The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-08-29 00:00:00

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.

On Friday, the 14th instant, an inquest was taken at Long
Bennington, i■ Ibis county, before George White, Gent. Co-
rmier, on view of the body of Thomas Risnington (son of
Mr. Richard Rimington), a boy about fourteen years of age,
who was unfortunately shut with his own gun. The circum-
stances attending this enhappy catastrophe, as detailed by
the evidence adduced before the Jury, were es follow :—On
Wednesday morning, about eight o'clock, the deceased was
'ruing into a field to tend birds with a new gun, which, by
his savings be had lately purchased—when meeting, in Cut.
tam-lane, with an acquaintance, John Lee, a buy about
twelve years of age, who was riding on an ass behind an.
oiler boy, he asked him if he would shoot, and gave the gun
into his hands; upon which, Ur, who was still sitting upon
the ass, after looking Si the gun, pointed it down towards
the ground, and tried if it would strike fire, when it imme-
diately went off, and the contents passed through the leg of
the deceased, which it shattered to pieces. The poor boy,
after darting forward a few yards, fell down, and the other
boys, being frightened, went lame. Mr. Whitaker, Of Ben-
nington, ou returuing home from shepherding, saw the de.
ceased lying on the road, and on taking hold of his foot, be
found the kg was broken ■nd bleeding fast, upon which,
with a lisnolkerchicc lie bound it up, in hope of stopping
the bleeding. The boy being couveyed home, every medical
amostaace was inonediatety procured, sod amputation,
which was conlidered absolutely necessary, from Ike nature
of the wound, was performed; but from the violent and in-
stantaoeuus shock which the whole frame had experienced,
the pour boy lingered until about five in the afternoon
of the same Any, and then expired. It appearing that there
was no intentina whatever of injuring the deceased by firing
the gun off, but that it was inadvertently done, the Jury,
without hesitation, pronounced a verdict of Accidente!
Death.

This is another instance of the fatal effects of trusting
boys with guns, and it is hoped, will operate us caution.

'IRELA

DUBLIN. AUGUST 25.

'PUBLIC II EALTH.
A Meeting cif the PhySiCiilliß of Dublin having
been cuu►i lied by public advertisement, on Thurs.
day last, fur the purpose of receiving a -Report from
It Special t7nu►mittee of their Body, appointed in
M.n•eh .‘ to search the fatrither progress of the Epi-
donic," we have been anxious to receive an ac.
count of the proceedings which took place ou the
occasiou. As vet, however, we have been able
only to learn, that at ibis Nieetiog (which was not
very numerously attended) u Report was presented,
giving a 1114 iii' view of the 'progress and extent of
the Epitle . and proclaiming the total failure of
the measures hitherto adopted for its suppression.
IVe have also heard, that the Mertittg did, after
some discussion, resolve, that the Report, together
with the documents to which it refers, should be
published ; but why they have not yet been torn.
inuaicated to the Public Papers, we know nut. If
the Report at all merits the character that has been
given of it, its importance obviously demands Maine.
dime publicity. It has been whispered that the
Report exhibits such au alarming• view of the extent
and 'progress of the Epidemic, that ensue of the
Profession were reluctant, without legal (drive, to
give publicity to the Document ; but the luiijurity
dicitled, we understand, fur publication. tinder a
conviction that the statements contained in the Re-
port were not libellous, and that the public welfare
reqvired that such truths should not be concealed.

IVATERFORD. Avatar W.

In addition to the fever, which has lost nothing in
extent, though it may have lost In malignancy, it
his pleased i'►ovidence to alio:, us within these few
days to be visited with another serious and painful
complaint, the dysentery, or bloody flux. This
disoider rages at tl►is moment in our neighbourhood
to a degree that far exceeds any thing within me-
mory. Various proximate causes have been ss•igned
fur its extensive inttoduct a ; the most obvious is
the heat and drought of the twasuil.—( Was. Mi►ror).

LIMERICK, AUGUST 21.

That linen of every kind must be much wanted
at the hospitals, will appear very obvious, when we
state, that they contain this day 251 fever patients,
the greatest number ever in the institution at any
one time, though 73 were discharged cured from it
within the week. It is very painful thus to perceive
that fever is rapidly increasing, and we regret to
riy, that it has reached that very valuable Insti-
tution, the House of Industry, which had hitherto,
in a great degree, escaped it ; there being this day
26 persons in active fever.—(Limerick Chronicle.)