The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-11-17 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS.

It appear. at length to have been agreed, that the above de-
claration should be stilt to the British Press. " But
would it not be most advisable," they would naturally say,
to insert it in your paper, the Times?" " Oh I no, in God's
name keep it out of our columns ; don't open room for any
further animadversions upon us, we are deep enough in the
mire already ; besides, it will be asked, if it appears in our
Paper, why thm't we at once give up the name of the writer,
which would have made this declaration on your port
r2iNCCI.SS•III.."

This mercenary Journal was quite tight; this would
have been said, and it will be said still, and with a force-
fulness of truth that they cannot elude. Let us now attend
to the equivocal terms in which this declaration is drawn
up. Do the parties deny that any one of their number wrote
the article in question? No. It is important to remark the
guarded ambiguity of the expression which they employ;
they " think it necessary to declare, that they have not
inserted, or been instrumental in inserting, any statement
whatever, in any public journal, relative to Mr. HENRY
FAUNTLEROY, since the loth day of September, except
two paragraphs or letters to which their names have been
affixed and published."

But do they deny that they furnished Me materials from
which the article in the Times, of the 24th of September,
was fabricated? They do not : and their declaration, u
wa before ave.rred, does but strengthen the charge, instead
of repelling it.

IVIly too, since they had broke silence, did they not
extend their declaration, and reply to the questions which
so deeply involved their character, contained in the letter
signed W. in the British Press of the sth instant ? Why,
since they chose to transmit their declaration to us, did
they not include in it a reply to the statements under the
same signature, which appeared in our paper of the 16th
instant ? IVlsy do they shrink by in silence from all allu-
sion to the iniquitous acts distinctly charged upon them
in our Paper of Monday last ?
Why moreover, while they were making a declaration
connected with the imputation of their being privy to the
false and fabricated detail of Mr. FAUNTI xitov's private
life—why did they not—as with truth they could, and as
in justice they ought—bear their testimony to the falsehoods
which the Tim:: had so basely spread abroad?
As to the (I(Th:ration itself, it had better never have been
made. It is open to further remark than we have at pre-
scut time to make upon it ; but the public will not fail to
estimate it at its true worth.

During yesterday the Consols experienced a rise of rather
better than one-eighth in the early part of the clay, which
they fully maintained till the close of the market. South
American Securities, which had suffered a great depression
throughout the preceding day, from the preponderance of
nears, who had tried every artifice to keep them low, even
to the forlorn hope of 'felting at Lloyd's that I turbide was
still alive, shewetl a tendency to rise, on Monday evening
and yesterday morning; but the news of Bolivar's defeat of
('antarac was no sooner whimpered on 'Change, than they
rose upwards of Y per cent., which price they maintained,
though with ens:Actable fluctuations, until the close of
the market. There seems to be no doubt, that in the
course of the we k, when the news comes to be generally
known, they will rise much higher, and maintain their
prices, as the public at large come into the market.
The Frankfort Papers which arrived yesterday arc filled
with false and absurd extracts from the Oriental Sprialor,
wltieh name the Smyrneart Journal, in the Turkish pay,
has again assumed. The Capitan Paella is represented as
preparing to make a second attempt upon Samos, though
we know by the Etude of Sunday, that the Turkish fleet is
destroyed, and that its 110 Admiral has sought refuge in
the Dardanelles, with only two ships.
The following is an extract of a private letter received
from Christiana, dated Oct. 19th :—" The Crown Prince
(who was recently appointed Stadtholdcr of this country),
together with the Prinetss, have returned to Stockholm,
and the former Stadtholder, Count Sarndalls, is to resume
his office in this country."
We have seen a letter from Compeigne, dated the Bth
November, at night, which mentions that the arrival of
Charles X. was anaouneed to the inhabitants by firing of
guns. His Majesty breakfasted at Saint (Nen, and invited
the Prefect, and Sub-Prefects, of Clennont and Compeigne,
to take their places at his table. After breakfast, he
amused himself with shooting in the forest. Ile dined at
seven, and admitted to his table, amongst other distin-
guished personages, the Dukes de Doutleauvillo, Mont-
morency, Reggio, and Grammont, and the Count de Dames.
The Mayor of Senlis, and several ladies of the town and
neighbourhood, were of the party. A great number of the
inhabitants of Compeigne were allowed, according to
custom, to walk round the room while be was at dinner.
It would appear from these facts, that the King pays little
regard to the insinuations of his Ministers, that there is
danger in his exposing himself so much in public.
The new Offices of the Archives of the Crown of France
are completely organized, and will be established at the
Louvre.

