The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-02-05 00:00:00

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The late military promotions have not. been cor-
rectly given by 041541.2 of our rontemporinies. The
fallowing will be found to be an accurate ac-
count
Ik►esfiwd to the G wernorvhip of ivrvey.
The Earl of Chatham, Guventur of Gibraltar, iu 1M room
of the late Duke of Kent.
Lientenaut.Geueral Sir William Keppel to be Governor
of Cerk.
Lielontaaat-Gewtral Browne to be Colonel of the •4th

Fuot.
The Marquis of Really to be Colonel of the Royale.
Lord Hortoon to be Colonel of the 424 Regiment.
And Lieutenant-General Hope S. be Colonel of therid.

CORONAWS INQUEST.

Yesterday as inquest was held et the Middlesex Hospital,
before Thomas Stirling, Esq. ea the body of Isaac Tem-
ple, aged 13.
Edward stocker, footman to Dr. Heaviside, of 14, George.
street, Hamtwer•square, deposed, That us Monday last 1w win
with his master's carriage and bones in Nottingham-place,
mid the deceased had the care of a Gentlrinsu's horse and
chaise near the spot; a gust of wind blew an umbrella tin-
der the horse's belly, soil is consequence of the horse being
pricked by the paints it kicked, and while the deceased wis
in the act of stooping lie received a kick on the temple,
which fractured his skull dreadfully, of which be died in the
Munn buspital.—Verdict, Accidental Death.

'YIUS.

[EXTRACT FROM ♦ Pety♦Tß LITTIII.]
Dila Ste—You would soon surmise our first
visit when we arrived in Naples. Vtrgil's tomb is
but two miles from the Strada di St. Giacomo,
where we lodged, and not quite one from the grand
Promenade of the Royal Gardens. We left the hotel
alter an ea-ly d r, and drove past the palace,
not remarkable for the beauty of its architecture;
but the piazza in front, bound to a semi-circular
colonaele, is fine. Wa stopped at the centre gate
of the Royal gardens to see the celebrated group
of the.Farnesian bull, the most spirited statue of a
quadruped now in existence. Mr. Etistace, its leis
(laasical Toter, observes, that it represents a woman
in the act of being tied to the horns of a bull ; he
hardly saw the group-sethe unfortunate Dirce is al.
ready tied ; the furious animal has made his bound ;
Queen Antiope, who relented, had just given orders
for her release; and one son on the left, seizing
with his right hand the horn of the bull, and his
nostrils with the other, the brother pulling the cord
with all his might, seem scarcely able to suspend the
catastrophe.
It is said the sea air has an effect on the 1311141 r,
that will make it necessary to remove to some other
situation this wonderful group. We quitted the
carriage again on coming to a zigzag path, that
leads to the vineyard where Virgil'el tomb is situated ;
the sail on all sides is higher than at its site, so that
it sten:nos entirely secluded ; no exterior ornaments
remain, and to the interior the reticulated brick-
work is the only remarkable part of its construe-
time ; from a bench near it is one of the finest
views over Naples end the buy ; and so rest the
ashes of nature's worshipper, in a spot where she
has dealt out with unsparing hand both majesty and
beauty.
After an hour or two of sleep we were called by
our coachmen' at eleven o'clock, and arrived at Re-
sins a little after twelve. Without any directions on
our part, three of the guides had brought out their
mules, and expected us to mount them without ce-
remony, belt as we understood a roan of the name
of Salvatori, to have the best, we insisted on 'echo;
him ; the other* assured us he was on the moun-
tain, and would not be back till morning, so we costs-
metiers! snaking our bargain : and as they were a
little exhorbiteent on three Englishmen, we kept
disputing till Salvatori arrived, to their great distils-
pnieettiereet. IVe were soon mounted on his indite,
and though we cut a very ridict,lous figure, with a
man pricking ou each, and hastening them by • half-
nasal, hall-grunting round. More than half the
way is through vineyard►. Thrn we crossed the
lint k lava of 1760, and afterwards part of that of
Iglu. Previous to arriving at the hermit's house,
we had a very abrupt, steep, and brokeu•up road,
where our asses found difficulty in keeping their
fret, and as we were occasioually on the edge of a
Jeep ravine, and our torch-bearer at a distance from
us, it required our fullest confidence in the animals
to remove the appreliesssion of danger.
At the hermitage we found means to dispose of a
cold fowl and a bottle of our host's wine, and as our
object was to be on the crater a little before sunrise
we- reposed from two o'dock until four on the sofas.
Heavy rails until six,and no prospect of clearing up,
caused a change in our felons. We drseeteded to
Resnik' and drove to Pompeii, where we passed four
of the most interesting hours of our lives, ranging
through houses toot display much trate, and through
public buildings on a most magnificent scale.—
brought to the very homes of a people on whom
the name of " Romate" *tamps the foremost of na-
tional characters. The extraordinary mildness of
the climate, and its little tendency to change the
parts of buildings, served to deceive we completely
in the forum civite, an oblong surrounded by a
colonnade-, round it are five temples and a Minima,
or place fur assembling the Senate, and hearing
cauAes.

