The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-09-20 00:00:00

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Parry a waterninto belonging to Hnagerftied Stairs, Ins
unileitakeit fora wore of twenty goitseap, to cow a wherry
frost Lutetti;u Bridge to Crwiesend and back again, to ten
rucr....oe hours! It hal beta accepted; and alia.s!loweil
by the tun:neon sine of the Boost extravrdimiry undertakiop
eter eng.,ged in. The distance is slaty-sib nti:es. Bets are
ivy to hour *pima it. It will take place iu a few days.
•

The Earl of WssrstottLaso left town yesterday
.lbt his seat at Apethorpe, a here his Lordship in-
tends to'entertain a WI mero '44 at,seurblage of Nola-
-litt, who will enjoy thefleasure of the chase.
oqv STANIVORTH, Esq. M. I'. will leave town
'this day for Brighton.
Irish thestricais hare been very unsuccessful this
sea-son; the bestefits, with very few exceptions, have
proved lone?.
Mrs. Lievsarsiispir, the veteran of the Daialin
theatre, cud who was indisposed, is perfectly reco-
vi4e4l, mid performing at (*ark.
' • The Ministerial Papers of lust week said, that
Cle:lerals LayadPlE,.. BuititAlitn, and WriLLES-
LnY, were to be raised to the Peerage : That we
deny! for it would be impossible to find their
equals. 2: .
In the lilt r diigraceful event there can he no mi-
litia's! aNu>inn ; as it was the Thistle, the Rose, and
the Shamrock combined.

Sir HENILT and Lady Poi vox have been for
these few months pug at their beimtifill seat at
Burknell. in Oxfordshire, where they have been
viaitet! by a numerous assemblage of rashiouables
amongst whom were T. Fuzituutt, Esq. nod fa-
may. to whose house, in Stauhape-greet, they re-
turned yesterday. •

On S;tiirday °lamming., the 10th inst. a duel took
place near Whited-surd), ten miles hum Dorehes-
bctween Major J—s and Lieut. G. B---w,
of the 5:11 Dragoon Guards. It was agreed be the
parties to tire on a signal tieing given. Major
nn receiving the tire of his antagonist, dis-
charged his pistol in the air, when the seconds in-
terfering, the afruir was uniicably adjusted.
We hare authority to state. that the paragraph
in isersie of the papers, alinouneisi_ig a fatal duel.be-
tween Captain CAULFIELD and Mr. P., was fahri-
ratld, and intended to distress the friends of ;the
former, and cause his remains to be disturbed for
the inspection of a Jury.—Capt. CAULFIELD died
Ella decline.

Swindon fair was to commence, yeaterday, and on
Friday and Saturday back-sword playing will be
exhibited; with prizes of fifteen guineas the first
day, and ten the second ; so that the town will be
in a hustle for the. it hole week, as it is expected
that all the amateur* of Wilts, Soutehiet, and
Gloucester, will attend.
Sir Join SINCLAIR arrived at Kelso last week.
His object' we understand to he an inquiry into the
cause of the failure in quantity of the wheat crops
iu Roxburghshire and the neighbouring counties.
The tenantry in. the district of Rannoch, in
Scotland, lately had a grand entertainment in
honour of the Spanish Patriots; Col. ROBERTSON,
of Strowan, and Nisi. Nlenztes, Esq. younger, of
Wean, in absence of his father, Sir Roamer, rive
them every degree of countenaure, in bailing the
dawn of liberty iu Europe. Illuminations, dancing,
and bonfires, concluded a day so luippily dedicated
to the cense of genuine liberty and patnotism.
Yesterday, about two o'clock, a gentleman was
found senseless in the atreet, and conveyed by one
of the beadles of the parish, to St. Martin's watch-
house, and from thence to the work-house, where
he rar.siued in the seine state at a late hour last
night. Ile had a gold watch in his pocket, a
trifling quantity of silver, and a small memorand ern
book, the leaves of which were filled chiefly with
Greek written with a pencil, and partly
effaced; two or three lines of Latin, and all til-
gehriiical calculation. The Greek extracts were
principally front ancient medical works. It is hoped
this description will be this meson of his Laing
traceilbiy his Mends. fie is a tall matt, apparently
shout 43 years of age, and dre*e‘i in a blue coat,
witb bla,k breeches.