The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-10-23 00:00:00

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Mom the Nam York Commercial Adorenose.]
We were looking the other day at the map of Europe,
and glancing our eye along the coast of that mighty conti-
nent, it realed on the little spot which Englishmen, in their
pride and security, have denominated the "fast-anchors;
lsie." A few reflections, like the glittering streaks of the
morning, shot through our minds, and we looked in alto-
' !fluent and admiration upon the little isle, so insignifi-
in itself, and yet so large in the scale of nations. Our
has been accustomed to frown upon Englishmen
detest their government, and we do now some part of
But the time of this ignorance and this enmity have
passed away, and left the mind free to take in, afid to en-
tertain, without jealousy and without reproach, the idea of
the great resources, the extensive influence, physical, mo-
ral, and intellectual, which have secured everlasting fame
to England end to Englishmen. In contemplating the
wonders embodied in the character of the people, we over-
look the dark spots iu their history, and forget the errors
and crimes of their government. We only see that Eng-
land is our elder-born : that her people speak the rum
language, profess the same faith, arc governed by the same
laws and lave the same interest in the support and pre-
dominance of free institutions, and of civil liberty. Look
at her, girt within a little compass by the stormy ocean ;
in size, to the nations of the Continent, like a drop in the
bucket; in climate, unpropitious; in soil, unfruitful ; and
yet her name is knowii, respected, and has its influence I
wherever cultivated men have penetrated the seas or the I
earth. There is a mental and moral influence, no less than
physical, and indeed were it the latter only, the passage of
a few ages would gradually obliterate her fame, instead of
hallowieg and adding to it. It is a mental superiority, it
is the power of lttters, it is the observation of the principles
of eternal truth, which, More eminently than than tempo-
ral powr or extent of dominion, give prosperity to a nation
and endless glory to her name.

It was reported yesterday that a confidential clerk in
the employ of Mr. Rothschild, had absconded from the
house in l'eris, taking with him property to the amount of
9.0.0001. It is said he got safely on board an American
veusel, and is now on hurillyage to that country.
AZT or rums° A NEWSPAPEK WITH OaICINAL
MATTER.—Pub!ish a letter one mining, as from " An
Attorney," stating that ministers deserve no credit fot their
pretended liberality in repealing the stamp duty on law pro-
ceedings, because, in fact, all the worst and heaviest duties
are, by a shameful juggle, still continued. The next
morning, under another signature, publish a contradiction
to the former statement, and acknowledge that it is only
" calculated to mislead the public :" it might be as well,
perhaps, sometimes to express surprise how so well-in-
formed a journal could be led into such an error. This
course will at leas. answer one useful purpose, it will serve
to fill the columns of the paper with " Original Matter ."
but its utility will not stop there. Those who see only the
first article u ill be filled with admiration at the patriotism,
public spiritedness, and so forth, of the exposition of the
pseudo-liberality of thcm'nisters. Those who see only the
second will be gulled 1 y the compliment paid by the editor
to himself. Those who see both may, to be sure, despise
the trick, but if they are thelaughbred oppositionists they
will be 'dewiest at the d ligence manifested to discover
something to abuse the ministers, and they will see plainly
that it is no fault of the Editor's if he grumbles less than
usual, because the ministers maliciously deprive him of at
pretexts for raising an outcry that the constitution is in
danger. If these instructions be not sufficient, vide the
Times of Thursday and yesterday.
The Bost,n Stutesman, speaking of one of the candidates
for the Presidency, says—"fhe eminent citizen who is
destined to be our next President, was a schoolmaster in
Georgic. Mr. Crawford was the son of poor but respect-
able pt cats, from wl om he inherited no fame, and no
nobility but the nobility of allure,' a strong constitit-
t'cn, a cemtnanding person', and a vigorous trfnel. Mr.
Crawford had nothing but his character, industry, end
hilents, to depend open. Relying on them, and a safe
liancc it has proved, and ever will prove let this country,
till we adopt the corrupt European maxims of policy, and
prefi r family claims to distinction, before those founded
on personal merit, he has risen from poverty and obscurity
sir the htgh, the exalted stilton snitch he now holds in the
estimation of his countrymen."
The plan proposed in Sweden, about two years since, in
a pamphlet, of forming a Societ:•, the object of which
should be to assimilate itself to the ancient simplicity of
manners, has been just put into execution upon the
southern frontiers of the kingdom, where a colony has been
founded under the title of " a name given by
the old Poets to Sweden, and which signifies " Dwelling
of Men ;" and it is placed in opposition to " Gudahem,'
or " &ahem," which means " Abode of the Gods." A
person employed in the management of ecclesiastic affairs,
and nephew to a Swedish Bishop, is at the bead of the
colony, the members of which, having tenounced the affairs
of the world, support themselves by the labour of their
hands, and live upon milk. They have but a single silver
spoon for those strangers who go to visit thou, and who are
received with the greatest hospitality. The colony con-
sists of ten or eleven families, many of whom arc the pos-
sessors of considerable wealth. An officer, the son of one
of the most opulent inhabitants of Stockholm, and distin-
guished for his knowledge and the purity of his morals,
has, at an early period of his life, abandoned the military
profession, for the purpose of attaching himself to the
Society. The ground possessed by the members is pur-
chased for 20 years, and the buildings constructed are com-
pletely in the style of those of the old Goths. Whatever
may be thought of the peculiarity of disposition which
could operate upon the members of this new sect, so far
as to separate them from their fellows, the purity of
their intentions, and the principles they profess, are above
all criticism.

