The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-09-01 00:00:00

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A gentleman from llottingliarn has fecenttf made a *pro.,
posal for establiailing aliobbin lace manufactory. in this
town, which is deserving of set ious consideration. He has,
offerad to take a number of female children frotWthe Work-
houses of the tfiffe.rent parishes in Nerreatile:
number that will answer his parpose is 10q,..thitigli be
'would prefer a much greater nuroberii.and would 46 •
many as five hundred. The gentleman *gird tlet.4he
parishes should allow him seven shillingt* lath child
for instructing het in the business for the ftrif Olwittithe.
)uring that period they are to be maintained,ag papal, by
the parish. When the six months hai.e
poses urphy the girls wages to the amount ef• theft ...earn-
Jogs,
.We confess vie are rejoiced to hear of ruchlistoject.
for if it it only adopted, as we have gran ?eaten to suppose
it will be, by the different parishes, it cannot fail to afford
molt important relie,f to the inhabitants of this town in. the
form of poor rates. (Besides, it will be of greklidvantage
in a commercial point of view, that the chews and others
should be supplied from such a manufactory chrthe spot.
It will be„ moreover, the commencement of a new trade,
which may prove a most important eta for Meneastle,
eivitsiae to other equally useful and possibly qtare ay:s-
kive establialimcnts. The gentleman who ha; made this
proposal has oMred with great liberality, at his own eit-
peuse, to procure geberal education for the Children, for
Which purpose a portion of each day will be set apart from
their employmerat. It is provided also, that two gentlemen
from each parish alternately shall be allowed to visit the
manufactory daily, that they may see the children ex-
perience proper treatment. We trust, therefore, a project
which promises so fairly will meet with enceuragtmect.
for, while great benefit in a pecuniary point of view may
be reasonably anticipated from it, we think the friends
of humanitf Will hare notating to apprehend for the
children. ' • *

SUPERSTITIOUS PRACTICAS Or THE ROMAN
CATHOLIC CHURCH.

