The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-07-13 00:00:00

THE CITY ARTILLERY CORPS.

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Yesterday afternooe the ceremony of consecrating the co-
lours of the shore corps was performed is the artillery
ground, Remhill-row. At Eve o'clock the carps assembled
on the parade in hoot of the Artillery Howse, wheu several
parties of tulles aid gratlemen wire ailunitted tale the
ground, and at we o'clock the officers larstmyli. the colours
from the house to the ,put on which the corps were 11/awn
tip, in a half circle, the drools being piled in the remote,
the colours were then placed in the groom!, near the
driving, when tlw Rev. Arr. Hall, the Chaplain of the
regimes., adverted in full canonicala, aid cousecrateil this
colours', hy readoig a prayer, of his own eOrapossiawm, verb
stritahle.to the purpose. - The (Moors were then mien, sod
delivi red to the Ensign :on bring unfurlrsi they displayer/ •
the more of the corps, emblazoned in a moat tasteful Foamier
so a blue ground, the Euugu advancing to the cent.e, :be
drums sod fifes playing a martial air. The corps thee overt
through their military evolutions, and fired several volleys;
they appeared in good order, and (pile in military conditiou.
His Royal Highness the Doke of Gloucester was to hare
attended on the occsaies, in the FOAM of his royal relative
SIM Duke of ntsaaez, who is Colonel of the corps, list was
oreteentiol by urgent hastens.
• The company assembled did not quit the grosud until past
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CITY BUSINESS.
COMMON COUNCIL.
Yesterday Sir R. C. Glyn presided at a Court of
,Commo•
Council a- locum femora fur the Lord A/ayer, who is still
confined Ivy illness.
Ott • Reporl from the Gaol Reproofs; Committee, two
bowls fur similes raised by the Croy, &e. were sealed.
The Court agreed with a Report fry. the Citninsistee-Kiie
General Purposes against complyirig with the request of the
Governors of Clirisee Hospital fur a• alterstitio to the • lairs
fur regulating carts, dec.
A Report from the Committee of City Lands was agreed
to, for a remuneration to Mr. Scott, principal eleik to
Mr. Clifllherbiol, Gtr propsdise sundry calculations.
The Committee General Purposes delivered in a Re-
port, on Petition, from A. Saul, praying to be admitted to
the freedom of the City.-i—Aluti,m agreed to, recontmeediug
it to the Court of Aldermen to re-consider his Peiition
Th. sitar Committee made a Report upon the hailiti of
lrhule.ale dealers to take up their freedom —Ordered to be
pointed, and a ropy sent to each naesher.
It wag referred to the Committee sir COI! Lands to toririder
the propriety of compelling persons bedtime situation, sod
offices moiler the gift of the Court, to effect illeilfaUltS on
their lives, sod so report their opinion thereon..
PEDRSTRIAMISAL
A match from Kensington to Salt Hill mid beck, forty
mike, fur 100 guineas, was undertaken yesterday men-oleic
early he • %Ir. Reshorough. His lime will seven boor., rind
he did the first fourteen miles is Iwo hours, and reachiii
the distance within the three hours. He refreshed at a
friend's house a (matter of an hoer, and did six miles in the
fourth hour. He had ruder five mite's's hour to accomplish
the undertaking, and be felt no incouvenieuce4lolii the last
Iwo miles, hot he had twenty-lent tatuutey to do them to, awl
he won by three minutia. ' •

LI B ERA L LANDLORDS.
The Rev. E. Rooth, Vicar of Friakney, at his last half
year 'a audit, made a reduction of ten per emit. to his tithe-
builders. The Rev. R,Clsulnieley hart returned to the occu-
piers in the parish of Waingeet All Smote, 10 per rent.- on
his tithes mid rent,. The Rev. --- Piers, VKiair of Friatou
and Sutton, Doric*, has lowered his tisbes2o per cent.
In addition to Sir Thomas Clifford and other Staffordshire
Gentlemen, we have the pleasure of stating that the Mar-
gni' of Stafford has directed his steward at Treotham-hall,
to inform bra sitimeruters tenants, that at the enlisting rent-
day they.will have a return of 10 per cent. upon their hal r-
year's seat. Two other Noblemen, of very extrnstve estatis
in this taeighbonrhood, have also intimated their isiteisihnia
of lowering their rents. S. Jervis, Faq. of Dar1a,,,,,, rr-
turned 15 pee emit. J. C. Mirth-Iy, E. g. has lowered his
land, near Walsall, 50 per cent.—(StaffurdsAfre Paper.) •
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Tuesday night, about 12 o'clock, as Mr. 111 Yam, ,411
of Wild-atreet, Great Queetisstieet, was enterite2 his .4
passage, he found • boodle tied op tightly Kith it %a
ig, and covered with blood. Thinking it was a .1
bundle of meat which somebody left there, he look
it up to his room, when, on opening it, he found
the dead body of a child. BAtTLETT. a beadle,
was seat fur, and he conveyed it to St. °ilea's
AVorkhoose for a Coroner's Inquest.
Wednesday evening Mr. ATKINSON. of Parker-
strtet, Drury.lane, had a party of friends at his
house to spend ifie evening. lie partook of tea
with them, apparently in good health and
after which he quitte,l them for the purpose of feed-
ing his horse in a stable adjacent to Ins house, hut
remaining longer than Was expected, they became .
alarmed, and a female, tanned Ct.usv, proceeded to • • ,•:i•
the gable, where she found him lying oat track,
a corpse. A medical
all attempts were uselesslelittokruin was
restore ti aeekillaanttt",olii.

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