The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-12-03 00:00:00

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On Friday morning, about tire °Yea., the inhabitant* of Blake.
street., near Ilrowillow•hill, were adtrintd by the information of a
murder that hail been committed Ly Joseph 111ikin, a bailiff, in
the employ of Mr. Green, upon the body of his wife. Alison WO.
kin. Ile came Lome on Thursday night. about nine o'clock, rather
intoxicated. went out again. and returned about ten, when his wife
and children were all in bed. she Le:ng unwell from his beating
her the previous evening. Ile pulled hit out of bed. and kicked
and beat hit in a most cruel manner, rotwidtstanding she piteously
supplicated him to desi-t. 'When lie at lem;th left off, she crawled
to a chair, but was scarcely seated when lie knocked her down, and
when she :Tait' ncover.d she was similarly witted. CYon the
dart OCC4‘IOII, she received a violent blow un the head with a jug.
Ilia savage brittnlity comintted et intervals, until about three
o`cloek, she was inch one, J, and lie that laid her in bed, and ac.
molly also went into the same Led ! The children. timing this
time, were afraid to make an emery. knowing his furious temper.
.1 bout four o'clock he called his it:t.rs! child, about CieVell years of
age, the oldest tut live, told Ler her umther was dead, and that she
roust call the nei?;lllmors. A doctor was also ok!letl, but site was
quite dead, and the tvatr:imen took him tuff' to Itridewm.
A Coronet's inquest was laid en Saturday, but adjourned to yes.
trolay. In the mean tin, the body was examined; and it was
(num% that in addition to the snore wounds about the hciul, and
violent contusions shoot the body. arms. hands and leg, there were
three tills en the left side. veil on the right side broken, sonic
of th".n in twoylacos. I'4 edict,„ murder."

Th. dec.:as:ll hare an excellent character. The prisoner was yea.
terrlay commuted to Lancaster for trial.--liiUinges Liverpuul
"hive: liver.

A fatal accident happened to a man named Afacartner,
employed in the callit ry of J. C. Curwen, Esq. at Work-
ington, on Saturday afternoon last ; h was ascending the
pit, accompanied by three or four boys, and coming in
contact with the descending empty basket, lie was knocked
out, and fell to the bottom, and was talon tip dreadfully
znangltd and dead.

THE LATE GALES.

IA)S8 OF THE COLV11,1.1: WENT
Ainongst the various accounts of (hamsters
the late tremendous gales, which atfecttd et•ery Nnatisin" :2
coast, none of equal magnitude with the Irss of lb- °!
at Weymouth, app.. yes in the shipping lttk eci veil in ton non Saturday. o la, :6
The Colville, a West Indianian of the second
belonging to the house of 3lessrs. Fletcher, of Lel. last item In inerara, having on board a very valuable 1.
of ruin and cotton, bound for London, was thieentl
stress ef wt.ather towards Weymouth at an early 1,0::
the morning of Tuesday, the 25th tilt., and havite:
contend against a strong Ice-shore gale, the vessel via;t-
served to beat about for a considerable time, without
as,
possibility of making the harbour, the sea at that
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funning mountains high, and the shore itself 101(1;7
the most fri.,,litful obstachs to any attenii4 at
sate landing in the boats. The wind coming more do; round towards shore, and in the unsafest Paint drot,4
vessel in on the Chiswell beach, in the west bay of p
land, which is situated within a short distance of
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mouth, and melancholy to say, in less than tit •
mi
all on board, crew, passengers, and cargo, were Ina
up in the waves, which at that point beat over the
with appalling fury, and such of the unfortunate huge,aistiteetlileciPtftolirtaolt;isienaupete tobyonly prolonged their
death even more
by having their bodice mangled and their very limbs
off from coining in contact with the breakers, tin thi ful subject the following letter, written by Mr. %ri
,o me pern acting under the agent to Lloyd's, and reskise-
inediately on. the spot, will be read with interest. °
rultiLA
orwm n, Nor.t. St n—l have the most unpleasant• to inf task
Tuesday (Yesterday), we had the Colville, Indianan yeecie4
,our beach, and ani sorry to say that all on board perished.
have already found sixteen boles, and among the number n sett
a man with a collar of a shirt rourd his neck,
. and the fogo.i„
setiption as well as I can make out, on 1--' Mr. Goolinz, • ger. per Colville. John Wilson, master.' And on soothe,
• Thv whin.% of my friends is at Mrs. Wilson's, 31ileer at Mr. Gosling's, No. ti 3, Is-ather.lane, Holbrn, London,'
" I have taken the body and put it into a decent shell, ea.,.
tend huts ing it, unless I hear any thing to the
contrary bt
posh the bndies are all n,ked, and all of then, will
shells and Luring. Perhaps Mr. %I illson, the niaritr,
among the nnitiber; if a person that knew him sere hi.
might he identified. I will do my utmost to keep at the sf
front brio buried,
buried, if they can be kept with propriety,
um t.
the arrival of the first ensuing post, which would be tick
fora perso to arrive.
We have had, I think, the most heart.rending scene outfit eyes beheld here. Theses broke all over asenall v.llter. arta
a time tg. ried wayet out. houses, men, women, and children, boon o
" Please to send immediately should you know any thirds'
person I have mention, d, and direct to nie, • Mr.
Portland, lhaset.' or if any person should einie, they
_cia to
.1. IV. %Vestoo, Esq., Wernaouth, who is Agent to Lloyd's. of
1 act under him at Portland.

