The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-09-28 00:00:00

BOULOGNE, SEM 2S.

[IX rIACT Or A PRIVATE LITTER. 3
We had a storm on IVednesday which lasted the whole
of the night, and the wind continued to blow for the two
following days, so that it was no easy task for tile vessel to
leave the harbour.

On Wednesday morning the Rev. Mr. Edge, a Minister,
but recently arrived as a visiter, and whose talents as a
preacher were highly appreciated here, met with a fatal
accident. Mr. Edge was fond of bathing, and on this oc-
casion while preparing to indulge in his favourite recre-
ation, he was advised by a friend to be on his guard against
the effects of the current, as there was some danger when
the tide was in the state in which it then was. The Rev.
Gentleman on receiving this caution treated it rather
lightly, observing that for him the peril was not so great
as had been supposed, lieing an excellent swimmer.
He proceeded to bathe, when the current to which his at-
tention had been called, carried him away from the land :
his efforts to return were ineffectual, and he sunk to rise
no more with life.

The French spectators of this catastrophe, though anx-
ious to save the sufferer, had it been practicable, displayed
a remarkable indifference to his fate when the mournful
result was ascertained. They coolly remarked. that the
danger was well known, and if English gentlemen would
venture beyond the third beacon, they must take the con-
sequences of such temerity.
The news of this tragical event was communicated with
appropriate delicacy to his wife and sister, who had 'Kean-
!untied him, by the Rev. Mr. Simmonds and another gen-
tleman. To describe the effect of the afflicting intelligence
on the ladies is impossible. The sister rushed franticly for-
ward to seek her lost relative—she was with difficulty re-
strained ; and the wife sunk to the ground, overwhelmed
by the awful tidings, iu a fainting state. She remains in-
consolable. _

Every effort has since been made to recover the body,
but without effict. It is supposed to have been car-
ried into the deep water by the storm which followed,
and it is now expected that the heart-broken survivors will
not be permitted to have the mournful satisfaction of con-
signing his remains to the grave, with the ceremonies of
that religion, to the interests of which, while living, his
days were consecrated.
The vigilance of the French Police was rather singularly
marked on this sad occasion. Those who witnessed theac-
cident, and knew the deceased, were not permitted to take
care of his clothes, and deliver them to those who bad a
right to claim them. Before they could be given up, cer-
tain official forms were necessary to be gone through, and
the mourners were obliged to establish their relationship
previous to the restoration of the property.

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PUBLIC WlLlPPlNG.—Yesterday morning an unfortu-
nate wretch, who was convicted, at the London Session, of
stealing a quantity of lead from some buildings in Fleet
Market, was, pursuant to his sentence, publicly whipped
et the cart's tail, from the corner of Fleet-street to the end
of George-alley. Fleet-market, in the presence of thousands
of spectators. The culprit appeared to receive his punish-
ment with perfect indifference. He was a man of colour
named Courtland. Previous to his being tied to the mrt.
a man stripped, and offered to undergo the punishment fur
the black. Upon being refused, he poured forth a volume
of abuse on Mr. Cope, the City Marshal, and otherwise so
tuisconducted himself, that he was locked up.