The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-09-19 00:00:00

NEW SOUTH WALES.

1 (From. the dustrotiart.)
SYDNEY, Faa. 24.—The dull monotony of Sydney
events has been a little broken in upon by a comical inci-
dent which occurred last week. It is undoubtedly in the
recollection of our readers, that tire Ahnorah was chartered
by Government, or by the Commissary, in the early part of
September last, to make a voyage to Batavia, to fetch a
largo of sundries, consisting of rice, of dollars, of sugar, i
'of wheat, anti of tea, to meet and provide against the hor- I
'Tors of an apprehended (by whom we know not) famine.
happens, 'tat Batavia is in those limits within
Company have and possess the ex-
‘-e particularly in the article
Company have in some re-
recent enactments. Still, llow-
ill enjoyment of this branch of,
further happens, Cut although
conditions, and with a proper
'tither a general cargo, exclu-
undred chests, or rather we
. quarter r. __... to' tea, were considered as subjecting
her to all the pains and penalties of an illicit trader ; so
at least were the officers advised, of his Majesty's ship the
Slangy, which guards the entrance of Sydney Cove. Ac-
cordingly, on the day after her arrival, and when it was
known where she had been, and what she bad got, a boat's
crew, accompanied by the First Lieutenant of Blaney,
proceeded on board, clapped a lock on the hatches, sealed
up the ship's papers, a tiger and all, and declared the Al-
morah a lawful prize. Tire bonne bombe, which a certain
Hpersonage had anticipated in his Rhenish, was not even
allowed to quit the hold. Despatches, telegraphic and
I post, were immediately set a going between Paramatta and
Sidney. The Captain of the man of war declared it to be
his duty to seize the ship, on behalf of the East India
Cen-pany. The Governor, it is generally rumoured, has
disclaimed participation in the greater part of this mercan-
tile speculation. His Excellency, it is understood, gave
his sanction to only so much of the project as extends to a
cargo of rice. The Government, therefore, are completely.
exonerated from the consequentea; and the conflict, if any
there be, will be between the East India Company on one
hand, and the charterers on the other. The cargo is very
valuable—it has been variously e'stimatcd. The .dollars,
'it has been asserted, amount to twenty-five thousand '
ands; there being, according to many accounts, fifty
xea, each containing 2000 dollars. We have heard, in-
deed, that one hundred thousand dollars are actually en-
tered
in the manifest. The wheat cost at Batavia about
twenty shillings a bushel ; and we have been assured that
this article will at any time fetch in the Batarian market
full twelve shillings a bushel; if this be true, it is
welt worthy the attention of the Australian farmer, who
may be sure of a remunerating price; and, in this respect,
has a wry great encouragement given hitn fur the cultiva-
tion
of his land. Treasury Bills obtained a premium of 17
and 18 per cent., which amply pays for the whole expense
of sending for them, including commission, freight, &c.,
the rate of exchange here averaging between 14 and 11 per
cent. The tea was bought tolerably cheap, it having cost
only Is. a pound—it is black tea. The rice is supposed to
be worth about 13s. per bag. There are some private in-'
vestments on board. The Captain had a small venture of
dollars.

among the number o.
joaroal, that rae 'Society of Jesus, who have had their re-
nown much Hemmed by the recent beatification of the
venerable Alphonso Rodriguez, desirous of presenting the
HoJy Father with a painfing illustrative of some memo-
sebte patinae In the life'bf the bb seed, have intrusted the
execution of the work to Louis Cochetti. The new saint
still be represented, wasted by sickness and penitence,
overcome by the fatigue of a journey which he made in
order a be present at the celebration of Divine Service,
and relieved by the appearance of the Holy Virgin, who
eondsessaded bo wipe his forehead with a piece of white
limo (eat blow lino.)
m•enNee_mmeermiemst

NR. MEAN IN THE ISLE OF MAN.
The people of the Tale of Man are enrapturril with this
actor. They view his approaching apotheosis into the:
" emits of the Atlantic" With griet inexpressible. The fol-1
lowing are among the exclamations to which the bitterness
of pitting tree given rise :
Win.t great niul whining excellence f—TerriWy passionate auk
merpowaring—Thc lap of, the tiger, and the speciousness of the
numbering snake—_p penfoanance, sant tactic, that delighted all,
and inspired a fru.'"
The following obartadons.were intended to be embodied'
in the p*-iiiß for the pertimance of Hamkt;but
irg too late farina:llion; the bill having gone to press, were
published in a second edition of the leaditigJournal of the
Island :
'• His play-seen is moat triumphant ; we Invoke his audience to
be enemies to the manner in which he will exclaim to the King.
•He poisons hint in the garden for his estate.' The audience will
wanes with what bitter earchir.g be will delit.er the whole
rawer,
and Wm much be • elicit • His
toterview
Inc

