The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-12-31 00:00:00

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.

A &mind snidest occurred at Little ITarwisisa: M*
Blackburn, on Wednesday rre'tioight, by which two me.,
mere killed on the spot, two others were to shockmoy
bruised that they have since died of their wounds, soda 6for
lies in a most deplorable slate with little chance of recovery,
sad another Mau anti a boy are also much bruised. The at -
eideo I was occasioned by the explosion of a steam boiler sit
the mouth of a pit which Coined Hargreaves and two othci-
ginstlemen are now sinking foe coals. The boiler weire.4
about four tout, arid was carried, it is supposed, about bill
yards high, and fell 6S yards from the plate where It rigor
working. It was seen in its transit by many persons at t
conStilerablc distance. One piece of iron of a ton wee
was thrown Ally yards, soul several Mosies and slates wino
round at a hundred yards from the place they had roreopird..
The balloting which contained the engine was lift with
scarcely one stone upon another. One of the nnfurtionaio
sufferers was carried by the violence of the explosion to a
distance of eight yards, and lived several boars after he wait
taken iap.

During the la•t fru days srventy stir of blank, is
have been distributed to poor families of Rochester.
Chatham. Stroorl, and Brompton, by tie Indt►s
who I.upernitend the m.itisgement of the Blankit
Fund.
Counterfeit silver i now circulating iti
►quantities in several parti of the country. Tho
prevailing militia for ehangino notes into silver ha•
afforded the swindlers vent facilities in this rrsirryt.
The thermometer Was yesterday morning at I.

THE 'rum—Numbers of gentlemen are now
marking out groom, 011 their own estate', f..r the
purposes of training their own horse•.. and thug
preventing tlw secrets of their own 'tables from
propagate-el into the stud of an antagniiisk4
liscox.—The produce this year of this article in
expected to be very plentiful and very good; the
c hos been very sound ; the pointer* a goo
crop. and the demand for supplying our Heels Ise d
armies being so small, the pike in all the coantry
markets is expected to be low.

A considerable quantity of warm clothing. ern.
silting of venom' descriptions of woollen gonsis.w,6
purchased to the city or Cork last week, and dis-
tributed by Lady COLTHURST among the poor
tenantry sod others, in and shout the neighbour-
hood Of Ardruin, in the the county of Cork.
We have recently heard from good authori'y.
ono' ht r act of the present Lord Dom gRA I i 6, whirls
reflects coosiderable credit upon the lit !residence
his character. A SCOIIIIIIIII. who was head gar
demi', and had lived insny years with the late Lead.
had been induced to expect su increase of swiswy
(rota something that fell from his Lorci.hip
prevs-
ous to his decease ; but from the suddenness` .e.
which. his Lordship was prevented front realism&
which coyish% to the ears of Isis present Lordship.
he sent for the mast. and inquiring into the nature
and amount of his expectations, he declarest
could expect nothing for past services. but left it to
his Lordship's liberality to reward his future la-
bours; upon which I& Lordship instantly ineTermiet‘
his rattail 20 guineas per annum. and al.o gereer•
ously gave • draft for 260 guineas for the past years.
at the same advance.
Many of the half-pay officers residing in Edit, -
burgh hove entered the Ist regiment of Vt.lUisfects
as privates. Detaehment4 of 6o men r,f this carps
have relieved reek ether in the Cootie every dal:
since Sunday sersoight, a,,,1 the relief guard tir:i
been etch day sceoinpai,ierl to the Cade by t? e
Right Hon. the Lotto PRC,!DENT, Lieuterian•-
Colonel of the regime, t. The various devote of
regiments stationed there tnnuiit the differ,' t
guards. and the detschiopot of II e Ist regiaseut
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forms the patrols Of piceiut t guard.
A MottsToit..—lt war 'tatted a few weeks since,
that a brute, bahtted at ~ gentleman, had atuhlartl
a youttg lady, walking aids her r•St rr, MI the foot-
path leadoug from the Edgware-rued to litlbsio,
because they refused to lustre to hia imperuttem
insportuni4e.r. Astothrr I:admire uf ibis kind oc-
curred ou Totwilry weruioK, sod the peril/troys•.
answers the deseript:ots of the. fr How wit,* est she
yooug /arty. A female unread, 'gamed flogoalam.
go. % on .on errand near the li.cultstrire liftylp.,„
triUg‘le! Pane Reid, watendely laid /sold of., sod..
she struck the sruilauf with it, keskria. amt ii
stlitihed her, iivibtr aril URA 44u6 W 4 um* opt
ju,tice will citook'e v•Illaio.
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TO TEE EDITOR 011 2111 .BRITISEI PRESS.
oredlior-The-dangerous slate of the pore meets, sat the sect
dolma psetictilarly poor open with loads (and. women too)
.meet with, 10tolly calls for Rump resnedy.
Now, Air, were the parish officers to send out the pampers
to sweep the pavements iininediattly after a (al 01 snow,
70* might with from one rod of the town to the other as
sale as the burst sninin.r's day. this fluty the old aid
iokrat might it., at lime, Which whets suffured to remain till
t, Mien, triturate herd lebonr, and even then difficult to
entirely ekar away. fly law erery person ought to sweep
liiirfortv btu own door before nine o'clock ev. ry morainic,
ltAi the tvenalty is fra. for every offence, aid were those
elites of inert called informers, to husk afire this nygleet, of
a peewits ioconvroicoce to nutty individuals, they would
mitt a mama. table sum, and be doing a great public benefit.
Me word cif you will allow lee): Front Blackfriars-
bri,lzr to the titteli-k, in St. George's-adds, was oar coati-
*Patton of slides, tirade by the boys, and'yet no steps were
oaten by the parish beadles, nue even the shopkeepers,
ittoit4b tr•fore their own doors. -
Your Constant Rendre,
'.".arcLirf.imerik-lued, December 30, 1519. W.
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7.11 THE EDITOR OP THE BRITISH PRESS.

