Star.
London, England, 1822-02-05 00:00:00

LOW OF THE THAMES EAST INDIAMAN.

The Thames left the Downs at twelve o'clock on Wednesday
last, with a smart largess from the South-west, and continued
beating to the westward with fine weather until Saturday at
noon, when she weathered Beachy Head, the wind then blow-
ing a brisk gale. As night approached. the gale increased : and
as darkness came en, it blew a complete hurricane. Finding
the ship making fast towards the shore, an order was given to
commence firing signals of distress, but such was the state of
the elements, that all idea of assistance from the shore was soon
abandoned as hopeless. The vessel was every muscat approach-
ing nearer the shore • the sea running mountains high, and the
moon, which afosded a dim light through the dark clouds, perv-
lag cooly to make their extreme danger the more apparent.
At length, about twelve o'clock, the ship struck on a rock very
near the Head, but Boated from thence. and drifted round near
to the town of Eastbourn, between the Round-house and the
lime& Tower, where she again struck, and got quite ashore.
This was soon after two o'clock on Sunday morning, and from
that until half-past nine, the ship continued to beat with tre-
mendous violence against the shore, and every succeeding wave
was expected to shatter bee to pieces. The same incessant firing
was kept up; lights were very rpeedily shown from the shore;
and in a short time the beach was covered with people, an
anxious to assist in the preservation of the crew, but unfonu-
nately without the power of doing an at that time. Not long
after the ship struck. her mainmast went by the board, carry-
ing with it four of the crew, and in the course of the night the
fore and nibtenmasts followed, and seven more of the crew
were washed overboard. At daylight this fine ship was lying
on the sand, totally &masted, and striking with a violeuce
which threatened to stove her in pieces; and her crew were
seen crowded upon the deck, looking anxiously towards the shore
for assistance, and expecting every moment to be overwhelmed
by the waves, which were breaking upon them with undimi-
nished form At this time several hundred people had collected
on the beach, and the ship was so near the shore, that it seemed
to those on board as though they could almost leap from her
side to the dry land. At length, the only boat that could be
found large enough to attempt to launch in this tremendous
surf was brought to the spot, and a Midshipman (we have not
learned his name) of the Preventive Service, and six seamen, in a
moment voluntereed their services to attempt to reach the ship.
Several successive efftirts were made to launch her, but she
was each timeswamped, and her gallant little crew washed
ashore. Still, however, undismayed, they made another attempt,
and succeeded in getting almost without the breakers, where a
sea took her starboard bow, and upset her. The de seamen
reached the shore • but we lament to state, the gallon young
Officer who so fearlessly had risked his life for the chance of
rendering assistance to his fellow-men in distress, fell a victim to
Ms undaunted courage and humanity, and the ship's company,as
well as those on shore, skw him struggling with the waves until
his strength was exhausted, and he sunk beneath them.
Captain Maxar's apparatus for the preservation of lives was
at length brought into action ; and a rope being thrown on board
the ship and made fast, the whole remainder of the ship's am-
paay, together with Major and Mn Whims, and bee female
servant (passengers), were got safe on shore; but without saving
a single thing except the clothes which they bad on their backs.
They were all completely worn out with fatigue and anxiety,
and the ngers were conveyed as speedily as possible to the
nearest inn. The Mere and crew remained near the spot is
the hope of being able to save some part of the cargo.
It was next to a miracle that the ship held together so long;
and had she not been nearly new, and of the strongest construc-
tion, she must have gone to pieces hours before the crew were
released. Had that been the ease, every individual an board
must have perished. •

WITTING AT • ATTET7ARS LL'B, FEBRUARY 4.
WARY.

a to I agst Syooraz=n)se
9 to 1 --- c. by
out of ds. to Castanea (taken;
9 to 1— Aquilino
1s to 1• Midsummer (tab.)

15 to 1 opt Lampe (takes)
Is to 1 Bro. to Amami.
ts to I Stamford
25 to 1 Marecillus (alma)
100 to 3 Flotiz (taken)
in.

9 to 2 apt Parasol
11 to 2 Rosalind (taken)
7 to 1 Cat

II to 1 apt JuEet
Ntol.--TimityedWiet

17 to 2 apt Marion (taken)
10 to 1 -- Swap (aim)
10 to 1 Ajax
18 to 1— Euphrosyne

20 to 1 apt Newby& (takes)
20 to I Dopore
20 to 1 —. *cora: (taken)
30 to 1— Akarioa (takes)

BOXING.
A fight, far a beilessll, took place yesterday on leas Com-
mon, about four miles from Portsmouth, between Goober. a
sailor, lately paid off from the Coromandel storealip,and Draw
a waterman; the contest arose out of a mivarlentanding be-
tween the men on Saturday night, and &dam would go
shows but a paling math on Monday seerning. To detail
the whole of the rounds would be tedious in the extreme;'
Bring was the lighter man by a stone soda half, but, having
proved so non a ma/muerte all theilllassusengsrs that have stood
before him, Wise alike alt sizes, that the disproportion of hie
weight to the tar was thought nothing of. They fought twenty
rounds in forty-five minutes, when the tar took the amok out
of the waterman, who was led home to get
Mame' there were no Corinthians present,
deeds, the Menem 1 doh were liberally V
proved maw was not absent. The fight
ler's Jqy, where good accommodation
always co be found; here several of the
and, whilst some dips deep into Moos wet
were afuiring their ivories with war, and,
the battle o'er again." Drag (though a
weight) has bets; a knowu good one
num&c. tbulluty
, ijkber wanly otherPd ponderous
ostr;:sa,ohfa

i

w tar took the commit out
to get his haws saamint.
nsect, to goon their bun.
tally hid, which evideutly
hi was close to the 'navel-
on for man and !sorsa is
the spectaten adjourned, !
wA others anon genteelly
ad, hob and mob, " lighting
i a comparative stripling in
io hb time, mid has stood
Chas got dead heat at lash
, •
•