The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-09-09 00:00:00

tat WILLIAM nEnseura.

The. remains of this mines* astronomer were on Saturday
aftermeen Interred at Osstos Church, Berkshire, is *kith
perfkib he had for when, peers resided. He was a Germs.
by birth, mid son of • isissigian in which mistimes Sir
Witham was riginally edoested., and excelled OR several
Instruments. He was master of the band of • regiment,
Which was quartered at Halifax is the year 1770. It mat
Isere proposed by some of the priacipal inhabitants to erect
an organ in the chereh, •nd subscriptions were entered
into fur that purpose. Sir William was elected organist,
priaeipally through the recommendatiou of the late Josh
Bites, Hag. who was the son of the then parish clerk of
Halifax, sad whose acknowledged judgment in the science
of music ensured sleeves, to the candidate whose cause
be espoused. Sir William continued here fur many
years; bet disilkiag the monotony of a country ton,,,
he removed with his brother to Bath, where they were
hulk engaged, for the Pump Room band, by the late Mr.
Lindley, who then conducted the first musical entertainments
established in that city. Sir William saran. d his profession
at Bath fur route years, highly esteemed by • onnierous
circle of friends, and increasing in fame and fortune; but
if it had had not been for one of those little at-etch-tits whirl,
determine the " path that mrs ate destined to Walk."
wiener might bate lost she advantages of his brilliant
discoveries. He employed his leisure hours in astronomical
observatisms mad ezperimexis; sad some of them laving
fortunately attracted royal attention, that great patron of site
arts, Gems, the Third, was resolved that “ Herschel' should
set tigerlike his valuable time in crotchets and q a."
Sir William, under his gracious patronage, relinquished his
profilist's:4 and devoted himself eathely to astronomy and
the orainsofactoring of telescopes. From Bath he removed to
Slough, where be erected one of surprising magnitude is his
garden. He here discovered the distant planes, winch he
called she IA Georgian Ulm" io hossur of kis illustrious
patron. Sir William possessed the milk of human, kindness
is an eminent degree, and was must anxious to gratify his
numerous visitors by explaining the" complicated machinery
of his sided," is the simplest mossier. NM one ever returned
from his hospitable dwelling without feeling gratified with
the orbotoity of the man, sod improved by the display of his
genius.

On Saturday the Duke of Devoustmte arrived
at Lismore Castle, county of Waterford. his
Grace was received, on reaching the boundary
of his estate, by a very large body of hid te-
nantry, from Lismore and Tallow, well mounted,
and exhibiting in all respects an appearance
as creditable to the tenantry as it must have
been gratifying to the landlord. One of the te-
nant'', in the name of the rest, respectfully
and affectionately congratulated the Duke on
his arrival, and stated that they had come to
receive him as a testimony of their sincere re-
spect and attachment. • The Duke appeared
to be much affected by this cordial welcome,
and expressed strongly his sense of their grati-
fying attentinn. Many of the gentlemen from
Lismore and its neighbourhood were on differ-
ent parts of the road, who had come out to greet
his Grace on his arrival. On approaching Lismore,
the horses were taken from the Duke's carriage,
and be was drawn to the Castle. The great number
of the spectators, the admirable order which was
every where observed, and the general satisfaction
and pleasure which appeared to be diffused by the
arrival of his Grace, rendered the scene most inte-
resting. At night. an illumination took place,
which was brilliant and general, extending even to
the humblest habitations.

The Duke of HAMILTON left Edinburgh on Sa-
turday for Kinneil. The inhabitants of Bo'ness
having beard of his approach, turned out in a body,
and escorted his Grace to Kinneil Noose with mute
and every other demonstration of joy. All the ves-
sels in the harbour fired a salute as he passed. The
inhabitants of Hamilton, influenced with the
highest respect for his many patriotic virtues, and
particularly delighted with the prospect of his
speedily becoming a constant resident at Hamilton
Palace (the repairs of that mansion bring now in a
forward state), collected yesterday in great num-
bers, marched down the park, and having found his
Grace near the garden wall, in their unceremonious
anode of strewing respect, they forced him into a
carriage, and drew it through the principal streets
of the town. Loud cheering, and cries of " Hamil-
ton for ever !" accompanied the procession. The
same proceeding was gone through with Lord
BELHAVEN. Lord ARCHIBALD being unwell, de_
chord this expression of popular regard. No acci
dent happened. Refreshments were liberally dm.:
tribute'', and the crowd dispersed in good humour
—(Glasgow Chronicle.) •
An unpleasant scene occurred at the gate of the
Exchange on Friday afternoon, after the termina-
tion of bueinets, and or the nature of which the
public are likely to be hereafter more sccurately
informed through the medium of a legal investiga-
tion. Some foreign Stock-brokers were collected,
as is usual with them, for the purpose of closing the
different transactions of the day, when a gentleman,
who was pairing, and who is said to be a rubscriber
to Lloyd's, thought proper to stigmatise the parties
and the business in which they were engorged by
some abusive epithets. Some lime lying near, which
is used by the workmen repairing the Exchange,
he proceeded to scatter a portion of it smiting the
brokers assembled, and one of them, Mr. Joseril
COHEN, was severely injured in one of his eyes. It
is not known whether the assailant intended to di..
rect his attack against Mr. COHEN in particular :
he ass immediately discovered and pointed out, and
will probably have to pay for his aggression. Mr.
Cosign suffered so much from inflammation on Sa-
turday, as to be incapacitated from attending to
business.

On Monday the armed transport Dasher, Lieut.
C. Woutiox, arrived et Portsmouth from the Lee-
ward Islands, bringing several officers (passengers),
about 30 army and navy invalidg, and returned stores.
She left Berbadoes on the 281 h July, when all the
Islands were in tolerable good health; but the 4th,
sth, 9th, and 21st regiments, which garrison them,
were anxiously expecting a speedy return to their
native country. The ships stationed there were
healthy, consisting of the Pyramus, Capt. F. Ncw-
comae, CM.; Surinam, Capt. CROWLR; Icarus,
Capt. HERBERT ; and frsk, Capt. LEE WARNER.
Commodore Sir ROBERT MENDS paw() &obit-
does on the 18th of July, in the Iphigeaia, for
Jamaica and England. His arrival may be daily
expected. The officers who came home in the
Deshe► are—Capt. M`Kutsztx, sth regiment;
Capt. KNox, Ist West India regiment; Capt. CA-
MERON, and Mr. WHITELAW, royal artillery;
Deputy Commissary-General DANCE; Mr. WIS.-
sox, Medical Staff.

A contract has been entered into for the supply
of the poor-house st Brighton. with good cm beef
(clear of bone) at Is. 10d. per stone.