The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-07-19 00:00:00

•PCBLIC NUISANCE.

For several months past, some condemned houses;
in the front of Sc Clement's Church, in the Strand,
have remained in the most tottering and perilous
state. As they have been uninhabited, no
cause can be assigned for their not having beente::
since taken down. The Proprietors, however. will
soon be saved even that trouble, as they are now
evidently giving way, and are expeaed every hour
to fall into the street. The probable consequence,
in so populous a place, is frightful to contemplate.
Should the loss of a passenger's life be the result, L
should be glad to know what justification the Pro-
prietors can set up after this notice. and the ACentlrt
of the accident at Mile End, in TUC BRITISH PRIM
of yesterday. A Puns Giza.

Yesterday morning, the Right Hoe.' the Loup
Itf•r o a and SHRILIFFS went in state from the Man-
s;on-hottse, accompanied by several Aldermen, the
Recorder, and City Officers, to Margaret-street, its
the Borough, where a Court of. Conservancy was
held In the county of Burry; after which, they
proccedt.! over Blackfriar's-hridge, to Freemason's
ravens, in Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-Fief
%%here a Court of Conservancy for the county rf
Mil tines was held: they then proceeded to West.
minuet-bridge, and took water on board the city
barge, and went to the Carte Tavern. at Rich.
mond. The Laos 111avosta,s 3:11 wirer:Li rit!:er
Ladies were present. An eleg .nt :nt2rEniament was
priviJeJ upon the occasion.
The altu.d amount of the Sea Fencibles in Ire.;
land, at the several disttitis on the coast, is ordered
to be immediately transmitted to Government.

A very fine new ship, of 74 guns, built on er
truck, for Government, by Mr. Ansa*, w.ll be
launched from his Yard, at Buckler's-Hard, near
Winchester, on Monday the 23d inst.
The four French prtsoners, who lately escaped
from Leek, in Staffordshire, were apprehended osa
the sea coast, and taken to Louth, in Lincolnshire.
—They had maps in their pockets, on which their
route was marked, were well supplied with money,
and behaved with much insolence, saying, « that
they should soon be released by Born APARTZ."
RO it c t N LONDOS.—This may almost be said to be
the case, for we never witnessed any thing sn near
reality, as the elegant representation of that su
prising City, at the Paitonau• in the Stearn',"
Wale.) is daily visited by
.persons of the fist
t,nctum, contemplating with wonder the lofty pi%
I i-s, stupendous arches, and magnificent budding.
of venerable antiquity. The era is also much
charmed with a fie view of the Riier, aid
surrounding country.
The c:uurregition of the parish church of dal
were considerably alarmed, during the sermon of
Sunday se'unight in the afternn-ai ; a man, wha
has at intervals been insane, made his appearance,
nearly naked, and after furiously knocking down
toe sexton and his assistants, proceeded to the body
of the church, opposite Cie pu:pit. he clerk, in
endeav:rniring to stop him, wps struck very. .)rcibly.
Jr was some time trn•fore he was seized, which was
at length effafted hx the vigilance, of the churchwar-
-dms, who, after tying him with cods, had him coos.
veyed to a place of safrty.
Taesd iv, another battle seas fought in Mary la-
bonne fields, between a light-horseman and a grnot
of the name of HARIIOMIIIr. Fite quarrel originates'
from the gio an having enlisted, knowing him
be disabled. After a very hard' fight, of upwards
of 44 minutes, die groom was so compktel be . -a,
that he was carried off die ground apparently Melt sr.
Tuesday evening, a man of the atame t4f S'd t I 1.,
a native of America, in a fit of mental derange/r. •
attacked every person he met with, in the neghtrna.,.
hood of Hatton-garden, throwing stones at tb3 pe.
pie, and strikirg them w:th a cane. lle beat a
gentleman's son, about nine years of age, in an un-
merciful manner, without any provocation ; tlp
constables, with much diaficulty, secured him.•
An inhuman wretch,. driving a cow froin Rote.
lord I rket, to London, the distance of twelve
miles, on Monday ; the animal being overdriven,
Ltd I er.eif down, when the savage Lute set a deg
upon her, who tore her lips to pieces; se goaded
her behind, to make her rise but she Was unabit
p
being ingenious in cruelty, be put lighted straw
her, and literally burned her eyes out ; she was at
length obliged to be killed on the spot. Some 'as.
sengers, shucked at his barbarity, took him Into
custody, and gave him in charge of a civil officer.
AS.-,at midnight. on Thurday last, a fire was
discovered to have broken nut in the laundry belorra
iug to the house of Lady GAGE, in Ilatter-strei
limy St. Edmund's; but by timely alarm, and the
assis:ar.ce of v.lver:tl inhabitarts, who were specdoy
t.i the snot, the same w is c‘tinguish.al with
very little d.u.i.-tv. It was n‘za..oneci by the over-
hu.,zukg !"..e s.Qve.

