Star.
London, England, 1826-05-15 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE.

FROM THE HAMPSIIIIRI TILSORAPPI.
But two short weeks .have passed since it has been
our lot to record the loss of Three lives by the upsetting
of a boat in oar water, and it is now our melancholy
duty to announce the loss of four more from the same
cause. A large boat is kept at the Powder Magazine
at Marchwood, for the conveyance of the officers fit the
establishment to and from Southampton. This is under
repair, and her place has been temporarily supplied by
a long and narrow gig. the property of some gen-lem-u
at Eling, who use it as a pleasure boat. On Friday
afternoon last, about half-past four o'clock, this bo t
left the Quay for the Magazine, having on board nine
persons, viz.: Robert Crew, Esq. Storekeeper of the
Magazine; Mr. George Hoare, son of Mr. Hoare, of
Twyford ; a corpoial and private of the artillery ; a
boatman named Doling and his wife, and three lemur-
ing men employed in the Magizine; named William
Etaltbury, Benjamin Martin, and Cooper. Tn. fc•
Was a fresh breeze limn N.E, but very puffy, as easterly
winds always are. As soon as the boat had passed the
quay, her lug sail was"heiiited, the sheit-being.held in
hand. They had but just cleared the breakwater, when
the sail was caught by a sudden squill, resembling a
whirlwind, and the gig was upset in a moment. Every
body on the quay saw the accident, and a dozen boats
were at the spot in less than five minutes. Here five
individuals were found, either in the boa., which had
righted, full of wa.er, or holding to the gunwale.
These were Mr. Crew, Doling and his wife, and the
two artillerymen. One of the labouring men, William
Stansbury, was seen sinking in the water, and Captain
Potter, of the Dtligent, most' heroically jumped over-
board, and brought him up, but without avail, is he
died soon after he was brought ashore; though if
medical assistance had been at hand, it is thought his
life might have been preserved. Mr. Home was also
seen in the water, and one individual touched his hair,
but could not huh it, and he sunk. His body vas
dragged up about two hours afterward, and that of
Cooper in about an hour and a half more. The body
of Martill was not found late on Friday evening. In-
quests on Mr. Hoare and Stanbury were held in the
evening, before Mr. Corfe, at the Vine, and a verdict of
accidentally drowned, with a deodand in each Inqu s:
of one shilling on the boat. No particular bl me, it
appears, can be attached to the boatman, or to any of
the party, as Mr. Crew emphatically declared; but we
cannot refrain from saying, that a lug sail is very dan-
gerous in a narrow gig, when, as in this case, her crew
consists chiefly of landsmen. This boat is 26 feet long,
and about 41 feet wide; bin a boat of that length, built
for sailing, would be from 8 to 9 feet wide, at d the
gust of wind which upset the one would hardly give
the other a perceptible bee!.

YU RTUEIt PARTICULARS.
The fourth sufferer, lienjamiw Makin, was pickel
up early this morning, close to the spot where the acci-
dent happened. Inquests on him and Cooper u ere held
at the Cas le, at eleven o'clock, by Mi. Keck, and the
same verdict returned as in the other two Casi.s. The
three men were not properly labourers, but men belong-
ing to the magazine, who were employed to row the
boat : they have left wives, and, among the three, nine
children. When the boat upset, the boatman, I) ling,
who is an expert swimmer, though deprived of the use
of one leg,- first helped his niaster, Mr. Crew, upon the
capsized but, and then dived for and brought up his
wife, whom he saw at a considerable depth beneath
him. The two men sunk before any effectual assittance
could be rendered them, but Mr. Hoare was seen to
swim for some distance, and then go down at one.-. A
prodigious sensation has been crested in the town by
this awful event, and the quay wai thronged with people
till a late hour in the evening.
Another large boat was capbised, without sail., tzar the platform.
on Saturday afternoon, with twenty persons on board, but happily
all escaped with merely a wetting. She struck on a large stone.

The produce cf the late Fancy Dress Ball at Coven
Garden Theatre, it appears, amounted to 30004 The dress worn
by Mrs. A 1111111T111107 was that of Mary Odeon of Saraa—aot an Ori.
ental habit.
Sir Roane GRULIT will be returned Ter Evesham,
without a doubt—his opponent, Mr. Pairrnaaos, has already bettor's,
the subject of a brief poem by a Worcestershire wit—
' " We don't like Master Paorossoit,
" He kicks up suc► a bother oh!
" Su we shall vote for t'other, oh.",
Which other is Sin Cnam.as Coczaam.

CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, MAT 15.
The arrivals of last week were small, except of Flour, which was
very large. This morning the supply is very moderate from the
adjacent counties. Wheat has declined front Wednesday's advance
of Is. to the prices of Monday last, and scarcely any sales are making.
Barley obtains more money than this day se's:might. but does nut
sell so well as at the close of last week. Beans and Peas are without
variation. The Oat trade is in a very unsettled state; factors are
demanding higher prices than this day sennight, but few buyer.
are disposed to give any advance on them. The Flour trade is ex-
cessively dull, the top price remains at 55% nontinidly.
Wheat. Red, new, 50s. 511 s. Rye, old, 30s. 40s.
- old, 00s. 001. Beans, Small, new, 50s. 41s
White, new, 554. 85s. old, 00s. 00s.
- old 00s. Ms. Tick, new, 335. 375.
Barley, 225. 305." -- old, 00s. 00s.
Malting, 315. 33a. Oats, Feed, new, 19s. 235.
Peas, Grey, 1825, 38s. 40s. --•-• old, 00s. 00s.
Old, 00s. 00s. Poland, new, 22a. 58s.
Maple, 1825, 410. 425. - old, 00s. ons.
old, 00s. CO.. Potatoe, new, 235. 28s.
White, new, 10s. 425. - old, 00s. 00%
old, 000, 001. Scotch, 291.305.
Boilers, 1825, 435. 445. Flour, per Sack, 465. 551.
old, 003. 00s. Seconds 40s. 455.
•lIIRIVALS EAST IWltia.

Wheat, British, qrs. 4,496
Barley 71$
Malt 6,499
Oats $9873
Beans

Peas, qrs.
Irish Oats
Poreiga Oats
Pareign Barley

150
1,71.
5,96. .

1',664 I English Flour, melte snicop
SMITHFIELD MARKET, Mar is,
The Beef trade remains nearly as on Friday, the best Oxen being
45. ad. to 4s. 10d. per stone ; and larger Meat being 4.; to 41. 4d.
per stone. In Mown, also, the variation is unimportant. the best
wooled Sheep being 4s. Ss. to 4s 104. or perhaps Su per atone; and
the coarser es. to 4s. 4d. per do. In Veal these is nothing worth
noticing ; and iamb remains firm at Ss. 6d. to 6s. per stone ; come-
lier Lamb is quoted at as. to Ss. 6d. per stone. Tut Pork trade kas
,not varied from last quotatioosr-Beasts, 4,260; Sheep, 111,140;
Pigs, 150 ; Calves, in-
, Reef per stem, 4i. to 4s. 10d. Motion, 41: to ss. Veal, Ss. to
5, sod. Lmnb, Stu is. Pork, 44. ed to Ss —Hay. per load,
43 to 44 10s. Cloverl.AZl 10e. to Ali Scrotal Xi IN. to 411.