1 . Stax—Haviire on a former amoebas takes the Disports.
tote of expressom, through the resethism of your iudepeo
Jest Viper, tae necessity of drawing the attention of the
Legistatnre towards the almost ruinous rituation of trade
it.ort vimateree, in consequence of the great uncertainty of
our currency, and the vtobable results, if suffered to coun-
t ante in a state of suspense, iodates me agate to iatrade
• %WM yunr Aberal
P.wm what hot passed upou the subject of Cash Pay-
sawite• in both Houses of Parliament, ow doubt whatever
Jew sestet bot bias we shall return to ocr ancient currency,
us appointed by the' Committee to ievestigate the affairs of
tile Omit, and 'bat at no very distant period; OM decree
arose entirely from the niterposilittoof the Bank Directors
oath the Clueertiment, bavine a double duty to perform
to the Proprietors of Bank Stuck ; and, secondly, to
the Public, as receivers' of their notes; and under these
important considerations, with a reflection spoil the Ohm.
Os/Sof our tuitional esebarnuismento, it became a matter of
ia!icy with the Hank, as touching the itstereets of that ea.
Alibtisbinent, to Bertram itself from the casts of Govern-
ment, and, consequently, to be enabled to discharge their
wore either in bullion or specie.
• But weld -the debt now due from the Govensonest to the
Bank shall not only be arrauged, but actually paid off, I
very much fear that an additional sheet twice * week to the
• tondo*, Gamete will be indispensably ueressary, the Wok.
• rout list increasing beyond all precedent daring the period
ct a are vest's once. Withiu the last three weeks, no less
two three modify bankers have stopped payment, and
many others, from the present state of things, must ice.
%stably follow. Tbe local wretchedness produced by such
talst'ut tames is too painful to desetihe, and too heavy to
be borne; but *hen we are told from high authority, that
cur prospects are of the brightest call—that oar revenue is
tocreasioc, and that it sill bear a comparison with any pre-
caliac that our distresses ate only temporary, I
coati is I should hardly ibiuk such declarations are entitled
to much credit, without a positive proof of their authenti•
city But, indeed, the word temporary may be accepted in
its literal sense. Tempurary,Sir, Icm inclined to believe
oar distresses sal be, for l (*Ballot conceive it possible that
they tin mind touch Wager; when taxation has arrived at its
•untont, nod slice may es* tax is imposed, it invariably
seta to the pi tjatlice of another; thus shearing us at once,
that the interest must go unprovidcd for, without the 'Mi.
1.1 of keeping all the old taxes permaueut, and new uses
available fur out metal use amities.
Whet are we to expect, Sir ? thirty millions being borrowed
Ito the last year, twenty-roar Milliousfor this year, and from
our dent.ienert. io the reveals*, twenty-five millions must be
trautrd nicer, and of coarse the interest must be raised also;
tad as additional interest of one Dad a half per cent. must
14 given to Exchequer Bill holders, otherwise, when adver-
'it'd tor payment, the money will be demilnided in lieu of
troll Ella; add the eirchmstance of their now Wag at so
itrema distoust, induces many to purchase for the repress
•-• of paying duties with them. Unless these Bills are
illneW,or Mbereriat dismiss/talk on Masseuse sum of the
unfourted,debt will hod Ha way into the coffers of the Tree.
stir, Waived of bank notes; as that the Increase of interest
upon the 11am:stied debt will cause an additional million to
Le imposed in iwo times, exclusive of the interest opens the
Lew lion, and the deAclences. How lung we can wade
tbruggb these tratiosal calamities, time only will tell us.
1 ma, Sir, with much esteem,
Your very übedieut Servant,
DeettArr 24,1619: A CITIZEN.

