The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-08 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

PLYMOUTEr, Atro. 6.—Wind S.lVl.—Arrived the Royal
George steam-packet, from Vigo in three days ; and Louisa,
Lowry, from Gibraltar in 18 days. • '
PORTSMOUTH, Ado. Majesty's
ship Naiad went out of harbour for Spithead.
DEAL, AUG. W.S.S..'":--Artived from London
and remains the Ann, for Lisbon, Mediterranean, snd Rio
Janeiro. Passed .through the Hyperion,. Stewart., from
; Hiram, Pearson, Palermo. , Remain the Princess of
Wales,: for Jamaica ; and the rest of thi otitward.bound.

SHOCKING; AcctDENT.----Oft MOtiday last, as the
Halifax and Sheffield Coach, The :Fleece, was on its way to the
latter edace, it was overturned near Shepley, about six miles
from Peniston, not by any one of thaw casual accidents which
occasionally betel a careful driver, but 4n consequence of the
wantan behavioir and shemeful perversity of the coachman,
who had been •admonished twice before the accident happened
of the peril to which his furious 'driving subjected las pas..
Sengers. In spite, however, of this advice, he persevered,
and not only galloped at full speed down all the hills fu
his way, but did so without taking the prcc3ution of lock.
ing the wheel. The coach was heavily laden with fif-
teen passengers inside and
,out ; eight. of whom were Me.
thodist Ministers proceedifig to, the Conference now hold-
ing at Sheffield. Of these Oentlemen only one escape&
unhurt. The Rev. Serjeant, of Scarborough, and the Ret.
Lloyd, of Halifax, were dreadfully insured; the Rev.'......
Yeedal, of Halifax, and Heap, of Tealinorden, have received,
severe contusions on the head ; the Rev. e-- James, of Halifax,
late of this town, had his uncle crushed ; the Rev. Fearnsides,
of Todmorden, was slightly bruised ; and the Rev. Jagger
of the same place, had his collar bone broken, and his shoulder
dislocated. The coachman's leg was cut but not fractured ;
nearly all the passengers were more or less injured. We regret
to say, that on Wednesday Mr. Serjeant died. Friday, an In-
quest was held .on the body before Mr. Ed Ward Brook, Coroner,
when a verdict of Manslaughter was returnees) against Edward
Smith, the driver, who will he committed to York to take hie
trial for the offence. The body of the deceased was interred on
Friday night in the vaults of the IVesleyan Chapel at )ladders_
field, amidst the regrets of a eyrepathising population. Mr.
Lloyd continuer dangerously ill; and both Mr. Jagger and Mr.
Yewdal are considered in danger. We have since heard chit
the Rev. Stephen Wilson, and Mr. Vickers, from Sheffield,
were of those who suffered severely. Edward Smith, the driver,
has been committed to York, being found guilty of Man,.
slaughter, and a deodand of 51. has been levied upon the coach
and horses, which would have been forfeited had not &nickels father been a , reprietor.—(Le-ds Paper. )
FATAL EXPLOSION AT BlRUCVGll3lll.—(Further part!cu-
lars.)—Mesers. ‘Vilson and Starkey resided in St. Mary's row,
and were manufacturers of percussion gunpowder ; and Mr.
Wilson was observed by a female servant in the act of pouring out
a quantity of the powder, to a girl who worked in the manu-
factory, named Sarah Cope. In a moment the roof of the
extensive premises was seen to ascend into) the heavens to
a considerable height, and a report truly dreadful (whit, broke
the windows in the neighbouring house) alarmei the inhabi-
tants of the town, which was succeeded by a general hurstot fire
front the buildings, and continued shrieks and cries for help
from amidst the ruins. Every assistance was offered by the
sympathising spectators. The bodies of Mr. Wilson and Sarah
Cope were in a dreadfully mangled state, shockingly burnt and
bleeding; but the vital spark was extinct. Two females named
Ann Perdoe and Sarah Vale, were in the premises at Ale time
of the explosion, (which was occasioned by the ignition of the
powder given to Sarah Cope by Mr. Wilson), and they were
blown to a considerable distance : one of them is since dead, the
other is in a dying 'date, two others are much injured. Whi t
adds very much to the interest excited by this accident, is this,
