The Sun.
London, England, 1827-11-19 00:00:00

LOO BRIDGE.

Since the investigation that took place on Saturday
night, before Mr. Halls, the Magistrate of Bow-street, re-
spectinc, the death of the unfortunate woman that was
drowned in the Thames off Waterloo Bridge the preceding
morning under very suspicious circumstances, Alderson
of Bow-street, and ,Edwards the parochical.officer of Saint
Mary-le-Strand, have been unremitting in their
'exertions
to discover the gentleman, against whom some degree of
suspicion teas attached, in consequence of the address he
gave at the time of the dreadful affair, (Mr. Clayton, No.
11, Upper Spring-street, Port Man-square,), having been
ascertained to be false. The officers were out till near two
o'clock this morning in search for him, as from
some private information Alderson had received, that he
sided over on the Surrey side of the Bridge; however, they
returned to' their homes unsuccessful. About half-past
eleven o'clock this morning, Gardner, one of the officers of
the establishment, was sitting in the, parldur, reading the
account of the investigation in one of the morning papers,
when a young man, very genteelly attired in a fishionahle
brown great coat, enter ed the rnom, and, addressing Gard=
ner, asked if Mr. Alderson, the officer, was there ? Gard-
ner held up his head, and at once suspected the appliernt
to be the very individual suspected to be implicated in
the late affair. Gardner said. " AldersOn is not here, Sir,
but I suppose Edwards will do as well." The gentleman
answered, "Yes:". to which Gardner replied, " I believe
you are the person for whom they have been looking, re.,
specting the business on Waterloo Bridge?" The appli.;
cant admitted he was ; that he had just read in the news..
papers the
.acconnt of the investigation,
.and he had there
fore con* on purpose to. surrender hiinself, in order that
the unpleasant affair should be properly explained. (lards.
ner told him to take a seat,- and in a few minutes after
Alderson came in, and the individual surrendered hithself
into his custody.
The account he gives of the transaction is as follows
He says that the -young woman had cohabited with-him as
his wife for the last seven years, and greater put oP that
time she had obtained her living in the streets ; that her
real name was Mary.AnnWitson, but she frequently- went
by the name Of Clay.tsn, in whiCh name they took lodgingS
at NO: 2; John-street; Waterloo-road. His ownnaine,
he says is Henry Lawrence, and carries on busineas as a
chemist and druggist, at No. 27, Grafton-street, Soho.=-:
On the night of the unfortunate affair he went home to
John-street, And not finding her at home, he went to look
for her towards Piccadilly, and met her at the •toli
of the Haymarket. - She then appeared very , low
in spirits, and complained of not having bad anA•
Money.' He laid hold of her arm, and they walked
together toWards hoMe ; and, on. getting on to Waterloo--
bridge, she stopped at the first entry, and requested him to
go on, as she wanted to stop He refused, and said she had
better hasten bonny; this, howeVer, she refused to do, and
declared, unless he went home, she would not speak tir
again. He persistedtin stopping, and returned again to 'the
toll-gate, and told the collector that he feared she intended
to [drown, herself; and. then returned to her. She had
now .entered the second arch, and just as he got
up, be saw her standing on the balustrades, and
before he could get to her, she jumped off into the river.
He railed out " Watch, watch !',' and Lawrence, the watch.:
man, came up with Carlo the 'collector. He saw her,
floating on the surface of the water. three or four minutes,
and she then sunk. - He called out for a boat as' loud as he
was able, but none put off to her aid. He declared most
solemnly that the cry of murder, as reported, was never
raised either by him or her ; -and that he is not at all
plicated in her death. He. says that .once before. she
tempted to, drown herself. He-. was to be eXamined at
Bow.street.at twa o'clock. •

. •
General the Duke of
.GORDON, G:C.B. will,
it is understood, be appointed, Governor of •EdinJNugh
castle, .vice Gmeral Sir B. ABERCROMBY, deceased.—
Scotsman. •

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ELECTION OF TIIE. LORD RECTOR.—On
Thorday the election of the Lord Rector for this Uni-
versity took place, when Tilos. CAMPBELL, Esq., author
of the " Pleasures of Hope," who last year was chosen to
this high honour, was again elected by the unanimous votes
of -the whole: four . Nations. • It ,having been previously
agreed on by the studolti to pay their personal respects to
Mr. Camnaw.; The-event of his election, they all,. after
this announcement, drew up in rank before the College,
and proceeded from thence in procession to the house of Mr.-
GRAY Claremont-place, Clyde-street, where MV.' CAMP-
'Pat has for some time been a resident, and there formed
themselves in order in front of the house. A:student was
then deputed to wait upon the Lord Rector with the news
of his re,election; shortly after which Mr. CA M KOMI, ap-
peared at the dtaWing-rootu .window,, evidently under the
influence of considerable. emotion. He was hailed with
hearty cheering, upon the cessation of which he briefly
addressed his enthusiastic audience.—His inauguation
took place yesterday.— Gt*ozi, Free Press.
RENTS.—The lairds are 'complaining that
they have got their rents badlipaid at.this term. Several
proprietors in the Old Town, who expected from 290/. to
250/., have been put off with front 301. to 501., and they
find themselves no worse off than their neighbours.
Scotsman.

BACKGAMMON ' BOARDS.—We frequently,
find backgammon boards with backs lettered, as if they.
were two folio volmnes. The origin of it ivas thiS; ENDES,
Bishop of Sully, forbade his clergy to play at chest. As
they were resolved' not to obey the commandment, and yet
dared not have' a chess-board seen in their houses or
cloisters, they had them bonnd and lettered as hooks, and
played at night, before they went to bed, inst2ad of reading
the New Testament, or the lives of the Saints; and the
monks called the draft or chess-board their wooden gospels.
They also had thinking vessels bound to resemble the bre-
viary, and were found,driniing when it wavnApposed they
were at prayers.r-Scotsman.