The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-12-15 00:00:00

LONDON,
FRIDAY. Dgcsmsea is, ism

We should suggest to the Ministers the propriety 1
of checking the foolish zeal of their partisans, and
of letting the curtain fall upon the contemptible II
farce of " Loyal Addresses" with which they are
disgusting the country. The plot is too absurd,
the tricks are too stale, the incidents are deficient
in decency and propriety, and therefore either pass
off without effect, or recoil with disgrace upon the
authors and actors; there are but few figures and no
characters, so that the people laugh at the exhibi-
tion without enjoying the zest of merriment. The
managers, indeed, have suffered so many rebuke,
that they, uow seldom venture upon a public re-
presentation; they feel that the farce has suffer-
ed that damnstory judgment which befats all
bad farces; they therefore choose some select
companies of friends for their private exhibi-
tions, and hope by strenuous puffing to delude
the world into a belief of their merits. This
is miserable.• The good sense of the people of
England revolts at throwing a censure upon their
well-earued character fur loyalty, and their holiest
feelings despise the mummery that would fling an
• unmerited reproach •pots their fellow-subjects. for
the sole purpose of giving a momentary exaltation
to per►onal vanity. or of gratifying the principles
of ■ depraved and selfish ambition. %Vitro a
fellow holds out to them at this particular moment
what he calls 4, a Loyal Address," and invites
them to assure their Sovereign that there is a
rebellion hatching in 'his kingdom, that the
Throne and Constitution are in danger, and
th'►t they are loyal, virtuous, and pious, they
will naturally ask him to give them some evi-
dence that this alarming danger does actually
exist; they will require some indications, sonic
,g overt acts," to support the bill of indictment
preferred against the character of their country;
and they will further tell him, that they have
given too many proofs of their loyalty and devoted-
ness to the throne and person of their Sovereign
to render any public display of it necessary, and
that if their principles were doubted, no aasertions
of their own could remove the evil impression from
the mind of his -MAJESTY. Whenever the invita-
tion is given publicly, such uniformly is the recep-
tion it experiences. Of the truth of this nssertion
the town of Frome lately gave a memorable proof;
and our Paper this day contains, in the instances
of llereford and Glasgow, two very remarkable
examples.
. .

On Monday last a very numerous meeting of the
Freemen of the city of Hereford was convened by
the Mayor, for the purpse. us the requisition ex. '
pressed it. of voting a " Loyal Address" to his
MAJESTY. The meeting was intended to have
been held in the Council Room, but en great was
lime number of Freemen .mien attended, that the
meeting was adjourned by the Mayor to the Old
Town Hall. The " Loyal Address" was there
moved by Sir 11. IlosayNa, in which the worthy
Baronet talks about " the eventful circumstances
of the times" as ~his inducement to as.nre the
KING of his unshaken loyalty, of which we pre-
sume not a man in the empire, not even the KING
himself. entertained the remotest donbt. The
ronet then tells his MAJESTY that he has " ob-
served with sorrow and indignation the designs of
those agitators of the public mind who, taking
advantage of every occasion to disturb the tran-
quillity of the nation, have manifested too clearly
their desire to overthrow the wise institutions of
our ancestors." All this in itself is just as harm-
less as so much silly writing usually is i but
we think that if Sir H. lictexyas hail been
asked to explain the mea • g of the second
paragiorpls in hip Address, he would have been
exceedingly puzzled ; we are convinced that he
could not by any fair and- honest reasoning apply it
to the present circumstances of the country. It is,
therefore, not surprising that the meeting should
wish fur something isitelSigible. and accordingly
Colonel COOKE proposed, as an amendment, an
Address to the KING SS loyal as the other, con-
demning the King's blinisten for their proceedings
oglinst the Quaint, and earnestly praying his


hlien'ec to nye' the country fron the pain
of witnessing the renewal of then. the amend-
ment was strongly opposed by Lord Somali
and no hers, ou the ground of irrelevancy.

fused to put the amendment. The Address
wss then put, and stegatired by a eery large
Majority, and the meeting gaiety a-pirated.
The Chief Steward, the Mayor, and a party of
friends, afterwards met ,at the hotel, where in
their own comfortable little coterie, whence ert,y
breath of opposition was cantiou-ly excluded, tlio
Address was of course ,4 woratrimunesly agreed to,"
Es win disco onemes."—Such is the history, with few
and partial exceptions. of those fine-sounding Ad-
dresses which 611 the columns of the Gazette, and
on which the Treasury JOUTIIIIIS feed and fetter.
flow lowly must the Ministry be soak who could
endure such a mockery !
The occurrences which marked the attempt at

getting nip u " Loyal Addrevi," at Glasgow were
of a similar character. The people every where,
alike in north and south, spurn with contempt :Ind
indignation the stale trick which is 'ought t• be
played off fur some ulterior purposes dangerous to
the State, and service;tble only fur the support of a
feeble and tottering Ministry. At Glair* a ►elect
few were invited to vote a Loyal Address, but the in-
tended proceeding having become public, the citi-
zens assembled in great numbers, and the Pacworr
and his friends withdrew, abandoning their 'purpose.
Au account of the extraordinary proceedings which
took place in the Town-hall upon this occasion will
be found in a copy of a private letter which we re-
ceived yesterday. The PROVOsT seems to 1101 re been
extremely indignant that any inhabitant of the town
not specially invited should have presumed to enter
the Town•hall, although had the Address been
adopted, the name of the town of Glasgow would
have been very unceremoniously prefized to it, and

