The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-10-18 00:00:00

LONGEVFI'Y.

In the parish of Acton, Mi/Qleseft, still exist the lineal
posterity of the famous Bi‘hup Cranmer, who was burnt ley
order of Queen Mary, 'Nearly 301 i years sgu. Oar of them,
an old lady named Whytell, has completed her 112th year,
and retains her intellectual and 'toddy faculties to a swim.-
in` extent. She usually devotes her morning hours to attend
00 the neighbouring pour, to whom e,lee is exteriorly kiwi,
and in the evening secludes hesself in her room, to indulge
in serious meditation. The family •of Crammer are from
Aslucktou, 'tear Hisrgharn, Notts, where the Martyr. Ft rehou
was burn, and where, we believe, some persons who data'
affinity with him still reuide.

OLD PAlLlt.—Tlie following recently appeared
in a Bristol Paper :
" There is now living in the parish of %myths;Wylie, is
the county of Monmouth, a person a ho claim* to he a haul
dmiteudeat of the celebrated Thomas Parr, and that in the
third degree of descent only from that venerable characi...
He states that Thomas, an filmed fur his longevity, INJW
great grandfather, that he recollects being miry times lola
by his father, amongst other particulars, that his peat
giandfather died at the age of one bandied awl hi' -la'
years; that lie was scut fur by the King. but what Kist he
amain recollect, though he has often braid; that he died in
London, and was buried in Westminster Alstwys Hllbam
Parr, the subject of the present mince, am born 1,.
the parish of Llanxentlach, near Swansea, where
father died at nearly ninety years of age. Ile
often heard pia father Say that his grandlinser (the son o'
old Thomas) had a aural lauded property tit the parish ir
Hope7Say, nets Ludlow, which his father sold, and tbat hie
grandfather lived on it till he died, upwards of eighty rats
old. He does not think his great-graudfailmr (Reams)
lived at Hope• Say, but at Wellington, in Shieipshire. near
where also he himself had billar relatives, and nut far. as be
believes, from Ilope-Say. William Parr has lived many
years in the parish of Illonylliusloyue, baring married the
daughter of a yeoman of that parish, on %hose property he
settled, cal ryiug on the business of a farmer with krputatius,
till be became Impoverished, in consequence of • change of
times and adverse circumstances, which involved him to ass
expensive law-suit. He says he was 80 year* slit in March
last. last summer he went into Herefuid.hire, where he
obtained employ in breaking stones on the highway ; and he
says that he would have gone this present aeaauu IMO the
same county, to hop-picking, whicls Yv could do sitting, if
the overseer would have given biro a few *billings in advarie
to pay Ins way.

The Hon. W. LAMB is is candidate for the vacail
seat in the represeittation of Hertfordshire.
On Thursday Sir G. BERKELEY Cativ.iitral Chi-
chester for Lord ti. LIINTIOX., who aims t• soccer.'
hit brother, mow Hoke of ii(cHHUKY, as the reprr-
'entailer of that-city in Parliament.

Worcester*,!Dile iliirieultural Society 111.011"4
took place uu Viacuuut DLE4LISCIMT, 11.1'.
itt the' chair.

* Ciptain EDWARD PILLOW, who wits killed io
• durl Fidel), at Paris, wits the only ern
Adnidrwl Ste IdaAsc PaLLsw, or
mouth.

The Teport of • dud having taken place ketwerii
Mr. likuuTT and Mr. L. WELLIALLX ja without
foundation. The nubuoderstoodurg 4duetu thw

gentlemen WII%, by the Iliteffereucepribeir hirinbx
Colonel Bute ATEA anal Colonel iti•Vi.aithirfactonly
explained, and a reconciliatiou fulloaad houourabkl
to both patter,.

The distillers of the North of Ireland are buying
in, and in the cuum►e uf last week alums Loop!. w"
Ltd out its the purchase uf rant lly the cooprlll
of lkHist,