The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-01-06 00:00:00

LOSS OF NIB ARAI! stoop

(From the Cork Constitution of Friday test.l
Ott attenticn is irresistibly drawn to this lamentable eeenf,
circumstance that has come to our knowledge, which cannot be coq
generally known, and which we feel a proud satisfaction in Mama!-
eating, because it will most assuredly convey
.00nm-dation to the
bleeding hearts of the relatives of the unfortunate "ufrerers, for who
is not plaited to see a tribute of respect paid to the memery of
deplored friend ?
The circumstance to which We allude Lt thi; :—.admiral Loot
Colville, and his Captain, rind all the ofßeets of the quarter-deck
of his lordship's flag ship„ have appeared in mourning for the lose
of Captain Holmes, and his Invaluable officers, and ship's can.
pasty, since Sunday last. And when we know that this tribute of
respect has Beft paid to the nutmeg of the sufferer% without the
subsistence of any ties of blood bet seen them, end the parties whO
have shewn it, we may surely say that it adduces convincing proof,
that the amiable dispositions of the unfortunate enterers wee of re
ordinary value.
We have been obligbigly favoured With the folloiring copy of a
memorandum, issued by the Admiral on the subect of this (kph.).
table catastrophe, which speaks ito fully for itself, as to require no
commendation from us.
Considering that Captain Holmes, and his officers, and 0144
company, lost their lives in sealeusly endeavouring to support the
legitimate trade of the country (for on this duty the Arab wailer_
elusively employed), in which our great mercantile City is so
deeply interested, we trust that we may be permitted io offer
our tribute of regret that they should 1:::ve come to inch a melon.
choly end.
A report having been generally circulated Mee hie Myatt'
sloop Harlequin was lost itt the gales in which the Arab suffered,
aware authorized to state that there is no foundition for it, the
Admiral having received letters from Captain Weekes, of the Har-
lequin, dated on board that sloop, In Ardbeiir Harbour, the 2tizir
December
" Semiramis, in Cork Harbour, Ike. 26, 18=
" liituniteroest —ln communicating the melancholy vital-
trophe of the loss of the Arab, in the early part of this month, On
the coast of Mayo, near Ilroadhaven, and that there is too curtain
reason to believe that her valuable and ever-to-be-hunented cone
mender, officers, and crew perished on that occasion ; the Com-
mander in Chief feels so sine of the tut! participation in his feel-.
inns of the Captain, commissioned, end warrant officers, and the
whole of the gentlemen of the quarter-deck, of the ship beer*
his flag, that he is confident they will all be deairoue of shaving
the token of that mourning which will be nu deeply felt in thew
hearts, by wearing on Sunday neat, the 28th instant, and for 4
month from that day, a crape upon their left arms and sword knots.
(Signed) " COLVILLE.
" Capt. Ifibouleau, his Majesty's Semiramis."
(From the Cor.4: Advertiier of Thurr.qay last]
On Saturday we noticed a report prevalent in this sty that hit
Majesty's ship the Arab bad been lost utT the coast of Mayo. It
was, ofeouree, with very natural reluctance thel we gave publity to
to such a seatemeat; we could not, at the time, refrain from gitaag
expression to the hope that the alarm was without foundlings.
Until yesterday (Wednesday, Slat ult.) no intelligence had teethed
this ate that could be looked to with any degree of confidant,
either as confirming the hsie that_ the rumour was Nee. or an
destroyingr:g the fond erpectations which hid been indulged with
to the safety of the' Arab. The following eolith:nation of
tinge most disastrous tidings, as they first reached us, it is now oar
very painful duty to lay before our readers:—

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM A NAVAL OFFICER ON TUE

proaTu-wEsT STATION.

rocc. go Is-3 y . ,
" From the 11th to the 14:h !nat. it blew a tremendous gale of
wind. I was fortunate enough to get shelter in Broadhaven.
the 13th, as I went out, I perceived that some name' had bey/
wrecked; but, from the state of the weather, and the heavy sets,
was not enabled to make out who or what site was; sad net %nisi!
the 24th, when I was elf the same part of the coast again, I was
informed, and RIM apart of a ship's magazine, eitli the pause
"Arab" marked on it, which was picked up, anti left no doubt
on my tr:lnd that it was his Majesty's slnp Ardb g and from
every account I could procure, am induced to believe that every
person on board had perished, particularly is none of her crew,
ur any other shipwrecked persons, had arrived at or near Broad-
haven. '

The Arab mounted 18 guns, and tins commanded by Captain
W. Holmes.

The lass of this ship b produced eery general and poignant
grief in cove and its vicinity, for she was ,o long on this siatitin,
that most of the crew became connected with many families in the
neighbourhood.

The last was called the cheap Lottery ; but people gene.:
rally consider it the truest test or cheapness, where they arc
offered the most for their money. low the last contained
only three prises of 20,0001., whilst the *client contaftts
seven rriser of 20,0001. in money or stock ; yet both
the Lotteries consisted of the same number of tiektos Zr'.
therefirre, the following plain Rule-of-Three question be
put to any school-boy. If a sixteenth having o.e
chance of three prizes of 2n,0001. cost It Is. ad.; what is
the same share worth when it ha' the chance of seven'of
20,0001. ? The answer will be los. : yet the pre-
sent price is only about half that sum, and other shares in
proportion ! There is little doubt, therefore, of a great *-
wand for the present Lottery.