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The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1825-03-19 (London, England)

URDER AT BILBOA. o'clock, Judge Torreon took his sent on  the Bench. Timothy Ryan, John Deegan, and Patrick Molony were put to Me bar, charged with the murder of Daniel Connell, at Confers, near Balboa, on thelth of December, 1821, and on several iodict. menus, with burglary, assaulting habitation dec. Michael Connell, the brother of the deceased, who walked on a crutch,and prevented a most melancholy picture of the dreadful treatment the Conuelts experienced on the night of the murder, proved that op that night an armed party broke into their hots, and coontrisuced an indiscriminate attack on the inmates, consisting of witness, thh deceased, their two sisters, and two female cousins s they inflicted twenty-eight wounds on the witness, murdered his brother, whose head they hacked in pieces with a sword, cut one of the females, who, from the effect of her wounds, was unable to !ewe the County Tipperary to give evidence, across both legs with a sword, and felled her se the ground. The reasons assigned for the outrage was, the Connell' having taken the lands of Coneen, from which theDwyers, near relatives of the Ryans, who had themselves bid for the lands previous to the Connells being declared tenants, had been ejected ; the prisoner, Ryan, having lost some of his apparel during the attack; was obliged to light a perm of bog. deal to search for it, when witness, who had then crept under a form for concealment, had a full view of the prisoner, and saw a rimed in his band ; he also identified alolony as one of the patty, whom he also saw light a piece of bog-deal, and go into the room to search for his shoes. Mary Hourigan, one of the mustn't:a' the deceased, proved that she saw Deegan, whom she described and identified the dal after the murder, standing at the room door, when another person, not in custody, came in with a light to seek for a pitchfork. The evidence foe the prosecution was of a very strong circumstantial and corroborative nature. The defence set up for the prisoner Ryan was a good character, which he obtained from the Rev. Messrs. Penelather and T. G'C. Costelloe, and from three highly respectable gentlemen, as to his integrity, good moral conduct, and general reputation in the country foe industry. For the prisoner Melons', an alibi was proved by three witnes,es, who severally deposed that he slept the night of the transaction in a house ie Mame, some miles from the scene of the murder. The prisoner Deegan set up no distinct evidence for his defence. Verdict—Timothy Ryan and John Deegan, Guilty ; Patrick Molony, Not Guilty. His Lordship proceeded to pass on the prisoners the awful sentence of the law, after which the prisoner were removed, apparently not much affected. The acquitted man seemed greatly effected at his narrow escape, and burst into tears. They are to be exahted on Monday. The prisoners in the most solemn manner asserted their inno. cence.—Mr. Woulfe, foe the first time since his recent appoint. ment, assisted she Crown. Lawyers in the above prosecution. -APPREHENSION OF THURTIkEL
The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1825-01-27 (London, England)

JAW. 13. The Bccres of Amnesty has been sent to the Council of Castile, who will nuke a Report on the period of its publication, and will, besides, add observations on the isersons excepted. As for tho liberals, the 40 who, it was said, were to be comprehended in the eseeptions, now reach as high as 200. But these are reports so frequent iv! this capital, that too much faith must not be put in them. With 'regard to those who followed the patty of Joseph Napoleon, M. Paul Arribus, es-Minister of Police. will, it is said, form the only exception in this class of amnesties. It appears that the foreign accredited diplomatic agents now call for the suppression of military cmnmisitions, and likewise for the purification tribunals ; and that the romans who are to purify themselves should do it before the ordinary tribunals. The process of Augustus Papavoine, accused of the murder of Gerbold's children. will be carried on Wednesday, 23d February, Fictive the dna section of the Court of Assizeir, in which M. Bar. douin acts as President. About sixty witnesses will be examine:l. M. the Viscount de Peyronnet, Advocate-General., will carry on the cause. _ _ _ . .  The following paragraph is to be found in the Echo du ADA a '.Ministerial Journal of Toulouse:— "We are informed by a letter from Pais, that the question of terminating the affairs of Greece, is more than ever agitated in the Cabinets of Europe ; reciprocal overtures have been made by the Great Powers. It is demanded, we are mural, that the Morea, and a portion of the islands of the Archipelago, shool be acknowledged independent. The Grand Seignor ought to give his full assent to this politic measure, which would terminate the misfortunes which at present desolate those countries, and would leave no chance for the ambition of certain Cabinets. May that news be tallied, for the interests of religion and humanity.  [From the Ceristitraietracr or Monday. A fact is reported in all the commercial circles, by which one may judge of the inconceivable policy of our Ministry. Four individuals of Colombia having arrived in Eumpe, first went to England, where they were charged to observe the mechanism and fabrication of the steam machinery, for the purpose of introducing it into their country. They had, moreover, a credit for two millions five hundred thousand francs on France, to buy there silks, wines, and brandies; but having demanded passports to come here, it has, as It is reported, been given them for answer by our Legation, that being subjects of the King of :pain, they ought to address themselves to the Ambassador of that Power. What has been the re. sult ? it is that these traders have exhausted their credit in London, and that they have made in England those purchases which they ought to have made in France. Such is for our neighbours the re. sult of their low policy, and such is for our country the result of the transcend:.nt or sentimental policy or the French Ministry.
