The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-02-20 00:00:00

MURDER IN SUSSEX.

We have learnt the following authentic particulars of the cruel
and atrocious murder committed at Forest-row, near East Grin-
stead, in Sussex. on Saturday, and we are happy to be able to cor-
rect a trifling mistake in the account which we at first heard of this
atrocious and almost unprecedented act of barbarity. The infant
child of a family named Sewell, of Forest-row, was on Saturday
night missing from its cradle, about a quarter before seven in the
evening. Half an bout previous to that time, the child had been
seen in its nurse's arms. Immediately on the discovery being coir-
municattsi to the family, and to the village, that the mother could
Dot find the child, the whole neighbourhood, with a promptitude
that does them great credit, offered to 'Wig in looking after the
child ; and the idea naturally suggesting itself that some child-
stealer had carried it away, persons were sent out in every direction
to make inquiry, and to search every barn, stable, or hovel, in the
surrounding country. The girl, who acted as nurse-maid to the
child, during all this inquiry seemed to participate in the grief of
the family, and at the same time protesting that she knew nothing
of the child, but that she had put it to bed at the usual time.
She evinced also some very remarkable inconsistencies in her con.
duct, which will of course be more fully investigated by and bye.
During the whole of Saturday night the parishes of Ilartfield,
Withyant, Cowden, and East Urirstead, became the scene of the
most active research, and upwards of a hundred persons did not
go to bed all night. Unhappily for the suspense of the parents, the
washing-house was not examined that night, the girl haring point-
edly declared that it had been lacked up previously to the loss of
the infant. About seven o'clock. however, on Sunday morning, a
neighbour proposed to examine it. and on lifting up the lid of the
copper, found the dead body of the child floating in the boiler.
Circumstances led to the apprehension of the girl, from whom a
confession of having accidentally let the child slip into the copper,
was extorted. _ _ _ _

A Court of Corona's Inquest set on Tuesday, at the Swan Inn,
and was crowded to excess. Mr. Meggins, one of thelocal
mates, together with Doctors Collins, Forster, and NVallace, and
several other medical and private Gentlemen in the vicinity, were
present, and the moat minute examination of every circumstance
being made before an intelligent Jury, it did not turn out that any
motive could be assigned for the art, which seemed to have been
perpetrated by the girl wantonly, and without any sort of provoca.
non whatever, as it she had possessed some demoniacal and insane
propensity to murder, of which many instances are on record ; and
which, when urcontrolled by education and the fear of Cod, have
led now and then to sanguinary acts of the most unaccountable
atrocity.
The Jury having heard the evidence of the case, deliberated in
dose retirement till a late hour of the evening, .. . and returned a ver.
diet of -Ifterder against Mater (iorringe.

The girl had been a veer in the service of Mr. Smell, and had al-
ways evinced great kin.dr.ms towards the children : she is only fif-
teen years of age, and of interesting appearance. During her con.
linement she hat exhibited alternate signs of great determination of
character, and at the same tin:e great, and indeed violent feelings
of sorrow, and was surrounded by her own afflicted family, u well
as that of the deceased infant, who wan only nine months old. The
girl is committtd to Horsham to ha tried at the approaching
Assizes.

POLICE.

TIATT4)NMARDEN..

Yesterday the wife of il'on llrnry Myriads, the man who is
under sentence of death for fel: niattaly shooting at General Napier
bristle Burton, appeared before the dlagistrate, to request his
interposition with the parish ogicers of ‘q..tralrew, Holborn. the
stated that she had been in the habit of receiving certain parochial
relief since her husband's first arrest, hut that since he has been
convicted and sentenced to death tills relief has been withheld,
either upon spew: flimsy pretext that her husband is dead in law, or
that she has another living. Not v.ishing to involve names which
have been so uuneressarily dragged before the public, she therefore
pre,unied to reqmst their aid ia her tlitressit.g situation.
The Alngistrate immediately ,:r.lcred a letter to be written to the
i/verseens, and ai.tcly gave the poor woman some pecuniary aid
from his own pocket. fur the support of herself and family, until
matters were arranged with the parish.
Martin Carney was remantl,al, charged with stealing three 1110TC-
reigns from James loneaanoa, his feliew-dslgzr.

WONDEEFI'I.SVCCEgS AT II AZARD'S.—Both the 20,0001.
Prima, Ni'. 3,633 and 10,(P.13, dawn yevtereav, were Sold in
Shares ty llazurd Red Co., at their Old Established Offices.
Royal Exchanize Gate; Comhill ; and 324, Oxford-street.
Second Dav of Drawin4, St. Patrick's Day, March 17, when the
Two Finn. Mari will have 20,1/001. each. The Wheel contains
Five of 211,M.11., end wally other cnintals.

smirrlxa INTELLIGENCE.

CUSTOM-HOUSE, FEB. 19.
ENTERED INWARDS.
Valck, Val& (De Bie, broker), from Ostend.
St. Pierre, Potter (De Bie), from Ostend.
Goede Hoop, Groot ( llofinan), from Antwerp.
Vrouw Patina, Mulder (He Bie), front Ostend.
Vrouw Hendrik, Hever (Simon), from Antwerp.
Heron, Poppin (De Bie), from Antwerp.
Elizabeth, Morton (Be Bie). from Rotterdam.
Dorset, Hart (lamb), from Petersburgh.
Comhill, Beggs (Bud.), from Tarragona.
Margaret, Hart (De Die), from Rotterdam.
Coronation. Power (linfrnan), from Harlingen.
Active, Whitnell (Redhead), from Dunkirk.
Cognac, Barton (Bentley), from Charente.
Prince of Orange, Blake (Symonds). from Rotterdam.
Flying Fish. Smith (Hall), from Ostend.
Resolution, Busby (England). from Jamaica.

