The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-12-15 00:00:00

THE LATE HENRY ANDREWS.

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The late Henry Andrews, of Royston, the celebrated cal.
culator, was tarn at Frieston, sear Grandma, of pour pa.
resits. At the age of six rare be would reequiretly stand in
his shirt, looking at the moon out of the chamber window,
at midnight; and when about ten years of age, be used
to Mt a table on Frieston Green, lie clear frosty nights,
and set a telescope thereon to view- the stars. Soma
after, lie would sit fur weeks together by the Are ride,
with • table spread fell of book', tasking astronomical
calculations. At a suitable age he was vent from home to
earls his living, and the first situation he filled was at Slesford,
as servant to a shopkeeper; after this he went to Lincoln,
to wail upon a Lady, and during this servitude used, at
every opportunity, ou make weather-glasses aed weather-
houses. His last situation of thin kind was in the service of
J. Verinum, Esq.; and his master, finding him so intent on
study, allowed him two or three liners every day for that
purpose. On the Ist of April. 1764, be went to Aar/Irby
Hall, the seat of Sir Christopher Whichcote, to view the
great eclipse of the sun, which was visible on that day,
where a number of Ladies nod Gentlemen hail sesearibleil for
the purpose ; end es be had previously calculated a type of
this eclipse, he preseided the same to the company, 'hewing
them the manner of its appearance in a dark room upon
a board, and after it was over, they unanimously declared
that his calculations rause nearer the truth than any given in
the Almanarks. A abort time after this period he opened a
school at Basingiborpe, near Grantham' and afterwards
engaged as an oilier in a clergyman's boardiog-school, at
Milieu. He then settled in Cambridge, where he proposed
to reside, in the ezpeetetion that he might derive some
advantage io prosecuting his shadiest, from the men of
science in the University; but the noise and bustle of the
town not being agreeable to him, he left Cambridr, and
acme to reside at Royston, where he opened a school at the
age of 23 yew, and at this place coutineed, as arhoolmaster
and bookseller until the day of his death, which happened
after a short illness, on the 26th of January, 11120, at the
age 0f76 years, having enjoyed an uninterrupted state of
good health till his last illness. He had a very extraordi-
nary groins for astronomy, which he cultivated through
life; for more than 40 years he was a computer of the Nan-
ilea! Ephemeris, sad compiler of Moore's Alseinsach,
publihett by the Stationers Company, fir the same pr.
Hod *. He was greatly esteemed for his integrity, and
modesty, by every scientific man who was personally ac-
quainted with him, air with whom he had been con-
nected, iturtieulerly by the late Astronomer Royal (Dr.
Maskelyne), who valved him much, and who, in relation to
the Nmed iced Ephemeris, was in constant correspondence
with bias fee weeny MK a century; acid also by Dr. Charles
Hutton, under whose superintendence he made the astrono-
mical calculatious of the Stationers' Alenauacks.

• The sate of !bore's AlimasseA, in his lined', rose to
430,000 copies per snosos—yet loosest Andrews got
above 451. for his labours !

Copy of a letter from her Majesty the Queen to
I.is Majesty the King. written in her own hand-
writing:—
e 1 The Queen bas heard, with pain, that a female is eon.
demned to suffer death on Tuesday, for the offence of palty
jog forged Rank notes.
" Her Majesty cannot refrain from 'Presuming to recom-
mend this unfortsnate person to the merry of list King.
Her Majesty does sat enter ewe any jedicial diseumion ;
bet, from the particslar nature of this offence, and the very
peculiar state of the law respecting it, she is eneouraged to
b.pe that the earnest appeal which her feelings ►ave prompt.
ed may nut have been made la vain.
" Braudenborgh House, December 3."
Lord Sidmouth's Roarer wis, that the warrant
for the execution was in consequence of en Order in
Council, and that the King could not interfere.