Alms the sanction of every individual inhabitant
would have been implied to the form and object of
the Address. The business will no doubt be ma-
naged more privately in • day or two, sod the name
of the town of Glasgow will stand by the side of the
city of Hereford, and both will be represented to
the world as branding the mass of Use nation with
disloyalty, and threatening the country with a civil
war ! Should these names, thus grossly abused,
chance to meet the eyes of our readers, they will
be enabled to appreciate the value of the comniuui-
cation, and the history of these two Addresses will
further teach them what degree of confidence
ought in reason to be reposed in the pompous enu-
meration of places distinguished as the utterer. of
" Loyal Addresses."
We have often found it necessary to guard the
public against the glaring fallacies, the habits of
deception in which cert•.in of the Treasury Journals
indulge. They garble alike speeches in Parlia-
ment and extracts from other Journals, foe the pur-
pose of throwing a false colouring upon the senti-
ments of individuals, or of perverting remarkable
events. The account which we have given of
the proceedings at Hereford is extracted from
the Hertford Journal. We can anticipate the
feelings of surprise and indignation which every
honest and ingenuous mind must entertain on learn.
ing that The Courier Ministerial Evening Paper
gives a garbled account, purporting to be an
extract from the very same Hereford Journal,
which omits all mention of the amendment proposed
by Colonel COOKE, of the opposition manifested
by the meeting to the Address, and of its final re.
jec4ion ; while it on the contrary represents the
meeting as being unanimoos in favour of the
Address. The following is the necount given in
The Courier, as an extract from the Hereford
Journal. We entreat our readers to compare it
with the report actually published in that paper :
" CITY OF H 0 LOYAL A DDRIMI.-..it MOW-
loos assembly of Freemen, Inhabitants, and others, took
place at the Cooncil.room on Monday. the 11th
which was soon found to be ton small to accommodate the
proem amensbled. An adjournment WAN therefore, moat to
the Town-ball; when the Mayor had taken the Chair, the
Address was moved by Sir H. Hoskyea, BitUfle, seconded
by Dr. Hughes, and carried ananimously.—(Herrford
Jouresl)."

Is a paper that can act in so disgraceful a man.
tier, and so shanirlessly abuse the confidence of it•
readers, deserving any longer of credit or support ?

Paris Papers of Sunday and Monday have ar-
rived at our Office. The lihmiteur contains an or•
&sauce. by which the King Of FRANCE elevates
Canibray to the rauk of one of the a good cities of
the realm," in testimony of the satisfaction enter-
tained by his MAJESTY at the sentiments which
animate the inhabitants of that city toward• his
la•rron.

Whatever the intentions entertained by the Allied
Powers with regard to Naples tnay bee it is certain
that Austria sullyontinues to pour troops into Italy
as if for the purpose of extinguishing any presump-
tuous hope which the Cabinet or people of Naples
might venture to indulge. of bring enabled to resist
aggression by the (-set cilia! of force.

AO ;Article of intelligence from Vienna. dated
the 30th of November. declare, that the couriers
last night dispatched fron► Troppaw to Naples u ere
the bearers of an invitation. addressed by the Al-
lied Sovereigns In the King of the Two SICII.IES,
that hifAILIVSTY should repair ill Ilet6oo to
the cispi lid of the Duchy of Corniola. fur the purpose
of holding sa interview with the Emperors of KIN.

siA and AUSTaiA, where they might arlitora.P
jniully upon the stole of his kingdom. It is 111. n
tl.t the Prince de 11ARDENSTRO will eLto
ripoir to taibsch, in the event or the KING'S en'.
seining to wee, hips august tortthers, to nasist at
conference on behalf of Prussia. The alenver to
this invoist. ems rigisectecl to reach Troppan :along