FROM LIA /I'D'S LIST.
FAT.MOUTII, FEB. h—Arrived the Smyrna, Farmer, frail
London for. Smyrna. A schooner is now making for the harbour,
supposed to be the llalvina, Watt, front Landon for Zante.
PLY 101-I'll, Fr:,,. 17.—Arrived the Phenix, :;,orey, from
Oporto; tietsey, Burke, trom Norfountlland, with lota of bulwark,,
head of foremast !sprung, hail. split, and boats stove.
POUTS3IOI;TIt, FEN. 1;1. Artived eye Bons Ami••^s, Pirr.
from London for Buenal. Ayres, very leaky, and ha; come i,
harbour to be docked ; aLso, arrived his Majesty's ship Rang r,
from a cruise.

COWES, FER. in.—A‘*ived the Thames, Litton, from London,
to take troops on board tOr Ceylon.
DEAL, }tn. in.—Sailed the Maria, Brown, for Bermuda. Rs-
main his Majesty's ship Itemillies, anti two brigs from the West-
ward. The Iris, for Fara! ; Britannia, for Tobago; and Caroline,
for Batavia, were in the Gulls this morning, but on the food title
making, bore up for 3latg,ate Roads.
GRAVESEND, FER. 18.—.1rtived the Coenhill, Bevs, from
Tunica= ; Coronation, Power, from Harlingen,. Apropo, Fan-
grin, from Breasts ; Dorset, Hart. from Copenhagen ; licsolu.
tion, Busby, front Jamaica ; Cognac, Barton. from Charente ;
Canada, Parka, from Pernambuco ; Lively, Higgins, from Ter-
ceira ; Arisdae, ‘Voolbridge, from Memel ; EliWreth, Moron ;
George, Bryant; and Margaret, Hart, from Rotterdam. Sailed
the Orpheus, Findlay, for Madeira ; Cyrus, Roberts, for Bahia ;
and William Illouncey, Jackson, for Madras.
LIVERPCOL, FEB. 17.—AiTived the Jessie, Beveridge, from
Pernambuco—sailed 24th I'ecentber. Sailed the Newberry Port,
Goodrich, for Charleston ; Prone, Mitchel, fur Newfoundland ;
Blossom, ‘Villiamson; and Faith, Cornish—for Genoa; and Ta.
gus_, Kittle, for Lisbon.
WRITEHArEN, FEN. 111.—A great quantity of wreck was
picked up between this port and St. Bee's Head, during the last
week, among which was a cask iT and part of a Sgure-head.
On Friday night and Saturday morning the wreck of a vessel was
cast on shore at Maryport ; a large plank, some deck-plank, sea-
men's
chests, hen-coops, &c. &c. have been picked up. I

FALMOUTH, FED. 14.—The Queensberry Packet, arrived ffents
Jamaica. fell in with, on the 20th ult. a brigantine, water
with " Admiral Fahie, of Antigua," written on her stern; water,
apparently on board, and both masts stripped. Feb. 3, in lat. 42.
47. N. long. 55. 6. W. passed a brig of about 250 tons, with only
one mast standing, no rudder, and the stern completely open, which
showed a round-house abaft, and a passage to it from the deck, the
wheel painted green. She had a yellow side, with a black ripbm
at the lower part, and a *tidied mouldingon the upper part, painted
light blue. Her name could not be seen, and she appeared to
have been abandoned.

We have bevn favoured by a respectable passenger of the ant
Berwick, which called off' the island of Tristan d'Actinba, on her
voyage to this port, with the following particulars, to which ws
give publicity, trusting they may be useful to voyagers bound t
India and New Holland :

"March 25, 1023, the ship Berwick called off the Wand of WS.
tan d'Aeunha, found seventeen people, ten of wham constantly
reside there, who had for disposal 25 tons of ices, ♦
th
milk and butter. They have two good w with which
they are always ready to afford as.,istance in watering any vessel
requiring their aid. The water is easily got by rolling the Casks a
short distance (30 yards) from the boats; or with a long hose,
in moderate weather, the casks could be filled in the boats. In
payment for their assistance, or supplies of potatoes, fie. they pet,
preference to clothes, salt beef, pork, and rum; and their demands
were not exorbitant for either potatoes, milk, or assistance."
The Pomona, -, from the Clyde to Jamaica, was spoken
with in let. 19. N. long. 34. W. out thirty-fire days.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS FOR NEXT WEEK.

His Majesty's hounds meet today at Langley Bosom, instead.
the Magpies, Hounslow Heath, as at first appointed.

FOX HOUNDS.

Sir Bellingham Graham's meet on Monday, at Woodeoto ;
Wednesday, at Compton; and Friday, at the New ha —at eleven.
Sir Thomas Stanley's tm Tuesday, at Fasthan►—at ten.
Sir George Sitwell's on Tuesday, at Wingenrorth ; sad Friday,
at Catclilfo—at ten.

31r. Meynell's on Monday, at Loaley Park; Thursday, at
Swarkstone; and Saturday, at Draycott half-past ten.
The Cheshire on 3londay, at Beeston • Wednesday, at Duddoa
Heath ; Friday, at the Black Dog, BarnhilLeasd ; pod Saturday,
at Ashton Ilayes—at half-past ten.
The Ludlow on Tuesday, at Oniburg; and Friday, at Jimmied
house—at ten. . _

The Colwell and Mathon (Worcestershire), on Monday, at Ma.
thon Park ; and Thursday, at Frith Wood—at nine.
The North Somerset on Monday. at flawkridge Break; Wed-
nesday, at Bcsborough Bill ; and Friday, at Crocombe Park Gate,
at ten.

The East Sussex on Monday, at the Sheffield Anna, at ten.

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