The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-04 00:00:00

A LEAP FOR LIFE.

As the supervisor of inland revenue at Aberyst
with, Mr. J. Miller, his nephew, and two professional
-..Tentlemen, geologists, were last week examining some
strata of rock in the cliffs between Aberystwith
.mod Llanrhystid, they proceeded along a narrow ledge
of projecting stone on the face of the cliff, about 120
-eet above the level of the sea, which providentially
happened to be at full flow. In passing round a
projecting angle, " which for ages has frowned on
All below," the professors an i the revenue
dicer had rounded the point, and the young man
was in the act of doing so, when the rock suddenly
breaking from under his feet he was whirled round
i,h his face towards the sea, and as he descended
he seized with one hand the ledge beneath
his uncle's feet, whilst he extended the other
hand to him, and it was firmly clasped by the revenue
officer, who held him suspended for full five minutes,
during which time he with great difficulty main-
tained his position, there not being more than six
inches to stand upon. At length a breathless pause
ensued, whilst Mr. Miller gazed on a rugged projec-
tion of rock about 90 feet below them, and on which
he concluded the unfortunate youth was inevitably
doomed to be dashed. But the uncle (who calls him
self "an awful coward") at length said, with all the
calmness imaginable " Tom, there is but one way for
it ; I'll save you, or we will both perish together,"
and, with a firm voice, he commanded the young man
to loose his hold of the rock, which was mechanically
obeyed, with a faint reply, " Yes, uncle." At this
awful moment Mr. Miller horizontally sprang into
the air, carrying the young man with him ; and such
was the force with which he leaped, that the check
caused them to perform several summersets over each
other as they descended linked together. With the
rapidity of a flash of lightning they disappeared be
neath the foaming billows, having cleared the craggy
ledge, which projected more than six feet from the
perpendicular of the point orer which the youth was
suspended. To the delight of their companions, who
were momentarily horror-struck, they rose about
twenty yards Apart, buffeting the heavy swells of the
flowing and returning waves ; at length they struck
out for a rock that lay about seventy yards in the sea,
on which they were shortly seated, and from which
they gave three hearty cheers. Their companions
attempted to procure their rescue by obtaining a boat,
but owing to the breach in the ledge, found it impoa-
bible, and had to proceed onwards for more than three
hours before they were able to extricate themselves.
to their delight, the geologists then found that their
brave and dauntless companions had once more com-
mitted themselves to the deep, had swum to an acces-
sible part of the cliff; and returned to Llanrhystid,
where, with the exception of the loss of hats, the
officer's boots (which he had taken off in first start-
ing on the ledge), and a few slight cuts and bruises,
they appeared not a whit the worse from their perilous
adventure.— Welshman.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Her Majesty the
Queen Dowager's box was on Thursday evening occupied
by his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Wei-
mar, the Viscount Dunkellen, the Hon. William Ashley
and Mrs. Ashley, Colonel and Mrs. Cornwall and party.
Amongst the visitors were—The Duke and Duchess of
Cleveland and Lady Augusta Paulet, the Duke of Leeds,
the Marquis of Sligo and the Ladies Browne, the Mar-
quis of Donegal, the Prince of Canino, the Earl of Es-
sex, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of Belfast, the Earl
of Shelburne, the Countess Dowager of Essex and Miss
Johnstone, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, his
Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van der
Weyer, his Excellency the Neapolitan Ambassador, his
Excellency the Minister of the Argentine Republic, his
Excellency the Brazilian Minister and Madame la
Nlarquese de Lisboa, the Charge d'Affaires of France,
Mdlle. Olga de Lechner, the Viscluntess Dungannon
and the Hon. Miss Irving, M. De Berg, the Earl Pow-
lett, Lady Mary Bentinck, Lady Seymour, Lady Hubert
de Burgh, Lord Brougham, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord
William Gordon Lennox, Lord George Paget, Lord and
Lady James Stuart, General the Hon. H. Cavendish,
Lady G. Vane, the Hon Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Ward,
Lieutenaat. General Sir Alexander Woodford, Bart., and
Lady, and the Misses Woodford : Sir Thomas Barrett.
Lennard, Bart., M.P., and Lady Barrett Lennard, Sir
Ralph Howard, Bart., M.P., Lady, and Miss Howard,
General Sir Frederick Trench, Bart., M.P., Sir Henry
Meux, Bart., and Lady Meux, Lady Beaumont and Miss
Stapleton, Lady C. Ellerton, Lady Gordon, Lady Lis-
ford, Count and Countess du Miremont, Chevalier
Drouet, Lady Jervis, Mrs. Fraser, Mrs. Standish and
Miss Standish, Mr. Lance, Mr. C. Barry Baldwin, M.P..
Mrs. Fitzroy Somerset and Miss Somerset, Mr. Forde,
Colonel L. Harvey and Miss Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. C.
J. Palmer, Mrs. Attwood, Mr. A. Montgomery. Colonel
Lockyer Freestun, M.P., and Mrs. Lo .kyer Freestun,
Mr. Hubert De Burgh, Mr. H. Broadley, M.P., Mr.
Phillips, Captain Smith, Mr. W. Delafield, Major
Buckley, the Misses Ewing, Mr. It. Viner, Mr. Cutler,
&c. &c.
The streets of Chester have been much modernized
within a few years; they are still, however, full of quaint
old fronts, mostly overhanging and belongingi
Inhed sae. ve e nt
o
the end of the sixteenth and commencement
teenth century. One in Watergate-street is inscribed
1539; another, dated 1652, has this. " God's pro.
vidence is my inheritance; " put up, it ts said, by the
cagier, after escaping the plague. plague. Some of the houses
are very eloberately wired.