FATAL 13..Z.IOICINGS.— At Gooderich Court, the seat of Dr. Meyrick
the learned author of the treatise on Ancient Armour, the workmen were regaled on his Majesty's birth-day with a distribution of cyder. The foreman of a Bristol ironmonger, who had been sent to lay some. cast-iron pipes, anxious to do honour to the day, charged the half of one of the pipes with a quantity of gunpowder ; and though remonstrated with on the danger, persisted in firing it off as a cannon. The pipe burst in pieces; and one of the fragments striking the unfortunate man on the neck, nearly knocked his head off ; he (lied in a few minutes. Dr. Meyrick knew nothing of Isis intentions until he heard the explosion, and the cry which it occasioned among the spectators. Happily no one was hurt but the author of the rash act.
GALLANT CONDUCT OF DCTCI1 SATLOILS.-011 Tuesday, as the Royal William, Margate steam-vessel, passed along close to the chain of the eel fishing vessels at Billingsgate, the swell was so great that a boat, in which were a waterman, his father, mother, wife, and two.children, and which lay alongside of an eel-vessel, was upset. They all sunk, but three or four Dutchmen instantly put out a small boat, and pulled in every one of the poor creatures. Some of the Dutchmen engaged in this humane act, succeeded in saving a gentleman named Miller and his family about a year ago. The boat in which these persons were, was upset by striking upon a chain, and five fellow-creatures would un- doubtedly have perished if the Dutchmen had not slipped into the water and rescued them. GURNEY'S STEAM•CARRIAGE.—One of these carriages on Wednesday, after it had gone round the square of the Cavalry Barracks several times, stopped at one corner of it, where some people came out. Twd boys, sons of Mr. Maclure, of the Port Eglinton Inn, then entered, and were about to be followed by two gentlemen, when the boiler burst with a tremem. dous explosion, and shattered the vehicle into numberless pieces. The two boys were very severely injured in the face and other parts of the body, and they now lie in very precarious circumstances.—Glasgow Chronick. , Coscit AccznENT.—On Wednesday eveniug, the Itathkeale day-coach was upset near Ballinacurra toll-gate ; and many of the passengers (nine- teen in number) were injured. Mr. William Cordeal, postmaster of Adare, and part owner of the coach, had both his legs broken, one or which has been since amputated.—Limerick Post. MORE MENAGERIE Accumzers.—On Tuesday sennight, a young man, named Fletcher, being imprudently pushed against the tigers' den of Wombwell's exhibition, one of its furious inmates suddenly caught him on each side of his face with his claws. Fortunately, the tiger missed its first hold upon the young man's neck ; but the claw of the other foot caught in his mouth, and completely tore the hold.—Birmingliam Journal.
FATAL FIRE.—On the evening of Saturday, the owner of a cottage at Tredinny, and his wife, went out about nine o'clock to see some pigs, which were kept at a distance ; leaving four children, the eldest about ten, and the youngest three years of age, in bed. On their return in about an hour, they discovered the house to be on fire. The husband having procured a ladder, attempted to effect an entrance into the cham- ber in which the children were placed, through the window ; but the flames baffled all his efforts ; the cottage was reduced to ashes ; and the whole of the children perished ! The remains were interred in one grave.— West Briton. SUICIDE.—On Saturday, the son of Mr. Pannell, Snow Hill, only six. teen years of age, was discovered in a room in the attic story suspended by a cord, and quite dead. A quarrel with a young woman who re- sided in the house of his father, was, it seems, the cause of the insane boy's act. DISAPPOINTMENT IN LOVE.—A young woman suffering under this affliction, and who had, about fourteen days ago, taken four hundred and eighty drops of laudanum, and whose life Was saved by using Read's improved stomach-pump at the Police-office, was on Thursday again brought in, having swallowed two drachms red precipitate of mercury, which put her life in the most imminent danger. The pump was again used with the best effect in all its bearings, and the young woman is considered out of danger ; she seems determined, however, on self- destruction.—Caledonian Mercury.
THUNDER-STORM.—Richard Blake, Esq. of Garracloon, was on horse- back, proceeding from his house to Ballinrobe, when the lightning le. veiled him and his horse to the ground. The umbrella which he carried was burned in many places, and the stirrup-iron and bit of the bridle were bent. Providentially, he himself escaped without material injury.
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