The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-07-07 00:00:00

LONDON.
FRIDAY, Jute' 7, isto.

L.rd DAVIE presented a Petition t• the House
of Lords yesterday evening, in which her MAJaTY
prayed that her Counsel should he heard at the
bar to speak on her behalf against the mode
of ;proceeding that had been instituted against
her. The prayer of the Petition was opposed on
the ground of its being too general and indefinite,
oud after some argument it was at length agreed
that her MAJESTY'S Counsel should, in their ad-
dresses to the House, tooling themselves to asps-
meats upon the mode of proceeding on the Bill,
and with regard to the time of proceeding. To
these pont!' Messrs. BROUGHAM and Deissintt ac.
cordisigly confined themselves; but ou the latter
point they iu some degree surprised the House, fur
instead of desiring time for collecting witnesses and
other matters, they demanded, is the Quitzu's
name, that not en hoar should!, if potsible, be
suffered to elapse before her PI AJ MY was afforded
an opportunity of repelling the charges that had
bran alleged against her. Lord LIVERPOOL
mated that he would, on Monday next, apprise the
House of the earliest day on which he should move
the second reading of the Bill, and for this purpo►e
he moved that the Lords ►hould! be summoned for
Monday. Lord GREY moved, as an Amendroeut,
that the Lords be summoned for this day, and took
the sense of the House on the point. The Amend-
ment, however, was negatived •u a division, in
which there appeared for the original question 56,
and 19 against it. The Lords therefore were of.
dered to be summoned fur Mondry next.

The Earl of C•IIN•IIVON gave notice that he
woold take an early opportunity of moving an Ad.
dress to the KING for postponing the ceremony of
the Coronotion, if the Ministers of the Crown did
not advise his MAJESTY to that effect.

It is stated iu the Treasury Journals that the
accounts of the Qua►ter's Re►enue just ended
are of a favourable stature, though there will ap-
pear, as wu anticipated in the Milne of Commons
by the CHANCELLCM 0r the EXCIIEQUIRR. a small
diminution mu the whole year's produce wheat com-
pared with the year ending July 5, 1819.

l'Aris Piper. of Nloudoy last have arrived at
our Office.

Accounts f►om Sp iin represent that country as
enjoying the most undisturbed tranquillity. The
Comes will certainly o►eet in Madrid on the 9th of
this month. Majorca itt exposed to the ravager of a
violent malady, which tuntinues to make great ad-
vances. At San Servers 150 persons had already
perished on the sth of last month. At Aria the
streets were all blockaded to prevent contmar►ica-
lion. At San Salvador there were 54 sick, arid at
Belpuig 82. Mutineer and San Lomas° were not
affected.
A 'dreadful accident occurred nii the 8311 of list
month, at the village of Gossau, in the Cantos, of
Zurich, in Steil:yrlaud.
.A church had been newly
built, and the workmen, to celebrate the event.
we►e resolved to have a fe►tival in the new building.
The populatiou of the village and its vicinity as.
trembled in crowds to witness the ceremony, when
unfortunately the crowded galleries gave way. and
thirty.five persons were killed and upwards of nue
bundred had their rums and legs broken. The
scene was frightful in the extreme. " Nothing,"
says the writer," but is field of battle, immediately
after the coutlict,cuirtil give an adequate idea of its
horrors."
The Paris Papers say. that the Duke Ds CAZEII
may be esl►ected in Limbos' net the 10th instant, air
the Ambassador front the Court of Frasier.

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Hertiburgls Papers to the 30th June. and Brus-
sels to the 4th isistatit, hove arrived. The latter
r. the report that the Knit or ENGLAND will
volt 11[rouser in the cour►e of Old summer. The
totter end of AugUst is su..utioised as the tine of
Isis expected arrival. '
The Duke of Yoac tronsaeted military business
wish the KING yesttrdoy.st his Palace in Psll•msll.
Viscount CAITLENNAGII had an audience •f the
Kum yesterday.
Yesterday the Duchess of Gt OCCESTEIt end the
PP incite SOrill A visited his Majesty.