The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-07-26 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM.

Mr. Alderman Woo° said, that he had read the
Petition which he had wished to present the ►rigl.t
before. Ins language was very strung, but he did
not see any thing to it to render it proper to be
rejected.
It was then brought up and read. It was en.
titled the Complaint, Remonstrance, and Petition
of the Inhabits's!, of Birmingham, Ault asseat.
bled, and was signed by au individual named Ed-
monds on behalf of the Petitioners. It detailed at
great length, and in warm language, the evils whirl.,
iii the view of the Petitioner•, resulted from the
present constitution of the [louse of CUIIICDMIII
complained of " a system of terror and outrageous
persecution for the perpetuating of tyranny;" and
prayed fur a radical reform of the ►epresentation of
the people.—lt wee ordered to lie on the table.
51% Alderman %troop moved ilLit it be printed.

Mr. H. SMITH oppwied the mutton. 11 the 'no-
tion fur riffling so much nonsense were persisted
in, he should divide the llotiar.—[There were but
eight or nine Members preirin.]
Mr. Alderman WOOD replied that regularly all
Petitions ought to be printed, anal a motion to that
ttfcet was very rarely opposed. He should not with-
draw the motion.

Mr. H. GURNEY was astonished at the reception
or the Petition, but feared that the rejection of the
motion might establish a precedent 'which would
operate injuriously in the case of Petit►ous roue::
more sensible.

Mr. K. SMITH repeated his objections.
Mr. LVSIIISGTON bald it wits WO Wiwi) to es-
pec► that the Wipe would consent to so much non-
sense and virulence, and oleanders bring printed.
Tht motion wtis then esegistived.
SM A LI TEN EM ENTS.

Mr. TENNIsox said, that his Lindlords and
Tenants Bill hiving Jost ree.stived tile Royal A•-
sent, lie rose in give notice, that in the etioutty;
Session he should introduce a Bill for providing n
less expensive remedy Tor the recovery of the rent
of small tenements, not exceeding 301. or Su/.
slow.
The House then adjourned till to-morrow 'this
day).

The fallawine wag Testriviay received at :
—" HovatltAs, MAY V.—Since theAste of my !DI (re.
bruary I), I have to arquainl you that tune vessels, twntly
*choosers, under the Vimeziitao 1148, conimaiAted by Com-
modore Aury, took the Non of 011104 and laid siege so the
fort ; but using to a *Iron:: reinforcement meriting frost the
iutrnur, he was obliged to *Lawton the place. PICTIOUS tr
A Itr).• attempt on Otisoa, he :ittark,il Troxillo, witboirt any
success, but 161111 the Imir of a number of mcii."

A letter f.-um Glasgow. dile,' July sav•:—
" The Court suet on Thursday morning. at tell
o'clock, %%ken ✓untes ifilson, hosier, Sttathaven.
was brought to the bar. 1-I.svisig Ar jetted the eve.
deuce for the Crown, the Court rose briNtell tWelte
and one yesterday and met again at ten.
About nine o'elu•k to the evening the Jury return.
ed a verdict of Guilty upon the 4th Count of the
Indictment, " conspiring to levy war against the
King. iu order to compel him to change his um.
sures." This trial lasted twenty-stveri hoar.. The
Court proceeded to Paisley this morning to Arraign
some inisuctrs, and is to meet ou Mos•
dry."

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PRVSS So.: • •

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY. JULY 26, Mil%

The goat in the KiNG's hand seas yesterday, we
err iwppy to sly, much better, his MAJESTY
having experienced less pain than at ally time since
hr has had the aitack.

YeAft rcisy 1111 Dukes or Yokt end ChoucesTga
vipitril his NI A.l ENT Y.

