The Sun. — 1821-09-27 (London, England)

EXTRAORDINARY FOOTPAD.—About dusk, on Tuesday evening, as Miss ANN WALKER, a young lady residing at Pimlico, and Captain IVI r.I.Ps, were taking the air in St. James's Park, they sat for some time on one of the benches, and ob served a furious looking fellow pass them several times. The young Lady observed he had the look of an assassin, and she thought he was looking out for prey. The Captain only laughed at her timidity. She however urged him to quit  ..... that spot, and they walked into the Gree❑ Park. When they arrived about half way they saw the same fellow approach them from the pond, and when he came up to them he pulled oti his hat to beg for charity. The -Lady threw a shilling to him, upon which he pulled out a large knife, declaring, with dreadful imprecations, he would murder them both, if they did not deliver up their watches and money. The Captain happened to carry a dirk, and pulled it from under his coat. The Lady screamed, which attracted the notice of some Gentlemen in the Mall, who ran up ; but whether that, or the appearance of the dirk, terrified the robber, he took to his heels, reached Piccadilly, and escaped. A proper description of him is given to the Police.  A Gentleman applied at Marlborough-street Police-office yesterday, to know •what mode he should pursue to quell what he, applicant, termed "an insufferable nuisance." He was an Wm bitant of the tdg,eware-road, and a set of fel  lows, stage-coachmen, were in the daily habit of getting together in front of his house and disturbing his family by blowing their trumpets or horns. The annoyance at length became so great,l that he found it necessary to remonstrate with them, and his remonstrance seemed only to excite them to fresh acts of annoyance. lie merely wanted to ascertain by what mean's he could prevent such, nuisance, or whether the late Newstreet Act recognized such proceedings as an offence. The Magistrate did not see that wry remedy lay in his own power, but recommended the applicant to complain to the. masters or employers of the parties who annoyed him, and if they did not cease, to bring the matter before a Court of law.  Yesterday morning two labourers, who are employed, amongst others, in pulling down some old houses in Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, were at work on the ground floor of one of- the houses, when suddenly a huge beam at the top gave way, which, together with an immense quantity. of bricks and mortar, fell with an alarming crash, and the two men, named Dutton and. Davies, were buried underneath. The remainder of the workmen, with great alacrity, began to remove the rubbish.; and eventually the poor fellows were extricated from their perilous situation, in a state of great exhaustion. They were, without delay, conveyed on shutters to the .Nliddlesex hospital, where they were examined by the surgeon, who declared they had not received the slightest. injury ; upon which the men, after thanking the surgeons, went.to work, previously taking a glass of whiskey. On ThurSday night last,Missll EATH, governess in the family 'of the Duke, of NEWCASTLE,' died suddenly at Clumber, his. Grace's seat. After passing the evening in higher spirits than usual, and retiring to her room. at eleven o'clock, she was seized with a fit of apoplexy, and expired in a few- seconds, in the arms of a female domestic. So'highly was this lady esteerned,-That an expreSs communicating the mournful intelligence was dispatched at midnight to the Duke, who was at ' Scarborough with the Duchess, and on receipt of it their Graces immediately set out on their return to Clumber, to show a respect for departed worth not less honourable to their own feelings than to the memory of the deceased?, During the late thunder-storm in .the metro. polis, a mail-guard, who accompanies the bags to the coach,. placed a leather apron upon his -knees. to- protect him from .the wet, when the electric fluid of the lightning consumed the apron to a einder,:.Without doing the -least further injury even to his clothes! •