The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-01-18 00:00:00

TII E PA RIC&

The Canal in St. James's Park had yesterday sa.
most carious appearance, • row of accommodation
larbien and planks being placed close to the item.
ratting, and the banks of the canal being !Med with
furniabed with ref.rshotents and cordials,
such as hut elder wine, gin,- brandy, itc. &e. gingers'
bread, hot in 'moo-pies. &c. The asnessiblage ea
this congealed element sonsisted of upwards of Sub,
persons, chiefly from the neighbeerhood of Wei*.
sinner. Malty of the/Slur/Rues attempted te.sterw_
their skill arid agility in this art of shaking, hat
were very deficient. The banks of the Serpratiee
river were lined Kith fashionable compimy, wha were
highly gratified with the appearance of se elepet
female, in a green spotted drew), with a scarlet
Spanish mantle,_ attended by tee Geattirmen. They
were alloaed by the ainateute to be perfect masters
of the art ; but the Gentlemen were decidedly ens
celled by the Lady. Among other peels of inseitt
she cut out the letters 0. P. with a previa°, *ad
neatness truly astonishing. The Duke of Argyle,
who was ricaniegst the same time, did Dot depart
until dark. .

SHOLKIAG ACCIDENT.

• tkeiselfsparteli o'clock, 6O Tuesday. erie co
bona. No. 4, in the King's powder mull* ea lt
vershain, blew up with • elms& leetiorodeuo eia
plosion. Of the ox men employed in the building
at the time, four were bluets to pieces, and that
bodies and limbs were @mineral I. a distance if
upwards of 190 yards from the seite of the hail&
ing. One of the arms wes found ea the top of 41
high rho tree. The fifth man was token up eLeer
but no hopes of his recovery are eistrrtaiut& The
sixth man, George Holmes, the foresee of the
work, singular to relate. was found alive also. sib.
ting in the midst 'of 'be smoking reins, with his
clothes burning; but be was otherwise not mach
injured, and it likely to do well. At the door of
the corning.house was standing • tumbril. or
covered waggon, with two horse*. and • driver.
The waggon was blown to oirces, sod the driver
end horses were killed. Of three horses employed
within the building, two have peilsbed, het the
third is living. The scattered real:mins of tan of
the men were collected last evening for ieterniert ;
those of the other three had not been found.
circumstances have transpired, flout which so opi.
lAOII can be fanned with respect to the cease of the
accident: it is the third a the kind that has bap.
petted et these mills within these seven years.

Private letters. hum Ss eden. express strong sips
prehensioas of an attempt at a counter-revolution iu
that country. The adherents of the deposed Save►
sign err represented as being extremely active, and
hourly increasing. The existing government was
without either energy or respect. la case of the
dissolution of the reigning Sovereign, it was sops
toiled that a competitor would 00t be wanting to
Prince Auovseasinsio.

Letters of the 11th inst. were, onTuesiay, received
from Holland. They state. that e s cay of Frank.
flirt had been annexed to the kingdom of IVeatptua.
lie. King Lovts had not returned, nor wee it
kuowu when he would.

Wttddess BATLEY, EN. of Ipswich. Is appoint.
ed Collector of MAMMY'S COMM! at that
port, in the room of Joni: LLOYD, E..q. deceased.
Un Thstradoy hut the powder.osills
near Guildford, Wow op with a dreadful explosion:.
ProvidPotially no perpoos were hurt.
On Suuchl erehang the house of Mr. ANYELL, io
Sion-upiore, tV hitechape I, we. broken iido, and rob-.
I.eil of a huge Tonally of wearing aware!, and
some plate.

Friilay the IVolooll mail-coach. golog.to Bir—
ruiughtsur. wag rubbed of r valuable padtvige. sir
trotted for the Loudon ru.irket.

Thtte tuna Y ruarr.age solemnised on Ihe 2741
November. in the parish church of cronthweite,
year Keswick. at which wcre present-2..brOtbersi
2 sisters. and t cousins; 3 husbande and 3 nivrivv;
4 fathers and 4 ~other; 4 sons and 4 datightt(l4
taucles moil 2 aunt.; •2 liki.hrwll end 2 nieces; and
)et the part) convict. d of no more thou six perwa
At a a,Cfand loattre given by Sir JOl2ll SIIIIMET, Yt
(;...;snug. SuQnllC. on Mon lay se'nuiglit, there wete
1.11., if I('7 phcaionitv, 100 bares. and 96 rabbit,.
"1. (ivg,tlentt ti silo ercescipanird Sir it,HN irere
Cf.ERNIONT. tsar H onta4u, Sir ti.
H Mr. Niatt.LE, Mr. blusts.aw, •.J Mr.
Wturs*ume.