The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-10-05 00:00:00

ceiVed, bid the populace *ere not numerous. A
number of English Gentlemen had placed them-
selves near the entrance to the Ambassador's house,
by whom the KING was enthusiastically greeted.
Ebb MAJESTY appeared highly gratified with thii
mark of atteatipo, sod acknowledged it with his
usual gratiomoess. About a quarter of •u hour

after his arrival the King of the NEtHEALANDS
came in his coach drawn by six horses. escorted by it
body guard, to congratulate hint on his arrival.
His MaJitmr did not leave Lord CLANCAnTi'i
house that evening, but partook of a fete pre:.
pared for him there. with • select party. The
small theatre at the front of the house and same
few houses in the neighbourhood, as well as the
great theatre. were illuminated."

A north-west wind has blowN with such violence
from the 27th September to the 3d of October, as
to deter passengers from attempting to CND. e
Channel from Calais to Dover. More thou
three hundred persons were collected in Calaid
on the ed inst. waiting for a passage. To this
circumstance may be attributed the delay of our pri.
trate letters from Brussels communicating the above
intelligence. Our correspondent observes, that his
MAJESTY'S style of travelling. with the exception of
an escort, is Nacre in the fashion of an English Noble.
man than in the splendour ofa British Monarch. The
king of FRANCE had ordered relays of cavalry
to escort him through that country, but his MA-
JESTY declined that mark of respect. IN MA.
J3STY'S gracious rase and cheerfulness. at the vari-
ous; places where he stopt, have left the most favour.,
able impressions.

Dutch and Spanish Papers have arrived. Our
extracts from the latter notice two cases of trial
by Jury, ooe of them a libel upon the kiug of
ENGLAND, accompanied by some remarks %iron
that institution, as not suited to the customs and
state of civi lira, ion in Spain.

The Paris Papers of the first instant have arriv.
ed. The principal intelligence which they con.
lain relates to Spain, and is given in our p►eced.
log extracts.

The public meeting fixed for this day in the
Borough of Southwark, to consider the propriety
of a subscription to indemnify Sir ROBERT Wit..
SON for the pecuniary loss sustained by his dis-
missal from the service, has excited great expecta-
tion. It will be seen in an article in another part
of our Paper, that a like meeting, for the same pur-
pose, will be speedily held in the City of London.
It is only in deference to the Borough, as the body
immediately represented in Parliament by Sir
Roesler WILSON, that the City of London has
not taken the lead on Ibis occasion. The City of
Westminster will not be far behind in following the
example, and the voice of the metropolis, thus ex-
pressed, we are confident will be loudly re•cchoed
from every part of the country.

Letters and Papers from Canada to the 2d of
September have arrived. We are happy to learn
from them that the harvest, which began on the
10th of August, was concluded before the end of
that month, all the wheat having been well housed.
The corn is said to be of the finest quality, and very
abundant.

The reports on the Stock Exchange anticipate an
increase of between 300,0001. and 400,0001. in the
produce of the public revenue for the quarter end-
ing on the loth instant, as compared with the cor-
responding quarter in last •ear.
The frequenters of the Royal Exchange are soon
likely to be gratified with hearing their favourite
tunes on the chimes, a new set having been hung
up in the new dome.

NEWSPAPERS.—It wag ascertained lately, by a
return of the Stamp Office, where the paper fur all
the Journals in London and the United Kingdom
is stamped, that the number in London was 300,000;
in the country, 650,000 weekly : making nearly a
million weekly, and fifty millions per annum.
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At • meeting of the Corporation of the City of
Hereford on Monday, CHARLES IiONIATT,
was sworn in Mayor; W. PATESHALL, Esq. Es-
chentor; E. BULMER, Esq. Customer; Mr. J.
GWILLIM, Coroner; sod Dr. BLEEP LYE ■od J.
GRIFFITHS, Esq. Chamberlains.; for the ensuing
year. After attending divine service at St. Peter's,
where an appropriate sermon was preached by the
Rev. Mr. H •THW AY, the Mayorentertaineds large
party of friends at the hotel with • sumptuous din-
ner. The company comprised upwards of 200 per-
sons, including the Chief Steward, Earl SOISHERs,
Lord EAsyNoR, M.P., ROBERT Pates, Esq. M.P.
and all the titiglihuuring counts• gentlemen. The
room was so completely filled, several were obliged
to dine at side tables. The evening was passed u.
festive harmony, mid the company continued f.
enjoy the pleasures of social intercourse till a Nov
hour, when they departed, delighted with the hos.
pitable attetdtr.n• of our worthy Mayor. Colonel.
Sir J. G. CoresitELL, M.P. and R. SCUD Amour.
Esq. M.P. were prevented by illness from at-
tending.

The cutter Polly, when off the Banks of New-
foundland on the 15th of last month, about the
middle of the day, the rim exhibited an appearance
BO UIICOIIIIIIOII, that the I.lficers could not take aii
observation. The wind blew a hurricane from the
south-not and esti, and the weather became On
a sudden so dark and dismal, that the crew were
much alarmed ; the rain fell in torrents, accom-
panied with what the seamen, from the darkne,s,
conceived to be very large hail tories„ hut which,
upon the weather clearing up, they found, to their
astorinhment, were shell fib'', somewhat resernhlang
perrivrinkler, and the (leek so completely choked
stpwith them, that the vessel was in danger of be-
ing swamped.,