Star. — 1816-09-16 (London, England)

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 entertainment 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 occasionally 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 steamboat 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 Algerine fleet. In this Fortune has shewn herself most kind ; and if To-morrow she will but be as favourable 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 almost 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. Frederick Bartholomew Folseli, for the loss of his premises, 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 recapitulated 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 ascertain the ,valuation of the houses No. 10 and 11, ' Pall-mall, the property of Mr. Illitlham. wine•merchant. The witnesses for the plaintiff valued the ptoperty at from 6 to 667000. those bit the Commissioners 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 respectable housekeepers to bail her in forty pounds each, and herself in eighty pounds.