On Monday afternoon, as Lord Castlereagh was driving out of
Sey- mour Place in his cabriolet, the horse suddenly. took fright, and run down Curzon Street, where the cabriolet came in contact with a gas post at the corner of Clarges Street, and was thrown down by the con- cussion. His Lordship was thrown out on the pavement; but, we are happy to add, was not seriously hurt.
On Tuesday afternoon, as some workmen were employed in fitting up a steam-engine in the pottery of Mr. Whisker, at Vauxhall, the brick wall on which the boiler was placed gave way; and an engineer, named East, who was engaged under it at the time, was, from its im- mense weight, instantly jammed to pieces. He was removed as soon as possible, but he was quite dead.
Yesterday morning, about half-past eight o'clock, Mr. White, of New End Lane, Fulham, was driving to town in a chaise, with his wife, when the animal took fright, and set off at full gallop. Man. White, who is far advanced in pregnancy, became so terrified, that she threw herself out. Part of her dress got entangled, and she was dragged along the road four or five yards before it gave way. Her left arm was broken in two places.
On Wednesday morning, while in the act, it is supposed, of retiring to bed, Martha Young, barmaid of the Plough public-house, Crown Street, Soho, fell down stairs, and broke her neck. The body was found some hours afterwards, leaning against a door in the staircase, heels upward.
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