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

A SLAP AT SLOP.

Mr. Hone's long promised political squib, under the above
title, has at length made its appearance, and an exquisite
morceau it will be found. It is in the form of an ordinary
newspaper. Its contents cousist uf an amazing weather and
variety of parodies on every species of article usually found
in a daily paper, incisding advertisements, puffs, and para-
graphs of every descriptiou, poetry, biography, literary
essays, and every other description of fugitive composition.
Many of these are illustrated and embellished with wood-
cuts of humorous and satirical caricature designs from
drawings by Mr. Crnikaiiank, and are worthy of his fame. Of
these some idea may be formed (rum the following description
of some of the principal ones:—" The Damnable A *social ion,
or the Infernal Inquisition of Blackfriars. An interior
view of the Den in Bridge-si►eet, milk the Gang at work."
Tine print is divided into three compartments: one presenting
• view of an auto da
.fe, or a burnt offering, to the power
and influence of the Crows, of such political publicatious
as have excited the particular attention of a certain society,
in which its leading sabseribets ante officers are represented
as assisting; a second exhibits three of the most zealous
agents of the Society busily engaged in the destruc-
tion of a printing prep; and the third pourtrays Li-
berty suspended and Truth on the rack. Another draw-
ing, prefixed to a parody on Southey's Vision of Judg-
ment, represents the apotheosis of a remarkable per-
sonage as Apollo, grotesquely striking • lyre, and rest-
log in his elevatiou on one toe, pointed upon the erect
wooden limb of a certain officer of the Bridge-street Amu-
eistion, who has fallen backwards iuto a slop pail. Before
this figure is the poet, habited as a Court fool, with a
bull of sack suspended from his neck as as organ, and
singing " Apollo', Praise." A third drawing called "Jack
is the Green" is a caricature of a recent gorgeous ceremony,
which is represented as a May-day dance of chimney sweep-
ers round the "Jack is the Green," the parts being sus-
tained by the principal personages who assisted at the
ceremonial. There sue also several smaller ones of which
it will suffice to mention—" The New Indian Juggler"—
a great Captain forcing his sword down the throat of
Britannia. " The 10th, or King's Own"—Bisbops iu full
canonicals, accoutred and mounted en fancier, ire. Sm.

Yesterday the Duke of WELLINGTON left town
for the Continent, in order to iospeet the whole of
the new fortifications constructed and carrying on
throughout the Netherlands. His Grace will visit
Paris previous to his return.
The Royal Academicians have determined to
form a collection of the finest works of the old mas-
ters, which are to be placed in the painting-room
of the Royal Academy for the improvement of the
students.

The extraordinary and accomplished Polish
dwarf. Count Bouw Lust, is still living, and is
now in the 83d year of his age. fie resides io ■
nest cottage near Durham, for which he is in-
debted to the Prince Bishop of that diocese, en-
joys au annuity of about 300/. a year, and is
frequently a promeuader through the streets of that
city.

VAUXHALL.—The splendid Masquerade which
will take place on Monday next at these Gardens,
has caused as unusual aensatioa among all ranks of people,
ou many years having elapsed since any thing of the sort has
occurred (except the one on the 23d of last month, and then
the weather was vatevoarabie), that the bustle for dresses
and tickets is actually unprecedented is all the annals of
masquerading. It is also a fact that the principal printsel-
lees at the west end of the tows have not bad a port-folio con-
taiaing costume is their houses one boar for this week past.
We bate already heard of several hundreds of most whimsi-
cal characters that are to appear there, but we shall avoid
noticing them until after the fete.
The Papers contain contradictory accounts of the
Vice-Regal Lodge in the Phoenix I'ark, near Dub-
lin. Some assert it is made of brick, others of
stone. The following extract from Whilelaw's
History of Dublin may set the question at rest :
"The Vice. Regal Lodge was originally built by Mr.
Clements, from whom it was purchased. It was a plain
structure of brick. In 1802, Lord Hardwicke made the
first important improvement, by adding the wings, in uue
of which is the great dining-ball. In 1808, the Duke of
Richmond added the north portico, a structure of the
Doric order, end the lodges by which the demesne is entered
on the side of Dublin. But the must strikiug addition to
the building is the north front, added by Lord Whitworth.
This is ornamented with a pediment, supported by four
Jessie pillars of Purtlaad *tone, from a details of Jolinsoes.
The whole facade has been new faced to torreepond with the
portico, Bud it now steads a fair architectural °raiment iu
the Pak--a residence befittiNg a Viceroy.

