Star.
London, England, 1816-09-16 00:00:00

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MELANCHOLr ABCIDENT.
CHATHAM SIM 14.--A most distressing accident
ozeurred here last evening at a quarter past seven
d'clock. A young Gentleman who came of age, and
into possession of a handsome fortune, gave an enter-
tainment to some of his relatives and a few friends,
whom he had invited to celebrate the occasion : in
the afternoon it was proposed to vary the amusement
of the day by an aquatic excursion. A boat was
procured, the party went on board, and the boat
pushed from the shore. Melancholy, however, rtv
rel.tte, in passing through the bridge the vessel, by
some accident not known, upset, and the whole on
board, fifteen in number, including a child of two
years of age, perished. The watermen were actually
employed during the whole night dragging the river
for the bodies, but not one was taken up until five
o'clock, when that of the boatman was found. At
half-past two this afternoon, seven more bad been
picked up.—The young Gentleman who gave the
entertainment which led to•this melancholy event,
was a relative of Miss Rowers and another Lady,
who kept a Boarding School. They and four of their
" pupils were among the sufferers. There is occasion-
ally a fall in the river at Rochester, not unlike that
at London Bridge. The bridge was also repairing,
and, it is said, that in the execution of the work a
piece of timber was placed across the arch through
which the boat attempted to pasti. It is in this way
only the upsetting of the boat can be accounted for.

Saturday sennight, the ferryman. at Bowling Bay,
and a young man who assisted him; were both lea
in taking a passenger on shore from the Argyle steam-
boat in Bowling Bay, in the river Clyde.
A LGlllM—Although our confidence io the skill
and bravery of our British Tars was, as it ought to
be, great—yet, we confess, we did not look for so
complete a result as the total destruction of the Al-
gerine fleet. In this Fortune has shewn herself most
kind ; and if To-morrow she will but be as favour-
able to the wishes of her suitors, by allowing them to
capture the great Prizes which must come forth from
the Lottery Wheel, any one of which would be al-
most sufficient to build and equip a fleet, we think
those upon whom she so smiled would have every
reason to withhold future animadversions upon her
fickleness.

THE New &miter—On Friday a Special Jury was
summoned upon a Warrant of Inquiry before Wit.•
LIAM 'room Esq. the Deputy High Bailiff for the
City and Liberty of Westminster, in the Guildhall, to
assess what damages should be awarded to Mr. Fre-
derick Bartholomew Folseli, for the loss of his pre-
mises, Nos. 327 and 328, Oxford-street. Mr. Serjeant
PELL, on behalf of the claimant, stated his case at
some length, and called several witnesses to prove
the value of the premises. Mr. HARRISON addressed
the Jury in a very long, able, and eloquent speech,
against the demand which the claimant made, which
was £10,078. The Deputy High Bailiff recapitu-
lated the evidence and the Jury found for the
claimant—Damages, £l4OO. In the case of Mrs.
Munson, the parties compromised for the sum of
£4lOO. On Saturday a Jury were assembled to as-
certain the ,valuation of the houses No. 10 and 11,
' Pall-mall, the property of Mr. Illitlham. wine•mer-
chant. The witnesses for the plaintiff valued the
ptoperty at from 6 to 667000. those bit the Commis-
sioners at about £4OOO. The Jury gave a verdict
for £5117.

Manaonoucm-rrnsec.--Saturday Mary Faxon,
ail elderly woman, and a mother of sixteen children,
was brought from Mary-la-Bonne watch-house,
charged with being accessary, with Mary Orridge,
late of Beaufort-court, Paradise-street, in murdering
her infant child, by drowning it in the Regent's Park,
on Thursday last. She was ordered to find two re-
spectable housekeepers to bail her in forty pounds
each, and herself in eighty pounds.
QUEEN-SQUARlLSaturday Mr. Clupton, of China.
walk, Chelsea, gave information of a robbery of the
most extensive nature, committed at his house. He
said he had a house let ready furnished, about 100
yards from his own dwelling. The family who oc-
cupied it went, about a week ago, into the country,
and since then his people were employed in cleaning
it, previously to its being let again. On Friday night,
about five o'clock, they left it locked ; an hour after-
wards six men came with a waggon, and moved every
ankle of furniture into the waggon—even the beds
and looking glasses, to the amount of several hun-
dred pounds. After having loaded the waggon, they
went into the public house, sat dawn, and had several
pots of porter, smoking their pipes withal, and coati-
Innally praising and giving thanks to Mr.'Clupton,
who they repeatedly declared was a most liberal kind
hearted man, and ought to have every attention paid
to the careful removal of his goods, se that they might
not suffer any damage. These declarations lulled
all suspicions, the neighbours having no doubt that
they were employed by Mr. Clupton •to remove the
furniture ; they accordingly went off singing and
whistling, with their booty. No trace has yet been
discovered of the property.
. Saturday, about five o'clock in the afternoon, the
debtors confined in Whitecross-street Prison, behaved
so outrageously, as to render it necessary to prevent
all intercourse between them and their friends. Mes-
sengers were, in consequence, dispatched to all parts
for assistance, and Mr. KIRBY proceeded in person to
apprise the Loan MAYOR of the circumstance. The
City Marshals, with a number of constables, speedily
arrived, and before seven o'clock all was quiet.
Thursday as a groiim belonging to a stable yard
in Oxford-street, and a Gentleman's coachman were
at breakfast at the Dolphin public-house, near the top
of Swallow-street, they commenced a sham battle
with the knives with which they were eating, when
by some accident the groom struck his antagonist so
violently that his knife stuck in his side, inflicting a
, severe wound. A surgeon was instantly called in,
who dressed it, and the poor man lies in a precarious
state at the public house.
Tuesday se'nnight an unfortunate affray took place
afthe fair of Draraemanna in the north of Ireland,
originating in those party disputes which, to the dis-
grace of the concerned, are.conducted under the sanc-
tion of religion. Both' parties being highly exaspe-
rated against each other, a desperate engagement en-
sued, with stick., stones, and other missilei, together
with fire-arms : one of the ringleaders of the Catholics
was killed—several were badly wounded on both sides.
A further respite, during pleasure, was received by
the'-Under Sheriff of York, on Wed:4o*day last, for
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