The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-20 00:00:00

ONINIZErS ACCIDENT.—An alarming accident oc-
marred this morning about nine o'clock, to a gentleman named
Alordaunt, of Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. It appears
be was going to his offices on the outside of one of Brewer's
umnibu=es from Notting-hill, when as it was passing the end
of Catherine-street, Strand, one of the fore-wheels came off,
and he was thrown from the top of the omnibus on to his head.
Be was immediately picked up and conveyed to Charing-cross
Hospital, when it was bound that he had received a compound
fracture of the leg, but not of such a nature as to make ampu-
tation necessary. He is also much injured on other parts of
his body.
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CORONER'S INQUEST.—SUICIDE THROUGH TEAR
OF PROSECUTION FOR. BlGAMT..Yesterday Mr. Baker held
sn in.quest at the City of Norwich, Wentworth-street, Spital-
fields, on view of the body of Thomas Richards, aged ,36 years,
a waiter. Elizabeth Richards deposed that deceased had
married her on the Bth November last, at that time
having another wife alive, of which she was unaware. About
two months after the marriage deceased's first wife disco-
vered his residence, and caused him to be apprehended and
taken before a magistrate; but, in consequence of legal proof of
the first marraige being wanting and the absence of the wit-
ness, she having gone out of the way to avoid appearing
against him, deceased was discharged upon bail, to answer
any further charge which might be brought against him,
should his fiat wire obtain satisfactory testimony in sup-
port of her accusation. Subsequently deceased had several
interviews with his first wife, whom he wished to forgive
him and take him back to live with her, which she refused to
dn. He became very desponding, and latterly feared, in conse-
quence of witness having returned to live with him, that his
former wife would renew her charge and procure him to be
committed to take his trial for bigamy. This had preyed
much upon his mind. On Saturday night he returned home
to bis lodgings about twelve o'clock, but did not go to bed, as
when witness awoke in the morning she found him suspended
to the bedrail by an old shawl. Mr. Protheroe, a surgeon,
was sent for, but life was quite extinct. Verdict—Temporary
deran,gement.
ti oCK LNG ACCIDENT DURING THE FIRE IN
ALDERMANBURY. —During the raging of the fire in Alder-
manbury, n Monday night last, a young man named
Stephen Cowlick, 27 years of age, was on his way home, and
had reached the church of St. Mary the Virgin, in Alderman-
bury, when, in order to avoid the crowd, he essayed to enter
the church-yard, by climbing over the iron spikes. In at-
tempting this, however, he missed his footing, and fell heavily
upon the spikes, one of which entered the thick part of his
right t high, and he became literally impaled. He was, with
some difficulty, removed and conveyed to St. Bartholomew's
H cspi tal , where he remains in great agony.
COOKE V. WETHGRELL.—The defendant in this
revolting me has been represented, and is supposed by many
to be the brother of Sir Charles Wetherell, the ex-Attorney-
General. This, however, is 'not the fact. The rev. delin-
quent is not at all related to the learned and eccentric knight,
hut is the son of a builder of the same name, who some time
azo can ied on that business in the vicinity of Kensington.
He is at present an inmate of the Queen's Bench Prison, at
thr suit of hi, son-in-law, 11r. Cooke, for no less a sum than
14,0001., but was present at the trial on Friday last, on a "day
rule." being anxious, as it was stated, to afford his counsel his
pe. -onal assistance and instruetiort in the cross-examination of
the witnesses called against him. At the adjournment of the
Court, however, he returned to his former quarters, and did
not make his appearance afterwards.

EFFECT OF TOO SUDDEN REFORM.—Yesterday
Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Fountain, New-street,
Golden- square, on the body of John Stephens, aged 70, of No.
sin the above street, pianoforte maker. Deceased had been
40 years in the employment of the Messrs. Stoddart, and was
formerly a robust and healthy man, and a very free liver.
Latterly he suddenly changed to a system of abstemiousness,
and became pale raid sickly and subject to fits. He was seen
alive on Friday evening in the street, when he said jokingly
th A he had ju.it had "his half gallon," meaning half a pint of
fourpenny ale, to which he limited himself. About three
u'clock on the following morning he was seized with a fit which
speedily proved fatal. Verdict—" Natural death."
We are informed that Dr. Hooker, son of Sir
William Hooker, who lectured for Dr. Graham this summer,
is a candidate for the chair of Botany, now vacant in our Uni-
versity.— Caledonian Mercury.