The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-03-26 00:00:00

MARINE SOCIETY.

Yesterday morning the boys belonging to this
Society assembled at an enrly hour at the School-
house, Hishopsgate-strret, and several respectable
persons attended far the purpose of viewing them,
and that part of the street was remitted almost
impassable opposite the School
At shout twelve o'clock they were placed in
order, two a.brrost, seventy-eight in her,
dressed in the habit of sailors, and going through

some discipline they proceeded slung towards the
Admiralty, as is their usual custom every year, and
on their wry stopped at Somerset House, Strand, n•STRVIre.
and owe three cheers on the Terrace. .041 their
arrival at the Admiralty they went through some strYeert mrdsany.le.„„liholg,i,er.elcaL,4%,t," I:ll,,:t7r7ilaiisndo'ffiurreEas. to
leveller forms, and afterwards returned back to the I inform the Siaeietrete that an usurer-, similar to one which
School House. had already been committed sin her parent's home and per-
The A tttt ivereary Meeting of the Societe who son, was likely to take place everyi moment, mild sheeam(pecedt-
held in the evening at the Lonilou Tavern, Bishops- eel,
monothheerrrwetoiuirind hbroinkei,ileidt.woAn dabretycii4imaiteit:ra,4 :sue
gate-street, Sir Poltenev in the Chair,
Ilnuero•Lrassm, Mr • e coming with fireP-aring Act. as on the former
supported by Lord Exmouth, Lord Bolton, siecasism, to force bre mother from the house. The Magis.
Lord Romney, Lord Radnor, Lord Gambier, • trate ordered that every necessary step 'hosed be taken to
n
Rear-Admiral Sir T. Ilium Man', nit!, preveht so disgraceful an outrage.
great number of other distinguished naval gentle-
men, merchants, &c. At ate o'clock near 300 : SHOCKING TR.INRACTION IN 'MS KING'S
persons Lit down to a sumptuous; tinnier. BENCH.
The Secretary, in the course of the evening, dr-
livered his Report, which exhibited the names of [FURTHER PARTILUI.AIIS
many most eminent persons who contributed to the ;
Charity, and, we are happy to state, there was au in oar Paper of yesterday we rive detail of most bar.
barons assault, committed by a lunatic &blur in the King's
eicellent collection. Beach Prison upon one of his fellow prisoner+, by attempt.
log to force • red-hot poker dawn his throat. The following
are additional particulars:—
ANTIQUITIES. ! About eve o'clock on Tuesday evening Thomas Foster
—mess I Ganser was brought to the prison by some Sheriff's oaken,
In the operation of digging for coal in the north hastion charged on Gee or six il,ffevent snits; be bad behaved whilst
of the fuel at Ayr, constructed in 1154.5 by Cromwell, was : is their charge very inconsistently, but they imagined he
funnel a few days ago a gold coin. of nearly the site of half. was only pretending madness. Soon after their departure it
a-crown, in good preservation, with the exception de tieing was evident his malady was increasing, and be was ordered
a little corroded in the edge, so as to real.i it very difficult into a strong room, and another primmer, named Steele,
to decipher the inscription 'mind it. On the obverse is the I was placed with him in the "Wit to take me of him. All
figure of an angel armed with a spear, the point of which is t the farailure in the room consisted of ass old table and
thrust into the moatli of a dragon, the other end being o,oa. chair, a tea board. and a heavy iron poker, which latter
mewed with a cross, the inscription, *lease al. Cilia. was taken away by the officer, from prinkatial motives,
/Mx. AnOL. k FRAIN. Oa she reverse is the figure of a ! but again hrosseht hack by Steele, previous to their being
ship on the sea, having la the centre of it a shield, with the locked in. Gutsier mot the poker in the fire, and when it was
arms of Frame and England Inas lered. From this shield : quite red, he proposed to Steele to commit suicide, offering
is elevated a cross, the letter It on sine side, and a rose no ; to ecione the Stet victim hims
toelf! The other thinki
which
ng
the other; the legend PIM CRIME. 71:A. SAM. VIOL XPC. ihe could not be aeriou,, seemed acqui upon
(or see. instead of ire.) eveserep. which may, perhaps, I the lunatic endilenly seised the poker, tied put it into his
be read thus: Per esteem farm *aka was Christe Ha lsor. I mouth, by which he twat his throat, his lip
attacked him
~ and tongue!
for. The legend un both sides is in the Saxon characters. Steele sprung to disarm him. upon which he
most furiously with the poker, which he wanted to force
I into his mewls, soil struck at bias with it with two.hended
GREAT PEDESTRIAN UNDERTAKING. I sway, by which he broke Isis hat, and wooed in all probsbl.
lily have killed him, had he nut warded the blows off with
the chair. In his rage the utifiortuuate man hurt himself
Crisp, the celebrated Norfolk pedestrian, has nodertaken severely, broke several parts of the wall, and shivered the
fur a %moor of 1001. to walk seventy miles a d for thirteen j chair and the teakoard to pieces, so that when the people
successive &VS, lodise 910 miles in all, and the greatest 1 opened the mioor they found him exhausted and apparently
pedestrian fele on record, and thought impossible for Ira. I &ash A ovular keeper has been procnred for him since,
man nature to exist ender the fatigue, as daring the per- 1 bat it is nut supposed that he will twig trouble him. The
formatter the pedestrian can have little rest. The ground other am, Steele, is out of daur. r.
marked out for this imparalleled feat is the road from Devi r
to London, and hack, which is very rough and billy, mud
consequently adds to the difficulty. He intends to sort MI Tuesrley morning, 'rawer(' two tsar: three o'clock,
treat Thursday morning (the lit of April), from Cribb's, the . en utlirsunig fire broke oust on the extensive premises
Golden Lion Inn, in the Beroagh market, to Dover; at !of Mr . BROWN and Mot:Ague, moorieg chain
each "d of his jolusey' he is to receive a lick" of hi. sr" i quitsisinclorer. Mill-nail, • PoI sl.rr rowed
neat,ral, *ivied by the landlord and an chosen o for time s '
purpose, to way those ssoirerued that he pram MS the i with great violence, and destroyer! the whole or the
lark. Crisp is in high spirits, and appears confident of ! Premises, 11.04 the Proeinlt4l°"ea•ttnl'ilemen",
ultimate success, shinnies bets are live to one agtiust him I Out the arrival of the engine* and a good supply of
at present. water, further mischief was prevented.
The weather, for the lag fortnight, hail proved
very favourable to sill the operations of agriculture;
the sowing auf the spring corn Iris proceeded with
great rapidity, and iv now nearly finished.
Letters f l.erilv of 'Monday last, inform us,
that iu addition to the great numbers of woollen-
weavers ilsiessarged, the masters have given notice
to the remaining workmen, that they must limit
their labour in future to eittht hours per day, until
affairs take a more favourable turn. In fict,
both the woollen' and cotton to iitufactures are
at present in a depressed stale. Except fur arti-
cles of the finest fabric, the demand was never
kuovon to be so dull, either for home conaump-
lion or for exportation. It is true, there have been
some extensive orders re..eived within these few days,
both from Ninth arid South America; but as these
are confined to a few of the first houses, whose ware-
houses have been long overstocked, they have not
Al any fresh or increased demand for la•

