The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-10-06 00:00:00

CLERICAL PROMOTIONS.

His Majesty's Letter Patent have passed the Great Seal
of belsail, for translating the Right Reverend Charles Moo.
gut WeiLorton, U.U. Bishop of Limerick, Ardfort, and
Anthadoe, to the Hishoprich of Clow, vacant by the death of
Hurter Bennet. . . . .

His Majtaty's letters patent have passed the Greet Seal of
Ireland for promoting the Rev. Thomas Eirington, Doctor
in Divinity, to the Bishopticks of Limerick, Ardleri, and
etthadoe, in the room of the Richt Rev. Chink. Monpu
Warburton, translated to the Biaboriek

A letter from Genus, dated Septemher 13, says--" No in-
renitence from Palermo has rrarliert this place since the
201,h ult. The last filters from Naples, which arrived
the I.,th insla SI, du not roofirst the report spread he►e by
he courier, of the capirolatiou of Palermo, but only stale
that they sotit expect. d to hear of it, es a Neapolitan army
of 14,000 nun had lauded at Illetano."

We regret to find the late attack ul•on the Catholics of Ire.
land in the Miming Chronicle, has been made a groan,'
of attack upon the Whigs of Logland in sonic of the Dobbs'
Papers. Cart irk's ltoriliwg Pod rf M Is last, in a long
article upon the subject, says, We base no doubt whiterr r
but that the paragraph in reirstion was fabricated with a
vies to effi et some selfish 'impute for the Whig parry.
They are looking to come ' power, and ale miry that
the Catholics, whom, heretofore, they could set iu motion
at will, are nut forward to second thi a *lsla's."
Lard Noestme, in his charge to the new LORD Ma'Oß
Of Dublin, in his autroductiou at the Castle on Saturday
last, sa)s the Ildrerninn Journal, contra►ted the proud
and the elevated station which Ireland now maintains, in her
peaceful sod tranquil state, when compared with England,
where a furious and diadinfund fas-lien had laid hold of an
imfortiniate ciocuinalsoce to plunge the count,), if they
enald, iii anarchy and revolution ; but which. he laid, be
had no doubt the loyalty and good seals? of the British people
was more than sufficiesit to resist and pal down."—The
English are often r, proaclied with ignorance of the alLire
.uf Ireland.

HIS M %jest'''. ship Conqtteror lately arrivrd from St. I.le.
lena. sod which had been &muted in the Downs since the
16th tilt. in consequence of the •venu in Portugal, reweived
orders on Wednesday to proceed to Osmium to be paid off.

Extract fromatletter from Clough, dated Wed-
nesday, September e 7 We are sorry to state,
that his Majesty's cruiser the liardwieke,
RllllO, En. Commander, struck upon a sunken
•rock, called the Cow, in the bay of Dundrum„ off
.Tyrelly yirterdity evening. the %bat iustant, at
IS o'clock at night.--{DoGiia Freeman./
Yesterday morning a division of the 51st tegi-
Meat of foot passed through the City-rood on their
march to Islewerth, white the regiment is qiinetrieii,
The populace shouted " The Qween- for ever !"
The chief hod passed un without noticing ihtiu,
Three of the soldier., who were coming WI in the
rear passed through the toll-gafe. near the Vinegar-
jard ; on thiit approach the toll-collector shouted
:" Long live Quiets (Antonia !" one of them turned
round and facilitated, " The ;Kin; fur ever !" at
the same tine striking the luau with the butt-end
of his mdsket. The toll-man immediately ultim-
o the blew with a bitch-broom, which he held in
.N.l howl. 'l he soldier was about encoding his trio-
-knee, but was prevailed on by his 'comrades to de-
sist. The ciowd declined takiniF any •pitt• is the
affray, and tie soldiers, touch to their credi4 tools.
anay their kosnride,

