The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-10-04 00:00:00

PATRIOTIC SOCIETY AT LLOYD':.

This Society, whose zeal for the honour of their
Country, and linerality in rewarding merit, cannot
be too highly praised, have subscribed a Fund that
almost exceeds belief, and voted immense sums,
either to reward the great exploits of such naval or
military chae ners as distinguished themselves, or al-
leviate the st nowt of those families whose nearest
relatives fell in the service of their Country. The
Committee of that Society, wishing to add another
leaf of laurel to the wreath of those they may deem
worthy of their bounty, have lately determined to
have an engraving, with appropriate emblems, in
which is a large rremtle left blank fur the purpose of
inscribing en it the name of any person thee thus dis-
tinguish, with a deleription of the action .:.at led to it.
• The romniiitee apylied to several artists, to fur-
nish them with designs, and many of those mad,
were marked e eh classical taste, and distinguished
by a poetic spirit; but as the persons to whom they
were to be distributed were not in general very high-
ly educated, it was thought that abstruse or deep al-
legory was not appropriate to the purpose, arid they
have accordingly fixed on a design, the leading me-
rit of WI ich is its simplicity, and composed of em•
blems that are not only obvious, but obuueivete every
Englishman.
h is to be called 11 Tit e Roy Aim," and represents
..Pritanni.: with her shield, fee. ,cated on the summit
of a rock in a spirited attitude, grasping in her right
sand a trident, and holding in her eft a breech of
lanrel. A bright ;Ay of light Appears as desceiJiag
on her head, tainted ately over which is inscribed,
"Pairtot4. Fund;" and on one side of the figure are
introduced flags, spears, &c and beneath, the Bri-
tish Lion, with the rose, 'Male, &c. On the other
side is a trophy, composed of warlike instruments.
Beneath is a large mantle, suspended from the to.)
of small pillars, composed in a form similar to the
Romani:ewes, and crowned by the head of a spear.
On this is to be inscribed, in very fine hand-writing,
the name cif the heroic char-sifter who receives any
honourable mark of tail Society's approbation, and
tie immeatte circumstance which induzed them to
distinguish him. To write this, we have been in.
formed that the Society intend to employ such of
the Blue Coat Boy; as write a very fine hand; thus
holding au to them a fair inducement to excel and
qualify themselves for the situations they are intend-
ed to 611. It Was originally proposes! to have print-
ed them on velium, but that being or too hard and
stubborn a texture to take a fine impression from
the copper, the plan wis altered, and they arc to be
printed on the best paper that can be procured.
The Surrey Sessions began on Tuesday at King-
ston upon Thames. T. Evans, Esq. Recorder, in the
Chair. attended by a full and respeaable Bench of
Magistrates. It being the County Day. the Grand
Jury sere tire sweru in, and Cie presentments of
the High Constables, &c. taken and recorded. The
Treasurer of the (*aunty, the Cierl.s of the General
and Subdivision Meetings of the Lieutenancy, and
other Public OrNees of the County, presented their
accounts, whiele with the Lord Lieutenant's letter,
enclosing one from the Secretary of State, on the
subject of putting in execution the General Defence
Aft, and the several returns from the Commanding
Officers of the men now serving in the Militia and
Army of Reserve, for the county, were referred to
an open Committee of the Magistrates, and Deputy
Lieutenants, to conside- and r' eort at the adjourn-
assent. The Prisoners rill be tried this day.
An accident at 'one of the boarding-houses < f
Westminster School, on Sunday, was attended
with serious consequences, and might have been
followed by circumstances much more distressing.
'the son of an Irish Nobleman, who was amusing
himself with a quantity of gun-powder he had pro-
cured, and which he had converted into what is
pyrotechnically called a 'devil,' without being aware
of the effeet of su erreerful an explosion, set fire to it,
and the whole apartment was immediately in a state
of coo flAgration. By the prudence and address of
4= of the young Gentlemen, who entered the room,
e flames were extinguished ; but the adventurous
70, nth, and a companion, who was employed on
his exercise, mid took no part in this dangerous
sport. . were so much injured, as to he placed im-
seeeee rely under the bands of the medical professors
4f the L'ostitution.

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