POLICE.
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METROPOLII'AN LAW SOCIETY.—Th It some
deternimerl re-olutinit Hinotig•t the li.nintsralde
class of Attorneys Io keep thettirrltett Himrt films
others. opitenrs evety thy more neee,..ary ; for at
the late As.izes fur the comity of york, three
actions were Itrosight to be tried there, where the
whole sum did not amount to tell 'rounds; and a
bill for wilful arid corrupt prerjitiy W;i4 htllnd by the
Brand July against an Attorney, at Bullington, ill
that c iiiii
The vet y heavy mid di‘graceftil toll still conti tines
to lw itopro.ett on those olm pass over the Onse-
bridge, at fork ; though it is not known fur what
',mitoses the slims collected, both in going and re-
tinning, are applied, as the bridge now bring made
a comity bridge, is built by a county rate,r,
The weather in the wirth of England has been
uncommonly fined • g the month of Alorch, and
the sitiwarsoces in the vrgetitb!e world are very
as well as amongst the fruit-trees.
11ONSTROUS JAVA SERPENT.—Yesterday, dur-
ing the liner the Court Lent were taking their
observations at the Itmal Menagerie. Exeter-
'Change, 11r. IIuItGLSS, the fort-turns, mod bollie
other Gentlemen of the Juiy, exprettorrl H great
desire of witnessing the powers of swallowing, so
often noticed, of the great 800 tierilettt, now exhi-
Inting iii this truly grand aspemblage. Mr.
CROSS, the pr(wrietor: to mtler. to gratify their
curtottltv, gave it a title fort I, which It snob swallowed
whole, quite uotlistilayed at their presence; after
which it took several fowls' heads, by way of dessert.
It his now two whole fowls, and twenty-one fowls'
i herds, to its stomach.

boar,

A most deliberate mulder was committed on the
road near Cra Mills, County Tipperary, on
Friday last, in the middle (.1' the day. A Wan of
the name Of SHEEHAN, vgAP lately married in that
Comity, and having formerly had au amour with
wom.si, or the name of Cl,ascv.y, he area met on
the road by her I....ther„ who tired a musket and
shot him tlooligh the liemt. Au liioittrbt was held
Stturolay, oil the Moly, and a verdict of "Wilful
Murder" returned against Clancey. who has bas-
e • led.
The Horatio, CaovEs. from Riga to Hall. pot
into Slavanger the glut ult. very leaky. slid h4ll
distlisrged tier cargo.