The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-11-06 00:00:00

LONGF9III). OCTOBER 29.

[EXTR♦CT PROM ♦ LETTIR.I

The harvest here has not turned out so favour-
able as we expected. The crop of hay was by no
means good. The oats hav►, its moot places, run
very much to straw and small head. The potatoes,
however, are excellent, and. I believe, very pro.
uutive.
Tiw fever, though greatly abated in this town, is
very far from haviiig disappeared. I attribute this
to the want of au hospital, wlt ch would confine
the contagion to our spot, instead of having the air
tainted by it, as it now is, its every lane and alley
you cats turn to, so that you are to danger of Mind-
tog it at every step.
Miss Edgeworth's comedy of Lore and Law
was lat-ly performed here, with the approbation of
its celt.brated audiurrss, by the young Keirtleincii of
the town and rieighbourliourl, fur the benefit of the
'odor and faintly of • deceased respectable inhabi-
tant who hart fallen a martyr to the typhus. This,
the first of Muss Edgervortler dramatic pioductions,
was peculiarly fitted for representation almost out
the scene where its characters, with one exception,
intrinsically Irish, were conceived, drawn, and, as
many suppose, partly studied from real originals.
It went off with great eclat, and received from a
crowded house the most rapturous applause.

MURDER CUMMIT:"ED IN GLASGOW.

'While one murderer is under sentence of death,
and another case is under examination before the
Local Authorities, an old wuniaii, ►n complete
dotage, has been cruelly deprived of her life. This
woman. Mrs. Cochrane, above seventy years of age,
lived in the Tontine-close, and gained a livelihood
by keeping lodgers. Friday morning, about one
o'clock, her inmates, coming home, were unable to
gain admission to the house. After one of her
sons Nod been brought to the spot, the dour was
furceii open, when the poor woman was found lying,
with bier hands bound with tape, a lifeless corpse.
This t on immediately directed the officers of police
to a .bouse in King-street, where they took his
brother; along with two women, into custody.
The w omen appeared to have died in conse-
quence of blows inflicted on the hack of her
head. One of the women in custody is alleged
to have, in the course of Thursday, used threatening
languagi towards the deceased ; and, when appre-
hended, it was discovered, that a piece of tape was
wanting t iom her dress, while that part which rt..
• monied, I wing a string on the one side of her petti-
coat, was of a similar description, bring exactly the
seine, iu t, settler and letiv,th, with the piece tound
In the hay, do of the threeziotql. Ott a further search
the poor house, a hatchet, which is said
nut to hate 'belonged to her, was discovered.

Mr. Just ice DALLAs was MOM into office. as
Chief J limit, I of the Court of Common Pleas, lag
moroihg, the Luigi) CHANCELLOR, iu his pri-
vate room, n t Lincoln's-ism. Mr. Justice PARK
dccompioned the Chief Justice.

The vtlemp t to remove the heavy toll on the
bridge over t, tie Ouoe, in the city of York, has
as a sell icient sum could nut be taws) for
the purpose. ' This is a Berl• onfortimate circum-
rtauce the p ablie, but a lucky one for the two
Afriithers far th, t city, as they have each of them
totted their sub., cription of a Liousatul pounds; as
plumb-ring the tepresentutibe stems a regular rule
with Sue constitu Lent in every vlace.

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CORIILSPONDENCE.

Extract from a private letter, dated Louvain,
November 2 :

" Our Burgomaster, Aldermen, &c. and all the
city civil authorities, are in hustle and activity,
preparing to receive the King, Queen, and family,
who are to come here to-morrow from Brussels, to
meet and receive the Emperor Alexander, the
Empress Mother, and they say the Empress, his
wife, with the Archduke Constantine, &c. The
King's cooks and other necessary personages (or the
getting r.-ady a breakfast d-lafourekette, or break-
fast dinatoire, are come from Brussels, and a large
building occupied by a Society de Lecture, com-
posed of ail the principal inhabitants, where
they give halls, concerts, & and where we have
coffee-rooms, billiard-rooms, &c. is destined and
prepared to receive the loyal guests. The upper
part of the building is the Drawing Academy
and Academy of Music. There is a collection
of paintings belonging to the Master all ar-
ranged in complete order, as the Queen of the
Netherlands is all amateur and patroness of the
Arts. In fact. they have worked day and night
since Saturday, printing. whitening, &c. and yes.
terdsv, elthough one of the most solemn feasts in
the Roman Catholic calendar (All Souls), was em-
ployed in brushing up the bidding, • fine old col-
lege, and erecting triumphal arches. The young
men of the town, fortbed into a guard of honour,
go to meet the Sovereigns. Eighty post horses are
ordered at each station, and it is supposed that the
Emperor, &c. leaving Maestricht, will be here
about three o'clock to-morrow.

TO THE EDITOR OP MS zuansff PRESS.

Ifemaher 5, 1519.
perosing your Paper of this day, I observe the
melanebuly death of Mr. Elliott. oho you say hes suffered
treat embarrassment oil acuctustil Ilse cavemen of Mr.
Must's pustiug.bills. Ice. for tie late Westminster Election.
Now, Sic, this is to inform you sad The Public, that the
above Gentleman did out contribute to any espeose
late Election, nor was be in any way responsible ler say
expenses, nor dW any one ask him fur oily share of them
whatsoever.
WII. WEST.
b 4, Wyebstrest, Strand, Lemke.