The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-11-17 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

On Tuesday night ass inquest was held at the honer of
James Clark, the White Lion, James•street, Coveut•guden,
before Mr H.gga, on the body of John DAIIIIOII, who
was killed in Drury-lane by the wheel of a wagon passing
over his body.
It appeared from a most minute investigation, which lasted
six lames that the deceased was a salesman in Covent-
garden•market. tin the night of bis death he was drinking
is compaby with John Cromer, of Tbeebald'aload, and
others; they trod• a hackney-coach at Charing-cruse, in
order to hr better enabled to see the illuminations; they
wen► clown Fleet.birert, turned up Shue-lane into Holborn,
and .brooch Great Qiicen..treet ; but when crossing Drury-
lane a drunken niaii seined the reins mid tumid the roach
so rapidly round flirt the deceased, wbo stood behind, fell
tinder the horses' fist, and a coal-waggon belonging to
Good and Thorp, Winchester Wharf, Southwark, passing
at the time, the wheel came in contact with the roach.
wheel, whoh it broke to atom., and then went over the de.
erased and killed him on the spot. It is false that the arei-
d►nt was occasioned by a squib being thrown which frighten.
ed the horses. Verdict—Accidental Death.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

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FOlLTllllollffit, NOVIMBIII 15.
Put Lack the London Parket, Triey.
Sailed the Medway, Wight, foe New South Wales.

PLYMOUTH, HOTLY/Mt 14.

Arrived the Ceres, Winter, from 13%1,410re:t0 fur New.
haves' with her tarn heated •nd most unload; and the
John flirty, Eite.lry, front Calcutta for Loudon; on thy
tlst Autism off she Cane of Good Hope spoke the Ratrliff
whaler, tumid fur St. Helena bay, with 700 barrels of oil.

FALMOUTH, NOVIIMBIII 13.
Smiled ihe Doke of York packet, will, mails fur America;
sod the Whiiehall, Csabb, fur St. Michael's.

YARMOUTH. Nevus's" Li.

The Wan, Gephardt, from Haman-mad to Lisbon, Imo
bees its G.l ion Rand, bat gut off again, and has goose into
Lowestoft, full of water.

NARWICU, ■otvaaca 15.

A brig is on the Stow Bends, nut tar front heuce,• nod it
is supported will be moeh dammed before sbe i.Sut rasp's,
as the wind blows very hard sad much sea.

DLII Novinsia 15.
Arrived the Brisk sloop of war. frogs a MOW', sad resales
in the Downs with lies Soren' (regale.

mvu., xovinvesit 14.

'The Elleeway, Petits, which went ashore off dellffeet the
Stit inst. has lauded her cargo, partly in a &staged state,
and is expected to be got uff la a day or two.

On his MAJESTY'S aeee•sinn to the throne • re..
port prevailed that it witi his intention In erect
most siilenilitt emit .xtelisive solace between thole of
St. .I.imes•ii and Cetlion florist., but the report
was ill received by the public. and strong objet•.

ti were made to the greet expense of such on
edifice ut s moment of emelt general distt..s..
But whirl would Ow public have wtid had they
ft:reser', the Quxxx's trial ? Flair tt million ut

I movey Spent upon the erection of a 'low palace,
Il'tivould- have been expended at home; it would have
circinaten among our,elves ; it would have given
employ meta to every clts. of tradesmen and orto,alis ;
it would have given the King of ENGLAND what 'lie
bat long wanted, arid at the want of which fo.
te.igorra are surprised—a ignitable sawn residence;
it would, if properly executed, have given to the
country a ntilooal of which it might
be proud. lovitirl of the tee have had the
Iritl, which has I,,wetra the colithiry in sic own
estimation. which is branded sic derogatory from
the dor:oily of the crown nod it jurions to the beat
illitit.iv 0( the empire, which has disgraced us in
the eve.: of fort igii nations, and intend of circulat-
ing three or four hundred thothosnd potted* at
home, has sent them to enrich the Milan Com-
missil.l,ert, the illtsjocchi, end oilier perjured scoUn-
drels of
CANTHARADIN..--.lt appears from a set of tape.
rimrnta snide by Dr. J. FREESIA ri DANA. of which
be girc!. in sccntivit in Siffitoon's AMerietllll JONI.
led V Science and she Arts, vol. ii. puge 137, that
the iota rittosis or COMMON potato of North
America, contains • quantity of cautharedin. as well
as the twelve resicaoria. The lytta of Anietiea,
Dr. DANA informs us, possesses vrsicating powers
ins higher. &Erre then the Spanish fly. The ez.
perituents were made. so rather • smell scale. is
consequence of the &Scully of procuring the fly
is. selfteient wreath),; but • oessible Fatima of
• essibeettlia wane to ben ben ebninde- • • •

elitNl.

