The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-11-13 00:00:00

TUC QUEEN.

The two Doctors, assisted by Mr. BRAND, Mrs.
BECKENDORFE, and other female attendants, were
in close attendance upon the QUEEN alternately
nn Wednesday night, relieving each other oc-
cii,ionally. Yesterday morning early Sir HENRY
Fist,Fouu sent off irons Kew Palace a de-
tailed account of the afflicting manner the QUEEN
had pasted the night, to the PRINCE REGENT.; the
same messenger also brought the Bulletin for the
inspection of the public, which was as follows :
" Ktw Palate, November 12, 1818.
" Tbeffihieeo was in a less uncomfortable state throughout

the whole of 31stertlay, last ter Majesty kis had a bad sight.
"'F. XIILMAN,
" It. HALFORD."

The QUEEN remained in the same state during
the day as she was iu the morning, and, in 'comm.
riUrnee, oo illher account Wlllll.tirt.
The ItunENT went to remain at Kew
riming the evening.

We ore concerned to state, Old the second brunch
of the Arctic Expedition lia> failed in accomplish-
ina the object fur which the verse's were equipped.
Those high hopio, therefore, which induced the

formation of the expedition, and accompanied the
four vessels on their leaving this country to encoun-
ter the dangers of a northern voyage, have been
wholly disappointed. We have already given vari-
ous a►►d interesting details of the unfortunate
voyage of the Dorothea and the 7'rent ; ere have
now to add some particulars respecting the Isabella
and the Alexander.

These •hips, we ■re happy to say, have arrived
safe in Brava Sound, Lerwick, ea well, neither
•hip having loft a man, nor having a man on the
sick 164

Captain Ross ha. completely' succeeded in exi.
p!oritig every part of Baitn's Bay, and, with the
exception of errors in the latitudes and longitudes',
of verifying the statements of that old navigator.
'Use name it bears ; and of ascertaining that no
passage exists between the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans, through Davis's Strait and Balbit's Bay,
the whole being found to be surmounted by high
lund, extending to the North, is fir us the
hit. 77. 55. and long. 76. W.; and in the 74th
degree of latitude stretching westward, as fir as
84. W. longitude.
They traced the land the whole way down to the
Cape Walsingliam of Davis, which they deter-
mined to lie in lat. 66. and lotig.f)o. ; from hence
they steered for Resolution Island, and then stood
homewards.

They have made many curious observations and
discoveries, of which perhaps not the least interest-
ing is, that a warier' has bee• found to inhabit the
Arctic regions between Me latitudes of 76. and 78.
who thought that the world to the South was all
ice ; that generation had succeeded generation of a
people who had never tasted the fruits of the earth,
had no idea of • Supreme Being, never had an
enemy, and whose Chiefs had hitherto supposed
themselves Monarchs of the Universe.

There now only remains to be discovered a few
degrees to the northward of the Repulse Bay of
Middleton, which might be done any one season,
from the northernmost station of the Hudson's Bay
Company. -

A Dutch Mail arrived last night, with Papers
to the 10th Minna. The remains of an ancient
bridge have been discovered in the district of
Drenthe, supposed to he the bridge of GERMAN'.
cm, mentioned by TACITUS, built about fifteen
years after the birth of CHRIST.

We have received German Papers of recent dates.
The only point of interest contained in them is the
notice of an Essay on the Liberty of the Press in
Germany, addressed to the Diet, by M. Vost
BERG, Minister of Holstein Oldenburg, written in
consequence of an order of that Assembly to that
effect in the early part of the present year. The
principles maintained in this Essay are not men-
tioned, hut a Committee has been appointed to
propose measures for establishing an uniform system
of legislation relative to the Freedom of the Press
throughout Germany. This system of generalisa-
tion is to be deplored, because in the present con-
stitution of the Germanic Body the interests or de-
sires of the greater military Powers must influence
the decision of the Diet, and the entire body, in.
stead of deriving a benefit from the freer and more
enlightened views of some of the minor States, will
sink under the debasing prejudices of the more
powerful and more despotic Governments.

