Star.
London, England, 1808-10-14 00:00:00

NEWCASTLE, OCTOBAR 10.

On Saturday even!ng last, about nine o'clock, a
most spelancholy accident happened in the river Tyne.
As the (67y-boat between Howden Pans and Jarrow
was crossing to the latter place with a number of per-
sons onboard (some accounts say twelve, others fif-'
teen) the wind strong from the East, and consequently
a great swell in the river, it unfortunately filled with
water, and sunk, when about 20 yards from the shore,
by which the whole company would have met a
watery grave, had it not been for the exertions of the
Captain and crew of a sloop near the place, who in-
stantly got out their boat, and saved the greater part
of them. We understand there were only three
drowned, viz. a pit-man named Watson, belonging
to Hebburn Colliery; a carpenter named Mills, of
Howden Pans ; and a person named Armstrong, of
Hebburn Quay. The bodies of the two latter were
found on Sunday. The greatest attention was paid
to the survivors by • some persons at Jarrow, one of
whom was brought to life after being near a quarter
of an hour in the water.
On Monday se'nnight a Gentleman of this town,
for a considerable wager, ran fifty yards, carrying a
man upon his back who weighed 17st. 21b. against
another who, without any weight, was to run 100
yards. The former beat by about eight yards. A
person present, thinking himself swifter than he who
• lost, proposed to run the same distance, which was
immediately accepted, and won by the same Gentle-
man, carrying the above weight, by two yards.

On the 4th instant, there was dug in the Grayfriar's
Yard, St. Andrew's, occupied by Deacon Lawrence
Wallaceoenior, a potatoe of the white kind, weigh-
ing two pounds eleven ounces and a half, English
weight I'.
Sunday se'nnight,' as Mr. Bitowat, who lately
came from Tobago, was riding into Aberdeen, he was
seised *Atli apoplexy on Tyrebagger, and instantly
_died. His corpse was brought to Aberdeen in the
gig of a gentleman, who was passing by at the time.
The ,Small Pox has lately proved very fatal in the - A young man was killed yesterday, in the gateway
leading to Fresh-wharf, by a cart driven in a furious
parish of Bermondsey, upwards of thirty children way, which crushed him to death against a post.
having died of it.
Wednesday night, a fire broke out -at a chandlery On Saturday a fine.girl, aged about nine years,
the only. child.of Mrs. JONES of the Rose and Crown
shop, in Hampstead-road, occasioned by a lotifre er
public-house, in St. Martin's-lane, died in the greatest
agony, in consequence of her being rode over in the
leaving sOme wet clothes drying before a good
after she had gone to bed. The woman, whose name
street some days before by a gentleman on horseback.
is Haan, was first alarmed, and the flames were ex-
tinguished after they had destroyed the room. Mrs.
under the title of PANTOLoGIA, is intended to be
The DICTIONARY Or ARTS, SCIENCES, AND WORDS
Moth was seriously burnt in her endeavours to put
out the fire. comprised in ten volumes, royal octavo, and is pub-
lishing in monthly parts, at six shillings each. The
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large sized sheet the Proprietor has adopted, allows
A fire broke out yesterday morning at a house at
Walworth, which was got under after destroying the
room for the introduction of much useful matter on
interior of the house. each page. By the incorporation of a Dictionary of
Words with that of Arts and Sciences, the trouble of
Another fire broke out at Mr. JAMES.S, in Botolph.
court, at.the same time tin
court, any other Dictionary is entirely avoided ;
part of "
the house and the which consumed all the upper e
furniture. . and the introduction of comprehensive treatises on the
An inquisition was taken yesterday at the George principal branches of Art and Science, augment the
Tavern, Duke.street, oa the body of a youth of the pleasure as well as the benefit to be derived from the
name of Peovil, who met his death suddenly on Tuts- perusal of this work. The treatises on Algehra,
Brick-
who It appeared in evidence, that' the deceased, :
anny, Angfing, Arithmetic, Astronomy, Bosuns, Brick.
who was the son' of a liquor-merchant, had com. making, and Bridges, contain much Historical, Theo-
[ plained on Sunday night of a violent pain in his chest, retical, and Practical information, not to be found ii
he having eaten immoderately of filberts while drink. any Encyclopedia extant ; and many of the single
ing wine. His case became dangerous on Monday, articles, suck as Academies, Aids, Action, Aerottation,
[ and on the following day he died suddenly, after 'fie, Age of Animals, are at once highly entertaining
having apparently recovered.—Verdict, Died 15, the and richly instructive. Errors copied in succession
visitation of GOD. from one Dictionary to another, are here corrected :
Tuesday the 27th ult. a. violent outrage was corn- and the accuracy at which the Editors have sedu-
mitted on the person of a young 'tomtit; as she was lously.aimed, is accompanied by corresponding neat-
coming from Edinburgh, on a visit to her friends in ness •in the printing, and elegance in the plates,
Fife. She travelled from Pettycur with a man who 1 which will amount to nearly four hundred, and, of
had crossed the ferry in the same boat, and who was , whic)), all those devotedto subjects e Natural History
totally unknown to her, till they came to the woods I are kaistifidly and correctly coloured er Nmere.—Thrs
on the 'road betwixt GallowtoOrn and Windygates, : undeOtaking is conducted by Joao 13N Goon, Esq.
where the villain, alter having used her in the most F. R... 6 S. OLINTHOS GREGORY, A. M. of the Royal
barbarous manner,left her lying on the side of the Military Academy, Woolwich ; and the
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highway, wheri she was found soon afterwards, and Boswoavis, of Cambridge.-. London :—Printed for
conducted to a place of safety. We understand the G. Kaoststar, Fleet-street; MILL and BaAnruTit,
person who is suspected has been since apprehended, Edit* h.; llama and REID, Glasgow; ARCHRR and
sad as now in Cupar jai, i Mown, ; and by Eawatans and SavAaß,Cork.

