The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-01-05 00:00:00

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The Grand .lusry having ignored a bill of indictment against
,iietvenant Milieu, of his Majesty's ship Ramillies for the wilful
murder of Robert Carpenter, at Lyric', on the 11th August, by
shooting him with a pistol, the Lieutenant (who had been admitted
to bail, and now surrendered) remained to be tried upon the
Coroner's Inquisition ; bat before he was arraigned,
Mr. Baron Hr 1.1.00 K intimated that he had great difficulty in
putting the defendant upon his trial, in consequence of an objec-
tion apparent upon the face of the Coroner's inquisition. The in-
quisition alleged that the deceased came by his death in cringe-
quence of the art of •'— Millet, Lieutenant on board his Ma-
jesty's ship Ramillies," without giving the Lieutenant his
Christian name, or even averring that the Ramillies was within the
body of the county. Unleno this objection could be removed, he
thought he might not array the defendant.
Mr. ADOLPH VS and Mr. MansnAm, for the prosecution, sub-
mitted that there was sufficient certainty in the descriptiOrr of the
defendant to put him on his trial. Every intendment must be
made in favour of the Cornner's inquisition, which, though tra-
versable, was in the nature of a judicial record. It was impossible for
the Coroner, perhaps, to ascertain the Christian name of the party
accused. Here was certainly enough ; and it was for the defendant
to show that he was not the party intended. Suppose a prisoner,
upon being examined before the Coroner, or a Alagistrate, refused
to give his Christian name, it would be sufficient to describe him
as a person whose name was unknown. Suppose the defendant
to be tried and acquitted on this inquisition, and should afterwards
be indicted, he might plead such acquittal in bar of indictment.
Mr. Sergeant ON SLOW and Mr. liNox, for the defendant, were
stopped by
Mr. Baron !I ur.Loc w, who was clearly of opinion that the de-
orription of the prisoner was too uncertain to justify him in permit-
ting the trial to proceed. It would have been very easy to ascer-
tain the defendant's Christian name. This was not like the case
where a party refuses to give his name ; for in such cases the re-
fusal and the identity of the accused might be made matter of aver-
ment and evidence. Here there was no refusal of that kind sug-
gested, and therefore there was no satisfactory answer to the ob-
jection. Without adverting to any other objections apparent on the
record, it was sufficient to say that the defendant ought net to be
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tried on this in9oisitior.
The inquisition tree ordered to be quashed, and the defendant
was discharged.
(Before Mr. Justice Li T T LED ALE.)

Winians Wasiniietedfoistealing,—ST'keston, on the
I lth November, a pint of ale, value twopence, the property of the
Right Hon. Lord Barham, a Nobleman distinguished for his zeal
In the propagation of Christian knowledge:
Mr. Al ARSIIAM conducted the prosecution, and Mr. CLARKSON
the defence. _ _ .

The prisoner had been occasionally employed to brew beer at
Lord Barham's house. He had been intrusted with the key of the
cellar. suspicion being entertained that he made free with the
beer, he was Watched by his Lordship's butler on the Itch Novem-
ber, and was taken in the Act of drawing a pint of ale After this
he was allowed to remain in the house until the 14th, when he went
away. He was taken up on the 17th, and on the 211th he was com-
mitted for trial.
On cross-examination, it appeared that the noble prosecutor had
been described by a wrong Christian name ; whereupon the Learned
Judge directed an acquittal.
Verdict—Not Gurifp.
Cornelius l'itzgyraid was indicted for stealing the dead body of
Elizabeth Kaye from the churchyard of East Grinstead, on the 6th
of Decemlter.
Mr. Law was for the prosecution, and 31r. ADOLPHUS for the
defence.
The prisoner being also indicted for a felony, In stealing a coffin
Prom the same churchyard, he, by the advice of his Counsel,
pieatleu 10'1,1 to the misdenteanor, and no evidence was ofi.ered in
support of the charge of felony. He was sentenced to six mouths'
imprisonment.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East
India House, when the following Commanders took leave
of the Court previous to departing to their respective desti-
nations, via.:—Captain Jonn Shepherd, Berwickshire, and
Captain William Haviside, Thames, consigned to Bengal
and China; and Captain Charles Steward, Lord Limber,
consigned to St. Helena, Bombay, and China. The under-
mentioned Captains were sworn into the command of their
respective ships, viz. :—Captain William Elisha Ferrer,
Orwell, consigned to China direct ; and Captain John Orr
M'Taggart, Sir David Scott, consigned to Bengal and
China.

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We understand a house in Wakefield, extensively en-
gaged in the rapeseed trade, stopped payment on Saturday.
—Liverpool Paper of 7'llesday.
MYSTERIOIIa OCCURRE a CE.—Three weeks since, a
young and interesting lady, who went by the name of Eccles, with
a little girl about five years old, who called her aunt, took her resi-
dence at the house of Mr. Fowne, a fernier at Spittiemell. A few
eacninga after she was visited by a gentlemen muffled in a cloak,
and who took great care to hide his race. tie retired about eleven
o'clock at night, and the young lady said that she had received
information which cortppeelied her to quit her lodgings within an
hour, and requested :iIH Fowne to let one of her men walk with
her acmes the fields as ras the turnpike road. Mri. Fowne re-
monstrated against her going away at such an hour, but she in-
sisted, and went of with the little girl, accompanied as tar as the
turnpike road by one of the men. She promised to send for her
trunks in a few days. No message, however, came, and on Thurs-
day hat, Mr. Fowne, having business at Billericay, was much
astonished at seeing the little girl at the house of a poor man, and
clad like on of his children. On inquiry he found that the man
had found her lying down on the road almost raked, and had
taken her home, when she said that her aunt had been stopped by
two men, who beat her and carried her away, after they had
tripped her (the child) of her clothes. Strong suspicions of municr
being thus excited, every place, ditch, and pond. in the neighbour.
hood have been searched for the body, hat hitherto in vain. As
the trunks have never been sent for, and ne inquiries have been
made about the child, the fact of assassination appears certain.—
Evening Paper.
SINGULALL BEING.—A correspondent informs us that
John Monro, the *ld man in Glenary, Argyleahire, famed for his
singular predilectione for immersing himself in cold water, breathed
his last on the 16th instant, at the advanced age of ninety-nine.
Our readers may recollect that on a former occasion we took notice
of the extraordinary habits of this venerable mountaineer. Fur
many years it MA U* daily practice to plunge, with his clothes on,
into the river Area ; and so far did habit become second nature,
that if compelled to female any length of time with a dry skin he
felt all the uneasiness of a lislt out of water. He always enjoyed
excellent health, and till his last illness had never been but twice
seriously indisposed, and on these occasions, as an antidote, his.
aged helpmate had to souse him over head and ears at his bed-
side, a remedy that never failed to restore his health. A few days
before his death he had been prevailed upon to leave his ancient
habitation at Gleamy, to reside with his daughter at Furnace, near
Inverary, that he might have the advantage of her care ; but all
her affectionate tenderness could not make up to pour Julio the
loss of his native stream ; sicknew came, and he wbo bad for
ninety-nine winters braved many a bitter storm was evidently soon
to %latent to the grim king of terrors. Still he clung to his specific,
and a few hours before he breathed his last he earnestly beseeched
he might be carried back, and plunged in the stream of his native
Hlenary, when he would talon be well again. His request Caine
too late, had his friends been even disposed to comply with it. He
retained all his families to the last ; and such was the high esti-
mation in which his worth and inflexible honesty were belt!, that
his remains wetssitdided to the place appointed fur all living by a
concourse of hissslikShat do not always honour the obsequies of
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