The columns had been broken by the earthquake
in the year 63, and the repitirs had advanced with
eonfiderahle giirit in the year 79, when the •flower
of ashes coveted and buried all.

Seeing the friezes and architraves of beautiful
white utarble ranged along the columns they were
destined to connect, finely polished. and the letters
of the inscriptions cut, except a small part just near
the joitsta to be finished off accurately, at the time
of their juncture, I thought the workmen had quit-
ted (luring the heat of the day, and asked, with
what intention the King was going to repair this
fine Forum ? My guide was amused at my mistake,
but raid I was not the first who had beets deceived
by the apparent freshness of the wink.
We came out by the Ports Romans. the road or-
nainented with tombs, and semicircular benches fur
pedestrians. A little way down the hill is the house
of Arrius Diomedes, the intimate of Cicero; it be-
came the tomb for its toaster. His skeleton, cud
that of WIC of Isis servants, were found, apparently
in the set of making their escape.
We quitted this unparalleled collection of ruins,
and returned through *forre del Greco—numerous
neat houses have beets built Isere since the town
had been enveloped in lava in 1794—0ne of the old
ones is pointed out at n little distance from the road.
completely encircled ; the two persons who were in
it the time actually endured the heat for some
hours until the burning liquid lost a little of its
fluidity, and then they escaped.
Our descent to Ilerculaneum, and exploring the
traces of its theatre through damp and narrow pas.
sages. occupied us half an hour wan and we were
well pleased to re ascend to the village over it. The
great part of the galleries cut through the lava that
bury this city, have been filled up. lest the King's
Palace. which is built over them, should descend for
the purpose—and, as many of the old stucco paint-
ings are preserved here, that were brought up from
Iseli., the antiquaries would be very sorry to here
• new exploring to commence for them.
You may be tired of this very long letter. but
take courage, we are on our mute once more. and
with every prospect of a fine night. we have com-
menced esceedisigat six o'clock. After a short rest
at the hermitage, we rode to the foot of the part of
the mountain that is covered with cinders and ashes
—the latter as fine as send. and yielding at every
Met., made teilsoras work mad slow progress for the
ant twenty minuttat we thee took to the cindese,
with • continued &reel of brakes' slviris Jr we mfr-
placed a foot, and made our way on tolerably far
forty minute}. We were sow at Abe valley which
lies az the left of the truncated cows.. in whose lop

