The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-10-02 00:00:00

NEIF SHERIFFS OF LONDON.

Yesterday, according to annual custom, the Lord
Mayor (Perring), Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Livery,
proceeded horn Stationers' Hall, and having em-
barked on the Thames, his Lordship, in the City
Barge, and the Sheriffs in the Barge of the Sta.
ti'mers' Company, sailedup the river. Notwithstand-
ing the unfavourable state of the weather, the bar-
ges, which were dressed oat with a great variety of
flags, and had music on board, made A very hand-
some appearance. As soon as they reached the stars
at Palace Yard, a salute was fired from a small bat-
tery of cannon as Lambeth. 'lite boatmen. ser-
vants, &c. were ornamented with ckuble cockades,
appropriate to the sheriffs' liveries, the one yellow
and green, and the other white and scarlet.
Soon after two o'clos:k, the procession arrived at
Palace-Stairs, Westminster-Bridge, and. having
landed, proceeded to the Court of Exchequer, Wes.-
minster-liall. After the usual salutations to the
Bench (where the Corsitor Baron, Francis Ma-
seres, Eq. presided), the Itacoaos a addressed the
Court nearly as follows:
44 Ma. CLASITJA Beams,
" I have the honour to present at your Lordship's
Bar, Geosge Schooley, Esei.Cotizen and Distilicr, and
Wm, Domeille, E.q. citizen and statiooer, whom the
Line; of London, in Comm en Hall a.sercolecli
have eleded to the high and important office of
Sheriffs of the City of Condom, and Sheriff of the
County of Middiesez ; an office on which chiefly
depends the preservation of the peace and good or-
der of the capital of the British empire; from their
private as well as life, they have been a sub-
•d of regard to them: fellow citizens, and that con-
sled which they bereaves pursed, has given them

tbe most anxio:::: zeal for the p 4 ic welfare: and,
give me leave to assure r.ar hardship, they 'are
most firmly7'attached to' *lig Majest)'s person,
crown, and dignity, and to All the branches Ott
R yal Faniil7, as well as to that Irippy Constitation,
under which me live They the. e: )re hope, eta. in
the execut,on cf their office, the will prrted the
public peace, to the satisitaion of their fellow
citize:ls:'

