The Sun.
London, England, 1815-08-29 00:00:00

Al itLANC WAX- A til DEN't ,

On Sunday aftentoon a most afflicting at eitl6iit
happened to one of a party of Gentlemen Who
were returning to London, after a sail down the
river Thames. James P. Miool, Esq. a planter;
of the Island of Tobago, and of No. b,. Rocking-
ham-row', Kent-road, was of the patty. buring
the sail, ho was 'perpetually expressing lrisdetcr—
mination to have a bathe ; and when near Wool-
wich; in particular, he persevered, .and began to
pull off his clothes for the purpOse. The tide
.and
wind being; very strong, his friends, with 'much
difficulty, succeededin persuading hint to abandon
his intention tor some time, hut the invisible band
of ProVidenee eented to hurry on his fate.. Two
or thtee hinirs afterwards, when about two miles
above Woolwich, and after having complained
bitterly of the disappointment to which he had
been subjected; he expressed his fixed resolution
of then bathing. Entreaties to give up the idea
were useless; indeed, they possibly only served
to strengthen it, for being a known excellent
swimmer, *and of a high spirit, he despised fear,
and derided caution : he'further prided himself on
being able to dive deep, and (keep under water a
considerable time k and after plunging into the
river, he
,did not re-appear for several seconds.
This imprudent effort must have exhausted him a
,good deal, and when he did rise again, it was at
an astonishing and an alarming distance front the
vessel : he called for the boat loudly, with a
countenance evidently-filled with alarm. it had
previously hove-to, and it came up near hint
almOst immediately, 'but he would neither catch
at a rope, nor lay hold of an ow,r—unhappily
relying too nobly On his skill in swimming.
The ithpetuosity -of the tide and wind
_at
this point of the river, however, was suck as to
drive him rapidly to a great distance from the
lima, in spite of every exertion, and,his own in-,
creasing alarm impelling him to contend strongly
against both, it thus contributed to his speedy
exhaustion. An oar was then pushed off to him,
buy he had not power to rest on it. In the agony,
of his struggles wbichdie was making, he called
out to a friend in the boat (Mr. D. Campbell; also
of Tobago, both having come to England toge-
ther)--7" My friend, rm drown'd—Campbell;
drown'd !;—Oh !my mother Another boat
came to his assistance, but when within a few,
yards of him, it& 0, milk,/ disappea-eed ! Every suc-
ceeding effort to render assist:ince or find the body
proved unavailing, nor has it yet been found. He
was only twenty years of age, and possessed much
too ardent a temper. What increases the affliction
attending to melancholy an event is,, that he was
the only and nmchAoved son of a widow Lady
now residing in Tobago, who gave strict charge
of hint to Mr. Campbell. It may not -be uninte-
resting to add', Unit previously to going into the
water, while undressing, he took a vailtable gold
watch from his pocket and gave it to Mr. Uther,
friend who sat near him, savin;;, " Titere, take
care of my watch, it will he no bad legacy for yoti!"
Between the hours of one and two an Saturday,
as some of the apprentices of Mr. Valpy,. printer,
Took's-court, Chancery-lane, were hathiug in
the Thames, near Soinerset-house,. one of them,
lames Jervis,. a lad of 17 tears, having veuttlred
imprudently out of his depth, immediately sunk .;
Villiarn Magarth a fellow-apprentice, instantly
swain to his assistance, and imide an attempt, to
a„.,,taa hy 'ha I, ,ir tsr laic 1,0,ad ; lot the. tiiifor-
tunate Jervis clinging fast to hint, both sunk and
disappeared for the space_ of two minutes. At
length Magarth succeeded, after Very great exer-
tions, in extricating Himself front his petilous si-
tuation, and' appeared on the surface of th'e water
almost exhausted, When it waterman rowed to the
spot; and rescued him, in all probability, from
partaking of a watery grave with his ctnupanion
Jervis. Drags amt acts were immeaiately• pro-
cured; but after diligent. search the body was not
then, nor has, it since been found , Great praise.
is due to the anxiety and exertions of Magrath,
tit It is hittoane attempt to. save a fellow-creature
from a prematigre and afflicting death, haring him-
self only attained his 15t11 year.

HoRRID AtuRDEa AT PfAnxF.T. —On .Friday
eight, as an Irish labourer and his wile; who had
been sonn:, time at, harvest-work at Borchaiit
Wood„ Barnet, were going to their. lodgings, a
dispute arose between them, relative to the dis-
'posal of fifty shillings, which he had just received,
and which terminated in the murder of the yeti-
man in a •most dreadful ,manner.. The liusband
went to . the hedge in'a deliberate manner, and
chose a stake, and with it, he,as deliberately laid
upcio her head fdr nearly- five minutes, until he
sgpposed he, lia,d accomplished his horrid design of
killing her, when he went to his residence. A
bricklayer, at some distance, who was also: On
his road, home, had seen the dreadful event, but
feared to go near while the labourer was there,
immediately went to the: poor woman,:and finding
Lei• not quite dead, succeeded in conveying her to
the Bell, Barnett Gate, where she
:lingered for
two hours, and then expired in the• most excru-
ciating pain. The murderer was immediately taken
into custody, and Committed on Saturday to Hert-
ford Gaol for 1 iaal. A Coroner's: Inquest returneA
a Verdict of iii?fai against him yesterday.
Ftttr•..---Yestort►,ay morning, the neighbourhood
-of Castle-street, Westminster, was thrown' into
great confusion by a fire which broke out with
"much fury at Mr. EowEN's, No. 7, in that street,
and which threatened the most 'allruting conse-
quences in thee-destruction of Et.toT's brewhouse,
&c. By the timely arrival of engines, and the ati...
timishing efforts of the firemen and the brewer's
men, the brew-house was preserve ; and the
flames subdued after the destruction of that one
house and sonic injury to others. No lives were
lost, but a child was :rescued by a most cou
rageous exertion. . The tire broke out in the first
floor of 'No. 7,- the female having just prepared-
her husband's breakfast; but she went out on some
errand, locking the door and leaving a.child in
bed. When the house was in flames, and when
destruction sunned to stare SO bold an adventurer
in the face, a fireman made his, way to the room,
and escaped unhurt with the child on his slinuldec
The story 'of A boy being killed while-attempt-
ing to esicA fruit near COweaddeus, copied froth
the Scotch 'papers; turns out to be rta entire
lie-
tidn. The repoxehad been current for some days,
and is supposed to have beets raised to disquiet
the gardener, .