The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-06-26 00:00:00

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..t. StlettZlN.o ArgIDENZ
Siturdity morning, between'lo and 11 **chick,
the town of I'ortwnouth was thrown into a sniwit
dreadful stet c of alarm and agitation, by the ts-
plositni of a quantity of ruipoeddr on the Mint-
beach, winch had been landed' there, with some
baggage, lwietigieg tie thiS eat I:agleam-A. The
expiation '44.1 the to Mt. Linidegren'a Store, broke
all the windows, and many of the window frames,
of the. Star and Garter Taegu, the t taint, Tavern,
'Mr. Ludt gren'4 Office, the Navy Post Office,
and of upwards of twenty other honors in that
street. 'The nuritisdi of lives hitit;• and of persons
wounded, cannot ibe positively ascertained. • Three
soldier. of the SEW Itegiineet, who were Atald-
lug about the bagpige, were killed; four were
badly, and five slightly wounded. They have been
taken to the Alilitary hospital at Portsea: Seteral
of the aolilWrs' wives and children 'are believed to
leave lost their lives. One men, belongiog to Capt.
Patton's beet, had his feg broken. anti many others
were beaten down and bruised. The upper : art of
the body of one of the unfortunate tuffee.rs,was
bloWn twin amazing height : it went over the houses
at the lower end of Broad-street, end struck against
the custom-house watch-house, which is in Bathing:.
home-square, where it fell, a most sbockiftg spec.
lack., but in such a mangled state, that it could
not be discovered whether it was a man ora women.
It appears, that the body of another sufferer was.
,Mown against the front of the Union. tavern, near
the chamber windows, where a quantity of blood '
has stained the bricks. The robber who was guard-
. ing the baggage had the barrel of his gun blown
out of the stock, and the buttons °Otis coat torn off,
but himself was not hurt. The alarm winch this
serious and melancholy accident occasioned among
the 'cohabitants, is not.tv he described. When the
explosiou took 'dare, it was apprehended, and 'an
alarm was spread, that a greater quantity of guii-
powder was near the. spot; And that other es:ph:knout,
:Mill more dreadful in'tbelr consequence. might be
eilortetl. This report; though it proved groundless,
it was impossible to deny with racy Minnow, for it
!wire not generally known that anp, er bow much,
`Aid been lauded. AlOkfiliafrVirpetion felt-himself
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to be in great danger.; enrit walsk net till the en-.
sines had succeeded in subduing flames of MR
Limier:flit store-house, that the shim in any
degree subsided. The cause of Ma caleinitY
attributed to the wife of one of the soldiers, who r:4:
lates, that she was washing near where the'beggagrai
lay, on the beach, when another soldier's wifei:l
who was smoking, asked her if she **Voila take
a whiff i----She did ; but binding the sebeeco would ."
snot, burn, she struck the bowl. of the pipe against'
-the pebbles, winn a little of the tobacco MI oat,
and set fire to some few grains of powder that
were scattered ou the belch; this communicated
itself to a cartridge, which flew into • crate of
baggage, set souse WOW Cartritlgeetin. Vre.: and (in,
a moment as it were) communicated itself tw 1i
barrel of powder, which blew up. She was storig7
lug down to take up her child, with po intention to
make her escape, when the was hearten back wardt
her *rabbit...Who, ere. fell upon thihrelf and child;
which dearly eovertil fo this circum-
stance she attributes her preservation, which she
bewails, because she has been the unhappy means
of causing the death of so many others. After
the cartridges blew tip. some' of the soldiers, who
were near, took that circumstance as • warning, and
flew from the spot, whilst'others were drawn wirer
to it, to escertain the cause, and these unfortimate
persons were of the number of the principal suf-
ferers. The qnantite of powder blown up is said to
have been a barrel. The whole number of sufferers,
we ere informed, is setenteeu: The Mayor opened
the town-hall for the reception of the soldiers' wives.
•tieneral Whethnot sent off an express to the War-
Office, of this unfortunate accident, so Saturday
afternoon.
