The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-07-22 00:00:00

lift m ? Sit.ithfield mi;!►t once more have enjoyed
the proud diatinctiou .1 Lord Alarm
4.1 toildoit proudly beating dowu the insolent man
Mho w3uld dare to question the excellence of the
raisliog ingitutiour, viudic•ding the honour of
pity Crown, and astertinic his own loyalty ! The
prudence of ;Ur. Hurt's'. and the exesnplary for-
bearance of the people, deprived Smithfield of
ti,' diatinclion.

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Viiidie Meetings have ads) been held at Leeds
and Nottingham. and in each place the people were
distinguished by their pr.iceable and order! 44%7..
meanour. This is just as we hoped and expected:
We lament that Rich Meetings are liettl, b-cause
they are symptomatic of the exi•tence of severe &s-
-trati% in the country. and Irecause so far are they.
in our opinion. from being caletil 'led to pritrAltsce
any advantage. that we apprehend from theta no-
thing but idleness. and that species of metcal
Whits which must ruin the individual who is sti"
unfortunate at to contract i!. But as they are berl...
it is satisfactory to find the people acting with pro- •
priety, and proving that even the absuid but 11,.!-
teeing theories of those who undertake to be thr:r
leaders. 11..ve not had the effect of nudes .ing•
that sterling sense u:.l respect for the Idas wile
have for a long course of time characterised the
people of England.

The Paris Papers of Sunday last have arrived
our Office. The Session of the Legislative
hers was prorogued by proclamation on Saturday :
the form of a closing speech from the throne lids
not been adopted in Flower, with other poin:s
our practice. The bulletin of the Chamber 4.1
Peers states, that at one o'clock, on Sa:urday. 11. e
Chamber resolved itself into a Court of J udicatiere,
for the purpose of hearing a charge against tie
Hiroo SCGIIIER, first president of the Court It 4.1
of Paris, and that having heard the charge, the
Chamber dismissed it as untenahle. The King's
proclamation fur proroguing the Session w .s thou
communicated simultaneously to both Chairilter•,
stud being read by the respective Presidtot... the
Chambers instantly separated.
The official part of the Moniteur co:Omits, a copy
of the law I:iiely enacted, relative to the trade in
Corn. A duty of 1 fr. 25 C. per hectolitre, is law.
posed upon the importation of foreign con.,
I fr. 50c. per quintal, on the importat of for.-44
Hour; but a reduction in this ditty is provided 1...,
in case the importation is made in French ships. It
is also provided that a graduated reduction blia4
take place. in proportion as the price of corii
flour rises in the various departments of France.
The law further prohibits the exportation of Frerieit
corn and flour from the southern and south-eastern
departments when the wheat rises in theta to 2..1
francs the hectolitre—front the departments of the
second class, comprising the Upper and Lower
Rhine, Pas de Calais, the Somme, the Lower
Seine, the Lower Loire, La 'Vendee, and the
Lower Charente, when the wheat rises io them
to el francs the hectolitre—and from the delimit..
merits of the third class. including the Nlostll4,
the Meuse, the Ardennes. the Cotes-du-Nord, the
Finisterre, rod the Murbilian, when the wheat rises
is them to 19 francs the hectolitre.
The French Papers take notice of the various
rumours which are contained in English mid mho r
Journals, under the head of Plivote Correspoi.-
deoce, respecting alleged charges about to be made
in the French Cabinet, and affirm that there is uut
the least foundation fur such reportv
From Egra, in Bohemia. it is said that the Count
de ST. LEU (Louis BONAPARTE). who Inn' beta
at the waters of Marienbad, met at Egret his sister
ELIZA, with her husband, M. BACcIOtHI. The
PriiiiTss DR 111orirsoar (wife of JERONY BONA.
PARTE). was also present this faintly suet-Wis.
Ti.i. boy had arrived at Ezra front Carlsbad.
The negotiations now piaoliog at Rome liei.see,i
the French Government and the Pork, ace said to
he in a state of considerable rdvaucemeut.anti that
such provisional arrangement will be made previous
to the coronation of she ofKing F a•teci; as wt.]
enable several of the French Prelates to take pos-
session of their Sees.
The French Five per Cents. are 71 f. '2O c ;
Batik Stuck, 1,142 f. 50 c. •

W'e have received Papers from Ntw Vuok to the
19111, Charleston to the 20th, slid BtlNielti to the
`lid last, but they contain no news of iuipoi tante.

Ytsterday the Edit of WIEWIIIORLAND had an
atnlnnice of the Patsce REGUNT at Carlton
Mor. _ . .

Yesterday, at half-past one o'clock, Viscount
CASTLEREAGH arrived iu town to attrinl a Cabinet
Council at the Foreign Office, .unsinolitil by the
Noble Viscount to meet at two o'clock, whitio •e*
attended by—
'pie Lord Chancellor, Earls Harruwby, Washoutlam!,
Liverpool, Bathurit, and rdol(rave, Viscuoat halvautitt,,
Mr. Variontert, Mr. Canuing, Mr. Rubiown,
The Council broke up soon after four o'clock.
Yesterday a Court of Director* was h«hl st the
East India House, when JOHN COLD!BOUO•GGH
iireVENSH IV, Heap took the initial twrtL• used to
Prat as a Director, in the Mum of SA511)1(1. 1) AVIt ,
E.g. decea►ed.
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WILTSHIRE ELICTION.—State or the roa ott
the berms', day :
Mr. Beam'
Mr. Ailley

M■joriii in favour of lir. Hefted.... 144

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We understand that ass attempt war sienle su
create a riot and confusion among the prism. we.
nut at the Smithfield Meeting. be an 111111'4 Is, I
(who. as usual, turned out to b. a Pulite Ot . se)
mho, in among the crowd, and 'spun the I•enplf.
toot Cring able to retreat sufficiently f.st how the
advance* 1.1 his horse. he wait f lllll I u het a
loaded pistol, end pointing it at a (ireilless
an w
the crowd; alio resides at stl. Sots-street, ilaratru..l
10 Mow Its* broirrt oat. `TbeoGesaileuteu
tton etiessind .frout•thrfmesehices the tolistii. and
*Nib, &at St. Brinslehre's Chereh far tie erupt nsre
Isf the Poleve;• he Atm imiiird-ki MA beau taktu
lute custc•tly. L.. • - • •

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