The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-02-08 00:00:00

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O:: W..lormtiv very otp•iterott.. Meetio;,,,
the 31,istiort.. ,f' the Soli.ly took t;.e
!linchpin, for the pin, Ise 'or ret.,i.,„;4 the Itt.;ltift of
the Committee of Vold* Art-, pti4l:ve v, the
fervid plxurt Which hint brell In-Iselit.Pll 10 the
Society. fur improved metiodr of niElCote, Volok
N10t4.0, NW! (WIN( Inustette,l..ds of other bliN;
D.i.r POWELL, :41.D. Pool Vire•Prrsi.tent tit the Chair.

The Report was ►earl. It 'tightly tome ell oleos)
the existiog evils arianig from. to,e itit rota ts hid)
fargetits are committed. Is nosy he t•rcosi-ary to
stale, that the Report the a former night comtemed
some comments upon the conduct of the Bank. to
*lnch that Establishment was listen-etl of I aesog
oilmen a most culpostile negligence. on slot hoeing
taken steps for the prevention of the crime, but,
on the contrary, of hating depended mown the
"toily of the Itt-ottl lows. Those continents were
erased upon motion on the night VII wluch the
Report was first introduced, and. of comrse, the
recommittal presented it to the Soctvty divested
of thus comment. The amended Report contained
certain plan*, consistisog, us we could collect, of SU-
p►erior esogeavtiugs by toontitent artiste, of engravings
of* very pecultar descioption by Indians, of such
mathematical exactness es wind'c to exceed the
artist's skill iu !meal Varleiltni. and of ',noting
with diauuuuui type, am imitation of which typo
would present iiisurtuoutvable difficulties, the es.
!tense being pt•►dtgtuus. the skill first-rite. and
the length of tome necessary fur finishing a font Of
type for the purpose. several mouths. It meows
mended a computation of engraving and printing,
to create a necessity of an moon between the e-
graver. and printers, as the motet probable means or
went tog sitiertion in the event of imitation. In
outer to 'obviate the rolbirelinit of expense, so likely
to be dwelt upon by this Bank, it was proposed, in
cosuseoloiroore of the opm,it►us of the first artists on
the subject, that steel plates should he used instead
of copper. Cooper-Oates, it was stated, were soot
capable of s►rikin off mire then 6,000 impressions
each, and the excense of the plates amounted
to a considerable sons, the estimate of the num-
ber struck OF every day at the Bunk being
30,0011. Steel, by being softened, would take the
engraving, after which it should be case-hardened,
and by this process each plate would i.e capable of
impressing an infinite number. To 'Hove the prac.
ficability of this plan of substituting steel for cup.
per, the practice at the B sok. in the United Sates
was quoted, and several American Ratak notes were
exhibited to the Committee, and iespectable evi.
deuce beaud by them.
Mr. Sateen lamented touch that the Report had
been considerably weakened by the late alterations
upon the recommittal, but for the sake of the pub.
tic utility which the Report, even a it then stood,
was calculated to advance, he would propose its
adoption.
Mr. JAGo coincided in the same views.

There was some opposition made to the Report
by Members, who, however, did nut vote against
its adoption, but on a subsequent motion made by
the mine gentleman to have the Report piloted,
and inserted in the volume of trausacumis of
the Society, and to have a copy sent to the
Coininissicmers, whose Report has already given so
much satisfaction to the public mind, a member
most strenuously opposed, priocipAy upon the
ground that the Report was ll:emetic:ll, instead
being groom led on real practical knowledge.
This was flatly denied by the approvers of the Re.
port, who stated, that it was fouistled am the testi-
mony of the first-rate artists, some of whose names
were mentioned in the Report, and the iiiiiiutea of
evidence were referred to, from which it alipeared
that the plan was built upon the solid foundation
of expermietit or practical knowledge, except in
the lii•lutafell of the type, which it would require
many month• to put to the trial.
The question being loudly called for, the motion
was put and castled by a great iiir.inritys
This Report C 1.111411111 Most valutllle isifrrmation
in our opinion, and highly useful at this juncture,
wheal it Is known the public shall not have metallic
substances as a circulating medium.

