Mrs. Graham, whose fall from the balloon was mentioned last
week, is recovering.
Mrs. Anderson, of Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, left her infant child in the cradle, on Tuesday morning, with another child about three years old, in the nursery. She returned in a few minutes, and found the clothing of the cradle burnt, and the infant so much injured that its recovery seemed hopeless. It is supposed that the elder of the two children had been playing with the fire, and thrown a piece of coal into the cradle.
Soon after five o'clock, on Tuesday morning, an infant was picked up in Parliament Street, with its head completely flattened, and quite dead. It is supposed to have been accidentally dropped from one of the early coaches coming into London.—Times. On the 2Ist ultimo, the Star, a Gravesend steam-boat, ran down a large skiff off Globe Stairs. There were four men in the skiff; and one of them, Thomas Callaghan, was drowned. The accident happened about nine o'clock. On Thursday, an inquest was held on the body of Callaghan. The evidence principally related to the caution or want of caution observed by the master of the steam-boat. It was, as usual, contradictory. The survivors of the party in the skiff swore thab they shouted to the people on the steam-boat to alter their course, but that no notice was taken of them, and that the steam•boat was going at a very rapid rate. The Captain and his men swore that they warned the people in the skiff to go to starboard, but that they went to larboard; that the words to "ease her" and "stop her" were given as soon** the danger was seen ; that the steamer was only going six miles an hour. and that there was a light in the prow. A Thames Police offi- cer said that the light was "run up" immediately after the accident. The Jury gave a verdict of "Accidental Death," and a deodand of 601. on the Star.
Since the recapture of Williams, the burglarious chimney-sweep, and the publication of the story of his escape from Newgate, "Who are you ? " has become a taut word among the lower order of- people of the Metropolis. "The question was answered on Wednesday evening, in a manner as unpleasant as unexpected to the party who put it, by Mr. Williamson, of the firm of Williamson, Graham, and Company, silk- mercers, of Manchester ; which firm has been lately plundered of pro- perty to a considerable amount by a clerk in their employment, named Mortimer. Ieformation having been received by the firm in the course of the week that the thief had been seen in London, Mr. Williamson arrived in town on Wednesday in search of him ; and was proceeding along the Strand about nine o'clock in the evening, when he was met by a party of two males and two females, all in a state of intoxication. He turned up a court, to avoid them ; when one of them shouted after him, " Hullo! old cock, who are you ?" Mr. Williamson, feeling confident that he knew the voice, followed them until he- obtained the assistance of an officer ; when, going up to the party, he found that his conjectures were right, for the person who had iiddressed him was his thievish clerk ; who was immediately given into custody.
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