The Faculty of Medicine of Paris has been in the habit
of distributing annually, in a solemn sitting. prizes to the
Students who have must distioguished themselves in the
course of their pupillary practice. Difficult and complex
performances are imposed on the candidates, but the pub-
licity of the rewards abundantly requites them for their
labours. One may judge of their astonishment when
they learnt that this year the distribution of the prztniums
would be made privately, under the pretext that such was
the custom in the odier professions. This motive cannot he
reasonably alleged, becaus.• it is very well known that in the
professions of the law, of letters, and of the sciences, they
are not in the habit of giving premiums. Is it then true,
as has been insinuated, that the apprehension of seeit.„;
fresh troubles break out has produced this innovation ?
We hope not. The sentiments of the students arc too well
known to create any fear of the renewal of those scenes
to which they were always strangvra. We abstain from
any reflections on a measure, which, if it be persevered in,
will evidently be the means of crushing all emulation, in
entirely neutralizing the effects of an institution to which
the faculty of medicine owes the greater part of the cele-
brated tnen which it reckons in its ranks.—L'Ariskrque.

•
CAPE hare been favoured with fly fol-
lowing important letter, from a gentleman recently arrived
at Sierra Leone from l'apc Coast :
tit cRIIIA LEONE, A LG. 21.
The war Is at an end, and at Cape Coast there is nothing but
want and misery. Several hare been seen lying in the streets,
faint and dead fmni starvation; and 1 have myself seen poor
wretches lying with the skin deem eta by the bones, and unable
to rise from disease and want. Tile houses are unroofed ; and,
in Met, the whole place in a state of ruin. The Castle is in a sickly
state. Of eleven officers, who tame out lately, seven are either
dead or ill of the fever. They were tine young men—but when
once the fever lays huid of a man there is no hope of recovery.—
I:loreme Coati. r.

Tu► Mayor:tar Stile GateEn.—Although this vessel
has arrived on our own shores, yet the following extract
from the log-book of the Achilles, Valentine, which ar-
rived at nuovilrefrom Davis' Straits, is worth giving :

" ()cr. 20, 1824.—At one, r.st., a boat from the"tiriper came
alongside with a bag, containing despatches fur the Admiralty, at
same time parted company. lat. EA 44. N. and long. 53. 53. W.
Front information received from Captain Lyon. it appears that
while the Griper was lying at anchor in Sir Thomas llowes Wel-
come, in a bard gale, and on a Ice shore, in prevent her from foun-
dering. a great quantity of provisions, in short, everything that
was portable, was thrown overboard. The poor animals of Shet-
land horses which they had earned nut with them were shot, and
likewise thrown overboard. The Griper ultimately escaped, with
loss of all her anchors. The Griper, when these misfortunes betel
hie, wa, within lolly miles of Repulse Bay, where it was proposed
to winter."

We have been informed that General Anderson. of the
East India Company's Service, who HA lately in London,
has bequeathed the bulk of his fortune, amounting to about
70,000 f., for the purpose of establishing two Institutions
in Elgin ; the one fur the reception of indigent native.' of
that country, who are upwards of 53 years of age ; the
other fur the education of pour children.

FASHION/ILN INTELLIGRA CZ.

Lord and body W 174 Dentinek have arrived in town from the
Duke of Portland's seat, Weßieck, Notts.

Lord Francis Gower has left town for his father's (the Marquis
of Stafford) seat at Pulieney.
The flo i. Colonel Grant, ►I.P. has arrived in town from a tour.
Lord Eardley left town yesterday for Brighton.
The lion. Daly Smith has arrived at her house in Piccadilly,
front the Earl of Galloway's seat in Yorkshire.
111 r. and 'dirs. Best arrived yesterday in Lower Grosvenor-street,
from ■ tour.

