The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-10-05 00:00:00

ANECDOTE OF A SCOTTISH LAWYER.

An advocate, full of claret, is said to have forgotten for
which party, in • particular cause, be bad been retained ;
and, to the great amazement of the agent that had feed
him, and the absolute horror of the poor client behind, to
have uttered a long and fervent speech exactly in the teeth
of the interests he had been hired to defend. Such was the
zeal of his eloquence, that no whispered remonstrance from
the rear—no pigging of the clbow—could stop him,
studio guryile direndi. But just as he was shout to pit
down, the trembling writer put a slip of paper into his
hands, with these plain words—" You have pled for the
wrong party ;" whereupon, with an air of infinite compo-
sure, be resumed his oration, saying—" Such, my Lord, is
the statement you will probably hear from my brother on
the opposite side of this cause. I shall now beg leave, in a
very few words, to sliew your Lordship how utterly unte-
nable are the principles, mid how distorted are the facts,
upon which this very specious statement has proeeeded."—
And so lie went once more over the same ground, and did
not take his seat till he had meet energetically refuted him-
self front Doe end of his foirstme pleadiog to another.

We are happy at being able to announce, that
the Bishop of ELPHIN (the Hon. and Rev. Dr.
TRENCH) is nominated to succeed the late Lord
Dlict es in the Archbishopric of Tuam.—(earan
Herald.)
A few weeks since we recorded the death of Mr.
R. 0. MILLE:Tr, of Penpol, near Hay lv, and we
have this day to state that of the Rev. NIG LINDE.
MAN, of Sitliney, near Helston. It is a singular
fact, that attempts were made to impose upon us by
fictitious accounts of the decease of these two gen-
tlemen, about six months ago, when, we brlieve,
not the least apprehension of such an event was en-
tertained by the friends of either.—( Royal Corn-
wall Gazette.)
A few days ago a grey mare, 17 hands high,
the property of Mr. JOHN Rictixauson, of Es-
comb, farmer, effected her escape from a black-
smith's shop at Bishop Auckland, where she had
been taken to be shod, by leaping through a win-
dow only two feet wide, and three fret two inches
high. The lower part of the window is three feet
five inches from the ground.

CARTER and COOPER are on a spurring tour
thrvugh Scotland, previous to CARTER'S great
pending match with DONNELLY, the Irish Chain-
pimi, for 400 guineas, to be fought on the Curragli
of lii!Jare, on the 25th of Noveniher. Betting at
Carlisle Races, 5 and 6 to 4 on DONNELLY, and
equally taken by CARTER.* frauds,

CHASE EXTRAORDINARY.—On Wednesday last,
ay the Union coach was going from Skiptou to
Kendal, a hare jumped front a hedge into the turn-
pike-road, about a mile from Skipton. The coach-
man set op an halloo! The hare kept the road,
end the driver kept the coach in full speed after the
animal, till it ran into a house in the village of
C tone, in which THOMAS SURR (the guard),
caught, and afterwards prese.sted it to P. GAR.
FORTII, Esq.

The porter of the Bank of Scotland, Glasgow,
was on Tuesday night attacked in Argyle-street, by
two men, who put a sticking-plaster on his mouth,
dragged him into • close, and robbed him of a
parcel containing hank notes, a silver watch, and
some shillings.--(Glusgow Journal.)
A Dutch 74, Prince Frederick, laden with spires
from the East Indies (Batavia), put into the Mount's
Bay, on Thursday evening, dismastell. The Dutch
Consul, Mr. LAKE, of Falmouth, is gone thither,
and will, if possible, have her brought to that ports
The great attraction of our New System is, that
only 5,000 Numbers will be putt into the Wheel,
and ALL Drawls 9th NoVEINDER, which 5,000 Tickets are all
that are Now on Sale ; and they are not only SURE or diva.
lug 49,0001. between the First Prizes in each Class, viz. as
extra 20,0001. each (which is the utmost the Old System,
even with its paltry Places, could have produced), but these
5,0E0 Tickets may isistam the WHOLE EIGHT TREWEEIIIOII-
- mud nosily other Capitals, although the Lowest Prise
is sixteen Pounds.—Tlse Two Firet Blanks have Sixtrta
Tickets each, as Extra Chances for these Great Passes—Twu
Ticket• may he had of the same Fate, SUSS of 40,000 f.
Extra—lN FEET, TOUR TIMKEN, nod their corresponding
IVernbrrs, must produce awe oNE HUNDRED AND 'HITT
THOILHIAND POUNDS!—and as we reserve uo Tickets, she
Pus chawas must get ALL the Prizes (ride Schema) at
17, Cortilesil, hr. J. tct J. SIVEIVKIGHTV,
Ist October, 1619. Sole Cuutraetors.