After the Stockport illumination, some person
fired a pistol into the window of the mons in which
Mr. Moonuonss (who was tried with flustr) and
his friends Ind been enjoying themselves.
At Warrington a grand procession was made in
honour of her tiAJCSTY, bed as a rejoicing for the
defeat of the Bill of Pains and Pewilties. As usual
the loyal attempted to prevent it by their "reason-
able apprehensions of tumult," Etc. After the
prote,,sion, it was given out that the owner of the
Mercy mills would put Majocchi's effigy betereets
a pair of mill-stones and grind him, but the crowd
tore him to pieces.

THE STATUS OP AISSINON.—The Russian Am-
bassador at the Court of Rome has received a let-
ter fram Sir A. SMITH, an English traveller, who
is at present at the Egyptian Thebes. lie states,
that be Las himself examined the celebrated statue
of fkleaixosi. accompanied by a numerous escort.
At six o'clock in the morning he heard very dis-
tinctly the sound so mach spoken of in former timer,
and which had been generally treated as fabulous:—
" One may," he says, " assign to this phetiosnennis
a thousand different I:auses before it could be sup-
posed to be simply the result of a certain arrange.
ment of the stones." The statue of MEMNON was
overturned by as, earthquake, and it is from the
pedestal that this mysterious *mind is emitted, of
which the cause has never been ascertained, and
which was denied, merely because it was inexpli-
cuble.--( Paris Paper.)

On Tuesday. at an assembly of the Mayor anal
Btu geoses holden at Boston, East Bemire Low
was sworn into the office of Recorder of tkst
rough, in the room of the late Sir JOSEPH 1.34N1C5,
Baronet. deceased ; and at the same time 13ENJA-
HIN /LINDLEY, libg. took the oaths or office as
Deputy Rrcoider. As soon as the fugginess ass
over the Mayor and other Members of the Corpo-
ration returned to the dining-room in the Town's
flail, and partook of sandwiches, wine, &r. and the
Recorder itonsidiately afterwards returned to Bel-
ton Park. The arrival of Lord BROWN /MP wi4S
announced by the ringing of the bells. which con-
tinued ring:fig at :utereals during the reatsiutler of
the ciry.

LA Ti INTELLIGENCE.
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COURT Of CHANCERY. !Jocasta's Ws
THIMIIDEV, MEMOIR 14.
JU DG St ENTS.
The Loan Cmitscat.t.utt—s" I will Ptlitig tal the
Car on Saturday no what days I will give judg-
ments in the vases that have beets heard b-fore Burs
It is inensolvent on me, in in.tice ti myself. to
state why I base been obliged to postpone my jodg-
tarots for the last fortnight. It has twee thy pain-
ful duty to consider and report do two most hew
Recorder's reports. consisting of no less than 51
unfortunate remits convicted of capitol felomm.
and I had to snake an abstract front what passed
on the chief of their trial.. %Viten it considered
that I had this must painful duty, of all others
appertaining to my other, to swrforin, I have on
doubt but at will hr deemed • sufficistot apology
for any supposed neglect of muse to the suitors of
the Court."

BUSINESS OF TOE COURT.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—as it is high time
that there ought to be some new arrangement made
in this Court, and th..se Courts brawitiog from it.
All motions are no. made in this Cond, initead
of its other brioches, which makes every day a
real day here, snit at the same time the Vice-
Chancellor will only take motions on ott• day in
each peal. It witl be, therefore, necer•ary for me
to request of the Fire-Chancellor that he will ex-
tend the time fur hearing motions in his Court,
which certainly would enable me to forward the
proper busitieva of this Court. As to my hra►-
tttg appeals, it srems to be out of the quecioti ;
and it is to be lamented, when there is such • num.
be, entered which can be only disposed of by the
higher branch of the Court. um not only afraid
that by the pressure of other business that I shall
get through the apnea's. but I am afraid I
shall never ►each them, if there is not • new ar-
rangemeot of the business of the Court. I will
hare a convert- in on the atobject with the Vice-
Choncelli the time I to be

_ettnr. At the lame time I beg it to un-
derstood, in whit I have said, that 1 do not ousels
blame to any one."
DENHAM R. PINNOCK AND MAUNDER.
Mr. 1111ALD, on the same side as Mr. liar', con•
chided his I,h.ervistions.
Mr. LOVETT followed on the same side.
Mr. WITIIRREI.E. replied in part.
The LORD CHANCELLOR note at four o'ciack. it
being understood that Mr. Wetherell would con-
clude Isis reply to-morrow (this day).

