SEDUCTION AND SUICIDE.-[F...
The Times, 1824-08-25T00:00:00

* .DUCTION' ANDi SUI61DE.-[Prolrn the New Yorlc Ad- t'erI.iscr, July 26.) -Extract of a letter fioM St. Thomas, June 3.- "Yesterday evening a melancholy circumnstance occurred here. A Danih gctlemn, nmed ardier,received information that hlis wife a bautful oungwomn, o 20years Of agel. had formed ani imprpercoboxio wit a oungEngishinan, or German, of goodl apperane an repectbilty, nd e terefore made ersaingeasients forproeedng o Cpenage, i orerto place the lady in charge *f hr mthe. H wasto ailon.the6th instant, and Lthe lover had ast takib his passage for Puerto Cabello. Everything was settled, fnd nothing remarkable occurred till vesterday evoning, wheni the wieof Ga~rdiner took ad-vantage of his being cocutpied in dressing ut four -o'lock, left-hi house, andI proceeded- to that of' the young inn hihajoined hier huaiband's. On- entering shec lockid. thle door, andl immediately afterwards two shot, were beard. The people of the hiouse f'or'ed open the! docir, and diiscovered the yoDung lady a corpsge an the bed, withi a pistol wound in the lower part of hier face-, and the pistol at a considerable distance, whiilst the young. mail was on the ground, likewise mortally wount(led, having 'discharged hiis pistol thirough his niueth. It iipre-umel Lthat haflrstdestroyed her, and aftft,ivards himi-self, It wouild seem, also, fl-oat the posidion of' the bodlies, that she urged, hiim to the act, as well as fromn the ciretfinsigince of a letter having. been oreviously written by her to hier husband, confessing lier infidtelity, cuimmendin' hiim and diesiring him to marry a womian more worthy of' him, an~ more capable of' rewartring hiis virtues. This is the miore probable, as the young mitrn harl rnanifested no previousti diisquietude, but conversed cheer- fully with sone, frilends in his warehouse, until.vwithin half an houir of the ffital momenit; 'mnore especially as a predetermlination to die OR the part of the woman ix obvious from her letter." MErLANCHOLY AcCIDEV-T.-On Tuesdlay last, Mr.Ross, a rejtectable farmier, residing ait 'Waterfowl, in Braeriar, accom- paniedl by a gentleman front Aberdeeni andI a guide, mounted to th)e submit of lioclinagar, 'to enjoy the view froim thjat stupendous hieight. The party hiad begun to deseicur, wvhen Mlr. Ross requestedi one,of them. to hold hiis pony, while hie returned to survey a parti. q:ular stpot, overlooking Lochgar. After waiting sonic time, the gentlemnan becamie alarm-ed, having, oni looking round, seen Mr. RQss's. whi#i, as he thoughit, thrown up into thie air, from the spot whithier he nad gone, althioughi he could not see himself at thec time, god, on going back thiey discovered, dreadful to relate, that he had fall'en fromn thle cltF i;hic'i was here above 300I feet perpjendicular height. It appeairea that in faillin- hie had struck against a project- ing pairt of the rock, about 50 yards from the top, a part oi' his skull being fotind eth~re; sod it wa;s with difn-culty dieut his manale-d re- ml~ains could be gathered together at thte bottom of the cliff. It is impossible to say how the lamentable accident happened ; but it is' stipposed that-ti stone bad trippedl his foot in going round the edge if the prod-pice, whichl at the par-t where lie fell, brainchies off fromy the usual tratik taken by' travellers. Ile was an unmnarried muan, re- sidirig wpith his m-other, and was miuch respected in time country.- XcOt, paper. SHOCKPIG AccsDnsNT.