The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-01-03 00:00:00

! iirtikialvill h' ' . sell
which is his oshotst ' - valuable ,J
tri
as well es the gels mu, liie. or be •-/
plat rotors of it, are sitiliht triad plullsis 'lig .
to penises. which iii iithirs, and which tell
*ion istrietly fsebidot tied themdbre, if we can
,any precise delloitiom of Iniquity, this partialit;4
which I camplitim, coma within the meanies or
that term."
Nothing could better illustrate the seperiority of
sound judgment tear specious reasoning, than this
nisoduessed specks,. of Granville Sharp's noses-
phiseittotod mind advocating the cause of humanity.
Amidstr event; which diotingaishes the life of this
iitilefotlPlll Sans Moog closely on the establish-
Alava off Aultrieme • soy (of which he was the
•rabief promoter). ia orient was the founding of a
''Roe colony at Sierra Leone.
inln the yen'. 1786, he was endeavouring to re-
.
edy an inconveniesce which had sprung out of
own humane ezertions in behalf of Africa',
slaves. Many slaves had been brought over by
their muter, is the metropolis, when the case of
Somerset was decided ; and having now no pens**
to support them. no parish to call their own,
and unaccustomed to any handicraft or calling.
they fell, by degrees, into great distress, Do that
they were conspicuoss through the streets as awe
beggars. To Mr. Sharp they flocked as their
common patron : he had considered them as **-
phone who hod • claim to his proteciion, and re-
lieved them.' hqt.their number bring shout 400,
it was 00t is. till.POWer til ropply their daily wants
Costsistenily with his duties I miser deecriptioas of
the poor. He had many private pensioners. to
whom he paid annual sums to a considereble
amount. and the entire maintenance of these dean.
tine Africans was utterly beyond his resource,. In
this dilemma be formed is scheme fur their perms-
neat Support, and fixed upon some spot in Africa—
the geoeral land of their ancestors...where. if they
could be conducted under a proper leader, sup-
plied with implements of husbandry. cod provi-
sion, for a time. they might, with a moderate share
of Ilustry, maintsni themselves.
settlers chiefly consisted of these blacks.:
sod men of colour who had served in the laic war,
hid now were starving about ffie streets of London,
gad most have perished there had it hot beeu for a
pubscription of charitable persons.
To form and direct a colony composed of men
of ardent pensions, and whose only lessons had
been stripes and bre barons usage, and whom suf-
fering naturally induced to start with dread from
their fellow-creatures, required a mind and cha-
racter fraught with all the resources which political
knowledge 'old ii,fieitible resolution could supply.
But the scope of human action contained no enter-
prise of danger and difficulty, sanctioned by
Christian pi inciples. which Granvilk Sharp could
be deterred from undertaking.

SCOTLAND.

ocasoow, DUMB!! 28.
About the month of November last year, the in-
ternal carriage of the country was very much re-
duced; the country carriers brought only small
quantities of gods to town, and frequently returned
with less than half lads. It is vilifying to learn,
that this business is considershly improved; and the
carriers in geoeral now leave town well loaded.
ATR. DIMMER 28.
On Monday last five criminals confined in our
gaol were detected in an attempt at prison-break-
ing. On visiting the gaol at the usual hour in the
evening, the gaoler observed their beds broader
than usual. and suspecting something was wrong,
caused them to be removed, when he dirceve►rd,
that, by means of a bar of iron, sawn from the wall
of their cell, they had succeeded in railing some of
the stones underneath their beds, by which they
purposed forcing a passage through the arched roof
of r cellar beneath, and from thence effectiug their
escape.
DUMFRIES, MCSIIIBER 25.
On Wednesday last there was a large quantity
of Pork in Dumfries market; and we understand
the supply is expectee to be still more ample for a
good many weeks to come. About three weeks ago.
Pork was selling as low as 48. 6J. a stone, but on
Wednesday last. and the week preceding, it ex-
perienced a rise of about Is. 2tl. This is a fortu-
nate circumstance for the smaller class of farmers,
with whom pork is a commodity of such import-
ance, that they frequently trust to it as the means
of defraying the heavy end of their tent. There
was also an uncommon supply of Geese and Tur-
keys in the market last week, which sold very low.
Excellent live Geese could be bought for 2s. 6J. ;
and Turkeys fur 3.. and 3s. 641.
A person answering the description of flaggers,
the murderer of our la►e under-gaoler. has it is re-
ported. been apprehended at Chesterfield, iu Der.
by shire.

WARMED TO DIUM/LARDs £MD SAISBATO-
BREA cum-4 "somata in the employ or Mr. J AMES.
Thrup House. Stroud, ou Sunday hot. after ;ceiling
much ititosicated and uttering Many IadITIOMI
cash. ar.il threats that she would du her employer
some injury, is csusequeriCe of his discharging her
the preceding day, for stealing • quantity of cheere
and bacon twat the shop of Mr. FisHER. on her
way home to Nevem te her purpose. fell. and Erse-
toyed her leg ia a shocking manner ; awl there is
every reason to believe she will. this life, retain+
an object of God's just judgineuz.