The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-08-21 00:00:00

lOCIDENTS.

About a quarter pest six o'clock yesterday eveuiag, t►e
Minim in which they snake sad prepare the dhs-works for
Vauxhall Cardras, situated sear the Asylum in Pl. George's-
Arleta, suffered material damage It) the explosive' of a part of
the lire. works. The •re cwinutaisicatert to the building,
sad theratewed destruction to that boast and the arighlinur.
hued. The explosive was very groat, and reused tworh
slam. Many engines arrived in a tittle thwe, and were
likely IMMO to prevent the further progress of the Pre. Ma
lives were lost, nor could we aarertaiu how the accident
originated.

Yesterday evening, as the daughter of Mr. Samuel, of While.
chapel, sled a ileighbount child, both about seven years of
age, were playing oe the foot part meet, two Krntk•mee rude
up at • furious rat., one of them by some means having
dropped the bridle, Isla hone ran spin the foot pavement,
sled trampled upon Miss Samuel. She was takes up is a
senseless stale, sod carried to the Laudon Hospital, where
she now lies iu a dangerusis state. The geettesuse gave his
name sad satin.% sad promised to make all the cuaspeowa.
ties in kis power.
Yesterday Thus. Win, yr,' poor man in the employ of M►.
ki'Mare, chemist, at Strstfued.le.Bow, was brought to the
Laotian Hospital in a mast dreadful cunditiun. He was at
work in the laboratory, sod was standitig upon • board laid
across • boiler of boiling verdigris, whee ►y some accident
he fell iu, and before be weld extricate himself, the Seek
was literally burned off his boors in some parts, and he was
dreadfully scalds d all over the body. No Mopes art eater-
latard of the poor IMO/ mown.

In a late Calcutta Piper we perceive a descrip-
fiats of the great gust which was taken by the Bra-
ti.ll in the fort of Agra, when it surrendered to
Lord Lake, in October; 1809. It is called a one
thousand fire hundred luau pounder, and weighs
our thousand and forty-nine hundred. Ou the gas
is written the foliose:sig. in Persian characterst
" she MO /Odd% r 81oeb, geode by Seely! Portioned,
trt. 1,41011 @sound's." Valve of the gee, as eiJ brass, at the
Cualioney't pare, Se: Its 63,400. Ditto, ditto (if service-
Star., 1e0,200. Weight of *et (ealttiolt) if *lode of iron
1,491 'be I us ; dine, If rms. rtf marble, MI.
The Prize Agents at Calcutta value the metal
slime at I 110.600 repel.. It oatrintetided to have
forwarded it to England, and svittl that view it was,
after great labour, got down as far av the tomtit of
the rivet Juanita, but no beat could he found
tient furies safe conveyance It, Calcutta.
The Bristol Wirrot says We lewd frith es.
tisfm•tems, that, in consequence of some recta' lege&
ketone in tote !Jailed States of Attiesice, wrung
the (haws i ... et Several of the iron- sof I, bar.
trout is now suassafectured under the ha tt ; sod
we are led to htlieWe Si.' this sitessitiosi oils add
ern °sootier ably suet* demand of our ovig, for
markets where here-wrote that sot Sweden has ttren
used, as sales are tier/ bnillt. *1 advanced mates."

C.4UFIOY TO STAGE COACH MASTERS.

Oa Saturday and NI lay Imat, trf ore • full Brach of
Magistrates sitting at Swine, ne and fur the hbca ty of sc.
Alban's,
_ _ _

William Clarke, the owner of the Luton stage coach,
George Cantrell, owner of the flareet coach, Auto. Packwood,
earner of the Coventry coi+, William Mountain, wither of
she Liverpool cone's, William Watcehourer, ouetee of the
Liverpool cone h, Wilkens Smith, owner of the Bedford come hi,
and Benjamin Bowers, of the Nottingham coach. were con-
victed in the penalty of Fire Hundred sod Ten Pouted.,
fur carrying more passengers on their respective notches
than. what is allowed by Act of !indigence', some of *hie
bad fourteen passengers besides • rod in height and
upwards of luggage on the roof. to the intorineut danger of
Ilie life of everrperson travelling by the same.
Saris.' and Thomism Militants, owners of the Heatrtily
stage, front the Black Lime, N'ater-hoie, Fleet-street, *ere
yesterday contracted before the Magistrates at the Hatton_
garde* Polite Office, ip the roll peusby of 10/. fur carrying
thirteen oubide passengers, being one more than they were
allowed by Act of Parliament.
There were infortnatioia also against Henry Themtrood,
owner of the Windsor coach, and Johu Phillips, driver of
the Delon* stage coach, foe carrying more outside !HIS.
veneers than thry were allowed by Act of Parliament, but
by the consent of both parties, the hearing wee postponed to
a Mare (Ist. The publics'? much indebted to Mr. Hanson,
the Magistrate, fur hie spirited exertioas to put an end to this
&arose cameo.