" I am, Sir,
" Your most obtuient humble Servant.
.• W. WHIM
This letter was addressed to "Mr. Gosling, 63, Lutl'
ye
lane, London,"—and too soon he recognised in the ic6.
i ual alluded to, the person of his own son, Mr. Mows
Gos'i lig, a fine promising young man, in the 2Sth yew d
his age, who has bean for some time resident at Wilem,
and successfully engaged in mercantile pursuits, but vb.,
from the following circumstances, bad been induced to it.
turn to his native country, with the intention of finally
settling therein. Some years since, young Mr. Gothi
we nt out in the confidential employ of a most respectske
commercial house; and after some time he columned,
business on his own account, and the speculations in tibick
lie engaged proving generally ad t antageoug, he soon found
himself in a fair way of realising a comfortable hider's,
deuce. On the breaking out of the insurrection amoacg
the blacks, Mr. (:ogling, amongst other of the Dements
merchants, was marked out as a fitting sacrifice to bed.
less and barbarous revvng,),, and his house was surrounded
by an immense hoard of the insurrectionists, who vice
about to lead him to execution, when he and anodic
gentleman rushee! out, armed with cutlasses, and bra
vigorous show of resistance, threw their opponents lees
imementary consternation ; which, however, basin: km
speedily subsided, the party retunied to the :minor&
these two brave Englirhinen would have been inesiuhy
sacrificed to their ungovernable thirst for blood, lad
not a party of' British troops come timely up, and
scucel them. After this, Mr. Gosling formed the does
initiation of quitting the island, which he did by the int
conveyance, and after some stay in England, finding dot
tranquillity was fully established, he merely went orer fir
the purpose of arranging his affairs, and having convened
the bulk of his property into British securities, he wrote
to his family by the last packets that sailed from Demersn,
that a few weeks would, in all probability, see him settled
in " Old Englard" for ever. Unfortunately that fond berg
has been sadly blighted. Agreeably to his expressed des
termination, he embarked on board the Colville, may
warded by Mr. Wilson, who was his brother-in-law, being
married to a sister of Mr. Gosling's, who has therefore to del
plore the two-fold deprivation of a husband and a brothel,
both tenderly beloved. Immediately on receipt of the
above melancholy letter, Mr. Gosling a brother left mon
for Weymouth, to pay the last sad duties to the remains
of the 'deceased, and to identify those of his brother.iss
law, Mr. Wilson, who was amongst the bodies thrown up
on Ise beach. The funeral obsequies were performed at
Weymouth church, and a handsome marble slab is being
erected to commemorate this terrible catastrophe. It le
rather singular that the only vestige of clothing attaching
to any of the bodies, by which they might be identified,
were the linen cloth collar tied round Mr. Gosling's neap
and a piece of a shirt belonging to his brother-in-law.
marked, " I. Wilson, XII." ; the former evitkney put on
this collar, merely to make his fate known to his friends,
when he saw that that fate was to terminate in death. _

The only persons who have been recognised, beside Mr.
C;. and the ('aptain, were a 1)r. Eaton and Mr. Fraser, of
the Commissary department at I).inerara, both of when
were returning to England after a long absence.
The destruction caused on the coast by the overflow of
the sea near Ponland is tremendous; the whole of the
Esplanade has been swept away ; and, as stated in Mr.
Ill'hite's letter, one entire village has shared the same fate.
The loss in property is estimated at between 30,000!. sod
40,000/. ; and by the latest accounts, it was uncertain ss
to the precise number of lives that have been sacrificed.

We have just seen a plan for a general market for
fish. poultry, vegetables, &c. in a central part of the New
'l'own, in a style of extension, eligance, and convenience,
that will render it one of the completes' things of the laid
in Gnat Britain.—Colrdotnte ilt

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()n Tuesday, in Welbeck-stroet, the lady of Colonel Marti,
of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On Tuesday, at St. Clement's (bin. h, Wm. Hunter, E.
element's Inn, to eath:rine Mary, only daughter of lloo.Webbe.
Eoq. surgeon, of Coldbuth-squar:.

DIEM
On Tuesday, at Langley F. lit.T•. Eleanor, eldest clzughtfr
of Andrew Ctilyille, Esq. in the 17 :i r:..r of her age.
On the 19th ult. at Sire ton 11 1., lib rhvshire„ arter a few thqs
aged 24.1. Mary, witb t are Browne Care, CA4
fourth nun or Sir %Vim C :t trt.
/nWctlnerulay nennight, et 1..111 Malt daUgt36
of Sir George Pigot, Bart. or l'stsmil. S.off,nlshire.
Yesterday saotanight, the 311ili 3 :ar of Wage,
Bonham Caldwell, Esq.
On Saturday, at Pouttil:sford Park. the seat of T.lr damn. ERF
Thomas Still', Esq. formerly of obent-garden, but
tate of Heading.
On the thhh ult. the HigM Elizabeth, COUSINS °(
Oaf rd, r.ged

In the Ykl ult. in the llst v
Deputy-Assistant-Irti•ri,•,ry

George Boßry, Egq•

V. Mj. Lary 31,,ttelpt.
;a Nottrux, diq• of that

1)n 'rue*lay, at Itai,teail ,
the laq surrit ing danghrer of t
place. ard nt lienchanivicll. .•
On Friday 1.. t. at Torpcic. ft,..r.ci. Mkt licilland Salliff•
eldest daughter of Cain:Lin 31n.,,..), t 'natant House, Du*"

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