The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-11-27 00:00:00

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O■ Tuesday monitiglit, shout sea o'clock, the cottage of
Giles Davis, as indonnows labourer, of the perish of Elfi-
sh's% In Gloucestershire, was discovered to be on fire; and
before assistance could be proctored, the same, with ■n ad.
joining cottage, inhabited ►y a labourer of the same of Spar-
row mild his aged wife, were bond sit the gemmed. It is me.
laacholy to add, That little doubt renames but that the fire
wad the melicious act of a vile incendiary; and as the ham.
latents of both cottage, had been some time in their beds,
the horrible intention mast have been to consume them
therein! Davis, It appears, fancied that he smelt fire near
his lied; and oti immediately getsiag up searched the hearth
of their lower room, and looked up the chimney, bat could
perceive no appearance of danger. He was then going to
bed again in the dark, when lie fancied he saw a small light
through his casement, on the outside the cottage; sod al-
though only io his shirt, the poor moo rushed oat of doors,
when, to his inexpressible grief, he discovered the eaves of
t►e thatch to lie on ire, sail the flame appearing as if it
proceeded from brimstone. He them alarmed his wife and
children, who had hardly time to escape the ragtag ekroeal,
as the wind then blew with great buy. The fire irommedi.
■tely communicated to the adjoining cottage; and the wife
of Sparrow, am infirm woman, was materially bruised in ea.
dee/roaring to escape. Bat for the interposition of Provi.
deuce, as penises most thus have perished The villain,
who it is believed perpetrated the above act, is likewise
strongly suspected of robbing the cottage of • labourer in
the same parish, whilst the fire was ragiug, and also attempt-
ing another! It is to he hoped, however, that by the acti-
•ity of the parish office,. he will be brought to condign
punishment, as they are now taking prompt measures foe
his discovery.

Two of the six men ordered for execution
this morning, named Pardon, and Corbett, alias
Wofsua, have ever since their committal, and
more urgently since their conviction, protested their
innocence of the offence la robbery of an extensive
stature in :fibula public house) of which they were
convicted ; and they have charged two other men
(sap of %lions has been taken) with bking the ac-
tual perpetratsuu of the crime, in which they allege
they had no participation whatever.—The Loan
MAyoa, Me, sheriff TuouPsow, the Governor of
Newgate, and Mr. COPE, the Chief City Marshal,
have very humanely investigated the case of the
unfortunate culprits, and some very strong doubts
of their guilt of this particular transaction exist.—
Application has been made to the execative au-
thorities to stay their execution, till a fuller Inves-
tigation can take place.
Elizabeik Tomlinson, who wes lately committed
to our county gaol, cbarged with the wilful murder
of her husband by pOistm, died oat Thursday even-
ing last OW instant.) She was infected with
jaundice, and confined to her bed when the una
miliaria crime was perpetrated, During her short
imprisonment she was regularly attended by the
county surgeon, but her cumplaint was not to be
subdued by medical skill. To the exhortations of
the clergyman the wretched woman manifested great
indifference. mud observed, that " she wanted
neither doctors nor pardons;' but to the list mo..
meats of her existence she asserted heir innocence
of the crime with which she was charged. An in-
quest was hold on her body yesterday, when the
Coroner's Jury came to the unanimous conclusion
that the Died by the visitatioa of God, She
was upwards of fifty years of age—her ill-fat/4
husbau4 orally 70.—(Stalford Advertiser.)