The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-09-25 00:00:00

The cider harvest, now comMencime, will &diet
the most bounteous that has hien known for many
• yeses. All the cider potteds in the neighbourhood
of Plymouth sue corning into full request, and such
we understand to he the case throughout the county
of Devon. Nothing can be more cheering than
these pleasing facts in a county where the commo-
dity in question is such a general family requisite,
=alto its article of sole in distant parts, pirtictilerly
the metropolis.—(launtoa Courier.)
Pftieret.e.-:-Eve, say the Bobbins, is derived
from a word, whiCh. signifies prank. The first
woman took this same for the following reason :
Whets GOD hod.creited the world, be threw down
from Ileaeen twelve baskets filled with prattle ; the
woman picked up aisle of them whilst her !Husband
had hardly time to collect the other three.
A mom shock of an earthquake was distiuctly
felt at Duarstencnear Newcastle, between one and
two in %Tie morning of Wednesday belt, accompa.
nice! by u loud noise resembling distant thunder.
Several of ihe inhabitants of the village were
awaked from their slumbers, and much alarm-
ed by the circumstance of the chairs, tildes, and
other furniture io their houses being removed ; and
in one house the head of the clock-case was thrown
down by the violence of the colicassiou.—(Derheet
Cl'i ()nide.)
THE JOHN BULL:—This jonered i few weeks
age insetted a slanderous falseboad respecting, Mr.
Fine PALMER. M.P. for Reading. which has been
&unwired as such by the persons asserted to be ca-
pable of proving its truth. In an article Which up-
peered in the Aka Bull of last Stinday, the follow.
ing rieritenee occurred, in reference to an effort al.
leged toltaiee teen made by • young lady of Read.
jog to get up a contradiction to their falsehood re.
garding Mr. Peewee We mention no names;
•rid this is a batter of indulgence towards the re.
reele politicians of Reading ; for, if we are not mis-
taken, some belie lest March the patriotic ladies of
that toilets and nriehbourhood visited the woman
who held the cap of liberty at Hewes Manchester
Meeting; In Reading gaol, to which she had beet
committed about that time as • common vagrant."
This extract we insert for the purpose of saying
Chet it is entirely and absolutely false ; and that it
should nut have been known to be so by the writer
is next to impossible. The only woman who ern
be referred to as 'leaving carried • cap of liberty
at the Maricliester meeting is Mrs. FILDEII, who
rude on the dickey of Mr. I:WIT'S carriage ; and
not only has she not been committed to nay gaol as
a suerant, but she is us little likely to be so at
the Editor of the .luha Bull himself. She is now,
and hes beets continually since the 16th of August,
1819, living its this town. We certainly do not pro.
fess to admire the taste which iodated Mrs. FILDES
to assume the station she did du that Decision ; but
as there may be persons who would hive believed
the assertion of the John Ball, .if it had not
been contradicted, we have thought it a duty to
eahihit that journal hi the light of one which, having
just been caught in one falsehood, invents another
for the purpose of mitigating, by its ctureucy. the
disgrace of the previous detection.—(Manchester
Guardian.)
It must gratify every friend to the progress of
human reseed to learn; trial netwithstundiug the
&Scalars so long considered inattperable, a glori-
ous change is effectpig in British India. The free
press of Calcutta has operated most powerfully in
reforming the moat inveterate and revolting abuser.
The effect of seven native parses at work in INK
great city has been to triumph over libido° super-
stition iu its strong hold. During the last festival
of Jagernaut there were so few pilgrims present that
they were unable to drag the car. The &Amin,
called in other aid, but no devotee could be
persuaded to sacrifice himself to the !ski They
lk of ing the R.llll to a more central
iiiesthood haresagacity enough
must remove the theatre of
perstition beyond the sphere of
t the bigotry of thirty centuries
the glory of our liehan admi-
mien of the population of Ben-
te rudiments of au improved
while thousands of elementary
ring throughout otir empire. Even
aunt whom widowhood,aod con.
7r, are denounced for learning
who must not read the Veda,
have placed their daughters at

