The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-01-26 00:00:00

THE -13RIfISH PRESS.

supposed they all saw a book that sru lately printed—the frontis-
piece represented the Pope, or, as some may call him " Apollyon
the Desuoyet," or, perhaps, Satin, with swoin clucks, trying to
blow out the light of truth ; and, indeed, the attempts made by
that person to destroy the great fabric of our Church, was likely to
produce as numb effect as If a buy were to fire peas from a pop-gun
at the dome of St. Padre. (great applause.)
A Resolution of thanks Was toted to the Chairman, and the meet-
ing separated at half-ram ten o'clock.

ATROCIOUS CRIMES IN FRANCE.
An enormity, of a species u new as it is frightful, has
just taken place at Toulouse. The victims arc four in
number, among whom is comprehended the author of the
crime. Elias Francis Triboulet, aged 44, lived in a state
of concubinage with the woman Rouzil (surnamed sans
ene), whose husband has suffered for several rears past
the punishment of hard labour. Immorality had formed
this union, and it was to have a termination worthy of its '
principle : the child, which was the fruit of this connexion,
was eighteen months old, and had a half-brother, born se-
veral years before. Triboulet, threatened, as it is said, by
the approaching return of Rouzil, sells his goods, and
thinks of transporting his abode and industry else-
whete. He was a pedlar. The woman Rouzil re-
' fuses to follow him. Furious at whin. he considers
a testimony of disdain and hate, he goes to her house, and
without intimating his intention, gives rein, for the last
time, to the excess which has ruined him ; he first strangles
the unhappy woman by the help of a handkerchief, which
has been found in the throat of the victim, then murders
the two children, places them with their mother upon a
bed, which soon becomes a picy to the flames. He had
placed himself on it after having lighted the fire under-
neath, and it was not long before be was stifled by the
smoke. The four bodies were soon entirely unrecognizable.
The police, advertised. in time, arrived soon enough to pre-
vent the house being consumed ; the apartment was enter-
ed by force, and the first object which jresented itself was
the woman Rouzil, stretched on the boards, the fret towardi
the door, and the head upon the bed, which was still
burning ; the legs and left side bore strong marks of burn-
ing. T-lhoulet had the right leg stretched on the bed, and
the other hanging. It was with difficulty that the flames
could be extinguished, as it was attached to all the parts
of his clothes. Notwithstanding the ravages of the fire,
there may still be perceived on the two children the marks
of the blows which they have received.

There is no salvation for the drunkard in a warm
climate. Of .5,000 Europeans who went to Colombia
within a few years, not more than 300 survive; and flint
parts in five of this mortality may be attributed to drinking.
Halts Colombia.

SWINDLING.—A few days ago a dextrous swin&er,
dressed like a mariner, made his appearance at Glencaple
Quay, and li:fbrmed the lieges that he had a vessel in the
river loaded with fruit, imported from Portugal, part of
which he meant to sell in the town of Dumfries, and then
steer his course for Glasgow. The tale took ; the man
produced a bundle of invoices, sent for the land-waiter,
treated him to a cheerer or two of " good old ditto," paid
for every thing cheerfully he ordered, and with the assist-
ance of his guest, proceeded to calculate the custom-hoilse
dues. Here he counted over a, feet sovereigns, and while
he expressed a fear that he " would be rather short,"
politely declined the offer of a check on one of our banks
for ten pounds: " Springes to catch woodcocks." Tlie
sharper rose rather early next morning, walked down the
shore, returned to breakfast, stated that his vessel " was
just coming up," and borrowed six pounds three shillings
from his unthinking hostess, Mrs. Copland, a widow
woman, with which he immediately decamped for Dum-
fries, where we may be sure lie did not sojourn over long.
The vessel in the river was the Thomson's Packet, and so
little did the people suspect the trick, that when the
Captain civilly saluted his owner, he received for answer,
" Ay, man, if this be the ship we were a' looking for, I
think I should have some right to her tnysel.."—Glasgow
Free Press.

