PATENT SAFETY•COACIIES.—On the night of the 25th of March, while
the Red Rover, Manchester and London coach, was on its way to Manchester, in consequence of the horses becoming unmanageable the guard was thrown from his seat over the coach and horses, and brae his left arm in two places. Fortunately none of the passengers sustained any material injury, as the coach—which is of the kind called "patent safety "—did not go over, though one of the wheels came off, and the coach ran about twenty yards on three wheels. On Thursday morning, as the Union coach was crossing Morpeth Bridge, one of the horses turned restive; and the drag not being on, and the coach very heavily laden with passengers and luggage, it overturned with a fearful crash. Two of the passengers and the guard were much hurt. One of the former was so much bruised internally, that he expired on Sunday evening. Another had his shoulder put out, and some other passengers were more or less injured.—Caledonian Mercury.
Futz.—Early on Tuesday morning, the lower part of the house of Mr. Stewart, baker, in Sermon Lane, was discovered to be on fire; and the door being forced open, the interior was found to be enveloped in flames, and the retreat of the inmates entirely cut off. Mr. Stewart and the members of his family had to jump from the first story windows into the arms of the patrols; • which they had no sooner accomplished, than the flames burst out with great impetuosity. Mr. Stewart's house was a complete wreck in less than half an hoar; the adjoining corner-house, occupied by Mr. Lee, grocer, and another house in Carter Lane, occupied by Mr. Suze, bookseller and stationer, shared the same fate. The house adjoining that of Mr. Seize sustained considerable damage; and there are two or three other houses in the rear slightly injured. Not a vestige of Mr. Stewart's property was saved.
DEATH By BURNING.—On Tuesday evening last, the wife of Mr. Heslop, one of the sergeants of the watch, was burut to death. The unfortunate woman was sitting up for her husband, and about midnight
fell asleep, when her clothes caught fire.-111anchester Advertiser. •
Gusm ACCIDENT.—On the 1st instant, at Ballintemple, in the county of Carlow, as the three sons of Sir Thomas Butler were walking with. the gamekeeper, by some incautious use of the gamekeeper's gun, it unfortunately went off, and the contents lodged in the breast of the youngest son, a boy of about ten years old ; the effects of which terminated his life in less than half an hour.
ALARMING Occuanzacs.—The week before last, a maiden lady, aged eighty, residing at Boreham, Sussex, was in the morning supposed to be dead, and the usual preparations were made for the melancholy occasion; but at four o'clock (" to the great consternation of her relatives," as a provincial journalist has it) she revived, and is now in perfect health. MulassnoN OF A CHILD BY Doos.—On Tuesday afternoon, a fine boy,' aged ten years, playing with a ball in William Street, New Road, by accident threw it over the fence of Mr. Mead's carriage-repository; and having climbed over to get it, he was attacked by several large Newfoundland dogs, kept for the protection of the premises ; his clothes were completely torn off him, and his whole body presented one mass of blood and wounds. Such were the number and nature of the wounds the child had received, that it occupied nearly two hours in merely dressing them : there were six extensive incisions on the back part of the head, all of which penetrated to the bone of the skull ; one of the ears was nearly bitten off, and only hung by a small portion of skin. The child was conveyed home without the slightest hope of recovery. ACCIDENT AT arsueonn.—A man named Jackson, who occupied house on the waste, and who had got into an arrear of rent, was lately distrained on for the amount ; and, in the irdtation of the moment, he turned the officer out of the house, and threw the warrant in theallfr after For the assault he was summoned before the Magistrate; and some delay, attended, when, having given insolent answers to the questions put to him, he was by the Mayor ordered to be conveyed 10 the watch•house. Two officers took charge of Jackson, to execute the Mayor's orders ; and it appears" James Askew, eldest son of the Mayor, armed himself with a baton, having a brass ferrule at the end, and accompanied them. When at time corner of the High Street, Jackson made an'attempt to run off towards his own house ; the constables followed, and young Askew first came up with him, and seized him by the neck. The prisoner kicked and struggled, and James Askew struck at him with the baton, on the back part of the head. The man dropped, and Askew and the rest dragged him in this state to the watch-house, a. distance of about four hundred yards. When in the watch-house he was insensible and in strong convulsions,—six men could scarcely hold him. In this state it was proposed to leave him, when Mr. Beasley, parochial constable, insisted upon his being taken to his house in the fly ; which was done on the certificate of Mr. Burdett, the surgeon, who, with Mr. Marveilleux and Mr. Whitby, had been called in to attend him. These gentlemen caused his head to be shaved, bandaged the wound, and bled him very copiously. During the whole of time night and most of Sunday he continued insensible ; in the evening he was somewhat better, and could reply to questions and on Monday he remained in the same state." The report of die treatment of Jackson and the lamentations of his wife excited a strong sensation throughout the town. A crowd was soon collected, who besieged the Mayor's door, and demanded that James Askew should be given up. Reed, the town-sergeant, at length obtained admission ; and on stating the object of his visit, and the dangerous condition of the wounded man, the Mayor asked whether bail could not be taken for his son. Mr. Reed declared it could not. James Askew then surrendered himself, and was let out by the back way, in the custody of the town-sergeant, who conducted him to his own house. —Stamford Champion, April 5. [A correspondent of the Globe of last night says the description of the Ciampion is overcharged, and that the man is getting better.] FiTAL BOAT AccinEssr.—On Thursday last, a boat, with eight of a trey, wa: overtaken by a gale which camne on in the afternoon, and in mon avou ing to make the land encountered a treinendous sea on the bar of Tay, by which the boat was completely overwhelmed, and all her crew perished. Another boat, which was in company, and for which the utmost anxiety was felt, made for the Frith of Forth, and got into Burntisland.—Dandec Courier.
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