Star.
London, England, 1829-12-29 00:00:00

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FATAL ACCIDENT ON nig CANAL IN
ST. JA 31 1.47:11. rA. RIC.
The apeorkhopef *kaftan on the ice in St...lantes's Park; s..
Sendai aftsessolls_ was very numerous Lblit the Itheritl of the
scene wu elonded bt a melancholy. seadent which occasioned the
deeds of two ifiestidwals. A young man,' whose name la at
unknown, was observed shaking in a fearissamanner on that Pin:
of the Canal deemed dangerous, when the ice goddess!, gave way..
Numbers of persons on the Canal. rushed to his assistance. and
emreralof them approached the place Where the unfortunate man
was Sticks tied together with handkerchiefs were thrown
to him, when. the ice again pveway. and:seven.persons fix saga
water. Fortunately they were rather nearer the shore, bet an
,scene of confusion that ensued it is impossible to describe, and with
rest Slinky the young men were rescued from their perikees
The youth who first fell in was still seen Boating Alit,
iskUing Sir some time supported himself :upon a piece of floating kui-
-mry endeavour was used to save him, but in main; and after
ihsiting about eight minutes, he suddenly sunk. Another y,
mat is Supposed to have been drowned in the cohfudon that ft-
Weds as two hats were boating about. One of the shliterellimme
eft his clothes, plunged :into the canal, and dived to the.bettsm
/reseal times to find the bodies, until he was in suck ap exhaust*/
state. that he was forcibly taken out of the water, and conveyed to
a piddle house benumbed with cold.
Yesterday evening an inquest was held at the Hoop and Grapes,
Queen-street, Westminster, on the body of Randall Chattertoo,
aged 21, son of a silversmith, in. Owen's-row, Goswed.street-road,
one of the young men whOwasmnfasutiately drowned on the about
occasion. The evidence which 'was given on the inquest waiter
the same effect as stated above. Oneof the men employed by the
Humane Society said he bad frequently cautioned the skitters not
to go on that part of the ice. where the deceased and other persons
fell in, and boards, warning them against It, had been placed there,
but the more he cautioned them the more they persisted in going
on the dangerous parts. He added, that if a boar bad been on the
canal the deceased might have been saved. The Jury returned a
Verdict of Accidental Death ; and added, that they were unani-
mously of opinion that boats ought to be on the canal, similar to
those on the Serpentine River, and that more ladders should be
provided for the safety of the public.

PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 27. '
H.M.S. Volege. 28, Captain Lord Colchester, went out of
harbour on Tuesday, and sailed yesterday for el; South Anse-

lion station.

H.M.S. Alacrity, 10, Commander Joteph Nias, came intohar•
boor on Wednesday, and is expected to be paid off In the course of

the week.
11.M.5. Galatea, 42, Capt. Charles Napier, C.B. was towed
into harbour from Spithead on Thursday, by H.M. steam-vessel
Carron, to shift her ballast.
H.M. cutter Sylvia, returned from a cruise yesterday.
No ship remaining at Spitbead.
In harbour—Victory, Royal George, Ganges, North Star, Syl-

via, and Cracker. - - -
Arrourraworn, Bcc.—Commander John W. Watling is appointed
to the Hyperion, vice Hood. Lieut. Nicholas Webb is appointed
to the Bowel Blockade, vice Taylor. Lieut. James Howard Tar-
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net is appointed to the Galatea.
Hia Majesty's ship Athol, 29, Capt. A. Gordon,. had touched
at Corunna, Tangier, and the River Gambia, on her way to Mara
Leone, and captured several slave ships ; one of the prises was a
French schooner, having 575 slaves on board; the vessel was
manned from the Athol, and placed under the command of Mr.
Henry Barnard, Admiralty Mate.
His Majesty's ship Worcester, 64 guns, was yesterday launched
from Deptford dock -yard. The Worcester is to proceed to Wool.
wick to receive her internal and other completions. This is proba-
bly the last ship that will be built in this yard, as the whole of the
establishment will be discharged after the launch.
His Majesty's sloop Pylades, 18 goni, Commander P. D. H.
Hay, sailed from Plymouth on Tuesday morning to return to the
Irish station. • • _ _

Hii;ilaje;ty's ketch Vigilant. lus Lieut. 11. Loney, has arrived
at Plymouth, from Lisbon, having landed a mail from thane at
Falmosth early in the day, and having sailed from the Tagus on
the 6th instant. She passed the Magnet packet Tortuous, en the
12th, on her way to Lisbon.
His blajesy's sloop Hapeigle.lll. Commander B. Billet, strived
at Plymouth so Wednesday_ afternoon, from the West Indies,
having left Cuba on the 16th tat. eight days after his Majesty's
ship Galatea. His Majesty's ship Araehne. is, Cum. H. Smith.
sailed thence akw days before her, for Jamaica. Captain Joseph
O'Brien and Lint. Hannah, with several earn, have aims home
In the Baptiste ; and we understand she brings nearly 500.000
dollars.

