The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-08-26 00:00:00

MR. ✓EFFREY HIS PUBLISHERS.

[From the I.r,ds I ntrnigenecr. j
In the Times of Monday last the following paragraph
appeared :
El/IN/It:AGIT REVIRW.—With reference to a paragraph
which has recently been copied into several papers from the brals
baltieener), we are authorised to state, that there Is no founds-
nor whatever for the report of there being any change intended In
the F,elitonehip of the journal above named. The questions which
wow between the Editor and Messrs. Longman and Co. upon
the failure of the Edinburgh publisher. have been for some
time senled. to the perfect satisfacion of both parties. There has
been no falling off in the circulation of the work. the extent of the
present iutpression being double what the bitelbgen(rr has repre-
sented. The general accuracy of his inforwiation on the subject
may be guessed at front his having announced, among the contents
of the new number, a paper which it neither contained in it, nor in-
deed was ever in contemplation."
So far as we can decipher the meaning of this rather
opaque and ill-natured statement, we proceed to vindi-
cate ourselves, and trust to the candour of the Tinier,
anti the press generally, for setting us straight with the
public. The paragraph copied from this journal into the
Loudon, and we believe all other papers, commenced with
a quotation from the Seas Times, a Glasgow print, in
''rich the report of Mr. Jeffrey's retirement from the
Editorship of the Edinhnrgh Review, in consequence of
some disagreement with Messrs. Longman and Co., was
mentinned, together with other rumours respecting that
periodical. On the face, therefore, of our paragraph,
the report in question did not originate with us. We
certainly scrupled not to give a conjectural solution of the
cause of difference between Mr. Jeffrey and Messrs. Long-
man and I'm, and for then tenons: Ist, we believed in
the veracity of the Sepos Times; and, 2dly, from several
attichli of literary intelligence which had previously been
published by it, we also believed in the means that paper
posse aced of obtaining correct information on such sub-
peta—a belief strengthened by the fact, that, along
with the stove report, it stated the titles and purport of
some attacks, with the names of their contributors, in the
number of the Review not then issued from the press!
Now, according to the foregoing authoritative contradiction,
a difference between the parties in question is admitted to
have existed, though at present adjusted. Neither is our
e‘planatiot. of the cause of difference denied ; and for this
beat of all poesible reasons—that the particulars were com-
municated to us, eeveral months back, from a quarter as
meapable of being deceived as of deceiving others, relative
to the circumstance. l'pon the next point, let a reference
to the paragraph we inserted suffice to show that it con-
tained nut a word, or even allusion, to the falling off in the
circulation of the Edinburgh Review. The John 801 l did
indeed add to our statement, that the work, from 12,000
numbers per quarter, had declined to 5,000 numbers, but
we are not responsible for this assertion. Lastly, " the
m‘trce of general inaccuracy of information on the sub-
3Ctl applita not to us, for we only indicated the contents of
the last number on the authority of the Scots Times,
which in reality did not allege that there was a separate
amele on M..cdamization, but that the Rev. Sydney Smith,
in reviewing I lamilton's System or Instruction, adverted to
!Le ccL grated stone-breaker's method of making smooth
and expeditious roads. In conclusion, we must be allowed
to ohrerve, that Messrs. Lungmest and Co. ought to have
ascertained what we said, and what we said not, before ven-
turing to couple the name of this journal with a charge of
Inaccuracy.

lIU Majesty has been pleased to confer the honour of
.a
:ilk gown upon C. Pypys, of Lincoln's Inn, Esq. 'Phis
mark of distinction has been long felt to be merited by the
talints and sound judgment of the Learned Gentleman.
Dvpatches were sent off yesterday from the Secretary of
State e Office for Foreign AWsirs, to the Hight Hon. Fre-
&trick Lamb, our Ambassador at Madrid.
The Countess of Eldon was so much recovered on
Ilturs. day, Si to be able to ride out in an open carriage, for
die hNt time since her indsiposition.
e understand that Alexander Macgregor, Esq. of this
t'itn, has been appointed manager of the branch of the
Batik of England about to be opened in Manchester.—
( 'worier.
The first certificate under Mr. Peel's Act, to enable the
hnt:rses to obtain their expenses for attending before the
34fIntrates, was applied for at Guildhall, and granted yes-
ter: ay, in a ease of commitment for horse-stealing.
• The bomber of men and boys of the Oalinary at this
(Plymouth) as well as other ports is to be increased in a
giqable ratio. The San Josef, 110, the ship occupied by
( Honker, of the Ordinary, is ordered to be rigged,
that the men may be exercised in the use of the sails.—
P/P:!,tilii hums).

