The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1826-01-03 (London, England)

LLER.  The Leterrnr Go-4,W, of the 16th Mt contains the fullowing account of the preraraiions fot the trial of the murderers of Al. hiller:—Thu proceedires against the band of the notorious Wendel stein un the print of taking a new turn, in consequence of most important information obtained by the ('o"rt of lequiry.. ile daughters of the Avoyer Keller, doing homage to truth, and breaking a silence which has been long imposed en them by fear, have declared that they taw their littler murdered in their presence, and have hem only restrained by an oath extorted from them by the perpetrators; from revealing the crime which they have he. n c dige 1 to witness. The great number of accomplices, thiir rank in society, the fear that troubles the wittiessit, the necessity under which the judges hare Grind the.teco.via of reqtroing the intervention of the confciteratiee, and of removing the seat of the investigation to a Cant: goveroco other laws, and to a fortified town, namely, to ; in a word, every thing unites to give an in /Ica' Ipc., to tlizgc proceedings, calculated to attract universal mut ntion. A circumstance worthy of notice, as it can lurilly be accidental that the report of the inqttest on the holy of the Avoyer is missing, though it must have been derisiteil in the arehieves of Lucerne. It has hero r2marked that there never were at Lucerne such mlatto:lg nml splendid entertainments and diversions as at present. mal this is ascribed by some persons to a wish to divert the attention of the public as much as possible from this important trial, in which many distinguished persons may sooner or later he implicated.  , - Geo;rraphy has just sustained a new loss. The Chevalier Barbie du 11.icage, Member of the Academy of Inscriptions and 11. lie, /Alt rs, Geographer to the Department for Foreige Aff'airs, Professor to the Faculty of Letters to the Atath nay of l'aris, died yesterday at three o'clock in the afternoon, of a fit of the apoplexy. He boil sustained many attacks during the last three or four we, ks, but lie was tlicieeht perfectly convalescent. The Atlas of the Voyage of Anarliarsis established his reputation. lie continued diroin,li 11. e wliole of his life to study the topography Greece, and evaerelly of classic lands. Ile must have I:ft valuable notes behind him. He was between sixty-five and sixty-six years of age. Two of his sons are successfully trending in the steps of their father.—Parie Papers. The statue of Fmcion, deitined for the town of Cambray, was sent off on the 29th ; it will arrive there on the eth of January. and the inauguration will take place on the The beautiful antique pulpit of St. Katherine's church, recently pulled down, pres•mted a curiou4 piece of carved workmanship, tarter the manner of the pulpits in the Catholic Churches in the 1.,,w Countri.s. This relic was sold by auction during the last week, and purchased by a well-known antiquary. FATAL Der L.—We lately ended, that a duel had taken place in the county of Longford, which proved fatal to one of the parties. The principal and second- have, we understand, been committed by Lord Castlemain to Longford gaol, to slide their trial at the ensuing Assizes.—Dublin At:sewing Peat. Died, at Shrl&m, Warwiekshire, aged 5.5, Miss Mary Sheldon. The following munificent bequests to' charities in Birmingham have been made by this lady:-1.0001. to the Hospital; 1 000/. to the Dispensary ; 1,000/. to the Blue School ; 1,000/. to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ; and the interest of 1,000/. for ten poor women who amend the rrgular worship of St. Philip's Church. The following remarkable inetance of deliberate suicide is recorded of Count de Iloyms, who was Minister of State to the King of Poland, but hail been afterwards disgraced, and confined two years in the fortress of Konigstein. On the night of the 21st of April, 1736, he hanged himaelf with a handkerchief fastened to a !leak in the wall, leaving 'the following note for his two servants:—" Be prudent, male no noise or alarm ; untie me immediately ; put me to bed, and then shut the door after you, by bolting it when you are out, which you may do by the help of this packthread; by this means nobody will knovi you have been in my chamber. .The world will, doubtless, believe 1 died of apoplexy. If you execute my orders discreetly and faith-, fully, my family will pay you 1,000 ducats upon your producuig this note to them. Smola:as Csaitacrea.—Tbere is now existing at Ditcheat a remarkable instance of the power of habit to remedy the defects of nature. A farmer, named Kingston, who was born without arms, it enahled to accomplish with his feet all those purposes for which the hands are generally employed. He shaves himself with the greatest facility, writes a bold legible character, and performs all , the manual labour of the farm. He is an admirable bowlef, and for throwing the stick at the snuff-boxes, as practised at country fairs, he has no equal, and should disputes arise in the course of the game, be can defend his right with the power, if not the arms of a Cribb. He was some time since married to a second wife, and, as treght be supposed, the ceremony was attended by an immense concourse, who were delighted at the manna in which he wok the hand of his wife, placed the ring on her finger, and. signed the register with his foot. lie has hid offers of a liberal description to tempt him to exhibit himself; but he values his liberty with an Englishman's spirit, and cannot be induced to submit to the necessary confln:ment on any trans.—Provincial Purr.