The Sun. — London, England, 1821-08-18 00:00:00

'l'il't; LONDON JOURNALS. DA - IL - Y . EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS, August 18. []MORNING CHRONICLE.] We have hitherto refrained from - all comment on the account given by Mr. Greig of his inter view with Sir Robert Baker in Knightsbridge, on Tuesday - last. Mr. Greig, as our readers will recollect, distinctly stated, that having repro seated. to him (Sir R. Baker) the certainty -that lives would be lost, if it was persisted in not to go through the City, Sir Robert said he thought so, and had made up his mind to go through the City.. I asked. him which way I should direct cur Committee to proceed ? He said ) down St. James's-street and.Pall-Mall ; but begged, if I possessed any influence, that I would exert it to prevent any unpleasant expression of feeling as the procession passed Carlton Palace. I then asked Sir Robert if I was at liberty to inform the Committee and the assembled multitude of his determination ? He answered, " Yes." But. admitting the truth of Mr. Greig's state ment, that Sir -Robert said, he had made ap his - mind to go through the City, few persons mill suppose that he had actually made up his mind to do ID. The supposition will be, that having determined to carry his orders into strict execution, and wishing at the same time to avoid bloodshed, he did not scruple to deceive the. _void (we use the softest term) with the vie* of facilitating the entrance of the procession into the course he wished it to take. We shall be--very glad, however, to learn that this suppo sition is incorrect, and that Sir Robert either de nies that he ever said he had made up his mind to go through the City, or maintains - that he said so with the sincere intention of adhering to hiX - word. A: , Whatever may be thought of the wisdom or impolicy of the conduct of Sir ROBERT BAKER, in a situation of the - afmost difficulty and danger, which might have confounded - : - ut soundest human judgment, it is surely unjust, illiberal, and indecent, thus to impeach his motives and tax him with deception. [MORNING POST.] It is impossible to read the account of the dis graceful scene which tools place at Colchester, without feelings of astonishment and disgust. That a tumultuous mob should have been led by unprincipled agents to disturb the solemnity of a funeral, and to make the remains of the departed a plaything for sacrilegious .sport,. was infamous, but not incredible. But that such individuals as Lord Hood, Dr. Lushington, and Mr. Wylde, should have so far conquered every prejudice of nature and education, as to become not only parties, but principals, ,in a system. of concealment worthy only of the low-born or ignorant—that - within the consecrated walls of a church, and in direct opposition to the commands of that so iereiign authority, which the Holy Scriptures direct us to honour and obey, they should L'avet smuggled an improper plate, and fixed it on her Majesty's coffin—that they should afterwards have sought to justify their act, not by arguments, but by protests—are circum stances which we could not anticipate, and which v?p deeply regret. For it is always painful to behold a voluntary prostration of character ; and the more so when it gives room for suspecting a connection with a set of men who stand charged - with the secret organization of a plan for defeat ing lawful authority, and breaking the public peace. With respect to the latter, their pro ceedings have already been taken into considera ti6n.by the Privy Council, and when an answer shall have been received to the dispatch sent to Ireland on the subject, they may perhaps find that what they term their late victory, has been to them any thing.but a triumph. Whatever Mr. Alderman Waithm. an's poli tical feelings may be, we think that in the pre sent instance he should repress them, if it were ()kip out of common decency and respect for the high situation which he now fills. We would romind this politician, that if, what is most im piobable should happen under the prest‘nt inves tigation, the Jury should consider it necessary to find such a verdict as would put any individual upon trial for his life, he, in . his official capa city of High Sheriff, would be called upon to summon the Jury for the trial of such individual. Tinder these circumstances, .we question much the legalii ‘ y of Mr. Waithman's conduct, in taking such a decided lead in the painful inquiry now going forward : at any rate, we think it is a proper subject for a strict investigation. As to any conscientious qualms the. worthy Alderman May feel in his triple functions of Jsdge, Advo cate, and Accuser. we dare say, that in the ple nitude of his.wisdom, he will find no difficulty in persuading hiS radical friends and admirers, that a man of his genius can easily diicharge the duties appertaininq to each of those characters, Without stiffering the one to interfere with the other.