The Sun.
London, England, 1805-07-25 00:00:00

ANOTMSn ACCOVNTF

The water rushed in with such impetuosity about
lialipast 'eleven yesterday morning, that it bore down
every thing before it. The Cotire Darn at the extre,
mitt' next the river was of course the first objeel of
destruCtion, This, however, was only partly broken.
The wall, which lined the Canal, and which was at
least .12 feet thick, was completely swept away tQ
the extent of about 4) feet. The water, which
had previously nndermined the banks at the ex-
trlnity, also swept away the earth to the
extent Of several yards, and placed great part of the
remainder in a precarious and unsafe state. A sort
of irregular. lake was thus -filmed at the mouth of the
Canal of considerable dimensions. The water, rushesl
with great impetnlesity to the second dam, ,which,
like the first, wq censtrUCted with timber, and
which it likewise broke dewn and totally destroyed,
although it was extremely strong. •
, fortunately, from the strength of the remaining.
works, added to the weakened impetus of the water,
any further mischief as prevented, or otherwise
the 'whole of the banks of the Canal would probably
have been blown up and destroyed.
A.great number of workmen Were this morning
at work for the purpose of repairing the breach.—
The accident, however, will delay the opening of
the Canal, which was to have taken 'place on the
12th of Apgust, at least two months.
We .are extremely happy, however, in being en-
abled to state, that the reports in some of the Morn-
ing Papers, of a number. of workmen being drowned
by the sudden irruption of the water, are totally er-
roneous, no life having hem lost, neither was any
one in . the least , hurt, all those employed having
time enovigh to get out of the way before the water
came in,

' A melancholy accident happened at Forfar on
Sunday selmight :---About nine o'clock in the morn-
ing a man of the name of Forsyth, and a boy called
Finlay, both servants to Major Don, went hitt-4 the
Loch to bathe. The place where they went in Wa,;
-unfortunately on the brink of a deep pit, or excava-
tion, occasioned by the digging of marle, without
their being sufficiently aware of the danger. The
man was seen go down suddenly, and having
hold, as is supposed, of the bay, they both sunk,
and rose no more ! Though the alarm was Mune=
diately given, it was upwards of an hour after the.
accident bcthre their bodies were recovered, haying,
it is imagimed, stuck fast in the marle on first going
down. Medical aid Was instantly procured, and
every means for restoring animation tried, but in
vain'. Forsyth has left a disconsolate widow to de-
plore his loss; She was in the last state of preg-
nancy,
.and was delivered of a child shortly after 14er
husband's eOrpse wa3 brought home ; but, notwith-
tanding her agitation.Of naiad, both are likely to do
well. _

Tuesday morning, at half past six, as the work-
men were digging at the Mount, Whitechapel Road,
they discoveml a small earthen pot, containing a
:silver snuff-box gilt, of a very antient manufaEture,
suppoied to be at least 500 years old, containing a
number of current coins, among which are three
two-pinea pieces of the reign of Cnximns I.; five
other small gold tokens, and fourteen silver ones,—
The above arc deposited in the hands of IVtr. Ro-
BERTSON, who IcavpSfllC Duke's Head, Whitcchapcl
Road, for the in petition of the carious.
INousray.—On Monlay, the Bth inst. two Inds,
of Limerick, Cornelhei Dogherty and &Imond Dal-
ton, apprentices to ladies' shoemakers, commenced
to work the entire week for a wager, no part to be
done by candle-light, the work to be inspeEted by
their respective employers, and none to he accepted
but fair saleable work ; when, after the week's con-
test, ending Saturday evening, Dogherty proved vic-
torious, having mach,: 44 pair, and Dalton 43.—Dog-
herty's wages, at 5,?c d. per pair, would amount to
31. las. 4d.
Two men were unfortunately killed in a marl-pit
at Bessford, in Shrop,hire,a few days ago, by a large
body of it falling upon them while at work there.
There is a .pmt of speculation peculiar to this
Country, whi h prompts men to embark their
money in e‘, :y t-nu t•ni that holds out a reoonable
prospeCt of gain : this has already oprrated in the
present I.ottery ; tor, the Contraaors having brougbt
oat their Tickets at a lower price than was expret-
ed, several monied men have become purchasers of
a great number, in the hope of a considerable rise of
price, which the pliblic approbatio4 of the Scheme
appears to justify,