—OOO-
- Ilro Cokoths Ganlto.]

While we are on the subject of Eastern grata, It
will be new to most of our readers. and acceptable.
we doubt not. to all, to see a summary of intelli-
gence from China, which has been published in a
late number of that excellent work. rr The Friend
of India." to which we have so often. and shall
always again be ready to pay one tribute of cons-
mendation fir the judicious selection of its subjects.
From the variow parts of Eastern Asia it degree
of informati )))) is now obtained far exceeding any
thing ever before known. Not only hare we
felligrnce from every part of 1-lindoort'han. from
Cabo!, mid from the utmost !moods of Persia; the
Harman empire furnishes its scanty qunta, and the
different islatith which form the Malay Archipelago;
rod even China is now .so looger a country hidden
from European view, The various attempts made
within theme few years to cultivate the Chinese lii.
gunge, will certantly is►ue in a full development
of th..t vast inspire, with till that is interesting in
its history. Its literature, its government. and Mor-
sel policy. Thr translation of the Scriptures into
this language, while it will unfold to its iminense
population the mysteries of redemption, from its
enihracing an great ■ ♦ariety of matter. will lay
Open the language so effectually, as to prevent its
being ever closed again upon the European world.
One immediate effect of these attempts appears
in our being now able to obtain stews from China,
as well •a from the other parts of Eastern Asia.
While this half civilised country is yet without an
intp►oreutrnt pos►esaed by the Persia' empire shove
two thousand years ago, portt.rffices for the revolter
transmission to all parts of the empire of lenient.
either on business or friendship, it publishes some.
thing in the form of • Government Genette. This.
while of course sufficiently barest of event', is still
valuable as furnishing facie which the Government
wish to he publobed among the people, often ac.
companted with such observations as they wish to
impress on their minds. Articles of iiitelligeoce
drawu frosts this source are occasionally published
in the indu-thiwese f./ea•er, a small but valuable
work published quarterly at Malacca by the Rev.
Mr. Mane, from which the following articles a►e in
substance extracted,

These swim's articles. trivial as they may appear
to some, throw much hg,ht on the prevent stole of
the country, .111(1 the feelings of the Govermueul.
Though proletewilly absolute, it is evident that the
Government is not indifferent to the opinion of the
people. The half apologies mode for certain of in
acts, and the various instances wherein taxes are
partly remked, plainly discover an anxiety re.
specting Imbhe opinion, unknown formerly in the
despotic stales of iinoloost'loto ; ns we can
scarily place this to the account of pure paternal
feeling in the Governineut, it sufficiently discovers
its fear.

( Front Me Peking Gazette.)

JANUARY 15.

This Geneve he• come to band. hut it is exceed.
ingly ba.rrn of intelligence. thie of the prin.
eipal Minister* being in ill health. has requested
leave of absence for a time, to winch his Majesty
lass grectou•lr acceded. . . . .

A" Tartar Nobleman who was involved with
Sung-ta-yii.•, on his return to Court was sum-
moned to an audience of the Emperor. Ms Ms-
jebty say v, lie expected that this Nobleman would
have acktiowlo.l4ed his offence, shil been gratefol
for the lenity with which lie hail been tieate.l. Is,-
steed of this, however, the Nobleman threw him-
self prostrate hehae the Emperor, bona into tests,
NMI plO'estrd Ills itiMmetice; polltilog to !leaven
stud swearing by the Sten, and utt,- ring language
which seemed to reflect mom the Emperor lianselt„
The result has been, that lie is completely dis-
graced, his bile taken limn him, mid he Is re-
manded to Tanury, to be kept in sale cubtudy I.y
the broil of bib tribe.

