The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-05-26 00:00:00

ELECTiuN r. 6 Lac; &INCE.

The 'Winn of a Rep, esentative for the county of
Edinburgh took place on ve,terday se'nnight, in the
Parliami nt House, when ate Rt. Hon. R. Dundas of
Melville., President of the Board of Controul, was
unanimously tee hos•-r.. An elegant entertainment was
given in the afternoon by desire of Mr. !Nadas
(who is attending his official duties in London) to
the Elators, and a number of Noblemen and Gen-
tlemen ; Mr. Sheriff Clerk in the Chair. Many
loyal and appropriate toasts (accompanied by the
band of Mr. Gow) were given, several excellent
songs were sung. and the evening concluded with
the greatest harmony and ennvi►iality.
On Saturday, the ltith inst. Mr. William Adam
was averted Member for Kinross-shire. A protest
was taken, on the ground that six free days had not
elapsed from the day of puhlicatinn.
The Right Hon. Sir William G-ant, Master
of the Rolls, in the High Court of Chancel y. was,
Na the 18th instant, at a full and very respeCtaLle
meeting of the freeholders, unanimously re-deft-
er! Representative in Parliament fur the ccunty of

On Monday. Captain Jnhnston Hope, one of
the Lords of the Admiralty, was unanimously
seeded the liep esentative of the county of Dum•
fries. Thies is the fourth time the gallant Captain
has bees successively chosen to this distingui,had
situation.

On FridAy last, the Magistrates and Council of
Sanqubar unanimously voted an address midis Ma-
jes.y, for his firm and effeaual opposition on a
recent occasion; and, on the same day, the Maps.
traces presented haseph Gahm, F.sq. of Ellieslard,
with the freedom of that burgh, as a mark of their
respell for that Gentleman.
'Thomas Wright, Esq. is elected Delegate fcr
the borg:i of Stirling, and Alexander IdaLterton,
Esq. for the bore of Culross. They ate both
in the interest of General Campbell, of Moi.zie.

20, 13U7.

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The 4L+/ion -sf a !Wenner of Parliament fur this
ct:enty tool/4 yoace yesterday, when, on tho motion
raf Coleatel :4014y, 01 Ahercairr.ey, seconded by
Pat:rson, of et:ale Handy, the Right Hon,
Lord James Murray was unanimously eles'led,
by a more ntimerous meting of freeholders than
WP have far a long time witnessed on a similar
nccasion.

A Lige parry of El-aors, and Noblemen and
Gentlemen connedvd with the county, having
afterwards d ned with Lard James at the :lain-
ta:im Inn, many loyal and appropriate toasts were
given.

The Prio:ras Royal, fur London, h burnt at De-
mer.irs
r r.•
On nursday last, 912 youths, of Myth sexes were
cm.firmed in the csv.edrisi stituch of Curbslei by
.140 Bishop of C*111411144

POLICE.

SARI. IM BOUGH-STREET, VV 25.

Pairkk Enright WAS brought to the bAr, charged
with the wilful murder of Henry O'Brien, at the'
fair of Knockaderry, in the county of Limerick, an
Ireland, on the 19th of December, 12035.
The Prosecutor, Charles O'Brien, brother to the
deceased, swore most positively that he was prevent
with the deceased on the morning of the 19th of
December, 1803, at the door of a tent, in the fair,
where the deceased was in the of of paying money
for cattle sehMh be had bought that morning, when
the Prisoner at the bar struck the deceased one vio-
lent blow with a scythe on the head, from front to
poll, by which the hat and scull of the deceased
were cut. That the deceased died of the wound at
four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day ;
that at the time of the stroke. the Prisoner was ac
companied by a party of 'boat forty persons, all
armed with scythes and swords ; that it was not
possible then to apprehend the Prisoner, or his ac-
complices, so great was the consternation, while
every one wis running away for safety; that bills
oc•indi9rnelit had been found against all the parties,
in the cowry of Limerick, at the Spring Assizes,
in 180 G, when they all, except the Prisoner, came
in, and stood their trial, but were acymitted,
in consequence, be believed, of the Pris.mer having
absconded, who was the principal, and who was
not discovered until a few days ago, when
the Prosecutor found him out in Lon! so, and
procured his apprehension. The Prosecutor de-
posed, that he himself had been only seven weeks
in England. during which time be laboured for his
living.
The Prisoner, in his defence, s'u'ed, that it was
proposed that two parties should fight a battle at
the Fair, a-sd that his party had likewise one of
them killed in the affray.
But the MAGISTRATE observed, that where mur-
der had been committed, and charged against the
Prisoner, who had ahsconclid. he mint go before a
Jury, and ordered him to be fully columned fur
trial.

The Prisoner was attended by a great number
of people, and some momentary apprehension of
disturbance about the door of the Otlice was enter-
tained as the Ptisouer was conduaed away.
Ann Pett swore examinations az. ainst a Camel
nighy, who lodges at the house of a Mrs. Hughes,
King-street, corner of Nassau-street, for seizing,
and violently beating and dragging her about his
lodging, and pirting her in fear and danger of her
life, from which she was relieved by a woman. on
hearisig her cry out " Murder !" The Will appear-
ed to be, that Mrs. reti is a washer-worn in, living
at No. 10, Mend's-court, and had • bill for wa4a-
ing due to her from the Colonel, which the exped-
ed to obt4in, under a menace, or attempt to take
back the mad' -up linen. She had nt.t aftually t sken
them ,away, ant, therefore, the assault was admi.t2d
to have been r-,:nmitted.

Ni(bolas Brown, in the profession or c.lling of a
general waiter, was brought to the Isar, ch
Mr. Daniel O'Br.en, (who keeps the Sheaf of Wneat
public house, Drury-Line.) with having, nn Siro.
day, broken the window, and pulled up the ft sr nt
the apartment which he occupies, as it loiger, in
Mr. O'Brien's house, end creating great alarm and
contusion in the house, by such unaccountable sets
of violence and injury, without any prov.ication
wlia.soever The Prisoner, a very decent looking
ASAP, (a nat:ve, as he said, or nitintrm,) in his de-
fence said, that, in consequence of some plan he was
thee conc.!iving in his head, uoknown to an, p !SIM
but himself, as was his frequent praftice. he had
committed the adts charged against hain; but cotild
assign n 3 reason for so doing. It appearing. that,
at other times, he was very quiet and inoffentilie,
and that his manner and address were incoherent,
Mr. O'Brien, with mush seeming concern, humanely
forgave him.