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f deiity. That, on Tuesday last, she 

 came to his bos, between three and 

 four in the morning, when they had 

 a conversation about her miscon- 

 duct, and the manner in which the 

 prisoner treated her. About four 

 o'clock in the afternoon they went 

 to bed, at his lodgings, in Little 

 Chesterfield-street, and slept till be- 

 tween six and seven, at which time 

 he was awakened by the screaming 

 of his wife. He jumped up, and 

 ifivf the prisoner standing by his 

 wife in a menacing attitude, but did 

 not see him strike her. He seized 

 hold of the prisoner, and they had a 

 scuffle, in which they had several falls; 

 his wife at the same time lying still 

 in bed, and appearing td be dead. 

 The surgeon who was called in, 

 stating the possibility of the wo- 

 man's dying from fright or apo- 

 plexy, the prisoner was found — Not . 

 Cluil/i/. 



. 13th. An inquest was taken at 

 Bristol, on the bodies of Mr. James 

 Thompson, aged forty, Elizabeth, 

 his wife, aged forty-one, and Wil- 

 liam, their son, aged seven years — 

 who were all three unfortunately 

 drowned, in a large brick-pit, the 

 preceding Tuesday evening. It ap- 

 peared, in evidence, that the son 

 was playing with a hoop near the 

 brink of the pit ; and, in endeavour- 

 ing to stop it from rolling into the 

 water, he himself fell in. The mo- 

 ther, seeing the accident, immedi- 

 ately ran to his assistance ; and, 

 over-reaching herself, to lay hold of 

 his clothes, she also got out of her 

 depth. The father, hearing their 

 cries, next ran to the spot, and see- 

 ing the dreadful situation of his 

 wife and child, in the very act of 

 inking, he, in a state of distraction, 

 plunged into the water, (about ele- 

 ven feet deep) i^ the hop* of rescu- 



ing them ; but missing his aim, me- 

 lancholy to re'ate, they all perished 

 together ! When the bodies were 

 found, about an hour after the ac- 

 cident, the mother had her soa 

 clasped in her arms. Every means 

 were, of course, used for their re- 

 covery, but without efiect. — Acci- 

 dental death. 



i5th. Two or three days since, a 

 powder-mill at Dar ford blew up 

 with a tremendous eivplosion : two 

 men at work were killed ; their 

 limbs were found at some distance ; 

 And a horse in the mill was torn to 

 pieces, while a boy near it was not 

 injured. 



Another Dartford powder-mill 

 blew up a few days since : two men 

 and a horse were killed. 



The wife of Jerome Bonaparte is 

 arrived in England. Some time ago, 

 Jerome and his wife, late Miss Pater- 

 son, of America, arrived in a neutral 

 vessel (the Erin, from Baltimore) at 

 Lisbon, where he landed, and imme- 

 diately went oif for Paris, ordering 

 the vessel to proceed to Amster- 

 dam ; from whence he intended to 

 have his wife conveyed to Paris, 

 thinking, by the time the ship ar- 

 rived at that place, he should have 

 obtained the requisite leave from his 

 brother; but on the ship's arrival in 

 the Texel, Madame Bonaparte was 

 prevented from going on shore. — 

 The Erin left the Texel, and ar- 

 rived in Dover Roads. Madame 

 Bonaparte, accompanied by Mrs. 

 Anderson, her countrywoman, her 

 brother, Mr. William Paterson, of 

 Baltimore, and Dr. Garner, an emi- 

 nent French physician, who attend- 

 ed her from America, landed, and 

 went to the City of I^ondon inn. — 

 She has since taken up her residence 

 at Caniberwell. 



17th. Thomas Barabcr, an attor- 

 'i ,■ ney, 



