The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-10-14 00:00:00

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Inds, sad that the exempiaseifewas IM elan does will take
c!!'ret fret the sth day u(July lest pm*,
" 1 em (*ivied) Mint HALL.
" Mr. Johu )3ruorii. Jun., Lloyd's."

A report of the proceedings of a meeting of the
Whig Club of Cheshire rued the adjacent counties,
et Chester, on IVertnesdity last. is given in our pre-
ceding columns. Several rxurlleia speeches were
made on the occasion inculcating constitutional
principles, mid strimgly urging the necessity of
Palltatnentary Reform.

Saturday moruitig the lion. Company's ship
{••&heart, from Chios, Inured by Portsmouth for
the River, lost Gon► St. Helena, uheoce she sailed
•n the 17th of August. The Pursrr lauded at

Portsmouth with dispatches and mails, with which
he set oil hrs. London nt 2 p.s. The Scukby
front China, mid the chartered ship Florentiu, from

wiih 500.0001. in specie, fur the East India
Company, went past on Thursday morning. The
Hyperion frigate, Captain Ltutica4p, arrived at
Si. Helena, the 131 h August, on her passage from
the Cape to Jamaica. His MAJUTY'S ships Hero.
and Baranosou arrived at the Cape of Good Hope
on the 4th of July, and his MaJure' ship Leven,
the Bth, from England.

A letter from Ascension, dated July 19, says—
'. The Hyperion arrived here yesterday, on her
way to Jamaica, and is now landing provisions and
mores for this island. She left St. Helena a few
days ►rocs. The Admiralty have been very listen-
live to us, having, with other kind anppliea, ordered
eighty suits of clothing to be given to the men, who
work as gardeners, mule-feeders, water-drawers,
rtosseeamouna, &c. We are all healthy."
'The etraway, 24, Capt. Butt. HALL, was at
San Bias de Calitornia in May lad, taking in a
freight of two millions of dollars, ..with which ►he
was to sail direct for England ashy JIM, se that
her arrival may be expected veryisown.
The equinoctial gales have blown with consider..
able violence du►ing the week, but with no injury
to the ships lying at Portsmouth. The Active
higate, Captain ANDINVI KING, for Madeira and
Jamaica, was forced back to St. Helen's yesterday
te'nnight, whence she sailed again ou Saturday, the
wind having shifted to the S.S.E. The Circassian,
for Bengal, and several other outward•buund
merchantmen, have also sailed.

An express arrived on Saturday from Madrid,
with letters and papers to the 4th instant inclusive.
It was limpet' on Wednesday tart that the contract
for the new loan had been adjudged to the house of
ARDOR, HUBBARD, and Co and we now keen
that this contract has hero ratified with the proper
formalities. The prep.iratory meeting of the Cortes
was on the Ist matins, and on the 4to the
tion of that assembly took place -in the usual man-
ner. Perfect •tranquillity reigned in Madrid, and
the news frost Oki Ilt•Tiiicrs was favourable.
The bankers have already signed for the dividend,
it-the Bawk, end they will he in course of persist,
weandersiond, this day to the public.
A report has got into circulation that Govern-
ment contemplates discontinuing the Milford and
Waterford packet establishment altogether. The
diendiraotoges, in • political and commercial point
of view, that may result to South Wales, the ad-
joining vounties of England, and the whole of the
routh-West of Ireland, if that measure be adopted,
stag IneriClashic ; rind we trust that . town ou
the line of coinatuutcation will speedily call public
aneetiogs 4o protest against sU unfair a proceeding,
A meetsag of the inhabitant', of Swansea takes
place for diet purpose ; and we understand that
Neatly is about to follow the example. According
Is the present hue of conveyance from Snalleril to
Waterford, the time occespied is about twenty-one
hours, and the dietairee• about 155 miles, the post-
age bring 10d. ; while the proposed route, it is es-
timated, will occupy 96 hours, making the dis-
tance •boot 478 mile., and the postage about 2s.
It is needless 10 add to the above statement any
comments to shew the great injury that commerce
will receive from such delay in the correspondence.
(Bristol Mercury.)
Tas FuNns.—The market on Saturday con-
tinued steady. Consols for Account, 84 ;
ditto for Money, 82 821 ; New 4 per Cent..
1012 1011; India Bonds, 55 57 pr.; Exchequer
Bills, 6 7 ; Small ditto. 89. Foreign Stocks
New Spaniah, 7-2 71 71! ; Old ditto, 64 ; Neaps.
titan, 84; Russian, 901.
An alteration will take place on Monday next in
the arrival and departure of the London and Holy-
head mail from this town. On and after that day
the mail will arrive from Loudon at nine in the
morning, instead of tell. and will wet out for the
metropolis at five in use afternoon, instead of four,
which will afford to merchants and manufacturers
two hoars additional for replying to letters by re-
turn of mail. Mr. HART, one of the contractors,
has also, in conitequeure made arrangements with
the Poormaster-Geueral, lOr the establishment of a
new mail from hence to Kidderminster, through
Dudley and Stoorbridge, which will depart soon
alter the arrival of the London mail, and retort, in
time to forward letters to London the same after-
norm.—(Biroriagfroor Paper.)
The Topo:e, recently arrived at Portsmouth from
India, has brought u male 1 a female antelope,
a present from Sir HENRY BLACKWOOD to Sir
JAMES WHIT*HRD.

The late Dr. M ARMIN was Commissary of
Richmond, an office in the gift of the Bishop of
CHESTER; which, we understand, his Lordship has
conferred upon the Dean's eldest son.
Uu IVriluesdey last a shocking accident occurred
to a highly respectable character of Iver, of the
name of MASON. a maltsier, who was going with his
horse and cart from liter to Uxbridge. When lie
got to what is called the Cut Bridge, near Cowley,
he was hailed by a person who ordered some malt
of hint ; and while talking it waggon came in con-
tact with the cart, and broke it in pieces, throwing
Mr. MASON out, who soon got on his legs, and
walked near half a mile to a friend's to borrow an-
other cart. While talking with his friend, and
bring about to look at tome of his recent improve-
ments', he WI back and instantly expired.

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