The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-12-31 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY AC( IDENTS.

On Monday evening last, Montt seven o'clock, as the
Reverend Dente! Parkes, of Charles strret, Hatton-garden,
•s going slung High.atrsst, Bloomsbury, in his way home
from Oxforilstreet, be was unfortunately run over by a horse
going at full speed, with the shafts of a chaise cart h inging
Arose in the hal 'teas ; his hesil w:!3 tin:111(.614 bartered. He
was carried in a lifeless state to the Middlesex INA:dial,
where he lingered in the greatest agony until reterday
when he expired, leaving a family of two sous and
three daughters. A iiiliattpt sill be held on the
burly this dry.

shills Emma Brown, a yonug lady not 20 years of age, and
entitled to a considerable fostuire sin u she Caine of age,
Hirer ill Mr. Ashman, ails, niit6 arid pawnbroker its the
Kir iol, hut who resided with her zrandowilier. M.s. Ashman.
30, Featheisione-buildings, Some/stow n, mit with su ap-
part nt trifling accident on Widirealuy lasi, which terminat-
ed in her &Ali on Friday, while washing a small slip of
flannel, iu whirl) there happened to lie a rusty tie. die, it
enured her thumb, in which it broke. It was thumrlit not
CI he of any serious consequence at the time, but next eta) it
turned to a mortification, which reached her stoinaeli, and
prevented her swallowing any thing Medical recouise was
had, but all human aid tray unasailink. She xpired on
'Friday, much lgsuented by a numerous Mfi Miele of icuils.
Au Inquisition was taken yesterday before Thos. Higg.,,
Esq.Cuitrier, at the (roan You street, %Ve•lnio-
pier,
on the body of Mr. W. Jones. the ongiueer to the Gls
Light Company, Peter stre. t, IVe,triiinster, who was kilted
by an accident under the following circumstances
The deceased was nu a sceffuld 38 feet from the ground,
making some pie paratiiins for attiring the pommel. r 'Lc
Company's unglue ; another engieter sail with him deliver-
biz Ms opinion upon the ix quired alterat a, and the scaf-
fold tiptoe which they stood being Lu h ~r decayed timber,
broke to pieces, and pnccipitt.t.d both to the ground The
deceased's companion fell upon the Kisumu', and was so
atverely injured that his life was ilcspaiied of; the deceased
unfortunately fell upon some pieces of iron, and was taken
up a most shocking spectacle—lie was dashed neatly to
pieces, and died from the effects of the sesere injury be re-
ceived.

The Coroner and Jury aniznadvett..l upon the itni,‘o-
- of eremingb‘raffrildime with rotten .1r ileen)ed
and hoped thug accident cruse lisi.Meta nod ...i i.,
be more circumspect in future, aud returned a virdict
Arcidastal Death, and a deudand of

AwruL MiTANCE OF SUDDEN BEAT!;.

A few d••ya ego a youlig man was boought to Shatlaeli
Police Office, un a charge of bionarely, by the Oversee o y of
Poplar, and the charge bring proved aga last him, he woos ec
at large on [..Milli condotioons—.Namely, either to marry the
unfortunate girl, or to allow so touch pet week Mr the
mail& momy of the child; the litter be pieferral, ant for
the purpose of t aolong bosh the parish and the girl, ha
entered as board a ship which aqui about it. sail yeateotlay
mor g; as he watt pructeding mamas the ship with SI
luggage, on his :tawsl opposite the workhouse which •uuld
be the deAnieol asylum of the girl by his abs-ore. toe ii uppr4l
down ars' itistaidlr eiptred: His body was taktu into the
a urkbouse fur a (Aquila's Inquest.

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EDI ti DU itt; II REV lEW. --W; fed extremely
halapy to being able to give a flit eontradietiatti to
the repoot abaci. has been circulated with extraor.ho, y
industry. both tole and in Loud ~,,, of Mr. Jrlil• )'s
it in emitemiilatiou to withdraw front the conducting of the
ltdinbargh I,eview. Jetircy, we are well as•u.nl,
no stk.h iiiteutiou Nwwithataudiue the rualig ant ca
Mee which have of laic brut thrown out against ilie Refrir
its rcpututiun never stood higher than at th.•
nicut. Its circulation, as nti.,l have been well kito Wit to The
originators of the catumnu•a and report.. alluded to, has ill-
era sved eery culmiderably aturine the dot twelve mouths,
anal is now peeler Iluan at any former pc total. We are lave
our renders will be well planted with thia iut.llic. me. It
gratifyin, because it slot we 1114 the public coiniaile 1.. >at
a just value out n work which, whatever may ht: itq ilt ft
has dune more to gent late a spas it of free and wanly inquiry,
to calculi the hownialica of it iet:ce, and tu dissermonar a
just kiiiiwlt dee of the rights and reel procai oblieatioans mut
duties of all etas,. ul sachet', thaw auy other publication,
tit's. r ancient or modern. While Site 1: &tibia-ph I:friew is
conducted with I foal ability and in it aiiiiilar spurt, it h=a
nothing tu fear, either f- the opeu or the tinderhaud
attains of its cucasies.—: The Scotsman.)

