The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-08-09 00:00:00

MOVEMENTS.

The Dnke of St. Alban's left town yesterday. on a Th,it to the
Earl u 1 Harcourt. at hiv seat, St Leonard's 11:11, l3erk%.

The Earl and Cotinteu of Sefton have arrived in wan from heir
seat. Stoke Farm, lurks. _ _ _

The Earl and .ounteas Morley left town on Monday on a tour.
The Earl and COIIIIIO4 Wicklow and family hat: lett wart 0,, ,
tour.

Countess De Grey left town yesterday for her seat, 11'res,1
Bedfordshire. - - -

Sir George Warrender, But. left town yeaterduy for lii seal
Befits.

Dowager Lady Bromley left town yesterday, for Notingharr
shire.

The Ron. Rev. George Spencer left town yesterd.y far Aldwrs
NurthanTtonshire.
The Rev. Archdeacon Prmmr, Mrs. Prosser. and family, hai
left Castle Eden for Durican.

F. A. Barnard, Esq. kit, yesterday, his villa at Putney, f„?
Brighton._ _ .

C. H. Tracey, Esq. left town yeatcrdsy for his •eat in \Vercelli:r-
ehire.

J. 17. Bunny. Esq. left town yesterday fm the Lk of Wight.
Cap:Ain Dithel left town yesterday on a tour.
Mr. and Mrs. Evcrctt lirive arrived at the Bittr.sw4k llrtel, je,
enyn-street (late Blake's) flora Korfolk ; Mr. aid Airs. Darn tool
left do. for the Continent.

Arrival,' at 1-'et.on'l New !fate!, St. Jamea'"-streett—lAtil and
Lady Carteret front Paris;. Hon. Win. Calwanla trona IlrglitL.n;
Captain 41"nrid train ilia swat in Berks. Captain Edward Satire 41
Seotlarirl.

Arrivals at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square:—Mr. and Mn.
Wyndham from a tour. Departures:—The Duke of lluecleum,
for his seat in StoCand; the Earl of Kilmorry ar.d the Lat:ies Need,
ham for their seat in Shropshire; .Mrs. and Miss Daniels tor their
seat in E.sex.

Arrivals at Read's Hotel, Lower Otorwermr-street : —The Rail cf
Winchdrea and Lord Maidstone from thee seat in Kent; Sir ,hur e,
Fitzgerald, Bart. from his seat in Lineal:Mrs ; Sir that Sicirisit.
Bart from his seat, Hampton bucy4Warwitkildre; S. IVatL, ,
from Ipswich; R. B. Nesbitt, Esq. from Paris; Side.o:4
family, from Scotland.

Sir Henry Halford, Dr. Warren, Dr. M•Michael, and
Mr. P. M•Grcgor, held a consultation yesterday about
twelve o'clock, at Mr. Greenwood's villa at Brampton, on
the state of the health of the Duke of York, which tine
are happy to announce continues in the same gradual state
of improvement. Sir Henry Halford arrived on Monday
evening from his seat, Wl,istow Hall, LeiceNtershire.
The Duchess of Gloucester left her scat at Bagshot
Park, on Monday morning, on a visit to her Royal Ssttr
the Princess Augusta, at her residence at Frogmore, fct
some days.

Miss Coates succeeds the late Miss Dee as Lady in Wait-
ing to the Prince's Sophia Matilda.
Lord Bexley transacted cfficial business yesterday after-
noon at the Foreign Office.
The Portuguese Ambassador and the Chevalier de Nett.
mann, Councillor of the Austrian Embassy, transacted
business yesterday at the Secretary of State's Office for
Foreign Affairs.
Despatches were sent off' yesterday to the Right lIGn.
Charles Begot, Ambassador to the Court of tie Nether.
lands, and to Lord Grauville, our Ambassador at Paris,
from the Foreign OfSce.
The Commissioners for Building New Churches held a
meeting yesterday morning, at their office io Great George-
street.