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is the crater, and from side the lava roll.—
volumes of smoke irisieg at intervals of four or five
minutes, and spreading like a vast tree; up through
its centre a body of flame blaziug and shooting out
showers of ashes end red hot stones, which some-
times fell at our side of the crater, sometimes at the
others but the wind sufficiently favourable to make
our situation not very perilous. It was here. a short
time before my visit, that W. C. of Dublin, was
standing with two ladies. when a shower of fire
enveloped them, a stone fell on Mr. C.'s shoulder,
■nd broke his arm in two places, and the terror
the ladies was near producing fatal consequences In
them. They were brought to the Hennitage (ear
cording to Salesian's account) scarcely living.
Mr. C. was much better when L inquired for him
afterwards at Naples.
Our curiosity was not yet satisfied, and we re.
queried to be brought nearer to the lava, of which
we had a distant view. Salvatori was ■ little un-
willing. but we were determined, so he gave us a
general direction to stop the moment of a dis-
charge from the mountain, and look up so as to
avoid the stones coming right upon our heads; he
then led us over the cinders or scoriae that cover the
sides of the crater, and which continually gave way
us. One of the hot stones had rolled near us; M►.
H. bring near.sighted, did not trust his eye., but
used his lingers to be satisfied of its heat, and as he
was smartly burned, be acknowledged himself con-
vinced. We cros.ed u tomtit of lava eight days
old, which, as may he supposed, st►ll retained its
heat; through the chinks we could see it quite red
—then crossing some riot more than 44 hours dia.
charged, our hands, feet, and face broiling, we reach-
ed with our sticks that which was rolling past in a
body about 4.5 feet wide, teeming out from a mouth
in the side of the crater, and causing a crackling
sound in all the scarcely cooled imbalances it touch-
ed. Our return had a little interest from the ex-
tinguishing of the torch, owing to the great rare-
factiou of the air iii a particular part, but our guide
was prepared for such incidents, and as soon as we
passed the place lie lighted it.
We ascended the valley ■long the base of the
crater, to where there are two fountains. about a
foot distant from each other—note gives hot water,
the other cold. We took a drink of the latter, and
found it excellent—we descended with rapidity,
and found our carriage waning fur us at Resin,.
C.

On Sunday se'imight a rapid thaw commenced at
Newcastle, and about six o'clock next day the ice
broke away front the bridge, and forcing the Mer-
chant's Packet and another ship from their anoor-
ings, drove them with fury against some other ves-
sels lying at the Quay, by winch many of them re-
ceived considerable injary. The Cicero suffered
greatly. The Merchant's Packet and the Carlisle
were driven down the river, and grounded urn a
sand-hank et the entrance of the Ouseburn. The
oyster-boat and some wherries were crushed by the
ships and sunk. The ice continued monk; down
the river 01 night, and next night lire ice n► the
higher part of the river came down. The river ■t
Shields was fur some days rendered impassable by
the floating ice. Tins thaw up,itars to have been
general throughout Enrols?, arid the navigation of
most of the rivers is again open.
It is understood, that on the dissolution of Par-
liament the Lord Mayor will be a candidate for the
representation of the City.

!, FRIDAY, raitatmay 4.
Venice
Malta 4O
Naples
Palermo.. ..per us 116
I.ishon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
1141tia
Duhliu
Corl
Agio of Dank uu
Holism!
8y:144m

Portugal Gold it t a. al
Coiu, per oz 3 17 9
Portico Gold in
Bawl; . 317 10}
New Doubluous 3 15 8
New Duller. 0 5 I
Silver in Bars 0 5 2

PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.

Bonk Statc. SHIa
3 per Ct. Red..... 681 i
3 per Ct. Cour. 68 67k
68}
Si per Cent...... 7711
4 per Ceutr B7l
6 pe► Ct. N. Auu weir

103 well
Rink L. Amt. 18 1-16

Imp. 3 per Ct. Au. 67#
ludic Stock ......
Ditto Hoods:. Is 16 pr.
South Sea Stock.. 75it
Ex. Bills. 4 .... 3 4 pr.
Lottery Tickets 1131. Q.
Oduikatu.
68k64

Coos. fur At c.

