The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-03-03 00:00:00

Viet Yorkshire (ieistleutan, and stymie UM
behind his beck in • *mils, mousier. He would
tout do so, though whorl he neighs, by taking
est of his pocket the book of some booby York.
• attire `l4litire, and doling it nut its this manners
these Yoehahiremen, like this 'Squire, usav have
.'l:reit deal of toleot, but yet after all he did nit
• it Shast audo -,11144- teniiLMCV
• gretelefee.irtaHeavould nut, however. treat Mr. S.
Mi!hrireti iT he halal a hook of his ita his pocket,„:Hos
to-stealhint;
did he. thjok. siege he eoinelmed, the prrseit
!otiaide that 'wpm 414 OA Wage
Tr:tow:ins ligsfWerursfs
. 'hafts /11*.74.44..1f. .conichere,Getstko.•
girt. (::ititleigued,l*. 114, •I know. yea *mold .nit
vetch ktl s to prison, ihnugli ,eou Tight µestop"
to
.isehoel." T*rf.. wee only Jitt .antiembly in
*galrliot thok 1"
.V 111141.60,40, •. had it.: full .
Wliat was ;Pi become of Alio liberty of the
weed an
*lmo * conistry .geolkonasi got up and
:in extra t, pamphlet in viii. manner, and
a Master in Chancery was found to take the matter
sub.eqsently *p If one man adopted this sum-
mary ;blot of penislimeut, another would he ritual
to follow his example: sir that when any country
geritlentutt became ill of iudigestion, and knew not
loin to dispose of his time in Parliament, he
hail only, when he had no common to enclose,
nor any body to• injure in any other way. to
"put :tome publication in his pocket, and if he
had an idle hour early in the evening, to go
Clown to the House of Commons and mud the
author or publisher to gaol for the perform-
. once. The matter could be easily justified. Mr.
Wynn could easily settle the ; there was the
first volume of Mr. Hatsell's Law, with all the pre.
mdents ready cut and dry, sod many good ones
could doubtless be found, not ouly for Pending the
•nikeuder to prison, but giving the poor delinquent
• tide with his face to the tail of a horse. lie
fouled when he looked into these precedents, that
a Marray had been lout into a solitary cell,
stud denied access to his friends, or the use of
pen and ink, and was near dying under thin treat-
ment, and all this woe according to precedent. He
had heard. indeed, that if be complained pretty
loudly in his impritommetit a s tar fate would
await hien, but his only answer wit*, that while he
was punning the path of conscious rectitude, he
did tan care for the example, nor for soy others
that a 'tree:Mena poacher could tied out. He at-
tempted to follow at an humble distance the con-
(Net plumped by the worthy Baronet near him in
/1110, and he doubted not the same thurg would be
dime agoitiand again as long as such attempts were
mole swots the liberties of the people. It :seeded
nothing but a little passive resistance to make even
the Howse of Commons ashamed of the acts which
they were in the habit of committine. The worthy
(Lottleniau concluded by returning thanks iu the
most cordial manner to the roomally, and particu-
larly to the Electors of Westminster for the Void-
-1,-ss they hid sheen' biol.—(Lood and reiterated
af.daretations.)
The nein toast was--

" The only reassiniog Wearily of English Liberty—Trill
by Jory "—" Old tiogland to thyself kr t►ue."
It grips drunk woh great applause.

Mr. THOMAS MURPHY song a putriotic Ode,
wri eri for the occasion, called" The Genius of Bri-
rain t.. Me I:/return of Westminster." It woe to the
tone of " Scuts who but toe Wallace bled." and
both the sentiment and the tasteful mariner in which
it oar delivered drew forili loud plaodits.
Mr. ROUNDTHWAITE next proposed-e-
-rr air Francis Harden, our incomparable advocate—may
a Bluish Jury vindicate his uuble Address on for Manchester
M.cniar..e.**—Soinc, .• WAIL' c larppy in my Nailer Land."
Sir F. By ttoETT rose amid the loudest arid most
entnusiastic cheers. lie said it was gratifying to
111,11 to meet on every oecariou any body of his
1111 l itryineri, more especially the Electors of West-
minster, with whom hr was mere particularly
yuaintr t. sod who were more particularly acquaint-
. 43 with him ; but lie confessed he never met any
body of electors with lie much pleasure as he dill
that numerous company; that numerous reseal-
tibige,.lie could out but consider a harbinger of
triumph of the cause of liberty and reform ; tlurt
cause, though defeated on the late election, he bad
no doubt, when he took into cunsiderlitioir all the
Riviera advantages. when they come to it town-
melted with the difficulties which formerly upward
thica—diffieultiea suexampled, arising from causes
which it was impossible to predict—he did hail
Ore present meeting es a good omen of the result
of that contest in which they were about 10 eisgage.
They had in their favour other advantages—they
It'd the greatest of all advantages, a fuller ac-
somnolence with the character and abilities of the
Gentleman they proposed so nominate as the col•
league of liitustit.—/ Load applawst.j-41 he bad
merits in the eyes of the Electors of Westminster
un the last occasion—and that he was nut devoid of
sutra the state of the poll would phew, nutnith-
atainlitig the untoward circumstances that occurult
—but when the fair expression of the electors should
be taken, they had little &obi of carrying the
point, which struck him •ra be of great import-
ance to the character of the city, and of great
itoportsuce to the cause of reform.— (Applanse.)-
41ter the able and eloquent address of Mr. !lob.
wirise, embracing such a variety of topic., he felt a
&Acuity iu putting his hood user them, lest lie
should detract from the ettect Of that admirable
speech. eat there was another view equally ris-
ceuregnig: it was uot that Mr. ilobiliontr come fur-
iv.ard with all the credit of the exertions which he
mode with so much advaotrige to the public. and
so much reputation to himself, he had also had
the advaotage of hiving his conduct contrasted
with the blank which the Gentleruan they had
cootend with presented to the public.—
They were nut able to draw forth from Mr. Lamb
any declaration whatever on any public question.
The City of Wertariuster was nevertreated in such
a way at it was at present. It was what lie would
think unbecoming tmstmetrt even toward, the
mock electors yf • rotten borough. lle read in
%he Morning Chetraicle .of that aioruiug au ad-
sertisemesit, which he would beg .leave tc read to
the c piny.--41;iere ttie Hon. Baronet read the
ortserissement. which stated, that any Gentlewien
wishing to secure a see iu . Varliement would he
treated with, by applytog tit Tintietockestreet, Co-
ftritqlardert.j—tic *Mild stymy* refer Mr. Lamb
to Tsvistockestruet, Coyerilir=u ; AC he cer-
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