The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-10-16 00:00:00

SEDUC77ON AND MURDER.

At a German village called Ehrensretten, in the district
of Breagau, a few miles from Statile', lived a beautiful
young girl, of humble parentage, who was
adored by s
person of superior station, and who had a wife and famdi
He supported the young girl for several years in a style
suitable to his own circumstances. During their inflow!,
two children were born, and, although her seducer never
considered the eldest to be his child, yet such was his affec-
lion for the mother, that he liberally melded for it as
well as for the other. In the course of time the unhapoy
girl felt the degradation of her situation, and either from
compunction, or from a wish to renew an ihtimaey with a
young man to whom her affections bad been engaged before
her seduction, she withdrew herself from her, protector,
and sought every means to avoid his society. He, however,
contrived to obtain an interview with her, and then pre.,
veiled on her to meet him early the following day to take a
walk. Accordingly early next morning they met, and walked
some way together towards Friburgh. When they, were at
a distance from the village, and had come near a feat:
bordering on the road, he suddenly seized the unhappy
creature by the throat, and strangled her ! Ile hastily
dragged her body into the forest, and then rem/lied home,
apparently unconcerned, and conducted himself as if
nothing had occurred. Duritig the following night he re-
turned to the spot where his wretched victim lay, and boy her corpse to a considerable distance into the forest till he
arrived at a deep pit, into which, after taking off her drat,
he plunged the dead body. The parents of the poor girt
had anxiously waited her return during the night, but the
morning appeared without any tidings of her. The sus-.
picion immediately flashed across their minds that acme.
thing dreadful had happened to her, and they immediately
communicated their fears to the Magistrate. The seducer
was instantly apprehended, bur, on being Interrogated, he
positively denied having done the least injury to the youte;
woman. Breech, however, having beet wade in hishousv,
the dress of the poor girl was found. Ile was consequently
again examined, and, on the clothes of the murdered mother
of his two illegitimate children being produced before him,
he acknowledged his crime, and related the circumstances
attending it. He was fully committed to await his nal.

There are now living in the parish of Lianfawr, near
Bala, thirty old men and women receiving parochial relief
the youngest of whom is upwards of eighty years of age,
great many of them upwards of ninety, and one or tivi
have commenced another century.
A very respectable woman of Chippenham bas been
recently delivered of a boy, who is a remarkably tine child
in every rtapect, but that he is unfortunately born with
only one hand, arising from the circurnstarce of his tnothc
being dreadfully frightened some months hack by a et ippikti
beggar abruptly entering her cottage, and suddenly hold-
ing up the stump of his withered arm before h r face. It
is well known that the exhibition of these loathsome afflic-
tions is an artifice very commonly resorted to by beggr•
of this description, they being pretty sure of ex:or:it:lc
tome alms by this mans, particularly from women, who
are sure to give something in order to get rid of them.—
Batli Herald.

Our readers will probably recollect seeing, in a former
paper, the report of a trial at the last Quarter Sessions for
Gloucester, of Henry Sloper, for an alleged assault upon
Patience Pratten, under circumstances, as detailed in evi-
dence, of great aggravation ; and that he wart found guilty.•
and sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonmenr. It
appears that the charge made against this young man Wai
totally unfounded. Since the trial several persons who
must have seen the assault, if any had been committed, as
alleged by the prosecutrix, having read that report, volun-
tarily made affidavits, which completely contradicted all
the material parts of her evidence; and a representation to
that effect having beets made in the proper quarter, the
consequence is, that his Majesty has been graciously pleased
to order the immediate remission of the sentence passed
upon the defendant, who has hereupon been discharged
from confinement in Northleach Dridewell.
We are informed that a circumstance has arisen in the
parish oh 'Pealing, near Dundee, which is calculated very
needlessly, on Mr. Pee l's part, to raise angry feelings smelly;
the supporters of Government. The late Lord Melville,
who antlerstood the people of Scotland well, made a poin:,
in exercising the Crown Church Patronage, of regularly
consulting the leading heritors in the vacant parishes; at:l
he almost invariably gave the appointment to the inditi•
dual recommended by the majority. Mr. l'., too, bas gone
so far as, where they are unanimous, to do the same; only,
where they are divided, taking to himself the choice.
Very lately the Minister of the parish, mentioned above,
received a nomination to another quarter, and immediately
the heritors, having consulted together, united (with the
exception of one individual, a non-resident who never in-
terferes with his brother heritors, and on the present occa-
sion did not interfere) in suggesting to the Crown a particular
individual whom they stated to be universally acceptable
in the pariah. Their petition was forwarded through the
Member for the county some months before the legal va-
cancy took place (and indeed the vacancy hasnotyet taken
pleet:) ; but it was answered from the Secretary of State's
Office triill an intimation that the parish was already pro-
mised away. The feelings of those of the higher orders
interested have been excited by this circumstance; and
the people at large are outrageous. IVe approve of many
of the enlightened measures of the present Government;
and in many resp,^cts, therefore, wishing them well, we
hope they will be aisle to explain this occurrence; but, it
informationdoourso
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taccurate,we.persotnbaelyiymiklnlofiwndofitthedirflielcuigilotutso
habits of our countrymen, we know how much, by a limo
attention to these, they may earn of cheap popularity for
themselves. We wish they saw this.—Seatarnan.

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