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in getting him on dry land. He 

 had sunk upon his knees as they 

 were supporting him, and was 

 endeavouring to speak, but could 

 only utter convulsive inarticulate 

 sounds. They thought he was 

 fainting, and got him some water, 

 which they pressed him to drink ; 

 he raised his head, opened his 

 lips, and attempted to swallow^ 

 but instantly sunk down again, 

 and expired without a groan. The 

 whole of the flesh, with all the 

 blood-vessels, was torn away from 

 the back of his left thigh, for a 

 considerable space above the knee. 

 The laceration was so dreadful, 

 that Mr. Martin, the surgeon, who 

 hastened to see him on hearing of 

 the accident, declared it would 

 have been impossible to save him 

 had lie been upon the spot. The 

 great effusion of blood must have 

 produced inuuediate death. He 

 did not, in fact, survive above two 

 minutes. It is probable the fatal 

 wound was given in the second or 

 third attack, when Lieut. Gray 

 saw the ravenous monster in tlie 

 act of seizing his unhappy vic- 

 tim. The shark appeared to be 

 rather small, with a large head ; 

 but the water was so discoloured 

 with blood, that it could not be 

 distinctly seen. 



28. The Society of St. Peter's 

 College, Cambridge, have just le- 

 cei\'ed an unexpected and mag- 

 nificent present of 20,000/. fi'om 

 an unknown benefactor. The 

 Master and Fellows lately received 

 letters reciuesting tlicir attendance 

 in London to receive tiie same. At 

 the time and jdace appointed, they 

 met the ai;ent of the donor, who, 

 after regaling them with a hand- 

 some-dinner, tran.sferred the above 

 .sum for the use of the society for 



ever, saying, it came from a gen- 

 tleman aged 94, but whose name 

 would noi be known till after his 

 decease. The reason assigned for 

 the gift is the legacy duty being 

 thus avoided. Tlie College, it is 

 said, intend to apply the interest 

 of the money towards founding 

 some new scholarshijjs, and aug- 

 menting the income of some of 

 their fellowships. 



30. The Literary and Debating 

 Society of Cambridge, calling 

 tliemselves the Union, have print- 

 ed a list of their laws, regulations, 

 subjects discussed during the two 

 last years, and the names of their 

 Members. The latter amount to 

 above 350 (including Honorary 

 INIembers), among wliom are the 

 Earls of Denbigli and Brecknock ; 

 Viscounts Kilworth, Normanby, 

 and Weymouth ; Honourables 

 Shore, Stuart, Melville, Bridgman, 

 Maitland, Yelverton, &c. &c. ; and 

 several Baronets ; and comprising 

 a great portion of the talent of the 

 junior part of the University ; se- 

 venty-seven who have taken their 

 Bachelor's Dogi ee, and forty-nine 

 who are Masters of Arts. After 

 having, in the most temperate and 

 respectful language, expressed 

 their deference to the Constituted 

 Authorities of the University, they 

 proceed to state the ciicumstances 

 of their suppression by the pre.-ent 

 Vice-Cliancelloi', after having been 

 permitted to hold tlieir meetings, 

 on precisely the same principles, 

 but with a different title, since the 

 year 1806. 



In a remonstrance which they 

 presented to the Vice-Chancellor, 

 they informed him, that, " by their 

 regulations, tliey only as.'^ernbled 

 to debate one evening iu the week ; 

 tl\ut the discussion, on an average, 



did 



