The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-12-27 00:00:00

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vagandi eltaggerateu. 'What profession or occop
in life mit'y not a youth of nineteen be fitted
But we will not press this view of the subject fa
We wish the punishment to be regarded as car
with it much discredit and great disadvantage
life, that it may be studiously, as it certainly c
effectually, avoided. We repeat, that the sc
ought not to be matter of public discussion.
public is not the fit tribunal of appeal for a n
whether he study Sanacrit or write nonsense yea
CONSPIRACY TO ASSASSINATE THE LOR
LIEUTENANT.

" This evening Henry Handwich and George
ham were fully committed by Counsellor Gabbet
having, with divers other persons, feloniously
spired, confederated, and agreed to kill and int
his Excellency Richard, Marquis Wellesley,
Lieutenant of Ireland.

" Mr. James Forbes was apprehended under a
rant from the Magistrates of the head office this c
iog, and fully committed on the above capital ch;

" Mathew Hanbridge is committed for consp
to cause a riot, and for actually, with others, ha
caused one on the night in question.
" William Graham and William Brownlow are
prehended on the above minor charge, which is 1
able."—Dublin Journal, December 23.

assilas
Yesterday the Earl of LIVERPOOL, the Dula. t
WELLINGTON, and Lord Viscount MELVILLE, had
consultation with Mr. CANNING at tbar rote it
Office.

The following is the answer rettinied 'bYhia Ex
lency the Marquis WELLESLEY to the Address f
the • University of Dublin
" wausaasy.
" The affectionate interest which yon have expressei
my personal safety., and for the dignity and honour of
Government, would afford me consolation under the mai
alliction, and inspire me with confidence in the greatest p
" Your sentiments en this occasion are worthy of
ancient, learned, and venerable boil), and cannot fail to
drm the respect and the high estimation which you I
&coked throughout Eurepe and the civilised world.
" With regard to the offences which have been commit
you may be assured that 1 have no other feeling than the
sire that law and justice should be executed is men.) on I
as os every other occasion.

" The utility and excellence of your Tameable Instils .
are attested by its fruits.
" Those illustrious persons who now surround you afie.o
the bast testimonies of the dignity and effiaimacy o(y:'.•
learned body."

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We last week intimated to our readers: that Re
Admiral Sir JOHN B&RUFORD, Bart., intended
offer himself as a candidate for the vacancy in
Representation of this Borough in Parliament, oc
sioned by the succession to the Peerage of our 1
Member, Lord Otis Li Lwow. Sir JOHN arrived here
Saturday last, and immediately commenced an act .
and successful canvass. His reception by all climes
of the burgesses was highly flattering, and his elec
Lion to the distinguished &nation is considered to !.1-
perfectly secure. No competitor has yet appeared
Berwick Advertiser.
The piece of plate intended to be presented to I
CANNING by a portion of his constituents, is'
finished in London, and will shortly be seat down
Liverpool for the inspection of the subscribers.
consists of a superb candelabra of silver gill,
forms a splendid ornament for the centre of a dim
table. It is supposed the cost will exceed I,OC
A tablet has been left for an inscription, for the select.
and preparation of which a Committee of six was ap-
pointed on Wednesday last. Before its final adoptibit
it is to be submitted to the inspection of Mr. Hula is-
SON and Mr. HEBER, two of Mr. CANNING'S principal
friends.—Liverpool Advertiser.
The Empress CATHERINE possessed great ital
pidity and presence of mind. In the last effort ma
by Gurravus 111. of Sweden against her politic.
ascendancy, by his invasion of Russian Finland,*
in which, had he been as well seconded by thou.
about him as by his own exertions, Petersburgtit:at
least, might have been in jeopardy, she remained sr-
concerned, conversing with her usual affability irßb
her courtiers at Tzarskoe Sello, a seat not morellian
16 miles front the cipitalohough she could distinelly-
hear the cannonading between the 'Beets of Rusi
and Sweden in the attion that took place a little b -
low Cronstadt.

The extensive Li Lbelmagiag to the late Pr
pe lessor ICALLEar Co a , which consisted of 2(
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volumes pnnted ore the year 1500, 1000 folio
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4000 quartos, and 8 00 octavos, tqgether with 59,6(
Doctorial Disputatious, and 688 MSS., mostly I.(
!sting to Danish • history,hiee been purchases' t
Mr. NEVTLER. bOOkifellet,Pf Hantburgh, for the ver •
moderate sum of 9,098 marlis current, about 600
sterling. The citizens 4Copenbagen regret the sal
very much, on account of the MSS.
It is reported that the kselmett .of the Tyne hay
taken the opinion of Counsel as to the spouts b.eitiig
nuisance to the navigation of the river: and MI.
BROUOIIAM, it If said, has given them so muc
encouragement, that ihey are determined to set apar
weekly a small Onion of their earnings in order ti
raise a fund_2 ,that may try the question at the nex
Assizes. Thai's thi redress they ought to have sough
at the'6rst, .instead'of punishing themselves by nin,
weeks' starvatiou, and the danger of a visit. to ME
Tread Min.—Newcastle Costrant.
It was stated in a' Chester paper a few wolfram
which we did not think it Worth while at the ceo
contradict, that the late storm would cause a loss tc
the Liverpool Underwriters of nearly 100,0091. ; btu
as the article has since been copiedinto most o the
London and provincial journals, we now deem it ne-
cessary to say. that there is no truth it; the statement.
We believe in no storm ever experienced here has
there been less serious damage done to the shippiag
—the whole of the vessels which were driven on shore
in the river by the gale, baying since beeo for-
tunately got off and nrougAt into the Docks, with the
exception of the Rochiltohes,. from New York, which
has been condemned, but her cargo was saved ; so
that the Underwriters have sustained comparatively
but little lois. This is not the first time unfounded
statements have originated in the same quarter, re-
specting the commerce and other matters connected
with this port.— 4tserpool Advertiser.
Along the banks of the Uuion Canal, near Edin-
burgh, certain edifices have been erected, which
strikes the traveller with astonishment. Those are
huts erected by Irish labourers, upon some few eatant
spots of ground belonging to the Canal Proprietors.
Each is a picture of poverty which is new to
the people on this side the Channel. One of them
(with the exception, perhaps, of a few sticks) is com-
posed entirely of rotten straw ; its dimensions would
not suffice for a pig-sty, and its form is that of a bee-
hive, only it is more conical. The smoke which does
not escape at the door penetrates through every part
of the structere,'which thus presents at all times the
appearance of a hay-rick on fire. In the midst of
such misery, the children appear healthful ind'frolic-
some, and the men and women contentCil aad'happY•
Eslinbunik Courant.
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