The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-11-29 00:00:00

DRURY-LAWS.

A.VERICAIY ICINUFAcruR4s.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman of Colum-
bia, to the Editor of The Georgetown Gazette,
dated August
„I rode down to Colonel Hamilton's, yesterday,
by invitation, to view his screw-press .for packing
cotton in poplar or wahoo bark. This project
had heard of before, hot did deem the thing
practicable ; fader l 1 thought it a visionary scheme;
tuyself however, as well .iss a-number of other gen.
elemeii, had ocular and satisfactory demonstration
that t7ei pounds of coning thinn be pressedinto a
bark envelope, or hug, the contents of which, its
cubic measure, are hilly 14'cubielert. The press
WO/ about fifteen mommies ln picking the.hale ; and
the whole operation of putting the Cotton into the
press, screwing it down,,sewing on the coyer,
cording the bide, and hotness d out oftheniess,
might consume about otie ." • .•
" He has threcof theie_presWek, which cost him
fifty dollars a-piece, lot the wprkiiiisoship only'•
The bales ore square, look very iseatts and are very
stroiq, about folirund •ti half feet loni4, two feet
ilee;), and a foot and a half wide. The bark, ropes,
&r. which conturs-e the cover, weigh about twelve
pittwiels• He packs tell bags of cotton, covered in
this way with %tic amid mats, for the priet:of five
yortla of cotton Isa4ging. This saves I • amine-
tenths of the experne of bagging for -liis cotton ;
renders bins ineleyenilesit aio fotrigu manufactories
for that urtiele.,anetherefore lea. susceptible of
injury front the/embargo.
" I likewise •tolik a look Id tie looms. They
wease.cottom wool, sad die hair of. horned cattle,
into good substantial cloth. lie will make commit
of it this sear, he says, to clothe ail hi. OVRIOOIto
The cloth is twilled-, awl will be very warm and
lasting.
" Lie %hewed us a calf of the English breed,
fire months old. 112 loss it would weigh front 300
to 250 ponorls ; tias had only half the milk of
the dam. He had 35 of his )ear's lambs shorn
some time ago; the average weight of their art-crs
Was two pounds a-pieec. lie likewise carries on the
tanning business extensively. His bark gin, with
thirty saws, will reduce to flue powder three twos
of Imes a day, he informed me, and the force ne-
cessary to %sok it is but a two-horse power.
IVariteg'% paper-mill goes on well. Leaped in
a short time he will be able to supply the whole
state; least, the upper part of it, with that ar-
ticle, of good quality.

