Star.
London, England, 1808-08-31 00:00:00

'HULL, Auciief''st

A melancholy accidenro'ccicifed at the entrance of
the harbour at this place, on AVednesday
As the Gainsborough packet. boat, Capt. Roemsox,
for Oainsbdreugh; •With; a numberof passengers, was
leaving the haibour, the tidet'unning out strong she
was driven foul of the jib boom- of the Trafalgar,
Captain ROSEI. Will& vessel was laid ;Ong the jetty,
at the east end of the Ferry-boat Dock, at the- ea-
. trance of the harbiiiir. .Some, of the spectators seeing
the danger to which the packet was likely to be ex-
posed in passing the Trafalgar,whose sprit sail had
been carried away-milf Is 'seer short time *before by
another sloop, called out- to ;her people to take in the
jib _boom. This, howeverl Fas not attended to ; and
the packet boat's mast having caught hold of the jib.
boom, and the tide; as we have observed, running
strong, she was in imminent danger of upsetting, in
which case, a number of the passengers must 'nevi-
'. tably have been drowned. Captain ROBINSON climbed
up the mast to disengage the vessel, and had got upon
the boom when the mast broke ; in that instant the
boom also snapped in two, and 'the.Captain fell into.;
the water and antesmato rise no more.- The shriek
of his uahappy. Wife, and chadren who Wereon board
thecket, and the distress of the paisengerse caiubt
• be described. The ins*, however, liadTreceiired tto
injury but 14.4 nnfosvinate Captain could not Vert.
,:ovsresj, fps hodY t-,as found yesterday morning in
he litiMht;t, about two miles above this place.
• • NOM- LIATDI
Cwswinea, Alscust soee4Passed .by the Govenor Milne,
?adman, from Trinidad; Perseverance, Broad, from Plymouth;
Ann, Boniess, from Oporto; and. the Brothers, Evans; front:
Waterford.--cailed• the Pomona, Merida; and the Neptune,
Silbert, foe C.dis.
DISTRIBUTION OIL PRIZE-MONEY. •

The Loire, for la Conhance, San-Pedro, alias l'Evemnaa, and
Maria vie los..Ciarcias„ captured harm i and,4, 1805, will be paid
Mr..Lynes, Plymouth, and there retailed on Tuesdays and Fri-
eye, for three months.
The Emerald, err the Indefatigable, captured Jinuary 17,1807,
Quill bft paid ou board and recalled et the same time and place as
the above. .

The Vulture, for. la Decide, captured November 11, IRO7, will
be paid em her arrival, and recalled it No: s, Clifford's inn,. on
Wednesdays and Thursdays, fee three months.
The Beagle, for the Feesuetfesmosa, 'captured December ;,'
1804, will be paid on board,and.retalied at 22, Arundel-846er,
ter three years.
Olken and men under Captain Philip-Beaver, 'for la-Prima,
tut out from Genoa Molelklay 21, Iwo; will be paid on Wed-
nesday newt, at No. 9, New Broad-street, and there recalled on
Wednesdays and Thursdays, fox three /ears.
The Uranie, for the &seri Familia and Rosirio, captured in
February, 1805, will be paid to-morrow 'at No.
Norfolk-wrest, Strand, and thire recalled, for three leave..
The Troinprese, for the Deopea, captured' April 1, lOW
be paid on her arrival, and recalled-at
.6 Messea. Achim6's, Austin
friars, for three i i•*4._ „ • .
ThrFmachisrelltirtit Rena, eaptnred•tatniaty R, i/SOB, will
be paid on Tuesday Dekt„ at No.; l'hilpot-lane, and there recall%
ed eaTuesdays and Fri,!iis.