The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-02-15 00:00:00

A MAGISTRATE FOR MIDDLESEX.

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The following in .1113 extrect from u letter from
our, private corresposdeut, dated Brussels, Febru-
'.ory 10, 1820: - • •
" Our pubtie Papers have informed you of the
grelit iittent of the ioundations in Holland and the
Netherlands, stud the damage which they have done.
Oue-half of Louvain, although nut situate in a
country by any means flat, was for three days under
water, ■od the damage was not less than thirty
thousand pounilit. The poor were the great sof-
ferers, yet not one shilling was subscribed for their
relief. Even in this great city of Brussels, the
capital. the second Paris, where they suffered also,
all their efforts and puffs, nod invitotinos through
newspapers and otherwise, did no produce 501. and
yet these are the people who abuse the Joh* Bulls
as selfish and narrow•miuded worldliogo.
" The wont' caused in this country by the,
rising at Cadiz, from the first moment it became
known, has been very marked. I have never seen.
these people so interested, so anxious about any'
thing. With the exception of a very few, they •
are most anxious fur the succe►s of the patriot
cause."

The funeral of his late fileittrrY, which is
to take place to-morrow, wail be noticed in
'manner which will testify the regret of every
. feeling and sensible mind fur the dellth of a
Sovereign whose virtues and public character req.
dered him for sixty year, justly dear to every
class of his subjects. It was the intention of his
present MAJESTY to have been the chief mourner au
the melancholy occasion, but it is with the great-
eat grief his late most severe illness has de-
prived him of the possibility of paying his dutiful
personal attendance upon his illustrious, revered,
and universally-beloved parent. It has only been,
within this day or two that the Doctors attending the
' KING have been able to prevail on his MAJESTY to,
• give up his purpose, even at the risk of his personal
health, which such an attention to filial duty must
have coat hint, in relinquishing to pay hie last
old duties to his revered and long afflicted.
• went. The country at large will, no doubt,
:highly approve of the advice given, by his phy-
.•sciatia, when they prevailed au the KING to relit).
.quish hie intended last mark of filial affection to-
wards his late father, as it would endanger a re-
lit*, of his MAJE,TY'S indisposition, in whose
health the whole nation are ro much interested,
end also when we recollect the very severe
.affliction which the Kim soffered when he field
the last • sad denier on a line melancholy accretion.
The Duke of Yam will in consequence be the
(*Chief hlouruer to the late Kiva, his father, to re-
present his present Majesty.
PISINTERESTEDNRSI Or • 'F'ROSSIAIi
'mt.—Baron de Ilustiottn. -after his recent
slimiest') from office, wile offered • yearly pension
of 6,00 u Prussian dollars (about 1,900/. sterling).
The worthy Baron declined it, and observed to the
Kiva, that having no longer his aIAJEATT'S COO.
Stleuce, he did not think hitneell eilittled to any
trawl'. What an example to other Ministers when
they retire from office!
We understand' that the accumulated prate&
lions against Mr. Wuolt, the printer of the Abe.
chester ' ()blether,. mid his family. have induced
him' to decline time further publication of his psper,
which will, after" the present aleek,,devolm.upon '
'the junior Mr. );'VANS, who is known to thiliiablic
as a Speuceasi.
• Gatite.—lt may 'freed some gratification to
sportsmen who have not been out since the frost
liruke up, to learn that a greater quantity of gatnek•
,considering the season of the year, was never
known than there is at prevent.. Thee report of lb
flinch having been • diis stil* !?+. inclemency
of the weather, ep the th.e pork of the
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711 k TUN,.
BETTING:AT TATTERSALLII, Float/Am( 14.
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DE11117.,
The ebony. in &von, of the f lie it important to the
sporting world, the odde being before I I to 1 against Mr.
Pierse . gr. e •
7 to 1 apt gr. c. by 18 to 1 eget Rro. la Blusher
Walton 18 to 1 apt Pierian,
15 to 1 apt S•ilur 22 to 1 apt Dominic Samp-
-15 to 1 apt Duke sou
OAKS.
5 to 1 apt the %retry Ally.
RIDDLAP7OII7II.

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11 to 1 apt Salim*____ I 12 to I apt Norsk
II to 1 apt Viutiaree I 12 to 1 apt Bro. to Cosmos

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THR TURF RXTRA.
YORK AUGUST MEETING, MVO.

TRIMIDAY.
Mr. Breadline's b. f. Adam's', by Wb'teloelt, apt. Mr. R.
Milnr'i Ally, My lady, sister to the Duke, Ilst. Alb. each, last
male, 100 gs. b. ft.

CELEBRATED GREYHOUND.
On Wednesday last, whilst gallantly coursing a bars o■
the Hugh Mild', about seven mitre from Scarborough, Mr.
Tindrill's celebrated greyhound Sancho, dropped down deed,
in consequence of the rupture of a blood•vessel. Although
he had run for seam successive seasons, his weed, viewer,
and resolution remained uoimpaired ; and he was coosidered
by t►e best judges to have possessed a rare combination of
those excellent qualities which eoustitute superiority in
the greyhound. He died mad lies interred un the theatre of
his former victories, the saw ground where he won the
Flinion Cup, given by W. I. Disinsuo, Esq. in 1814, beatiag
lb greyhounds. He was got by Mr. Tindall's black dog,
Jest (sou of Mr. Langley's Mstch'em), out of Major Top.
ham's yellow and white hitch, Fly, wiunrr of the cup at
Maltuu in 1810, and Jumbles- of Mr. Best's famous Snow-
drop, the last sun of Old Saowball.