--Yesterday(TFhursdlay) forenoon, aboiut half-past twelve, a shocking accident took place in Miessrs. M'ialssteam-loom factory, 6reenhead. While Johin Neil, a teni ter, was engaged on the top of' a loomn, potting on a carrying belt .ott the drum, it became entangled with twvo smnall lootm belts john Nell seizetl the two small belts with both hands, in ordler to separate themi from the latrge belt. In consequence of the entanglemient of the belts, the loom, which was screwed to the floor, suddenly, by the force of the machinery, was wrenchedl ftom the flooring, and fdrcedi up to the ceiling~ and he wasjamrmedt betwe-en it and the maia sa.?he beit gave war, and the looai fell, but he being theri en'. tangledl with the irotin'shaf', was 'drawn ro.und by the righit arm be- tweecn the lhaft and theceiling, There not being nearly room for his bol tpass freely through, whien hecame in contactCwithithe ceil. igthlahwas tonupb teShf draiving in his bodyv, hIis head was drendfuilv fractured, and his; right arm was brokenr in thece plales, and thie flesh completely stripped to the bone; his righIt leg wa-rkn ndhslf e wago muach torn at the knee, ti,o.t as o-rzon miight have turned theit hand in it. The rest of his bpd (t .as alao touch comnpressedl. His brother-in-law being employ. e at t e stame belt, wheni ha observed the dreadIful situation of his rel.ation, tan to his aigsiatance; h ut as tie was going forward, thec loom fell, and he wasq unable to render him- any assistance in time. The shaft still continued to go round withi Neil upon it, and Ids headI and lops -to strike the cilling ; thei lathi and plaster still t'ailing i4own. His~ brother,.in,law ;fl ill trie-d to take him- o-ff the sliaft, but after beintg much bruised,- and encouintering great dlanger, lie was oWh,ged to de- sist. The three sisters were also presentL at the tiincof the accident thecy srcramiedI in a moast lamentable manner, anid in a state of, dis- traction rushietdamong the niachinery to try to roettce their brothier; one of' titeuit, quite inisensible of' liere own dianger, was in the ace ot' throwing lherself On the shlaft, to -seize '-ol)d ofe lier unfoirtunate rela. tion), anid it was, only by force that shec couild be kept back. The :slirieks alarmiing the rest of thie workers, the engine wvas imimediately stopped, and the whiole of them ratified to the spot. Before he was taketi down, h4isarmi- was twinedti tree thrnes round tie'sahatl. 'When taken off lie was bjreathintg, bet expired in about eight miinutes. The masters sent for a surgean, hut it was of' na avail Tue m-ill stoppedl for that dtmy. Messrs. AM'l'hiail are to def'ray, the expenses of' the funeral in the mnost handsome mianner. lie has lef't a widow atid tliree chiildren. lie was 30 years of' age, anid wass a promisin yoetng mnan, snd had the hiiFhiest character fromn liis employers. Illis blody was -so mnangledi, thamt it hadl to remainir in tile RMil [ill a coffin was made.--Glasg'0w Jowrna7. :DISTRESSING OceugazNca.-On- tlse 15th uilt, a fishitig bo at front Walls, in Zetlandl, struck on a muinketi rockc, nea th island of Papa, and the crew, consisritiig of five men, all perishedl. Somne of thiemi seensedI to struggle h-ardI for existenrce, by, getting on 'the keel of the boat, but were dashedI off by the fuiry of' thie waves, which pv'evetxtd ever5 ieau% of' access to theiza. By thi-s "TuIV i-ne. laoctioly event, five wiuhows and twent-.four rtliidrelt limev been lcf uitterly uhesuitute; lione of the chtildren' arc, above sevenl years of age. -ht1vcrtiess (!oturier. .A'eTI'oMF'T TO-Mu'nettu.-Z:-E3y out Wcdlncstlay troortiitug at tcufflo evet occurredI betenapat fsMugglers anti suitne sailors in the neiglibottrlioodIof Fairf intlnins. 