Star. — London, England, 1828-09-03 00:00:00

r EDINBURGH; AUOVST 31. . -..~_ . . REMARKA3I.I STORM —A Oorrispoodent gives the following account of a remarkable hail storm, which took place a short distance to the north of Dunfermline o n the 12th of August: At half-past twelve, the wea ther being uncommonly sultry, the horizon be came sad denly overcast, the clouds dark and ponderous ;. almost s imultaneously a heavy shower of hail-stones burst with awful grandeur and solemnity oponsthe windows. The inmates were struck with awe and terror, which were , increased by vivid flashes of lightning and loud peals of thunder. The rattling of the hail, the darkness of the sky, the lightning, and the peals of thunder, continued with majestic awe nearly hall an hour, when the horizon became less terrific. A heavy rain followed during the afternoon and evening. From the time betwixt the flash and one loud report, the distance of the explosion could unt be greattr ihan 300 yards ; but the most wonderful vlienomenon of all was; that during the storm there was thrown a body of ice of two pounds and one ounce, of an irregular or nearly a conical figure, composed entiiely i•tc ,nical hail -stones, which was found behind the house. THE MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE ON LOCH LOMOND. . . Extract of a Letter from the Minister of Arroehar, dated Aug. Ra. On Friday, 29th August, about three o'clock, a most melancholy accident happened at Tarbet, on Loch Lo-' mond. One of the small boats usually employed in taking passengers to and from the steam boats which ye plying upon Loch Lomond, in going alongside of the Lady of the Lake, was suddenly, from what cause we have not been able distinctly to ascertain, upset.— The bodies of eight individuals have been recovered;, l•••tt fears are entertained that the full extent of the aw f catastrophe is as yet unknown. Of those who have suddenly launched into eternity, the following in ividuals are known: Andrew M‘Farlane, weight in Tarbet, who has left a widow and three children to lament his loss. . • William Rowan, boatman (unitarticd). John Brock, a ne young buy. A widow Lady, name unknown, but whose son was along with tet, and escaped. The rest are utterly unknown; but the sequel con• tains an accurate, description of them, and is given in the hope that it may meet the eye of their relatives. A Gentleman, with blue coat, gilt buttons, black collar, black vest, and blown trousers—money 12s. Scl. a brass mounted penknife, brass pencil-case, a letter Joln Hill, M.D. 10, Merchant-street, Edinburgh?' Red neckcloth, three collars, linen shirt., mat ked W. M. No. 12. A watch, with watchmaker's name Archy, No. 2199, London ; repaired by William l.iddle, Bank street, Edinburgh. ' A Gentleman, with blue coat, striped trousers, yellow Test, black collar lined red; a linen shirt masked O.C. Edmeston, No I.—Money in his pocket 11.10,. large gold ring on his finger; silver hunting-watch, steel chain ; one gold seal, motto,' Truth ;" a gold key. A Lady along with him, supposed his wife, with two gold iings, one set with some kind. f stone—the other plain ; brown gown with red flowers; silver thimble marked A.C. 9d. in copper in her pocket, (both supposed from Ireland). Gentleman with an olive coat , yellow vest, blue trousers, silver watch, marked on the watch paper, RAnkine, watch and clock maker, theenock, June 18. 1828 ;*M'Lachland, watch maker ; cotton shirt, marked 1. L. No. 1, stript worsted stockings, with a stn4ll cut cystal bottle containing whisky, money 9s. silver, red picket book empty, but a one guinea Paisley bank Rote was . f.iund near the body, supposed to have dropped from pocket-book. • Fortunately several medical men were at hand, and though, their meritorious exertions were unsuccessful, yet they are entitled to the highest praise. One feeling, that f intense sympathy, was felt, and powerfully ex. liibited by all who were either employed in recovering ilye bodies from the watery grave, in carrying them to the inn, or employing every means to reanimate, which :kill or compassion could suggest; all, alas was in vain. The world, with all its magnificent and beauteous scenery, upon which but Istely their eyes had gazed, had' passed away—their spirits bad fled. In the twink ling of an eye all the mighty realities of Eternity were unveiled. Load is the warning that such an awful catas trophe gives," Be ye also ready, ye know net what a day or an hour shall bring forth." We never beheld such an awful scene, it was absolutely overwhelming. A Gentleman- who was on board the Lady of the Late steam boat, and witnessed the accident, gives au account which agrees with the above as to the number l of sufferers ; but he assures us that every individual was•got out' of the loch by the exertions of the mas ter of the steamer and others on board, •sti that we hope the extent ,of the catastrophe is fully known. Those who were