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THE PRINCESS OF WALES. FATAL ACCIDENT. a 21 1. Lesthedseed Tomnke. 2 The carnage track s 3 Two gentlemen upon the r ead, observing/ apes*, vest speed of the swine. 4. The place of the carriage, at the moment revious Is its %clog syset. 5. The two trees, en the rend side, dem to the finger -post, heSesea which the body of the was thrown. 6. Mr. Jarring's home. 7. Mr. Jarrins'a son, standing at the doer, and an eye evil er., of the fatal accident. e. The road to Dorking. 9. pm Swan Inn. to which Her Royal Highness, Lady 4 :effied, and His Chisinondeley were conveyed. immediately OWN the saiisat• 10. - timildferd saraPike• An Inquest was held last Saturday morning, at half-past ten o'clock, at the Swat; Inn, at Leather bead, kept by Mrs. Jones, (Charles Jemmett, Esq. Cqrorier), on the body of Miss Harriet Mary Chol mondeley, who was killed on Thursday, the 2d of Pnober instant, about three o'clock in the afternoon. bj being thrown oat of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales's carriage. Mr. AlezanJer Jarring, .Tttn. was the Cyst wit ness sworn ; he stated, that on Thursday last, the 2.1 of o.l , shcr, aS of three o'clock isetho afternoon, while standing at his tether's door, which is situated et the corner of the left 11.1* of the backing road, he heard the noise of a caniage and horses, coming (rem the Loatherhead Turfpike-gate, towards the spot where he Mai standing but was prevented from aeons the carriage, by the intervention of the corner of his fathes's house; he first saw ac outrider or servant, whom ha 'opposed to belong to the persons 11 the carriage, and perceived the carriage and four tern the ;omen The carriage, which was an open baroselistlattlA t instantly overact, and the trp part a it struck againt a tree, on the right hang Mw of the road, being the second tree from the turner, and eta tly opposite the place where he atood. In the carriage were, Her Royal Highness she Princess of Wales, Lady Sheffield, and the do es/sod Miss Cholesondeley. He knstantly crossed ow, and foes& die heeds isf the ladies tying ass the ground, and their bodies in the carriage ; he I first perceived that Miss Cholmonsieley was very much bur., and that blood had issued from some part of her head. The Ladies were taken into the swan Inn, at Leatherhead, which facet the Dorking toad, and is about thirty yards from the spot where the carnage was oversee He said, that the car- Wage was coming on at a very great rate ; and, in turning the owner, swang round upon the two of wheels; that the horses broke their trues, and the ipiinter-bar and pole of the carriage, and ran away, leaving the carriage broken to pieces ; that he oh sawd the carriage take a very large sweep against the using side of the road, which caused it to over. Well• James Pullock, one of the servants at the Swan I-n at Leatherhead, said, that he saw the carriage ea the ground close to the tree, and the ladies' heads Sing upon the ground ; and that Miss Choltr,oode ley's head was close against the bottom of the tree. He saw blood issue copiously from her mouth and ems ; and immediate'', with the assistance of some of tise by-,sanders, took het into the house, carried her up stairs, and laid her on a bed. He thinks the was then alive, but died a few moments after wards. The post-bo:s shortly returned with the horses, which are the property ef Mr. Stammers, of the Cock, at Sutton. Mr. G. Lowdell, Surgeon, of Bookhani, being sworn, said, that on 'Thursday last, the 2.1 instant, be was mat for, about four o'clock in the afternoon, and came to the Swan Inn, at Leatherhead. On entering the parlour, he fist saw Her Royal fligh tless the Princess of Wales, who, on his entering the room, desired him to go up stairs, as there was a lady there who stood in need of his assistane store than site did. Ile imniniliately ran up stairs, focnd the lady en the bed, quite dead, with a great deal of blood on her clothes and hair. He examined her bead, and perceived a violent bruise upon the left temple. Which, in his opinion, was the cause of her dr ath, lty having occasioned the rupture of some blood ilcasels in her head, and some other part of her body. • Tne principal part of the evidence being cicsed. f:e Jury returned a verdia of .Inilerrel Death.