The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-08-06 00:00:00

AT lEMP ?ED MURDER.

Yesterday evening, almost six o'clock, the neighlinurhood
of Sosiw.bill was thrown into the genteel consternation,
1.. the cue tante of a man having made a must afro.
astrmot in asigagaittate his wife in the parlour of the
stiraavu's Wad 100. The particulars of this dreadful ease,
ar fiK as. WC have been able to collect them, are as Collor.
Maid six Inllll Iha ago the wife of Mr. Henry Stew,
ant allormaker, at Pimlico, abacnodtd Trolit her home with
another man, leaving a family of small children with her
hashawd ; she was traced with her paramour to Liverpool,
where :My took their passage fur America, sod nothing
was Mood of them (11r some time. Mr. Strut's Neighbours
observed, that the cirramstance armed to prey heavily
on Ms mind ; but still he paid the greatest attention to
the eisiblrest. Ills faithless wife Pohlman& with her se-
t;ucest on hoard site Witham, about the mouth of March;
but before they had !teen many days at sea, the vessel met
truth an acenlctit, and after vastly endeavouring to steer fur
America, they sae driven to the necessity of making the
hat of their way to Liverpool, which they Knitted with
much ilidiculty and in peat dishrag, after being tossed
&snit a long time upon the ocean. Al Liverpool a quarrel
atom hastens Mrs. Strut sail her paramour, and he
cont.! her. She was then left destitute, a prey to
s'l,, kerma remorse ; but after maity "haggles with
eitiocitisce, she detennurd on seeking her wronged has.
hoot, and imploring hi. furtiveness. For this par-
tr.se she (Admitted a conveyance, amid arrived its Lon-
don yesterday morning at the Mallihrtlell Head, Snowshill.
A hoot toe o'clotk she wrote a stole to her husband, express.
tug great tullif 111011 for her (.11111111. sad inap:stritig bins to
call min In r at the inn at six o'clock. Accordingly, about
that hour. Mr. Strut came; the mono tot he catered the
10001 111,11/ 0111 a large altormaker's tat, anal, springing
on last wale with the greatest fury, plunged it several hims
ro her kit so:r, sod stabbed her tu the nrck. Saveral mew
1010 Wilt .11 the parlour, and helold the di eatlful SO, Bellied
the 31a101{011, soil with difficulty wrested the mordent°s
wrap..., hem his hand, whilst the utifortuuate object of
his vengeatite f ll growths. 011 the fluor.

The ei.o.tesnation that followed s indescribable; han-
ds-solo of primolo. flocked in cm the float alarm, and it
would have hr, n easy fur the husband to have escaped,
if he chwe, hut he xtemed cartlemi and fearlma of eon.
s.sparticss. A, length the offices., Gum Gilts:par-street
Compeer were cent fur, who and look ps.
session of die knife; it had hers, ',ermine!, sharpened fur
the purpose, ahll the point arrllla to have come in violent
contact with the breast bone, fur it is beset. The
woman was covered with a table-cloth, •nd carried um •
shatter to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where she was ins-
msdiately attended by the house-surgeou, who stauticlwd the
wounds and pot ber to bed, but give no Mopes of bet re-
covery. She iris alive •t aisle o'clock last night. Slew is in
4ose confinement, and will be c ;amused this day before the
biuiug Alderman at Guildhall. He 111111 i UMW/ a strict
~'levee, tool dote not sees to betray the least regret tur
...hat he has dose.

The 85th regiment have marched into Dover
tagle trod Heights Barrackv, from whence the
,I,pots of the 17th, 24th, and 47th regitneuta,
lieve matched to Deal Barracks.

Early
its the wonting of Sunday se'tinight, the
24'h tilt, the piisonera confined in Cartletown gaol
noble their escape. They were *is in number, vis 4
C:e"rge Johwoo. Thos. Cerpliy..l hos. Corms, and
46114 Kelly, charged with various crimes; and
li.udebffe their +said thigh Smith. with the murder
°I M‘Detts. It opprisr‘ that they had made
their way to Pooleash harbour, where they had
pas'd a six-oared boat, and ;ohed off to