The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-10-12 00:00:00

DfYSTh.RIOUS DEATH.

From the Bottom Gazette.l
An Ireptest was Aeld before Mr. Martin, Coroner. on Monday;
at Horn 'ep, on view of the body of Sandi Plant, then lying dead
in Toynton Church. . .
George A Ilbones deposed. that on Sunday. the 24th Mt., he saw
the deceased walking with a man, who was dressed in a long white
smock.frock, near an emit...tire which divides the parishes of Sen.
velshy and Porncastld. Witness observed Co:: deceased shake her
head at her companion whin they paved, and she then proceeded
towards lionicastle, the meet in the smock-frock taking the rppu.
site direetran. After dui lived about fifty yards, witnesssaw
hatrilA
her fall down, apparently retry. Ile hastened to her assistance,
and remained her a few nala ote, till the arrival of a t act, which
was going towards Hormaestle, alai the driver allowed the unfortu- -
nate deceased to rile. ..-- •
Hobert Osgaby, sen. of Thomsen-le.Fen, said that on Saturday,
the 16th ult„ Ws eon Robert attended at Iforr.castle, under a Meg's-
'lute's otrcant. to make provialtat for the maintenance of an Mew<
timate child which had been sworn to him by the d-ceased, sand.
Plant, w.bo had lived nearly a twelvemonth in the service of wit.
tress. On the afternoew of that day witness left his son and the de-
ceased at Ilerrwastle, and returned home. His ion al not remit
home cal breakfast time the fellowhig morning. Tits tleeemsdball
used herself to taking laudanum.
Unreal Thompeon, wife of fliatles Thompson, saddler, of Horn.
castle, said that she observed deceased on Sunday, the 24th ult.,
walking on the road leading to High Toynton. She then appeared
to be very unwell. Witness invited the deceased into her house,
and she stopped and had some tea. The deceased told *knees that
she hail come from Coningsby ; that a intr had walked with her as
far as II orncastle field, from whence she rode in a cart. Deceased
acknowledged being in the family-way, and said she was afraid,
' that she tied caught ;Clever which was prevalent in the neighbour-
, hood, as she bud ban very ill lb, a week. When the deceased
, again started on her journey, the witness sent a little boy with her.
Deceased soon after sat upon the ground, and said she could walk
no further, and the boy left her.
i Mr. Cave, countable of Toynton, deposed that tn Monday, the
2;th, he found the deceased sitting upon the ground, nearly oppo-
site Toyntt n Church. She 'appeared asle,,p, but, i n blting roused
from her lethargy, told witnee: that she was very ill. Witness af-
terwards observed her about half a mite nearer Tedford, laid upo.l
the ground. On being a_tain roused from her lethargic slumber,
she resumed her walk, end was a third time found lying in a ditch,
on the road side, by some persons who were passing in that direr.
ti.tn, and who intermed the wine's. With the assistan eof the'
persons Who discovered her the t'tird time, witness conveyed the
deceased to a house occupied by Mr. Wm. Moody, and then sent
for Mr. hernia, swr:on, who irttiedistely at ended.
hilary Moody deposed that on Monday, the 25th of September..
she found the deceased lying in a ditch, by the aid: of the road lead-
ing ter Tedford. Site was taken to the house occupied by the hus-
band
of itt ne4s, and en the f I Owing Thursday sits ex i ed. De.'
ceased told the witness that young Oagaby went with her to Tuyn-
h' ie and that he gave her plenty of ale on the toad. Witness mid. '
the deces'e 1 site was afraid Ctsgaby had rat something into the ale,
an i d ve:..as i said eh: doubted he had
Mr. Lomas, surgeon end apothecary, of Ilorneastle, said that he
had attended the deceased during the last few nays of her life.
%Witness administered d'Herent medicines to her, particularly se-
veral emetics, only one of whiebscok effect ; and, from various cir-
cumstances, he was petfectly convinced that the deceased died from
the effects of an opiate.
Verdict—" Died From the effect's' of a deadly opiate ; but 111:111, or
by whom administered, no evidence was adduced."
At six o'clock the witnesses were dismissed, and returned home,
the elder ()agility on horseback. and his sou travelled on foot. Ws
hare been thus minute iii detail, in order that oar readers may per-
fectly understand the following particulars of a very violent attack
upon the Crooner, Which but for providential circumstances,
would have cost him his litr
e. On turning a corner at the bottom of
Scriyelaby Park-lane, Mr. lifastin observed an object in the middle'
of the road, and, on anproaching nearer, he tlii,cernecl that it was a:
very till man, drew d in a sing whi is -tnock. frac'. , alto, ott Mr.'
Blastin's reaching the Fint where hg stood, immediately levelled
three 01' four tremendous blocs at the horse's head, with a very
thick licrigestake, without demanding Money, or using any Mtertu-
' getiOns, aecomproying itla blows by some Miprecations in and
under an evidently feigned tone of voice. One of the blows grazed
the Coroner's left thigh, and the villain then w tempted to seize hold
of the bridle, but, on perceiving Iris intention, Mr. Martin, being'
totally unarmed, and•theretore unprepared for such an attack.
forced his spurs into the horse's aisle, the animal sprang forward,
and soon left the dastardly assailant a distance behind. Apure-
hemive that the villain might be masted by some comrades, Mr. .
Maeda pursued his journey. but heard his assailant either crying
out in pairs, or uttering another volley of Imprecations, but which
the clattering of the hot ,e 's feet rendered tt impossible to distinguish. '
Mr. Maqin made due Inquiry early the following morning in the
neighbourhood of tilt. p'a e, but c Add obtain no decisive clue either.
as to the purpose or the person who committed the ou-rege. If the
villain's design really was murder, which there is but too much
teasun to think it wee, the time and place were every way fitted fur '
the bloody purpose. The night was very dark, and the spot se-
lected Was so shaded by trees as to throw a still deeper gloom
around. 'l'he place too is some distance from any habitation or •
village, on a londy road, wh're the struggling cries of the victim
would have produced no helping friend, and his last groans died
away unheeded upon the midnight air. •

