The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-11-05 00:00:00

TAUNTON SMALL DEBTS COURT.

The Taunton Courier says—" We hear that the ancient
Courts for the Borough of Taunton at the Manor of
Taunton Dean, are about to be revived, in pleas of debt.
The practice in them ceased in 1/30, propably from the
smallness of the fees, as the following table shows:—
a. d.
For every summons
For every attachment
For entry of every declaration . . . . 0 6
For every appearance in person . . - 0 2
. For every appearance by an attorney, and his
warrant of an attorney - . . . 0 4
For entering every plea
For every replication and demurrer - - 0 2
For every venire ferias 1 0

For a drawing's
For calling the Jury
For entry of judgment
For a levari facia
Fee a .are facia, _ 0 6

For acknowledging satisfaction

- 0 4

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Thus, for Ss. Id. a cause was tried by a Jury at the
suitor's own doqr as it were."

THE GALE OF 11-IND.

On Wednesday afternoon, the wind, which had blown fresh from
the south-west of the metropolis, gradually veered, and in the even.
ing became rather stormy, until midnight, when the gale became
due west, and blew a most perfect hurricane during the remainder
of the night, and part of Thursday, accompanied at the commence-
ment by slight showers, and during its continuance had scarcely
veered two points to the south-west. The effects of this stiff gale
around the suburbs of London have been severely felt, in the blow-
ing down of trees, walls, fences, chimneys, &c. ; and some of the
guards of the coaches that arrived on Thursday morning say, they
have not met with such a boisterous night for same years.
In Philip's-place, Burton.crescent, a stack of chimneys were
blown down, but fortunately no person was injured. In Catherine.
court, St. Clement's-Inn, a chimney tumbled through an old build.
ing, and injured severely an inmate of one of the attics. The other
casualties caused by the gale were numerous in every part of the
metropolis.
In the vicinity of Paddington, and for some miles in that neigh.
bourhood, including Kilburn. Bayswater, Acton, Ealing, Horror,
the suburbs of the Regent's-park, &c., and many places around
that quarter, the erects of the gale, it is ascertained, have more re.
trembled a whirlwind than the winds generally experienced at this
season. The plantations have in some of the villages been torn up
and swept wholly away. The Regent's-park shrubberies hare
been much torn and damaged, and a great number of the new
buildings in that quarter have been unroofed, and even the gable-
ends of some blown down ; several stacks of chimneys about Kil-
burn have been blown down. The stacks Of hay and straw, .o the
number of from 40 to 50, in the neighbourhood of Acton and Eal-
ing, have been scattered by the wind. Id Holborn two stacks of
Chimneys were blown into the street about the beads of the paseees
by, but injured no person materially. A variety of casualties, too
numerous to mention, took place about town daring the day. The
most disastrous accounts may be anticipated from the country,
coast, and shipping. The wind blew part of a house down at
Queen's Elms, on the Fulham road. The roof was blown off, and
the side walls thrown down.

The effects of the high wind on Thursday morning and the pre.
ceding night were severely. felt in many parts of the country. At
Lyndhurst, in the New Reset much damage ban been done among
the young plantations, and. a fine old oak was blown down. Seve-
ral trees and some thatched hoosen near 13iggleswade, have been
blown down, and other homes cleared of the thatch. In short, the
devastation has been pretty `sacral throughout the country.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT AND FORTUNATE ESCAFR or
COUNT WORONZOW AND His SE.CRETART.—Last night, as
Count Woronzuw, (he Russian Charge d'Affaires, accompanied
by his Secretary, were returning in h;a carriage through Brentford,
the carriage was suddenly overtu-ned with great violence in the
High-street, by which the coachman, William Findlay, was
thrown off his seat, and the body of the carriage coming
against him, lie wait unfortunately killed on the spot. The
footman was likewise thrown to the ground, and received such
severe injuries, that he is not expected to survive many hours. The
populace, on witnessing the accident, ran to the carriage, and ren-
dered every possible assistance. The bode of the coachman was
taken up and carried to the Wagon and Horses. Old Rrentford ;
the footman was also conveyed, as soon as possible, to the same
house, and surgical assistance procured. He remains without the
slightest hope of recovery. The hand of the unfortunate coachman
(who had been in the service of the Count for 40 years) was coin-
pletely torn off. On extricating the Count and his Secretary from
their perilous situation, it was happily discovered that both had
miraculously escaped without the least hurt. The effect the me-
lancholy accident h ad on the Count's feelings was distinctly visi-
ble. The Count lamented the loss of lire of his faithful servant,
poor Findlay. Some hours elapsed before the Count and his secre-
tary could depart the place where this melancholy event occurred.
The accident Is supposed to have happened in consequence of the
carriage wheels passing over a heap of stones, improperly left in the
road.