The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-08-27 00:00:00

BOROUGH COM PT ER.

Alihunch the jut-is:diction of the City of London over s
part cat Soathwark was e6tablisheil and corifirturd by ancient
ehrrters, yet as the Court of Aldermen, fur a lung period, Aid
nut t tutelar tht it jut istliction Its the eat cot they it ere entitled
hi by these charier., the Borough (*tempter, although a very
meats anti cunfisittl prawn, wt., per:tapti, aceortlititz to the
ideas r.a to formedy a ittertained, bufilicient fur the
mirporen to *Wilt it anti applied, a. fee pi itamerii were there
cui.fiited ; hot as the Cowl of Aldermen, :at the sitisteal of
lice have ttiely appointed it sesident Cal !Ile.
gebtraie to • et and hold euerta w:thits the limits of their
am wits jn i•slietTon on that b:tle a.r the river, various de.
bee ipti...:. or p roots are Mid/ cumetrit, 41 to that ( viii pier,
which vi re ant fly CWIIIIIIIII4 t-I,ea here; hence i4e prattle
is slow lulelly inadequate far it. ptirpuarb.
The pri:itir, is its prebent t creptintialeie stalN is ,I:vitlett
itln two pmt., 411/e f.ir male felons tied cud untried, the
olio-, fir call Wise Onse,iptimis .if prianu.n.; on what is
call- the felting aide there is a small yard, elegant
fent stymie, a small day town, 14 feet by- 10, and two bleeping
cella, each At Li ree, ice two pris.int-re; and above these
arts riatesits two *ler ping cells, each At to ice, ite three per-
IMUS, mud Is'u others each of a Inch is IA 14/ r.er.er 1•1,1
IMISWI%, a.s Mal lid re is are ou:y Ibur tern ;
but as the two lower ei 11. sit. Cie only plies an the poittell
fax lb. tie. piton of night is .rif• e. to .11:1 h I.llrfkoLe they are
geutrally applied, ileete is, in fret, on y aceteimis...l4 ..... f .r
tell. Od Oat 4,1111 e• 'LA.., It 11.1, all ilr,1:1116:14)..6 a prisoner ••,,,
tk-lettes%, iltome coot se it al of .1,01111111 111111 111 1.11. ILi. Llleorw, II a-
ggro.. •u.l Jeww•lei id...a1,4, ale 1‘141.,,C1' 11111 l ly LI
(the it, bowel er, a. ;.sorted frl.lll Il.r m. a dais MC the
night), three is a yard 10 Gret e loch is lice tale
yard Ina all the pa'1,0.1.1,., :Mil n. abut )11•.1 our privy for
nodes and feinAt Three arc leer ch.itithers. la o lo hive un
keel a ills tie tau ..brcr. fhat u,. the left

11 is not the wish or intention of your Committee to
throw any marked ur partieuhir blame ou those wlod now nut
as Governors ; the evil has grown by gradual po mod
it is to be 'vs :rotted that the attesilion of individnals lia.l nit
Men call, .1 to this subject loos CO this time 1.6111. bell. ht
is derived front lirillesell, a.. its funds are now admioiaorirot,
Vagrants, it I. true, are received and fell, hut Oita is oily
for a f. w days, slid merely as w pirliminai y step towards re -
in•ov lio direr re apect.ve pa.ishes. thiourea rly poo,oona nlc
coviimil, hut the confinement is not coritedve, and is I
sonic lerl.llu rid.coile. A pprvistiei s are admitted nod omit! t
Ly the a, who be inure eligibly placed ciao -
where, with equal or superiur advautages, amid at less sa.
It appears from the abstracts of the number of tho<e con-
filled, which were dclivelvd to the Committee by Ili, cl. nooidi
of Brulew. 11, t,, .1 on to nvormee of 1.111111
Chul•lnlag iBO9 to Cloristmaa It:10,1110W titia yap:tools wdo,
pas-cs, were annually riot-vivo .1 ;of .1door:el ly. I.lvolot :.'lt
were cutifitied ; and of city apprent tees Alum 36; no„i i! ,
with Ilse iustroctiou of 311 or 4s) apprentivia, la the
whole result of an expenditure of 7,11G0f. ;or
it is understood, that the vaeranta will. passe., are nut
rally detained aluove seven days, itoc!iiiling the days acorn.
mitial and reinuval. Therefore, on un alluwance of it, en
days to each, and at the chat xi. of one ehilling per day fur
fowl, the whole amount of 'nerdy maintaiiiinz such a 11111111-
her of Yagrints uncht hot to exceed 234 f. per annum; f4b
far as your Commit lee are c stabled to judge, the oxpo..ose ut
the establisiornelll 5,1..11:1‘ altogether ilispropurlititiste to the
relief rival' or seri. leo a performed ; suit that a uslisate
query into the wind...lila:l of the niavagenteut and rape,.
dilute stems ah,olittely accessary, at tl may perhaps appear
Is tit *abject (Jr parlianieulary invistogatiust.