drowned had sunk before they could be reached ; but the clearness of the water rendered it easy to see and pick them out. There were upwards of twenty individuals in the small boat, which was up set re consequence of a number of them crowding to one side as they neared the Lady of the Lake. lit the moment of the accident no one on board that vessel dreaded any other consequence than a drenching to those who were then thrown into the water. But the alarm natural to individuals in such a situation made then,' cling to one another, and those who did so inevi tably sunk. A little boy swam about, and others floated ootil.picked up by the people on board the steam boat. They were all carried back to Tarbet, where it was stated that eight individuals were past recovery, and that two of them were a young man and woman newly mauled. An enterprisingcompany in the west of Scotland have resolved to erect a cotton factory in the neighbourhood of Calcutta, and a number of operative workmen have been engaged for that mime. This will form a new era in the history of Hindostan, as the natives, who are strongly averse to any innovation upon theirestablished customs, still- follow the primitive mode of preparing their yarn with the spindle and distaff. At the intro. duction of the cotton weaving into this country, little more than half a century ago, the yarn was brought home in the hank by our East Indiamen, and was then considered of more value than the fined silk, and could only be purchased by persons of quality. What a changf in the course of such a short period I—Paisley Advertiser. BRlCHlN.—Thursday sennight as Mrs. G. Rosa, of this place, along ' with her child and another young Lsdy, were descending the dangerous hill road to Glen. burnie, on their way to Aboyne, in a gig, the horse being checked, ran suddenly backward and overturned the gig at the edge cf the road, which at that place nvei hangs a precipice of mote than a hundred feet. Had the hone gone three yards farther, the vehicle must have been precipitated over this height. By the breath. Ivss exertions of Mr. Ross, who accompanied the pasty on horseback, they were as rapidly as possible extricated from their dangerous \ situation ; and it is remarkable, that though the gig was literally dashed to pieces, none of the past) were bust. IRELAND. Wednesday Lord - Mid 'Lady PA BMW( gave a sump. tuous feast to the Protestant Children of their neigh bourhood, at his Lordship's seat, Newton-barry, county of Wexford. At three o'clock upwards of SOO:children, 200 girls and 100 boys, all educated at the expense of his Lordship. sat down to dinner, which was served out by the Nobility and Gentry. friends of the Noble donors, who had assembled upon the occasion. The day was un usually fine, and the scene of the most interesting de• scription;evety person of rank and consequence within 10 Miles of Newton-barry was in attendance. After dinner an excellent lecture was given by the Rev.Mr.M.Creagh, and the children were, upon its conelusion, permitted to indulge in innocent pastimes through his Lordship's demesne. In the'evening the children again assembled at the bugle's sound, and partook of tea, cakes, Ste. Lady Farnham devoting a most zealous attention to the comforts of the little ones during the entire day. Her Ladyship distribrited religious tracts to each of the children. They separaied at an early hour; and inch was the anxiety of Lord and Lady Farnham to provide for the comforts of their extensive Rock, that carriages were sent to convey those home whose residences were too far distant for their youthful limbs to accomplish with ease. The parents of the children were also re galed, and an amateur band attended during the day. Mr. Henry Maxwell was unremitting in his attentions to Lord and Lady Farnham, and their numerous vi sitors. His Lordship has caused three schools, upon an extensive scale, to be erected in his neighbeiurhood, and to be supplied with teachers at his individual expense. Dublin Evening Packet. MOST DEPLORABLI ACCIDENT e-41 most afflicting account was brought to this town yesterday of a disas trous accident which occurred to a boat on the Shannon on the evening previous. Captain Whitworth Lloyd, R.N. Inspecting Officer of the Coast Guard in this neigh bourhood. who has been for some years a resident, and connected by marriage in this town, proceeded hence on Sunday last to Beale, a station on the Shannon, for the purpose of attending the trial of one of the Coast Guards at that place, where other Officers had also assembled bp appointment. As soon as the investigation had terminated and the officers had dined. Captain Lloyd got into the boat of Barry William Gun. Esq. of Bally . buntline, for the purpose of returning for the night to this Gentleman's house, who was himself also in the boat. They had to row a distance of about three miles. and the evening was very fine; but, most melancholy to