Star.
London, England, 1828-09-09 00:00:00

ACCIDENT AT ILFRACOMBE.

IL/RACOMII, SIEPTEMBER S.—The utmost gloom and
anxiety have pervaded all grades of persons in and about
this place, arising from the absence and (as it is now
concluded) total loss of the Custom-house boat. under
the command of the chief officer, and comptroller (act-
ing), Mr. Charles Cornish, together with two " Klub-
men ;" the particulars are as follow:—Mr. Cornish was
ordered on duty to one of the outports, Lymouth, on
the morning of Thursday last. The boat belonging to
the establishment was fitted for the occasion—the wee.
they being remarkably fine, and altogether favourable.
Before, however, the comptroller left the quay, it was
suggested by a friend, that as the Glamorgan, Bristol
steam-packet, was about starting, it would be well to
get his boat towed up astern as far as Lymouth;
the request was made, and the Commander of the
Glamorgan readily complied with the request. The
steamer, with the boat, cleared this harbour about
ten minutes after nine o'clock on Thursday morning.
Having made a quick and consequently desirable
passage, Mr.Cornisb was put on shore at Lymouth, and
proceeded directly to the performance of his deity,
which having done (about 5 o'clock p. m.) Mr. Cornish
joined his crew, and made all sail (on his return) for
ll-
fracoabe. They had proceeded more than half way
home, and were seen by the master and crew of the
*Beresford Bristol trader, about two miles a-step, and
one mile off the land, apparently all right. About that
time (nearly 7 o'clock), however, a sudden gust (better
described as a squall) of wind came off the land, which
lasted twenty minutes. The Beresford arrived in
this harbour at eight o'clock, or half past, after hay.,
ing experienced a changeful time of it. No anxiety was,
expressed by the master or crew of the Beresford that
evening for their safety; bt* it appears that on the fol-
lowing morning oneof his men got up at an early hour,
for the purpose of seeing whether the custom-house
boat had come in during the night ? It bad not arrived I
The alarm was given by the man who bad so lately
seen it on the treacherous deep. The anxiety became
more and more intense; and up to this present you
might hear the lamentations of all who know them,
" Poor Cornish !"—" Is there any hope' The old and
experienced sailors agree in this opinion, that the boat
upset during the squall, or at the first coming of it, and
that they mast necessarily have all gone down.