The Report of the Lords' Committee appointed
to search for precedeots as to the mode of enforcing
the attendauce of Peers on the second reading of the
B►ll against the QUEEN, was made Last night in the
!louse of Lords. It states that the Committee had
searched and had found several precedents, sod had
come to sundry resolutions founded thereon. As
to the attendance of Peers, it was resolved, that no
Lori should absent himself fur the three first day%
after the 17th of August next. under a penalty, by
way of fine, of 100/. fur every d.►y he should be so
absent, and 50/. for every day he should be absent
►lfterwards. That no excuses for -attendance
should be admitted, except for such Peers as ex-
ceeded seventy years of age ; or that should have
been out of the realm on the 10th lay of July inst. ;
or on account of the death of a parent, wife, or
r hill. That those Peers who should be absent
from age or sicknes► should communicate the same.
by letter, to the Lord Chancellor. That the Lord
Chant.. llor do communicate, by letter, to every
Peer the substance of the preceding Resolutions.
As to the arrangements for the accommodation of
their Lordships, the Report goes on to state, that
the Committee had been attended by the Surveyor.
(bittral of the Board of %Works, and John Solute.
Esq. the Architect of that Hoarse, and it was the
opiation of the Committee, that an humble Address
should be presented to his Majesty. requestiog that
lw would berpleased to give directions that a gal-
lery be erected along the sides of the House for the
accommodatiou of their Lordships. during the exa.
JJJ 11l ation of the evidence on the 811 of Pains and
Penalties; and that a space be arranged below the
bar for the Counsel, Agents, Solicitors, witousses,
trod others attending the same.

Mr. WETHERELL lust night moved, in the
Molise of Commons, that the passage in Fibulalts
Wes►ern Luminary, reflecting on the QUEEN, was
lotach of the privileges of that House. A de-
bate ensued, and the motion was withdrawn upon
the assurance of Lord CASTLEREAGH that the sub-
ject had attracted the attention of the ATTORNEY
GENERAL, but that .it could not be brought be-
fore the Courts until the close of the vacation,
from whence we must presume that it will be then
made the subject of prosecution. His Lordship,
in the course of his speech, feelingly lament-
c) the grievous excesses of the public press,
which he represented as generally employed in ex-
citing the vilest, the basest, and the most angry
postows of the multitude. It is, not a little
extraurdioary, however, that the Wes►ern Lu-
mina►y, and the other unworthy members of
the press most notorious for this prostitivion of
their powers. are of the class which study to ren-
der themselves amiable in the eyes of Ministers.
flail the influence been early exerted iii the case of
the QUEEN which patrons are presumed to hove over
their dependants, the exertions of the independent
pert of the press in her MAJESTY'S cause `would
have been unnecessary•. All attempt has been made
in the chose of her MAJESTY to pervert• the prin.
ciples of justice, and overwhelm her with libels.
Surely the effort of the press that seeks to pre-
serve the coarse of justice purr, sod to stein this
torrent, cauaot be considered a grievous excess of its
powers.

'l'lw Paris Papers of the 22(1 arrived yesterday.
They contain no further account of the progress of
the revolution iu Naples than that which we pub-
sltett One of the Paris Papers says
tins great measure 1' has been undertaken, exe-
cuted, and terminated, without the people bring
able to guess whist was in agititiou." It is stated,
in an artic:e dated Madrid, the 10th instant, that
11 the Government has just issued orders to assemble
6,000 troops of all arios in the environs of Madrid."
The doinestic news in the Paris Papers po v 444 ei
little interest. The projet of the 1s relative to the
execution of the Treaty with Algiers was adopted in
the Chamber of Peers, on the 21► t, by a majority
of 78 to 41, mud that of the Budget by a majority
of 116 to 3.

The nye per Cent. Consols are 78 8-10th fr.—
Bank Actions 1,387} fr.

Letters from Gibraltar, dated the 3d inst. state,
that the Dutch and American stuadrous had sailed
in pursuit of the fleet which lately left Algiers,
consisting of five vessels.—Accounts recrive‘l at
Gibraltar from Majorica mention, that the disease,
which had at first been reported the plague, had
considerably subaided. Every precaution was taken
at Gibraltar to prevent infection.

Yesterday was a holiday at the Gawk
au_ the
Stock Exchange. No business was done in the
Funds. The price of Consols fur uext account is
nominally 781.

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