The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-10-26 00:00:00

HAMPSHIRE PITT CLUB.

The Anniversary of the I lampahlte I'itt VIM, was celebrated in
Vllhrbester, on Thursday, the list inst. being also the Anniversary
of the I'ittory of Trafalgar, whirh limi been selected Mr the mot.
Woo as one of the swot Wartime results of the Administration of the
great and good :11illiilff to whose memory the day watt devoted. It
tea y certainly now be the pride and boast of those who ;tare to long
and to mutormly aupported the political principles of the late Mr.
Pitt, that an ailliertio e to those principles by the pn-rut Admini-
stration has brought this c 11111 l try to that state of prep erity at home,
and respect for It ahroad. that it now so eminently enjoys. and tilted
its credit on an immovable basis, whilst Agriculture and C'om-
'tierce have both in their turn been relieved finin a prat part or tale
burtheris to which they were unavoidably subjected though the late
ITIIIIIMIS bell 1111i11111Illy VIII.CCOIOIII war. Noe have thereat 'Katy of
die people goneiwithout their abate of relief, by tin taking MIA large
portion of Ow asttemeit tu::er, allot those too that most affected eta
noddle and lower chases of the people. It is trite, as has been rah.
served. univeraal eatisfaction P.C1.11:1 now to be felt sod expressed,
from wheat* wane argue, that these meetings are onnecewary ; but
the disciples of Mr. Pm think otherwise, and that the best way of
contiiming the good effects of his 'Morita.% iv to Le trey,:mtly ne_
minded ot them, and to thaw our gratitude by fretittent tributes of
ware' and repaid In his memory. There were Kerne at the meet-
iog the Rev. Arclid..i.no Hook, the President, the Vire-President.
A. H 'hot's, Eat., Thomas lietdirtore, Hubert Shedder), jun. and
Homy 3lrsterman, Esq.. three of the stewards, the lion. and Rev.
Chat:v:llm I.egge, latutcoant.l'olonel !Irminger, T. A. Smith,
William Nevin, (htorge Hoar, lleorge Hollis. poniard Winter,
Morton Irnoillians. and Chariot ‘Votoldrielge Erg's. members, and
the Bev. Wolter !look iuml George ()cane, die Herds. T. IVatkins
and l'lmmas M'estarifib, be. as visitors. Captain Itaitier, R. N.
was clotted a membro, and joined the. Club at dinner. and was
rise aro Storm& iii the plat:, of the one that goes not by rotation.—
The King, the Duke uf York and the Army. the Mike of Clarence
and the NaVy and tabu mantling toasts of the Pm i'ltoh, with *
surcession of
t.itiif; al and p.drimietnasts. including those of the fluke
(
of M'ngton ;rho lase ya e w beatm a member) and the Ilene% of
krateit,,,, the . lemory of I Kall N1.1..11 and the Heroic* of Trefal-
ear. were drank 11114 the respect and enthusiasm characteristic of
Englishmen. and 1114 Litll.ll%t harmony and gtasi fellowslbp was
kept up till ten o'cliwk, -alien tic tympany separated. The Mom
was mired up in it manlier that was creditable to Stalstiog, and the
wines arid dreoirt were much approsed. A. H. Dutton, Esq.. will
Its the President Mr tito entering year..
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A motion has been made in Comtnon Council of
I:itigaton, to provide the slaves accused of any crimes in
the Courts of that city, advocates to defend them. The
motion Is not Objected to, and, it is expected, will be UM*
nimously adopted.
Mr. Secretary l'eel has sent down info the Potteries two
of the ]low-street patrol, 'Whet%) and Iliblvap,' to attend
on the l'oliee Cenittoittve, mini obtain proper information
of the state of the Potteries, to report the retinue to I lovern-
must, to enable them to adopt suitable means to preserve
the peace of the place.
The artist employed in executing tte statue of logtl
klelville, to be placcd on the mo 11111 l tent in St. Andrew's-
square, is naniesl Forrest, and resides at Croydon', on the
Clyde, about tire miles from IHmark. It Is something
remarkable that he was self-tate„lit in statuary. The
statue of Melville', which has lately arriVed iu town,
is of freestone, and fourteen feet in 'right. Forrest
has likewise, with a great degree of spirit, seulptur-
tel 11'allace, Norval, anti Tam &Sham' r ; ll'allace has
been placed on the front of Lanark Church; Norval'
and Tam 1/141satiter still stand to redone the naked quarry
from which they mere cut ; and we arc surprised that
they tare not bought by somebody. Ile has also cut a great
bey of busts of Jarrow individuals, which nre con-
sidered good likenesses. Forrest's personal appearatt:e is
that of a common inaron, and he is about :',..i year.) of
age.—(iiargow ilern/d.
'There were DO fern r than fourteen notices posted against
the emirs of our Court-house on 'Thursday, of intended
application% to Parliament, for new Turnpilie-roads in this
neighbourhooel.-I,erele raprr.
NINIXO INTRI.I.IGINCE.—Capper Ores Odd at Re d-
ivot/I on 'Thursday--Quantity of Copper Ore sold, WIN
tons—Average Produce, S.l.—Quantity of fine Copper, 179
Was, 16 cwt.—Amount of Sate, 10,555/. lls. °J.—Aver-
age Standani, I 111. 10..
Tilt lam( Ta•De.—ln a previous paper we referred to
the great scarcity of iron, and the rapist advance which had
eons:fluently taken place in the price of that very important
commodity. Since that tittle the reareity hate progressively
inert:mid, to sack a ele;,;rtx: that a large portion of the
foundries, in finis district in particular, have been partially
at a attend, and the price has become exorbitantly high.
From the beet information we can obtain, it is probable
that some menthe must 'elapse before the supply can be
rendered adequate to the demand, and that the prier will
be still higher. ‘Vitltin three mouths the pried. of bar and
other manufactured iron, at the work% in South %Vales,
has advanced Set to 40 per cent., and the price of pig iron
60 per cent.; and within twelve e.einths the advance on bar
iron, &r., has been at per cent., and on pig iron exactly
lon per rent.! At the works in Shropshire and Stafford-
shire the advance has been nearly proportionate. In con-
sesttetwe of tlth great cud sudden rise, a meeting of iron-
founders has been held its title town during the present week,
to fix the price of castings ; wlwn, wee untlentand, the fol-
lowing rates were agreed upon.—Bentns and pillars for fire-
proof buildings, I:h. per cwt. ; mill anal mechanics' work,
lus. 441. to listi.; and small castings, ens. per cwt.—Men-
dies,,, il:eardiaa.

