The National Register.
London, England, 1814-08-07 00:00:00

In Hyde Pink, some accidents occurred, from persons imprudently
ascending the branches of the trees, which prpke from their veight.
One young woman had hes thigh broken from q, branch falling on her,
and two young men had their arms Woken.
At Kensington Gardens, on Monday night, just at the claire, of the
fire-works,. two rockets twit; .an horizontal direction : one of vrhith
-truck a gentleman on the calf of the leg, and cut him severely ; the
other struck a gentleman °it the body. He was carried by four amen to
a neighbouriag marquee, apparently oonsidrrably injured.
An inquest on the bodies of M. Foulkes and J. Taylor, who Met
their death on Monday night, from the destruttion of the Pagoda, in
st, James's Park, by fire, was held on Thursday eveeirig, at the
• King's Head public.house, York street, Westmitiater. Foulkes, oho
precipitated bitielf from the Pagoda, was dreadfully bruised on the
'right side .:f the head. Taylor had been shockingly scorched. The
Jury, after hearing the chrionstatrees, brought in a verdict of Ac.
cidental Death.—'raylor was a carpenter of Woolwich, where he has
left a wife and four eltitdreet. The Jury expressed a hope that his
; family would be proiiided for by Government With respect to M.
Foulkes. it was some tithe before any information could be obtained.
Upon his shirt, however, hi- name was ascertained, but he had nut
oeen employed in any way about the Pagoda; and, it is supposed,
ran in from among the crowd when the accident was first discovered,
and in the hope of rendering assistance :mired up the Pagoda. It
now appears that lie was a bankrupt, and resided in Wood-street,
cheuraide. At the Custont.House fire he had exerted himself in an
uncommon way. He was a wholesale hosier.
SINGULAR Horniest'. -An old man, named Nield, a jobbing
tailor. at Barrow. had, by parsimonintia habits for a long series of
years. accumulated S7O guineas in gold ; but. fearful of being rob.
bed, he always carried it about his person, sewed Up between the
lining and back of his coat Last week, conceiving his load did
not sit quite so easy as Maud, he determined to ease himself of it:
he accordingly stripped off his coat, and opened a seam, when, to
his astonishment, out fell a leaden weight I the goirrhati flown 1 but
how, or when, is to poor Nield a mys•ery.—('healer Paper.
skarut Eiet.,,store--On Mcnday se'imight, as 13 unfortunate
beings were employed in aindi..g, drawing, &e. in a coal-pit, belorig-
ing to Mr. Woodcock. of .Orrel Post, near Wigan. the fire damp sud..
denly exploded upon them, and, awful to relate.one man had his
head split asunder; another had his head severed from his body, which
vr .s taken up sorer hundreds of yards distant from-where the body was
I,und ; the third was a womap, ,whose body was dreadfully lacerated;
the fourth was a boy, who has beep foutid wedged in betwixt o broker
and the fire, and almast totally consumed. The remainder-were drawn
up alive but two of them so dreadfully burnt, that they died witl.ta
the space of an hour ; these were a 111 ar,d a girl. A man and woman
died the next morning heovizt two and three o'clock. Five of there
miserablr beings are std liviug; four of then are not expected to stir.
wive ; the fifth is a girl who was standing behind her mother when the
dreadful accident betel her, as stated abave
Qn Friday se:11140o. at Manchester. several how,• built on a rock
overhaugirrit the Irwell, gave way with a tremendous crash, the rock
having been undermined by the bifejlll. Un this occasion, two awn
owl tures children lost their lives.

BIRTHS.
At his Lordship's Masi, in Dover-street, tite Countiss of Asitborit,
horn, of a heiqg the: tenth child living. ,
in St. Jaioesp,hice,.the I.3dy of Wi:lieup Lacs, 'toot of Broontfic
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Essen, of a son and heir.
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On 1411114, Sacliville street,, the "ke '
y. Carver, B. C.
Archdeacon of t.?nrrey. a gentle 9p lopg.adtaired for his
.cue .r iu
feels. and for deep and estetpive learning.. Ile .was in, the 74th
~t his ,age, and. !tad suffered . st,nue weeks
,under • severe
disposition, which tir,lv.are with ffirtitode and resignation A ,stre
stance stitt,eeehat Angular ,snarkefl, this, gentleman ; . he. vl,luNtal
r. •igned into the hands of the (loton), 1,.ttl Dudley and Ward and
Bishop of Winchester, tbsp worth at ilcast YOOOl. a year, bee
he, %els not on the spilt to perform • duty cunscienuotoly lu
pari-hioners.
On the 19th alt. aged /7,,,the Rev.. Hosnej Windle, B. D 43 ye
tesittero. Rector of Bright well. , Br rip.
,Ots tithe/ last, at Occold Porsp:.ae, in the ,70th year of his age
after a painful affiiciiion of 36 years., Mr. ,Jahn Par•son, . -
At Chellenheita, Anthony Jymr.rPye Malay, Esq. who conitnindid
the Cast in the bottle of the >lst at Juntil weds/ LA Howe.

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