Star.
London, England, 1827-02-26 00:00:00

MONTROSE, Vu. 20.

SHIPW RECK&
The following particulars of the gale on Saturday we
have received from two'active and intelligent cones.
pondents in Arbroath and Montrose:
The wind, which bad been in the N.W. with fine clear
weather, suddenly veered round to the east, and began
to blow a complete hurricane, accompanied with thick
snow, which continued without intermis•ion the whole
evening. The revenue cruiser Charlotte, Lieut. Mials,
commander, made the harbour shortly after the gale
commeficeJ, and one or two more vessels were safely
brought to anchor in the river. The sloop Jane, of
Banff, from Dundee, for the former place, with a cargo
of timber, had her mast carried away, and was driven
on the rocks at the back of the Ness, where she almost
immediately went to pieces. The crew got ashore on
the broken mast, and found their way to the village of
Fettyden.
A Ferryden pilot boat, with seven men on board, was
overtaken by the hurricane and upset, but the crew
were promptly rescued from their perilous situation by
the Lerwick and Leith Packet, who got safely into the
River. The boat was dashed to pieces among the rocks.
A vessel is on shore at Arbroath, but the crew and
passengers were saved.
ARBROATH, Fn. 17.
At three o'clock this afternoon, the mind suddenly
changed to the S.B. blowing a violent gale, accompa-
nied by a very thick snow. The Clyde Packet, bound
to Aberdeen, from Glasgow, was overtaken by the storm
and driven ashore among the rocks a little to the
westward of this town. The life boat was instantly
manned, and attempted to reach the vessel, but was re-
pulsed, owing to the rocks and the tremendous violence
of the breakers. Lieut. Jobson, R.N. Commander of
the Coast Guard here, with laudable promptitude
brought to the spot Captain Manby's apparatus, and
having with the greatest precision conveyed a line on
board of the vessel, a boat manned by some of oar in-
trepid seamen, was again launched, and by means of
the line they succeeded in reaching the smack. Two
female passengers, with their two infant children, and
two of the crew, immediately got into the boat, which
was dashed from the ship's side before the rest of the
crew got mu-board, and at the same moment a rope
having warped round the and. of one of the female
passengers, almost severed her foot from her leg, and
the boat being filled with water, swamped, and threw
every person on board of her amongst the raging break-
ers: At this moment Lieut. Jobson, and several other
individuls, rushed into the devouring element at the im-
minent peril of their own lives,and w ere the happy means
of preserviag from a watery grave the whole of the un-
fortunate persons, excepting one of the childten.--
Part of the leg of her whose foot was so shockingly
mangled, has been amputated; and, to add to her distress,
she is the mother of the babe who perished. Toe much
praise cannot be given to Lieut. Jobson, and to the
shipmasters, seaman, and inhabitants is general, for the
humane and efficient aid which they afforded on this
occasion. A Newhaven boat that was out at the fishing
station, about a mile.west of Incbkeith, was caught by
the gale, and upset, and three men that were on board,
drowned. The boat was picked up near Cramond,
Island on Sunday, but none of the bodies have been
found. A boat belonging to Dunbar was picked up
at Anstrnther this week, and there is too much reason
to fear that the men have been drowned.

We have received the following melancholy details
Isom North Berwick :--On the 17th, during the dreadful
gale of wind at S.E. the sloop .Iksbn and Margaret of
Eyemouth, from North Berwick to Grangemouth,_ got
on shore upon Scoll rocks, about five miles east of North
Berwick; the crew were saved by clinging to the rig-
'fling till the tide left the vessel. The cargo has barn
ended' much damaged. Three boats, two belonging
to Dunbar, and one to Redheugh, their crewrconsisting
of ten men and boys, were out at their crab creels,
and were overtaken by the gale. They have never since
been heard of, and little doubt remains of their having
met with a watery grave one of the Dunbar boats hav-
ing come on shore near kcal' in a shattered condition.
Five. be it% belonging to Crail, Cellardyka, and St. I
M-nance. near this place, fishing on Saturday, were
overtaken with the storm, and none of, them have
reached home. The crews may amount to from 20
to SO men. - •

Acc tncttz AT THZ Naw LONDON BRIDOII.-An In-
quest was held on Saturday, at St. Thomas's Hospital,.
on the body cf John Josses, aged 28. The deceased was-
a pile driver employed at the new London Bridge. On
Thursday last he was engaged driving some piles, and
having occasion to go on a stage iscasediately under
that oo which he was standing, he attempted to jump
hom one to the other and catch a rope to lowerhimsell,
instead-of going down the usual way, bat fell to the
bottom of the coffer dam—a height of 4,$ feet. His head
was literally smashed to atoms, and bloo I and brains
bespittered the men all over. He fell With inch ex-
treme force that he rebounded a considerable distance
from the ground after he fell. All the witnesses said
that the accident was occasioned by the impudence oh
the deceased, and the Jury, therefore, returned a verdict
of "Accidental Death."

MOnday a very serious accident took place un the toad
between Ashfswd and Willesborougk. A lad named
Hart, was riding a high-spwited licwswbelonging t, Mr.
Wall, of Ashford, When suddenly the animal becairte
restive and threw the poor boy, wbo in the fall became
entangled in the stirrups, when shocking to seism lie
was dragged some distance. A leg was broken and tne
tle ktocked out,and he otherwise sustained such violent
!buddy injury, that he survived but a short time.