FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT IN SYDNEY.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue VI, 15 January 1848, Page 182

FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT IN SYDNEY.

A frightful accident has just occurred in Sydney, caused by the running away of the horses in the carriage of the Governor, Sir Charles Fitzßoy, which led to the death of] his Excellency 's lady, and his aid-de-camp, Lieutenant Master, of the 58th Regiment. The particulars of the accident were furnished by a spectator, Mr. J. Walford, a wine merchant of Sydney : — He was just passing on his horse the Government domain gate, when he observed the carriage starting from Government House, and the horses skittish; that then, before Sir Charles was seated on the box, they, got away, and whilst — so rapid did the unfortunate occurrence take place — he was deliberating whether or not he should tell the guard to close the gate, he observed the horses rush violently down to the road towards the gate, and, at the avenue of oaks at the bridge, upset. Mr. Walford lost not a minute in quitting his horse and running to the parties upset. The guard simultaneously hurried to the assistance of the sufferers. Mr. Walford's and their account of the poignant scene of agony that ensued on his Excellency, although seemingly disabled, on learning the fatal termination* that must attend Lady Mary's injuries, is too harrowing to repeat. Mr. George Fitzßoy had mounted his gig immediately after the Governor had left Government House door, and had not proceeded many yards when he^w the occurrence, and ran to the spot. SajjP^rles Fitzßoy and Lieutenant Master were OTUthe box, and were thrown. The Governon^escaped with a comparatively slight injury^ on his knee, but Mr. Master was so much injured, that he died about seven o'clock in the evening. Drs. Hill and Rutter were most promptly in attendance, and as quickly as a sofa could be got from Government House, Lady Mary was placed on it, but before she reached Government House, she was no more. Mr. Walford's clothes were saturated in blood, and from this some idea may be gained of what were the internal injuries her ladyship sustained. Sir Charles' accident is one of a most painful nature, but he contrived to reach the sofa, and leaning over Lady Mary, receiving, there is every reason to believe, " the last dying breath." His Excellency tried to follow the sofa, but he had not proceeded far, ere his own severe injury caused him to fall. A chair was at once provided, and he was carried into the house along with Lieutenant Master, for whom everything that could possibly be, was done. Some idea of the violence cf the leading horses, may be gained from the following 'circumstance. It appears the leaders got away at the time of the upset ; they then made through the Government gate, down Church-street, rushed at and broke the window of the shop of Mr. C. W. Rowling, the chemist and druggist at the corner of George and Church-streets, and in the wood' work bordering the shop-sash, there are deep marks of the teeth of one of the animals. Here, however, they were pulled up, as the reins they had carried away with them got entangled in a corner post of the street, and they were thus secured. Lady Mary Fitzßoy was the daughter of the late and sister to the present Duke of Richmond. She was married to Sir' Charles on the 14th of March, 1820, and had just attained her fifty-seventh year.

Going to Law. — Judge Buraet being applied to by an old farmer for his advics in a lawsuit, he heard his case with great patience, and then asked him whether he had ever put into a lottery? " No, sir," said the farmer, " I hope I have too much prudence to run any such risks." " Then take my advice, my good friend, and suffer any inconvenience rather than go to law, as the chances are more against you there than in any lottery." Glass devoted to a New Purpose. — Glass, of a rich ruby colour, has been used instead of the old ebony for the sharp or flat keys of the organ of All Saints, Northampton. The Bedford Times suggeste that the idea may be happily applied to the whole key board of the pianoforte with a tasteful diversity or iridescence of colours. If not too smooth for the friction of the gentle cushions usually applied to such electrifiers, and if not as cold in winter to the touch as the ebony and ivory contrast certainly is at all times to the sight, we should not wonder if the idea may find favour in bright eyes, and add a new grace where so much of the graceful is already so often concentered. — The Builder. No Work, No Reward. — Set it down as a fact to which there are no exceptions, that we must labour for all that we have, and nothing is worth possessing or offering to others which costs us nothing. Gilbert Wakefield tells us that he wrote his own memoirs, a large, octavo, in six or eight days. It cost him nothing ; and what is very natural is worth nothing. You might yawn scores of such books into existence ; but who would be the wiser or better ? We all like gold, but dread the digging. The cat loves the fish, but will not wade to catch them. — Todd.