The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-10-06 00:00:00

RIFLE CORPS.

Tuesday, the Duke of CustazaLswe 5 rifle
corps made an excellent muster in the Kiog',.
Mews, tireirirutory to inspection by Colonel JEN-
kIiSON, iu Hyde Park. After a few light mac.-
Meats, the regiment was paraded in the Upper
Mewe, and Major BARBIII read the proceedings of
a Court of inquiry upou the couduct of a Alember
of the corps, who accidentally. shot one of the rifle-
man, while firing at the target a short blue since in
Hyde Park. The charges were, unaoldierlike con-
duct and negligence. The Court having consi-
dered the tint charge, acquitted the Prisoner. as it
j, proved that he did not lire without the order to
tire. With respect to the second charge, the Court
did not attach any disgrace to the l'risosier, but
they were of opinion, that cantion had been want:
ing when he fired, as it was the duty of a rifleman
to he careful iii taking pmper ann. 'nip Court,
therefore, conceived, that the Prisoner ought to be
arlitionialted ill the presence of the regiment.—
Paramatit to this dccis 1111 l . 3laor BALSER ordered
the Prisoner to appear, and lie delivered the admo-
nition necessary to Jupport the discipline and sub-
ordinatien which hitherto distinguished the re;:i-
ito lit. The young man who had unfortunately oc-
casioned the accident, then undertoid: to make *
compensistiors to the person wounded, for loos or
time ; and lie was ordered to join his company.—
Thi. circumstance, winch has bean this-stated on a
former occasion, now appears to have beets a ca-
sual strident. which might have lisppeurd to the
best disciplined regiment. The corps then marched
to Hyde Park, where tIKI were inspected by Co.
Jaicansost, and afterwards dismissed.

Jest Br/cher' the pugili.t, has returned to Lon-
don from Kent, where lie has been teal g a
Kentish hero, preparato.7 too battle a ith Rithense,
the black, which was to huve taken piece after the
set-to v.,th Crib and Grrgion. The countryman
had been backed for fun guinea., by some Londiu
amarenes, the deposit of twenty to be made berme
tightitiz. licicher was sent down to Icy as well as
to trails the Kentish man. but he proved so in-
ferior. that Beieher could beat him easily with
gloves on. and consegnently the deposit hits been
forfeited, nail ths match is off.
Last Wednesday, rs n countryman was mittiug
in estsfiehl Great Wood, he iound the nuts tio
plentiful that he soon half filled a sack, by the
weight of *hick he. progre-gs of g-atherin4 um so
much impeded, that hr found it tiebessary to get
rid of his incombraiiec, by leaving it, as hr thoik4ht,
in a place of sreurity, until he should have in-
creased his stork. by means of n wttehel, from dis-
tant hazels. and proc:eded accordingly but an-
luckily in the interim a black, f a heighbouring
barrack, engaged similar pursuit. discovered
the repository, and after examining its content.,
re.elveil on possessing it but in order to give a
colonrable potence to die possession. he bud re-
course to the following whimvicef stratagem. Ile
stripped off his clothe., and. after concreting thesa.
*rated himself naked o,i the *Ras there he re-
mained, clutches, up. till the return of the voun-
freirsaii, and by Isis grimaces, and the ye!ls
which lie .et up to give effect to the part he
was actin;, on the poor fellow*, approach, so
tern bed him, that he boniiilrd from the wood like
&deer, and, happy in hi. ....cave, left his nuts. with-
out.eegret, to be cracked be the I/evil, on 'those
ttiitories, at the moment of his panic, he !believed
be lead been tresib....k.r. well pleased
with toe. same.. of hie T. irk, bore 4) die prize.