relate, the entire number in the boat met a watery grave. It is supposed the boat was upset in a squall, as it was found the next morning drifting with the keel uppermost, near the Kilt ush shore. Captain Lloyd had taken with him, from this town, a young lad, named Jobn Wilson, apprentice to an attorney, for the purpose of noting the proceedings of the pial. This young maa was in the boat when the disaster occurred, and Lithe only one of the party whose body has been found, as he was discovered entangled with the ropes and sails of the boat. Besides the three per. sous we have named, there were four boatmen of Mr. Gun's, and a poor man to whom he gave a passage, 'who have been all lost, being altogether eight in num ber. Captain Bowie (who presided at the trial) had gone up in the boat, and intended also to return in , her, but changed his mind, and was thus providentially pre served.—Captain Lloyd was nephew to .the late Lord Whitworth, and was married to the sister of Wiliam Townsend Gun, Esq. of this town. He was a vigilant Officer, an affectionate husband. and a Gentleman of strict h onour. Mr. Gun's death is universally regretted —be was extremely kind hearted and friendly in all the relations of life, and possessed the sincere attachment of most respectable and extensive family connectionse— Tralee Paper. BARTHOLOAIRW FAlR.—Last night, at twelve o'clock, Lady Holland's mob assembled in Smithfield, accord ing-to annual custom, to proclaim St. Bartholomew Fair. ' The LORD MAvon opened the fair' this day at twelve at noon, by Proclamation, and proceeded' to the Court of Pied Poudre. The shows erected are veiry numerous, and there are wonders of all kinds to be seen. The Emperor of MOROCCO appears to show a war. like spirit towards the European Powers. He lately purchased two large vessels at Gibraltar, and fitted them out as brigs of war. Accounts have been re:eivetethat the British Consul at Tangiers has sent x dispatch to the Governor of Gibraltar, stating that the two Morocco brigs of war have captured the English merchant vessel Perseverance, from Antwerp to Seville, off Cape Finis terre, and also an Austrian and a Russian verse'. The English Consul has protested mainst the capture or de. tension of the Perseverante. • '1 he Morocco croi,ers al lege that she sailed without a Mediterranean pas's. Among the American physicians of the present day, there is one in Salem, who, should he live till the 12th instant, will have attained the age or one hundred years. We allude to Dr. EDWARD AUGUSTUS HOLTOKB, long revered for his professional skill and Fr:irate worth by all who knew him. He is the oldest graduate at Har vard University, and the only surviving member of his own and several succeeding classes. We understand that he still retains his health, strength, and mental ener gies, and is now able to participate in the ordinary en joyments of life. He may be looked upon as the f.ther of the healing art in New England, having probably contriboted to its early establishment among us, and witnessed its progress nearly a full century. As a testi. mony of respect to his great age, his services, and vir tues, we are gratified to learn that the physicians of Salem, and this city, have invited him to a public dinner, to be given at Salem on the 13th inst. the day after he will have reached his hundredth year.—Badon Gazette. MOUT OF TIM ELIPHANT AT ASTLEY . S.OII MOO. day night Mr. Cros4 elephant made his first appear ance at Astley's Amphitheatre, in the melo-drame of Blue Beard, to a very crowded audience. The piece was most splendidly got up, and went off with great eclat. After the performance, it was announced in the' bills that the elephant would go through a riety of tricks in the circle, but he no sooner entered than be became quite unmanageable, and appeared terrified from the number of persons around him, and the keepers who attended lost all control over him; the affrighted animal made a plunge towards the back part of the pit, and got his fore legs and trunk over the pannels which surround the circle. The screams of the tamales were terrific, and a geniral rush took place to wards the doors, and the confusion that took place it is almost impossible to describe. Several Ladies were slightly injured by the elephant's trunk, and e one Lady was so much hurt, that she was taken to a surgeon's and bled immediately. With some difficulty the ele phant was secured and taken out cf the circle, when it was announced that he would again be brought in to, proceed with his performance; upon which a general cry of " No, no,' resounded through the house, and he was at last brought out on the stage, when he went through his tricks with the greatest docility imaginable. The house was numerously and brilliantly attended by a fashionable audience. LITERATURE. ' • P05T1168101.13 PAWS. Facetious and fancifstl, of a Person lately abort Town. Published by WILLIAM SAMll—.Post