The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-08-24 00:00:00

THE arum MitTRESIII3.

asusesia, Aition IR
The Duke of Wellington has isceessively inspected tbe
lime of fortresses ■long the Melee from Dimwit to Maas-
tricht ; ►e has every ohne expressed his satisfaction with
the works, which are advancing rapidly, and the execs***
of which does hoover to the enlisters who are charged
wit► the direction of them. The castles of Nasser sod
of Hwy is particular were highly praised by his Grace,
Om the ot►er bawd, we leans from the frontiers of Fraser
t►at a cereals jealousy is excited by the esteem of a hoe of
Ammon in the south part of over kiagdose, front Niesport
to Lorxembiteg. Joseph 11. had all those fortresses demo.
hiked, fur what rename is sot well knows, w►ich eircainstaate
greatly facilitated t►e estrange of the French law Belgian
is 1793 sod 1794, the armies which slefeeded our coestry
at that time having so fortresses to support the.. la 1794
it was proposed to eat the dikes sod let is the sea to cover
West Flanders by this Inoue, het the phut was sot adopted.

GROUSE

Tips accounts front the moire art very entradictory.
Geste appears toting. bees plestiful is sacs sitnatioar, sad
particularly scarce is slier,. One Gentleness killed slats..
brace the first day, sad he before breakfast the fullowisq
recestiag, after whisk he quilted the Geld.—(Neweseas
Paper.)

HARVEST.
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Barley ►anent was begun on a small leld in Petereulter.
ea Tuesday, the 14th last. It has commenced also at eras •
Wet, lad some other Oates is this neighboarhood.--(Aber
dent ILSroniele.)

Lawn, Aveseier 10.—The wheat harvest has partially
aaasaseaced is this Deighboarhood, several of oar farmers
boring is the coarse of tits week set their reapers to work,
sad, we believe, cot without the expectatioa of caeryiog to
they bares sod rieb.siessiles, what is ormaisiosily called a &it
average crop.—(lfeeeses Ae'retrieve.)
The cora crops is the aeighboarbood of Liokeard are
mach injured by honeydew, rust, sad collibraa, pariicolarly
at St. Greases's, where Ohs quantity of collibraa or soot, is
rocketed at IMO, • quarter part of the eaters grewlh.
Orchards coataila fewer apples thaw for tasty roars past;
sad we are sorry to add, that doable sow occupy the fisher.
men'. minds sia the long abscises of pilchard shoals ou the
Carotids shores. Potatoes sad turnip crops promise peat
abundance.- (Bkerbovis• Mercury )
A field, sot more than a mile from this town, which was
wawa with oats io the smooth of May, begat, to be eat us
al
d y ast ; as imbalance of growth to maturity which has
beets seldom paralleled. The maps I. this Reich-
are very good; sad there is, we ars happy to my,
eve" prospect of as aboadast harvest.—(Notlinghars Re-

Belshassar's Feast, that fine painting, so at-
tractive and so much admired during its late ex-
hibition in the Strand. left London on Wednesday
for Liverpool, where it will be exhibited at the
Royal Academy, the Governors of which has liber-
ally granted Mr. COLLINS. the Proprietors that
splendid room, gratis, for its esisibition.
L•►rd RINYON has established an anneal cricket
match, which is to be played by the two Hundreds
adjoining his Lordship's estate at G►edington. 1 lit
match is to take place on the• anniversary of hi.
MAJOSTT's birth.day. The first match was played
on Friday the 10th, the 12tli bring Sunday; two
handsome* tents were pitched on the ground, in
which epic ode ddjettai i la foureliette was given to
the lathes.
The Brussels Papers cont►adict the account of
the death of Madame Davin, wife of the cele-
brated painter, adding, that thus Lady shares in
that city the exile to which that restorer of the
French school is condemned.
The coopers in the West India Docks, to the
number of between three and four hundred, have
struck for wages. which has prevented the regular
delivery of sugars and other articles from on board
the shipping, which has occasioned great income.
nienee. 't •
LOWGIVITY.—II is a ►emarkable fact, that two
witnesses were tzausined in causes at Worcester late
Assizes, whose respective ages were no less than one
hundred and five ■nd one hundred and one; the
name of the oldest is Wm. CRAMILII: he lives at
Redditch, and his occupation through life has been
that of collecting hare and rabbit-skins for ►ale: he
was examined in a trespass-cause, and gave a clear
tea:mousy ; he appeared in the enjoyment of all his
faculties, except a little defect in hearing. He would
not ride home, preferring to walk, and performed
the distance (17 miles) in one day. The junior cen-
tenarian is RICHARD WOODFIELD; he re►ides 31
Copenhagen-street, in that city, and was formerly s
waternsau he was examined tit the cause Sorrow.
CASWELL. and gave his evidence with ouch rlrar•
ness as called tomb the admiration of the Learned
J edge Pa aaovsl.

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