The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-10-03 00:00:00

DRAM OF WILLIAM FIELDING, ESQ.

We regret to state, that on Sunday evening William
Fielding, Esq. the Seniur Magistrate at the Police-office,
Qweeo.sqoare, departed Hsi. life, in the 80th year of hie age
He had been lung aill•cord by paralysis, but. the diseme
which caused his death was n dropsy. Mr. Fielding Mutat
at the bar with the late lord Ellentiorough, and with nearly
equally brilliant prospects; but ill health prevented his
attainment of a height to which he was well entitled by
his talents to aspire. Ile was, however, an excellent lawyer
and a fluent If not 'lnquest speaker. Mr. Fielding has
been a Police Magistrate for about twelve years, and
during that period discharged his official duties with great
ability and impartiality. Upon all °erosions he was the
strenuous advocate of the poor and unfortunate. He was,
we believe, the nephew of the late 11. Fielding, the cele-
brated author of lins Jaw, sad other excellent novels.

FATAL ACCIDBAT.

A melancholy accident hen lately taken place in the island
of Guernsey, to which place Major Leashes, late of the
Norilsoomberlaad tMihtia, had, but a few weeks before, ie.
moved his family, hoping That change of air might benefit
the health of his behaved partner. 0.. Saturday, the 1011 t
alt. that gentleman look an airing with his wife and son,
secompaitied by Lleinesaiit sad M ca. Janet', in a low phaeton,
drama by • aingk louse; nu Ikeir return home, while de-
mending a gentle declivity, the reins snapped, the animil
mi tourer feeling restraint inert:tarsi its speed ; Mrs. Leavi.s
hirsute immediately alarmed, kep.d from the carriage, and
fell with such valence, as to be conveyer, into a neighbour-
ing cottage • lifeless corpse. This excellent lady was hot
38 years of age; as a wife and a mother, as the head of a
family and a friend, she was an example to her admiring
circle of acquaintance. Mrs. Jones, from extreme fright,
leaped out • few minutes after Mrs. Litanies, and broke
both her legs near the ankle, the right leg a compoond
the fracture.

St. Luke's Address to the QUEEN war signed by
3,277 females, and 5.979 males ; besides many
parchments that came io too late.
A Circular from the Secretary of Stale for the
Houle Department was received ut each of the
Police Offices yesterday, ordeting the Magistrates
and Officers to he in attendance this day in the
vicinity of the Ilnnse of Lords, and other anr
pointed stations, for the preneryatiou of the public
peace.
Yesterday was a busy day along the water-side
preparing scaffold% hencher, and other at:cumin°.
illations, for prisons desirous of Peeing the Knee--
@ion of Watermen and Lighterinen going to address
the QUIRK at Brandenburgh Douse, this day.
Flared-bills were (bit ribilied yesterday to the
hackney-coachmen at the different coach-stands in
all parts of the town, inviting them to call a Meeting
to address the QuEEN, when .it was proposed that
they were to go in varniit processioint, in about two
thousand hackney-cosches. and with two h0r,44 to
etch, the driver. yid horses to wear white bows of
ribbaod.
Numerous instances are on record where pirating
in the humbler walks of life' have, tlirmeelt the
kind offices of a certain Ludy, been raised to wealth and
power; and it is tint Improbable that Tharsday hl..rf may
produce some nein 'ranee: enrtutiorative of time tact,
that day, name Laity attuilid tu) will dia.
tribal* Is Tamers; with an inoiserirmiciir hand, at
7Cisoper's.Hall, hesimiieg with 'its (1 of WOW/. in, the Fir
- frft ia"trs Teti! !r,IByth‘i_sli but
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