The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-11-08 00:00:00

CITY BUSINESS.

A Court of Aldermen was held at Guildhall, on Saurdsy
last, fur the purpose of disposing of the outstanding busi-
sem in the present Mayoralty, which was attended by the
Lord Mayor, sixteen Aldermen, Mr. Sheriff Itothwell and
the City °Meer,.
Several persons were sworn, and others allowed to be ad-
mitted Wolters.

Presentments of sundry nneufrecteien end ninon* bowies
In the Ward of Cripplegate, Far►iogdww.Withoet, mid Lang-
bourn. were made by the inquests of shirk Words, upon
which the Court cave she necessary directions to the Cham-
berlain and City Solicitor.
Lieea►ea were granted to sundry persons to set as Coal
Undertakrrs.

A Gentleman from Ike Office of the Commissioners for
Public Accounts attended with one year's account of the
Orphans' Fund, which was allowed.
A gratuity of Fifty rounds was granted to Mr. John
Nelson, the principal Assi ss sat Water RaiSiff, for his active
and diligent services throughout the Mayoralty, and twenty-
live pounds to Juhn Rough.
A poor woman of the parish of Hayes, was admitted an
Out Pensiiiner of Emanuel Hospital.
The Court after making grants to Officers, and di-
recting payment of sundry Bills, broke up at an ea►ly hoar.

On Friday lost his Grace the Duke of RICH-
MOND, for the fist time i 'we the death of his
father, enjoyed the sporty of the field, shooting iti
the grounds at Goodwood.

Several of the freeholders of Yorkshire intend
presenting Earl FITZWILLIAId with • superb gold
cup, wi h au inscription expressive of the high sense
they entertain of the Noble Earl's independent con-
duct.—/Sunday Paper.)

The Eirl of ALBEMARLE hes written to Lord
SU/MOUTH, requesting to be informed sit what time
it will be moat convenient to the PRINCE REGENT
to grant him ■ closet audience, for the purpo•e of
receiviug the Addrts. of the County of Norfolk.
The High Sheriff of Herefordshire has appointed
a County Meeting for the 12th, to consider the
Manchester transactions. The Requi.ition was
signed by Lord 0170RO, Sir lIARFORD JONES.
Colonel FOLEY, and many persons of large pro-
perty in the cuuuty.

This day according to annual custom, the Right
Hon. the Lord Mayor elect, the Sheriffs, Recorder,
and several Aldermen, attended by the City Mar-
shals, City Officers, &c. will go in procession
from the Mansion-house to Guildhall, where the
new Lord Mayor will be sworn into office with the
accustomed formalities; after which the Lord
Mayor will return in the state carriage to the Man-
sion-house, where a luxurious banquet, technically
termed the " farewell dinner," wilt be provided at
their joint expense, for the Court of Aldermen, eity
officers, Am. To-morrow they will priweed by
water, in the usual state, to Westminster-hall,
where their Lordships will visit the several Law
Courts, to invite the Judges to the grind civic en-
tertainment at Guildhall, according to 1111111/ AI cus-
tom, and return in grand procession to Guildhall.

The writer of the letter to Sir IioaxaT•DMCNDS
(lately alluded to in this Paper), proves to have
been one of the Collegisus ; and he has, fur this
very reprehensible offence, been very properly ex-
pelled from the College.

AFFIDAVIT Fete.—The late Lord Ct.oMtigL,
who never thought of demanding more for an affi-
davit, used to be well satisfisd with a shilling, pro-
vided it was a good one. In his time the War-
wickshire shillings were current, •ud he used the
following precautions to avoid being imposed upon
by taking • bad one :—"s You shall true answer
make to such questions as shall be demanded of
you, touching this affidavit, so help you God ! !
Is this a good shilling F Are the contents of this
affidavit true? is this your some and hand-writing?"

KOI ZEBUS, in the account of his haniphrnetit to
Siberia, so's, that while lie resided at Tobolrk, the
cold io that inhospitable region was sometimes so
intense as to freeze quicksilver, and that the ther-
mometer often fell to 40 degrees helps/ the cipher.
He had seen quicksilver, when frozen, carved with
a 'penknife into small figures, then packed in snow,
and sent a considerable distance.

The County Fire-office and Provident Life-
office are removed to Regent-street, Piccadilly.
Tickets for Lord Mayor's Day.—Those who
have received • Ticket for the civic frstivt•iea, are
also invited to select one fur Furious'• feast. The Lottery
drool; TO-MORROW, and a 20,0301. Prise in the murniag
must he allowed to be a famous shsrpener of the appetite for
the Guildhall &niter. The Scheme contains Kigali of
0,090/., Tan of which are sure to be drawn to the first Five
Missies.—Prineipal C'a lever , MSH, wbo is Purveyor of
Prises extraordinary, at 4, Curiihill, and 9, Charinp•Cruss.

This morning HAZARD and Co. will receive their
Country Agents unsold Tickets and Shares which
they have been under the necessity of ordering back to meet
their Loodon demand, such is the preference their Old
Bslahlishmant —TO-MORROW MORNING, at Eleven
o'Clock, the LOTTERY BEGINS, when the Two First Prises
will be entitled to 20,00(11. each (Money and Consols).—
HAZARD sad Co. sold all the first drawn Capital Prizes in
a former Lottery, and all she Thirtj Thousands in a very
Lottery —HAZARD sled Co.'s 011 ices, 23, Royal
Exchaoge; 26, Cornhill; anti 324, Oxford-street, corner of
Swallow-street.

By the influx of Whole Ticket Cnstomers at
PIDDING'S, No. 1, Cornhill, um opinion seems
afloat that if People buy their IVhole Tickets there, they
moat psrtieipate its that extraordinary Leek which has
chnneterixed the 'hared Tickets, its which's, challenges his
Neighbours to a Comparison; end it will be recollected Mr.
Burrow declared, in the House of Commons, that what P.
said might be relied on; now PODDING *DoerDi that he has
really sold the very last Capital., of which the Public had
every Share, of 20,0001., Tweuty Thomases' Guineas, sad
1,2004 and that the Public have actually t revived the:vslusof
71 *sees out of 72, into which their last Six principal Prizes
were wonder, then, if thus, who sic adventuring
far sons id the 20,1110 f. which oast he decided TO-MOR-
ROW, Lord Mayor's Day, should prefer baying at
PIDDIIIO.I, No. 1, Coralsiii.