The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-05 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.— Yesterday, between
the hours one -and two,a shock. of a most violent
description took place in the neighbourhood of
Oxford-market, in cone,eqttence of the falling in
of several houses Containing farnilies,who 'narrow-
ly escaped With their lives: The leases of some
houjes in Castle-street, Oxford-market; if ap-
pears,,had expired last week,.and it was intended
to have them pulled down; but Mr. Brown, a
Ir,rea; grocer, who resided in the house that
first fell in, mit being prepared to leave
diately, was allowed to remain a week 12.e.rond
the eXpirdtiOn of the lease, but 'the whAO of the
lodgers fortunately quitted the- Iti-ef.`se at the ap-
pointed time.. At the- 'aboyeritour ti.,;• Inmates
were alarmed by a creaking. noiand shortly
after the house of Mr. Brow; if gavQ way with a
tremendous" shock. Th.,:iiriCets were ithmediately
with dust-r-the neighbours rushed out of
their--dwellings in a dreadful state of alarm. The
falling, of Mr: BroWit!s'houSe brought; own with
it that of Mr.
_Bridges, in which some persons
narrowly.
f..2.-sta*Ped with their livei. At the
time - that the honses fell in, "an elderly
lady, named Allen, was with her son in
.
thewets m site ' garret ; she gon the side of her
bed, whilst her son was at work near her; they
were both suddenly precipiwed in with the floor,
and covered wtth:a ;mall quantity of 'Dicks, tim-
ber, and rubbish : however, they were got out
.with their liveS. -Mrs. Allen was Much injured
on the '-legs and arms,' and, received various
bruises, and likewise her son•: she-was carried
to a nejghbour's houser and from thence to the
Middlesex Hospital. A cobler, who was busily
employed in_ his stall opposite Mr. Brown's, made
a ludicrous escape. The first signal he received
was from a piece of timber falling on the.top of
his stall : poor Cris-pin with his strap and ham-
mer, made a precipitate retreat from his humble
dwelling,. and—ran_ Off leaving hiS awl behind.
The neighbotirs ,Wee'busily employed during the
day, removing tiled goods to places of safety,
and about half-pa'st two an adjoining (third) house
fell in with a tremendous crash. Other houses
in the street were so much-shook,.that labourers
were immediately-employed to place supporters
against them to keep them up: There were no
less than twelve 67milies altogether, who proyi-
dentially escaped, ..,We did not hear of any per-
sons being.under the-rains.

CORONERS' INQUESTS.— Yesterday an. inqui-
sition was taken before-the Coroner; at the Fox,
in Ilillingdon, Middlesex, on the body of Lau-
rence Lambert, a mendicant well known in the
streets of 'this- metropolis and surrounding
who was fow.ud_ dead on the top of a brick-
kite,. in a brick-field; where it, is .supposed he
weofto sleep for: the sake of warmth, and was
suffocated from, the- effluvia.. Verdict, " Died
from' suffocation by sleeping on a brick-kiln."—
There was a second inquest held before the same
Coroner, at the Hand and Flower, Old Brent-
ford, •on..t,he body of Aaron Wyatt, a poor man,
*I died in the strftt of an apoplectic fit. Ver-
dict; ".Died by the visitation .of God."—A
t.biiipsLwas Wee - arse arid Sacks, ilarrow-
i'O.ittr, on the body of WilHam-Symonds, a baker,
found drowned in :-the rescohroir of the Grand
Junction canaL It appeared from the evidence
Adduced,
.ptt the deceased had been for some
wpoo-pCeteding his death in a melancholy state,
and .exhibited symptoms. of. derangement; so
mush so, that it was expected he would make
away with himself. Verdict, " Insanity;?' .

PUBLIC FLAGELATioN.—Yesterday an old
offender, named-Jack Haigh, who was notorious
for robbing orchards, was publicly whipped in
SpitalfieldS-market, at a cart's-tail, a.distance of
100 yards, for robbing the orchard of GOD-
FREY, Esq. near Wanstead,- in Essex, of about 40
pounds -of grapes,, which- he afterwards sold to
Mr. CIIAPICIAN; 'a- fruiterer, in Paternoter-row,
ti-pifalfields-.• The punishment was inflicted by
Jack Ketch, amidst a multitude of persons. Ile
appeared to receive •
_his punishment without
wincing. •

- DELICATE._ C-I;NEIIO.4TY.----A French • Abbe,
celebrated for his_ wi.t well as his politicalknowledge, was mach•embarrassed for .the sum
of five hundred Innis d'ors. The Abbe was high-
minied,. and. being constantly at Versailles, he
carefullyavoided.every liking that might lead to a
discovery of hiS embarrassment. ,Some person,
however, ‘vhispered "the secret to the Queea, the
bf an.zifu). but unfortunate ALkat}; ANTOINETTE.
On the same ev-eningl her MAJ tisTY meeting the
Abbe at the Duchesse de PnraoNAc's, engaged
him in a pasty at trictac, her faVonrite game,. in
which she • counived,:in a short time, to lose-.the
sum Which the Abbe wa:lted: then smilingly
she rose from tbe- table,: and .relinquished the
amp,
while the astonished Abbe sat losl, in ad-
_
. ,

R E-M AII K A O,IIE, IZZ%.,AJZZ Licraim,—On Satur-
day week, a draught horse, the property of Mr.
JAMES FITZSIMON.S, of Whitehaven, suddenly
becithe dangeously ill, and on the succeeding
day died in great agony, notwithstanding .every
effort being used to promote its recovery. .The
body of the hoqe Jias since been opened, and in
the straight gut a
.Solid ball was found„ measuring
about twelve inches in circumference, and weigh-
ing somewhat more than eighteen ounces, which
appears to be.the immediate cause of its death;--
The hall has been cut ,in t%fb, and siubmitted to
the inspection of-a scientific person, and found to
consist of a cemented mass,,of excrement, nearly
48 hard as a stoue. Until Saturday. the horse
cDntianed in excellent condition, and was allowed
t9_ be one .of the finest animals, for strength and
bone in this country.

A seaman, of the name of It BERT REI.7, died a
few days ago, at Haverfordwest, in the 92d year
of his age. Thin veteran tar. served in the fleet
und-er the command 'of Admiral Hake in .1761,
and was after Wards 'engaged in the reduction of
Martniica, St. Lucie, &c. and has lost
an.arin on board the Dragon, at the taking of the
Havannah.

In the vale of 'Llangollen 'and its romantic
neighbou'rhOod in Denbighshire, there has scarce-
ly been one hour's rain. during the last fortnight.