A serious accident occurred yesterday in Hyde
Park. Two young ladies, accompanied by a gen-
!lrina'', were tiding rapidly round the flog, when,
unfortunately, one of the ladies fell from her horse,
and broke her leg. The gentleman wet at the same
time thrown from his horse with some degree of vio-
lence, hut without experiencing any serious injury.
Several permit's soon crowded round the unfortunate
lady, and stared at her with uncommon mdifference.
Softie carriages also drew up, but, notwithstanding
the very painful and distressing situation of the poor
sufferer, we lament to say, that lio gentleman was
found sufficiently humane, nor lady sufficiesitly ge-
nerous, as to offer her a seat in a carriage. After
some time the uneasy conveyance of a hackney
coach was obtained, and into ibis the unfortunate
young lady was with difficulty placed.
On Thursday. the 28th iilt. a man calling him-
self William Witroi, was examined before the
Mayor of Beverley, on a charge of vagrancy, and
is suspected of having stolen a child. which he had
with him when apprehended. His account of him-
self is. that he is a native of Leith, art was dis-
charged from the Drake sloop of war iu July, 1616 ;
he says he was married near Ply lii about eight
years ago, rod that the child with him is his own,
and was three years and a half old itt
last ; which, if the other part of his at count be
true, is impossible. His wife, he says, is dead.
'flit child is a delicate, active, iiitelligeot little
boy, :spparently about the age lie attentions ; and
has in no respect, either personal or otherwise, the
appearance of being his son.
Au attempt was lately made by some of the pri-
soners in the Castle of Lincoln, to effect an escape,
by securing the turnkeys 0_ the time they were re-
moving them from the day-Mums to the m.yht Orlls,
but the alarm being immediately given, mid the
turnkeys hieing uo keys about thew by which the
prisoners could Let themselves nut, they were eery
von,, overpowered, and placed in clone confinement.
The upper iuriikey was considerably bruisrd in the
scuffle with them, by his making a 'loot determined
resistance agaiiist four who were endeavour•ii; to
bolt him up in one of the cells.

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I:AsT INI)14 SUIPPIAG.

On Seturday tlir dirttiitchea were do«, at Cie
I•:i.st LION liosnw, and tleliveied to the pante, e tit
ilv ft !lowing
!tomboy, Captain A. Ilacti!:nn, •nd Ileirfartlallire, Cap.
tail. %V, llope-,—tor Si. Helena, ftillonlyeshid Chloe.
Vi.auiknt, Capta a J. t FranLl:tt, and General Kyd, Cap.
fain A Naint—fur •1,11 CI i. 14.
VI at. I !no, Cant,rin It t. ; A t , in C.O. M tvotP,
tun Streatham, Cartnin I-I :vr,itli—roc Pelmet am/ China.

es•eusifers Inr MTh,—
. Few BVll.ll—Mr. (Mcd, • r Atr66l%. finstrirrnrilk
and Psdriolce; kiss. hirnua 114'.4rw M. and S. Skoudrtl.
and 0. linkman; Mows. I.)‘r, George, Boni
Nude, cadets.
P,sovengern per Buntliny—
Fur Si. lielena--.7nr V. W. I)ovrton aid Miss J. Lusdrn.
Pat•senvers per Heir xhirp—
S'or Boondmy—M,ssrs. Pair and Mort., cadets; and Mr.
&ides
I •fr St. Helens—Mr. sod Mrs. O'Connor.
l'a•bengern per Strenthrial--
For liengsl—Mr. and Miut Walker, Alines Patton and
Evans; Mr. Louis, (ado.
Passengers per General Kyd—

Fur Bengal. Captain
Fur Madras—Mr. Writer; Liens Poole; Mr. Aor.
isiant-Snrpost Hcicait ; Messm. Elliott, Croft, liole; Ca.
llierun, Logan, Power; end Lockhart, cadets.

Per We nrisor--••

Nfedrae—Mr F.,4lew, writer ; 11re. Knowle. ;
B".ww. Endisixteso, Bild, PlAxl.gid, Bail nn.
Foyer, Slllll.lllb, ALA

Pr; WiiirrtoO—

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Hl'lllll—.AlaiLbiOnel.l of fisrntinn ; Miaaew CAMphell,
MACIf I!aijndonl, Sparrow, 211,1 Ilmelos Views.
Boliby sod Best, writers ; Majors Stanhope snrl Mscr*;
Captain Courtly; Minor... Thompson, Ludlow, Brown,
//screw, Swetru:ssen, Ilaldanc,4ll. and tV. Poole, cadets.

The •Peace, Regales, Barons, Thomas and
Mary, and loyal Briton trunsporrs, Lienteo.iht
T. J. LET, Agrnr, for the Cape of Good Ilnire,
will+ the 54th regiment on hww.tl ; mud the griPen.
British Army, Earl Nairn. and Mariner, with the
4111 regitursot frn B glitch Railed from
Portsmouth. for their restrictive deatiwttitins ou
Tuemlay, hare put into Torbay with a foul wind.

