The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-09-07 00:00:00

EXETER PACKET.

The Agents to Lloyd's, at Mal, have transmitted the
following letter from Lieutenant Chants Turner, of the
C3ast Blockade, to Captain Pigot, of his Majesty's ship
Rand-lies, detailing the particulars of the accident by fire
which happened to the Exeter packet, ant speak in terms
of high praise, as regards the conduct of Lieutenant
Turner:—

Biehopstone, near Beenleer, Sept. 4, 9 P. M.
Sir—l beg leave to inform you that the Exeter packet, of Exeter,
Webber master, took tire at eight this morning, abreast of this
station. I immediately put oft to their assistance, and with my
boat's crew assisted in saving tome part of her cargo. The Sea-
lark and Fly revenue cruisers were also there, and assisted. It was
fou d necessary to scuttle the vessel, and at ten o'clock she sunk upon
Vie rends, a quarter of a mile oft* Reculver. On the rising of the tide,
the vessel fell on her beam-end; by this time eight or ten vessels,
with ■bout 200 men, were anchored near her. Messrs. Bell, of
Herne. were etnployed to raise the veatiel, which, with our assist-
ar.ce, no doubt would have been done, but the wreckers declared
th • vets I consequence of her being on her beam end) a wreck.
We kept them off some ti tie by threats; howevir, they persisted in
getting their woad, alongside, and commenced plundering her
cargo, consisting of groceries, oil, and British manufactured cotton,
and turnery, with sundry articles of iron. I succeeded in getting
the vessel upright, and at eight o'clock left her. Her decks were
dry, and the wreckers were baling and pumping her out, and they
were gaining fast uron her when I left her. As the miller had
given tier up to the Messrs. Bell, of Herne, to raise her, and I had
done all I possibly could for the vessel, I considered it advisable
to return. Rehire I left her a vowel was lashed down on each side
to keep her upright, and as the weather is very fine, I have no
doubt site will be taken into Margate or White able to-morrow.
If I had remained longer I could have done no more than I did,
and I have written to the several officers on either side, requesting
the property may be secured upon its being larded, for the protec-
tion of the uncle re/titers and the revenue.

I have the honour to be, Ike. &c. &e.
Capt. Pigot, Ramillies. CHARLES TURNER, Lieut.

We learn from Herne Bay that considerable inconve-
nience, not to say distress, baa occurred to the poor fisher-
men and their families residing in that neighbourhood, in
consequence of their praiseworthy exertions in saving port
of' the cargo of the Exeter trader, the Hoop, burnt on
Monday, off that part of the Kentish coast. The boata, on
their return, were seized upon the beach by the Preventive
Service, although an excise officer had been actually sent
for to take charge of the goods preserved. Jr. fact, this
system has reached such a height as to become the most
intolerable tyranny. The same letter states that the writer,
returning home a short time since in a carriage, wished, in
consequence of the darkness of the night, to obtain the as-
sistance of a lantern down a steep hill in the neighbour-
hood, but no one could be found bold enough to carry it,
from the certainty of at lent spending a night in the
guard-house.
ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT AT LONDON BRIDGE.—
On Tuesday afternoon, between three and four o'clock,
Mr. Josiah Alexander, M.P. Sir John Scott Lillie,
Mr. Kynaston Powell, Master Alexander, the son of
Mr. Alexander, and a Mr. Dunn, were proceeding
from one of the steam-packets off' the Tower, through
London Bridge, when unfortunately the boat came in con-
tact with some of the works of the New Bridge, and was
immediately sunk. Other boats put out as soon as possi-
ble, one of which took up Sir John Scott Lillie, who ap.
mired to be a good swimmer, with the son of Mr. Alex-
antler (a boy about eight or nine years old, who could not
swim), who was supported in the water by Sir John
Lillie; another boat took up Mr. Alexander, and a third
Mr. Kynaston Powell, but Mr. Dunn unfortunately sank
to rise no more. The frequency of such accidents it Is
hoped will call the attention of the Chief Magistrate of
the City, and all boats he prevented, during a certain period
of the tide, from shooting under the arches of this bridge.
SHOCKING OCCURRENCE.—On Sunday morning the
neighbourhood of Silver-street, in Manchester, was thrown into
great alarm, in consequence of a report that a man named Wil-
liam Thomas bad cut his wife's throat. It appears that the uafor-
tunate woman was addicted to liquor, and on Saturday evening last,
having been intrusted by her husband with a sum of money to dia.
charge some debts which he owed in the neighbourhood, she spent
a great part of it in liquor. On the Sunday morning she was again
in a state of intoxication, and was seen to go into the house in that
state, about half-past eight o'clock in the morning, in a short tiros
afterwards, dreadtutscreams of murder were heard to issue from the,
house, and a aoise as of some person falling down stairs. Several
of the neighbours immediately rushed into the house, where they
found the woman lying at the foot of the stain, quite senseless ;
and, on lifting her up, found a dreadful gash on the left side of bee
throat ; from which the blood was flowing in greatprofusion. Some
of them immediately went for a surgeon, whihtothers proceeded up
stairs, where they found the husband seated by the fire. Near hint,
on the floor, lay the blade of a table knife, covered with blood ; and
it appeared, from the traces of blood on the floor, that the wound
in the throat of the unfortunate woman had been inflicted near the .
fire-place ; that she had afterwards gone or been dragged towards
the bed, and then to the head of the staircase. When-the boatload
was questioned respecting the wound, he admitted, without hesiti-
don, that he bad inflicted it, and that be had afterwards kicked his
wife, down stairs. He was, of course, immediately taken into nu-
tidy, and lodged in the New Bailey. Mr. Windsor, the surgeon
who was called in to examine the wound, found that, though of
considerable extent and very frightful in appearance, it was merely •
superficial, and none of the vital parts were injured. indeed the ,
knife with which the wound was indicted was so dull, that consi-
derable force must have been awned to make it penetrate so far as
it had done. The man war brought up at the New Bailey an Mon-
day, but was remanded until the fate of his wife should be men.
tained.—Meadester Mercury.