The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-07-16 00:00:00

SURREY VALUNTERRS.

The long talked of Review of the Surrey V•3lun-
tams will not take place. It was the intention of
the Vice Lord-Lieutenant of the County, to have
reviewed the .chile of the Volunteer force of Surrey,
on Wimbledon Common, next Monday; but on
Thursday counter-orders were received. The Earl
of Harringt'm informed the Colonels of the South-
wark regiments, that he has always considered them
attached to the London Distri:t that tram the
great distance they were from the 'head-Tim:et s of
the County of Surrey, it was certainly for the ad-
vantage of the service, that they shraild be so con-
sidered; and the General, in consequence. ordered
them, in future, to be under the command of
Maiot-General Grosvenor; and that the fulluw ing
regsments be considered AS one of the London
Brigades:

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Ist Surrey

Some of the Surre,
hive a tieltl%lay on b;
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roluateers, however, will
Jay, at Wituuledon Com-

A fatal accidat occurred at Weymouth, last
week : a boat Jailers with Portland stone was cross-
ing Portland Road. when a sudden gust of wind
filled the boat with water, and she instantly sunk:
two men, and a child about four years old, were in
her at the time ; one of e men, not able to swim,
it is supposed clung to the i ging, and went down,
nor has be since appearCd w other man, animated
with the spirit of .1 true Brill. •r, caught the child
in his arms, and at the almost ain risk of his life
(being upwards of two miles rom the shore),
plunged into the sea;
.most forme. ly a boat, witb
some Gentlemen in ,t fishing, hap ned to be in
sight, and came to the assistance of brave fel-
l". in Cme to save him and hi. charge. is boat,
thi prod ice of his meritorious earnin.,,., in t. avy,
w.is tot illy lost ; and here again we-have a stet •
instance of the British char. ifter. A snhscripti
was set on foot, at Harvey's Library, which prog
duced nearly twenty pounds, in about as many
hours.

L ktItES COMMITTEE.

ZOOM front an Account or the LadieaCortunitace for Fens
ing the FAutalion and Emp.,, fluent of the Female Poor.

A! a meeting of the "• Society for bettering the
condition of the Poor," Match 1804, the Committee
direeted an address to be sent to those Ladies who
were sebscribers to their funds, and to some othets,
proposing the formation of a Ladies Committee, for
prs•moting the education and employment of the
Female Poor. 'The want of instruCtion, and of the
means of occupation, are causes which have contri-
buted fatally and extensively to the prevalence of
profligacy and misery among the lower classes of
females in England, and have called for the union
anti co-operation of the more el-vatcd and enlight-
ened of the sex, for the correaion of so general an
evil.

The objets proposed for consideration were class.
ed under three heads—l st, The forming of similar
Committees in provincial towns and in the metro-
polis 2d, The promoting of the moral and religious
education of the female poor; and Illy, The sup-
plying of them with healthful and domestic enip,oy-
ment. The plan included the formation of a semi-
nary for educating the unisrovided daughters of
clergymen, officers, and others, as teachers, and v-
vernesses, fur private families and female boarding
schools.

The establishment of such a seminary, at the
same time that it constituted a very desirable and
es,ential part of the general 'la did certainly cre-
ate a considerable portion of its ditficulty. With a
view, therefore, to antLipate ohjetion and facaltate
arrangement, a sugges,ion of some hints, ue rather
an outline on the Subjesct, was circulated with the
other !papers.
The plan, as sonn as it was arranged, was sub-
mitted to Her Majesty ; who has been graciou-ly
pleased to approve it, and to command her name to
be inserted as Patroness, and those of the Princesses
as Vice• Patronesses, of the Institution. With this
powerful advantage, and with the permission of the
Ladies who compose the primary Committee, notice
of tilts Institution has been ordered to he circulat4,
and to be inserted in some of the public papers ; aisT
the pntnary Committee having been originally form-
ed, and the first arrangement made, with the Queen's
approbation, it has been established that no elec-
tion of a Member of the Ladies Committee, nor
any rule or regulation for their government, shall
be valid, until it has h'td ! let Majesty's sandion.