MIL GISBORNE, M.P.—On Monday, this gentleman, in descending the steep
hill into Buxton, was thrown out of his phaeton, and two wheels of the carriage passed over his face, and along the whole length. of his body. He succeeded, however, in keeping hold of the reins, and thereby turned the horses against a bank on the side of the road, by which they were stopped. Two ladies, a child' and a man-servant, who were in the carriage, escaped without materialinjury. Mr. Gishornes face is severely cut ; but we are happy to say Ids medical attendants do not apprehend danger from his wounds and bruises. Mr. Gisbarne was returning to town from Derbyshire to attend the committal of the Re- form Bill : he left town on Thursday after the second reading was car- ried.
STEAM-BOILER BURST.—The boiler of a steam-engine intended far raising and lowering stones, newly erected at the old Customhouse, Liverpool, burst with tremendous violence on Thursday last, in conse- quence of the safety-valve balance weight being forgotten to be put on. One of the bystanders, named John Price, the overlooker of the la- bourers in the works, was blown at least thirty yards from the spot, and killed in an instant. Two other men were hurt, but not dangerously. Such was the force of the explosion, that the bricks and other fragments of the building were forced a distance of eighty yards. The streets were covered with the ruins, and a great many windows in the neigh- bouring shops and warehouses were broken by them.
Froo-nAne.—About two o'clock on Saturday morning last, an explo- sion took place in the King Pit, near Wrekinton, by which an overman, deputy, and a boy, were killed. These three individuals were going to see that all was right before a fresh set of men commenced working: they had candles, not Davy humps, with them.
STACK-BURNING.—On Saturday night, three straw-stacks, containing one hundred loads, were entirely consumed on the premises of Mr.-Bai- ley, of the Greyhound Inn, Falkingbana—Stamfleal Champion.
Two large haystacks, containing nearly one hundred tons, at Hang- ing Bridge, near Ashbourne, were discovered on Monday night to be on fire. In a rick uninjured there has been discovered a teitottity of shavings. Two other fires. took place in the parish of Bassingham, near Newark, on Saturday week, at nearly the same hour (midnight), and within about a mile of each other. The one was a farmstead of Mr. Stores, in the middle of the village; it destroyed a waggon and some produce. The other was in a barn of Mr. Seawards, which was burnt, with some hay and straw.
A LUCKY FELLOW.—A son of Mr. Atkinson of Garsdale, returning from Sedbergh market on Wednesday last week, together with the horse and cart, were precipitated from the road into the river Clough, aheight of twenty-four feet The cart was broken, and the poor horse dashed to pieces ; but, wonderful. to Mate, the boy was found under the cart, in the water, without having received the slightest injury 1—Westmoreland Advertiser.
IT'S AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD.—A cargo of potatoes on
• board the Rosina, intended for the Irish Distress Committee, and lying at Beale's Wharf,• Tooley Street, being considered in danger from the heat of the weather, were, on Wednesday, distributed gratis amongst the poor families of the metropolis. •
FATAL the Accinexts—On Thursday afternoon, Mr. J. King, of Islington, took a drive with his son to Highgate. On their return the horse took fright near the Horse and Groom, and set off at a frightful pace; and, after running for some distance, one of the wheels rolled over a heap of stones, and Mr. King and his son were thrown out with violence. The father died on Saturday ; the son is recovering. Mr. King had attained his sixtieth year, and when Ile was killed there was a • party of guests in his house at Islington celebrating his birth-day. CRUEL FROLIC.—A very dangerous, and, as it turned out, nearly fatal frolic, was practised last week, upon a young Man in a Corn mill, near the Broomielaw, which is driven by steam. He had fallen asleep in one of the rooms, when a person very foolishly tied a rope round one of his legs, which gut connected with a part of the machinery; and the sleeping man was dragged forward round a shaft, which tore the leg entirely from his body before he could be released. He was taken to the Royal Infirmary.--G/aseow Chronicle. TnuisoEn-S-ronst.—A tremendous storm of thunder and lightning passed over Hertford on Wednesday, accompanied with floods of rain. A body of electric fire struck a large hay-rick in the yard of Mr. Taylor, a farmer in the town, and set it in a blaze, but fortunately, by a timely • supply of water, it was got under and but little damage done. WHIRLWIND.—On Wednesday, the passengers by the Commander-in- Chief, on-reaching Attercliffe Common, were struck by the appearance of a dense cloud of dust thrown up to a considerable height. Before
• reaching the spot, the whirlwind passed over a hay-field, where vast quantities of the new-mown grass were carried to a great height resem- bling at the highest visible point a flock of birds soaring in the air.— She,field Courant.
DROWNING.—A lady, one of the Society of Friends, was drowned on Monday evening, opposite Is!eworth, in consequence of the wherry in which she and six others--four gentlemen and two ladies—were seated, being swamped, by the collision of the Diamond and Endeavour steam- boats. The party were about to get aboard the Endeavour, when the Diamond put her helm a port, and thus brought her bow in contact with that of the Endeavour; the wherry was between the two vessels at the time. In consequence of the culpable negligence of the steam-vessels, the Coroner'S Jury inflicted a deodaud of 301. on each. 11.1e. MURRAY OF THE EDINBURGH THEATRE.—The following marvel- lous story appears in the Edinburgh papers of the week. " As' Mr. Murray did not act at the theatre on Friday last, he remained with his family at Duddingston the whole evening, And went to bed early, in- tending to rise at four next morning, and await his sister's, Mrs. Henry Siddons' arrival at Newhaven, where she was expected by the steam- packet from London. About half-past twelve, finding the room warm, 'Mr. Murray got up to open one of the windows, which being fastened above, he was obliged to stand on a settee, in order to reach the bolt. He raised the window witholit leaving the settee, and, losing his balance, fell into the garden—a height of fifteen feet. Mrs. 3Iurray being awake at the time, gave the alarm ; lie was instantly brought back to bed, and the most eminent medical assistance procured. We are happy to add that Mr. Murray's symptoms are decidedly favourable ; and though his confinement will be tedious, every hope is entertained of complete re- covery."
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