Your Committee baring thus lad befog,' the House •L it
they trust olfrrs a fair exposition of the irrir.i.nt sale of
Loudon hinting, it rinnint Ia m cessil y lu t ulssgr mutt 10:.
Arr. 'flte general resell id' Ilse iutlnille. of your
has led to the cunritsii,, Shut the Prisons ate out r
in that rrprrliensible roudilicin in a hicli,usi I.OIIIC art
they have been held sip to public rrprullatiou.
do exist, the preceding Kelm' ts on earls pi ..istricii ugly
indicate ; but thire bate bet n of lair, and pr.-triune II) pOllO
C..mtotiter coterie g upon tier inquiry, iii- cousitteralite 111.1
int pothisst improvements lit pl "gr. is. lu 1,, riburat of Ilk it
duty, Ituu titer, your Ci,i 111 l liter mum n stair lb. II (Tinily et
alteratiuus iu certain prisons (II which !bey hire .11111.• d the
particular Reports, and gi neroly to relp• al tht 5hig,,e4.014
whirls obey have 'bruit is ecru HI the Itein.rt ul ik•
stamily, that if it is practicable, sepiritc psi.uus. shout.' 14
oppropriati d to di., Met of pt isoner....* inea-uir pi o-
g a Must 1111111'..vrtur.11 in the •yitem. It is 15,4
the pruv;ti,-e oul. your Cuuuntilre lu point out the mean, a, 4
airingcosci:.4 fin au skSitailit au uNeei i 16013

Ivan% •, 44
igit,U44l

!onside, the subiref, ma to brill
as... If, how vet, the Culp Ms-
ohstseirs to sorb an improvement,
• "Kist Irgiolative pi.. .vision to
!mimest and. r the considers-
; the ermine Stogie,. ; end
to end a new prison, your
that it should be set sport

.. the Resale primmer" may be
and be subjeded so • system elf &.l-
met, which from the example chews
ley. is .. issmensesd albs women is Neirgate,
soves.d, in the )ullgosest sf your Cemosities, reduce 111/061
besseill,usi motto.
les clumsy this Report. peer Committee be( to be under-
s:osd as Memo( left esissrhed several import's's p.iists re-
spective( the gem& treatment of prisons-vs, o. "risk's it
mould M• isseissohent spas these. if this inquiry slraysail be
scans isles •ted to thew, to deliver a more gesture spisiss
than they oar sue preplred to express.
Isms I, 18111.

FOREIGN IN rz LLIGENCE.

PARIS PAPERS.

PAINS. AUGUST 2'3.

The King, accompanied by the Dukes de (:rant-
moat mod de Chaim, took an airing at three
in his ch riot, towards Vsnceneses.
The Duke of Wellington hail the honour to
he presented yesterday 11110 f g. at eleven o'clock,
to his Maj-sty, and successively to their Royal
ilnclinrases Madame tad the Princes.

Grubs arrived at Peri. on the 40th, at eight
o'cincii 'in the evening. accompanied by his first
Aide-de-Camp, 'Colonel Hervey.
His Grace received the day before yesterday. the
visit of the Doke de Richelieu. President of the
Council of Ministers, and yesterday that of the
Ambassadors of Russia and Naples.

