The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-09-06 00:00:00

MANSLAUGUTER,

Joseph Ilarcheill, mined 21, was charged with killing and slaying
Thonins liarnell, at Bury.
Mr. Brown stated that the deceased had died in consequence of a
tincture on the skull, occasioned, in nll probability, by a tan when
the deceased was knocked down by the prisoner. On eallin wit-
nesses, however, it did not appear that any person had seen the de-
ceased knocked down. _ _

Loa smut 1., therefore, stopped the rate; and the Jury ac.
quilted the prix.ntr.

NISI PRlV:l.—Fluvial'.
The Court has been occupied during the whole day In trying
a cause trout I.ythani, to determine the right of Mr. Clifton. of
thn p:Jce. to ecriain dues on the anchorage of vessels on Lytham
s..nds. The cause is still (three o'clock)befure the Court, said Mr.
Raton llulh,rk is summing up the evidence.
About half a dozen anusi only have as yet been disposed of.

' Misr a•i. Taiet.ow.—This rare sulistance, which was
first discovered in Finland, in 1736, has lately been found
in a bog on the borders of Loch-Fyne, in Scotland. It has
the coleus and feel ef tallow' unit is tasteless. It melts at
and Intils at •290" ; when melted, it is transparent
and colourless ; on cooling, becomes spongy and white,
though not so much so mat tirst. It is insoluble in water,
but soluble in alcohol. oil of turpentine, olive oil, and
naphtha, while these liquids are hot ; but it is precipitated
icAain when they cool. Its specific gravity, in its natural
state, is olie;s, but the tallow is full of air-bubbles; and
et.r fusion, le %kit elisAigages the air, the specific gravity
is o'rs3, which is rather higher than thst of tallow. It
does not combine with alkalies, nor form soap. Thus it
ilifkrs front every class of bodies known—from the fixed
oils in not forming comp, and from the volatile oils and
biutmens in being tasteless and destitute of smell. Its
volatili.y and combustibility are equal to those of any
volatile oil or naphtlia.—Ediii. PAil.Jeur.
Orro or Russs.—The following is the recipe for malt-
ing the eel: rated Otto, or Otter of Roses, from a work
recently published, entitled the Jliernii;rs • the nose:—
" Take a very large glazed earthen or stone jar, or a large
clean wooden cask, till it with the leaves of the flowers of
roses, very well picked, suit freed from all seeds and stalks;
pour on them as much pure spring water as will cover them,
and set the vessel in the sun, in the morning, at sun-tine,
and let it stand till the evening, then take it into the house
for the night ; expose it in this manner, for six or seven
successive days, and at the end of the third or fourth day,
a number of particles, of a fine yellow oily matter, will
float on the surface, which in two or three days more will
gather into a scum, which is the oast of Yeses. This is
taken up by some cotton, tied to the end of a Over of
suit squeezed with the finger and thumb into a small phial,
viltielt must be immediately well stopped ; and this is re-
rested for some successive evenings, or while any of this
tine essential oil rises to the surface of the water. It ;$
said that a hundred pounds weight of roses will not yield
above halt' an ounce of this precious aroma."
Exert:writers Mimeo° or iMrTYING A BOTTLE.—
Take a bottle filled with water or other fluid, tarn them el:

downwanls to entry it, anti whirl it round so as to give I:SION ifAI.L.
the liquid a centrifugal enlist; then bold it still and up.. nr 7 111
_ _ _UR!WR or his. tforau•sr•ns On 4.IATS: VE R, tiraill cili;.
right; a current of air will ascend through the ecittre of
ezhVi.'„o":%l !
ia—lite.'"atr i*dul7lat e n1..1111'61". atcwtivto•ofs by whose ;ter!
the neck of the bottle, and the liquid will deseeall around lion, thw murtlercn of Alm. Richards, of Clapham, were brought to
the air as quick to appearance as if the air had access to its justir., base been unceasing in tileir endeavour,. in the discovery of
upper surface ; fluted, square, or 104:agell bottles, will 1101 evidence ; arel this day, in consequence of their exertions, some
answer.—lfechaniel Afrtgazine. additional witnesses were examined.
onions to the examination of the witness.", Mr. A T.T.Fif In-
POTATOES A SUBSTITI) Tr rna Soar.—lt is stated in
formed the twisoner that he was not bound to say anything ; but if
the lialletin Terlifidoi,,ique, that potatoes, three-fonrths he should it would be taken down, and hereafter used against him
Loiled, employed instead of soap, are more efficacious than or fin hint, as its tendency might be. Ile then reminded the prisoner
it In cleansing clothes of all disci iptious. They are used that on the former examination he hail distinctly stated that he had
never been at Beckenham, and asked him did he still say the same
as soap, and the clothes arc otherwise washed in the same
manner, though without employing any alkali. This will, thi."g
i'ite prhener replied, that he never had been at Beckenham to his
however, be of little use in England, where washing by ' kn,,,,tr,ig,.
dram is growing fookionabio,...;r4r Liamirt. ' J. Crook, landlord of the Grirle los, at Deckcalun, derma,