—(lbid.) [TUE TIMES.] The last cruel scene is now - before our readers, the last outrages by which the soil of England could be disgraced have been perpetrated against the remains of an illustrious Princess, who, while she lived, never trod that soil but as a sufferer from insult and persecution. The details which we presented in our jourual•of yesterday, descrip tive of the, progress from Colchester to Harwich, and of the indignities which there crowned the work of shame, are yet too vivid in their im pression to require that we should retouch them. The forms and incidents of the drama may be di versified, but the plot is uniform. What were the emotions of those faithful friends who clung through all trials to their beloved mistress, we leave to every, honest heart to judge from its own virtuous sympathies. What would have been the impulse of the whole British nation, had they witnessed those anal testimonies of unabated bitterness towards her memory, they have already proved. The precise motives which inspired the immediate actors in this revolting scene, we can no other wise explain, but by supposing that malice had accumulated in proportion to the checks which it had received ; that the victory "gained by the citizens of London on Tuesday last, had roused to further 'violence the evil Passions which it dis appointed ; and that the -parting impiety to wards the Queen, was an act of height ened vengeance ' against the people who would have cherished her.. Placid be the bosom of tie deep which bears her 'dust, and propi tious the winds that waft it to the resting place of her fathers: England has been to her but a stormy and inhospitable c6a.st. Yet what has she not done for England ? The spring and illustration which she has communicated to the national character of Englishmen, during the sea son of her adversity, and with that adversity for its cause, will for successive years, and in mani fold directions, be found acting on behalf of our best interests as a people. To have supported in nocence mider persecution, gives a pride of recti tude and a consciousness of power which can never fail us when the trial becomes our own ; and that we should be henceforth virtuous and brave, much is effected when we have already shared the triumphs of fortitude and virtue. [BRITISH PRESS.] Nothing can exceed the enthusiasm of joy with which the people of Ireland greet the King on his arrival in that country. It is exceedingly delight ful to read of the perfect uniformity of opinion, the harmony of sentiment,that now prevails among the people of the sister island. The King is at this moment the most popular man in Ireland, and so fervent seems to be the devotion of the peo ple to his person, that, as one of the Dublin papers very justly remarks, ' 4 the word loyalty is far too cold to express their feelings." This popularity of the King in Ireland is by no means a new born sentiment, although it may, under the pecu liar circumstances of the moment, burst forth with more than ordinary animation. While his Ma jesty was yet Prince of Wales, he was a great favourite with all classes of persons in that coun try, and his Majesty used frequently to declare that he never should forget the confidence and affection shewn to him by the Parliament and People of Ireland, when on the occasion of the late King's unhappy indisposition in the year 1788, he was, as Prince of Wales, invested with the title of Prince Regent of Ireland, and em powered to exercise all the functions of the kingly office during the illness of his illustrious father~ • [NEw TIMES.] There is a very loud and general demand that the planners and promoters of the late daring riot should be brought to justice. The people of England wish to live under, the dominion of law. They utterly deny that the fluctuating and ea pricious will of a rabble ought to control lawful authority. With law, there is liberty ; without it, nothing but a reign of terror. The mob boast that they have obtained a victory. Fatal boast for them and for the whole community ! It can only lead to new excesse3, and those excesses must terminate in anarchy or despotism, unless we speedily come back to the point from which we should never have departed—tile absolute and uncontroulable power of the law of the l&nd.—By the law of the land, the clear undoubted law, the king, acting, as he always does, under the constitutional advice of his responsible Ministers, has the controul and direction of his Queen Con sort's funeral. This is a matter of absolute right, an undoubted part of the Royal Prerogative. In the exercise of that right his Majesty was ad vised to act, and did act, with the most delicate regard to the wishes of the deceased Queen. Several points were particularly noticed in her will. She desired to be buried at Brunswick— she desired that her corpse should be removed in three days—she desired not to be opened, and she desired that the inscription on her coffin should be— " Here lies CAROLINE of Brunswick, the INJURED Queen' of England." This last was the only wish resisted on the part of the King's Government ; and no man of sense or candour will say that it ought not to have been resisted. In the first place it was a direct