The Emperor hay signed the drath warrant of
two Stateamen—one of them 811 Yu-she, or Crlll3of,
who has been condemned on the charge of receiv-
nig a bribe to make some statement to his Majesty.
.The sentence la notified with a kind of apology
from the Emperor, in which he sap., that the Cen-
sors have been much better treated wider the pre-
sent dynasty than under the last one : and that
nothing but an irtrmatible iwcetsity has induced
him to dratiov these two turn.

The people seized in Peking on a charge of
secretly manufacturing gistipotvder, hate been
liberated. They weir merely makers of fire-winks,
•nd were seized by the police. who wished for some-
thing to wr•ke a stir. and prevent their bring
charged with remissness.
Several districts iu the province of Chili-le, which
had sotterrd iu the spring by drought. Inter in the
course of the winter hero much injured by hail-
storms. His Majesty bus ordered souse relief to be
graisted.lhetn.

JANUARY 20.

It appears from this Gaulle. that coi►sblerable
vigilance is aerated in vacusering Irina due Lei the
Government from local magistrates who coileet the
duties. Several have been cashiered and thrown
into prison for defalcation and embezzling the
public money.
The Twister Tang.kanu was still unwell, and
had solicited iwriniision to remain at home a longer
period. promising that when he should recover he
wool(' put Ills forehead in the mire at tl:.• palace
gate. unit in that posture gibe thaiika to his ►acred
Nlajesty. fur his great indulgence to him.
A new appointment. like that of the. liyonn-inin,
Fua at Macao, has taken place at Teen-tom. A
difficulty had arisen respecting the seamen Innught
from the southern !Kafue's to man the slitpa at
Teen-rain. What was to he. done with their Noes
lies was the difficulty. The Governor of Peking
represented, that to remove their families to the
north would be troublesome, aid that they were.
illUf rover. unaccustomed in the cold. It is there-
fore ordered, that them men seise fur three )ears;
after which► time, should the northern seamen have
made sufficient progress is travel tactics., those firma
Ilw south may, if they prefer its return to their
families.

•
As is often the ease is so huge so empire. the
harvest lost year pea deficiest iu melons parte, mud
the people usable to psytire amid dunes. It wog

• The Isar Prime Iliakseer, who hie hen iliegropeed,end
raewagel et Punjabis's( aim Is MM • annoy csissaisl
Iht tribes hi Thelhey. • . • • • ••"

'1

Yrticalarbi the else in the sooth-west province of
on-non. In that province also a large party of
kidnappers have been apprehended, who hail stolen
sod were carrying off (whether does not appear)
more than a hundred women and female children.
Ilia Majesty has ordered immediate death by sten.
gling to be inflicted on four of the leading ofliniriers.
The following article sufficiently indicates the
real state of the military in this empire
Em-
peror has takeu serious umbrage ot the want of
respectability into which the artily is felling, mod
severely blames the liberties token by the civil
officera. lie has heard that a local magistrate will
presume to walk shoulder by shoulder with a Ge.
bend to the army. The probable coo.rqueor,.e of
this to the safety of the empire, he apprehends
will be very serious, if it be not remedied.—
Ile has therefore ordered • new edition of the
laws respecting ceremony and etiquette, amid
insists on their living duly and rigorously en-
forced. The officers of the army hosing been
found to employ too m nv of the soldiers as pri-
vate attendants, and civil officers to have retained
about them a crowd of inferior officers, re...peeling
kith of iliese cases old regulatiosis err revised, and
new ones enacted. A Tartar General of the Lit
rank is allowed lees men to •ttend on him tar piddle
service, but none for private purposes; other officers
are allowed a proportionate number, but nu torn
are to be perinduslly int wheel to aid officer, they
are to atlind for the day in rinattoo.
Ms 'Majesty has ordered the army in Minchew
Tertary to be duly exercised, that it may he re-
viewed ii him nest year, when lie shall visit that

The interference still] domestic concerns viviltle
in the article will probably be found :I. no Ifictent
at• it is cuticula. The extensive use of
and the outrodm t of the hookah into
and *wen lulu Jell", 111. Majesty', revitleiter, has
called forth a general order, forbidding the culture
of tobacco I.r the hookah in tiny province of
A 4 the province of ICNn-soh, in Site
north-west corner of Chitin, produces the best
hind, which being profitable to the farmer, Las
been much culttvated there. the farmers are
ordered to desist from planting it, and the Yeatilets
of it. to seek fur some oilier mode of olitatistiv4 a
'timidness on Irwin of being ptinirlted for (1144.11"411.
coca. The reason assigned is, that tobacco is a
utrre luxury, and not one of the met-salutes of life.

