The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-08-22 00:00:00

CITY BUSINESS.

Yesterday a Common Hall was held at Gui!Teal% for the
election ul a Brulgessiaster for the remainder of the year, in
the room of Alt. Itichard Yc .card, lately deceased, in Goose_
Turner of a respiiidtion received by the, turd tlayor, request-
ing au early 414) to be mipointed fur tie purpose, Which was
rumwrcubly attended.
The Hall basing twen opened in doe formohe Town Clerk,
in the absence a the Recorder, captioned to the Livery the
nature of the linsinvos for which they were summoned
The Lord Mayne and Aldermen then retired, end the
Sheriff proceeded In the election. The friends of several of
11w Candidates add'5...4.116e Hall, as did some of 11w Can-
didate., after alaith the fulluulag parties were severally put
In uutuinali tttt
Thomas Smith, citizen and haberdasher;
George King, vintner;
Samuel 'Fbouley, grocer ' •
James Norton, gold and silver sire-drawer;
JuesephSnuggs, needle-maker ;
George Marmaduke Metcalfe, clocknsaker;
James Talloek, glover ;
and on the chew of bands h,:ing taken, there appearing a
constrict able majority in favour of Mr. Thumb y, ilr.
who haul the nest best chew, came forward and handsomely
declined demanding a poll upon thin occasion. The Sheriffs
then retired to the Council Chamber, where they reported the
same, and the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, dm having returned
on the hooding*. the Town Clerk derlareul Clue election of
Mr. Thudey to the Livery, and the Hall was thereupon dis-
solved.

BOX MIS.

All the firstrate men of boxing talent are now at Bristol,
as Neale returned home last week, and Carter, Greven,
and Cooper, reached there at the beginning of the week,
from Cite Without, where they have beet, giving specimens of
the hosing art. A correspoodeut informw us that Neale's
party are much displeased at the arrival there of these for.
midalde men, mut ai Curter is open to all the world, Neate
will, it M thought , accept him for a costumer.

CORONER'S INQUEST.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT FURNIVALI INN.

Yesterday atomism an inquest was held at the sign of the
Bloc Posta, lloMoro, before T. SIIRLTON, Esq. Coroner,
oil the bodies of Harriet Squire. daughter of Mr. Squire,
printer,of Furuivant-costri. and Richard Roscoe,ron to Mr.
Roscoe, of the same court, the fmnier aged four years and
six weeks, and the latter aged five years. The Jury being
empanelled and sworn. they proceeded to view the bodies of
She deceased, and afterwards repaired to the spot where the
accident happened, to view the place, nod then proceeded to
the jury-room to bear the evidence, followed by a vast
■amber of persona. _

William Thoinas Alexander. sworti.-1 am waiter at
Furnival's 'nu Cuffre-liouwr. Oro Wednesday evening last,
about seven o'clock, I was proceeding along Furnivars-
court to my lodging; when I arrived opposite the dour of
No 5, I observed the deceased Harriet Squire oo the point
°foisting down on the step of the dour of No. 1 ; the deceas-
ed Richard Huscow, who) hail some gravel in his pia-a-fore,
was running towards the deceased Squire, and when they
were a yard distant from each other, the wall opposite them,
which was shout twenty feet high, Indeed out in the middle,
and fell down with a tremendous crash, and overwhelmed
thu deceased in the ruins. When I observed the wall WE-
ing out, I ran forward with an intention to save them, hut
scarcely had time to save myself when the wall fell in on
them, part or the ruins at the time falling on me. There
was a great quantity of gravel behind the wall, the pressure
of which, iu my opinion, forced down the wall. A woman
and her child, residing at Nn. It ia•ths roust, had just suf.
firient time to pass the wall when the accident happened.
I immediately ran for aMistaisee.

Mr. James Hunter swan —1 ant foreman over the brick-
layers motel labourers, •nd am is the employ of Mr.
Henry Peto, sus veyor and builder. By my directions a
treat quantity ct gravel was placed by the labourers against
the boundary of the wall, which Isad been foemerly built,
and in • most shliiieful manner, the piers appeared
to be • great support to the wall, but the wall was hot bond-
ed to the piers, which was the rause of its falling. I should
not have ordered the gravel to be put against the wall, if I
was aware of its bad condition. to my opinion the pres.
sire of the gravel against the wall forced it down ; there
were 204 loada of gravel un the spot.
Here Mr. Pet" gave wdoess • must excellent character, as
during Ilse building of the New Custom-house nut sloe ac-
cident happened, and Hunter bail the sole direction of it.
Mr. John Moore, of It, Leather-lune, sworn.—l am a mas-
ter bricklayer; un Wednesday evening last I was seta for to
give directions to the I.boorrris to dig for the boars; I ar-
rived shortly after, •nd found the court blocked up with
gave directions to dig iu the ruins opposite to the
house where the deceased Squire lived, and about two mi•
antes after she was fusiod coveted with two feet of bricks and
gravel ; I 'took her to r surgeon's apparently dead ; she was
laying on her face when I found her ; I sin of opinion that
the gravel forced the wall down ; shortly after the deceased
Roscoe was found and token to • surgeon's.
Mr. John Flo•r.smiug, of Ilotluana, sworn—The deceased
boy was brought to my shop, apparently dead, WI Motors-
day slight, t averts o'clock, with a severe braise me the
temple awl a cut un the bead ; I tried every remedy in my
power, to no avail; he died in about Live minutes afterwards,
of that injuries he set-rived.
Mr. R. Davies, of Hollourn, sworn—l am a surgeon ; the
deceased girl was brought, :apparently dead, to my shop, and
hearing that the y 1111.1113.1 biro suffocated, I put her in •
worm bath, and used the means rreusnm►ndrd by the itlyal

Ilawsaae &wire) fur More than au hour, hut Su q
uo effect--
11w was dead.