false hood. Far from having been injured, the Queen had been treated with more indulgence than ever woman, in her unfortunate predicament, was treated. We have no wish to revive the memory of her misconduct, but we cannot consent to cover it by a false and scandalous Libel on the King. Secondly, the wish to have, such an inscription was an uncharitable and unchristian wish, ill suited to the time when it bears date, the sth of August, she being then on her death-bed and dying on the 7th. But in kindness, it may very well be doubted whether such a wish did spontaneous ly proceed from the Queen herself. Much more likely is it to have been suggested, for the purposes of faction, by some heartless adviser, who was near her at a moment when pain and weakness had broken down the faculties both of her mind and body. Be it as it may, however, this, and this alone, was forbidden by the King's Go vernment to be carried into execution; and, there fore no person could lawfullymake such an attempt. In every thing else, it was the anxious desire of his - Majesty's Government to conform to her Majesty's wishes. They agreed that her body should not be opened; they agreed that her re mains should be transferred to Brunswick ; they would have had her remains removed within the three days if that had been practicable ; and, in fact, they were removed as soon as it was prac ticable. Coupling the repeated desire of the Queen to be buried at Brunswick, with the re quest to be removed in three days; it was clear that she wished to have a funeral as private as was consistent with her exalted rank : and if we give credit to the statement of her having declar ed that she had been too much made a show of in her lifetime, it would have been plainly contrary to her wishes to have had her conducted in pomp through the City of London. I. determining that this should not be done, tterefore, the Go vernment acted as faithful Executors of her Ma- jesty's will; and those who opposed their deter mination, have opposed, not only the commands of lawful authority, but the express wish of the Queen herself.—Now who were the per sons that acted thus indecently and illegally ? —First, there were the 'secret conspirators who formed a plan to arrest the progress of the funeral, to block the roads, break up the pavements, and turn the procession out of its course. Secondly, there were horsemen, who at different points formed obstructions themselves, and incited and encouraged the mob to acts of direct force and violence; and, thirdly, the poor deluded individuals who lent themselves as tools of this infamous conspiracy, and who, as is usual in: such cases, suffered in their own lives and limbs for the Villainy of those who thrust them into danger, but kept out of it themselves‘ EARL MOIRA PACKET. FARTHER PARTICULARS. iFrom the LIVERPOOL COURIER, August 15.1 [Continued from our Paper of Yesterday.] The following Narrative, written by a Gen tleman who was upon the wreck, will be read with interest : " The Earl Moira, Dublin packet, left the.Pierhead on Wed nesday last, about twenty minutes past six in'the evening, w , th about 110 or 120 passengers on board, about 30 or 36 of whom were cabin passengers, and five ladies among the number.— The Captain took the helm down to the Magazines, and then sent the mate forward to bring a seaman to supply his place. Although the wind was W.N.W., we had a very pleasant sail down to the Reek ; outside of- which, we had to encounter a head-wind, blowing very fresh ; and, evening coming fast upon us, soon convinced us that we had to experience weather we did not calculate upon on leaving Liverpool. The Newry packet, which sailed after us from Liverpool, on coming round the Rock, and observing our dangerous situation, immediately put about, and sailed back to Liverpool. Before we lost sight of her, we struck upon Burbo Bank, with a shock that alarmed all on board, and "caused instant inquiries for the Captain, who ordered the crew to haul over,' and desired the passengers to go to the bow of the vessel ; which failing in bringing her off the bank, an anchor was carried out in the boat, and in about twenty'minutes we found ourselves again in deep water,— While the Captain was giving directions on this occasion, it was remarked that he spoke in an incoherent manner, and we were shortly but too well convinced that he was quite intoxicated.