The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-12-01 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS.

reasons? Let the Times explain them. If money was
not paid, WHAT ELSE was the condition upon
which the Times consented to make its columns the
vehicle of these " vile accusations ?" What answer does
the Times offer to this? Why, it makes two exclamations,
neither of which include a denial of the fact, and it tacks
a note of silly admiration to the end of them :—" We
take money as a bribe from STRACEY, mARSII, and GIIA-
HAM ! We want their money much r"lhey are not, it
seems, ashamed of the iniquity, but of its wages. " I
know not"--says FALSTAFF to the worthy Knight, Cot.-
vt 1.1.5—" I know not how they sold themselve,, but thou.
like a kind fellow, gayest thysetf away !" And yet, ac-
cording to their own unguarded and foolish confession, we
find it is nothing new that the Times should be charged
with venality. We have their own admission of the fact,
that " rarious public characters, from envy, hatred, and
malice, have at diFrent times charged them wills taking
money." There can hardly, the public will think, have
been so much smoke without fire. But the Journalist, with
an air of simplicity, affects to consider it as " surprising
that none have turned upon them and attempted to justify
the assertion from their ows knowledge." It would be
much more surprising if these matters were so ill-con-
certed, and managed with so little of contrivance, as to
furnish the injured parties with the means of proving, from
their own knowledge, the mercenary treaties of which their
reputation was the victim. Bribery is not usually conducted
quite so much in the face of the sun, as to supply positive
evidence sufficient to ensure its conviction. We can hardly
expect the testimony of those behind thescreen, and no man
can be expected to prove, "front his own knorriCdgC,"
transactions which have been so studiously withheld from
it. As to the declaration of the surviving /-artncrs of the
concern in Berners-street, that they " never inserted, nor
caused& be inserted, any paragraph in a public newspaper,
but two, to which they signed their names," which the
Times quotes in the way of exculpation, we repeat, that
it confirms the suspicion against them, instead of removing
it. " Such is the confusion of ideas in the libeller's head,"
says the Times, " that he thinks this an equivocal decla-
ration, because they did not deny that they had written or
furnished materials hr writing such paragraph."
does not every one think so that reads it ? It reminds us
of the school-boy fable of "'the Thieves and the Should r
of Mutton :" one swore he slid not steed it, the other swore
that he had not got it. Why aces not the Times give up
the author of the article, and thus exculpate themselves at
once? That this Journalist, after inserting those false and
infamous accusations against the ill-fated individual now
in his shroud, should rush with ruffian fury before the
public, and complain of " foul calumny"!! Really it is
too serious for laughter, and too absurd for contempt.

Another instans neglect on the part of the Water
Companies oceuT afire in Gravel-lar.c yesterday. In
tliis case there Was a delay of above two hours before water
was supplied, Oil the fire was fairly snared to burn out
by itself. An unusually thick party-wall alone saved a
long range of bui:dings from a general conflagration. The
turncock of the Lamb. 11l water-works was summoned to
Union-ball to account for this scandalous negligence. The
.details he gave of the tedious process for turning on the
waxr into the main pipes, exculpated him, but deeply cri-
minated the Company he serves. It appears that there is
an insufficiency of persons to attend to the duty, and an
utter inaptness in the preparations for speed. The water
should be had instantly ; and if the Companies persist in
disregarding the loud and just complaints of the public,
we hope and trust that Parliament m ill interrerc, and exact
from them by law, what they arc unwilling to render irtrn
a sense of moral duty.

The consol market o yesterday a.vsumed a mare lively
appearance than it Las lloiw for some time hack. Consider-
ing the little business that was done, iliac was a very con-
siderable advance, the opening pace being 95, from which
it rose to DS,,I; Mexican Bonds have had still a greater
rise from 9t3 to ,i!.

We learn from authority on which we can place the very
greatest reliance, that all the matters at issue between the
Government and the Canada Company, have been finally
adjusted, on terms which cannot rail to be highly advanta-
geous both to the Company and the Colony. It is now
tinally determined that the four Commissioners shall take
their departure on the 17th 1/..ceinhat.
Last night we received a file of American Papers to the
7th ult. Their contents are uninteresting. Mr. Owen,
who has arrived at New York, wade. an exposition, on the
6th of November, of the outline of the improvements
which he thinks it both practicable and in the highest de-
gree beneficial to introthate into the pres-nt system of
human society. Mr. Owen (says the New lurk American)
intends to submit his plans to Congress.

