News in Brief
WVe have deep regret in recording the death of Thomas Bennett, Esq., by the accidental explosion of his own fowling piece on Thursday 'morning last, in the vicinitv of Templeinore. He went out that morning to fowl, arccompaniedby a young boy: about two imileg from homes after crossing a drain, he desired the boy to hand himtbe guei with the muzzle foremostr it went off, when itr oOtents, COnlsitiOg of duck-shot;: entered at one side of MIr. Ben. nete's nave1, antd loged between the skin and flesh of his back. A blond.vesse? was ruptured inwartly by the shot,and he bled to death boy stver2 o'lozk in the rcuing.. It vwas melancholy to hear him, notwithstanding the mest dreatdful agony, call for his wiife(who was thenat uillemaulcona visit with her brother), and bidding farewell to all around hiim._Liwzrek Chgronilee. RmuysTxc JNsGNu1-T.-AleX. Hardlie, snuff-box inaker, at*Dalgonbr,.Dumfries, has made a wooden leg and foot, with ancle and tce-joints, guided by springs, not likely to faiL It has been ex. amined llyseveralentlemttcren, end pronornced to be a very neat, suitable arnd 4seful1 substitute. lt draws on like a boot, anu is al. most as castly,retainedin litsplace. .