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AIELAtietJOL t.I3DENT4
On Saturday afternoon, as Mr. 'Knapp, S&L
genii, of Brimiptorn-row, was passing the Asy-
lum, Chelsea, in his ont-liorse chaise, with his ser-
vant sitting at his side, he met a coal-ivagpu,
loaded with two chaldrous and a half of coals. The
road being narrow, with a view to avoid the war.'
gon, he ran against a post. and, in. the collitiete
ihe chui.e was upset against the *argon,' Thelllloc'.
vast, a boy of about 13 years of Mee, fell' betdiat
the wheels, which went over hie body. crushed him
across the abdomen, end broke his leg and thigh,
end oat of his alms. The boy was taken to 5' t.
George's Hospital, at three o'clock' on Saturday
afternoon, and died at eight o'clock the same
evening. His master had a very narrow esilope, for
one of the wheels of the wuggoii crushed his hat at
he lay on the prom'.
I.YQUESP.
An Inquest wee hoed. at Saturday. at the White
Horse imbhoehoinie. Kaightshrider, on eke body of
John Datums, a 1%1,13 vein of-age, alto died ow
Friday in St. George's floelitel, in cousequence of
hairingreceived a blow on hide ferehead from a piece
Of iron. winch had horn rl-mwn at him ran the 61111
inst.. by a man of the name of Itiehards, who hits
sinee-abstainded.
Mr. Thome% Maynard, one of the stttrofflddnb*-,-
Irnigiug to St.'George's I lotpital, en 'Tole/
the 611 t of Junr,„the bre, was hempen to the Hoer
tel about Knit fir-lock to the efiensonst, end was
esedietely attended be Mr. Charles Daw,"the V
&Neon i witeme 'BA ant astioad tleo
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hi. under his aim *WI bits death', tiaminal tad I
~t[ sepall wovad its As foraged. asaist site akird
ertof an inch broad; it appeared to have been in- 4
,ittettisi by tome ortranseut reresubbng at eours•asse ~
I.liitpct.ir'on rod; the bay was its ;central perfettly .
i.siusible when' spasm to; but at some tuner cletiti-. .
d us. en the itini•tf( day his pulse imcresuiedi see hal
coufinited to get Nose; he died at half past fain
o'ct•ck on fndai utornuog ; witness opasiott this S
head, sena fesitsfan attascess is. tiir left heirospberit, ,
of Ilse brain,_ and scone small oiniters of boson
withsi ii!d!'inot the least doubt but that the wooled
' wiAS'iii6auser of ins death. • I
'.times Seven, a coach-spring soaker, said ha
worked fir Mr. (closer. esiaciosuaker, sud the shop 4
was in Wood's-'sews, ruA-4treet ; beveral *aorta ;
of irou and Nice' work were carried, 04 in the same
shop, and it was done. by the piece ; an til4t each
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man employed and boys -_
bellows. Joseph Richards, the man who abevtadells
was as halllnler•llldri to witoesa, and JOhth Ominous •
the deceased, attended the forge. end received Ts.
per week. lie bud Leen red ommeaded to witness
by Riehanis, who had known the boy for scents
time, and was even desired by his parents to soak
'after Lim. The Loy worked with lemmas abowt,s
month. arid told his master that be could and*,
take a better place, vehicle would bring hint i*
thirteen shillings per week, on the otht,7 sirrt.: of
the shop. Witness conseuterl to let hoe gos ,
as his work would not a*ord more than 7a. tree
week be accordingly !aired another boy. mud 'oil
Monday, the sth of June, the dem:rept wind to lads •
new master, oil the oppuaite sae-, in the slums etropp,
On Tuesday, the 6th of June. the boy was pens
up into the vice-14,1:, with some work, sod is,.
'tacitly returned, Lilt began to sulk with this
boy who hod succeeded him in his former places
Joseph Richards observing him, went op. and dew
r aired him to go user to Iris own side. The boy , .
made him some impudeut answer, and did sot int‘
meiliately go. Richards hod gut his sledge baainsei
on hie shoulder, and a spring mandrel in his hand;
it is a tool mods of steel, 14 laclieslong, wild at the
small riot. a Llont puha. a goarter oleo inch wirigti
gradually, acid of is
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wor,l!, fur heirs' snare he wasid .be reproached.
He ISLs a wife and three ebtkiren. in the greatest
distress. Witnem was tery more Milan not dithe
from any motive or malice ,bbt Jo -dm boot-0
blood. There being no odMr.oridisolksolot. jeer
proceeded to cigitbenite as *ski reediell. aka ate
foreman said be would here farther midescsitris.
slimed. The Coroner adjourned the inquest tit
this day.
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.:'i EIN SH MIFFS.
