The Sun.
London, England, 1806-05-16 00:00:00

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A mOstinelanehOly_and much to be depinei'l ac-
cident happened here yesterday. —About twelve
o'clock Mr. Robert Lee, Tide-Surveyor, and Cap-
tain Commanclatit' of the. Corps Of Sharp Shooters,
*int-out in the Custom-house-boat, accompanied
by some friends in another boat, to take a sail. In
his boat he had along .with him Mr. James Donald,
son of the, late Mr. Andrew Donald,.of this town,.
and his oWn cousin, who was on'a visit to his friends
from Lisbon, Mr. Main, Sart Otticer, John Graham,
Alexander Macdonald, and Alexander .Maclntyre,
Custom-house boatmen. Returning.'home betwixt
One and two- o'clock, they were overtaken by a
squall,- off the tuouth of the Gare Loch, shipped a
largei sea, and' in an 'instant went down broadside
foremost ! Mr. Main being a good swimmer got
disentangled from the boat, and confiding in his skill
in. swimming, kept calm and colleeled, and admini-
stered every assistance to the others which their
cruelly critical situation .admitted of. One of the oars
he placed under Mr. Lee, and another of them un-
der Graham, but, he could dO no snore; .and it is
supposed both‘had got off their balance; for when
the other boat got, up witlithem, which had been a
good way behind, they were found hanging on their
respeCtive oars by the middle, with feet and head
equally under water ! M'lntyre, like, Main; sup-
ported, himself by swimming; but Mr. Donald, arid
the:other boatman, had gone down with the boat,
and were no .more seen. After having been about
three quarters of ap hour in the water, the two sur-
vivors,. and the two dead -bodieS,-were taken into the
other boat and brought ashore with all possible ex-
peditiod; but, alas ! the usual means used for re-
sukitation were found unavailing. The other two
bodies had not been found at a late hour last night,
but search was making for them. The above parti-
culars We have from the mouth of Mr. Main. The
.other survivor, M'lntyre; was able•to walk hOme ;
but, we are sorry.to add, is since taken very unwell.
This melancholy event is unfortunately attended
with the additional calamity of widowed wives, and
fatherless . children !

A melancholy and distressing accident happened in
LiverPoOlTiver on Thursday 'se'nnight : Several per-
'scins of both .sexes hating gone on board' the African
outward-bound-ship .and Henry, in order to
take leave
,of their friends, were preparing,to return
on shore in a small two-Masted boat the weather
was uncommonly fine, 'and the face of the water,
quite smooth, so that, no person had any idea of
-stightest danger. While.tbe passengers were enter-
ing the boat, it was fastened to the ship's side by a
rol.e, which was loosened as' soon as they had all got
in but before the hoatmen could push (AIM a suf
ficient- distance, the 'boat was carried by the tide
under, the stern of the ship. Must unfortunately The
stern-riggerssbeing out, the top of one of theiboat's,
nasts'got entangled in them, and the tide -in the
mean time-impelling her hull with great velocity,
she
,41ifIost instantly o.erset, and every person on
board was precipitated into the waves. A. passage-
boat from the Wood-side seeing this distressing. acci-
dent,. hastened to the relief of the unfortunate suf-
ferers. One of the boatmen and a few others-were
. by this Means saved, but there is great reason to fear
that at leiist seven 'or eight have, perished, though
the exact number cannot be ascertained. One man
was taken up, who died almost immediately, and
another was taken up quite dead. Four hats were
also found belonging to others, whose bodies have not
yet been discovered. Many persons who were on
the pier-head at the time saw the whole of this-dis-
,astrous,occurrtnce, and experienced the.greatest dis-
tress in not being able to afford'any relief to the un-
happy
sufferers.
. .

Several of the Swords given by the Patriotic FUnd
to the Captains who fought at Trafalgar under the
" immortal NELSON; have been delivered. The scab-.
bards are blue velvet, with the. figure of Britannia
holding A wreath, with ships, trophies, &c. in gold.
The hilts are formed of scitors, fasces, lion's heads,
and other beautitid ornaments. The blade is eh-
graved: with the record of the battle, and every
. sword may be considered a valuable and honourable
tribute to the valiant Defenders of their Country.

