The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-10-19 00:00:00

CORONER'S :NQUESr.

FATAL ACCIDENT BY THR OVERTURNING OP
THE SALISBURY VAN.
Yetterday an ioquistinn was held at the Nortkanaberlaed
Arms, before 1 bonsai Higgs, Esq. Deputy Coronae, on eke
body of )Ir. Samuel Wyburse. • proprietor of the Salishery
r A rrr an, who was killed oil Weductiday last by the arum
laming of the carriage.
The Ingots. excited considerable interest, and the Jury,
mom was completely crowded.
Mr. John Parkrr, of Northumberland-ronrt, Strand, &-
fumed, that about three o'clock on Wedsesdsy afternoon be
was thrmich the Strand, and observed the caravan
with an enormous gentility of loggage. On looking round
wituiess saw the n•+r fore wheel break away, and the carriage
overtone. Part of the stowage on the lop fell agaiust a
There were st•great many haler and other packages
gm the roof. At first it was doubtful whether any person was
sissikrueath, bite no ratting away the straps which fastened
the luggage, thew discovered the deceased lying on his face
under the vide of the caravan, the edge of which was across
his hark; his head and arm■ were free, hiss She lower mere.
mines were unite under. The carriage W4l instantly raised,
and the deceased extricated; he was black in the face, and
very dirty with the mud. He was conveyed to Mr. filrine"
an apirih• car', where be breathed Iwo or three times, and is
a few nsionte. expired An attempt was made lv bleed ►inn,
but blood would not flow. "(be Wall prevented ■ frs)rhtfel
appearance. (coin the bulk 0(1401/RV% It was not street; by
any other carriage, ■or did It rail against the poet. It was
a dead break of •the aaltiree, wreasiogied by the weight; in
fact, it was the Mad of a waggon placed en the carriage and
wheels of a roach. The package vas the top was very high.
Mr Jammu tilarkie, medical agaititalsi to Mr. Stringer, of
!he Suomi, corroborated the evidence of IM tail witerim me
to the deceased being brought to their shop. Thew wag a
df hia head, which, in his opinion, eitessid death.
The weight falling MI hem would also emote death.
Mr Jscoh*. of No. INS, Strand, coallirmed the evident",
of the first wile's., hot added, he did not think the pressure
comes! the death of the deceased, as thrower's fail ow the
atone atfiged to the po.l, which topt•ield it. He considered
the rontiortin on the head caused sleuth, as the weight of the
carriage did not rest on him altugetber.
Mr. P.irker, the first witsiemi, here oloterved, it certainly
did rest on lows, as he could out extricate him till the van
1114 ea-ell.
John Hillie►, the driver of the van, stated that It get eel
f the King's Head, Leadenhaltsstrret, and belonged to
'lle *tr. Blake and Cu. of &disbar,. There was about
3 Millis. weight in sod out ;that on the roof was about
5e1011,a weight• Mr. N•ybssrn 11,41 limbic on his left aide
a him it ortirtisreed ; he did not see hint fall, as willies* one
precipitated to the ground and received wise inju►y The
Jarraarel was a part proprietor and guard. The wee was
always exarnieed in the yard before it proceeded sse it. joule.
Dry.
The !eery without hesitation returned a verdict of Ace'•
dental Death, and levied a dredged of bye shillings.. the
ens►iarr.

