The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-12-20 00:00:00

BARBAROIIS MURDER.

A barbarous murder was Committed, un Tuesday
night last, on the body of Jobit llatilsershavr, iu
Ilia own dwelling, at Stoke-etittreii, Wilts. Ti,.,
deC,lllCd VIM It farmer, whose hoti.ean attempt had
been wade to rob, about tinee wce!:s since, lint the
thieves were tiisturiied, and one of them so
%rounded by the fame., that it w4tuit9ildiffietaltv
Iris companion% got him away. stereo o clu, k
Tuesday night tho tannest aarailed liy
these rulians, mud afteelbekilig up the servant in
the closet, they proceeded to it bed-room where
Mr. and :tins. I I:.l,:ler.liaw slept, and with dreadful
imprecations demanded the .drawers tit the beam
room to' be opened, whi. h being done by Mr.
Hatibershaw, ea.t the thieves having got poses
of wotwy mud 'sates to the amount of 15or. one of
them bsiehrrousiy niurt:cred hint a a bludgeon.
in the presence of Mx wife, willow they bound to
tae bed, rod decamped. It war five o'clock on
IVedneaday morit..ig before the rititation of M...
Ilabbershew and the servant ills discover...ll ;
',insult was immediately made atter the rugh.sms,
and a WWI wits apprehended 0.1 suspicion, near
t/abitighant, on Friday.

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Captain IIALDt intros, of tne ecrthian sloop of
war, Intel) murdered on board that ve.sel'esLe
gettia4 under erei4h from Plymouth km Coruntia.
was a native of I.)over, in his .29tli year. and mit.
versully esteemed. James Smith, the Master's-
mate, by whose hand 111.• fell, is about 25 years slf
age, and soil of a Illritith Plainer resident at Santa
Crux.—llcienge for twang elk-rated by Capt. Bad-
DiekSTo WWI the cause onhis wicked rect.
pistol which lie need was loaded with two hells, one
of which wis cut into four pieces. After loading •
the pistol. he sat down coolly to dinner, observing
to his ruessinates that it was the last time he skoutil
dine a ith them ; and striking hit hand riolea.tly
against the table, he exclaimed, I'll know what I
have been die-rated for, arid will be d—m—d if
I don't he revenged !" lie thou rushed or deck.
and shot Capt. BALDLItsTioN, who survived only an
hour and a half, and in ekcruciatiug pain. The taut.
deter was instantly seized by Lieut. Sccvaceolls
and conveyed on board the Salvador de! Alsostio.--
flo fir from expressing contra.mt, he declared
that nothing bin hurry of passion prevented Its
loading another pistol, with obieh it wae his inten-
tion to hate dispatched Lieut. Stitcastos also,
as he had only hsd half his revenge. An lir
quest :is held on the body of Capt. Bs docastos,
whit brought in a verdict of wills/ warder asaueit
Smith. He was ordered to he tried yostladrty. The
remains of Captain Estovastos were interred in
St. George's Chapel, Stonehous.., MI Saturday.
On Monday se uttights as Jetta 1114ctimso. the
pack-keeper of Sir llt'oa SlillfTH. at Ashton Court,
near Bristol, was travelling front Bristol to Salis-
bury on the ontside of the Portsinotuh long coach.
he suddenly fell from the top, at Bisliopstros, frac..
turgid his skull, cud died immediately. On Thins.
jay last an inquest was taken by Mr. Caaer, one
of.the Coroners tor the county, when tlj Jury gars
verdict of Aceideatal Death.
A boy, shout 13 years of age, was last week Coo"
veying a tin can, apparently filled with milk, into
the prison of the city of Limerick, which attracted.
the attention of Mr. Hamssamars, one or the
gaolers. On examination, he diecovered alaiut 20
yards of jack-liiier closeig.coiled up at dm bottom
of the vessel, wkele the boy coufessed was for the
use of two men named Bourke and Stubliais, who
are charged wie having committed divers felonies;
On a close inspection of the situation of these men,
it appeared :fifty had formed a phut of escape, be.
ing provided with a tile. with which they had al-
ready cut the rivets of their bolts. They were
without delay secured it such a manner as to ren-
der every hope of liberation fruitless. except by
doe course of law.

•
About ten days since, asJattre Am DltrWl, game.
keeper to Mr. BECILFORD, of Foothill, 101111 out
shooting rabhits, he handed his loaded gun to &
boy, with orders to keep the lock dry ; the !soy
threw the flap of his coat over the lock for t: at
purpose, and it being on the cock, the goo wend
off, and lodged the contents in the body of the un-
fortunate keeper, who languished in great agony Call
Sunday, the I Ith inst. and then expired.
The following most distressing accident hap.
pened iu the. neighbourhood of Liverpool, oft Fri.
day sennight. A very fine youth, about fiftees!
years of Lige, the son of Mr. C. SIMPsON, of Liverst
pool, returniirf in the evening from the school ate
Wootton, to his father's house at Gateacres, quit .
ted the bigh road to go across the fields, and no.
happily fell into • pond, not far from his father's
house. The servant man thought he heard
some cries, though he could not conjecture front
whence or from whore they proil.edeil. A search
was immediately made, but without effect.—How-
evsr, on dragging the pond a short time after, the
body was found, but too late to afford any chance
of restoring animation.
A respectable elderly Gentleman of Liverpool,
who resides in the neifthhotirhood of Mount Plea-
sant, was last week defrauded of a consideruble
of money, by one of the stalest tricks karma
iu the atinaN ofetindlrog. Uterus accosted, w hilt
walking up Raiielagh-etreet, in that Loan, by
decent looking elderly roan, who contrived to rid
into oonversation with hint, and who; after walks.*
a short time, took up a pocket-book, which he per.
t.rutied to hive found.. Ile propyseci as nowt')
his companion, to to!jourti to a tavern to emanate.%
the contents, when they found a lady's lalt as..l
diamond buckle, accompanied by a bill of peccals.
stitch stated the cost at 1751. After a vanet,•ei
manoeuvres, the Liverpool gentlemen was induct&
to accept of the diamond bneLle in frost, and tt
advent* all the rash in his pouession, which win
fourteen pounds. as part of the booty, to his . nits
reunion, who promised to all the nest day to
a tired division. It is unnecessary to add, that
strange gentleman he. not since .wade his mower-
ance--tlie diamond buckle is worth about
Colffir. the noted and ibtriug robber. who., des
predations hare- caused such alarm in th coonfa,
of Dublia. Wicklow, Meath, and Carlow; ant
who stood Pawned to the present Commirsion fo;
trial, has been admitted an approver on thr port
the'Crown„ and is to appear a witness at the rival.
ing February Comminion for that city, at the WOs
seention of Main criih.ders .401.104 whoa; b!lis
indietenent have been found as true. tend who are
kremnatw eustodr.