Adviccs have been received from the Dutch Admiral at
Mahon, that the Mgerines had comnactievd hostilities
against the Dutch fag.
Despatches, dated the I ttli June, acre received yesterday
morning, at the Colonial Department, from the Governor
of Ceylon. Letters dated the loth Jody, have also been
received from that island, but they bring no news of isn-
portancn _ . _

The Allgentrine Zeinotg, of the z?..d instant, states. that
the President of the Committee of the Prussian Sinking
Fund had concluded a negociation, with a 1v:11-known
house in Lowden, for the establishment of a National
Bank. The Prussian National Bank is to consist of 50,000
Flians of 1,000 dollars each, or a capital of So midious of
dollar*. (alasure-40014000 atcrling.). Any person can take
part in it by paying .100 dollars in money, and Soo dollars
in State Bonds (called Staatschicldscheine), for whielt he
will receive a share of 1,000 dollars. This news had Intl
the effect of causing the Stat.' floods, which bear 4 per cent.
interest, to rise from *it one-third to t and a-half.
THE ARMY IN moth.—The regulations lately carried
into effect at the several Presidencies, dividing each regi-
ment into two distinct regiments instead of battalions, has
occasioned an entire change in the arrangement awl tleshf-
nation of those to which Oleos in India have been hi-
therto attached. A correct report, from official documents,
of the alterations, and lists of a'l the regiments, as now
formed, will be found in the Arialie Journal, published
this day.

Tux ARPatv.—Tlie 99th fle7iment, now in Clat;ow
Barracks, has received orders to enthark immuliately at
Leith for Portsmouth, where they are to disenahark till
transports are collected, in which they arc to proceed to the
Mauritius, to relieve the Stath Foe:, now onlned home.
This information is important to many officers now on lea
of absence, who wi!l join at Portsmouth, instead of in-
curring the expetse of a longer Joutney to Scotland.
Be vr..—A meeting took plan near the Crom Man,
Finchley Common, ycsterdly' between a gentlemen of the
name of Forbes and a Mr. iletlicrington, in COllSCqtal:ce
of a quarrel. in which the character of a lady is said to he
involved. The first Ere was a arras; hot in the second
Mr. Hetherington was sevel-ely wountit,l in the side, and
he was conveyed off the ground in a pest-clijic.

EARI.I)O‘..I OF CSAIVFOU.O.--It i.. Taitt
tion of a person in huni:Jle tilnied John Lin,' ;ay,
presently residing ha Niddrie, county cf Edinhzirg!), to
present an before the t;upreole C.airts of F.,
land, prayi:ig to be served and cowl-Ariel tirarest lawful
heir-niale to the late Coptain David Lindsay, of hirk-
forther, who died w:thout i•stte iu the ye;:r 7 ; and
also to he serves' nearest lawful heir-in:de to Ceorge Esti
of Crawford and Lindsay, who died likcwisc without is6r.e
in the year I...!‘oS.—.L'ok:.;o:isto ifercery.

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riox OCR COIIRESPONDZYT.I
P*rus. Now. 27.