Souse individuals no account of the rebelluati of
1813, and other. for the murder of senior relatives,
have been put to it slow and ignominious death by
being cut to piece..
Complaint Ilia been made, that the criminal
cases f the Seehuen province nave been of bee
anusually 'numerous. In one cane of adultery the
husband was murdered, and the woutan's mother
hanged herself. The Board of Criminal Caber hap
objected to the 'foci:lots of the local goer...rot,
toot tit, Majesty has ordered the case to he trial
anew by Twang, the lair Viceroy of C4lllOll, and
hen required the full application of torture to pro.
cure the truth of so hriiii.u. a crime.

TWO ca+e► have occurred of people's dying under
torture usijumly ii.ilicted. Our of these °crowed
in Tartary, iu ',duct' the torture was inflicted by
the keepers of his Majesty's forests. It was found,
lbw some one had rut down wend and carried it oil
by ►Wraith. Several venders of fuel were iiuspecied,
seized, and tortured till a confession was ratoreed;
they were then carried b•fare a Magistrate, and
found i ffff C.Cr II!. bat two of thee died of dot tor-
funs o,fliclegi previously to being tried.

The ittosecistson mod seisms, of persons toottect.,
outli setlet assmistions still cootioor.

111111111Allr 1.

This day bring the first of she ChinrSewew year,
his filmjesay lies summoned a number of the pisuers.
sioltlrs, sod statesmen to Shili•yiih, a eat flash."
It is priihatily out known to Europeans its general,
that tliii easing of flesh is few-hag on a sacrifice.
This is .couission AI _ri Los sumo% both etch and
poor. but on many occasions they are pettnitted to
(libido the victim+, and send a part to absent
frosii•ls. On occasions like this, however, no part
of the meet be taken assay ; it must be
tat- II ur lite imperial prsselice. The victim is also
rater alone, no other buil of provisions being ad-
misted isidi it. Those who are allowed to portoke,
are foriiiililess to ieturn shooks to the Emprior. it
loeittg considered sr a divine feast 7 beer in give
thanks to him, would he substituting him for the
divinity to whom the sacrifice to offered.

FEBIWART 4.

llis Mitiisty lisp again pnlalisheill, Ili a paper of
considerable length, his intention of ',siring the
toint's of his aiiceators, the spot where the family
fist rose to meal dignity. In document he
again' severely annuadvelts on the late Prune NL-
Mater Sung Tsayina Death, the Emperor observes,
was the jaisS l 'aliment of his offence ; when that
was dispensed with, perpetual itnl.tisnntnrut would
hiss been merciful : how grrat then the clemency
*hewn him, in giving tutu hush wid a am-
Finn-) appoiLtesent among the Tarter tribes ?
This
the Emperor was induced to do, howeveAfrnin the
eoirpidersiion that Sung had loug orrvol hie laslier,
els well us himself, in the Ingheit office next the
Imperial throat.

His Majesty commouiling all the governors of
province* to receive ksseeling the intim:viols thus
given them, adds, that respectitig Sung, they will,
tot reflection, easily price:ice what la. Majesty's
feeling and diricultirs insist have beeows:h Isis
login order on the one lisustl, to destroy any igito.
mit staterulan who would dissuade a roveteigu of
I the Triog dynasty from visiting the Pipit of ground
I where the family first ru►e to and Sung's
conduct on ►lie other. He concludes by saying,
that Sung was food pf performing petty elisrities
and acts of kindness, but WA* ignorant of true
girainess; and that although lie • must have faith-
! tul adherents, who feel grieved ow his account, they
are to,, mean a class of men to merit his Majesty's
I isigotriog greatly about them, adding, " Let theta
du what they please., I. the Emperor, shall not
trouble myself to think about ii." How weak
most be she uoderstalpding of a prince, or the hold
be hoe of power. to iudece him thus to oddreue has
loultieet. !

