The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-11-16 00:00:00

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hope therefore they aro woof, smassahrefat, lied highly
rectified."

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indecency ? If they are, and do not punish it,
they must be content to share the humiliation and
reproach of haviiig encouraged it.
This, however, is delicate and even elPgant in
comparison with some other expressions contained
in the mime Paper, addressed also to the QUEEN.
What will be thought of the taste and feeling of •
Journalist, to say nothing of his loyalty and good
manners, who could call big QUEEN " an o/d, ugly
Arinisione !!" Yet such are absolutely the terms
in which her 11a.itarr is addressed in airomposi-
lion which the writer would probably call poetry,
which appeared yesterday in The Morning Post.
It would be insulting to the public not to believe
that they will be disgusted and indignant at such
an abuse of the freedom of the Press. But will the
Ministers of the Crown connive al such language?
Will they elan, after the failure of their pro.
emotion ikt the House of Lord,, suffer m.e of their
hireling scribbler. to designate their QUEEN by
the epithets " infamous" and " adulterous," and
with an insolence which nothing but is come:ions.
nes. of impunity from the favorer of the Tresaury
could inspire, to call her MAJESTY " a convicted
harlot ?" Surely it must be tilt that language so
gross, so unmanly. so liorigsi f the character of
Gentlemen or of Englishmen', can bring no credit
to those who employ it, or to those who sanction it ;
nor cau it be overlooked that the first consequence
likely to arise from the reading of such hate scorria
lity will he, that others, who profess themselves
Mewl. to the QUEEN, will apply language little
lest ntreitsive to those who are considered her
MAJESTY'S enemitA, and the promoters and en-
couragers of such •ile trash. The public will not
fail to remember that it was the same Paper which,
in the commencement of the late proceedings, de.
dared that the QUEEN 911)0041 at all hazards be
sacrificed, no miller tchether innocent or guilty!
the forme Paper, too, whirl, a short time since re.
commended, in unequivocal terms, that the inha-
bitants of the metropolis, if they dared to express
an opinion displeasing to the depositaries of power,
should be swept away by grope shot ! This doe.
trine was enforced by the coward's plea, that re.
sistance was not to he apprehended, because. for-
' Booth, " the inhabitants of London, like those of
all great cities, are cowardly ;" and by contrasting
the fate of NAPOLEON with that of Louts XVI.
the latter being, for his humanity brought to the
scaffold; wlide the former, who swept the streets of
Paris with his cannon, and deluged them with
blood, was.idolized as a hero! It is difficult to
conceive a more debased mixture of slander and
ferocity, cowardice and ea nelty, than the columns
of that Paper have recently presented.

The Cabinet Council on Tuesday sat till fire
o'clock in delibaration. Yesterday, at two o'clock,
another Cabinet Combed Wag held at the Foreign
Office, which sat till shout three o'clock, when an
adjournment took place till four ; of that time the
Cabinet Ministers assembled again, and cniatinued
in deliberation for above half an hour. This meet-
ing was attended I.l+ the same Members as the
Cabinet on Tuesday.

It must he highly amusing to the inhabitants of
the metsopolis to read the Mum!hansen accounts of
the riots during the late illuminations in some of
the Treasury Journals. The fact is, with the
exception of the high treason committed by idle
apprentice-boys and school-boys, in firing off
pistols, squibs, and crackers, as on all former re-
joicings, the principal crimes were those committed
by individuals, who, mistaking their obstinacy and
folly for courage and loyalty. resisted the general
propensity to illuminate. We beg pardon. we
have forgotten the terrible doings at the office of an
Evening Newspaper, in the Strand. where one
wOOl3ll, according to the statement or the Editor,
had her chits cut by an 6' immemse brick-bat." We
suppose a fragment from the walls of Babylon.

The following article displays the generosity of
her MAJESTY in wishing to throw the veil of
oblivion over her injuries.
Answer to the Address from the Female filhabi-
tants of Ast -under-Line
The Fcmatc lubahitants of the Town and neiztibontliond
of Ashtno.under-Line, in the County of Laucaster, are
entitled to my oufeigocil thanks fur this luyal and
affectionate Address.

The lilt of Pains suit Penalties, which vinkled every
principle of law and instice, is no more. The politic opt.
Mina has given a death blow to ibis must unconstitutional
attempt. and the recent discussion has reurkred such an Act
so Inhibits. that it is uoi likely soon to be rcvivld.
. - . . . .

That any •nud!clive feellocs which this occasion has cre-
ated nily he forgotten. is one of the first wiahia which I
formed orals-learning the fate of the Bill

YeaterdaT a Court or Directory was held at the
Etna India Fiona?, when the under-tnentioned Cap-
tains were *worn into the command of their respec-
tive ships, viz.—Captain A. NAIRNE, General
Kyd, and Captain C. 0. MAYNE, dasS—for Ben-
gal and China.
The naval command et Portminntli, at present
held by Sir 6EO. CAMPBELL, 14 about to expire,
and report sates, that Sir JAMES SA UM AREZ is to be
appointed the new Commander-in-Chief at that
port, and that Captain PIPON is to take the com-
mand or the Quest Char/Met the AOtoirttl's
ship.