The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-08-22 00:00:00

LORD COCHRANE'S STE4III- VESSELS.

The two steam-vessels, the Enterprise and the Irre-
sistible, in which officers of the Ctkoms have been
placed, are now lying within the tiers above Deptford
Creek—a situation which has evidently been selected for
ohe purpose of avoiding observation. On approaching.
;hese the.; give the spectator an impression that they are of
foreign make, being totally unlike any of the steam-ves-
sels hitherto constructed. Their sharp angular appearance
is one of their greatest peculiarities, especially as the stern
nearly resembles the bow ; the former differs only in its
more shark-like appearance ; and it k said that the sharp
point of the bow is intended for forcing its way, if neces-
sary, into the sides of an enemy's ship on an occasion of
close quarter. They lie low in the water, and are thus
calculated to come suddenly and ahnost unobserved on the
enemy. The hurthen being only 120 tons, they of course
appear much smaller than could be expected from the na-
ture of the service for which they are destined ; but their
smallness renders them fit for running in and out of creeks,
and getting into shallow water, where they can throw with
impunity shells into the sea-coast towns of the enemy. The
draught of water is only nine feet, and when the guns are
in it will be only ten feet.
Both vessels are calculated to carry from 14 to 16 68-
rrunders, and probably twoor three mortars; for in each
vi.a.el there is a shell-room, and the extraordinary strength
a.:.! size of the timbers seem to justify the b-lief that they
will be much employed in bombardment. The vessels are
al•mit one hundred and fifty feet in length, and twenty-five
in width in the beam. Each vessel has two fifty-horse-
power steam-engines, and it is supposed that the rate at
which they will travel will equal that of the largest steam-
vessels. There are three small-sized masts for sailing, hut
the reliance seemsto be placed almost exclusively upon their
steam power.

Each vessel will carry from ,i() to 60 hands, the accom-
modation for whom appears to be of a very limited descrip-
tion. The officers have very small cabins, and that intended
for the Admiral on board the Enterprise is much smaller
than the Captain's cabin in many merchant vessels. Every
thing seems to have been sacrificed to the warlike and im-
portant object for which these vessels were built ; but as in
warm climates it is usual for the crew to sleep on deck under
an awning, the want of accommodation below will be less
sensibly felt..

The paddle-boxes are of a very peculiar construction.
The starboard paddle-box contains a dressing-room and
bath for the Captain, and the larboard paddle-box is conve-
niently fitted up as a cook's galley, or kitchen. Taken alto-
gether, t!te appearance of these vessels gives us the idea
that they are likely to prove the most formidable engines of
warfare which even the ingenuity of modern times has
constructed.

LORD ROSSMORE AND TUE DUBLIN EVENING

A 1,411..

As we find our cotemporaries have published the articles
which formed the subject of the investigation at the Head
Office of Police on Tug slay, we think it would be unjust
to our readers to withhold them longer. The following
was the first publication. It appeared in the Mail of :he
2d of August, as follows:

" COUNTY OF MONAGHAN.
" Your pellet of lead is after all a great pacificator ; and the
trifling accident that occurred to Mr. Westenm, the Member, in
his erosive with Colonel Madden, has restored peace and iiar•
mony amongst the parties belligerent in this couiny. To do Lord
Rosstnore and his furor friends justice. nothing could exceed their
martial spirit, so long is the war was tiled to paper; and this a
reference to the columns of The hi i•• •,1 sufficiently testify.—
Everything, however, is now amical, d, ..ted ; and in vindica-
tion of our report of the proceedings o , .at day of the election,
and in justification of the gentleman •,‘ •ti it was furnis.ted, it
is meet that we set down in what m ,:mer ,te four gentlemen, by
whom it was contradicted, have been ott.posted of. As Mr. %Vet,.
tenra has quite recovered from the hurt in his ancle, we will arrange
the party after the furni of a single quadrille at Almack's, as im-
printed in The Mtn-sing Post.
" Mr. Westenra—shot by—Colonel Madden.
" Mr. Richard Westenra—apellogicmg to--Captain Cottnarn.
" Mr. Dare Hamilton—ditto ditto—Mr. J. Johnston.

" Mr. Dudgeon—ditto ditto—Mr. W. Johnston.
•• Mt. Lucas—Nom est inventus."

