The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1805-04-13 (London, England)

TIRE BRIT4SII  I. /NOON, SATURDAY. Apart. 13.  We have translated front one of the latest of the Fr nch Papers. the iternt of the trial for a murder committed near \ incenncs. We understand from a private letter, that it has produced much conversation at Paris. Nothing could be more clear than the guilt of the prisoner, yet he was acquitted ; one half of the Jury being for, and the other against him; in which case, bT the laws of France, a Terdift of acquittal follows. The enemies of Boma, PARTE, availing themselves of this circumstance, have insinuated that this has been the aft, if not of the Government, certainly of its creatures. The scene of the murder being near the wood of Vincennes, is supposed to have saved the life of the Prisoner. His execution or his pardon would have alike revived the memory of the horrid murder of the Duke D. k:NOMIEN, near the same spot. Had the Government foreseen the circumstance, the trial probably would never have taken place. The intriguers and plotters against Bo AAAAA TE say, that if the murderer being found guilty should receive a pardon, it would have ex. cited odium against the EMPEROR ; and that his punishment for a crime committed by the Eta P EROR, on the sante spot, and under circumstances still more atrocious, would afford room for comments still more unfavourable to the Corsican.— It is certain that this trial has made more noise, and been more dwelled upon in Paris, than many others much more interesting. In a country where morality and religion have been sir lung extinguished, and the passions have ranged without controul, horrors have become familiar to the mind. It is, therefore, probable, that the recent murder near Vincennes has bean placed in so prominent a view  for a particular purpose. We also know, that the fears and jealousy of the Tyrant are as much awake as ever. But it is only from private let= tors that this, or any th:ng else ungrateful or adverse to Government can be known. Years have elapsed since the *Paris papers dared to insinuate any circumstance nnfavon,-ahle to Government Tiieir slavery, however, does not yet appear coed: plete, as it is a fan well known, that new measures of severity have been introduced against the Public Press in France, and the Editors of several of the Paris papers h ive been ;arrested for inserting certain articles without the previous permission of Government. How proud then ought Englishmen to be of their free Constitution and the Liberty of the Press which they enjoy ?--And yet there are some who would degrade the one and destroy the other. A paper of yesterday, that sees every thing with a jaundiced eye, and sickens at the sight of excellence, dates to calumniate the Parliament and the Public l'ress, in the case of Lord MELVILLE, which has made so deep an impression upon the public mind, and rahed the House of Commons so high in the estimation of the people. The charge brought forward against that Nobleman, and prosecuted with such success, is now abused as the device of a party, to get into power. " The sole objea of those who opposed Lord Met.vii.xt," says the paper to which we allude. " is, to turn out Mr. PIT r, and get in themselves." Never were so honourable an aa, and *so just and noble a motive, • sn misrepresented and aspersed by so foul a calumny! 1)o Mr. WILBERFORCE and his friends. who added so much to the Majority against Lord