now mu.... must enthusiastic applause. ..
.er with the Court spongers' will also be found peculiarly
ama piquant, and effect-iv.* And his exclamation,' Is it the King ?,
when he unwittingly has to murder Pulowi.: will be acknowledged
so impress a corntutation of hope, her, revenge, and joy, In the de.
mend. In the chamber Anne he will be heard to' speak daggers.'
Aod in his grave-scene will he discovered depth of feeling, corrected
and chastened by habi'oal philosophy. lint it-will sadden the au.
Male, to think what time may elapse before they gee a Hamlet of
a kindred genius. Mr. Kean is about to fade from oursight through
'the clouds of the Atlantic mmin ; he must. therefor* this evening,
doncentrate all the Interest within himself—and, when the curtain
falls, at will hrirg that melancboly resulting from the knowledge,
tact/Mem ritagedis.n,*at ever adorned the British stage Is on the
ire or gaining it, prolligy, foe ever."

[A summary mode of recovering possession of the Almo-
rah seems to have been advised by the Attorney General,
who himself' scoonspailled the patty destined to carry it into
execution; but upon a demonstration of resistance, by
firing blank cartridges, they were obliged to return without
accomplishing their object. The Ahnotah subsequently
sailed for Calcutta, where the question will be brought to a
legal decision.]
The Sydney Gazette of the llth, says, " We have now
in the petty cove of Sydney thirty-four sail, ofseivhich
twelve are ship', fifteen brigs, five schooners, and two
cutters." We are sorry to state that there has been a se-
rious disturbance between the soldiery and the settlers;
the former are stated to have committed great excesses
when in a state of intoxication. At the date of these pa-
pers the solders were kept in their garrison after night-
fall ; and the promptitude and good conduct of the officers
are highly praised.
The accoutre from `an Diemen's Land give very nat-
tering reports of the fishery on the coast; the sealing had
been particularly successful.

THE ARMY.

Lieutenant-General Bayly, from the Coldstream Guards,
is appointed Colonel of the Bth (the King's) Regi-
ment of Foot, vice General Edmund Stevens, deceased.
The Governorship of Fort William has, by the death of
General Stevens, become vacant.
The Ist Battalion of the Itoals has marched from Cas-
dew to Newry.
The 63d, West Suffolk, Regiment of Infantry has
matched to Coat!char.

On the Prrival of the 611th, Connaught Ranges, Regi-
ment of Foot at Corfu, from Cork, the 36th, ilmeford-
sltire, Regiment of Infantry will return to England.

THE BRADFORD CUMBERS AND WEAVERS.

Oa Monday, at font o'cloci in the afternoon, the usual
meting a! the Combers and Weavers in the Union As-
sociation was held at Fairweather Green. In consequence
of the measures adopted by the master manufacturers last
Thurstlity. the attendance was unusally numerous, there
being not fewer than from eight to ten thousand present.'
It vita expected that a number of resolutions would bare'
been proposed, explanatory of the steps they meant .to
pursue in this new crisis of their affairs ; but as there had
not been aufdcient time to receive answers to the circulars
which had been sent to different parts of the kingdom, the
Committee determined to postpone the proposal of their
plan until the following week.
Several speeches were made, but no business was done.
The principal speakers were John Tester, and some dele-
ga►es from the neighbouring towns.
The master manufacturers of Bradford have had no
further meetings since the one we reported last week.
We are informed, that on Saturday last, those of the
worsted manufacturers in Keighley and its neighbour-
hood, who had pledged ihernselves to support the Brad-
ford masters, began to dismiss all their combats and wea-
se-a belonging to the Union. Our informant adds, that
me of the best workmen thus turned off, have been al-
r..ady engaged by those of the masters who bad not pledged
themselves to th; mature of dismissal.

On Saturday hst, a meeting of the wcrrated spinners and
manufacturers of Ilalifax, was held at the Old Cock Inn
there, to consider the circular of the Bradford masters.
A number of resolutions were rimed, expressive of their
disapprobation of the combinations at present existing, and
their determination to dismiss from their employment such
men u contribute to the Union.—Leeds Mercury.