— Many of the cabin passengers, in their exasperation, were for 'tying him to the mast, and giving him a round ,dozen each; others were for throwing him overboard ; while some, with less heat, but more prudence, strongly advised returning to Liverpool. In this confusion we proceeded, and were very soon again admonished, by another shock, tkat we were in hands totally incompetent to manage the vessel. A fter beating upon Mock beggar Wharf some time, we found all attempts to get her off unavailing, and, being pacified with the assurance that the vessel was staunch and strong, and' able to weather out the dreary night that was to follow, many retired to their beds soon after ten o'clock; not to sleep, for the dreadful beating of the vessel wholly prevented that, but with a silent and thoughtful anxiety for the return of that morn which, with the flood-tide, we were promised would relieve us from our perilous situation. The mainsail had been clewed up, but still the vessel labbured very hard, and about eleven o'clock, with the assistance of four or five cabin passengers, the crew got the boom on board, and took in the reefs ; after which she lay more at ease. Some had fondly promised themselves that between twelve and one o'clock, at low water, we should be dry; but, alas ! no such thing : the surges were such, that, although there could not he more than three or four feet water around us, the stoutest heart must have shrunk to encounter them. The moon refused to shine upon us, and the dreary scene was only enlivened by here and there a star, and the Lighthouses on the shore, the nearest of which seemed little more than a mile from us. The unfortunate man in whose care so many souls were placed steered the vessel for near an hour, between twelve and one o'clock, giving directions to the men, as if he considered she was under way, repeatedly falling down upon the deck, while such of the crew as saw him viewed him with mixed feelings of contempt and indignation. Reed, the steward, behaved in the most praiseworthy manner, and soothed, the agitated feelings of the passengers in the most tender and cheering way ; but these cheering hopes were again damped, about half-past two o'clock, by a gentleman coming from his bed, in the state-room next the hold, in consequence of the water coming into him. Break of day appeared ; the tide rolled rapidly towards the shore, and the wind blew a gale in the same direction. These conspiring elements, which, we had fondly hoped, were to relieve us from our distress, but increased it the more, each succeeding wave driving us further in land. Soon after three o'clock, the poor passengers that were in the hold came on deck, crying the water was fast in creasing in the hold. The pump was now got to work ; but, alas ! the pump was unavailing, the hold filled rapidly. A signal of distress was now hoisted by a passenger, the crew refusing to do it without the captain's orders, and we.had soon the pleasure of seeing it repeated from the Lighthouse on Bidston-hill. The water had increased so much in the hold, that it was deemed expedient to hoist two fine horses out, to prevent their drown. ing. On getting them on deck, one of the grooms wished to ride one of them to the shore, but was prevented by the other, who seemed very unwilling to part with them from on board. The packet had now fallen considerably on her side, the lee gunnel being under water • and the waves, from about five o'clock, breaking over us with tremendous force. We anxiously looked around for assistance, and made fresh efforts to induce a small boat, which lay at no great distance to the westward of us, to approach. No gun or powder was on board, belonging to the packet ; but fortunately a soldier (who, with his two com panions,_had a deserter in charge) had three rounds, which he fired. The boat approached, but not to render us assistance ; nothing would induce the two men in her to come alongside : she passed us, and, dropping under our lee bow, came to anchor, and there picked up such valuables as floated from the wreck. Between five and six o'clock vessels began to pass up channel, towards Liverpool, but, as they were inward-bound, and their boats, probably, not at liberty, none of them, came to our as sistance. Our situation now became dreadful: many had climbed up the rigging ; the deck was no longer tenable, for one tremendous wave had swept away the boat, cabin deck light, water casks, and, in short, every thing, and with them 10 or 15 poor souls from the forecastle; five or six clung to the braces at the stern, but each wave thinned their numbers, and the shrouds now were the only place of comparative safety, and the difficulty of getting to them, from the deck, was every moment increased by the overwhelming force of the waves, each of which seemed to mark out its victim. In this state we remained till about half-past seven o'clock, when a sail appeared to the westward, which the steward, who was on the shrouds, declared to be the Iloylake life-boat. She came between us and the land, and released 30 poor sufferers' from the topmast and upper part of the shrouds, and sailed for Li verpool. When she came alongside, some manly voice cried out, " Let no man get into her till the women are safe." But, alas ! the women were all at the bottom of the shrouds and under them, and, consequently, the whole length of the ves sel's mast from the life-boat, and, exhausted as they weree unable to reach her ; one only, I believe, was saved in her.