The Rev. Jame' Ord and family arrived yesterday at Blake's
Hotel, Jennyn-strect, from Hastings.
Miss Lindsey left the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, yester-
day, for ber seat, Kidingron (*cottage, (Oxfordshire.
Arrivals at Tionou's Hotel, Berkeley-square :—Dowager Lady
Vincent, from Plants; the Rev. John Peel and Mrs. Peel, from
their father's seat, in Staffordshire; Mr. and Mrs. Ricliarduw,
from Warwick.

Departures from Read's (ote!, Lower Grossenor-streett—Oeorge
Farrant, Esq., for Rath; Captain /lamer and Henry Ilanmer,
Esq for their seat, Great Brick Hill, Bucks; James Buller, kaq
for I)evonshire.

Sir Brooke Bridges, Bart., and family have arrived at Warns a
Hotel, Conduit-street, from a tour.

Yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock. the Duke of York
held a Levee, u Commander-in-Chief, at his office in the
Horse Guards, which was attended by Lieutenant-Generals
Sir George Aircy, Goldic, and Stevenson ; Major-( merals
Sir Wm. Ilutshinson, Bourke, Mawby, Farmer, and St.
George, and about thirty other military officers.
The Duchess of Kent, the Princess Sophia, the Princess
Victoria, and Princess Fcodore, paid visits yesterday to the
Duchess of Gloucester and Princess Augusta. Sir Henry
llalford attends the Duchess of Gloucester during her
Royal Highness's stay in town.
'Yesterday the Princess Sophia visited the Duke of York.
Prince Leopold left Dresden on the VA instant.
Lord Henry Russell, son of the Duke and Duchess of
Bedford, we arc sorry to state, is much indisposed.
Lord Grenville has arrived in Paris.

CI,ErTI. SHAW, Nov. 13.—Amongst the latest arrivals
are—Earl and Countess Clarendon, Countess Castlestuart,
Countess Nugent, Viscount Deerhurst, Lady Grant, Lady
Ark, Sir Ulysses and Lady Burgh, Sir R. C. Pollock, Ge-
neral and Mrs. Brown, General Burton and family, Colonel
Broughton, Major Rudd, &c.
On Monday afternoon, about eight o'clock, as Major
Crawford, of Piccadilly, was returning to town in his car-
riage, a dark leather trunk, containing a large quantity of
wearing apparel and valuable jewellery, was either lost, or
cut from behind the carriage, on the road between Tooting
and Vauxhall Bridge.
Our readers will ace, among the advertisements, another
petition on behalf of Mr. Faunticroy, which has, we under-
stand, received many signatures. We recommend it to
the public attention.
On Sunday last, when Mr. Cotton, the Ordinary of
:gewgaw, was performing Divine Service in the Chapel,
which was extremely crowded with prisoners, a female
convict, who has been sentenced to die, was dreadfully
affected; she fell into hysterics, and was taken from the
Chapel, but those who remained behind heard her shrieks
for half an hour afterwards. The circumstance was awful
beyond description. Mr. Fauntleroy, and the convicts
'whose cases arc considered desperate. were listening with
I solemn attention to the Ordinary, who was delivering a
sermon calculated to fix the attention of his hearers. The
effect was such that the Ordinary could scarcely pro-
cord. Mr. Fautitleroy covered his face with his hands, and
seemed quite overwhelmed with affliction.
Messrs. Kinnear and Sons have followed the example of
the private Banks, and intimated that they will give only
91 per cent. on deposits.—Glesseme Alper.
A letter from an officer of the 93d Highlanders, dated
Demerara August 26, states that the regiment enjoyed
most excellent health. The 9.2t1 regiment are ordered home
from the West Indies. The mortality in the 16th foot,
since its departure from Ireland, has been most extensive.
C•TIIOLIC ASSOCIATION:Saturday, at three o'clock,
the Great Room of the Catholic Association was filled with
the Members of the Body: Dr. J.. 1. Magee in the chair.
Several letters were read of great interest; one from the
Catholic Primate, the Most Rev. Dr. Curtis, approving of
the Association, and puticularly of the Rent. The learned
Prelate also discussed at some length the question of edu-
cation and proselytism. The reading of the letter was fre-
quently interrupted by the plaudits of the meeting. A
letter was also read from the Earl of Kenmare to the
Association, couched in strong and warm turns of appro-
bation of their proceedings. This letter likewise called
forth the enthusiastic applause of the meeting. A letter
was read from Lord Killeen, incising 5/. toward the Ca-
tholic Rent. Mr. Conway read a letter from Mr. Encas
M'Donnell, stating that Gentleman's acceptance of the
Agency of the Catholic Body in London.
Sir Harcourt Lees, in a letter to the Editor of the Dublin
Morning Vsl, says," that if the present system of govern-
ing Ireland shall be persevered in for eight months longer
(that is until about the llth of July, 11025) you will have
not only a rebellion in Ireland, but what I dare say would
alarm the Protestant subscribers to the Catholic rent,
and the Popish Priests notch more, most probably Sir
Harcourt Lees at the head of the Heretic Government of
this country." _ _

