The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-11-24 00:00:00

A SING-M.4R- Cif 4-RA- CTE R.

Lately died, in the workhouse of Yarmouth,
Martha Staninotight, aged 70, generally called
" The Queen." In her y ranger days she lived as
a servant in some families of treat town, at which
time she chewed, occasionally. symptoms of great
eccentricity ; hut for many years past she has been
in a state of insanity, and has been supported by
an allowance from the parish, and by private
flunty, advanced her as a loan, or as her due.--
Her leading idea was, that her broth-e, John Sta-
ainought, was entitled to the Crown, and that
the ought to be considered and treated as. Queen.
Under this impression, she al?-ays carried in her
land, as symbols of her right, a seal, a triangular
,wee of French chalk, a dollar, nr a French half-
Toss n, and the title page of some ACs of Parlia-
ment ; she took great offence if she was not ad.
Tressed by the term " Your Majesty ; and when
he was at church, which she attended regularly,
he always made :t formal protest ageism praying
or the King and Queen, when the prayer was read:
nd if the wi,rd Society occurred in the service, called
ut always, " No Society." Her mind was fre-
uently distressed by her apprebehsions, sometimes
hat the State, sometimes that the Catholic Faith
ras in danger ; but, excepting her insanity on the
übjeft of royalty, her conJua wet perlealy cone&
nd inoffensive. She was very neat in her appear-
nre, and very civil in her behaviour, if she %eke
rated with respeeet. She always refused to take
Ims, though she would accept a loan in advance of
er revenue, and frequently repaid it when she re-
eived her allowance, which acctimulated during
er absence upon her different journeys. She was
VII known upon the road, as she spent a great part
flier time in travelling, visiting frequently her
athrdrel at Norwich, and her Cowrieat Westmin.
tr. In her progress to town, she was taken ill at
eistoff, in Suffolk, about two months ago, and
int to Yarmouth, where she was received into the
orkhoure, and treated with the utmost attention s
er imagination remaining to the last, impressed
ith her ruling ideas. In her health, she bestowed
gnities upon her favourites ; and in her last illness,
-,e promised liandsarne rewards to her faithful at-
isdiusfs.

On Sunday morning a man gathering herbs in
at-brown-wood, near 'f Itatinington, Kent, discover.
11 the body of a man suspended to one of the trees,
Wsost in a state of pittrefattion ; on further inquiry it
found that his nanse was 11. Lavanv, a private
the Scots Greys, and who had served in the Ca-
,
'may of a servant to Capt. HariLis of that regi-
ant. He had been missing near a fortnight past,
d was supposed to have deserted.
Saturday last a corporal and a private belonging
the sin regiment of foot, being part of the escort
-licit arrived at Exeter with Ms. Resstet's wag-
Ins, on the Wednesday preceding, I.hien with trea.
in, were committed, the former to high gaol, and
p• latter to the county laridevrell, for breaking open
e of the chess cn the road hither, and stealing
mom a quantity of &Van, which t!.ey sold in
at city. The serjeaat of the party, or. their return
Plymouth, observing them to be is possas%ion of
defy had them

•RICE Of' sToacs
ireassimA v.

Bank Stack. _ 167
1 per Cent. Red.
3 per Cent. Canoga .. so
4 per Cent.
S 11
per Cent Navy.... 91190j 1
5 per Cent. Loyalty .... .. • 90
_ _ _

. . .
Long Annuities l6 1916
Imperial Annunies .....
I,i.h 3 per Celt B6I
Omniam Ti
India Stock
Ens. Lome, MANS lel. lik
Consols for...
T. EISII, Stock-Broker.
4, Cornhdl, and 9, tit.eloig Crow

IGE, FRIDAY, NO.
Vcnice
Napfes
Lisbon
Oporto 6O
Dublin l4

BULL leN. I. s
Portugal 041
and Ran per 0z... 4 0 0
Doubloons
New Dollars
Silver ill Kars
' New Lodi' each
Apo on Ow Kii.k of IrtillAno
5 per C. nt
13,a11

I: 6
.7t tit di‘s

CORN EXCHANGE, PRIDAY, NOV. 2i.

The f rah imports of Wheat tn-day an, but few ' • and with
late favourable we4ther for the millers, create a demand, and
the bales full 2v. per quarter dearer. The late reduction was
mostly on New. Barley, with Malt, have little fluctuation ; slid
gold White Pea; leti-li our currency. Beans are somewhat
lower. Still with short arrivals of Oats; but the buyersdecline
fiuther advance. Some very prime Flour rather exec...di the
quotation.
CURRENT PRICE OF GRAIN. _ .

Wheat 90..10'2 114 s. 1 Runs .54.. Gls. 04
Fine do. ....110.. 120 s. Ad. I Tick Bean. s2s. 50. o'.
Rye, uew. —.54.. 60.. Od. Oat. 29.. ;Yds. 04... 04.
barley sls WC Od. )'elands ..S5s. 36.. 61.
Malt.. au. 91s. 04. Rape 5eed.......411. 44'. W.
White Pea...... 565. 64.. Od. Fine Flour " 90s. 95.. Oil
Grey Peas 51.. 566 01 5eennd5........055. 90s. O.

KETURN OF WHEA
Including only front the sdi
agreeably to
s. d.
70 Quarters at 126
75 - at 120
350 - at 11.3
119 - at 112
526 --- at 11U
416 - at 108
11V - at 106
960 -- at 105
110 - at 104
23G - at 103
700 - at 102

50 —.—. at 101
3418 .......-... at 100

47 -- at 99
1467 at 98
97 --. at 97
598 -- at 96
1345 - at 95
820 .----. at 94
880 ---- at 93
1031 -- at 92
at - at 91 6
143 - at 91
1540 ---- at 90
Total 24,610 4/oar
06. higher

A RETURN OF FLOUR,
From Nov. 10, to Nov. IC from the Cocket Office.
Sacks. sd. Sacks s. d. i Sacks a d
253.....105 0 5.......92 0 10 84 0
5750 ...... 100 0 1407.......,J0 0 5 s9 0
150 09 0 20. 89 0 2O 82 r,
311 98 0 10 ..87 6 50 62 C
85 97 0 30.. .87 0 15. 80 0
663 95 8 211 ..86 0 20 . ... .. .77 0
10 94 0 94-3 85 01 12.. ....75 0
And 15 Sacks at 68.
4 Sacks.—Aretat
I. higher than last RI

Total—lo,
I s.

961. 4 Id.
urn.

:Is And bank notes, immediately had them Anne.
ilded, when ore of them made a Intl ‘c.infebbion
the fact: they are cossiaitted far vial.