— Before the second boat arrived, all the women were no more but two ; this boat could only take eight. A long and fearful suspense followed ; the deck burst up, and spread wreck and confusion around ; the mast sunk to a level with the sea, and hope seemed to quit each remaining sufferer ; not a word was heard, and as the mast rose out of the water and fell in again with every wave, each seemed to fear being crushed with some of the loose pieces of wreck which rolled about us with de structive violence. A third boat now arrived to release 12 more: and as we parted from the 15 or 18 remaining, they cried put, with !piercing accents, " Will you leave us ? Two boat:, more, one a pilot-boat, soon came to their assistance, but, alas ! 12 only remained to be saved." the subsequent narrative, also written by a gentleman who was among the last taken off the wreck, will likewise be perused with interest:— " _The Moira packet was to have sailed at five o'clock on Wednesday evening, the fhh instant. A few friends and myself took our passage by her, no other packet sailing on that day. There were from 25 to 30 cabin passengers, many of them very respectable. The vessel, however, did not sail until half-past six from the Pierhead, owing, I believe, and as I have been given to understand, to "the captain delaying on shore. When he came on board], he was so intoxicated as to be rendered totally incapable of conducting the vessel, and, indeed, unable to stand without support : this was observed by many, but every person seemed to think that his crew were sufficient to conduct her in such moderate weather as it then appeared to be. The first obvious' error was his running the vessel upon a bank near half-past seven o'clock, about four or five miles from the Rock ; but after great exertions on the part.of the passengers and crew, she was got off, and could, without doubt, have been broUght back to Liverpool safely, as the wind was fair. The Newry packet did return : this the unfortunate captain would not per mit; the men would only obey his orders, nor could the pas sengers be persuaded to act together. They depended upon two or three seamen, who were not insensible by intoxication, to conduct the vessel to sea. " The' second or third tack after this time, and after refusing to yield more than once to the rudder, she struck on a bank, about a mile and a half from the shore, about the same distance, from this side the Lighthouse, and at the moment the unfor tunate captain seized the helm, when all exertions to clear her were found vain and useless. The tide was sufficiently low to afford hopes to the passengers that the vessel would lie safe until morning, as the crew assured them that she would then float, and be got off' without damage. The captain was at this time perfectly insensible. On these assurances, it was resolved. to retire and leave the deck to the crew, who were to attend to the management of the vessel during the night. She beat, much for an hour longer, and then seemed " :3 t e y , (in conse quence, no doubt, of the tide returning), until about 5 o'clock on the morning of the 9th, when a scream was heard in the hold,. and repeated several times. On looking round, I perCeiVed water entering the cabin ' • I repaired on deck immedi a tely, an d in quired why th e y had not pumped the, vessel, or sounded the pumps, to apprise us of the danger. The seamen informed me, that they .had no orders tO that effect. All the passen gers now became alarmed. One pump was put in readiness, but the water was, found to gain on them, notwithstanding the utmost exertions on the part of the passengers and crew, and by six o'clock was even with the hatchway, meeting the waves on deck. The wretched appearance of the passengers, with:the exception of a few bold fellows and one young married Lady, was rendered truly distressing : in fact, it would be im possible to convey the least idea of the deplorable situation 'of the females : indeed, many of the'men were equally as helpless. Some were already incapable of making exertions through fear, and others so careless, that they required to be urged to make them. The boat.had been stove at night, and lying; on deck unfit for sailing, yet might have been put in order, if we had been apprised of our danger ; but now the time was too short, the confusion too gr e at ; - the sailors fled to•the shrouds, which first induced me to look that way for protection. The luggage had been piled on this boat, and many thronged upon it; every moment seemed to increase the danger. Two valuable horses that had been in the hold were got out before this time, and were thrown overboard ; they took different directions, neither making to the shore ; one swain towards Liverpool, the other out to sea.' 