The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-05-20 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, Leaciates-Iste,
TVLSOIIf, MAT 19.
LADY PRA wcri EMILY VANE TEMPEST. a Minor
and a Ward of Coati. by her next ft tend.
Altctssar. Ammo TAYLOR. Esq. M.P. v. the
CouNT6SS of ANTIUM and (Ennio.
The Counsel in this cense waited on the LORD
CHANCELLOR. in his private roam, to settle the
eee a mtra of reference to the Master, for him to re.-
port whether the proposal rd noirringe of Loot
Stewart to Lady Frances Emily Vane Tempest, the
infant. is or is not such a one so the Court ought to
'sanction.

MUM), MAY IS.

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14 Prises Fides."

There is no* no doubt that a general elcc,inn
will take place in the course of the present pear.
On every side are sounded the note. of preparetion.
Addresses abounding in assurances of respect and
gratitude—declarations of lofty independence—awl
profesei eeee s of zeal and attachment, are scattered
through the country with unsparing profit-Wit.—
Amidst the gMseral bustle, Cornwall, which has the
supreine happineis of possessing twenty-one Bo-
rough's. reposes in almost undisturbed tranquillit,
We get through our business like expelienceit
trailers, who know the value of the commodity we
have to dispose or, and will not waste time in chef.
feting. The patrons of our close Boroughs Nye
fixed on their men—so that their retainers have no-
thing to do hut to meet, approve, eat venison, and
get drunk with toasting the iiiiniortal memory of
IVi!ham Pitt, and success to his legitiinate sum.. e.
tors, Lord Costlereugh awl Co. Our open Bo-
roughs, in which tire electors to:de on their 0.01
account. are as well acquainted with the curretit
price of a seat in the as a
broker on the Stock Exchenge is with the kite
Consols, or the premium on Exchequer Bills. All
they desire is good men, according to the mercantile
acceptation of the term ; further they inclitire not.
In fact, we do rot know a single Borough in Corn-
wall, in which the political principles or clittracti r
of the Cendtiletea form a question with the ,lectors.
In our dose Boroughs, all these matter. are left to
the patron ; in nur open Boroughs they are never
thought of. It is net, therelare, surprising, that
whilst some of our mitemporariee have been appeet.
ing to the patriotism of the electors, within the
limits in which their publications circuilitte, on the
sacred chi! y they are soon to he called on to per.
form, that we have said very little oil the suhjea.i.
To address ourselves to the patriotism of our
borough elector., would be to call upon the dead.
There may he, and we htlieve there are, a fete
honeet-intentioned individuals amongst them ; hut
these know their effort', would be wholly mote:tiling
were they to attempt to stem the torrent of sulser-
vient venality by which they are borne down ; and
we have no wish to torture them by mimesis which
they cannot answer, or exhortations which they are
unable to obey.
A correspondent lately requested us to publish
the oath against bribery. under the implied sanc-
tion of which every elector in the kingdom gives
his vote. There is not a pot-walloper in a Cornish
Borough who is not fully acquainted with it ; nor
is there one who wonlil not as readily take it as he
would sit down to an election dinner. or pocket
In lam, whilst the system lasts, it is
mere waste of words to address the h ((((( ugh elec..
tore of Cornwall, on principle or patriotism ; thete
is lint a peasant or miner in the county who would
not laugh at the idea. Borough-rooligesing is net
susceptible of amendment ; it is a gangrene whose
excision alone can restore the body politic to health.
Far different is the state of the case Is it respects
our freeholder,. The two parties that divide the
county, have. each a representative of whose
pewlesice they rtuly justly boast. Of the venerable
Sir Lem , it is unnecessary fir us to
speak ; his private virtues need no euloginin ; and
his high independence, and undeviating integrity,
through a long public life command the respect t f
those who differ with him in political opieioit, and
will ever secure the grateful attachment of it county
which he has lung and so faitlifJlly served. As to
general policy. we indeed differ with Mr. Tremsyne,
but it is due to him to say, that in private snit
in public life, he is most rispectable ; his indepen-
deuce is above suspicion ; nor can there be a doubt
that his opinions and conduct result from limiest
conviction. Such representatives do honour to the
choice of the freeholders of Cornwall ; as possessing
thut high feeling of integrity, which should aver
be found in those to whom are committed the wort
sacred trust of freemen.—/Traro Paper.)

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Monday se'nnight STEPHEN PIGOTT, of Maider-
head, a young man about 22 years of age, fou2l.t
with a person of the name of CHARLTON, at the
Coach and Horses, Nliiiilenhead Thicket. After
lighting nearly an hour, PIGOTT received a fatal
blow, which terminated in his death on Wednesday,
till which time he lingered in great pain. A Jury
sat on the body. at the abovesnained public-house,
on Thursday, and returned a verdict of Man-
slartghter ;" upon which CHARLTON was committed
to Reading Gaol.
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BIRTH.
On Ibe 11th instant' in Old Bond street, Ibe Lady of
G. Spence, Esq. of a daughter.
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