Star.
London, England, 1823-07-31 00:00:00

TO 7'HE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

Lummox, Jun" t 9.
Ste—The account given in an Evening Paper, respecting the
unfortunate accident which betel the Sovereign Coach, is very
incorrect, as it states " that one of the passengers had died after
being removed home." The only persons killed were a clergy-
man of the name of Atterbury, and the coachman, who has left a
helpless wife and three infant children. The other passengers have
been removed from hence, and had only received a slight frac-
ture and a sprain. A Coroner's Inquest has sat upon the de-
ceased, and their verdict is " Accidental Death." Nut the
slightest blame is attached to any one connected with the coach.
The linch-pin had fallen out, and was found more than a mile
from the place where the fatal accident occurred.

Monday an accident occurred to two soldiers'
wives, who were on a waggon, employed to convey
the baggage of the 15th Hussars to Canterbury. The
waggon was proceeding down Shooter's-Hill, but was
accidentally:thrown over on the back, seriously in-
juring the two women abovementioned, and killing
the child of a serjeant's wife on the spot. The women
' were immediately taken' to Blackheath, and are re-1
covering from the injury.
A melancholy accident happened on Thursday
morning, at Eastfield colliery, near Rutherglen. As
a married man named Smith, and two boys, Gil-
mour and Brown, were descending the pit, the bucket
came in contact with some boards, when one of the
cranks came out of the bucket, and precipitated them
to the bottom, thirty fathoms, and they were killed
on the spot.
Tuesday night three men, who were employed in
sinking a well on a brewer's premises in Leith, went
into the malt-house to rest themselves, and lying
down near the kiln, were so overcome by the heat
and sulpbureous air that they fell asleep. They were
found a short time after, two of them nearly lifeless,
and the third quite dead, from the effects of the air.
Tuesday week, as the schooner Bee, of Maryport, Rus-
set& Master, was on her passage from Ireland, the Captain's son
was carried overboard by the main boom ; his father threw him
a adder, fastened by a rope to the vessel, which the young man
laid hold of, and supported himself by it. No further assistance,
however, could be rendered, as his father had not any person on
board except himself; the latter, therefore, continued to be
dragged after the vessel, often under water, until at length they
bade each other a heart-rending farewell, and the young man was
unfortunately drowned, still clinging to the ladder, from which
his body was with difficulty separated, when it was towed into
Maryport harbour.
Monday an Inquest was taken at Headington, Oxfordshire,
bed* Mr. Caren., Coroner, on view of the body of Joseph
Horrod, a child a year and three-quarters old, who, while play-
ing in a field, was kicked on the head by a horse, and so se-
verely hurt that he died soon after.—The Jury, after besting the
evidence and the Coacixsa's observations upon it, stated their
unanimous opinidp that the child's death was occasionedilby the
injury he had received from a kick Of Mr. Finch's horse ; but
that no blame whatever attached to any person. Verdict—Ac-
cidental Death—Deodand, Is.
S.to•cier ni a Don.—Monday se'nnight, as two carts loaded
with flour were passing through a narrow lane in Falkirk, the
driver had, with a culpable negligence too common, lingered be-
hind the carts. At this time a little child happened to fall right
on tbeivad where the carts were just to pass. At the critical
moment a large dog, who generally accompanies the carts,
sprang to the child, and, to the astonishment of several persons
looking on, dragged it off the road by the clothes, where had it
remained but • a few seconds longer, it must in all probability
have been crushed to death by the cart-wheels.
John White, convicted of being a rogue and vaga-
bond, and with falsely pretending that his tongue
had been cut out, underwent an examination on Sa-
turday last, before the MAYOR of Exeter, and Mr.
Alderman Flouts, and was sentenced to be impri-
soned three months to hard labour.
DUBLIN SILK Weal/Ens—The arrival of the mail,
which brought the joyful tidings .to the silk weavers
of Dublin, that the Bill for repealing the Spitalfields
Weavers' Act was thrown out, caused an instanta-
neous bustle in that part of the Liberty where the
silk weavers reside. Preparations for bonfires and
illuminations immediately commenced. A triumphal
arch was erected ; it reached from one side of the
Coombe to the other, and was tastefully ornamented
with blue ribbon, laurel, and roses, with the shuttles
of the different branches appended. During any
part of the evening they received no interruption what-
ever from the civil power, notwithstanding the ap-
prehensions which some entertain of permitting the
people to take any public amusement, especially at
the present time. Indeed the peaceable and proper
conduct of the weavers is so well known to the Police
Magistracy, that no ill consequence was apprehended.
An excellent band, composed of their own trades-
men, heightened the pleasure of the evening. The
body of trade, preceded by the band, marched -fVom
the triumphal arch to the Weavers Hall, and there,
after a display of fire-works, rockets, &c. they again
returned to the house of meeting, playing GOD save
Me King, Patrick's Day, add other national airs ; the
men wore blue ribbons, and carried the banners and
Bast made use of on the happy occasion of the KING'S
visit. The body of trade having retired to the large
and commodious apartment in their house of meeting,
which was tastefully ornamented, sat down to enjoy
themselves for the remainder of the night. Imme-
diately on the Chair being taken, a vote of thanki to
the Lords Spiritual and 'temporal, and Commons, for
their noble conduct in support of justice and huma-
nity, was proposed, which was received with un-
bounded applause, and drank withibree times three,
with the-tune of GOD wee Ofer

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