The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-02-09 00:00:00

CAUTION TO STAGE-CO.4CH PROPRIETORS.

INCIVEST.—On Saturday last a respectable hair.dreaer, named
King, residing in Philpot.lane, ass killed in consequence of hav-
ing been ram over by ooe of the Ureer.wich stage-coaches. while iu
the set of crossing Gracerhuretostreet ; and an accident of a similar
nature befit another individual in Leadenhall-street. on the IVed.
nesday preceding, who was run over by a Blackwall coach, and
injneeit so !ferrety that he died in tile London Hospital. An extra-
ordinary interest was excited on the present necasion, as it was very
generally rumoured that ten of our fellow-eseatures had been
killed in the City, within the epace of three day; of each other
owing to the negligence and furious driving of two sage-coach.
men. On 3londay evening. at seven o'clock. an inquest was held
at the sign of the White Lion public.house, Talbot-tome, °tact.
church street, before T. *MELTON, Esq.. on the body of Mr.
King. one of the abovementioned unfortunate individual,. 'The
room in which the ir.quest took place was emvoled to race.* by the
friends of the deceased and others intaroted in the result of the pro-
ceeding..
Preview, to the evidence being entered into, Isle. Cope, the City
larshal, stated to the Coroner, that a man named %V titian' Hall.
the driver of the coach which 11/..111 the ocessien of the accident, had
surrendered himself that morning at the Alarision.houre, ar.d was
now in attendance in the custody of roe of the City officers
Mury Kent. the first witness climb:eel, deposed, that oo Satur.
day evening hat, between seven and eight o'clock, as she was
walking along f.iracechureh-street. sae (*.erred nn elderly gentle.
man crossing from the west to the east side or the street, and at the
same moment observed a stage-coach, drawn by tour horses, pro.
eeeding down in the direction of London Bridge. The deceased
had not time to gain the pavement before she perceived he either
slipped down, or was knocked down by the treacle, near the curb
stone, mid presently afterwards abeam., one of the fore near wheels
pass neer his thighs, rand the hind whirl went over his body. The
gentleman w s indently taken up, and conveyed to Mr. Smith's, the
surgron, npperentty in a dying state. In answer to a Juror the
witness said. that she heard souse one from the top of the coach
evil out to the deceased to want hits of danger, before the lecidrur
happened. 'flue horses were not ronning hard at the time.
Jove., the remit witness. rworn, deposed. that on the
night mentioned lie was cent the spot where the accident happen.
ed, and heard the coachman call out to some person. On turning
round he sane the near leading horse of a tireenaieh coach knock a
man down. lie then rdieerved di:deceased, who sal clone to the
cuth.eionc, roll into the kennel. and at the sans, moment 'lt: ceiv.
ed the fore near wheel pass over his thigtia. In his stru;zgles the
t dee" ie., turned over on his fare, and the hind wheel ihni passed
over his body. The decer.sed was taken up and carried to a WT.
h'et)ll%, *lie= be died (dulcet immediately. Witness added, that
die coachman did every thing in his power to stop the horse*, noon
teeing what had happened. Soon after the accident witness saw
the coachman at Mr. Smith's shop ; he •presued to he much &s-
-tressed on teeing the deceased. ‘Vieress thinks the coach was pro.
erecting at the rate of between seven and right miles an hour at the
time stated.
flue Jury retired for about ball an hour, aid returned a verdict
of Accidental Death ; levying a deoelatif of 501. en the coach, to
mark their sense of the improper rate at which the coachman was
driving when the fatal accident happened.

The disposal of the Deanery of Kiluiore, embracing the'
united parishes of Kihnore and Banintemple, vacant by
the death of the Rev. plan Magenis. is vested in the 0.•-
vertiment, and has been given to the Very Rev. VcsLy
Fitzgerald, Dean of k:inly, and Rector of Castleragan, .n
this diocese. The Rectory of KiltlAllen, vacant from the
same cause, is in the gift of the Bishop of Kilmore, and
will be given to the Rev. Ilarzits Bt-relford, son to bis
Lordship.—Cason Hs fUld.