The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-04-01 00:00:00

FATAL DUEL.

FAN t►e Rdisksryk Weekly Jeuneal of Wethiesday
We are dreply concerned to Mate that a woristlos look
place yesterday lamming, abort ter •clock, at declaim-
Noel, near Bilious°, Is Fife, between Sir Aksamder Mau
well, It~rl. of Ancbenleek, and N,. Staarl, of Dramatis Is
which the former Gentleman was serenely, and, we Moe,
dangerously wounded. The set-Gads were, the Ham. John
Douglas, brother to She Ma•gnis of Q berry, to Sir
Ala;aade► bloswsll, and the Earl of Rosalyn to Mr. Stuart.
Posentst 'oho Thomson. of this city, was immediately sent
Sir, and Is now in ant,ndauce upon the auforismate sufferer.
Mr. Stuart has set off fur Loadon.

Respecting this lamentable occurrence, we bare received
mime additiussi packtelars from Edisibargh. Ths dee'
urigissied is some squibs which appeared agaiisat Mr.
Stems is the Glasgow Centime; •04, we nriderskid, that
Mr. Stead obtained roneessbos of the inaossellpts at the
elfin of the Cetilied. Among them be fumed some is the
hassiLeriting of Sir Alexander Boswell. Sir Mesmerler did
eel MUM She Sr. of his adve.sary, and intimated his Wee.
Nun of out doing so, before be look his groom'. The hall
el Mr. Stuart airsick him near the shoalder, *battered the
aheelder blade, and was sappos-d le have entered the spier,
as his limbs were quits paralysed. " Dr. Thomases, says
use eorreeposiiir at, wrot over last sight, soil resumed to
day (Weduesday) before dimmer. Sir Aleaseder was ties
alive, bet Dr T. hail little hope of his recovery. Mr. Stuart,
and Lord Rossiya, Si. evened, has., it is said, gone oil so
Leedom. The young acid amiable lady Dose, was here
when the fatal uccurresce look place It would be i• *tie
to Seec.ihe her fcelinP, or the deep regret felt by ell who
knew Sir Alexaader."

A. account, r•e regret to add, was received is lona o■
Saturday, swirly limit the wound of St, A. Biesoell had
proved fatal. In the eves( of the trials of she surviving
principal and remade that of the Earl of Roselyn, tuna( a
Peer of the Real., will take place as she Bat of the avast
of Lento. ..•

Intelligence has been received from Madeiis7er
au unpleasant character. When the accounts Cootie
awsy (February 12), the soldiery, in a tumultuous
msniier, had taken military possession of. the
island, and the guns of the fort ware pointed at
the town. The cause, we learn, originated in the
writings of one of the priest., who had, in several .
recent publications, severely censured the conduct
of the military during the lute revolution in Por-
tugal. The inhabitaists were incensed, and a spirit
of insublirdinstion manifested itself in the gar-
rison, which the officers were unable to subdue.
A large party of soldiers went in the residence of
the priest, forcibly seised him, flogged him in the,
public streets, and left him nearly in an expiring
stair ; he was rescued flow his perilous situation
by some of the humane inhabitants, and he after-
wards implied to the Governor and other Authori-
ties fur redress. During the progress of the in-
vestigation, it was reported that the Governor bad
expressed himself very strongly on the oistrage
which had been committed. This rumour was iii-
dusinously circulated, and the consequence was,
the rising of the soldiers opium the local authori.
ties. When the sccoulits muse away there were
serious tears entertained that the soldiery would
proceed to commit the greatest excesses.