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The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1825-09-27 (London, England)

SEPT. 25.  It is now ascertained that the damage is not so great am was at first apprehended. The flames, it appears, liars extended no farther than to the upper part of the two la. joining houses. had they not, however, been checked b, a party wall, or had the fire taken place two hours later. when the wind was somewhat rough, the whole crowded pile of buildings in that quarter must inevitably have been. consumed. We understand that the fire originated in diet workshop of Mr. Paisey ; the men, it is supposed, having accidentally dropped a spark, which smouldered for sons* time, and did not burst into flame until after they had kr; work.  TEST OP PERFECT VACClNATlON.—Whenaptrson bay been vaccinated on one arm, the surgeon should vaccinate the other arm with matter taken from the first. If the first vaccination has been perfect, the pustules on both the arms will grow to a head at precisely the same time; and. if this does not take place, the system has not been properly affected, and the vaccination ought to be repeated. This simple and easy test, first brought into notice by Dr. Bryee,„ of Edinburgh, ought never to be neglected. • So greatly has the number of foxes increased in the neighbourhood of Felton Park, that after having destroyed the whole of the game, which used to be so abundant, they ' have now got into the garden, and destroyed the remains of a fine crop of wall fruit by nightly tkpredations.—.Vert. castle Chronicle. A STOLEN CHILD STARVED TO DEATH,— A short time ago a little girl, of the name of Egan, not four years and a half old, was enticed from the lodgings of her parents, in Mill-lane, Digbeth, in Birrainghatn, by a fellow.. lodger, who called himself William Booadhurst. The child, it seems, had been taken to excite charity. Broadhurst called at a public-house at Snitterfield, between Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick, with the child. In a few' Ltlaya after he called at the same house without the girl, and was taken into custody, and sent to the prison at Stratton', tfilLinquiries were made about the child. Broadhurst said he had left her in Oakley Wood, about four miles on the other aids Warwick, on the Banbury road. People wett to search the wood, hut they did not find her. On Friday last Broadhurst was taken to the wood to point out the epos where be left the child, and a strong suspicion ptevailesi that be had murdered her. When he got to the wood he , went to the' NAM where he had left her on the preceding , Monday, and• there the little creature was lying upoti the' ground dead. The body was taken to lVarivick, aid *0 oelfeyah:riadedoalteldndweiseietdhwvfeerobnirleamicafokwu.:::nnirtioesonf,p4:rolydpetcparyur ithrotthooreefillaiten:rrety374. Na 4 arnined by two medical gentlemen, who were of opirdisp' le mthatarkbssunioti few blackberries were found in the stomach, and the fees,: no doubt had picked to eat. Art has been he14,12P twhe body, static/de" against Broadhusst,.who hunlediats4 nutted for trial at the next Assizes.
The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1825-01-10 (London, England)

