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London, England, 1822-07-12 00:00:00

snocanva ACCIDENT.

Yesterday an inquest was held at the Triumphant ['ha-
rlot in Peinbroketucwa, Grosvenor-pleas, before Thomas
Higgs, Esq. Coroner, on the body of Thomas Steadier,
nineteen years of age, who died in St. George's Hospital.
Master George Grease. 13 years of ape, the son of the
Rev. Sir. R. Greens, of Richmond, deposed that the de-
ceased wan his father's footman. On Wednesday afternoon
betweee two sad three o'clock, witness, R Barry, sad the
deceased, were in the garden, the deceased went up a tree
so look for birds nest., and witness went late the summer-
house, where he bad not been long when be beard a soave,
and on looking rotted be saw that the bough of the tree
upon which the deceased stood had broke, and he was fall-
ing floss it to the gormand; witness and Barry wept to him
sod found his buses were• broken; be was in great agony.
Witness's father was absent from home, but be told his
Dialer, who sent immediately for • surgeon who lives is the
town, who on his arrival, and Midis' him in a dangerous
state, ordered him lo be sent to the hospital.
Edward Barry, butler in the family, deposed, that be told
the deceased Hoerr was nothing for him to do that evening,
and be might if be pleased rob the birds nests The free in
ipsweliem is in the laws, is gartered over wish ivy, and is
full of sparrows nests. The deceased had gut twelve nests,
sod when its fell was the height of thirty feet from the
ground ; he was quite sober, and had no warm from his
master to climb the tree. The hone of his left thigh pro-
traded five inches through the flesh awl smallelothes. Sir
David Duodas and another Gentleman, besides the Doctor,
saw the situation he was in, and ordered him to be sent to
the hospital. He was accordingly removed is a spring cart.
lir. Henry Hawkins, housesurgeon at the hospital,
examisied the deceased when he was brought in, awl found
se ezteasive entnpound fracture on the tell thigh, a simple
fracture on the right leg, his arm was also fractured, his
skull, sod several severe bruises upon different parts of his
body, and there was not the slightest hopes of his recovery.
The eircemptsses of his being removed in that shocking
state from Richmond, in witness's opinion, dtd not sccele.
ease his death, but he town have suffered severe aging.
verdict—" Accidental Death."

On Monday last an inquest was held at the Earl
FuxinManes Arms at Castor, Lincolnshire, by Mr.
HOPKINSON, coroner for the suke of Peterborough,
•pon the body of ELIZABETH BATE, • fine intent
aged fifteen months, the daughter of Mr. BATE,
farmer, of that place, who on the preceding even-
ing hod been drowned in a most extraordinary way,
The infant, unperceived, had crept into the garden,
and tumbled he.dlong into a small tub set to catch
rain-water. Within five minutes after the infant
had wandered out of the house, the distracted 010.•
tber found her suffocated, the little innocent having
fallen o• her face over the side of the low tub, in
which there actually was not water enough to curer
bee bead,—Verdict, Accidentally drowned.

112 rill IDlron OF rag anima PnRSS.

July MIN 1822.
MR. EDITOR-11inch has bees *aid at different times
os the supposed inferiority of sir shinboildera, when com-
pared with those of some other cations, and on the ruperi-
wit, of the Preach architects over those of every other
cooMry, in the construction of their ships of war, which
may lie may nut be true, as 1 have never been at the trouble
of ascertaining the correctness of these statements; but I
knelt fell sell we have great trouble in fiuding out the
Poll qualities of one ships, from having no rule by which
te ascertain whether they should be sailed by the ►eed or by
the seen, o► wit► the keel parallel to the horizon. Some
officer% after many trials with other ships, are fortunate
enotsgh to discover the best sailing of their owo ; but this
is all • matter of denote, as I have known other officers,
with full es mist+ exporiestre and perseverance, not able to
lad the hest sailing trim during the whole time of their roo-
med. Now, Sir, I have jest seen a pamphlet, published
►y a Captain Hayes, of thenavy, which states pretty broadly,
that ibis difficulty arises retire', from a want of regular
system in the coestructioo of the ships, which system, he
um be is ►a possession of; sod I uodervimid from those
who have committed with him on the subject, that he pro.
tomes to be able to ascertain every 'bloc necessary, to be
done with every ship, from an inspection of her draught, to
enable her to perform as well, upon all points, as her con-
timeliest may be equal tn.
le owe part of hi. pamphlet Ike says, as • proof of • west
of system is navel arehilectore, No two artists can make
the seise sort of ship front the same materials; that is, if
they were gimsw the same principal diinenshoos, they would
be unable to produce, by their mode of roostructing, Iwo
desughts alike." This pamphlet, I confess, bas greatly sur-
prised me, because the assertions are made with • degree of
eonfideoce which appears fearless of cootradiction. Can it
be possible that so two architects can form similar ships
front She tame diatermions ? And ale the Sue, and, 1 will
add, beautiful ships •e meet wills at the different dock-
yards, the work of chance, or at least copies of each other ?
And if the latter, how does it happen that we bear of ships
of the mese dimeurione possessisig different qualities ? Should
you be able to Clod a conker is your valuable Paper (r the
insertiou of the above, perhaps some competent person nosy
have the goodness to afford iuformalion on this interesting
subject. A NAVAL OFFICER.

Since writing the shove, 1 have seen u paragraph in the
Nampskire legraph, which owl, ° The Admiralty have
given permission to Captain Muesli) build a cutter in Ports-
mouth yard, for his Majesty's Servitor, upon his owu