The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-10-26 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR 01 77111 BRITISH PRESS.

SHL-1n your Pate► of this day there is a lever from Mr.
'Mist!mood, in which he say■ that Hunt broke my heart.
Now, Sir, 1 expect you will contradict this .as•rtion. 11 is
true that my exertions at the Westminster Election, in July
18111, brought on a very severe illness. from the effects of
which 1 am not yet recovered; bat that any thing which
could fell from Mr. Hunt could break my heart is impossi-
ble —it must be made of very tender materials' indeed !
Falsehood and imposture had no such effect upon, Sir,
Your very humble Servant,
THOMAS CLEARY.
Alfred-place, Bedford-square, October 25, 1819.

LORD MORPETIL

TO THE EDITOR OF THE CARLISLE PATRIOT.

Sig—As my absence from the County Meeting held at
Wigton, on IVeduesday the 13th, has been the subject of
remark in some of the speeches delivered upon that neva.
'inn, 1 request the favour of your Meer ' of the following
letter, written upon the subject of the Requisition, and ex.
planatury, in some degree, of the opinion I held respecting
the proposed measure.
I remain, Sir, your very obedient Servant,
MORPETH.

Sitt-11 bane just had the Wooer of receiving a letter of
the 30th ult. horn Cash's*, healing your sienattire sod
those of four other Gentlemen, deloused on the part of the
Gentlemen who had already signed the Requisition which you
enclose.

I should hays great astisfaction in adding my name to the
very respectable lost which I have received, if I did not en-
tertain conscientious doubts as to the expediency of the
measures proposed for immediate adoption.
I am impressed as deeply as any Gentleman who has
signed the Requisition, with the necessity of • complete
sad thorough investigation into the Lite proceedings and
conduct of the Magistrates of Manclweter ; but am of opi.
Dion (as fatal least as I am at present informed) that Par.
liament cannot, with propriety, in6litsite an inquiry pen&
iing she progress of judicial examination before Ilse ordinary
tribunals of t►e country. . . . .

I conceive, that, at prerenl, such inquiry must 1w imper-
fectly conducted iu Pnrlisment, and aught have the effect
which we shoitld all deplore, of prejudging, in some de-
gree, the conduct of those who are the subjects of judicial
investigation.
. . . .

With sincere regret that I cannot ',racily coincide with
the measure that is proposed to be adopted, but feeling most
sensibly the serious importance of the transactions that have
occurred, I shall attend with deference and respect to the
opinions of so very considerable and respectable a part of
my constituents, at whatever ilme they may be communi-
cated. In the preeent Mateo( the transaction I have taken the
liberty of expressing with a freedom, of which, 1 hope, you
will not disapprove, the reasons that iuduce me to pause,
and to decline signing the Requisition at the preseut mo-
ment,

I have the honour to be, Sir, with great respect,
Your very obedient and very busarlirkrir a_

111ORPEill,

Castle Howard, October 2, 1819.
J. C. Curwtn, Esq.

Arrival at Fenton's Hotel, St. irroes'o-street :
Gen. Otis Low, from his seat, in Huntingdonshire.
The Earl of THANET has left ditto, fur his sea in
Kent.

On Wednesday last the Elizabeth steam-boat, of
Ca!stock, having that morning only completed her
machinery, begun to ply on the river Tamar, for'
the first time. About one o'clock she passed round
the Port Admiral's ship, which she saluted with
cheer., receiving a similar compliment in return.
Ou the following day she went up to Calstock,
against wind and tide.
An elegant silver cup has been presented to Mr.
WILLIAM BECK, homer, in Hawick, by the jour-
neymen stocking-makers of that town. They have
beets induced to testify their regard for Mr. BECK
in this respectable way from the zealous manner in
which be defended them against the attempts of
the other hosiers in Hawick to reduce their wages
at a time when the depressed state of the trade had,
independently of a further reduction of their wages,
involved them and their families in extreme priva-
tions : by Mr. Bectes exemplary conduct, in not
only allowing his own journeymen undiminished
wages during this unprecedented dullness of the
hosiery trade, but also giving them full employ.
went, while in other manufactories their work was
limited to a certain extent (which had the tendency
to induce the other journeymen to stood out, in order
to keep up their wages at the same rates as thosenl-
lowed by Mr. Bus), together with •the aysistance
they received frau. public generosity, they were'en•
abled to defeat these attempt., and to • mrintairr •
their usual, though sm■ll rate of wages unreduced.

LAW INWELLIGENCE.

COURT OF MG'S BENCH, MossAor,Octrosea U.
The Court .t this doy, pursuant to adjourn-
ment, at Serjeitri's Inn Hall, for the hearing of ar-
gunwale on specs.% easel.

JOHISON tP. DEALTRT•

This was all MOMn against the Magistrates of a
certain district of the North Riding of York, for
imposing and levting by distress county rates for
the repairs of a public building off a division of
hind lying within that Riding, called Creight—the
Plaintiff alleging that the place, though situate as
before said, foruted a part of the comity palatine
of Durham, and was therefore exempt from the
county rates of York. The Jury in the country
found that Creight, from time immemorial, was
a part of the county of Durham. The question for
the decision of the Court war, whether on this
finding the diatect was liable to the assessments on
the county of York.
Mr. GREY argued the case for the Plaintiff—
Mr. TIN px 1.1. for the Defelidant.
All the Judges held, that though fur certain pur-
poses Creight belonged to the county of Durham,
yet, for the purposes of county rates, it was within
the limits of the county of Yolk. They therefore
determined, that the rates had been duly levied,
end that the action was not sustainable.

This ca*e occupied the Court r great part of the
day. There was no other possessing any circum-
stances of general interest.

MIDDLES EX SESSIONS.

Yesterday the Middlesex Sessions commenced
before -- CONST, E-q. and a full Bench of Ma
gistrates.
There are a considerable number of cases for trial,
but none of them of any particular importance.