The Court of King's Bench, it is stated, will be moved
to set aside the verdict given at thdhlford against the City
of London, for re-opening Yardlett Creek.

Ltvtar oot, OCT. Vi.—(Extract of a private letter.)—
" We have a vessel arrived this day from Maranham, in
ballast, not being able to procure a cargo, in consequence
of all communication with the interior being stopped."
In the heavy gale of Tuesday sc'nnight, the sloop Ches-
terfield, bound from Yarmouth to Boston with bricks, was
wrecked off' Hunston Point, in so heavy a sea that the
captain and mate escapee! with difficulty, and the cabin
boy was drowned. Mrs. Richardson, wife of Mr. Rich-
ardson. formerly of the Bull-Inn, Pittston, and three of
her children, with whom she was coming into Lincoln-
shire on a visit to her mother at Bennington, went down
with the ship, and unhappily they met a watery grave.

A private Bitting of the Magistrates was held on Satur-
day last, to investigate a circumstance of a most mysteri-
ous nature. It appears that a day or two previous, some
beer purchased at a public-house in tins town produced,
on a small quantity being drunk, an effect which lid to the
suspicion that some ingredient of a poisonous nature had
been mixed with it. What tended to give more probabi-
lity to this suspicion was, the fart of many other persons
having the same evening drunk beer drawn from the same
cask, without experiencing the slightest inconvenience.
The liquor had also totally changed its appearance, having
assumed a gr..enish colour, though it retained the taste of
beer ; it has been given to a chemist for the purpose of be-
ing analyzed. 'l' lie parties examined were the publican.
the person who was affected by the beer, a little girl (his
niece), and a maid-servant ; nothing was elicited to,impli-
Cate any individual, and thns the affair at presedi rests.•
We are in pimessiott of the names of the parties, but ab-
stain from publishing them, ss a further investigation will
probably take place.—BrOton Gaze
Magoon., though containing a population only stout
2.10,00 n souls, is said to F %ilia upon more ground than any
city in Ettrope; aliiitrq (very Palace or Nobleman's house
having a garden, and all wooden houses bring detached,
from the fear of tie.

COPY or Dia I.CTION ON A PARCYI..—'' To the
Ileangrl, in Deal-street. Liverpool, then to goo boy the
Present Cateran mitt Watson at Mr. Slicrbins is
Pleat glass man. factrey Revenlied Neer Present Lanlislicer
With speed Pcrrishble• gcods-- viz. a cheese!

The practice of washing Cot gold in the sand of the Ural
mountains, which was begun some c•ears ago. troth on lands
belonging to the Crown, and the estates of private persona
is continutll with staric.:ss, and is now very pre-dm:tire.

MONUMENTAL COLIIM.V TO COMMEMORA 2
ruts PEACE.

