The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-08 00:00:00

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.

The marriage of Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P., brother
of the Marquis of Abercorn, to Miss Proby, daughter
of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Granville Leveson Proby,
presumptive heir to Lord Carysford, took place yester-
day at Lambeth. His Grace the Archbishop of Canter-
bury performed the ceremony. The attendance of family
connexions was numerous. Among those present were,
the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, the Earl of
Aberdeen, Lord Haddo, Captain the Hon. W. Gordon,
R.N., Captain the Hon. Alexander Gordon, the Hon.
Arthur Gordon, Lady Alicia Gordon, the Duchoss of
Buecleuch, the Countess of Haddington, Captain A. B.
Hamilton, R.N. (brother-in-law of the noble bride-
groom), the Earl and Countess of Wicklow, Sir Ralph
and Lady Howard, Lady Fox, the Marquis of Douglas,
Captain Humphreys, &c.
Lady Harriet Hamilton, sister of Lord Hamilton and
daughter of the Marquis of Abercorn, was one of the
bridesmaids.

After the ceremony the Noble Lord and his fair bride
entered Sir Ralph Howard's carriage, and proceeded to
the Hon. Baronet's residence, No. 17, Belgrave-square,
where a splendid entertainment was given to a large and
distinguished party.
The bride and bridegroom afterwards left town for
the Priory, Stanmore, the seat of the Marquis of Aber-
corn, there to spend the honey-moon.

LYCEUM.—On the performance of Aladdin for the
second time on Tuesday, a few lines were introduced, refer-
ring to the birth of the infant Prince that morning. The
enthusiasm of the audience was awakened to such a degree,
that the National Anthem was immediately demanded, and
was played by the orchestra. At the Surrey Theatre also
"God save the Queen" was sung ; 'an additional verse, com-
posed on the occasion by a member of the company, being re-
ceived with immense applause.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVE R.—YeStE rdaymorn-
ing, between two and three o'clock, as a number of fishing-
smacks, laden with oysters, were coming up the river, when
off Bow-creek, owing to some mismanagement on the part
of the crew, one of the vessels, named the Mary Ann, of
Barking, ran foul of another, and in attempting to remedy
the mishap, the rope attached to a heavy block, used for the
purpose of hoisting the mainsail of the Mary Ann, gave way,
and the block falling on the head of one of the crew, named
Edwin Stevenson, who was at the time standing on the side
of the vessel, struck him with such force as to knock him
overboard, and before any assistance could be rendered, the
poor fellow was drowned. So sudden was the accident, that
it was almost impossible to have saved deceased, as, after
being knocked overboard, he sunk, and did not again rise to
the surface of the water, although a good swimmer. The
body has not yet been found. Deceased was, we are in-
formed, a sober and industrious man of his class, and has, we
are sorry to find, left a wife and two infant children to mourn
his loss.

-THE
BODMIN MURDER.--.-BODMIN, TUESDAY.—
Matthew Weeks, who was convicted here on Friday last of
the wilful murder of Charlotte Dimond, has since his convic-
tion made a full confession of his guilt. He declares that it
was not a premeditated act, but that when on the moors she
stated to him that she was fonder of Prout than of him, and
he then says that upon her telling him this he was seized
with a sudden impulse that he would never allow her to have
any 'other than himself, and he then cut her throat. He ac-
knowledges the justice of his sentence, and conducts himself
in a very becoming manner. He is to suffer on Monday next.
POLYGAMY.--I'. Tyrrell, comedian, was brought
up at the Cork police-office on the charge of bigamy,
when two wives appeared—Ellen Callaghan, since mar-
ried to another man; Maryanne Barrett, actress, whom
he married in Cheltenham ; but a third wife, Sarah
Clayton, since married also, did not appear. Miss
Cowell, an actress to whom he was on the eve of mar-
riage, attended, and the prisoner is to be tried at the
present assizes.
THE FIRE AT MANCHESTER.—Yesterday afternoon
an inquest was held before Mr. Chapman, on the body of
John Irving, the unfortunate man who was killed at the
calamitous fire at the Irwell-buildings, Blackfriars. The
deceased was a joiner, and lived in Grove-street, St. John's.
He was sixty-one years of age. The only witness examined
was Thomas Jones, a fireman, from whose evidence it ap-
peared that about ten minutes past six o'clock that morn-
ing, as he was directing the water from the Thames engine
upon the ruins of that part of Messrs. Charlton's premises
adjoining the parsonage, the deceased and a man named
Thomas Jackson came up, and the deceased said, " Where's
George ?" They were both in liquor, but Jackson appeared
to be the most intoxicated of the two. Shortly after the
deceased and Jackson had spoken to witness, he observed the
deceased looking through a door, and Jackson through a
window behind Messrs. Charlton's premises, when suddenly a
"cat-head," which was fixed above the window, in the top
story, and, a large portion of the outer wall fell ; and the
cat-head and portions of the wall fell upon them. Witness
and John Higginbottom, another fireman, ran immediately
to the spot,- when they found the deceased lying upon his
face, with his skull severely fractured, and other wounds
and bruises about his head and face. He was quite life-
less. The deceased's hat was quite crushed to pieces,
and there was blood beneath his head. Mr. Rose had
given notice to the firemen, before the portion of the wall
fell, that it was in an unsafe state ; and parties had been
frequently warned to keep from under. A verdict of " Acci-
dental death" was returned. The deceased has left a widow.
—Manchester Guardian.

ACCIDENT AT BLACKFRIARS•BRIDGE.—Yesterday,
about half-past three o'clock, a boy, named James Mitchell,
the son of Mr. Mitchell, compositor, at Mr. Bradbury's print-
ing-office, was playing at Blackfriars-bridge-stairs, and by
some means or the other he fell over into the water ; but
some kind gentleman, name unknown, jumped in after him,
and kept him up till some waterman put off a boat and
brought him ashore to the Glaziers' Arms, Water-street, near
Apothecaries' Hall. He, however, is not expected to live.
STATUE OF PRINCE ALBERT.7--A.marble statue of
Prince Albert, executed by the celebrated sculptor, Wolff,
was landed at the St. Katharine's Dock yesterday afternoon,
out of the ship Mary Ridgway, from Leghorn ; and his
Royal Highness's agent having requested the Board of Cus-
toms to permit the case containing the statue to be delivered
to the Prince without being previously opened and examined
by their officers at the docks, it will be forwarded to Windsor
Castle for examination.

POACHERS' OUTRAGE AT THE MOUTH OF THE
TWEED.—Saturday and Sunday nights are the peculiar sea-
sons for depredations on the fisheries. On Sunday last the
bailiff seized no fewer than 13 illicit nets. The bailiff's boat
was found, in consequence, to have been staved in, and sent
adrift. It was picked up four miles off at sea. There is no
doubt the act is one of poachers' revenge.