The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-04-18 00:00:00

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SATVIDAY, APRIL 13.
7.4 Tarmac( WAS indided for feloniously assault-
in one Robert Congar, and stabbing him in
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side with a knife.—This was a case of unusual ferocity
on the part of the prisoner. It appeared that be bad
at 1 very Lae hour on the night of the day speciti.d
in the indiameat, been in company with one of
tbo,e women of the town who intest the neighbour-
ho of Drury-Line, and passing with her through
Nag's-head-court, he got engaged in a broil with
person who was coming a contrary way. The
watchman interfered for the preservation of the pub.
lie peace. and tit: prisoner and his companion, af-
ter tibias extremely abusive language to the prose-
en:or, -knocked him down and, when be was
down. stabbed him in the side. The wound had
nearly proved mortal ; but happily the man reco.
some& It did not appear that the watchman had
giver the :lightest provocation for this brutal usage.
The prisoner denied the charge, hilt the Jury,
wi hoot ;ivy hesitation, found him Cui.'r.y.
The same ',mono- was afietwards tried upon a
i and ii.dicbricsic fax violently assaulting Patrick
(*corert ird. He said that he was going home to his
lodging. and passing through Nag's.head• court, he
ss.i4 assaulted bl this man, the prisoner, and Mary
B'entle %CA: woman who was with him. '1 hey pun.
pow:. shoved against him, upon which he turned
round and said. nacre was room enough to pass
wi.hour pushing against him. The prisoner imme-
diately rtruct him a severe blow with a stick.
In atiaaer to this charge, the prisoner said that he
had struck him a very severe blow, which cut his
face, Utilize be ever assaulted him. The Jury,
hoe ever, did nut believe his assertion, and found
hi r.
The chairman, in passing sentence, observed,
that the first assault was of so tieiuous a n:iture, that
it demanded the molt exemplary punishment the
Court could inflict.--It was an assault committed in
the middle >t t'..e nigh:, in company with A prosti-
mute, upon erne iJ the goardiar.s of the i.uhlic, a
watchman. who was in the boucle discharge of his
duty, and wlys had scarcely given any oSence
ankh could have called noon the prisoner to have
used violence, much more to have had recourse ont
deadly weapon. His ciime was little short of that of
stabbing a main, by haying in wait for him. The
sentence of the Court vas, That, for his tiro 01.
fence m staMatig the watchman, he should be im-
prismied in the House of Correction for the space of
two years; and for die assault of 'Patrick Comer-
ford, for a further space of six months, after the
expiration of his former sentence: and that, at the
eapiration of these period:, that he should find se-
curity for good behaviour, himself in fifty
pounds, and two sureties in forty pounds each.
Ihe prisoner begged to be allowed to go to sea ;
but the Chairman told him he was too bad a cha-
r.:ter to serve hi. Majesty in the navy.
This daring °finder did not appear to be above
18 or ler years old. Ile was taken to the House of
Corm :lion.
-IN
POLICE..
MI A/WON-NOV.IE.
S3o3rdlij for the first time, Mr. Robert Aslett,
eat of the Cashiers of the Bank, was brought be-
fore the Lord Mayor, on a charge of embezzling
Exchequer Bills, Ise. which were under his care.
The examination was private ; and it was thought
to be the lags which this unfortunate gentleman was
to undergo; but on account of the business being so
eomplicated and extensive, as to require further in
; the prisoner was ordered to be brought
up agato on Wednesday the 27th, so that he will
re,t be tried at t 4 next Old Bailey Sessions.
A Jew peat:ire:pi in medicine, residing rear St.
Mary-Axe, was sumnianed before the Lord !.layiir,
charged witA a violent assault on his apprentice.
'The young gentlein.ut swore that his master threat-
ened to blow his brain; out with a pistol, and struck
him a violent blow on the ribs. The father of the
lad said he w4s present when the def=daan struck
his apprentice, and that he was determined to pro-
s•-cute the Diagor in consequence of his having
dropped insinuations injurious to the charaEtcr
his He said he had given the Do.!tor tool. on
einuNion that his son should be inktrtieted in the
medical art, and have comfortable boa?d and lodg-
for seen )ears bat that the defendant, after
hiving kept him for two years, wanted to get rid of
him without returning any of the money he had
with him. The Lord Mayor said he could do no.
tieog more than oblige the defendant to find secu-
rity to keep the pe ice, and answer for the assault,
which the defendant was obliged to do before he left
the COWL.

The folloveing--Articles in die Treaty between
France and Holland in 1715, should put an end to
all dispute about the indei endence of Holland.
V. 's lies- WWI bean lit:ance off-..-na.re and defensive against
Crest Britain. tor eon.
V. No tr. itt shall be entered into with Great Britain without
ilia tomcat the two R-losialia
VI The F—ndi Republic shall inake no peace with an v
;ow-, whatvevr, aritiwist cotarisang in it the Republic of the
U,srd Pfo..fv...
atu. A Iff-iseh gsrrison shall be urinated, in peace an:i
era, into the tool nt !Lining, wad other arrangements
Hail bee, tern decid.d.
k IV. Fe»port ni flushing shaai be 'pen to the ten RepoS.
-I.feensaNy to the tyks heel dovits 14 the srparsur art.-
etri atech.-4 to shis
The following are the separate articles respecting
klushing
s►IAIIAt. ARTICLKS RELATIVE TO THE PORT
OF Fl.en;livc..
Art I. the ewe natant sits 2 unilterinainmely make Owe of
the port an.: tR AwM.
Each impish sMktiaTe tint -e r.rds, &c.
IN. Enna foetatibiza,Ml of i`ac preirent treaty, the Replito
lie alike I/ nat. the buil/tiny for the
W. ft Wit rsaiaranj, tad the ground adjacent to it, and also
one of the 4raelts
ty. AR ills airtutitinne fee Ate of fresh arse,

censtruetion .. _ .
nets isedoolf.cquicuunn of Fre•aod. shall be made et die •
pence e: the Fr .:wb Ite,suSUl.
V. The sosilelot•t 4,01 P t,—rl../s of the besot and the qdak
AnWilt deftif,tl by the the Rrirldifest, bet the threctton of the
treintLe *06404 03 the lie-lmule of the ‘i mud Pow:tones.
the Fee kit /14totdies Seettfeeer, idiati be iadsrw 4f ever, apes.
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retteneatt. se irtill-dreq Itelf Cie estiehte.
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fvtetto, whit ettedfieet 186'4404 :44ttettel. be
• i 6%, ii 3 arbitopoil; suit qt vibhsa shell be trench, and •
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asvl t_ 4the•tieitlfelity let
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