The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-08-29 00:00:00

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The Rev. Adam John Walker, Curate of Leybourne, Kent,
has been inatitutcd by the Lord Bishop of Hereford, to the
rectory of lisahopatouc, and the vicarage of Comer, ia his
Lorrlahip's diocese, ou the preseutailon of (sedate Price,
Esq.
The Rev HCIIII Rite, of Choldert.m, in preseiord, I.y Sir
Egerton Brydges, to the perpetual citr.iry iaglield,
Oa Friday mounight, died, in the 714 year of 11,, +K..% at
Islip, in this counti, Mr. Bic hard May, tlitet F.., 11 3:4'lT
of the Fire School, in this city, erected and endowed by
John ;Sierra, Esq Atdcrnia',, in the year 1659.
John Harden and Devil Cooper were apprehended on
Timidity last by 1fr..1. Smith, of thin city, Police 011icer, ou
truttrion of stealin: a fine doe from the Grove at Magdatea
egi:. On searching the lodgings of l'ooper, the whole of
the carfare of the deer was found, the skin of *bleb had
been taken Wised hid in the cellar.

Mr. AI.I.XIINDEII PATF.r.SON, late Cumr r of Ilii
MAJLSTY'Ii ship threats. who was thifilitned the ser-
vice a short tune since, by sentence of a Court.
Martial, has been reinstated. and appointed to the
Aileilavv. of 64 guns, nor in Plymouth.
On Soturday ►e'nntght, the frtedoui of the city
of Cork was ittninimousle voted in Council tu Cap-
tain GALWAY. of His MAJESTY'S ship Dryad. as
a testimony of the services he rendered his country.
Capt. GALWAY served with the gallant Lord NEL-
IiON. ■od was his First Lieut. in the memorable
battle of the Nile. He was then made a Com-
mander. and afterward', fur Ina talents and acti..
wiry, made Post-Coptinti.
Sir VICARY Gimes has been at Plymouth for se-
veral days.
Jona Pamir Wool), Eaci. is appointed Auditor
of Excise in Scotland, in room of J. MACDOWALL.
Earl deceased.
be Ilammih, LEVERS. boon shore near Ca rl scrona.

The following is giveu A% the present price of pro-
vimons at Flashing :—Fowls, ti,l. each ; butter,
4d. per lb. ; cheese, t.td. per lb. • Hoflands,
per gallon; a pig, weighing ,),Sd+Jii. 11. ls. Eug.
lisli ; a tat sheep, 83..

. -
lii comeluenre of the second troop of Norfolk
yeomanry cavalry,Clatalsuatided by Capt.sr.Gruatni
KaUDSOAN• havingreceiveil his Royal Highness the
Duke of YORK'S permission to bear his name, the
troop met on Wedoesday se'nnight to celebrate the
sninversi.sy of his Koy.il birth-dav and
after going through the istsneeuvres and giving a
fee-de-joie, they partook of a sumptuous dinner
provided at the George inn, Norwich, where many
appropriate toasts were drunk. and the day was
passed with the utmost conviviality.
The domains of Hanover, to the amount of two
millions of titres yearly, have been distributed by
Boa Arkin!: among his General* and Ministers.
The following have the largest fronts :
Berliner, BereaSolie, Mollify, Darer, Nev, Auger's's,
Mumma, Cauleinroort, Divenet, /loon. tefell.re Lebrun,
AL-velem, Juno, Victor, Foutlie„ Chaverispv, Dears, aril
Crept.
Several respectable inhahitsrits of Leeds hav-
ing expreued their earnest wishes to the M•vou,
that a Monument be erected, by subscription, in
the paridi church, as a solemn and perinalieet ex-
pression of their feelings ou the great and envious
Victory of Talavera, and on the lots of their val-
iant townsmen, Itrigsrle-piafjor Cap-
tain WA Luso, al' the the Gimp'lN who having, iii.early
life, devoted themselves to this service of their
country, and contributed to its glory on many me-
morable occasions, in different quarters of the
world, fll triumphantly tit that glorious battle.—
The Ma•ua has, in compliance with this general
wish, op•meil books at the New-Rooms and News-
paper Printing-offices, to receive subscriptions.

• LOVE 11.11) muramn.
The American Papers cout.pti the following
tragic occurrence :
tbdr,eli, North Carolina, July ts.
It has never fallen to our lot to retoid a more
'Arrigical occurrence than the following, whieli took
place iu Halifax comity, on the .sth inst.
A young man in that county, of the name of
William Parker, had for two or three years paid
his addresses to a Miss Griffin, awl the marriage
of the parties was expected ; recently, however,
Ali" G. had discarded I' . On the 3th, they,
with some other company, dined at Mrs. Harris's,
where Parker behaved toßards Miss G. with some
rudeness. Ills conduct and some expressions which
f•II from him excited her suspicions that he intended
souse serious mischief, and she invited two of her fe-
male friends to Accompany her home. When they
had nearly reached her mother's, Parker came out
suddenly from an angle of the fence, and presentiug
a gnu at Miss G. shot her through the arm, and
lodged the contents in her side. She fell instantly,
end the horses rode by the other young Wigs being
hightened, they were also thrown. Parker then
Began very deliberately to rebind his gnu ; the
young ladies, bereft by their fears of the power
either of Bight or resistance, entreated him not to
kill them. Ile told them he had no such inten-
, tioo, that he was then tousling for himself, and ask-
ed one of them' for a corner of her shawl, for wad-
ding, which he tore off. When he ha I &defiled
loading, he placed the muzzle to•Iils breast, and
sprang the trigger with his foot ; it missed fire;
be then necked the flint, and en the second attempt
the load entered his breast-.-he tottered to the
fence, against which lie kilned in mach agony, and
desired the young ladies to prey for him; he then
walked towards the dying .Miss Griffin, and fell be-
side her. With expired in a few moments. Miss
Griffin was a piling woman of merit, and the only
child of a widowed mother, who heard the cries
and firing, and wine to the place just in time to
see her daughter expire.—Porter was notorious
for pomeasing a violent and ungovernable temper.

