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icsided during the last vrcek T\ith 

 Jier sister. At Aldgate church she 

 took a coach to Quefn-square, 

 Westminster, where she got out, 

 and, after paying the coachman, 

 walked through the gate into the 

 park. It is supposed (lor slie ^vas 

 not seen) that she got over the rail- 

 ing immediately opposite Queen- 

 square, and threw herself into the 

 ■Hater without any hesitation. A 

 gentleman who was passing saw her 

 struggling in the water, and imme- 

 diately gave the alarm ; and witli 

 the assistance of the waterman m ho 

 plies at thestand of hackney-coaches, 

 she Avas brought out, and imnudi- 

 ateiy taken to an adjaining public 

 house, where every means were re- 

 sorted to for the purpose of restoring 

 animation, but unhappily without ef- 

 fect. Upon the inquest which was held 

 on thismelanchoIyoccasion,MrWhit- 

 row, a partner of the deceased's fa- 

 ther, (Champante and VVhitrow, 

 wholesale stationers in Jewry-street, 

 Aldgate,) said, that' the father of the 

 deceased could not attend: his feelings 

 having been soatfc6ted. The deceased 

 was Mr. ('hampante's second daugh- 

 ter, and in the 21st year of her age. 

 On returning on the day of the fa- 

 tal catastrophe from Chelsea (where 

 hhe had been visiting) by the stage, 

 she ran to her father who sat writ- 

 ing at his desk, to communicate 

 something to him. He being busy 

 settling some accounts, desired her 

 rather hastily to withdraw ; which 

 check had such an effeft upon her, 

 that she ran out of the house, hav- 

 ing told the maid-servaut she would 

 destroy herself. She went out when 

 it rained very heavy. The maid imma- 

 gined she had gone to Mr. Whitrow's 

 house, which was just opposite; in- 

 stead of which she turned round 

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she took a coach, and drove as above 

 stated. The coroner returned a verdi6t 

 that the young lady " was deranged 

 in her mind, and drowned herself 

 in a fit of insanity," which verdict 

 was signed by the jury. She is de- 

 scribed as being "of the lust order 

 of line forms," her skin of the pur- 

 est white, her cheeks of a lovely 

 Vermillion tint, her hair auburn ; — 

 in short, as possessing every feme- 

 nine grace and attraction. She wore 

 a white muslin aown, chip hat with 

 a ])ink silk handkerchief tied over 

 it, a red coral neck-lace with gold 

 locket, and pink coloured silk hose. 



15th. The first regiment of the 

 Tower-hamlets militia had a grand 

 field-day at Blackheath : and in the 

 course of the firing exercise, one 

 man unfortunately loaded Jiis piece 

 five times ; four times it had miss- 

 ed fire, but on the fifth attempt at 

 a discharge, it burst. The frag- 

 ments of the musquet flew oif in 

 every direftion; and the unhappy 

 man, most desperately wounded, 

 was conveyed to the hospital in an ar- 

 tillery waggon, where he soon after 

 died, notwithstanding every medi- 

 cal assistance. Seven others of tlie 

 corps, ail severely wounded, were 

 carried to the hospital. 



16th. Two sons of a gentleman 

 of Warfield this day returning in a 

 gig from spending part of their va- 

 cation in the neighbourhood of 

 Sunning-hill, the horse suddenly 

 took fright, and having run away 

 for about the space of three hun- 

 dred yards, owing to the incapacity 

 of the driver, turned upon a post, 

 and dashed the carriage in a thou- 

 sand pieces. The youngest son, a 

 promising boy of eleven years of 

 age, was killed upon the spot, and 

 his brother, aged fourteen, after 

 lingering in excruciating tortures, a 



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