The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-04-18 00:00:00

HORRID HURLER!

Between six and seven o'clock yesterdar sworn.
ing, the Ludy of a watt was found at the bittern of
M.nd-laue, %%lite Cousluit-fie:ds leading to Co-
penhagen-house. He was of =dale %Mlie and ae,
stool of genteel appearance, dressed in a duel• wised
coat, dr.d.-coloured kerseyintre breeches and hussar
halts altnost new, and a new hat, the usaker resi-
dent in Middle-raw, HolLorn. The body was

lying on the side in the ditch, stretched at length,
with bath hands up towards the chest. The body
was quite *tiff and cold, and covered with the dew

of tue morning. The face waos greoty disfigured,
the lips 41.44; prodigiously swelled, and the skin
under the e 1 es *ery block, with every lypC4rAtlce
of Wolin.; suffered wrilent abuse. The thrum was
cut by two torftst incisions upon the right side of
the neck. Oate of them was troasterse foul

the ear; the miter down the neck. Au hand-
kerchief had been thrnst down his throat,
part of which was kluging out of his mouth.
was one of the most shocking spectacles
ever vittucased. Nothing was found in hi. pock-
ets except a blue spotted handkerchief, anal a
neat tobaeco-bus, about two-thirds full. From the
spot "where •the body lay, a track of bloo.l was
traced for about fifty yards, into the second field
from Lower Conduit Wiwi. Here there was a path-
way, and it appeared to be the scene of the niiir-
(lei., and that trona it the beds, was dragged or
carried to the spot where it was round. At end
of the track in this secousl field, is knife without* hanr
dle w:u found. all covered with blood. It w.sa coarse
common blade, long, but hooked, like a Ifltrilener'st
A red Nlorrocco leather purse was also fouud at the
same plsce turned timid.: out ; and about midway
between the wi.rot and the ditch where the body was
finish', were lying a neck handkerchief and stitiner,
all:tamed with blood. About I I o'clock the body
was put into a shell, and couseyad to Islington
Workhouse. In the c nurse of the Jay it was ►e-
trwted that it was owned, and that the deceased
was a reliectable tradesman, resident near Bishop.-
..fate-street, a married man, with three children.
It was also said. that two men. painless by trade,
vihnse clothes were stained with blood, have been
Llcr.i up upon snisinicion of being the perpetrators
of this most bArbarolll murder.

In the dna lately fought at /to Jancirn, tl,c
principals were General Ctatrrais.. avid Ca:tic.ii
TCMPLE, of the Alahri•ar. in which s;.l Ge-
i.e,4l wa, a la.iss-n6e; to So...at ALLItt.:;4.

DUE LLINC.

BY • "1-e_ CAPTAIN RAMSAY.

Satudity morning a meeting took place on
&int/Ise/a Common, near •Portsmuuth, between
Captain iatsby, of Alit 'Majesty's ship math,:
and Captain Rainsav, of {{he Royal Marines ; but
whilst they were smiling the distance at which they
should fire, the lion. Capt. Boyle arrived on the
groimil, and declared that, ht the order of Admi-
ral Montagu, Captain Nlatiby was his prisoner.
Captain M. of course, surrendered himself, as on..
de, an arrest, and, after some words of ghat:alio%
the ',vatic. left the ground. Mr. Vance, Slugfest
of /taster Hospital. was in attendance, in case his
profeesiottal sisistance should be necessary. This '
meeting arose flute!' the it sharp and angry meeting"
between Capfaiu It. and Captain M. in the High.;
street of rortsmouth, of which an iterouut was
given iu THE. Burial Parses on Saturday.

A duel was fought on Saturday morning on Ted.
dington, or rather 'Twickenham Column'', between
Mr. D----r; an American gentleman of fortune,
residing in Nottioghain-street, awl Captain W---,
4 the navy, in convey uence of a dispute at a coffee+
house in Covent-Garden, on ,Fridav evening. The
parties are half brothers, and die dispute war a fa-
mily one. In the first fire there was no injury eau
Word; and Mt. 111:---t, second to the American
gentleman, interfered to adjust the differevceft, but
did not succeed, and no dieing agiin, both were
wounded, 31r. 1)--*, dangerously to the shoulder,
and the Captain in the pis; ol ann.