The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-09-20 00:00:00

MLRDER NEAR ST. ASAPH.

On Wednesday morningh inst., at a place ca:/ed
the Score, r.ear Glasgoed, within the parish of St. Asap!),
was found the body cf a fine female child. with a large
scene upon its face, where, ayparently, it bad been lying
since the preceding day ; as, tram certain marks upon the
ground closzto the place where it was found, and the ge-
-1 reral a;Tearance of the body, the unnatural mother could
not ion; have been delivcrea:
The brute who gave it birth had fixed upon the most
secluded spot for the perpetration of her foul purpose, in
the mouth of an old mine-shaft, surrounded with thorns
and briers' totally out of the reach of every human eye.
Bnt an oveletuling Pr -vidence seems generally to have a
directing hind in the development of all such black and
diabclical Joeds, as wcs the case here.

A little boy, with a deg accompanying him. had by
chance to go througb the ground into an adjoining field,
when the dog started a rabbit. The rabbit, as if led by a
natural instinct. ran immediately to the spot where the bo-
dy Icy, and the dog after her; the boy, finding the dog
making rather a lung stay, thought he might have caught
the rabbit and was eating it, ran after him, and, to his
great astonishment, found him licking the little infant. It
scarcely need be added, that the boy lost no time in ac-
uainting the surrounding neighbours, who ran thither
ruck. The body was immediately conveyed to an
adjacent house.
On the Saturday following, an inquest was held on the
view of :he body, before Robert Nicholls, Esq., Coroner
for the County, when several witnesses were exa:rined ;
and, ate; heating the evidence, which was most satisfac-
tory and conclusive, although circumstantial, the Jury
found a verdict of " Guilty of Wilful Murder against
IViiliams, of Ghuunorfa."

Imniediateliaftc;. the Coroner issued out his warrant
for the apprcaension of the said :Aliriam Williams, who
was then taken into custody, and is so to remain until such
tirre as the surgeon can safely pronounce her out of dan-
ger. and M a St state to be conveyed to the county gaol
at Ruthin, to take her trial at the nest Assizrs.-..4Vortli
Wu/e.r Gazdk.

POLICE.

MANWIN-HOUSE.

On Saturday, Lerne,;, pugili.t, wet brought before the
Loon MAtroa, charged by a woman of the town with haying
autulion her.

It appeared that a young fellow, the son of a respectable tish-
JiWiper in the city had become intimately connected with several of
tht fancy, amongst whom are Lenney, Dick Curtis, Jack Curtis.
and flypeey Jack Cooper, and consequently attqusinted with pros.
Swan of mast notorious characters ; that he went to the theatre on
Saturday night with two of those Indies, and was joined by Lenney.
who upon their return, struck the complainant in the eye, because
she spoke to his friend, and that Jack Cooper afterwards Said. tOr
the purpose of intimidating her, that Lenney would swear a robbery
against her if she persevered.
The LORD M*ron called Cooper and Curtis, who sake of
their intimacy with the lishmosiger,' son, and said that the young
" ger:main" was very much plagued with " varmint" like the
complainant, and that the- were üblipd to protect him home.
The Lnuir MAYOR said he certainly never saw a more perfect
set of rutlians in his life than were assembled before him. Ile told
the fishmonger's son that he would take care to let his father know
the description of company to which he was attached, and ordered
Leaney to satisfy the uniortunate girl, or to find securities to ap-
pear at the Quarter Sessions.
Lenney settled the matter rather thafi appear at the Sessions.
lIATTON•GARDF:N.

- -
latsit M•itittot RITEs.-43( re. ma& Danny, • sham.
rockshire hits residue; un Saffron-hill, appeared, in company with
31r. Dennis Detainee, • tinker in the same respectable
neighbourhood, to discuss the value of a copper kettle. It
appeared that Dennis had confermi numerous favours on Mrs.
Barry ; he not only buried three children tar her, but soaps:pus
was he for her earthly happiness, that but a few months
ago he actually buried her husband ; to make a fiaish of
of his services to bet, be added to her circumstances by making a
copper kettle fur her worth 31. " Copper !" exclaimed Mrs.
Barney, interrupting Dennis, " tell God's truth and shams the
Devil, you know it was made of tin." " Oh, you brazen Massey."
repliedDwnis, " how can you say so?" Copper, bras% or tin,ob.
served Sergeant Sellon, how is it worth five pounds ?" Dennis
wit proceeding to explain the value of different metals, when the
offl:er in question said, that, ever since the settlement of the
" Emerald" colony on Saffron-6114 it has been the custom, when
a death oczurs, that some snicks for domestic purposes, such as
kettles, saucepans, tea-pots, potato-pots.' or an/ other pots, should
b • set up to rattle for at some public.house, to defray the expenses
of the funeral. Tue value of the articles is immaterial, as each
subscriber pays a shilling. Frequently the number of subiaibers
amount to three hundred, all of whom have a right to attend the
funeral, and no peace officer interferes to curtail the procession.
This raffling of the dead man appeared to the Magistrates fatal
blow to Dcnins's claim for fa., which was accordingly dismissed.