Fiat ON TUE RIVER.—An old sloop, moored opposite Mr. Christie's
Wharf, Rotherhithe, took fire on Wednesday night, and was burnt to the water's edge ; luckily no other damage was done.
SUICIDE.—A medical student at Guy's Hospital, named Charles Kingsford, terminated his existence on Thursday by taking prussic acid. He directed his corpse to be sent to the dissecting-room. He had pricked his finger whilst operating on a putted body, which brought on a fever, in a paroxysm of which he took the poison. SINGULAR CAUSE or, DEerns—On Wednesday afternoon, as a man named John Lee was at work at Water's Quarry, Devil's Point, the
scaffold on which lie was gave way, and he fell upon a pickaxe, which penetrated his heart and caused instant death. He has left a young widow far advanced in pregnancy, and in the greatest poverty.—Ply- mouth Journal.
TUE HoN. Mits. Masse.—The body of this lady has not been yet found; the butler was found the day after the accident, with a piece of his unfortunate mistress's gown grasped in his hand.
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