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Warmth/Ea,
Tnuitsomr, DICCILIIIIMIL 11.

Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and II
Nnvial Jury.

TUE KING v. TYLER.
This was an indictment instituted by the Society
far the Suppression of Vice, against the Defen-
dant, for selling Thomas Paine* Age of Reason.
Mr. CURVET stated the facts of the caw.
The Defendant was a bookseller in Wych-street.
The Society for the Suppression of Vice being in-
formed that he was selling the Theological Works
of Paine, sent a person named Reguell to paw base
a copy: he accordingly weed on the 4th of Joly
last to the shop of the Defendant, and after pur-
chasing two or three other pamphlets, asked the
Defendant for The Age of Reesoc lie said lie
had not got it by him, but could procure it ; the
price he asked was 1/. hut he at last agreed to take
16s. and Mr. Regnell a day or two afterwards
went, and the Defendant gitve him the book. On
the Bth July, Mr. Fair, the clerk to Mr. Pritchard
Attorney to the Society, went to he shop of the
Defendant, and under similar circumstances, pur-
chased • copy of The Age of Reason for the sante
price. It was quite unnecessary, the Learned
Counsel said, for him to comment on the dangerous,
Ilse prruirionsi tendency of the work in question.
He should 'trove the publication by the Defendaut,
which would entitle him to their verdict.
Mr. Regtiell mid Mr. Fair proved the facts as
stilted by the Learned Counsel
The book was put in and a single passage read.
Mr. ADOLPHUS addressed the Juty on the part of
the Defendant. Ile said it was not his intention,
after the numerous convictions which bad taken
place for 'publishing the work in question, to offer
one word in int defence. He admitted that he
could nut deny the publication by the Defendant
after the evidence which the Jury had heard, but
he would beg them to consider the inducements
under which he had been prevailed upon to do so.
It appeared that this was a book which could he
well afforded for 4a. and the Defendant had been
persuaded. under the temptation of the enormous
price of 16s. so procure it. Such a pace must rte.
cetsarily confine the circulation of the work to a
el .as of persons not very likely to be injured by its
contents. It might he said of it as of some ex-
cessive duties on foreign goody, that it aluatot
stnottisted to • prohibition. This was a work
which the late celebrated Bishop of Landaff, and
the equally celebrated Gilbert Wakefield, had
thought it uectssary to answer, and for that par-
pose the work must be in the possession of the
person replying It, it, and therefore the Bishop
must necessarily have purchased the stork of some
respectable
bookseller. This was not a public and
open publication, but a private one. and to a per-
son from whose reverend appearance (lie alluded to
the first witness), the Defendant might easily be
led to Iselin'', that little mischief could arise
should he peruse the most ingenious sophistry
which had ever been written. lie confessed that
he had a copy of the work in question, though he
had not opened it for 20 year., and he thought,
that as it was matter of history it might innoceutly
be 'possessed. lie should not have occupied the
time of the Court an loie2, as he had no hope of
obtaining front the Gentlemen of the Jury r ver-
dirt fur the Defendant ; but lie bad hope. that
they would con.itler the Defendant, who was a
very young tradesman. as deserving of *llea- re-
commendation to a merciful coientlerution here.
after, when be should be brought up to receive tlig,
of the Court.

lodgment
The LORD CHIRP JUSTICE shortly 'emoted up
to the Jury. oho immediately found the Defendant
guilty, bust recommended him to merry.
Mr. GURNEY said, the Defendant Isati been he.
fore guil.y of the same °Wetter, but bsd been for-

Riven. es his peetniFe not to commit the !Ike
agile.
THE SINS V. wens.
This wan an stediesawnt foe perjury. *nevi] to
hare been committed by the Defendant. in hi. H..-
wee to ..bill in Chancery. A varlets eft *es di.r—
weird between oh. Intl awl the indrennestr.
ender his Lordship'. direction the' Jury acquitted
thy Defendant.
• JERVIS r. sr.orce.

