The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-05-31 00:00:00

PROXIES.

DEICES. BeS130;;;Ugil
Brandon Derby hl ary borough
I.cinater Spencer Foley
Sussex Jersey Erskine
Grafton Dououghmore Yarborough
Buckingham Blesinion Berwick
Bedford Thanes Grenville
Devonshire Carlisle. Bra) Invoke
Portland. viscousurs. OlastonSu•7
wawitvisEs. Anson Owydyr
Staffonl Granville Hutchinson
Anglesey. Hereford. Carysfbrt.
EARLS. I 0 RM. lIISHOP.
Bristol Le Despencer Rochester.
Mulgrare Domini
Add in second division—hlarquis of Sligo, Earl of Roseberry,
and Lords .Imherst and Somers.

.Ewsrt:a ExsettoNs.—Peer Watson, of Chesterle-
street, Durham, who has so long been engaged in a contest
with the Rev. 11'illi.ttn Nesfield, respecting the payment of
Easter dues, has published a letter, dated Sheffield, May
?oth, in which he states that victory is his own, judgment
having on the l'sttli instant been signed, in the King's
Bench, aeainst his opponent, for default of appearance sc.
plead. This result, which we communicate with great
satisfaction, will give equal pleasure to those persons in thin
neighbourhood who have subscrib...l towards the payment
of the spirited shoemaker's legal expenses, and we hope it
will go far towards putting an end to such o.lious exactions.
by exciting a spirit of resistance when v.2r they a:e attempted
to be enforced.—Manehester Guai
The Ist Battalion of the GOth (or Royal American)
Rifle Corps, is ordered, on the arrival of the 71st (High-
' land Light Infantry) Regiment. in Canada, to embark on
I board the Indian Trader, the Cato. and the Prince of
Orange transports, for conveyance to England.
ACCIDENT Fates inc OCERI reNING CC A "Irar.v.
COACH.—The London and Chichester teach, on its return to the
latter place on tlonday afternoon, was overturned in Petwotth.
when several of the passengers received severe hurts. General
Widdrington had his collar-bone broken. and received several con-
tusions about the head r a lady sustained very serious injury ; Mr.
Florence, surgeon, of Tangmere, hail his leg fractured. 'the ac-
cident is solely attributed to the badness of the roads.—llettepa'tire
Telegraph.
SUDDEN DEATH.—On Sitlird3V morning, as James
Gotta, &soldier belonging to the N 1 battalion Grenadier Guar*,
was walking along King's Head-court, into St. Jai:es'is Park, In
apparent goo 1 health, he was, it is supposed, sudtienly seized with
• the cramp in the stomach. anti after laet.% anti three heavy !igloo.
• dropped down a corpse. The deceased had 'Leen in the regiment
' 21 years, and was much respected by his comrades; he received the
pay ter 23 years' servitude, in cerarquenct of ',Ling one of the
brave heroes who fought under the Duke of Wellington, at the
1 memorable battle of Waterloo.

FISH MARKET, SVIDAY, MAY
Billingsgate market this morning was very scarce of irackarel.
owing to a short supply ; not one boat was up, and but few from
the coast ; some came in from Dover, late, very fine and fresh.
which went ofi' at a high price; seine few were also brought up
from Hastings: indeed, there were no indifferent fish in the ma-.
ket ; in consequence, the itinerant venders were much disappointtd,
land the metropolis for once enjoyed a Sunday void of the diacord-
ant cry of mackerel." One basket of excelled mullets likeais:
reached the market from Darer; the fined were sold to good &41.
vantage. Mackarel (land ear 'ago, front 60s. to We. per 12U;
Mullets, Is. t;d. to h. 66. arch.