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p+iE

174: a 10o.; a iew Cei*Ge. lbd.; b 0 Lints, 7‘, *site
its hood ; 100 flosislai :* sid-
To•Acso,-.-Tbere Is sin • Improving demand for Tidlessej
two or three carituee of Virginia Tobiteco un reponsim
4t.. • 44.. per ICOlbo. and several morsels 40. pelt I
Rom. Statues, APO Hotzaustii-reTbe • riot, of sliab
Government contract for Rom twin at a law rate, had mil
unfavourable effect on the market; the demand Sore, hula.
ever. Les cossiderahty revived, sod Rums wry Wilily I
stated rather brisk at improving prices. • The request eau-
tissues directed 10 strong qsalitiesi.--Brourly le Is must da.
mend, sad the prices ambito* to adirsociteeeTbere is so sl
aeration. le Gassers.
OlIAL—Tbe prices of Oils may be quoted rstrally at ~
small reduction.
There is much interest excited ley the Celeopste ear •(1
Spiess, Sec. 14th iostaiet. Foe a length vt siervibive:
been very few purchases of Spices, and the quantity put ep
to sale has generally been withdrawn, then having bees
°treys at the Company's spiel prices, which have fur a metro
of mouths been lowered, tint the alterative has not pi 1..
.1.c.,1 the buyers to come fornsrd. The presient.o•daerd
lax prices, it Is believed, will induce the exporter, to 1141 y,
Rtes.—The demand for R,ce has really inspeosed; 14,
price* are Is, a 2s. higher.
TALLOW —There is no improvement is the' deousiol or
in the prices of Foreign Talow ; the market
heavy. Town Tallow is to-day quoted Gi.. which is 6.1.
cwt. higher Onus last week.

CORN EXCHANGE, FRID/If, Festoariw 4
What little Sue Wheat appeared this user,iiig oh'si,
Monday's prices, but the demised was far from brisk, 413.11
osty trusteed to the best qualified. We hid a lbw fresh sr
rivals of Barley hole Suffolk, which article of One alaitiut
quality fully supports Iffeedoy's quotation • het Hs. rr
very little inquiry after the middling and isierior amoiptisa;
of which we have a tolerably large quantity me baud,
although offered on lower tome Pamirs be disposed of. la
Pease, Beaus, sud Oats there is so alteration.
CURRENT PRICES OP GRAIN.

Wheat, Kest at Eases 04a TOs
Suffolk ditto 62s BSs
Norfolk ditto 4os 84s
Foreign ditto Its
Rye 34s Ws
Barley Ws 37s
Malt Ms
White Pease ....;."1116
Boilers 4146 481

Grey Peas. 414 4.13
Small Naas eos 41/
Tick dills . 24. 40.1
Oslo Pala* .. 264 28.1
Poland Vats 254 47.1
Feed Oats •...14. 2',. 1
Finer (per seek). ...5!.. ea.
Rape Seed, per 155t..34/ 26/

UXBRI
Cara Inspector's Return, 'I
Wheat, per load
Barley, per quarter
Oats
Beam
Pews

THURSDAY, FES/MIRY Z.
...ill 10, to 18! lOil
...32s —4 to 38. —4
....Us --ct to 30( -4
...39e —d to dee —4
.. 48s —4 Is 524 —d

NEWBURY, BERKS.
Wheat S3s to 771 Cd thsta
Rye —s to —s Od Beams 4ls is Ns Ili'
Barley ris le 34s Od Pease Oa is 44s fil
Bread Is. sp. to tit. 7P. per Gallop. I

SMITHFIELD. FRIDAY, Fiusaumac 4.
There was • middling supply this morning et niarictter,
all kinds of prime Cattle, but the pricea are c0i.1.1..r4;d4
Milker thus last market day. Muttu• has advanced met*
higher its pricei Veal is also meek dearer thou la►t week;
Pork Is also Wier is price. The Haymarket rennin,
muck the mate us per ear last week's timutatiwn ; Straw au
Chivas nu eltenitiou.

