The National Register.
London, England, 1808-04-03 00:00:00

ACCID EN I'S. OFTEN C ES, &c.

A melancholy occurrence happened on Wednesday, on the
Landon side of Illackfriars Bridge. A spirited and dangerims
animal, in a single horse ►art, loaded, in descending the bill.
slatted at some unknown object, and reared up on his hind
legs, and continued to plunge for sonic time in the most furious
manner, he then dashed furiously towards the side, and came in
comact with a very respectable woman of the name of Dingle.
a A her aunt, who, in endeavouring to make their escape, both
f •II under the wheel nearest to the kirk-stone, when the unehl
beast, at the critical moment moving forward, the near-wheel
i ~zanily passed over the head of Mrs. Dingle, who died with-
out a groan, and over the arm of the aunt, which it shatte, ed
b piece,. The aunt was carried away in a haeknev-eoach,
tie mangled remains of the niece, to the disgrace of the sur-
f :iiertators, was allowed to lay for sotne time on the
I r a shocki ig and most lamentable spectacle The furious
amihil ►vas stopped without doing further mischief. The owner
• the horse is highly censurable for allowing so vicious a bear
t lie driven by a man who appeared totally unlit to manaLle
him ; and more particularly so, as we have been informed by
• of toe relatives of the deceased, that the horse was always
considered ungovernable ; the animal had, previou•,iy to its
reachii:i the bridge, ran against a horse, and rendered it proba-
bly moit for service. The above calamity is lamentably
dr ‘m1141; the vices of the horse must have been known; and,
theierore, proper measures should have been adopted to prevent
the possibility of accident. The body of the unfortunate suf-
ferer was, at last, taken to the burving-ground of St. Anne's.
illarkfriars, where it was soon owned by the husband, w ho,
are informed is totally inconsolable, as well as her family
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Tuesday in the of ernoon, as a labouring man W2S passing
turn La lot, park twl()%itig to his Royal Highness the Duke of
Kew, jo• was attacked by a ferocious hull, and o •ed in swell a
nitamer, as may to survive a short time ; the keeper of the
P.o k ieteived orders from hii Royal Highness to shoot the
snout( !NG Ace; orair.—An Ingnisition was taken ycsterda
at the 11:a-way-house at Newington, on the body of .%tain
Matilda Pealet, a young lady who met ith her death ouTriday

afternoon, by a violent fall. The deceased was walking on the
leads of the house of her annt, at Bowyer's-rents, near Newing-
ton, with an infant in her arms, accompanied by two other
young ladies, "%I lien a trap-door, over a lumber loft, gave way.
and the young lady with the infant was precipitated into the
loft, from the height or Ili feet. The inftnt did slot sustain any
injury, but the -young lady pitched on the back. part of her
head and fractured her skull. Site survived the accident but two
hours---Accidental Death.
Early on Thursday morning last, the shop of Mr. Fisher.
mercer, Great Newport.sire.a, Long Acre, was robbed in the
followin,: manner:—haying broken the fanlight, the thieves,
by means of an instrument, supposed to resemble the ram-rod
af a musket, with a warm-screw, reached the goods upon the
shelves, and, by twisting the instrument into the goods, drew
them to the fanlight. Tey succeeded in getting silk to a eon-
-iderable amount, and probably Would to a much greater extent
had not the family been alarmed by the falling of the goods of
the shelves.—The thieves made their escape.
Thursday night, between six and seven o'clock, as Mr. Max'.
builder, of George-street, Grosvenor-square, was returning in
his gig from West End, Hampstead, the horse took fright and
ran of with hint between Kilburn Wells and the Hill House.
passed Mr. fallow, of Oxford-street, and another gentleman
on horseback, extremely frightened, and emnplained of his
inability- to stop the animal. in corning opposite Mr. Marvin's
farm, he made a spring from the back part of the chaise, but
unfortunately pitched on his head, and was killed on the spot.
He hiss at the Portman Arms, Paddington, for the inspection
of the Coroner.
Thr.'e noted characters on the town were )esterday takes
into custody, and examined on the charge of having extorted
upwards of SW. from a very repntable trade man, by charging
him with an offence, the very imputations of' yy hick tills the
mini with horror. The complainant was attacked by the
parties, ih the Park, about two months since, and, rather than a
charge of such a nature should even be falsely :Wedged against
nim, he was induced to comply with the demands of the rob-
bers, until their repeated solicitations fur other sums compelled
hart to seek redress.

('1111.1) STEALINn.-- little girl, three years old, the
daughter of Mr,.. Pen,toue, a In idisv in Portland-street. was
stolen from the door of her parent on Thursday morning, and has
met s;nce heeu recovered. She was seen in the arms of a %vomits
in ONford•strcet, by a servant who lives next door to Mr,-
Penstime, but ha. lug no suspicion, it was not until the child had
been missed that shc communicated what :he had Wed.
A little hop was also taken from the door of Mr. Rivers, in
Berwick-street, on Wednesday morning, and after having been
stripped of his cioaths, was left at the door of his parent at ten
o'clock at night. A wontan has been taken into custody. on
iuspicion, in consequence of her having b-Ta fdtued possessed of
a frock, supposed to ht.lom: to the child.

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On Thursdav f'l.ntlight the 1% ifo of John Garnet, weaver, of
L ~ne-Top in Ni v near Halifax, was sai;•ly delivered of /bur
laving girls. One of the childr.,n died soon after the hirth ; the
other three are likel:y to do ts ell, and have been baptized.
MARRIED.

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On Wednesday, by special. licence, nt Meibury, the seat of
the Carl of Ileheter, by the lion. and Rev. Charles Struage..
ways, the Right Honourable Lord Henry Petty to Lady Louisa
Strangew.L3s, si:ter to the Env: of Ilehester. -
DI ED.

Sir IT. Crev, elder brother to the late, and uncle to the relent
E irl Grey, on Tuesday, at a very advanced ago having never
been married, Earl comes into possession of estates to the value
o i:ear :31,000t. besides a fortune for each of his younger ehil-
drun. Ilk :.,,rdship's brothers and sisters also have large lega-
cies; and all Sir ll's. old servants are left comfortable annuities
f their lives.
About eight o'clock on Sunday morning, Mr. 1.. Bologna, of
the Theatre Ro';al Covent Garden, after a lingering illness, at his
apartments, at Brion-pion.
March 5, at tioodoesione next Win:-'.gym, in the one hundred
and first year of her age, Mrs. Catherine Storks. The old lady
was horn Jan. '25 and baptized at Winghatn; Feb. 1-1,111:08 ; and
during her life was never thirty miles from that place. She has
left three daughters, whose ages united to hers exceed three hun-
d•ed )ears. Fifty-two of her grand and great gran! children
a c now living. and about the sr Kle number have died ; she re-
t fined her facultts to the day of her death, and ou tFr ce:e!..r-a-
Von of her uizietz. k year, suns .several ion4s to her fatuity.