Msytoti and kabert Pillows, or Ow nrPo.ite holm",
complaiord 44rratl)• of the lahottress, &e.; the hilt.r said,
that in Minch In,t he obseered the wall *hake from a blast
of 'rind, and ins 914aking to Slur persons esuplayetil in the
place about the aitly of she wall, he sccetireil insolence
from the no.

Sire. Nay is quo seriously injured ag to keep her bed
•he was buried in Ike rion4. The front of the tiou.es oppo-
site were completely Weikel' in by the force ut The fall of the
wall.

Mr. Shelton, the Coroner, summed op the evidence, and
remarked, that triere was not the lewd doubt Lot the death of
the deceased was caused by the wail NIL iig on them, Gum the
preisiire of the gravel against it ; and there averred is, be a
little waut of thought sin the rot of Mr. Muster in out
ascertaining wlitthis. the wall was sided int.3l or out ; the
wall had been built badly ; he did out wtsb to impute blame
to Mr. tinnier, vet be initd say, that 'yore caution ought to
Le observed on 1‘11111%; from 111 cc ids Wee it was Ito
mute than Rerail..iital ; it was fur the iiiiy to consider oil
what ileod:iinl the) would fix, the law ilia 11.4 alh,w freehold
properly ins such oecasiuus to lie fun but where the
death of hi. Majesty's siohjetts was ores LI by yrr 00000 RI
property, the Cot...thine (by law) as allowed In ill., ease, the
Vert to cuusider about the gravel, which was 11C1111.11111.1
•

•
The Joey afire all boor's cOnsolialion, returned the ful-
lowing vet.tict—" That the deer....al cattle to their &Rill
by a wall falling un Ih. ru, in the pariah of St. An.lrever. Hol-
born, otenairine.l by A, sprrasiire of a large ipiaiiihq of gra-
vel winch had 1.E.., law lialitat load* of the gravel,
value il. to be forfritril 314 a dvadanol "

Mr. P.lO roamed to satisfy every party foi any injury
suitaiuttl.

()Mery are moor mown to the pever.sl titiek-yattiv
to retBiir make a very tooposier.itie ottoolter of
•nehors for•tto• shim; of the bur. nts4l ulawu,lls of
Iwo loonlretl for Ithioteo it J tt Is of 8 hilialirr
ses 88.111 "wog dwirle %rer u..t rositail suls-
mut autalttr of use totaithilitt&l ealit iu Atm:.

ASTLEY'S GRAND .4 ,VNUAL RRGATTA.
Yesterday Astley's 3nth A 1111 l tat Prise Wherry was rowed
for by six pate of at-niters who never hcto.. wine • prix.,
lit common working wherrier. o.e Niototay last about
.1 wenty rautilidates islet at the Mitre, in Staugate, where
they drew lots, es eh producing thrix tudeolitres. Three
• were to be horn shove, and three from below bridge, and
0011 y to exceed 40 yenta of age; %lieu the lots fell to
the fallowing six candidates:—
Names. Ree'denee. Colour:.
1 John Free Rillle Betilge Scat let.
2 Thomas Hill .... Temple
3 John Richards Deptford . ...... Green.
4 Thomas White. Strautlisne
5 James %Vow! [longer-ford ... Browse.
U Wtn. Mow ieli Cherry-gardens . Purple.
. Ito ease of any of the above failing to attend, there were
two extra men chitseti hunt above, and two from lwlow
bridge, to supply their places. The two shove-bridge men
were, John Fenton Whitehall, and Charles-Sinith, Aruadel-
Claire ; the lwlow Aridge extra melt were, Thomas Dowry,
Wapping, and Thomas Morris, Rotherhithe.stairs.
At 35 minutes past four o'clock yesterday, floe six first.
named candidates started from Westminster Bridge, rowed
with the tide along the Middlesex shore, passed ibrangli the
third arch out tlw Surrey side of Vauxhall Bridge' mod re.
..
hinted along the same shore; rowed I the heaeou off
Hutigerfisrd, and returned through the centre arch of Weat-
minster WONT, where the three first only that passed were
entitled to row for the grand or decisire heat.
The day bring extremely fine, the face of the River we.
crowded with every description of boats with parties of plea.
acre, bands of music, and flap flying. The Illidge awl
banks were also crowded with spectatora. White, of Strattl.
Issue, came in first ; Richards' of Deptford, second; and Dim.
wich, of Cberry.gardens,third, on the first heat. Wood lust
his chance by going Rom' the craft off Plimgerford, instead
of ri
going round the heacon. At • quarter before six Roe
three boat. started for the winning heat, and came in in the
same manner as the first, via.—yellow, greens and purple.
The first was presented with the wherry out the stage of the
Royal Amphitheatre; the second with .W 111; and the Witt
wish one guinea. Wood was the favourite at starling. No
accident that we heard of happened.