From The National! Intelligeneer.
wastitYLTors, seer. ,20.
Yesterday, the vault of the Court Room, in the
North wing of the capitol, fell down. Several
workmen, umber the direction of Mr. John Lega-
tion, the Clerk of the works, were under the %%tuft,
lowering clown that past of the centre which still
stood under it, just before it tell. A loud crack
gave notice of their danger, and all of them es-
caped out of the windows, or under the adjoining
vaults. excepting Mr. Lenthall, who, to judge front
th,.• place in Which his body war found, wonted
only a single step to have secured his retreat :
but being outer that part of the arch, the centre
of which had been removed out Friday, he was slid.- -
doily bailed muter lama) WWI Of bricks, and must
have been instantaneously deprives! of sensation
and 446. • -s. •
Mr. Lenthull was born at Chesterfield, in the
ccuaty of Derby, in La.glwaci, and brought up to
the busitiess of s carpr,,ter. Ile was in his ) omit
much employed in the mines, anal had acquired •
thorou4:l knowledge of the roamer of win king.
them, and or all the machinery u.td in that part
ui
England. He was not less at:spans:AA with the
cotton works, and, joining itu insatiable desire of
knowledge to a strong memory anti sound jutig-
went, his acquaintance with arts and telienc..s, not
itumedit:tely connected teeth ;his tniule, was qry
s'im'ile, awl by no means slight. tie was also a
siqwrior draughtsman, and of his own particular
bii,iiiess a perfect master. Though of very mud&
,1
rate stature, his'persomil strength .and activity weir
unequalled, a.tut the comniand he acquired of all
those who were placed under him, was achieved by
his own superior ability.
Tlw ftsll utility of so many and such extraordi-
nary qualitteations of mind and body, so seldom
ed its the same min; was somewhat abated by a
reserved exterior, and a rilid adherence to his own
principles and opinions, which nothing could bend ;
nod no is slight acquaintance his character was not
coucilhiting. In the execution of Ins public duty,
and especially in the entstroul of expeouliture. lac sea,
so inflexibly Jost, as to be often thought haesh ;
but when acting in his intl.vidual character, the be-
nevolence of his head could not be unshaken, and
he was by all those alto hail known him long. as
much loved as respected.
He haul resided for the last 15 or 16 years in
America, and was one of the early inhalsitents of
this city, in which he had invested the earnings of
many hthorious years. Since Ile year IKJ3 Ile has
beeps clerk or iinroodiate superintendaiit of the
public works, and had in that situation acquired it
reputation fur talents and virtues, unanimously
conceded to few. His lo.: to the public it will not
be easy to repair.
In Ovate life Ibis. Leuthall was a faithful and
raectionate husband, and a fond father. lie has
left behind him a most amiable widow and three
small children. Of the loss they have suffered
wore eats be felt than express:al Ile was about
45 years of age.
Lieutenant IL M. JACKsON is appointed to His
MAnsTles ship Bustard.
Susie. the wife of Thomas Green, and Fanny, the
wife of Benjamin Spicer, were lust week committed
to the Castle of Dorchester, charged with quarrel-
ling and lighting. on Sunday, the 13th instant, in
the parish of Tuiptiddle, immediately bereft the
commencement. and during Divine Service.
At tweve o'clock, on Sunday night; a man
W.ls foundl vreltering in his blood, in South Audley-
street ; he *is ta'slett up by the watchman, and
expired in tile* minutes after. The body. Was
conveyed to 714erustt--dreet bone-house. The'rtc-
ceased was owned. yesterday, us a coachman At 'the
collars; of Mr. Ma's', hackney-man. iu (+wry-
nor-Mews, and drove • t:ariiiige for Mr. STEfikaT.
of Slirane-tAreet. It is supposed he fell oil the
boa. in a state of intoxication, as the horses• iota
t.trr;Hge were stopped, without a driver, et Nth-.
l'at h-Corner turnpike.

W tvtELLiCE.vit.
COURT OF ZING'S BENCH—NOY• e•.
TYR RING e. FRANCIS DROWN WRIGHT.
This person haviitg been prosecuted for a lan
opou Government, published iu The Lieerpo
Chronicle, stud - sutlered judgment to go lt
default, was t
judglisent of the
_,.various affidavit
ljefendaist,
loyalty stun
The Leurned
anent* of the
the heinousness
a tendency to r
in the army
Goverittneist
could have beets more seditious. .
tempt:sous of the present Administration, at
nothing more deserting of puuisinnent. He wool
however. do the Uefenslnut the justice to obvert
that lie had, since the publication iu quest,o
seemed t ohsetous of hit fulilt ; and, therao u,
consideration of that, and his wherol good ch
ruder, the Court wily adjudged hint to be imp
suited in the common gaol of the county of 1.4
caster for six enktidttr _mouths, and iu the me
time to be comutittcd tb the custody of the I\lt
shill of the Manthaissess
• CITY OF LONHON V. 11.0\G.
Lord ELLEssuottnytat intimated to the Con
tirst it mould be imptisnltle to undertake the tr
of this cause next term. 90 4011-01.101 k or line pre.e.o.:
of other matter; attd tberciltn'e they should p 0
pullet it to the lirst Alomhtv its Knitter Term.

Lind haviivi ititlertd judgment to 4u ri
this .111001 br•ught ■p for the tin.
f the Court. Ulwa a former oecasim
luvits had been read iu behalf of tl
giving him so ett►ellent ch.iracter
fi
uttaehintlit to Consti tot .
rued Junin:, in pronouncing the vent
re Court, took oceluirra to enlarge Ng
inevii of the offence, whic% ha. said tu.
to alienate the minds of persons servii
7 and navy from their attachment to ti
it ot' the Country.. tictttiag, he thought
',eel, more geditious, nor more cu