The Cornubia steamer, from Gottenburg, which arrived at Hull on
Sunday week, experienced on Saturday a heavy gale off the Dogger Bank. The situation of those on board was one of much inconvenience, which was greatly aggravated by the circumstance of their being entirely destitute of fresh water ; the men who were engaged to fill the casks at Gottenburgh having returned them full of sea-water, which they had doubtless obtained with greater ease than fresh. It is the intention of the master to proceed against the scoundrels who passed upon him this cruel hoax.—Hull Advertiser.
On Thursday week, the viU...ge of Breadlow, Buckingham, was visited bya whirlwind which raged with terrific violence. A post-chaise on the road was turned quite round, and the rider thrown off the horse a con. siderable distance. Chimnies and trees were blown down ; a poor man, who was milking a cow in a shed, was forced against the wall with such violence as to fracture his ribs, and a large wheat-stack was taken off the frame and carried into a pool. About six o'clock in the evening, the wind became still more terrific. A barn, belonging to Mr. Ruck- straw, was carried away ; and the floor' weighing upwards of two tons, wrested from its fastening, and forced into a reversed position. Mr. Rackstraw's son was at the time milking in a cow-shed, when the wind completely carried the shed a distance of nearly thirty yards, leaving the lad and cows uninjured. In the village of Ivinghoe, damage has been occasioned to the amount of 12001.—Hens County Press.
The Cambridge Star coach was overturned on Tuesday evening, tween Buntingford and Royston, two miles from the latter place,
whilst descending Reed Mill bill. Sir St. Vincent Cotton was driving when the accident occurred ; and there were at the line four inside passengers, who all escaped unhurt, and ten outsides, who were not quite so fortunate. One gentleman received a compound fracture of the leg, and his shoulder was dislocated. The coachman sprained one of his ancles, which had been previously injured; but the other passengers escaped with some bruises. Several of the travellers were conveyed in chaises to Cambridge ; but the principal portioa of them consented to reenter the coach, which was driven to Cambridge by Sir St. Vincent. The accident was occasioned by one of the wheel. horses, a most powerful animal, bolting forward when about one-third portion of the hill had been descended.—Cambridye Chronicle. [The passengers who again consented to be driven by Sir St. Vincent Cotton deserved to meet with another overturn. We hope the gentleman whose leg was broken will call upon the coach.proprietors in the first instance to pay a round sum by way of damages : let 1/tent, if they can, recover it from that ornament of the aristocracy, their coachman's deputy.] An accident occurred to the Quicksilver coach on Sunday, between Lichfield and Walsall, by which it was overturned ; and one passenger, Calloway, the jockey, who rode the winner of the late Doncaster St. Leger, had his leg broken. The coachman was also injured, but we believe not very seriously.— Wolverhampton Chronicle.
A boatman met with his death on Saturday last, at Lyme Handley, in a very melancholy manner. He was engaged as steersman, and having to pass through a swivel-bridge, another man belonging to the crew got off the boat to turn the bridge. Whilst on the bank, the steersman amused himself by lading water with his hand upon his com- rade, who jokingly cried out, "You cannot reach me." " Cannot I?" replied the steersman ; "but I soon will ;" and took hold of a gun which lay in the cabin, with an intention, as is supposed, of merely frightening his companion. Unfortunately the muzzle of the gun was next the steersman; and in drawing it towards him, something caught
the lock, and the gun exploded, lodging the contents in the poor man's left breast, who loudly cried out, " Oh, Lord ! murder, murder !" ad shortly afterwards expired. These facts were sworn to at a Coroner's inquest, when a verdict of" Accidental death" was returned.-11faccles- field Courier.
Some extensive steam corn-mills in the neighbourhood of Chester were destroyed by fire on Sunday week : the damage is estimated at between five and six thousand pounds. The origin of the fire is not cer- tainly known, but is supposed to be the friction of the machinery. Harriet, youngest daughter of Mr. Tony, farmer, of Wisbeach, died suddenly on the 18th, in consequence it is supposed, of being too tightly laced. A Coroner's inquest on the body returned the verdict- " Died by the visitation of God."
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