Star.
London, England, 1825-10-27 00:00:00

THE SHIPWRECK.

>aoll WILSON'S ISLI OF PALMS.

Oh ! many a dream was in the ship
..An hour before her death;
And sights of home with sighs distarb"d
The sleepers long-drawn breath.
Instead of the murmur of the sea
The sailor beard the bumming tree,
Alive through all its leaves,
The htim of the speading sycamore
That grows before his cottage door,
and the swallow's song in the caves!
His arms enclosed a.blooming boy,
Who listen'd with tears of sorrow and joy
To Ilse dangers his father had pased ;
And his wife—by turns she wept and smiled,
As she look'd on the father of her child
Return'd to her heart at last !
—He wakes at the vessel's sudden roll,
And the rush of waters is in his soul.
Astounded, the reeling deck he paces,
And hurrying forms and ghastly faces ;
The whole ship's crew are there.
Wailing's around and overhead,
Brave spirits stupefied or dead,
And madness and despair !
Leave not the wreck, thou cruel boat,
While yet 'tis thine to save,
And Angel-hands will bid thee boat
Uninjured o'er the wave,
Tough whirlpools yawn across thy way,
And storms, impatient for their prey,
Around thee fiercely rase!
Vain all the prayers of pleading eyes,
Of outcry loud, and humble sighs,
Hands clasp d, or wildly toss'd on high,
Despair and resignation vain!
Away, like a strong-wing'd bird she Ales,
That heeds not human miseries,
And far off in the sunshine dies
Like a wave of the restless main.
How quiet the once noisy crowd !
The sails now serve them for a shroud,
And the sea-cave is their tomb.
And where is that loveliest being gone?
'lope not that she is saved alone,
Immortal though such beauty seem'd to be!
She, and the Youth that loved her too,
Went down with the ship and her gallant crew—
No favciurites bath the sea!

EFFECTS OF THE LATE GALES, &c.

