The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-07-24 00:00:00

OLD DADDT LONG LFGS.

0.1 Thursday evening last, a min, known by the
name of Old Dad,' L.ar L.g, air ut eighty...four
years of age, wn lives by begging. met a conitse.
tam on his walk. ‘Vhitechq;el Road (.4.1 Dediv
remouatrated wi:h some warmth on the ilivasioo of
his territories, &c. from words they proceeded
to blows, to the no li:tla amwerr.ent of the .perr.r.
tors, who, -finding Old Diddo in danger of tailing
beneath the superior prowess of this mendicant
rop•ued an adjournment to the nvit
public-house, and a settlement over a jug of brown
stout, wh 're /trio* and town., pr 4 Sc were pro-
;awed i and, of er much deliberation, a definitive
treaty was signed, but not before the secrets of
IfyggiJg, in all its branches, were explored, and the
bye-standers fuly latisied that b:,..gipg is not a
bad trade, whether in the person of a Parrie, or a
Daddy Long [ego. The latter, by the third article
of the treaty, is to have in future the un7olitt
range of the Ent of Rap. wbilst his adver-
sary lays the West under contriution.

The RnyAL Ci ECUS was never more successful
than at the present moment, in the possession or en: er.
ta inments, ration..l, interesting, ar.d mus"rig. Vie
House is, every evening. the grand .1 pot of heau-
ty, elegance, and fashion, detached frmn
.est circles of our vast metropolis. It is the centre f
attrathon, 'where the Goddess holds tier Court, anc.l
diffuses, with a liberal hand, the b:,u4teous gifts oi
Nature and of An. .

Estrad from an Advertisement in a provincial
paper—" Warned, at the Grey Curt School, in this
city, a eespedable. middle-aged single woman, of
the Church of England, to ill the •,ffice of Matron."
On Saturday the counting house of Mr. Wo-
ws, in Chtirel:-larte, WhiLecnapel, %%AS brok- open;
when the desk wi; robbed of a large quanti y of
money, besides wearing apparel belongi .g to the
servants.

Yesterday a decent loafing woman. appuently
just arrived from the country, (I. .10;4.1 Jowl mib.
Jenly ittPiccadilly, and instantly ell, re.l, white she
was a:king a young lad the way to 051.4.1->trect.
She had previously trill him that she was tatiataite.i
With fatigue, and had three children.

On Saturday, a gentleman drew up his gig re
the end of Harp-alley, Fl 4 e. market, and hiving
occasion to g.) sums distance no buiiness, desired
an Irish basket-woman to attend to the horse fill
his return; the woman, having stood for siirne tine,
patting the anirn4l about the ne.k. rts4ogat the
Gentleman long in returning, and went up 1-i2rn.
alley, to inform him she could wait longer ; hot
had scarcely proceeded a &lien ya.d% fore t i:e
horse drew the chaise after her. np harp-416.y and
walked with it into a broker's swop ; calm, hi ils:age
glasses, and other brittle materials, were d-s r yet
on every site, and the oa•uer of the gig. who Ar-
rived after the mischief had b. en d use, was I ithily
called upon by the broker for a rem merarin
which he refused, alleging be hail left a ;wenn to
take care of the chaise. He, bowever, gave :its
card, and backed the horse into Fleet-m uket AgAi
whe e the basket-woman came running, oat of
breath, and, ignorant of whet had 11.4.4pe•1ed,
de-
ma•tded a reward ; observing, with r.-fl• grsrrty,
that the horse had been eery viet wider her cares "

One evening List week, as &ataxia Be oar,
of Portloe, in Ccrnwall, was returoing from Phil.
leigh, where he had been visiting his sweetheart, a
humble but virtuous maiden, to whom be is hes-
nourably attachnd, he saw a stranger in the water,
at Pendower, drowning. and. without hesitation,
plunged in to his rescue. The drowning man rose,
AS he approached the spot. and endeav erred to
catch hold of Bearsze ; who, sensible of his own
danger, should the man seize hold and entangle his
limbs with his, was obliged to evert all his skill as
swimmer (which is very great) to get hall of the
objea of his humanity without endan7ering him-
self: yet, notwithstanding his skill and caution,
they got entangled, and were sinki;.g together, when
&AXIS', by a wonderful exertion, rescued himself
from the grasp of the other, and, though nesrly bay •
hatisted, succeeded at 1-ngth in saving his own lite,
and that of the poor man, for whom he had so
nobly adventured. It proved. on enqoirv, that
this man had imprudently rod., a young hose far
into the water, which had thrown him and left lei's
there. F. cm this little narrative, our readers will
observe that &Amer. who, we are assured. is dis-
tinguished among the young men cf his neig'ibunr-
hood, for his general good charaaer. as well •is his
personal appearance, possesses all the ingr-dients
which constitute a hero: skill, courage, and hu-
manity.
On yesterday se'nnight, Mr. is sirs CA anzatt.,
of Newark. put an end to his existence by swallow-
ing laudanum. The Coroner's inquisition set forth,
that the deceased, being immicateJ with liquor,
and instigated by one AR Peaty. dd drink
two or four ounces of laudanum, which occabioned
his decease. Pinar and CAIIIPSILL having d
mined to k,il themselves, procured the medicine, and
divided it equally ; but Pea sr secretly conveyed
his portion to that cf Coo team.% and subs•ituted
spirits in its .steal, by which. it is supposed, the
whrle laudanum was drank by CA Aril,. L, and he
in a few hours expirel. Pa ea v has since been com-
mitted to vol.—New Tarn: A ivertis:r 74 Jew.
Saturday right, about twelve o'clock, the bed.
chamber of Mrs. TWOS( AS, corner of Newcastle-
•t-vet, Fket Market, while she was asleep. was
robbed of a mahogany box. containing 501 in
bank notes, besides securities to the &tribune of 2501.
and also a quantity of matins apparel belonging
to the servants.

Baron H truants's, whn has been five Tears tra-
velling through South America, among other cu-
rious animal remains, has ( and he is the first that
has) disc-meted several specimens of the Mammoth;
perfectly distinguished by the great carnivorous
teeth. He has hund them as far as latitude 13
south, but always on the highest Ivan:tains, which
t!* Baran tikes to be satisfactory crnof that this
great unknewa must bare been, as has been gem" Ur
supposed, the inhabitant of a cold cl. mare. In
North America none of these bones have ever bees
found but in comparatively low sits worn ; th;s is to
be expeeted ef as animal, . which in a cold cLtsette
mbahit the 'allies, and in a warm one would
seek :he c.dd retreats of the mounM.na.