The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-07-14 00:00:00

COO'“AND OTHLIII D. WOODCOCK.

This was an aai• .n to recover the value of the
ship We' • • .•.1 her cargo.
Ti e I!' • was pursuing her course
▪ ..:e coast cf England, Lff•t:.a. E. 1.1:: tone
, standing ay the wind as close as s'..e c
lie, which was direaly against her, so that she cottl..l
make but little way, when she descried a sail at
about threeloarters of a mile distance, going right
before the wind; and haled her several times, but
received no answer ; at last the two vessels came in
mama, and struck with great violence against each
other, so that the Welcome Meuenrer was so da-
maged, as to admit the water in great quantities ;
the Captain and Crew made the best of their way
on board the other ship, the Paragon, and in less than
two minutes the Wr,'ine venzer went down ;
upon getting on board the Pe,opn, they found that
all hands were below, and they met the Captain on
the stairs ladder, half undressed; he d---d his
sailors, and said they had made a bad job of it; he
supposed, because he had gone down for half an
hour, they had followed his example.
J. PrJdo, the Master of the !!'newer Meuen !rem de-
pose?, Olathe had taken in a t ergo of coals at Shields,
and soled for London on the 15th March: he had his
full complernPnt of 12 hands on board. On the
night of the lath, about eleven o'clock, during the
mate's watch, he was as alarmed by being suddenly
thrown out of bed,and nearing a great noise on deck,
be tow as quick as pos.dble, .lid found his ship en-
tangled with another, and the water 11,wing in on
her hail deck. The Paragon had struck diretily on
her quarter, her bowsprit was on the other side, and
she swung round with the blow. The wizen-max:,
the tiller, and most part of the wheel, were gone.
Seeing her making an much water, he considered
her is a sii,king state, and bad all his hand• on
board the Paragon, as fast as they could. %% hen
he got on board, lie enquired for the Captain, and
finind him ,tanding on the step of the stairs ladder,
and be immediately observed it was a bad job, and
he bad run down the ship for want of a good Fink
oat. In a moment or two after, the n'elcome Ales-
genrer went down., He said, his mate died suddenly
since that time. If the Po r..g pi's people had kept
a good look out, the accident would never have
happened ; if he had his watch hailing, and put her
helm the lean degree starboard, an damage whatso-
ever would have happened ; a ship that is going
right before the wind could put her helm a-starboard,
without losiNg her tack, but it waevery difficult for
a ship beating up against the wind to do so : in that
ease the chance was, that the ship cuming down
would run against her midships, and she must be in-
evitably lust. _ _

ChaMbers, one of the crew belonging in the We!-
, MN Messenger, was pest examined. 7.61-c much
the same account As t'.; a.•- s.
Several of the crew belonging to the Ireicems
Messenittr were examined, and corroborated the tes-
timony of tl•esc two \‘'itnesser.

On the part of the Detendant, the Witneues de-
posed, chit the weather was so tl. At that they could
not perceive the Ireicome Mturafer as they ran
down ; they wholly denied havinge.eard +►nT person
hailing them, and ventured Vs swear. that if the
crew had exerted themselves, they might have saved
the vessel Their evidence was so contradoffory and
so improbable, that the Jury found a Verde° for the
Plaintiffs to the full amount of the value of the ship
and cargo. -

Two models of the ships in question were prod d•
eed in Co,at, wish. their sails and rigy.ng set evaa-
ly as the original ships were at the time of the ac-
cident: they Weft introduced to elucidate tbe state-
ment of Ms. Et seise for the Plaint's, and to re-
preseat the positicn of Cie vessels.