The Sun. — 1840-04-22 (London, England)

QUEEN'S STAG-HOUNDS.—The meet 011' Monday morning at Ascot was one of the most brilliant :the season, attended by her Majesty and her Court, Prince :Alert c, joining in the chase, attended by V a the elite of the st"rClit world. The chase was superior to what usually takes c" such occasbns. MYSTERIOUS CASE OF DROWNING "the t Monday night an inquest was held before Mr. Higgs, an the George the Fourth, Gilbert's-passage, Clare.market, 00 d body of John Hargreave, Esq., aged 40, whose body was"f at ca. on Sunday morning. The deceased, it appeared, lived ,he Woodford, and was possessed of 9001. a year. The last tiraeds, was seen was on the 20th of March, when he left Mr. Sp," a, a friend in Cullum-street, City, to take a walk, but,he was w never seen afterwards. On Sunday morning the bodYwori found in the river, and a 51. note and 21. 19s. Gd. was found .on him. On the night he was missed his cloak was picked uli ii Southwark-bridge. The deceased's friends said that he wasiit very nervous man ; but one they should never for a Inurnbeis think guilty of having committed suicide. Every inquiry to been made, but not the slightest clue could be obtained 29 d, how the deceased got into the water. Verdict " Found des,, but no evidence to show by what means he got into the river. On Monday afternoon a barn at Wittle, Chan's.; ford, in the occupation of Mr. Jones, was set on fire by a sq2l, discharged by a boy, and in a short time was totally cons mild_ together with two stables, cow-house, and several small btu' ings, the property of Mrs. Catley. , SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS f Committee s°... BENEVOLENT Socirry.--At a meeting of the Management held at the offices of the Society, 26, Buckleret, bury, on Thursday, the 16th April, the Rev. Thomas Burnet, D. D., F. R. S., in the chair, a petition forwarded bythe Dul burgh Auxiliary, from ninety fishermen, of Sarclet (Caithlistsre shire), was taken into consideration. The applicants had, ch. of their boats totally destroyed, and eleven others severely wed maged by a storm, and they with their families had been niunbof into the greatest distress, and were now without any Meaniseat resumin,r their fishing pursuits, upon which they are depen• .. derah, for a livelihood. It was resolved, that, takino-- into consi tion theextretne distress thus occasioned by a storm, by whit; a destitution,thelastth eCe paragraphn tralßoard , theira c tipnrgi notcn.dth the though no lives were lost, ninety families were thrown into iw. rp inciP sauthorizedtate()f do hereby vote the sum of 1001. to assist the unfortunate fevers. A letter was read from Lieut. Medley, 11• N" hone' rary agent at Freewick (Caithness-shire), stating that six fish-: ermen of that place, some of the earliest members of the society'' . had their boat lost in a storm on the 6th inst., and it was rid , solved that 101. be transmitted to Lieut. Medley, 1t,.14', 1„lif the of this case, in consideration of the men being_ meinn„ersi4" of society. A letter was read from Lieut. Harvey, A. '..tilist Culdaff (Donegal), stating the loss of three fishermen of ived, place, leaving widows and four children ; and it was res° the most be forwarded to Lieut. Harvey, to be applied ju most effectual way for the benefit of the sufferers. .---