" In grateful acknowledgment of his strennous and successful ef-
forts in Parliament in defence of their Country's Rights ad
Independence, and' of the Benefit. which their rising Agri .ul-
ture has received from his protection and example,
" THIS TRIBUTE OF RESPECT
" Is presented by the Natives of the isle of Man, 1808."

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I gave my harp to Serrature htild.
And she has rurth deihoi sti len;,
They will net speak al my corm:nand,
They warble only to her sting. •
Of dear departed hours
Tno fondly lov'd toast
—The dew, the breath, the bloom of flower;,
That died unumely'in
Of long, long years of ftiturgenee,
' TM lingering nature yieldslier .bteath ;
And endless ages of despair
Beyond the judgment day of death—
The weeping minstrel sings ;
And while her numbers flow,
My spirit trembles through the stags,
And every note is fill cif woe.
_ .
Would glachseu move a sprightlier strain,
And Wake the wild harp's•cleirest loafs;
The strings, impatient to complain,
Are dumb, er only utter moans—
And yet to sooth the mind
With luxury of grief,
The soul, to suffering all resign'd
• In sorrow's music feels relief.
Thus o'er the light Rolian lyre,
The winds of dark November stray,
Touch the quick nerve of every wire,
And on its magic pulses play.
Till all the air around
Mysterious murmurs fill,
. ittarige bewildering dream of sound,
• Most heavenly sweet, yet mournful still.
0 snatch the harp from Sorrow's hand,
IWO iviio ha* been a stranger long;
O grj*lt.with, sublime command,
Add be the poet's life thy song !
Of troubles sin 4,
' Of Tor ever fled,
Of flowers that hear the voice of Spring,
And, burst and blossom from the dead?
ofisome, contentment, health, repose.
Serene dalights while
:mil increme !
And life'striumphant close
In some calm. sunset hour of peace :
Of hilts that reigns above,
Celestial May Of 'youth,
Um:banging as ItH ONA love,
And everlasting as his truth 7,•
Sing, heavenly Hope—and dart thlue•helAs
O'er my frail harp, untunl solopt;
That harp shall breath, at thy command,
In:Mortal sweetness din!' tfq Wnige
.Ah ! this this Llama centruidi
• . And at thp ndksiballeitart •
A new creation in my soul,
41.1flii.zew.gdAn tp my 14%*rt.-1

CHESTER, OCTOBER 11.

