The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-10-05 00:00:00

FIRE IN IrESTMINSTER.

Mt shocking olt•ath of Mrs. Freeman, and the
hardly less dreadful alternative to which the two
p•wr girls were forced on Wednes fay morning, br
leaping from the garret of the house on lire in
Union-street. Westminster, ought to ad as a warn-
ing to tit* parish officers of thts metropolis, to see
that fire ladders are kept in constant order and rea-
diness; and to dived their watchmen and patroles,
+sn the first alarm of tire, to give assistance in bring-
;rig such ladders to the spot: for this purpose, a
key of the fire ladders and engine-house ought
constantly to hang up in every watch b( is of the
with, that no time may be lost in fruitless search,
or calling up persons to get the key. It is a me-
lancholy refledion, that two ladders, which were
provided at the parish expense, large enough to
reach the garret of Mrs. Stores house. were hang-
ing in the passage opposite Westminster Hall, within
forty yards of' the spot, whilst three lives were so
dreadfully en•-Isngered for the wait of them : but
.he key of the same was (or ought, according to the
notice on a board there, to be) at St. Margaret's
watch house, three times that distance, in the oppo-
site dir•rftion. We hope that the parish officers, not
of St. Margaret's only, but of every parish in Lon-
don, will attend to this subjed, and employ watchmen,
attive anJ capable of assisting in bringing the lad-
ders to any .pot where a fire may be breaking out.
The houses r.•hich were burned down will not he
rebuilt, fur it is understood, that in consequence of
an aet, which passed last Session. Government
intend. as soon as possibly can be, with due regard
to the occupations and trades of the tenants, to pull
down all the houses beween New Palace Yard and
King-street. and St. Margaret's Church-yard, ex-
cepting only tht Ordnance Office. It is also under-
stood, that the row of houses on the North side of
New Palace Yard is to come down, so that a per-
son coming over Westminster Bridge, will, from
Cie hridge-foot,, have an uninterrupted view of St.
Margaret's Church, and the venerable and superb
pie of Westminster Abbey, towering over it. A
p irt of the ground intended to be cleared hetween
King-street and New Palace Yard, had been pur-
chased by the County, for ereding a new Guildhall,
instead of the present Session House in King-street ;
but, in conwittence of the passing of the Aft above
mntioned, Government have repaid the purchase-
monies to the county ; and the old and useless
baildings, intended for Vestrninster Marker, are
n,sw intended to come down, to make room for the
new Guildhall.

CANADIAN REGIMEAT.

GENERAL ORDERS.

At a General Conn Martial, h.d.i at Edinbergh Castle,
Mmida. the lOtb of Selitemlim, 17;04, wh,reni Lienteain•
Colonel William Pansonhy, of the 'th Regiment 1/ra
goon Guard., was Preaident, fin the Trial of the fullowine
nu Pth.ners, viz.
Donald Macdonald and James Bruce, private sol
Biers in the Canadian Fencible regiment.
Charoe.—For repeatedly being guilty of disobe-
dience of orders, exciting mutiny, and being muti-
nous, by refusing to march with their company
when ordered, and advising other men to do thy
same.

Opioion and Se.,tr tree of the Court.—After mature
deliberation on the whole evidence adduced on the
part of the prosecution, as well as what the Prisoners
have stated in their defence, and the evitlenc,.. 01(1
have adduced in support ~f it, the Court :ire of npi
nion, that the first part of the charge, ‘iz. " Re
peated disobedience of orders, in refusioA- to march,"
has been proved against both of the prisoners.
Ott the second part of the charge, viz. " Exciting
mutiny," they are of opinion, that Bruce is not
guilty.
With resnea to Macdonald, although it does not
appear to them that the origin of the mutiny is to be
attributed to him, or to any premeditated design on
his part, yet he does appear .o the Court, on more
than one occasion, to have taken the lead in dis-
obedience.

The Court, therefore, being of opinion, that the
prisoners. James Bruce and Donald Macdonald,
have been guilty of a breach of the articles of war,
do sentence James Bruce to receive five hundred
lashes, and Donald Macdonald to receive eight hun-
dred lashls, at such time and place as General the
Earl of Moira shall dire&

A s, however, there appearstothe Court a possibility,
that, from the regiment being neither clothed nor
armed, they may not have supposed themselves sub-
jeft to the same implicit military submission, as if
the regiment had been regularly organised ; and as
perhaps some allowances may be made for the be-
wildered state of mind into which many of the men,
and the prisoners in particular, had been thrown, be
the distress or sickness of their families, which last
circumstance appears to have been the sole cause of
their remaining behind the company on the 28th of
August, the Court beg leave to recommend them to

mercy.
Angus Macfarlane, private soldier in the Canadian
Fencihle regiment.
Charge.—Fur quitting his ranks on the Green, on
the evening of the 23(10f August, Mt, and be-
having in a manner unbecoming the charafter of a
soldier.

