The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-08-25 00:00:00

EXAVER. Aga. 19.

Baribirdirlaist the Right Rev. the Lord Riau" of
Salisbury, arrived at the Palace. is this city, aed on
Monday a large number of the Nobility and Gentry
waited nn the Bishop and his Lads to pay their re-
was, and lifer their congratulations on his Lord.
ship's steceseling pi a more valuable see.—That all
ranks. both sif the Clergy and I .sit 7, who have ever
been acquainted with his Lordship, sincerely unite
in these congratulations, is most certain t but we
may add. with the greatest truth. that they are all
equ tUy afeei rd with *the moss p ,ign int regret at
losing from t'iis diocese an amiable Prelate, in
whom ate so sweetly blended the tro- and unatTet
pinty of a christims Myine, with the mildness and
urbanity of a wrist/Stan.

SeWIAG FROW DROWNING:

The following instance of preservation from
drowning occurre I in Pai-ley, on Saturday sr'eu.
night, and is not unworthy of notice. Alexander
Dick, being employed with his horse and loaded
cart, on the side of the river Cart, at the Seedhill
Craig:, drove into the river to water his horse,
whirl). on being turned, after it had do7ne drinking.
instead of quitting the water, went backwards, push-
ing behind it the loaded cart on which the man was
seated, till all were plunged into the &Winn. The
man (shout 60 years of age) was livable temalte any
exertion for his own safety, and indeed was almost
insensible of his situation; and both man and horse
had well nigh disappeared. At this junanre, Wit-
ham Gardiner, weaver, in Paisley, from the one side
of the river, and Robert Logan, miller, from the
other, observing the danger, stripped. :rang in,
an I, laving hold of the man, conveyed him sate to
the hank. Immediately returning, they swam to
the horse, now almost drowned by the weight of the
cat t. But by this time, three other persons, in one
of the boats of the Paisley Humane Society, which is
stationed near that dangerous part of the river, had
reached the horse and were disengaging it from its
tackle. In this the two swimmers assisted ; and the
horse gained the land. A rope was afterwards
fi-ed to the cart, by which it was drawn to the
shore.
It it on •.11 hands thought probable. that, if Wil-
liam Gardiner and Banta Logan had not been
providentially present. the men in the boat would
have %ucceeded in s tying Alexander Dirt; but the
dancer. by a minute's delay. would have been
yeah r to him; and it is Lkely that the horse would
have pe►ishc.l.
The Dirseivot of the Paisley Humane Society
expressed to the persons who had been mort *dive
in their laudable rxertiods on this occasion, the
I ig' est approbation ni t !wit y and generous
benevolence; atiti gave two guineas to be churl-
hired among them.
It may be remarked. that as the river, at •the
place where this accident happened, precipitate; iz-
self over a ridge of rocks ►everal feet high, the
boar stationed there is provided with a low and light
✓heel-carridge, by means of which it cap be expe-
ditiously conveyed to the stream, elate✓ above or
below the water-fall. Hence, although the boat
stands at some distance from the river.- it was pre-
sent and employed upon the scene of danger. in the
space of two minutes after the alarm was given.
And those who managed it ate of opinion, that had
there been a notch (s.oce ordered to be made), by
which the beat might have been impelled by an oar
at the stern, they would have rescued the man be-
fore the swimmers could possibly have reached
him. The facility thus aforded for prompt amid.
ance, proves the high utility of well-regulated in-
stitutions of this kind.

In Paisley, through the midst of which the river
Cart holds its coarse. accidents by water have been
always frequent: and owing to the progressive po.
pointless of the town. which. with its suburbs, now
contains almost thirty thousand souls, the frequency
of Men a e:idents is increasing. On this account, a
considerable number of the inhabitants have lately
erefted themselves into a Homane Society. which is
already provided with complete sets of medical ap-
paratus for resuming suspended animation. and with
boats. and all their necessary isisplements, upon the
most apptoved constrnaion. The expense is not
great ; and although it were. the ebaraderistic ge-
nerosity of the place forbids the fear of a deficiency
of funds. The Magistrates and Town Council
have honoured the Institution with narks of-their
ap pi
It is to be wished. that Humane Societies, open
the model of the parent one in London, were esta-
hb:hed in every part of the country. The benefit
to the community would be incalculable. The be-
nevolent Dr. Hawes, Secretary to the Royal Hu-
mane Society, would. upon application. readily fur-
nish any associations for said Institutions, with the
best means of appropriate information.

It is with pleasure we hear that Capt. Matt sr is
going in sheer the importance of bis experiments,
for Assisting .n preserving shipwrecked persons, and
vessels Indiums, before Lord Rous and the Suffolk
Humane Society, at Lowestoft, on Wednesday next.
Captain MANDY has chosen that part of the broth
Inc the esstibitinn of his file-boat, which is most ex-
posed to danger and diffizulty.
On IVednatility week. As A you-,g woman, lately
servant u, 4 g.nitiernan't family At Welton, was return-
ing nom Put.tAratl, where she hat bean in search
of 4 young Mau, a gardener. by whom she was
pregnant, she teat taken in !Acne by the told stilt.,
betweti South Case and Weltnn. Anne And tin-
o'served. The poor creature left Cove about one
o'clock ot the afternoon. and with great difficulty
reached her motoer's house at Welton. a distance of
only four macs, at eleven io the evening, carrying
the child in the skirt of her got 'n, and nearly el-
l...lusted.

...nt the lAst Assizmt nt NVArwiek, James Hausa, of
FIllon.:ley, in that comity, catrenter, WAS tried be-
tr.:e Lc Bt. A:qc, upon an indictment
preielied agi 1.4 bins At the Simmer Assizes, 11‘06,
on the re...zoti:n ••f Mr. WILLIAM Comm for
inAtryti.g lu, nail.tar, then under *age of
yeAtb, washout his eminent, mud fatincLradiy.;• but
,he •

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