The National Register.
London, England, 1820-12-31 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.

A melancholy accident occurred on Wednesday near
Long alelford, Suffolk, the particulars of which are thus
related by our Correspondent:—The quantity of rain
which tell iu the night of the 12,11 instant occasioned the
river that crosses the road bet" een Glemsford and Stan.
stead, to overflow so much at Stanstead bridge, as •to •
render that road impassable. Mr. Mann, senior, a soap
boiler, and Mr. Smith, a farmer, both persons of respecta—
bility, and residing aCtilenasford, baring business at Burps
market, and learning that the regular passage by Stanstead
bridge hail become, by the sudden increase of are waters,
which had risen much higher than they lied ever before
been observed in the memory of any person living lu that
neighbourhood, these gentlemen (both incite chaise), for
greater safety took the road which Wads through Cameo.
dish; when, on coining to Glemstord bridge, they found
the waters extremely deep, but observing a gentleman
ride through on horseback, they were induced to per-
severe.

Mr. Surridge, a gentleman who was on Lis way to
Dedham in tile presence of 3lr. Maim and Lis friend,
attempted the passage, but returned, tam a conviction
that there was great danger to be apprehended, and
which he communicated to them. Notwithatimiling, they

determined, having urgent business at Bury, to go en, if
possible, and proceeded into the current, to a certain
depth, at which the horse became ►tationary, and refused
to proceed, when these gentlemen, apprehensive that they
could nut retrace their steps, as though, by mutual agree-
ment, jumped into the water, and at tile 64111 C sustain were
swept oil by the current. Mr. Alain' was seers to be
driven with great violence for a considerable way, but at
last slink to rise no mule. Mr. Smith had the good fur.
tune, being able to swam, to reach a small piece of laud
that divides the rivers, in which perilous situation he
stood up to his shoulders ill water, until the neighbour*.
hood had been alarmed, %%aro lie was providentially res-
cued from a watery wave, by means of a rope, which was
Culll/P)Cti to him, atter a considerable lapse of time, by
swisiaimig suite tsisl down the entreat, which lie at length
caught, and having fastened 11111 II secure manner to his
body, lie was drawn by misuse who hail assembled through
the stream to a place or safety. As to his friend, Mr. M.,_
no exertions were spared to fescue him also, but without
elfect. Mr. 'Mann, who was a must excellent character,,
and about 6S yeals of age, has lett a widow and family to
deplete his loss. Mr. smith dirt not receive ls bodily
injury, but is greatly distressed iu his Mind at the untimely
loss of's° good a neighbour. Mr. Stirs 'age was the specie-
tor of this melancholy scene, without the power of renter-
iug effectual assistance to save Mr. Mann. The horse,
finding himself without a guide, turned the vehicle round,
and tett aced his steps with safety.
The body of Mr. Mann was nut found till Friday morn-
ing, when It was discovered near Melford-mill, a distance
ut more than a mile, in so swollen a state as to rrisdri it
necessary to cut the gat incubi from it. He had bee is in
the habit of attending limy market for nearly 40 yeasts,
and was much respretiol by those saw knew Imo. When
Ma. Maim II Oust it the us.sirs, Lim of Its 601111VA/t
lima his latlici's puckcts abuut .U,t.

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POETRY.
REMON STD ANCE,

Whose nobility comes to thec,ft.oup'd wilb a ?eat

Var, tar more than 'monarch e'er set,—
With the blood of 1;)y race, °need up fur the weal
01 a n•dion thrt t•ceart by (ha; na.trtyrilont yell

Shalt awn be faint•heall and tarn from the strife,
Frew the mighty arena, whole htl that le trend,
And devoted, and pore, and atlol IU life,
is for high.thoughtett spirits life thee to command t

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AFTER A CONVERSATION WITH LORD JOHN RUSSEI.T., IN
WI/It It lIE HAT INTIMATED SOME IllrA OF GIVINO
vr ALL ITLIXICAL PUILACITS.

What! thaw, with th) r.enins, thy ynaill, sod III)
n oi a BUSIC3, yimsc insiiar; to run
The occasioned career at illy sires is the 'lino
At the eagle's to roar with his e)ca hit the sue.