The ex trio:1111mi y demand for MA ItS3 A LL'I
Nov I rock( I /AAA'. for 1819, nol only proves th, m
to be the kesi and cheapest ever offered to public smiler, but
also very desirable presents fur the New Year.-71witoy3i
Cubing Pocket entsinet contains Eleven beautiful Coinui-
plate Eugsarior —Portraits uf lyr Royal tlialilleiui the n.
et'', Charlotte—Prince Leopold—Alois of Clam: ttttt
Some well-authenticated Meal.iirs of their Itulal Higbu saes
l'oeily, &r. elegantly bored, with gilt edges., only ts. 6d.—
Mar‘hall's Cheap Pueket-bouks, •prier only Eighteen-p..IICP,
contains Eight Select of Members of the New
&e. &c. The Extra Edition, In haud.oms
Imtnic, with gilt yip.% 4s. mos only be purchased at
MAW-FULL% Lottery Other, 1, Holborn Barlt, and u* riu re
eke in London—N.B. All the Poeket.huuk. for ICU
Retest—Souvenir—Atlas—Rrpoatturies Almanacka, &c.—
A val:ely seat to chow►* to any part of Luti4ol, free of
iexpi nse.

A report has prevailed in town, that the pleasuie
of his Hord Highness the PaiUct REGENT has
been intimated to Mr. PEEL, that this Right Hon.
isntlemati should join the present Adintitodratinti.
Mr. Piet. is !nod to base Immediately visited WI
Lord LIVERPOOL. and understanding that his
Lotdshtp purposed to retire from office, he inquired
who, in the event of his Lordship's retreat, 01004
h.• considered as Premier. Lord LIVERPOOL re-
plied, that Lord LAWLEREAGII would b• Pteinier.
Mr. Pm. is repotted to have then declitred his dee
tersititiat iiiii not to accept of office under Lord
VLSRE•OII.

SACRILEGE.—TuPsday night some vilains broke
into air 'Scut. Chspel, in Criowii-cnu,t, lan s
street. Covent•gortleti. owl %rule ti 1).:41, ON
the inside or the bottom of *Lich Nas iss.eithed,
" .Nerffer lisle children to come WIN tie, axd for-
bid Menne' ;" also a salver spoon, 'r cr,i or eight. -1
yords of Imes, and other articles belonging to I;,e

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NORFOLK COUNTY MEEIINC.

mirky last was thr day tinnoisited by the High
'kr It)-Ming a County Meeting. to vote rn
Advsss of Condolence to has Royal Highness the
[twist, on the demise of onr late Queen,
!loyal Mother. The High Sheriff did ion
Chair until near one o'clock, he having
• very considerable time. fur the Nobkitten
tif4iitle.Pen'who signed the Requisition.
er the Under-Sheriff lied read the “ilvertise_
for anise oo oo the Meeting, the High Siieraff