'The last time I saw the Captain• was in making some exertion to get the horses overboard : even then he was incapable of action. While this was taking place, the crip pled boat, in which the greatest part of the cabin passen gers were seated, arid the luggage placed, forced the skylight against which it lay and went overboard, leaving those who had been upon it to make the best of their way to a rope or the shrouds ; those who had not strength remaining to rush there, or swim.to the fallen bowsprit, were compelled to hold by the next object, whether the . railing or a rope. In a quarter of an hour more, at seven o'clock, the deck gave way, commencing at the stern, and breaking up to the main hatchway nearly at once. The railing andttern by degrees drifted off, until almost nothing remained but the deck before the mast, and the side to which the mast was attached ; perhaps. these would have given way also, but the weather was by no means bad, and the tea, although swelling, by no means boisterous : to this circum stance alone the survivors owe their safety. A boat had been at anchor within hail from the time I went on deck, with two men in her, (if such monsters deserve the name,) who saw the whole progress of our danger with the most mortifying indiffer ence: they baited their hooks, threw them out as cool as though we lay at anchor, and, , to be near witnesses of our distress, bore down upen us when we cast anchor, within fifty yards between us and the shore, evidently remaining to pick up any property that might drift within their reach; there they re mained, refusing the offer of twenty guineas to take even the women (who were then all safe) on shore. After sufficiently mortifying our feelings, and seeing no prey coming; (for the luggage did not, at this time, begin to drift,) they hoisted sail very deliberately, and left us to our fate. The feelings this . excited in the breasts of all the sufferers it would be difficult. to conceive, much more to describe. Many vessels passed within view, some quite near. About seven o'clock a Pilot boat, No. 11, did so ; she, however, went into Liverpool, and brought out two small boats, which arrived as the wreck was cleared. There were also several fishing-boats, American and. British vessels, and two steam packets: they seemed to com miserate our situation, and afforded us the assistance of their prayers, no doubt : their prayers were heard, for about halfs past seven o'clock, the lifeboat from Hoylake was in vi e w, and shortly after approached the wreck. Before the life-boat appeared, , and after the departure . of the friendly fishermen, two or three bold fellows (One, I believe, an officer) stripped and plunged into the ocean, with the assistance of a spar or box, hoping to gain the shore : their cour agean d s t reng th ma d e us hope every thing for them, and, although it was far froiraa prudent choice, we prayed heartily for their safety. Should they have reached the shore, I hope they will afford us the pleasure of a communication through, the printer. " When the crew of the life boat attached themselves to the wreck by throwing their grapple into the rigging, those sailors to whom the lives of the passengers were intrusted that I have already noticed, being upon the top of the mast, (by this time weighed down nearly upon a level with the water,) were the first to get on board her, leaving helpless females and weak men to shift for themselves: many plunged into the sea to gain her ; some sunk to rise no more, and many were lost this way. It is solely to that cause I attribute the resolution of the crew of the lifeboat in sheering off before they had taken near so many as they certainly might have done; nor have I the smallest doubt but more would be lost in making the experi ment, than they could pick up by their best exertions. I saw some go down quite near her; some also returned to the wreck. While the lifeboat was in view, several passengers, already weak and insensible, dropped from their hold and drifted off; among the number I perceived the unfortunate Captain, who, although the author of all our sufferings, I am persuaded every person forgave. Several women were washed off about the same time ; the dying shrieks of these poor creatures were truly ter rific. Another boat now appeared , in view, and shortly after came up; these were regular traders in saving lives, and made their bargain accordingly ; after getting a few persons on board they sheered , off. A second boat of the same description arrived about eight o'clock, and bargained in like manner, refiiSing to take any but those who paid largely, neither of them taking half the number they might have done. A fourth boat, belong in; to Hoylake, coming from Liverpool, behaved differently, taking all without any bargain, and using every exertion, with greet peril, to take off the dying, which, with the assistance of another boat from Liverpool, an two brought out by the Pilot boat, No. 11, they finally accomplished, about half-phit eight o'clock. " From my own observations (and I have had an opportunity of learning they were pretty correct) I think there might be on board, altogether, about one hundred people, and that, perhaps, forty to fifty were lost. This, however, is mere conjecture, and, no doubt, will be better ascertained hereafter. There were but two females saved in my view ; one the lady already noticed, who behaved, throughout the trying scene, greatly superior to many of the stoutest men ; the other the wife of a soldier, who was very careful of her. Some females t saw drifted off about the same time as the Captain." The following letter from the Rev. AUGUSTUS