The Sun.
London, England, 1830-01-28 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.

It is our painful task to record a most melancholy
and awful accident, attended. with the loss of three
lives. On Friday last, about the hour of ten at
night, cries for help were heard on the beach at
Starcross, which, after continuing a short time,
ceased, all was again still, arid no further notice
taken of the circumstance. On the following morn-
ing, about nine o'clock, something wearing estrange
appearance was discovered full a half mile from the
shore; immediately boats were procured, and put off
for the purpose of ascertaining what it could he; on
their arrival they found a chaise and two liorses

swampt. The people immediately set to work to
extlicate the chaise, and on opening the blinds (all
of which were up), they were horror-struck on find-
ing it contain the bodies of two well-dressed men.
At that time they must have been in the water 12
hours ; ail hopes, therefore, of recovery were gone,
and nothing remained but to bring thent ashore,
which, together with the chaise, was accordingly
done ; the horses were dragged ashore shortly afre:.
wards, altogether presenting the most melincholv
appearance that was perhaps ever witnessed. The
driver has not been found, and is supposed to have
been carried out to sea. The unfortunate per.oes:
are Mr. Lip•combe, of the Marine lintel of Teri;.
mouth, and his relative Mr. John Ponsford; the
former about 45, the latter a young man about 1
years of age. To account for the catastrophe is im-
p .ibl- • the oldest inhabitant of the town cannot
im-
possible;
recollect a similar circumstance happening on a spot
to all appearance void of danger. Many of our
readers will be able to recollect tine place, it bein-nz
that part of the beach, midway between the slope
at the end of Stareross and Stockwood-hriilge. It
is conjectured the driver, who, from all accounts,
was perfectly sober, must have fallen asleep (those
inside, from the blinds being up, had doubtless corn-
posed themselves also), and the horses, instead of
taking the road along the beach to the right, hail
gone towards the sea. It was almost low water at
the time, and the horses having nothing to cheek
them, continued the same route, until they came to
one of. the channels of the river, where, ate bank
shelving almost perpendicularly, the horses lost their
tooting, and were plunged into deep water. Mn.
Lipscembe has left a wife and six children to lament
his loss.

Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, an inquest was held
on the bodies by Mr. GRIDDLE, of Ashburton, when
nothing transpired to throw further light on the sub-
ject. The evidence went merely to state that the
chaise was found nearly half a mile out, in 12 feet of
water, with the pole erect, and just the head and tail of
the grey mare were seen with her fore leg over the
other horse's neck, and her hind leg over the pole;
not a rein or trace broken ; the blinds were up. The
post-boy was unmarried, and had not been found.--
The chaise passed Starcross 20 minutes after ten;
the watches were taken from the pockets, once
stopped at half-past ten, the other 20 mihutes %frer
eleven o'clOck.—Weste, n Luminary.

APPALLING STORM AT SUNDERLAND.