The tremendous storm which happened on Satur-
day the Bth instant, has occasioned considerable da-
mage among the shipping in the Merfey. Two large
whips were driven up the river, and now lie on the
Lancashire side, nearly opposite to Hooton Park-;
oae of them, the Alexander, Capt. WADE, bound to
the Brazils, had proceeded on her voyage as far as
HOylake, where she was in the greatest danger of
being lest ; in her attempt to get back, she was driven
to the place where she now lies, in the sight of many
persons assembled at the Eastham ferry-house, all her
masts were blown overboard, and the water broke
over her in torrents. The spectators trembled for the
lives of her crew ; Mr. SMITH instantly gave permis-
sion for the pkcket to attempt their relief ; his son, the
Master of the packet, flew to his boat, joined by the
hurdy boatmen belonging to the ferry, he displayed at
once his humanity and skill, by rushing fearlessly
through the foaming surge : soon, to the infinite joy
and admiration of the beholders, the packet was seen
stationary alongside the wreck ; great was their anxi-
ety till they saw her again move towards Eastham,
where, however, after a of skill seldom
equalled in the navigation of the Mersey, she arrived,
with 36 of the ship's crew (all on board), whom she
had saved from the most perilous situation. The poor
fellows, half starved with cold, and worn out with
fatigue, were greeted with the most hearty welcome
on their arrival at the Eastham ferry-house.

A great deal of.mischief was done on the same ,
day to the shipping at Parkgate and in the neighbour-
hood. The sloop King George, M'CARTHY master,
leaded with coal, for -Dublin, burst her cables in•
Beer-house-hole, and-was driven on the bank opposite
Parkgate, where she soon filled, when her people,
five in number, took to the rigging, but were soon
extric...ted by;the,laudable.exertions of-several sailors
at Parkgate, and were.brotight safe on shore. The
sloop Ardent, Mcnto. master, also
•with coals for
Dublin, run on a bank opposite Flint, ancf3nnk ; her
crew, Consisting, of fbur men and, two boys, and a
woman passenger (excepting one of the boys who
was washed overboard), were rescued fmin their pe-
rilous situation by theaarne sailors, and brought on
shore; but the other poor boy soon after exptred.—
The Perseverance, EVANS, from this- port for Lens-
dcin, laden with cheese, got .back safe into Hoylake,
and arrived at Parkgate on Sunday. The Apollo,
Bau.sti, from Liverpool, who was in company with
the,Perseverance, struck upon Hoyle Bank, but all
hands were saved, except the Captain and two boys.
The. following vessels are on shore at Parkgate, viz.
Defence, PARR, from Londonderry, in ballast, for
Chester; Bee, THOMPSON, with timber for the Royal
Dock-yard, Plymouth—dismasted, with the loss of
her rudder ; Princess Royal, LEwts, from Belfast,
with linen cloth for Chester Fair, which is all dis-
charged; and .the Sedulous, MORGAN, with coal, for
Ireland : the Experiment, from Belfast, with linens
for Chester Fair, is up as high as Shotwick, and now
discharging her cargo.
The. Duke of Athol Isle of Man packet, arrived at
Parkgate on Sunday last, after riding out the -gale,
and striking three or four times upon Hoyle Bank •;
she left'Liverpool on Friday last, with between forty
and fifty passengers. , who are all now well and hearty.
The Princess ittiyal and the Beshorough, Parkgate
packets, rode out the gale on Saturday last in a capi-
tal style, owing, to theit being well found. His Ma-
jesty's yacht Dorset, and the Loftus .Parkgate packet,
which left Parkgate on Wednesday last, ate arrived
safe at Holyhead.- . .
•

Saturday last, there was taken up in a hillman's
garde at Cowglen Colliery, one potatoe plant, the
produce of which WAS :37 large potatoes, some of thorn
a foot long, and nearly eight inches round, and the
whole weighed 151 b. 1 Tron. There was taken
up at the same time, in the same garden, another
plant, which produced 70 potatoes, and the produce
weighed 2oz-also Trop weight.