II ER g FOND SESSIONS.
Oirr Comity Sestinas commenced on Monday.
according to she usual order of proceeding. On
Tuesday the Chairman addressed the following
Charge to the Grand Jury:—
" Geatlenteu of the Gritted Jury—The Calendar Pri-
sorters, though more dom, roue than I could bare wished, will
sot respire any remark from me; bat I shall lmoMs yew
with some few ohservatione on other mallets. And Graf, I
moist publicly express my hope that all reeoguisunees and
depositions may be returned to the Clerk of the Peace in doe
time p cement to the Sessions ; for if this be enlace's., I fear
that you, Gentlemen, ugly be tinnecessarily detained In the
discharge of your duiy ; sod 1 am individually deprived of
that istformatioa which, if not essentially accessary, would
at least tend greatly to accelerate and atsist the due admit-
ntritration of justice. Is publicly silkier this statement,
I ant only complybas with the expressed desire of, Ike
Learned Judge who last preeided is this place; and I ego.
tint diinht that his powerful recommendatio• will ham
due weight with all whom it may concern.—Geatlensea, I
think it right to niceties, that by a late Art of Paella-
ment an important deity has devolved upon Overseers of
the Poor, touching an sothapi y and se..fortunato &scrip.
tiou elf per, mean pauper lunatics. Ay the Seth of
Geo. 111. it is reacted, that if any overseer shall silted,
for the spare of
hoariug alseistrat• of any poor person that is lonstie,
insane. nr a mischievows idiot, chaigahle to his parish, be
shell rut Iris fur such onsiasiou any sum not exceeding ten
pounds, nor lees.than forty shillings; sod I state this be-
cause I am anxious that stn one should, through iglu:wave',
transgress and offend against so humane and proper an Act
of the Legislature. Another very impartial Act has tr. en
0.11 sore recently peeped relatiag to vagrants, which will,
I trust, tend to correct many abuses, tool restra4 onagers
eery tapenditure of the comity rate. Since the Ist of Sep-
ti slier last au Magistrate has power to give directions for
the coeveyasee, or to order any reward to be paid out of the
county tate, fur the apprehension of any vagrant or disor-
derly person. In particular eases, two Magistrates say, is
their dierretion, order • small reward to be paid by the
Oversee,. of the poor of the parish, in which the act of ea.
✓agary is eornanitied; sod the veinal is liable to be
punished. By this provision, the ends of good order and
morality will, I think, be equally promoted, and the county
rate will be considerably relieved. Gentletwee, I eau
assure yos that the agitation of the Magistrates has Aces
shadily directed to that desirable end. Aud although they
base necessarily lectured some exprabes by the system of
classification, employment, aisd Ishour, which has bens in-
troduced, with mu maay advantages, and such g 'tidying re-
sults, into our County Gaul and House of COI yet
have still the satiefartion to autientice to you, that the etc.
&avows of the itlagistrates to relieve the lanrdesis upon the
county, have nut brim unatuended with success, and that
they have bees. enabled tress upon the precast occasion to
reduce tier-fourth of the rate usually made al each Sessions
anon the county. It is impossible, Gentlemen, fur me
positively to say that such reduction will be permatieut;
but I will venture to express my simplify: hope and ex•
prettifies that it will be so; and I can cou6ileutly assure
you that it will be the etideasour of the Magistrates at
hirer to creel it.—Gentlemen, I ought to •pulogise fur hay.
int detained you so long. The observations with which I
have troubled you bate, I dollar, hero upon subjects nut
unionportaiit or muiuteeestiug either to the county or your.
selves; and I trust that by having made them, 1 shall not
be thought to have exceeded the hue of duty properly op-
pertaiuing to the situation I have the honour to alt."
l'itere arc nine l'iisoaers for trial, and about ten
ol.p. a!s.

Ann Wileou, alias Moor, under sentence of death
io ou•gaw gaol, for issuing forged notes, has re-
ceived r respite during hie MAJESTY'S pleasure.
Irnprorernent in Aerostatioa.--It has hveu pro-
pored by is gentleman of this city, to keep a bal-
loon coostantly in a favourable correct of air, by
decressiog or den shine its specific gratify, so as
to canoe it to sink or fi-c at pteesuse. Fur ibis
pursousr, a copper wind and a vsnaleueitt• pomp,
which *ill serve, in a greet measure, as ballast, we
attached to the car. When the bal.outi is rasing
too high, its vuluioe is to be ditnissielsed by coo-
densilig the hydrugesi gall in the copper vowel.—
Osi the culinary, when it stoke too witch, by turn-
irg a cock, the hydrugeti is iv be allowed to iufiate
lie bailouts awns,. la use of a long vo)uge, it is
recoanneirded to have another siwilar 'ONO, with •
quentily of hydrogen coodenutd in it, as a supply
To replier ray that might escape tbroug!i the pates
of tht balleva.—(('ark raper )