a few months ago, the brother of the unfortunate deceased died in the same premises, from the sudden impulse of an insane
mind. An inquest has been, held on the holies by Air.
Whately, the Coroner, and a verdict returned of—" Acci_
dentally killed by the explosion or gunpowder.'
Aluuntn.— On Thursday se'ntt'ght, Alex.
Davidson. a sawyer, near Relugas, went wilt an old man his
fittherein.law, to fish in a pool on the river Davict, at the bridge
of Dultullich. Shortly afterwards, Thomas Alacpberson, a
neighbour, war set n going with his nets towards the same pool,
which neither of the parties rented. While Davidson and his
father-in-law were adjusting their net, a large stone thrown from
the top of the rock, in a ledge of which Davidson was stationed,
fell with great violence at the old man's feet, on the opposite
side of the river, who in consequence desired his son-in-
law to " sea what Tam Macpherson meant, as he was swely
mad in throwing stones at that rate." When Davidson was
rising to obey, another stone war thrown from the same quarter,
which struck him on the head, and he instantly fell over the
precipice into the water. The old man gave the alarm, and
suspicion fixing on Macpherson, he was taken into custoey
in his own house, but contrived, on various pretences, to eltice
the vigilance of his keepers and escaped into the wood,, dm:scot.-
firming the suspicions which attached to hint. Sir Thos..Dick
Lauder, ,11:,rt., with the assistance of the Procurator Meat
(brought express from Elgin), investigated the lamentable
affair, and took measures for the apprehensiOn of Marphervon.
After a search of threu days, the hot) of Davidson was on Sun.
day found at Coathall, in the river kindhorn, into shalt the
Daviot flows. The body was carried to Ite/ttgas, where it was
examined by several surgeons from Forms. There was a severe
contusion on the left temple. The deceased 114. s left a wife and
several children.--( Caledonian Mercury.)
The power of steam is WY rendered subser-
vient to the breaking of stones for the construction of roads.
A. machine has been invented, consisting of two fluted rollers, placed side by side, about an inch apart, and turning different. ways. The stones are put in a kind of hopper above, and pushed down with a rake, which afford a regular supply to the
relhre. The meehine is worked by a rotatory engine of one horse
power, and will break a ton of hard pebbles completely in Ito 4 siert) eight minutes.—(Bath C'hrohiele.)
Yesterday, at one o'clock, the neighbourhood
of Orchard-street, Westminster, was thrown
into the greatest confusion, by the screams of
a female, proceeding from die house 'No. 27
in that street. An immense multitude of pot.
sons assembled round the house, and fie
cries of " Murder!" and groans increasing, in-
formation was instantly conveyed to Gilmore and
other officers of Queen-square, who proceeded to
the spot, and immediately entered the house. On
going into the back yard, they found a poor
young woman lying on the stones in a state of
in-
sensibility,
weltering in her blood, and she ap-
peared to have been dreadfully beaten, which
they understood bad been edeninistered by her
husband. A surgeon was Immediately sent for.
and he pronounced her to be in immLent
danger, and advised her to b,e curried im-
mediately to
,the hospital, which was ac-
cordingly done, and the husband was se-
cured arid carried to Queen-square Police
Office. Mr. Markland, a clerk, and Gilmore,
proceeded to the hospital, to take the unfortu-
woe Yeoman's deposition, but she was unable to
speak. She spat blood, and appeared dreadfully
injured. It appears that the prisoner returned
home yesterday, and reproached his wife with
wasting his motley, and that she had sanctioaed
the visits of another man in his absence, out
which he knocked her down, beat and kicked
her in the most. cruel'ittanner, and left her insen-
sible on the ground. in the course of the day
he was brought before the Magistrates, who felt
k
Indignant at his conduct, and remanded him for
urther examination, his wife not being expected
She is a fine looking young woman,

to recover.
about 22.