The Recorder then pa; I a tribute to the merits of
the late Sheriffs, who attended to render the usual
accounts to His Malesty, Btc.
To which the 134 nos answered:
" I highly approve of the choice which the city
of London has made in eleaiig these two Gentle-
men to be their Sheriffs."
The several writs w re then read, and the
Sheriffs and their Jeptrti••s took the usual oaths. .
The Senior Alldirman, who had not passed the
Chair (Mr Ansley), was then called to perform the
formality (according to ancient custom) of the ser-
vice of breaking the seeks, counting the horse-
shoes, the hob-nails, &•:. 3c. ; a serviee# under
which the city of London holds a part of its charor.
The Rt.cor pea then, in the name of the Sheriffs,
regt•.es:ed the honour of the Baron's company to
dinner at Stationer? H9/1 ; bite hit Letdship.daclitted
the invitation. •
The proce-sion, after these ceremonies, again
embarked in their several barges, while the band
played God Sive the Ki•'g, and a salute of ten guns
was repeated from the battery. They rewrites/ to
Blackfriar's-Bridge, where the state carriages were
in waiting.. From thence they proceeded in the
same order they set out, to Stationer? Hall. where
a mcst elegant and sumptuous dinner was pelmet&
by Mr. Shelia' Doroville. ,l
SUICIDE.
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On the 21st uh, in Oak wellgate, G ttesbeacf, a
young woman died in consequence of having taken,
a quantity of poison the lay nem*. From motivea;
of delicacy, she had always declinef riving any in:
formation of her family or friends, h!'!, by a not* •
faunii in her pocket book, it is supposed she new.
longad to Grantham, in Lie inshire, whither asi•
vice of the unfortunate circuits taiice has been fur-
warded. It appears that soe had been s-du:ecl.
from her parents only a short time ago, an I kept ,
here by a poison belonging to one of the stage,
coaches travelling sou:11. It is said, she had re.
peatedly urged him, and that he had pr.•mised to. •
take her home again. For this purpose, on tiros.'
day morning, the waited on the coach at
bridge end, which she attempting to neonot, he en•
deavoured to prevent her, till having got tx •• he
threw her viii(mtly down on the pavement, when.
the coach drove off. As so :n as si.e recov re.l the
use of her limbs, in the frenzy 'f her mind s. • went
and procured the fatal medi..ine, which she took,
and returned to her lodgings—there to rest her
weary head, and end the terubles of her heart. The
author of her misfortunes has aro s et been:AA:lnfirm".
ed. But much praise is.due to the gentle men of that
Poice of Gateshead, for their exertions on this oc-
casion ; having instituted an inquiry into the affair,
which will, we hope. terminate in a full explana-
tion, and thereby saris y, in some sort, the injured
feelings of humanity. She WAS a fine looking young
woman, below the mi lilt size, of genteel manners
and appearance, and might be about 19 years of
age. The Coroner's Jury, atter a minute inveiti.
gation, on Monday returned a Vertfa of —L •aida
and asirniied ; after the body was decently
interred in Gateshead church-yard. The Inquest
had been adjourned from Saturday to Monsiayi,
with the view of sompti:ing George Drury, o:.e of
the Guard, of the ;loyal Cli iiiotte Coach. who
was deeply implicated in the Arlo-, to attend, but
he did not raturn with the coach. It appeared that
she had t-avelled by the coach from Gianthant to
Ferry-Bridge, when: she te,ided, and had been
prevailed on by Drury to go to New,: is:le,
to view the town, and that he would carry her hack
next day. It did not appear that she had any cri-
minal attachment to Drur), or that he had suc-
ceeded in his designs on her person The people '
where she lodged gave the most satisf aft ry acconnt
of her conduit ; as:d so g eat was Cie indignation
excited in h mind of the i opu ace, t ,at had Drury
ret. reel, s s•as expeeed, they would have infiiaed
summary justic. upon him.—( Newcastle Coarraf.

Yesterday evening, about eight o'clock, an alarm-
ing file broke out in the Work.hop of Mr. Lcvi,
pencil-maker, in Oswell•place, lirick-Lane„ White-
chapel. The accident ss as occasioned by a snuff of
candle faking into some cedar chips, which, hei-g
light and dry, immediately caught fire and burst
into a blaze. In less than an hour and a half, the
whole building, which had been ereled at tie rear
of the dwelling-house, 112,1 chiefli bu'lt of wind, to-
gether with a large quantity of cedar boards, work-
ing tools, &c. &c. were entirely consu.ne4, notwith-
standing the activity and exertions of the fire-men.
The Volunteer Corps in that neighbourhood we. e,
as usual, on the alert : the Whitechapel, Shnreditch,
Bishopsgate, Bethnal Green, and several other corps,
attended. By their exertions much mischief was
prevented, and the firemen were enabled to aft with
convenience and effell. A vast number of engines
attended from the several offices. Happily no-lives
were lost, nor was any person burned ; and the dwell-
ing house escaped without receiving any injury.
We understand the premises were not iisured.

ST•TI LOTTILIT. —No. 19,009 drawn on Same.
day a pulse of 1,0001. was sold at Swift's ()evict
in the root rat. iu (nu Quarier And 'twelve Six-
teenth SHARES.

There is no possihility of intr)ducing a comps.
retire statement, elative to tLe advantages offer•A
by the preseat Lottery more than in any toren,r oak..
The Contratiors for the Lottery, this Year, have
disposed of the Tickets to the public, Two Pouhal,
lt real value, cheaper than the last Lottery, and
they are re.olved to seal. until to.m. now Morning.
nine o'clock, fickets at, 18 3..—Every calcu.ator
of Chalices must perceive the beneficial faits-rest aris-
ing from the cur.:ordinary grand trate of 'h gs
wheeL Hoassav Sc Co. have frequently wild Tisk. !.
et; from ktiO, to 1;1 and the Chaim.: slob! g• I
a 420,000, 10,000, A 75.001). &e. by ue gne.ua.
equal to the pretest.
Tickets and Shares are selling, at the Office ot
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