The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-08-28 00:00:00

THE LEP. C. C. COLTON.

We yesterday exposed the ignorance of the correspondent
of a MOrning Paper, who panned to contradict a para-
graph we published some days ago .esp.sctina the
Mr. Colton. We find, however, that we might have spared
ourselves the trouble of the refutation, as the Morning
Paper itself, on the faith p`.-two other correspoatiente, yes-'
terday denital the principal facts contained in its contra-1
cb"tion of our statements We continue of the same opi-
Mon with respect to the mysterious disappearance of Mr, I
Colton. We have now onlicine fact to add to those we !
have already given, and it is of a singular nature. When
the male of Mr. Colton's furniture was to have taken place,
it was not proceedLik while' in consequence of a comMuni-
cation made by one of his acquaintances, that he would re-'
turn home in $ short time. This person has been
since requested to state on what authority he made this
communication ; but he has declined to give any informa-
tion on the subject. It isintended, we understand, by the
assignees of Mr. Colwn's estate, to examine this person at
the next meeting of theCOmmtesioners of Bankruptcy.
A GENERAL CENSUS.
The present Centusof the whole World is said to stand
thus:—
Jews • • • . 4.000,000
Papas 450,000,000
31 Ahontellans • • . 140.000.000
Chriiitiaos • • . 210,000,000

Total to uou,ot
Deists and Atheists are ooMprehended, but not distin-
guished
in either of three enumerations, as they do not
avow themselves by any formation into bodies, but are
anomalies in each clan.
It is worthy of notice, tbst the most ancient congrega-
tion, viz. Pagans, still subsist through the globe, and com-
prise more than one-half of its general population; that,
the second in order of time, viz. Jews, have, since the de-
struction of their temple and city, in A.D. 70, fallen seem
to decay, as to comprise only a 200th part of the whole;
that the third denonunstion, via. Christians, now include
one-fourth part of the whole; and that the Mahomedana,
who sprang six ..enturies after the Christians, and threat-
ened to annihilate them, occupy the space of one-sixth
part of the whole. It is also observable, that when an
estimate of this kind was made about 'fifty years since, it
was supposed that Christians amounted to one-sixth part,
and now they have increased to one-fourth.
A step further in this inquiry disposes of the Christians
thus in their subdivisions
The Greek and Eastern Churches • • 10.0111100.
Renton Catholics • • • 199.1199,11111
Protestants, including ill sects . WASP.
Togill • • W I iII"VA
Those have all arisen since the promoting Odle Univer-
sal Christian Church, 4.000 A.bl. of which..
The Wemern and Eastern Churches berm sad
united in the . . . . . • Oth f:enttury.
9th do.

Their eel anti=
11 &homed . . _

Christianity In Great Britain . • . ttlt do.
thriftless of Popery and Mahouts:dards', • 6th to 16th do,
Width rises - • • . . . 12th do.
Wickliffe. Hum and Jerome . . . 13th to 11th d.
Luth:r and l'alvin 18th de.
Reformation 18th do. '
Remonstrant, 17th do.
Protestant sects
It is unnecessary to enlarge this scale; the object is thus
answered by stewing the divisions of people, and their de-
nominations and dates/ by which any person conversant in
such researches will find occupation enough for his reflec-
tion upon the probable state of mankind during the null-
istir half century, ruder the advantages of an unexampled
improvement in every country and condition, both in arts,
navigation and coininerce, domestic and universal • an en-
riched acquisition of every embellishment of intellect, lite-
rature, and the fine arts ; chemistry, and religious learn-
ing ; au enlaried and liberal toleration in Church and
State ; a diffusion most unparalleled of the lioly Scrip-
tures, of education, and a general intercourse among all
nations.

Colonel Sir Archibald Campbell, K.C.8., of his Ma-
jesty's 38th regiment of foot, is to command the Bengal
detachment of the army destined to act against the Bur-
mese nation, with the rank of Brigadier-General.
By recent intelligence from India, it appears that every
ship of every description has been taken up for the
Burman expedition. The appointed rendezvous is the
Audetuan Islands, a group lying near the bead of the Bay
of Bengal, and within a few days sail of the Burampooter.
From this circumstance our intelligence from India must
be much less frequent than it would otherwise have been.
At the same time, it will be highly advantageous to the
commercial interest of India, as couutry ships have of late
years been a very losing property.
The rage for building has become so great, that the num-
ber of bricks made this year iu the neighbourhood of Long
Sutton is ten times the amount known in any torrum year
in the memory of mano—StamjUrd Mercury.
The opening of the ports seem to have afready had some
effect on the retail prices of oatmeal in this town (Glas.
; Several of the victuallers have labels in their
ws, inscribed, " Good oatmeal, Jr. a peck ; best oat.
meal, Is. Oid. a-peck; beat English corn meal, Is, Id.
a.peck."--Gfargow Vironie/e.
The port e f Hull presented a more than usually Interest-
tog towctacle on Sunday last. Great numbers of vessels,
bearing the flags of their respective nations, woo anchored
in the roads, and as the tide rose tho forest of masts ra.
'deny became more and more crowded. The trade of the
I port is in a most flouraing and rapidly increasingstate.—
Lincoln Paper.
The number of strangers who have visited Liverpool
within the tact month is iticalelable. The town has been
crowded to excess, and comfortable accominedationa for
visitors have nut been to be hail. The almost unpreoe-
denteilly flue season which we have enjoyed will account
for some portion of the company by which the town has
been visited ; but fur the visits of a certain class of thew,
we mean Wont the manufacturing districts, we must look to
another cause, and, we are proud to state it, namely, the
prosperity of the country, of which this circumstance is an
unequivocal sign. We never saw such a number of this
class of visitors among us in times of distress or of scarcity.
Nor do we recollect to have before seen so many well.
dressed, respectable, and happy-looking iseoplo front die
interior in any previous season..—Lioete,ol Paper.
A CORPOR•TION QUEITION.-A nice question Is about
to be agitated, and which indeed has already agitated to the
centre the worshipful corporation of Flashers. A good
many years ago, a person was admitted to the feedom of
the corporation, in right of his wife's father. This person
having committed a certain foss ,nu, his lady thought fit
to divorce him, and is now on the eve of forming a new
matrimonial alliance with another knight of the cleaver,
but who is not a freerian. It has been deliberated in close
divan, whether the husband ire posse is entitled to be ad-
miurd to the corporation in right of his deceased father-
in-law ? a question, wo apprehend, which must be se-
conibtry to this other one, whether the first husband, who
is a free man in every s• nue of the word, has forfeited his
:te, Free. !'rtes.