The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-08-06 00:00:00

A WATERLOO HERO.

LA 31 E Tu-s Ta EE s:—George
ton (not his Grace the Duke) was brought up by Dallon the
officer. nti a warrant, charging him with several acts of violence
towards' his more peaceable neighbours. On being placed at the
tablt. taa office become crowded to excess by persons to prefer
their charges against him; but such was the violence or his temper,
' even in the presence of the Bench, that the Magistrates found the
necessity of binding him down by the strong arm of the law. It
appeared from the statement of his friends that he had been a
sergeant-major in the 52cl Light Infantry, that he had tra-
velled the whole of the Peninsula with his more illustrious name-
sake, where he had been in sixteen general engagements, and finish-
ed his campaign on the field of Waterloo. where lie received a
dreadful sabre wound on the head, the effects of which, since the
hot weather, has much impaired his intellect. lie was ordered to
find good bail to keep the peace for the future.

The late William Hollingworth, Egg.. of Battersea, left
a legacy of 1000.'. to the Philanthropic Sbziety, St. George's
Fields, which has been paid by his E4utors to the Trea-
surer of that excellent Institution.
ELoPEMrNt PREVENTED.—The family of Mr. 111. of
Thornhaugh-strcet, were nn Thursday night thrown into
the utmost consternation, by the discovery that one of his
daughters, Amelia, had absconded. It was soon found
out, hoivever, that the servant had carried a box to the
coach stand, where the lady was met by a young gentle-
man, and they drove off together in a post-chaise, which
was wairin:zfor them. The father and a friend immedi-
ately Billowed on horseback, and about fourteen miles from
town overtook the runaways, and brought the lady, who is
only 18 years of age, back again.

On Thursday night the metropolis was visited by a tre-
mendous hurricane, attended with a heavy rain, and great
fears are entertained that considerable damage has been
done to the craft on the river and in other places. In St.
James's Park it seams several trees were turn up by the
roots. In Hyde Park also considerable damage has been
done. Mr. Lucas, a coal-merchant, residing in Milbank-
Street, Westminster, had two of his barges sunk, filled with
40 chaldron of coals, immediately
.situated opposite his
wharf in the roads. Other barges also sustained great
damage through the storm. At Lambeth Palace several
trees were also blown down near the Bishop's-walk, and in
the Vauxhall-bridge road two sheds belonging to Mr.
Childs, a gardener, and a new brick wall, in the posses-
sion of Mr. Emery, shared a similar fate. A large walnut
tree in a gentleman's garden at North-end, Fulham, was
blown down, and four barges in the Pimlico Basin stink.
On Thursday morning, as the London mail coach was
passing through Bench-street, Dover, in turning the
corner-oflnarglite-street ft Was, by a sudden 'jerk, up.er.
At the time of the accident there were four inside and
three outside passengers, besides the coachman and guard ;
the five latter were thrown with considerable violence on
the pavertent, and we lament to add, that a gentleman,
whose name, by a letter addressed from Harper-street,
London, and found upon him, appeared.to heJohn Baillie,
Esq. was taben up in a state of insensibility, and carried
to Shakspeare lintel, a here he has remained in a dange-
rous state ever since; and it is feared be sustained a con-
cussion of the brain. The French messenger, Deleux,
was hurt, but not so much as to prevent his prosecuting
his voyage to France. The other passengers sustained no
other inconvenience than what arose from fright. No
blame, it is understood, was attached to the coachman,
who (although thrown off) did not leave go the reigns,
and succeeded instantly in stopping the horses. It is said
the same mail-coach has been overturned no less than seven
times ; if such be the case, we should apprehend there is
something peculiar in the build which ought to be
remedied.

The ground on which the duct-heap stood. at the end of
Gray's Inn-lane, sold for 15,000/. It is to he built upon.
The dust and cinders upon it are to be transferred to the
Thames, thence to be shipped for Moscow, to aid in the
rebuilding of that celebrated city.
MIDDLESEX HOSFITAL., Ave. I.—Monthly Return of
Patients from the Ist to the 3lst July inclusive :
in-patients admitted by letter - 119
Dittu ditto accident 31

120
Out patients admitted by letter - t - 129
Ditto ditto accident - 180
309
In•patients discharged . - • 113
Remaining in the Hospital . . - ltit3

krunDER.
latftaPamt., AUG. 4.—On Tuesday night a moot diabolical
'attempt unmade on the life of a person near th• Borough Gaol,
in Great lloward-street.
About ten o'clock, a fisherman, on his way homewards, heard
loud cries of " Murder !" and on going towards a plot of unoccu- ,
pied ground near the Borough Gaol. he met a man running toward
Ittm ; from his hasty manner, the fisherman entertained a suspi-
cion that he had been committing some crime, and being a very
powerful man, he seized the fellow by his collar; a piece of
I the coat, however, gave way in the struggle that ensued, and
the man escaped, leaving the piece in the fisherman's pos-
session. The fisherman then obtained further assistance, and on
Isearching about the ground a man was discovered lying in a most
dreadful state, and nearly covered with blood. The wounded man
was carried, in a state of insensibility, to the infirmsry, where he still
lies ; he was alive at a late hourlast night, but his deathlwas hourly
expected: he has not been able to utter any thing distinctly. lint when
asked his name he has said something which sounded like •• Davis."
!Certain circumstances came to light, which led the police to sus-
pect' a man named Matthias Kelly, a labourer, employed in load-
Mg anti unloading ships. Yesterday morning, .a party of officers
proceeded to the Prince's Dock, where they found Kelly at work
to the hold of a ship, and on being made acquainted with their mis-
Ilion, he made u most desperate resistance, in which lie was seconded
by another labourer named Philip Caffrey, who attacked the oth-
, cers violently with a shovel. Kelly and Caffrey were, however,
after a severe struggle, secured and hauled from the hold by ropes.
On searching Kelly's lodging, a jacket was found with marks of
blood and a piece torn 01. A shirt which Kelly had on was also
I marked with blood, and there are some other circumstances which
we will for the present omit, as the prisoners have not yet under-
r gone any examination. The unfortunate man's skull is dreadfully
fractured ; indeed it is matter of surprise he surviv:s it so lung.
- -

LIVERPOOL, Tuunsnav ErENING.
Wind; W.N.W.—lligh-water 13 m. p. 2.
Arrived the 31argaret. .11•Intosh, from New York; Byron,
Lord, from ditto; Lycorgus, --, from Para; Col. Geo. Armis-
tead, Seemen, from Charlestown; Oplielia, Bliss, from ditto;
Jane, Tucker, from Savannah ; Venus, Black, from New York:
Triton, —, *am Charleston; Smyrna Pocket, —, from Per-
nambueco—sailed 28th June; Caroline, Cousins, from Liston ;
Mersey. —, from Jamaica ; Finchett, Williams, from New Or-
leans; Belmont, Fuguson, from Demerara; Favourite, from
New York ; Three Sisters, Jl•Cauly, from Maranham—sailed l4th
June; Penelope, --. from Miramicht ; Niagara, --, from
Quebec—sailed 10th July ; Antigua Pocket, Smith, from An-
tigua ; Olive. Murray. from Curacoa—sailed 16th June; Promise,
Sloan, from Quebec; Severn,—, from Barbadocs ; States, Child,
from New York; Astrea, front Trinidad; Combatant,
Barnes, from Quebec ; Latona. Gibson, from Tenerifre and Dub.
lin ; Salisbury, Scott, from St. Petersburgh ; Hannah, ---,
from Caropeachy.