The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-15 00:00:00

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On Monday afternoon, a horse in harness- took
fright in Puddock-lane, near the head of Main-street, Gor-
bals, and darted off at full speed along Greenside-street.
Two little children, who u ere amusing themselves on the
right hand of the street, observing their clang* rushed to
the opposite pavement, when something taking the animal's
eye, it also turned to that quarter, and corning in contact
with the children, k'lled one of them (a boy) on the spot,
and so injured the other (a girl) that her life is despaired of.
A. man was also seriously hurt, as well as the carter who
exerted himself to stop the progress of the horse, but with-
out effect. No blame can be attached to the carter.—
Scot: Times.

There is still nearly a fortnight to run of the forty
days following the anniversary of the " rainy saint," and
already we have had nearly arweek of beautiful weather.
The copious showers we have lately had were most accept-
able to the gardener, and also to many farmers. Under the
burning heat of the last few days, the crops in this part of
the country are rapidly assuming the golden hues of autumn,
and should the same favourable state of the weather con-
tinue for a short time, the harvest may be expected to com-
mence. We hear from various quarters that the potato
crop will be far superior to that of any season for some
years back.—Bolton Press.

FIRES IN LONDON AND PARIS.—From an ela-
borate statement published by Mr. Baddeley, it appears that
during the last year there were in • London 564 fires, and
126 alarms from chimnies, total 690. The fires in Paris,
during the same period, amounted to 191, alarms from
chimnies 1,352, total 1,543. The number of lives lost was,
by a singular coincidence 14, both in London and Paris.
The firemen of Paris are greatly inferior to those of Lon-
don in respect to their machinery and equipments, hut are
noted for their numerical strength, and for the excellent
state of discipline in which they are maintained. The
greatest number of fires in London has taken place in •
licensed victuallers' houses and in lodging-houses, being in
the former 36, and in the latter 35. The next highest
number has been in carpenters' shops, namely, 26 ; and the
next to these bookbinders, booksellers, and stationers '2O.
The greatest number of fires 72, has arisen from defective
or ignited flues. As many as 71 conflagrations have ori-
ginated from bed-curtains catching fire. The month of
December had the most fires, namely, 58 ; the month of
August the fewest 35. In May there were 57, in July
5.5. With respect to the days of the week, fires seem
pretty equally distributed. - Last year there happened on
Sunday 80, Monday 76, Tuesday 76, Wednesday 87,
Thursday 80, Friday 01, and Saturday 74. The greatest
number of fires has broken out at ten o'clock at night,
namely, 33 ; the least number at nine o'clock in the moin-
ing, namely, 5.
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POST-OFFICE.—It was officially made known at
the Post-office yesterday, that from the beginning of next
mouth (Septeinber) mails will be dispatched from thence
every Saturday, to be forwarded by steam vessels from
Falmouth, for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar,
from which place mails will be further detached for
Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, and the East
Indies once a fortnight by her Majesty's steam-packets em-
ployed in the Mediterranean, the first of which under the
new regulation will start from Gibraltar for Malta on the
arrival of the mail from England of the 2d September, the
next on the arrival of the mail of 16th September, and so
on with every alternate weekly mail from this country.
The letters from Greece and the lonian Islands will be con-
veyed from Malta every fortnight by steam-packets, which
will start after the arrival of the mails from England. The
letters for Egypt and India will be forwarded from Malta
by steam-packets after the arrival at that island of the mails
from England of the first Saturday in the month.
Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the
Crown public-house, Long-acre, on the body of James
Read, aged 28 years, who was drowned in the River
Thames while endeavouring to save the life of a fellow
bather, who also perished. It is a singular fact that the
deceased received two rewards from the Royal Humane
Society for saving the lives of .two min ; one who, in 1835,
had fallen through the ice on the canal in St. James's-park,
and the other who experienced a similar Accident at Christ-
mas last. The deceased was married, and has left a young
wife and an infant to deplore his loss. After hearing evi-
dence, the Jury expressed themselves satisf►ed that it was
an accidental occurrence, and returned a verdict accordingly.
On Thursday last a curious scene presented itself at
Halifax Sheriffs' Court, Mr..J. Maude, the assessor, anti
the plaintiffs and defendants' attornies and witnesses, were
in attendance, many of them coming from 30 to 40 miles'
distance, when tl►e sheriff in ormed the judge that he had
quite forgotte❑ to summon any juries, and the suitors were
obliged to return home again. The attornies on both sides
will bring actions for damages against the sheriff.---Halifax
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