Star.
London, England, 1826-04-15 00:00:00

/FURTHER PARTICULARS.

Monday, in the forenoon, the men belonging to No.
8, pilot-boat, Crossed by land from Seacombe to Hoy.
I lake. Upon their arrival, they found a heavy surf upon
the beach, which honied several efforts which they made
Ito launch their punt, for the purpose of going on board
the boar, then lying in the Lake. Soon after one-o'clock,
the brave fellows, 12 in number, anxious to get on board
to do their duty, forced their way through the surf,
and, notwithstanding the swell, succeeded in reaching
the boat. Upon the approach of the punt, a slight col•
lision against the side of the pilot•boat took olaceo
which was not to be avoided; the punt heeled, anJ
several of the men rising, lost their equipoise, and..lli4
punt turned keel upwards, and in an instant the wholf
crew were dashed under wa-er. At this trying and pe-
rilous moment, the commander of the pilor-boat,. and
four men, who were then on board, with adtnirable pre-
sence of mind, threw the scuttle, roughtrees, oars, and
other things ova board,to enable the poor fellows to keep
above water: in addition to this, they also succeeded in
righting the punt, and savin 4 one man who had sized
the scuttle; two others were saved•from the deck of the
pilot boat, one of whom had clung to the cable. The
unfortunate situation of the boat's crew had also been
observed from the shore, and the Custom H nise boat,
commanded by William Owens, pushed off with the
greatest promptness to the relief of the sufferers. By
this' means three more of the crew were happily picked
up, after they had been struggling for nearly half an.
hour, partially supporting themselves by the oars, Btc.
which they got hold of; and, during that period, they
bid each other " good bye," judging that their final
hour was come. The six men, thus providentially
snatched from a premature grave, were immediately
taken on shore. The bodies of the six unfortunate suf-
ferers have not yet been found, although every exertion
has been made to find them. Their names are—Wm.
Jones, Thomas Jones, Owen Thomas, Henry Priestnell,
Thomas Bennett, and Angus Clarke, four of them
journeymen, and two apprentices, all strong, active, and
efficient young men.

Accounts from Lima to the SOth December state that
the castle of Callao was still held by the Spaniards, but
negotiations for its surrender had again been opened.—
'l'wo flags of truce had been exchanged, and it was, from
this circumstance, expected the place would be given
up by capitulation.
Cour'. or CHANCERY, APRIL 14.—The LORD CHAN•
em.Loa this day commenced his Sittings in Westmin-
ster Hall. The Courts of his LORDSHIP and that of the
VICE-CHANIELLOR, are constructed pretty much on
the same plan as the other Courts of Law.—Nothing of
any public interest took place in the other Courts.
Two men were committed to Warwick gaol on Mon-
day se'nnight, for robbing a shepherd of 201. while
Ford, the murderer, was hanging!
Two thousand two hundred and thirty-three families
are supported by public subscription, in Blackburn.
The swallows have already begun to make their
ap-
pearance, and vegetation generally never seemed more
prosperous than at present.
An Ttish hangman, upon asking a criminal about to
be executed for the customary bequest, and receiving it,
exclaimed, "Long life to your Honour!" and at the
Same moment let the drop fall.—Mirror of Literature,