The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1825-04-11 (London, England)

PIIILPOTTIL—it is very common for men to carry a bit of candle in that way in dark nights. Francis Britton lives about a quaver of • mile from my house. Benjamin Britton. examined by Mr. Coosa, said-1 was coming home past the Tennis Court on the night in question ; I saw mitething lying in the road at about sixty or seventy yards from the public house. lat first thought it was a sack, but on touching It with my stick 1 found a man's legs. I called out, " Here's a man drunk or dead." He was lying on his face, but I turned him over. My coVtin went to the public house, and I remained with the body. Soon after the landlord's son came to help us. with a light. I did not know the deceased at first, he was so bloody ; but on wiping his face I found that it was Isaac Gordon. I found a stab over the left eye, on the forehead. There was a good deal of blood on the ground. I found a knife lying by him; it had two blades, one of which had half an inch broken or its end. The broken blade was open. The body was quite wann, but had no signs of life. It was about half-past eleven o'clock I think, because some little time after we moved the body I heard the clock at the smelting-house strike twelve.  Wm. Britton was called, but not examined. Elizabeth Pouting examined by Mr. Leneow—l am the Wife of ('harlev l'onting ; our house is on the side of the Bristol road ; the Tennis-court public house is on the other side to the road, not very tar off; on the same side of the road as the public house, and nearly opposite to our house, is the field called Gibbet Patch, and on one side of that field runs a road called Grimsbury-lane, which leads to Francis Britton's house; there is also a stile at a foot-path front the other corner of the Gibbet Patch; leading also to Gnma. bury-lane. After I was in bed on the night in question I heard people laaghing and talking near this stile. (This was within a few yards of the place where the body was found.) The window of my bed.room overlooks the road, and I am sure I saw the light of a candle, which seemed to come in that direction ; I heard the voices and saw the light at the Fans time; I think it must have been at about eleven o clock ; the light soon disappeared, and then I heard " :Murder !'• cried very kind!, and at the same time heard some blows ; it sounded as if you wefe beating a dead thing, and the blows were struck very heavily ; after the blows I heard a voice say—" there thee be," and then another voice called out " Bob." I did not know England at that time ; I heard nothing more till the men came and found the body; f also heard a laugh in Grim'. bury-lane ; the persons that called Bob went up the road, and then I heard the laugh. Cross-examined by Mr.
