The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-08-29 00:00:00

DUNDALK ASSIZES.

Ended on Saturday 18th inst.—The only trial of
moment which occurred in the Criminal Court, was
that of Francis &Wax, who was convi&ed of the
mitrder of Stephen ki‘Connon, on t'e 19th of Nov.
1%/3, on his wry (at six o'clock in the morning)
from Archie to Carlanstown fair.
It appeared in evidence, that the deceased was
shot and robbed by two men, who, after rifling his
pockets, fled. A countryman, who was travelling
to toe same fair, heard the shot fired, and upon
coming up, saw the deceased lying on the road.
The deceased asked him, for the love of God, to
come over to him, which the witness did, when the
deceased asked hint, if• he knew him ; the witness
replied in the negative, upon which the deceased
said, his name was 4'Connon, and that he was
murdered and robbed by Frank Devlin the stag.
The deceased then prayed fervently to God for
mercy, and desired the witness to tell the first per-
son he met of the murder.

It further appeared, that on the day preceding
the murder, the prisoner, and one James White (since
hanged for this murder) met in Ardee, where the
prisoner sent a :Ilan (who was examined on this
trial) to buy powder and shot, and desired him, if
asked, to say it was for another person ; upon the
ammunition being brought, the prisoner said—
" he ettoadd take ssigqi'ont if some Peron th, • v.
that slight ; that it was a good night to rob, and th. t
Skedoge Bridge on the Carlanrtown road was a
goo.' place," (and it was there the deceased was
found murdered). It further appeared, from the
evidence of the Prisoneer..ancle and cousin, that he
and IVhite slept at the uncle's lions* on the night
of the ma:..!er, and left it at day-light, and never
after retu' ned, having RP.' the county. from which
he absented himself till he was brought back Isom
Cork, where he had enlisted for foreign service. It
appeared also, that priAnier was kn. iwt. in the coats-
try by tale name of Stag aczount of his
having,. on a former occasion, ternel approver
againsthis associates in a bmzlary.
Baron Gr.o an s. in pa - %Pnrence. observed, that
the hand of God tv.ts v+.•'.'•• in clettPailg and bring-
ing to light this ab mntder, the! dead
liming just had time Ivt't to declare hi, murderer
to an entire string r to both, and h besought, the
prisoner to make the best use of the few hours that
remained to him to live, as the law c9mrnandedthat
he should be hanged on the day Ina one after
conviaion, and that his body should .be disseZted and
anatomised—which sentence was cars into exe.u-
tion an'Sattirday, et three o'clock, previous to which
the prisoner admitted the itwice of his sentence. as
well as his partis;pation in various rnu:dets and
robberies.

Duct..—We a-e sorry to state that a chid t^•t:k
place at Shorn C.nip, sit Sundly nt3rfng,
between two officers of the Ift.!gimeit, in which
eie of them is said tn, hare been daaserously
onded. •

Four Race.—On a man, for a wager
nj 200 guineas, tin.Jertook to run five mace. on th.
gristol and eridgewater mid the same ;round
back ag.tin (viz. 10 mile.) iaithin the hour: whiJl,
to the surprise of every on:. h performed three
minutes and a haw.iess thin the time specif. 4.

OPAt VTO/P7/, Ado. 20.