On Wednesday seinnight a, ball of fire fell on a
cottage at Cleverend Green, 'in the'Forest of Dean,
Gloucestershire, and forced its way through the roof
into the kitchen, where-Thomas Davis, the owner,
and his wife ancrhchild, were sitting; but happily
without doing any daMage, although a cask of gun-
powder was in the same room,- where" it. Was kept
for the use -of-the mine-works in the Forest.

HAMBURGH, MAY 6.—M. NICHOLAS, the English
Consul here, has signified to the Merchards, that all
Ships which had taken ,in their lading before the
Blockade, and Ships in ballast, may leave this Ports
on applying to him for proper
,certificates. The
same has been declared at Bretnen, &c. His Excel
lency E. THOR7.4TON, Esq. English Minister here,
having received His Majesty's Declaration, as EleEtor
of Hanover, against Prussia, desired to 'have it in-
serted in the Hamburgh Papers ; but this was op-
posed by the. Prussian - and French Ministers. Mr.
THORNTON, therefore, not to compromise the City,.
and having received an assurance from the Senate,
that any .13eClaration ,which might hereafter come
from the Prussian Court, shotild likewise be refused
insertion in the_Hambargh Papers, desisted from his
requisition, and has had it printed on a Taper apart
and distributed on his own account. His conduet6n
this,oecasion is highly-commended, and he is indeed
in general much esteemed . here for Ills conciliating
and amicable manner, which form a striking contrast
to the imperiouS tone of the Frenth Minister.

The Lottery Offices are enabled at present to an-
nounce Tickets
.and. Shares warranted undrai.vn
but there is•every reason to,believe, from the gene-
ral eagerness that prevails to purchase up the re-
maining chances, in consequence of all the great
capitals being still in' the Wheel, That the Lottery
Offices will not have it in' their power, alter a few
days more, to announce for sale any Ticket-3 or
Shares.

Friday morning Mr. DAVIS, principal Clerk at
Merchant Taylor's 'Hall, Threadneedie-street; was
fotind. de:ad in his bed. He went to bt..d in petleot
bath the preceding night.

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" DEAR sin,

TIM EMPEROR AL.E.J.NYDE.it

" Cowards are ci uel ; but thOw;ive
" Love mercy, and delight to, save."

Were BONAPARTE to be tried by this standard,
we should conclude him to be the greatest coward
that ever disgraced the military profession. No. Hu-
mane Society will ever vote him a gold medallion,
as' was done very lately by our Royal Humane So-
ciety, iniionour of the Emperor of Russia's Ruse=
vering and successful efforts to call back the flitting
soul of a poor man,' apparently dead, on which oc-,
casion his Imperial. Majesty exclaimed—" Good God!
this is the brightest day of my life.", This may be
fairly opposed, without the dread of sinking in the
comparison', to the moth-admired exclamation of
TrroS, when he cried out—" Amici, Diem perdidi,"
on perceiving that he had suffered one day to pass
Unmarked by any a& of goodness or virtue. The.
following is the copy of the letter on this very af-
fe6ting, subjea, written by JAMES .GRANGE, Esq. to
HAwEs, the Founder, and. present Treasurer of
an institution which doeS•honour to our country and
to human nature.

March 24, 1805.

" His Imperial Majesty the Emperor ALEXANDER,
in one of hisjournies through Poland, solely by his
own perseveranee and personal exertiot3 restored to
life a peasant of that country, who had been drowned
a.considerable time. This lery interesting occurrence
came to my knowledge during my late stay .at St.
Petersburgh, and took place between Kotula and
Wilna, in .Lithuania, on the banks of the little river
Wilna, from which the last-mentioned town derives
its- name. -

" The Emperor, from some cause .or other im-
material to the present subje&, had considerably
devanced (got before) his attendants ; and, being led
by the winding of the road within a short distance
of the above-mentioned river, and perceiving several
persons assemblFd near the edge of the water, out of
which they appeared to be 'dragging something, he
instantly alighted, and, on approaching the spot,
foUnd-it to be the body of a mao -apparently lifeless.:
Prompted by humanity alone, and without any Other
assistance than that of the ignorant Boors around"
him, to whom he was no otherwise known than
that his uniform' indicated an-Officer of Rank, he
had him conveyed to, - and' laid on the side, of the
bank ; and , immediately proceeded. with. his own
hands to assist in taking off the wet clothes of the
apparent corpse, and:to rub his teinples, wrists, &c.
which his Imperial Majesty continued fora consider-
able time, using every other means, though destitute
of medical assistance, that appeared the moment
most likely to restore animation---but all ,without
effeet.

