The Sun. — 1844-03-29 (London, England)

THE COMFORT OF ~KNO W THE WORST." - ged'o At the Huntingdon Assizes, Gifford White',oloo4 Ras sentenced to transportation for life for sok :lid letter to a farmer, threatening to burn his „Dace, ty the farms of others. Lord Abinger passedserluro eed said, " the sending of letters threatening to toles 0, property of the parties to whom they Nver.e oefoot was worse than the putting the threat itself 10; at ere tion, for when a man lost his property by fir,e gets ,f„,101 knew the worst ; but he to whom such tur",.otitl!'dd made was made to live in a state id by terror and alarm." Hence, instructed are l'elfet Abinger, let future Gifford Whites sPof Ic pens and ink, and at once make usedestret, ottl matches. For, as it is a lighter offence t° the Off fib perty than merely to threaten its destruction, t 04V White, who actually burns the farm oaff teithrierli transportation for fourteen years ; r‘, villainy, he merely makes a threat, he is ve p al of condemned a slave for life. t oft' 454°' In our last number, we reported the res'llibe 'lee the Rev. Mr. Day, who plunged a knife ja.ra A,b0.0 seven sheep that trespassed in his close. -u"Genoneftlig feelingly put it to the jury, whether the iley'ronee...ye tD did not torture the animals out of pure igtti°,,o de law; being a clergyman, he of course ha; IV cot study the statutes ? He was acquitrewschitstiet,‘ not plead for an acquittal of Giff°rdfit 541civi of course his education and position otetl,ooo must have made him intimately IA! OP fort°, the statutes, which he knew he vertic,e ihis cad However, according to the judge, he has 0;04 bee' his misery—at least he knows the worst' boa think may possibly consist in the fact of big tried by Lord Abinger.—Punch.  ---v FATAL ACCIDENT AT as BAILEY BRIDGE „f O (From the Second Edition of the Ma'ache"- 000 of Wednesday.) .I„,reble,,e, About 11 o'clock this morning, collo"' lei" was created by a rumour that the scaffoldingo jtteef' tion with the building of the bridge, no`° le), of erection, over the river Irwell, at Sof of 1 0 " 4" had given way, precipitating a number we for; into the water. On making inquire tbsA st„'d the report to be too well founded, 011,,"„ ser"„,oo-e ing appear to be the particulars of t,,,4" 1"„,i0f5,0° Across the river extend two large beTirtber tr„i parallel to each other, covered with rails, Jp-Oosistleoll of bearing a travelling crane. This cran,e wheels placed on the rails of the vehoilc jti I across the river, and a strong articles fa from one wheel to the other, on wbic bef of apparatus, for raising stones and other f oleo 10 appears that, at the time of the aceidellhie ceft Olff men were engaged in raisi means of t asoe, „ors'i the arch of the bridge, by of thtetbe teoteereJjg`liji some unknown cause, the beam nesre.s,4, tre br bridge over the river gave way, and, 143' rive'erlt it crash, the travelling crane fell into thfroteciroe t, ing down a quantity of wooden were 11 ifst€d its way ; and seven men, wh° the,,00440, at the time, were precipitated 'll—tbe rltroP An alarm was immediately given t f the let co, adjoining the bridge ; and a number La soboia oer, as soon as the momentary consternation ha sob '" riOtps on to lend their aid in ng the several of whom were observed strugg •flitirioelithett ling 10 tll6Pbef Three of the men got out, with no othel:ttiog lv otriot fright occasioned by the fall, and the that feobt°°oB received; but we are sorry to state tnit bri:4*ej tO,Ol were not so fortunate. Three of them we'Llivei Ate the river much bruised, and iminediatelc.tberl:na, ei Manchester Infirmary. The body of tfig% re& 'O, 0,144 soon afterwards found, shockingly ilia! iP fectly lifeless. It was taken to an aced sa• rs'ijißdi it was identified as that of a man ntee..rd) 110101 the son of a shoemaker (we have "...ea at t Manchester, and who had been emP for some time. &too/ 508,,e' ti What renders the accident more par ,re 50 op ing is the fact that two of the men who other 1 ripj bruised are brothers (one elder and th.e a gilt' of the unfortunate person who is killed. ,nos 1,1 We understand that no previous singewbesnvol. 14°1i! way had been observed in any 0. .'0„ is stlecs",,ti weight of the centre they were rals_i h• ad ten tons; and it was supposed that it 1%604 ttose.i on some projecting piece of the &OLT' bso roe ditional force required for raising acwacsidiennsut. insufficient eiPerhapsent te h itea bear s On making inquiries at the infirnisinegertoo",e the two brothers (Kirk) are doing 17010 cod another tqheuiwteeasi another man, named Kelly, who had. also ere the infirmary; but the injuries he recto' 01/ J 9 tively trifling. A0:A.19 Ps or ,do, DREADFUL SUICIDE IN A FIT or _.OO 00,1 the evening of the 18th inst., a married Wwf,ifosPlhei,vig, opt.roblob..l: to111:11,000.i,1:10,14,0 Blackford, was admitted into the Middles!sLitb MVP $1) the following circumstances :—She resided 5o• es, a tailor, on the second floor of the house, ill'4tloBl.7t street, Golden-square, and on the eveniefvooo:4ol% quarrelled with her husband, and being 3 the citable temperament, she rushed, pendlna_g was 13„lacra window and jumped into the street. DSility, feitr, police-constable 24 C, in a state of in sensi it los jive 00.1 expeditiously to the above hospital, whel. tilvrefi her injuries consisted of a fracture of bet° • ithotig tp the spine, and extensive internal injuriesgeons of the hospital had no hope of her rui, btLA, her every attention their skill could suggehog gradually sinking, and died on Tuesdayery  Sp(  one o_ finally to berby  11 to 15 to 15 to 17 to 23 to 25 to 25 to 30 to „ trazsactred nta►ne to -4 agar  C 1 SIR  • Feat 4 pei late Phila chest said flbjeC . ellga psis • sent: how but !t.t.  •• 11—tari • GoGot; ot •kus ao g tvid , said tl tug is i  yestettlil eft ruck. edbYOrd. CLOW', all Ili of tile 1,, Royal or Nver4 ass Alice and Car he Prince  walktd erdlT day in tilt' ter Tisi at Wm'  ft to ivz nvollokv e a JaMTh ason g e"a  fir 0 A Ban _ for of .dente  and Bea yestard°  bad inter'  )61. „;„g• rTeri ahteri firt Tow;°' yord 41elopootO B. Sill bellef,,, iirsr _o 111 trit O. S 6