The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-11-30 00:00:00

FIT HIS ticeLteNcy THE MOST NOBLE TRH COVER-

NON GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

Rein William, Jan 7, IRO4.
Lieutenant Colonel A. Kyd having arrived in
Fort William, is &retied to assume the charge of
the Engineer Department. conformably to the Ge-
neral Orders of Ilia Excellency in Council of the
lab ultimo.

L. 1100 K, Sec. to Govt. Ma. Dept

The liorticulturai Society of London, instituted
last March, the object of which is to form a Repo-
sitory for all the knowledge which can be collected
on the culture and treatment of all Plants and
Trees, both culinary and ornamental, have begun
their winter meetings. The Officers are,
Pte. dent—cos Ent- or Dan nouth. Vice Presidents—. Sir

Joeph Bs:iks Bart. R.E. P.R.S S ; Right Ilumiumble
Charles Greyslle; Richavd Anthony Sali•bory, Fsq ; Jams
Sims M.l) LL.D. $ Mr. Janie* Dicksnn; John Winteosil,
Lig Treasurer and Seereaary ; Rev. A. Cleere, Knigatakenlgt.
Ct I.TLAL or CA C.ROTS -l'he following we be.
lieve to be a correa statement of the produce of a
crop of carrots, grown upon a farm in the possession
of J. C. Cu Inv ksq. of Workington Hall. the last
summer.—The quantity of ground sown was an acre
and three quarters; the produce of ..hid' was ;el
cart loads, at 70 stone each, or .5075 stone of carrots
which, At bd. per stone, would amount to 1261. or
721. per acre. The tops would have fed thirty cows
for fourteen days, which, at fourpence per day each,
would amount to 7L The ground was by no means
promising. The carrot seeds were sown in stitches,
which were thrown up as high as could be got by a
double mould-board plott:Th. The furrows were
frequently ploughed in during the summer, and kept
as clear of weeds as possible. Nothing can exceed
carrots, for feeding either horses or cows.
Last Friday evening, at Mr. Josesorn se
sots's, at Underwood, near Cockermouth, the floor
of an upper loom, in which a great number of peo-
ple were assembled, suddenly gave way, and the
company, with the furniture, &c. were precipitated
to the ground. Providentially, it happened that
none of the family was in the lower apartment at
the time, and, as the flooring did not separate, no
material injury was sustained by any person present.
The shock, however, was very violent, and the
alarm great.
Asaxeex or his:. is —A very carious circumstance
happened lately at Crosthsraite Church, near Kes-
wick. After %he christening of a child, the clergy-
man and the raker adjourned to the vestry-room,
to register the baptisns ; but, alas ! the father, on
being asked his wife's mew, could not recollect it!
and had to tun a suktatida 441 for the reqoisite in-
formation, before the proper entry could be made !
Several petty robberies have within these few days
been committed at Ipswich. On Saturday events; ,
between seven and eight o'clock, as a girl was walk-
ing in St. Clement's-street, with a bumile oilmen, a
soldier of the Berkshire Militia forced it away from
her, and ran off; but being closely pursued, and a
stranger to the neighbourhood, he took down a lane
which led to the giver, into which hr plunged from
the quay us the depth of ten feet, from whence,
however, he was soon extricated, and being taken
before H. Stitailf, Esq. was committed, in his
wet and dirty accoutrements, to the Town Gaol.
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The fhllawin g circumstance descrves to be re-
corded :—On Tuesday the doh inst. the wife of
DANIEL. Rooms-max.. weaver, observed at the back
of the Town's Mills, Perth, where she had gone for
watt.., an infant about four years old 9oating down
the lead. She immediately called to a man who
was standing by, but he observed the perilous situa-
tion of the child with unmoved apathy. Mrs. IZ•s-
assysurs then rushed into the water, and seised the
child; but br'ng drawn ir.tn the current of the im-
petu.)us backtail, she was precipitated down Ole
stream. It gives us pleasnre to add, that she was
tae.nr our at the bacon, above the meal mill, with
the child thin in her grasp, and both alive, although
they hay pasted 'mks &w disienzu water wheels.