This occasioned Lord Rossmore's lettrr of the 3d :

" TO THE EDITOR OF THE DUBLIN EVENING MAIL.

"Sir,-1 have just read an anonymous paragraph in the hom-
ing Jla,l of the 2,1 inst., in which my name, and those of some
of my friends, are brought before the public. They are out of
town, but no doubt, they will notice it as they ought; and, in
their absence, however, allow me to tell you (not knowing, or in.
deed caring, from whence you derive your authority), that the fore-
mentioned paragraph is an infamous falsehood, an evil-minded im-
position, and a mischievously intended publication.
" apology ever was made, or ever will, by any one of the
Party- " I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
ROSSMORE."
" Kildare-street Club, &i Aug. 11124."
. .

A publication which appeared in the Mail of the 7th of
August was the particular subject of Lord Rossmore's com-
plaint, the first part of which publication referred to the
article which appeared in the Mail an the preceding Wed-
nesday, which we have given above, respecting the " Mo-
naghan Election." It concluded as follows:
_ _ _

Arta the foregoing observations had been in type, Lord Roos-
more was shown into our study. Ile assumed a menacing posture,
and refused to take off his hat, althuugh in the presence of two
Gentlemen uncovered, upon which one of the Proprietors of this
Journal coolly desired the rill/ion to quit the room—aa order which '
a just consideration fur his perNonal safety induced the Noble Lord
t t comply with.
" The precipitate retreat of thin accomplished Nobleman secured
hint from the chasti,ennat which his insolence Gilled for, and by
taking himself and his hat off together, we have been spared the
contamination which the collision must have brought upon us."
This article was principally the occasion of the present
proceeding.
We are authorized to state, that when Lord Rossmore
proceeded to the office of the Evening Mail, he went there
unaccompanied by any friend, not expecting to have met
the reception which he did meet; and that he scarcely
I took his hand off the handle of the door, when his Lord-
ship was interrogated about taking off his hat. His Lord-
ship then turned off immediately, and proceeded down
F taire. We are also required to say, that his Lordship
took no stick but the ordinary slight cane which he gene-
rally carries with him.—Dablin Correspondent.

Mr. E. G. WA Fri eLn.—The following letter has been
addressed by Mr. Wakefield to a Sunday paper, admitting
the authenticity of the statement which we copied front it
some time ago :

" Lancaster Castle, June
.11, 1826.

" Sir—l see, by the late numbers of your piper, that you are
charged with having aought to impose upon your reader., by the
publication of my narrative; and I am tempted to enable you to
repel the accusation, by putting you in possession of the exact truth.
I did write, and procure to be printed, the statement in question ;
but I gave copies of it to none hut my own personal friends or inti-
mate acquaintances; and I took great pains to prevent the printer,
or any other person not well known to me, front obtaining a copy.
In answer to some remarks made, on the occasion of my commit-
' merit, by 211 r. Turner's lawyer, respecting the insertion, by me, of
a statement in the John Roll, I sain that I was • not a party to the
publicaton of the statement in the Julio Bull, or in any other news.
paper.' These words were misrepresented by some country paper
(from which you inserted au extract on the Sunday after my coot-
mitment) into a flat unqualified denial of the statement itself. You
will oblige me by making no other use of this letter than to answer,
from yourself, the charge of imposition brought against you. I
should not have written it, did I not confide in your taking care to
save me from appearing to seek newspaper notoriety (I mean in re-
spect to this letter), of which I have had enough to satiate the most
gluttonous lover of it. I have to thank you as the only editor who
has abstained from publishing the most ridiculous falsehoods re-
specting me. I have the honour to be, Sir.
" Your most obedient humble servant.
•' Low. O. WAKEFIELD."

CONVICTION or SMUGGLERS.—POUT persons, named
John Stone, Edward White, Joseph White, and Joseph
Northover, were this (lay brought before Edward Carter
and Daniel Howard, Euirs., Magistrates of our borough,
upon informations exhibited against them under the Act
of Parliament " for the prevention of Smuggling." It
was proved in evidence that on the morning of the 13th
inst. (Sunday last) a boat was discovered a few miles to
the westward of Portland, by his Majesty's cutter Nightin-
gale, commanded by Lieut. Kitchen, to which, from sus-
picious appearances, they gave chase, during which she was
distinctly seen to throw over a considerable cargo of kegs
attached to sinkers ; that on coming up with her, she was
found to have nothing on board but a small quantity of
fruit, and two or three pair of French shoes. The de-
fendants, by their attorney, endeavoured to raise some
technical objections to the information, all of which were,
however, overruled, and they were convicted, the first-
named in the penalty of 100!. and the three others to be
impressed into his Majesty's naval service.—Hampshire
Telegraph.

