ACCIDENT FROM SPRING GUNS...
The Times, 1824-01-12T00:00:00

ACCIDEN2T FROM SPITNrG GuNs.-OnT uesday week, as a young Man, wsaiter at the Angel Inn, Ferrvbridge, was returning home through the wood1s at Stapleton, he missed his way, and ui. fortunately came in contact with the Wires of a spring-gun, which immediately went off, and woundc&hii in a dreadful manner. Thu young man was irmnediately conveyed home, and is now in a fa' way of recovery.-Do,caster paper. HATCvING desn.-Tcn e inewspapers during the past week- have been describing, as a matter of wondermwet, the process adopted by a Mr. Barlow for hatching eggs, but ir Which there is in reality noihing eitlnew or surprising, dte process having been. long tolo wing ecQunt of a tuode ofl hatcbing fish liU be allowed, perhaps, to be a Uto mnore extraordinary :-Tbe Chinese fisheemen collect with care, b tie margin and surface of water, al1 thQse gelatinous matters whih contain the spawn of fish- After tey bave found a sufflcient ian.- tity, they fil with it the shel of n esh heu.egg, which they~have preiously emptied, stop up the 'ole, ^ id put it under a sitn towl. At the expirsaiOn of a certain namber of days, they bri the sitell' in water, warmed by the sun. The young ffsb ae pre seltly hatched, and are kept in pure fresh water till they arelarge enough to be1thrown intoe pond with the o'd fsb,. The sale of spawn for this purpose forms an important branch of tr,de in Chu,i4. lip ?hits a asoixte other-at r t some uselul lesso11sfTom the Ch'incs,e qih_ .+ A. .,.. spawn ok tish by tmrl-nets threatens, in mayparth, the utter:e.-w tmctionof fisbherics tuat were fornerly very productive.Ated*. nic's Afa iZine. NARRUOW ESCA,SE.-Oni Fidsy morning last (2,1 instL) .Urs. Uopwood, of Esholt, ras so inconsiderate as to boil cofiec for her'breakfast in an old copper tea kettle, in which mercur had becn prepared at seed-time tobe mixed with the wvhcat then aown to prevent the tiuck, but which had been well cleaned a3 far as she judged, so eficctoaly as to take away. from her mird ever suspi. edon of harm. of ttiiS beverage so ptepared she partook first, and -theu added water to the grounds, and boiled them sir fcr foar of the chlildren; soon-aftcrward they weeal. takent and *appea- some of the metcury mustl have remained in the spout, to which. Mrs. Hopwoood could not possibly gain access in cleanirig the kettle. The children soone recovered, in conseqruence of the rneans used by Mr. Gardiner, but Mlrs. Hopwood, having partakcnif ih6 first preparation of coffee, which was more strongly impre. , ed with mercury, was with difficdlty-remtored. The poiveriuieans obliged to be used to cause the st6nmach to eject the polssn, biought oan flammation, . and it was.niot till .Dlqnday that she could bhe pro. nouncedaout of danger. She is now, hoWever, doing well, and Itis hoped will be completely r.sored.-L- cdrI_tr.Vgenzccr. .. Wllhen at Lincoln, Monsieur Alexandre, the veriir?. quist, discharged one of hi servulns, a Canbdridgeshiremian, 'i the name of Aliee for gros% misconduet. At the aolicication of some tentlemen, he had consented to again take the manjinto his servicc; but hit eondct on ?tlotdav morning, the29thult., vas waimptroper, that MAohisieur Alexandre, who is now at Nottinghanm, dischi.rged hinia second time. Theuman was sbrwterardsfoundathis%e&. ter's lodgings, with a quantity of arsenici bhs posscssion, some of which he had rmisd up with milk; and, acording to the testimony of the child-,was about to give it to one of his riaster's children, when for*nateiy arnothernDerson efitered the room, and ihc' deigm: wis frustrated. The meti was of comrse taken into custody, and Li now iconfofinement, but it is feared the tender age of thechilwill prevest tre esdsof-justiee, a~snnothferpwrsona WS present whern the to;:ious diauOit was offered.-Lincolz J rcMur-.' A Yorishireman,- uiamesl- - Jack Phiiips, was- appc heuded at Poltat, by the constable of BEualey, fer stealing ti&lv& honea,ineo?certwith another fellow who-is nowin prion. -The bq;ea wherekilled forarrionaneat, and their bides sod to the tin. nerss The mannet in whih, he ias detiaid is rather singuer. The.constable. was cn -thet look-out-Par an6thei person; and taking. soiiteefiedr t-.-mtdt the bharof the Man- ntd- Scithe public4moise whenx halieard .pereo singing in a sdjinin roomh which he .i eogmized so be fute-voica of the iwto'ious tlhef Phillips; and patted hion -ihe shoulder, shying, ' Jad,I wantvoumyT feWow'" SDoyoui"' replid the.tblaF: " Thea k:c'aiztnoa-t4t.a1 wycqnint]Js wi'> and imavegaeRfuSu.