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1110mlay (easiest, abort six o'clock, a moist ntelaneho/y
.occurriiiee took pier-ens the Broadway, Westminster, and
two remake, we are sorry to say, were killed. By inquiry on
the mot, we learned the following particular, ss-The horse
of Mr. Fox, • grocer in the Broadway, was about to undergo
■ repel► is frost, and for that purpohe scallolds were oa
Monday erected. There were two large poles more than
were necessary, and Mr. Masters, jun , the builder, said
that they should not be sent home, hut he would have them
lashed to the pole. already Axed. M►. Masters ordered the
mew to piste thews by she side of the scaffolding, sod him-
self went up to the lop fibroid, Is tie them with ropes;
whilst so doing, Ike ropes slipped and he fell blckwards,
■nd narrowly *seeped being p►ecipitated to the growled and
being dashed to ►ieces. The mown. She ropes gave way, the
poles fell, and Mrs. Bishop, a married women far advanced
in pregnancy, and Miss Aldred, she danghler of Mr. A.,
p plumber is Darre.streel, Westminster, who were passing
by, were both struck by the poles. They fell 'span the
gronsid I. a state of i ibility, both sadly Injured about
fbe bead bird heck. They were couveyed to the Westminster
lailrmary. • Due of them died the moment she arrived, and
the other soon aiferwards. Several persons passing at the
moment very narrowly escaped. Miss Aldred was a very
interesting young Hamner, and she grief occasioned by the
fatal eireosastaace to he► family is scarcely to be conc.-teed.
Mrs. Bishop has left one child, and her hosband on bearing
of her death was in a stale of i salable grief. The in.
quest will sit us t►e bodies this day.

The Funds are still recnatkably steady, and but
Very little doing: Canada for Money, 8481 OIL;
for Account, Ali ; New 4 per Cents. 10011; India
Bonds, 47 49 ;sr.; Exchequer Bilk, 2 to 8 pr.-
-Foreign Stocks: Spanish New, 6511 ; Old ditto,
721; Neapolitan, 77; Prussian, 77k; Danish, 89k.
Estract of a private letter, dated Vienna, Sep-
tember There it nothing very new here.
The diplomatic motements between, the various
Ambassadors are rapid and frequent. The city is
filling every day with Envoys from all quarters.
Dispatches were ►eceived yesterday from the King
of SARDINIA, and ►t is rumoured that the alltirs of
his kingdom wilt not be intrusted merely to his
Ambassador here: who is coming is not mentioned,
nor whether be will join the Royal and Imperial
party before it moves to Verona."
There are now four Noblemen in the field for the
appointment to the Covernor•Generahihip of India—
the Marquis of ANGLESEY, Lord AMHERST, Lord
MsaYoostotiow, and Lord WILLIAM Beartocx.
His MAJESTY is anderstdnd to interest himself
Warmly for the Marquis of ANGLESEY, but we
understand the Noble Marquis has little prospect
of success with the Court of Directors. Lord
WILLIAM BETITINCII, the relation of Mr. CAN-
NING, is spoken of RS moat likely to receive the
appointment. His Lordship has something more
than his frank and manly character, and kind and
conciliatory manner', to recommend him to the
Court of Director*. His administration of Sicily,
which was prdductive of so much benefit to the
inhabitants of that country, and the high reputa-
tion lie enjoyed throughout the Mediterranean (a
reputation which the faithlessness of the Govern-
meat at home never impaired, however emba -
ing the dilemma in which he was placed by ii),
must naturally liked powerfully in his favour with
those to whom the destinies of the millions of India
, are intrusted.--( Ereniag Paper.)

