The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-07-21 00:00:00

14 ANSL kUGIITF.RS.

Thom,' Mawr.. a sid.die of the third regiment of
Guards, uas indicted for the murder of
Lishman.

It was stated in evidence that the prisoner aad the
deceased •ere both privates in the third regimens of
Guards. quartemd at Chelmsford. Having Lad a
slight difference, they left the barracks on Sunday,
March IS, about four o'clock; t;:ey we. ,t into a grass
field, and fought only ore r•rmd. The &ceased re-
ceived two blows, neil: .r of which knocked him
down, nor .441 him •.s apparent injury. They then
became reconciles, an > Auras dto the barracks.—
The next day Ole .lec, sed exhiLited eeidei .rLs
of a fraittire in the skull, but the Surgeon could no;
discover at v .tat part. Ile die fin the course of the
day, when, upon opening the head, it was diuover-
ed 'hat the skull was fractured in a most extraor-
&nary manner ; the blow bad struck just below tin,
eye brow, and the fraftine extended to the interior
of the skull, which sous pressed upwards upon
the brain, w.•ile the exterior part of the bone re-
mained unfraSured.

The Cuter Baron summed up very humanely on
the put of the prisoner. ‘Tlie Jury found him
sill., of Mans/any/der; he wu fir.ed one shining,
and immediately discharged
.Rqdert Mum, was incii..qed for the murder of Jain
Bradley, at the pa• ish of Keydon Bois.
'There was nn other evidence against the Prison-
er, but what had been confessed by himself, and
stated in his own defence. The fads, as colleded
from •hese sources, were as follow :
The deceased was brother to the Prisoner's wife,
*mi they lodged together in Ow same room. On
the Yd of April. the Prisoner came home to supper,
but ben.re it was prepared, he quarrelled with hi.
wile ; her brother, the deceased, Mitt fere., : upon
which the Prisoner gave him a How on the head
with a stick, which fra,!tured ki. skull, and proved
mortal.

The Prisoner, in his defence, averred, that the
deceased struck him first.—Verdi&, .11/.ma4.4lhier.

The CHI sr BA lom observed. it was vct.ll -tos the
Prisoner, that, by the law of England, a woman
could not be witness against her hudxuld, for, look-
ing into the wife's depositions, if tl*y could be made
legAl evidence, he had no doubt but that the Prison-
er might have been conviaed of wilful murder ; and
if he had been so convifted, the L—Jrned Judge said,
he should certainly have left him for execution ; but,
as he was only eonviaed of nuttisl.iughter, the pu-
nishment must of coune be more limited. He these-
fore sentenced him to a fine of one shilling, and 12
months imprisonment.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH. arty I 9:

The Slmrot Royal, Darrell. and the Jack, Sandia),
from Cadiz, were this day released from quarantine.
DEAL, JULY 19.
Came down, L'..lmis6le frigate; and the Lartfrr
bomb, from Sheerness.

Sailed the Veteran man of war, for Dungeness.
Arrived the Colfrei gun-brig, from A cruise ; and
remains in the Downs, with His Majesty's armed
defence ships and transports, as per last.—Wind

mAr.wicu, JULY 19.

The kirkland, Capt. Hammond, arrived here this
day from Husum, with the Mails, and seven passen-
gers; about one hundred and thirty Hanoverian re-
cruits were brought over in the last three packets.
The King (:( ow, Capt. Saunders, sailed )r-ferday
with the Alai.a of the I 7th for !lustier, and several
passengers.
The aiiiektard, Capt. Bridgc, will 5.61 the first op-
portunity, with the Meets for Gottettiturg.
The Leao Fraser., C.tpt. F I is hourly expelled
from Husum.
Ermiruse. JULY IS.
Since my last arrived the Bergey, Shields; Ad-
mirer, Galley ; Rabe, Main ; Squirrel, Hayworth;
Hoban, Pringle ; and Ocean, Blith, from Sunder-
land, with coals ; and William ST:iffey, and
Mary lonia+, Ferris, from Newcastle; and Davao-
shirt, Pike, from Liverpool. with ditto; I,llSf
Leach ;Jana, Markwell ; and fridriatmt, Owen. from
London, with groceries, wool, &c. ; Hazard, Stable,
from Bristol, with groceries ; Thaws aid Niro?,
Lucke's, from Dartmouth, with slate ; Fitheardi,
Barrett, from Plymouth, with ditto ; ANA. Spin-
horn, from Lymington, in ballast ; Friendanp, shears,
from Barnstaple, with oats; Ann, Jones, from
Neat's. with calm ; Ana and Mary, liatchell, from
Portsmouth, with old junk ; jana J?efl cutter, Lieut.
C.orkriAt, from Plymouth.
Sailed the Hope, Cherguin, for Plymouth, with
timber; Alen and Mary, Harris, for Dartmouth, with
ditto ; Litter, Ashmoore. for ndwich. with bark;
Ago, Morcombe, for Guernsey, with barrack-stores,
Sic." Jane, Parker, for Tenby, in ballast ; also a few
awl ships in ballast for Sunderland,