Oal'huorrdry the Sinr, Abeortu, Elizaherlt, Im-
porter, Bowdon, Diadem, Nut; Curd frha 'grave
Irsurporio, wrot out of l'urismouta harbour, with
the Stk sllld 9th ft:gt wells* uu board, fur ihr
word blaudv. Thee rttuain at Siutnead um&
bound.

The London, Crown, loans, For, and Into.
welly trausports, have arrived at Portsmouth, to he
tilted to take nut the 41st irgiontesit from that garri
sou to the Leeward Islands. It is expected they
will embark its :bout ten days.
The following ships put into Pietstwouth last
week, from the Paws's, owing to ronorary winds,
and are still ,ttettlittetl ;—Kangaroo. fur esei.tni ;
Antelope, for Cliarante ; Melrose. for Grenada ;
Patty, lor Auction ; Anne, for Odessa ; .~mane[
Whitbread, fur the Atbiotic; Prihcess Airy, for
the South Seas ; Georgian:, fur llerb:ce ; Mary,
for Malts ; Kinston, for Jamaica ; Barbart.,et
Planter, fur Berlin,tors ; Three Breathers, tor Ls-
bon ; stud the Backers, fur lirroada.
The Dauntless, ,26, Hose. V. GARDNER, filed
for the East ludia station. oent out of Potismoutk
hinhour on Thursday. She is expected to sail in
is few days. A fr,ight of Itift,lloo/. for mer-
chants sit Calcutta, has been shipped in leer.

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At Shithead Liffey, letedatiorieire. and
Dauntless.
In Portsounith II irhour —Qures Charlone, Re.
Indies. Active, Egeriu. Praise, IVeap, Rosario.
Serapis, and Nimble.
The Marquis of Anglesey packet. on her way to
Cul k, to the late storms, lost all her rigging. aid
hail all her crew nu deck sashed overboard ; they
were, however, rescued. except three, who died of
fatigue.
We are sorry to announce the loss of the Lord
Hill. Isle of Mao packet, passage to Liver-
pool, on the mornilig of the I7ih ultimo, when
Alsjor Cl/EOBllll, of tl•e Itnt>tl Nliirine Forcer,
unit fifteen miler pasoritgers. uplurtpioitt 11; penshett.
Major CUM!' N was one of the Pay-Captains of
the Portsmouth Division of Royal Marines.

Orders have been receivtd at Yarmouth. for the
retool...if of all the stores out of the armoury there,
fur the &quit in London.
The Admiral Durham, --, from Demerara.
to Bermuda, was totally wrecked off the west
end of Bermuda ou the 83d of December—part of
the cargo saved.
TIPPERARY ELECTION.—By the death of the
Earl of GLEPIcaII., a vacancy takes place in the
representation of the county of Tipperary. We
are authorised to state, that an active canvass leas
already commenced on the part of Mr. PRITTIE
Anti his friends: indeed, from the great strength
shown by that Gentlemen upon the late rlectiott,
little doubt remains of his sticcess.—(Dahlia Epen.
tug Purr.)
Capt. MILLER Woasi.Ey, R.N. or the I.le bf
Wight, hail neatly met with a fatal ncenieht, met
Saturday, the qeth ult.-011 his retury lame,
about eight o'clock at null!, from his daily iiveptc-
'inn of the Ctititauc preventivecboais„ he ami met
in a very ',arrow rued by a waggon, with Will the
horses werely away. B. for, Carl.
WORSI.IN could tutu his boric, both
rider were overthrown. the horses and waggish possF-
ing over bath. Capt. WensLeles horse w a
but he providetinally escaped almost unhurt. anti
was removed to his brother's, the Rev. H. %Vous.
LEN% hou.e. at Goo!shill, which he tv,,s able ,to
leave the next day.
EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE.A bnfeber in
Newtown, Nlontgomershire, on Thursday. was ma
the act of killing a pig, when, having thrust the
knife into the throat, be threw the weevil° upou
the ground. The enraged animal, though ro the
confict of death, took hold of the haft of the knife
in his month, and, by u jerk of his head, inflicted
a wound its the leg of the butcher, to the winos,
of several hy-stantlers!
On Monday last Ricicsaie Foster. a sir/serene
ousted ticevelinsti, nearly 70 years of age, .ctsiw-
witted suicide. at Sootheed, by cutting his throat
with a teem. Some trifling iit'.:uttiary fusses tbr the
late Portsmouth Herik, but the awed of Wiwi
eifoided she principal mewls of his asibiacresscw,
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otsispored to hive produced lunacy. au wheuli lastly
of mind he committed the dreadful act.

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