The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-06-12 00:00:00

?WE TING'S BIRTH-P.4l'.

The King's Birthday was oil Friday celebrated in Chas.
Row, in the common mailer of the Most degraded meth.
The most harinlcas ansurernevit war firisg guns and pistols
in the street, and dosses, and when explosion !grew stale,
recourse was hail In conflagration. Vim being kindled at
the Cross and head of Stockwell, the roofs of several old
horses which are taking Awn, *ilk dame, window-rases,
Ouurs, wood partitions, and shop furniture, were carried to
the bonfire, and a bate aims of ram-puncheons,
segar.kombends, crates, heu.coops, buttle.rsck% counter.,
kite hen-dremers, potstomeasures, orange. boxes,lana p•posis,
'police-boxes, several horse earls (some of them new), bar-
leys, niasune sesiTuMing, sign-bonds, joists, barrels full of
sae (takes from the rope.wurks), and every Piing combusti-
ble which euuld be gut, were hurried to the flames. The
props upholding an old tenement in Saltmarket were taken
away, to the imminent danger of the inmates. Many win-
dows were broken at the Cross, three and four stories high ;
greet numbers of lugs were consumed ; one appeared to he
*bunt 30 fret long, end was supported by as many of the
mob a* could reach it. Repeated uttesnpis were made to
iiifi:me a tenement at the west corner of the Sallenerket, by
tossiug brands ihrungli the window..
Some fellow of ulten-loyaltg suggested the propriety of
devoting flee paling in the Green to the honour of the day,
and liiC canaille in a mass marched to obey his advice. hs
returning op the Salintarket the street seemed a finest of
slakes. 'Ur fire at the Cron was so large and immise that
considerable apprehension was entertained for the surround-
ing tenements. This was nut the worst. The mob lonke
open the shop of a Mr. etyma, Naltmarkes, and carried off
a gnat quantity of nom and whiskey in casks to the Green,
where they quaffed the borne. A cask was set ia the pillars,
curare of St. Atadrew•siret amid ihtt King's health was
dreok with loud dieering.. The mob, armed with clubs and
shakes, went is pasties of several hundreds, and when they
had seised pruperhy, placed it on the middle of the gang, de-
fending it amidst shrieks mud shouting. Absent eleven
u'elluck the adjacent water.plisge acre opened, which Bison
put out the file, when the crowdquittly dispersed ; and had
the same means hem adopted earlier in the evennig, am
doubt nut moth disturbance would have beets prevented and
priiptity weevil. The heat neessisnyd by the tier at the Creme
was intense, that at a eel), considerable distance it was
, iiisatferuble, and souse of the surrounding sigus leave been
eery much injured.

On Saturday sennight • most melons hid! accident hap.
pests d 4111 the wirer Tamer, tint for from Gremon Bridge.
Twu of the 641111 of 11. e Rev. Mr. hope, Rector of Entitcr-
ton, having agreed with the Rte. Mr..l9ltos to go • fishing
on that day, the ruder left his father's I s to go to Mr.
Johns, hating agreed with his brother In inert him at a cer-
tain plate on the Tamar, The !unfavourable slate of the
us other inoloicid the elder Mr. Itoyse to fusers, his intention,
alul be passed the smoulder of the'day with the Rev. Mr.
Johns. On his return to bisfallares 111 the eveistiag, mid 111.
Turing fur his brother, be was thrums d that he had lett
Immersion utter hinisrlf mid talce u kis gun with him fur the
pus pow diversion 1,11 l:e •h.... be joined by his euanpa.
mons. The f...nily slow became alarm. d at his simper ; •
scuds was matte, but Wlll/0111 1111C1061.11. Next maiming the
starch was renewed , at length his F 1414, shoes, and stucksego,
ware tumid Neer the nets, mid on the other side, tinder a
'high projectiles( reek, his body was discovered is, a pool 12
or Ifs tees sleep. In his piieket was a bird; it is ',resumed
he Ind shut it limn the other side, ascended the rock to pick
it op., and reliefs hi his return, never to tore spin. He wax
ysogag sane of the most amiable manner*, and suiverselly
beliureil.—( Truro toper)

It seems the presynt improved mode of teaching
to cheut t luldrtn 'tow kuouledge, ultd ituder study
.1 mutter of pleusure ruttier Huth of serioue 'trouble.
"4 "PPlicatinii. A wittiolmuster Itt the N oror'h of
Eitgilind it ►oltl to he makirg un iwprovussept 'wax"
luia aura, by rtiAlvlrisig Itauiih►nenl not sit eliject
t,/ dread List a matter of autubemeni.