The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-01-20 00:00:00

CH I LD.DROPPI NG

Yesterday a woman named ilnrliu was brought up before
It J. Chambers, Esq. the stilly? Magistrate, charged by the
etd,rers of the parish of Her ttttt ardor y with leaving her child
• rsposi-.I to the inclemency of the weather, fur the purpose
el dem i• log it of life.
It appeared in evidence, that the unfortunate child, wide!'
i• itopot ten mouths old, is the illegitimate offspring of the
P. :sinter by a man named Jones, a 'private in the Guards.
• f rat she treated the child with every mark of affection,
sad sent it to be nuraal by another woman, as she herself
was going to place. But lilac the child experienced a series
of ill.treittment of the must Initial description: the woman
wituin it was sent to be 1111Ifed was affected with the
Kirffs eril, which she impartial to the child, and for some
lime the life of the little armorialt was despaired of;
• Prisoner in cousirpience of this took the child from
• vier her care, and sent it to a Mrs. Sherwood, in Vine-
• wes!,:sainder, to he take,. care et; during the last three
• oath a it had under the tare of thus worn ul, and
well; Lut Mrs. S. 111311112: Measion to go into the
•iietis, scot notice In that effeet to the Prisoner, who IC-
c.,•iftngly came, and look it away ti. 1111,1ther ',wee, Al
a',- s•id. This happened on Monday, and on that evening
ur' (who was servant at the King's Ilcad pub.
I e• 1 r, in Allpermaile.streed, asked keve to gu out, as
• la, into the About o'cleck that et ,until,
/I 1.11.1%, who was walkout not tar from Ilse terange•ro
B r had her att. tattoo miracle.' by the screams of
I; she merle filet, to the spot sheer the seseams 'lf°.
feerdel from, am', iie a b-ap of rubbish by the road sole, this.
.1 a bundle, ceutaliting a little chid, is Inch she amine-
sh•tety couveyed to Iterinionlsey worlilionse. Ars inquiry
WAS i111111.11141‘ ly set on foot by the parish officers, and the
• PriiJorr traced out la the information of the nurse, Mrs.
Sherwood, and Galva nolo custody, when she coatessed have
ill left the infant *litre it was fulanil.—lttetfanded.
*EMPLOYMENT FOIt THE POOK.
• the Tuesday Imo a sionstrer of poor distressed Irishmen
Awe to this 0161.• before the Sitting Magistrate, It. J.
Ckannbers, Esq. sad stated that they were in the greatest
distress for 'want vi fuud, having no emplsyment by aback

they toodd obtain bread either fur ibemsel►es or their
bombed.

.....
The %Incl./rate slid. that they appeared to he strong, and
capable of winking:, and he had no doubt but they sight
find employment tit the street.. if they wrie to offer the• in-
habitants to clean the foul-path before their houses of the
ice and snow.

The nor f.-Ilows said they hail neither ahnvela nor brooms
to do the wink with, and if they hail, they did not think
they should early find employment, and it was no use their
working unl.•as they could get paid for it.
The Ifazistrate said if they were willing In work he would
Mid them employment, and they should be paid for their
work. They expressed their niintoit wlllingn.aa,
A G••utir•man, who is, we believe, a contractor, at the er-
got st of She 31airisitate, having supplied eve ry 1134.1 with a
short I, they w..v wdrred by the tattoo rate t•. orrompanv a
police officer Guth kutise to house in the 11. „„li, and offer
. clear the fooi.srav pavement, fur a penny or twopence
earls, soil the iillieer was directed to toy informations
against every inhabitant who did not clean heroic his house
or eniphiy the Irishmen to do it. The officer, at the head
of the Irkloitets, went as he waa directed, and it WA. aato-
laiatillig 11141 an Ira would employ the poor men. lu the
comae of the day 1011 informations were laid ataileol the in.
friliiiants for not cleantoix before their lionov. Yrocrilay
78 of them appeared and were convicted in t o p. ually Of
10.. each sold costs the rentaisitte cases stand over Si) a
future day.

IV/WA L INTRLI.IGENCI.

PORTSMOUTH, JANVAILY IS.

Sailrol Ihr Sint.ling roller 1111 n

The Brazen sloop of war went out of bar! and I cht
▪ •t Spiihrail. She will sail is • few di), for St. Whoa
•ud the Mauritius.

DARTMOUTII, JANUARY 17

Arrived the Lion, Flinn, from Messina for Helworisloys,
will, loss of sails, lvr bowsprit sprung, leaky, suit in waist
of provisions.
DRAM., JANUARY I.

