The Sun.
London, England, 1822-04-29 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, SATURDAY, APRIL 27.

The Jury were in waiting this morning a considerable period,
in consequence of the Aldrman whose turn it was to preside
not making his appearance. At length Mr. Alderman \Vial'''.
MAN, although labouring under much indisposition, attended
for him.

Thomas Clements, aged 16, was indicted for stealing a silver
watch, &c. the property of Mary Ivory, in the house of Prince
Esterhazy. The prisoner made no defence, and the Jury re-
turned a verdict of Guilty.
Mary Young was indicted for stealing a piece of lawn, the
property of Wm. Haynes. The Jury found a verdict of Guilty.
She was removed from the bar in the arms of the turnkeys.—
The Judge inquired whether any person knew her, when
Mr. Brown, the late Governor, stepped forward, and said that
she had conducted herself in a most exemplary manner.
The Judge observed, that she should be leniently, dealt by, as
it was probably her first offence.
Henry White, a genteel youth, was placed at the bar, charg-
ed with stealing two shirts, the property of Hugh Milner, and
a silver spoon, the property of Urbino Pizetta. At the com-
mencement of the examination, the unfortunate youth fell back-
wards with considerable violence, and animation was for some,
time suspended. Every efibrt was used to restore him, but
in vain, and he was carried out of Court in a state of in-
sensibility.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.--On Wednesday
last, between. the hours of one and two o'clock, the following
young gentlemen of Preston were drowned in the river Ribble,
viz. Master Charles and Master George Grimshaw, sons to N.
Grimshaw, Esq. Mayor of the Borough ; Master Henry Hul-
ton, son to Henry Hulton, Esq. county treasurer ; and Master
Joseph Kay, son of N 1 r. Kay, the proprietor of Knox Folly Cot-
ton Mills. These young men were plying their little boat on
the river Ribble, near Penwortham-bridge, when, having
thrown out their ballast and hoisted their sail, the boat being
light, and the sail top heavy, a sudden gust of wind came and
upset the vessel. Immediately afterwards, they were seen, at
the surface of the water, making all possible exertions to
regain land, but all was ineffectual : they clung to each other :
their shrieks were heard by two or three persons, but they
were heard in vain. At last, exhausted by exertion in striv-
ing to overcome the force of the current, (there being what is
termed a fresh, the water running very high) they sunk to
rise no more ; the vital spark was extinguished, and they are gone
to that " bourne from whence no traveller returns !" As soon
as the melancholy event was known in the town, it excited the
greatest sensation through all classes of society : the people
were seen running in every direction, and hurrying down
Fishergate towards the water-side. The number of specta- I
tors amounted to many thousands at intervals, who stood in silent
anguish. Boats werefilled with men, endeavouring, by every pos-
sible means, to find the lifeless bodies, 3 of which were discovered
during the course of the afternoon. The other was found on
Thursday morning. The evening preceding the fatal day,
they and their associates had been rejoicing in their boats on
the Ribble, accompanied by the Lancashire band of music,
playing delightful airs, which had a pretty effect, whilst
thousands of spectators were assembled to witness the novel
spectacle, given in honour of liis. Majesty's birth day. They
', were full of life and merriment on that day—and on the next
were consigned to the cold arms of death.