The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-01-30 00:00:00

THE KtNG D. DOHERTY.

The Defendant was brought up to plead to all
indictment for a libel ou Thomas Hunter,
• published by Mai io a book entitleci A Mysterious
Separation accounted for ; tending to traduce the
character at the bald Thomas Ilsiuter.
The Defendant plead..l not guilty, and was in-
funded that his trial would take place at the Sit-
tins after t h re'.cot Term.
OBSCENE PUBLICATIONS. -
THE RING o. LDWARD alab. the yowler.
The Defendant was brought up, and pleaded
nat.:4l4aq to an indictment tor publishing end dis-
posing of unsettle books and pictors-s, tending to
debase the minds of His Majesty's subjects.—Not
having hail, he was remanded to prison.
Mr. WI6LET moved for a Rule to slew cans.
to determine whether a prows' attending. before a
Nlagistrate as an informer, in a qui tons informa-
tion.. was ',et privileged from arrest ois his way to
and from Court. It appeared from all affidavit of
a Mr. Hague. that he atteuded, on the 16th of De-
cembers at the Justices-room, Guildis .11, by ap-
p, [naiad of Alderman Shaw, to prosecute two
qui tam informations against Mr. IVoodl,ll, prin-
ter, and on his way home he was arrested for debt.
grantsst.

On Tye'.lay was culliiiiitted to Southampton
gaol, George Domes, who stood indicted at the
last sessions for the County of Middlesex, for
felony. Ile was a dashing character, had passed at
Southampton upder the denomination of Captain
'Jay for two mouths past, and kept a horse and
gig, with a boy in livery.
The following extraordinary case of suspended
animation occurred in the person of a girl residing
111 Burton Bradstock, in the county of Drirset,
in the latter end of May mid beginning of kine
lad : MARY AWNING, aged between ten ilnd eleven
years, had been weakly and unwell since the begin-
ning of April ; was seized with a kind of plireuzy or
delirium, which lasted about twelve or fotirteen
hOurs, when she suddenly lost her speech, null in
about two days after lost her sight ; at which time
a considerable discharge came from her Inman.
Her mother left her for a few minutes, and on her
return found her stretched out quite motionless, as
if dead, or iii a dying state. In this imiensible
state she lay fur 'seventeen shays and nights, as in
a sound bleep or swoon ; at lateral& there was
NNW" appearance of breath, and a small de:4re.• of
warmth; at other times Ai:would feet cold; but her
flesh continued firm; end the faint breuthin.; she then
had was gaits told. Many attempts were made to
introduce warm tea and diluted spirits iuto her
mouth; hit: it was doubtful if any passed into her
stomach. Ibirini tots cold and apparently lifeless
state, she was prepared all a corpse. On the 17th
day symptom , of returning life appeared ; and in
about tea or twelve hours a Cara treinblitig crintol.
sum appeared in her fingers, which lasted about all
11,.ur, when use of her eyes also became convulsed,
°petted, and then closed again ; in altont two hoots
more she attempted to speak, and the first words
she uttered were, wafaint weak voice, 0! icAnt
pod Lord we have got ! Soon after both
her eyes were twirracti, and in L short opter of
tune, as her strength would alio v, she repeated,
in a soft voice, the w:•,ole of the si :di Psalm, nem
version. By slow degrees, she was able to sty sllow
dilated tea, and to rat soft fund, which enal,led her
gra:ltauliy to recover her strength. Daring the
aw.ro,ion of ttatore, Ito erucuatiotts took p! :cm, nor
did the appearance t.,1 her face anti scuds alter.
since her recovery she relates, that, at intervals,
she was sensible of whet was passing • she likewise
remembers her vet eh and *notion CtilittK her ovd.
was also sensible, whim both returned; and de-
scribes them WI first seising her tongue; after which
autinatioa was gradually restored. She is now iu
3i good a state of health as fomierly. rather of a
delicate habit, but no ozhas way affecttsl.—(Fa/o-
-pia* JournoL)

l Dl4r7i)

On Friday maiming, Colonel Baird (hroliser ref :rw David),
f7iiptaia baled, Captam Gregot,. and D... trPriregue (who
attends Sir David), went elf t.. ill. Ville de Paris, sti her
Large, to bring that gallant un shore At noon Sw
David was landed. in a large rat, which is triad for swinging
ladies on board ship. He was cart ied iu the arms resat
of the crew of the Vdlr du PEI ir. to liolgingra, in the WO-
street. A crowd of pc, taus assembled, !WIC Waits 'sealed
big with the sight. They were 10 affected as nut to he able
to utter a word—the Ilium, which would have enfolded his
lauding, were repressed h., the affecting, appearaecc of Sir
David, whose due manly Aware and countenance seemed
woes with fatigue, amdety, and pad,. We are, however,
happy to hear that he 1, as well as eau hi expected. Soon
afterwards Colonel Bradford, Depaity-Adjutaid•General to
the Array, was brought en sham in a ca from the case
ship, borne by amoral of the crew. He is a line young man,
oho has a bail wound in the small Luise of his kg, by., •
twit.lod ball. Several other Officers landed, who are soak,
and were led up (rum the Sally-putt to lodgings.
It gives us the most sincere pleasure to learn, that Sir
David Baird's wound is its a most faviiiirahle state, anti that
the most 'anoint'. hopes are entertained of his recovery.
His arm was amputated by Mr. Mullterry, Surgeon of the
Ville de Paris. Doctor M‘Gregiir, who attends him, is In-
sp.ctor-General of Hospitals in the Portsmouth District,
and J is the Indian army milder the gallant Gosenirs
command, when hr marchi4 loom Rumba, to t.gypt. Sir
David Baird bore She pails of amputation with mitraordi.
nary fOrtitade. the was in good 'posits, and convened hissly
with the Officers resent (hiring the operatiuts.