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timber. A lower place, about six feet high, was cleared by- 

 Mr. Williams, from Leamington, son of Gen. Williams, 

 This gentleman, I am sorry to say, afterwards sustained a 

 very severe and alarming accident near Catesby, where 

 his horse, in attempting some rails after a sharp bank 

 descent, went over with a most complete somerset, and gave 

 him one of the most tremendous falls 1 ever witnessed. The 

 horse made a kind of tottering pause in the middle of it, 

 and then fell with a weight as dead as possible on the body 

 of Mr. Williams, with a sort of squelching sound, that 

 might have been heard I should think more than a hundred 

 yards off. Among other sportsmen that pulled up to give 

 assistance, Captain Magennis with his one arm, and Mr. 

 Tatters ALL with his black cap, remained, and helped Mr. 

 Williams to Catesby House, near to which the accident 

 happened. The scene was a most interesting one, and from 

 the appearance caused by the scarlet dresses, the led horses, 

 the one arm of Captain M. the head of Mr. Williams 

 bound round with a handkerchief, his cravat untied and 

 dress dishevelled — from all this, added to the antiquity of 

 the mansion, the dilapidated buildings around it, the ruined 

 fishponds, and the old park wall — the mind could scarcely 

 help imagining it a military scene in the civil wars, and a 

 soldier wounded. Fortunately for Mr. Williams, young 

 Mr. Brickwell, a medical gentleman, son of Mr. Brick- 

 well, of Banbury, happened to be passing by Catesby at 

 the time of the accident. He rendered his immediate assist- 

 ance in a kind and ready manner that, with the knowledge 

 he displayed, will not soon be forgotten. Nor ought I to 

 omit the attentions of the worthy occupant of Catesby 

 House, who, with his amiable family, evinced a degree of 

 tenderness and hospitality deserving the highest praise. In 

 the course of three hours, Mr. Williams was removed in a 

 chaise to Leamington, where, I am happy to hear, he has 



