SINGULAR ACCIDENT.--An accident occurred at Outwell on the 29th ult. A
child, three years old, went to play in a donkey cart, in which a rope
coiled and knotted had been placed to dry. The rope was doubled the
greater part of the way; and, being knotted, was full of steps or
meshes; in one of these the child got his head and unfortunately falling
at the same time from the cart, which was propped up as if the donkey
were between the shafts, the rope caught on the hook in front of the
cart, and held the child suspended a short distance from the ground. He
was found quite dead. An inquest was held on the body of the child, and
the jury returned a verdict of accidental death.--_Bury Post._
AFFRAY WITH SOLDIERS.--On Tuesday the greatest excitement prevailed
throughout Westminster in consequence of repeated outbreaks between the
military and the lower, or perhaps we might with propriety say the
lowest order of inhabitants of this populous district. The tumult having
continued during the whole of the day it was anticipated, and justly,
that when night came on, it would increase rather than diminish,
although during the whole of the afternoon various parties of the
military were seen searching for and escorting to the barracks, the
delinquent and disorderly soldiers engaged in the affray.
FIRES IN THE METROPOLIS.--On Saturday night the greater portion of the
extensive premises of Messrs Cleaseley, floor-cloth manufacturers, Grove
street, Walworth common, were destroyed by fire.--On Monday morning the
shop of Mr Crawcour, a tobacconist, Surrey place, Old Kent road, was
burnt to the ground.--On Tuesday morning, about a quarter to four
o'clock, a city police constable discovered fire in the lower part of
the extensive premises, nearly rebuilt, of the Religious Tract Society,
Paternoster row, through some unslacked lime having been left by the
workmen among some timber the previous night. To the vigilance of the
officer may justly be attributed the saving of much valuable property
from destruction.
FIRE AT BRISTOL.--The old Castle Tavern, Bristol, was burned on
Thursday, the 7th inst., and the landlord, who was an invalid, perished
in the flames. The fire was caused by the carelessness of a niece, in
attendance on the invalid, who set fire to the bed furniture
accidentally with a candle. The little girl Lydia Groves, who so
courageously attempted to extinguish the bed curtains, has sunk under
the shock she then experienced.