A poor indnstrinue man of Charleoemb, near Bath, earned, owing
to the had yield and short days, by thrashing wheat by the bushel, during the whole of last weeh, troto daylight till dark, -2.s. him!. At the close of the some week, wheat was sold in the Bath market at Ons. per quar- ter. ../.01071(11.
Oa Friday last, a horse belonging to Major Lloyd, who was hunting a stag nith the Queen's hounds, threw its rider, close by the Great Western Railway, near Southall Park. Several other gentlemen were thrown, in the attempt to clear some fences ; and the horses ran along the railway. rnforturately. a train came upon Major Lloyd's horse, widel, WA suddenly turned into the track of the carriages from the parallel line on whiell it had teem running ; and passing over the animal, k Wed it instantly. The carriages were thrown off the railway, and v're stopped by beiug buried up to the boilers in a field belonging to Will'am Ellis, of Southell Park, Had the horse run towards town, Ile, at:client would have occurred nearer Hams-ell, where the embank- seeut is very high ; and the consequenns would have been more se- rious. s it WilS, the passengem escaped with a fright.
an explosion of gas at Manchester, or Tuesday, destroyed two shops in Oxford Road. The carelessness of F. me workmen, meddling with the gas apparatus. ocseeioned the eceide I.
A clerk, letely in the employ of Mes:?:,. Elton, Bernie, and Company, backers of 11rif.;o1, ie in custody on a e':arge of embezzling between omit, awe taw/. belonging to the batik.
A lady possessing an independent f mine was convicted at the Hull Sossions last week, of having stolen five yards of' satin turque and five yards of mohair front a person with whoet she had lodged at Hull. Site was sentenced to three months' imprisonment without hard labour.
Oa Saturday weele, as Collins, the gams oeeper to Viscount Maynard, in lie going hie rounds in Tilty Wood, me found John Chapman and :mother man pursuing. game. On cot Ang up to them and desiring them to surrender, Chapman took aim and fired off his gun, Collins receiving part of the charge in has head and face. The prisoner has Leen committed to gaol on the capital charge.—Esse.e Herald.
William Hadley, gamekeeper to Mr. R. A. Christopher, was killed by am poacher on Thursday week. A reward of 100/. has been oftered t;e- the conviction of the murderer.
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