EPIGRAM.
Frank once asked a friend, " Don't you think I speak well,
Though I ne'er take a book from its shelf r
" How the talent you've gained," said his friend, " I can't tell,
But I own you speak well V yourself."
Ltsame, AUG. 22.—The Duke of Kent packet, Lan
rence, arrived hem the 17th instant from Falmouth.
Fell in with, off Oporto, the land in sight, three armed
vessels (a corvette and two brigs). One of the brigs,
full of men, bore down, and hailed him, but did not
board; showed Spanish colours, hauled his wind, and
joined his companions.
By the arrival of the ship Thomas Gelston, of this
port. from Africa, we learn the following particulars of a singular
escape of one of the crew of that vesseL The Thomas Geiston,
Captain Martin, was taking in African oak, at the island of Taisho,
in the Sierra Leone river, in the month of June last ; and Captain
Martin perceiving the river trowded with sharks, cautioned his
crew not to bathe. To facilitate the operations of loading, the
ship had a stage rigged from her raft port nearly level with
the water's edge. Disregarding the caution of the Captain, one
of the crew, mined William Davis, resolved to bathe in the
river, and be took with him a boy for the same purpose, with
whom he was swimming on Isis back, when his foot was
edged by a shark. The boy was Sung from the back of the
Mot, and succeeded in gaining the stage; but the sailor Mar
self was instantly pulled under water. In a moment, however,
Me unfortunate sham rose again, having escaped from the jaws
of the fish, and with all his energy be endeavoured to reach
the stage en which stood the cal penter of the ship and the boy.
In this endeavour he was sulliciently successful as to seize it with
his hands. The carpenter stooped and seized him by the
la and when the act of helping him out of the water, the wretched
sailor was again seized by the leg by the shark. In this horrible
situation, the shark striving to pull him into the water, and the
carpenter to pall him out of it, poor William Davis remained
until the shark succeeded in tearing away his leg. He was then
brought on board. end Captain Martin having bound up the stump
as well as he was able, seat a boat to Sierra LaMe with him. Os his
arrival in the colony, the stump was skilfully amputated, and be is
new in this pert and is doing well. The name of the carpenter by
urban be was rescued, is John Litressisfe.
Marriages in Holland are merely civil obligations,
which require no ecclesiastical sanction to give them va-
lidity. A week or two before the intended consumma.
lion, notice is given to the Burgomaster; the certifi-
cates of baptism, and the consent of the parents (when
that consent is necessary), are deposited with the Ma-
gistrate, and on the day fixed the parties attend with
their friends in the Town-hall, and the article of 'the
code is read, which records the obligations of the mari-
tal condition ; then the Burgomaster asks, in a loud
mice, whether the parties consent tofulfil the windrow
mid obligations; and on their answering " yes," or
bowing the head is assent, he declares the marriage
valid. The Protestants sometimes proceed to the house
of the Domine, or minister, to ask his blessing; and
sometimes the Butgomastor himself accompanies the
civil ceremony with a word of advice, or a friendly
benediction. As marriage is one of the sacraments of
the Roman Church, the rite is not completed, if the par-
ties are Catholics, until the following Sunday,when they
confess themselves, and partake of the Lore's Supper.
On the.night of Wednesday last the out going book-
ing office; of the Bull and Mouth Inn, was broken
into and plundered of three parcels containing stamps
of the value of 6,0001. From the manner in which
these parcels were selected from others wi.h which
they were mixed, and from others circumstances. 'hire
appears no doubt that the robbery was planned and
executed by that gang who haie so long and so suc-
cessfully carried on depredations of a similar kind.
It appears that the three parcels were received from
the Stamp-office on Wednesday afternoon, and were
to have been forwarded by coach the following day
to the stamp distributors at York, Manchester, and
Leeds. They were deposited in ;he office, which was
closed at the usual hours. The f morning
the lock and fastenings were all found secure, but
on opening the door, an overpowering smell of gas
issued, and every thing was found in confusion. The
long range of cellariag underneath the office had been
converted into stabling, and the thieves, by forcing the
lock of the stable-door in Bull and Mouth-street, bad
gained an entrance, and had afterwards worked their
way through the ceiling into the coach office. The
escape of the gas arose from the thieves having broken
the pipe, while forcing their way through the flooring.
A circumstance, in itself trivial, but which has been
naturally enough associated with subsequent events,
occurred late on the evening preceding the robbery.
A genteelly dressed stranger went into the yard, and
addressing Boots, asked his assistance to get back his
umbrella,, which, be said, some ft lends of his, in a
lark, bad dropped through the grating into the un-
der-ground stable. The horse-keeper was called, and
the stable opened, into which the stranger followed.
His umbrella was found, and restored to him, and
after giving a trifling gratuity to the man, he went
away. It is supposed his object was the ascertaining
e nature of the ceiling, and lb, general disposition
of the place.

CONcLUSION OF BARTHOLOMEW FAIL

At 12 o'clock on Saturday night the 61 din" of this
ancient Fair ceased, and, barring a slight accident at
Wombwell's Menagerie, the entertainments went on
with eclat :

The public may, perhaps, not be aware of the im:
manse receipts of the showmen of 41 Bart'lemy Fair ;
but the following is a curious total of the amount of the
receipts of the exhibitions, which our informant has
correctly ascertained :
Wombwell's Menagerie, the extraordinary sam of
Atkins'/ Menagerie .
Richardson's Theatre .
Clark's Circus . .
The above exhibitions, it may be necessary to state, were
charged at sixpence each person.
Morgan's Menagerie (3d each) • The following were exhibited at " only one penny:"
Ball's Theatre . .
Ballard's ( Wild Beast) •
Keyes' (Conjuror)
Frazier's (Ditto) . .
Pike (the King of Ditto and Learned Pony) •
The Pig-faced Lady . •
•
This exhibition, which excited great attention, was an.
pounced in Immensely; large letters to be " under the
immediate patronage of Prince George of Cumberland,
• and the red of the Facuity."—However, this " Pig.
faced Lady" turned oat to be nothing more nor Mrs
than a young She Bear, closely shaved for the occasion,
and it was amusing to perceive the anxiety of the pro.
prietor in endeavouring to persuade the audience that
it was the real Piglet:ad Lady, " mist bad been so
much here'd oL"
The Living Skeleton . •
Corder's Head, Miss Marten, Red Barn, Trial, &M.
tiro, Dissection, /he. •
The Jugglers from the *art I Addis
Tke Fat Boy and Girl .
The Great Salamander ; or, Fire Gourmand
The Diorama of Nevado°
The Scotch Giant

. Xl7OO
1000
1200
SOO

150

90
.9
20
26
40
150

100
SO
140
SO
00
SO

. .15375

Of coarse the expenses of the Snowmen vary accord-
ing to the magnitude of their concern—those of Womb-
well, we heard, amounted to 4004—those of Richard-
son, to between SOW. and 40W. and the others in pro-
portion. So, it is evident that the net profit of the
Snowmen most be great indeed.