The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-31 00:00:00

FATAL ACCIDENT.—A melancholy accident at-
tended with a fetal result occurred at the house of Mr.
William Harris, St. John's-green, Writtle, during the
hours of divine service in the afternoon of Sunday last.
It appears the.t Mr. and Mrs. Harris left home in the
afternoon to v-ket friends at Broomfield, leaving a younger
son and anothor lad, 18 years of age, to take care of the
house. Saon ter they had left, Richatd Sach, aged 15
(son of Mrs. Sail, the village postmis:resa), James Bush,
son of a blacksmith, and W. Hursnell, called in to sit
with young Ramis, with whom they were acquainted,
and whilst the :latter went out to get some water, Bush,
seeing a patent; walking stick gun hang up about 6 feet
from the floor. took it down from the ceiling to examine
it. Whilst so a Cdng the contents exploded, and the charge
was lodged in ;he right side of Sach, who was sitting by
the fire, and hal cautioned Bush that " the gun might be
loaded." Seehr g the accident of which unhappily ho had
beenthe causea.Bash immediately ran for the assistance
of Mr. Barlow. ,Surgeon, who promptly attended, but life
was found to be extinct. The gun when taken down by
13ush was covered with du.t, and Mr. Harris, who was
not aware that at was loaded, supposes it must have been
so for three m.mths, when it was used by an elder son,
who was visitiag him from 'Landon, an interval during
which ha believes it had not been touched..
THE KING'S•ROAD• EATON SQUARE.—It is under-
stood that an arrangement will speedily be come to by
which the mis understanding existing between the owner
of the property and the local authorities on the subject
of lighting, & c., the portion of Eaton-square called the
King's-road, v.tlll be removed, and the place restored to
a state more keeping with the importance and cha-
racter of the locality. It iI believed that the public
mention which has recently been made on the subject
has had the effect of urging the attention of the parties
concerned to t 11..1 disgraceful state of things which has
so long been s offered to exist to the serious inconvenieace
of the neighbi airhood and the general public. The flue
weather h is c 3used the annoyanca to be not so seriously
felt as would have been the case if it had, as usual at
this late period of the season, been otherwise, bat it can-
not reasonably be expected to continue, and therefore the
advent of dark: nights and bad weather renders it abso-
lutely necessa\y, for the convenience and safety of the
public, and the, credit of all concerned, that the present
state of the plats 3 be remedied without any further delay.
TIIE MU.S.DER AT PIECOMBE.—A man named
Banks is in cu3tody at Brighton, where he has under-
gone an examination in private on a charge of being
concerned in the murder of Mr. George Stonehouse
Griffith, at Dategate, in February last. The utmost
secrecy is observed by the police; and the only thing
which had tran)spired is that his apprehension has been
caused by sorno statement made by a poacher now
under sentence Ist Lewes.
_ OPENING OF THE GREAT SOUTHERN AND
WESTERN ItAILWAY.—This railway was opened for
general traffic, irogx Dubliq to. Cork, ou Monday.