&wenn. qfthe roure.--The Court having maturely
deliberated on the evidence adduced against the pri-
soner, Angus Macfarlane, and what he has stated
in his defence, is of opinion, that he is guilty of the
crime laid to his charge, which being a breach of
the articles of war, they do sentence him to receive
five hundred lashes, at such time and place as Ge.
neral the Earl of Moira shall think proper.
As, however, there appears a possibility that,
from their not being either clothed-cr armed, the
men might not suppose themselves aflually subjected
to that military submission which they would have
felt it their duty to exhibit, it they had been more
regularly organised; and also in consideration of the
youth and inexperience of the prisoner, and peni-
tence manifested by him, the Court beg leave to re-
commend him to mercy.
Roderick Fraser, private in the Canadian Fencible
regiment.

—Chargr.—For rescuing John Maclean of the same
regiment, from the hospital guard, on the evening
of the 2Nd August, 1304, where he had been con-
fined.

Sem/cute of Mr Coy-I.—The Court h tying maturely
deliberated on the evidence adduced against the pri-
snnet, Roderick Fraser, and likewise on what he has
set forth in hii defence, is of opinion, that he is
guilty of the crime laid to his charge, which h.ing
a preach of the articles of war, they sentence him
to receive one thousand lashes, at such time and
place as General the Eatl of Moira shall think
proper.
As, however, there appears a possibility, that,
from their being neither clothed nor armed, the men
might not suppose themselves aaually subjeaed to
that military submission which they should have felt
it their duty to exhibit, if they had been more regu-
larly organised ; and in consideration of the peni-
tence expressed by the prisoner, the Court beg leave
to recommend him to mercy.
Genrral the Earl of Mot R A approves the above
four sentences.—As he concurs entirely in the con-
siderations upon which the Court has recommended
the prisoners to mercy, he remits the punishments
severally adjudged ; unconditionally in the tarn of
Donald Macdonald, .Tames Bruce, and Angus MAC..
farlane ; in the case of Roderick Fraser, von the
condition that he shall engage for unlimited service
in a regiment of the line.
It having been industriously circulated, that many
men had been induced to list in the Canadian regi-
ment by delusive promises which Government
would not have been hound to fulfil, it is fitting on
this occasion to state, that a Court of Erviry was
kept ratting at Glasgow for many days, to examine
into any such cases as might be brought before
them; and Major General Wemyss load instrua;ii
to cause it he explained to the men, that every one,
whe suspeaed himself imposed upon in his engage-
ment, might lay his case before the Court, in order
that he might receive his discharge from the Earl of
Moira, if it appeared, that he had been attested
sander false pretences. No case of the sort occurred;
the enlistments of certain men. who had been en-
gaged upon ' fallacious representations, by one
(now in the jail for that offence), having
been before declared null and void, unless where the
individual himself, on explanation of the real tea rr.s
held out by Government, desired that the ague-
meat should stand good.

Adjutant-Generd's Office, Dlefiburgh,
iKth Savtenib.T. 11%4
It is General the Earl of Moira's order, that the
foregoing charges, sefitences, and reconarncndations,
together with his Lordship's decisions and olrerva-
tions thereupon, shall be read at the heal of even•
regiment and corns of the Regular and Militia
forces in North Britain, and eavred us their re-
spettive orderly boats.

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THE TURF. -
NEWMARKET RIRsT OCTOBER MEETING.

Aram* csoa v. mimics S.
One third of a subscription of 51,0 w each, to which
will be a !Jed the Town Plate of 501. for S Jr old.
ohs and fillies, D. I.
!,1 oriris..iiois b. c. gatutelle 1
Wthol.'Bl b. c. St.stv;), . • • 9
'r W)ndh.dn's rh. c. The C..rpenter •. • • • S.
iiz to 4 against Bagatelle—even hettir.g on Spuely.
Fifty Guineas, free for any horse, &c. 4 yr olds,B.C.
Mr. Howorth'd b. e. Strap, 4 yrs old, walked over.
Mr. F. Neale's Brainworm, ist. 7h. heat D. of
St. Alban's Merryman, ht. Ab. M. 50gs h. ft.—
l'wu to I on Btainworm.

