The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1824-07-15 (London, England)

MELANCHOLY ()CCIIRRENCE.—On Sunday morning a man and his wife, in the village of Mitcham, when separating for the remainder of the day, after a desperate quarrel, the one to go picking rosebuds in the fields, the other to the alehouse, were heard by a neighbour to make use of the following horrible language. The woman said, " I hope I shall never see you come into this house again till you are brought in a corpse:" and the man replied when leaving the door, " I hope I never shall come in here to you agsain till I am dead and d—d :" with these imprecations in his mouth he departed, as was his usual custom, to the public. house, where he sat till he was Intoxicated, and commenced, in this state, a quarrel with another drunken man, which terminated in their going out to fight in a neighbouring field, when, after about five rounds, this wretched man received a blow in the neck, which produced his death in a moment ; and by three o'clock in the afters rown the miserable wife was informed that her rash wishes were just about to be exactly realised. Cstssrsost TO Ilaxians.—On Tuesday evening, about eight o'clock, a melancholy accident happened on the Serpentine Aver. A young gentlemen named Alendham, of Kennington, and of highly respectable connections, attempted to swim across the Serpentine Pifer, and plunged in on the south side, confident of soccer. Being a gond swimmer, he reached the middle of the river, or near two-thirds oe r, when two other young men who had backed him, and who sere swimming near him at the tune, heard him utter some exclamations, which were followed by a groan, and Mr. Meadhain suddenly disappeared. An alarm was immediately given, and a heat in possession of the agents to the Humane Society was rowed up, and the agents wish drags searched for the body, which search proved unsuccessful for a considerable time ; when, at the approach of night, not willing to discontinue their exertions, they renewed them, and succeeded in recovering the busty about the centre of the river. Tw t wirgeons immediately came, who were of opinion that all hope.. to restore animation were unavailing, and that the deceased had beer seized with the cramp in his swimming across. The body was conveyed to the Humane Society's house, by the side of the river, astd from thence to St. fieorge's workhouse. Hanover-square, where an tospiest v:as held on the body before 31r. Stirling, coroner, and the .try returned II verdict of " .Iceidental Heath."  A LI.Y.tiED Alr■nr.n.—Yesterday afternoon an inquisition was I taken before J. W. I %nein, Esq., Coroner. at tlie Ship, cormr of I High-street, Mile-end, New Town, on view of the body of Mary I Illundfrd. aged -ft;, who was reported to have been killed by Elizabeth Brseuenborough on Monday night bat. Lime which the care has excited mullet: Table alarm in the hamlet .of New Town. ltrackenborough was examined on the charge of murder, at Lambeth-street, on Tuesday, when she was remanded until the result of the Coroner's Inquest should tie known.— Several witnesses ere examined, whose evidence went to slum that the deceased was extremely drunk on the evening of her death ; that no animosity existed between her and the prisoner ; and from all the circumstances It fully appeared, that the deceased came to he death by accident. The Jury returned a verdict accordingly.