the It th w 13th of Dreember.
A ciuther Ncemmt, illentoiotent with this, :morn

ii., that the Ernpernt of Rosst4 purposes t► lest.
'Fromm.' immediately fur St. Petersburgh.
The 'Myn.* (non Spain are not uninterretiii,
Private letters front Leon of the 414 of Noventh.r,
announce, that on the preceding slight a pAry,
couristing of about trot or a der:e.en armed no--w, ou
horseback, traversed the streets of that city, ea.
claiming " Lire the King !"—•• Pr.:o 'Fe t e..
stit►ition ' It being midnight. the A
were. somewhat remiss in their duty, and I i.e.
fenders ',leaped. Several nominations to importai.e
command., civil and milste►y, have, been puhliielieil
at Madrid, highly gratifying to the people.
Advice. have reached St. Ander° from the
relative to the operations4o the contending a►row..
which represent the Royal armies as hosing gained
a decisive advantage over the Independent•. com-
manded by BOLIVAR. It is stated, that when Oa.
news of the Revolution io Spain reicher! Niont Luc),
lie immediately communicated the important event t
BoLto.eit, and proposed to him honou►able term. of
arrangement, but that BOLIVAR indigent itly
►.-
jected them. This refusal on the part of BOLIVAR
was the rigeal for the immediate renewal of Innetill-
ties ; and the accounts now received at Si. Ander,
affirm that Mottri.t.o obtained a splendid victory.
This is the Royalist version of some events which
have been already commonicated to Europe through
channels wore favourable to the cause of the Inde-
pendents. It is probable-, from the experience we
have had of the veracity of both parties hitherto,
that op reliance can be placed upon tither.
The French 5 per Cents. on Saturday closer! at
77 1. 85c.; Rank Stock at 1,415 r.

Dutch, Oporto, end Spani.li Paper., lone
arrived. From the last we find that the report
of the decisive victory. obtained by Muitit.t.o
over BOLIVAR, mentioned In the Paris Papers.
rests upon the mere vernal atitlionty of the Cap-
tain of a vessel frum La Guira, arrived at St. An-
ders, and is not noticed in the Intern which he lia,
brought from South America.

Yesterday Viscount CASTLEREAGH had an andi-
ence of his MAJESTY, at his Palace in
We understand that the KING have been gni-
cioutly pleased to accede to the reque.t of the it:-
habitants of Egham and its vicinity. that his MA-
JESTY would permit a deputation frnin the meet-
ing lately held there to approach the Royal iiresenc,l
with their Address; and also that iiiS MAJisry
has been pleased to fix Friday the 22i1 instant 1,,
receive the same at Windsor.

Letters from Liverpool, received yesterday, men.
lion that the ship Cones, from New York, was ott
Holyhead on the 11th inst. She was to sail from
New York on the 19th of November in conse-
quence PIM will bring the President's Message to
Congress, which was to be read on the 13th ult.

Private adviees from Spain state, that there is
some prospect the Decree fur the prohibition rs
nearly all foreign goods and manufactures being
imported into that country will be repealed, in o
sequence of the clamour which has been raised
against it by the Spanish merchants.
Extract of a letter from Liiroick, December 3.
1820, received in Glasgow thus morning (Morally,
11th instant) :—" There is • West India ship on
shore at Ross Bay. about one mile north of Loops-
head, chiefly laden with cottou, name or destina-
tion not yet known. From the state of the wind
and weather it is supposed she must nave already
gone to pieces."
Yesterday the Grand Jury for Middlesex found
a true bill of indictment against the notorious
Fletcher. alias Franklin. for a misdemeanor, in ob-
etructusg and perverting the due course of justice.
by writing, cotupte•ing, and publishing to each of
the Jury who were autninnued to try Sir Fitaacts
Buauari, at Leicester. a letter calculated to in-
fluence their judgment, and urge them to find a
verdict against the worthy Baronet. The letter in
question, it will be recollected, was received by
the Jurymen immediately on the eve of the trial.
and not only occasioned a great sensation. but was
very severely animadverted upon by the Ministeri.il
Pouts. as being the wicked effort of some crazy
Radical.

TRINITY COLLKQE. DUSLIN.—The petition to
the Board for the restoration of the
Society. has been presented and rejected. Tli•
petition► war numerously signed by the Stueents aiset
Graduates of the University. with all the
Fellows, except four, at their head. It asked fo,i
the restoration of the Society on any terms which
the Board of Senior Fellows might think proper ti.
impose. The Bound were pleased in reply to 31V31(1
even going► two the question, end to give the
meat a laconic rejection, by racing that 'lois seas ru
time fur she discuasion.—(flublies Regis:sr
The failure of au titunetot house in tile et y, tat
week. has git•en rise to a very retinas mbinsilir.
standing Itetwcen some moor-teller's and a Cana!,,
of a vessel, having um beard his ship a large goal,.
City of sugars shipped liar Tries e, anal for which ti.
had signed a hill of holing. The refiners sot tito.
occasion. :is they have door on others, I•rocee.led sc.
the docks. aceinnirasiied by s large li,dy of that
workmen, for the purpose of hreaLing fling. the
hatches. and securing the relnrii a•f their
The Captain, however, considering respt•o•
sible for the delivery of the goods rat Trieste, stoutly
repelled tlwun, and, it is paid, act molly knocked one If
the reficets into the tiver, threatening very serum
consequences to the others if they attempted to
come on board the ship. We understand that thus
refiners retired. and are adopting more pacific :nt•::-
sures for the recovery of their property.