The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-01-31 00:00:00

FLEMISH PiPERS.

Tinussw, JAN. 26.
His Royal Highness Prince Frederick of the Netherlands set
nut yesterday evening for Berlin : his absence will be six weeks.
When his Royal Highness returns to this capital he will be accom-
panied by his august consort.
The Chevalier Vander2sse, Governor of the province of Hain-
aut, whose arrival in this city we announced on his return from
Paris, where he has been on a mission. supposed to be relative to
the commercial relations between this kingdom and France, has
lately had a long audience of the King. as well as M. Nelcker,
referendary in the department of the National Industry, who Lc-
cornpanied him in his mission.
The Second Chamber of the States General continues to discuss
the several chapters of the new civil code.
It is supposed that the day will soon be announced for the meet-
ing of the First Chamber, to recommence the debate on the project
of law relative to the legal circulation of French coin, on which
question the votes were equally divided lo the first dabate.—Oracle
If Brawls, Jen. 21.1.
LONDON CATIIOII-CRENT:=Yjiierday evening, at
seven o'clock, the Fourth Meeting of the Roman Catholic
Association for promoting the collection of the Catholic
Rent in this country, took place in the Roman Catholic
school-room, in Dean-street, Soho. The Meeting was more
numerously attended than on the two last meeting nights.
'The collections of the last week were announced to be
111. Os. Id. including V. 121.134. collected in the room.
Rass•mc•ata DISCO,' I: RV IN Gatsirta:cn.—l have
just received from Copenhagen (says a correspondent in
the News or Literature), a very interesting piece of in-
formation, which 1 immediately communicate to the lover
of antiquarian researches. One of those stones called Runic
Stones, has been found in Greenland, and brought to
Copenhagen. This is an indisputable proof that Iceland-
ers or Norwegians visited that country in very early times.
The drawing of it, which I have received- at the same
time, and which will be published in the second part of the
fourth volume of the Ant. Annals, leaves no doubt of the
anthenticitv, and every satisfaction in this respect will be
given by tile language and substance, which will be com-
municated at the same time by Professor Rask, who has
happily deciphered the inscription, which is by no means
easy. Such a discovery makes us hope that it will net be
the only one, and we may expect, in this manner, much
welcome information—an expectation which derives the
greatest encouragement from the indefatigable zeal of the
Danish Literati.
On Thursday morning, a shocking accident happened at
Mr. Firth's mill, in Silsbridge-lane, Bradford: a fine
youth, about fourteen years of age, the son of the pro-
prietor, who had just left school to cuter upon business,
having occasion to remove a quantity of wool, which lay
near the revolving upright shaft passing through the wool-
sorters' room, was caught by the machinery, and before he
ceuld be extricated both has legs were literally shattered
to pieces. Surgical aid being immediately procured, one
of his legs was amputated about the middle of the thigh,
and the amputation of the other would have taken place
lied his strength admitted of it, but the operation was ne-
cessarily delayed, and at four o'clock in the afternoon death
terminated his sufferings. The frequency of these accidents
calls loudly upon the proprietors of mills to take measures,
which, (we understand, are not only practicable but easy,)
to guard the shafts. Not more than a fortnight since, a
poor lad lost his life in the same manner in Mr. Holds-
worth's mill, in the Holme.—Leeds Mercury.
A Guest !!—At a farm in the parish of Redruth, and
near the town, there is a dwelling-house, which has long
been reported to be haunted. &were] tenants, who inha-
bited it in succession, abandoned it after a short residence,
alleging that their slumbers were so much disturbed by the
nocturnal transactions of their ghostly visitants as to render
their removal need wry. However, oldie tales which they
circulated were in general discredited, a new tenant wee
speedily procured, as the vacancies followed in succession.
Sorne-ima in the month of June, 1516, the good woman of
the he use intimated to her husband that on the falling of
any It avy sutstaucc on the kitchen floor, it produced a
hello, sound. On hearing this he resolved to search into
the cause of so extraordinary a circumstance ; and having
thug up the floor, he discovered, at some depth below the
surface, two large flat stems, covering a kind of vault ap-
parently filled with cinders. Having removed these, he
found sonic black mould intermixed with teeth and frag-
ments of human bones. These were carefully preserved, and
being submitted to the inspection of a surgeon in the neigh-
bourhood, he concluded they were the fragments of some
full-grown person. Nothing has transpired that can tend
to unravel this mysterious deposit. The house was again
forsaken by its inhabitants, and we know not whether it be
yet tenanted. It is singular that the under-surface of the':
stones which covered the vault had all the appearance of
having been exposed to the action of fire. On this pheno-
menon, if such it may be termed, but one opinion can be i
entertained, so far as the human remains will furnish evi-
dence, and probable conjecture may be allowed to speak.
It seems to have been the body of some person that had
been murdered, and reduced to ashes to conceal the fact.
But by whom the act was perpetrated, with what circum-
stances it was attended, in what age it was committed, we
must be content to leave unknown until the earth and sea
shall give up their dead.—Plemoeth Journal.
On the 22d inst. three persons, viz.—Elizabeth New-
man, aged 59 ; Richard Newman, aged 17; and John
Newman, aged 60 (father, mother, and sou,) died in St.
Andrew's workhouse; and were all bnrie4 in St. Gre-
gory's church-yard....-Xoef.ll; Cie:tet:e.