The Sun.
London, England, 1802-10-11 00:00:00

LIFERPOOL, f:

ON Thursday aftertiOon, about four o'clock, a:
very extraordinary and distressing accident happen-
ed near Mr. Statham's house, in Edge-lane. The
driver of a cart employed in- leading stones from the
quarry at the top of Edge hill; iVi4'returtiing.-q4th.
his empty cart, in which he was stim4fig upright, asl
is too frequently the custom, when .the• wheel-goingl
over a high stone, pitched him oat upon the roA.;
Some persons who saw the accident,' observing
to lie without sense or Motion,' went' up to hitn, andl
found- him entirely lifeless, though not 'the- sniallestl
mark of violence appeared on any part of his body .1
A Medical 'Gentlerrian 'happening to genie up,' Lei
opened a
,vein, but rrb blood followed: Jr is sup...,
posed he must have 'fallen on his' head and received a
concussiaq' df: the brain.
- The nevi/ lie Boat construEted. and built on the
most.approfed 'principles, by. Mr. RICHARD Bus-x-
EL, was launched from his yard in this town, on=
Tuesday last, when it was tried in presence of num-
beri of persons, and answered their most sanguine
expeetations ; it is so pettedly buoyant thatit ap-
pears impossible to sink it though filled with people'
and water logged, and from the experiments made, it
may with the utmost safety be used in the most
stormy weather: This boat will `always be ready
to put off to the relief and assistance of any Vesel
in distress, and the promoters of this most useful and
humane undertaking are entitled to the gratitude and
approbation of the Public at large, and of seafaring
persons in particular.

At the Sessions for the Cciunty. of Norfolk, held
at Norwich on Wednesday, W. Orson, 'Eliza
and ,Sarah Matthews, were convided of uttering
counterfeit coin, and sentenced to three months im-
prisonment. Several important Appeals came on at
these Sessions ; among others was a Settlement Case,

in which the Parish of Beeston Regis were the Ap_
vellants, and the Parish of Hunworth the Respond-
ents. s• The hearing of this-Appeal occupied a con-
siderable time. _ it appeared, that a Pauper, several

years ago, let himself out when sixteen years of age,
to a Mr..' Crenier, of Beestwi Regis,. for the period
of a twelvemonthi: two days before the expiration
of hislertn, in tonsequence.of hiS being stiblea to
fits, his master (*charged him, and :paid him his
wages, deducting is. as the proportion for the re-
mainder of the- year. In support of the Pauper's
":•ettlement, it was contended, that this Was no dis-
rsolution `of the contraet, but a fraudulent scheme on
the part of the master, to prevent the 'Pauper's set-
tlement, by dismissing him from his" service, "and
that the circumstance ofhi being subjectto tit, had '
been taken advantage of for, that -purpose. On the
other side it was contended, thae:the fans fully .
proved a complete dissolution of the contraft, par:.
ticularly the circumstance of the separation' before
the expiration of the year. The Court, however,
were unanimotiSly-of opinion, that the diSchargeOf
the Panferwits fraudulent, andconfirmed the Order.
At the Oxford Sessions, an appeal was' brought
against j. Eldridge, late Overseer of the Parish of
Lieaclington, for omitting to give cre'3:lit for mouie
that he had received lt,hile in office. After a long
investigation, the Appellants establiShed their Ob:
jeaions against various items,„ amounting to 371.
199. 6d. The Respondent was ordered to refund
this suits to the parish; and was-also cast in.osts. -
At the Bourne Quarter Sessions, an ;Overseer,
Was sentenced to a month's impriStinrrient, for re-
fusing to pay the Parish 'quota to, the support
of militia men's Wives.

C. Peck, of Much Wenlock,:was last. week cdn-
vided in the penalty of 20S. for being at a distance
from hia empty waggon, while • the hOise's were
running with it down a hill, and fornot having in
front his. name and place Ofabotle.;
A poor farmer,, at Lydbury North, ha,,,lately
lost.five cows, owing to.their haVing been bitten by
• .
01', Friday afternoon, a fire broke out, at a tim.
ber.yard, near the Gaol, in Reading, and.communi-
eating to some stacks of corn,. reduced them to
ashes,—The wijuil'fortrinately teas frciin the South-
weit, or, from the violence of the flames, it is pro.
babl&that the greater part of the• town would have
beeiNeitioyed., The Joss is considerable c and. the
property,-for the greattir party uninsured.

. . .
. Three cottages, near Whitchurch, ip.Oxford-
shire, were on Thursday night reduced to ashes, in
consequence of the carelessness of a girl, who dropped
a:Spark froni a candle amongst some gleaned corn.
A :bed. and deck were the only articles saved
troth • the three tenements, and the wretched inha-
bitants narrowly escaped with:their lives. .„,
The GoVernors.of, Exeter Workhouse last' week
made cootratas'ior the sapply.of .va-rions:ar.ticles of
provisidns: at the 'following .rate4f
meat 414. per :pound ; malt 4.5.• i id. and }vase Eti:
gd. per. bushel ; cheese 25i. per cwt.; and houses
hold bread, los. per cwt. . .
-an" the Parish of St. John's, Newcastie,7,it has
not been found necessary to impose any assessment
on the poor.rates for the present quarter—the poor'.
rates have been much. reduced in all parts of the
kingdom, and will, doubtless, be shortly still fur.
them decreased.

. In Somersetshire,.and most of the Western Coun-
ties, there has been much rain, in consequence of
whicb.the oldest farmers there do not reMember.so
great an abundance. of latter • grass. Amongst the
other effects of. this seasonable change, hay now
sells at Bristol at from sos. to 31. per load..

Dlluch-cclium is at present attached to the Pre-
side.ptrdf the United States, from the following
cUrnstance":—AifellOw, named J. M'Girk, was tried
in April last, Lind in the July Sessions was sen-
tenced to be hung, for the inhuman. Murder of his
wife, who was in an advanced statC of pregnancy,
and to whose brutal condua two infants, of ivhich
she was afterwards delivered, forfeited their lives.
The Jury were soSt tuck with horror at' the time of the
trial, that they unanimously refused to recommend
him to mercy. • A short time previous, however, to
the appointed time for the execution of theTriioner,
the' President respite& him till.the end of daober ;
and it is' even rumoured dirt a pardon, is intended
for him. •

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