The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-07-27 00:00:00

A WOlll2ll who keepq • horkiter s shop next door to the

Ponettain, stated, that ens the night in question, as she was
shutting up her shop, a man in the regimental.; of the artil-
lery, who proved to be the deceased, ran bleeding out of the
public-house soil fell into her arms, and from theme into
the shop. He was bleeding profusely front tooth sole., and
begged, as well es he was able ito speak, permissi ssss to lay on
the floor, as it lessened the pain. lie remained in that 1i111:1-
i* about half au hour till he was cony. yed to a surgeon's
shop where his wounds were dressed.
A multiplicity of other 'violence was aoldneed, from which
it appeared, that the Turk, after fighting hia way soot of She
public-house, refused in surrender' in consequence of wheels
the assembled multitude attackeel him, and in the coarse of
the struggle no less than five ur six promote were wunnoled
dreadfully. One young man, in endeavouring to disarm
Lim, was stehlred through the hamd and in various parts of
the arm ; others were wounded in the head and face, and
one man was slabbed in the thigh. At lesso_b some one
luckily !lipped up the fellow's lulls, and he was not allowed
to rise afterwards till his arms were taken from hint then
he was I +ken In the Cage.
Mr. Tribe, a surgeon, stated, that Ike deceased was brought
to his shop in a very weak stale, and bleeding profusely.—
Thele was a wound on the left side, just under Slit false ribs,
apparently indicted with a sword, or some smelt deadly in-
strument, the point of which had forced its way out on the
other tide, between the tenth and eleventh ribs, thereby re-
sembling two *onside. lie staunched the blood, and these
mused hint to be c orried to the. Military Hospital. Wit-
ness also dressed the wounds of the other revues that bad
been stabbed, hat moot of theist were dangerous.
The deceased was carefully attended by Dr. Dobson, hoot
sushi was the nature of his wound that he could out possibly
recover, and on account of his fast approaching iliaeolation,
a ;mein* was wait to the Niagistrates, in cooaromence of
which the Rev. Mr. Brown., who is Chaplain to the garrison,
as well se a Justice of the Peace, attended, and took his
confession, which was put is and read, the der-Payee' having
been sworn to it before his death. It in substance premised,
that as lie was going down the town on Saturday night hr
was met by South. r, a bugleinait in the art.llery, at whose
request he consented to gu into lire Fountaiu public-house,
where there brae a riot, and (he understood) online Turks who
were stabbing some persons ; that in the passage South. r
knocked one of them (the Turks) 44111/1% with a stick, on
which the latter drew a dagger ten &feud histeetf, and he (de-
ceased), whilst eudeavouring to .trike it out of his hand,
was stabbed by him in the side. This confession was inken
by Mr. Brown, in the presence of several permit., mail at
twelve o'clock on Smoky the unfortunate man expired,. Ile
was a harmless inoffensive man, and much reverted by his
brethren in anus.
The Jury, acting on the dying declaration of the de-
ceased, as well all other circumstances, highly favourable to
the Pi iaoner, returned a verdict of Jaslifiable liontiejele, '
and expressed their regret at the very hasty and precipitate
eondlect of the Mielentan, which they hoped would tee made
the subject of inquiry elsewhere.
Hassan Ilniesein was arcurolingly set at liberty, and con-
veyed on boaoel the Alexander, in which vessel be carat to
-this country fount Barbary. lie is a subject of the Dry of
Algiers, in the prime of life, and extremely active and
powerful. The stiletto which was taken from 111111 very
moth resembled, io the construction of glue blade, the Jagger
some time back found in Catiastreet ; it was double-edged.
very sharp and rough, with a rise up the middle, and the
blade purposely bronzed, to prevent I oat.
Sir A. Christie, the Commander of the Garrison, has issued
an order, that all Turks coming on shore fur the future, .ball
be searched by a military guard, and deprived of arms of
wt.:dreier description.
Tbe body' f Hugh Adams was consigned to the grave, in
Chatham church-yard, with the usual military kowtows.