On tia...tr l ty 1 tst, ab^ut two o'clock in the morn-
ing, ;',.• id) was overturned near Littlitbury,
by which ac,:iiient, it is said. all the passengers (ex-
cist two) received sonic violent injury, ieVet hav-
ing hriiken limbs; among them was Lord r a ant.
oleic Tow Nan END. fOil of the nob'e Ntary;s.
coach ;w4, nearly shattered to pieces, as the Is roes
ran away with the same a considerable di tar ce.
On SAritralay last Jab, ILNiastia Pritchard ;
fully committed for trial by J. Z.lassaa, Esq. Ma' • r
of Norwich, Charged by CIikISTUAS CULIC.I with
presenting a loaded pistol at him, and putting . inn
in fear of his life. Pritchard removed himseif by a
Habeas Corpat last December from the City Ga. 1
to L -ndon, and was there admitted to bail. T
1 Irv'. learning that he was returned to Niow4.ll,
and was in the habit of leaving his hotue at van y
unseasonable hours, appointed Mess.Csit itc Co sr .
as /4 and WILD (three °ibis oilficeratwatchibis sat .
tines; and rdt Saturday morning, about one o'clock,
Prikiard left his house, but returned again soon alee
tvr-i ; *ben within a few yards of his Chu. s;h,
with his assistants, quitted their cuinzeainaent, which,
on Pt itchard's perceiving, be drew a double-barrel
pistol Irion a stay pocket, sprang the dait,3er,
presented it a* C•urcks. wit° at the instadt sprurg
upon sod seized him, and with the assistance of his
conipanio...., forced the pistol from him. They also
took iro.n cam another pistol; the four barrels of
the two pistols were all loaded. He was immetii.
taken to st..mr. on °Lamination,
they found upon Lim eleven picklock keys, a oink
inthorn, a pnosrhortas bottle .ad matches, with
irsko...4 Irma:: Lai his feet.

AIMAIItrOT VT. 1101111,1 GO.

rtcsig TIM litiV yoex TVCIM INO TOST, WAY 25.

- - - - -
Amongst the passengers arrived here a few days
since from the Davannali, in the brigantine Ja.eph,
Captain Pratt, is the brother to the unfortunate
F.-don, the elder, merchant, late of Francois, who
fell a via iin to the ferocity of General Rochambeau.
Mr. Felon, fearing that this 'melancholy event may
he misreniesented by the malicious or uninformed,
and produce impressions unfavourable to. tbe me-
mory of his brother, 40 pre jitclicial to his family,
has reque,ted us to publish the following Declara-
tion, which he made before the French Agent at the
Havanna:). 40,1 which contains a corm& statement
of the cireiirm.,anc-s which receded and accom-
panied this tatal catastrophe.—(Ale . tirtrer .)

urnAcr OtOK THIS ILEMMTSR OF ACTS SCCOUDED
ST THIS SFIWAL AGENT 431• THE FRENCK

11111W14illeT AT TNT 'JAVAN?. Ail.

1, the undersigned Bartholomew Fedon, com-
Sed to retire frost; the Colony of St. Domingo,
e considered it my duty to publish, at the first
teOf my debekation. and within the fit st $4l
res, 'the motives which have forced me to aban-
don my property, and my commercial concerns.
For along time past th.e house of Fedon, brothers.
has been the übjecrt of unceasing and causeless perse-
cution from the Commander in Chief ; which perse-
cution hat been principally direfted against John
Bapf-te Fedon, my brother, probably because he
was the principal partner in the house, and had the
chief direftion in its affairs.
General Clausel had lent us a stare in the dwell-
ing-house he occupied, and of which he is the pro-
prietor, for the purpose of storing flour : this flour
was confiscated by order of General Rochambeau,
although he had sufficient evidence of its being our
property, Ist, from our declaration made before the
Comm:ssary of the Police some time antecedent ;
and td, from our books, in which were duly posted
the purchase and sales, a great part of it being dis-
posed of.
In a short time subsequent, and in Vendemiaire
last (September), six horses were taken out of our
stables by order of General Rochambeetu, three of
them of great value, under the pretest of mounting
the dragoons, althouill such horses cannot be em-
ployed in th-it service.
These circumstances, highly aggravating in them-
selves, were as nothing in comparison to what fol-
lowed. •
- On the 21 Brimaire (OFtober 23'), at eight
o'clock in the morning, an Officer of the Gendar-
merie, accompanied by two soldiers, presented
themselves at our dwelling-home and delivered an
order from the General 114 Chid in the foil 'wing
terms :

