The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-18 00:00:00

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Melancholy Accident at Lytham.

(From the Preston Guardian of yesterday.)
One of the most melancholy occurrences we have
for some time had to record took place at Warton,
near Lytham, last evening, by which seven persona
were drowned. For three weeks past there have
been staying at Lytham, Mr. Sugars, a merchant,
of Manchester, together with his wife, two suns, and
three daughters. The sons, Henry and Thomas,
were aged respectively about 21 and 16 years ; and
the daughters, Jessie, Laura, and Mary, were 21,15,
and 10 years old. During their visit to Lytham,
iVlissElizaWilson, a young lady of about 20, has been
staying with them ; and ou Tuesday week the party
were joined by Mr. Walter Wilson, brother to Miss
Wilson, aged 23, who, it is believed, was betrothed to
the eldest of the Misses Sugars. About 11 o'clock
.11 Tuesday morning all the party, with the excep-
tion of Mr. and Mrs. Sugars, proceeded to the river
tor the purpose of hiring boat., and shooting birds.
None of the
rowing;
although there were
.little wind blowing,
tbhnetYtoiaduseth, we believe, were accustomed. to
was beginning to flow, nu danger
was apprehended. ei3,7.B,ated to the owner 01 the
pulling as far as the
boat, a man named par
docks,
that they intended
oars. Soon afterwardsatawnsdo'buafndthleefytuwuitthhs awpeareirobof_
sandbanks with their guns,
ierved on one of the
and nothing more was he.ard
Sugars, stating that they
wittidiohnetide, and would
tele-
gram was received by ma them until a
homer, at six o'clock.
at that hour,
anxious, and
had gone on to Preston •
return to Lytham in time for
As they did not arrive at
Mr. and Mre. Sugars became veryyup
a boat's crew was despatched
river
in search of the party; bat, afttr proceeding
as far as the Naze Point, they had to returneed•inhg
out any tidings of them, beyond what they had
'earnt from the men on the dredge, who saw
tbea
pass homewards about half-past five o clock. At
daybreak this (Wednesday) morning, the search
was renewed, when the boat in which the missing
party left Lytham was discovered oppositeWarton,
and soon afterwards the body of Miss Laura Sugars
was found on the sand. All further search, which
was prosecuted all day, on both the Lytham and
Hesketh sides of the estuary has so far proved fruit-
less. Of course, nothing is known, and,' never can
be known with certainty, of the cause of the fearful
casualty ; but it is supposed that the boat's keel
must have caught on one of the net stakes below
Warton. If such were the case, as the tide was
receding with great rapidity, the boat would pro-
bably be instantaneously upset, and the whole en-
gulfed without the least warning or hope of rescue.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864.

FEBRUARY.

Lincoln Spring 23

MARCH.

Nottingham Spring 1
Derby Spring 3
Liverpool
Shrewsbury

Chehaaford Spring l6
York Spring
Durham ... 28
Northampton 29

APRIL.
Croxton-park 1 Newmarket Craven .• 11
I Epsom Spring

MAY.
Cheater
,ialisbury l2 I Harpenden ........ .• .. 20
Bath

PRIZE-FIGHTING AND TRAINING.---As much mis-
apprehension exists in the public mind respecting
the condition of Heenan before and after his late contest
with King, the following authentic particulars may not be
without interest :—Four or five hours after the termination of
the fight on the 10th inst. he arrived at a friend s house in
London. Mr. J. F. Clarke saw him immediately. He was
teen suffering from great exhaustion. His face was con-
siderably disfigured, and there was a cut on the right side of
the upper lip about half an inch in length, which required a
stitch. There were no bruises of any consequence about the
body, but there were a few scratches on the chest. The
and the pulse scarcely
action of the heart was very feeble,
perceptible. Suitable medicines were resorted to
thecteep in-
/ under
the influence of which he gradually improved until th
13th. On the evening of that day he had a faintino. fit.
O the 14th Dr. Tanner saw him in consultation Nrit).,
Cl
110 was then weak, his nights had been. " .01r.
the face
r,estless,
and there was considerable uneasiness on taking a
upper ,ip had
spiration. On examining him, all marks about
from its articu-
lations; chest
had nearly disappeared, whilo the bruises upon
foundarefully practising
compressible,ves
were evidently quickly fading. The cut in his
healed. The right nasal bone was loosened
but there was no fracture. On c
acting efficiently.
auscultation, the heart's action Was
though there was no bruit, the Val to be feeble,
The pulse was weak, very
; but over the apex of the
100. The left lung was healthy
back of neck, there was consider-
and rather above
wdeasatdulthlen
On
rightnei
ther theresi evident signs of congestion.
able stiffness, which was ascertained to exist chiefly in the
the
occi-
pital bone, ligameetu trapezius muscle to' the occi-
spine of the scapula. ill nuchse, dorsal vertebra, and
muscles about the shoulders The immense development of the
They stood out r oulders and chest was very remarkable.
tat as if thev had P prominently, and as little encumbered with
they resembled cartiln cleaned by the
scalpel'
conditions In
werefirmness al also
apparent in the rectiage. Tlehseofsamthee
abdominal welt', the
tendinous intersections linen transvert a) of which were
strongly marked. But with all this splendid development
it
,Was evident that Heenan had received a shock from
w"ich his system was only slowly recovering; though
Whether this loss of power Was due to the punish
hadnt re
re-
ceived in the fight or to the hard training
whic he p
vionsi—
y undergone, nay be a disputed point. As physiolo-
illy probable that his training had
gists, it seems to us highly
been too prolonged and too severe. When Heenan went
into training on Wednesday, the 23d of September—just 11
weeks before the match—his weight was 15st. 71b. As he
stepped into the ring on the 10th inst. he was exactly 14st,
At the same time King weighed 13st., though he was
of an inch taller than Heenan, whose height
three-quarters
is 6ft. liin. Those who know what severe training means,
will, perhaps, agree with us that Heenan was probably in
better condition five weeks before meeting his antagonist
than on the morning of his defeat, although when he
stripped for fighting the lookers-on all agreed that he seemed
to promise himself an easy victory, while exulting in his
fine proportions and splendid muscular development. It is
now clearly proved that Heenan went into the contest with
much wore muscular than vital power. Long before
he had met with any severe punishment—indeed
states, at the close of the third round—he •' as
he
brea'hed with much difficulty, and, as he felt faint
described it,
rezpiration was "roaring." He declares that his
wore severe treatment at the hands he received
of Sayers
from king, yet at the termination of the yers than he did
lasted upwards of two hours, he
was
freshso
oleriner fight, which
two or three hurdles, and distance n as to leap over
the race. It was noticed on theluny or his friends in
physipe had deteriorated, and that
present occasion that his
than at his last appearance in the he looked much older
any opinion as to the nprits of th ring. without
cer-
tain that Heenan was in a state e combatants, it is
when he faced his opponent, of very deteriorated health
deterioration was due in a ./. and it is fair to say that that
the training which he bad undergone. measure to the severity of
so with the btdy, undue undergone. As with the mind,
in depression of power. and prolonged exertion must end
cation of the young, in Inthe training
the process of the physical edu-
cation
sports of the athlete training of our recrnitso., nrtsina
striking commentary ci.e the case of Hienanhß Usg, : eoSg
p y • I ical
great interest
point of vim. `While exercise, insoacalled, tends to
do velop I-and Merl. health,Xercise, properlyxrtion produces de.
1 bility and den-.seexctiemssei:eote
' over-excitement aid
y In th
over-cemq..etition in the race of life, the case we now put on
record may be studied with advantage.--Vie Laneit.