Star.
London, England, 1828-01-08 00:00:00

GLOUCESTER.

A considerable irritation has been excited hereby the
recent elopement of a young Lady from the Spa Hotel.
The Lady in question is Miss Daniel, a young Lady of
about 19 years of age, possessing considerable personal
attractions, and a fortune of near 20,0001. independent of
her relations. She is the daughter of a Learned Counsel
of that name, who was at this time absent from the
neighbourhood, the young Lady being on a visit to her
elder sister. The object of her choice was a very
handsome lad of about her own age, named Robert-
son, whose father is the proprietor of a respectable
boarding-house, situate near the Spa Hotel. The
courtship was carriti on with the most perfect secrecy,
and tl'e youthful gallant had taken the precaution
to cane the banns to be thtee timrs published at a
church in Bristol, after which, the young Lady,
under pretence of paying some morning visits, went
a little way down the Bristol road, got into si-el•st;te
and four, with her youthful admirer, and pickier:kit to
Bristol, where the indissoluble knot was tied. The
parties, however, came back so speedily, that at fii si
nothing was suspected, bet at the expiration of a Few
days, the happy bridegroom claimed his bride, and both
have left this city on their matilmonial tour.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.

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LOSS OF THE FANNY, OF AND FROM ST. MA LO,

FURTHER PARTICULARS.
The following letter from Lieutenant-Colonel FTRRS, .
commanding engineer at Jersey, who was a passenger •
in the Finny, but fortune, ly landed befe•re she struck
on the rock., describes the particulars of his escape, and
then el-newsly loss of the Trutt and several passengers:
" I am happy to inforth you of my safe arrival 'here on New-
year's
day, after another most providential and extraordinary escape.
I sailed trom St. Maio, in the Fanny, about half-past. seven o'clock,
with a fine, fair wiu‘a heavy ilea, but nothing to be alarmed about.
We arrived about half-past two in the %rest 'roads. when they
called to me to say a' boat was waiting for Me. • I did not metre
then. as in the very small portion of cabin left free for passengers, I
could not step out of my birth without annoying a Lady, Mrs.
Fitzgerald, who was very ill, and on a locker outside of my birth.
Half an hour after, Ariley came down, and told me that we could
not get late the pier in less than one hour and a half, and I had
better land ieith them, I therefore scrambled out of my birth. The
other cabin passengers—Niro. Fitzgerald and her husband, married
three weeks before; a very pretty girl. a Miss Murray, daughter of
a Dr. Murray ; and a Frenchwoman—all resolved to remain until
they could reach the pier. I jumped into Attley's boat, who, with
the cockswain, pulled for the pier : the town boat shortly followed
with five or six more; but when within about two hundred yards
of the pier, the wind suddenly shifted to the northward, blowing a
perfect hurricane, more violent than has been known here for many
years, blowing twn trees, &c. it rained alio furiously. We of
mote lost ground, arid they wished to go round to Le Dicq, but I
desired them to pull for the new landing-place, and I threw off my
cloak,preparing for a swim, expecting every moment to be dashed
upon the rocks ; however, they skilfully ran up the little creek un-
der the Magazine, and lauded me comfortably under Sinion's
Garden. The other boat got round to St. Croix, with great risk.
During this time De Touche anchored under the Hermitage, close
to his former disastrous spot : the Fanny drifted--he jumped into
his bolt—a French Gentleman after hint into the sea, and swam to
him ; the others were left to their fate; and about ten minutes after
I landed, I had the horror of being informed that she bad struck
upon a rock near the Little Green Island off the Fold. and sunk
immediately. The unfortunate passengers in the cabin were all
t drowned ; also Lord Harley, eon the Earl of Oxford; young Collins,
of the Library ; Mr.• Miller, and others—in all eight or nine. In-
. deed, I have reason to be most thankful to PILOVIDUCZ for my
wonderful escape:*

Accounts were brought to town this morning of the
destruction of the premises of Messrs. FANNING and
CLARE. oil merchauts, situated between Deptford and
New Cross, by fire. The fire broke out about twelve
o'clecla last flight, in the boiling house, and the flumes
communicating to the oil, soon spread in a very tearful
manner, and it was ascertained that water could have
no effect upon such a fearful body of flame. The house
and out-houses were soon destroyed, and the destruction
of property was considerable. The fire was subdued
before eight o'clock this morning.
The Amt ricans bestow singular Christian names upon
their children. Among a list of thirty.four Directors
of an insurance Company, are to be found the follow-
ing :—Zebedee Ring, Eliphalet Wheeler, Micajah Rey-
nolds. Enoch Dean, Conklin Brush, Ebenezer Cauld-
well, Thaddeus Whitlock, Silas Hicks, Grrardus Pest,
Saul Alley, Silas Brown, Najah Tailor, Heman
Averill, Jehiel Jagger, Rufus Lord, Micah Baldwin,
Mortis Benjamin, Abner Lords, Jonas Mapes, Bar.
nabas Oshorn, Resets, d Fish, Timo Yelegg, lbaccar
Cohen JeJediah Sawtell, kc.
As Sir R. B. P. PHILIPS, Bart. of Picton Castle,
Pembrokeshire, was passing over a temporary wooden
bridge at St. Clear's, Cambridgeshire, the wheels of the
carriage came in contact with one of the baluster posts,
and carried it t ff. By the coucussion, the carriage swung
over the edge of the bridge, and was actually for a con-
siderable time suspended by the traces. lti this perilous
situation it remained until assistance was procured, a hen.
by dint of great exertion, it was dragged up again with
ropes; and the worthy Baronet and Lady Putmrs, who,
with great presence of mind kept their seat, Mete re-
lieved from a situation the most novel, d togetous, and
awful that can well be imagined ; for had the traces
given way, they mist have been precipitated Into the
abyss below, and the destruction of themselves and car-
riage would have inevitably ensued, for the river was
heavily flooded at the time.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY PRIVINTID —Thursday. last, at
five o'clock in the afternoon, as a lad belonging to Mr.
James Felker, baker, of Saffron Walden, was returning
home with his master's horse and cart from Chesterford,
where he had been delivering bread and collecting
small bills, he was met in the hollow road about the
midway by a shabby looking fellow, who debited him
stop. The lad, alarmed at the peremptory demand;
pulled up, when the fellow jumped into threati, and
.taking him by. the ..shouldets, placed his head between
Isis knees, and proceeded to rifle his pockets. In thi.
situation the lad, having both his hands at liberty, with
great presence of mind suddenly pulled the mats s legs
From under him, and by this means threw the fellow
backwards over the front of the cart into the road,
*hese he fell with great violence. The (wise of the fall
iffartliag the horse, the animal set off at full speed, one
wheel of the cart passing over tbe bed, of the man.
Thus was the maitit's ropetty saved, end the hd ins.
stained DO' injury Seined' the loss el hi 4 bat, which
(hopped of dating Om male.