PLAYING TRicxs.—Thomas Brady, a boy aged seven years, died at.
Bartholomew's Hospital, on Monday, of inflammation of the brain. It appeared that the deceased and some other boys at school were "playing the conjuror which they did by putting nails into their ea: s, and pre. tending to draw them out at the nose. A nail was at length forced into the demased's ear, which penetrated through the drum, and lodged in the cavity. The nail was ultimately withdrawn at the Hospital; but theinjury proved fatal. SuicinE.--On Tuesday, Mr. George Massey, a person of respectable. family, and lessee of the Old Junction toll-gate, Kentish Town, blew out his brains with a pistol.; On the afternoon of Tuesday, about half- past one o'clock, James Busy, Mr. Massey's.servant, went to. the dose to take toil. for. postechaise; and while sluing so, heleard the report of a pistol in the toll-house, and immediately-guessing.what was the mat- ter, he begged the postilion for God's.sake to come in for he had no do_ nbt his mutes. had -shot hintsel4 They went in together, and found the deceased stretched, on. the floor, with his head blown toatoms, and a *t0,1 in his right hand. Stoma on an Coast OF Cciarlivam..—There was a heavy gale at Penzance on Saturday last. One vessel, the Ebenezer, from Bahia, was driven' on the rocks to the north of the port ; the schooner Eleanor, of Penzance, was driven on the rocks at Newlin, and totally wrecked ; and a number of other vessels were damaged. At Falmouth, a schooner belonging to Portsmouth, and a brig belonging to Lynn were driven on the rocks to the westward of Pendennis Castle, and totally wrecked. 4
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