The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-07-25 00:00:00

DEATH OF SIR JONATHAN MILES, ENT.

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Between fear and live o'clock ao Seaday morning, Lady
Miles was awake out of her sleep, by hearing Sir Jonathan
main an unconsotois noise • she shook him, and received
.no mower, on which she beetese alarmed, and called for as.
andante. The towhee:a, who happened to be up, end was
crossing the yard, hearing her Ladyship scream, salted what
was the matter—she cried out in great agitation, s Fur
God's ;almoner: in, your master is dying." The coachman
called up the rest of the family, who repaired to Sir Jon..
thaw's bed room, where they foiled him in had, breathing his
"last. Several sorgeons were sect for, sad Mr. Dickinson ar-
rived i• a few iniontes afterwards; he opened a vein, and
tried every means, but to no purpose. as he died almost
immediately. Sir Janatan was in the 60th year of his age,
and in remarkable good health and spirits the night pieced.
.ing, when going to bed.
An inquisitive was held on Monday evening on the body,
before Mr. St idiom, Coroner, at the family ITMUIiOIII in Ealing,
where he died. Verdict—" Died by the !thiamine of God.'"
Notice is given in last night's CazeNe, that the
Court of Claims will re-assemble in the Painted
Chamber at Westminster, on Monday next, at two
o'clock in the afternoon, to constrict of the services
performed at the Coronation, and the fees to be
taken in respect thereof, where all persons having
performed services, and claiming fees for the saute,
are requested to give their attendance.
A Daily Morning Treasury Journal on Monday
stated, that the QUSEN had vet off in her travelling
carriage hum Brandenburgb House, at six o'clock
on-Saturday morning, accompanied by Lady Ann
H•isturots, Alderman WOOD. and Count V AV-.
SA LI ; and that the answer yesterday to inquirers
was, "Her MAJESTY is gone, we know not whither."
Her MAJESTY,
if she really dirt go out on Setur-
day, did not go far. A small party dined with her
at Brandenburgb House on Saturday *vesting.
The cntlery used at the banquet of the Kimo's
Coronation amounted to—

8,000 knives and 8,000 forks, 650 pair of e rrrrrr and
12 dozen of cork screws.

The table-linen, am covbisted of—
?SO yards of elegant damask tabk•rlolhs for the Hall,
1,100 ditto for the vitriol's moans, 170 dozen of damask
napkins, 100 dozen of 'gawking ftw waiters' kaife-clotbs.
The glass for the tables, &c. was as follows :-
600 quart decanters, 1,900 pill decanters, 5,000 wise-
glasses, 2,400 Insablsrs, 709 salts and spoons, 96 sets of
castors, and 1,460 carats.

As the workmen were employed in excavating t►e fortis
for the cellar of a house to be erected in ■ field at the top of
Friar-gate, Penrith, they discovered about twenty beaus
skeletons. The teeth is many of the skulls were quite per.
feet, as were the skulls themselves, the thigh-bones, dr.e.
The bodies must have been ►aid very close, as the whole did
not occupy a greater spare than about 21. yards by 6. his
strange that shire are no records of the deposition of these
bodies. it is well known, however, that • busty of Grey Friars
existed in Penrith, about the place above•mentiuned, as the
street leading from the held fully anthersticatea. In digging
the foaadation also the groundwork of some part of a Fruit-
age lots been discovered, in a very pet feet state. It is more
than probable, therefore, that they must have laid, at least,
nearly three hundred years.
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Yesterday the Lottery finished, when No. 6,054
wits drown a Poise of 15,000/. Consols, and sold in
*bares by iIaSARD and Co. at their Old established Offices,
Royal Eschange-galr ; 28, Currant!; slid 324, Oxfordsdreet;
who have shared sad mold in the prtsent Lottery:-
15,702 1'21,000
6,054
4,606 5OO
7.752 4OO
1,630 300
4,236..
402 230
1,842 220
913....
4,191 2lO
4,079 2OO
&e.t.a. Three per Cent Consols.
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J. and J. SIYZWRIGUT have the pleasure to an-
nounce, that the Drawing of Tounins's PICTURE
larTault is to take place en Saturday next, the 28th inst.
Specimens of which may be seen at their old established
Offices as tinder, and where Tickets are on Sale in great vu.
riety. A Purchaser of • Red and Black Ticket is sure to
gain a Prize. The State !Annoy finished on the 24th inst.
when J. J. N. sold and shared the largest Prise therein, being
No. 4,421, 25,0001.; 060, 1,446, 4,0001.; No. 9,182 and
12,730, both 2,401. and Ten other Capitals of 2,1001. Sec.
No. 37, Cornholl, 38, Haymarket, and 11, Hulbert'.
T. 81211 respectfully informs his hest Friends, the
Public, lie is selling Tickets for Mr. TORRINS.B
PICTS/RR 11.0TTARY, Which is to be drawls asst SATURDAY.
The Price is 31.35. per Ticket, snit the bolder of two Tickets
of different Colours is sure to ...limits a Prize. Particulars
of the Capital and other Prizes may be had at Rim's Offi-
ces, 4, Combat, end 9, Charing Cru►s, n here fitsti sold, in
the State Lottery, just finished one 21,00411. one 20,0001. one
16,0001. Me 3,0001. and various other Capitals.
ETTON is happy to inform the Public, that Mr.
TOMKIN.'II PICTURE LOTTERY will ire drawn on
SATURDAY next, and that it is a Lottery highly desirable
stud advantageous to the 'Public, as every purchaser of a Red
Tieket and a Black Ticket is sore of gaining a mutt inte-
resting Prise. The Tickets of ToOkilts'S PICTUDIR LOT-
TRRT are DUD gelling at his (Mem No. 2, Corobill, and i■
Lopnbard-dreet, at 31. 3.. each.

