The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-08-23 00:00:00

DISCRACT•.FL'L AFFAIR.

is
a neighbouring country town a regiment was lately
quartered, one of the officers of Melt lodged in the house
of a respectable shopket per, a Proteatant, and had a hand,
lime daughter who attracted the attention of the officer.
Her tither spoke to hint on the subject, when he said lie
would marry her if lie had the father's consent, which was
granted. A few days afterwards he showed the father a
letter, said to have come from a rich uncle in Seellainl, a ltsm
he staled to be worth 30,0001. and to whom he was heir this
letter said his uncle would disown him if he married any one
who was not a Roman Csthrilic, to which persuasion the
officer said he belorigeil ; .he futile,' made no ohj -ction to the
proposition, and all matters weir settled. The officer sent
off to this city fur the license, which be rn, purporting to be
sighed by Dr.—, Bishop of the Diocese. The Rev.
Mr. --, nut aware of any deceit, performed the 11131*-
riage ceremony, and the parties lived fir some time happy
sit length it was found oust that the officer had attempted
elf. ct an exchange into a regiment hut stationed in
without telling his nife, and dint he hail declared the gi .
not his wife, that she was a RIIIII4II Catholic, mid I.e s
testaiol. That no crreini ity of a Burnish Priest cowil
the ceremony lasful. The young lady became tialn•:.:le
alarmed at hia behaviour, and on expostulating with hint,
he decamped. The urrrassry sters have hero taken to tiring
him to justice, and thus theaffsir now stands. Al preseut we
dr cline giving the names attic patties. It is the opinion of
the beet lawyers, that even as the ni urine now stands, it is
glide valid in point of law. The officer is in Dublin, where
we hear he will be errs—ded under a fiat, granted by one of
the Judge.: a ho prettified at the /ale Affeizes fur the County.
(Lintcr(,l Paper, August 10.)

HORRID SUPERSTITION AND IGNORANCE.

[rim ibe Norfulk limed of June 3, 18221

A labouring ni4ll, named Joseph Lewis, Eying
near Deep Creek, in Norfolk county, was on Mon-
day lest apprehended and ,zainisird before a Mtge.
straw, being charged with hissing tired at with a
;;nn, and killed a free mulatto matt, of the same
Deighinnirhood, named Jack Bass. 'clic facts stated
in evidence against the accused were in substance
as follow : —The wife of Lewis had been for some
time complaining of sickness. which bulb she and
her husband sagaciously ascribtd to the power of
conjuratioti ; in other words, they were firmly
under the belief that a spell had been put upon
her by some secret enemy—or, to use the teclorcal
phrase of the liceotian community in which they
resided—that she was " tricked." To place the
matter hey raid u doubt, and at the same time dis-
cover the secret emissary of Satan who had canted
the poor woman's malady, the husband posted uhf•
to Portsmouth to consult a female oracle who has
for a long time gained a comfortable living in that
town by practising the abstruce ■rt of fortune.
tellino., at the expense of the credulous Boil so.
perstitious front all parts of the surroundin;
country. This pretended unraveller of myste-
ries ct-itii toed the suggestion of the uife's be-
ing " tricked," and gave such a description of
the " tricker" as left sin doubt on the husband's
mind that his neighbour, Jack Bass, was the toss.
The impression which such a discovery was cal.
culated to mac upon a mind wrapped to the
gloom of ignorauce aiid superstitious may be readily
imagined: but it could scarcely have beeo sup-
posed that it would have led to so fatal a catastrophe.
The miserable dupe is next represented to have
gone to the dwelling of Bss•, and there to have
perpetrated the horrid deed fur which he was
arrested. As he is in the halide of justice, it would
he improper fur us to say any thing that might
have the effect of prejudging his case. shall
only add, that lie was committed to plison, whsle
the sorceress remains at large.—( American Alper.)

MERTINGA OP CRERITOR AT THE COURT
OF CO.II.IIIsSIONERS OF BANKRUPTS,
TO MORROW.

M. IT.

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