• Shop, 'was a she Seddia sees sod *eyes be allowed
himself the hoe sue a wise. wee isitessoot a my teheisoe
mem. Hi gave s
owl/ his sassy sod esselesoesis
ease. As his. same uppers Ms hove bro swell
shot a shoseadise he claims Illsiesty tom a jeoresryi
lwfiseP. sato ass* as idle es'hissmolt, it is larly
tltri~all oalejoril him is tireteissrporlie fases.

NRRTINGS OP CiRRDI7YOMI AT GUILDHALL

TO- PIORILoW .

.......- • IS. M.
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T. Hartle, Bristol, Sarno!raper .......
T. H. Smith, Chorea '.lour, tailor
K Pr' kiwi. I.yasirgials, grocer
D. Hurley, Cockapw,-streat, boot-tucker.... 3 It
W Small, jun. Loner East traitlifirtil, hatcher.. •
.1. Al uriloc.b. I'. BirOWl,, and W. NPGirr, Nottnnhosi,,,
drapers
R. Cooper, Thmdaei ale sires, Merchant . 2 10
A. Anderson, Salters' Hall court, mirrhant . 2 10
.1. Fludt.a, Cheltenham, coal-..,,reliant 2 It
J. Urdies,Solio,jewrlli r
.1. Curti., latent Fordingheirke, draper 2 lo
F. Hudson, Ancel.laur. I.rewer
W. Cuff, Isliagion. broker
F %Vai•oet. Manclw•ter,lionre. *rarer
T. gllti IL l'oritel, Chingrord mills rind Great &Mt
lieless, stiller,. 1 I ;
H. flweby, Foundling Hlnspital, plansher ... .. •• • • ° 12
J. Sinew, Riiiisland, state-roach proprietor
W. Calory, nevi mailiet, linen draper
A. /iamb, lansr•stiert.s4ps.re, wit boat
J. linbrie, Backlerabory, warehouseman
T. Towyr, Vb.i.ltac, Noll!1? ll
.t Cook, Oakleyoutlls. miller
.1. Norman, laic..., steel t, istaider•saartner ..... .• 11
.1. ('..noun, Lee. rpool, aseicharit
IV. A lob.• 11, 11't...11.nm place, neerchesst
11. Wood. St .G.le.'il, cuaeh.smith
'T. Jens, Piccadilly, animists •,, ... lO
T. %V. Turner, Dreatforil, putter
J. Pearl.y, Oa foid.sircei,.linemdriiper lO
J G 'rant', Tokriihoute. yard, and/. Gordo., Shard,
inerrhanlo. . ....
R. Vluostailuu, Great Marlow, horre.dealer

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DIVIDENDS.
J. r. and W. Street, Durk 'robins. y, saatiomen
K. Davit a, Nye; Bouki-str. et and Oxford-arr.-.t, tatiow-
t handler
S flute, Soditup.cate.sirret, inVtf II keeper
J. H.. It miaow, Siottne.atrert, aptitto-cary ......
W. Ilearliassia. Haymarket, aura chant
F. W. Itatledie, Comm. rci..l-road, arty deakr ... to
L. Jacobs, Nakwas.atrcrt, glava-dealer .... ......
T. ['outsell, M. Folutrour.-bury, tallow chatuller lit
.1 Keen, W. Smash, ROW J. Clarke, Southwark, hatters 1:
C. M. lissig, Upp. r 1.....,0 Smithfield, witle-merchasit
H. Baker, elauhsll, I.r..kcr
J. Wmadruor, 1)1.1 Artillery-trouutl, suruer . • • .
C. Markewaie, Betliottl .iittaic, mk rat:tut ht
L Lyon.' Lower Shadwell, brewer .
T. and J.Duaticy, Wiekkattle. earn nierrhaut
It ilwdsdh, Flett vtireetodlmais ltk
K Wasps. How Church ya.d, ta.rchaut . .. p.
W. May, Spstal.mist ark., vslk-maaufactarer