— if the desire of all the Getalerant of the Jury, the nro prist•beys were then calle I in, and received a 'tress reprimand from the Coroner, as a cannon Pr the future never to drive at the furious rate 111- ' ,14 they rid. Several of the Gentlemen told ~tszn, let whatever their Ort:C:f may be, Leta to tint the watts of toads with that •elocity.—The greatest care was taken by the Gentlemen of the Jury, to ascertain whether any blame cculd be laid to the drivers, and the whole cf the investigation lasted three hours and a half.—A small fine was laid on the norses. 'lke Honourable Augustus Phipps, And several Gentlemen, wet e present during the whole of the investigation. Previous to the examination of the witnesses, and immediately after the Jury were sworn, the latter proceeded to view the body of Miss Chohnondeley, which was lying in the front room on the first dole of the Swan Inn, upon the bed, in the very same position as it was first placed there after the fatal accident oq Thursday. The bruise upon the lef: temple had turned very black, and there appeared to be a great quantity of congealed . blood collated on that side of the face. Her countenance was not otherwise disfigured, nor did her person exhi'ait any other barks of violence. There had been a great dig. charge of blond from her mouth ; a circumstance which confirmed the opinion of Mr. Lowdell, that her frame had bees shattered internally, and several blond-vessels had been broken by the sbofk. Ot the two post boys, who drove the barouche, oae never drov: that road before ; and the other only once. All the circumstances attending this rnelinclaoly event are deeply interesting, and have produced great sensation. The following will be found faithful detail; About twelve o'clock on Thursday last, a servant of Her Royal Ht&hness the Princess of Wales arrived at the Cock inn, Sutton, and or dered four post horses to be ready for Her Royal Highness, who, he said, would be there about one o'clock. Her Royal Highness arrived accordingly , nor barenche, accompanied by Lady Sheffield and bliss cholmondelry. Tracy stopped only ro change horses. Two of the post-boys hair:ging to the Cock Inn, drove the carriage. Her Royal High ness's coachman rode on horseback before, to cleat the way, and one urvaat fo.lowed. .rhey pro ceeded through Epsom acid Leattneihead at a lull gallop, Her Royal Hignness having expressed a wish to make ail pusaidie speed, as it wa. b r amen, Lion to dine at Locke's, a. Nor:Airy Yak, nearly two miles beyond Anil to re.: turn in the evening to Biackneath. At this tate the patty i nocee4l“l in safety throu g h Leatheihead opikc, and at about jeiu yard, hunt the fatal ipo., they were particularly noticed by Mr. Grey ul Leistherhead, and Mr. Picktou of KingstO.i, who were standing at the side of the rote, its cOWSWI4- dos with each other. Her Royal 1 - Jlj:insist sat with her fan to the horses, and Lady :that ld or. her left. Miss sat with her back to the horses, and exadiy opposite to the Princess.— Observing the velocity tit the carriage, one of the Gentlemen said, it Would be a wo.ider it it got safe round Jarring's Corner.—Mr. fasting is a re speClable shopkeeper. who.e house is situate it the angle of the road turning to Dorkiug, and leading to Norbury Park, one side of the kohl., being parallel to the Leatherhead read, and the hula: with the entrance on the Dorking road, opeo site to the fatal spot, as may be sew in - the plan which we hare given of it. The Dorking coach was upset on the very same place about three years ag, , and it has been always con sidered a vet y dangerous turn, being something kss than a right angle upon the side of a declivity rising on the right side, aaci rather narrow. The observations of tae Gentlemen were too well found ed. The carriage approached this spot eziftly'ait ten minutes to tore,. 