The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-07-30 00:00:00

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Yesterday a Conti of Common Council was held at Guild-
hall, which was munstromoly atteeded.
After the proceedisigs of the last 01111 t had been read, the
Lord Mayor laid before the Conrt the Answer of his Royal
Highness the Prince Regent to the Address of Congratola.
lion presented uu Monday last, on the marriages of the
Dukes of Clarence and Kent, which was lead, and ordered
to he tittered on the Journals.
His Lordship then presented a letter from Lord Morton
to the Reinembrancer, by command of her Majesty, in-
forming him, that the stale of her Majesty's health must
deprive her of the salisfactioe of recei►iag in person the
Address of the Court, and requesting the same to he trans.
milted to Lord Murton, which was read, and ordered to be
entered on the Jusiruals.
His Lordship then presented the respective Answers of
their Roysl Highneases the Duke and Duchess of Clarence
and the Duke and Duchess of Kent, which were read, and
directed to be entered on theJouruals.
Mr. Bummed presented a Report from the Coal lied Corn
Committee, on the Petition of the Fellowship Pumets, which
being read, was ordered to be printed at length in the !di-
orites of Proetedingl of the Court, sod seat to every Member.
It was referred to the City Lands Committee to consider
whether it would be advisable to make any alteration in
the collection of the tolls in Rewrite Market ; sod also to
consider the present state of the said Market.
The Committee appointed iu relation to the Petition of
.sondry luhobitailis of the City, respecting cumin,,,, prusti-
lutes freqneesting the public streets, were iosirnetid to take
lido their rousidsration the present slate of the Police and
Watch of she City, mill report their opinion whether ■ny,
and what, alteration, or other regulation, should be made
therein.

Um)* ■• Report from the Committee for General Par.
poses, the Court voted the sum of WI. to Jahez Mydilletion,
descendant of Sir Hugh hlyddietou, Bart. who brought the
New River to Londou, the same being in cousideratiun of
his distressed hi tom ion.
Upon the 'mot um of Mr. Oldham, it was referred to the
Committee fur General Porpoises, to eousider whether any
Regulation ran he adopted to enforce a due attendants of
Aldtraseu at the Stosioils.

TO TIDE EDITOR OF TIER ORITISH PRESS.

Wandsworth, July 25, 11118.
SlR—Rending in your Paper a fret days ago, " an act-went
of a diced/el accident from • stage coach," allow me to
state what 1 was a witness to, last week, on my return (roils
Bath. I met many Windsor, and Bath and Bristol, and va•
rimer public coaches, and 1 can assure you (for I particu-
larly nutireol them), that they were all (except one) er-
laded, colter with passengers or luggage, and tmetames
both. Now, Sir, the law has wisely provided (as far as hu-
man means can go) fur the safety of the lives of the passer,.
gets; it states, " that any coach, fie. drawn by fuer bursts,
shall be allowed to carry lea outside passengers, and 11a
more, admire of the coachman, but iscludiug the guard ;
oat peasenger only to sit on the box, and obree of such pas
serapes on the front of the roof, and the weitliening six tee.
hind ; hut uu pal/wearer to he allowed to sit on the loggage,
or tAe port of the roof alkaloid for the same; and all stage
coaches drawn by two or three hones to be allowed five out-
side passengers, and no more. Neither passengers nor lug-
gage shall be carried, if the coach shall :.e wore than eight
(r•ct nine inching from the g►ound. No proprietor, striver,
due. to permit luggage exceeding two Let to be conveyed on
the top of any coach drawls by fuer buries, sail if the reach
is drawn by Cut or three horses, nut lir exceed le isotherm
above the roof, under pere.lty of five parade fur every taut
above she space of two feet or 18 inches respectively; and
if the driver is also owner, the peroalty of 101. for every inch,
to be neutered before net Magistrate, on the oath of sine
witness. Packages to be placed so that no passenger may
sit thereon, under a penalty of SO shillings."
Any passenger may require the toll-collector to ascertain
the uninher of outside passengers, and measure the height
of luggage; 3.101 a striver refusing, to forfeit N.; and if
more passengers are on the conch than is allowed, or luggage
of the prohibited hei.:lo, he shall forfeit double the penalty
imposed fur such offence—one-loaf of the penalty to the
toll-rollectur, and the other to the passenger; and • toll.
collector refusing to make the examination required, to fut.
frit 51. anal persons evading the examination by alighting
from the coach previous to its reaching the turnpike gate,
and afterwards reascending, to forfeit 101. &c ; yet, not-
withstanding all this precaution, the law is, a■ it were, *et
at deflower, by men who daily and hourly trameress, anal
when ac'eideuts happen (such as your Paper described), what
misery and distress is brought upon a family (which no
moue, eau repair), though the coach is loaded the very
next day in the same way. Really, Sir, it rouses one'a in.
dignation to witness such scenes.
I think, in one of your Papers, you feeling described the
conviction of a poor man for seining wares without a license
(Igo doubt the man acted wrung), and the fine was 10/. which
br not having the means of paying, was coornittetl to prison,
through he had a wife and child to support, and fur whom he
was selling his little' wares. Now, Mr. Editor, I wish we had
"inspectors of stage corteXes ;" or if any poor fellows out of
employ were to attend on the roads, five or ten miles orouil
the Metropolis, they would make some pounds, and really
be doing an essential good to the public.
If these hints are worth your notice, their insertion in
your Paper will oblige
A Constant Reader,
W---.