WHADDON CHASE.  The following letter vas received on Saturday morning by Mr. Stafford, Chief Clerk at Bow-street:—  Stony-Stratlbrd, Jan. 7. 1825. 811—A murder, under the most horrid and peculiar circumstances, was committed at Whatidon, in this neighbourhood, yes' terday, in the afternoon ; and I am desired by W. Selby Lowndea, Es+, a Magistrate, to convey to you the particulars, ar.d, as near Ins I can collect, the description of the parties ; neither of irhoin are known to any one here. Azi inquest has not yot been held. The Coroner has summoned a Jury to meet this evening. It appears from the statement of Wm. Weston (guard of the Eclipse coach), that two men (strangers to him) applied at little' Brickhill, yesterday, fir a conveyance to Birmingham : a bargain was made as to price, and they Tot on the coach, she guard intending to book them, and take their money at Stony-Stratford. The two men who got on the coach had with them a mink covered with paper, a handle In a blue and white handkerchief, a hat-box, and a gun in a cloth cover. When they reached Shepley, about nix miles from Little Briekhill, one of the men threw the gun on the ground, and jumped down es the coach was proceeding; the coach was stopped, and the other followed ; both ran away. The guard carried on the trunk, bundle, and hat-bus, and delivered them so the landlord at the Cock Inn. They have not yet been opened, the guard having arrived only this evening. The tao men alluded so were dressed nearly alike, and the guard says very much resembled each other. They were both dressed in blue coats, waistcoats, and ttowsers (kind of sailor's trowsers), and had on black hats ; one had a rough light.koloured shag great-coat the ether, a very large shooting-jacket. The oldest, about 30 years okl.; the other, about 25. The one living has nothing particular in his countenance; the other is so dist:gun-1 that his features are not discernible.  The murder was committed in Whaddon Chace, near to the resitlence of Mr. Lowndes, and was effected by one of the men having beat the other with the butt-eral of the gun until his brains were literally beat out. A labouring n-411, near the spot, beard me blows and the groans, and gave tbe alarm the murderer waa, in consequence. apprehended, and is now in custody. The object of this communicmion to you is, that the crime may be made known, in part, and partly that the murderer (who ap. pears very sullen, and refuses to answer any questions) may be recognised. lie once spoke, and said •• that he was glad hie victim was dead, for he should not have had any of the motley ;" as if a division of soil was the cause of the horrible attack. As soon as the Jury have sat on the body, if any frnh matter comes out I will acquaint you with it; in the meantime I shall be glad to hear if any clue eta be, or is likely to be, given, as to the men—who they are, whence they came, and what is the object of their visit here. A hat was in the hat-box, the maker's name is Uare, Lambeth-walk.—l aro, Sir, your obedient servant.  J. F.
The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1825-11-30 (London, England)

THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.  Captain F. Arthur, of the ship Swift (reported under' maritime head), informs us, that on his return from the coast of Japan he touched at Atooi, one of the Sandwich Islands, about the 20th June, and left there on the 46th) a short time prior to which former date, the British frigate commanded by Lord Byron, despatched for the purpose of conveying from England the remains of l{hio Rhioi had arrived at Oahu. The corpse was landed at that island, and immediately deposited in the house of Billy Pitt, Prime Minister, which house was thereupon strictly tabuoV. After having duly lain in state, the funerii was solemnized in the European st-yle—a lottg and splendid procession was formed, consisting of Europeans, Americans, and natives, who attended the body to the place of sepulture. For the first time the natives were prohibited by their chiefs from exhibiting the customary evidences of grief on such occasions. Of this regulation the natives complained sadly—saying. that if they were not to be perfilitted to " cry," of uttet audible hamentalions, their late King might as well have been buried he England. Many European customs had also been introduced through the influence of Lord Byron, and those chiefs who had virited England. Among the new laws way one allowing to every native the privilege of procuring a market for the produce of his own labour, without first being compelled, as formerly, to bring his commodities to the chiefs. The utmost tranquillity prevailed at the islands. George Tamoree, the late disturber, was going at large, perfectly harmless ; though the chiefs cherish a determination to destroy him, as soon as the protection of Billy Pitt shall be withdrawn. The young Prince Regent is very much beloved.—Nantucket inquirer.  The ROCKY MOUNTAINS in NORTII AMERICA  St. Lours (Missouni) Oct. 8. Our fellow-citizen, General Ashley, has just returned from his adventurous enterprize to the Rocky Mountains, bringing with him one of the richest cargoes of fur that ever arrived at St. Louis. He spent the whole of the past winter in the bosom of the mountains, and made excursions in the spring down several of the river which take their course to the Pacific Ocean. The furs obtained by him were brought on horses to the waters of the Big Horn, where they were embarked about the middle of August, and after a voyage of three thousand miles, arrived at St. Louis on the 4th inst. It is thus, by an effort of heroical enterprise, General Ashley has indemnified himself for all the losses occasioned by the murderous attack of the Arikaras, in the summer of the year 1823. In the course of his expedition General Ashley fell in with a party in the service of the fiudeon Bay Company, who ere believed to have 1000 men in their employment west of the Rocky Mountains. The riches which the Company are carrying out of the territory of the United States are immense, and beyond all calculation. The single party met with had taken beaver to the amount of 200,000 dollars.— New York Paper.
The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1825-02-08 (London, England)