Bvo. pp 904. Tales and Essays on various subjects make up the volUme before us,the prevailing characteristieof which is fatetiou%ness and humour. The stories, chiefly founded on Eastern manners and customs, are amusingly told, with a due proportion of the marvellous and fanciful, and the rest of the volume we may safely recommend to the lovers of merriment. as the most certain means of consuming a few leisure hours in laughter and good humour. The illustrations add to the effect, and not withstanding the intimation conveyed in the title, we cannot conclude without a wish that the writer may live at least long enough to favour the public with more of his entertaining fancies. In the mean time, our readers will be gratified with the following extract of Tux AWKWARD MAN.... I , I am, I confess it with some shame, as ignorant of the' world as the world is of me, and have only been able to look at - men as children look at an eclipse— through glasses darkened and dulled with the smoke of my midnight lamp. But a kind yet mistaken friend of mine, who insisted that the proper study of mankind Is map; after numberless invitations; polite pressures, and gentle tugging'', pulled me up, by the roots from my studious bower, as a gardener plucks up a thriving weed, disentangling my very heart-strings and eye strings from the richly cultured ground of the Muses' garden, and dragged me from my learned lair to ac-i company him on a visit to some moderately fashion able friends in town. It was not till after much hesitat• fpg, apologizing, and ;wresting him not to push me, so soon following my arrival in town, into that vortex which I dreaded—into gaieties so opposite to the melt'. don in which I had passed my late pupilage in the West of England; till after inquiring over and over again whether they were very fashionable people? and being assured that it was a plain worthy Scotch family, the widow and son and daughters of Colonel —, who had but lately arrived in this country from the East, Indies, where the gallant Colonel had died, leaving them in very handsome circumstances, that I submitted at last to go with as good a grace as liarnardine did to be hanged. It was the chilly month of November, and we were ushered into a handsome dining-room where were seated mine hostess, four or five elegant females, her daughters and their young companions, a Captain of Foot (her son), a fashionable Clergyman, a beau cousin, and two sundries without anything distinguish able about them, the whole party being very snugly circled round a warm welcome-giving autumnal fire, and earnestly employed over the dessert table as we were announced and entered. The whole company rose as we appeared, and with them rose my heart to my month. I made s omething like an oblique bow, which, for anything I know to the contrary, was meant for the company present, but it might be mistaken to have been intended for the bust of Shakspeara on the side board, as for the use I had put it to. This would have passed unnoticed, had I not. in the first place. in retreat ing my. right foot from a bow in advance, come with my heel, which was new pumped. sharp against the shin of the footman who was politely waiting to see me to a chair;. had I not in the second, in shaking hands with each one of the party on being introduced. nipped one of the young Lady's fingers almost in the bud, and dropped the band of a second without shaking it. that I might grasp that of a third who was waiting to go through the ordeal; and had I nor, in the third place, shook the hand of the friend who intro duced me so 10ng,,. and so cordielly, that you would have satiyosedl had never seen the man before in my life,instead of having been brought thereby him. But we were at last securely seated. and my friend and I much blamed that we had not dined with them. .1t was impossible,' he said. and I felt glad that it was so. The wine was placed before us—l felt inclined to toast the ladies in the excess of my gallantry; but just as I had screwed up my courage tight to the peg, it cracked. as you have perhaps seen the first string to a fine cremona snap itself and a note in two, and have beard the imperfect sound die under the bow: an did my gal lantry within my breast; and I congratulated myself the next minute on my forbearance, for there was no estimating what a long succession of awkward mistakes it might have led to. But the spirit of nniccpstonsed gallantry was still effervescing within, and I' thought I might venture on being polite to the lady on my left. I watched her wants, therefore, with the eye of a lever, seeking occasion for saying some gallant thing, or for doing one. Her eyes. which were the pre best pair of blue eyes I had ever seen out of poetry, settled upon a peach—twas all hone to serve her eyes, and so to win her heart ; but darting my arm too hastily, I threw down a decanter of wine, whOse issuing tide divided and subdivided