'rite smttriglcrs, whiile cross- ing the-sends between Momtkton and the sea, anti passitig by tite famin of;Fairfieldtnaint,, were besot by two or threec sailors, wlio, ott theiir way. fronti Troon to Ayr, happened unfortunately to cross thecir l,sth. Assuninog the cha'racter of' the titaen etnoploycul in the preven- tiv'e service miporn die cutast. tlie' dirat threatened lo skiza thle spirit., whichl the sunuvgglers carried With thiem, but at length comprojitisedi the duatv of their, prtofessed. office by taking a ttote as a bribe to allow them it6 ~,ss. No sooner, however, had they thuis obtained the !ildney, i(tan titey insisted toliavcesotie of' the whiisky, also, and ac. tually succeededI ini taking one of thie caskst froinitrhetti. Tu'le soug- -glers could not silently submit to this seconid iinliosition, andc went to Ml4r. D)uiw's hioise, with the view, thirough lila aid, of recovering tlttir whiskly. -lie went out to remonstrate with the sailors upot, cltdic botiduct; but he hadi nio scooner approaclied themi, titan one of tlsie'n took out a knife and stabbed hini in the lower par-t Of' the bel-1 ly.- DIr. Dow', ,notwitbatandinig the woutid, succeeded in wretsting tile koif frn h sailor, atidi this- close thefay Tue sailors made oflE The wounded man, with thec assist.ancucc of theilemi lite endra- vomited to save front inscposiion, regained lila, house, whiere he now lies danigerouily ill.-Olasgowe paper. -THE CAMER&a OnSCc'uuA.-A visiter hiappenitiig to hc ex- slminig w.th get ititerest the -variouis livcly and ever-shifting figures wh7ichi wverre pcrtrayed ukpoit thie wliite tablet of a camiera oh. ~scura, dutring die exhibition, when he bhelid with amazemient the ap~earttc ofon niti ickti antlie'spoket. Perf'eculy, aware of te raliy o thi apearnce he pend, he oor, atid recognizing~ Que~ulpit ~ a hortdisance ra tipatul sized hlitm in the v'ery act nfdeireatln. t i perapsunncesaryto add, tisat he was mati- mejittelyhande verto th pulcr.- ismugow paper. * COeetass ON OF BecucLAYER.-Soihe 'triflfing rep~airs1 ar&Tere,qu,ired at your house: sendI for a bricklayer: he conics, proba-J hL.at?ened withi a iioan, to receive youir directions.-occsspiedh teni iunitutes'. Tue next niioroing he sendsi a workitan and a labourer ; them workmana begitus to cut awray; time la-bourer returits for miaterials, lmne brings a do-etu bricks, and -oute hod( of miottar-etnploycei half a day. The job being finishcd, "Whtat was used, Paddy?"1 inquires tthe iOan of the labouirer. "' Sure it is a score of' brilks, and tuG hodsaof niortar," replies the assistantibricklayer. Returned home, Ithe forenman makes thie same iniquiry, "~ two score of bricks and .fouur- liods of mortar," atmAwers the men:i the forcifisit tmsakes a m-e. zmorarklum for the clerk, threescore bricks and six hodls oh' mortar-; I 'the clerk enters in hiis master's -books, onie krumsdec bricks and rigut. hodr, of mortar; the master, looking over his accounit., alters, the emtry to oue hund?7yd aud #fly4 bucks, and trele/i linds o' mortar, And~thus;thie bill is rendered :~ Mlr. Wil11i4m Lackwit, Dr. to Titot a Singletoni. Tro nkiitg 'u'p abdl re.laying brickc step in cellar; under. Itiitittttig. wvall ; plastering copper; stopping rat-holes rdpairing coiling; self',n tan, andllabourer, oitibday and a Ihalf; one 'imndted sod lilypaving bricks; twelvelbed8 of inortar ; six baskets of xubbish catted away . . . ?5 19, 1e - ben the date was about to belaffixed to the tl'euuty be- twetin Englandu aitd Persia, which hiad been negotiated by Sir Har- ford Jonesi, the diffirulti- 'presenieAd itself-" Should the ylear- of' our fior prced- te 1-egia ? Th Seretary, proiposed that in our ~opy f th d-sty oe er thoild tandi first, and that the Ordier shold e evktsedin hatwhih te Prsians were to keep. At last elsoPerianMloiterdecaredtltt "as Jesusg Chrisit lived before -Mahnset thee culd e notiout bt duat his tarnk/c should stand A gelritlernail ill- this city it; ill pous-sssion of' tie cap whlich tile Abatl ot ArgyTll,. who .wvas.beheadevl in 10115 upon an iniquitous dentiince, wore utpoit the -Scafflold. It is of -white satin, lined with stait'c~ iththe'biQ'd~sbelslowd f~ithTe Veins, of tile noble m~t~r Th getlemn isa- ory,butfeels a profolup- and be.. cosi?t veeraionfo ths sd rlicofOe f' Seodastl'S greatest and