The following extratretinary specimen of pious eloquence
was,preuowneed lately in the Cathedral of Chalous, by the
Bishep-ofThe Diocese, on the occasion of consecrating zie
new church bells The bells," said the Bishop, "placed
like sentinel's on the lop of the towers, watch over us, and
turn away from us the temptations of the enemy of our sal-
vatiqn, as well as tempests and storms. How delightful
it is to hear them sigh in the air the hymn of Sion. Is
there any event of life in which these bells do not elt;tre
in with our affections? They have a voice that serves es
as organ to express our joy and our grief. •They speak
and pray for us in our troubles, they inform Heaven of the
necessities. of the earth," &ci. The orates concluded by
apostrophizing separately eseb of these interesting bells in
'the following manner:—" It is you, Mary, who will have
.the honour to announce the festivals, and proclaim the
glory of. the Lard. You appear amongst us under the
most happy auspices, presented by those respectable and
illustrious hands to which the practice of piety has been
for so long a time familiar," (these illustrious hands sere
those of the Duke and Duchess of Danderville. who stood
sponsors to the bell Mary, that weighs 8,560 pounds.)
" And you, Anne," continued the orator, " an object
worthy of the zeal and piety of our first magistrate (the
I Prefect), and of her who so nobly shares his Solicitude-,
you shall
l ber charged with the same employment. Your
voice shall be joined to that of Mary upon important occa-
sions. Ah ! what touching lessons will you not -.give in
imitation of her, whose name you bear, and whom we
honour as the purest of virgins!" (Anne weighs 6,300
pounds.) " You also, Deodata, will take part iu this !ori-
bent art augel, a new-born infant, has con-
jointly with us consecrated to the Lord. Speak, Deodata,
anti let us hear your marvellous accents !" (This bell was
called after Mademoiselle Deodata Boissett, a babe of two
remits old, and daughter of Viscount Boissett, and is the
angel alluded to by the Bishop.) " And you, Stephanie,
crowned with glory," continued the orator, " you are not
Jets worthy to mingle your accents to the melody of your
sislete; and you, lastly, Seraphim, and Pudentienne, yea
will raise your voices in so touching a concert, happy all
' of you,:in having been presented to the benedietions ofethe
church, by such noble and generous souls, so recommend-
able for the vivacity of their faith, and the sanctity of their
example." In conclusion, the Bishop called .upon the
faithful to join their prayers to his, beseeching the Divi-
nity to preserve and shelter train all accidehr, this hapey.
and holy family,—i. e. the family of the bells.
The funds destined.fotthepureTiase of a piece of pia!ei
to be presented to Mr. Hume are gradually accumulati,y;,,
and though the &mends on the working classes for hies
support of the turn-outs are rather heavy, it is intcntk
as speedily as possible, to present this token of popeler.
esteem—Leeds Patriot.
In consequence of the plan proposed in Lotidee, of
shutting up the shops of the drapers, &c. at an e
hour, a meeting of the assistants employed in the drapers.
and grocers' shops in Boston was held on Tuesday last,.
to consider the prppriety of adopting the plan which lad.
been agreed to in the metropolis; Mr. Pack, the senior
assistant, in the Chair. The design was stated to be than
of giving the young men employed in the shops- a better
opportunity of cultivating their minds, so as to prepare,
them for the social duties and enjoyments of future life ;-
and likewise to do away with the system, now become a,
general, of working late at night, at the imminent danger
of ruining their constitutions. A petition to the masters
that they would further the design of the meeting was
agreed upon, and resolutions were passed being the titre
of closing the shops.—Boston Gozele.
THUNDER STORIL—A gentleman, a passenger in the
stage from Amherst to Northampten on the evening.of the
12th instant, informs us, that when the stage was about
three miles from Amherst they were overtaken by a terrific
thunder storm. The darkness between intervals of the
most vivid lightning war so profound, that it was I:frerly
impossible to proceed, and the stage was pretyhjentially
stopped on the verge of a bank, when another step would
have dashed it to pieces. • At this period the lightning-wee,
literally playing round the coach ; the horses were token.
from it, and the paesengers left it for the open air, thought
the rain was then falling in torrents. The driv;r'went oq
horseback in pursuit of light and assistance, but had scarcely
gone two rods from the coach when he cried for help. The
passengers immediately proceeded to his assistance, and, by
the lightning, discovered off the road, the thine iced
horse on the ground, the horse lying at his length, and ono
leg of the rider under him. From this perilous siteatios ,
with much labour and difficulty, be was released. Had
the horse matte an exertion to rise, be must inevitably
.hav*
crushed the driver to death ; and nothing but overpower-
ing fright, lion) the awfulness of the monism, kept the
animal from an attempt to rise.—Boston Courier.
HARDENF.D CRIIII24AL—OH Friday of last week,
Joseph Burgess, •who was sentenced to be hanged by the
Superior Court of Law for Prince William County(Vs.)
held in October last, for the murder of Char lea Gollyberas
was executed near Brentsville, in presence of a large num-
ber of spectators• who had assembled to witness the scene.
He was battened to the last. While religious exercises
were performing at the gallows he seemed to be totally ig-
norant of, and indifferent to, the whole subject, acd w•t,
during the entire time, marking in the dust on his colt,
with the end of the rope which was tied about his neckneck.--
BsQalo Patriot, July '26.
hlazittecuArsis°iz of Ne.eTlhiigishw robbery day
iVallis, near Yougbal, was executed pursuant* the ben.
tence passed on him. At the foot of the stelleivse In
knowledged the justice of his senteece--
~e
that•bis b sr,
Pbahtte-rity -k
andßegt. hine, ioetatonkvic out Convicted
ma t
theri,
who was executed last Assizes for the carne once, wa
innocent—that the brother, on see,tes him tech: fire-!erns,
ven4l his utmost endeayours to dissuade binstrap' toeing
on any 100 business, and even held 'him in filiearms•for that
purpose. Being desired by the .Ciergeman tert&otlin fv;
his brotlser haying the pocket-book, he replied that h was
heeliategave it to him. in answer to a question ft or Mr,
Boyle, bo.asid, that when giving it, lie told him hew he
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