itself into as many streams as you may see issuing from an allegorical urn in a county map. Great consternation ensued : many apologies were made by my blushing friend for my blushing self. which was very handsome in him, as I was too confused to arida gize for myself, and was fully employed in damming up the main stream with my handkerchief, till the as sisting hand of a footman at my elbow. who was as welcome to me as the sun to the rain-drenched• mea dows, had dried up the vinous inundation. My friend lied for me like truth. I was, first of all, very near sighted. and could not see across a table, though he had very oftea envied me the length of my sight; and next I was very nervous, though he had often declared me to be too strogg in the gymnastic exercises! The accident was soon forgotten, the company was again calm, and awkward was himself again.'" • Our. hero, after several more perplexities, from which the 'fair friend on his left' endeavoured to relieve him, dlistribes his embarrassments at the ten-table—apostro phizing the, s. nice handed Damons of the tea-board." who so delicately perform its ceremonies beforethe ap proving eyes of the attended fair—accomplishments whidh he despairs of ever attaining. After having caused an indescribable wreck of bread and butter, and coffee cups, and defaced a Lady's gown by drop ping a well buttered plate of toast into her I e is at last rejoiced by the prospect of a departure irons scene of his mischances—be continues, • .. Time waits for no man. My fair friend now left the chair at the sound of a carriage drawing to the door. and the entrance of a smart Gentleman. who would have done honour by his appearance to my Lord Doke's rout in iligh Life iteloor Stairs I my gentle ally declared she must retire, and gracefully complimenting her fair young friends, curtseying with grace to all the circle, and smiling graciously on me, she prepared to leave the room. At this moment mine hostess, and much louder my heart, whisperedmtto see my young friend to her carriage: at the thought my bead grew giddy, and my heels twisted under me in such a lively manner, that 'fit u as ever possible for a man to turn his back on himself. I think I could have accomplished it then. But I persevered, as cowards often do, and descended the stairs with her soft warm hand gradually freezing, as it were r in the deathlike coldness of mine. With shame I now tenths tale : In my extreme harry to get before the felt creature tg the carriage door (accursed be all narrow 04-fashioned ball doors!) my right foot got entangled in bar sweep ing train of muslin; I bounded instantly off again, but, .las alas! it was to render my situation the more dis tressing, my awkwardness the more complete I for, with my left toot fl:w the train, and the sodden jerk curtailed the dress of its • fair proportions.' and left an accomplished lady, as bob•tailed as a Welch dairy. wench, or a Dutch Prow I—But she bore her loss of train with a philosophy not usually to be found even among female philosophers: she absolutely wined of the accident with a laugh. and said, in her vivacious way, that if I would spare the small train of admirers which dangled after her heart, I was welcome to curtail the train which &ogled after her heels; and saying this she stepped into her carriage with the grace of the Goddess of Beauty into her dove-drawn car e leaving me in mute admigation of her wit and womanhood. and bound to her for her loving kindnesses long as soybean has one fibre that can cling about the image of her person. as the weak ivy clings about the limbs of some sylvan sister of the woods, and never looses its.hold till that which should support it falls to the eanh with it." 0 se My heart expanded in freedom when I arrived at . my own chambers. I sat down in the silence of my study, after, in the anger of a minute, stirring up the fire with something like a spiteful thrust of the poker, and committed these memoranda of my misfortunes to paper, in the faint hope that this faithful picture of my awkwardness may serve as a warning to the inexpe rienced, and teach them, that bashfulness renders a man a miserable companion, stamps him of vulgar breeding or of imperfect manners, and reflects no small stigma on his character as a creature of sense and a citizen of the world." The Irish :tapers in England have had a good season this year ; the general average price of labour was from 15s. to 21s. per acre, which four men would generally cut down in a day. An improvement in the disposal and hanging of the mariner's compass on shipboard has been made in Ame rica. It dispenses with the use of the binnacle; a bole is cot in the deck; within this hole the compass box is placed, and at top covered by a very thick glass; the bottom of the box is also made of glass; the compass card is made semi-transparent, and the whole lighted ; from below. By these means the use of a tell-tale is