We have received Paris Papers of the 9th. and
Brussels Papers of the 10th. The journey of the
Duke of ANGOULESIE to the frontiers, and the re-
ception he has experienced, and hopes to expe-
rience in the rations towns along his projected
route, form • prominent part of the French intel-
ligence. The presence of his Royal Highness dis-
sipates care and sorrow from the breasts of his
faitlifill people wherever they are blessed with a
sight of him, and who that reads his itinerary
could doubt the devoted loyalty of the French
nation to the family of the BOURBONS ! A pa-
ragraph in the Brussels Papers, dated from Aix-
la-Chapelle, asserts, that the Congress of .Mi-
nisters hos entertained the consideration of the
fate of NAPOLEON. Should such be the cave, and
we think it by no means improbable that his situa.
tion should form a topic of conversation, the recent
advice' from St. Helena, or which intelligence has
been sent to Lord CASTLEIRMAIHI. will arrive
very appropriately. Tie Brussels Papers dwell
upon the fetes with which the presence of the Sove-
reigns of Russia and Prussia will be marked in
that city. The Duke of RICHELIEU is expected
iu Paris on the 15th or 16th of this month.

We beg leave to direct the attention of our
readers to a letter which appears in another part of
our Paper, from Mr. BEN NETT, commenting upon
the late Presentment of the Grand Jury of the
City of London relative to the state of Newgate.
It will be remembered that the Grand Jury had
in their Presentment expressed their satisfaction at
the 1, order, cleanliness, and comfort apparent in
every part" of that prison. This statement, coin-
ing from men whose solemn duty it was to inquire
into the condition, and redress the sufferings of the
most miserable part of our glories, was at the time
eminently graitfl log to the friends of humanity,
and the public mind involuntarily reverted to the
time when Nevrgate presented a picture of every
thing distressing and disgusting, and a sincere feel-
ing of rati:ude was entertaiue•.! towards these good

and wise iodividuills by whose care's° salutarya
change had been eilf«Nreil. Facts, however, ale I
now made public by Mr. BEN:surf, whit:ll,lmi% e
either that the Grand Jiro had•einJuctcd dui!. in-
Spectimi of the prison in a very indiffetent and su-
perficial manner, or that they inidertook the iiiquiry
with a prepossession so favourable to the state of
the prison, that it was difficult to overcoinc it. Mr.
BENNETT says that lie ton visited New.ite on the
3d inst. mid found 40 persons in the (.4.'1(6111,1yd
cells, tinder sentence of death ; twit Of themhays
about 15 years of age. These 40 persons were :but
np in IS cells (being nearly three in.each), Which
are in dimension nine feet lung by seven wide, acd
the prisoners are shut up in them at least I hours
in the 24. In this disposition of the prisoners. it
seems that nn•order is observed, and that they tire
thrown together without any regard to their moral
state, or to the proper means of preparing .their
minds fur the awful change they are about to un-
dergo. The intermixture of all classes of offenders,
without regard to age or condition in life, both be-
fore and after conviction, is a dreadful evil, preg-
nant with the worst consequences to the individuals,
and through them to society ; and yet notwithstand-
ing the frequency with which it has been noticed
and Censured, it is still suffered to exist. Want of
reborn and the crowded state of the prison can be no
excuse for this; for the unfortunate inflates of this
abode of crime and sorrow will tint occupy more
spaced' classed according to their respective ages
and the character of their offences, than if thrown
together without *reference to either. Surprising
effects have been produced on the female side of
the prison by the benevolent exertions of Mrs. Fee,
.atid with such an example, sheaving the feasibility
and advantages of such an enterprise, we are sur-
prised that similar measures hare not been attempt-
ed among the male prisoners.