The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1825-04-11 (London, England)

FERDI.• NAND to admit the bonds. The only question for some months has been at what rate they should be received.  We have received Barbacloes Papers to the 18th of February, from which we make the following extracts:— [From the Barbadoes Globe, February 171 Yesterday morning arrived his Majesty's ship Eger's, 26 days from Plymouth, last from Madeira, having on board 2 Commis. sinners and 2 King's Messengers, destined for. South America. The mail boat Mary, which arrived yesterday, passed Guadaloupe on the 10th instant, and Martinique on the 12th instant. Saw lying at the firmer place a 38 gun frigate ; at St. Fine, a 62 gun ship, and a 22 gun corvette ; at Fort Royal, 1 line of battle ship, 1 vessel of 64 guns, 2 small frigates, and 2 brigs.  - [From the Barbadian of 15th Feb.] An ordination was held on Sunday last by the Lord Bishop of Barbedoes, at the cathedral and parish church of St. Michael, when Mr. Mark Thomas, lately from England, was ordained Deacon, and the Rey. Bryan Morse (son of the late Eooch Morse, Esq. of this island), lately arrived from Demerara, was ordained to the priesthood. An excellent and well adapted ordination sermon, describing the origin and progreas of the Christian church, and the several offices of the ministry, and exhorting the ministers and people to a due performance of their respective duties, was preached by Archdeacon Parry. The very, numerous congregation assembled on the occasion were gratified by witnessing a ceremony perfectly novel in this part of the world, and of a highly interesting and impressive character. The Lord Bishop of this Diocese has been pleased to appoint John Chase Eversley, Esq. to the office of Episcopal Registrar. Sir Henry Warde has left the Island of Barbadoes one tour of inspection of the garrisons in the Leeward Islands. J. B. Skeet, Esq is sworn into the administration of government. The execution of D'Egville, convicted of the murder of his wife, took place yesterday in the jail-yard. He expressed great contrition for the sins of his past life, but persisted to the last moment In declaring his innocence of the crime for which be was about to suffer. _ _ _  The Rev. Uri Warn Marshall Hart, Rector of the parish of St. Lucy. and the Rev. J. B. Pindar, A.M. are appointed Domestic Chaplains to the Lotd Bishop of this diocese. (From the Barbadian of February 4.] The Clergy of this island waited upon the Lord Bishop on WedLesday last at his residence (Gibraltar), when Mr. Garnett, the Senior Rector, read an address, congratulating his Lordship on his appoit.iinent to the See of Barbadoes, and his arrival amongst us. To their address his Lordship replied in an extemporaneous effusion, with considerable feeling, acd in so gracious a manner as to aflOrd the highest gratification to the Reverend Gentlemen. His 11a)esty's yacht Herald, Captain Lecke, sailed yesterday morning for Jamaica, with the Lord Bishop of that Diocese and suite, and would, we understand, touch at Martinique.
The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1825-12-24 (London, England)

THE BRITISH PRESS.  white boat ; the prisoner WU in her ; saw the prisoner before that time ; know the Po ; she came in atfer the Venus. A witness of the name of Jordan corroborated the testimony of the former witness. The Po came in without a rudder. . .  Lieut. Hillard examined by Mr. IL command the naval force at Folkestone ; I land Lieutenant Cole examined the Venus. This witness corroborated what was already deposed respecting the rudders of the two boat...  This 1121 the case for the prosecution. Mr. Baron Un ARAM then called on the prisoner to say if he had any thing to urge in his defence? The prisoner handed in a written paper, In which he asserted his innocence, and that if he was guilty he would never have exposed himself so openly to the officers and men of the preventive service, to whom he was well known, anti that the evidence against him amounted only to a suspicion of guilt. lie appealed to the Jury for a verdict, and reminded them that their decision would consign hint to an ignominious death, or liberate him from so serious a charge. William Holmes, the first witness called for the defence, was ex. amined by Mr. Attotrtins—l was one of the Coroner's Jury which sat in an inquest on the body of the deceased. The coast Is ehelving where the body was found. There are quicksands there. r I heard of several men being drowned near that place. It is called the Herring hang. I know the Frivoler ;he was at my house during the inquest. I saw him two hours after. He has the character of a humane man.  Thomas Dring. iiretreatvri;neas, a grocer at Primehurch, corroborated the testimony of the last witness—He saw the prisoner at the funeral of the deceased. There were forty-nine of the preventive service in the procession. This closed the prisoner's defence. Itircto summed up the case. He commented on the evidence on both aides, at much length. Ile said the law was that, when any number. of persons engaged in an unlawful undertaking, and murder took place, the hand of every individual who was present was the hand which committed the murder. It was for them to consider whether such a case was made out against the prisoner. The Jury retired for about an hour, and having returned into Court, found a verdict of Nrc' Guilty. The Grand Jury having thrown out the bill against John Whiter 11tH, steward of the ship Tartar, indicted for stealing 15,000 dol. Las, were discharged: George Smith was tried for stealing 25 gallons of rum, the property of John Jones (Captain of the Arcadian) upon the high seas, near the island of Bermuda. The only witnesses produced against the prisoner were the Captain himself and a shiproate of he prisoner. No witnesses were called for the defence ; the Jury, however. found a verdict of Not Gritty. The Court broke up at ten o'clock.
