The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-10-23 00:00:00

COUNTY OF COUR ELECTION.

The, following curiour letter !nig brrn oddrtitrd
to the Editor uY the Southern Iteporterr rod pub.
lishril in dint Paper :
have read in your Paper of Tarinlay the one 1%4
before Carmel respecting the retain made at our late
County Elreti )))) wherein •he gentleman who drew op that
atatenuMt is pleased to sprak of me in the fulluvrime very
itteriugMintier

" Mr. Boyle is a man of conshleralde talents,and by birth
a gentlrmsw, bat al present is in au Itum4lr sittlaiMill 1.1
life, being the proprietor of a periodical imblicalimi in the
City of Cork, from which 111tme (we hdicv.) he draws the
Means of his support—as to integiity, Mr. Hoyle cannot be
impeached!'
New, Sir, as filo not exactly see how a p• emu's being, or
net " a gratlemaii by birth," Las might to .4u with
the qualification fur 4, Member of Parliament, 1 &Attire
think that my kind panegyrist pat himoelf to onneeemary
trouhle in consulting the Herald's book to ascertain my
comic • with the House of Cork and Orver);—and as Ido
not conceive that it can be any rerom I inen.tun of a man, •
ambitions of becoming a Iteptesenlaiite id' the People, to
have the proud blood of Aristocracy Sowing iu his velum,
I am not desirous of " pedigreeing” myself tardier back
than the generation which has immediately meeede.l tae
—and, therefore, do I beg, through your (Aiming, to sa!,
for the information et midi Committee of the Honse of
Commons as will have to sic is jndgmeut un my demerits,
that, like unto the late Mr. Paul, I mu neither inure slur lois
than the sun of a 'Thane.

am, Sir, your very bovine V,rvaut.
JOHN
CorA,4:lober 15.

A meeting was held at George Town, Demerara,
on the 20th of June, to take into consideration the
best tneLtis of introducing the use of steam-boats in
that settlement, when one-third of the estimated
nitro necessary far this purpose was subscribed its the
course of u few hours. It was expected the remain-
ing shares would be quickly bought up, as the 10r..1
advaatages which would result from their adopt:Liu
were so obvious aid important.

The necessary reflector, and other apparatus for a
lantern, to be placed 011 the Tight-house at the ell.
trance of Monte Video, are now r onst rooting in Lon-
don by order of the Portuguese Government. It is
said the machinery will cost 2,0001. sterling. This
gives a pretty good idea of the opinion the Portu-
guese attach to the duration of their present con-
quest.
At the ensuing meeting of Parliament, it is re-
commended to every County, City, and Town, in
the Hinted kingdom, to petition fur the repeal of
the Salt Duties, as the greatest benefits would arise
to this country from the free use of salt ; the agri-
cultnre, the fisheries, and the manufactures, would
derive incalculable advantages, and the condition
of the poor much meliorated.
Orders have been issued from the Quarter-master
General's Office, for the barracks at Chelmsford to
be immediately prepared to receive 1,000 men, of
the army about to leave France.
Monday se'unight, a man named James Wolfe.
was carried from Carlisle gaol to Sunderland, on
suspicion of being an accessary, if not the prin-
cipal, in the murder and burglary committed shoot
three years Ego at Herrington, and afterwards letting
lire to the premises of Lady PRAT (then Mna
SMITH), and on Thursday morning, another man.
named Shaw, who was taken up near Morpeth, and
*No suspected to be en accomplice with James
Wolfe in the murder, &e. was braaght iu custody
to Sunderland, to be examined by the Magistrates,
which examination of him and Wolfe took place ono
Friday morning.