The Sun.
London, England, 1818-07-13 00:00:00

LOUTH ASSIZES

At the Louth Assizes, Owen Gainer and Hugh
!Clem, or Kiernan; were indicted for the murder
of Edward Lynch and ,family, at WildgooSe
Lodge, and were found guilty, after a trial which
lasted several htr-s. The prisoner Gainer
peared affected; but Kiernan was hardened to a
degree beyond conception. Whilst every one was
melted by his Lordsliip'S pathetic' address, the
wretch who was the object,of itieir compassion
uttered horrid imprycatioUs upon his proseentors.
Ot• all the misCreants' brought to trial for this
diabolical crime, Kiernan seemed to
.he-the most
hardened and wicked. He tvas taken back to th'€
gaol, uttering execrations all the way. They
were to suffer on Ivionday last.

FIRES.-Saturtiny night, between ten and eleven
o'clock, n fire broke out
,in Newton-street, High
Holhorn,which, tor some time
.thr,eatened to be
Very calamitous. It began, at a feather-bed
maker's, and. thence communicated to
Jameson's coach manufactory, and to some other
mallitfactories adjacent, between Little Queen7'.
street, Newton-street, and LeWkner's-lane. 4,At
first there was not a full supply of wateri bit a,
link after eleven it-was sufficient' to stop the-ere
.
structive progress of the conflagration. A iCum:
bet of carriages were drawn ont,.and saved from
burning The 'crowd increased gr.eatly • in, the'
vicinity., and a party of the Life Glynis %vete
:sent'to preserve order and tranquillity ; tlier were,
hoWever, subjected to many.itts.ults from tl,ie mob.
At half-vast twelve there was every prospect that
:the devastation would be speedily
.put an end to,
'Had Ibis not been the case, the. ravage would
have been, dreadfully extensive, as thc spot is
chiefly occupied by manufactories, ofwhia all
the materials are par,ticnlar-ly liable to ignftion.---,
Another 'Calathity of the same kind broke out,
about six o'clock, in the rear of the premises of
Lackington and co.. Finslittry-square ; but,it was
speedily checked, and- the injury it occasioned
was not material. •

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—About eight.o'clock on
Saturday evening, as SAMUEL BODDINGTON, Esq.
of No. 31, Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor-square,.
`was returning home with his servant, in a one-
horse chaise,
from the City of London 'Tavern,
tv.hor he hail been dining at an atiniversary:din-
ner, and was passing by Somerset-house, the horse,
by some means, took fright, and ran at a most
furious rate ; and at the. corner of Catherine....
street the animal fell, and Mr. Boddington was
thrown from his seat, and pitched witifi great via-
lenee on his head and &mlder. The servant:,
jumped.ont, and falling •on his. knees„ they. were
cut in a terrible Tnanuer.. The animal ran along
the Strand. with the utmost fury, and-in its way'
ran against a mati,,.,a,nd. ktilocked:hiol clottyn,oo:
ran over him. -it vas stopped at Spring-gardenS:, •
and brought. back to Mr. Stanton's.,-,lurgeon,its,
,the Sttlinn; where Mr. Boddingion
a very alarming4ondition;, Me ms. Sfariiim and
liesketh aittendedi and lire a
recovered him ile'remaineti at,,Mr. Stanton's ,
until between eleVen andtwelve,o'Cliick."7,hei
went home in his carriage in -a very weak state,
accompanied by Mr. Stanton,. and several. of his
friends; who had beard of the accident.
SINGULAR WAGER.—A shoemaker at Path alas"
undertaken, for a`, considerable wager, tn.make
,three pair of 'shoes one (Iy-thc fit.4t. at Se 7
ores, the second. at Verseines, and third at Saint
Germain. On Monday mornins he had finished
his first pair at Sevres at u quarter past six. He
was
.surrounded by •an immense multitude, .to
which 'he often declared he was quite confident,
-for he had taken his measures to succeed. 4le
was of course conveyed to the different places in
a carriage.
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