The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-12-31 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY EVENT.

The following are some interestinz particulars of !
the disastrous occurrences on the sth instant, men-
tioned in our last :
Captain Gill, of Llandaff, late of the set h regiment, batting
bessight over his wife, the daughter of the Rev. Mr. Tanner. of
fortpltatil Brett. near Watehett, arrived on Use ails at that
for the porpose °fret's' sing' to. Lilted', with Mrs. Oil,
het sister (Mies Tanner) and a koala served. The tide
sine/ shod file o'clock ia the morning, sad the weather
Wag boisterous, Capt. Call was earnestly adtieed by •••••■ll
uperieoced seamen nut to attempt the passage to Cardiff.
This advice he unfortunately rejected ;' mad about eight
o'clock Um persons mentioned' embarked is a small hod,
which was maws! by two eaperieneed sailers. A labaister
employed on the ellU• °vet, Watdbett, obeesited the &peg-
tare of the boat. aid from the agitaties of Ow or
felt interested in watehin its progress. 1111610.sik
was half way across, ands sear the Holmes, a .
storm egiuge oe, tibia estopeUsd the lahr,urer Ilel4
fur shelter in a fissure of the rock over which be bid lip!
warkins. At this time Use fiend: being melds
oseamenrodeennieg down Chased, she wldeli
by a street westerly wind, osessioned tea
About a quarter Man boar had elapsed, whoa,
the heights, the labourer looked out for the .-91r4P;ire
no more to be seen'' That fatal interval bad
waves the unbsppv passengers, and not lk • NW
COON be deoorersa. The melancholy event has 0061111101110 d
lseart•reediag,ilegee of misery to the family of the itefinte.
mete ladies who were lost. A part of Use boat be. beau
me the Pleenerselskire shore. but none dike beiligag
irettoilianate sufferers have yet been foetid. Captain •
is said, to have had upwards of dol. with his whist.
' had provided with a view of purchesing so estate in the
neighbourhood of Taunton. 'Rome people with a glass
Woe the Pier, ut Minehead, observed the period ia the boat
to be inc.:otiose distress, which they testified by fastening '
white handkerchief to the sail head, sad by the waving o
white drapery. The wind and Ude prevented' the possibility
of afibrdlog assistance.--Rath ant Cheiteakael Gazette.

Lord BACON prefixed to some of his writings,
" /overtime Maur, ant feiciam;" a motto worthy of his
original and penetrating gonitrs.
WA It EU atow draws a very just distinction between
a man of true greatness and a medioetist. " 11," sa:
be, " you want to recommend yourself to the former,
take care that he quits your society with a good opi-
nion of you ; if your object is to please the latter,
take care that he leaves you with a good opinion
himself."

On the 21st of May, in the present year, a stork
was shot upon the estate of Count Von Borruea, in
the neighbourhood of Wismar, which had, through
the right side of the neck, an arrow transfixed, and
which arrow hung in a perpendicular direction.
was two feet ten inches long, of black wood, the point
being covered with a sharp piece of iron, very rude
shaped. It was made fast to the wood with a sort
thread. Conjecture assumes, that some wild African
discharged the arrow from his bow, with a view .
kill the bird. It had survived the attack, however,
and was ultimately dispatched in the North of Ger.
many, in the manner recited.—Barnbarak Carrara.
dent, October 28. •
Some time since, a small box arrived et the coach-
oMce, Oeorge•street, by the Waterloo Coach, addressel
"H. Williams, F.sq. Mr. Fisher Dnokeld, Perthshire," an
bearing date "July la." The beg was forwarded to its des-
tination ; but some time afterwards it was returned to the
coach-office, with the following worth, written upon it:-
"Returned from Thinkeld, for nut being called for." The be
lay unheeded until Friday, when the guard of the Waterloo
coach, supposing that it was empty, thought it might be use-
ful foe bolding a package he was to take with him. When'
opened it. however, he di.eneeredt to his astonishment. t,
body ofe new-horn female infant, in a slats of putrefaction,
Wrapped in I piece of woollen cloth, and laid upon hay. The
Papeurator Fiscal for the county, on Monday, led a precogni-
Min, which was laid helm the 141serltr9tibstitute ; but the
result hail not transpired. On Tuesday the body was ear-
signed to the gravo.—(Dundee Advertiser. )
On Friday night, the 20th instant, a very drunk(
and fatal fracas occurred at a place called Fariner
may, near this city, at the house of Jobe Quin,
farmer. Quin, a female servant and housekeeper,
tamed Mary Maguire, and a labouring Mtn, named
Thomas Canovan, who was also a tenant to Quin, and
worked for him, assembled in Quin's house, where
they drunk three bottles of whiskey. In liquor
Catiovan was a man of great violence and bad con,
dad, and on this occasion lie behaved in a most
governable manner; he seized two iron crooks
with which he beat a servant of Quin's, named Ct
lea, after which he strove to'breark in a door of Quin'
Mto which room he and the woman had retired
ittfety. flaying succeeded in getting in, he attack.
Quin, when the woman seised a loaded gun whirl
was in the room, and fired at Canovan, who receiv
the contents in his chest and lungs, and caused
ea thin a few minutes. An inquest was held on .
turday, by Mr. Magee, Coroner, and the followii%
verdict was found :—"lhatzhe said Thomas Cano-
lowatanse to his deathinthe house of John Quin,
illphtscaftly, in consequence of a gun shot wow
milked in his breast, otitis breadth of two in.
which penetrated the lobes of the lungs, and that
said John Quin and Mary Maguire, of Farmacafily
erste present, and thatuaid *hot was fired in theit
defence." Quin and the Womtnrhave been eO,--
o gaol.—Armagh Volunteer.