The temperature of the air was one degree lower
on the longest day of 1841, in London, thau on
the shortest dry of the preceding year.

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•'1 Itt 1,"1/
TO THE IDIITIR OP THE DRiiTSFI PRESS.

ale—A Wolin of greater importance to the pure iiinti-
nistratiost of Justine has seldom spurned than the retest
prosecution of Britton, Joneadual Mason, three officers, at
Hicks's-hall, convicted of conspiracy, in extorting money from
tee peter women. firs. Hewlett and Mrs. Hutton, under se
engagetnent to withhold evidence against their sous, and to
get the bills throws lint before the Grind Jury, and *pen
whose evidence these officers, with another, were easvislai
and transported. The offence cannot he teener describmlase
lo the emphatical language of Mr. Comet, the Cheiruse
of the Session, in summing up the evidence. As deism
(he observed) of the greatest enormity, as it leaded to de.
feet the ends of justice, by falsely accusing the innocent, or
of sereeniag the guilty by a corrupt bribe. Their simmer'sl
practices have been carried ou to a great extent, some
instances have come within my knowledge, and it is
in contemplation to institute similar prosecatioas. From
the poverty, and one* the ignorance of the persons, upon
whom thine extortions are committed, the public most
he aware .of the difficulty of detection and prosecution.
Knowing the character and situation of the above poor
women, and all the circumstances of the case, 1 have miller-
taken to receive subscriptions to reimburse them the loss
they sustained, sod also the expense of the prosecution, and
under the peculiar and distressing circumstances of the ease,
allow me to state, through the medium of your Journal, that
these pour women had pawned their clothes, and one of them
her bed, to raise the money extorted by the said officers, and
they were unable to proceed with the indictment when Mr.
Burgess kindly advanced the money out of lon pocket ; in-
deed Mrs. Hewlett, had not • bed to sleep ou when she
attended the Sessions, and such has been her distress that I
have found it necessary recently to advance a trifling sem
for her present necessities. I entertain no doubt but the
public, feeliag the importance of the above prosecution, and
the distress of these poor women, will cheerfully contribute
small stains fur the purpose of relieving them and debit, tug
the expenses.
1 am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
. ROBERT WAI fHMAN.
Bridge street, August 3, 11121.

LETTER
FROM A GENTLEMAN IN EGYPT, TO HIS FRIEND

1N LAN•RKSHIRN.
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" Grand Cairo, May 19.
" DIAZ Rte—Your letters were all received. The
pestilence that walketh in darkness carries off its daily vic-
tims. We are, in abort, surrounded hr plaque! My ser-
vant has just been tarried to the boapital ; and, alas! nine
of the inhabitants of the court-yard contiguous to my house
have gone to their long home ! In the one adjoining 21 have
also been carried off—all Europeans !
" All who lived in the ground door were swept away'
The Lord deliver us ! A man here must be prepa►ed for •
short summons. Poor Mr. Williamson, the English Clergy-
man at Smyrna, is gone!
" Pbe Greek movement for emancipation, it would ap-
pear, will only have the effect of briuging greater troubles un
that devoted race. At Constantinople heads are dying off,
and I fear the Mussulmen will be further irr i r nerd by the
arming of the Greek marine, and their depredations on
Turkish vessels, and all the poor helpless Gaeta within
reach of the Turks will be sacrificed. Here, thank God !
we are quiet. Our Pacha, as usual, thinks of the main
armee. It is said his arms have extruded to Sraaar.

" You will recollect Cltupatra's Needle, near Alexandria.
It has been surveyed by British engineers over and over
again, and it remains to be seen what those in authority in
England will deride respecting it.
" Belzoni's book has arrived beer.
" Thank you a merciful God for the hair-breadth
escapes which you made wham here and at Palestine, from
that dreadful scourge the plague, and other diseases.
" I send this by a mural transport from Alexandria,
where the plague also rages. It carries borne • fine collec-
tion of Egyptian antiquities for the London Museum."

THE TURF.
MA DDINGTON RACES (Cc:ticLomb.)

WION lUDAY. JIMOVIT 1.
Fifty Pounds—Heats, the Mew Course and distance.
Mr. Minds's. Chef dlEuvre, by Ruben., 5 yrs. 9st 1 1
Mr. Higges Trance, 4 yrs old, 8.1. 9lb 3 2
Mr. Fargobarson's Garet, aged, 8.1. 12Ib

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