The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-28 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.

( From the Second Edition of the Liverpool Courier of yesterday. )
We exceedingly regret to announce, that a most lamentable
occurrence took place this morning on our river, by which
three young gentlemen. of great promise and high respecta-
bility, have lost their lives. It appears that a party of five
individuals, having breakfasted at the mansion of Mr. Moss, at
Otterspool, embarked in a rowing gfg, for the purpose of re-
creating themselves on the river. The party consi.ted of Me.
James Ramsey, Mr. Arthur Littledale, Mr. Royds, Mr. Taun-
ton, and Mr. Crewe. Tneir object at setting out was to pro-
ceed to Monk's Ferry, but it appeared they first rowed up the
river, and then pulled across. The boat was one which had
been frequently used by parties of young gentlemen, who were
in the habit of rowing on the river. The party had arrived cif
the Lazarettes, and were laughing, and in great glee, at the
slight commotion which rocked the gig. Suddenly, by some
means, which the survivors are unable to explain, the boat got
between two waves, and was immediately split up through the
middle.

The unfortunate gentlemen all clung to her, but she rolled
over several times so as to shake them off. Two of them,
however, succeeded in regaining their hold and clinging
fast, one to the bows and the other to the stern. The other
three, who were endeavouring to grasp the boat amidships,
could not make good their hold, and, after several fruitless
efforts, they were overwhelmed by the water and sunk.
Some parties on board the Redbreast, Lazarette, saw the
accident, and put off to the assistance of the other two, who
were taken up and carried to New Ferry, where they were
promptly attended by a medical gentleman, and, we are
happy to state, are doing well. The survivors are Mr. Taun-
ton and Mr. Crewe. The three unfortunate young gentlemen
who have lost their lives aro Mr. A. Littledale, Mr. Reyds, and
Mr. James Ramsey.

PROTEST AGAINST THE THIRD
REA DING of the NEW CORN-BILL.
Dissentient—Because the new Corn- Bill, although it was
allowed by the Minister who proposed it to "cause a very con-
siderable decrease of the protection' which the present duties
afford to the home grower," is not accompanied, as in justice it
ought to have been, by the following measures, viz.:-
1.
The repeal of all the taxes which fall directly upon land—
the land tax, the malt tax, and-the hop duty.
2. The equaLsation of all the rates of which the occupiers
of land bear at pesent an undue and unfair proportion, poor-
rates, highway-rates, and county-rates.
3. The repeal of the Tithe Commutation Act, which can no
longer be just or applicable.
4. A legisative enactment, authorising all persons who hold
leases to surreaer them on giving six months' notice before
Lady-uay or Michaelmas.

b. A legi,lative enactment, directing the payment made
under every %i rittcn contract to be reduced according to the
pi °portion %hid' the average prices of wheat, under the new
Corn-bill, may at the time of making such payment bear to its
average price at the time that such contract was formed,
so that such payment may be of the same value as was ori-
ginally intended and agreed to by the parties.

STANIIOPE.

TIKE MINING DISTRICTS.

BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY EVENING.--The town of
Dudley is yet free from any marked violence, but I rather fear
there are some grounds for supposing that things will not end
without some unpleasant disturbance. The Magistrates are
apprehensive, and have taken every precaution to keep the
peace. Lord Clive has arrived, and is in constant consulta-
tion with the Magistrates. This morning, about two o'clock,
one hundred yeomanry marched into the town, and soon after
two pieces of artillery arrived, so that it would seem that the
authorities had some cause for alarm. Nearly a troop of the
Enniskiden Dragoons are also stationed in the town, and the
rest of the two troops are quartered in the neighbourhood of Lye
Waste, Stourbridge, Hales Owen, and other places. All as yet,
in these parts are quiet, but if the men caLnot be prevailed
upon to go to work, how long it will remain so is uncertain.
It is a fact that the colliers are expected to turn out on Mon-
day next, and they are a powerful body. A reduction of their
wages is said to be the cause; indeed, the whole district is, as
I before wrote you, in the utmost distress, and there is no tin-
mediate prospect of relief. lam sorry to know that one man,
named George Gill, was soverely wounded on Mcnday evening,
in Dudley, his nose being nearly cut off by a sabre wound.
A public meeting was called to-day of the Chartists, when
they wore addressed by Mr. Cooke, of Dudley, and Mr. Candy,
from Yorkshire, on the necessity of union, and the advantages
that would result from the People's Charter. All passed off
quietly, but there does exist very great excitement in the
town. Lord Littleton, Lord Lieutenant of the county, is also
on the spot.