The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-08-12 00:00:00

7,1 711 E EDIWR OF TILE BRITISII PRESS.

the prevalence of the opinion, that " the
r looming of the PtSll" is conferring a great evil upon •
t' to, Sy giving them too high notions of things, 1 venture
rive you my Wets tin the subject, being aware of youe
candour um! liberality of sentiment respecting " IticArr,"
t' it all men should have the means, as well as privilve, of
4.,,ta:Mog " Tai s" through the instrumentality of a pro-
-I•rr
ettylfplly are gpayrally the concomitants or those
1.1.0 tr, education has betty very limited, or who IIAYe had ins
e.iue.tit•n'at all.
M.lll'y ITN are prnmulgated amongst the tower Claßgfi of.
wrier, from their waist of that itistrnetion soitali!e to the
.1!,111:41,01: in which they may he placed. 1 do not mean to
..3%.• 11111 it is aimtlotels top • that every collator simula
'..irre a portion of learning as those who are de-
evoird t• till p 1..," of eruditiou. or to have the liberal ea-
dos tn. Gentleman; hue ) contend, that they ouch*
such a terstiori as to enable them to consult their
J'•'v!r or other useful books of information, such ss
. bergfr :a.c. slum abettlil he informed of the history of his
11.11011 comity, at least. Those who wish to deprive the poor
irntirr: iliairte•ion, raitcht as welt desire to deprive 11r
of r.•nwnt, or the use of their mental faculties, or endeavour
to hi 'Of them to a keel with the meanest reptiles. • And
what snakes t nom superior to brutes, hot his reason! Auth
if the p,..erra of the mood are not improved and relined by
ednention, maislind would not be much better that. savages,