The Silk Trade at Macclesfield, which has for some time
been in a languishing state, is now, we ttritlerstand, parti-
cularly brisk.

liti lIISH PcIPT3I.A7IAX or. STOCIETORT.—Nothing
but actual observation can convey an adequate idea of the
male of living s•lopted by the Irish population of this
lowa, who have of late become extremely numerous. In
on sma'l house on Lancashire-hill, we are informed, no
lei.; than eighteen intlividnals are resident, in a space,
which, by the very lowest of our countrymen, would be
deemed insufficient for the comfort of a man, his wife, and
two children. The manner iu o hich this numerous fa-
mily are lodged at night, although not very novel, is still
cut. ms, and forms a striking contrast to the ideas of com-
fort which are generally entertained in this country. The
inmates of the holm seek for repose in what is termed a
rout.tl bed, which is neither more nor leris than the hare
where they lie down indiscriminately in a circle, the
mitre of which is formed by the feet of the party. Their
ideas of cleanliness are also completely at variance with
those of their neighbours and the filthy picture which
the interior of one of their habitations exhibits is really
disirusting.—Stoekport Advertiser.
At Hadley Manor, the seat of Mr. Wesrbot, lying off
to the westward of Crawley, Mr. W. and two of his
friends, Mesars.Codrington and Bel!atny, bagged on Wed-
n' sday last, by two o'clock in the afternoon, shooting with
single barrelled guns, sixty-seven brace of birds, and four-
teen hares. Seven shots only were missed during the eight
hours' sport •

Wiatve, 13opt. 28,161 Y.

Aicric ExraDITION.—We have great pleasure in an-
nouncing. that on Saturday intelligence was received from
Captain Franklyn up to the middle of June—all well.
AVOIDINO ALL OFFENCL—During the riots of 1780,
when met persons, to save their houses, wrote on their
doors, ".N9 Popery," one inhabitant at the West' end, to
avoid all mistakes, chalked upon his, "No Religion!"
TILI LAME Scams.—.ln ignorant person went to a
scribe, to get him to write a letter for him, who excused
himself on account of' a sore foot. " What has that to do
'with it," answered the applicant—" you are not to carry
it?" " May be not," rejoined the other ;" but when I
write a letter for anyone, I am alwaya.sent for to read h—
as nobody else can make it out."
A CONSLLTATION.—A gentleman remarkable for his
penurious habits, and whose ill-health, though somewhat
alarming, could nut induce him to send fur a physician,
was sitting a few evenings ago at the Chapter Coffee-house,
when a inctlical gentleman, of much popular celebrity,
came in, and, entering the same box, took his seat oppo-
site to him. The afflicted economist considered this a
good opportunity of getting a prescription without a fee;
and accordingly, after conversin&on the weather and other
indi&rent topics, he began to touch upon his own health,
and, stating at some length the symptoms of his complain-,
concluded with asking him " what, suffering as he did, it
would be proper fur him to take ?" To which, knowing
his man, he answered very gravely, " I think, Sir, you
ought to take advice."
A truly splcnaid collection of etuffed birds has been pre-
settled to the Ashmolean Museum by the Hon. and Rev.
Arthur Phillip Percival, Fellow of All Souls' College, Ox-
ford. This laudable example of public spirit, in the sacri-
fice of private taste to public utility, it hoped may be fol-
lowed by other colleetots. The specimens now collected
in the Museum illustrate the grand divisions of the system-
atic erragements of Linnteus, Cuvier, and Lamark—
namely, the classes and orders of Animalia vertebrate, . •
Mammalia, Aves, Cheloaca, Pisces, et Insect., together BEI:T•L Ouritsor.—As the Rev. James Rawson,
with Conchytis. venting minister, of Pontefract, was returning from Selby,
The following transcript of a letter from Lieut.-Gen. by way of Haddlesey and B;rkin, on the evening of
Cromwell to Wm. Longhand, Gent. Mayor, and the reply Wednesday week, he was met by three men on horseback,
of the latter, are extracted from an old ordinance book of one of whom disllnounted, and, *by a tremendous blow on
the city of IS'inchester:— the forehead, 'felled Mr. Rawson to the ground. This
" 3a,—l come not to this city but wth a full resolusord to save
brutal outwit was followed by much barbarous treatment,
it and the inhabitants thereof from wine. I have coniannded the
souldyers upon payee of death that roe wrong bee done welt I shall las be afterwards found himself severely bruised about the
strictly observe. Only 1 expect you give mee entruince into the 1 head anti various parts of the body. It appears that these
city without recessitating 'nee to force my way, welt If you doe then vipaine had a malicious design swung same particuiar per-
il will be in my power to sate you or it. I expect your answeitaw eon, and that they mistook Mr.. 611.. for that person, as, on
within half an boure and test the return of consciousness, he found himself standing, and
t'crvt " Ocivia CaossWILL.
" Sept. VI. IGO—Five o'clock at night. supposes that he had been raised up by hi- assailants, one
Fur the Mayor of the city of Winchester." of whomnvaa at the time saying they were mistaken in their
" TILE ANSWER TO THR SD Larritn." man. They saw the shocking, condition to which they hail
"Sa.-1 have received yor letter by yor trumitett and in Of be- reduced him, but they rode off without rendering him any
half of the citizens add intabitants mottle you hearty thanks for.
assistance. At.this time it W 33 very dark, and Mr. R
Raw-
yor favourable expre.o ions therein. Put withail lam to signifie
unto you, that the delivg up of the city is not In mypMf power it acing son was two mile' from Brotherton, which place he reached
under the eomannd of the Right Hoble the Lord Ogle, who Wit 'with the utmost difficulty, and in a state bordering on in-
the millitary governmnt thereof, in the inesne tyme I shall use my sensibility. Surgical aid was procured, and we are happy
best endeavor with the Lord Ogle to performe the contents of yor to state that he is rapidly recovering. We understand that
letter concernelng the city and reel. thh was not the only outrage perpetrated by the same patty ;
Yee ma: humbly Sent.
W. LONOLAND, Mayor. and it is much to lie desired that the miscreants may be
' brought to condign punishment.—Leeds if (miry.