'The coachman, who WAS be l fore, waved his ham( to the post-boys, as a signal for them to slacken their pace; but the carries? was elm upon him, and it was impossible for than) -to check the horses in time. la the force and rapi. flity of the motion, from the sharpness of the angle, and the declivity of the road, the two near wheels were thrown up, and the body of the carriage fell upon its off side, in which situation it was dragged se veral yards. there is a row of old trees on the Dork ing road, commencing at this spot. clew to the fio ger post, and the Cody of the carriage %vas thrown nearly in between the two first of them. The se cond tree is much decayed towards the root, and on the outside of is, ab rut IS inches from the ground, there is a knob or knot, projeCting about four inches, rather on the Dorking side, acid rag ged. It was upon riis knob Mess Cholmondeley s head pitched. I: was covered with her blood.— Her loyal Highness the Princess of Wales fell on the near side of this tree, with part of her body upon Miss Cholmoodeley, and Lady Sheffield fell upon Her Royal Highness. The bark of the tree, about four feet limn the ground, was torn or, by the ►a:k of the barooche coming is c v llicioxi with it, and had the carriage been halt a foot LArtUer ad vanced, whoa Ow accident ►appened, Her ft )yal Highness must hays been daihed to pieces. Had not she traces also snapped so suddeoly, Ha Royal Higbaeis aid Lady Sheffield most also have been forced against the same fatal tree, and prelashly i filled on the spot. The two latter es:cleated themselves from their perTlotts situation, and rose from the ground without any assistance. Her Royal flighaens chewed uncommon f irtitude. and WAS, with Lady Sheffield, condu3ed into. the par lour of the Swag Inn. Mrs. Jones, the mistress, was from home, but her place was well sunlied by her sister and attendants, who paid every possible attention to their unexpeael and illustrioas guest. Some hartshorn and water was immediately provi.t ed, of which Her Royal Highness drank. She hid received a slight cut upon the side of the nose, and another upon the wrist. She also appeared te have sustained a severe injury upon the right shoulder, which, from the mom:qt sle was seat ed, she continued to rub with her hand. The trunk of the tree, at the moment of the acci dent, being interposed between Ha Royal High new and Miss Cholmondeley, she neither did or cook/ see that the latter was actually kilted. The impression, however, upon the mind of Ha Royal Highness was, that her companion and friend was the greatest- Xufferer of the pary, and here she dis played feeling equal to her fortitude Though in an agony of pain, she declined every attention, and requested every person who offrred assistance, to at tend to the lady up stairs, meaning Miss Cholmen deley. The report of the accident soon spread through the neighbourhood, in which it excited uni versal regret, alarm, and consternation ; every one ,- crowding to the place to learn die particulars, off r assistance. Mr. GieY, of Leatherhead, one of the Gentle. men who was standing clothe road when the acci dent happened, stew to the Swirl Inn, anct entered • parlour with a proffur of service.—Lady Shef field immediately asked, "are you a Surgeon ?" to which he answered in the negative; but that he should immediately go fez one. Lady Sheffield ex claimed, " for God's sake do," in which entreaty Her Royal Highness joined, adding, that she was not hurt, but the Lady above stairs (Nisi Chohnondsley) wanted assistance. In a few minutes, Mr. Low tell. and Mr. Wilson. two surgeons, arrived ; Sir Lucas Pcpys came shortly after, from his seat at MICKICMATU, and inantediately proceeded up stairs to the room where Miss C.holmondeloy lay, but she was quite dead:having fetched her last sigh iq the arms of the min who carried her into the house.— An apress was sent off to Mr. Lathe, at Not bury Park, to Appi ize bias of the dreadful acci le and be came Li, mediately to the Swan Lin, in his tar ! liege; m carry Her Royal Highness and LittlT ' Slief• field to Norbery Part Ad this time Lady fsbef field hid a Misr painfal and difficult task te per form. Her Ladyship saw that the Princess was hurt, and was not aware of the extent of the injury that Miss Cholmondeley had received, and s. e dil not think it prudent to undeceive her.