The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-12-13 00:00:00

14 1 It CO !TREF?

A roan at the name tf Field 1%:1 cotdni and
rii.,;oshot a watc.ttta❑ in St. Gibs 's, ctthe name of Davis,
ye.ati.lay or.roinz. VW, as related in eridratc by the
Prose, otoi, pi% eel to have latex altairled with considerable
atteraration. It appea:cd that tht. Watt:Anna bail takes up
the pa i.uoc.'s wife fur felony, Mal +hes. our under iwtatence
of funs teruyemis" Irsnapostation is Ne,a4ste. Early 'eider.
day uinruing the priaor.er sttarked the watchman on Lis beat
in St. Giles's, with& drawn knife, and swore he wosld do for
him, and others. The prisan-r made a thtu•l at the prose-
cutor ailb his knife, and tl•e latt-r 1,1 as...piing the thrust,
was wounded ill the hand. The prisoner aw commuted for
trial. .
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EtoresteNT.—A young Larly.i.baut twenty-two
years of age, in positeesion of coosideralile proves ty,
residing with her parents in the neighbourhood of
Clapham, eloped on Monday last with • run;
Gentleman, who, for three weeks previous to the
elopement, had beeis on • visit to the family. On
the Jay they went off, the young coupie went Cu',
as was usual, for a !wooing walk, and it WAS net
till dinner time that the tight of the fugitives was
discovered. Serenity were then dispatched in every
direction, to diecover.if possible, the route they had
t.,keu ; but without effect, till yesterday morning,
when ihe coat:hemp, through the information of •
rat.boy, traced them to a house near Covent-
garden. where it appeared they slept the night
lure, and front which they departed in a post-
' chaise and four, at an early boar in the morning.—
No farther traces of them have yet beau disco-
vered.
ATTn)trr AT SUICIDS.—EarIy yesterday morn-
ing a very respectable family in the neighboursiood
of Park-lane was alarmed by the sudden indisposi-
tion of a young lady, twenty-three years of age, the
daighter of a merchant. Sargieal ant was procured,
and the young lady was suspected of horn.' taken
P° • ison A vessel was discovered in which some
arseuic had been mixed, and powerful emetics were
administered. A part of the poisonous draught was
extracted. The lady. however, is not expected to
recnv-r. The cease of the rash act i• not known.
TESDRWCY or Cuaaaers.—On the Bth of De-
cember 1807, Mr. W. SOMBILTSLLR. a midaltip-
111 10 in flu Majesty's service, was off the coast of
Wexfurd, in a wise, at the distance of about ten
leagues. Recollecting an old story of • witch hay-
iog been hoveii overboard in Spanish America and
taken lip in Old Spam, he in a frolic wrote a letter
to ins fathers resident in Dublin, which he inclosed
in a bottle and threw overboard. To his great
astonishment, about a fortnight afterwsrds, he re-
ceived • letter from his father, stating. that the let-
ter had been picked upon the shore of the island of
Arse?.-sea, by a fisherman, who took it to the Rev.
Mr. Rams, R-ctor of Tygnine, and that that
gentleman had transmitted it, in an errelope. to
Mr. Soaturtt.t.e, of Dublin. It w well known
that the current sell nine hours out of twelve up
the Irish Ciannel. which must have emitted the ex-
peditious ive.asge, the distance being upward* of
260 miles.