information front a Getitleurin just arrived
from Flame, we hear that a cnriou• iiiiestioa was
apt ussell by a :Vomit of Bishops 011 the occioion of
the meeting between BONAPARTS nod the Atedrian
Princess, at the town of Compiegne, on the river
Oise. 45 milts north-east of Paris. It ant inquired
Of these ('relates, s-sembled in the Eecleicastical
.Court, if it were lawful, that NAPOLEON HIM MA..
NIA•LOU1411. who had been married by prosy at
Vienua. could. cousistent with the Chrism.° law,
'deep beneath the same canopy ? After a -hurl con-
sultation of these Episcopal Doctors, permission
was given, and, we are told. that the religions
'temples of the Imperial Maiden were by these ye-
tierrhlt: Patriarchs icippily removed.

Y.s•erdar, u C.,urt of Directors WAS bekl at the
Emit India House, when--

Jacob Rusithquet, Esq. I Thomas Reed, E.q.
.IhArph ('01104., Esq. Robert l'hurnioa, Emu
F.dirani I'ar►y, Esq. Richard T ' g, Lo.q.
elected Directors for four years—tool• their oaths
and their seats.

WILLIAM ASTMLL. Rlld JACOB BOSAMMUET,
Rpm were wisanim,usly chosen Cliairinuti and
Deputy Cheirmon, for the year eustuire.
The following Commaod•-re took their flout
leave of the Court, previous to departing for their
respective dooinitrioria. VIZ.--

Captain Yining, Lord Eldon, (Sr !tinder' and Uutittary.
Captain Cuu, Carinartliro, for ktrisnbay.
Captain Mayne, Nada*, fur Bengal.
Tile Court adjourned, at tour' o'clocka till this
day. •
The Court of Directors of the East India Com-
pany have appointed Sir Gemini:it HILARO BAR-
LOW, Ilart. K.B. Governor of Marine.; I..ivivenani-
General Ste SAMURL Ancumule. Commumler-io-
Chief and Second in Council; THOMAS OAKES,
Esq. Third; awl JAll6il HENRY C•IAMAJoIt,
Fourth in Council. They have al o appointed
Mitwav Baowas. Esq. President of the Select
Committee of Stipmeargoes, at Caution ; son JOHN
FULLARTON ELIMINATORS and WILLIAM PARRY,
Emirs. Members of tRe aid Committee.
Mr. Mar gums. who is going over IR MOll4ll
to negociate a cartel for the exchange of prisoners..
has not yet ..ailed.—A veb‘el is waiting at Ply.
mouth to convey him.
We hear than the 42d or Royal Highlanders. are
recovering of the Walchereu fever at Canterbury;
as are the 91d or Gordon Highlanders in their
neighbourhood. The 91st or Rerthshme High-
landers are in the same neighbourhood, but they
recover more slowly.
Last week, the 21st Regiment or Stitch Fuzileers
marched into quarters at Southampton.
Accausits hat.' been received of the safe arrival
at Lisbon of the 311 Battalion (or Colonel Hay'.)
of the Scotch Royals. and of the lith Light bra.
goons. 'These two corps were to relieve the Ist, or
Royal heavy Dragoons, and the 74th Highlanders,
who were to march flow Lisbon to join the arm) in
the tiehl.

Further reinforcements are to be ►ent out to Lord
Wrt.worots's army. The Hussar Brigade and
some limey Dragowis are mentioned among other
corns.

Alost of the Wsleheren regiments are to be sent
nut to Malta, (iiihraltar, and the Army in ttleilyonid
the re:conienis in these stations will be sent to our
anui.s to Spam and Portugal.
'[hr 2.1 Battalion of thr 14th Regimeot. the 1.1
atttalioN ot the 234 Regiment. and die id liatlAhust
of the Oil, have milled for Malta.

The 75111 lirannet,t, now is Nartisoo at Alder.
dero, have sot their route tor the North of Ireland ;
and it w stud the regisnerit will he replaced by the
2.1 Battalion of the lath, from Perth.
The City Marshals addressed a note to Mr.
Goootee. requesting his attendance before the
Court of et:derinen, at Guildhall, ois Wednevday. to
Rive evidence on the subject of B.rtat.t.'s melan-
choly ease. The porport ofhis evidence wee, that Mr.
&matt was a perfect Granger to him. and during
the tumult which took place in Fenchnech-street,
on the retire of the 1111$101, escorting Sir F. DWI-
Prrr to the Tower.)ert took shelter in his shop. at
the 4.or.wr of Mile:9omm. At the time 1E111'41.1.
reveieed the wound, he was standing sear to the
threstiutd of the door. and ass neither hiwing. hoot-
ing. our provoking the soldiery in any way what-
ever ;the sob hod all disir.ried in dilferent direc-
tions, and there were acereely two persons together.
No tri..l of any public interest took place, yeast.
day, at the Old Bailey.