— To the pressi-g so:,ci:ations ut Mr. Locke to leave the house, Her itoyai Hit .ness answered, that she must first see Miss Cboliriondeley, and it was not until six o'clock in the evening Her Royal H gh nes", upon various pretence', was di s suaded from going up attire, and consented to proceed to Nor bury Park. leaving Lady Saeffield behind. As soon as site was gone, Lady Sheffield indulged those feelings which she had with so much difficulty suppressed in the presence of Her Royal Highness. and gave veal to her reef in a food of tears. — She ran up stairs, and throwing herself upon the bed which contained die remains of her lucid and companion, who was alive cad cheerful only a feet hours before—she wept most bitterly, and could not be torn from the room. until Mr. Locke, having escorted the Princely; to NOl , bury Park, returned, at her request, tci tarry her Ladyship to join Her Royal Highness. With much persuasion her Ladyship consented, and stepped into the carriage overwhelmed with sorrow. Immediately after thiarrival of Her Royal High ness at Norbury Park, it was deemed advisable, as a measure of precaution, that she should be blooded, and the operation was performed by Mr. NV.lson. • Leatherhead ; she still continued ignorant of the fate of Miss Choltpordeley. until the arrival of Lady Sheffield. T 6 evasive answers, however. given by her Ladyship to Her Royal Highness's if? t uiries, and other circumstances. soon led ban 1111 suspea the fatal :welt; and the event being gradtaily disclosed, the whole family of ilk: Locke joined in coodoiing her upon the nation cholly catastrophe. Her Royal Highness and Lady Sheffield remained at Norbez y Park oa Tl.t.rsiley • night. On Friday mousing, lady Sheffield returned to the Swan lan, to take ano ther view of her departed friend. but was pre vented from undergoing that painful task; and after eaptessing her lively grati:mle for the attention of Mrs. fools and fam.ly, she joined Her Royal kfigh r.ess at Norbury Park, and they both returned to tilacitheath by another road. Mr. Cholmondeley. one of the Commissioners of Excise, and brother of the deemed, arrived CD Friday awning. at tl.e Smut bus t acympar.ied by her maid ; who will terrain there until t:te V.lneral of but asissress.-4- ~x~ The body was put yesterday into a leaden coffin, made at Leatherbead ; but no orders were given respelling the time and place of burial.—Miss ',l Cholaloodeley was a light petite person. 'I here • • was a track of blood which iuued from her mouth . from the fatal srit to the Saau Inn. This aCciden: as spread a melancholy g lOOll % :. over that happy wighbourhocl. Every traveller , passing the road, stops to view the fatal spot. utd ; the anxiety of the inhabitants is augmented by am .. - determination of Her Royal Highness never snor•' . . to pasi the' way. The melancholy result of thil escuition4rivs as small part of its interest from . , the ci‘ j-3 for uhich it was itudctaken. aff fey yeas the benevolent family of Mr. Locke employ them- ..: selves in makir.g :lacy article:, such s s v. - t.rk-bapii., t , purses, lcc. fur Leatherhead Fait, winch :a':(3 plaza .. on the I Ith instant, and the predate is applied to .... the relief of the neighbouri-g p-or. der Royal ll;ghness, since Lei first s-cf..aintance with this ~ worthy family, has patronised this laudable under- .: taking, and contributed to it is a, small de gree. For this purpose she set trot from Black , : heath, en Thursday, carrying with her mom of. her own fancy works 'of this kind, which being i well known, add not a Lisle to the attraction of till . - .4 fair. The Princess a.id Lady Sheffi id arrived at Blaclheath on Friday eveaing. Mr. Etimeads; of ' Greenwich, immrdi i:elv waited upon Her Royal . Highness. He found her in a state of emremee l ' agitation and alarm, but ascertained that the i personal injury *bids she had received. was _l'4 serious. N . amerce! fogs 'ins were made as day and Yesterday at Blackeath after ktr Highness's health. 