Lord Lansdowne met with an accident on Thursday, near Holland
House, on his return on horseback from a visit to the Queen at Ken- sington Palace. His horse tripped and fell on its side, throwing Lord Lansdowne on his head : which was severely cut, over the eyes. The Marquis was insensible for some time, and was carried into a shop, and afterwards sent home in a fly.
On Wednesday, General Pakenham and one of his sons were knocked down by a runaway cab-horse, in Waterloo Place: they were taken to Mivart's Hotel, insensible. The General's lip and fore- head were severely cut.
A little boy, son of Mr. Hinkley, of Gloucester Place, was leaning against a carriage-door on Thursday, when the door burst open, and ' he was thrown into the street : the carriage-wheel went over his thigh, and broke it. It is surprising that such accidents do not occur more frequently, considering the careless manner in which footmen slam carriage-doors, and the common practice of allowing children to lean over the windows.
The Manor Mills, on the Lower Deptford road, belonging to Mr. Horne, were destroyed by fire on Wednesday night. The building was 120 feet high, and 50 feet wide. The conflagration, which was visible for many miles distant, was a very grand sight. No lives were lost, and the proprietor is said to be fully insured in the Alliance Office.
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