The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-11-14 00:00:00

NOMINATION OF SHERIFFS.

Saturday being the morrow of St. Martin, the Lords
of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Colincil were
summoned to meet in the Court of Exchequer to receite
the nomination of three Gentlemen in the different corn.
ties in England to serve the office of Sheriff for the yen
ensuing. Their Lordships assembled together, with the
Judges, in the Judges' Chamber_—and proceeded, at s
quarter past two o'clock, in procession to the Court of Ex.
chequer, headed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in hie
full splendid robes, followed by the Lord Chancellor, at.
tended by Mr. Butt, the Sergeant at Arms, the Purse-
bearer, &c. ; the Earl of Harrowby, as Lord President of
the Council; the Earl of Liverpool, Mr. Secretary peel,
Mr. Wynne, Lord Stowell, the Lord Chief Justice of the
Court of King's Bench, and the Lord Chief Baron, who
took their places on the Barons' bench. There not bring
room for any more Privy Councillors, the Lord Chief Jus.
tioe of the Court of Common Pleas took his seat at the head
of the Judges, who surrounded the table In the centre of
the Court. All the Judges were present, with the excep-
tion of Mr. Justice Holroyd (including Mr. Warren, el
Chief Justice of Chester.) Mr. Buller, one of the Clerks of
the Privy Council, attended their Lordships.
After this aeseinblitge (which is probably one of the wit
dignified in England) were seated, an officer read an out
to them in Latin, which they all swore upon a sphodidly
bound Testament.

The alphabetical list of the counties was then read, with
a list of gentlemen's names nominated for the race of
Sheriff for the ensuing year; when the Judges, houi
the information which they had received on their if-rest
Circuits. proposed certain additions and excuses or net
serving the office : some of which agreed upon, others wire
rejected by their Lordships. One of the excuses stated ter
a gentleman was, that although he had not a large rattily,
it was an expensive one; which excuse, on the motion of
the Earl of Liverpool, was rejected. The same name ap.
pearing 4n two counties, it was ascertained to be the
same person, who had property in both counties. His
name was taken from the county where he had the lent
property, and it remained on the list for the county where
he resided.

Mr. Justice Park proposed another gentleman for the
county from which the name was taken.

At the conclusion of the nomination of three Gent'men
for each county, Mr. Secretary Peel rose and stated that he
sent instructions to all the Clerks of the Peace to furnish
the Judges with a list of those Gentlemen qualified to serve
as Grand Jurors, and the branches of the families who had
served the office of Sheriff. The Right Hon. Secretary withal
to know if his instructions bad been complied with, e'en it
appeared that in some instances they had been complied
with, in others they had not. The Earl of Liverpool sug.
gested that the cases of neglect ought to be inquired into.
Mr. Justice Bayley, Mr. Justice Park, and Mr. Juice
Littledale declared that the instructions to the Secretary of
State with respect to themselves had been fully attended to
Mr. Justice Park suggested the propriety of in future rend•
ing the instructions to the Clerk of Assize in preferenceto
the Clerk of the Peace, which is taken into consideration
for another occasion.

The Duke of Cumberland arrived at Brussels on Wei.
nes4lay._ . _ _

The Duke of Gloucester is staying on a visit to the );ail
and Countess of Coventry, at Cloome, Worcestershire.
Prince Leopold has arrived at hi residence at Claremont,
from the seat of the Duke and Duchess of Rutland, a:
Cheveley, Cambridgeshire.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived at his resi-
dence in Downing-street, on Saturday, from Wnsthouse,
Bedfordshire, the residence of the t:euntess Dc Grey.
Mrs. Siddons was last week on a visit to Dr. and lira.
Frere, at Downing Lodge, Cambridge.
The new Comedy, called Lore's VOory ; A 5,110,1
fur Pride, will be performed on Wednesday, at Cova.:..
garden.