• LAW INTELLIGENCE.
!couirr by 'Otto .ftrrtir, GoitnaacrY
Vpieguy, JULY ft.
Before Afr. Joake BEST fail a Special Jory.
THE ICING C. lETE, Oa iiittat..
This was en inforniatiori died bylhe Artolll4Elf.
GgNIIRAL against •f he Wend:int, for a ite,ditious
libel published in the 'Republica. Oaßef, on the
gOth October; Is4o, printed by Jant*Carlile; •
Mr. LITTLYDALE opened the pleadings.
The SbLieliroi4ANgsAi stated' the nature of
the libel totfltiliy: It wits a grotts libel on his
Majesty, whiCh he (the Solieitor-Gtential), would
content himself with reading to the Jury, for he
was of opinion that if. en the bare reading of the
libel, it did not satisfy everr well-intimated
man that such was its neture, no ingenious col:
lateral arguments maid have that efrect. The •
libel ran 'thus..." There is- not one vice that
the King can put his hind to his heeit and say, ',I
am innocent or it.' Re has inherited the gross
obstinacy Of his father; and the avarice and mean-
ness of his mother, without any of their domestic
qualities ; to this hr has added all that vice ha•
taught or conjectured,' " The Defendant stood in
the situation of servant to Mr. Wile, and sold the
number of The Kepwbfican'iii which this gross libel
was published, and could not be ignorant of the ,
titre of the work. 'rhe Learned Counsel observed
that a masted change had taken place in public
opinion with respect to Ex-trio informations—
formerly it was considered a sort of hardship on a •
Defendant put on his trial by that Officer, but it
was now thought better that owls • power should
exist and be exercised 'by p known and responsible
Officer, who could be called to et:count for any
misapplication otitis authority. Evidence was then
called.

Samuel (Mittel' messenger of the Press to the
Stamp Office, proved having purchased the number
of the feepsiblkan of 20th Oct. 1820, containing the
libel, from the Defendant, whO diu the shop
in which witne,s had seen him for some months.
--- Chapman, an officer of the Bow-street
establishment confirmed the testimony of the last
witness. The libe:l having been read,
Mr. Paqspeaciaa'r adilresked the Jury for the
Defendant, and urged that lie was merely acting
as the servant of Cairl4l4 and could not know the
contents of the papers which he sold. He had
also, inunediattly he learned that he had fallen under
the antquidverinon of the Atte; tiey-Generidi waited
on the.ffcilikikir to the Treasury, and offered to quit
the situation immediately, and not enter into any
mher of the like nature. He trusted also that the
4611 *4814 consider the extreme youth of his client,
who was Anne only nineteen
,years of age, and was
'merely'
,in the exercise of His lawful endea-
vouring to procure an honest livelihood.
H. I'. Willis was called and examined ; he gave
the Defendant a good character for moral and reli•
gious principles.
The SoLtcroeGsteuitat., in his reply, observed,
that, although the Defendant had called on the
Solicitor to the Treasury and made some proposi-
tion, he still kept his plea on the record, and still
continued to set the law at detiince.
Mr. Justice BEST charged the Jury, that the
publication was certainly a most gross and scanda-
lous libel.
The Jury immediately fouud the Defendant
Guilty,
There was a second indictment against the De-
fendant for a similar offence, which the Solicitor-
General declined going on with.