The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-10-19 00:00:00

MISS FOOTE AND Mil. HAYNE.

We are desired to state, in reply to the letter of Mr.
Hsync, given in our last, that proposals of marriage to
Miss Foote were made by him after he was in full pos-
session of the circnmstancvs so indelicately alluded to by
him in that letter ; and to express a hope, that the public
will not form any opinion of Miss Foote, from the language
or tenor of Mr. Ilayne's letter, but suspend their judg-
ment until the truth has been manifested in a Court of
Justice.

In allusion to the abovementioned letter of Mr. Bayne, a
Sunday Paper remarks :
" As it appears from this letter that Colonel Berkeley made a
confession of his amours with Miss Foote to Mr. Bayne, and as
this conduct may not seem exactly consistent with the laws of gal-
Loney, some explanation may be necessary. Miss Foote, we tin.
derstand, had a tiff with the Colonel, and set off for Marlborough,
in the neighbourhood of which place MT. Mayne has a country seat.
From hence she despatched a note to Mr. Bayne, who lost no time
to wait upon her. I low she accounted to him for this unexpected
visit, or what was its precise object, we do not know This step,
however, soon became known to Colonel Berkeley, who, conceiving
that Mr. Bayne was going t. take his girl from him, found him-
self, as a man who had a 'ly by her, bound In duty to make
some arrangement for it. He accordingly sent a friend to Mr.
Ilayne ; who, in return, chose another foe himself, and a meeting
took place, at which Me. Ilayne was requested to have no inter.
course with the lady, until an arrangement for the future provision
of the children was completed. The nature of ber connexion with
Colonel Berkeley became thus necessarily exposed at the meeting.
The Colonel could not have supposed that a marriage with Mr.
Bayne was in her contemplation. We have learned a good deal on
this subject, which it would, under the present circumstances, be
improper to publish. Mr. Hayne is a young gentleman of a gt.
nerous disposition, not yet 22 years of age, and possessed of a large
fortune, principally %Vest India property."
Alias Foote, we understand, is at present in London. A
Brighton paper says, she left that place on IVeduesday,
for Dieppe.

The part of Old Dornins, in the comedy of The Road
In Ruin, was originally written by llolcroft for Quick, at
that time in the zenith of his popularity, and during the
early rehearsals of the play, Quick studied and performed the
character. The part of Say was written for Mundell, whose
popularity was then rapidly increasing. In the progress of the
rehearsal, Quick became dissatisfied with his character, and
positively refused to act in the play, unless Munden, who
had most assiduously studied Silty, gave that character
up to Quick, and consented to play Old Durnton him-
slf ; after much entreaty, Munden consented, to the ex-
change. The original Sully was l)ick IVilson, Geo. Hol-
man played Ifarry Dnrnt,,n, and the much-regretted Lewis
was the original Goffyineh.
A late celebrated comedian, who was frequently involved
in pecuniary difficulties, once asked a manager of one of
the Theatres Royal, remarkable for his sarcastic replies,
what he should take for his benAlt. " Take (replied the
manager), why take the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors'
Act, to be sure."
Mr. Green, the aeronaut, intended to have made an
aerial ascension on Saturday afternoon, from the Portsca
lines; but the wind blowing rather fresh from the north-
ward, he was, we suppose, tearful of being wafted across
the British channel, as he did not perform his promise to
the public. A vast multitude of disappointed persona dis-
persed, after being c.mgregated three hours.
A premium of 300/. offered by the Lords of the Ad-
miralty for the best chronometer, is awarded to Mr. Murray,
of Cornhill, who made one which did not vary in its mean
daily rate more than one second eleven hundred parts of a
second for one year.
AIEDICAI. PROPERTIES or TAR AND PITCII.—Tar is
stimulant, diuretic, and sudorific ; and externally detergent.
As an external application it has been found beneficial in
porrigo scutulata, foul ulcers, and some other cutaneous
diseases. The resins and Burgundy pitch arc adapted for
external use only; the former entering into the composi-
tion of some ointments and plasters, the latter being used
as a raelissient plaster. It excites some degree of inflam-
mation, and a serious exudation from the part over which
it is applied, without rising the cuticle. It is used in cases
of catarrh, rrtussis, and dyspncea ; and seems to be
chiefly servic:able from the length of time its action can be
continued.—Medieal Adriser.
We understand that a statement that appeared a few days
since respecting a journeyman named Dry, in the employ
of Mr. Morley, a painter and glazier in extensive business
in London-street, Greenwich, having fallen into
a pan of
boiling lead, by which accident he lost his life, is entirely
without foundation.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

MAXIMS OF THE MALAYS.

1. This world may be compared to a putrid amass, and
every one that immoderately seeks to possess its riches, to
the dog feeding upon it.
2. This world is the heaven of infidels ; a prison to the
faithful ; a garden to the contemplative ; and a place of
pleasure to the unbelievers.
S. This world is like a fair but inconstant woman ; you
mud not be enrapiured with a sight of her beauty ; it
will make you unmindful of the Lord, for she will assured-
ly inflame your passions.
4. This world is well compared to a field ; but of this
you may be certain, what you sow here you will reap in
eternit y.
S. The pleasures of this world are like a man burning
paper, it affords light, but as soon as the paper is burnt, it
becomes dark. Seek, therefore, the pleasures of eternity,
fur they are unfading.