The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-03-09 00:00:00

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Amongst the coi.sequences or the sto►m or
Thursday last, few are more grievous. thin the fol.
lowing:—la the ~,,, ruing the top of a mill in
fidlget• Fen was blown (111, and falling upon men,
literaloy jammed his kg into the earth, where the
pour b How lay us agony from silt till eleven o'clock
lorfore he was observed. A surgeon was then seat
tor, who found it necessary that the kg should he
amputated. At the store time a bank of the
River ()size broke at St. Mary's Magdalen, and
the furor of the water carried away a new mill, not
quite finished, and a burn and stables; and did
other very considerable damage. The river also
(we' n ,wed its many other places, thereby •gain
iuniiitating a large tract of land which had been
nearly recovered from a similar calamity, and from
which it iv supposed the summer crops must anal
he biol. A barn et Denver, belonging to E. R.
Pratt, Esq. was blown over. Several fine firs, in a
plantatiuu of Colonel Siy's, at Downham Market,
were torn up the roots.—(Norwich Paper.)

Winter has returned with a degree of rigour
scarcely surpassed at any period of this rigorous
season. A great quantity of snow fell iu thus
solglibourliotril on Thursday, which the high wind
in the 'tight dated in many places to a very den.
gerous height. The arrival of the mail on Friday
morning was by this cause deism! two hour. end
• half ; and the Marquis Cornwallis coach, whir h
left ibis tows; IV nine o'clock, stuck fast in the
snow when it had proceeded shout five miles, and
could not be extricated till near four in the
afternoon, when it returned. The coach from
Cambridge did not arrive till six in this everting,
four hours slier its customary time. A great
n 1111 l her of trees were blown down; and at Mrs.
(ledge's, of Horningsheath, this town, a
brick wall. orally ten feet iu length, was leerltsd
with the ground. A tree falling upon it cartlodge
belonging to W. B. Wig.tin, E.q. of Horsecroft,
in the sane pari.lt, did great injury, also breaking
a wagg 111 l in inters; and • similar circumstance
occuirril at All.. Frost's, in the same village. A
chnuory broke through the roof of Mr. Spencer's
house, at i.loultor, and destroyed a bed which
Mrs. S. and two infants load just left, also daring.
ing the other furniture. A barn in the same parish
upon the farm of Mr. John Fletcher, was blown
down; and not less than 100 tree. were turn up by
the routs in a plantation near.—(Bury Paper.)

The following circumstance took place last
jwEeseTkativllm Liverpool
Mr.
ivierpool Meeting, to address his Md.
JETTY : HOLLINAHEAD was speaking,
Mr. Rostitow addressed the Mayor, sod stated,
that a Quaker Gentleman, whose religious sea.
timents had prompted him to remain covered
in the meeting, hall just been insulted by an in-
dividual them, who wished to take off his hat,
in a rude and unauthorised manner, and he trust-
ed the Mayor would protect the Gentleman and
the meeting from Such as outrage. It was not
to be borne, that • man'a principles should
be so insulted.—[Here much violent hissing
and applause ensued, during which the Quarr
stood covered.]--The Mayor was rising to interfere,
when a gentleman on the bench (Mr. Lobox) ex-
claimed, a' If people will not conform to the de-
corum of society, they ought to keep out of that
society a."—A burst of disupps :diatoms ensued;
during which Mr. RATHBON E, who sat on the
bench hear the Mayor, stood up, placed his hat
on his head, and was cheered most enthusias.
tically. This striking incident had a great effect
on the meeting. When silence was restored,
Mr. RATIIIIONE stated, that, as a Quaker, he had
thus acted to reply to the intolerant expression just
used. It was hard indeed it men, who were known
to be as truly attached to the constitution as many
who made higher professions, were to be excluded
from meetings on national occasions, because they
might differ from others in religions opinions; said
lee would insist upon the right which every sect
had to massifest their op' • s of a Nlonatch,
whose liberal conduct in such particulars was one
of his brightest honours. This speech was received
with acclamations; and afterwards, when it was
moved, that Mr. LODGE (the gentleman who had
used the offensive expression) and Mr. It •WE 0 N
should accompany the Mayor to London with the
Address, the motion aria negatived, and the names
of Mr. HOLLINSHEAD and Mr. RATUNONE sub-
stituted. ,
&SOMME INSTANCE or DTPRATITT —A girl of the
same of Sarah Martin, of ibis town, in August last, swore
herself to be wi.h child by • private soldier of the 90th
regiment, of the name of Humes. The man was lakes into
restudy imeneeistely, and, for the waut of bail, was assn.
witted or the House of Correction, where he remained maul
December, obeli, being tired of the ruilfinenieut, he request-
ed to be married, which was greeted. Us the woman being
brought kefure the Magistrates to be timelier/a as to bar
setilemeut, it ass their opinion (we suppose from her ap.
peariag tuba far aeltraiiced in pregeascy) that she was incapa-
ble of foilowieg her husband to juin Yu regiment, which load,
iu the wiesiaiinse heels asst to Manchester ; ardor she Magi-
eirate's request, she was taken iota our poorhouse to ley
in. Some mispiciuse circumstances, however, bootleg Irill
to an examinetioe of the person of the wombat., she was, '
to the surprise of those present, safely delivered of as
old pair of stays and • ',air of ragged trousers. It ap-
pears she had remedy gut one of the iomates to write to
her liushried, that she was safely delivered, and wished him
to name the child; he wrote her a kind reply is cuagrate.
Whoa on her recovery, bat declined teaming the child, leav-
ing that to her. The impostor has dime made her escape
hum the imur.bomie.--(Brighteas Pap.').
IMPORTANT INFORMATION.—From calculation
by the College of Physicians, no less than 40.000
die Ily Its Great Britain sii•Consionptioe, sail at least
10,000 Ia London. The late Was. Terobioll„ Esq. a very
iugeulous Surged', ascertained that every Stith person was
ruptured. These complaints are truly atomis' to every
individual who uses the least exertion. 11 is also incredible
the member that differ from • certain Direese, by being
improperly treated. It was thud circumstances induced
Dr. Cooed,. to select mined Physiciaws seal Rairgemos, of
as least 30 years' rapes-Mace, to Awes a Medical Board;
sod since the establishment upwards of 30,000 Patients have
beeu cured—many of them after Hospitals had failed
Messrs. COOPIR and Co. arc coandied at Svuottstuck-
street, Oxford-street, sod at Charlotte House, Greet Char-
lotte-street, opposite the Rev. Rowtmed Hill's, 'lady, from
Eight till Eight.--Meckeeics have advice gratis every Eve..
iug, from Six till Eight, did us Smoky Nominees until
Twelve u•Clock.—va• Ruptures of 30 years standing radi-
cally aired, without conAionnentr-There are private doors
et each beam, did private rooms foe Feenales.—.N.B. The
seined would do well to read Media. Coovra. and Cu.s
Lectieres QS two prevailing Diseases, published at Use
Shilling, btu Mr. Harvey, VI, Blackfriare-robil, They will
also prove modal to ming Pradltisidmi.