The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-11-27 00:00:00

UNFORTUNA MISTA R.

It is said that Ibis unpleasant affair did not go so far as
slated in the Papers. The version of the story now rumen,"
is, that cod, our of the grooms was *hewn into the menu,
chamber through the devilishness of "Mistress Flora," ottwr.
wise the chambermaid. The brides, having retired is due
time each to their respective apartment, were followed, after
• abort interval, by Italy ewe of the happy grooms, • Gen-
tleman, said to be of a very serious turn of miud, vulgarly
called an Evangelical, and meeting Mistress Flora, was by
this envious Gipsy shown, as skeady stated, Into she 'comic
apartment. He, uncouscious of the mistske, proceeded as
was bia custom, to prepare himself by prayer previous to re.
66111461 s repose, and accordingly, without creating noise
rte distsrbaiice, west upon hie hares le implore kisidmess rind
protection during the night. The expecitng beide, after
wades* for a coesiderable lime is that slate tu which we shall
leave our readers to judge, and beginsiug to feel uneasy al
the silence list prevailed, partiewlarly as she was aware a
man was is the FORM, held R tollnell ia her owe mind as to
whet she should do. She resolved, and resolved 'gaits. Still
the silence was sot broken, except icy now and again an audi.
ble aspiration. Kept on the tester-hooks of suspense, at
last she boldly determined to leave ocular demonstration of
what Wen passing, and peepiug through the opeoisg iu the
curlaiss belts Id, what !—nut a ghost, so, nor • man who
bed jest severed the carotid artery—nu, but a man who
" was sot Mr. Casey !^ Her surprise, terror, and fright
may easily be imagined; her screams immediately etude-
mired the gallant, not gay Lothario, who iisstautly fled, and
the room was mom filled will friesda, relatives, chamber.
aside, Jae,. all *axiom. ft sag •
rm um cause sd eo much
alarm, end spoil web a happy tisewies. Au esisfreisms.
meat immediately look plate, and Mistress Floes was de-
tected in her pious fraud. It ended by the bridegrooms re-
spectively taking pumeasion of the room originally istesded
for them.—(Dulifist.liresiny Post.)

HETTON COLLIERY, DURHAM.

On Monday, the 181 h inst. Me Hellos Coal Company ef-
fected the lest shipment of their coals at their newly-erected
slaith on the barks of the wirer Wear, at temlceland. The
waggon-way, which extends over a space of eight mile',
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from the colliery to the river, sad i• its Mine crosses
Warden Law (one of the highest bills is that part of the
country), wu crowded with 'pediatrics to witness the lest
operations of the powerfel mid ingenious machinery employed
fur conveying the coal-waggons. Five patent travelling fou-
-1 gives, two 60kone power fixed reciprocating engines, and five
ioclioed planes, simultaneously performiug their
various and complicated ffices with the precision and exact-
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near of the moil simple machinery, eshibiled a spectacle at
ewe interesting to science, and encouraging to commerce.
The shipment of the coals has been noxiously looked fur by
the shi p•OVIllefl, and fitters as Sunderlasid, who hod the grail-
ficalion of witnessing shoot 100 waggon loads (containing
upwards of 100 tons weight) conveyed along the irute-rail-
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way with astonishing facility and di.paleh, to the company's
athith, whi re the coals were shipped by their newly-inveated
self d.schargiug apparatus.
The crowds of people assembled oe the occasion, the figs
and colours eitreaming from every building, with the cheer-
', fed sin 4 the Newbottle baud, rendered the scene most
lively and exhilatating. Extensive commercial speculations
• are as (retrial to pielsothropy as they see amimatiog to
science. Whits they call forth She power of genius, they,
at the same lime, afford subsiateace and comfort to the
lahutin...4 clam a of society ; and, we trust, there an none
who will withhold the 'need of pulse from undertakings like
the present, which has Inc lam years giver custom employ..
MCA to many hundreds of iedivielnals and their families,
awl opened a 'heeling prospect to the sorties pert of the
comaniiiiiity in the cie2leliatricte. After the besieseas of the
day the oeuvre of the colliery, with about fifty of their
Meads, who had been Writhd to celebrate the event, sat
flown to an excellent dieser at Misslowsey's, the acidic, No.
Eislinpwearmoutb. The chairs of the President and Vice-
Isere filled by I. C. Tuition mid Win. Clearletun,
Lure. Almong tho .siesta were—
Colii..elWel.ot, Colonel Laecelles, Mr. Fox, Dr. Pemher.
too, I/ •A Fe-Hoick, the Kew. George Stephenson, go,. &e,
The Hon. feeptain Cochrane, the Hun. Major Caesium., Mr.
Meath", Colonel Light, Mr. Daniell, Messrs. HOF*, Mr.
Mowbray ('ho manager of the colliery), sod most of the other
passel/I's ill the euncirn, were also presort. Many loyal and
approcni•te 1.. a“• were given io the row.se tif the Oh rowels,
and the helm ily of the eitlxrlaiuspent was contioued tea a lOW
hour it the mutt/.

Thetnifisi Accident in a Noble Faxwily.-.-A most
distressing and painful event took place at tibinhar
House, the residence of the E of LAUDEILDA LI.
no Wednesday evening, the 20th inst. Sortie bate
after the you of Mr. BALFOUR, of Winningham, oho
is ipittied to one of the daughters a! Like Noble
Earl, het been pot to bed, the bed clothes, by softie
upe,ecoutuable accident, took bre ; and before sa
was discovered, the poor boy, II bite infant of about
four jeers of age, was ro dieadlufly burnt, that lig
expired in about two hours. The unhappy pa-
rents were at hand; their state of striguisb end dlr.
tress is not to be described. It is a singular coin.
cidenre that a very short time ago, • false unit moist
Alder...nig report form; its way into elmoiet all tha,
Looduit Papers, of !hi Llisontess of LA U PUMA
having been burnt to death.-1 talerforriun Nee.
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