The pleasure of Sir Gangue Jeatstaanam and
hisamieble Lady was much damped at the Prevent
Guild. in consequence of their carriage, on their
joursey to Preston, going over the body of a poor
man, who wee lying in the middle of the road, in a
•fate of inebriety. The night was perfectly clink,
and the accident was discovered from the peculiar
jolt occasioned by the passing of the carriage over
the body. Sir Gitoaalt immediately alighted, and,
on discovering the cireametranee, with the most
prompt humanity, had the unfortunate man con.
veyed into a house, and surgical resistance was im-
mediately procured ; life, however. was
On Sunday evening some thieves broke into the
house of a silk mercer snd haberdasher in Ayless
bury-street, Clerkeawell, and carried off velvets,
silks, Are. to the ediou et of 400/. Oise of the thieves
wee seen to open the front door very deliberately be•
fore dark by OW opposite neighbours. who had no
suspicion thitt he was doing wrong. or that the fa-
mily were oat. The property woe, no doubt, re-
moved after dark.
A mime of bones, which appear to have fdrined
the head of some animal much larger than any
kooWn in this country, *ere dug op last week by
a labouring man, from the bed of the river Eae,
sear Ziteter.

The followititextmct will afford some ides of the
'splendour end magnificence of the Courts of East-
"ern Monarchs :
" Perislita describes their throne. as glittering all
Over with gold and precious Stones, surrounded by
troops of dancing girls, comedians; musicians,
mimics ; in short, every thing that can administer
*to pleasure, luitory, and voluptuousness. It is as-
serted, that the Emperor Bum rarely went abroad
without bring preceded by a train Of 100,000
persons.
" The Nabob Asuf, who succeeded hie father on
the throne of Oude, affected a curious kind of mag-
nificence. He was fond of lavishing his treasures
on gardens, palaces, horses, elephants, European
guns; lustres, and mirrors. He expended annually
about 200,0001. itt Englishmauulictures. He had
more than one hundred gardens, 40 palaces, 1,400
edephauts, 3.000 fine asddle-hontes, 1,300 double-
,lluterelled guns, 1,700 superb lustre', 30,000 shades
41 various forms and colours, seven hundred
large Mirrors; girandules, and clocks. Some of
die 'vier were very curious, richly set with
jewels, hiving figures in continual movement, and
playing *wire" every hour ; two of these clocks
only cost hills 30,000/. Without taste or judg-
ment, he was extremely solicitous to have all that
was elegant MA rem: he had instruments and ma.
thine, of every art and science, but he knew none;
and his museum was so ridiculously arranged that
a wooden cuckoo-cluck was placed close to a su-
perb time-piece which cost the price of a diadem ;
and a valuable Nerriscape of Claude Lorraine sus-
pended near a board painted with ducks and
drakes. He sometimes gave a dinner to ten or
twelve Persons seated at their ease in a carriage
drama by elephants. His jewels amounted to about
eight millions sterling.
" The splendour with which this wealthy Prince
ctiebruted the wedding of his adopted son, 'Silver
My, in the year 1795, far surpassed in expense any
siinilJr solemnity of modern times.
" The Nabob had his tents pitched in the plains
near the city of Lucknow; among the number were
two remarkably large, made of strong cotton cloth,
lined with the finest English broad cloth, cut in
stripes of different colours, with cords of silk and
cotton. Three two tents coat shout 50,0001. ster-
ling. They were each 110 feet lung, GO broad, and
the poles about 60 feet high ; the walls of the tents
were ten feet nigh, partly cut into lattice-work, for
the women of the Nabob's seraglio, and those of the
principal nobility to see through. His Highness
was covered with jewels to the amount of at least
LOOO,OOO/. sterling. The Slonmeeana was illumi-
nated by 400 elegant girandults from Europe, as
many gloms shades with wax candles, and several
hundred flambeaux; the glare stud reflection were
dazzling to the sight. Under this extensive canopy
above an hundred dancing girls, richly dressed,
went through their elegant but rather lascivious
dances and motions, and sung some soft airs of the
country, chiefly Persic and Hlndou•Persic.

