The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-11-13 00:00:00

C43IBRIDGB. Nov. g.

The R'v. Dr. Pearce, Master of Jesus College,
and Deau of Ely, has resigned the office of Vier-
Chancellor of tnis University f and on Wednesday
the Rev. Frasieis Barnes, D. D. Master of Peter-
house, was eleded Viee.Cnancellor for the year
ensuing.
The Rev. Christopher Swaitison, M. A. of St.
John's College. is admitted, ad erodes, from the
University of Ontord.
John L. Hobhou►e and Samuel Anthill, Rpm
of Trinity CoUege, Are admiued to the degree of
Bachelor of Arts.

Oa Monday, a curparalot the Chesser Volunteers
Was ITIS.L by a court.st., u4i, on the R00d... toe
wresting ia4slyonet from one of the corps oa parses
al the Sunday preceding. sad for other outrageous
conchal, when he was sentenced to be broke. and
to melee 60 lashes; but l..bionel B AAAAA ON, in de.
liming the sent-nee to him, said, that notch as he
reseeded discipline, he did not wish the charader
of the corps to be tarnished by say corporal penish.
mew, an! gencruu.ly forgave the Lauer part ut the
nentimice.

On Wednesday eight, a respire. daring His Ma-
J a's pleas's' e, ve.l at Perth. for Oatsaf Pr. kr.
wao received sentence' of death At last st-
eak. for the murder of usage 6,etpard, weaver is
als 1n Oath.

Previous to the Earl of Louseata's leaving
Wnitehavem his Lordship was pleased to santtion %
proposal for butlJiug a House of Currettion in that
town. Itte measure, we understand, wt.' be
bra..ght lorward at the nett Quarter brs.rons.
Comet was first ob.erved in Siitioik, by a
gentleman at Easton. mar %timidlam Mal ket, on the
evening of Mondays the 2eth of September, about
seven o'clock.

The storee•frem Copenhagen are now receiving
into the depositaries at Jueernt•ss. .Vile quantity
will be ustenense. as Deeply ti.j sips are already
ordered there to be unloaded. There are coders to
mark iii the mess witn the Kerto's mark, anti to
value them, and toe them numediakely for a 1 Is Ala-
J r's service. . _ _

Serpant-Major Wawa and Serjeant ADDIS, of
the Bri►tol Votuntecr Cavalry, ate the holders of a
share in the ticket No. '1.570, a prize of 40,0001.
Oa Saturday morni:ig. a M3St cruel murder was
committed in the b!agetse of Dundee, upon the
body of a young women, named Isaas4L MONRO.
She was found murdered in the morning, lying on
the street, and her death appears to have been
caosed by a gun-shot.—ltc.eit 1 iisinssis, an ale-
seaer, in Din.dee, is supposed to have been guilty at
the murder. He has absconded.

So great a /idl of snow, in this early part of the
winter. took place at Shrewsbury, on Tuesday. as
is not remembered by the oldest person. It lirg-n
aboat ten in the morning, and continued isceurantly
till three in the afternoon ; soon atter which it
changed to rain, and it is feared trill be the cause
of very high Sands.
Wednesday, as the wife of a tailor, in Horse-
street, Bath, held her iiltAitt boy in het Jr t2l, what
she was stirring the tire, ►he upset a pot of boiling
water, and was sa agitated, that she let the child
fall at the same 111%1:10I —dteAdiUl to relate, the
contents went entirely ovir the little saucier, woo
died in a few hours.

'Thursday se'zinight, the new Subscription Library
and Lyciuns, Nurtb 41tictils, was
opened in an appropriate manner, by a concert of
milttary and rucal music. The assemblage of
Ladies and Gentlemen was numerous, many re.
speilable parties having attended from South
Shields, and the neighbouring villages. The baud
of the Wiltshire militia perturraild many beautiful
pieces. A ball ensued, in which beauty and ele.
games mixed in the dance, and added to the hat.
mow of the evening. 1 his supeistruilure, an ho•
Wan to the improving ta‘te, and the ornament of
that town, has been Just seventeen months 10 cots.
pleting, the toundatiun stunt beiug Lid •a the nth
of J use, 1/M6.