The Liberty of the Press is, above all other subjects,
that which the most occupies the attention of the Ministers,
and the reason is obvious enough—the Liberty of the Press
has undermined their power, and menaces their overthrow;
there is, therefore, a deadly war waged between the Minis-
ters and the opposition Journals. if the Ministers survive,
the Journals must fall; if the Journals survive, the Minis-
ters must fall. A certain Marshal, who has been placed
on the shelf since Ills, lately hal an audience of the
Klett ; in the midst of the conversation, M. vi COMERE
entered. The Marshal retired to a short distance, but not
so far as to prevent him from observing, that during the
conference the Minister of the Interior made some remarks
in a low voice, but with mach earnestness, to the Kr NG, in
reply to which his MAJITh said, in a tone distinctly audible
where the Marshal stood, " Vous ne cease= de eons pkindre
de la licence des Journal's. ; uous Sc pourea, ooeu fist9nner
a la libertif de la pes.:e et cependant cette liberty est
urcessairc. Nun Frerc ne sartoil pa; mais rnoi je tors,
je court, je t"is par nsoi-m(me, it fast queje melte is resift'.
Si je netapprendais pas, par les Juurnanx ; je tapprendrai
doss 1" rue per des passans, it tai, ela dendanderai. Lequel
rrait prrfrraldc ?"—" Yon are perpetually com-
plaining of the licentiousness of the Journa's ; you cannot
reconcile yourself to the Liberty of the Press, am! yet that
liberty is essential. My Brother did not go out, but Ido ;
I walk about, and see with my own eyes; I must know
the truth. If I did not learn it through the Journals, I
would gather it from the passengers in the street, of- whom
I would ask it ; which of the two means do you prefer ?"
These words have been reported by the Marshal who
heard them. The wishes of the Kier. will nor, however,'
have much influence on the proceedings of Ministers,
They arc fully aware that they cannot restore the censor-
ship, but they hope to supply its place by a law which will
shelter them from the tracassaries of the Journals. All
their agents have been put on active service to ahl in this
important work. At first it was the intention of the Mi-
nisters to propose, as the basis of the new law, the sup-
pression of all the privileges of the existing Jounials, and
making it necessary to obtain a new authority to continue
their publication. By this means, all the Journals that dis-
pleased the Ministers would be suppressed according to
law, and they would grant new privileges to those only
whose support they had previously taken measures to en-
sure. They considered, however, that so scandalous a
violation of the rights of property would create too loud an
outcry, and, without altogether renouncing their project,
they sought an expedient more adroit. They are, beyond
measure, anxious to render themselves independent of the
tribunals, and to take out of their hands the cognizance of
the off. noes of the press. It was at first deemed most
proper to have these offences judged by the Council of
State; they have since considered it better to sub-
mit them to the judgment of a jury, but of a special
jury, which shall be nominated by the French Academy,
It is very easy to foresee the consegneness of such an
appeal. Among the 40 members of the French Academy
there are scarcely ten independent men to be found; among
the rest, are a few furious Ultras, tools of power, who
make open profession of a servile obedience to all the will
and wishes of the Court, and are at all times ready to pros-
trate themselves at the feet of the two Bishops, whom they
have voted into the Academy. This Academy, properly
speaking, is merely a literary association; to appoint them
as a jury, would be to submit the choice to the Archbishop
of Pours, and the Ills'aop of nevi unites, and yoU may
suppose in this case what would be the fate of the Journals
that fell under the tribunitial ser. Sech is the present
project that Ministers appear to have hit upon ; and which,
unless between this, and the sitting of the Chambers, they
should stumble upon one still more odious and oppressive,
will be the one preferred.
Another instance er the refusal of the rite of sepulture has
occurred, which recalls to mind, in a more odious point of
view still, the unchristian conduct of the clergy, with re-
spect to the actor Pure term : it evidently shows how fast
the Priesthood are receding into that fanaticism and in-
tolerance which used to disgrace the (When Church be-
fore the Revolution. A letter from Troyes of the i 3 l inst.
states the following fact :—M. Larose, formerly Mayor of
Troyes, departed this life yestenhy, in the trith year of
his age. This venerable, and highly respected citizen, died
without having received the Sacrament, which was refused
him in his last momenta, on the pretext that he was a
Jansenist, unless he would previously abjure his errors ;
such was the extreme debility of the dying man, that he
mid only express his assent by s sign of approbation to the
Minister. lie cespired unabsolved. The Church was
scandalized, refused him its prayers, and denied his re-
mains admission into the lloiy Sanctuary. To-day, ap-
plication was made by the family to the Curate, but the
Priest refused thiur Christian burial, as being a Jens:mist.
The Bishop of Troyes, M. es Com ere BOULOGNE, gave
only an evasive answer. The Prefect who interested him-
self in behalf of the family, could excite no compassion in
the ministers of charity. The body remitted for some
hours, and the Nods ass:tinkled in great numhers at the
house of the Ll:eel:sit, cepecting a clergyman to arrive,
but none would o:Sciate, and the funeral precession was at
length escorted by gen'aut lies nut tur,nts of Police, in
awful silence to the ear ;eery. A conceal oration was pro-
nounced by M. ors 3 1:91:A51 DI: :IT, who, iu a most
feeling and inter sire rummer, expatiated on the moral
qualities awl nu vote virtues id this truly religiatti citizen
the town hat: les:. An immense Lumber of poor cuiluw:d
in tears, t::, it 114,:t-cat:!er. The Priests refusal
even to say a Lee: Mess for Ins seta. If the prat en of a
few intolerant l'ri.sts were wanting, those of the objects of
his beneveh nee, and the rear's of the whole population of
Tre:Te, will supply a more stitesre and hooourable tribute
to his memory.

Yesterday inornin7., about c'ercn o'r:ock, the De re cf
Clarence ecru• from Ilus:iy, sr•! paid a visit to his
Majesty. His !toys!Lini•ss prcs!drd at
(limier gist:a Ly the F.:ottisli at the Old Lon-
don Tavern in Bisliolis -ate-street.

The I),lke o': lt'ottet.stt-r,le I of :711-ence, and the
t)ill.e. visitra I)ach^sl l;loucesta 'ft:mer-
it:ly. The a:IsIvA- 17:ven to tlla rmn'.-rotts inquiries yes-% r-
c!ity, aft ~ , set, ! that" 11:1-

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110,4 list the 1:11k,. cf Cot 1,..tt paid his first
to the arei•T.: estate 4 I:) thc res,•-
sion or wt.:el, 1i en: rcil en Cm: s hy'.r of
alter a long prntract,..d i:t re a I..ase that
would have mull( tt lv tleniced hitn, and the oth:r substi-
tutes, of tin! tnan..l;entent of tho itro.:t.rty for neatly
century to c,.:,nte.

