The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-09-06 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS.

emancipation of the Catholics of Ireland, he was warmly replied to
by Mr. Ward. the British Charge d'Affaires, who defended the
policy of his Government: to which Mr. Poinfett rejoined with
calmness and courtesy, and was heartily cheered, both by the na-
tives and the British subjects present. We are besides given to
understand that the Executive Council of alexico was strongly W-
I dined to lit out an expedition against Cuba, which had met with
the concurrence of the Senate ; but the proposition was ►ejected
by the popular branch of the Legislature.—Sonthers Patriot.
A letter from Laguira of the 12th ult., received here via St.
Thomas's. mentions that it was reported there that Bolivar had
arrived at Bogota. The report was not fully confirmed, but Its
truth was little doubted.

We have made some inquiries concerning the Truth-
Teller of the Elate, and the result is that it is not an
Irish paper, as some of our contemporaries have supposed,
but a London weekly journal, of which nobody ever heard
till it succeeded in procuring an advertisement of its ex-
istence by one of the most extraordinary expedients we
ever heard of. The Eluile continues its extracts from this
notable production ; and if it were not for the awkwardness
of retranslation, we should lay before our readers the ex-
tract which is inserted by the French journalist in his
paper of the 4th inst. The lateness of the hour at which
we received the Mode prevents us from attempting to pro-
cure a copy of the original; and as the Treilh.Telkr has
probably its only circulation among the lowest classes of
the Irish Catholics, we hardly think the article deserves
any farther notice. The statements contained in it are
evidently calculated fir intellects of the lowest order.
We shall, however, notice the pretended facts as a
matter of curiosity. The advocate of the gaoler, find-
ing that his adversaries were also assisted by a law-
yer, proposed that both parties should be left to them-
selves, without any legal assistance. His proposition
was adopted; but the ecclesiastical agent of Dr. Mus-
ser was allowed to station a judicial agent in the
adjoining room to interrogate the witnesses, and send a
copy of the result, to guide the Commissioners when the
same witnesses were again examined on oath. Next day
the gaoler exerted all his influence to prevent this arrange-
ment from taking place, and he was successful in his en-
deavours; but finding, after all, that the witnesses were still
unfavourable to him, he next objected to receiving the evi-
, donee of the prisoners. This objection, .however, was
overruled by the Commissioners; and he next objected to
the admission of short-hand writers, lest an incorrect
account should be published: but the Solicitor, Mr*
TOWNSEND, would not agree to that ; and the Marquis
Wei.t.es Ley being consulted, the short-hand writer
nployed by the Correspondent of the Truth-Teller con-

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inued to take notes. The inquiry in this case was cc

fined to the means used to make proselytes; but, even in
that confined view, the accounts were frightful. Ten days
after an order was sent from the Castle to investigate all
the acts of cruelty and tyranny committed in the prison,
without exception. The inquiry was adjourned, in conse-
quence of this, for three weeks. Some very extraordinary
facts were then brought to light; the barbarous instru-
ments used for torturing the Catholics were then disco-
vered. The gaoler at first denied the existence of any such
instruments, but the blacksmith who made them was at
length discovered. This person exhibited the models by
which he had made them, and declared on oath that he
had rivettetl them on the heads of the prisoners,
supposing that the Government authorized such mea-
sures. The Protestant Chaplain of the prison solemnly
declared that these things had been done without his
knowledge. He detested such a system, and paid many
compliments to the virtues of Mr. O'Donovast, the
Catholic Chaplain. He said he had seen the instrument
alluded to, and did not think the heart of man had been
sufficiently barbarous to invent such things. " What will
the biblical. say," adds this most true of truth-tellers,
" when they see, with their own eyes, the irrefragable
proof that means so iniquitous and so barbarous have
been employed to teach the beauties of Protestantism and
the advantages of private interpretation ?" What will
they say when they find that this biblical (the gaoler)
has kept in solitary confinement, on bread and water,
for five days, an individual whose only crime was his un-
willingness to believe that the Virgin Mary ever had any
children besides our Saviour? Such is the abridged account
of the proceedings of the Protestant inquisition, and really
we are at a loss whether most to admire—the folly or the
guilt of such calumnies. If a gaoler of Dublin is to
blame, let him bear the blame; but who will believe that
any thing in the shape of cruelty has arisen from the Pro-
' Itestant religion ? The Truth-Teller may change his name
when he pleases: England will know him in future by a
1 different title from that in which he has made his debut.

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MOVEMENTS.
The Marquis of Queensberry left town yesterday, for Brighton.
The Earl and Countess Spencer arrived yesterday, at their house
to St. James's-place, from their seat in the Isle of Wight.
The Earl and Countess of Coventry and family have left town
for their seat, Croome, Worcestershire.
Lord Alvsnley left town yesterday, for Fansanger, Herts, on a
visit to Earl and Countess Cowper.
Lord Melbourne has left town for Earl Cowpa's seat, Fenian-
ger, Herta.
Lord Charles Mainers has left Delimit. Castle on a tour.
Lord Gage has arrived at his seat, Fide, Sussex, front a tour.
Lady Hobhouse has left her seat, Whitton Pe, Middlesex, for
Naples.
Sir Thomas and Lady Farquhar have arrived at their seat at
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Colonel and Mrs. Gore Langton and family have arrived at
their sear, Newton Park, Bath. from Buxton, Derbyshire.
The lion. Colonel Anton, M.P., left town yesterday, on a visit
to the Marquis and Blanchioneas of Salisbury, at their seat,
Hatfield.
Mrs. and Miss Howard have arrived at Brighton from the Isle
of Wight.
Departures from the Bath Hotel. Arlington-street t —Captain
and Mrs. Corbett, for Cheltenham ; J. Fraser, Esq. for Brighton ;
and Wm. Hughes, Esq. on a tour.
Arrivals at Read's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor.street r—Mrs. Ed-
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Bucks; Captain and Mrs. Giveen and family. front Ireland.
Departures :—Lord Kinnaird, and the Hon. Francis Eyre, for
Doncaster • Sir James Fitzgerald, Bart. for West Thorpe, Bucks;
and Sir Charles Alston, Bart. for Staffordshire.
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