The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-02-19 00:00:00

POPULATION.

According to the Returns, which have been col-
leaed pursuant to the Population Aft, the annual
number of Marriages? throughout England and
Wales, from the year 1754, when the Marriage AR
took place, to the present time, has been as follows :

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Avevageof 5 Years, per Ann.
ending with - 1763
1763
1770
1773
1780
1785
1790
1795
1810

These numbers are somewhat less than the truth,
as from about 260 places, Returns could not he pro-
cured ; which with the marriages of the Quakers and
Jews not entered in the Parish-Registers, makes a
deficiency of about 1,000 per annum.
The annual amount of the Burials throughout
England and Wales, as colle6ted conformably to the
Population Aet, authorises a satisiallory inference of
diminishing mortality since the year 1780: the num-
ber of Marriages and Baptisms indicate that the ex-
isting Population is to that of 1780 as 117 to 100,
while the amount of registered Burials has remained
stationary during the last twenty-one years.; the first
five of which, as well as the last five years, and all
the twenty-oneyears taken tonthe:, equally average
about 186,000 per annum.


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LA" INTELLIGNWE.
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KING'S BF.NCII.—Fes. 16.
Sitting: at Nisi Prins.—Aida:sex.
AIM OREL L V. AC ADDOCKS.
Mr. GA R ROW stated that this was an aihon for
!Yazd, lodging, coal's, and other necessaries, pro-
vided for the Defendant's wife. He should men-
tion that the Defendant was not only an aging at-
torney himself, but was clerk m an attorney of the
name of Mr. Wiley, in Basiughall-street. He un-
derstood the defence to be set up was, that the per-
son who lived with him was not his wife ; but if
such a defence was had recourse to, the Jury would
treat it with the contempt it merited, for it would
be proved she bad lived with him for the last ten
years as his wife. In fall, the probability was, he
slandered her and himself too, only for the purpose
of this defence.
It appeared in evidence, the Defendant and his
wife had lodged with the Plaintiff; during a period
of nine months ; that at first they were charged five
shillings a week, then six shillings, and, lastly, four
shillings a week. As the witnesses could not state
the particular dates of the alteration in charge, it
was estimated generally at five shillings a week,
amounting, with a sum for money lent, to 9L—for
which the Plaintiff had a verdiet in his favor.
The KING agand PII I !Airs And another.
Mr. ERSKINE said this was an indiameat for an
assault. The Prosecutor was 4 Mr. Semiu Patterson,
a brandy-merchant, in St. Martin's-lane. On the day •
stated in the indiet as he was returning home,,
he observed the Dc ants near his house ; they
appeared to have been erring tagethers but whe-
nellitt
ther in jest or earnest, the Prosecutor did not know.
He perceived they had broke one of his windows,
and he taxed them with it; they exclaimed, " Well,
what then !" "What then," returned Mr. Patterson ;
" why then you must pay me for it. " Yes," said
they, "we'll pay you :" and truly they did so, for
they assaulted him in the most violent manner, seiz-
ed him by the throat, and nearly choaked him; they
pinched it till he was black in the face. After this,
one of them held him while the other continued
beating him. They were at length secured, and
taken to Bow-street, where they described themselves
under false names, and gave false bail. Such was
the offence for which the Defendants had been in-
dieted, and unless it was to be understood, that for
one man, without any provocation, to beat another,
was part of the antient custom of the realm, they
must inevitably be found guilty.
The case was proved by the testimony of one
witness, besides the prosecutor. 'rho latter said, he
had offered to settle the business amicably. If the
Defendant had made him a proper apology, and
given a certain sum to the poor of the parish, he
should have been satisfied.
Mr. Cuitwoon said, he had no answer in point of
law to this evidence, but there were circumstan-
ces which he should hereafter lay before the Court
in mitigation of punishment.
Several prosecutions for indielments were called
on, and the Defendants acquitted, in consequence of
the Prosecutors not appearing. .
Owing to these indiitments not being t ied, the
parties in the civil suits which stood after them, ex-
peeting they would have occupied some time, • were
not ready.
Lord Et. LEN no Rouen said, this was not altogether
an allowable speculation on the part of those whose
causesstood ready for trial. It-appeared, however,
they had speculated, and therefore he should let
the causes keep their situations in the paper ; but he
desired it to be understood, that hereafter whenever
a cause was called on, and the parties were not
ready, he should most assuredly strike it out. He
was under the necessity, by a particular day, of pro-
ceeding to the administration of justice in another
part of the town.
The Court rose at a very early hour.

On Thursday afternoon, as the Duke of BRInoE.
WATER was passing through Berkeley-:quire, in his
carriage, one of the w heels suddenly came off, and
the carriage was overturned. His Grace was taken
out much bruised, and led home by his servant&

The following refle&ions are in the Journal der
Delta:ears :
" The English Journalists wish to establish in
their favonr a political morality, with regard to the
Governments of Europe, and to inspire a political
morality with respect to the Government of their own
country. If the question is to establish indemnities
in Germany, they set up the old Germanic Consti-
tution; if it is the tranquillity of the Helvetians,
they stipulate for the antient privileges of the
small Cantons ; if the subjeet is the commerce be-
tween France and Great Britain, they invoke for-
mer treaties, and complain that it has not been rrea-
tioned in the last diplomatic treaty ; but when they
speak of evacuating Malta and Alexandria, (that is
to say, of executing the most solemn treaty)—that
which the viflory and the courage of the French
forced England to sign at Amiens, then the Lon-
don Journalists have neither principles, morality, or
political probity. It is our duty to inform all the
Powers of the Continent of those insidious counsels,
and those violations of the public faith, solemnly ad-
vised by one of those Journals denominated Minis-
teriaL Such refleaions are made to excite indigna-
tion in the minds of those who regard as sacred the
faith of fteries, and the execution of conventions
founded on the basis of the rights of nations:"

A melancholy accident occurred a few days since,
at the house of Mr. Holmes, of Scalfore, near Lei-
cester:— Ile house having been repaired, a chaffing-
.dish, with ignated charcoal, was put into the female..
servants' room, with a stria injunaion to remove it
to an adjoining room on going to bed, and to leave
their door open, instead of which they kept it in their
room, and shut the door. In the morning they were
found in a state of suffocation, and one of them ex-
pired in the course of the day.
A sloop from Southampton Road, bound to the
Island of Jersey, was, about three weeks since, in
a violent gale of wind, driven on the reef of rocks
which extend themselves at the entrance of the har.
bour of St. Maloes, and but for the courageous and
humane efforts of four French fishermen, who, at this
risk of their lives, put off, to the deliverance of the
crew in so truly terrible a sityntion, the whole, cont.
prising five in number, and time gentlemen passen.
gers, must inevitably have perished. The vessel
was soon dashed to pieces, and the cargo, lost. We
are happy in being able to state, that the Gentlemen
handsomely rentonerated their deriving*
rethaestiPrsspirited and manly =eau .

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