The schooner Pomona, Spriggs. from Attila, for London, with
rabies and figs, arrived at the Motberbank on Thunday. Abe
left at Altea the brigs Mary Ann and Lovely Ann, both loading
fruit foe London.
The schooner Nautilus, Dunsford, from Smyrna for Landoll.
with a valuable cargo of silk, carpets, opium, cotton. and fruit,
has also arrived at the Metherhank. Abu sailed front Smyrna the
itsd of November, and left there the following vessels taking In si-
milar cargoes fee England, via.—Hellespont, Eclipse, Charlotte
Wiley, Puget, and Astrea.
The ship Thames, Stoddard, from Quebec for London, with
intend pearl ash, As* wed, and staves, tan is at the liadwilent
im 'bolter on Friday tight, baying been beating to windward al
the Wight, as far up as Heathy Head, for the tau four et Ike days.
She has been live weeks on harp:mugs. She left she Ottawa. Bri-
dle Sovereign, and' several other Reel* ships, loading at Mont-
real for London. The Promise, Shearer, from Quebec for Liver-
pool, bad gone on "bore a little below the Traverse, and it was
hared would be a total wreck. A schooner had been despatched
from Quebec to her assistance. The brig New Leaden' Rage-
' more, of and from Plymouth, 59 days out, Mend to St. John's,
N.B. was cast away on the night of the igth of September. an
the Half Moon Rocks, near Barrington. The crew took to the
boats, and were picked up by the 'chows:. Britannia, and taken to
Barrington.
The Eleanor, Inch, from Liverpool for Buenos Ayres, has been
driven on shore rear Castletown. The crew and 'asterisk have
been saved, but the vessel will go to pieces. The Sportsman, Lee,
from Liverpool for Virginia, has been run down by a brig off the
Calf of Man, and driven on shore at Port Wash, where she was
entirely broken up. he Hero, Brodie. from Bengal, was totally
lost at the Mauritius, previously to the sth of September---crew
saved. The account of the loss echo Esperanto, of Dunkirk. near
Bardaey, we are hippy to say, hat proved to be a fabrication.—
Accounts from Harwich state, that the Percy. Lupton, from New-
castle, got 'store on the lath instant upon the Whiting Sand, and
lass become a total wreck. The crew landed at Harwich. The
Despiqur, Mesquite, from Madeira to St. Übes, was abandoned
off Cape apiekel, and the crew arrived at St. Übes oath alt.
On the 112 d inst. a brig, apparently of large she, was discovered
sunk about four miles from Eastbourne; her top-gallant-masts,
atop-gallant yards, and part of her rigging, were to be seen at low-
water ; she is serpo.a.l to have foundered within the last week or
ten days. The Hampshire, Murphy. slier having discharged
about 130 tons of her cargo iroo at Hilford. arrived at Falmouth,
on the afternoon of Monday last, in a very leaky condition. We
have lotelUgence from Hull on 21st inst. of the loos of the Diana,
of Sunderland. near Berwick, during the late gales, with her whole
crew. The Margaret. from America to Annan, was on shore dis-
`misted at Porofoot, on Tue.day last.—lt was expected that the
sow would be saved, but it was uncertain -whether the vessel
would be got off. A schooner from 'Mate to Hamburgh, is re-
ported to have-sunk on the 15th inst. in the Elbe, and the crew are
said to have been taken on board a brig. The United States, Lindell;
from Batavia, last from Mauritius, has been driven on shore about
three leagues from Antwerp. and has suffered much damage : put
of her cargo arrived at Antwerp in lighters. and she reached that
port herself on the 17th inst. with the remainder. The Lord
Duklake, from Dantaic to Havre, was totally lost on the night of
yesterday eennight.—Crew saved.
By a letter from t adeira. dated the sth inst. we learn that M.
M. S. Herald, 10, Commander G. B. Maxwell, bad arrived there
on the 29th ult. with Mr. Turner, the British Envoy to Colombia,
and his family. Mrs. Turner was In a very delicate state of health,
and the Herald was to remain a few days to allow her to recruit
her strength. The island was visited, on the loth of last month,
by a severe gale from the S.W. which compelled all the stepping
to slip their cables and proceed to sea. Amongst these were
Adriane. no, Capt. F. Mama, Caß. which had touched
there on her voyage home ; Onyx, tender,, which sailed from
hence on the 51st of Oct. with needed and mathematical instru-
ments for H. M.S. Chanticleer. surveying 'vend, employed on the
coast of, South Almeria.. and. H4I.S. Sparrowhawk,. 18, Com-
mander T. Gill. which sailed from hence on the 29th of October
for toe Weit Indian station. The Adriane -had a narrow escape,
having ices he her side fur several seconds. from which perilous
situation' ide was relieved by the bursting Of the cord-hulls. which'
enabled hums right...4lm arrived at Flyanooth en- Moder aso
The Onyx and Sparreediawk lost ibeir anchors. Of the samba.;
vessels few escaped without lojury. The Furresteri Gay. foes,
ilsichnore, went on shore at Funchal Beach. and was &Allost
'Sae went to• pieces in a short 4line and two of. the. maw Wide
'drowned.-Aiirtansenibarrold, , • •
• lirotie4Tios---.—Yesterdsy an • Intoiesteirlis beak sli
tho Dates. hfattbareugh.ited Lion street. lipiedielda..oo thetelt
timer Poeck.agailelsty. The deceased was a labourer . in.
Isit4l.olFlanyN ;freshmen. oo Baturda_y noting MAN,
die wheelers wabion. Chareb.sttrect. Brick-Isar.
rtstate of hithiicition,lmilkeertved such steers injuries thin he
died soon after Verdlct—Accidebtal Death. .•