TII E EM PEROR Or RUSSIA.—Mr. Potemkin, his Impe-
rial Majesty the Emperor of Ruasia's Charge d'Affitiret in
this country, has lately presented to Colonel Leetlmarn a
splendid diamond ring, by command of the Emperor, as a
mark of his Imperial Majesty's approbation of a copy of
his work, entitled Historical, Military, and l'idoesque
Observations on Portugal, which Colonel Landirann had
forwarded to his Imperial Majesty, through the hands of
his Excellency Count Lievcn. Some of the brilliants ere
large, and, together, form an oval about an inch in length
with a superb chrysopess in the centre.
The admired air of " Bay a Broom," composed by Mr.
Henry R. Bishop, with, whose musical talents the public
have long bee' familiar, promises to become as great a
favourite with the musical world as any of the most ad-
mired and popular productions of the present day. It is
nightly sung by Miss Love, at the Vauxhall Gardens, and
is invariably honoured by that enthusiastic encore which
it so justly merits. The words, which we understand are
from the pen of J. R. Planclle, Eq., are highly cha-
racteristic,
A youth, who was employed by, Mrs. IVithara, of Can-
field, to take • load of straw to London, on attempting to
&berm' from the top of the waggon, fell, and the wh, els
passing over his body and face, he was killed on the spot.
On Tuesday last, John 011ey, a boy only thirteen years
of age, in the service of Mr. Rust, of Great Waltham, was
beaten down by the fore horse, when driving a load of
sheaves ; the waggon passed over his loins, and he survived
the accident one hour only.
IVhilat some workmen were boring a tree for a pump
lathy, on the farm of Mr. Alger, of Great Canfield, Essex,
a child, about 6 years old, who was amusing itself near the
spot, was so much injured by the accidental falling of the
tree, as to survive but a lew hours.
A few days since a maid-servant, in the employ of Mr.
Kirkby, of Stanstead Rye, in the county of Herts, wctt
into one of the men-servants bed-rooms for the purpose of
making the bed, but toiler great surprise found it occupied
by four neat little dairy-fed porkersof about six state each,
who were all fast asleep. The swinish intruders must hare
ascended a staircase of twelve steps, before they got posses-
sion of their snug resting-place.
There is now residing at March, an old seaman, named
James Gill, upwards of fourscore years of ageollio saved
himself from sharing the untimely fate of many a brave
companion in-glory. by it-shaming out of one of the lotra
port-holes of the Royal George. coral:minded by Admiral
Kempenfelt, which gallant vessel being in the heel at Spit-
head, on the 29th of August, 1742, overset and Bede, when
upwards of 1200 persons were on board, including men,
women; and children, out of which number it was com-
puted upwards of 900 were drowned; amongst whom was
the brave Admiral Kempen felt, and many of his officers.
Among the number of the survivors was the old seaman
shove alluded to, who has, until the last two months, con-
trived to get a scanty livelihood by unending sails and tar-
paulins. He is now, through illness and failure of eye-
sight, incapacitated from following his usual employment,
and with his aged partner is supported by a weekly pittance
from the parish officers of March. Old Jemmy is now
growing very infirm, and not being enabled to get the
' tunial 'quota uhf gm'tie was accustomed to when etitPlbyed,
is fast steering to that last haven from which no seaman cr
landsman ever returned. It is supposed there are now
very few survivors who once formed part of the noble crew
of that unfortunate ship the Royal George.
At the adjourned Sessions, *held in the Guildhall.
at
Faversham, Henry Jail was sentenced, to two months im-
prisonment, for unlawfully endeavouring, by threats and
intimidation, to prevent John Barnes from taking wort ,
from the master boot and shoe makers at Faversham. Jots
Carey was convicted of a like offence and senteuced for the
same period. Thomas Browning was also seuteneed to
one month's imprisonment for a similar offence. The fol•
lowing day, John Thurstain was fully committed to Faver-
sham gaol, to take his trial at the next Sessions, for
assaulting John Lerner, and for creating a riot ae
disturbance in the street. Philip Bedwell was st:s°
fully committed, for attempting to rescue the above
named John Thurstain, while lie was being conveyed
to prison. It is as extraordinary as it is unjust sod
unfeeling, that at a time when thousands of our fol-
low countrymen are nearly starving fur want of ell'
ployment, a few infatuated journeymen rile:melees at
Favertffisin should wilfully throw themselves out of work,
by demanding such wages as they must know it is itreos,*
sib's the masters can give. The men who have left the.'
work are allowed Gs. per week each for their arives,2l'll
Is. ed. for each child, supplied by the journeymen's sO•
cieties of different towns in the county. It would surell.
be better policy of these societies, before they lend their sal
en such occasions, first to inquire how far the parties the)
are called upon to support have been just and reasonablePlac.
in their demand ; they might then be doing good in
of evil, and' prevent the blundering rashnessof in
gip.
iterate men leading themselves to disgrace and P
went, and thefr families to distress and ruin.