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ance of the unfortunate suffereis, 

 and succeeded in rescuing two 

 men from their dangerous situa- 

 tion. They also dragged into their 

 boat the lifeless body of one of 

 the women. Proceeding in their 

 humane endeavours to save others, 

 their own boat, being under a 

 pressure of sail, and keeling still 

 more from their reaching over 

 the side, was almost filled with 

 water. Another party of young 

 men immediately pushed off from 

 tlie ferry way in a third boat, and 

 happily succeeded in saving the 

 ferryman and the -.vhole of his 

 passengers, and also the two 

 young men who were in the first 

 boat. The remainder, viz. one 

 man, six females, and an infant, 

 met a watery grave ! 



On Sunday evening a boat, with 

 10 persons in it, 6 men and 4 

 women, which had been out all 

 day on an excursion of plea- 

 sure, attempted to shoot London- 

 bridge : the women were alarmed, 

 and at their own urgent request 

 were landed : the men, however, 

 persisted in their attempt : the 

 consequence was, that the boat 

 was upset : four persons were 

 drowned, and the remaining two 

 were with great difficulty brought 

 to shore alive. 



24. Haile. — In consequence of 

 tlie almost incessant rains for 

 weeks past, and the bursting of 

 tlie mountain clouds, the Saale 

 swelled so much, that in the night 

 of the 21st, we heard from many 

 of the lower villages signals of 

 distress, by the firing of guns and 

 ringing of bells ; but we were 

 unable to send assistance, because 

 the whole surrounding country 

 was under water, and the only 

 object visible above water was 



our lofty bridge. IMany cattle 

 have been drowned. The price 

 of bread and other articles of sub- 

 sistence is rising among us in the 

 same pioportion as the number 

 of poor is on the increase. In 

 the neighbourhood of Aschersle- 

 ben, swarms of locusts have made 

 their appearance. 



25. The following lamentable 

 event occurred lately at Knelston, 

 near Swansea, and ought to ope- 

 rate as a caution to those who 

 are in the habit of using poison 

 to destroy rats or other vermin. 

 Two youths, brothers, of the 

 name of Hoskins, the one 17, the 

 other 19 years of age, being in a 

 progressive state of recovery from 

 a fever, requested their mother 

 to give them, instead of a medi- 

 cine prepared for them, some 

 brimstone and treacle. A basin, 

 containing a preparation of arse- 

 nic for destroying rats, being 

 placed on a shelf, and the unfor- 

 tunate youths supposing it to be 

 brimstone and treacle prepai'ed 

 for them by their mother, took 

 each a portion of this deadly poi- 

 son, and shortly after expired in 

 the most excruciating torture. 

 On being opened, the cause of 

 this calamity was instantly disco- 

 vered. Verdict of the coroner's 

 jury — Accidental Death. 



26. Extract of a Letter from 

 Baroda. — '• A report was brought 

 by a cultivator about eight o'clock 

 yesterday morning, of two large 

 tigers having taken up their abode 

 the pi'eceding night in a garden, 

 within a mile of the west extre- 

 mity of the town. The gentle- 

 men of the residency, after a 

 hasty breakfast, anxiously pre- 

 pared rifles, fusees, and muskets, 

 and attended by 10 sepoys of the 



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