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' John has frequently been advised to have the old
Office thoroughly overhauled, nod to have some
of the useless parts pelted down, and the others
strengthened with their materials ; but the .old
gentleman always grows testy on thissubject. lie
swears the house is so excellent house-.-that it is
tight and weather-proof, and nut to be shaken
by teMpeatv—that it 'bias stood for 'several hun-
dred year., and, therefore, is not likely to tum-
ble down now—that es to its tieing inconvenient,
his family is accustomed to the inconveniences, mid
would not be comfortable without their —that as to
its unwieldy size and irregular construction, these re-
sult from its being the growth of cellt oriel', arid being
improved by the wisdom of every general. —that
an old family, like hi!, requires a large house to
dwell in; new upstart familsies may live in modern
cottages and snug boxes, but an old English
should inhabit an old English In; r-liatpe, If
you point out any part of the building as super-
fluous, he iiißistt, that it is material to the strength
or decor-46°n of the rest, and dot harmony of the
whole; mid swears that the ',arts are lor bails into
each other, that, tf you pull down one, )ua run the
risk of hiving the whole about your ears.
The weret of the matter is, that John has m great
disposition to protect amid patronise. lie thinks it
indispensable to the dignity of min ancient said ho-
nourable family, to be bounteous iii its appanit-
merits, and to be eaten up by dependants ; and
partly from pride, and portly fitati kind-hearted-
ness, he makes it a rule always to give, shelter aii.l
maintenance to his superannuated remind..

The consequence is, that like many other ve.
nerable family establishments, his Manor is encum-
bered by old retaitiesis wholes he calumet turn ott;
and old sqles which he e•iiiiriert lay slows,. His
mansion is like a great hospisal of invalids, and,
with all its magnitude is hot a whit too large for its
inhabitants. Not a Mask or corner but is of use
in housiog some useless persouage. Groups
of veteran beef-eaters, gouty pensioners, and re.
tired heroes of the buttery and the larder, are seen
lolling about its walls, epee/ling over its lawns,
dozing under its trees, or conning themselves upon
the britches at its door,. Even office and out-
house is garrisoned by these supernumeraries and
their families, for they are arusziegly prolific, and
when they die off, are sure to leave John a legacy of
I gry mnorhs to be provided for. A mattock minuet
be struck against the most mouldering, t unible-down
tower, but cut pup, (roue some cranny of loop-
hole, the grey pate of some superannuated haeger-
on, who has lived at John's 'uprose all his life,
and inskes the most grievoiss outcry at their pul-
liog down the roof froM over the head of a worm
out servant of the ftiinily. This is au appeal that
Joint's holiest heart Hewer can withataud; so shot a
man who hiss faithfully eaten his beef sad pudding
all his life, is sure to be rewarded with a pipe and
tankard in his old dep.
A great purt of his park, niers, is turned into
paddock., where his broken-down chargers are
turned loose, to graze undisturbed for the remain-
der of their existence—a worthy example of grate-
ful recollection, which, if some of Is.s neighbour'
were to initiate, would nest be to their discredit.
Weed, it is one of his great pleasure) to point out
these old steeds to his visitors, to dwell ors their
good qualitiets, extol their past services, and boast,
with some little Tam-glory, of. the perilous adven-
tures and hardy exploits through which they base
carried him.

Fie is 'oven, however, to indulge his veneration
for family winger, and family eilemilibratices to a
whitnart•al event. Ilts manor to jolt-vied by gang. of
gipsiev ; yet he will nut tiffer them to be driven all•,
breFlUse 1114 y have suiteril the place time out of tonsil,
and been trgular pa4chers opus, r retry generation
of tie family. lie will scarcely permit a dry branch
to be lopped front the great tre.s that siorround the
house, leyt it should molest the rooks, that hive bred
there fur centuries. Owls have taken pussesviou of
the dovccore ; hut they are l►errditary owls, and u►ust
not he disturbed. Swallows have nearly choked
up every chimney with their nests; iniattios build in
every frieze and l'Of Saki' ; crusts flutter about the
trmers, and perch on every •valher•cuck ; and old
grey-headed rail w•y be stela in every quarter of
the house, running n► and out of their bales on.
daunteilly, in bread day-light. In short, Jules has
such a reverence fur every thing that has been long
in the family, that he will not hear even of abases
being Wormed, because they are good old family