NORFOLK, SUFFOLK, AND ESSEX RAILWAY

CO Ili I'ANY.

TO THE EDITOR Oh' I'llE BRITISH PRESS,

Site,—On perusing the report of the Meeting of the
Shareholders of this Company in your Journal of this day,
I must confess myself much astonished at the prejudiced
and imperfect statement which it contains, and with which
you are doubtless unacquainted. Every charge that was
made against Mr. iVilks is stated at length; every invective
against him, and every threat held out, is detailed most
fully ; but, in common justice, the " Gentlemen reporters"
should have inserted the replies that were given to those
' charges, and the corrections of those assertions which uere
made. They should have added to the ex-prte statement
the general opinion of the Meeting, that Mr. Wks had
not been the sole and only Manager, that he had not acted
but by the full authority of the Directors, and that the
impression left on the mind of the unprejudiced and im-
partial was totally difTerentfrom that which the statement
m your columns would convey.
Convinced that you will not hesitate to give this a place
in your Newspaper, I am, Sir,
Your very obedient servant.
Chetpside, Aug. 25, 1816. A SHAREHOLDER.

LORD COCHRANA'S STEAM-VESSELS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS.

_ .
Sta,--1 feel greatly obliged by the ready insertion in
your valuable columns of the two letters I was prompted
to address to you in consequence of the inexplicable
rumours which have been for some time past afloat respect-
ing the above vessels. The notice you took of my letter of
yestenlay convinces me more and more that the affair
should be probed to the bottom. I know not, and I care
not, upon whom the blame (if any blame exist) may fall.
I am a friend to the Greeks, I admire the bravery they
have shown, and I lament the fate of those who have
fallen victims to their love of country, and their detesta-
tion of oppression. The heroism of the defenders of
Miasolonghi, and the unanimity with which so many
thousand souls as were in that garrison resolved to die
rather than to yield, have no parallel either in ancient or
modern history ; and shall it be said that EngLshmen have
hood calmly by while so many brave soldiers are sacri-
ficed by the delay, without inquiring why the m..ans
which ougt. long ago to have been furnished, and whicl;
might terminate the terrible conflict, have been with-
held ? Let the Greek Deputies, the Engineer, and all those
persona (if others there he, as you intimate) who have
interfered in the affair, be called upon to explain the cir-
cumstances which excite such loud and general complaint.
Those whose money has beta applied to this object have
more especially a right to demand the explanation. I trust
they will do so, and that they will do it quickly.
The Greeks have long been expecting the flotilla of
steam-::oats in their seas ; they look to it, under the com-
mand of Lord Cochrane, as the sure means of effecting their
independence : they well know that if they could cut off
from their enemies (and these vessels would effectually
enable them In do so) the supplies of provisions, the
war must quickly terminate. If you, then, Mr. Editor,
by exerting the powerful influence of your pen, would
induce the British public to take up this affair, I have no
doubt that all difficulties would speedily vanish, and that
the steam-vessels would leave this country without much
further procrastinat:on. lam not a holder of Greek
B nds, and have therefore no pecuniary interest at stake;
but if, upon investigation, it shoold be found that more
money was wanting, I should be ready to subscribe, and
many of my friends would do the same, in order to raise a
sufficient fund to complete and send out the steam-vessels,
upon which such an important result depends.
The French are exerting themselves earnestly and con-
stantly in favour of the Greeks. The contributions from
numerous individuals of that nation have been most splen-
did, and reflect upon them the highest honour. I trust
we -shall not have ground fur posterity to say that we were
bahind our rival In ighhours in sorb a glorious cause as
that which Lies for its object the independence and liberty
of Greece. Yours, &c. A. G.

