Star.
London, England, 1814-10-31 00:00:00

dusts s,7o—Sheep and Lambs i4,64o—Calves Iso—Pigs 400

HAY AND STRAW, PER LOAD.
Meadow Hay 41 co SI Os Clover it 0 to 71 7,
Sum 11 Its to VI Os.

AVERAGE PRICE of CORN to ENGLAND and WALES
iron the returns ending the eta of Octuber, 1814.
Wheat. Rye Barley. Oars. Beets'. l'ease.
p. d. Is. d. e. d. s. d. s. 4. 16. d.
74 2 145 1 97 2 127 ' 45 S 149 10
Ile average Price o Sugar. computed (runs the returns made
tie week oft the 116111 a ()Mbar, is 70s. tit per cwt.

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PIP
SERIOUS. ACC. MENT Br THE MAILS.

&worthy a Coroner's Inquest was held before G.
tiotxiseN., Esq. At the Hand and Flower, Hammer-
smitlibroact, tin thy body ot John Sonthcombe, of Brat-
tengeming, near *Barnstaple, Devonshire. The de-
ceased was travelltrg in a ehaise.cart, •accompanied
by his brother, toward: Londoni They were met by
three mail coacties, arid notwithstanding the hallooiNg
of the deceased, lie was run tool of, the shafts broken,
and he thrown into the road and killed by one of the
mails passing over his body. The accident happened
on Saturday, the 22d inst. but the Inquest was defer-
red in order to procure witnesses from Bath, Sec.
George Southeointe. half brother of the deceased, was
travelling with his brother, who was driving, to town,
when they were met at the 2t mile stone by three or
four mail coaches. His brother was at the proper
side of the:road ; but the both hallooed to the mad-
coachman to take care. besides pulling as much out of
the way as possible. This care, however, was vain,
' for one. of the mails ran against them,' broke the
shafts, and thus disengaged the horse, and threw
them both out of the chaise, he on one side and his
..brotter OR the side next the mails. His brother was,
aiming on, his own side of the road, within three
feat of the ditch or
.hedge, and eight feet from the
centre of the road, it being on the whole more than
33 feet wide, exclusive ot the pathway.
Mr. Robinson, classical teacher .It Dr. Thompson's
academy, stated that he was returning from London,
accompanied by Mr. Hollts, about nine o'clock on the
Saturday evening in question, when he observed three
-Mad coaches pass hin. His attention was attracted
by hearing the second mail graze against something,
and presently he saw the man and chaise-cart lying in
the toad, the last coach appearing to go over the man.
The mail coaches were on the wrong side of the road,
being more than a yard from its crown or centre, on
.the right band side as they were going. The math
coachesand the chaise-cart of the deceased were the
only carriages in vk w.
Mr Hollis, a Midshipnran in the East India ser-
vice, the Gentleman in company with Mr. Rohins,an,
contirmedahe above particulars ; and added, that im-
mediately after he heard the grazing of the whetils,
.and the subsequent crash, the last mail coach stop-
Ottdt but in a minute or two proceeded on its join.-
'nap in consequence of the guard (Thomas Hayles)
'Cairn out to the coachman, " Never mind, go on !"
The mail coaches were considerably on the wrung
of the road.
• -Thaw Bayles, guard of the Bath mail coach on
-tlienight of The accident, stated that Joseph Akerman
was the coachman that night. There were three mail'
coaches together, the Exeter first, the Worcester se.
'cond, and' his coach, the Bath mail, last ; and they,
were all on their left, or proper side of the road, and
-within about three feet ot the pathway. When they:
arrived at the 2i milestone, they were driving only at
their usual rate, being allowed bat one hour and 40
Minutes to go to Hounslow, a distance of about 14
miles from the General Post Office. He was atten-
ding to his duty when he heard a crash ; he looked
round and saw a man lying on the road, who had
been thrown from a chaise ;—and there was the
vehicle itself, but without any horse, the shafts
pearing to be broken off. The body was lying as near
as it could be between the coaches 'and the chaise-
cart, and as close as possible to witness's coach when:
they passed.. He desired the coachman to pull up%
which was done as soon as it was possible, consid.o-
ing the rate at which they were going. They ware
compelled to keep the time allowed by the Post-office:
Mr. Hooosota begged it to be understood, that.
there was no such law ; on the contrary, my Lord,
Ellenborough had held that his Majesty's snhjects
were not to be run over with impunity, merely be-,
cause these coachmen chose to dash over every thing,
to keep what they call the time of the General Post-

Office.
Ha lei, in answer to a Juryman, said, that the coach
•coolsfooe pull up till it got.two hundred yards from.
•the body.
Philip White, coachman of the Exeter Mail, the
%first of the line on the night of the accident, deposed,
-that they were on their proper side of the road ; and,
• ....although in company with the other coaches... that he
rievereven heard of the accident till next morning.—
They were going at their usual tate.
Mr. John Bowling. of Hammersmith, surgeon, stat-
ed, that he vi ited the deceased immediately after the
accident. end found him speechless and insensi%le.
He died abo)tt five ni let's acterwards There ir as a
wound on the tight side of the for head, about au inch
in length, quite to the bone, but there was no frac-
ture; the right collar bone was broken, as were seve-
ral ribs. He had since ripened the head, when he
found a quantity f extr.of 4s4t d blood on the surface
of the brain, and in the body lie found the collar bone
broken in two or three places, the three first rips were
alto broken, and a quantitrofextravvated bl.rod ifs
the chest, in consequence of these r-bs, after being
.broken and driven in, hav'ng licerated• some large
:vessel in the chest; these had caused the death, and
it was impo,sible that so much 'violence could .have
.4wen effected except by some heavy subritassee hissing-
gone over the body.
Molnar Watcointe,, f Hammersmitholumbirt said,
that being at the Hand and Dower at the time of the
accident. h went out, neon panned by others, to as-
sist the no.n stated to have been run over by the mail
-coaches: The body laid about three yards from the
hedge. and some yards from the centre of the road,
and it was at the proper side of the road, arid the
coach to pass over it must have been on the wrong
side-of the crown of the road. Witness and other ;yr,
torts exarnined the spot the next morning.
Mr. HODGSON then summed up for the Jury. The
evidence was of the most conflicting
character, but
unless they would believe the guard and coachman,
and choose to dishflirye all the mass of unquesti.m.
able evid..nce that had been at:duced n the other
awe, shoo conti not be any doubt. One piny must
have .been guilty of the .grossest perjui yi but lie
thought it was beyond dispute that the mail-coaches
were on the wrong site of the road—that they ha
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disd lined to attend to any caution, and that they ha 4
further violated the law by driving 41 en unmerciful
rate, regardless of the lives and comforts of viol
body on the road. But such conduct in the drivere
of toe maiteoaches, on that road in. particu.ar,
become a cryingevid, gtxl was the general con plant
of every traveller e.n the road. He had occasion to go
t4afroaiis very Altos. ami acvstmet tberst totila but hf