The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1825-07-08 (London, England)

SUSTWCTED CHILD MURDER.  At eight o'clock yesterday evening a most extraonlinary Inquiry took place at the Regent's Arms Tavern in Regent-street, near Vauxhall Bridge-road, before Mr. Thomas Higgs, the Coroner for the City and Liberty of Westminster, and a respectable Jury, ri.vpecting the death of a fine male infant. Mr. Frederick Holt, a surgeon of Holywell.street, Westminster, deposed, that the body of the child which is the subject of this in9uiry was brought to his shop on Tuegday last, about one o'clock In the (lay. Ile was front home at the time; but on his return about two he saw the infant. It was artily born, and had never been washed, nor had there been the slightest care taken of it; and on either side of the neck there were bruises, apparently as if caused by sunk:thing having been twisted round it to produce strangulation. Tbe skin was off immediately under the ear. It is a full grown child i and, in his opinion, from the lips being very florid, the child had breathed t bit.: lie could not say decidedly that it was born alive. He had very strong suspicion that the child had been unfairly dealt with, but whether negligently or wilfully, he could not swear; and if the body was to be dissected nu further inform*, tion could be obtained.  James Gardiner stated, that he was guard to the Souttnoispton night .oath that runs to the Bell and Crown, Holborn. Witness took up the parcel, amongst others, at the Black Swan at Winchester. It was regularly booked by Mr. Iliggs, the landlord of the Black Swan, and witness put it into tee boot. It was directed to Mr. Tricker, No. ft, Vincent-street, Vauxll3ll-road, and on the nrrival of the couch at the White Horse Cellar he kft it there, to be forwanied to its destination. IVitness had not the least knowledge of the contents of the basket. The Gentlemen of the Jury haring been told that at present there was no other testimony to produce to elucidate this mysterious aflisir, they expressed a wish to investigate the business to the bottom, and it was unanimously agreed that Weale, the ullicer, should proceed immediately to Winchester, to make further in. quiries, and to apprehend any persons that he might suspect were concerned in the dreadful offence. The Coroner acquiesced With the Jury, and the officer was empowered to proceed on his journey, at the expense of the parish ; and the Investigation was adjourned at IU o'clock till Monday net', and the Jurors were bound over in the aunt of 40!. each to attend.  _.„ .... The body of the infant was produced on the bible for the Ins & tion of the Jury, anti was ordered to be preleryed by Mr. Holt the inquest is resumed.  Dunuw.-.--The motion in arrest of judgment upon the !bur men capitally convicted for an assault on Mr. Butterworth, goes over for the decision of the twelve Judges. The technical objection raised in their favour is not without weight, but their fate will not be known before November next.