Sailed this morning the Asia, Balderston, for Hesital and
rhina, but she has put back again this afternoon, and still
remains.

'lle Triumph, Street, from IllenKal, brought up again
last night, the weather being very thick.

CITY OF POMPEII.

The following is an extract of a letter from a
young Gentleman, who has visited the ruins of
Pompeii, to his friend in Liverpool :
" This city is situated about a quarter of a mile
from the Bay of Naples. We entered the ruins
through a gate by the road side, into a barrack.
yard, which appeared to have been a fortress, and
WWI, nu doubt, at nue period of time, conti-
guous to the Nletliterraueini Sea. We were here
stiewit the original wooden stocks, w which
a soldier was found sitting on a smile with
his legs fastened, the uutOrturtate Mill being
discovered by the workmen employed ►o remove
away the soil. Several pillars of the Corinthian
order still remain, forming a dilapidated colonnade,
sonic of which are tolerably entire, toil reielered
particularly interesting, by having the soldiers'
'MTes very legibly engraved thereon, in their own
hand-writing. We next inspected the two Theattes.
the stage, orchestra, and seats Ming still disceruible,
with some broken particles of the la:lrble pave-
ment. Not far thence is the Temple of I lereules.
The altars and other relics of t,folatrotta supersti-
, as well as a variety of fanciful cornices, and
other architectural ornaments, still exist in it very
wonderful state of preservation ; even the original
paintings on the wails are to be seen will t the
least deterioration.

1. 11" e walked through most of the principal'
'greet*, and into the houses, the floors of which were
tichly covered with Mosaic and Human p.ovrinent ;
over the trout doors, carved on stone. are sill the
mums of their quondam inhabitanta„ among whom
we oliserved that or S.rllusr. It is lint by any
means difficult to discover baths, (441er-houses,
hake-houses, and other pimps of trade, even the
cu•torn-house and other public Aires. There is a
sulyerriturous wine manufactory on the north fide,
near the city gates, wioch Was exu iiii ned with great
atientioit ; it IA very eXtritptive, and contains the
eartlicti vessels and bottles wherein the trine had
been kept ; they were arranged in the saint precise
',viler Hi plevioto4 to the at•ful eruption winch dean-
thr city: thr inferior of ihis place li re-
sembles cloisters, the roof being arched with strong
stone*. It was in these vaults where the unhappy
inhahluuts tons ht refuge from and
overwhelming shower of tire and ladies, whence.
alas ! they never r.•turneil. Several !Indira have
fritb+rtioleuttly hemp dui out. We Were 'hewn two
or three skulls, in the 1104...,0,1011 Or the keeper.

'6 A lent of the tativir:it walls remain ou. She
th..west eo.ii•!r of the ; ofol on the titthide,
cooloratAly to pristine custom, err the t lot and
monuments of eminent prr,..m., in as good ',reser.
Sat inn H 4 setoli first erected ; the ir,Sl,le contatett, the
ache,,, its I.lltAl ',Ater.' vessels, fixed iii cavities of
veinal size. I Stands 011 a Cie etsinkrence
of about three miles, and retains its original form
and situation, with all the Equaies, forums, tem-
ple,. streets, and houses, as perfect as possili!e,
considrilog the whole has liven buried' under
ground neatly 1750 years. The workmen are
clearing away the rubbish with great success.
Outing our visit they were in a house near to
the Temple of Isis, where, it was conjectured, a
medical person bad resided, as several surgical
instruments were found in the soil; we a'isu oh.
served some paintings, finely executed, on the
plaster of the walls, emblematical of such a pro-
fession. The labour is conducted with the greatest
cif cunispectiou, every particle of the soil Iwing
put into small baskets, and afterwards examined
in the presence of officers. It was with great dd.-
ficulty I was enabled to bring away a part of the
binge of a do,r, airecial orders having been given
by Ferdinand for notheug to be taken away without
his perinissiou. . _

. " Such is the city of Pompeii ; and, from the
circumstance of the streets being paved with large
square pieces of lava, leases not a doubt but this
beautiful country had long been prevtously visited
by such awful st .; nay, 1 will venture to catty
t») presumption silll further, by supposilia that
even under Potilloril another city might be di.-
covered, if public curiosity amid spirit only ventured
on the research."

CHASSE.—The wanton consumption which tikes
place at these mertiugs of sportsmen iis the court-
try is in every lielike nod. The poacher is led there
by the astoni.hing reports of quantity : the !ratite of
it at the time Is to be ►eerttrd. and the accidents
that occur from the uuttober of persons thus shout.
lug together are Irequently very serious.