The Sun.
London, England, 1805-01-09 00:00:00

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Last week a most lamentable accident occurred
at the house of Mr. CRAIG, carpenter,-Mounteath.
EI rvet. -Mrs. CRAIG having occasion to go out to
purchase some articles, left. her son, a Child about
lour years of age, at home.. The child, on its mo.
ther's dep.irture, became uneasy, and expressed a
wish to tollow her ; 'upon which a servant maid in
the house locked him up in one of the apartments,
in which there was a fire. On Mrs. CRAIG'S return,
she went to release the little prisoner; but she dis.
Covered the ,poor infant nearly • a-cinder, and
piling, having, as is supposed, approached too near
the grate, his clothes caught fire, and not being
able 'to extinguish the Itinits„ was so much burned,
that he survived but a few minutes, and expired in,
great
,aguny, .

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The'Agricultural S•iciety-fcir -the county of Our.
ham, at their late mtetingbeld at i)itothin, winch.
was attended by a large • hittly of -iespeetable mem.,
.berg, atijudged the following rewards (all the
'ma's being finit inspected 'alive by the judges, and
afterwards 'flatightered to prove' their merit), viz.•
To J. G. NiMIAM,
,Esq: of Houghtan.le.Spring,.:
Ten Goineas,-for the best ';fat ox, which weighed..
95. g. r 211). 'There were two oxen shewn which;
yeirs old la's't Apti/, both bred by
Mt. :Nit w t 4.4.1 Trt, of Tererhill, and got• by Mr
and t viPo. COWS 'got by
Cfmt. :CoLt, 15.trii;" 'To iAt..-Amtowtisti-rit, •
Toii'Goine#,: for tlif3 best peon of fat Wedder
under two,years old the weight of three of whieb
was found 'to be as 1,41.1)14',1, viz. lat weighed alive
,carcateBsf.o!b.-21 alive r 2it.. 84113;
carcase. s•i-lb.--3.l"ali:ife I tit. 711):-..earease
I /lb. To W. liiCKArrin, Esq. of lierting.•
ton,. Five. Gtilneatt, for the best fat '; Which
weighed when living 35st. To Mr. VitVITE,' of
K,'ltOe, Five Guineas, for the hest heifti and'Five
Gillr:eAS wits S'0111k! time since adiodgett to Mr. PAO..
of Morton, near Staindrop, for the best
heikr bred in airlington'Witrth At this meeting •
several new rminbrrs_weefeballotted for anti elected
Whets thirty.two Gentleinen Sat down to dinner,
and spent the•day in the greatest harmOny.
•041 :Monday sent:tight, Lord :CtioLMoNori.PY
gage to tle poor, in the neighbourhood of Houghton,
upwards of two hundred jOinfs. of meat; five hun.
died foist's:A of bread, and above tool. in inbney, the
whole of which wits distribtited by the Patber of
Servants (fir. Durham), who has been iii his Lord-
ithiP'P 44.14 eighty-eight years.: is
.novv, ninety.tight, and, what is rather singular; has :the ap.
pearanceof a Doan not:above fifty,
.and his memory
is' astonishingly retentive.' The Countess of Choi-
mondeley also (mitred to be distributed,among the
fetmlle indigent poor, 'different sorts' of clothi.,g,
best suited to the inclemency of tbe season:
On /'ridgy morning, the 213th ult. abotft 5 o'clock,
IcticiaLifo'..fire broke out in the 'cotton factory be.. •
laattotaig tOlVless. Lces, Cheerful)), Harrison and Co.
Bridge, near Ashton.under-line, ,whiCh
burned with such fort', that a 'great part thereof was
consumed the flames were not extinguished for se.
vend hours, though every liossible means were Used.
A poor, limn, who wait :misting, had his kg so
bruised by, the falling of some part of the wall, that
it wits.takea off the next day ; he lived in great
misery until Monday MAlning and then died, leay..
ing Ft wife .anti nine children.—Another as.
SiSiktlgi bad his hip.hotte put out joitit ; hut. We,
hope lie is in a f;or way of recovery. the damage.'
will he very considerable 'besides what. thefactory
was insured.,for..
Auout•tour.c)klock on S.lturilly thorning, se'n.'
night; the back premises of Mr. John Brt.ki t:1) Ink ,
"the signof the Foot.Ballrin the tuatker.place;
dal, were discoveted to be fire, and.tbe engines being;
'found .out of repair, the M
.must serious" consequences'
were apprehended,- the limes advancing, rapidly
over the whole premisea : however, there being a
plentiful supply of water, •and the most aalve'exer.
tiOns ;being- used by Colonel MAU Ric and ,the Ken.
dal Volunteers (who. itnine,diaiely,awml.)lrd; on the
alarM being gives)), the fire was got under by, ten
o'clock.
On Tuesday last (being New Year's Day) wasting
at. St.:Nicholas Chorch,.,Bristul,
`of
parish ring.
ers, a true and,complete al stria of peal of grand.
site triples, consisting of tBo's changes, in One hour
and sixteen minutes. The number'of changes be.
g' in the date. of the
,present.year..
Yesterday se'nnight one Emerson, a deserter from
the Staffordshire Militia, and supposed -to 'be one of
the culprits concerned. in stealing the Queen's poul. .
try, being pursued by a Serjeant from his Regiment,
and endeavouring to escape trcrn a windoW in icourt
in the High.strect, in Birmingham, fell and broke
his leg in, •Itei places.. He was taken to the Infir.
mary.' ,''t

Tuesday morning a boy, at Lowlights,
_who had
got :a shilling for his new.year's.gitt, wear toga shim
tn. NprthiShtelds, and purchased 4 quantity of gun.
powder with ii. Soon after 'the servant girl had
made on the fire, he, -to make it burn,brisker, threw
the package into it ; a terrible'explosion 'utak place
—the boy was thrown through the window, carry.
ing ail the glass and part of the frame with him;
some of the' glass flew, tvrelve yards from the house.
The door was shivered to.fragments, and the parti.
lion between the -room and a paolage. knocked down.
Fortunately the servant girl had the very moment
before Taken two small children out of the room,
who, with th; girl, escaped, but the poor boy was
dreidfully hark and wounded ; he i 5, however, in a
fair way of recovery. •