The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1825-01-25 (London, England)

MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK IN ORKKEY.—Wc are sorry in having to announce this day the total loss of the ship Patriot, ('aptain liossack, of Burntisland, from the Bay of Fundy, North America, timber-load, on the morning of the Sib instant, on the island of Swinna, in the Pentland Frith, for Leith, and, melancholy to relate, eight of the crew lost. Their names are, viz.—David Beatle, carpenter, belonging to Leith ; Thomas Anderson, seaman, do. ; David Dingwall, do.; Michael Dickson, Bristol ; Hugh Graham, Burntisland; James Sutherland, Kinghorn ; William Young, Edinburgh; William Fantle, Dutifertnline.—Colcdoniun Dlercury.  DARING •TT•CIL ON THE NORTH Malt..—ln passing through the woods near the seat of Sir Hector Mackenzie, Bart. at Conon side, the North Mail was attacked by some persons at one o'clock in the morning of Monday last. Two shots were fired, suppotted to be directed upon tlie guard and drllfer ; but -boarforttitilleTriscaped unhurt. The shot fell On the body of the coach, and among thT wheels, on which the horses set off with great speed, and the fire was returned by the guard upon two men whom he observed concealed within the inclosure of the plantation. For some weeks there have been unpleasant reports of assaults and robberies committed in various parts of the country, and particularly in the Back Isle. Hitherto they have been disregarded as without foundation ; but now there is too much cause to fear, that our neighbourhood is infested with a branch of some villanons gang, from whose violence we have every right to call on our police to protect us. The alarm that prevails is so great that many nersons are deterred, by the fear of robbery or murder, from travelling-after night-fall—lnverness Courier. From the Office of the English Gentleman.—Crim. Con. —Cox. v. Kean —We present to onr readers this Supplement (containing the trial of Cox a. Kean)gratis. Our private judg• nient had at first decided to notice this profligate transaction as briefly as possible, and follow it up with the charge of the lend Chief Justice to the Jury ; but not feeling ourselves old enough in public estimation to hope that our contempt would be imbibed by Individwah, so as to counteract their curiosity, we determined to lay the whole before the public ; but not to contaminate our regular paper with such a record of infamy. We considered, that the heads of families hate under their care minds yet unpolluted—that to open upon them the fir xl-gate of unblushing vice and sickly sentiment, is to sprend a plague, d pcstilencc, among youth. Those, therefore, whose minds are formed, and who can read, and imbibe no poison, but on the contrary, confirm themselves in the prinei• plea el honesty and chm.tity, may peruse this Supplement, and band ore, without fear of offence, the " English Gentleman" to their rhealrer. The raper, with the Supplement (price sempence, Loth), will remain on sale at the Office during the whole of the current week.—Emenao DIIOX POLICHEE publisher, .N 0.7, ltry•lges-street, Coveat-garden.—.N.E.. It may La had of any easpsetable Newsrentlee.
The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1825-09-14 (London, England)

SEPT. 13.—A man trained Jrfekerann watt ' 'brought before the Loan al AY4)R, charged with having committed a furious and cowardly assault upon a sugar-bilker, named Ozerbah. The complainant and several of his companions, it appeared, liaa been drinking a few evening' ago at a publie.house in ]lute's. place, where the prisoner and a number of his friends were also. regaling themselves, but in a distinct party, With whom the coin. pi:anent had nothing to do and held no communication. The corm pis Mint went out to go home soon afterwards, but upon turning round a corner lie was suddenly beet by five men, of whom the prisoner was one, who all set upon hint at once, knocked him down, and beat him dreadfully. They kicked and flung stones at him, and they had it was clear laid in ambush for him, and gathered brick-bats and stones to fling at him. His head was severely cut, and but for the assistance of his companion, whom they also best dreadfully, he must have been murdered. The Loan MAYOR asked the complainant what could possibly have been the cause of this desperate assault ? The complainant said, he was conscious of no °Fierce except that of not having been born in the place where the defendant and his compassion were born. 111r..Hablet, who, from the description given of the row, as well as the savage half-starved appearance of the defendant, concluded that this desperate assault was committed by a native of the sister country, was a good deal surprised to hear the Beadle of the Ward , declare that there was not ad Irishman belonging to either party, and that they were all Germans. "Germans!" said the Chief ' Clerk, "I am borprised 1 Why, I always understood that. the Germans were a very peaceably disposed set of men, and that when they do fight it is only upon stronger provocation than la other people usuall take, and that they" never bad recourse to such disgraceful mode yof warfare as this. The complainant—" Sonic of as are Upper, .and others of us are Lower Germans ; that's all the ground of dispute." The Beadle stated. that a number of Germans had settled about Duke's-place, and that lights took place between them almost every night. The prisoner and his party, who are sugar-baktrs, came from the Black Forest, in the dominions of the King of Wirternbing, and the otherl„who came from Hanover, considered themselves the King of England's natural-born tabjects, and the next thing to Englishmen, sidle they ridiculed those of the 111.ack Forest, as a mere contemptible set of foreigners, who wets, only permitted to live here as a matter of indulgence. Besides-those extraordinary grounds of mortal animosity, the Hanoverkammilest of trades different from those pursued by the Black Forestees.-1 • The Lotto Afar ort said, that this inhuman system must berit an end to. He then ordered the defendant to find bail to answer for the outrage at the Sessions, and batted a warrant fur the apprehension of the ringleader of the assailaets. AN