BOW STREET. Yesterday morning, during the progress of the usual business, a young gentleman presented himself before Mr. HA I. t.s, and said, that he had to apply for the is erierence of the Magistrate, to protect him from the threatened vengeance of 111 r. Elliston, the Manager of Diury.lane Theatre, whose ire tic had had the misfortune to rouse. Ills name, he said, was Webb, and he was by prMeision a surgeon, and at the time when the trial and execution of Thurtell, for murder, excited so much of the public attention, and so much was said upon the subject of Phrenology, he wrote a farce. which he called The Phrenologist, and submitted it to the inspection of Mr. Elliston, that be might bring it out if he approved of it. After waiting a loag time in suspense, and making many applizatiens upon th subject, subect, he was tat he might have his farce if he called at .%1 r. Ellistons house. He did an ; and, as if the simple rejection of his hide Old was not sufficiently. mortifying, it was handed to him by a servant girl, who performed the task with an ili.suppressed giggle. Since the agitation of Mr. Kean'a affair, a letter had appeared in the Mornings Posl, under the signature of " X. Y. Z.," containing some strictures on the conduct of that actor, to which he (the applicant) thought proper to tdy, and he wrote under hie own proper signature to the Editor of that Paper. In that letter sonic remarks, certainly of no very flattering description, were introduced, upon the conduct of Mr. Elliman in his managerial capacity,and the consequence had been, that the manager had written a letter to him (sent by the Twopenny Post, and not nailed—certainly • very gentlemanly mode of doing things), which applicant thought contained a threat of personal violence. lie wished. therefore, if the Magistrate put the same ciinstruction upon the words that he did, that a warrant should issue. " Not (said the applicant) that I ins -druid of Mr. Elliston—l wish that to 1* understood,—but I am about to write mime articles to expose the cant and hypocrisy of the age, particularly as displayed in P%clia. meat, I would not wish to be subject to the risk of ruolestatioo ; anti. moreover, I wish to begin with clean hands." Mr. H•Lr.e, having read the letter, said, Ido not think you have any thing to tear from this, Si-. Mr. Melon says, 'lf you persist in this course, I shall visit you with such a portion of my resentment as, upon Inquiry, I may find you merit.' Now, you may depend on it he means nothing more than managerial resentment, which certainly may be very awful, but does nut imply per. 'tonal violence. Ile will use his thunder, no doubt, but that will be alL^  Mr. Webb—SVell, Sir, if you are of that opinion I am for the present satisfied, and if any thing happens 1 must use my stick, which I can do pretty dexterously. (The applicant had a stick of no mean size and weight with hint.) Mr.
The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1825-08-06 (London, England)

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 suspicion 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 possession. 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 suspect' a man named Matthias Kelly, a labourer, employed in loadMg 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 misIlion, 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 underr 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. Armistead, Seemen, from Charlestown; Oplielia, Bliss, from ditto; Jane, Tucker, from Savannah ; Venus, Black, from New York: Triton, —, *am Charleston; Smyrna Pocket, —, from Pernambueco—sailed 28th June; Caroline, Cousins, from Liston ; Mersey. —, from Jamaica ; Finchett, Williams, from New Orleans; 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 Antigua ; 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.
The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1821-11-30 (London, England)

