The Sun.
London, England, 1833-10-26 00:00:00

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By order of the Commissioners,
C. A. SCOVELL, Secretary.
Custom-house, London, Oct. 23, 1833.

John Pye, ancestor of the Pyes of Farringdon,
who died in 1556, and was interred in the parish of
Denchurch, near Kevernel, had the following monumental
inscription:_" Here lyeth the body of John Pye, of
Minde—a travailer in far countreyes his life ended ; he left
behind him Walter, his son, I.eire of Minde ; 106 years he
was truly, and had sons and daughters two and forty."—
Burke's History of the Commoners.

A PLEDGE.—A few evenings since, a fine
male child, aged about five months, was found in one of

the private boxes, in the shop of Mr. Coles, pawnbroker,
Waterloo •road, Lambeth. Mr. Coles, very naturally, re-
fused to take care of such a pledge, and hie unfortunate
infant was handed over to the parish officers, who have
offered a reward for the apprehension of the inhuman
parent.

THE FRENCH ARTIST, GERARD.---At
length the youth who was destined to become the wealthy
livourite of a splendid Court, exhibited his beautiful pic-
ture of "Belisarius carrying his Dying Guide," so well
known by Denoyer'a print. General admiration was likely
to prove his only reward ; for the miserias attendant on
the assignat system, and the total want of commerce, had
rendered money too precious to be bestowed on new-fledged
artists. Honour could not save him from starvation, but
a friend did, and that friend was Isabey. The painter of
miniatures had already secured a position among the more
fortunate candida'ea for pub!ic favour : he inquired of his
disconsolate friend the price of his beautiful performance ;
the reply was, fifty lonia in gold ; the sum was produced
and the bargain completed ; but, a few days after, Isabey
persuaded an amateur to purchase it from him for 100
Louis, and generously carried the extra fifty to the delighted
Gerard. —Lo Studio.

PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE. -- Oa Tuesday
last, the lbtir, our townsman, Captain Halliday, proceeded
down the Troqueer side of the With, as far as the Pow
Burn; and as he wished to cross it, and saw nothing tr,
deter him in the shape of depth, he cast his shoes and
stockings, and entered the stream. From the first his
footing was slippery and insecure, and before he had ad-
vanced many steps he unfortunately sunk, and stuck fast
in the mud. His struggles to escape, so far from bringing
relief, increased the dangers of his situation, and ere long
he was immersed to the middle or more in water and
sludge. It was in vain he strove to extricate himself;
the treacherous bottom held him as a vice holds iron;
and in this dilemma, and with the fear before him of
being buried alive, be called out loudly and repeatedly for
assistance. Fortunately a poacher overheard his cries ;
and on reaching the spot, at once perceived that in grant-
ing the aid craved, he would be perilling his own life,
without in all probability saving Captain Halliday, and
therefore counselled him to remain perfectly quiet until he
procured help from the nearest farm house. Mr. Glover,
the tenant of Kitts, on learning what had happened, im-
mediately summoned his servants, yoked a cart, and pro-
ceeded to the Pow Burn with the utmost promptitude.
By this time the unfortunate sufferer was buried to the
neck, seemed to be sinking fast from cold and terror, and
formed altogether a spectacle featful to look upon. As
not a moment was to be lost, the perscns present formed
a chain of hands and arms, and by trusting to the
strength of those oho occupied the firmest ground, suc-
ceeded in rescuing him in a state of insensibility. Covered
with mud from head to foot, his body was nearly as
and in this piteous plight he was placed in
conveyed to the Fiatts, undressed, put to bed,
atchnoeltdl ca‘alsr•eticele ;
rubbed with warm flannels. Animation and
sensibility gradually returned ; in the meantime an express
was sent for a medical gentleman, who arrived and did
what was necessary, and by dusk, we rejoice to say, the
sufferer was conveyed to his own house, thoroughly cor-
valescent. We trust this circumstance will operate as a
warning; for had assistance been delayed a few minutes
longer, hardly a doubt can exist that Captain Halliday
would have died a very terrible death. The tide, in ten
minutes, would have covered him completely ; and even at
it waQ, his ears were densely filled with sand mud,
Dumfr ies Courier.