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The Strathspey battalion of Voittnuace, tinier the
command of Major John Peter Grant, of flothie-
inurchus, were, oa Saturday last, reviewed at Title
lochgorm, a few miles from this place. by Major-
General the Marquis of Handy, the General com-
manding the Northern 1/istri6t, who was pleased to
express in very flattering terms his approbation of '
their appearance and disciplira.,.. After the Corps •
had gone through their aitferent manoeuvre; and • ,
firing+, and the General had left the field, Major
Grant formed them into a circle, and addressed
them to the following effect : .
"I am cluirn tk de4 by Major Gen,.ral the Marquis of Hunt- I '
ly.t , CV;If • 5,/ tit.• hmtaloon lots entire approbation of yon,r
app. ran, this 0..1,• in the held; ant to by briber, that it is
Inver the tor :1,1 i•or,n to f• • hztter thin par have &pi,. fl
" tla,ing thus n .Ik.,rel he •on toe commands of sof Lori
tinnily, permit me, from mpelf, to return you the neat sista li 4
cere a:id heart,. think, for the steadiness which you have this
d.y sliewn Chde under amid, and fur your regular and 0a,!.• -
:ile..? conduct at al tho,s, particularly wade est penn mein dot:
at Gunmen. Your con•Jurt o.k that orea.i.m has goo .ol van
the emir! a;opmbation of to. IT idEC.,,, 11.4 'elicits mortartin4 i ,
t
credit on yourselves It has gisen 111 • .•ILIZII ariskty that iha ; a.,ties of my profelsic.:: pre ...one I Its Leine then at your head i s
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b r, though ab,ent in iser.on, no One sill •touht ma us iIJ il",ls I I
• .... when I ••,i, that my licit and beet wishes were elm sou;
ao !, s:kould it ever happen that you are cal;el os more active
os.rviee, I heed not assure, that ;iota minute shall be Lost en any , . : : I
part in panting you."
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The circle being then reduced, the men partook'
of a refreshment on the field, ordered Mr them by
Major Gram, and afterwards marched to their re-- i
spefiive parishes.
In the evening, her Grace the Duchess of Goo- . 1
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don, Lady Madelina Sinclair, the Marquis of- ..
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Handy, the Officers of the corps, and a number of
I.adies and Gentlemen in the neighbourhood, were
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hospitably entertained by the Major, at the Down, It
the family seat of Rothiemurchus. i
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ALA RIIIIIG FIRRS. - ' "
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i ; Yesterd ty morning, between two and that 1' ~
t.
n'
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o'clock, an alarming fire broke out at the Mahogasy i
Mtusutaltory of Mr. MSC AL I, in Skinntr street.,
Bishops3ate.street, which communicated to, tbee
Bunch of Grapes Public-haute, and destroys 4 the
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back part rf the premise*, and two other houses ad- a
joining: the flames raged for a long while fronsibe i
want of water. It was at !earth procnnil from a
Dye-house in Primrose-street, which enabled the •
firemen to subdue the flames ; the Bisliooskate an 44,.
Shoreiitch Volunteers were nut on the oecasitm no .
protedl the prepery from plunderers. -
Nearly the same time a fire broke out at the "kw
,Ir Lys public-house, Flower and Oran-street, Bpi.' .
fel-fields, which entirely consume.' the whole of the
premises, besides two other houses: the remPle at 4
the pablie housewith great difficulty saved theirlives.
The report of keepers, and others interested in
the pursul of game, is'hignly favourable toonsonts.,
men. Partridges,they say, w*a e ,ctrl, 1: eeceluireis
to be more plentiful than at the present season.
The Princess Eli:adeth, bound to Bvrmodave '
lying at Churcrt-hole, Rotberhithe, was robbed of a •
box containing a quaritiay of women's straw Dogma.
to the vales of upwards of thirty pounds, on
Sand is- ••fight last. Suspicion was attached to se-
veral p•rwins, but they cleared thonursives of the . .
imputation'. t
The Captain °fa neutral ship was convided is tlis.
penalty of 'AA. be the Magistra'es of the Thames •
Office, for beingiog an alien pilot to this country
without reporting him at Gravesend as snob to the
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Port Officer there.
On Sunday ni;;lst the PottHorseDury-office in Po.
land-street was broke open by the most ei•iient exer-
tions Ity an iron crow, supposed to be 4 incites thick.
The lock of the street-door. which is extremely
strong, was set into the wail; but the violence used ' ii 1
was so great, that i, was forced out of the wad.
The villains proceeded to break open the trout otlice;
they then broke open the Clerk's dcsk, which only i .
contained a f.nl. note, with which they at lie off. I
They attempted to break open the iron c.est, bat
could not succeed. Had they obtained it, their -
booty would have been upwards of
.10011. Oa
Friday was the general receiving day, the receipts
of which amounted to upwards of 30,00)1. and it is ..
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supposed the vil sins were apprised of this, arid ea- I
petted to get possessi'n of this earormc.us sum.
Ltr. Saturday afternoon, a painter at work at the la ' - 1
fourth storywindowtat Mr. Cass, linen diaper. of • i
the Poaltry, untortu .azelf missed his hold. rat X, .- .
into the hack yard, wnen his brains were ' f 4i
dashed against the wall, and he expited instantly.
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lie has left a wife and four small childrea-
Sunday se nnig'.3 two young women hired abano
and gig at Brighton, to take them on a piny of plea-
sure to Newhaven, but before they had reached
i,otteiodeaie. the horse took fright, and ran away
wit's the carriage towards the cliff, giving the wo.
men barely time to throw themselves out, befine be
reached the declivity, down which the animal and
gig were precipitated. By this accident the fa finer
was instantly tilled. and the latter dashed to atoms.
One of the young women was only about four yards •.
fawn the precipice when she qui,ted the gig. ! I '
• Maionf, IV:fer, and lint- 4:•,. the three tolaiila in- . .
die,ed with fir me,l, (who sulered at Hor ha;ri, on . •.,
Saturday se'insight, fur a burglary at Icicles/lam),
rti
hat di,c'iart:ed in consequ nee of the bail ;•refir-d
.
.t! sinst th...ai being rej.....ted by the (:randJo.: , i•
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have been ,'rite mortised under an tweet to the 'sit . .
of NVigt,t, t.s erthatk for servaer in a curniemrreA e • ..
regiment. The pubLe are much inl• bre.' to Cot.
11 CItNCT T, for tile great at-ention he 1146 paid to the i
a.!
snicks- of society in this husiness.
2 vie Ne enei in (1.1 goner has g:v...n a Sir/titer:al
Taate cf the United Stoic:, from 1771 t ISO!, l k
which mark+ the progress tit t:te osares, in dt:.r pa. t
pulation, commerce, arts, n.l polit cal and domes- ; •
tic affairs. It gives to the United States 1,650 miss i ;
k .
;.. ie,g Is, aal 1,010 mile, 'n breadth, being r. COI I
:, an 1,000,000 of square rat Ls, or 641 milhows of ' .
acre.. lye can me •cc the great numbers only 12 1
the above term of years, the population has arilaa
1-Jea 2to 5 niattions ; the improved land from 21 .0
3 ; rnillion; of acres ; the militia has Met-ea-AA ! r, is.
t
4')" ...0) t., 900,900 ; the seamen from 15.000 to i I
63,000; the dome tic prodoce, from 6,900,000 of ; '
diAlars, -.o 42.d0u,000 ; the exports from 6,900,tk0, ! .
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to ::•0'.n0.4,:h.) ; the tonnage from 191,000, to abort ,
it eh...a-, a.! tint n; aßive sinking fund {ll 1792. /11 II ;
2,CC1.0C- ; in 1802, 1c..0i-0.000 ; bonds a d cash
is the Treasury, in 17113, 6,000,000; in lest. ', !
t 3,000;000. Lot,isiana is not included. , i
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