The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-06-23 00:00:00

LDINBU'RGH, JUN& 18.

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY.
On Monday, the Court proceeded in the trial of
Ensign Hugh Marvell. of the Lanarkshire militia.
for giving orders to one of the centiaids under his
command, to fire into a room in Greenlaw-houses
where prisoners of war are confined.
Ensign Maxwell denied that he was guilty of the
crime charged in the iodiftment. and had no doubt
of proving, that, if any person was killed in cons'.
quence of a shot fired by his order, he was justified
in eying that order by the circumstances in which
be was *ca. and his ditty as officer upon guard.
This case ocLupied tne Coast from ten o'clock in
the morning till six o'clock in the evening. when
the Jury were inclosed, and remained deliberating
for tw.. hours.
Tuesday. the Courvmet at two o'clock, when the
Jury returned a verdia, finding that the said Hugh
Maxwell is glary of celpahle homicide.
The Court passed sentence, adjudging Ensign
MaxvreU to be imprisoned in the tolbouth of Can-
neogate, for nine months.

Lica...Genital SOOTS, JOUNST•III, of the Royal
Marian. has been several swaths past in Scotland,
oting his claim to the Marquisate of Annan.
rz.ndbad so far proved his propinquity and
right to that title, as to be urged by his Carmel and
friends, to assume at once his dignity, and to exer-
cise his privilege of voting at the eledion of Scotch
Peers; and the General accordingly gave his vote
on the 9th instant. A protest has been entered
against this vote, until his pretensions are recognised
by Parliament, to which they ate immediately to be
submitted.
Eared from a letter, addressed to the Fromm
of Liverpool. is a Liverpool paper-. 0 One of ner
townsmen, who, in the regular Conne of promotion.
has risen from the rank of an African Captain to
that of an African Merchant, was lately heated to
to high a degree of political fury, as to declare,
that " he would cheerfully sacrifice his own house,
could he behold Mr. Roscoe's dwelling and those of
his friend* in flames I" and. concluding with a cli-
wire of horror, " he wore 'het he mar Oh Omani
feast spec Mr. Reseee's heart..-A gentleman, shock-
ed by the atrocity ot this language, narrated it with
doe reprobation to a person who holds a high stss•
tints in the custom-house; Sot the latter, instead of
pining in the condemnation of the cannibal, coolly
replied. a' My dear sir, you must be sensible that
some people will go to great lengths in defence of
the Constitution."
In case. of fire, the following is suggested to
th ie who may be employed in it- extittaion s—As
heat and smoke ascend to the tipper part of the
room, a stream of pure air acquires the space near
the Roar, a person can crawl on his hands and knees
into a room hill of smoke, and by keeping his face
close to the floor, he may go and return where no
one could walk upright. This method is pranised
by the London firemen, who have hence a:qa.red
the name of Saes: modem
On Friday sennight, Messrs. Wotan. and
.1•.5 as Maas A 11, SW' MOODS, Wortlaing, accompanied
ny two ladies. Lieut. M•voa, and a seaman. went
to sea in a pleasure-boat. off that place ; but ob-
serving the weather becoming foul, they put Aye".
to make for the shore, and just at the instant the
heat wore, a sudden squall of wind upset bur.—
Very fortunately, the men were able to support tie
ladies and themselves, by keeping bold uf different
parts of the boat, which did not sink till they we:e
taken up by another boat that put off from the
shore immediately on seeing the accident; and ia
fifteen minutes the whole pity were happily re.
Visaed trom their perilous sitoation. ..vishout any
material injury.
On Friday se'nnight a Cot oner's Inquest was be:./
:'et eft-borough, on the bodies of Leisvon Rosa and
St ?yams, tan respeetable young men ot that
city, who were ~aci.:dentally drowned in the riser
Net,e on the previous evening. they. with
-ere sailing in a pleasure boat
the bridge. when a sudten
in, and, owing to some mis-
iail, the vessel was ..oinplet.:4
assistanct 'VAS prompily
parry were saved ; but Rise
ind acre not found till the lol-
l." latter belonging to the

na:shneur, y• ungyarmlf,rozi
squ of wind came on
management of the to
upset. Every
given, and ow, ct the
and 5T1V1...5 sank, An
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