LITERPOOL, Fatbat ECZNfwet.
%Wind. S.S.W.—lligb Water. 3Sm. p. I.
Arrived the Lady Digby. Harper, from Pietou • Junes and'
Ire4ry Cummings, —, from St. John's, New' Brunswick;
William Braes, Cobh, from New limit. sailed 21d August ; Es-
change, from C%trlestnn ; Grace, Hall, from St. Petersburgh ;
!John Reed, Pettier. from ditto; Sarah, —, from Montreal ; Sir
I William Wallace, Tilley, from St. Andrew's; Indian Chief, —....,
; from ditto ; George, iPerfy, from Cadiz ; Groningen Welvaart,
Largos, from St. Slalom
The William Byrnes, from New York. %ailed Aug. ft in com-
pany with the Susan, for Liverpool. 0' the 2d Sept. in lat. :9,
I long. 42. spoke the ships Ruh and WoranOtd, of and An. Isordon ;
!on the 12th, nll Kinsale, spoke the Treasurer, from Csropeschy for
Liverpool—all well. •

The Exchange, from Charleston, 'Rile,' Aug. 17. In emnpany
with the Ceres, for Liverpool. On the 29.11, in Ist. 40, 58, long.
M, 9, spoke the ship Edward Houston, from Havre for New
York. On the 4th Sept. in lat. 4?,, 48, long. 33, 30, spoke the
barque Hobert. from Greenock for Miratnielii. On the sth ito.t.
in let. 49, 33. long. 29.32, spoke the William Fell. from Newry
for Quebec ; on the 10th, in lar. 51, 22, long. 9, 39, spoke an
Americah brig from New York for Liverpool.

SEPTF.IISER 17.

Wind S.S.W.—High Water 21 m. pensit.
Arrired the Brilliant, —,f rom Charleston Agricola,—.
Zdltto, aailetLlfult Au; Leander, Lietch, for New Orleans ;
g.
an, Steward, from Nlaranham ; Fisher, M`Donald, from
Quebec; Treasurer, Oib, from Campeachy; Lady Douglas.
trim St. John's, New Brunswick ; Triton, Dickson, from Boston.
saßad Aug. 28; Panmure, Tait, from Macao; Benjamin Shaw;
front Aliramichi.
rZaikd Ititb inst.—Tht Ajax, Nicol for New York; Flora, Mans.
..rn4fi!r. ditto; Africa. Co:. for Wiscasset ; Christian, Bartel; fee.
; Grief. Schmidt, far ditto • Faith, Cornih, for Smyrna;
&abort Heftier. Beyer, for Narva•, 'Earl Moira, Allison, for New
Dranawick ; Ann, Lewis, for Rigs; Mentor, Schultz, for Stettin;
rretoria. Was, for Antwerp; Goetle Hoope, De Groot, for Dordt;
,Loves, Wane, for Denser; Mary, Brown, for Jersey.

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The Meth di Roma of the 3d inst. announces that 1*) Now, it so happens, that Bata'
the 34th ultimo, his Holiness, Leo XI I. convoked a Gene-
which the East India Cometsrai Assembly of the Cardinals, Prelates, and Consultors of elusive right of trading—more
the sweet rile*. in ord!! so take into consideration the mi- of The privileges of the
let'
rules bay worked by God, *rough the intercessiesaf the spects been narrowed by recen
vessrable father LouisALS of the order of minor Cepu. reter, they are in tile full ei
shins. The Rev. de Frescati, the Minister Genetal trifle Si 4rTherii• It also fort
of this order, and the Ad-orates Galeassi and Rosatini
the defenders of the cause, have made great progress, so' license, 'night have brought hii
the Almorah, under certain col
that it is expected this here will shortly be reckoned Itire of lea—lllet her three hl believe quarter chests of tea, w
among the number ofthe blessed. We observe in the same