The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-01-19 00:00:00

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Itiving lot .t lib, itp dal fat be siw iii person whei
be deed. Iler warder ben a ate and six ebildi en.
By the eseitai—lllbsa lb. maw were carrying the 4eed
body herbras,tad then Oat be saw nobody, and that be
Ind ;Der* In frigides ea* away.
By tbaJery..lllbe dela all renumber forbidding her mas-
ter a Ire.
111411 it 'Meg esevebankal le may particulars the eri.
1 deftest Juba Elliot.

The declarants. of t►e Primmer was then read, is which
I. gale the same amount of his conduct on the unfortunate
sight with t►at glees by ►ie servants. That oa the night le
*bleb The eyes. happened be had iu his house upward. of
MN., sod hie fear of beteg sobbed was increased by his house
havieg bees lately enacted before.
The Moeda, witaares were then ritualised for the Pri-
soner

David Irvine examined the front of Brown's bombe, oppo-
site Armstrong's boom, and said perceive no maths of abet.
He advised t►e Poisoner, when the wan was killed. to leave
his loose, bet be at aril ratiood no go, as he bad no wish to
ay. Hes known the Pelmet so tone as lie has kitowrt any
body; he is a meta who km a good character, and has never
known of nay set eiViDielrelr committed by the ranuel.
The Rev. Mr. Illlsealloises, Minister of the parish wher►
Ammer's, resides, lowa the Panne' to he an individual of
as mealiest character, tad wear beard of hum being engaged
fa say quarrel.
James Chnreh hes been acquainted uith the Panne, for
share° years, and knows him to be a man of au excellent
ebe Ismer.

The Jury were lbws shortly addressed by the Loa° ADVO-
CATE for she Crows. He did sot thin! the had say
reams N salvos. there was any intruded attack upon his
life or property; hat eves if be bad, he Jid nut use such cau.
Hon is firing a retitled them to consider th• homicide
siessill. When ►e knew thee was an individual seer the
door, he should, at least, hove given some signal. or fired in
with a direction (in the air, for instance) That there could
hare bora set possibility of hurting any persist. Though
there was DO posed bat the Rialiel did nut see sail aim at
the perms, yet he did not wean to press ■ verdict of mar.
der; hut he issateaded he was emitted to our of culpable
homicide.

Mr. JIVY addressed the Jory in defence of the Patine!.
Mr. Arastdruog having in bus house Cu many helpless females
and elhildreo, besides • decrepid old msn, was not only justi.
lied, but hosed to take vigorous measures fur their defence
In so repeated aid violent au 'email as was made upon
it, which he had restos to think was dupe with a felonious
toternikin. It was evident that lie could nut see the deceased
when he Med, bulb front the darkness of the night, sod
from the eirenanstaaces of the styli having beeu so spread in
his body, tall it must have passed at a considerable distauce
from the nenzzle of the gas before it penetrated the body.
Passel could not have fired In the direction of the house
opposite, as it was proved there were so traces of-shot in
the wall. The only qoestion fur them be thought was, whe-
ther the Navel had not need enough of caution to ferias.
He aostended it appeared from the evidence the Pemba had
so grated, for sopposiog that the deceased was in the direc-
tion in which he fired the shot, as he shot over the road into
a hollow, where Embody would imagine a person' was con-
cealed. He firmly hoped foe a verdict of acquittal; but if
they should be disposed to think sup degree of blame 01.•
tacked la the Prisoner, they would view it as so small, that
cossidered along with the Prisoner's excellent character, Sled
what be bad already suffered from mental agony and
prisonment, it would prompt them to accompany their
verdict with a recommendation that would mitigate his
punishment.
The Lost) .IVvrtea ectia summed up the ease; and.'
the Jury, after a few misrules coasultation in their box; re•
turned a verdict of Culpable 1/fostelde; but, nn account of
the many extenuating eirenniitauces is the Pansatt's case,
they earreatly recumnitodeclshim to the leeiency of the
Court.
This racesasseadatlais waripeoaded by the Crows COW!.
; sod the Lord Justice • clerk. after expressing his con.
vie*. that the Passel did net intend murder, and hoping
be would continue a respe2table member of society, pro.
stoassed the 'esteem of the Court, which was one mouth's '
insprisonmeat in Dumfries geol.