One of the lightest jockies that ever started in a
saddle, is William, the son of John Day, who made his debut at the late Goodwood Races, and seems likely to perpetuate the family name and reputation. This diminutive horseman is only thirteen years of age ; arid weighed only 5st. 31b. with is 10Ib. saddle. Notwithstanding the large field of horses, be came to the start and rode with a degree of skill and self-possession worthy of former Days.
On Sunday morning last, Mrs. Frowd, mother of Dr. Frowd, New- castle, got up in her sleep, opened the sash window, fell through on the pavement, and was killed on the spot.
The Express, Hull and London coach, was upset on Tuesday even- ing, in descending Elsham Hill. between Barton and Brigg in Lincoln- shire, without a drag•cliiiin. The consequences were shocking. Mr. Cartwr;gbr, a solicitor of Nottingham, was killed ; Mr. lull of Hull was bruised so severely that his life was endangered ; two other gentle. men also suffered much from bruises ; a lady bad both her hands crushed, so as to render amputation necessary; -and Martin, the guard, who was driving instead of the coachman, was also much hurt. Mr. Rode, of Canwick, leaped off the coach an instant before it was up- set, and he escaped with only a sprained ankle.
The officer in command of the Coast Guard station at Shoreham, having been ordered to remove to the station at Kingston, in the port of Arundel, was proceeding thither on Monday, in a galley containing his trunks and luggage ; taking with him three of the men belonging to the station, named Boyden, Barrett, and Tyrrell. When off Goring, a squall suddenly came on, and capsized the boat ; and the three men above, named perished. The officer escaped by clinging to the galley; whence he was taken in a state of great exhaustion by a pilot-boat. The unfortunate men have each left a wife and family.
A thunder-storm, although of short duration, created great alarm in Manchester last week. It appeared to burst over the north of the
town; and the tremendous clops of thunder succeeding the flashes of lightning (which were of deeper red than usual) at an interval of a very few seconds, indicated the nearness of the danger. The light- ning was observed playing around the tall chimney at the dye-works of' Messrs. Clemson and Co., Horrocks ; and a man who was employed in a chamber abutting on the chimney received a shock, which for a time hurt his eyes exceedingly, but not so as permanently to impair his sight. The lightning also struck a chimney at the back of the Man- chester Workhouse; having, apparently, been attracted from the roof along an iron tie which is attached to urn iron binder, round the chim- ney, about nine yards above the roof. Bruce it seems to have passed off at the top of the chimney, hurling off the slates forming the vents, and two large slabs of stone on which they rested. Many of the smaller rivers were flooded, from the heavy rains.
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