The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-06-27 00:00:00

MR. BIRR"."WIRE.

We received a letter this riot .i,,g from nor cor-
respondent at Liverpool. di:• June 24, front.
setair.:l we hare made the follow • extra 1. As lie
was an eye•witiiess of the scene : dt•scrihes at:d
is a gentleman of undoubted w. •ei,e, we Pledge
ourselves for the truth of his occoo. : ['Si tragedy
of 71e Revenge was perfoo vied here :a-, Wghit. The
Hous- was hut thinly attevded. Toe zharaftm• of
.Itutin was sustained by M.. BAUM\ and of
b' Mr. Coortlt; ;drs. ICF.i.% 'ff)lllled
odara. In the last scene of the peiv, wl et. Mil r..tabs
himself with the dagger which he 'is.
.•reviously
wrested from limits, poor BA RIIV .401 t ••sed the
seen. It was a real African da•gg. r, tea Mr.
Cool. ER, and the same which he a: •otys ties in riling
Za”go. Mr. BAR Vatorte,not awa; struckbirn-
self violently with this dreadful wea, 'n, nadir) scantly
fell upon. the stage. As he lay the vocr, he
called softly for help, saying, " I am wou•Nled. ,
It is a real dagger." For a few seconds, the P n:ers
stood motionless from terror. At length 2 is;
cried out, " l)ropthe curtain,"and an alarm was eruit-
ed. Some of the company ran from the house. otlitrs.
flew to the stage to gratify their curiosity. Among
these were two medical gentlemen, who gave their
assistance. Upon examination, they found that the
dagger took a Oanting direftion across the- louse
ribs, which it passed over, and lodged in his belly,.
in which it inflicted a wound of about an inch.—
He lost a great deal of blood. It flowed over the
stage. The wound was dressed upon the stage, af•
ter which. he was carried home faint with the loss of
blood. This morning I called at his lodgings, is
company with a Gentleman of the theatre. but
the Surgeons bad ordered that no one should be
permitted to see him. We were told, however, that
no feverish sympto:us bad manifested themselves, and
that he is not consi lered in danger. Mr. Coors%
is much blamed for using such a dagger without
having apprised Mr. Bsearnoaa of it. ma
you believe, that, notwithstanding all the ter-
ror and confusion into which the House was
thrown by this accident, the anthem, soonZ
to call for the farce, which went off as if na
of the kind had happened I"

The improved mode of Prin. Stmotype,
which is at length brought to petfeiftioa, afar the
most indefatigable and disinterested assistance of
Lord ST Ammuer., is to be first exercised. we sadenie
stand, upon the Translation of an tai. ent German
Work, of Religious Instrudion, which has long bees
used by the Female Branches of the ROY At. FA sitar ;
and which Her MAJlsry has now permitted to be
printed for Publication. It is to be accomranieJ by
a Preface, frr -r 'Sae of our most emin t
Prelates. Tors Volume is also to have dr . r
peculiarity of being the fir : Work, p: it uon
Paper, manufadured by a new Machinery, which
admi' each Sheet being of ahnno
kng h, and of cons4krahl, greater widths, as well
as of more determined unii orm yof substance, this
what are made in m nails honer()
Yesterday morning, about five o els ..k. a middle
aged man, just recoverng from a fear-, leaped out
of a two pair of stair; front window, in W r wick-lane.
One arm and one leg were broken. Ills face a
terribly cat, and he was much bruised. lie was
immediately conveyed to Sc. Booludonsew's Host i.•
tad, with very little hopes of recovery.
Yesterloy urorning, a'acrrt ten o'clock, an a'ar,na
ing fire broke nut at the melting hou.e b:longing to
LITTILL tallow-chandler. wait Crispio.strew,
Union-street, ilishopsgate-street, occ 'skated by the
boiling over of a copp.-e of stuff, which consorts. d
the whole of the premises; before the engines ar-
rived, the flanks communicated to the house of
CA rams., and two other houses adjoining, which
were also burnt; wisest the flames -rem sohinei by
the arrival of the engines and firemen. Several of
the Volunteer Corps, attended to k••.ps of improper
tram 0)J-sieving the suff:1:111.
ndsy ev.ning, a !-,areirlessan's home at
Woolwich was set on toe by -he lightning, wh'cli
had a very alarming appearance; by the assistance
of engines and the garrison, the flames veer a Stll3dll' •
The same everhog, a bullock on the Kent r0..5
was struck blind by the lightning, acid carried in a
cart to a slaughter-house.
Two horses were killed upon U shrike Common.
A poor woman was also killed as she was cross; -g
Mount-street, Grosvenor-square.
A few nights since, a female child, about t .e
months old, was drepped at the door of Mr. •• %-
sons, in Lilt's Coram-street, Russell-square, w.th a
label pinned to ho• bits m, stating, that her o.une
is Elizabeth Parsons; evoy possible et.q airy i• made
after the unnatural pa: ent.
On Wednesday, Groans Amur Att. of D it,ll-
- and formerly of Leeds, stone-miss ot, hung .
himself in a fit of despondency, at Calverley Hall;
where be has been lately employed. He has left a'
wife and a family of children to lament his melan-
choly fate. Aa stir 0,.s was one of the men hurt
some years ago while working at the church At Ho-
las, and it ts supposed that the injury be then re-
ceived produced the depression of spirits which oc-
casioned his premature de.:th.
The following very curious fait is communicated
by a respectable Gentleman in the neig::bourdood ..f
Blandford, whose veracity is not to be doubted. It
may, however, be proper to refer many readers to
the Natural History of the Snake; and they will
learn from high authorities, that, however rar r such
' occurrences may be in Europe, they are &overtly
noticed, in much more wonderful ir.stances, in the
other quarters of the globe. We give the relarion
is our Correspondent's own woids:--" JAMES ('o x,
Mr. GLosvestaa's under keeper. in his road to
speak to me last Friday, the 15th ins-. heard ar. o
partridge in great distress over the dge is a; e e
of oats; and judging th it some eon y was ar.: ng
her young, he leaped over quick tr e :Amin._ into the
matter; but seeing nothing, and • .11 finding the old
bird running round hint in th,• some continued di}
tress, looked more minor' among the corn, a -41 •
at last found a large-sized make in the midst of the
infant brood, and, willing to see if any ro:schief had
been done, he immediatety Cut open 51. e snake's
belly, when, to his inc:cressiiile astonisnmsnt, two
youing partridges ran from t:leir i'orrid prison, a-d
pined thvr distressed mother, apparently very well.
and two others were f"urd in the sane rasps sinus
maw, quite dead. &ra:.gc as this may appear, it is .
not more curious than really true!! !"—(Se4w;auy
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