I that he believed he had seen the prisoner in the tap-room at his
l Ouse about ten o'clock on Sunday morning the 11th of August
there was a person with him named Snivel ; prisoner had a pint of
beer, and talked with Snivel about the distance to ,Maidstone;
I Sensel asked witness the distance, who replied, thirty-one or thirty-
'two milts. The prisoner said he would go it in twenty-eight miles;
he had worked them as a lime-burner. and knew the roads as well
as any man, and would not go the main road. Witness heard no
more of the conversation, and never saw him after till that day in
the office.
Mr. ALLEY Inquired of the prisoner whether he would ask the
witness any questions ?
lie replied he would not; it was of no use, if they wished to'
swear against him that way, he could say nothing : be never saw
the man with his eyes before.
John Tapp deposed. that he lives with his .inter, who keeps the
Horns public-house at Norwood. He saw the prisoner twice in the 'I
tap-room of the Horns; the first time was last winter; he had then 1'
a man with him; the second time was seven or eight weeks ago;
he was then alone, and witness observed that he had a brace of
pistols inside his waistcoat ; he saw the butt end of one, and muzzles
of both below the prisoner's waistcoat. It was about four o'clock
in the evening ; the prisoner took a powder-horn and some balls out
of his pocket, and 'odd • pennyworth of powder to a boy named
Smith ;he measured the powder in a charger lie at the same time
sold a pair of sheep-shears to the boy's father. Witness took panto.
ler notice of the prisoner, and observed to his sister, that he appeared
to be a dangerous character, and that he should not like to meet him
in the dark, lie did not see the prisoner after, till he came to the
office that (lay. He took notice at the linens that one of prisoner's
fingers no his left hand was short or crooked.
The prisoner was desired to %hew his left hand, when it appeared
that one of his fingers was crooked.
The pistol produced on the first examination was shewn to the
witness, who said it was the sort of pistol the prisoner had at the
Horns. _ . . .

Hall and Marmon deposed, that after the examination of Thurs.
day, they 'earthed the prisoner's lodgings, when they found the
articles produced, consisting of a gardener's hook, with the brand
mark burnt out of the handle, a pair of scissors, a thermotneter, a
great number of papers of flower seeds, An. An.
My. tiodhart's liarilencr stated, that none of those articles had
been taken front his master's premises.
The prisoner was desired to take MT one of his shoes, and hall
produced a shoe which was taken from his lodging hut I'u le,
the officer, who had been at Langley Park, declared that neither
corresponded with the foot marks of the person by whom the mur-
der was committed.
The evidence being gone through. Mr. ALLEY adjourned the
further examination to Thursday, and said lie would write to Sir
Charles Farnaby, the 31agietrate at Wickham, bettor as no ex-
aminatimis were taken, and to Mr. Godhert and .Me. Ilott,
the Surgeon, to attend.
Hall, the Chief Constable, mentioned to Mr. Allen that the
deceased had not been opened, nor any of the slugs extracted, and
that it might be a material cies insistence to compare the slugs
which had entered the body of the deceased with those found in the
charger on the prisoner.
Mr. A xxtx concurred in the propriety of this suggestion, and
mid he would give sanctions to have the body disinterred,
and the slugs extracted, and produced on the examination on
Thursday.