The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-05-17 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY C.I.ARGE

SOW fTRJ FT.
Yost, r.'ay, Visa Ms y r„,k, a young lady about i 4 ors
of ale., ell bruit by I...tooside• before Mr hl• irt, U., sit •
1..4; 8086.ibut•, o a ei.a.g or.e. the B:l4et. Acct.( a most
extraordmary eater .—Rouert t -nwlLt'Silleel, a .at uo Ser.
day afternm.o, about five tichrk, he sas passing throottt
Kemptun Park, in &wintry a . as he was o..kbg su..iuy
young turn pla: ag at rteket, b h lt.l a go.. r. ea, awl
immediately scc the pension-. M iv Mary York, in a pmi-
dock, divided from the Fork by a paq g, web s gam Is sew
hand : be, in to, sespr ore. went up to the to..linr, 'owed
Henry Tarter there sp. aku.t t.. Mt. York aut ohs swum
to her that, i: she Led the gis., off ag,in in each a furless
loam r, hr should come user the pal Et a .o lake Ott rya
from her He b,ard It. t ask ber serrart what knee that
was' pointing towards him. The iteor..it reptici she nod
n 4 know. Milo Turk the,. said," I shal: take ti.e Ith:rty of
firing at him," and pres. nted the gnu at him; N in .pped
is ice. lie then gut behind a tenet avoid 'As cents:As. :the
snapped etc piece slain, and it went off, pee.eAtefi at him.
He 411 V NI alb Y. rk put allot tutu the gins not tot • shot belt,
and saw lot. prime it w.th posder ; her servant sopida,l her
with powder to plum: it After tl rin was fired, he sad
Parker got over the pa:not, anti took the gun trom liar.
Henry Parker, • carpenter, of looloory, continued the
above, and said, as be was walking along the road, be sew.
Mils York, fire off the gnu; her arivalit was close by her side
at the time he cilmerriol the bile from the sails. the
gravel road about three pacts bd.. he, is esesettiastiess,
went to the paling, and asked her what site am. nein at !.
replied, if he insulted her in her private wa:ks, ship
would shout him the hall made an aperture throw n the
paling. At this the other witness, Coonsbes, came op to ..0y
and related what had happened; nod he (Parker; with
fliornbes, jumped over the paling, and took the gait r,O
her

The defence set up by Xis@ York was, that the wit.haa,
COollailell, had mule use of aurae erry unpropri langsa ze to
Ler, a•id had tbrowu gone pieces of th, p.ding at her, r hick
induced her to teed her Ftr4hnt fiw the musket, sad site had
discharged it at COOP At 411 her OWN defence.

This was enchained by the servant Mr Rolfe. Pie und•
albeit York, hit proprietor of the house ...here she teidee,
arid the joist oi.riet or a the park, attended is behalf .
Visalfork, sad in e%tenuathis of the conduct of his lei. re,
stated, dem there was nu road through the Pik, and thes.
fore the witnesses, and those rel u were playing at crickets
ware committing a trespass ; bat be, by no means, justified
tiseculionct of his niece in discharging a masker at diem.
Mr. R. endeavoured So throw d,credit upon the testiniosy of
Coulubes, insinuating, that he was not a reaper:JAl, eliarac-
tee. Mr. Nana, however, did sot consider say thi 1' it
had hero said in defence, to amount tot justifiratio.. ours
of the most serious and ontrazeuus sets that ever wie cunt-
tnitted,sod particularly by a young lady ; but wiraid ;t,•e it
another hearing, upon Mr. Mar anicrtaking for the lucre
appearance of Miss York and her servant, wl. I, be eon cetv-
ed, bait acted equally impro..er is fetching the von, and in
assisting in loadiag it. The prosecutors undertook 1.. pro-
duce throe witwesses to corroborate what they bad stated.
Mimi YORS is • strong, heolthy.lookiiig your g
L:tdy. She was dressed in white, with a ship heti
ornamented with a flower. She was aceomp,sni,i
by a female friend. Her maid-servant. who I. an.
plicated in the same charge, is * slight, delicate-
looking girl.

At the Middlesex Sessions, at no, yes.
terday, nothing occurred of any 'subtle interest.
When the present Corninatider-M-Chief came
into Office, he issued an order that no Officer should
obtain the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel until he hod
served two years as a Major. Yet in last Sitturilans
Gazette the name of Lord Iluataisaam appears as
a Lieutenant-Colonel, nuns was only gazeiteil as a
Major on the gth of May. Ayr days precrrias his
advance. Lord IlcaauLass is the son of the Earl
of WESTMORLAND.

A General Clout Martial wastipened at Hell 0/4
Friday, upon Lieutenant I,Vmsataen, of the 15th.
for grossly insulting Major Mau. of the
Saturday morning the Court adjourned mail Mon-
day neat.
Captain BARCLAY arrived in town on Satni'day
from his seat in Scotland. on his stay to Newmar•
ket, at which place, as before Mated, he will un-
dertake his laborious task. He has talons- a issues
alt Newmarket for six weeks (the time his match
will occupy), and he intends ping half a mile from
home and returning every hour. The day of mart.
ing is the lit of Juno. the betting. are rams.
A gentleman of the came of Vatting who am
formerly en officer in the army, but who has been
suttee known' about the bowies of ploy atSt. James*
*nit his throat on Moild4y inoruinget huramsminsisas
in Warren-street. in cosergeenceofeewhimmetea slr
The suicide was-romatisted• wi4l4 •111 isars4o".•
which the unPoi nave soon 11.4ftessi ime
fait-tell,. He bed ism mvitful ire awe tilePale*
itate.