On 'Wednesday- afternoon last, about two o'clock,
a violent gale of wind from the E.S.E. commeeced,
and it continued to blow without intermission the
whole of the afternoon and evening, accompanied,
until about ten o'clock, with continual aliernate
heavy showers of snow and sleet. Bet weer; three
and four o'clock, nine ships (the wind blowing weft
dreadful violence dead upon the coast, and it being
impossible to keep the vessels cut to sea) ran ashore
right before the wind on the sand at Heedon, which
they mistook for Sunderland harbour, the snow
storm rendering it impossible to distinguish one
place from another. The crew of one of these yes.
sels, the William and Betty, of .Petethead, were
saved by a few intrepid fellows, who put off to their
assistance in a coble, and who reached the ship just
in time to save from destruction the unfortunate
mariners, whom in a few minutes longer it would
have been utterly impossible to save. The men be-
longing to the other eight vessels came ashore with-
out assistance or difficulty,' and saved all their
clothes when the tide had ebbed out, the vessels "be-
ing then left dry. The William and Betsy, of Peter-
head, and the Britannia, of Whitby, are total
' wrecks; the other seven, the Boreal, the Advena,
the Frederick, and the Marks and Ann, of Sun-
derland; the Ann, of Newcastle ; the Acorn, of
North Shields, and Endeavour, of Feversham, will,
it is expected, begot off, some of them with serious
damage. During the night the Mclita, of Sunder-
land, was driven behind-the north pier, and will, it
is feared, be a total wreck ; the Louisa, of Aber-
deen, was dashed to pieces against the mound by
which the south pier is protected against the fury of
the ocean; the Messenger, of Newcastle, came
ashore on the sand a little to the south
pier, totally wiecked ; and the Charlotte and the
Severn, of Shields, were driven upon the rocks bee
tween the south pier and Hendon, and are totally
wrecked. Within twelve hours after the commence-
ment of ties gale there were 15 ships on shore be-
tween the north pier and Hendon. The only service
rendered by the life-boat during this destructive gale
was in saving the crews of the Messenger and the
Severn, and in succouring a dismasted Shields vessel
which had a signal of distress flying whilst riding at
anchor off Easington. We are much shocked to
hear, that when the crew of the Chrolotte were
shrieking for help, there were about 150 watermen
on the pier, who to a man refused to render the least
assistance, loudly demanding who would pay them?
It was with the utmost difficulty, and after long de-
lay, that half a dozen coultl be found who were
willing to attempt to rescue their fellow-men from
impending destruction. The only other loss of lifss
was that of a pilot-, who fell overboard out of a cable
which had been put off to succour the distraased
seamen, and was drowned. We understand that the
horrible prac: ice of assembling to plunder the wrecks
has been in this instance repeated by a host of vaga-
bond men and women ; and we deeply regret that
even children are trained to these atrocious practices.
—Tyne Mercury.

A deputation of the Goldsmiths' Company,
composed of the Prime Warden, the three Wardens, and
several members of the Company, together with Mr. LANE.,
the Clerk of the Company, attended yesterday by appoint-
ment at the Treasury, fur the purpose of having a tonfe-
renee with the Lords of the Treasury. Thu, deputation
were met by the Duke of WELLINGTON and two other
Lords of the Treasury, Mr. liraurtA, as Master of the
Mint, the Deputy-Master and Worker of tl a Mint, and the
KING'S Assay Master. The eo.uferetwe tasted about a quarter
of an hour.

•
ROYA 11 (',4IIDEM Y.--A correspondent in-
forms xis, that Mr. SIIEE and Sir W. BEactrEv were
In 4th returned to serve the office of President, in the fol-
lowing manner. It appears that the Royal Academy
conduct the election for the President on the followiug
principle:--The Acadtnaicians elect the President by two..
ballots. The two highest R.A.'s on the first ballet are
put up for a second, and the successful candidate is re-
turned by the greatest number between the f,moi, the
give second ballot. Sir W. BEEcnxir and Aa.nss,ni.Ede,reeczifedl
tprlerlteoctioreifinedeicilienFf
tptol:aaesfiedreseotnrtbi.da! owTt.hheenThe Aeads~niem,
eed ballot is to
Academicians that have it,c4 voted on the first for the
two favourite candidates an opportunity of p011in7....er
" scratching" is t.he (Apreseion—for either on the 4tiOnti,
and thert4rends-zing the election as unanimous as possible*
A most daring outrage was c...tianittea on a
gentlem*n, in Aldgate, on Tueadkv evening, about half-
piist six o'clock, as he wag ekoasiog the end of Hounds-
ditch. A temporary Uoppage occasioned by the passing of
a coach and a co,, caused several persons to collect on each
side the 4tiwt, after which a rush was made, and in a mo-
tocut hit packet-book was cat from his breast pecl:et,
although he had a great coat Luttouod over it,—tutting
through both coats. The gentivash is a Mr. Ilum.ocK,
from Southend, in Essex, who is in town upon business,
and is staying ut the Liu!' Jun, Aldgate. We utidustnnr
the officers are iu active search ; there is no doida from
the mauger in which it was done that they were expert
at their business. .The packet-book eoutaiaca,,
between 400/. Ind .5001, but ma the rounher. of t
are known, and stoned at time Mink, 7:l„,ete:
daring offendera zuty be brtnlzht to