This was an amino by a aurserns and'apatiseciry,
for medicine* supplied the Defendant. also 50 NS
the profession of she low. The amount rough' Ise
be reenveted we. h/. 164. ; the Defendant Issil ten.
droll 31. in full of the demand, which the Maio.
tiff refused to accept. There wee sonic difficitlic
in proving the delivery of the medicines, ss
Defendant hail rolled ut the Plinistsff 's house, as .1
taken some of thesis w Ins pecket, rod iiitseso 1i..1
here taken by the Pleiotiff Mussel'. e i•.•
daughters of the. Pla,usilf proved the
calling at their father'. louse as.d Niko ; eau) wn •I
111111 nierlicitirs in his pocket.
Mr. CusNEY, for the Defeuilact,
that it was impossible his Client ensild lute 1,4.1 all
the medicines chargrfl in the bill lima;; 1.11
of alp.ot afl A oh : 25 boxes of pulls and 31 104.
ties of mixture, She kart containing half a,
pint, were ton much In suppose he Mid ever
taken, sml the best !woof of it warn, that he wis•
still living. De thought that the tender of 5/.
which the Defendant lied spade, was, on a tensor,.
utile compulsions,. a very linisdrome c prt.eatteu.
The LORD CHIEF JCIITICS sold the Jusy, it
for them to say tl they were eittiefird with lite trout'
they bail heard of the delivery of the rerthcoors
for the Defendant's ure.

The Jury, •ftrr • short consultaiinti, futiml 4
verdict fur the umuutit of the Plaintiff's dernuoii.

OLD 8.1/LEY, THURSDAY, DitcEltisEa 14.

Patrick Connelly. William. Hall, •nd .1u!! s
Clark, 'notorious thieves, were convicted of ste:ilin
a bunch of *Etch seals and keys from the person or
Churl., George Ireland, in November last.
William Drew was convicted of stealirg a eau -
cis, of mouton from the trout of the shop of Win.
Williams. in Grub-lamer, between the hour. or
one mid twu o'clock on the 15th of November lay.

POLICE.
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Yesterday Thomas Judd was brought to tne other, and
nnibreent aft rxami••trow horror, Richard Rirnir, E.ii. C e
Sitting Magistrate, charged on sospieion of bring ronrernrd
is hisrElarrowely betaking omen the boyar of the lire, Mt.
Derdee, sear Ungar, is Essex, aod stealing • variety of
articles of wearing apparel, plate, coins, &c. to a comaerit-
ble amount.
Daniel Dutch, nue of the horse patrol Isklonging to t►•
ogee, elated that about half pint war ri'rlork ow wrilises-
lily hr low the P►immer at the Jolly Whreirr's public-boost., •
war Woodford-beidgs, sad he muscling the Jcseriptinn of
• rasa charged with baring broken Niro the hulls, of tl •
Rey. Mr. Deed's, near °agar, on Sunday night, he tors.
limbed him as to who he wa►, what he was, where be
had heels, and wheat Ire was going? To none of which in.
terreigatories did he answer satisfactorily; his aernient owl
equally so ►eopecliag a boodle be had with him; kr ii, coo.
sequence Waisted us •esrebiag hiss, to Sm MUS. the ear-
teals, when he found seven shine and other property, assrlied
* J. D." the Whist' of the Rev. Mr. Dreary, which Irit
very, little stool* in his mind but that the Prisoner was the
robber, and tnuk him luta custody.
The Miaow,. 1,111 committed for further examination on
a future day, when the Rev. Mr. Deedes sod some of his
family, who can identify the property, will attend.

