>From Jackson's Oxford Journal, Saturday, June 29, 1822; Issue 3609. A most melancholy and fatal accident happened on Tuesday last to Mr. W illiam DAVIS, of Abingdon. He returned home in his gig in the evening, from his farm at Radley, with some of his children, and as they were alighting, it is supposed that one of them, with the foot, touched the trigger of a double-barrelled gun, which went off, and lodged the whole contents in the body of Mr. DAVIS, and he died almost on the spot. It appears he was so attached to his gun that he scarcely ever went from home without it. He was a Gentleman universally beloved and respected, and his relatives and connexions have lost in him the affectionate husband and tender parent, and a warm-hearted and sincere friend. He has left a disconsolate widow and seven children to lament his loss. On Wednesday an inquest was held before J. F. SPENLOVE, Esq., coroner for the borough. Verdict " Accidental Death. "