The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-08-25 00:00:00

SHIPWRECK.

The schooner Eleanor, of Nassau, New Providence., whit a
voyage from Nuevi:as, bound to Hiram:is, with a number of sos.
sengers on board, when, in the night of the 23d of May, &end.
denly struck upon one of a cluster of small Key, called the Mothers,
within about 12 miles of Ragged bland. The Eleanor, lbw
striking, drifted off for some distance, when she sunk in deep wan,
and 16 of the passengers instan ly perished. Five persons, boa.
ever, among whom were Mr. John Armbrister, jun., and a youlg
man of the name of Zanicle, were fortunate enough to reach one of
the Keys, where they remained in great distress for twelve to for
teen days. when Zanicle, determined to endeavour to get to Raced
Island, and accordingly pushed off astride of a log of wood stud
he picked up, and piddled himself to that Island, where be lazid
very much exhausted from famine and fa:igue, and related thew,
In which he bad left the survivors on the !Key. A vessel ad Oet
epatched from Ragged Island in search of those on the Key' Ohl
when they arrived there, they could find no one; but saw a ral
where one person .bad been buried, which Zanicle supposed when
been a sick Spanund whom he had left there. It appeared diets
wards, from the information of Mr. John Annbrister, jun., show as
one of those left on the small Key when .Mr. Zanicle quitted it a
a log of wood which drifted with him to Ragged Ital.*"
himself and two Spaniards, after remaining seventeen &arc la
small desert Key, were providentially relieved by tha
brig Juan Maria alias Leon, Carlos Ribero, master, from
bound to Havannah, at which last port Mr. Armbrister was
after experiencing the greatest kindness and the most Nunes*
temion. The Eleanor was chartered by the Governor of Eno*
Don Louis Aruu, to go to Nuevitas for his niece, wholesale*
lost her husband' there, and sailed accordingly with four chilatri
hut meeting with bitsl weather, was, at her own desire. lardsa
again with two of her children the other tw, togeih with Da
bouts, were drowned Oen claci Eleanor sunk.- Jantaer
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nat.—Yesterday mornini, about four o'clock, the 110
habitants of Burton-crescent were thrown into great constensdai
by a cry of " Fire!" and beholding the flames rushing
hsa
%o. 33. A fire, it was said, had broken out at the Mlle Or AO
ing house a few months back, hence every one was CM he
the
and the pariah engine belonging to St. Pancras SON arr
there being a plentiful supply of water, the progress of the dows%
ing element was soon arrested. The posperty war insured, visa
considerable loss was sustained.
EitiocriNa Acctin Nr.—About eleven o'clock on Man
day night, a young man met with a sudden death st Itarrhesd. A
boiler for a steam-engine, weighing about nine tons, was sa flit
way to Kilmarnock, and when passing Barrhead, one of the wheels
unfortunately came off; which brought down the end of the car
. The young man w seated on the fore part of the eariagr,
as
sad just as he had fallen to the ground, it came della uponay of
sad crushed him to death on the spot. Ile belongtd la Dr
Welt, was about eighteen years of age, and was so 'pyre:aka to
the engineer business. The coming off' of the wheel is stated to
have happened as follows :-The bush became loose, sad thelb—i"
slipped over the ask. Had these been a washer between the ',DM
sod key, this could not have taken place. it ought to be ‘2,o.
lag to people who have carriages of any kind not w neglect such ar
patently trifling things—Edinburgh Kuper.
DlEL•wcileoL A Y cci tin wr.--On Tuesday night, fly
Rosa, a respectable fanner, residing at Waterfowl, in Ilreseti
accompanied by a gentleman from A berdeen, and a guid4ao°l
to the summit of hochnagar, to enjoy the view nom thßo
at It*.
pendous height. The party had begun to descends when Mr.
•• • • - while he returned tour-

, IMMO'. maws.. ~.... i......,
requested one of them to hold his pony, while he
vey a particular spot, overlooking Lochgar. Alter wahine!
souse tame, the gentleman became alarmed, hiving, on 100111.,
round, seen 3lr. 'toss's whip, as he thought, thrown up iota at
air, from the spot whither he had gone, although he meld nil!e
himself at the time ; and, on going back, they diseoreml, drer
to relate, that he had fallen from the cliff, which was here A:oj
300 feet perpendicular height. It appeared that, in (*flans:line'
struck against a projecting part of 11,e rock. shoot by yaws' •r,
the top, a part of his skull being found there; and it was wish's'
liculty that his mangled remains could be gathered at the bt
of die cliff. It is impossible to sac how the lamentable atie2es;
happened ; but it is supposed that .ii stone had tripped his
going round the edge of the precipice, which, at the rut she!
fell, branches off from the %mina track taken by travellers. 16,5
was an unmarriwd man, residing with his mother, and Its rel
respected in the country.—Calednaina Mercury. '
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1 !MITI'S.
• On the 2id inst., at Plaistow.lodge, Bromley, Reek the lel .
Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., of PArliallittlt-Streeil Welaih.
' of a son and heir.
' On the 22.1 inst., at his house in Clarges-street, the WI dli
I Jeffreys, Lag. of a sun.
DIEM
On the 10th init., at his house to Stamford.strect, after is •
1 illness. Samuel John Maud, l'Aq., aged 4114 t
✓ On Tuesday, the 17th inst. in l'harlewaireet..Csvendli
e Gibber Thomas Ross, Esq. in the 29th year of hts ag ssOl
e.
.. On the 21st inst., at Hastings in the tilit year of hit or;'" ~M,,
Li Hancock, widow of the late Chai k
les Hiett Hancoc, Estl• 0"
"•• Clayton.
is The Rew. John Gandy, A. 31... Vicar of the parhls efSr• A
• and Prebendary of the Cathedral torch at Exeter.
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HSuddenly. in Collins' Hospital,
)4' Reid, aged 73. Ile retired to bed about rine o'clockt 0.1101 ..
r- night, having preyinUi2 Citillpiiii tied ...t. %light Vail' 6 "vs fe.;;.,
Iss which extended td his oukler, acd the nest [naming be
LI a corpse.
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