Two girls are at present going about the town, cheating
shopkeepers in the following legerdemain manner, the trick
of which is not discovered till they precipitately leave the
shop :—Entering a shop they hastily ask, " Do you want
change of a sixpence ?"rhe shopman throw:l(l.3*n •six-
pence in silver; immediately on doing which the girl
quickly throws back a sixpence, with sixpence in halfpence,
saying; "17l thank you for a shilling?' which the shop-
man, without reflection, and not immediately perceiving
the trick, throws down, upon which they hastily leave the
iv Paper.
On Sunday last, during the absence of her husband and
family at church, Mrs. Smith, an old woman, upwards of
60 years of age, resilivg in North Berwick, while sitting
reading by the side of the fire, her clothes suddenly became
ignited, and in a few minutes she was all in a blaze ; in
this dreadful situation she ran to the street, where she was
met by au individual, who succeeded in extinguishing the
flames ; hut we are sorry to say she was so much burnt
that she died in consequence on Monday night.
SVICIDL.—On Monday morning last a melancholy cir-
cumstance occurred at Gravesend. A young gentleman of
the name of Brown, Second Officer of' the Honourable East

India Company's ship Waterloo, left Northfleet in a
wherry, for the purpose of joining his ship, which lies off
Gravesend, and, when in the act of standing up to ascend
the ship's aide, he put a period to his existence by shooting
himself through the bead with a pistol • the ball entered
the right side, between the temple and the car. The body
was brought back in one of the ship's boats, and conveyed
to Mr. Johnstone's, the undertaker, at Gravesend, to await
the Coroner's inquest.
A Sast.r.toN.—A few weeks ago, while some workmen
were employed in digging a new road, on the estate of
Drumduan, near Forres, belonging to Colonel Fraser,
11.E.1.C.5., a gentleman happened to pus, when they
were levelling the Gallow-hill, about 200 yards east of
Nelson's monument, and directed their attention to a par-
ticular spot, where they found a human skeleton, entire,
and in good preservation. The shoes were also found,
containing the sinews of the feet, quite fresh. The cir-
cumstances connected with this discovery are curious, and
indisputably true. About SO years ago, a soldier was sen-
tenced to be shot for desertion, and, to heighten the im-
pression, he was led out from the gaol of Fortes to the
Callow-hill, dressed in his grave clothes, on a St. Lawrence
inarket.day. The runner who had stopped at Burn-end
(formerly a public-house, about two miles cast from
Fo•Tes), arrived about an hour after the sentence had been
executed, with, among other official despatches, a reprieve
for the poor fellow. The spot where the skeleton was
found was generally known by the name of the " sodger's
grave;" and there are two or three of the inhabitants who
remember the day on which he wan shot. It is not long
since the man who made the coffin (James Smith) died.
l'art of the shoe is in the possession of our informant.
Several skeletons were found in the immediate neighbour-
hood, which, we presume, without any great violation of
probability, may have lain there since the celebrated battle
against the Danes and Norwegians. We are strengthened
in this opinion, when we reflect that the hieroglyphic Obe-
lisk to the memory of Swenno, the Danish King, is within
a quarter of a mile of the place.—lti vertu as I'aper.

Iktt. If uNT.—Ycsterday, the people in the vicinity of
Graham's-square, and a part of the Calton were again alarmed by
the appearance of a raised sod. The animal appeared in a restless
and unsettled state in the market on blends'', and as he was not im-
mediately needed by the purchaser, he was confireil in a byre there
till required. Upon NVednesday the beast got out of the bughts,
and wander don the Edinburgh road six or seven miles, till he was
aecured by a person who knew him, and gave infenraion to the
proprietor. Vestrday he was brought in by a young man, who
deeming it imprudent to drive him through the town without as-
sistance, took him a second time to the blights, when he was lodged
in a stable. Some lads went up who buund the animal's fore-leg
to his head, and drove him out but the moment he emerged from
the market-place ha snorted, bounded, and bellowed in a frightful
manner. A number of dogs assailed him, as if by instinct, and he
set off through the brick fields, where he sunk to the brisket in •
hole filled with mod and water. With one exception, the dogs
served only to increase the animal's fury, and render him corn.
pletely unmanageable and outrageous. One dog excited the admi-
ration of the crowd. It was a fine white bull and terrier, about
bulbs. weight. He instantly seized the stot by the nose, and
though dashed about, trampled upon, plunged under the water,
and repeatedly, tossed sprawling in the air, he continued to rush
fit the enraged animal with renovated courage and ferocity, till
seized and held hack by its owner. Had thefiesbers been left ex-
clusively to the management of the animal, they would have se-
cured him with little difficulty or danger, but a crowd of fellows,
in spite of every remonstrance, followed and pelted him with stones,
so as to render all approach to him highly dangerous. Emerging
from the hole in the brick-field, the mot was so exhausted that he
was kept struggling with the dogs for about a quarter of an hour.
The whole canine rate being taken up by their owners, the stot set
through the Calton, along Monteith-row, and when passing though
the frail wooden paling, he broke through it, and got into the
Molendinu Burn, opposite the Episcopal chapel, where he was se-
cured by the ropes, hauled out, and conducted to the slaughter.
house. Fortunately there was no person hurt, nor any material
damage done during the whole career of the enraged animal.—
Glasgow Paper.