YARMOUTH, Ocr. 23.—Wednesday night, a large
brig (name unknown) supposed to be a collier, drove
upon Carton Sand, about four miles to the southward
of this place, during a hear y gale from the N. and N.N.E.
At day-light in the morning, seven of her crew were
observed in the main-top, but it could not be ascertained
what number there were altogether on board. About
nine o'clock she fell over on her beam-ends, when the
poor fellows appeared to lash themselves to the shrouds,
but they shortly afterwards totally disappeared ; it is
therefore concluded the whole of them met a watery
grave. The Lo...estoft life-boat put off to their assist-
ance, but through some mismanagement, it was nearly
twelve o'clock befcre they reached the vessel, when not
a person could be seen on the wreck. An express arrived
here this morning, with the information of the vessel
being on the sand, but unfortunately our life-boat was
not ready for sea, which is much to be regretted, as she
might probably have saved the valuable lives of those
unfortunate men. A long-boat has been washed on
shore at Cotton, which is supposed to belong to the
above brig ; the name .6 John Leaig," appears on her
quarter, but has been painted over. The gale conti-
nued the whole of Thursday and Friday, causing a
number of vessels in our Roads to part from their an-
chors and run to the southward. Thursday afternoon,
we had much thunder and lightning, accompanied with
hail, %%hid) was fortunately but of short duration, being
whilst it lasted most awful and terrific. The mast of a
Humber keel, at anchor in our Roads, was struck by
the lightning. which it shivered to pieces, without in-
juring the crew, who were all on deck at the rime.
The following shipwrecks, &e. have been posted at Lloyd's :
The Active, Gear, has been abandoned at 03v15 s Straits. The Lady
Owen, Wn.uasts,from Youghal to Portsmouth, was driven on shore
near Bideford on Thursday, and it was feared would be totally
lost. The Meziah. Swan. from Brackstadt to Hell, is wrecked on
the Lineoln•htre coast. The Mars, BAUMAN*, from Quebec to
Hull, was driven on shore near Tetney.h.ven on Friday, but was
expected to be get off. The Liberty, ANceavz, from Boston. to
Lembo:, was driven on shore near Cromer on Friday. The Peggy,
Bur., of Whitby, was wrecked near Lynn on Friday. The Rip.
atone, Hull trader, was driven on shore near Scarborough on Fri-
day. The Anacreon, Jonas, of Cardigan, bound to Cork, was so
shore and bilged near Fishittard on Friday. The Good Intent,
Oars, from Plymouth to Penzance, was capsized during a heavy
squall, on the 20th inst. off the faro Head: a woman, her child,
and a boy, drowned. A Humber keel, laden with deals and tar,
supposed to be the Haphazard, upset in Lynn Roads the 10th inst.
and sunk : crew drowned. The Amphitrite, Visu,atrived at Har-
wich yesterday. from Memel, parted with the Henry and Elizabeth,
of lilakeney, Urania. of Hull, and Blossom, of Lynn, on the 18th
inst. off the coast of Norway, just before the gale. The Majestic.
PA ATZN, from Yarmouth to the Baltic, ran on shore near Hoge-
mess on the II th inst. but is expected to be got off. The Briton,
Davis, from Guernsey to Dainzic, was driven on shore near that
port on the 11th, and it was feared would not be got off. The
Ceres, hunch, from Larne to Riga, ran on shore there on the
Swin-bottoms on the 11th inst. but got off, and went to Copenhagen
to repair. The Salisbury. SCOTT, from Liverpool to Petersburgh,
was driven on shore on the 3d inst. on Gothland, and bilged. The
Caledonia, Parstaose, from Wick to Dublin, was driven on shore
near With, but has since been got off, and arrived at Wick. The
Lily, LAtiu, front London to Hull, has put into Yarmouth die.
nia%ted. haying been struck by lightning. The Flora Scoorree,
from Alemti, has put into Elsinore having been on the Lapsatid.
The Henry, FTRRIZZ, from New Louth Wales to Sincapore was
lost in Torres Straits, on the 15th of April—crew saved. The Ca-
taibe, from Martinique to Bordeaux, was driven on shore near
Pauline, on the 16th inst. The Asia, STZAD, from New South
. Wales to Bengal, was spoken with 25th April, all well in latitude
11 S. 140 E.
The Providence, ltesitsc,mx, arrived at Deal, sailed from Cal.,
cotta the 7th of April; Kedgeree' 27th ditto; Sand Heads, Mt
Slay ; Mauritius, 15th July ; and St. Helena, 2d September.
Faosoirrts, Ocz. 24.—Wind N.W.—Sailed the Duke of York
packet, for the Leeward Islands.
PLYMOUTH, Ocx.24.—Wind W.—Arrived the Mary Ann, Mon.
Ler, from the Downs for St. Domingo, with loss of anchors and
cables; Cognac, BANTON, from St. Petersburgh, with damage; and
Antelope, Campeau., from Newcastle for Charente.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. !Z.—Wind N.— Af rived the &kande,
OA VITA!, from the Downs for Cadiz ; and several coasters frost the
westward. Sailed the Unicorn, Wasoar, for St. Vincent's. Put
back, the Echo, DUNLOP.
Dial., 25.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived and remain, the
Providence, Itasnwrox, from Bengal—she has been supplied with
an anchor and cable; Rival, ----, from St. John's (N. B.); and
Romulus, Th.', from Quebec. Arrived from the River, and re-
main, the Leona, Lovia; and Underwood, 14)IINGTON, for De.
mesa; Alliance, WsiikONG, for Nevis; Anne. ---- for Sierra
Leone • Posthumous, Ram, for Africa; Stately, for Jamaica;
and the Sehel6eld, linat.str, from Newcastle for Cork.
Livaaroor., OCT. 24.—Wind N. W.—Arrived the Ardent.
Davis, from Pernam. The Mellish, from London for Calcutta,
was spoken *lib, on the 19th of August, in lat. 18. 48. S. long. 35.
W. all well. The sloop Christina, Taunus, front Douglas, with
barley. is sunk in the Old Dock Gut. The Shannon, Quuloosi,
from Sc. Petersburgh. is on shore to the northward of ais port.
Wasirisso, Om 19.—A schooner struck on the Rush Bank, to
the northward of this harbour, the 16th inst. and almost immediately
west to pieces. It is feared the crew were drowned.

Oulton Park is fixed upon for a foot-race between two
of the younger branches of two celebrated Cheshire families, who
are in training to run 140 yards, fors wager of 1001. ins few days.

STEAM VESSELS.

The recent melancholy catastrophe in the Clyde, and
the detruction to human life occasioned thereby, na-
turally suggests the question—ls there no possibility ( f
preventing such sudden and calamitous accidents? With
a view to this, we would recommend to public atten-
tion an account of an invention by Messrs. James and
Charles Carmichael, of Dundee, for regulating the
movements of steam vessels, and which has been for
some time used on board the George IV. twin steam-
boat, on the Dundee and Fife ferry. It is communi-
cated to the Ildinourgh Philosophical Journal, by
Captain Basil Hall, R.N. and published in the number
for July last. The description of the machinery could
not be clearly understood wi;hont the accompanying
plate, but the object and uses of the invention are thus
shortly stated :
By the simple motion of a small handle, or index, placed on a
table, upon deck, in view and in heating of the man at the helm,
and of the master of the vessel, every movement which the engine
is capable of giving to the paddle-wheel may be at once commanded.
The vessel may be moved forwards or backwards—or may be re-
tarded, or entirely stopped, at any given moment, by merely turning
the handle to the places denoted by the graduations of a dial-plate.
No skill is required for this purpose, so that the master himself, or
a sailor under his directions, can perform the office as Well as the
ablest engineer. Titus the confusion which frequently arises at
night in calling out to the engineer below, is avoided, and any am-
biguity arising from the word of command being transmitted
through several persons entirely prevented. In point of fact, it
places the engine as much under command as the rudder is—an
undoubted improvement upon the clumsy method of bawling out
to the engineer below, who either may not bear, or may chance to
be out of the way—circumstances which may lead to the most
serious accidents.

DAVIS'S STRAITS WHALE FiblIER Y.