The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-11-20 00:00:00

MILDNESS OP THE SEASON.

The milJsess of the weather. so 'sear the commencement
of the 'rioter quarter, Is as observation very aeserilly made.
Many are the instances of fruit and lowers brims yet is bloom,
particularly apple trees.
At Goodwood • rook is near botching her eggs, three is
on which she bas closely sat rinriag the last week.
This awl be regarded as • moat snagular case.

Twelve pears, weighing together tittlis. were gathered from
a tree in Die garden of Mrs. Hurstisof Kingston, near Lewes,
a few days ago.
There is at present a bed of primroses is the garden of
W. T. Denison, Esq. of Herstaaunceaux, in foil dower, and
as fr3grant as to spring.

The Duke or NORTHUMBERLAND is entertain-
ing a party of dnitingaished visitors at In• stet,
Alnarick Castle, North►unberland.
Lord finchastu entertained the. Marquis of
LANSDoWN and A select party at dinner yesterday
st Holland !louse.

We learn horn Naples, that hie Majesty's ►hip
Rochfort arrived there oti the i7til nit. trims Malta.
Admiral Sir GRAHAM MOORE'S Lady intends to
pis the winter at Naples.

The Ertl of Moutcr-Eoccusvott has written a
letter to one of the lending gesitlemeo iu Cornwall,
stating, that the question 'roper-film the Firliuonth
packets is set at rest. " I una," says his
"just returned from the Treasury, where I have
Iratnt that the packets are to he placed under the
llosrd of Admit-sky, but they are soot to be removed
Post Falmouth." A friend uf ours has area this
Liter, so that we consider the pocket question
finally sett led.—(Exeter Gazette.)
BRISKNESS OF TRADE.—During the last quar-
ter, the return of woollen cloth milled in the va.
nous districts of the %Vest Rating of York, exceeds
the return of any former quarter within the memory
of man.

GLASGOW, Noy. 15 —This day Sir J&wcs
MACilicrOsti. was elected Lord Rector of
our
4oil verrity fur the eintuing year. Mr. JEFFREY
".,,peared in his place as late Lord Rector. and made
Is speech in which lie gave his reasons for voting, fur
Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH in preffrence to Sir %VAL-.
TER SCOTT, who had also been put in nomination.
We find that Alir accounts which had reached ua
Of the treatment of Mr. BOWRINO in prison. had
something ui thei, trini.iiii,..lolll.efore reach-
itt; tig, and or ita•lril to COrfrirt t hem. The compu-
rnuu to him was not, strictly speaking, a
murderer, hut a butcher who hail heel' convicted
of manslaughter, and causing the death of three in-
dividuals. fie was shut up in the cell with the
masse of C tinusuls, and he might certainly
ii•re tared worse iu this resoect than lie dud. An.
,ether letter-carrier way lint be so fortunate.—
(Evening Paper.)
FATAL OCCURRENCE —On Monday all inquest
*as held before JAMES EVANS. Esq. Coroner, at
Chepstow, on the body of JOHN lluwet, the son
of creditable persona in that town, who was found
drowned on the bank• of the Wye, opposite the
Alcove, in Piercefield Walks. Alter the examina-
tion of the body. sufficient mourns appearing to
;astir), an adjournment, the inquiry was resumed
mi Wednesday morning; but after the 'strictest exa.
ruination of several perwils, the verdict of the Jury
*as delivered—Fonad lirovetaed. No trace what.
ever appeared in evidence to prove that the deceased
committed the act himself, as hr was on the best of
trims with his relstivrs and his employer, so that
the cause leading 10 the awful ereut leutaius veiled
to Illyittly.