The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-16 00:00:00

A FEARFUL SCENE.

On Friday afternoon, *hen a vast concourse of
persons was assembled on the nicecours• at Abergavenny, en
accident occurred which created • most interests
The Grand Stand is close to the bank of the river Usk the
waters of which were at this time swollen and rapid ronr
the recent storms. At Absepreany is • joint counties
pauper lunatic asylum, in which are about 800 patients, and
on this afternoon • large number of the female lunatics
were brought out to walk by the side of the river opposite
to the racecourse, and from which they would see some-
thing of the sport going on on the other side. Suddenly
one of the patients—a fine middle.aged worsen—saw
among the crowd on the opposite bank her huidund,
who is a confectioner at Newport, and was hawking hie
wares among the people. With a wild scream she ran
down the bank and precipitated herself into the footling
torreut, and attention was dawn to her just as the hems
were about to start for the Club Stakes. A scene
of terror ensued such as cannot be described. The 'unities
ou the bank clang to each other, and filled the air with their
shrieks. The pour woman was carried rapidly down the
stream, and battled wildly with its rapid waters, yelling for
aid when Der Wel cam above water. The assembled
r"-vd. a-Tsorkea tie tits! to rush to top *fa', binkr a°4
shouted with dimity excitement as each plunge Mated'
to be the last the victim would give. A man threw off his
overelothing and dashed straight towards her amid tre-
mendous sheers ; but when he reached the middle of the
stream the strength of the currant bore him away for some
distance. In vain be turned and tried to ascend ; he, too,
berme visibly exhausted, and it now seemed imminent that
two human beings must perish untimely in the Unita •
frantic crowd, who were utterly powerless to save them.
The man, however, managed to gain the aide and held on to
acme overhanging bushel, while the body of the woman,
who had ceased struggling, and was now supposed to
be dead, floated towards him. At this juncture she
monk, and the man, with a last effort, dived after her.
The brief space when they were submerged appeared an
age, but the brave fellow had grasped the drowning woman's
hair, and pulled her in towards the shore. The bank was
steep ; but they were both got out more dead than
alive. A ringing clieer,such as oue seldom hearn,bnAo from
the spectators on the Grand Stand on the opposite bank,and
most of them, with true English imperturbability, re-
turned to the spot in time to witness the finish of the
race, in which, singular enough, five out of the six horses
and rider. had met with accidents more or less severe. The
usual restoratives were applied to the persons thus almost
miraculously saved from death, and they both recovered
in a short time. A collection was made for the heroic
fellow, and was most liberally responded to. Nearly 15L
was contributed by those on the Grand Stand, and Lord
Tredegar, who was acting as judge, undertook to levy con-
tributions from hie party and the gentry in carriages, mak-
ing over 20/. in all.

Sawrzses OF Dl4lll IN SCOMAND.—At the
Perth Circuit Court, on Thweday, Bridget Klemm, or
Dundee, was charged with the murder of her child, • girl
aged seven months, by means of poisoning. The alleged
motive fur the crone seemed to be that the child was •
Modem to her, as she was in receipt only of le. 9d. per week,
out of which she paid 2e. fid. a week for lodging and the
Doming of the child. The defence set up was, that although
the vitriol was administered by the hand of the primmer, it
ism not admiuistered with any murderous design, bet by
mistake. The jury, by • majority, found the prisoner guilty
as libelled; but on the pound of her ignorance and pre-
vious affection for her children, they unanimously team.
mended her to mercy. Sentence of death was pronounced
by Lord Dean, the execution being fixed for Tuesday, the
Bth May.
BORGION-CNIROMDISTS Allp CERTIFIER DENTIOTS.
—The subjoined extraordinary memorial has been addressed
to the council of the College of Surgeons by the sunroof).
ohirepcidiste :—" To the Honourable mat and Council
of the Royal College of Surgeons emerubled. —Gentlemen,
—I have been d ppuuted h several leading prectitioness aa
Magoon • of end Wales to request' the
honour of your *Pensions, our memorial for the swap's.-
ation of the respected body with your honourable char-
tered, and respected oorporation, upon the same terms as
you ape admitted and panted certificates to the dentists
of the kingdom and also to pray your houourable corpora-
tion to grant a license from the Royal College of Surgeons
which will enable us te practice dentistry with chiropoilism,
in the sinus manner the bosoms" practitioners of dentistry
combine the privilege of practising our profession.--1 re.
main, gentlemen, your must obedient servant, WILLIAM
ADails, secretary."

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