The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1803-04-19 (London, England)

BRYAN L. LORD CALLAN, for mane rates. It was supposed that it would last the whole day ; but after examining two or three witnesses, a verdiet was taken by consent for 15001. Little criminal business, and all conduCted without much garrulity on the one hand, or intemperance on the other.  " An Address to his Majesty, congratulating him on his escape, with a tender of our l►ves and fortunes to support and defend uur King and Constitution against domestic or foreign enemies, was nnani_ mously agreed to last Monday,~►t a meeting of all. the inhabitants convened by the Mayor for the purpose. An Address from a General Meeting way preferred to one from the Corporation of the City. The.same day a similar Address was agreed to at a County Meeting.  gi A person was fired at and wounded on the 25th of March, near Webbsborough, in seeking possession of some lands, and it was considered as sufficient grounds for passing presentments under the White Boy Aa, that the County was in a state of disturbance. " Subscriptions were entered into at the Assizes to a large amount for races here in the summer.• They are fixed for the latter end of June.  "h is very surprising that at this very critical time. the Fgeshire Fencibles, a very Ene regiment, should be disbanded here.—This town, for a fortnight past, has been in a constant state of terror and aLir:a• from the continued scenes of riot and drunkenness. occasioned by above twenty recruiting parties sent here to pick up these disbanded men. There was no stirring out at night, and very little safety in the day ; however, we are now tolerably quiet. The skeleton of the Fifeshire regiment remains. " I do not know whether in the new equalizations between England and Ireland, the different sizes of the respeaive gallons of each country- has been attended to. The English spirit and wino gallon contains 13 1 cubic inches, the Irish but 117 sixtenths, which makes a great difference in the calculation of duties. Though I have formerly made very minute inquiries on this subject, I could findno law for our short =sure, but found that it wa: established by the farmers of our revenue, in thL. reign: of Charles 11. by their own authority, wher:. Parliaments were seldom called."  - _ On the 4th last. t. duel was-fought at Ragh, near Tralee, b9tWeCTI RICHARD MASON, of Castle-island,. Esq. and Coro,:or.i.v Hassr. sr, of Dingle, Esq. whet after firing two shots each without injury, their. friends interfered, which occasioned a reconciliation. and the parties returned' to town in perfeect amity. At the Queen's. County meeting, held at Maryborough, on Saturday last, a congratulatory address was voted to his MAJESTY on his late happy escape- from assassination: the address was moved by the Earl of PORTA RLINGTON, and second!d by Lori essrt. E-C 00-T E. An Address, moved by the Hod. R 0 BF.RT MOORE, and secondedby -the Hon. W. W. POLE and Sir Ever Coort, K. B. was also voted to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant. Within these few days, several ads of suicide have again taken place in the city of Vienna, the cause of which is the more diificult to develope, as the ur., fortunate vidlims of their own folly are persons who have lived in splendour, and still had the means of maintaining their rank. A man who calls i;imself Captain SMITH, and pretends to have been the Master and Owner of a merchant ship from New York, has been lately levying contributions on the pdblic, by asserting lie had' sustained a loss of 30001. by the destru&iun of his ship in a violent tempest, of which he prc. duced certificates in writing, and has obtained several sums from Sir JAMES I LANKA M, Bart. W: Wrisl/11 AM, F.sq. T. WELD, Esq.