Star.
London, England, 1817-06-10 00:00:00

ifELANCHOLr ACCIDENT.

(FURTHER PARTICULARS.)
The names of the young men who were unfortu
nately drowned in the Thames, opposite Millbank,
on Sunday afternoon, are, Thomas Randall. No 8,
Orchard-street; John Richards, the son of a trades-
man in the vicinity of Carnaby-market ; Jams Smith,
iesiding in the same vicinity; James Bushell, of
Nu. tt, Rupert street, Piccadilly ; and the female was
servant to Mr. Grantham, of St. Julin.street, Clerk-
enwell, to whom Bushell had been an apprentice.
On Sunday he proposed to her an excursion upon
the water. The other young men were his school-,
fellows, and they all hired a small skiff of Mr. Suf.-
LiVaN, boat-builder, Millbank, to which a sail was
affixed, and they went as far as the Red House at
Battersea, where they stopped for some time, and
were returning home, when, opposite the Spread
Eagle at Millbank, a heavy shower of raio came on
accompanied by thunder and lightning, which ren-
dered the boat unmanageable.
The persons in other pleasure boats heard the fe-
male screaming violently, and she was seen grappling
with one of the men, supposed to be her sweetheart ;
in a few minutes they were all seen to fall into the
water; every assistance was immediately rendered,
but the men all immediately sunk to rise no more.
The female's cloths kept her afloat till assistance ar-
rived, and site was taken in an exhausted state to the'
Spread Eagle public.house. The• assistance of two
gentlemen of the faculty was soon obtained, and
although life was visible for a long time, their exer-
tions proved unavailing. The drags were out since
then till five o'clock yesterday evening, and only the
body cf Sinith was found: The party were all under'
the age of twenty, one of them had been to sea, and is
supposed tohave had a knowledge of the management
of a boat. It is not known whether the accident was
occasioned by unskilful management, by the sail, or
by the confusion created in consequence of the tears
of the female. The whole of the party were lost.
During yesterday the banka of the river, near where
the accident happened, were crowded with spectators.

Tuesday se'nnight, Mr. Webb, coach proprietor,
of Litchfield, lust two valuable horses, worth a
hundred guineas, almost at the same instant—both
being killed by loose stones on the toad. One of the
above horses broke his thigh, by slipping lightly
from the stone ; and what is most remarkable, with-
out tailing.
The following act of swindling was practised on
Saturday se'nnigbt in Cambridge :—Two men, appa.
rently horse-dealers, who had slept the preceding.
.light at the Wrestlers Inn, accosted a farmer lIIIMCO
Harrison, by inquiring after a man Who was known
to Mr. H. and requested hint to go with them into a
' toorn at the Wotylpack, whilst they virile a letter to
that person. One of the' nun then asked Mr. H. to
{lye him change for a RIO note, and, when he had
.ounted nine or ten RI notes, the fellow took then.
ip, 'without giving a £lO note in return, and went
of the room, saying, there was a person passing
:o whom he wished to speaks The other man al.,
tett the room, and Mr. H. aftpr waiting a very shoe
time, went to seek after them, but found they has!
mounted their horses at tits Wrolltirs. and node off.