the limanego.
N.. B. PAI.IIIII then me, and was ruin.
nieucing in address the High Sheriff, when he was
interrupted by the Huts. Colonel Molehouse, who
claimed preertletier, it halm% been arranged,
before he ceihe thither, that he was to move
the Address. The swum of the Meeting. how.
ever, bibs( decidedly in favour of Mr. Polone
eitminuiog, slut "'vend 'voice* exclaiming, is they
had I.6tliteig to do but, W;tli what was agreed to
Court," Mr. Palater proceeded. fir
some revere remarks on the ihiptoptiety
awaiting • Requisition to the High Sheriff, signed
only seven former, fow• Lords, one Ilenoitruble.
1 bee ix,mires, all professed supporters of the
Mmistry. He, therefore. hod great pleasure in
an Address tislocn emanated from the l'egs.
After a few miliaria Mr. Palmer con.
cluileri by reading am Midget's, whith was couched
inhgorge most artionroble and inert becoming--
worthy of a free people to offer, and of • great
l'risice to •CeSi:t.
Mr. Archdeacon Iletneits? seconded the Ad.
drew in $ Speed, alike honourable to hi. bead and
heart,
The Hon. Colonel Woosnoess then proposed
.gs Adairtsa, as sforwiesitimeut ; unit after rogue de-
lay. it was seettodod by Cubits, Esq. of
Honing.
The' High Sheriff took a she* or hands on the
innestilihrtit. arid then on the original Address; and
esidearithred as sear as 11011Sible to count the num.
hers mehach, whirls appeared to hiss so equal, that
he was "tini.slile to decide which was carried.
A glowingly cooversotion followed, which lasted
more than an hoar. Mr. Archdeacon Bathurst,
Mr. iPalnatr. Colonel Vl'odeliouse, Mr. Marsham
mid Mr. Charles Harvey, took the princi-
pal shore its it ; dhring which attempts were Made
to compromise. by leaving out the cow-lull-
.lpit or the original Address (the only
to) on remota of its alluding to the
an amelioration and revision of our
Code ; wherein, although most present ul-
' neceosity of, yet deprecated its nitro-
au Address of Condolence. Mr.
proposed that both Addresses should
signatare. Colonel Wodehoase, lour.
eget, Mintiod his determination Hot to withdraw
Übe isoisiiituteut; and after some further loss of
*we, the Meeting was rhisolved (thanks howthg diet
ski •-sl=ogroreci to the High Slwrilf. and carried by
sho
it). without any &town besot emu. to
QU deiriTisurt of the Meeting.
The Huntioroble Colonel declared it was on ab-
ohrthty to suppose. dual the sense of the ("Andy
timid be token at • ?droning iu the Shire-hall. and
teured with his Ingrid*, expressiog their 'mention of
siguLig thrie own Addreso, sod forwarding it to
(,hues flame.

AN EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTER.

Mr. Cnuttois, whome death at
_a vsry aidvanevil

age we recritly recorded, was for many years a
liair-dresser in the metropoint. By dint of extraor-
dinary exertions is vaitints ways, sod through a
Moat rigid system of ecuninny in his expenditure.
this Men (Who aceused to hew! no small portiots of.
r • the Charteris end the Elwes blended in his compo-
diitioti) died inowesierly rich, hatriog amassed, cc-
' wiling to tosiNdent report. mealy 200,000/. !
Itt
Id Courtivie was twig well known in the purlieus
o St. Media% and the Haymarket. His appearance
was meagre ittid squalid, and his blotliee, such as they
were, were pertinaciously got up in exactly the
• • dear eat and faehion, and the cohorr always either
fawn ur rummer. For the last thirty years the ve-
tierable thupeals was umformly of the same
A cock. The principil feat, however, to which this
'Tlytirrolt votary of Plutus appeared before the
• public, wag his curious and nearly fatal sflitir
• • with the unfortunate Mris. Maria Theresa Pliepoe.
' —about isecoty Tears ago. this ill-fated woman
projected a rather bungling scheme, ill order
so him glitch her old argilaisit:slice and vi.itur,
Comoro', out of • considerable slim of 'Hooey.
One evening, woes Ole wag certain of his calliog,
vile had her apartment prepared for his rerepti 0000 iii
a aiwries of funereal style—a bier, black velvet
pill, plash wax candles lighted, &c. No sooner
had the nl4l tripod entered the ruom, than tie
_Lady, resisted by her Moist, pounced on Inns,
forced hire into an arm chair, in which he wii.
forcibly held down by the woman, while tler
Lid), brandishing a case knife or rilor, swore,
wick some violent imprecatiotis, Mat instant skonl.l
Lt his lust, if he did not give her on order on his
hanker for a large sum of money. The venerable
visitor, alarmed itt the gloomy preparationa and dire
threats or the desperate female, naked for pen, ink.
and puller, which being immediately i lucre', lie
wrote a cheque on his banker for (we believe.) Iwo
L11011.1;11111 pounds. He immediately retired with
precipitation, happy to escape withoutorersossil in-
pry. The next morning, before its opeaso4, lie at-
tended at the Bank with sotue police anyrroiantie,
and oil Mot. Pirepoe's tuakirog her appear•ence with
the cht (ie, she way arrested, and subsequently tried
at the Ohl Barley, on a capital charge, grounded
on the above procerdiuga.
However, through the able defence made by her
Counsel (Now Mr. Ju.tice Fielding), who took a
,r4,.1 obi, Chou to Ile case as proved, and contend-
..l t!att she nefct toad or obtained tiny properly of
Me. Cointoll, on the principle that ionnleaainti eon-
gni 15,4•15 the first badge of ownership, she was
Perot Alai iy actitlatri,. Froth, however, obliges us
F to add, vat Mrs. Phew*, who was duce connected
with it rearecteble family in the ander lallanti, a:Ms
mil Jos,,it four yews alter capitally convicted on a
. • - ebsr,;e nt cailin.; and maiming a poor woman, for
wiaai cite •utfered the last penalty of the law.

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