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f.f.17.4 L INTELLIGENCE.

On Friday week it ponce applied at the Queen's
Head. in Miriam, for a post chaise sad four. to
se ffl him is. Rosy turd
proceedinit with important dispatches for the Earl of
ibbstir csom. As soon as the chaise was ready he
sceempaaied by a female. decently attired
l.nt not of very genteel appearance. On reachiug
ibtloy the stranger "was informed that the Lord
Lietitticust was at Newton House, whither he
fol-
A' Staindrup he represented himself as the
Pate r
.f I.uoicaster, sod las, amiable comport, the
frichess. ,/haled herself with a glass of rum and
roe, in tie kitchen of the ino. His Grace made
On tinsticees.lel application to one of the Earl of
I).'. ageturs 'for` a loan to defray his eapeases
the read. He 'also requested permission to re-
main is the 'Castle till the return of its Noble
**cis was of COMIC refused. On his
firatbu Heine, he foetid that his as.
said failed to obtain him as aodience. Is
Vie pAt boys, who berms to despair
at fee • their services, deemed it
tbe Dyke sod Du ate beck to
is its tesiseo
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• roalsatosnit, orcrxsto 29.
9404 the 'Rastas Coatis, lillarjo' ribmatm, fur China;
Briar r, Bolt C Iny, for Catcalls; Jobs Papplewell ; and
Fs :t h, f:tor: li, fur Nihon; Aliases, Catoiek, far Jamaica
'0 oui i,rk, NI iditleimi, for the Illoditerthoema ; and Isabella,
Priced, fur fleaserant.'
SW., 0111Ctallint 29.
• Came down frogs the• Mimi sad sailed die Elriek,
At•Ltati ; and Ailiiatic., Rutter, foe Ili* Jambe ; Intrinsic.
frr Jair.,:ca ; Ileitis, Tregear, for Sierra Lease; and Mendes
Mal, theill, for Vootbay.
sioawtam, ancssiont 29.
thisived the Lady Aleppo, Lord Desoto. *ad Heary
Frraing iv:el:eta, frost Coxliavon ; sad Thetis, ditto, from
(ottratito-gla—all with Malls. When the last packet left
Containls the toe was clear, mid a amabet of Oats went
Aiwa from If &inhere) to tabs ebsegs of veep& waltlag fur
the ice to be clear.
lauttloirg, socsouppa 29.
Tlie Netberlsods brig of war Coma& CaPleall ling, fro.
tottill4la
• 1,1. ass semi at daylight tbii moneisg,ou stone oa
to Sava. The Olitent icoderste banrbeon sltb difficulty
utfetee-erreekilistd illettitest 411 toot bolog able to
sow *Hy thing Num the vessel, obis:kis ow Goober beam-
cods, with Ler math-mast gm*.