The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-12-30 00:00:00

the KING, and the Srninos of Ow Legislative
Climbers.

It would appear from the " private letter." tat
the Duke of RICHELIEU has found some difficuVy
in forming a new administration—those individuals
whoa► he nominated, and who are of the liberal, or,
us we believe it might be called, the democratic
rirty, declining to accept of office unless on the
express condition of the immediate abrogation of
the Election and Recruiting Laws. This part of the
rumour is so absurd, that it throws discredit upon
all that accompanies it. These laws, no matter how
impolitic or unpopular they may be, were enacted
by the Legislative Body, ■nd by the same power
alone can they he repealed. It is absurd then to say
that men, aware of this circumstance, had refused to

enter into office, unless the KING were to hold out a
promise of having these offensive laws removed, as
if the KING alone hod the menns of stispendiog or
altering their provisions; nor from the Addresses
presented to the litNG by the Chambers, can we
believe that the repeal of there laws is generally de-
sired by the respective Members. The Election
Law is not even alluded to in either Address, and
the Recruiting Law is indirectly approved of by the
Peers, as a means of creating the army which they
declare to be so necessary, while both the Peers and
Deputies assert, that the provisions of the law have
been rwreived in the several departments with ready
submission and loyalty. It is vain, however, to
speculate upon the probability of an event, which,
perhaps, a few hours will satisfactorily determine.

Yesterday bf-iog the day to which Parliament
was prorogued by the Royal writ, there was a
Meeting, pro forma, of both Houses, to hear the
writ read for a further prorogation, The Commis-
Nioners on this occasion were, the LORD CHANCUL-
LOR, Lord Viscount MELYILLV, and Loud
COMA SIDMOUTIL

"I he Commons appeared at the bar of the !loose
of Lords about a goarter past two. They were
presented by Mr. DYsos, Mr. ItituaN, and
several Officers of the House of Commons. The
writ was reed proroguing the Parliament to the
I4th day of January next, when both !louses are
to meet for the dNoitch of business. The Com-
mons then witlidr, le, and the Lords immediately
adjourned.
We are happy to state, that the LORD CHAR.
CEGLOR ill.prar.tl to Le pretty well recovered how
the effects of his recent attack of the gout.

Letter. from Vera Cruz, dated 7th October (by
his Majesty's ship Larne, which touched at Jamaica
and Hammel), and brings a large quantity of dol-
lars to the merchants). state, that a very large
supply of specie was in that port ready for shipment,
but none of his Majesty's ships of war had arrived
for its conveyance to England.
Dispatches have been received at the Colo.
Mal and Admiralty Offices, brought by the sloop
Larne, arrived at f.ymitigtogi from Jamaica and the
Havanna)). They are said to relate to the proceed-
ings of the Snails American Patriots.
The accounts from St. Petersburgh inform us,
that the great demand there for gold and silver but-
hon is beginiiiirg to decrease : the Giirernment is
willing to take the gold, hut having no longer the
same prrs•ing occasion for it as formerly, will not
agree to pay for it before July next, thus requiring
a credit of more than six months; this condition is
an effectual damp to speculations in bullion, which
may therefore be expected to go in search of a bet-
ter market.

The Dutch Government has imposed an addi-
tional duty on tte tonnage of all FlL!lish vessels ar-
riving at their dale-runt ports: by the existing regu-
lation a curtain duty is paid by every vessel on her
first entry for the SC4IIIOII, hot how many voyages an..
ever may be made, no additional impost is levied :
by the new law the same ditty is to he paid every
voyage, and, therefore, to ship. visitin4 the Dutch
ports five or six times in the year, wilt prove a very
heavy charge. Dutch vessels are, hoarrer, we be-
lieve, vahject already to duties of a similar nature
iu our ports. The new arrangement is to commence
and to be in force on the Ist of January next.
The Mariner, Wit.scor, from London for the
Havannah, is lot near that port—specie saved.

It has been for some time under the consideration
of Miiiisteis, whether it is not becnine absolutely
necessary that too more Judges, in addition to the
present number, should not be appointed. The
very great increase of judicial proceedings of la:e
years appears to render this twee-worry, particularly
oil account of the pressure of liusini.ss on the North-
ern Circuit, and the increase of offences to be tried
at the Old Bailey. We trust that it will be brought
before Parliament, and that the rnea.iire will be
coupled with a revi-iou of the Criminal Cede. This
is not one of the brooches of public ex pendit lire
which ought to stand in the way of such au mug-
mentatimi, if proved to he necessary; for it is the
well-known (goyim' of the people, that with the
heavy load of business they have to go through,
and the previous acquisltion of knowledge *leers-
sary to discharge the important Fa nctions, the ;:uisne
Judges are not suffitirritly temutreralyd.

Owing to on unusually dense fog st Melt prevuiled
in the vicinity of the metropolis on the preceding
evenings, the Loudon mail did not reach Glouces-
ter on Wedototlay and ThuotlAy hot till two hours
Hirer the usual petiod. This time was lost in the
first stage of their journey, it being twelve o'clock
before tht y got 10 Ilionislow, even with the assist-
ance of turn employed to carry torches befilie the
hump, who welt loyorolly et.mpellttl to moil, to
order to iisci.rtain whether they were iii the crime of
!Le toad. Ti e whole or the mail' iutd wilitcrii
conches travrllyd this distance clopt ly ut the track
of rack uthrt ; It w:o not 14 ',ilium difficulty
that 'Heil eilw lie i.ghts of hit cioroge which in.-
onediett ly preceded,

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Mr. BURKE and Lord ELLENBOROUGH.

The following severe Epigram upon Mr. BURKE,
has been attributed to the pen of the late Lord
ELLENBOROUG H. It wa• enclosed in a cover. and
presented to Bu MICE, as he was about to open mw
of the principal charges ag,.ifist Mr. iIASTIRtia.
in the High Court of Parliament :

" Oft have we wondred that on Irish mond
No poisonous reptile has e'er yet been found p
Revealed, the secret blonds, of Nature's work—

She saved her venom In create a Burke!"

This bitter effusion, on his perusing it, was ob-
served to have a momentary effect Oli the nerves
and countetimice of the illusirinus Manager. With
an air of blended indignation and contempt, he
lore it in pieces, and scattered the fragments about
the Hall. The stanza, however, was impresed ou
his memory, and subsequently repeated by him to
some friends with an air of jocularity.
A Correspondent observes, that this Enivam. said
to have been written by Lmd EI.I.EN1301101'1:11, is
only it Oigitiri:on from SILIKSPLA RE, iiipearA
by the following extract :

" Now fur our Irish wars
We must supplant those ronzli, rilz.heailiil kerns:
Whir- live like Ictiom, where no rl,lll Cihr,
But only they, Lath privilege to live!"
Rick. —Ael 2d—Secne I rt.

Another Correspondent says that the follouim:
were the lines actually addressed to Murat::, durii•g
the impeachment of WA RREN II AS r IN GS, and that
they were the prodnetion of that Gentleman's pvo.
who might surely be forgiven the bitterness they
:--

Nulla reneua ohm griserstati imintsiii. feint
Sed tibi pro cniedia Burkina %mull ern.