NEWBURY. MELANCHOLY CASE OF DROWNING.

-It is with much regret that we have to record the decease of Mr. Frederick Jackson, son of Mr. Alderman Jackson, of this town, which occurred under the following melancholy circumstances :—The deceased was engaged in the merchant service, and had been at sea for some years. Last autumn he was visiting his friends at Newbury, and joined his ship, the Glenarif, as second mate, in September last, to proceed on a voyage to Valparaiso. After being out at sea about 28 days, the deceased was engaged in attending to a portion of the rigging, when he accidentally fell overboard. A plank and buoy were thrown out, and efforts made to save him, but without success, no trace of him being discovered after his disappearance in the waves. The ship tacked about for seven miles, but was unable to recover the body. The family being so long without letters from their son led them to make inquiries, and then it was that they were informed of the melancholy tidings,. the agents of the vessel explaining that their reason for not communicating the same was because they had not the address of Mr. Jackson in their possession. Much sympathy is expressed on every hand for the bereaved family, more especially as the twin brother of the deceased met with a fatal accident two or three years since. It affords some amount of consolation to learn that the captain and the crew were very much attached to the deceased. The day on which the accident occurred is supposed to have been the 22nd birthday of the deceased, and this gives to the melancholy casualty the addition of a mournful coincidence.

Son of James Porteus Jackson and Maria Elizabeth

Died at sea 17 October 1870, aged 22, the day of his birthday