STATE nr BADE.—k has been mentioned as a proof
of improvement in business here (Leeds), that the land
carriers between this town and London were unable last
week to convey all the goods consigned to them for trans-
port. The public, however, are not to infer from such a
circumstance, even if strictly stated, that any sudden
bonnd to actual prosperity has taken place in the woollen
and worsted manufactures. The fact is, that lately several
customers from London have been in this part of York-
shire, and they are always anxious to have their purchases
forwarded to the metropolis as soon as possible after being
made. Hence the extraordinary activity noticed among
the carriers, which is nevertheless a pleasing index of in-
creasing trade generally. We ere ourselves enabled to say,
that on Tuesday appearances still more symptomatic of
permanent amelioration were visible.. There was an ad-
ditional demand fur wool with a tendency to higher prices,
and a show of confidence in the future on the part of the
sellers. Ina word, things are gradually growing better in
all the branches of the staple manufacture of Leeds and the
neighbourhood. In Bradford, we have likewise great
pleasure in affirming, that at length the gloom el hich has
so long overhung that ton n and its trade is perceptibly
vanishing.—Leeds facile:rower.
BOSTON, AUG. 22.—The distress for want of water be-
comes so urgent and unbearable, that it is the anxious
wish and important desire of all to remedy the evil under
which they suffer. Nearly six months have now elapsed
since any rain fell in this neighbourhood excepting slight
and partial showers at distant intervals, the supplies of
water from which were speedily exhausted by the inhabi-
tants. Not only has vegetation nearly ceased in conse-
quence, but the water used for domestic purposes has fre-
quently been of so noxious a quality and apparently un-
wholesome a nature, that it is providential more disease has
not ensued. The inhabitants of this town generally are
supplied with rain water for drink, which is usually kept
in cisterns. These cisterns have been mostly exhausted,
but even the little water which still remains for some who
have possessed extraordinrry means, and have husbanded
up their resources, must necessarily require, ere it is fit for
use, much purification. On the failure of the usual mode
of supply, recourse was had to the pits and drains, and we
have not heard of s single instance in which a churlish
spirit has denied the natural boon. At Lincoln and the
neighbourhood the same want of water begins to be deeply
felt. In the parishes of Sturton and Bransby, near Lin-
coln, the hurthen of drought is really horrible—as water
must he fetched for miles for every purpose, even for the
poultry.
We congratulated our readers last week on the disposi-
tion now almost every where evinced to find employment
for the poor. There is no district, we are persuaded, in
which it is not possible to devise some useful undertaking.
The attention of the towns of Bradford and Halifax has
been already turned to this subject, and plans are organis-
ing, and in part already in operation, by which relief is
given as wages for labour. The same system is now in
agitation at Huddersfield, the principle of which is, at
once to create work, and benefit the community. In
every neighbourhood there are some improvements which
require more manual labour than actual skill to carry
them into efffict ; and of these there can be no lack
in the parishes of Halifax, Huddersfield, or Bradford.
We would particularly call the attention of local commit-
tees to the condition of some of the roads in this district,
referring at the sante time to another paragraph among our
local news, by which it will be seen that to employ the
poor in local improvements is in precise unison with the
sentiments of the London Committee. There is a road 12
yards wide, leading to a place called Foreside, not far from
benholm, that is scarcely passable for any but foot-passen-
gers, where materials for mending the road abound, and
vet the poor are Ken there in groups out of employ. Other
instances could be named not far from Bradford. As for
Halifax parish, it is quite as bad. The roads through
the too nship of Barkisland, where there are (ruin one to
two tl.onsand poor out of employ, are hardly passable for
horses. The road to SFaromonden, near iluddersfield, and
the road leading from htlgertoo to Deigliton, might employ
a great number of hauls, with much advantage to the pub-
lic. These are but a few instances. Committees for find-
ing employment could easily discover work enough for our
unemployed poor, though they were tenfold snore nu
=rims than they now are.—Brag/bed Cotairr.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

COLOMBIAN INNING ASSOCIATION.

A Meeting of Pmpricton was held yeaterday at the City of Lon.
don Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the report of the Di.
rec.ors, and for other business relating to the Company's *fairs.
Mr. Pow t.t:s took the Chair, and sfated that this Meeting 'mould
not have been called but for the solicitation of several Shareholders.
He then read the Report, which stated that owing. to the altered
state of money matters, the Directors had given Instructions to
their agents abroad only to work those mines which wen most
promptly productive. Accounts hod been received to the 27th May.
which gave a flattering statement of the progress of the works at
3larquits and Monts. The one yielded about at 10's. to 191.105.
Per ton. It was the opinion of the Directors that not more than
111. 10s. would be called for, if' all were paid up. The amount or
receipts were about 85,000 t, and the expenditure had amounted to
within a trifle of the assets. The number of shares unpaid upon
was 2491.

The Report was agreed to. and ordered to be circulated.
Some discussion took place as to the policy of granting further
time to those who had not paid up their calls to do so, and even-
tually a te,olution passed, limiting the time to the Bth September,
but the proposition 1444 not to be taken as a precedent in future.
Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the Meeting adjourned.