The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-10-19 00:00:00

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isavi.ty to fet there. 11.0Latel* ins Nate fee boa .110110esitlist or the ktlirirs btl llt, ILA NI kid
veilso.g. Sloe is now faelriai,llegiopeollfriliviesse beeriliate of the state of the eetree. and of the
erred : *lie 1. el, greet 4ral et*" wad suAsprstre , jrrobolooSlity of the occorrence a the isCeldtrot. as
its
b" "We s" put her hand ; .load .tseeiosiatcolineg the wheel fur the last toile.
A batter cenannotong a irldisalsoopf tbeelahltrai4": Av. SCallitoxre denied the extrveernesa of this
jived Iblr detteneert am. thee, triode,' to tittmesSt. slew. llesertiffir, loud celled wp Colman, the guards
said .he believed the did...rent stream reaso•ineldr and firlin disclaimed havitog any idea whatever of dais.
fair ; their amount yule 41. 14e. At isreseirt Mrs. ,gee. having examined the szleetvre at Stroud that
bum is sottorti,..e. ttn.ble to mussel lib ISP, iottrit.eft ttittiotittit„
it, the or paths with which I Nle..tiont 1t es. Reline% were then re-examined.
the had nettr been stfl coed beirire. Mr. Wed and ewore that they had heard the guard say, the
came to Atilt's/hitt two ur three louses to are his Smithy nreohog after the arctilriot, on she stairs of
wife. t the i•loo at Ali:towing). that she 'lle-tree had loten
Mr. gulniefi. busbottid of the last witness, was broken horfine leartint Stroud. and flint he had heel,
In outside poeienger when the accident occurred. watching the wheel fur the last aide, before the
There were about ten per.ons vitality, and be coach was tinsel.
thinks the 'coach hail ins full complement inside and 51,.. SCA a LET r said it was to suppo.e
outside ; besides. there was a number of °taxes and l that the guard would have trusted the salesy of
trunks, and a good deal of luggage on the top of i himself or othe.• too the cow+. had he tiwete.teti
the coach. It appeared quite a 101 l load, but too- the klionlo-dge represented by the last two Wit.
11111.): particular. rhr wheel broke ttlintet one'leases.
o'clock in the day ; witness ex:intoned it a little Mr. GURNEY hiring cotochnleol his reply.
after ; it was the iron part brute across. and The Cuter JUSTICE told the Jury the question
it did not appear to be se d; about twi.thiodi of for their cionsulyneinno was. whether the Defendants
it Deemed to have been previously fractured. These lied word the heyesaary precautions for the security
parts were quite dull, the others quit. bright ; has • of such poorsnos as they esigaged to convey by their
not the least doubt there was ass out fracture. The 1 carriages: end they were to recollect that Oar law
coach slid not sustain any shock or jolt ;it was go- made then actaunt Ible far the caleleasness or tie-
ing on very quietly ; should think the fracture most glect of their its, if it should appear that they
have been visible when the axle was taken off to be i hail bees, guilty of one.

eused.
In his cro.s-essutioation, witness deso►itten him-
self us a trader in cloth did not know much shout
the construction of carriage•, but knew Illotortialog
shout iron.

-- Milla►, another outiride paa•engrr,
the axle-tree after the accident, anal corroborated the
arr•ouot given of the fracture by the preceding wit-

John Smith, • person in die employmrnt of
Mr. Bird, who arrived at Abingdon the Smod.,y
after the accident, mode a similar statement real.erl-
log the axle-tree. Witness waited on one 4.1 the
proprietors to speak to him in reference to the great
injury and exoense incurred by Mrs. Bird; hr ex-
pressed himself very sorry, and said that whatever
was* fair remuneration should be old.
Mr. Sherwood, a surgeon, resident at Abingdon,
was called in to are Mrs. Bird; found her in ir
state of insensibility ; there was a concii,ei on her
brain, in consequence of the fall, sod her collier..
bone was hectored ; found it necessary to cell in
another prohasional Gentlemon, from Oxford, Mr.
; the latter was paid two ginner'• for his
visit, which is the usual fee to a surv•oo for
such a distance ; witness's bill was 7/. 61.
Joerph Jahn. sosistant to Mr. Western. a snr-
germ who atteisdeil Mrs. Bird, when she Gist came
N town, proved the pisyinent of • bill by her
of z/. ss.

Mr. Parkingtoo, a surgeon, examined Mr.. Bird
almost two months ago, (.reparatory In this trial ;
found thr joust of her shoulder much injurrd ; did
nut COUCti VC she would rver neat-01y rov..vor the
usutioas of the joint, winds was much strained.
slrs. Minata bring called spin. stated, shr haul
seen a bill of 15/. 17... 10.1. paid to tlir solormt at
the ion at Aloingolun. There were several oilier ex-
penses, wloiclyniy,ht swum to Si.

James Bird, Zit to the P!. • •tf, is a pl..sterer.
It was two mouths before Inq mother could appear
in the o! that bwitiies• it Is neces.ary
to lift ins from one
Niue to another, which she
was quite unequal to. Witiirits attended the sli..sp
daring that time ; had it not been for him, they
would hare been obliged to employ a shopitiait.—
Witness earns from thirty to thirty-shirr
week at his trifle of Oilmen-% Thirty 9.1 isllitto
week would not have been too much for a shistitnan,
and to board
The Plaintiff's ca•e here closed.

