The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-01-30 00:00:00

The Lotto MAYOR in the Chair.

His Lordship having stated the purpose fur which
they were assembled. declared that he inn‘t cordially
agreed in the 'prevailing sentiment, that the mural
(lineation of all classes demanded the ottention or
those who had made an esii,ii,or of i a sidvantagees
Ile had witnessed the ~,,,,are of the body to'
whose bervicr the I..ase was that clay de,
voted, and could not give atiy other came to this
benefits intended, than that of the purest charity.
—( A pp;1111se.)
Adtanial Lord CA7I BIER addressed the Meeting
of the Itet.ulttlion for for eee ie ig the. Society. In
itlluditig to the great increase of the Bible Itistittps
tom, which has spread anis amazing rapidity from
the Western to the Eastern Hemisphere, lie asked,
whether it was not (tartlet' by the finger of Poor'.
dence, whose attributes it disclosed ; and in speak-
tog of the character of the seaman, he described
him as a person wlio.e with respect In
eternal affairs, WWI 111111(1.4 to tally destitute. mitt
thereGire demanding the most active assistasice
those in whose defence lie bird.—(4ppianse.l—
-la to ',hew that the seem,: to which mimeo
were exposed did not exclude them films a retniti
of moral feeling, he instanced the conduct of live
who had been on the coast of Africa, amidst the
most degrading trials, and who ots leasing that
continent, where his habits became the comiterparC
or those by which he had bees surrounded. pig&
tlenly reformed at the helm, where in the tempest
lie had observed the wonder of the works of Pro.
videuce, its the immensity and agitation of the
prospect.

. JOHN THORNTON, Esq. decooded the Redo-
lutiou.

Junes Stephen. Esq. M.P. the Rev. William
Deshrey, Mr. Wilberforce. W. T. Money.
awl Captain P.keuhuw, spoke at length iu support
of the fasts.

The Resolutions were carried unanimously.
After which the Meeting separated.

Lord andly .41.unprrti arrived water iv
evetiiisg at their house in Park-street, grim, ii
Duke of Dt.voNsuntE's seat, Chatsworth, Dell's-
shire.

.1. E 3. SWETE, E•q. and SISMOUSE, E-1.
left Blake's Hotel, Jertnyii-street, yesterday, I,r
their seat in Devonshire.

As partridge shooting ends the Ist of February,
whoever has them in their posilsosion alter that tlay
will be liable to a penalty of 5/. per bird.
The musical amateurs of Liverpool are all i
raptures with Min BYRN F.'S performances. She is
ably ►rtppotted by Mr. Pvsr, nnd, on the nigt,ts
she sings, attracts the most crowded and
audiences ever witnessed in Liverpool. Cartes
blanches have been sent to her from Nlatieliestel un.l
several other towns. which her engagements lit
Drury-lane necessarily prevent her from nectpting.
On Sunday stoimight another couple, in n cron•lt
and four, passed through Carlisle, and paid there
devoirs at the Temple of Hymen. at Gretna Green.
They eloped from or near Ambleside. The Ger.
tleman's name is SOW ERBY, the Lady's FistiEtt..
The town of Scarborough. in Yorkshire, is rune
improvilqz by new accommodations for future vi►i-
tors to that bathing•place; and amongst others, an
hotel is preparing on the plan of Harrogate, where
the company are to dine together at a limited
daily expense.
The success of gas ligl►t; and telegraphs shoill.l
teach us never to treat new inventions liglittv.
1-low much were both of them ridiculed forme,
Mr. HoLme.'s concert mid ball, at Uttoxrter, out
the 16th inst. ass very numerously and faslionialile
attended. The ball ass opened by the Ilor.. Mr.
cr.sos and the Hon. Miss CAVENDisn, 1ip'....1
by more than forty couples. Among the y
were the families of Lord VERNON rind 1.41
WATERPARK, with all the rank and fashion of t,e
neighbourhood.

Trade and manufactures are evidently increasinx
in every town, and any comparison with rake-
lions from abroad, cannot be admitted ; but, u ,-
firtunately, though there is a great eagerness in bi-
feigners to give orders, there is but very little
money amongst them to pay for the pUrchase.
Affairs of honour, as they are termed, which ari.t.
betwixt military inen, should always be regarded
by a Jury with great tenderness and consilleration,
as their situation it peculiarly hard. If they dir
nut tight, brit put up with an affront, they cannot
stray in their regiment ; and if a verdict court s
them to be immeshed, they are liable to be hanged.
The present year is a sort of minus mirabilis.—
The swum of all the figures is eighteen ; which is
also the sum expressed by the two first as well as
the two last, and also 'reckoned Hither for-
wards or backwards; an arithmetical combination,
which can never happen again'
The parish employment for the industrious with
Messrs. HILL and ilUNDIrti Patent Alaeliiiirs
dressing Ilenan and Flax, now trying at Clay Farm,
by her AIAJESTV and their Royal Highnesses the
Princess AVIMSFA and the Princess ELIZABETH,
64 going On so satisfactorily, that the ,rushes of
New Windsor and Clewer have adopted it for their
poor.

lia the present state of the country. we do not
believe there are any bodies of people more dis—
tressed than the companies of very low strolling
actors. who are opposed by the Methodists in every
town where they endeavour to set up their standard.
Tate ITY COLLEGE, DURLIPI.—The quarterly
exansailation closed on Friday. offer having coy
t* d during Aloaiday, Toes(lsy. Thursday. soil
Friday. Between 7 and 800 person. were 'sr.
mined--the greatest slumber ever examined before
on a similar . The number now on slag
College Books exceeds 1,300, more than double
what it was in the year I 800. This great increase
of attulents at College. is an utirquitooll prim( of
the diffusion of property. rducAti )))) . 141111
.ititvih-
genee 11 glititit this cowitrt. to.ilwithatiat.,!sise: .11
the di•e.iv: titag.-4 %1 lei we labour.—(Pws
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