Head quarter of the Cam. 1.11-umaire I
" t ear 11 Om 22). 1803.
Th- General in Chief, consid stmg to. pr.sont neces•iies
•f the Army, deeress, That the C ',sees Fedn:), Br.,then., shall
deivrit is) the l'uhlic Trea..in. within tun howl, the .sum of
six ti ..... *Aid dallars, r ..hsen a receipt from the Treasury
shah be delis. :red to them. The Coomandant of the Gar most
is charged .it:) the erect:moo of the present Order.
(Sigsbed) " ROCHAMIIT.AI2."
Citizens Fedon were at that tiro( wholly destitute
of cash : yet they were prevented from goregabroad
to puTure re,onrees by the two soldiers who were•
left as g tads over them at one o'clock orders of
intpri.crrent were issued against Citizen Fedon,
and the ) ounger brother was condo Red to prison.
The elder brother, however, was the dest:ned vie.
tim : and in conseqnence thereof, in a few minutes
afterwards, the former was released, and the litter
put into close confinement.
It sheuld be remarked, that similar demands
are-e made cn other merchants at the 'Same time, and
they were imprisoned became they could net costs
ply : hut Citizen Fedon, the elder, was the only
one closely confined. excepting Citizen Allard,
whose condnement was in consequence of improper
language used towards the General in Chief. On
the forenoon of the flittering day (OCtober 24), I
received information that the General in Chief had
ordered my btetber to be shot, for not having fur-
nished the ,urn tequired. •
Although I was far from believing that this san-
guinary order would be carried into execution. I
endeavoctred to avert it ; and, finding it impossible
to raise the sum exalted, I wrote to the Commune,
offering all our property. moveables, and merchan-
dise, to be sold by public auction.
The General in Chief had constantly refused to
receive me into his presence. The Council of No-
tables waited upon him, and, with difficulty, obtain-
ed the respite dar. hour ; hut, duringdsis suspension,
a Serjeant of the Guaid of Honour, who was the
bearer of the order of my brother's execution, was
direfted to accompany the Notables, and to remain
wit:: them until the time limited had expired.
A subscription WAS immediately opened at the
Office of the. Not.tbles, and twenty of the first
merchants of the city hastened to subscribe, and to
hold themselves individually responsible in their
persons and their priestly for the payment of the
sum cf,:manded. •
The subscription being filled, the Notables in a
body (accompanied by the Serjeant who carried the
death warrAte) returned to the house of the General
in Chief, hut were refused admittance, and informed
that Fedon was executed They could not give cre-
dit to this shocking intelligence, and hastened to the
Command.mt of the Garrison, by wheat it was con-
firmed.
The Notables were deceived ; they itnag;ned my
Brother was secure, because the Sergeant who attend-
ed tie m was the bearer of the order for his execution.
bu: ther order had been issued ; he w.s dragged
from his prison. and condufted by a bye path to the
foot of fot t BcJ ar, where his grave was already diet,
and my unfortunate brother was shot at ten o'clock
in tile rooming.
Several bouts bad elapsed, hot I continued igno-
rant of his fate until the Judgini and the Commissary
of the Army came to execute the farther orders of
the General in Chief ; the former by patting seals
upon ourshouse, and the latter to convey oar mer-
chandise to th: r:s of the state. From this mea-
sure resulted the tat °if, that it was impossible for us
to have complied with tle demand of the General,
no money being found in the hotise.
Thus died, at the age of 49, a man, who had
committed no crime; who had broken no law ; who
could not even be reproached with having refused
to comply with the arbitrary demand which had
been made upon him ; and who, in fad, could be

charged with nothitut bat the insposiaility of furnish-
ing xtx thousand dAlan in the space of two hours
-These facts would have been made known judi-
cially on the spot, but the circumstances of the
country prevented it. 1 therefore now enter this my
protestation against the unjust proceedings to
which my unfortunate Brofter has fallen a viaim,
'and against all the antecedent and subsequent pro-
ceedings relative thereto ; referring to myself to
pursue a just vengeance whenever the author of
them shall be in my power.
Done at the flavannah, 22d Frimaire, year 12.
(Dee. 'l2. 1803.) (Signed) B. FLDON.
Certifiei by LAUCSAMP,
Special Agent of the French Government.