The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-08-04 00:00:00

DEATHS.

On Friday last, in Park-street, Grosvenor-square, Mrs.
Elisabeth Begot, fiftb daughter of Sir W. W. Bagui, Bart_
of Blit'afield, in the county of Stafford. She was *irate to
the late, and aunt to the present Lord flagut.
On the 19th alt. at his mansi .... , Tritiple Druid, Pem-
brokeshire, South Wales, Henry Bulkelry, F.eq. one of
Majesty's Justices of the Peace fur the county 43f Pembroke.
He had resided many years at Caleutte, in the East Indies.
OD Wednesday afternoon, in Lower-street, Islington, Mrs.
Whitmore, the wife of a respectable carpenter residing its
that street, whilst standing at her own door, looking with
others at the balloon, which lied just ascended from the Bel-
vedere, dropped suddenly down and expired immediately.

HIGH WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON BRIDGE.
!Horning 35 after 5. I Event*/ 63 slier 5.

MOST respectfully submitted to the Public
the extremely severe case of Mr THOMAS CHAP-
MAN, late of Soutbwark.—Nearly thirty years ago he
discovered and invented the means of making the Fnr of the
South Sea Seal-skins available to our marinfacturers. Pre-
vious to this important discovery, the valuable Fur now
obtained from tie seal by his invention, was made no use of
other than for manure for the laud. The Fur 84'81-akin.
were of so little value, as scarcely to be worth the freiebt
of the ship. They were chiefly mild to site tanners, at from
four-pence to two shillings each ; they have since been mild
at 21. and upwards per skin, and their Fur at eighty shil-
lings per pound weight. Immense quantities of Seal Fur
are yearly manufactured stud worktd up into hats, shawls,
and cloth of great value. Numerous nod various articles of
ornamental mad comfortable cluthiviz are also nsannfact tired
from it; mud it is calculated, that from fifty In one hundred
thousand Fur Scal-skins have, on average, been annually
imported and worked op wince the time their Fur was by
Mr. Chapman first made available. Not having the menus
iu his power. when be made this important discovery., of
securing it to himself, was the cause of his failure and
preseut distress. 'the public bath already benefited by it
to a great amount.
The friends of the above tneriturions but truly unfor•
Witte individual, hale deemed it advisable to solicit
PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION, in the Wire of raising a fund
that may, in some degree, aileville hi, sufferings. Through
severe illness and totavoirlaide misfortunes, he bath for
some years been utterly without the means Of being able to
carry on the business he invented, established, and brought
into general use.—Advanced age, and the great affliction
uccasioued by a severe ilseumatie complaint, which oftc,
tontines him for two or three wombs It a time, is th.•
of so much weakness, that he :A rendered almost toitti o,
unable to pursue any btfsitael h that will provide the oo
of existence. Thus be, who, by an ingenious and sigtifot
discovery, hath been the cause of giving daily brad to
thousands, who are employed in an entire new n3anuforturi
in various laranehrs,%hich also nu:axioms onmerons
and seamen to be employed—who traverse the most remote
parts of the South Sr as its search of Fur Seals, discovering-
many new and valuable talauds is himself, at au adi &acid
age, destitute of support.
Subscriptions will be thankfully received at Messrs. He—
ries, Farqnhar, and Co. Hankers, St James's-street; and
at Messrs. Snow and Paul, Bankers, 217, Strand,
The Hon. and Right Rev. laird Bishop of
Durham

The Right Hou Frederick Ro',iwo.,n, Presided of
the Board of Trade
The Right Hon. the Earl of Pembroke 5 0 0
5 ii 0
Earl of Mansfield
•
Lord Dartmouth..
0 0
John Julius Angeraiess, Esq. 5 0 0
5
Henry Philip Hope, Eel.

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