The J,lty, after ; Glile &liberation. fuuud a
verdict fur the I)lAnita. Nith full 114111111r11.

R1()T AT AciHTII SHIELDS.

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The keeltnen open thin river hove net yet returned
to their work, and there i> at presect little prospect
a their doing frt. We regret to State, that they
tr•ive this week threatened to pull down "outr of the
@faith", and vliewii a ult.visisiout to carry their threats
into execution. In consequetice of their proceed-
ing. the ilr.r4orods have been called out. awl the
e.e!glibooring Al.dgertrates hare proceeded' down
each sidle of the river, rind sworn in sever:ll sore'sl
constables fir the protection of the sonitlis ; varties
of unlitary drlvo hive been stationed at ilitrererst
pliers nu the river. ,tirrrral of the inhabitaid% of
this town were aka sworn in as special constables
on Thursday morning.
We revel tit pt.tte that :t serious tli•turb-
once took place on Thrir•day afternoon, at North
Shields. The Nlayuir of tits town had proceeded
down the river with the civil power, aided by the
bouts of his 111..j.n0y'.1 ship with a tier., of uprising
the is ivur; atoll dd the river (winch hail been inter..
two d for the 1,1,t fortnight by the riotous proceed.
idtes of the ifirehtiett), am' hail gone on "bore at
North where he was unwounded by a large
owl tdinsidltrinnv ustih, and Oleitaraird from the boats.

Mr. Scsni.ETY, sin the part of the a.rro.tonts,
that iltcy had made every rea►onatdr e •ra-
tion, and hail .hewn a disposition to come In any
equitable arraygement with the Plaintiff to on vent
the case b ing brought hrfnre a court of jointer,
but that his d. rounds had been so exushitosit. they
were relliciantly compelled to let the matt. r take
its coupe. lie orgived that the case of the pro-
prietors of A coach was 061111)641y if.ttrrrio from
licit of a ciiirirr—the latter had his own nine to
deliver goods at a certain place, but the for-
mer were lied down to perform tlw jouru.y unli-
t,. certain boors. Ile was ready to prove that
the Defendants took particular c.re iu examin-
ing their axle-tires previous to beii.g us.J, and
evi] passed them through the tie to do•cnver
whether they contained ally latent II ova. It was
only in May last that the axle-tree in qoystion
listt been tidiest out and passed through the fire..
And the "whole coach newly tilted up. Ile blasted.
therefoie, that when he should have oliewu that no
care or precaution had been omitted by the De-
fendants. the Jury would consider them entitled to
a verdict.

The nioh 'hen ontimenced ell attack with paving
,tAtie4 mini ou the limits, by which
itia:iy of lIY pe-31,•-fillicerg sod of the bests clews
were srvrrrly w,ms.ilt..l This atiack we. continued
unremitiii:;4!y,,witli threats on the part of the nioh
to sink the I,o:iis. The crews were obliged at
Irmoli, in sit fvtice of their lives, to lire some shots,
and it is rumoured that nrir has been attended with
Lital ellects. The mob afterwards turned their fury
nitnu the Northumherlinid Arms Inn. in which the
ildAyor was. and Ile all the windows and
doors. In 0... Stale of affairs, o detachment of the
6itt Dragoon Guards arrived, and tranquillity was
restored.

The following wltnesses were then called :
Jo*. %%Imhof o is crisch-smith to tlw Defendants;
their wile-trees are litrong-r than those generally
used in 11w trade; the old axle-trees 10 the coach
in question h.id been takes out some before and
new ones put in ; they had leers. passed through the
bre and thoroughly examined ; it was not possible
for any huunin foresight to guard against every de-
fer, in trots ; iu the waent case every possible pre-
caution had been exercised.

It is, Ise
►hoot 3 he was • p•av bcullermatt. All was quiet on
Friesy
In cormqui-nee of a reqiiest from the Mayor of
tlii. town. a piety of fit3o of the 40th regiment ar-
rived loge ilorieg Thursday night. _ _

Criss-e.rovained,—Could not recollect the pre-
cise time when tlw new axle-trees were put in.
Thus. Simkins lived with the Defendants as at r-
front upwards of SO yeas; recollected their buying
the coach about half a year before the accident h.fp.
pealed; they had it newly painted and tilted op.
IVitness's bareness is to examine the coaches before
they vet out in the morning ; had examined this
coach the morning it left London, and every part
appeared pound. •
Ji sltua IVare said his business was to remain the
whale day at the Ball sod Tooth, oiling the abetl.
of the chilerent coaches. He had seen the axle very
little before the accident, and thought it in a sound
state.

The *dolma oiithe Wear It.lt•e this week tefo4etl
to proeced too,po without au oily:owe of wage.. Tltty
are dr,irutt-, we underPt•uid, of roislng their wage's
• from VI. 101. Iv 31. 104. per voyage. The ship-
hove Hot euure to a dreiriosi, all the dibtretted
s,•tte Of the trade will pc:steely admit of any meteo-
r ,tlOll. -••• (11e It-castle Chronicle.)

Alr. Willis. sale-tree-maker to the Defendants.
stated, that they had always been in the habit -
using stronger axle-trees than where iu ti.a trade.
Mr. George. the I.)efeud...iits' coach-maker' rt
paired the coach shortly after it had been bought.
Mr. Powell corroborated the former evidence.
Mr. GURBILY stood up to reply. He expressed
his surprise that the coachman sod guard had not
been called on the ether side. He could beet