Tuesday, the 25th, there will be a dinner at the
Court. The preparations fur the fete of St. Louis
on the same day are carrying on with great activity.
There is to be a grand review of the National Guard.
We are assured that the Duke of Wellington,
since his last visit to England, has definitively
regulated every thing that hus a relation to the Cl/J..
enmity,' of the English troops, the review of which
is fixed for the beginning of September.—(Jourool
de /a Belgique.)
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The 18th of this month the mortal renssimi of
General Kleber were transported from the Chateau
of Ilf to Marseilles. From that city they will be
conveyed to Strasburg, his native city, where they
will be deposited by the side of those of Marshal
Saxe.

They write from Brussels the iglh August—
" The Superior Court of Justice, the Correctional
Chamber, has confirmed this day the judgment of
condemnation pronounced by the Correctional Tri-
bunal of Ghent, against the Editors of the Journal
de la Flassdre thieldule et (keidentide, for the offence
of libel against a Minister of State. Four of our
Theatres are making dispositions to celebrate the
fete of the King by new pieces.

The first and second Councils of War were
occupied yesterday morning with two interesting
cases. A forileer of the Legion of the North,
Kathy of insults and menaces to a iterjeant, and of
having invoked the name of the Usurper, was con-
demned to irons for five years. The first Council
was occupied with the case of Jean-Baptiste-Gault,
fusileer in the Legion of I'Oise► He had deserted
s second time, after receiving pardon fur the
tiro, a crime punishable aid, death by the
military emir. But this mats manifested dur-
ing the trial a sort of stupidity that npl►eared
habitual to him, and made it doubtful that he had
comprehended the entire enormity of Lis coign...—
The aggravating circumstance having been re-
moved, the Council Condemned him to curry the
log For ten years.

1111/ AUGI.IIIt 14.

The first news of the arrival of Prince Blucher at
Carlsbad is confirmed. The Prim* hod been in-
terrupied in his journey by an unexpretril illness ;
be caused himself to be remoVed a few days after to
Carlsbad, where he has been constantly indisposed.
iItESDEIe, AUGUST R.

The 30th of next September we Will celebrate,
by a grand fete, to be called The Jubike of owe
!flag, the Stith anniversary of the day on *Mich he
assumed the reins of Government, and pulvlished
his first rescript. Public opinion has pronounced
for the erection of a monument, to petperuate
the recollection of this memorable event. Suls•
scriptions have been received for ilia purpose
through all Saxony. The ProvinciA Authorities
have taken the lead in that ressiwet, sod have already
addressed themorlves to the King to obtain Inw per.
inistion ; but his 514jesty would not grout it. 'flay
seaweed their requests. but they could not succeed
iu inilucing the Kiug to clump Isis levolutioss.
The letters which have been r.lilresArd with this
view to his Majesty have been published. They
breathe the purest patriotism. 7hr King moss/tr-
ed, that such great honour. could with dsesnuou be
decreed only to the dead, mod out to the

II iwever, we flitter ourselves that hotwitlisTilitl-
tog this rrfusil, the isiouunient will by rimed dur-
ing the life of the .1 lie site his been isl-
rem!) works-II uut haunt the Augusteuiti, Ili the
lies, 4:sly oh Misdeal.
We hive the 11+1111braCtioll to 1111110MICe, that dur-
tog the memoir) of saw we hist hut r harvest so
sibuodiut its suiss.uri. Smutty is re.
Lovering limo her disiistes• witch %MIMI thin people
%colored to hope.

ROME, •UUL'bT 6.

The Catholic Bishop of Do lido *unto that
the well-ktoisra P. 114,e5, who iw► IpfC44l thrUtigh

the Jour .1111. ots 'Ploy r ilumniotte sertrations
against several distinguished persons at Ititre, is
ready to retract them.
The pr+ct or fishing for ant;quities in the Titter
cannot be realised Woe year, !because the ontisson,
the epoch of the swell in the w tiers, approaches.
Doubts are entertained whether the' project will
have results sufficiently great to indemnify the
undrrtakers. The project does not, therefore, eo
less bottom to M. Nero, of Livourne, who is ut the
head of the company, and who has invented the
machine thatis to he used.

SWEDERI. AtTRUIT S.
The King and the Prince Royal set out this day
fur Norway.
'mutton. AUGIIIIT 16.

We now have pod reason to know that the
Allied Sovereigns will not in the reviews of
their troops, which will lake !dem at the mod of this
mouth.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,

THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, ISIS.

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