The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-04-19 00:00:00

PAT.IL ACCIDBNIV.

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An accident of a fatal satire, slitting out of the practice
of poaching, occurred to the neighboorlsood of Sotto. Ron-
nington on Sunday morning the 7th instant :—S towel
Flinders, • young man in the IPth year of bus sip, haying
gene oat, in company with tee others, was sten about six
o'elnek in the morning, by Mr. John Craw, farmer of Melillo;
(who happened to be parsing slung Meltua lane, tin luirrebna),
tratersine the Reidy with a short gun i• his ►and (his com-
motion, Lein at a Hint distance), apparently in search of
game. At the moment Mr. Cross rode up, Flinders crosaed
the road, and entered 1117.111er field, pitting hls gun uuder his
smock hock, with the ,nuzzle upward.. Immediately after-
wards, Mr. C. heard the report of • piece, a•d on looking to
the spot which was so more than forty yards from him, he
saw Flinders Iva' on the ground, and on gain* to the place,
he found him quite dead, with the gun lyiug by his side; the
contents of the piece had entered under the left ear, and
blood was flowing profoselv from the wound. On the head
b.iag more minutely examined by • surgeon, it was discover-
ed that the charge bad passed through the brain, shattered
the skull, and some of the shot had penetrated between the
skull sad the scalp. On Monday su inquisition was taken
on view of the body, before Thorns, Wright, Gent. Coroner,
when the Jury found • verdict of—Accidental Death.--
(Derby Mercury.)
A ciecuoist.mie of ■ very afflictive character ',rearm!
at Denn G lebeo he residence of the Rev. Joseph Druitt, ou last
Sunday mother, after nightfall, and between the hours of
nine and tea o'clock. Mr. John Drtsitt got a loaded pistol,
with which lie went to the Raider, whers• strange dug war in
the habit of scraping the ground, fur the purpose of shouting
it, and desiruua of making as little noise as poseible, chose
going over the hedge to open the door; in leaping off the
hedge with the pistol loaded and cocked, it is moiled he must
hate slipped and fallen forward, and hie Sager in She fall
come in contact with the triettir, being found immediately
after by hid brother and father, lying prosteate on ins face, life.
less; the contents of the piatul having passed through his
chest and perforated his heart. This young gentlemen was its
his 181 h year, the eldest son, and a. student or wuete, Ur the
most endearing manners, and very generally esteemed. The
shock which an distressing an event most have excitel in
his family to beyond the power of discripi ion, and, if possi-
ble, it is eves auem•ated by the circumwanee of his alllicteil
father baying only returned am flue precedmg evening, after
an •Leence of some mouths, during wit th he entered a
second time lute the incrtmunial state, but was tlll•CtotP.-
partied by Mrs. Dewitt. An Inquest was held on Monday,
and • verdtet found, we believe, in aubet•noa as we hate
stated.—(Caron Herald.)

We understand that H nutting. is about to be
celled of the Merchants, Ship-nov.44Ste. of Lon-.
don, fur the purpose of presenting a repreat-idot
to Government on the exnednency pentiommar
the ships belonging to the Republimeof
Buenos Ayres, Chili, &c. to be ado:lined tutu war
ports (when coming direct from their respective
countries, end laden with the produce thereof);
in the same manner as the ships of the United
State* and Brazil. 'The altered situation of these
countries, iu consequence of their being no lon-
ger colonies of Spain, seems to render some such
regulation adtisebJe, and the mercantile interest feel
a degree•of a►siety lest the withholding it should
produie, on the ether side, regulations unfavourable
to the adinission of oar shipping into their Porte
on the same terms with those of ilstiona which may
grunt to theselleptiLlica that reciprocity. lode•d
it appears by the Tariff of Import Duties, recently
published by the Congress of Columbia, that the
duties are to be live per cent. less on goods imported
in their own ships than in those of other States,
excepting iti the ease of nation, with which they
may eater into t►eaties if commerce. the obvious
purpose of which is, io intimate that they will only
treat •on the footing of reciprocity. The question.
astagere a higher interest in consequence of rectos
occurreuees in the United Btsteva