COUNTY OF KERRY. On the night of Thursday lest, Majo► Collis was brutally murdered in his bed, by a gang of ruffians, who broke into his house, at Tralee Spa. within less than two miles of the town of Tralee. Seven persons entered the house, but the number who actually committed the murder was titter. The Major's skull was fractured by a stroke of an iron bar, and six balls are said to have entered his body. He died in great agony. The house was robbed of money, and property of various descriptions to a large amount. Major Collis was a most amiable and excellent gentleman. He had never given offence, or done injury to any individual. He had been long in the army, bad lost an arm in the service of his country, and was in his SEVIINTILTH year. He wss a native of the county of Kerry, and when lie retired from a military life, he returned to his original place of residence, where he lived during many years, expending his property and his half-pay, and diapens. log acts of kindness and hemsuity to all around him. He was • Magistrate of the county Kerry. It was understood that he kept a large sum of ready money constantly in his possession. The neighbourhood in which he resided was very thickly inhabited, several gentlemen living within reach of a musket shot of Ins house. A very active wink of the murderers was commenced on Friday. but, we believe, unfortunately, it has not yet been attended with any success. Gain appears to have been the object of the wretches who committed this atrocious deed. We have not heard that they took away any urns, and the character of the deceased seems to negative the ids► of any motive of revenge or personal hostility to bin,. Another account of the transaction is given thus: "The ruffians had entered the room in which the gentleman lay, before lie had time to leave his bed. and some of them then told him that if he would not stir, he should not be molested. The spirit of the gentleman, who had been a veteran officer of the King's army, and who had lost an arm in the service, rejected such a compromise, and he i•stantly sprung from his bed, seized a poker, and struck at one of the gang. Immediately the rest of the ruffle'', attacked the unfortunate Gentle' man, and tine of them having Mock him with the butt-end of a gun, killed him with the blow. It is said that there were about 2001. in silver in the house at the time, and that the murde►ers carried the whole sum with them, being u kind of booty which would not. like bank-notes, afford ■ny clue for the detection of the perpetrators of the horrid crime." The following is an extract from The Limerick Chronicle:—  " On Thursday night, the house of Major Collis, within a mile and a half of 'Nike, was entered by a large party, and robbed of every article which the villains could lay hands on. Not content. the murderous gang struck Major Collis a blow of a gun on the head, which deprived him of life, and afterwards fired some shots into his body !"
The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1803-04-15 (London, England)

AIDES. List night Mr. Cot M A N's sprightly and popular CoMedy of Juba Bull was repeated before a brdliant and overflowing audience. Before the curtain drew up, they were informed by Mr. Barr:Tom that Mr. Courts was prevented, by indfspolition, from appearing bef,re them ; and an apology was offered by hini in behalf of Mr. MURRAY, who, at a very short notice, had undertaken to perform his character. Circumstances of this kind are generally unpleasant, as it most commonly happens that substitutes, whom necessity thus brings forward, fill far short of the original performers. In the present instance, however, the change was of a very different and contrary nature. Whatever degrees of et:cellence we may be ready to allow Mr. C.ooRit to possess as a general Aaor, we are obliged to say that scenes of tenderness and pathos are not those in which he appears to the greatest advantage. Where the finer affeelions and feelings of the heart are to be pourtrayed, it is with little success that he attempts to awaken our sensibility, or command our sympathy. On this account we never cold Li consider his Peregrine Rochdal: as the happiest of his efforts ; and we confess that it was not without considerable pleasure that we heard Mr. MuttaA 1, an actor at all times highly respeaable, but in this department of the drama certainly unrivalled, announced for the part. He imparted an interest to the charaaer to which we were bef;',re entire strangers ; and delivered the sentiments in the most tender, animated, and impressive manner. The warm bursts of applause which he repeatedly drew from his auditors, are the clearest tests of the impression he made upon their hearts. Without meaning any disrespe& to Mr. CooKE, we hope the pulite will be further gratified by Mr. Meart.tl''s exquisite performance.  Yesterday morning Mr. HE AV I SLI3 E, the surgeon. was arrested I'y TowNsENo, under authority of a Ivarrant from Sir Bien ARD Folio, wherein he stands charged with liar:rig been aiding and acsi sting in the murder of Col. MONTGOMERY ; and after undergoing a private examination before the above Magistrate at Bow-street, was fully committed to New. gate for trial at the ensuing Old Bailey Sessions.— Several witnesses were also privately examined iespeeling the duel before Six RIcHARD hoes, and bound over to appear on the trial.  Captain MACNAMARA was yesterday declared out of danger, but is nut yet well enough to be removed.  Notwithstanding the assertions to the contrary, in the French official Papers, it is confidently stated, that neither the Emperor of Rt-ssi A, nor the King of PRUSSIA, have as yet consented to guarantee the arrangements relative to Malta, according to the stipulations of the loth article of the Definitive Treaty of Peace.  The Earl of MANSFIELD has resigned the command of the East Middlesex militia. It is said, he will have the command of the Perthshire militia, his paternal estate being situ tted principally in that county. His Lordship is succeeded in the East Middleex, by Lieutenant-Colonel Wool), brother. in-law of Lord CA ST