Oh! no, never dream it—nhilc good men despair
Tetvteen tyrants and traitors, and timid men bow,
1.; ever think fur au instant, thy rountry can spare
Such a light ICOlllllO' daikening horizon as thou!
ith a spirit as meek as Cie gentlest of thorn
Who in sunny %alley lie she tei'd and warm,—
Yet hold at.d heroic as ever )et rose
To the tup•elids of Foi tune and breasted her storm;
Villa an ardour for liberty, fresh, as ill 1-b5lll,
it at,t klrilles the bard and gives Inc io his lyre,
. Yet mellow'd ev'it nuts, by that iniiilners of tell it,
Which tempers, bat chills the pattiot's lire;
'With as O•moroce—not like dime rills from a 'night,
%Lida' spat Lie, and loAtii,and in vapour me o'er,
But a eurieht, that %elks out its WO3 into lilt
Tbron,lt t;te filtering '<Tents of thought mot of lore--

Thos gifted, Rion never cans( pleep in the shade;
If the girt ion. of Geoids, the music of
And the chatnis of fie cause have not power to pernade,
Yet; Hook how to h'n'eolont thotert pledlted by thy name.
Like the hopeths of that laurel, by Delphi's fleet cc,
Set ap.ot tot the late and its set vice
AU the branches, that sptiti6 ft OM the old /Scull tree,
Ave by Libeity claimed for the nse of her slit ine.
Pallas, fit% THOS. DIOOIIE.

Thursday last a fellow called at Mr. Thorne's,
ornamental paiuter, Lambeth Butts, and after men-
tioning the unifies of seve nil of NI r.Thorne's intuit :te
friends, he told him lie lied a sister in Gloucester
Place, who wished to have some gilding done and
pictures cleaned. Mr. T. proceeded to accompany
• him accordingly, but when they came near West-
minster Bridge, the stranger said, he ivauted to go
to Pedlers Acre to order some coals, desiring Mr. T.
to walk on slowly and he would soon overtake him.
Mr. T. went unto Pimlico, but there was no persen
there as described, and on coming home, he found
the stranger had returned to his house at Lambeth •
in his absence, and told Mrs. Thorne that he was
sent back for three pictures, the subject of which he
described, and succeeded in getteig them, and has
not been since discovered.
STEALING LlNEN.—Wedaesclay evening Coated,
the officer, going down Oxfhrd Street, met a woman
apparently in a state of inebriation, her tweet was
tied up, and contained something very bulky. The
officer immediately suepecting the woman stopped
her, and challenged her for the contents of her apron
—she replied, " Lack a daisy, its only a young one. '
Coates was not satisfied at the answer, and opened
the apron forthwith, when lo ! instead of a bairn,
an immense quantity of linen shirts, countereane:e
and table cloths tumbled out on the ground, all
quite wet, just as if they were taken from a wash
tub. Orates conducted her to the match house, and
she underwent an examination befbre Mr. Farrant,
at Marlborough Street 'Hbee. who remanded her for
• a week, and in the itearim directed the officer to
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endeavour to discover the owner of the property.
A melancholy accident occurred at Kirkcudbright,
on Friday se/nuight. James tarter, a sailor, be-
longing to that town, having been drinking with ones
of his companions at Ctettle,ods, on the opele;ite si.le
of the river Dee, became considerably intoxicated,
when he came to the side of the river, for the
purpose of passing over to Kirkeudblight, 'Ming
the ferry-hoat bad given over plying fiir the night,
he resolved to swim through and bring a boat of
curry over his companion, and instantly stripped and
plunged into the riser; but it appears he had never
been able to reach the other side, as Int had never
since been seen. A diligent search hes been made
fur his body, but without etFect. Carter was an
• excellent swimmer, by which he saved Itimselt on
• two occasions, when shipwrecl.ed, when all on board
perished but himself. He has left a widow with a
young child to lament his untimely fate.
IsIaLANCIIOLY OccUltHENeC.—At an early hour on
Friday morning the following lamentable occurrence
took place:—Mr. Mays on, a respectable gentleman re-
siding in Ormond-sin:Ll, Queen-square, accompanied his
wife and two of his daughters to the Theatre on 'rums-
day night, and returned with them about twelve o'clock.
The whole of the faaiily retired to rest txcept Mr.
and
Mrs• M., I,NIIO reinaltied up to have supper, when some
filoily diseees arose, am: Air. %l. in a violent passion,
lit.itibed himself under tl.e left breast with a Sildrp•
pf) !lle.l Lay WI the 'sable. Surgical its..istanee
was llClUMli.tely procured, and every means that profes-
sional skid ro..td suggest were resorted 0., but is is much
feared the vi,outi.l wili prove mortal. Toe unfortunate
aziltieman N. zs p.rik w bed in a SIM alraillud but
• istile burs of h.s :Ye being