PLIGI I.Nif. •
—.a.--
A desperate battle was fought on Tuesday at
Shadwell, between a Ilideht r' 8 BOP/ and a Attact .
Ch,esernutsger. It was not a regular standing up
!rattle, or scientific net to, but a rename
.rfehi, for
nearly a space of four hundred yards ; tire pre-
paration of a stage was, of course, totally out
of the question. Indeed, the parties evidently
stood more in need of a race-course than of a ring.
The Cheelemonger, who was a mighty lean of a
Dutch mould, had at first evidently the advantage.
He posited his blows dWie and iinec with violence
and fury upon his adversary, who c; intinued retreat-
ing_ with a quick step until he came to the Police , • 1
Office. I !ere the Butcher's boy made a stop, and, "
colleting all his strength, he ran his antagonist back
with equal velocity, and actually beat him into his '
own shop. This contest attraded an immense
crowd. The whet!. neighbourhood was in an up-
roar ; hut the Parish Constables and Police Officers,
at length, succ%eded in r• sturiug quiet. This two
Combatants were shockingly cut about the head. .
The parties did not fight for a purse, but is conse-
quence
of a dispute abent a seaman's wages.
Iwo tradesmen in Shadwell, admirers ;:f one and t
the same lady, both candidates for her favour, and
jealous, of et•urse, resolved, last week, to deride
their quarrel with see rd and pistol, in Stepney
Fields, near the Ben Johnson's Feed. The chal-
lenge, however, having transpired, a party of con- ..
stables from the Pollee Office, Shad *ell, took the
amorous heroes into custody, and they were booed
over to keep the peace.
The Halt, R•turn, hired armed cotter. or 10
guns, commande i by I.;emendnt Totter*, arrved
at Plymouth on Tuesday, from the in-shore stria& on
off Brest, near which place, whilst ern; i..g a fear •
days since, in company with the 3.l..marsx ektatt of
10 guns, they fell in with two French slocips of w.o,
one a ship of le guns, the other is brig if 1 it go e, 1
attemring to get into Brest, which they cogs ed
the greater part of the des' ', within reach of the
batteries, which continued to p .ur Ironies of sh
and shells over them during the whole of ti
anion ; the sloops of war, however, at length •
feted their scape, by running on shore among tit
rocks, where they were immediately guarded by
veral hundred soldiers. The Hitt, Return receiv
only two shots, one in her bow, the other in h
rudder, wfticirretrivred het isrierranarable, and she( •
was obliged to be towed off. the crews of the Iwo`,
cutters are reported to have behaved in the
gallant manner, none of whom were ether kart,
. ..
wounded.
i • On Tuesday last, as the artillery company of the . t German Legion were pradising firing with drot at a I,' 1
hill near Weymouth, one of the shot took an unex-1/4) 11
peeted side diretiun, and struck one of the Mollie/3..
men's arms off, and so wounded his side that Nerl .1
' s'
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life is despaired of.
The Black .sea trout, frequently mentioned 1477
travellers, as living in a lead cistern in Dumbarton '
Castle, died last week, supposed from a fright, 'tee.,.
being confined there upwards of thirty years. It -
weighed shout two lb. and was quite grey about "w
the mouth.
A most extraordinary crow was shot on Sattreday
last, near Kendal Castle, by Mr. Br. .11,1 D. the fea- • .
thers on the neck and back, and lower part of the,
body, are brown, and the tail and wings nearly '.,
white. i
Yesterday afternoon, about three o'clock, an in- t
quest was taken before Get.' , Esq. the Coroner
of Westminster, on the remains of Mrs. Axe ' '''
Fatima N, at St. Margaret's workhouse, in Deano
street; and, atter the examination of several wit- '
messes, the Jury brought in a verffiel of—.lretdental •
Death. ,
We are happy to state that Awn Toone and •
ELIZ•SICTN Mil I.S. the apprentice and servant of
Mrs. Sroe a, are still living, and considered, by the 1
surgeons who attend them, as in a fair way of re- '
coverieg from their desperate wounds, bruises, and '
burns : Mrs. STORK'S hand, which was so burnt 4
seems also in a fair way. 1
On Tuesday, a respetable Publican in 9hadwell, ' : I
whom his friends familiarly call Tie arPor, and who '
is greatly affliCted with the rheumatism, made a I , '
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wager with a hackney coachman, that he should o
run from a given spot across the fields, to Mile 3
End turnpike, socrier than t':e coa -ion In could ' '
drive his coach and horses along the road to the
same point, being half a mile shooter than the
course which Tar D Odor had to take. The Does,
won the race by several minutes, but he has not
gained merely the wager, and the glory of •iftot; i
although he was in great pain when he set out, he
felt pertelly well before he got to the end of his
race. and has ma since had any return of his disor-
der, which is supp-sed to have been perfetHy re-
moved by his extract-A:a .ry exertion.
inc Blind Goddess nester bestowed her favours so '
judicioasly as its the present le ittery, now drawing.
Almost every town in angtand has already expe-
rienced the good effeds of her smiles, in conse-
quence of the Iwo Prizes of 1.,,00111. each, and
Three Prizes of 1,0001. each, being sold in small
sham. This mast stimilate and encourage all de-
seriptions of her you:tries not to lose the only op-
portunity that can offer th;s year, of gaining an OTI.
ITle'ls ! sum at the small-st risk ever known, con-
sidering there are Eighteen Capital Prises now in
the Wheel, viz.
Three Pei: es of Time, Mow; II Pumsifi4
One Prier of Ten T.toowsel Prowl,.
Three Prises or Fire T.iessovd Posads,
Three Prises tr ow Timmand Purim%
Lek Prises .f Ace Moat ed Peossts, &c. Ac.
Ansi only Seven Days to Draw.