The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-04 00:00:00

'roe excitement at Lloyd's has been exceedingly great.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—OII
Saturday night, at a late hour, a fireman named Macneill,
belonging to the Duke of Wellington steam-ship, lying cff
Irongate-stairs, Tower, went down to that place and hailed
a waterman to row him off to the ship ; but as he was in. •
toxicated, and had no money to pay the fare, the only wa-
termaa at the plying-pl:ce refused to convey him to the
vessel, on which oe exclaimed, " Then, you, . I'll
swim cif," and plunged into the river. He was a good
swimmer, and floated on his back some distance towards
the inside steamer of the tier, when, mistaking the set of
the tide, he was drawn towards the stern of a steamer. He
discovered his mistake, but too late to save himself, and
white he was shouting, " Huzza, here goes," he was drawn
under the tier and disappeared. The crew of a Thames
police galley were immediately called to and threw out the
drags ; but after remaining about the spot for three hours
they desisted from searching further, and the body has not
yet been found. The deceased had often swam off to hit
vessel, and was a very daring fellow.
SCARCITY OF COMMON SENSE.—At a meet-
ing at Manchester lately, Mr. J. R. Richardson related
the following anecdote of the Castlereagh and srdmotch
times :—An order came down to Bolton to the hig.l,„c.o.r.ic
stable there to search all the houses in Great and Little
Bolton, in order to ace whether there were any
_,lo.lcs,
be.
works secreted in any of the drawers, chiTntroy
bring the
commonly went
neath the floors, or anywhere else, and
The high con_
stable coaflletdhemthebedfoerpeutAylrc.on9otagbb:aeorrivy.he
the high constable,
by the name of Jens.
"and gee whether thee Can
thee" jte°7vn,Resson, Reets o' Mon, or
go round
Jem set out and searehed all
Well, Jem, what success?
floi itnhcrioni7no' Paine's
Common Sense."
‘i%tele Bolton. Ile then came back to
11,
through Great and
ve done as you ordered, and we've
" Why," said
the'foind ony common sense or reefs o' aloe
not been
able to
Times.
dischargelnsove said,nt Dofebpteorrs3oCnsoucrotnofinneTdufe:ndasymai ys
onyx, here."
the high constable,,wl:hcor,
THE LAW ,--Amongst RIGOUR OF mongst the cases
the
ee
debts, were the following :—Eleanor Timms, a decent.
looking young woman, was the next applicant for her li-
bsration from the same prison. The poor insolvent only
had one creditor in her schedule, who was an undertaker,
and to whom she owed a balance of 5/. 4s. for the funeral
the
ebtsyf ofroer
of her mother. An attorney had been employed to sue her,
and the
debt, with the costs, amounted to 11/. 95,, fur
which she had been confined since the 11th of September
last. She had been a housemaid, and her wages had
been 91. a year, but she had been out of a situation some
time. Her insolvency was ascribed to the proceedings of
the creditor, The Court ordered her to be discharged.
Sarah Ann Brown next appeared on her application to be
released. The insolvent,a dress maker, had ten smell
debts, which amounted to 391. 103. 31, and she bad been
confined in Whiteeross-street Prison since the 29th of
August last. Her insolvency was attributed to the ssme
source as the preceding cases. She was ordered to be dis-
charged.
APPOINTMENT OF A MILITARY KNIGHT
Fan. appoiatment
OF WINDSOR. Wiaosort,
lately rendered vacant by the decease of Ca pt Holmes,
late of the 13th Dragoons, has just been conferred by her
Majesty upon Quarter-Master Johnson, late of the 48th
rmerly in the 5
Foot, andorth,in which
latter regiment
he had served upwards of 30 years.
REIGATE ELECTION.—The nomination of a
burgess to serve in the present Parliament, in the room
of Lord Somers, took place yesterday, at the Town Hall,
Reigate. The usual formalities having been gone through,
Mr. Dixon proposed Lord Eastnor as a candidate; and
Mr. Price seconded the nomination. Mr. Piper pro..
posed Dr. James Bedford; but, as no one seconded tho
ruction, the High Bailiff declared Lord Eistaor duly
elected, and the proceedings terminated.