The site for Sir Thomas Picton'a monument is now de-
finitively settled, and a number of labourers are employed
in widening the road near it. The spot fixed upon is the
summit of a hill called Penllwyn-y-witch, about one hun-
dred yards beyond the western extremity of Cc.rmarthen,
on the high road, and which commands an caLnsive pros-
pect in every direction.
Married at Gretna Green, Mr. Joseph Clarke, of Ask-
ham, aged 63, to Miss Hall, cg'd 21. This is the old
Gentleman whose Hight to Gretna we recorded in our last.
Miss Hall was his housekeeper. On Thursday hat the
" loving couple" were re-married at Askham, near L'JW.
titer, by the Key. It. linlmmon ; on which occasion a large
portion of the inhabitants of the village assembled, and se-
cotnpanieJ the bride and bridegroom to their home, with
most obstreperous expressions of joy—a band of music,
ringing of belle, &c.—Corliale
THc Oultuxne Puorrary.—The sale of the great
Ormond(' estates takes place to-morrow, at the Auction
Mart, in London. It is conjectured that half the leading
men from I): rhyshire are already in town, to attend this
sale. It it; recorded of Sutton Hall estate, that Charks
the Second took refuge in that castle. and t;,at Sir Nicholas
Lecke was banished for aiding in the supposed conceal-
ment. In the most retired part of the mansion is a suite
of three rooms, which tradition says were appropriated to
hint, and that food was given to him through a window
constructed for that specific object.
We have again to notice the sale of another estate in
this minty. iVe understand that Halcormo has been pur-
chased by Ciptain Kerr of Carskerilo. The low rate of,
interest thus continues to reduce the lande&propt rtv for
sale in Fife, which was lately very great.—Fps !Irma.
Colonel Iterkeley's hounds had an excellent run on the
Bth, when they found at Withington Won d, and the fox
rail, chiefly against the wind, for two hours and five mi-
nutes, passite, through Cole:lir:time. then leaving Gabe-
end on the at, and netkilig for Cowley-wood, where
was pressed so hard that he could not gain the cover, and
after a circuitous route the dogs ran in upon hint, on
open ground, in gallant style, and killed him near the Se-
ven Springs..

Andrew Preston, a peasant of Scottish extraction, was
the preserver of llitstaviss Van. the deliverer of Sweden
front the tyranny of Christiern the usurp•:r. Preston con-
cealed the royal bey ; and with inviolable fidelity kept
the secret of his birth, until attained the age cf patriotic
action.

On Monday 'alt. two gentlemen from Leith visited the
Falls of the Clyde, and while examining the fall at Stoney-
byres, one of them unfortunately, in order to obtain a near
view, trusted his weight to a rotten branch of a tree, which
giving way, be was precipitated over a precipice of forty
feet high. lie is considered to be in a very dangerous
state.

Whatever might be the low prices paid for weaving, it is
a singular tact, that, notwithstanding the extraordinary in-
crease in the number of loom-shops that have recently been
built in every quarter of our suburbs, it is at present
hardly possible to find one to t. Nome of the proprietors
of loom-shops have hail applications from 40 to 50 weavers
to reserve four and six loom-shops for them, if they had
any to let. Every loom-shop is eagerly taken before it is
hardly begun to build.—Gliigus• Chronicle.