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(.o?lnlNAllioN.—Ycstertlay (Thurtmlny) a journeyman
n:ulnr, named George Craves, was In'OUglit hefore tlw
sating Maginttatc7.: of the head Isdire-otlice, on a charge
of lta%ing autumnal, by threats and .... , to in-
duce another jouniclll3lll 'tailor, name Walter llacket, to ,
leave the employment of his tna.stvr, itr. Henry 'larding,
07111 quit Dublin. By the Act .% Gee. 4. chap. 9.5, this
offence suld,rts the ps trim eon views! to two inmate' im-
prisonment, :earl 71:e ALigistrate leaning the evidence cown
elusive, aceordisi4lv cot ..... hied Cravet. to the Richmond
Itrillewell for the above period, there to be kept to hunt
labour. This is the first conviction that has taken place
in 11111)1ill 111111 i r this raper.
FIAt •—r estet.luy morning, just before two o'clock, 41
fire broke out in the wanlionse Of MOM'S. Tito
and Smith, Russia-mat and Ice; titel chant% situated in
Fenchitreholreet. It raged with the greatest fury. and
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caught the finery-stables of Mr Putney, iNtaut:ier-
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hind-yard ; the prensir-s, which nee very extensive, are all
destroyed, but the carriages and horses w. re saved. The
fire was 114/W at its height, rind although a great number of
engines arrived, they could nut net fur runt of water ; it
wan, Indeed, a full hour hefore they get any. As soon as
it was oloained, the engines played with great elfeet, and
arrested the progress it the Hanes, which hail now coin-
' at' cl to the front of the hionw of Tin. and Co., which,
wills two boun,s in Northumberland-yard, the livery-
stables of dlr. Putney, and the backs of the houses of
Mims. Broxtep, Ilanstithl, and Howard, were burnt and
damaged liefwe the Haim,' were extinguished, which wan
not until nearly six o'clock. Three houses and the stables
were burnt. and three or four nwre
Ft L.—We regret to state, that on Friday evening last,
the Chapel of Castlegar, its the East Liberties of this town
(Galway), was totally csittnumed by fire. The chapel
being appniptiatest to the use ut a parochial school during
the we.l, a lire was necessarily kept in it by slay, which
nut living sufficiently extinguished. and being incautiously
placed near to smile turf reserved for the sueectsling slay,
and with which in a short time it cotnmunitated, the
Haines &wended to the thatched roof, and speedily de-
stroyed the whole limise.—Connoe7;7l.l Paper.
A serious accident had nearly occurred to two of the Kent
coaches yesterday looming. As they were descending
Shouter's-bill, the shoe to each coach that is placed tinder
the hind wheel, to prevent too rapid ash scent, broke to
pieces, and being too heavily laden with passengers and lug-
ga'T, the coachmen had great difficulty in preserving the
balance of the vehicles down the rensainder of the hill. We
understand this frequently 'implant% from the reprehen-
sible econmtly of purchasing east instead of tertught iron
Machines. It is said that the law melancholy accident hy
the TAII) Ito coach, on Shooters-hill, was occasioned through
this circ ttttt stance. It is certainly a subject worthy the
consideration of the Magistrates, before any fatal mitieltief
Sittoextxr, Arcinsar.—On Sunday morning, about
three o'clock, a man named ?Ilantnine in the employ of
the dustman, returning to Paddington with his
tealsi, being tired, rode urn, the shafts, and, it is supposed,
falling asleep. he fell, and the wheels of the waggon, which
wan heavily loaded with night-soil, panning over his body,
lie was killed on the spot. He was llama lying stead in
about half an hour after on the road, and carried home.
The horses proeveded on to the wharf, where they as usual
stopped. and the ttnfornitiate decesstil was then
awl, it being itnlged he bad met with sonny accident, mete-
rji prisons with t.,,o)cv proceeded out, and found him as
dascribed.