NEIrEOUNDLAND PAPER,
From the Newfoundland Ilona( Goalie of the 9th
lit
In enticing the arrival at Plymouth from hence of his 31inji
ship Egerhe and sir Frauets Drake, on the Ist ult., after a
of 20 days, we cannot help thinking it nun duty to pry that ,tit 4.,
or praise to the indtlatigable. exertions of Captain S.
which, in our opinion, he so Justly merits. It may be with 4,,,
rernllocion of our readers, that the Sir Francis Drake was el,' g
2.",t1i of August, at 11 a. m. completely dismantled and
it h. similar to the way in which the ships in ordinary sur 'el
and at at sunset on the same day the whole of the bousint °l.
stripped off. Such was the esnedition with which she was
for sea, that on the 11th September she was in all respects
and when it is considered flirt in that I.lmrt tinie the whole 00;
naval MOM bad been shipped on board her from the deckled..
and the whole of her rigging fro.n the bo%tay to the truck.
been thoroughly overhauled, our astonishment at the power, v
seaman, when well directed. is excited to a degree which up, tct
our wannest admiration ut that noble profession.
DRI:A ASSAssINATION OF MAJOR (MAIL.
PION. AT ST. VINCENT'S, AND C031311T316T
OF TILE :11CRDERER.

Sr. Vtucrur, Orr. It
It is our painful duty to record, in this day's 1., ffr,
melancholy death of Major Champion, 21st RoyLl Yon!:
fusilcets, commanding the troops in this garrison. (in teturz,,..
to the fort on IVednesilay evening last, at ibout seven p. n.
was shot by the sentry posted at the drawbridge, and espied
fore ten on the same evening. The wench who committee ors
diabolical act is now given over to the Civil Authority; and oti4
is the second instance of a similar nature which he has raid,
Toured (though in the titst instance happily unsuccessfully)). re.
petrate. it is hop .N 1 that he will soon meet with that fate shirt
so richly deserves. The body of 3lujor t'hampion was intrusdni
every military honour due to the much.ismented deceased,,
'I hursday evening; and marked respect was paid to his nen.
by the principal Authorities, civil and military, together with gni
of the respectable inhabitants.
.

The foregoing particulars (transmitted bis us from the Realm)
comprise a faithful detail of as shocking an event as ever was remit(
—one, we are happy to say, hitherto unprecedented in this Moat.
and of which, perhaps. scarcely a parallel can be found in the
of the British army. It ha. thrown a gloomy melancholy Art-r
community, which at once marks the detestation and horrnt 13 viiti
the crime is held, and the deep commiseration that is felt br all he
the fate of Major C., and in the affliction of his widowed lad, rd
five fatherless el ild ten, when the melancholy tidings shall reach them
in England. IVe have but few particulars to add to what is cones,.
orated officially above, respeetirig the death of this pliant tint
Ha was on his return from town to his quarters in the fort, ar,' h.ad
reached about the middle of the drawbridge, when he was 4 '
lenges' by the sentinel on duty at the end of it, who inquired ;r.
eularlw as to his identity, and being assured it was the 3laine ty
approached—he immediately shot him, and he fell from his hse
on the bridge; the distance between him and the aasassin
about six yards, and the shot pawing below the left breast
the hotly. .1n inquest was held on Thursday on the body, arc a
verdict of wilful murder returned, when the culprit was corn.,
to gaol, upon the coroner's warrant. Major Champion was IC LI
:17th yevr ; he had seen much service, principally as an or.
the stall, in various parts of the world ; and was witch eceew : -5
his brother officers, as well as all those who had the pleasure (.14
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7quaintanec.
A vessel was sent express to his Excellency the Governor on :In
night of the llajoi s neath, and he returned here early ytocust
morning, from Canouan, since which he has directed a Cour.
Sessions to he caged for the trial of the ptisnoer. The mew:A
assas•in is named James Ilallasty ; he is n native of Ireland. bat
ben about ten years in the regiment, and bore a bad chime is
it. Ile acknowledged his guilt at the moment of the murder. and
repeatedly since; indeed the savage and unfeeling manner is
which, we are assured, he exults iu the deed, almost excads 6►
lief, although his victim, not long since, is unsimtood to bast
solicited and obtained a remitation of his punishment, format.
tempt to commit a similar crime.—Yt. Perot: Gazelle.