The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-05-07 00:00:00

conoNAlor /NQUESTS.

An Impend was held on soiurday evening al the louden
Hospital, uss the body of --- Spriggs, a labourer in icier of
the Last India Company's. whareliouses, uhu died there ill
cousequence of teeing ly burned in a fire that broke
out oil Friday Hight iu the house of Mr. swift, No 19,
Gloucester street, Commercial road. The deceased was per-
fectly collected immediately before his death, aid stared that
the fire was caused by the caulk being 111.1eP.1 isear the
curtain when he went In bed. Tao elsildrin were with
great difficulty saved from the fiances.
Ou Saturday night an Inquest ass held at the Bart. y Mow,
fillount•street, Grosvenurrequare, before Mr. Higgs, Coruver,
on the body of a man, name uuknnwu, found drowned in
the Serpeutine Hirer, Hyde Park, •,ii that morning.
Thomas Russell deposed, that he is a servant out of place,
and a coachman, with whom he was acquainted, being ont
with the family, late on Friday night, he stayed up with _
Isom to clean the horses and the carriage till four o'clock iu
the mooning, at which lima he was going through the Park,
when he observed a gentleman and a buy looking at some_
thing iu the Serpeutine resembling a hat; he came up to
thew, and he hit the hat with a stone, when the body of the
d. ceased was turned over in the water; they isifurnied the
boatman belonging to the Humane Society, acid he took the
body ou shore.
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RicLsrd
Eglestone, the boatman, deposed, that he went
to the liver to take up some eel-lines he had art or the night
before, when, observing last witness and whets, he went to
them, acd could see plainly it was • human body they weir
thruwing the stones at; be got the body out; lie seemed to
be a man about 40 years of age, wore a good blue coat
clearly buttoned sup, a btark waistcoat, dark grey trousers,
white slur kings, and shoes, a fine frilled shit t marked 11. C.
Nu. I, end Nu.t ; a idairt.pm; he had a Rocket liandkerchlef
walked E. Faye! in red silk, a pocket-book, two small keys,
a solver watch, with a chain, and two small seals, and a key
attached, maker's name ".Crippii„ of Bath, No. 12,055;"
be wore a pair of gloves, and ilk hat was very tick on the
herd ; he bad nu money or p Teri about inns ; I hes C Wt I, 110
masks of violence on the body, but a hen take u out of the wa-
ter he bled freely from the mouth old nme.
The Coroner nod Jury thought lLe probil.ility was, that
the deceased drowned Inntaelf, and is. :hr absence of alow.
hole evidence of !bat fact, seturtn d a vt fillet of " Fuuud
drowned."

On Saturday afternoon another inquest was heti et the
Cruse Keys, Long scar, on the body of a geiolentait, whittle
name it appeared was Price, ego look a tied their on Thurs-
day. He complained of being loosen liming the evening.
and requested Me. Clarke, the Isoillork, 141 take down his
wife's eddies., lest any thieg bamwsied to him, whirls he gave,
'• Mrs. Prier, Readiug, Barks." He weal to bed at nine
o'clock. and wheu a person meat to call bias up to breakfast
about tone o'clock next day, he ass found lying across the
bed. There was a box of pill., and a paper of powder.,
coned in the room, but a surgeon who was sent tor, said
they euutatned nothing deleterious. The body was (opened,
and the heart was found so snitch that it Wile cam.
jrciura d he died irons from natural
Verdict—" Hied by the visitation of God."

At iVindror Quartet Sessions on Fiidsy,
Cooper was teed fur Itte:11111.4 elm phink tinut
Fitiginore, the property id Ii r Ihty4l Ilightte
the Print:ere A lA/MITA. (.oilty.—Tramportuitun
for pewee) years.
A few days since it fox enteral a form-yard in
Compton Pauticeloot. and seized 11.11 a hen which
11V411 following her ch.i. kriir, which being perceived
by a !owe cock, he flew at the intrutter in tine
style, and with one blow of his *plus killed the
lus ia.tautitheourly !—(Skretosottry (hroaicle.)

IRELAND:.
DUBLIN, APRIL _3O.
Osborne Markham, E,q. Comproller of the Barrark De-
. pariment of &who'd, has arrived in Dublin, to ascertain
• what redaction ran be effected in the establishment in this
estuary, which it is reported will be cuusolidateil with the
esesitibusi al Depastairm.
The fAstrquis of Waterford has sent front London ortleis
to prepare Curraehuntre House fur the reception of his Ma-
jesty —(fraferfurd ifirror.)
The Pairiog contains an acrount of the
annual dinner giren by the Lord Lieutenant to the
Corporation of that City, on Flitlay, with a lust of
the tomt... After the cloth was removed, it•cluding,
be-ides the ususl loyal mid constitutiOnul musts
tunes, the following party ones :
The Glorious Memory-0.4 Rattle of the Boyne."
The Lord Mayor and Corporation of Dublin—" Protestant
Dot's."
The Yeomanry of Ireland—" Croppies lie down."
Oti S4tuttlay last, at two o'clock the Commission
of Oyer mid Tertnitn.r wars opened before the Itight
lion. the Lord Mayor, the Non. lUr. Justice Jebb,
and the Hon. Nis. Justice Burton.
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Judge Jebh, in his charge to the Grand Juries,
announced a communication front Government,
reeounneoding, with the advice of the Judges, two
additiosial co ninissions, to he held on every year,
making th.e whole six •ainually, instead of four.
Him Lordship oiled that this i,volamentlattflll on the
'part of the Judges did not proceed from • necessity
occasioned by wood) of crime, but from a wish that
trial should follow committal as speedily as possible.
The Junes roiled, 21111 111 about an hour sent
doge true bill"; against several Prlsotters.
Bridget [bitterly mid Bridget E were
reigued fur the murder • f Mary Ball's, otherwise:
Thompson, and Iso the rubbely t.f. Captain Peck's
house, in Portlsnol Place, on the 28th of March
last : on their beits4 issle.l by the Clerk of tl e
Crown, How say y,,u, Guilty or not Guilty ?"
Broftrct 1./utterly answered, in feebl.! voice, " I tun
guilty of the rubbery." Elions tepeseett the saute
word..
The Clerk of the Crown informed them that they
were arraigned fur the der otoly, on which they
pleaded !lot t.uilim. They were then arraigned
for both entities, rod pleaded Aui
Ilniterly looked very we-di, snit seriortl really
to Ism.. She nawititsp.rd a rtiivt stlroce clueing
the slay ; sat on the f'..or of the dock, in a comer
apart front all the other pn,oners, and never nosed
her head but whilst are '‘u. 0E4'11.1. She was
drcssod with newness, wine a urw cap, and a large
grey beaver cloak. Slur kept a handkerchief cL se
to her fact., and seemed aosions 10 avoid the gaze
or :he vr. y tilt •IsrsOllS 1111110ml'. who Ili.taelited
Mitch cuts 'witty tit oblmiii vlrw of her countenance.
Ennis alopeared bold, confident, in pod spirits,
and subsist health.

