The Sun.
London, England, 1814-03-19 00:00:00

FATAL ACCIDENT.

LEOMINSTER, MARCH 16.—A dreadful accident
occurred in this town yesterday-evening,: by the
falling of ',a floor over the kitchen of 4r: John
Wynde, a respectable maltster and merchant.—
The floor, .:it appears, w;.l loaded with a large
,
quantity. of wheat, but not being properly se-
cured, some of the timbers gave way, and the
iyhole was instantaneously precipitated!' throngli a
iccond floor',-into the kitchen, Where Mrs.Wynile;
her aunt, four children:and two female servants,
were sitting.' --An alarm being 'immediately given
bly a man-servant, who happened fortunately to
cseaPe," though buried nearly -breast high,. the
most prompt assistance was afforded-, andilin less
'than -half ati hour the whole were.dug °tit ;:the
three younger children Were dead !tom' suffoca-
tion, and the two 'servants from violentOoniusions
and fractures 'on their heads; every exertion Was
'wade by a number of medical men, tvha werescion
upon the spot, to restore animatidn, bat without
effect. Mrs. Wynde, her aunt, and .the eldest
daughter, miraculously escaped death„ the aunt
and.diughter being in an upright sitto.tion;
Covered about breast high with fallen •timbers,
brick§, and grain. - Mrs. Wynde vas the last that
was diseoqred (except the two servants)' upon
the floor, under the whole of therubbish, and by
proper exertions, was scion „recovered; but her
immediate inquiries ,about the children, .and. her
Jamentations when informed of the fate of her
family, were heart-rending beyond, description.
Indeed such a truly distre4sing scene was-scarcely
ever witnessed. .Me,•Wyncle, who had been sub-
pcenaed to Worcester Assizes,- arrived`this
lng• by express, and those who are husbands
and parents m4y feel, but cannot. describe, his
tuation—berett in an. instant ofcitearly the whole
cf his family !„

At the.late'Assizes for the County of Bucks,
Mary Hughes was found guilty of manslaughter,
in killing and slaying William Meats, at the parish
of Eton, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment.
The circumstances of this ca-se were as follow :
The lad, in whose death Mary Hughes was impli-
cated; was a son of Mr; Meats, one of the King's
Messengers. Being very deficient in intellect, he
was placed under the care of this woman, a refation,
with a weekly salary of thirteen shillings. She had
long. been,iu the habit of treating him with much
cruelty, and during the present severe winter, the
boy was known by the ,neighbours, to have slept
upon straw, and was thought to have been
nearly,starved, On .Saturday,. February 26, she
was seen to ',beat biru.severely with a large stick.
On Friday the 4th,of March, the boy died, and
in consequence of -the suspicion' attached to
MaryHuglies, the High Constable was applied
to, who' sent for a surgeon, ,by whom the body
was examined ; he pronounced that the boy
had died of the bruises which he had -re-
ceived ; his eyes were black, not from the
,effect of
actual blows on them, but from injuries in other
parts of the head. The Coroner was, therefore,
applied to,-and the Jury summoned on the occa...
sign brought in a verdict of manslaughter, against
Mrs. Hughes, whO was in consequence taken into
custody, and conveyed td Aylesbury.. The popu-
lar rage was so great. on her removal, that she
was pelted with every thing that could be pro-
cured. The Grand Jury tound a bill of wilful
murder, but she was convicted df manslaughter.

A singular circumstance occurred last week at
tlue Huntingdon Assizes : two women appeared as
witnesses, to charge a poor girl with grand larceny,
who was no sooner acquitted, than a discovery was
made that the perjured wretches were themselves
the perpetrators of the robbery, on which • they
were immediately secured, tried the next day be-
fore Mr. Justice HEATH, capitally convicted, and
now reulain under sentence of death.,

Sir Joi,/ SINCLAIR, Bart. has signifietlhis in-
tention of resigning the Presidency of the Bard
of Agriculture, previously to the annual
.election
of its officers.

CAUTION TO PARENTS.--A nielicricholy accident
Occurred owTharsday evening to two fine chit-
'then, behinging to Mrs. WILSON, in Whitcornb-
eourt; Whitcomb-street, Haymarket, who, dur-
.
ink; aid temporary absence or Mrs. NV. began
playing with some lighted paper, 'which
diately set fire to their clothes, and, dreadful'. to
relate, thek.were nearly burnt to ashes. Their
bodiespresentcit a 'scehe too shocking for descrip-
tion.

. •
CgRO NEE'S. INQUFAT.—Amlnquisition was taken
Wednesdity, in fidtherstone-buildings, Hol-
boi'n, -before G. IlonosoN' , Esq. Coroner' for Mid-
dieseX, on the bod;,' of Captain. C----(whose
death we announced yesterday) in the East India'
COMpany's Serviee, wl6 shot. himself on that
Morning with a pistol. It appeared in Oidence
that the deceased had labdured under great unea-
siness of mind about law husines not decided,
which had rendered him insane-. Ile was heard-
to be very restless during the, night,
_Jan& in the
morning he'discharged:a pistol at his head, mid.
hurled the same through the window into the
street. Verdict---kuunity.

On Thursday morning the warehouse of Mr. G.
Harrison, at the cornier of Honduras-street, oa-
street, was ,broken open, by some villains, who
stole 32 realms of paper frotn ,one. of the lofts.—.
The door of the warehouse being extremely strong,
and the %-vindorrs barred, ,the thieves dug a hole
under the door, large enough to admit a child,
who•was in all probability pit in for the purpose
of pushing back a bolt, that vas the chief obstacle'
to the enterprise- They escaped with the paper,
after having scattered about the warehouse every
thing that was useless to them., • - • '
On Monday, as Mr. Wrin. Badhain
dine, was returning home from Hereford, he, was
attacked near his oWn house by a person, who
came behind and immediately knocked him
down, threatening at the sante time to blow out
his brains if he gave any alarm. Whilst en the
ground, the fellow proceeded to-rifle his pockets,;
but Mr. Badham masking 57, stout resistance, the,
villain was obliged to decamp, without hit; booty.:
On getting up, • Mr. B.adhaut tikcovered• that hit;
leg was broke, and it was with the greatest
difficulty thatte crawled to his own house.
On S-aturday evening last, a villain, with' 'his
face blacked, -,ittered the house of Mr. JOhn
chet, watchmaker, at Hedon, in Holdermess,
shutting the doors after him, and tic:manning of
Mrs yotchet her money, who informed hint she
had not any ; -he then took the candle, and went
up stars. Mrs. P. instantly seized the •opporn-
nity of going into the street to alarm-her neigh-
'boors; several of them cane to hoer assistance
and searched the house, but the vllain had effect-
ed his escape at the back door, having first taken
from a drawer four guinea notes, and a pair; oe
silk stoeltings. Mr. Potehet had been at Kevinfr-
ham on 'business, and returned about a quarter
of an hOur after the robbery bad been committed.
On the evening of Friday . se'nnig.ht, about
seven o'clock, an old man was attacked in St.
Enoch-square,
_GlaSgow, immediately behind the
church, by three fellows, who,knocked him down,
by giving him several blows on the face, and after-
wards robbed him of his money and stripped him
of his -boots and stockings while endeavour-
ing to get off his great coat, a young :Lady passing
heard his_ grOans, and ran to his' assistance (sup,
posing he had fallen). On her arriving near the
place, she saw- the fellims pulling off his.coat
but they immediately-ran away, taking With them
Ins money, his boots, and stockings. The Lady
wentimmediately for assistance, and got the poor
man taken to a house.