" The bridegroom was about 13 years of age, the
bride 10; both of a 'lark complexion, and not
handsome. The former was so absurdly loaded
with jewels that he could scarcely stagger under the
precious weight.
From the Skauitearso the company invited to
this festivity proceeded on elephants to an extensive
and beautiful garden about a mile distant. The
procelsion was grand beyond couception; it con-
sisted of oboist 1,400 elephants richly caparisoned,
drawu up in a regular lioe, like a regiment of sol-
diers. A bout 100 elephants in the centre hod
houdas, or castles cowered with silver, in the midst
of these appeared the Nabob, moon el on an un-
commonly large elenbantovithin a bouda, covered
with gold, richly set with precious stones ;
ou Ist; right baud. w the British Resident
at the Court of Lucknow„ en his left the young
bridegroom ; the English gentlemen and ladies
and the native nobility were intermixed on the
right and Left. (3o both aides of the road from
the terits,(o oe garden was aaised arttaciel scenery
of bamboo work, very high, representing be-'ions,
arches, minarets, and tones'', covered with lights in
glass lamp*, which made a grand display. On
each aide o( the procession, in front of the line of
elephants, were denciug girls superbly d d (on
platfornis supported and canted by bearers), who
danced as the company treat along. These plat-
forms consisted of an hundred ou each side of the
procession, all covered with gold and silver cloths,
with two girls and two muascians at each platform.
The ground from the rents to the garden, forming the
Mild on which the procession moved, was inlaid with
fire.works ; at every step of the elephants the earth
burst, and threw up artificial stars in the heavens,
to emulate those created by the hand of Providence,
besides innumerable rockets and many hundred
wooden shells, that burst in the air and shot forth
a thousand fi,ry serpents. These winding through
the atmosphere, illuminated the sky, sod, aided by
the light of the bamboo scenery, turned a dark
night into a bright day. The procession moved on
very slowly, to give time for the fireworks inlaid in
the ground to go off. The whole of this grand scene
was further lighted by above 3,000 flambeaux, car-
ried by men hired fur the occasion. Thus the com-
pony moved on in stately pomp to the garden, which,
though only • mile off, they were two hours in reach-
ing. On arriving at the garden•gtue about 9in the
evening, they descended from the elephants, and
ens': red the garden illuminated by innumerable
transparent paper 'snips, or lanterns of various
colours, suspended from the branches of the trees.
In the centre of the garden was a large ed.fice, to
which the Nabob and his guests eceended, and were
introduced iolo a grand saloon, adorned with girars-
doles and pendent lustre* of English manufacture,
lighted with wax candles. Here they partook of
an elegsut and sumptuous collation of European
and Indian dishes, with wines, fruits, sod sweet-
meats; at the saute time about an hundred dancing
girls sung their sprightly airs sod performed their
native deuces.

a Thus passed the time till dawn, whets the Eng-
lish visitors returned to their respective homes, de-
lighted' sad wonder-struck with the enchanting
scene, which seemed to realise all the extravagance
of oriental fil tion. The affable Nabob rightly
observed. with • little Asiatic vanity, that such
• spectacle ass never before seen is India, and tie•
ver would again. The *hole expense of this Marriage
feast, which was repeated for three successive nights

