The Sun.
London, England, 1814-01-25 00:00:00

ACCIDENTS, &c.

Benjamin Dunham, aged 70', a poor Man of
exemplary character and sober habits,' returning
to hit family., about seven o'clOck on Friday se'n-
night, was frozen to death, between Horlton and
Barrington: He missed. his way in crossing the,
the fields, in consequence of the snow, and being
benumbed, fell. into a ditch, where he was unlble
to rise. 'The most lamentable part of. the story
is, that two workmen belonging to a farni iu
Barrington Parish", diStinctly heard him calling out
" Lost'. LOst !" without proceeding, to. the spot
and affording him assistance.

A respectable dressed man was, fouud;lying in
the road leading -froth,. Longford to Upham on
Tuesday morning, frozen to death. The deceased
turned out to be• a Mr. APHORNE, a grazier, at
Coltsworth. lleleft HounsloW at dusk On Mon-
day evening, after having diank tolerably freely,
,and proposed to go that night- to Marlow. His
horse was found in a field by the road-side, and
,had evidently been down. It is supposed, there-
fore, that the deceased was • somewhat stunned,
and unable to assist himself. hie had property
to the amount of 601. in his pocket, besides a
watch and pocket-book, some memoradums in
which led to the discovery of his name and address.
On Saturday last as some boys were sliding on
the river at Thorpe, the ice gave way, and two of
them, will() were hand in hand„ were precipitated
into the water. A Gentleman riding by at the
time saved one boy, but the other, whose name
'N'S;as Smith, aged 10 years, was unfortunately
drowned. -

_A melancholy accident happened last week Ott
Garthorpe, in Leicestershire. The wife of S.
Henson, a labourer, having warmed the beds for
herself and family, retired to rest, leaving the pan
of pit-coals burning in the room. The neigh-
bours observing the family were not •up at the
usual time the following morning, tried to rodse
them, but Without effect ; softie of them then
forced the door opeq, %and found J. Henson, the
husband, dead from suffocation, and his wife and
children dangeroSsly ill; the latter, however, have
since recovered.

A melancholy accident .happened at South Lop-
ham last week :--kson of Mr. Robert Lubbock,
aged 19 years, getting over a hedge with a loaded
gun in his hand, it -suddenly :expl'oded, and the
charge lodging in his body, he was killed on the
spot.

' George Weaver, a private in the_ 13th Light
Dragimps, was killed on.S•nrlay afternoon, neer
Fareham,,inthe following shocking Manner :
He was, with others of his troop, riding out his
horse in watering order, at the same time leadinti
another, the reins of the bridle of which were tieri
round his arm. Mien in this situation the leader
took fright, dragged him from his seat and con-
tinued to run for more than half a mile, dragging
the poor fellow All the tray. Whets disengaged
his head was literally dashed ic) pieces, and he
had many other severe wounds abonr the body.—
Of course he was dead before taken up.
As two bricklayer's men were clearing the snow
from the roof of a house at Highgate, Satur-
day, they slipped, and both together fell ; one:
came in contact with the wooden railings, the
spikes of ..vhich broke into his head ; one 'leg, and
almoit every other part of his hod's?, was com-
pletely shattered to pieces ; several splinters of
the wood were drawn frotti his head. The un-'
happy man lingered till Sunday night, when he
was relieved from his misery. The other, by es-
caping the tails, and, falling on the snow in the
road, was not "so severely hurt; but he lies in a
robst dangerous state, and but a slender hope re-
mains of hiS surviving any length of time. His
wife, who is in daily expectation' of her confine-
ment, has, by the humanity of the inhabitants*
been removed to other lodgings, that she may not
know the result, should any' thing unpleasant
happen.

'FIRE.—This morning a most alarming fire broke
out at Messrs. CORBYN and Co.'s, Chemists and
Druggists, LiolbOrn„which raged with such fury
that that 0411 of 'Holborn was in the most dread-
ful state Of alarm. it began in the Elaboratory,
and the whole of that part of the valtiable and ex-
tensive property was entirely destroyed; but for-
tunately, by the arrival t.f a number of fire' en-
gines, it was prevented extending to the front of
the building. The loss on this occasion is to a
very considerable amount.

A most serious fire broke out at Portsmouth yes-
terday morning, about five o'clock, on the pre-
mises of Messrs. Hurst and Co. biscuit bakers_
situated at the half way houses, and in a very
short space of time consumed the entire
ingti, and but for the daring and praiSe-worthy
exertions of the King's artificers, and others pre-
sent, the whole neighbourhood, must have been
reduced to ashes. No lives were lost, though
many received severe bruises. All the property is
understood to be insured, except that of a poor
broker, who, with his wife. and seven children,
escaped with their lives with great' difficulty.
CORONER'S INQUEST.-11 Will be remembereAl
by some of our Readers, that three persons were
capitally convicted, at the Old Bailey SessiOns, of
burglary and robbery, in the house of a publican,
named Nedin, in the neighhourho'ott of CartiabV-
Market. Some degree of violence was used upon
the occasion, and a report gained much credit in
the neighbourhood, that Nedin bad died in con-
sequenoe of injuries sustained at the hands of the
prisoners. The Parist4 Officers very properly in-
stituted inquiry, and a Coroner's Inquest assem-
bled yesterday in the neighbourhood, to view the
body of the deceased person. It was opened,
and the usual methods taken "to ascertain the
cause of death, as there was another report,' that
the deceased had been poisoned. There, how-
ever, appeared no internal marks of violence, and
asthma Was pronounced to be the cause of death.

A Ourt-Martial has been held at. Sheerness,
wlich,Captain Ross DoNELLY was, President, to
try Captain RENWJCK, of his •Majesty's sloop.
Mercurins, upon a charge of c3wardice, in not
chasing a Danish brit; of war, on the coast of
Norway. Captain It. was 'most honourably ac-
quitted. The trial took place at the instance
the Second Lieutenant of the 'Mercurius, who is:.
to be tried by a Cotut-Martial for preferring such
ittcharge against his Captain.