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

liCkelllo AIVIDENt.

Yesterday morning sow bricklayers is the employ of
Mr. former, builder, of ISearisigtosi. *ore at work is tak•
Inc rlosui a usher of old houses in Plemlan-passage, at
the back uf the New•lnu, Si. Clement Danes, when a
moat unfortunate accident orceried, las consequence uf a
builder (who a ihort time ago commenced liking down
the houses) having began at the lower part of the
remises, sod 'mei*, the whole weight of the roof
to be borne hr the ceiling joist. The men were upon the
joists uf the fourth floor, sad the ceiling fell upon diem
(five in numlwr), and one anan's legs, thighs, and 111M14 were
must shockingly mutilated ; he tesa carried to the hospital
in a dying state. A second seeing the danger before the ruuf
fell, dropped to the third Roos, sail rsogbt by a beam with
his hands, wbcre he was suspended till a ladder was raised to
hie araisiaars. The other three, we ite happy to :ay, re-
ceived but triflitig injury.

THE LATH AFFRAY AT CHATHAM.

CORONER'S INQUEST.

A fewereninca since an ingabrtion was taken at the Royal
Artillery Barracks, Chatham, brfore R. tirade, Egg Curouer
fur the district, on view of the body of Hach Adams, late
a private in the Royal Artillery corps, who was killed in the
affray 'stirrers she military and Turns, as briefly noticed io

a former Paper.
J. Soother, a private of the Royal Sappers and Miners.
Milted, that on the night of Saturday the lsth instant, Ire
was sitting its the tap-room of the Fountain public house,
near the market-plate ; these' rre three or lour other med
in the room, and one woinnu. A Terk who had hero drink-
ing sixpenny with one of his own countrymen in the par-
lour, came auto the room with a large heavy Inbarco pipe,
suck es i. used by foreigners; he began to pull the
about, and wanted her to go into the indoor to drink, but
she wished to be excused on the score of illness. Finding
.her averse to his proposition, the Turk began to get paw.
sionate, anti *truck her a blow with his pipe *cross else
shoulder, which lacerated the flesh, and a second over the
bend, by which one of the fingers seas nearly dislocated, and
the baud much avrelled. Witness teeing the woman so
shamefully used, gut up, and a scode 'issued betweeu him
and the Turk; he could not say whether he drew his stiletto
first, or whether be (wittiest') Week him *jib his fist, but
rather thinks the latter. However, seeing the man armed
with such $ formidable weapon, and apparently intent on
mischief, he drew bat sword, and at the hest thrust which
he made at lois opponent, the blade bent against his cas-
sock in conseptence of the badness of the steel. lime
clashing of swords, brought the other Turk (whose tisane he
had Since learnt to be Hassan Holstein) into the lap-room,
and by his asaistauce witless was overpowered, and his
sword taken from bine ; bat Hnieseis did not offer him auy
violence. He ramie his escape from them into the street,
and bokrowed a stick from one (011ie neighbours, with which
lie was returning to renew She combat, when hr met the
deceased and another artilleryman' to whom be represented
the usage he hail received, and begged they would suit him
to recover his sword: It first they declined, but witness
pressed them, and said lie feared Ilse Turks might be then
rdering the people, un which the deceased drew, and
rushed with witness into the house. They met Hitissein in
the passage coming out of IM tap roots, and witness struck
him a blow with the stick (this lie confessed after souse equi.
vocation), whirls brought him on his knee; the Turk insole.
thetely drew his stiletto from beneath his garment, and the
deceased made • blow at the weapon, with the view (as be
supposed) of striking it out of his hand, hid time Turk, by a
dexterous usovement, evaded the blow, nod stabled the de.
erased in the left side; his mutt' immediately fell from his
grasp, until clapping both his lianas to the woulid,,he stagger-
ed into the street. The third soldier hail kern doting ibis
time employed is perewadiug the Turk, who hail bete the
fomenter of the quarrel, to leave the house, in which lie suc-
ceeded after much entreaty.