The class of convicts transported for forgery, and
for uttering forged notes (of lite become so nos
memos, and generally for 14 years and fur life),
has et all times given the greatest embarrassment
to the colonial Government, as well as to their
employers. They generally consist of men who
have been little accustomed to 'abalone employ-
ments or to field labour, of Oaten and compo-
sitors in printing offices, and of the lower order
of mercantile clerks. If they ere found to possess
any clerical skill, they are employed in the com-
missariat department, and by the magistrates and
superintendents; and.when assigned to bride's, are
most frequently employed as teachers to the younger
branches of poor fittniliee, who are at too great a
distance from the public schools to attend them.
The effect of thei• employment in towns, as clerks,
has been already observed upon ; and it appeared
to me to be so destructive of all notion or feeling
of punishment, as well as of those distinctions
between the free and the consict classes, that were
the emential characteristics of the early discipline of
the colony ; that notwithstanding the additional ex-
pense that the subsistence, of these permute might
occasion to the crown, I do not hesitate to recom-
mend, that they should either be subtitled sod em-
ployed on light work, a, at altevents, that they
should be banished from the town of Sytioerinto
the country, where, if. their coadilion be a little
elevated above that of their fellow% it may
be solely imputed to their superior acioiretnents,
and where they may have no temptation to indulge
their vanity, nor to outrage public feeling by their
otteutatious appearance.
The employment of men convicted for forgery as
schoolmasters for the children of settlers cannot be
contemplated without sporehension ; but whether
from lishit or necessity, I found these apprehensions
had subsided, even in quarters where they might
have been supposed most strongly to have pre-
vailed. Thus Edward Eager, who was transported
to New South Wales for life for forgery, was, on
the recommendation of Mr. Marsden, received
into the family of the Reverend Mr. Cartwright,
at Windsor, and became the instructor of his chil-
dren ; and, latterly. I observed, that the school of
Lawrence Halloran, who, fur one short petiod, was
in the degraded' character of assigned servant to
Mr. S. Lord, and afterwards received a ticket of
leave, was preferred by the principal inhabitants of
Sydney, amongst whom was Mr. Judge Advocate
ylde, to another, but more remote establishment,
that was forming under the ditectiou of the Rev.
Mr. Reclell.
Anothre trod striking instance of insensibility to
the consequences of such superintendence, occurred
in the inquiry that took place before the magistrates
at Perautatte, into the condoct of Mr. It. Fitz-
gerald ; upon that ~,,, it appeared that his
eldest son, a youth of 11$ years of age, was allowed
to be instructed by his convict clerk in the auspicious
and dangerous art of imitating the hand-writing of
individuals. This Net was stated, without any lie-
sitation or regret, by Mr. Fitzgerald, his father,
to the Magistrates, iu the course of their iuquiry
into the authenticity of certsie returns that had
been copied by his soul, and transmitted to Gover-
nor Macquarvie. The statement fortunately at-
tracted the notice of Mr. Justice Field. who did not
allow it to pars without a suitable rebuke.
Considering the nature and extent of the paper
circulation that subsisted in New South Wales,
until the year 1816, the payments that have been
made by the commissariat department, fur the
annual supplies of meat and grain to the public
stores, and of the issues of their own Dotes by Mr.
Deputy Commissary General Droonan, and the
bank of New South Wales, the prosecutions end
convietiono for forgery have not been so numerous
us might have been expected. In the year 1811,
the crime of forgery was punished by the exe-
cution of two convicts ; and it appear: to have
been checked by that means. In the year 1815, it
was again very successfully and extensively proc-
fiord by • convict named Lycett, • clerk em-
ployed in • subordinate situation in the police
department. This man had been transported
to the colony for uttering forged notes, and wits
olwaye distinguished by his skill in the arts of imi-
tation. He was convicted and transported to
Newcastle, from whence, at the recommendation
of Captain Wallis, the commandant, and in
consideration of his having painted an altar piece
for the church at that us-Weiner'', lie was permitted
to return to Syria y, where lie now continues to
esereise his art, and to be employed by individuals.
The convicts in the employ of Government, and
its that of settlers, are at all times allowed to marry;
and • sense of the advantages arising from this per-
mission has indured Govetnor Xlacqtrarrie to give a
very general eduction to them, as well as an encou-
ragement, by conferring tickets of leave on those
who entered into the marriage state with the menus
and inelivation to eapport themselves.
It is the opinion of the Rev. Mr. Marsden, that
marriage, even in New South Wales, operates at a
corrective of vicious propensities; sod in that paint
of view is to be encouraged, by giving us early per-
mission as possible to the wives of contieta to fol-
low their husbands to the colony, to prevent the
latter from forming new connexions there.

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