CLOMMIL, MAY 2.
DESPERATE ASSAULT.

We have deep regret in stating, tint on %fordo, las,
Richard Herold:ill, Esq. tier sr oriby Sub•SlMriff, r wools-
tem, a seri 0000 and ouiregeSSlSS A. 1.21111 its the XV1....11U11 of
his dot), ; these hens: strum matins at liiicati between
Mr. Connell O'Counsll, ■ttu.ney, and William butler, of
Willistustowsi, farmer. near Killcuulcy, HIM U 11.1011110( Lie
bounds .•f the county 'Kilkenny, the latter drove the stock of
the former, alleging that rent was 'due: Mr. O'Connell
resorted to repievin, and bent the Sheriff to the lands of
Williamstown, who, with seven or tight assistants, pro-
ceeded to recover the stock ; this was re o i ttt dby • tumul-
tuous party previously arrayed Got a desperate enterprise—
shots wort• fired at the Sheriff, the fist of these by a fel-
low of the name of Brown, a collier, and a tenant on the
Kilcooley estate ; the Sheriff's assistants were fiercely at-
tacked fur obeying hie orders ; one of them, of the name of
Pallier, being wounded and knocked clowts by the blow of
spade ; the She. iff declared if soother blow was struck lie
would tire on any non wha would attempt it—neverths
a fellow of the name of l'orkl.y, loving proceeds d to di s.
palr h Parker with a spade, the Sheriff fired• shut throur,rls his
body, and he fell, boot soon after was seen to unite himself up
and Iran nziiiist a hedge; this Buckley, however, in supposed
•to lore died, riot Inswing been since found. Immedistrly
on liuekley being shut, Ow Sheriff was kuorkesl shown, his
I. ft us ru broken its two plates, and five dreg ruts 1111n1C1td 011
his head—but being • powerful man, he made his way to
his horse, un whirls he was placed by James King, constable,
arid escaped further injury One of lois assistants, of the
name of Steeps, was also severely beaten, as well as Parker
before mentioned—but we are glad to say barb these men
are likely to do will.
The Sheriff has since remained at the house of Mr. Gorges
Walsh, near Kilkeroly, where he is fast recovering from the
effects of his wounds.

Informations have been sworn against eighteen persons,
not our of shuns could be found on the lauds t.fSissies.-
lows' or neighbourhood, harlog all fled, except a man of
Ike 'lrmo,. of Kelly, found iu Butler's house, and who has
siuee loon cumulated so Classed gaol—(Cismar: Paper.)

The fall of lambs has, this season, been in some
districts very great ; upon a form its Essex, eighty.
onoo sheep produced one hundred and fifty-tight
lambs, one !mooched and fifty of which are now shire.
The sheep were purchased at Ipswich fair in ISIS,
sod were of the stock of the Right 1100. Lord
'toys; Mr lambs were bred of Norfolk ewes by
Leicester tops.
There was a very superior exhibition of horses at
the skew fair at Heading on Moolohey last, both as
to quality and number, and the demand for them
appeared equally Inisk: one rennet k.bfy fine hunter
obtained as high as iOO guineas; beat nags were
sold at from 50/. to 801.; and some tine out horses
the London dealers purchased at from 40/. to 70/. ;
indeed, such was the eagercess to buy those of any
quality, that on the following day there was scarcely
it good horse for sale. Cows and calves on Totesday
we-o:t oft at loom 8/. to la; graziets 5/. to 10/.;
yeao hog., 4/.
There is a singular circumstance attending the
death of the Cliiarae who was klleol by the fifth
mate of the East ludic Cotaipien)'i ship fondue.
It appears that Ilse mats was shut by the Euglish
officer by arcldrail, wliiist ruitchged iti a boar hunt,
sod there exists ati old Chinese law, which has been
universally pat to practice among the 'lroise, awl
generally exercised AgiOto4 foreigners, requiring the
life of 'Mother individual in exptation for the one so
destroyed, whether by accident or otherwise. It
was its the execution of this law that the Covert,-
meta of China laid an embargo on all the ships iii
I the harbour, and some very arriotes•iiiisiiiiderstaiirlin,y;
might loner arisen; for the alop's company were de-
termined not to suffer the life of a messinate to he
sacrificed, had they soot, on their return to their
vessel, found that one of the crew, who was ensl•
drained to undergo some severe punishment, had
pot a period to his existence by hanging himself.
The body of the seaman was offered to the ftiends
of the deceased Chinese, sad accepted by them, sod
thus the affair ended.