'I he Princess Charlotte of Walso: visited Her Royal Mother yesterday. We gyre i: ,on Saturday an account of the family if Mies v Cholrncndeley. Lady Sheffield is Wife to Baron Sheffield, and sister to the Earl of Onjldiissii, Iles': Ladyship is one of the Ladies of the Batie4ll4 bei to Her Royal Highness the Ptbefte i M0111.17.171111.11111a1i • SPORTING iAT iLLIGENCIL , __ :. - kawmAIMET FIRST uCTOSItIt 142211/fO, 1.. - FRIDAY, OCT. 3. . i. ' r Mr. 1 Boyce's MI retcn, J y r s '.ll, Ile frb. bee We. '.. warin's Plarearei, r 4 yrs isid. Ms ...Tee yr Mil Q. ...s, I F . „ . L. stake li.es to 100eseet 434 .g.i. arresais: . Mr./C..44We Orangrel ~ est be. Mr. Ma ladr- icesiejlel& frlV—..Twe yr. .14C WOO It it...-01 tY lea :Mown" .4. M: PaltreesTim,ll4. 71. rem Mr. it. ensesbedessisee,Ves. Toe yr MA C liiiks ....4 te lb se Tie. . . .. ' Mr. II ,wertlis Orange. .r. 11s4 fie. r.e tiip. Om Mr. li r Princes Coined& 14.1 .... r.O yr mkt C. 7.7...?_•••m...........5ers ' AS [ACTT VIRTIM• MI.:1111A II: dillric el thil Ear! of Dusueaa. seee•npanied by is stein sit: were lam Wednesday driving over TwichiellaiS • t , ,trientnt. in a Si•ighs bores chaise. the beeee'seeif tight. 111.1 set eff at full speed. Lady %NaafAt s ill kept her seat, and strove to manage Ae Iles animal, whilst MIN Tecuits screamed with tlsa fright 1 at length, the ground being urine* ? be* . ladies.- by a jolt of the chaise, were thrown ow e The grorni, who drove up in order tr.' sere till boil*, made an effort to dimnonnt ; but hielltwaS alMtaking fright, threw him into a ditch, by *hick tccident his collar bnr.e was broken,. and by other! ' wise much bruised • but we are happy to stele, that ', • ooth ladies escaped unhurt, with the ezeifptiew of d V few scratches, and the fright. Lady Viaeivit • eery` E htrranely assisted to pull the groofn out of dm ditch. and after a few minutes he was able to walk' to the Countess of Di:linos a's house, on Twicketh. ~'' ham Common. The chaise was broken into a thou : 14 -' , . sand piece. • JONts W•LLTY, Esq. of Castlr.own, coupry U. merick, has arrived in Ireland. He landzi in Dublin on Mond.,y week. after an absence of roma than four years, the greater part of which time he has been a prisoner in France. The following accident took place on Thrusday,al Brompton, in Kr.,: --in cossequacce of the framed employed in turning the arches of a rnagaziae bu;ld ing there. being removed, bvfnre the work was suf ficiently dry, the bulling gave way ' • ten work men were buried in the ruins, Id who m six have been dug out lifeless; end it is feared that the -Idlers hive shared the same fare. The arches are s...:ppesed to flare contained 60.000 bricks. HOIDITY a.:d Co. respeinfully acquaim the Pub.. lie, that th. 7 are selliag Tickets and Shares, which will entitie'tne Purchaser to 10,0001. Lezt Mond morning. bed les several Capital Prizes of 20, 10,0001. and 5,0001. at their old established L fiery Offices, 26, C.ornhill, $2, Latarigg-Croas, aid St. Margaret's Hill, Borough. the nehe t Lottery Wheel ever known goes - t-und on Monday morning next. with 20.000 likkets only 10,0001. must be given to the fins. drawn Ticket, and either of the 20,0001. 10,0001. .4,0001. 1,0001. &c. are as likely to he drawn that day as on any other, there being no Sze I Capital. This' is an adv irtAge to thcsc who purchase before next Monday, that has not been sill...red for many year. past. The follov ing is a cloud of witnrws. web no man will preend to 1, sib : Ciotti, WaIOWT,Eq. Duke street. Manchester-equare, Solicitor is Chat. very ; Mr. Kin car , of the bank of Ergiand ; Mr. ILSE I. V, lei, W hits ch.pel,cvac! -tin ing.maket ; M-. 114011Ts111, WeSlClnfle•SqU, TT, CS ele• t..easer ; id „ • Motets, Chtptt-o, ke pt the Fu .ntain ; a. d Mr: BICILLT, 4p, tiarbican, ratsstara maker, 'will thus. sands more, freely testify, for the general good d' fellow-sufferers. that they °Walled their same* cures of Gout and Rbeematism. withal pain se cOnfinewient, by Simply smug Dr. C•arnsan's•All. unitive Pills and Cordial Th.3ure, 10s, rid: er 21s: a Box ; 9.. saved in the 'riinea.—Dr. (rattans; attends the poor till ore L'lock. four days each week, as his Bock of Cute; ezplaini. Visits' in town and ccrittry three days. To commnnicatere. 1 lief is taste pleasant by fir- than itYy worldly pond..". May this be the view t.,1 •• very was, taa b ahl i d aps would soon ovcrlow our world. .__