The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-11-16 00:00:00

LONDON,
THURSDAY, NOVEMBIta 16,

We have occasionally endeavoured by gentle
memos to treat certain writers for the noiesiaterial
prints to a reuse or what they owe to the eliarinotr of
their country and to their own reputation, if they
hope ta maintain the rank and hearing of gentlemen;
we have reminded them from time to time that
their pawnor' cause could derive but little support
from indecency and scurrility, and that they only
insulted the taste of their readers in treating them
with language such as would disgrace the precincts
of Billtiogorgate. We were at the same time ready
to make every allowance for the irritation isecessarily
cousequeut upon defeat, and to admit from the weak-
ness of human nature, that these poor fellows might
have derived a momentary gratification from ad.
dressing a few hard words towards those individuals
to whom in their bitterness of olio(' they might
foolishly attribute their disgrace. Unhappily, how-
ever, our chiding has been iu vain. To nu purpose
have we been telling them that there are certaill
ranks and degrees of society which ought to Le
sacred from their impure indecent ribaldry ; that
to the Queen Consort of these realms it is not be-
coming to address language ouch as no man of (lea'
licacy or of honour would use towards the most
miserable being that crawls upon the earth, or would
indeed condesectid to utter at all ; that such lan•
gusge, when arldressied to one raised 50 far above their
level, evinced but an idle hostility, and must fall
innocuous from her; that if with were true while
the QUEEN wise exposed to the dangers and indignities
of a public prosacutioti, conducted hy enemiesat once
powerful and nirlignunt, much mores() is it now that
her MAJESTY has triumphed over the machinations
that were framed against her dignity and power. She
is now clothed in all the honours of her rank—she is
i the Queen Consort of these realms, and as such is
entitled to many prerogatives and advantages be.
vond other women ; her character is under the
especial protection of the laws ; hut a bile as a Queen
she demands certain immunities and privileges from
the loyalty of her people, as a female, an injured,
unprotected female, she claims from the chivalrous
feelings of gentlemen and of men of lionoev, a still
prouder assurance of safety than the cold forma-
lity of the law can possibly offer. These topics
have we fruitlessly urged, to check the tank:A-
in), amid brutal malevolence of the writers we
allude to; for there are souse minds so ill consti-
tuted by nature, that no generous sentiment can
harbour within them ; so dull and so obtuse that
gentle reproof is • lost upon them. They feel no
penile of shame, anti can be restrained front giving
expressiou to their evil propensities by such metier
only us are. used to correct vice iu animals, by
courtesy, culled irrational. or by the ()locution of
other tuvamturrs no less harsh and revolting.
Tu prove to our readers that we have not used
language unnecessarily harsh, we shall (that pray.
ing their lbrgiveneae) lay before their a few spe-
cimens takeu from only cite Paper of yesterday
Morning, of the language in which the Treasury
writers, but The Morning Post in particular, me
accustomed to speak of the QUEER. We must
premise that it is an excellent standing joke, not a
whit the worse for the wear, to turn the name of
Brandenburgh House, her MAJESTY'S residence,
into Brasury•burgh House, for the gross and in.
famous purpose of thereby insinuating tt new charge