NEW LIFE PRESERVER.-On Th...
The Times, 1824-09-25T00:00:00

N4.iv LilrE Pjtisravua.-On ThursLay .r. Scheffer niadc the public trial of his lifc.preserver amidst t'reat multitudes in the Thames. He threw hirmself into the water at Temple-eardens, and buckled a preserver under bis arras. Iic thenz swarni through Bliackftriars-bridge with great veolocity. for the preserv-er was no im- pediment to his eot-se. At tlifflerett times dS he proceeded he un- buckled the preserver. sq,cczed the wvind oit of it, and filed it and buckled it on. All this filling and enritying wacthewnrk ox a miomirent. (:rovds oft' hoats accompanied Mfr. Schleffier, and iour or live lads swanm over to him. andi supported thiemselves down the river ipoat his preserver withouit thc slightest cfibrt. As soon as l:e approac!:ol ncar to l,ondot-brideC, lie obligcd the hbvs to leave hint. Ile had dctermined tn lealp from London-blidge inut the itnpicuous wvater. when its i.11 was tmest astful, bu; was dissuaded trouit so dangerous an expctinivnt. h- the argument thatlthispreerver : tigiti. by preventing him from siM;Aniig dcep enough. shake him by thc vinoence of the con.cusion. and render himt power-less. He swan ito thte entre arch, and larted througit it with the iaest terrific impe. uo,itv . Wh-lenl hc reached the cifiecs in the river, le felt great suc- tion in thec vrater, anlI is eonminccd that h)e wouid hiave becnl nver- evitehied hid he not had the preserver on. fh carriedf a fotdle of sitrtts and a glass itn h- hittrd. and was ititienscis- appiaudcJ by the nttultitudAs in the cssIels and nn the bridge. He %teas tvo hours in the water. M SLA NCHtO tY St-t It:E.-Atl iilqucst was lieltl at tdlr Vint cpublic-hou:,c, Strcauha!tt. on Tnttrsdav evening, on view of *tie body off Harrict 1ranstoti, wto( came to iter death under the fo!- lowing tlittreshitg tircititstattees, a! given in evidence:-The de- ccatsed, it appetirs, NV:i brought up br her LIttcIe. who resides bv. tveen Streatitant ani (Clapbhant, and iat proper age was apprenticed to a d,css-mtakcr in, l,ondon, wherc she unlor;unaLe]s tbrined an ac. quaitritnec wvith a ittan titat visited at her mistress's house, who ulti. iately won her uffieetiott, and tinder a promise of marriage eflicvted her rmin. The result wvas. that site proved 'sitht child, anti in that si. wtatiin slie appited tit lier etditer f(r the altfilinent of his prontise, bitt he put her off frotii titme to time, until at length cornealnment was no longer possible, 3nd she disclosed her situation to her tais- tress, who ntadc it known to the uttice. Tite unhaprv s'oung woman was takeit homic, and steps were takeni to oblige tWc ;educer to fitl- fii bis erigagentents, as seVeral prottLissorv letters were in the,i girl's possessinn; bttt when presses on tile subject, he declaredl the,.,l itipossibility of conm,,ying wilth their wish. as he was alreadv mar- ried, and thc nost satisfictory proofs were adduced in corroboration ot tic fuct. fie atltie same titic expressed a willingniess to Mnaintain tie citild v.hen hot n. This inteiligence fell heavilyonttheheart of the betravetl ourgwontan,who.thustdeprivee in a momentof all herlune- Clterishied hopes, gave war to the most tiei:micholy dcspondency.About fire or six weeks ago MlC twas delivered of a child,which the uncle im- mediatCel sent awiay to its tather; and although the mother did not object to its reittoval, vet the deprtvation of her infant was too much fbr her weatk state; ier intellects becanse deranged, and on Wlrednes- day niglt, after the fuattily had retired to rest, she got oat of bed, and procecded to thcwaashhouse5 wherc she suspended herself with a clothes-line frint a staple itt thte wall, and was found a cotpsc the fol. lou ing utorililtg. Several witnesses spoke tu the disordercd statc of ruinil in which shic hiad lahotimed since the accuucheihtent,andthe jury retuitrned a verdlict of Isetnti'y. ''lic MaidstVonte Gazette says-` An inquest Wvast yester. day hcld at the CrowYn lttll, Staplehiitrt, on the bodv of' Edward Davis, jun., wlto was found drowned on Saturday cvenring last. It ailteared that the deceased had been at work carrying corn the whole 'tl the day, .nd it thlc evening went to batec in a pond about thirtv roes from itis fatier's housc. Illis clothes, and also a towel, at;d clean slittt, being obscrved yiing by the side of the pond, and no pea 61n near, art ilarnt iwan given, and on dragging the pond. the de- ceased was ibmnd among the weeds, about twelve feet below the sur. face. He was taken out quite 4ead ; having been in the wvatcr, it is Supptosed, neatly two hours. Tbie dLeease t was a respectable young nimin, and whiat ittikes the loss niore mielancholy, he was engage, ;hortly to be married to a young wolmian, who, about a ithree vears agi. experienced a sintilar disappointment, by thc suddeit deatit oF her ittended hulsband after tbte r.edding.daty had betl fixed. Ver. dict-Accidc-ntl dento.. A reinazkable mnarriage was celebrated at Bordeaux on tfit 14th iinstatit. The bride had reached her 85th, and the bride- groom hils aT yearr, the united ages betng 161)years. This renints us of tho.e prtriarchal times *hcnt a colrtship las-ted half a century, and chaweddling took; place wben the parties had reached ant age that is far beyond tihe dusrratiQn of lite amolag tie preeact degeiserguc rafce. -Fri7ttsh p3ytcr.