All these whims and Wits have concurred wofally
to drain the old gentleman's puree ; and re he
prides. himself 04i punctuality in money tiers, and
wishes to manumit his credit in the neighbourhood,
they have rammed him great people-any it. meeting
his engagement,. This too has been increased
by the siterratisms and heart.burniugs which are
continually taking place in hi' family. His children
hove been brought up ro different callings, mud are
of different ways of thinking ; end as they have al.
ways been allowed to speak their minds freely, they
do not fail to exercise the privily ge most clamorously
in the present posture of his affairs. Some mood
up far the honour or the race, and are clear that the
old establishment should be kept tip in all its state,
whatever may be the cost ; .nhers, who me more pru-
dent and •con•i(tritite entreat the tld Gesitentan to
oeirench his expenses, aid to put his whole system
or litiu.ekeeping on a inure moderate Paneling. He
tudeerl, at times seemed inclined to listen
to their opinions, hut their. whirl reunite advice
has been completely defeated by the obstreperous
conduct of one of his sons. Tina iv a noes) rattle-
pitted fe4 low, of rather low habits, who neglects his
business to frequent ale- hottsrea-is the orator of wit.
loge clubs, nod a complete oracle arming the poorest
of his titthtes tenants. No sooner sloes lie In ar any
or Isla brothers mention reform cr retrenchment,
thin up lie rumps, takes the words out of their
mouths, sod roars out for an overturn. When his
tongue is once going, nothing Can stop it. Ile rants
•Irnut the moat ; hectors thermal Mali shout his spend.
thrill practices; ridicules his tastes and pursuits;
insists that lie shall turn the old sersautsoulol doors;
give the broken-down horses to the I uds ; send
the fat chaplain parking; and take a field preacher
in iris place--oaf, that the whole family mansion
*ball be levelled with the ground, and a pluiu ore

...of brick and oirrtirboilt in its AR O. 41. rails at
every social entertainment and Nosily filthily, and
skulks away growling to the ale-boner Wheiireer au
equipage drives up to the door. Thishet constant-
ly complaining of the emptiness of 14. purse, yet
he scruples hot to spend ell hi* pueltel-mousy in
there tavern convocations, and even runs up scamp
'for the liquor over which hr preaches shoot his fa-
ther's extravagance.
It trio readily be imagined how little vetch
thwarting agrees with the old cavalier's fiery tem-
perament. (It 1111‘ become so iFF I , ablV. fruit. re-
pested crototinga, that the nil'''. 111C11111011of retrench-
moot or reform is a sighal for a brawl beta, ea
him and the tavern oracle. As the latter is tab
sturdy and refractory tor paternal discipline, having
grtwo out of 01l fear of the cudgel, they have be-
isent scenes of wordy warforeverbieli at times run
so hiell, that John is fain to call in the aid of his
sun Tout, au officer who had served abroad, but it
at present living at home, on half-pay. This 18)4
is sore to stand by the old grotterraus. right or
wrontf. ; likr4 nothil much as a rackettiog rays-
t trim; ; am! r, ally, at a wink or siad, till POI.
balite. and Iluulish it over the otatot'a, bead. if lie
tsar.-: to array himerlf against paternal authority. •
Thee family dissentious, av uat;4l. have
.got
shroud, stint are rare food for ricandel in 110114016
boodiond. Prople begin to look wise, end shake
their heeds, whenever his. affair* are. asewtiosed.
They mill " hope that matter)) are not se bad with
lain) as represented ; but when a man's own children
begin to rail et liis extrus..igatice.thi togs mart Mr badly
niuna4ed. They underataed he it urorigaged ever
head and u4rs, unit is 111 l ally dabbling wish
money-lenders. Ile is certainly an open-handed
old gentleman), hut they fear he has lived too last :
indeed, itril never knew any good COMIC of this fond-
lit-ss for hunting, racing. revelling. and prize-fight-
ing. In short, Mr. 801 l s estate is a very fine one,
and has been in the family a long while; hut for all
that, they have known massy finer estates Mae to
the hammer."