(yall/1 A COILIF.APOMOZNY.)
We understand that the late order to take down the ,
Riding-tehooh with its adjacent buildings, in the Ps,lt, is
conk cted with one of the must wapiti :cm designs in cod
architecture, of which this er any other nation en buesti
It must be known to every fr, quenta of the Park, tha
the site rekrred to presents the finest elevation for a Na-
tional Monument which the me ropulis affords; that it m
the resort of ever/ Foreigner and Englishman of distaff.-
lion ; and that it a situated at an equal distance between
the two greatest thoroughfares in the kingdom, the grand
western road and Oxford-street. On this spot it has been
determined to erect a Column to Commemorate the Peac.,
which has so bountifully shed her many thousand blessings
over the whole civilized world, and to which the united
services of the British Armies, Navies, and Councils, so
essentially contributed.
The proportions, it is said, will equal that unrivalled
monument of art erected by Sir Christopher Wren. Indeed
it was first proposed to take down that column, i:s itreeti
venience, inutility, and danger, having been so universally
and loudly complained of by the citizens, and to re-erect
the with appropriate reliefs, in the r., central, and
corn ngsituatiun referred to. W tide last pro-.
positi will not ultimately be carried, efeet, is not yet
determined. More certain it is, that ofi the site referred
to, it is determined to erect a Column of grand proportions,
with the simple inscription, " Erected to Commemorate
the Peace of. 11415. May it be eternal as this Paha." TI e
bas-reliefs will be emblematical of Peace and tier blessings,
and the whole will be crowned with a colossal ileac of his
present 111;jey.

The IW/in Morning Star, a furious Orange paper, con-
tains the fullowinp paragraph :—" The Catholic /Wain-
tion have become the most important feature in the history
of our country, in this or any other age. A prosperoes
fatality appears to attend their operatives. Let them go
on. Let them give the Legislature no rest from their p.r-
titions and their pretensions. We wish them success,
heartily and sincerely. Why should we oppose ourselves
to their vengeance ?" They must he successful. The Pro-
' testants have abandoned their religion and themselves.
The most glaring aggressions have failed to arouse them to
a sense of their danger."
An Aggregate Meeting of the Catholics of the County
and City of Cork is convened for Tileilday next, " to con.
eider the state of education, as regards the poor therein, and
to adopt measures for counteracting the efforts of various
Societies, which, ender the semblance* of religion vet
charity, are labouring to subvert the Catholic Faith in Ire-
land.' —Dublin Merriffig Post.
We are happy to hear that the arrangements of the
Hibernian Joint Stock Banking Company are completing
rapidly, and that the detnand tor their stock from all parts
of Ireland, has been very great, so that we may shortly
expect that the country at large will soon have the benefits
to be derived from a banking company on the most ap-
proved plen.—Patrief.
It id said that the two most interested parties, the
brewer and distiller, are working for the opening of the
ports for barley. The average is to be drawn from the
ensuing six weeks.—Detlin. Evening Herat!.
CHRIST'S 110SPITAL.The workmen under the direc-
tion of Mr. Souter hare commenced laying the foundation
of a noble hall within the precincts of Christ's Hospital, in
lieu of the old one, which from its dilapidated state is
about to be disused. This magnificent room when com-
pleted will be leg feet in length and 50 in breadth, end is
calculated for the accommodation of 600 scholars.
THIRD Hoe Dix n.—Yesterday the third and last
hop dinner took place at the Fleece Inn, Canterbury.
Many sales were effected, principally bought by one factor,
at prices full as high as last week. Several planters, how-
ever, will not yet sell, inexpectation of higher prices, which,
from the great demand and ready sale experienced by those
who pitched their hops at Wephill fair may reasonably
be expected. It is a little extraordinary, but there has
been no competition this year in our market among the
factors—one buying all one day, and another buying all
the following day. We know that several planters have
taken their temples to London themselves, thinking they
can do quite as well without the middle man.
A very extraordinary advance in the price of iron has
'taken place within a short period, that article haring risen
from 8!. to IN. the ton. A worthy Alderman, whose chief
property lies in mines of this metal, will, it is said, derive
an addition of the immense sum of 90,000!. to his annual
inrome from this cause, provided the increased value is
maintained. The return of iron ore smelted at his works
is eetimat.d at 5,000 tons weekly.