On Monday IastJOSIPII JSeYLL, Esq. M. P.
for Caine, visited his constituents at that ancient
and independent borough, and on the fallowing
day that:mid Steward,. and Burgesses dined at the
White Hart with their representative.
The inhabitants of Staid), and the neighbouring
villages have lately obtained a beneficial supply
from an immense quantity of tine large herring*,
which have lat.dy made their appearance upon that
part of the Yorkshire criest, aad which extend
along the dyne at the distance of about 100 yards
from the low water mark. From :20 to 50 cob-
Wes drive with their net, every night, and take
from 1000 to 7000 per cobble. The ti.hermen say,
that the appearance of the herrings in that quarter,
at this period, indicates an approaching, productive
fishery at Yarmouth, herrings at this season of the
year tieing generally rilsseri ed to proceed in a south-
erly directioo.

The mensal conference of the Methodists held
this year at Manchester, -terminated ou Thursday.
239 Preachers rittended. Actual increase of Mem-
bers during the ;suet year, 1a,i00.--6,g00 in Eng-
land and Ireland, and 8000 in America. The num-
ber of Preachers received ut conference, after the
four probationary years, exclusives of those in the
districts, was en ; and the number of new, cha-
pels opened since. Isar conference, is stated to be
considerable.
One of the see belonging to the Ocean. of
99 guns, lately paid off at Plymouth, went to the
Coach-office of the London lion, Fore-street. to
take a plaee for Exeter, and observed to Mr. TAP-
PEN, the Landlord, that he wished to have the best
Nitta. cost what it would : the next morning, the
coach started quite full : itict, not liking to lie
cooped up so close, began to grumble, and on the
road swore bitterly against the coachman and land-
lord, for stowing; him in the had, when he bad paid
tle best price for a place upon deck.
Last week, XVII,LI AM CONSTABLE and It:CHARD
COCKCROFT, two manufacturers, were apprehended
at Hull, fur preparing to leave this kingdom, and
going to America.
Aii affray, of a very unpleasant kind took place in
the sheets of Leeds, ou I liuniday night ; two mili-
tary officers, high in Illosisl,and flushed with the Tus-
can grape, seabed from their ludgiugs. in Boar-lane,
betweesi nine and ten o'clock iu the owning, and
ruadeu Inrious sortie 'iron the peaceable inhalations
who were passing at the time ; to remonstrate was
only to invite further violence, and consternation
awl 'Homey were spread in every direction. The in-
habitants collected or considerable numbers. and
the victors would heir ouosi become the vanquished,
had not a gentleman, who had shared in their blow%
gentrotety interfered in their behalf, and slithered
them from the isupinsleig storm. But the truce
was not of long continuance, the officers again sal-
lied final, and not sleiwnding oil their own strength,
called out the guard, who charged the ;monk at the
point of the bayonet. At this moment the Chief
. Constable arrived Aad attempted to take one of the
nacres into custody ; to resent this indignity he
drew his sword upon the Civil Officer. who was
almost instantly surrosnisled by the military, and
conveyed in triumph to the guard-room, where he
was confined, till the Chief Magistrate came and
demanded his liberation. %Vs bear, and we believe
from good authority, that the Mukist rates have de-
termined to couviuce these IBilitary heroes, that the
laws of their country. which it is their duty to pro-
tect, are not to be trampled upon with impunity.—
/ Leeds Mercury.)
Fifteen hundred .itlerino Sheep, taken Gem the
farms of the Enauerur of AUSTRIA, lassoed lately
through Augsburith, on their way to h'aris.
On• Thursday last, a journeymen painter and hia
wife, having returned from Peckham Fair to their
lodgings, situated iii Peerless-row, City-road, could
not make the people of the house hear; end he
procured.* ladder to get in at the top window, when
taking hold of a stone en the parapet wall, it un-
fortunately gave way ; lie fell on the pavement, and
fractured his skull in so shocking a simmer, that
he died while taking to the hospital.
Sunday eveuing nt sorue children were at ploy
in Piccadilly, near St. James's Church, a gentle-
nisn's gig vame up at the tune, oise of the children,
a tine boy, about six or seveis years old, in running
away from the others, went into the highway mid
WAY run over by the gig. Some hopes are enter-
tained of his recovery.