CAMPBELL, the Rector of Wallasey, contains some interesting particulars of this distressing event : WALLASEY, AUGUST 13, 1821. Sea—l hope you will permieme, through the medium of ' your paper, to give as much contradiction as I possibly can to the r9ort which appeared in the " Liverpool Mercury," re specting the conduct of the inhabitants of Wallasey, during the late wreck, and to state that that report is not to be credited, that, indeed, if I am to be believed, it cannot possibly be true ; for of the six bodies which were cast up when that paper went to press, leolemnly affirm not one was stripped, and Mrs. Mar garet Doran's was the only one that could have been plundered of any thing valuable. Her body was picked up, not by the Wallasey men (and for them alone' I wish to answer), but by John Sherlock, of Moolse, and he gave up as much property as a person in her condition was likely to have about her, to the Coroner. Of the other-five, three were infants that could have nothing, and the remaining two were poor women who from their appearance, could not have had any thing but the clothes that covered them. Upon Mr. M‘Leish's body, which was found on Friday, by a Wallasey man, there were a watch worth 30 or 40 guineas, and 22 pounds, which I have in my posses sion. Thus, 1 hope, I have proved that the Wallasey men are I guiltless of the crime which has been imputed to them. But in addition to this, if you can afford me room, 1 will endeavour to show that their conduct Merits honour instead of reproach. There were 1:!-,; boxes, of different descriptions, brought into the village, all of which were announced to me with perfect honesty and good faith. Fourteen of them were locked, and, therefore, could not have been plundered; of the remaining four one was a band-box containing female apparel, which was carefully preserved by the Custom-house officer's wife ; another was Mr. Delap's desk, which was open, and full of valuable papers, of which, I believe, he has not lost one ; and the re maining two, which belonged to poor men, were given up to their owners without any reward. Now, I put these facts in competition with the reports which the Mercury refers to, leav ing it to the public to strike the balance ; and I appeal to Mr. Kean' Smith and the other Gentlemen who have recovered their property to testify, whether, for their liberal conduct, they ex perienced any thing but good faith and disinterestedness on the part of those Wallasey men, who have ueen, I must say, un fairly aspersed by insinuations which, in spite of their vague ness, will be easily credited by those whose habit it is to " think evil." In the absence of proof, accusation should be silent ; for calumnies like these, and a niggardly disposition on the part 'of the owners, too common on such occasions (though, I am happy to say, not SQ on this,) are strong temptations so disho nourable concealment ; and though honesty, in the abstract, is an admirable quality, yet it is rather difficult to persuade un lettered men to persevere in the practicp of it, when they gain by their perseverance neither credit nor Deward.—l remain, Your faithful and obedieneServant, • AUGUSTUS CAMPBELL, Rector of Wallasey. Will you permit me to add, that the IVallasey men couldnot, ' as is reported, plunder the wreck, as they have no boats, and could not get at it at all till yesterday ; and that William Evans, of Seabank, saved ten men in his boat ; in return for which his sons were accused of having stolen a gentleman's watch, which -was afterwards found to -have 7 -been carefiity placed under his pillow at the inn where he slept . The following letter has been addressed to us by Mr. D'AGUILAR, one of the owners of the packet, and we willingly in - sort R Sin—A statement having appeared in the Vercury of yester day, relative to the unfortunate shipwreck of the Earl Moira packet, I deem it but an act of common justice to the owners of the vessel to mention such circumstances connected with it as will enable the public tO form a just estimate of this melaneholy event. The vessel being freight:d and ready for sea, I gave the ne cessary orders for her to proceed to Dublin on 'Wednesday last,. At six o'clock in the evenin g , I cominuniceted these direc tions to the Captain, in person, and the vessel sailed very soon afterwards. . The captain, at the time of this personal communication, was, in my judgment, perfectly sober. He held a considerable con versation with me, on matters of business, and I never heard any man speak more clearly or intelligibly in my life. The crew was composed of the usual complement of six men, besides the captain and the mate, alleof whom knew their business, and had long sailed in the vessel ; the captain in particular, Edward Owens, had been at least ten years commander of the Earl Moira, and I solemnly declare, I considered him one of the most skilful, as well as popular, captains in the.employ. With regard to the vessel herself, no painS or expence were ever spared to render her perfect in her equipment; and to show how complete my own