The Sun.
London, England, 1817-08-27 00:00:00

rort.suE SUN.

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Atr. EDl73ll,—Wh'ile. I entirely approve of the
suggestia! of yor•.r (nf;•espirinlent Punt'Cotn, of
giving employment to che Volr, in the removal of
impeditnints on the road; througfloot ilk-. coun-
try, I wiA to sec the ways r'itended in town. The
state of the London Pavement in varions.places,
and indeed throughout the capital, calls loudly for
epa7at ion A strikinginstance may be seen, parti-
cularly, lir both the coach and foot passage leading
train Northumberland-street to Scotland-yard.—
The building of new ht idges is beheld o ithwhostile
eye by the kni„ghts of the skall aild the but
Many of them look with a saligtlille
this place in particular, and speculate upon the
advantages of high tides, during the winter, Miro,
if the pavement is suffered to remain in its present
state, Or rather to grow Worse and worse, as must
be the case, it will he impassable, except in hoots.
Mr. N;isit, who seems to be the favourite Court
Architect at preSent, has, it is said, an office near
the spot. It is impossible, then, as he has such
a turn for improvement, that he can pass the place
in question without being struck with the walks
of gross neglect which appear in hope, Mr.
Editor, that yon are not so intensely occupied by
a consideration of national ways, and means, as to
he revardless of the minor conveniences of the peo-
ple. Whether Mr. NAsu has anY thing to do with
the, district in question I know not, but it would
become him, at least, as he is so conversant in
Court way's, to give a hint towards the reparation
of Scotland-yard in general, as it is a demesne of
the Crown. By inserting this you will prove your
public spirit, and perhaps preserve the legs of
many A PEDESTRIAN;

A circumstance has recently occurred near Ca-
lais, which has excited great consternation an►oat
the English visitors in France. An English Gen-
tleman has-been arrested for a cicht of 6001. con-
tracted in England, and as the circumstances are
interesting to all those creditors who have fugi-•
live debtors in France, we give the foilowiwg ac-
count of the process in the present case.—The
arrest was founded upon a judgment for the above
sum, of some standing in the Court of King's
Bench, Westminster. An exemplification of that
judgment, certified by the proper Officer of the
Court, attested before the Lord Mayor, and cer-
tified by him and the French Consul resident in
London, was transmitted to the Supreme Court
at Paris. An exemplification of this process was
then.sent by the Supreme Court of Paris to the Court
below, with directions to send a copy of the pro-
cee►lings to the party, and summon him to attend
before it. This process was accordingly served
upon the party, but lie took no notice of it, and
judgment by default went against him in conse-
quence, in the Court below, at Boulogne.—

flaying received private information of this last
stept, he was advised, to avoid being taken on ex-
ecution, to enter what is called in French prac-
tice, an opposition to thejudgmenr, which, if not

clone within 24 hours, the execution must take
its course. He was fortunately in time to avail
himself of this advice, and the case is expected to
come on for trial in a few days. The French
Lawyers conceive that the piocess is nor tenable,
and it may be readily presumed that all the per-
sons who have run away to the Continent to avoid
the payment of their debts, are of the same opi-
nion.

BENEVOLENCe.—MtIeI to the credit of-
WAnswoRTH, of Ovenden, near Halifax, she has
erected a very elegant National School, and a
Dwelling-house for, the accomodation of the Mas-
ter, where upwards of one hundred children are
receiving instruction, and educated in the in inci-
ples of the Established Church. Snell a laudable

institution is worthy of record, and will prove a
blessing to the rising generations of the said town-
ship.

A HousE-ratFAKEr. Sunr.—Abort two o'clock
vesterdAy morning the house of T. Hurrcl,
inuirlow Honse, Hackney-road, was burglariousiy
entered by three notorious characters. They ef-
fected their entry by taking out two panneis of the
front door. All the tans Iy, except Mrs. Hurr.ell.

had retired to bed, and she being in the back part
of the houie did not bear them until they had got
into the hall ; she immediately ran up stairs to her
husband, and while he went down stairs with
loaded pistols she alarmed the whole family by
ringing the bells. The villains, immediately on
the alarm being given, ran to the door to endea-
vour to eseape ; they were pursued by Mr. Hur-
rell, but two of the thieves had got a considerable
distance; the third had only time to get through
the door before Mr. Hurretl called upon him to
stop or he would shoot him ; he paid no regard
to the words of Mr. Horrell, who therefore pur-
sued him and slot him ; be fell on the ground ;
by that time all the family was up, and the wound-
ed man was taken into the house; his companions
escaped. Hatfield, the Worship-street officer,
was then sent for, and the wounded man was con-
veyed to the London Hospital, where he was un-
dressed, and in his pockets were found a phos-
phorus bottle and matches, and a hunch of pick-
lock keys. 1-Ic stated that his name was William
Mitchel, son of -- Mitchel, carpenter, Armi-
tage-bridge, St. Catherine's ; he informed die of-
ficer of the name of his two companions. They are
well-known characters at the titorship-street Po-
. lice-office, and officers ware immediately dispatch-
ed to apprehend them. The House Surgeon at:
the London Hospital examined the wounded man,
and found that a hall had entered the lower part
of his back, passed his kidney, and lodged near
the top of his right thigh. The Surgeon pro-
nounced the wound mortal.
UNFORTUNATF. ACCIDENT.---Yesterday morn-
ing the following most shocking accident occur-
red :—James Nelson, servant to Mr. Morrison,'
surgeon, Chelsea, was in the act of loading a pis-

tot in his master's house, for the purpose of being
ready should thieves attempt to rob the house.----
He pOured the powder out of a flask, which con-
tained about half a pound, and us he was pour-
ing it out, the lock of the pistol being at tull
cock, by some means went off, and the sparks
from the flint flew into the mouth of the powder
flask, and the whole exploded in the face of the
young man. His face and hands were burned
most dreadfully; his hands were also hurt by the
tin flask bursting ; he exhibited a most deplorable
spectacle, and was conveyed in a dangercius state
to St. George's Hospital.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.