It gives us much pleasure to hear that Miss Stephens
has entered into an engagement with the Drui y-late
Management. She will ap ear, for the
toesoeu, awe the Pe - • .
Brightsitifertrld says:—" A lady in this %own hat
received a letter from the bag which was washed ashore
from the ill-fated Ogle Castle. It was perfectly dry, wad
not the least injured."
It is not correct, as has been stated, that Mn.l Maria
Graham (who came home in the Borodino) was Ermit; bile
its the household service of the Empress of Brazi:s, atal
that she was at length dismissed from religious jealmay.
'flint lady was only ten days in the palace ; and it vas t
political, not a religious feeling, which deprived the Pos4l
family of her invaluable services as au instructress. Tha
Brazilians view every f6reigner within the palace wAli
(even the Empress herself) with a jealous eye, and muil
particularly so, one who has the talent of so accura:il:;
describing passing events, and of which she inly heresies
choose to make use fur the public good.—llampaiirc

We shall afford much pleasure in stating, that sir
Charles Paget Was sufficiently recovered yesterday from his
alarming accident, to be removed from Sir George Meaning
house, (in the Admiral's carriage) to his seat at Fair 0.. k.
We arc happy to hear that his knee joint was not broken,
but received only severe injury ; and that the pain in his
chest is removed. Dr. Gladstone, of Greenwich Dental',
who served with Sir Charles mane years sieve in his Ma-
jesty's ship Brilliant, left the hospital on hearing of the ac-
cident, to render his services, and has. proceeded on to Fair
Oak Lodge with his highly esteemed former Commander.
—Porto:lona Purer I,f Nato day.
ANTIQUITI kS OF A1t1.1.: S.—AI-ICS, Oct. 30.-.--The
covermes regarding the ancient amphitlemtre of this t sr.
continue with unabated vigour, and those which taw
lately been made have thrown quite a ililferent
the opinions hitherto held respecting this ancient iniddin:.
A third range of arcades, of which the bare exist lice 5.-,4
not hitherto imagined, have lately been traced, and l:1‘
given rise to the probable notion that the facade of Ii
building was ornamented with a triple row of port:c:
The subterranean galleries had been intercepted at ee;,!.•
points be the proprietors of the houses contiguous, ..•
formed into cellars ; in other places they were burn d v
earth evidently placed there subsequently, which tided
space of the vaults. and these subterramous buildiags
formed to give solidity to the building, and probably
as places of retreat during the different sieges to
Arles has been exposed, which was the case in the
and eighth century, when the Vicegoths, attacked he
Franks, fled to the arenas of Arles and Nismcs, an:f
-
vetted them into places of war. Several towers were ere id
at the four principal gates of the town, which i••• 1
and by their Gothic architecture form a singular caturi
with the other Roman inonumenta. By fullewnu: v•11'
car • the turnings and angles of these subtetrem-e,:::' l'-
rinths, a gallery, which had not hitherto man be-•` ,••
of, has been discovered, and which fortes the c: r.'• •

arena. The existcnce of these subttrramous
lents a cirenmstauce not elsewhere to le wet is t: I

Colyseum, the amphitheatre of Verona, of IS.i:rf9
are without them ; and Arles is the only cit:•
amphitheatre comprises also a subterrane in
tent of which gives a grand idea of the labour the It
took in constructing it.
POACIITNO EXTRAORDINARY.—A man of the r:
Hugh Owen, of Norton-upon-Haleg, near Drat-r•••
county, who has lost both arms above the elhow. va

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victed before Sir Andrew Cothet, Bart. on the .$ll
for killing a hare. Not being able to pay the rct;t
201. lie was committed to our House of Corructi,m .

months. The poor fellow gives the follou
the transaction :—He is a pauper and keeps an aka, t,y
he ekes out his parish relief to support a wire Pt
children. A neighbouring farmer allowed him to
ass into a field of stubble, and the offend, r it
fetch the animal from the field, taking his little
him, the dog pounced upon a hare sittitr,,, •
killed her. The man bring unable to rick up the ban',
over it some time, when a iVelchman came by :Ira.
to take it, which Owen would not permit. :-!:nr,l),k:i!
this, ()wen's am, about eleven yeors came t(' 5
father, and he, took home the hare. The Weilchtnol

tern. r

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formed of the transaction.—ShPetcskry Ckrcmiel, •
Byers, the informer, has removed the scene of hiF or."'
Lions to Bath, where, within the last fortnight, no leas lig.°
thirty-four informations have been laid ApinFt
the penalties in which amount to tio.L.ly bo!t.et