The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-07-20 00:00:00

FATAL ACCIDENTS.

. . . .
On Wednesday last, as the Hem London coach was rie.,
ret.din: on its Journey front I'urt.monl4, and had arrived
within 100 yards of tier two-mile stone Awn that town, the
off free-wheel of the coach came off, and it fa 11 a itle erebt
violence on its side. The coachman, Abraham Tonle's. (a
must respectable and civil man), fell spots le! a head, and i'led
iu a few minutes; Mr. John Mills, mill,r, of MioA,ll.,i, it', •
lit:ate-a his shoulder, and was otbersise so much hurt, that
he died the nest morning; and hlrv. wit', it tn.e
boatswain of the Victualling-Wharf, lies dangerously ill nt
the Air Balloon. hl r. Viral, one of the propel. t , of the
coach, who was sitting with I.IC C417:4111:1111, was 'lightly hurt
in the knee. There were six passengers, all outside.; the
others anedisined trifling injuey. The Coroner for the
Bor&iels (It. Callaway, Esq) held inquests via the bodies of
the two deceased, before a hum there a-as 1411 . eidetic'. of out
want of care on the part of !lie cum-Immo car er..pri• tor,. ; on
the contrary, it was sworn, that die linchpins wi ie all its
pervious 141 the coach starting from the roe, ta!ii —A .141.
laud of Int on the coach, of It. un the ahei :s, and lir. on
the horses, was h-ried. The Jury recorded, that the persona
came by their deaths accidentally anal by miefortuite.
On Tuesday semi:gist the (-wit Ii frum Loudon to Gosport
was proceeding through Fare-haat, when the horses became
almost ;encore, uable..--kick Mg, iitungio4, /kc The coach-
man pulled them up tie ice; Mid, is endeas-meing to the
the thild time, the a eins einfoittlllate ly broke, abets 11;ry sr 4
off at the must violent 0, and in a ft w .ta
he coach to amens, b) running against the rails a Inch fi Law
the upper quay. All the passengers lure bust, bid, mini
seriously, Mr. Ales. Driven-us, navy aunt, e•f Gospetit;
abuse leg was bail ybroken, anal which, it is feared, inns(
lie amputated. There were MO itlXide passengers, or the
must fearful consequelsces would likely base Lilts mled theirs.
The groom who aas thrown from Captain While's boos',
Gls, at Hortidean races, its I:mosque-meter the leic,klog of tt
stirrup leather, died from that accident MI 11111rMi.sy:
leg becamC entangled in the bridle, and Wing ileaeged a
short distance, the horse, it is thonglif, Iroil on iiito It
awe not emisidertel the injury lie received amid! lie mantle:4
With such fatal cousequences.—He las a serraut of the Earl
of EgrensOnt.

A turtle, weighing upwards of 60011►., from ilia
bland of Aseetigiat, was presented on Fran.) the
Punks RIMENT.

An investigation into the canoe of the late tire in
the Dock-yard at Sheering, is carrying on; but no
cncitinstauces to skew that it au* otherwise than
secidental are said to have transpired.
Account. recently received from Pompeii, give
an al 1111 l ated picture of the progress of the work►neu
employed in making discoveries among tlunie timoui
monuments of antiquity. Another anyhow:litre lies
been found, wore distant from the city than the
fernier.

Lord KINWAIRD arrived in Brussels on the I Ith
from London; as did aloo the Count d'fisnNuma
COURT. Cbawberlaiu of the Emperor of AUSTUIA.
and Count de VALEscs. Litut.-G,ocrail so the
French service.

It will he satisfactory to a respectable hotly of
British merchants to learn. that tile marvels by cep-
tain cantiocations of English mercliatAre et flour.
deaux in tile year 1814, are to be indr•tamtit•d to
the amount of 460,000 fr. in virtue or an Ugieelliet,t
signed between the French and English Uuvrit,.
menu.

lit Herefordshire, it seems, the apple.trees are so
loaded with hit, shut the orchard•uwuers have been
obliged to prop them up, to resent their i,t sk lig
(fool' with the weight.
There is to be a meeting of the Court of tam.
mon Council to-morrow, to consider of Aden: es
to the PRINCE REGENT awl the Quuest„ 0., t. e
Lrri.tges id the Dukes of CLARINEC kind KLNI;
and for other

Mr. Baouctifil arrived in town on Tosesd.,y, and
on Friday he attended at the Education Csornro.ii ice.
td superintend the proceedings resl.tt•,log Ine print.
big of the evidence collected last Sessinso.
A FIGURE Or RHStORIE.—TIit• ✓uureal des
Debuts in au elaborate artwle ou our tto 4• I••
grow-ly the Britieli Gnbrrnmr,.r vise 01 the
Bow/real-de Europtass 614i:w005,/
r military prisons in the nsosm nh,orit to he
removed, and Is nest ot.e err clod. for the o
of deserters, Btv. in the Birdcage- walk. IT -t she
'molding is comPleteol, one of tote slim, sou f IS
De,otford or Woolwich is to be mousers' in floe
Titanic r. oil 1% tilt huli-atairr, tor the safe custody of
th I.nwuen.

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