The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-11-27 00:00:00

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not be received or nodentood as Coonler•Addresses
those presented to the Waal( upon her triumph
over her enemies. Both sets of Addresses. if sin-
cere. mitt stand upon the same principles. L.
al►y to the Ktatl embraces loyalty to lois Qnsiat.
mod every thing etionectod with the shvereigisty.--

On Saturday, in the Caen of King's Bench, the
Gaud Jury of the Comity of Middlesex found a

true bill of inilictosent spinet William Fletcher, •
'alias franklia, slims Forbes, for high trrasou,
upon the 36th of the late Kinn, fur publi
lug treasonable band-hills, &.:. The Defetwts
ant having absconded, a process of oaths
will be immediately commenced against h
and when that process is completed, he will .t
convicted of the charges contained in the ,
dicituent ss fully as if he had been ac tis.l
•tried and found guilty by a Jury. If then tio.„
should ever be taken it will only remain fur the
Court of King's Bench to pronounce sentence of
death upon him. " Anciently," says BtatisrosE,
" an outlawed felon was said to have capat lapin
and might hr knocked on the head like • w
any one Ilia( should meet him, because, haw —..
'bounced all law, he was to lie dealt with a in `e
state of nature, when every one that shoal
loin might slay him; yet now, to avoid siiiitcilli •
inhumanity, it is holden that no man is ems
titled to kill Inn wantonly or wilfully ; lAtt
in so doing is ;silty of murder, unless it lisp 4
pent in the endeavour to apprehend him. F an
p.r%nit may arrest 11l outlaw on a criminal In'
,i;':
II ll9n, ritinr of his own head, or by wilt or war
of eapias utlograssin, in order to bring him ki tit t'
ti
ctitiirr. nisi +nth outlawry may be frerpiept.
reversed by writ of error ; the proceedings thevalin';
hieing, iit it it fit they sl Id In, excrrthil:4ly nine
. and circniiistaitrial ; and if any single inioute.pilltrit I.
be omitted or mist-01)(11'00, the whole (military it .•
i::cgal, • and may be reversed; upon which rever,sl
the iiktriy accused is admitted to plead to, and nil—
mottod to defend hiangelragninot the indictment."
it is satisfactory to find that Mr. l'Etason, Ur.'
!lusts, and the tither Gentlemen/010 detected the
nefarious proceedings -of tics twin, have gone on
regardless of the difficulties which have been thrown
iii their way, and that there is now a reasonable ru-
in ctation of Inc apprehension if he be in England,
as a.y perron non harbouring him will render him-
self responsible to the laws, as a partner in, his

A letter from Sierra Leone,. dated October 1,
states, that a Portuguese vessel, called the Vu
de Sal, with 200 slaves on board. was captured
early in 1819, by the Pheasant, 18, Capt. Katlx.
who put on board a Prize-master and some men to
navigate her to Sierra Leone ; the Portuguese
Master and hit crew, however, shortly afterwiedi
rose on our seamen, murdered them all. and cat-
tied the vesarl to Pernambuco, where the slaves
were sold. The Captain then abscoucletl, and 0/
crew gave information of the transaction to .the .
tish Consul, through whose intervention the vessiAt
was detained a second time, proceedings are insti-
tuting against her for condemuatioa, and searckts
making for the Master.

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A letter froth an Officer of his IVlajesty's ship
Be(kite, dated Hulilitx, November 1, miming.
cites the melancholy tidings of the death of Captain
ARTHUR Stow, of the Tamar, of Mr. CHARLES
(iREETHAM, and Mr. FURTER, Midshipmen, and
forty men, of fever, whild on the iravesge from
Port Royal to Halifax with specie. The death of
Capt. STOW took place on the 27th of Augikst.
The Tamar had, previous to her leaving Jamaica.
lost eight officers and twenty.five men, by that
same dreadful scourge, the yellow fryer of the
West Indies. Capt. PECHELL was appointed to
the Tumor, and Lieut. J. P. BARER. of the New-
castle, succeeded to the command of the Belle*. .
The Tumor was to return immediately to Juma
The Miele hail sailed for Quebec, with part of
the specie brought by the Tamar, and the Mersey,
Capt. EDWARD COLLIER, was to proceed witlv'tlwr
remainder to St. John's, New Bruna*ick. The
voyage to Quebec, it was considered, would peeve
very difficult and arduous at that late Denson, but
the specie was much wanted to ',ay the trolly%
The i emeastle (Rear-Admiral Gateettn),
A. FANSHAWE; Phaeton, Capt. W. A. MONTAGU;
Tumor, Capt. ..PECHELL ; Crefle, CAW. TOZER;
and t hebnetoo schooner, were lying at fdlidifaz.
Sir JAMES KESIPT and suite had just returned
from a voyage of inspection to Cape Bretons

His filsiesTY arrived at Windsor Cotter'. Wit
Friday login. in his travelling chariot, rscoricil by
a party ot the loth regiment of Light Dragyonsi.
Thrre ships of war, to curry ite guns each. all of
the same minding, have lire's for some time build-
ing at Woolwich, for the perpose of isumaillate
commission, and us trial of the relative strtrigilt.
durability, aid extreme of building, of common
oak, Riga ti-r, and ti► which grows in great elsond.
mice 00. 'he eptete of the Duke of kraut.. in Perth*
shire. The Menem. built of Rip fir. was laeneb.
ed on Monday last, the Atlitol vim Isetsched .e
Wednesday, and the /Vera Seer. built of oak, will
be ►eady shortly.

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By a Royal Order from his Catholic Majesty the
King of SPAIN. Don CZEINTINO SINGUEHA Y
SANCHEZ DE TOWS. En-Colouiel in the patriot
easy (now resident is Partsssasth). has been re-
stored to the royal favour, and i. permitted t4te-
lltura to his estates, after an abeam of 12 yea

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