Our further correspondence from Portsmouth
folly confirms the impression we stated to have
been produced in that town and neighbourhood
by the failure of the Bank of Goowtrt and Co.
Various circumstances had concurred to produce
an unlimited confidence in the credit of the house.
The high individual character of the members of
the firm—the honour and integrity it had invari-
ably evinced in its transactions with the public—
and the ample means it was supposed to possess. In
consequence, the circulation of their motes was uni-
versal, not only in Portsmouth, but in Gosport and
Portsea, and the neighbourhood of all three. They
were used not merely as a medium of commerce, but
people in moderate circumstances, who struggled
to lay up a pittance of their earnings for the day of
distress or old age, preferred these notes to those of
the Bank of England. The security was deemed
equal—while the superiority of execution, and en-
hanced difficulty of imitation, rendered losses from
forgery far less probable than in the other case.
It is computed that not less than ninety thousand
pounds of the company's securities were afloat.
It cannot easily be conceived what dreadful con-
sequences such a failure must have produced.—
Our accounts represent " all business as totally
suspended—gloom in every countenance, indi-
cating the utmost distress and consternation—
alarm pervading all ranks, and ruin impending
over multitudes." The merchant, who had been
making what he conceived to be a sure provision
for his engagements, thus finds he had been lean-
ing on a reed, and that he is unexpectedly exposed
to losses and bankruptcy. The shopkeeper and
she farmer, who had calculated on possessing the
means of purchasing their respective stocks, now
find that the shop must remain empty, and the
farm unstocked ; while the poor mechanic and la-
bourer most find themselves and their children
temporarily deprived of bread. The effect is some-
thing similar to the panic which would he felt
should every second or third house in the places
we have mentioned be suddenly stricken with► a
dangerous plague.

Yesterday the Duke of YORK transacted mili-
tary buiguess with the PRINCC REGENT at Carlton-
house.

lOur letter from Dover, dated November 11,
(Wednesday), says-4, Twenty-two sail of transports
and hired vessels came into harbour last night from
Crisis, and this day five more sail have arrived ; the
whole have been safely disembarked, consisting of
upwards of 6uo men and the same number of hor►es,
of the 3d Dragoon Guards and 12tli Royal Lancers.
.—Strong south winds and foul weather have pre-
vented any vessels whatever putting to sea to•day."

Sir GREGOR MsGREGOR has sailed front the
Downs with his Stall; which is composed of Colonel
O'IIARA, Capt. I.AirE, the Hon. Capt. SEMPLE,
COLCLOUGSI, and several other line young
men. IVe understand that two more vessels, form-
inK part of the expedition which Gen. M'f;REGOR
is filling out against New Granada, were to leave
the [liver on Wednesday, in one of which is Senor
MENDEZ, who arrived in this country as an Sarni
from Venezuela, but whose commission has not been
recognised by the British Government. The second
part of the expedition will clear oat as soon as pos-
sible, ler the orders of Colonel MACIRONE, for-
welly aide-de-vamp to MultAT.
Un TlitirSday. a seizure was made in Greenock of
nearly three hundred weight of a vegetable powder,
which has bean imposed on the public as a species
of collie. This seizure, winch has rendered a
positive a.rvice to the whole c unity, was made
by Mr. Joktx BAYNi, sopersimir of License there,
and Messrs. M'IDux:ILLI., Dusty, and Csiutsti
surreyi”g oilh

••••••

REPRI SLAT.ITION ‘1 trEsr.wA

The iiitz is Sir Ftz. iSCIIS BURDETT'S Ali.
swrr to the A hhir of the •Electues of IVeietnitister,
r.iittrmilig bon to take the Chair at the Alerting to
be held MI 'lstiegthy neNt :

KIROV l'Avii. Novt MISER 9, 1818.

Gyyrrtymys —Ott my arrival herr, I 611111. i a immeromily.
eißnrml Itenitimition frum the City or n'emlininster, rrgoseliue
that f world take the Chair ml • Meetunq intended tu hr
held for the purpose of conmillering a hat, under the ilimiremm-
inK circumstances in which a recent misfortune has placed
um, im mint advisable to be done.
I Ines. no limp iu emnreitiing my remlinesm to aceeilv to
the Iteritii‘it ion, and in *Sill rini the Eli Mors of 1r..1 thi
that 1 muusider it a pleasure, am well as a duty, to otiey their
till whenever they jts,!gl: me csoksle of rendering them any
service.

With respect In the cause, theme! cause, which ha* created
the necessity of a fresh stellate for the independence n!
Weid 11l i t Myr, it would not he proper for tee to siy more at
present, than that I share, with terry hiniepd heart, in tin•
common grief; an event so tinlookellor and overwhelming
brings home at once to our bosoms the pnizmint ;ingot ill or
private affliction, anil deep sense of public calamity.
I remain, Gentlemen,
Your most obedient and very humble Servant.
(Signed) FRANCIS BLAME 1r