THE BRITISH PRESS

MOVEMENTS,
The Earl of Fife has arrived at the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-
asreor, from Windsor Lodge.
The Countess of Essex has left town for Hatfield, on a visit to
the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury foe a few days.
The Countess St. Antonio lett town yesterday, for her villa at
Wimbledon.

Lord Lynedoch has left Litchfield for Scotland.
Lord A Ithorp has left Wm. Ord, Esq. M.P.'s seat, Whitfield,
Ilezham, Northumberland, on a visit to Earl Fitswilliam, at his
scat, Wentworth House, Yorkshire.
Sir Francis Burton, Bart. left town yesterday for Bath.
The Right Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Sturges Bourne have arrived at
their seat, Testy/nod House, Hants, from the Isle of Wight.
Admiral Douglas has ar. iveti at his seat in Bucks, from Paris.
General Skarpe has arrived at Harrowgate, from Scarborough.
Hetieral Blackford has arrived at his seat, Richmond, from
Boulogne.
Colonel R. H. Cooke left town yesterday, for Biggleawade,
Bedfordshire.

A. R. and Lady Stewart have arrived at the Marquis of Cam-
den's seat, the Wilderness, Kent, from Cheltenham.
R. B. P. Philipps, Esq. MI. P., has arrived at Coulson's Hotel,
Lower Brook-street, from his seat In Hants.
. . .

Captain Ward has arrived at the Brunswick (late Blake's)
Hotel, Jermyn.street, from Russia.
W. Burroughs, E.g. has arrived at Fenton's New Hotel, St.
Jametes.strect„ from Brighten.
E. I). Davenport, Dap M.P., has arrived in Scotland, from his
seat. Caper Thorne, Cheshire.
Sohn Weattomb, Esq. arrived yesterday at the Clarendon Hotel,
Bond-street, from his seat in Notts.
Arrivals at the British Hotel, Jermyn-street :—Colonel and Mrs.
James, from a tour; and Air. and
.31 re. Roe, from Ireland.

. ,
Departures from the Brunswick Hotel, .lermyn.street
Earl or Hoifort, for Ireland ; and ... Warburton, Esq. for
Hampton Court.
Departures from Fenton's New Hotel, St. James'asstreet s—The
Marquis of Queenaburv, for Richmond ; the E trl of Thanet, for
Westmorland ' • and Captain Kickett, for Brighton.
Departures from the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlingtmt and
Cork.streetst—Colonel White, M.P., on a tour ; Colonel Morley,
tor Herts ; and Captain Burgess, on a tour.
Departures from the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street :—.Sir J.
Trollope, for Lincolnshire; the Provost of Dublin, for Haeraw.
gate, Turk; and the Hon. T. Fitsonri, for Hastings.

FINE ARTS.

PHRENOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATIONS.

A series of engravings has just been published by
George Cruiksliank, under the title of " Phrenological
Illustrations ; or, An Artist's View of the Cranilogical
System of Doctors Gall and Sputzheim." The plates are
really ludicrous, giving, iu illustration of the various
organs of the brain, certain scenes, in which the peculiar
humour of Cruikshank's pencil has full scope. It is
im-
p to convey an idea to the reader of the impression
which is made by these representations; but, in order that
be may understand the nature of the work, we will just
place in juxta-position a few of the organs, and the exew
pufications of the artist :
Orgsnol Individuality—The Living Skeleton.
Number—Toby, the Sapient Pig.
Combativenetet—Donnybrook

Destructivenms—A Bull in a Chins Shop.
Adhesiveness—A man, his wife, horse and gig, half buried
in a bog.
Space—A Dutchman's Inexpressible,.
Size—Daniel Lambert.
Language—Billingsgate Fi'hwomen.
Conscientiousnms—An old Jew Clothesman.
Inquisitiveness—Paul i'ry. . -

There are a variety of others ; but these few will be
sufficient to give an idea of the work, which is by no
means calculated to lessen that fame which George
Cruikshank's genius and talent have already acquired
for him.

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