The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-10-22 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Four hundred of the 3tl regiment of font van!. marebed
into Chichester from Portanontth, tie We:litestlay, and
nest morning purrned their route to Ch.ttlism, their point of
destination. A detschrneat of the gallant /3.1, treCorry frrim
Ceylon. teas t xpected to juin the depot at ilia .Brut' le
Ba►racks.

Colonel Ellison had a very narrow carer, on Redneeday.,
while exercising the North Liuculu Militia through the Odd
evolntions: during the firilig, a ramrod was diseliatgq,
whirls took the dm minis of Ilse Colonel. Weduceday, was
the first field-day the reglmeut had haft, and (with theex•
reption of the aloore-nientinned accident) very steady aod
soldier-like men they appeared. A Erma-Martial is pend-
ing upon Serjeant Slajor Par iin,connected with the Sallee?*
distuthante that occurred in that c,ty some mouths ago.

KINLET AGRICULTURAL MI RTING and SALE.

T:•is meeting and sale took place on the let inst. None of
the Leicester ewes or Cheeses sold for more than Iwo guineas
a head; ' but the North Devon cattle found ready purclisser•
good price,, a proof of the estimation in wlfich they are
held. Two-years old in.cahf heifers sold at fiom 201. to
401. each; and steer., of the same age, its high ea 37f. a pair.
Mr. Childs's draft of Devon Cattle only,amonsted to upwaids
of LOSOL His Grace the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Ougley,
Lord James Fitzroy. Sir John Vrrot'esley, Bart.; Sir• John
Botsgbey, Bart. M P. ; Sir Antis. Irclimere, Bart.; Sir Edit.
Blount, Bait. and Mr. Edward Blount; W. W. Whitmore,
Esq. M.P.; W. Lloyd, Esq. (of Aston) ; W. Owen, Esq.
(Woodhouse) ; Colonel Gotscre— Morgan, Esq.; Edward
Lloyd, Esq. ; G. Toilet, Esq.; Thomas Hitt, Esti (Bruou
Douse); the Ker. W. Otter ; 'Thomas Batfield, Esq. ; 3.
Compton, Esq. ' • and M . Walker, Cramp, Crane, Carta
Wright, Putter, lee. were present at the sale.
Burnt clay has been used on some poor tenacious leads be.
lengisg to Mr. Cbilde, with the most hrueficial effect; land
of this sort, which never lets so high as per acre, by drain-
ing and dressing with clay ashes, is said to have reduced
46 bushels an acre of wheat this season; and in every in-
stance of its being so used the sties/stage has been similar.

The greater part of Mira Barracks will shortly
be pulled down, and the materials sold. AN (nor,
modst►on will be left for eight officers and )5U men.
Last Monday morning Mr. HATER, gunner of
his Majesty's skip Milford, put a period to his
existence by hanging himself to the bed-post.

On Sunday last Mr. Matta., surgeon and apo-
thecary, of Huntingdon, on returning from visit-
ing his patients, near the village of Hartford, was
thrown out of his gig, and had three of his ribs
broken, besides receiving other severe injury. A
person who drove him was likewise thrown out anti
considerably hurt, but had no bones broken.
As Captain FEaTHAM, an half-pay officer, was
on his way home to his lodgings in Pimlico on
Friday evening, he was stopped in Grosvenor-
place by three footpads, who robbed him, after
severe licufHe, of two gold sods, the ribbon by
which they were attached to his watch having broken
iu their attempt to anatch it.

A Gentleman of the name of HARTCY, travelling
in the liquor trade, had his pocket picked at St.
Ivia fair, on Thursday the 11th instant, of 320/.
Ile was a traveller for the firm of Sir R. BURNETT
and Co. !Num.-merchant', Vauxhall: the thieves
cut open his side-pocket, and so obtained his bill-
hook.

The Clerks in the Bank, aboot to be diernis4ed
miller the new regulations of the Directors of ths;
eqablisliment. have received orders to prepare. fur
that event the latter end of this month.

At the last Lancashire Annual Sessions, so an.
ewer to an application to Lord SIDMOUTH for a
reimbursement from Guyer ))))) ent for the erection
of temporary barracks during the troubles of 1819.
was read. Theanswer from his Lordship contained
• rifusiil. on his part, to comply with the demands
of the county.
The important question relative to the erection
of a new county gaol, the consideration of which
had been adjourned from the last October Sessions
to the present week, was filially decided on Thug.
day last, at a very numerous meeting of the Magi,-
trates, held io the Growl Jury Chamber, Norwich.
The necessity or a new gaol was, we believe, imam-
mously admitted; and upon • division relative-to
the site,* was re•olved to adopt Mr, WiLatsts'
plan, on the Ciotle-hill. go fur us the sum of 26,0001.
would curry:it istoellfett ; and in this plan is ode.'
the motors! of•the Shirr-house and inconvenient
Courts of Justice from the present site into the
gardens Inky, the hill, and near the eastern en.
trance.

On Monday last the mother of the family of the
BA !MONS. and her daughter, both of whom had
been come time in Oxford city gaol an a charge of
assaulting the phlice officers, were dischargedt by
proclamation. Ott their entering into the house of
MTS. ltirsitia,, the mother of Mrs. Ilawrom, the
poor old wcausii, ninety years of sig., was so much
affected and alarmed by ti!eir sititlea appearance.
that she fell back in her chair and instautly expire:l.
On Friday Adward Pain. of Oxford, was couvictql
before the M'orshiptul the NI A YOlt, ittthe peartty of
40s. for wilfully sod maliciously throwing some vi-
triol on the clothes of one RICHARD FA IRAIT: DV
which they were much damaged. Not being atilt
to puy the penalty, he was committed to the city
gaol for three months, under the Act of 1 Geu. LV.
for the summary punishment of wilful and mali-
cious trespassers.
Early on Friday morning, as the watchman. wilt
going hits round in Moorlields, he discovered a squole
• deal box : on opening it the coutetits proved to lin-
, a dead infant, with its features much distorted. The
box wasiimmediatt ly taken to Coleutaieltreet
bpese:

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