To sink the offal per stone of 01b.
11eer....41. 6.1. to Os. 64. Head of Cattle this day:—
Mattes IN. OJ. to Os. 04. Beasts
Vea1....0a. OJ. to Iti. Od Shoop 5,110
Pork ....Ss. 01. is 7s. OJ. Calves llO
Lassb...os. 04. to Os. 04.1 Pie. .... ...
HAY.IIAItiiET.
Hay....... 3/. Os. 0.1. to 41. 4s. 0.1.
Clover 81. Os. Od. to St. 10a. 0.1.
Straw

NEINGATE AND LEADENEALL MARKETS. I
(By lb. Carcass.)
Beef .... 4. 0.1 to 4. Sat Veal S alto 6i A
Manua.. 4s 44 la bs Oil I NA •• •• CPO 41 to 4l 4a

PRICE OF HOPS, per Cut
xrw 86041. 111 W ropett.Tll.
Rest ....3/ Silo 4/ Os Keel 3/ 8. to 41 S
gore: ISs to 3/ Ss Sussex 31 34 to 31 14
Essex....2l 189 to 31 144 Essex .... 3/ Os to 4/ 0
Farnham, second, 4110 s I. 51 56,-41si, 61 Cu to 11 Si
Foreign Poekeis 1/ Ss to 1/ 13s.

PRICES OF HAY AND FritAw.
IT .14110:11.11.
Hay 31 3.0.1 to 41 IS. Al, Hsi.. 31 164 0.1 1 Al Se 0.1
Slum I/ 4.0.1 to I/ I. IDA Straw.. I/ 104 Al to 11 lOs
Clurrrol Os 04 to 01 Os 0.1 Closer 51 St 0.1 to el Os Od

PRICE OF LEATHER. •
Botts, 50 to 661h0. each INd to /11l 'pet lb
Ditto, 56 to SOIL. each 324 to 1134
Dressing Hiller
Flue Coach 1141 es 17.1 to 1813
Crop Hides 36 to to Ils for coating 154 to 1.7.
Ditto 15 to 50144 18.1 to 'lOl
Calf Akins 30 to 4011. ' 110.1 to 164
Ditto 50 to 70161 ',Nil to •301*

Ditto 70 to .............29.1 to 70.1.
Small Seals (Greenland) ..10.1 to 101'
lane ditto
Tanned Horse Hides lOl4 to
spiwists Hofer Hides
COAL MARKET, FZURIJART 4.
Milos at Iliirkst Peke.

291 Newest* .631 .... 3Ss. M. to 44*. 6d.

MARRIAGE.
Thursday, at Cite Ise* (-inserts, by the Very Reti!the Haa►
of Obesity, the Rev. Rietrarel Sandilurds, Yea. air Yeterb
surrey, to Miss He Brett, ut aluain,stseet.
DEATHS. •
On the 26th alt. la Dettals, VisesuntesoMeialitastea.
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daughter elflike tale Lori Viscount Sautimell.
Ou the 18th all. at Lynn, Norfolk, Mom the wife of
Martin Falba Kisliton. el.teat delight* of the ktr
Stephen Atka Fon. of the same place.
the Wethwo:lay feat, at his twine, in Yintittalen; Mr. lo•
itcpb Aladin**, 'of an lalionni.ation in Meekest. Mr. 111a-
ducks was the Ant anatomy actor of his dsy, . HrOaa lon
the convivial orospariura of Frank Numb, afterward Earl of
Clallfeed.

HIGH WATER THIIIDAY AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Wet*Oar* Met A. Evailsrlllol4 ard

Paisvadysi dieliliilbed, IN '
Games Oise, N.. 117,

rELI.

