PETERSFIELD.
Agent—Miss DUPLOCK.
ACCIDENT.—An accident of an alarming character occurred here on Sunday evening last. As the cab which runs from the ‟Red Lion Hotel” to the railway station was returning from the 6.52 train, on descending the little hill near the bottom of Tilmore-lane, the weight of the carriage forced the splinter bar against the horse’s hocks, which set the animal plunging and kicking. The driver was thrown from the box, and the horse dashed off at full speed, and on turning the comer near the ‟Swan Inn” knocked down a young man who attempted to stop him. The young man, who was considerably bruised, was taken into the ‟Swan,” Mr. Peskett, surgeon, was sent for and promptly in attendance, when it was found that no bones were broken, and the next day he was able to be removed to his home at Steep. The career of the horse was not in the least impeded by this attempt, and proceeded at a fearful pace down the High-street, clearing the two sharp turnings, into the ‟Lion” yard, and passing completely round the stabling and other buildings, came out into Horn Farm-lane. Here the hind wheels caught the corner of the building, and were torn from the body of the cab. The horse continued his career towards the Heath, where he was at length secured. Fortunately, no one was in the cab at the time of the accident, and happening as it did during Divine service the streets were clear. Had it been a little earlier or later, when the streets were filled with people going to or from church, the consequences would in all human probability have been very serious. Apropos of the above accident, the traffic on this road having so immensely increased since the opening of the railway, the Commissioners would be conferring an inestimable boon on the public by widening it, and at the same time giving pedestrians the benefit of a causeway. Sir Wm. Jolliffe, some months ago, with his accustomed liberality, threw into the public road several feet of the adjoining gardens as far as his property extends in that direction, and also by sacrificing a portion of the corner house opposite the ‟Swan” greatly relieved the sharpness of the angle at that point; and if the Commissioners would follow his example, and generously carry out the above suggestion, the communication between the town and the railway station would be greatly facilitated and the risk to the public safety very much diminished.