What is worst of all is the effect which these
pecuniary embarrassments and domestic feuds have
had on the poor men himself. I tisteatl of llstjolly
round corporation, and snug rosy face, which he
used to present, he live of late becomes' shrivelled
and shrunk as a frost-bitten apple. Hi. scarlet gold.
laced waistcoat, which bellied out so bravely in those
prosperms days when he sailed before the
now !Mg/ loosely IWO him like a twainfoil in a
calm. His !cipher breaches are all iu folds and
wrinkles; and apparently have much ado to hold
up the boots that yawn on both sides of his once
sturdy legs.
Instead of strutting about, as formerly, with his
three-cornered hat on one side, flourishing his
cudgel, end bringing it down every monseut with
hearty thump upon the ground, looking every one
sturdily in the race, and trullnig out a stave of 11
catch or a (boating song ; he now gots about whist-
hog thoughtfully to himself, with his I:tad droop-
ing down, his cudgel lot lic,l tinder his arm, and his
hands thrust to the ho..iain of his breeches pockets,
which are evidentlt empty.
Such is the plight of houestJohn Bull at ',resent;
yet for all this the old fellow's spirit is as tall sod
as gallaut as ever. If you drop the least expression
of sympathy or concern, lie takes fire in an hotfoot
swears that he is the richest and stoutest fellow in
the country ; talks of hying out large stuns to
adorn his house or to bay another Estate; mil, with
a valiant swagger and grasping of his cudgel, longs
exceedingly to have atother bout at quarterstatf.
Tbough there may be something rather ttliiinsi.
cal 111 ill this, yet I confess I cannot look upon
Joliti's situation without strong of interest.
With all his odd hutnows and obstinate prejudices,
he is a sterling-hearted old blade. He way 1101 be
so wonderfully fine a fellow as he thinks himi,rlt, but
lie is at least twice as good as his lie tglibuitrs repre-
sent him. His virtues are all his own; all plain,
twine-herd and unafftcted. His very faults smack of
the raciness of his getcl qualities. His tunics.
goner savour* of his generosity; his quarrelsomeness
of his courage ; his credulity of his open faith; his
vanity of In, pride; and his Isluutuess of his sauce-
rity. They ate all the redundancies of a rich and
liberal character. Ile is like his oath melt; rough
without, bat sound and solid within ; whose bark
abounds with excrescences in proportion to the
Kremih and grandeur of' the timber; and whose
branches mule a fearful groaning and eaurssoring
in the least storm, from their very asaguitade and
lusiniance. There is something too, In the appear.
once of his old family mansion that is extremely poe-
tical and picturesque; and, as long as it can be ren-
dered corufuttably habitable, I should almost trem-
ble to see it meddled with during the prevent coudiet
of tastes sad opinions. Some of his advisers are 110
doubt good architects that might be of service; but
many I tear are mere levellers, who, when they had
once got to work with their mattocks on the venerable
edifice, would never stop until they had brought it to
the ground, and perhaps buried themselves among
therein,. All that I wish ie, that John's presrot trou-
bles may teach him more prudence in future. That
be may cease to dilutes* his mind about other people's
Mears; that he may give up the fruitless attempt
to promote the good of his neighbours, and the
peace and happiness of the world, by dint of the
cudgel ; that he may remain quietly at hume ; gra-
dually get 'is house into repair; cultivate his rich
estate acoordiug to his fancy ; husband his income.
if be 'Woks ',toper; Wing his uorialrehildies into
order, if he can ; renew the jovial scenes of marina
prosperity, and long enjoy, on his paternal lauds, a
green, an honourable, and a :merry aid age.

The late Lord STRATHMORE'S b. e. by Ardros-
amp. ant of I' icissitude. is sold to the Marquis of
EIMER, fur c.; 0004 s. midi!! gone up to Newmarket.
Sir Witt.wir STAMER i% appointed to Ilk: office
of Revenue Coininitaioner.—/Deblirs Patriot.)
Wednesday as the Earl of BAIA:ARRAS
Wes driving his gig to the House of Loids lie aas
thrown from it on the imounient. 'floe carriage Nos
broken. and his Lordship considerably hurt.
Weilin tidily, as the Kegu inter. Poitsinouth coach.
couniirnr..l ilcarending clown Poridown-hill, the
leaders took fright and become unmanageable. The
coaclitnais then juinped down from the box, and two
of the passengers leaped down ; in the interim. all
the bonier broke Clair traces Awn the coach... afro
the pole, and left (almost miraculously) the coach
standing. without any other material injury being

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