Elizabeth fatten charged with being accessary to the
robbery and attempted murder of Mr. Coley, of Wheylode
Fens, Lincolnshire, we. finally examined.
Ois the last resniinatios it was st lied that the clothe* of
her brothers, who were suspected to be principals in the rub-
bery, were found by the officer at her lodging, 1•1 lb, Ferrero
of War, in Easi-streei. Manchester square, from ishaid, elf.
ewstellaisee it was inferred that she non.t have kiisrein.thipr
retreat, hut which she positively denied.
Two privates of the Pd regiment of life guards, whom she
lodged, sow stated, that when her brothers came to town
they were very badly clothed, but in a few days they pug_
chased new doilies, and were seen with as abundance i.f
money. They went, ansoupt other places, with some of the
soldiers to see the new barracks, Regent's Park, and ow
their return one of them threw a heedful of notes amongst
the soldiers, but they refused them • they offered 401. to lbs
life gusrdinnsn to whom the Promise was shoot to he mar-
vied, but he refused it also, suspecting they got the mutes
improperly. They were overliesnl by one of the riotri.eis
dividing money just after their arrival in town, which t •
nreotiowed to his comrade.. They got a soldier to carat
letter fur them to be directed to Isom their (deeds is
the country, white, with the other circumstances, nested
- suspicion, and they perceivirig that, resolved to WI Is Lan-
dau again. They purchased a new portmaisiesii, and being
dressed like gentlemen, set off from the White UMPIP,
indoor, by the Manchester cum+, asitrosint another mune.
The soldier whom they sande their confidant, in a few
Joys after received a triter from the. foe the P. isomer,
ststiog, that they reached a friend's house, but the cocoa
hies came is pursuit of them ; that when the officers enieqd
the front of the house, they gut' out at a wiudno io the
rear into a large boildiog erecting et Manchester fur a linea-
tion, whieb is surrounded by watchmen day and night, sad
there was us poesibiliiy of escaping snail the boildin=
foriohesi, which may be io three weeks, whew the oat
will be dismissed. By 'his means they escaped from Os •
offieres, mid are in a cellar in a remote part of the buildiley,
whew tidy are supplied with food through a hole by their
Meads. Shortly'efter this consmanitatteo, a also arrived
at the Ihrierrotes hidgiog frees the country with the male
clothes they purchased is town, tearful that if the choirs
bad bees Stied in the country it would feed to their do.-
emery. The ma. remained in town about three or Nor
days, mad thew art off in a chaise, accompanied by another
moss sad somas, it is supposed, foe Manchester.
It sows mid that Camisoles, the oosostry constable, "din .
displayed so ONO activity, travelled about 400 miles t
the country in pursuit of the robbers, and int,e• tacit
apprehending three of them. with about 600/. of she p'ii,,o. ,
which he recovered, had got a vent of the I.lAer gamer a, •
Prisoners brothers ere concealed, and that it was es pecir.l •
deify to bear from him.
Tit Prisoner still persisted that she was igoorasit grimly
circumstances Motile( to the robbery; sod 'bought her hi...-
there were innocest of the crime imputed to them.
The Magistrate orilreed her to hod securities, herself in
1001. sod two housekeepers is SOL each.

Earl Geosvvioe his port puschsted twelve wilt
and coonfuriabli!iadjesiiiiig hamlet iu Chester, 'tact,
his I.urddlip it Siting up foe the occupstion of
twelve &cap(' berusen uf that city, with the el,-
distriuri.t ul • bti pc ud of 2s. 6d. for rechtreekl::.
new will erected at the North &cling Pri.
Northallerum, it stew fully fissi•lteti, awl
yolked by she prieuise.s. Krim& cons of .11
hind., is a wet expedstioes reutetkably
well.

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