dispensed with, and the compass rendered much more secure than in its former position, as' it is as firm as the deck. Mr. Pares LATNG'S THIRD MIRTING4III'. Paris LARKS. that t. firm supporter of the House r f Bruns wick,' made a third attempt yesterday, to get together a Meeting relative to the resignation of the 'Loan Mos ADIAIIRAL. The Meeting was as select as ever, there being seven present, besides the Reporters. Alter keeping them together for one hour and a half beyond the ap. pointed time, Mr. P. LATKO took the Chair; but al though there were one Resolution and one previous question moved, be would put neither the one nor the other to the vote. In this dilemma, which threatened to keep the unfortunate seven be :Mu quo all night, some Gentleman hit upou the happy expedient of moving a Vote of Thanks to the Chairman " on the oc casion of his having vacated the Chair," which Itesolo tion passed new. con. and the Meeting adjourned. Yesterday an Inquest, which was adjourned from Friday se'nnight, was held at the Buffaloe s Head, New. road, on the body of an infant which was discovered in the water-closet of a house in Harconrt-stre:t. Padding ton. When the child, was found it was in such a state oldecomposition that it was impossible to say whether it was born alive. It appeared from the evidence, that in the early part of last July. a young female, named Ann Prangle, left the service of a Mrs. Railton, of Baker. street. Portman-square, in consequence of being unwell. It was the general impression among the servants, and also of a medical Gentleman who examined her at the time, that she was pregnant. Before leaving Mrs. Railtos's service she went to lodge with a Mis. James, who resides in Harconrt-street. and to whom she con• fessed that she bad been delivered of a child a day or two before, and that it bad been taken away by a I: iend. About three weeks ago she left Mrs. James's, and went to her friends in Basingstoke. This was the substance of the evidence; and the Jury returned a verdict of , d Wilful Murder" against Ann Prangle—and the Coro ner issued his warrant for her apprehension. Tuesday se'nuight Mr.• Rugg, a Gentleman frog► the West India, in travelling on the top of the coach frees Edinburgh to Dundee, had his pocket picked of twenty twenty-Chilling notes of Mihaly 's Bank. The man who sat next to him on the coach did not cross the water with the other passengers, on pretence that he bad some basis nets to do; but he mentioned that he was to cress in the next boat. It was only after Mr. Rugg arrived in Dun dee that he discovered the loss be had sustained. He repelled to the Police Office, and from thence with an officer to the Craig, to await the arrival of his coach companion. The fellow came, and was immediately apprehended and searched, but no notes were foend upon him. In his examination, he denied that be had takes the money. He had a gold watch, with gold chain and seals on him, and has been committed to gaol, until a coarmunicat on made to the' Edinburgh Police Office has been replied to. Monday morning a private still was discovered in a shed, situate in the rear of a house in an obscure place called Kingsland place, at Dalsm. Its existence had for sortie time been suspected, from the whisky•like smells arising occasionally from a dirty ditch which runs past the place, and on Monday the Excise officers found a still, warm, though not in operation, and about eight quarts of wash. - There was no person in the shed, and the only person resident in the house in front was a woman of middle age, who said she paid ss. a week for her lodging. and had no knowledge or concern with the back premises. Irwas rim* "spected, however, that she was kept there merely as a blind for the illegal proceedings carried on in the rear. The officers. found a man coming out of the cellar. who declared that he had merely called to• see his ac quaintance, the female, and, from circumstances. t officers believed his statement, and he was set at lib: tn. A person named Davis, a milkman and greengrocer, was met at some distance from the premises by Robin son, a Shoreditch constable,and a basket he carried con tained three gallons of raw spirits in bladders. He said some person had given him Is. 6d. to carry them, and he was subsequently discharged, undertaking to appear whenever required by the Excise. CORN-EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, Sem 3. Monday last a dignities was manifested to lower the price of Hour by the Miners in peers'; but the `ton were determined to the contrary, and kept it at the old price, GU per sack. Since Wesley the sepplks of all kinds of Grain have been liberal; there Is *drachm in any aid* and prices may be considered the sans* aim that dav, with a temleacy to a further decline. Nothing doing is Heeded Wham Enna Wheat 3,850 qrs. Barley soe; Ow 5,550 ; Flout 7,300 acme. Amiga Wheat 8,100 qrs. Witty 1,800; • Oats 3,780. I