The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1804-12-22 (London, England)

JUDGE. and a JUDGE sitting in judgment upon brother Expounder of the 'Law. An Inquest was held on Thursday. at the White Horse public-house, Wheeler-street, Shoreditch, on the body of Sarah Mitchell, a child of nine years of age, who was murdered by her father, Sensed M,/es 4111(bell, on Tuesday last. The Jury, without hesitation, p-onounced a Verdie2 Alsardrr agairvd Mt Faker. _ _ _  No other reason can be assigned for this diabolical aa, than that wiiich the Prisoner was fie.u.l to utter, viz. that she should never live to be brought up by the mother. Ihe offender and his wife had parted the day before; and the child, it appears, had slept the preceding night with hat mother. He voluntarily confessed the fad to the Magistrates on Wednesday; and, with tears in his eye:, when desir;cl to sign his confession, exclaimed, " / With Me same hand that did the i—g deed!" It is supposed he was seized with a sudden fit of insanity, as he was remarkably fond of the child. The body of the uafonunate child was yestettly exposed to public •iew at the apartment where the murder was committed, at a penny and twopence a head. The money thus collected. it was said, was to defray Vie expenses of the funeral.  On Wednesday, as a lo tde..l collier was coming up the river, nearly opposite Cuckold's Point, el West Indiaman, outward bound, in a very severe gust of wind, missed stays, ran down the collier, and sunk her. The crew were saved.  Thur-day night, Lieut. HURLEY, commanding the Gallant gun vessel, at Sheerness, in endeavouring to get on board her at the Note, was drowned (by the cutter upsetting) with the whole of the crew, consisting of seven men, is consequence of the violence of the gale. On Thursday night, about eleven o'clock. as the family of the sign of the Arrawat Poplar, were going to rest, a man of a most deplorable appearance was found up two pair of stairs, concealed behind a chest of drawers, which excited great alarm, as be was not perceived by any of the family going up stairs. The account be gave of himself was very vague ; he was therefore put in charge of a sonstable, who took him to Shasiwell Office for examination.  Some days since, an apprentice to a shopkeeper opposite the Vi.ftualling OtEee at Chatham, in opening a drawer to serve some ivory black, unfortunately m'stook the contents of the drawer, which WAS tilled with gun-powder, and a spark falling from the candle, it blew up with a great explosion, by which the shop window was forced out, and the hoy most dreadfully burnt. On Sunday morning last, the second Battalion of the ,y2d Regiment 4,f V. ../t, or GORDON Highlanders, under the command of Major GotouN, embarked from Liverpool for Ireland. Two of the Divisions were inspeatd on Thursday Morning last, by His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief of this Distria, who declared himself to be highly pleased with their hardy and soldier.like appearance. The condua of this Regiment in Egypt was truly brave and meritorious. In the battle of the 13th of March, they formed the advanced guard of the British army; and, opposed to A tremendous fire of musketry and cannon, and suffering severely from the French line, they never receded a foot but ; maintained the contest alone, until the marines and the rest of the line came to their support. The regiment, as a tegimasmy of their bravery in that campaign, bears on its standard the figure of a Sphinx, and has the word Eg.xpr inseri:sed. The standard itself bears honourable marks of hard service, being shot through and torn in many places. Itieir march hitherto from Colchester Barracks, in Essex, has been uncommonly rapid ; sometimes more than 90 miles a day ; and, during the whole march, not a Irma was absent, sick, or intoxicated.