The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-09-13 00:00:00

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Yesterday informaticintyas received at this office of a murder
having been committed, it is presumed. on Saturday morning. at
the house of a man named J.ty, No. 4, Idly-street, Satfron.hill. and
Read, senior, the chief pcact.officer, was ordered to make the ne-
cessary inquiries, of which th S following appears to be the result.
The name of the deco sel is Mary Perry, and she had for some
time cohabited with a shoeua liter, named John Ambrose, who Ms.
merly resided at Hampstead., Ambrose, whe is about 64 years old,
was extremely addicted to di ink, and when in that state was gene-
rally violent and quarrelsome. For come months the deceased and
he had lived on very unhappy terms, she upbraiding him, and he
answering her complaints with blows. On Friday night Ambrose
had been out later than usual, and coming home in a state of in-
toxication, he was attacked by the deceased, when it is believed he
struck her a violent blew on the- head, which knocked her down,
for a heavy fall was heard by the .people who occupy the apartment
underneith, but as these contentions were not untrequent, no notice
was taken of it at the dote, anet they soon after became quiet.
On the following morning (Saturday) Ambrose went out early,
carefully locking the dour, and ad riot return until late the saute
night. when he asked Mrs. Jay, who keeps a small chandler's shop,
whether she had seen Marv, itneaning the deceased. Mrs. Jay
said that she had not seen her the whole day ; and Ambrose ob-
served, it was no matter, for slit• was a curse to him—he presumed
that she was gone oil, as she hat t done before on more than one
occasion. He then went up to Cis wow, and went out as usual on
Sunday, the door being locked 'as before. On Monday, in reply
to some questions put by thi. lodgers in the house, relative
to the absence of the deers sed,i he gave the same evasive
explanation that he had given to the landlady. On Mon-
day night Ambrose came hon to late, and, though in a very
helpless state of intoxication, MI would not allow any person to
assist him up stairs, and on crowing his room he was heard to se-
' cure the dour inside ; but it is believed he did not go to bed, for he
was heard pacing the room until t in advanced hour in the morning,
when he went out. The lodger), though somewhat satisfied with
the explanation which Ambrose I tad given, in regard to the absence
of the woman who passed for 114 wife, were induced to go up to the
room, where they were surprised to find a strongdisagreeable stench
about the door, which they limn d unlocked, and on further exa-
mination they found the bodyq f the unfortunate woman lying on
the floor, in a small space betty; en the bed and the wall, three or
four chairs being ranged in a line between the corpse and the win-
dow, and a sack hung on them, so as effectually to screen the corpse
from the observation of the pettple inhabiting the opposite house.
Ir is needless to say that it was then Miff and cold ; in fact it had
been so for three days, and emitted a very strong smell, owing to
the closeness of the room and foe heat of the atmosphere. From
the appearance of the body, it did not seem that any sharp or
pointed weapon had been employed in the work of destruction, as
no wounds were perceptible, eteept two on the arm, which seems
to have been bitten, probably in the strug4le between them. The
head, particularly towards the bus of the skull, bears the principal
marks of violence, traces of arterial blood being found in the cavity
of the ear, on the side on whiel the body was reclining; the face
considerably bruised, and there are some contusions about
the temple. The circumstance quickly obtained publicity, and
the whole neighbourhood was thrown into confusion. Darnley,
the beadle, was called in, and immediate search was made
for Ambrose, who was in the habit of doing some occasional
jobs for a shoemaker in Hatton-wall, but it appeared that he had
pat been there for several days ; however, as it was known that he
formerly resided at Hampstead, and had some relatives still living
these, it was imaginal that he in ell probability had taken refuge
with them, and Hanalei, accompanied by Jay, the lardlord of the
house, went to Hampstead yesterday morning, in pursuit of him,
hut without beinr enabled to get arty tidings eider of Ambroae or
his friends, who are gone to another part of the country to work.
The officers, however, ere on the look-out ; and as he is well known
to many of them, there can be very little doubt as to his speedy
apprehension.
'The body still remains undisturbed at the haute in Lily-street,
to await the result of the Coroner's Inquest, which will be holden
this day.

A person of gentlemanly figure end deportmeot, who
subscribed his name A. 13, A& Donald, attracted much at-
tention in this town on Friday last, as he perambulated the,
streets playing the Scotch bagpipes ; a man in the character
of a servant walking behind bim. He was quickly to.
cognised as the Wandering Minstrel, of whom the papers
have spoken. having undertaken, for a wager of 1,0001. to,
travel for six months in that character, and by voluntary
contributions fpm the public, collect sufficient for his own
and reserve 1001. out of his receipts, clear of
There is no reason to doubt but this
character he represented; he played the
various Streets, snd as said by some,
be did not himself take money, neither
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effcred, which was but trifling during oar e.
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the town, where he was very anunsomail. '
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