The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-06-03 00:00:00

CLERGY IN THE WESI' LADIES.

A Return of the Number and Description of the Bishops
and Ministers of the Established Church, appointed by
his Molest!, in the West Indies.

DIOCESE OF JAMAICA.
The Lord Hi shim o jalalalol.
Archdeacon rf
Seven 3linistQs dt. the Estahrehed Church.
DIOCESE, OF BARBADOES, AND OF THE LEEWARD
ISLANDS.
The Lord Ili•shop of Barbadoes, and of the Leeward Islands.
Archdeacon ..f Darbadoes, Orenada, St. Vtuccut, Trinidad, To-
bago, and St. Lucia.
Archdeacon of Antigua, Montserrat, Dominica, St. Christopher,
Nevis, and Virgin laint.ds.
Thirteen Slinisters of the Estabß64 Church.
Three Catecinsle.
R. J. WILMOT HORTON.
Colonial Department, 25th May, 1824.

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FRENCH SCHOOLS.

It was ever the policy of the late Government of France
to bring'up their youth ifl the love of military exploits, Bud
such pursuits were ditected as made them unfit for any
other profession. With an arrogant opinion of the value
of their countrymen, they naturally imbibed an irresistible
contempt for foreign nations, and partictattly for England.
That feeling will not subside as long as the present genera-
tion exists; and consequent care will of course be taken to
raise the French character into the youthful English
breast, and to give theta a predilection for the pursuits and
pastimes in which they delight, and which they esteem so
superior to any thing we can possibly produce. In instil-
ling these dangerous inclinations into the minds of the
Euglish-pupils committed to their care, they know they
lower their opinion of their own country, and create such
a preference for all that is French, that they make them-
selves masters of their feelings, and tars them over to their
parents decided Freoehmen in every thing but their names
and ancestry ; and unfit for the superintendence of their
future dependents, and the manageutent of their future
families.
Unlike the pious and amiable wives of our clergy, and
the truly virtuons majoritrof our English feinales,French-
women have a natural penchant for the frivolous ; and as
they cannot be expected to have imbibed other habits than
those of their families and friends, they are invariably
coquette;, and as universally fond of any male,society rather
than that of their husbands; for Frenchwomen marry for
freedom, anti Frenchmen seldom care much for them when
once honoured with their names. The society which is
seen by keepers of seminaries in Paris is by no means se-
lect: it is expected that the pupils who are admitted to the
drawing-room will at all times appear as Frenchmen • and
no pains are spared to disfigure the youths who are doomed:
to pass the ordeal.
It-cannot be supposed that the French are very anxious
to strengthen in the minds of their pupils their attachment
to the Protestant religion, or that they take great pains to
get them instructed in religious subjects, or in the practice
of religious principles ; on the contrary, they take every
possible opportunity of shaking their faith, and endeavour
to convert them to their own mere convenient and more
objectionable worship, as has been proved on several occa-
sions, particularly in the memorable affair of the daughters
of Mr. Loveday, and in the conversion of two Englishmen
in Paris a short time ago. The fuss, the grand clerical
buffoonery, the hypocritical prtfessions, and the admiration
of the French on such transformations, prove beyond a
doubt the importance they attach to the conquests, and
ought to serve as timely warning to the persons who send
their sons to French schools.—Literary Magnet.
FIELD SPORTS FOR JUNE.
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[From the ilnaa:s of Sportinf.l
, The late winter was a season of almost unparalleled mildness
and on this accouet the sports of the field experienced little inter-
motion ; though, notwithstanding t .e general openness of the
weather. many days occurred very unfavourable to scent. The
early, and, Indeed, the greater part of the month of March. was
harsh, dry, and Cobb, and by no means congenial to hunting. The
close of the fox-hunting- season was, however, much warmer than
usual, so much so, indeed, that 'u was alumet impossible to follow
the diversien; it was, in fact, in many counties, given up ten daysl
or a fortnight before the customary period.
But the weather, which was unfavourable to hunting, promoted,
if not precipitated, thd nesting and incubation of birds.
There perhaps never occurred a season when the young wheat I
crops in general appeared more promising, or covered the ground
better; partridges and pheasants, also, would therefore be well
sheltered in their nestling, if the spot they chose ray the purpose
happened to be in places where wheat was growing. But these
birds frequently appear very capricious in their selection of sites-
tines ; and, though their instinct may often surprise, they occa-
sionally manifest a great lack of it on the subject under cons'.
deration.
That harbinger of summer, the cuckoo, was seen and heard for
the first time by the writer on the 22d otApril, four day, later than
it wan observed by him the preceding year. On the I Ith of the
um: month a sohtary chimney-swallow appeared, though these
birds did flat present themselves very numerously till the beginning
of May. In 1824 the writer observed none before the 11th el April. '
The martin follows Goan after the swallow.
The hunter will now res: for sonic time from his spirited labours;
but the writer of this is no advocate for the present partially fashion.
able system of confining the hunter to the atmosphere of the stable
during the invigorating acesoa of spring and the beneficial infloence
of minima. The summering of hunters in the stable produces
much the statue ef£:et at the atmosphere of a coal mine. Homes
employed in coal-mines (places remarkable for warmth and bad
air), exhibit • coat short, smooth, and glossy. If a very rough.
coated horse be placed in one of these caverns, he soon alters,pand
acquires the appeararre just mentioned—that which your stable.
summered steeds generally obtain. ily this methods horse appears
beautiful to the eye; but beauty is effected at the expense of
strength and lose of constitution. It may very well answer the par-
pose of a horse-dealer; but, to say the least of it, it must produce
premature old age. •
ANGLING.
This delightful and contemplative amusement is now in its
zenith; and during the whole month, the weather, as mostly it
will, proving congenial, the fisherman should be at the river, pool,
or pond-side when the grey light of the morning illumines the bill
top, and tells the active sons of labour or sport that it in day. The
bottom angler; he who is in search of carp, tench, perch, barbel,
and mullet- especially, should have his tackle put together, and his
ground-baits crude up and cast, for interest, as old Inane says, into
the deeps, as soon as he can see the bobbing. of his float in the
water; for if the sky is a cloudless one, few of the fish we have
enumerated will take a bait, be it ever so cunningly prepared, after
nine or ten o'clnek, till six or seven in the evening; then they are
strung on their teed again, and as long as you can see to manage
your tackle sport may be obtained.
The fly-fisherman shouli enthrace every favourable day and. hour
for the plying of hit art. The silvery salmon, the speckled trout,
and the brown grayling are all sow in high season, and will rise at
a well-selected fly mote eagerly than at any other time, or at any
other bait, during the summer.
The Thames aogleis ate now busy, and the river, near Hampton,
Ditton, RLhtnond, &c. is studded with punts and gay people of
either vex, like the Bay of Naples, at carnival time. In a neat
" trim-built wherry," and managed by a " jolly young Waterman,"
the most delicate may takedowns of gudgeons, perch, &c. without
hardly soiling the " white wonder" of their hands, tor at this mode
of holiday-fisha she boatmen make., up the bait, rakes the ground,
lasvina onlit...the delights of the capture toe the anglers he
pilots.

