The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-01-03 00:00:00

.31L'IMPVI OF 3f. Kt LLER.

The Leterrnr Go-4,W, of the 16th Mt contains the ful-
lowing account of the preraraiions fot the trial of the mur-
derers
of Al. hiller:—Thu proceedires against the band
of the notorious Wendel stein un the print of taking a
new turn, in consequence of most important information
obtained by the ('o"rt of lequiry.. ile daughters of the
Avoyer Keller, doing homage to truth, and breaking a
silence which has been long imposed en them by fear, have
declared that they taw their littler murdered in their pre-
sence, and have hem only restrained by an oath extorted
from them by the perpetrators; from revealing the crime
which they have he. n c dige 1 to witness. The great num-
ber of accomplices, thiir rank in society, the fear that
troubles the wittiessit, the necessity under which the
judges hare Grind the.teco.via of reqtroing the intervention
of the confciteratiee, and of removing the seat of the inves-
tigation to a Cant: goveroco other laws, and to a forti-
fied town, namely, to ; in a word, every thing
unites to give an in /Ica' Ipc., to tlizgc proceedings, calcu-
lated to attract universal mut ntion. A circumstance
worthy of notice, as it can lurilly be accidental that the
report of the inqttest on the holy of the Avoyer is missing,
though it must have been derisiteil in the arehieves of
Lucerne. It has hero r2marked that there never were at
Lucerne such mlatto:lg nml splendid entertainments and
diversions as at present. mal this is ascribed by some per-
sons to a wish to divert the attention of the public as much
as possible from this important trial, in which many dis-
tinguished persons may sooner or later he implicated.

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Geo;rraphy has just sustained a new loss. The Che-
valier Barbie du 11.icage, Member of the Academy of In-
scriptions and 11. lie, /Alt rs, Geographer to the Depart-
ment for Foreige Aff'airs, Professor to the Faculty of Let-
ters to the Atath nay of l'aris, died yesterday at three
o'clock in the afternoon, of a fit of the apoplexy. He boil
sustained many attacks during the last three or four we, ks,
but lie was tlicieeht perfectly convalescent. The Atlas of
the Voyage of Anarliarsis established his reputation. lie
continued diroin,li 11. e wliole of his life to study the topo-
graphy Greece, and evaerelly of classic lands. Ile must
have I:ft valuable notes behind him. He was between
sixty-five and sixty-six years of age. Two of his sons are
successfully trending in the steps of their father.—Parie
Papers.
The statue of Fmcion, deitined for the town of Cam-
bray, was sent off on the 29th ; it will arrive there on the
eth of January. and the inauguration will take place on
the
The beautiful antique pulpit of St. Katherine's church,
recently pulled down, pres•mted a curiou4 piece of carved
workmanship, tarter the manner of the pulpits in the Ca-
tholic Churches in the 1.,,w Countri.s. This relic was
sold by auction during the last week, and purchased by a
well-known antiquary.
FATAL Der L.—We lately ended, that a duel had taken
place in the county of Longford, which proved fatal to one
of the parties. The principal and second- have, we under-
stand, been committed by Lord Castlemain to Longford
gaol, to slide their trial at the ensuing Assizes.—Dublin
At:sewing Peat.
Died, at Shrl&m, Warwiekshire, aged 5.5, Miss Mary
Sheldon. The following munificent bequests to' charities
in Birmingham have been made by this lady:-1.0001. to
the Hospital; 1 000/. to the Dispensary ; 1,000/. to the
Blue School ; 1,000/. to the Society for Promoting Christian
Knowledge ; and the interest of 1,000/. for ten poor women
who amend the rrgular worship of St. Philip's Church.
The following remarkable inetance of deliberate suicide
is recorded of Count de Iloyms, who was Minister of State
to the King of Poland, but hail been afterwards disgraced,
and confined two years in the fortress of Konigstein. On
the night of the 21st of April, 1736, he hanged himaelf
with a handkerchief fastened to a !leak in the wall, leaving
'the following note for his two servants:—" Be prudent,
male no noise or alarm ; untie me immediately ; put me to
bed, and then shut the door after you, by bolting it when
you are out, which you may do by the help of this pack-
thread; by this means nobody will knovi you have been in
my chamber.
.The world will, doubtless, believe 1 died of
apoplexy. If you execute my orders discreetly and faith-,
fully, my family will pay you 1,000 ducats upon your pro-
ducuig this note to them.
Smola:as Csaitacrea.—Tbere is now existing at
Ditcheat a remarkable instance of the power of habit to
remedy the defects of nature. A farmer, named Kingston,
who was born without arms, it enahled to accomplish with
his feet all those purposes for which the hands are gene-
rally employed. He shaves himself with the greatest
facility, writes a bold legible character, and performs all
, the manual labour of the farm. He is an admirable
bowlef, and for throwing the stick at the snuff-boxes, as
practised at country fairs, he has no equal, and should dis-
putes arise in the course of the game, be can defend his
right with the power, if not the arms of a Cribb. He was
some time since married to a second wife, and, as treght
be supposed, the ceremony was attended by an immense
concourse, who were delighted at the manna in which he
wok the hand of his wife, placed the ring on her finger, and.
signed the register with his foot. lie has hid offers of a
liberal description to tempt him to exhibit himself; but he
values his liberty with an Englishman's spirit, and cannot
be induced to submit to the necessary confln:ment on any
trans.—Provincial Purr.