"In the midst of this occupation, the Emperor was ,
joined by the Gentlemen of his suite, .among whom
Were Prince Wor..xousKY; and Count LIEWEN, two
Russian Noblemen, and Dr. WEiti.Y, his Majesty's
head surgeon, An English Gentleman, whose pro-
fessional abilities are so well known; at .least on
the Continent, that they nckd no comment, and
Who always travels with, and indeed. never quits,
his Majesty. -Their exertions were immediately.
added to those of the Emperor ; , and; on the
DoClor's attempting to. bleed the patient, his Ma-
jesty held and rubbed his arm, and gave every other
assistance in his power. However, that kind all other
means they could devise, proved equally ineffeelual ;
so much so, that, after 'above three hours' fruitless
attempts to recover him, theDoCtor declared, to the
extreme chagrin of the Emperor -(who was by this
time become extremely anxious about opinion.
to be, that life was quite gone, and that it was use-
less to proceed any further:
" Fatigued as he was with such continued exer-
tion, the Emperor could not however -rest --satisfied
Without entreating WEILLY to persevere, and to
make a fresh attempt to bleed hiM. The DoEtor,•
although (as he has declared tome himself, and
from whose own mouth I have these particulars)
he had not the slightest hope of being more success-
ful in this attempt than in fo-rmer ones, proceeded,
nevertheless, to obey the positive injun&ions of his
Imperial Majesty, when the whole party makthg
the last effort in rubbing, &c. the Emperor had at
length the inexpressible satisfaEtion of seeing the
blood make its appearaface, accompanied by a slight
groan. ,
-

" The•emotions of his Imperial Majesty on this
occasion, the Doctor informed me, are not to be de-
kribed ; and, in the 'plenitude of his joy, he ex-
claimed in French, " Good God! this is the trightest
day of my life-;" and the tears; which instantaneously
sprang into hiS eyes, indicated that. these words came
from his heart. _ .

" It is useless to say, my Dear. Sir, that their ex-
ertions were, • as
.you, may suppose, redoubled; and.
finally crowned with complete success; but 1 must
not forget to add (as, in justice.to his Interial Ma-
jesty, no trait, however trifling, ought to be omitted,
which refleas such.honour on his feelings as a man),
that, on Dr.•WEILLY'S looking about for something'
to stop the blOod with, and tie up his arm,-the Em-
peror, without.aby'hesitation, instantly
.took out his
handkerchief, tore it in pieces,: and with his own-
hands bound Cie poor fellow's arm with it (Whose
gratitude and astonishment, Nvhen informed to whom
he was indebted for his life, you may easily conceive),
and remained with him till he saw him quite recor
vered, ,and conveyed to a place where,proper care
would be taken.of him ; besides ordering him a-con-
siderable present 'of money, and having since other-
wise provided for him and his family.
" The accompanying snuff-box, on 'which this
interesting event is faithfully, though roughly deli-.
neared (the poor inhabitants of that. part of Poland
being no great artists), was sketched at a neighbour-
ing town, for the purpose of commemorating his
restoration ; and iris one of four, presented, on the
occasion, to the principal aer-Ors in it, namely, His
imperial Majesty,. and the three Gentlemen above'
mentioned, who are, though. not very correaly,- it
is true, represented on/it.
- -

Knowing my attachment to eery thing in the
leak connected with that truly _amiable and good
Prince, or his aaions, LLY was kind enough,
at my; request, to regent me with it ; and although
I would not part with it on any other account, I
think it cannot be bette: disposed of, than by taking
the liberty of offering it to.you,Sii„,to the end•that

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