THE AEMY. 4/V LVICIVIIVI; eir Pg.IPLES—VIISUIVIII.S. is the crater, and from *hose side the lava roll.— 17d. • lid.; • few Carrliesios, 15d.; 50 Sams, 7d. • dil.
is
Thew! ; 100 Ilketele, Sic a Sad.
--owe.- . volumes of smoke aisle,: at intervals of four or fiveTbtre
oweoueratahoree
car*
igoirVhairrantiaTiabeedeliftadcw astri reTpatr"s,J a:
e late military promotions have not. been cm- [EXTRACT FROM • ratvArs LITTIIII.I minutes, and spreading like a van tree ; up through
given by 00541.2 of our rontemporories. The its centre a body of flame blazing and shooting out
DRAR Ste—You would soon surmise our firstlits. • 44.. per ItOlbs. soil several waste 4hd. &Sad es_ lb.
ring will be found to be an occur**. ac- • • •
visit when we arrived in Naples. Vtrgil's tomb is showers of ashes and red hot stones, which some. Hon. llgatitof, ace HoLLAWMP.-..Tba • prise; of sho
t :—. times fell at our side of the crater. sometimes at the Government contract for gym belay at a law rate, hod as
iinfiivoa table effect on the market; the demand rise, lion.
but two miles from the Strada di St. Giacoino
ii &regrind to the G wernori.hip of Jviiicy. 9
Earl of Chatham, Governor of Gibraltar, in Ili• room where we lodged, and not quite one from the grand other, but the wind sufficiently favourable to make
rather revived, and Rams us halos' e.
late Duke of Kent. Promenade of the Royal Gardens. We left the hotel our situation not very perilous. It was here. • abort 'slated hrisk at improving pr' .. The rieveluest 'mt.
strnaut-thueral Sir William Keppel to be Governor after an et-ly il r, and drove past the palace, time before my visit, that W. C. of Dublin, *was :
homes directed to strong rptalities.--Brandg Is is muse do.
k. out remarkable for the beauty of its architecture; standing with two ladies, when a shower of fire mud, mid the prices connate to adirsace.—There iv so el
ilanatit•Geotral Drowns to be Colonel of the 44th lint the piazza in front, bound to a semi-circular enveloped them, a stone fell on Mr. C.'s shoulder. terstioain Cleave.
Marquis of Neatly to be Colonel of the Royals. eolonsile, is fine. We stopped at the centre gate situ broke his arm it, two places, and the terror a Olis—The of
tO. ilsFormsphareyamm.abei:wiratiottih.....hed.rhhga:::::64:ll4p,:itiistiiza,..
il Hortiron ti. be Colonel uf thel24 Regimeat. of the Royal gardens to see the celebrated group the ladies was near producing fatal consequences bb upTalherel rid:rill intenst
esiiiedsy
the 0
sok
4.f
I Lieutenant-Geaeral Hops S. be Colouet of iltso2d. of the.Farnesian bull, the most spirited statue of a them. They were brought to the Hermitage (an• seie.s, he.
cording to SilloatOree account) scarcely living. been very few porduses or Spices, and the quantity pat op
_ quadruped now in existence. Mr. Etistace, iii his
Mr. C. was much better when I inquired for him to sale ha. (tonsil) been withdrawn, them basing been Co
CORONAWS INQUEST. tlassicsil Tatar, °liveries, that it represents •• woman
in lino act of tieing tied to the horns of a bull ;he afterwards at Naples.
:If: :Tar altilillie:shthhealrAeyesrm.ivis:P:int7aonaryurefica;:lifie.l":".lf.tol:rciTh.la.s
gTre/statlypries:prent,fedPii:f:
Imlay an inquest was held at the Middlesex Hospital, hardly saw the group-mthe unfortunate Dirce is al. Our curiosity was not yet satisfied, and we re-
pp
Thomas Stirling, E. out the body of Isaac Tens. ready tied ; the furious animal has made his bound ; quested to be brought nearer to the lava, of which ._._nisig._Tu
nix price., it 1. aat., v... imoice the exporter* to I*.ty
red 13. Queeu Asitiope, who relented, had just given orders we had a distant view. Salvatori was a little un-
-. . ... • . wahine. but we were determined, so lie gave or a prices are Is. a 2s. higher. i
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