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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1817. 



They looked in vain for Mr.Wliite- 

 Ijead, who had sunk to rise no 

 ipore. His body, on being drag- 

 ged for, was found about three 

 hpi^rs afterwards. The deceased 

 was considered an expert swim- 

 mer, and has been known to swim 

 nearly a mile at a time. His be- 

 ing drowned is supposed to be 

 owing to his having come sud- 

 denly in contact with the dead 

 body already mentioned, the sight 

 of which had so terrified him as to 

 deprive him of his faculties. 



Richmond Steam Yacht. — On 

 the 28th, about half-past six 

 o'clock, the steam boiler of the 

 above packet burst at the top, and 

 injured three persons in a dan- 

 gerous manner. The yacht was 

 injured on Saturday week in a 

 slight degree, and had been re- 

 paired to render it fit to perform 

 its passage. It fortunately had 

 no pejsons on board at the time 

 the event occurred, except the 

 ])ersons who navigate and conduct 

 it. The shock was very great, but 

 the injury done to the vessel was 

 very slight. The top of the engine 

 boiler was blown off by the ex- 

 plosion. The yacht had been pre- 

 pared to sail on Monday. The 

 conductors had been rowing it up 

 the river ; and when it had got 

 about 100 yards above Westmin- 

 ster-bridge, the accident unfortu- 

 nately took plate. Mr. Arnold, 

 the conductor of the yacht, was 

 near the boiler when it burst, and 

 was injured in a shocking manner. 

 Two labourers belonging to the 

 yacht were injured in a less de- 

 gree. They were all conveyed on 

 shore by a waterman, who was 

 near wlien the accident happened, 

 aiid taken to St. Thomas's hospi- 

 tal, in the Borough. 



JULY. 



1 . The following particulars re- 

 specting the fire, on the 1st in- 

 stant, at Uffington-house, the seat 

 of Earl Lindsey, near Stamford, 

 are copied from the Stamford 

 Mercury : — 



The Marchioness of Downshire, 

 with her daughters, the Ladies 

 Hill, had arrived on a visit to the 

 Earl and Countess of Lindsey, on 

 Monday night : being fatigued 

 with travelling, the marchioness 

 retired early, and the whole of the 

 family at the Hall were in bed 

 by half-past twelve o'clock. At 

 about two in the morning, the Earl 

 of Lindsey being indisposed, his 

 countess got up to administer me- 

 dicine to him ; and having occa- 

 sion to pass into the next room, 

 her ladyship was alarmed by the 

 smell of fire. She called up the 

 housekeeper, Mrs. Vaughan, who, 

 as soon as possible, descended 

 into the kitchen, and there disco- 

 vered that a large table standing 

 in the middle of the apartment 

 was on fire. The flames had got 

 great hold of the solid table, and 

 several of the drawers were partly 

 burnt, and their contents con- 

 sumed. With much resolution 

 Mrs. Vaughan immediately pro- 

 cured water, and in a short time 

 succeeded with assistance, in extin- 

 guishing the fire. AH danger, it 

 was hoped, was then over ; but 

 on looking up; Mrs. Vaughan per- 

 ceived through a window which 

 commands the kitchen from the 

 housekeeper's room, that the lat- 

 ter apartment was in a blaze ; 

 and, on entering it, the window- 

 curtains were found to be on fire ; 

 and it was also discovered, that a 

 large closet, in which a quantity 



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