The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-12-30 00:00:00

UNICORN.

Among the curiosities soliberally scot by Mr. Ilndgson it •
hirgo suiral horn, said to belong to the Unicorn, and with it draw.
inga of the iiithle by a ll'hotean peasant. The drawings
are sta:;11 to convey the true image of a living animal of the deer
kind. out of the Centre of whore forehead grows • horn of the de.
scripihin transmitted. The animal is described as gregarious, gra.
minororatec and its flesh good to est. Its mime is Chiroo; its
colour bright bay, and its dwelling plate the plains of ll'hote, be.
rend the II Mialayah, and especially the woody tract of country
situated a few days north-west of ISigurche. known to the natives
by the name of Changibing. The testimony of the poor ll'hoteans,
whom trade and religion bring down annually to Nepaul, appears
to be uailorm respecting the existence of this animal ; but they
hesitate about procuring it, though urged by • promise of a liberal
reward. They declare that the Chiroo is too large and fierce to be
taken alive, or to fall under their simple weapons; but they some-
times find the horns, naturally shed by the living, or remaining
after the deray of the dead animal. These horns they dedicate to
their divinic les, and the one obtained by Mr. Hodgson was brought
to listmandoo to be suspended in the Wink* ulthe Temple of
Sumb'hood Ness h.

LIVERPOOL. AND MANCHESTER RAIL-ROAD: We are
informed that shares in this concern meat 100 guineas pre-
mium each, contingent upon the passing of the Bill in the
next Session of Parliament, of which there seems little or
no doubt, as it is said that every landowner on the line has
given his consent.—Birmineenn Chmniele.
A short time ago, as a servant of Mr. Walkden, jun.
of Barton-upon-Humber, was bringing home a two-year-
old colt, in the neighbourhood of Lincoln, he overtook a
man who complained of being tired, and entreated bard for
a ride, which the groom kindly acceded to, and dismounted
for the purpose: the stranger, however, had only gone a
short distance alongside him, when be turned the horse
about and rode oft' full speed on the London road. The
groom, astonished at this audacious act, followed with all
the spree, he could ; but the villain was soon out of sight.
On being hotly pursued, he quitted the colt, fairly knocked
up, in the neighbourhood of Sleaford, and succeeded in
making his escape.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—The following melancholy
accident occurred here (Dublin), about twelve o'clock on
Christmas-day. The hat of a person passing over Whit-
worth-bridge, near the Four Courts, was blown into the
river. lieu:feted a reward to any one that would get it
for him ; when two young men, of the names of Porter and
Reilly, the former a shoemaker, the latter a quill-dresser,
got into a yawl for the purpose of recovering it. which they
did ; but the boat was drifted by the force of the tide down
to Carlisle-bridge. There they succeeded in getting the
end of the painter, or bow-rope, on shore, and several
persons drew the boat up the river, nearly to the place
from whence she was first taken. Here a young man of
the name Kearney, a shoemaker, whose father, a poor
fisherman, owned the boat, induced Reilly to leave her,
and get in himself with Potter; Reilly taking his place at
the rope on 'bore, where, whilst he and others were drag-
ging the boat, the rope suddenly broke with such force,
that the boat went partly down by the bow, end precipi-
tated Kearney into the river, upon which Reilly plunged
into the otter to save Kearney, when Porter jumped out
of the boa:, thinking to take hold of Reilly, thereby to
save himself; but Reilly perceiving his own (Linger, swam
to allow, and was taken up. Meantime Kearney's father,
an aged man, plunged in to save his son, but his efforts
were inefrestnal. Ile le mite weak and exhausted ; still
he would not take hold of a rope thrown to him from the
quay, until the people cried out, to drc.ive him, that his
son was safe. He then took hold of the rope, and was
dragged up the wall. The boat drifted ngam down the
river, to where the oyster boats lie at Carlisle-bridge, at
which place, about two o'clock, she was stopped; when it
was found that Kearney had twisted the painter round his
wrist, and his body thus remained suspended from the
boat, which, if known in time, it is theught he could have
been saved. The holly was brought to the Dispensary in
Fleet-street, where Doctors M'Carthy and Purcell, and
Sargceus Keem and Thorne, exerted theinselna to restore
animation, sided by the scientific skill of Monsieur Simon,
who applied his galvanic apparatus, but the vital spark was
extinct. The body of Potter has not yet been found.—
Dubb'a ,Wrninz
Ii A 7..•.:1D and Co. inform the Public, that at nine o clock
To-morrow .dousing the Lottery begins drawing, mid will
Ito entirely f ?tithed the same day, when Two Prizes of
Thirty Thousand Pouittle, and all the other Prizes, and
every Ticket, must lw drawn, and all decided. Hazard
and *Co. have a variety of numbers on sale, at their off ces,
where in the last two months have been sold Prises of
e.OOO/. and 80,0001. Royal Exchange Gate, ito, Corn-
hill. and 324, Oxfurd-street, entl of Regent-street.
The Ticket, No. 5,301, drawn on the 16th December a
Prize of' .20,0001. was roll in one half and eight mitteenth
shares, by RICHARDSON, GOOLLUCI. and l'n. Stiak-
bru!cers. at their office, 104, Bank-building',-building',
The holders of the Ames may receive their money on
demand. State of the Wheel—
Prizes of - - - .C 30.000

..
2 - - . -1,01 K)
2 - - - - - :40
10 - . . . . WO
&c. &c. :ma must ho drawn To-morrow. A great variety
of Numbers (warranted undrawn) arc nn sale at Richard-
son. Coallurk. and Co.'s o!fi,v, No. 10 t, corner of Bank-
traildina. C..:rehill.

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