The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-07-11 00:00:00

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TifY I.ORD, Wet yJute4,lBo4.
The Names ef persons proposed as Pay nt...t.rs to Vol•lnteeT
Corps baying been frequently Vansneitteri to this tlf9re by the
Lieuteiiants of Counties, for the purpose of b.ing laid before
His ;11..frsty, I thick it necearary to apprise you, that inch Pay.
masters (who court be previously Suba:t.rti 4.l!ncers, or be we.
to4:ly eniotled as Non-conarnissioned Officers or Pii.ate, in
the Corps) do POI Neelae their Couirmstior.‘ from His Majesty,
or from Int Lieetentots of Cninties but are annoilit dby In.
strionents prepared at the War-Office, and signed by the Curve.
of the Cui7.., after the completion el the requinte
Smarty. . _

I lice therefore to -eq,cm. that you will asitni'y to suzb Cote.
manctints as may al. I'v • you te,:tecting the ailessintine,it
Pas roasters to their Corp., that the reyminnienyt dims of such
Pay ma,ters should be .rd,lr.•.sed by the Commandants of Corps
d.ri:;:t to the Secretary at War, in conformity to instructionsa
which they may obtain f.orn the Virar Office, if they should
alre7,lr hare reccivect the necessary information es that
I.lVe the honour to be,

My boa,
Your Lordship's mat obedient
Humble servant,
iIIAWKLSBURT.

1;4 3r.!;eity.. Tirittetterit i!of rAe
(Antlay of Gtnu,•rttrr.

We understand, Mr. Unit: FA INCH ARSON. vv.•
dener at Ardoch, near Dambartea. has le.urd out a
new method of tinning leather without oak Sat k.
Sunday evening, two horses belougin! to Mr.
BLIGH, of Chelsea Water %% inks, s'e, p:d cff the
bank where they were grazing inter the river, near
Chelsea bridge. They swam from to :tank
until thzy were almost exhausted, ar.d
dragged out with great ditEcul•
Un Fliday the i'tuh ult. dit
Tiro ‘t AY COL L !NS. a name for
temporary Wickharnists. Wit"
abcut twelve month., the vener,
it) less than three of his descei
L:tdy Flottscnnosix. and tivf
Hen. Gaioncx, and MAST Sr.

ted, ar.d ‘t ere ; t length
rlty Sr the :L d
ied at Bath, the Rev.
sr ever dear t his con-
ithin the iv: t space of
er.able old Man h.td lost /
iadants; his daughter,
ro of her children, the
Jour.

JuLy 14.

COURT OF 'ExCHEQUER.
on Thursday, the 2tith of June last, cams on to
trial, in the Comt of Exchequer here, an informa-
tion exhibitad,by llis hlajesty's Advocate General
raping a company of soap manufaClurers at Paisley;
_ recovery of a variety of penalties charged to
„have lteert intarred by them for evading the duties
, iispen the soap they manufaaured, and in particular
for a most ingenious and artful abstraOion and con-
.cesilment of '2e4ttlb. weight of soft soap, discovered
and seined by one of the General bupervisors of Ex-
cise The Dleadants, by their Counsel (the Hon.
%sal ek:), suffered a vet diet and judgment for
the Crown to pass akainst them, on five counts of
tit idol 11141011, penalties to the extent of 17501.
icicles paying a composi;ion of ;SUL on an English
bill for duties defrauded. •
acts 7.
On Thursday night, at the parade of the first
regiment of Hoyal Edinburgh Volunteers, when
their Lieutenant-O.donel (the Right Hon. the Lord
Advocate) clone upon the ground, he was received
with three cheers from the regiment, upon which
his Lordship returned them thanks in nearly the
following words :•.•44 Gentlemen, I sincerely thank
~ou for the compliment you have just now paid roe,
if meant from personal attachment on my return to
take the command of the regiment; bit if, as a body
. under arose, giving their opinion spas tutlir men
tad public Forsuores (winch I should hope is not the
ease). I beg leave to decline it; but on the former
supposition, I again • return you my most sincere
thanes." After which, the regiment unanimously
gate another cheer.
On Wednesday, about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, a
thunderstorm, accompanied with lightning, hail, and
ram. was experienced in Glasgow and the neighbour-
hood. The peals or thunder were tremendous. the
flashes of lightning remarkably vivid, and the fall of
hail and rain uncommonly great. The storm lasted
nearly half an hour. A girl about twelve years of
pge, of the name of Kirkwood, was killed by the
lightning. wirle she, with a sister, was on the road
between Woodside and Anderston. Oa examining
the body, there appeared on the breast and back a
bl;ick spot about four inches in circumference. Her
Nino. war not hurt.