The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-03-21 00:00:00

FATAL PUGILISTIC ENCOUNTER.

Yesterday evening an inquisition was taken at the Globe Tavern,
Blackwell, on view of the body of Timothy Driscoll, att Irishman,
who was killed on Friday last, in a pugilistic engagement with one
of his countrymen.
The battle took place in the Eel-pie-house Fields, Llmehouse,
and the witnesses declared that it was " a fair fight." The Coro—
ner, In summing up, observed that the crime, in his opinion, did
not amount to murder. It was only that of manslaughter, but
the Jury should recollect that each of the parties who had acted as
seconds were ficticrps criminis, and the law looked upon them
in the light of principals.
The Jury, after a short consideration, returned a verdict of man.
slaughter agakst Hayes, the survivor, Burke, Ninon, Roche,
Bryant, and Domcran, who acted as seconds. None of them are in
custody but Bt.tke.

The late Asgizes in Ireland presented a most gratifying
picture of the peace and tranquillity of the country. There
were no indictments for political offences upon any of the
circuits.

Samuel Wood, who was convicted at the Nottingham
Assizes, of the murder of his wife, was executed on Gal-
lows 11111 on Thursday last. Just before he was turned off,
perceiving that the dreadful preparations were complete, he
said to the executioner, " Shall I jump, Sam ?" These
were his last words.
SHOCKING MURDER IN THE COUNTY OF CORK.—On
Saturday night, the 11th inst. the house of Denis Shee-
han, a farmer of the better class, Monanimmy, near the
village of Killavulen, was attacked by robbers, one of
whom effected an entrance by forcing open the kitchen
window with stones, and afterwards opened the door for
his two companions, while a fourth kept watch outside the
door; two of those who entered had their faces coloured ;
they proceeded to light a candle at the fire, threatening
destruction to servant maid, and a small boy who slept in
the kitchen. Sheehan, who was in bed with his wife in the
room adjoining, on heating the noise immediately got up,
and seized a spit which was near his bed-side, and in the
most determined manner resisted their entrance by defend-
ing the door of the bed-room for a considerable time, un-
til he unfortunately received a stab in the left breast from
a bayonet, which one of the ruffians had fixed on a pole.
through an opening in the door, which killed him ; after
thisthey attacked the wife, and beat her with the pole in a
most cruel manner, and nearly broke one of her arms,
calling out to her to give the money. The poor woman
painted to where the box lay, from yell& the robbers took
...pounds, being the price of a horse which her
husband had sold a few days before at Millstreet fair, of
which it is supposed they were aware, as they said they
knew the money was in the house. Sheehan was a power-
ful man, of excellent character, and made a gallant resist-
ance. He has left six young children. An inquest was
held yesterday before Mr. O'Brien, one of the Coroners
for the county, and a verdict returned of " Wilful Murder
against some persons unknown." It may not be useless to
state, that one of the ruffians received a wound in the lip,
which bled profusely, from the spit with which Sheehan
defended himself.—Southern Reporter.
We formerly gave the particulars of the atrocious case
of Benjamin Lamont, private in the 7bth regiment, who
was decoyed into a field near ('amlachie, robbed of five
pounds, and wounded in the thigh with a pistol shot.
The unfortunate man expired on Wednesday of a locked
jaw, On Thursday the body was inspected by Dr. Cork-
, indale and Francis Neilson, surgeon. Besides being broken,
the bone was dreadfully shattered for about six inches, and
several large splinters came away when the thigh was
laid open. All the other parts of tite body were in a
healthy condition, so that there is no doubt that the wound
from the pistol shot was the primary cause of death. The
deceased was a particularly good looking man, and has
evinced the greatest fortitude and patience since the day of
his misfortune. He never once complained that his wound
was painful, never expressed a wish that his ruffles as-
sailants
were taken, never said that lie had been cruelly
used, or that his fate was hard. He was buried yesterday
afternoon with military honours. It is to be regretted
that the murderers have so long eluded the officers of jus-
tiee.--G/aseew Chronicle.
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE RIOT AT HINCKLEY.
.--OR Wednesday five of the rioters underwent at: examine-
tion, and were afterwards sent oft' to our gaol under an
I escort from the Lancers. On Thursday the constables
were on the alert till a late hour at night, to prevent a re-
petition of the outrage, and yesterday every symptom of
disturbance had disappeared. The distress at Hinckley is
getting almost beyond endurance; the working classes are
not the only sufferers, for the shopkeepers and other Wm-
bitants are called upon for poor levies to such sn extent as
must prose totally ruinous to them if some alteration does
not speedily take place.--I.eieester atronfele of Saturday.
DEPLORABLE CIRCUMBTANCE.—The great &telling
11.;ek, the scene of the following melaucholy sufferings, an
which the Ballast 'Board are erecting a light-house k is si-
tuated in the Atlantic, near Valencia Island and is over
3000 feet in height. The Board are exceedingly .eeftsne-
able in not having provided against such a dreadful CSS;I•
alty. There are about 40 workmen now on the Wieling
Rock nearly a month without victuals or firing, and •the
weather is so bad that no relief can he given them. The I
signal of death is constantly flying front the Rock. Two
men escaped a fortnight ago by juinpity,i or, aud were
most miraculously saved by the relief bout, though the
could not approach the rock. The account the men gave
of ther fellow suffer.rers, privations is melaireholy.-4,i-
-smirk Evening Post.
On Friday last a French armed cutter captured off the
east coast of the Island of Jersey, four cutters, two English
and two belonging to Jersey; it appears that the vessels
when taken were seven or eight miles free the French
coast; one of the cutters is the Laurel of Yenpapourh.—
Southemolon Herald.
A very large assemblage of people having bergidttracted
Ilon Sunday last to Stephen's-green, by the persena Who had
advertised in Saunders's Newspaper for a wife, and who
exhibited himself in a particular dress on that day, for
that purpose, the Magistrates have been called on to pre-
vent a. repetion of this indecent spectacle, as being in
itself contra bunts mores, a gross violation of the Sabbath,
and directly tending to a breach of the peace. An infor-
mation to this effect has been sworn before the Magistrates
of College-street office, so as to enable them to act. and
direction have been given to the Police to be in readiness.
On Sunday last the crowd accompanied this person itti his
progress round the green, with loud shouts and hums,
and a valuable gold watch was taken from a lady.—Dub-
lin Freeman's Journal.