confidence would have been in her,. I hope I may be permitted to state, that the late lamented death of my respected relative, Captain Phibbs, at Dublin, the news of which reached me that very hour, had alrepdy determined me to proceed in her on this occasion, and that I was only prevent ed from doing so, by th e after reflection that my presence here could be more immediately useful to his family. It is unnecessary for me to add, that no one can more sincere ly deplore the catastrophe that followed than I do, together with the owners in general. The observations that have been made on the intoxication of the captain, it were as vain as unbecom ing to me to combat, ignorant as I am of all the circumstances that occurred after his departure. I can only aver, that he we' sober when he left.me, and had never, on any occasion, awaken ed a doubt upon the regularity' of his conduct since I knew him. The evening, toq,' was by no means threatening at six o'clock, and the vessel sailed without any one momentary feeling of aP" prehension, on My p a rt, o f h er sa f ety . I d eem it, li kewise, b t 3 justice to the memory of the unfortunate captain to state, , t ll3t I am assured by . one of the survivors of the crew, Henry . Tiny ledge, the under-steward, that he exerted himself to the last to save the vessel, and when all was lost, still clung to the rig_ging and refused to quit the ship. H e was st ill t h ere when iteet4 the steward ? came away in the life-boat, at eight o'clock. and far from being the first, as stated in the Mercury, was, in faet ,. one of the last who met his fate on this melancholy occasion .-- I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Nova cotia, Aug. 11, 1821. JOSEPH D'AGUILAR- SPORTING INTELLIG EN CE. STATE OF THE ODDS.-BETTING -ROOM, AVG. 27• YORK 3OGS. STAKE. sto 2 agst Statesman I 6to 1 agst Sandbeck 5 to 2 agst Androssan ST. Lrcrtrt 11 to 1 agst Sandbeck 15 to 1 agst Statesman 20 to 1 agst any other. DONCASTER 24 to 1 agst Gustavus 6 to 1 agst Vingt-un 8 to 1 agst Jack Spiggot GRAND DUKE MICIIAEL'i: STAKES. 7to 2 agst Reginald j 4to 1 agst Ibla WORCESTER RACES, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 15. .„ A Gold Cup of 100 gs v a l ue , by subscriptions of lOgs each , t b surplus in specie. Four miles., Mr. E. L. Charlton's Master Henry, 6 yrs - - Lid Stamford's b. c. Quicksilver, 4 yrs - - Mr. Jones's b. in. Ethelinda, 5 yrs - - - The Ladies' Plate of £5O, for all ages. Two-mile heats. 1 Mr. West's br. h. Fitz-Orville, aged - - 2 1 5 3 Mr. T. Pickernill's b. m. Patience, 5 yrs - - tr Mr. Beardsworth's b. h. Vampyre, 4 yrs - .. 1 4 u t Mr. Stephen's's br. h. Fonnion, 4 yrs ' - - 4 3lnjor Ormsby Gore's gr. h. nowdon, 5 yrs old 3 clr or The Hunters' Stakes of sgs each, w ith £5O a dd e d, the gift the Members for the County; 12 s t. eac h. T wo -mile f:a1 4. 1 Colonel Davies's b. m. Aspasia, aged - - - Q 5 Mr. Shepherd's b. g. Shepherd, by Sir Ulic - - 5 . • 2 Sir Edward Blount's gr. g. Forester,t yrs - - . 4 3 Mr. Edward Foley's b. g. Bob Handy, aged - 5 6 Mr. T. C. Hornyold's ch. g. by S e li m , 6 y rs - 6 4 Ld Plymouth named ch. g. Fearnought, 6 yrs - t h n QUEENS CONSORT.—An interval o f more -- g ee eighty years elapsed between the death of the QuE",;i 3 ti GEORGE • and the death of thc QuEENr o f his imples - t , successor, GEORGE. 111. We no w witness a similar even occurring within the space of three years. Miss NEWTON, a child known to our Pi n ° . going readers, about e i g ht or t en year s of age 7 ishe performing the part of Richard the Third ) a t theatre, Douglas, Isle . of Man. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, August 17. Amsterdam . Ditto, at Sight Rotterdam 12 17 C.F. 12 14 12 18 Paris, h AAHatn° w2nl3ea 3 ur rpg Dad's sight ' B D o n u t r o deaux, ditto Frankforton the Main 28 3 2 91 Us 68 2f Us. 25 T 0 O 0 26 26 0 14' ex.N loBe . l M:ti'rct tve Madrid Cadiz . Bilboa . So f itc •ft 354 E' , Barcelona . Seville .. Gibraltar Leghorn Gil 103 09-Venice, Ital. Liv. 27 60 Malta 45 -Naples 394 er ° S. Palermo - ll6th P Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Dublin .... 9 Cork 9 per Cent. 0 0 Pet OP Portugal Gold, in Coin I 9 17 l U i 'Foreign Gold, in Bars New Doubloons . . . 0 ° New Dollars Silver in Bars, Standard 0 4 11_____........00, BULLION. SMITHFIELD MARKET, AI! 0. 17• f c attlq The Market was - well supplied with all descripti ons 0 01, in consequence of which the prices are lower with a voice o.` sale.—ln the Hay Market there is no alteration in the Fri Hay, Straw, or Clover. COAL MARKET, AUG. 17. Ships at Market. Ships Sold. Prict,„ 3d• 50,1, NeweAstla - -37 A - 335. Od. to :5: 0(4 18 Sunderland - 15 - ‘- 355. Od. iiit . 611 ," 1 Yorkshire - 1 - —s. od. ti i 2 6 °' 1 Cinders - - 1 . —s. od, ta m ' 24 _,..-. ;.• BIRTHS. n Di rlll4' On the 16th, in BrUnswiek-square, the Lady of o rs of Yesterday son. _ s tree t ' • morning, i%Jrs. Joseph Sills, of (Pee ° daughter. MARRIED. 0- ler On lirecinesday, the 15th inst.at the Parish Chord': Attll • wall, William Gott. 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