The weather has been uncommonly cold these last eight
days. Bstv.men. Friday and Saturday there was a thick
fall of snow on the hills to the south and west, which the
whole of yesterday exhibited ill the appearance of winter.
—Caledonian Mercury.
Hay harvest has commenced in the neighbourhood of
this town, and in various other parts of the western coun-
ties.-7aurstun Courier.
TRINITY COLLEGE.—A vacancy for one fellowship and
several scholarships having occurred in our University,
examinations of candidates were held for some days past,
and yesterday being Trinity Monday, the adjudication was
made. The following is the result :
Longlield—ilellovahio- Darley—!!cad Premium. Maclean,
Porter, Mason, and Kenny—each 401. Moore, 301. Fortune.
Seholars—Costella, O'Beirne. Prier, Donnelly, O'Connor, each
right best marks. Franklin, Hamilton, Fitzgerald, For, Starner,
Prernierville, Callaghan, each seven best marks. Stanford, Wil-
ton, O'Neill, Peters, Alcnck, Mulligan, Putter, Boyle, each nix
best marks.—Thrblis Paper.
WILL or THE LATE LORD GLAITONIURY.—The last
will and testaincat of di's late Iti4itt Han. James Baron Mutton-
bury, of Burleigh, In the county of Somerset, was registend in the
Archbishop's Court of .Prerogative, in Doctors' Cositmorn, on the
Ilst ult. probate being granted to the lion. Thomas Grenville, the
sale executor. The personal estate was scorn under two hundred
and fifty thousand pounds in value. The will has thirty-four codi-
elle annexed to it; they contain many legacies to friends and
set vants, particularly the latter, come of whom have handsome an-
Daisies. Lord Nugent has 3,0001. the Right Hon. Sir Watkin
Williams Wynn, 6,0001. the Hon. Thomas Grenville, 0,0001. he-
tides other bagueste ; the Hop. Catherine Neville. 3001. ier annum,
charged upon the.eststes in Lancashire, which are also made sub-
ject to other annuities, and devised to the Rev. William Smyth,
Jan. and his heirs male. The estates in the counties of Somerset,
Senor, and Bedford, are devised to the Mon. Thamu Grenville
sad his soave male. The will is dated the Slat January, 10114.