COURT OF CITANCERY.-Mr. Ba=il Montagu, in his
evidence before the t;hancery Comminioners, mentioned
the following cud( na circumstance connected with the case

of the late Henry Fanntleroy:—
" During the coots( of last summer (11424)a commission of bank-
ruptcy was issued aga sat the banking-house of Marsh and Co. A
very important quentn n was likely to arise, whether the Clown
was not entitled to the shice of the property, as one of the partners
in the holm was likely ob' convicted of forgery ; stud if convicted
before his bankruptcy was found, there was au opinion in the pro-
fession, that, as the King could not be tenant in common with any-,
person, the whole property would belong to the Crown, but of
which his Majesty would not have any power to dispose, as in the
city of London it belongs to the Sheriff. It was necessary in one
week to send two expresses to the Lord Chancellor in Dorsetshire,
to prevent the agitation of this question; and to my knowledge Dia
I was in the room) the bankruptcy of Henry Fauntleroy was f0ur...1
only five minutes before twelve o'clock of the day on which he was
tried, and this was very much in consequence of the inability tw
proceed before Commissioners in LoAdon."
Game has generally been considered wilder this year'
than usual, on account of the earliness of the season. Some
extraordinary instances of a contrary description have oc-
curred here (Newcastle) within the last few days. On
Tuesday last four partridges, apparently in a state of great
exhaustion, were seen running about the Bigg-marker,
ul
this town, and on being pursued three of theta sought
shelter in as many public-houses, where they wefe cap-
tured. The fourth did not share a better fate, having, .
been taken by an old woman who Was passing at the time.
aouss r. 7,-4,e,, 'war ,hie tarot',
observing two partridges on the ground before him, int-
metliately ran after them, and succeeded in taking one of.
them; the other escaped from him, but was soon after.
wards shot. A gentleman caught another in the Abner
Chase on Thursday, and afterwards liberated it. Others,
we believe, have been captured in different parts of the
town. It is singular that all these birds were full grown,
and appeared to have received no wounds.—Tyre Mercury.
AFFAIR or Hostomi.—Between six and seven o'clock
on Tuesday morning Mr. Joshua Baker, a farmer, at
Wilsden, was surprised by a gentleman's carriage, a post-
chaise, and hackney-coach, stopping at the gate of his rick-
yard, from each of which vehicles two persons descended,
crossed the yard into a field at the back of his house,and pro-
ceeded to measure the ground. Mr. Baker anticipating their
object, informed them that lie could not allow any proceed-
ing of the kind to take place upon his premises, and that,
he had sent for an officer. Regardless of his remonstrance,
the opposing parties took their stations at a very short dia.
tance, and each of them fired their pistols in the air. The'two antagonists had on camlet cloaks, and, when they had
divested themselves of them previous 0 firing, appeared •
be military men; one was an elderly tall man ; the otbtz
was a young man, also very tall ; the other four persons air,. ,t
neared to be two seconds, a surgeon, and a livery servant ;
came,
annidthweahliceisekinaecyro-sacrotoilthe..l.
tAhfet,.srurtigreoinng,anthtlelivpearryti,s,se
satisfied with the result, and it was supposed by the pez.,.%
yard to their respective velveles,
r Lap' separated, &t ed
apparently by no mope: ;
sons who witnessed the transaction, that the party, in eon.-
affluence of being disturbed, left the spot to settle theft
differences 'in another place, where they would not be *1
liable to meet with interruption.