The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-10-08 00:00:00

COMPLICATED. ACCIDENT.
On Saturday afternoon, about -three &clod:, at ' s
gen•lemars SIRS driving a gigs in which was' aboi
young lad, apparently his son;• ab.mt 13 years Md., •
through Strtnford-street, Blackfriarti, the horse took
fright in turning the corner into filackfriars-road, and
bolted violently against one 'of .the hackney coaches
on the stami there. The shock threw out the gen-
tleman atiollte* vonng lad, as& breaking the shaf s eff •
the carriage, the horse ran with the fragments behind
him towards the eastern footway near Blackfriars-
bridge, and there knocked down two women. Ail the •
passengers in that busy thorongbfare were tilled with
consternation, and fleeing for security in different di-
•rections, when the equally alarmed and entntive•l
animal suddenly turned and ran on the opposite side
of the way, and there struck sith his head two other '
women, who had taken refuge on the steps of the
Plate Mass Manufactory. At this juncture the career
of the animal was happily arrested by the courage an
exertions of the wa'ermen at the head of the bridge
stairs, and the utmost attention then directed to the'
various persons ho had been hurt. 'I he gentleman
who had been driving the gig, very soon recovered
from the effect of his fall, without receiving any seri-
ous hurt; the young lad was much less fortunate:
One of the women thrown down near Albion-plaee,
near seventy years of age, was very severely injured,
and reported (we hare reason to hope erroneously) to
have had one of her legs broken ; her companion re-
ceived a deep wound on the head. The other two
women did nqt escape without injury, and the face of
one of them was much bruised. All the wounded per-
sons were taken to a surgeon's in the neighbourhood.
where immediate relief was administered, and after-
wards conveyed to their respective places of abode. The
attention which was bestowed on the sufferers by the
gentleman, whose horse was the occasion of the com-
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plicated accidents, was prompt and unremitted, and
highly deserving of praise.

Escaez.--As one of the Woolwich stare
coaches was coming to town• on Saturday evening
(near the Elephant and Castle,) at its usual pace, a
boy with a wheel-barrow, had the temerity or care-
lessness to drive it across the road, immediately before
the horses' heads. The attempt was made so suddenly,
that the coachman, to whom no blame is imputed, found
it impracticable to pull up in time, and thought it less
dangerous to let the horses pass by or over the boy awl
barrow, than to risk the chance of irritating the ani-
mals by a sudden check. The coachman pulled up
the moment his carriage had passed the little vehicle,
and was happy to find that the thoughtless driver had
been so fortunate as to clear the wheels. The barrow
was found to be overturned by the horses' feet, and
in turning it up to see what injury it had met with,
the coachman and passengers found, to their inexpres-
sible surprise, a young infant turned out of it, with-
out having received any hurt but a few slight bruises
from some of the broken parts of the barrow. '

PARENTAL AFFLICTION BELIE p.—We are happy
to inform our readers who were interested in the
fate of the infant lost while gleaning in the fields
near Nocton Heath, that the little wanderer has
been found. Through the kind exertions •f
the Honourable Mr. Robinson, it was discovered
tinder a hedge, three or four fields from the place
where it hail left the other children. The night
which the little sufferer passed in the field Was wet
and cold, and life was nearly extinct. Both Mr. Ro-
binson and his lady were present—Lady Sarah It.
procured all the meatus necessary to aid restoration,
which happily was effected.
Rine isrreoeurv.—A rare instance of integrity of
conduct has this week come under our notice, which
deserves to be recorded. About six years ago a
tradesman residing in this place fell into decay. and
finding his embarrassments insurmountable, he left the
town considerably in debt. His creditors soon began
to consider their claims desperate, and mane of them
had long ago placed the ominous word bad opposite
the entry in their ledgers. But on Monday morning.
last each of them received a circular, requesting that
they would meet the debtor and his wife on the arrival
of the itippon coach at the White Horse inn, Leeds,
and bring with them their accounts. This welcome
invitation was, of course, readily accepted, and as
each account was presented it was discharged, without
any deduction. The aggregate amount of the debts
thus honourably liquidated we have not heard ; but
we know that one tradesman, a timber-merchant in this
place, received 1091. The lady, who took an active
part in this pleasurable duty, has, we hear, had lately
a handsome fortune left her, at her own disposal; and
one of the first purposes to which she has applied her
well-merited wealth has been to discharge all her buss
band's debts.--(Leeds Mercury.)