So great is the interest excited in Scotland by the
extraordinary power over the passions with which
Miss O'Ngit.t. is gifted, many of the audience,
since the commencement of her engagement at
Edinbu►gh, have come from a distance of fifty
miles. To gratify this great curiosity, the Manager
lass prevailed upon her to renew her engagement
for six nights longer, on the expiration of which she
proceeds to Glasgow.
Among the Hew arrangements at Covent-garden
Theatre, we understand the Proprietor has engaged
Mr. PALMER, now of the English Opera, to super-
intend the wardrobe. It is this gentlemen whose
judgment and taste, displayed in the dresses of The
Persian /healers, &c. &c. at the latter Theatre,
gained for him so much well deserved reputation.
No &position has yet manifested itself, on the
part of the Manchester Cotton-spinners, to return to
labour. It is computed that nearly fourteen thou-
sand persons, including their families, are now sub-
sisting either upon casual charity or upon the funds
which have been accumulated as a resource in the
hour of sickness and inevitable calamity. It op-
pears, however, they still conduct themselves peace-
ably.
GliaNT, JULY 20.—Last Saturday some men
working at Looten-Hulle, in the forest of Kloosier-
boosch, discovered under ground an enorinuii. oak
tree, which it is supposed has been buried there for
many ages. It was 10 or 12 feet under ground.
Its length is 67 feet, amid its circumference in dif-
ferent places, 15, 18, and 20 feet. Persons who
usiderstand these things say, that it must formerly
hive been from 25 to 30 feet in circumference.
There are various conjectures respecting the age of
this tree, but the most probable is, that it was
thrown down by an inundation of the sea, to which
these provinces were very subject in ■ncient times,
and sfierwards buried u► the sand. The discovery
has excited considerable curiosity, and people flock
from all the neighbourisig parts to see this tree, for
which a large rum of money has already been of-
fered..--(Brussels Paper, July 24.) •

IRELAND.

...
MAYO ASSIZES.

CASTLkaAft. JULY 20.
Moguls Gilroy, on Ow first day of the Asoles,
pleaded Guilty to the indictoisen., charging him
with the inuriler. Oil the Gth 111111Uty hat, of
Thomas Wallace, Hear Ktllnla, in this county.
His plea. through the humanity of she Judge (the
Solicitor-General), was lint then revoriled—and lie
was again put to the bar on Friday. dilH, the pro-
dctice of withdrawing his pliai mid Wallalllg his
trial was, by order of the Judge, submitted to him.
The Prisoner, however, replied, that lie could
not with safety go before his Glad, if he did 1101 C 011.•
fess the crime lie had committed.
The Judge, evidently affected, still wished am!
urged the Prisoiter to accept the advantages which
a trial might possibly attard ; and, after a
good deal of very anxious entreaty, he at Length
consented, saying, " Let it be so ; although 1 have
committed the crime, perhaps the great God may
yet. in cave I should be acquitted, ottani me an op.
poriumty to atone for it." He was accordingly put
upon his trial.
-- Coiling was then sworn.—Fle said hr was
carrying tobacco fur hire on the night of the mur-
der, for the deceased, Wallace; that Gilroy mowed
by them and came behind Wallace, and struck him
three blows with the sliuft of a spade on the bead,
which rendered him speechless. Witness did not
see the blows, but whet, Wallace screeched he
looked back, and Gilroy said to wanes., " You
sad 1 ate in part." Witness said he bad nothing
to do *ids it. Prisoner took home the tobacco,
and witness did not strive to take it from him.
The Prisoner was asked if he hid any quest'
to put to the witness, and lie replied, that he had
no questions, nor any thug to say for the purpose
of savotig his life ; but observed, that the witness
did not tell the truth, that Wallace would nut be
killed but for him ; that he (Prisoner) gave hint but
one blow, and that one a ent through his heart ;
that wittiest. then said the bovines% was not done at
all, mud that if he (Prisoner) did not finish it, the
witsiess a amid, and thereupon gave him the two
other blows.

Tile Jury, after a very short consultation, return-
ed a verdict of—Guilty.
The humane JUDGE, labouring under a strong
sensation, piocerthil to declare the sentence of the
law :—" Thomas Gilroy, I feel," said his Lord-
ship, .4 iii your c,,r, a eimpulatioti which few
Judges *speriesice, tend which I have never before
felt. This atioies from the perittasion. that lam to
pronounce widener upon a sincere penitent. Cu-
der this inipression. I lint precede the atsfal
duty that devolves ul me by any other observa-
Ii tttt . than that I eitiert iii an ardent hope and an
humble cos fidence. thiit your con • on and peni-
tence will be acceptable before your Almighty and
All Xlereifid Judge."
This day war then appointed for his execution at
Castlebar, and he has already passed into eternity
in the same state of mind which he evinced upon
hisi