The Enquirer

Domestic.

The following extraordinary succession of calamities took place last month on board the United States frigate Constitution, Captain Hull, in the short space of four days.

While Capt. Hull was on shore at Sandy Hook, where the frigate was lying at anchor, six names on paper were handed to the Commanding Officer for permission to go on shore--he marked four names as permitted, saying that all could not go. It so happened that he marked those of Morgan and Rogers two Midshipmen, between whom a duel took place at that time as mentioned in the papers, and their two seconds--the result of the duel it is known was the death of Rogers, and Morgan wounded--the dead body was the same evening carried on board the frigate, and the next day with the usual ceremonies buried on shore; while the procession of boats for this purpose were moving towards the shore, a man fell from the mast head of the frigate and was killed, in a quarter of an hour afterwards another fell from the same place and was so hurt that he died the next day; while they were lowering this wounded man into the cockpit, another fell backward into the cockpit and badly fractured his leg--the next day the frigate sailed for the Delaware, and the day after while she was going up the bay at the rate of ten knots an hour a midshipman fell overboard and was drowned, while the boats were lowering away to go to his relief, the stern boat with a pendant and three men in it was capsized and they were all immediately plunged into the water, from which they were with difficulty rescued by the surrounding boats.

N. Y. Gaz.