The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-01-21 00:00:00

MR. CANANINW'S BOX.

On Tuesday evening a Messenger lost Mr. CAN..
NIDIU.S official Box, with office paper) in it, by
leaving it in a ha.•kney coo( a, in St. James's-street.
which drove off, noconicions of the precioito de-

posit. while the AlestOliger, unfortunately, forgot
the number of the carriage. A lady, who culled*
back icv-criach on Tuesday sight. in Coekspur-
okeast, to mu none from the Opera, found
* box in it. of which she has sent us the following
description :
A tight deal box, loose in t:se joints, with brass
hinges, sdalkto, and damn contents. but highly
sarisisked miff Amy.
it is seemed by small padlock, with a secret
spring, which dies open to the touch, and discovers
the intetiot. consisting of a litt'e nest of papier
nisekee dravfers ; contents as follow :
No. I.—A new. French Creasmar, and Bowyer's
Royal Dirtionary, abridged, French and English,
with two French merviees in manuscript.
No. it.—Two old numbers of The Asti-Arabia
and a long string of purls and epigrams upon set crust
distinguish.xl personages of the resent day, includ-
ing. Viscount litumoullt and)ord 11-lAwlEmot gr.
—Thep:nu-without wit. ind thcepigraess without
point.
No. Essay upon political. national, and
mental vigonr, energy, and activity. illnatrated by
a series of examples front the works of lflonsieur
Ragoet, Maker of the Fire-works at Vauxhall,
and from the new Pantomimes at D:Airy-litue and
Covent-gi, den.
No. large quantity of Rose-powder, for
decoying rats.
No. 5.—A few candle ends and cheer.. parings.
with some tarts, acids, and biuers, with a label an-
nexed, containing the following inscription :
, Doses for TALLEYR AND and Bo r , or, The
True Balsa of Gilead, for hivigoirsttag a British consti-
tution."

Should the above descriptiou answer Mr. CAD-
W I NG'S box, it will be restored to the owner, on ap-
plicatiou to Mrs. O'Suam, Pope's Heed,
OLD TURN STYLE.

LORD ALEXINDER GORDON.
Friday morning early, the remains of the Hon. Lord
Menem= Gonlcra arrived at the New lea at Aberdeen,
from Edinburgh. At one o'cloct, by
.Inritation of the Lord
Provost mid Magistrates, the. principal inhabitsots of the
town, together with the Profemors of both Colleges, sad the
Military Officers, met in the Town Hall, whence, after
bearing an excellent and approriste prayer from the Rev.
Dr. Skiereff, they proceeded with the corpse to the utmost
extremity of George-street, a distance of newly a mile
All the military iu town were oat, and heed the streets
through which the procession paned, the different beads
playing pieer• Of Sacred Mimic. Minute guns were Seed
bum the battery sad Castle-hill, sad the differeet hells
tolled in rotation. The whole procession was conducted is
the greatest order, and had a moat 'Orme and Illeirichoty
appearance. His loss is aunt generally incretted, as was
strongly manifested by the numbers who were seen in tears
ae the procession pared the streets. We tioderstand, that
the hoik will be depox:ted in the family barying-ground,
within the ancient Cathedral of Elgin : sad that a &tub.
melt of the 421 i Regiment are to perform the lint reclaa-
chitty marks of respect, by firing over Ins grave.

The Milano
_prize is this year adjudged to Mr.
Joux NORMAN PICARSON, scholar of Trinity Co-
llege, Cambridge, for his Critical Essay on the
Ninth Book of Bishop Warbartom's Divine Legatioa
of Moses.
Monday the Captains of the Men of War at
Sheerness Pert and Chatham, dined together at
the K Inn's Head Tavern, Rochester, to celebrate
the Anniversary of Her MAJESTY'S Birth-day, Ad-
miral Wsue, Commissioner Hors, the General
of Marines, &e. were, by.invitation, guests of this
loyal party.
The third battalion of the First Regiment of
Frot Guards marched into the North Infantry
Barracks at Deal, on Monday night and Tuesday
morning, under the command of Colonel Camp-
bell. The Barracks were in extraordinary good
order, having undergone a perfect purification,
anti the bedding being exchanged for new, is
consequence of the contagion of the ophtfratnie:

Airn
LAW IlirtELf:idaNCEP.•

COURT OF CHANCERY, Jiu s . ao.

The Court were occupied Ciid day in bearing
arguments upon Bankrupt Petitions, but nothing
of any public interest occurred.