Mr. Rich. Staples. for several years second Clerk at the
Public Office Union Hall, has been appointed Chief (21::rk,
in the room of the late Mr. James Reeves, who held the
situation for the last eighteen years.
The number of paupers in the Liverpool worklicalts
does not at present exceed 900. Eight years acseNhun
the population of the town was not so great as it is now by
.V 0,600, the number of persons in the workhouse was up-
wards of 1700.

In consequence of the heavy rain on Monday and Tues-
day, the 12th and the ISth instant, there was the largest
flood at Melton Mowbray that has been known for th'rteen
years; several houses were two feet deep in water. So
sudden was the rise of the flood, that a man who on hts
way to Leicester fair stopped to bait his horse at an Inn
adjoining the Thorpe Toll-bar, and who sat down in the
kitchen and fell asleep, when he awoke to his great surprise
found that he was itumerstd up to his knees in water.—
Stunifurd Mercury.

'From the Londow NM, Ptict Cerrent.l
0cr0mmt,22,11124.
COTTON.—The Cotton market Mos, in some tocaterr, rico-
vered from the depression of last week: the purchases are ceorly
1,300 bags ; the greater proportion Surat Cotton ; the other t,3
an Hengelo, Pertains, and $ few Smyrna descriptions: the mar.
kit looks more firm, on account of the fawurable reports from
Liverpool, ter.

S(11; .1 IL—The Sugar market has been more steady this wed(
than for come time preceding ; the purchases are more considerable,
and rather higher prices have been obtained. In the Reined mar-
ket them has been a great revival in the demand, and the prices of
low goods have advanced tki. a Is. per cwt.; Lump, are so scarce
that the buyers have been obliged to take the small ; middling
Lumps and Loaves have also been in extensive request. lielassos.
275. a 2.75. fxl. In Foreign Sugars, very few purchases are reported.

COFFEE—The public salesof l'otee this week have gone cfr
steadily ; the British Plantation descriptions at rather higlier
prices t the Foreign rather heirs. and a shade layer ; St. Poulin-
go, MN. attd 695. ; Maud, 661. 6d. and 672. . • Ilavannah„ Ns. and
664.6 d. There were two public sales of Cone this forenoon, con.
sitting of nearly MO milts British Plantation, chiefly ordinary .la.
main descriptions; the whole wunt off without spirit. but no m.
duction in the prices could be stated. et. Domingo, by private
contemn, may be quoted 532. a 595.

RUM. BRANDI'', and 111OLLANDS.—The inqiiirics niter
low Leeward, continue considerable, and the market is &a t; there
is also a mewed demand for she liner descriptions of Jamaica Ruin
for home consumption.—ltrandv is steady, and in rather increasing
demand ; housed, Bd. a Its. }Al,—ln Geneva, there are no pur-
chases reported.

TAMA/W.—There is little alteration Itt the prices of TAnow
the new may to-day be quoted 3as. 33. a 33v. Bd. Accounts ircos
Pctersburgh, stating extensive purchaws of Tallow. suppoved to ho
for London, has damped the market ; the nearest peke of hew Tal-
low this afternoon, 355.

late advance in 01:s is firmly maintained, but there
is hale business doing.
HOPS.—The flop market ecntinues steady ; the Isle prices sew
fully maintained.
INDIaO —The vale at the India House is expected to f .41 ou
:gondol, the prices generally are :14. a rd. per lb. higher ; the
whole iagoing otf with much briskness.
SILK.—The Silk sale hu cloud at Syr Ihtlia House ger.eralty
the prices are 20 to' .5 per cent. higher thaa the Ist sale ; there has
been great briskness in the demand,

FRUIT.—The arrivals of new Malaga continue to be w..,.der.
able, and the same ansiety is shewn to force thrro off; on ‘VeJnes-
day there was a large parcel offered by public auction- also of new
French Plums, Imp:fiats, Prunes, Jordan and ;lied Almonds. and
Faro Figs nearly thtwhole of which appeared to have been Nriagtit
in. The chief donna at present (shirt': is twine/ limited) is. for
common fruit.

TI7RPENTINE.—About 2,000 barrels sough Cave
by the trade at Ike.—Spirits are dull.

RICE.—The demand for Rice ccnuLur ; while Rongat,
15a. ; Carolina, 31a. a 3.1 a.
PIMENTO.—By Public sate ibis forezaaa, X bap
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