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. Saturday beiog NI id to =nullity; a Common Hall
was held at Guildhall in the City, for the Stenos
of Sheriffs and other Officers for the ensuing year.
faionediately upon the arrival of the Lord Mayor,
Sheriffs. AWermen, and darer intending*, the busi-
ness of the laretilag wait opened by the Recorder
and Common Serjeant, in the usual form.
The Logo hlstoo-theu cause forward, and said,
he had received a letter from Alderman Prince&
which be begged might be read, before they pro.
ceesled w the electios. The kite, sewed. that the
worthy Alderman bad been co head *Ws a seven
illness sir weeks, and still remaiol'Ac too unwell to
attend to his official duties, beg to* be creased
at present serving the office of Sheriff..
Mr. WAITIIII4* thee came rollllllllld sod addressed
the Livery. . He said, that nitwits pretty generelly
understood that the Aldermen, Wood • and Goodbe.
her,, had intended to offer thernselntfor the chats
of the Livery, as Sheriffs for the mining year, be
. unsaid take the libettv vitiating, aPou the authority
althea gentlemestiosselves. the preens grained*
~i~Ml eolith they sled to solicit the support of
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their wish to fill an office of
Web digaille. isoportancr. He had heard it
*SA *hates, bad sante forward particularly by
hie Mei," .111 This oft mien ; but again he mast
I plead thole littherity Ise meting, diet. whatever was
their iaelatieteest Woos forwent, they had not the
elighteit 44111, to superiede any other candidate.
'pun thevegithlr list of rotation ; and their priori-
totmotive arose fro • conti..lent rnmervir that some
the G‘utlessen et the head of the missionary list.
did set intesd tiliaad the etadioni Tie dangl-
er of obtodoieg eilaieM-sis strewn cit so seesissite
I wee airetely.katerad sae be siederetoopd. that there
• wars MDo rem. oho might be hurt et the Or.
, estosessiee of meg junior Miferteen elected 'Mr
their heads. iit feeling alight peeved on
Ibis pets; bit weld' wears the Livry. Ora dm
filateleeees when he peeeissioilyipmenao, Wig
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increasing gradually, and about a qaarter of a
paund weight. Tue buy nut going away as ordered.,
Richard* pushed him on the back with the heiollti
of the hammer, which be earned on his shoulder 4
the Loy crier', and told Richard. lie apisld kick bits
', shins; upon which Richards threw Ina itaamog
* done. and told the boy. if he' answeirod shugato,
• saucily. he would give. him the chisel rod. (oak,
t itortrament made of long eripv,i) and WA,
, !tit -Upon this the buy tie* to his swot
r atijooftetqafitir about sit yards froth the
and put his [laud 414
- -betiewet mad keys; muraturiog. aad tokl
sirdedipeiii lie woutriskick his shine. Richards tiled
threw the ontsadvittle him, and at stuck into !b.
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filiy's-f,,reir.lik 7muserlistely ran op to Now
,i• put isislair4-Ap aback part of the Loy 's hewn
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•andurnituditaaaps.she wok him, uith the assietangp,
e" "elmskrop+eatte; 'to a eurgeon Park-street, able.
.11 414 r Nit ie take titm t 6 86e Hospital. white'
e be ,iectirdingly did, in a hackne}4.-cesch. and
elm hem pot to bei.l ; Richards cried bitterly, taut'
his • bait; and void be would allow the boy lied
per week during his illness. Witnesi
I. lie Wl4 44,61h/eat that irchiiref; fuonglow *
lit the ruaridtelt for he saw it go out of his
d it wiliirvaornesitory. Witness • did nos
DI the flifi.4.6l'his'ilifip, but distinctly obiirved ttfts •
pgssed,., end, from the beginning of the qua
usei fitja the rod. Ile was sure ens not dire sisiduieir
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icliardsto be a good sort d
I(ker ; hot- he „Irim,aborery p.ssitoristv, would ti•ften
to Si fijig 114 Atfi4l4l4 tgi IV they effronted him; he hod'
eves struck hop:, lusl,he bine no malice to any oalig
r I nod lass of • vecy,4mtvidg tv.mper. The boy
,of g,,verz, suljty,hosaper. • %dues* disti•erged
Riehards after the -incident, and he had hot bumf'
ie Ito work since e sour him once since ;he was
is very said he- could not go to