ea mere walking effhor a.
The fol!owing (anions account of Peter, the Wild Boy, is
a remarkable itinatice, collected from Lord Monliiirliki's
isitrient 'Metaphysics :—." Peter, the Wild Buy, When he was
tint i'11411:14( to England, was found in ins, in the wools Newfoundland Papers to the 7th tilt. state. that
of Hater hit, twenty-eight milts from Hanover, walking on his Majest)'s ship Carnation. Captain Slit PEN EN,
I•is hands and feet, climbing up trees like a squirrel, and arrived there the day previous from the southward.
ti crime upon erns and mon of trees. Wing mooned to with the lialifiut mail, which' was put on board her
the king while at slimier, his Majesty made him taste of all i
at sea, by his l%lajesty's ship Thyme. The 7'uniar
the dishes that were invert tip at table ; and in order to
being him by degree' to human diet, commanded that he sailed from Halifax on the 25th of June, and, after
sliiiiml bier •uets provisions as he might like ben. He was leaving the Carnation. it was understood she would
sit that now judged to he about twelve or thirteen years all, proceed to St. George's Bar and the Labrador.
Afterwaids he made his escape int.° the same stools, hut A letter from Lisbon, of the 525th last, detailing
was again caught on a tree, which was obliged to be first
canc.' ta,... lie was brought ~ England in April, p 7.24, the late important transactions at Cadiz, states,
wit again introdonsl into the toreseote of his Majesty and that the life of •General O'DONNEI. was attempted
of mares of the Notwity. Hr contil not speak, and scarce i by assassination,. and that a very considerable lIIM3
reined to ti.rc any lira of tholes. llowevi r, it was oh- had been subscribed at Cadiz in order to carry the
Wried. Moo he took most notice of hi. Slajesty, and of the obiects of the eonspiracy into effeet. Almost the
nieces. erine him her glove, whicli be tried to pat an his ,
own btitittotutt
wenost,
mud, 0,...d. and also with a gold whole Of the trinio„. pa were in favour of the new COD-
watch abort. was twirl to strike at his ear. At one lime he stituttoti, and General O'Donn EL. io the first in..
ii%. 1!:.4.4,44 4' in Mae clot/leg; al another lime, in green. lined I stance, appeared to favour the views of the di..
w id, tea. is lilt scarlet stockings. At find, he appeared an., afferie,i.
easy to seat any, and be mold not be brought to lie 'Too a 1 MILLSTONES OR Ilitium.—The silirious porous
tail. het sat in a corner of the room: whence it is row
rock discovered nn the Flalkin 'mountains, near
lectured that he used to sleep on a tree for security against
ir all baste. However, he walk. el 'weight, anti even at for i Flint. is ascertained to he folly adequate to all the
Ili, l'iCl VI 4 . He was committed to time care of Dr. Arbath- piirposies of the FrenCh burrs, as to sharpness, du-
PA. 'l4 /OWN' house, near Ilurlington Gardens, hr either raltilia, and every other requisite. The proprietors
was. or 1471Ito.liave been haptized ; hut, notwithstanding all /the
'els!, Company at Flint) property abstained
the pains lw took, it does wit appear that the Doctor till full
4,3
ern able to bring this wilt youth to the me ufs b,ue to awn giving any publicity to the discovery .
the pronunciation of any words." proofs could be made; but mill.strities manufac-
Is the poseersitio of property to .preponderate saint the tared with the stones. having been set up in the
want of ishiestwes,as it rcoards the improvement of the guess , immediate neighbourhood. anti' kept in work for a
buil of liberal"? 13 a rani' bra' capable of displaying die . rear past, to the entire satisfaction of the millers.
innate properties of the soul, who is without riches, elute , the public should now be acquainted that the isle
lie ohs, Las abrodanee? That the internal ootions of virtue 1 t
rod uctiou of the Flint burrs will supersede the
4an only he truly discovered by external action—that a real I
genius, tall only be made apparent by bringing out its latent i necessity of foreign supplies, for purposes so vitally
yialities—that the properties, uses, and intrinsic value of , essential as the preparation of our daily bread.
.oc, is hest known by the refiner who make it his business I
' At Nlagilalets fair. on Monday nennight, there
to extract or separate the dross room the purer metal—ro ! " I supple of Scott Cattle ; those in llnn
das education, when properly employed, discover the inhe. , war /3 gm) ..
remheinfo k 4 and intoetuat capacity of the mind. Next l condition sold as high as 6s. per stmt... The show
qoretizinn, though not perhaps equally powerful, a virtuoso; ! of horses was but inferior ; what good ones there
~secoliar operates ereatly to sebelue the evil pro IrarabracY- : were fetched high priers.—Very little cheese was.
. f ticiOus ideas,' keeps the mind in a steady eiptilibrium, ; offered for sole ; 7l
. 10`. to 7/. 15s. per weigh wag
. alms or curbs the ferocious and iiiigovernahle suninsisien- .
asked fer one meal, but no sales were rifecteds
4 '1•41 and flagrant foibles of depravity, serving as AN non.
t ive palliative, awash, the understanding, makes it flexible to I There was scarcely any butter no the fair.
ressem, and arrests the proflunice of immorality. I At a Petty Session of the Goth Forum llagiStrates,
Instead of a iMitabi"da"lian bleing a "rale", towardslast week, several stag...coachmen were tined fur
giving the loin man superlative notions 'above his rankle I carrying more passengers on their coaches than were
society (as has been asserted by many narrow-minded indis I
%Arils), it would give himhabits of it
tl •nkinw
~ and citable i specified in writing nit the outside or such clutches.
hint to estimate the superior qualities of others—fur pre. Sig informations were exhibited against the coach.
snuiption is eerierally the companion or ignorant?. man, and if enforced, the penalth a would. have
The griatAit funsinarini of learning who have merit the ! amounted to 901. but us it was his first offence, the
annts of literature, have always 11E1'11 remarkable for their
informer. at the suggestion of the MaKtiorntes„ wit h-
eirociriuseras of the *weakness of all human pretension,
art w five of the inlorirtations, 'arid confined himself
and flit more light and wisdom they have acquired, the mom
humble hare been their claims to seperiorify over the rest I to our only.
of mankind. l VIRCII, lite SlOckpoll rolltlai4'!, was an {illicit
a, '• , 1 , . ,
Tian: are many individuals in the lower and middling . better on monsiay ingot, shunt he wan to 110 rearrest
rinks of life; whose abilities we lost to the community, l from the first iuot.slowis stairs. The bill is not
chiefly from a deficiency of the means of establishing
Lorthheritir. I. entraetect, but there is every prospect of his pi rlect
l l‘tons to superiority in society. Many Newtons,
:i;:ltoti., see. in embryo, are obliged io pug through hie '
recovery, even without that operative,