The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-01-12 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK.

(reweave rairieux•ne.)
We experienced another violent gale of wind on TDeesdby
se'nnight, during which we regret to state, that the Hamby, Capt.
Wade, which sailed hence on the 27th ultimo, for Rio de Janeiro.
was totally wrecked on the nals of the Great Onnshead, mad on)y
one person (John Williams) was saved. The rest, fourtesa 51111
nember, including the Captain (Wade) and two passengers. •
Mr. Beindo and Mr. Thomas Guest, of Manchester, met a
pave. The melancholy event took place about four o'clock own=
day morning. No part of the cargo is expected to be saved, as the
vessel had gone to pieces.
The following is the account of the catastrophe, freak .1.10
Williams. the individual who was so miraculously resorted. lie
states that they were at one time so far down as Point Lento,
another at Black Comb, and on Thursday morning at Puffin Weed.
where, after making a stretch to the northward, with the ward
N. N. W. they put back with the wind N. W. or W. N. W. Iflto
captain intended to keep an offing, and to run for Liverpool is di&
morning. They did not think they were so near the land void
about ten minutes before *he struck ; when they perceived it Obey
were standing in with a close reefed maintopsail, foresail, and
sail. He He (John Williams) was then ordered out •-• loose the jap
to wear her, when finding himself over the shelve of a mit, be
dropped upon it, and seeing no more of the vessel, ner hewing • ,w
tape, he supposed she had backed off, and he did not know OM
vessel had gone to pieces till the morning. by which time he had
managed to reach the top of the cliff, where his store was for some
time miebelieved, more front the impossibility they thought these
was of his getting up the precipice, than from the wa be men-
tiooed being thrown upon the rock. The cargo, we u bas
valued at from 50 to 60,0001. very little of which has been saved—
even the little which has been ea.! on shore has been for the mem
part plundered by the country pcople—hundrvds of them teeth g
to the coast, and carrying off all that could be found. It is tames-
slide to find terms strong enough in reprobation of such ceovisot.
But we trust. for the sake of justice, that some of the misaverat
will be detected and punished. The vessel has bee so broken up
that not a single plank appears to have come ashore whole. Nous
of the bodies have been found.

A tl am ler-storrei of terrific violence, occurred on ra
might of the ststh ult., which occasioned great destruction
at Kcmble, Wilts, the seat of Robert Gordon, M P..
rwbere the elegant lofty steeple was rent from top to (bottom.
sod large :toms wet.c forced to • great distance. Tter
electric fluid d. scended into the body of the church,. ad-
joining Mr. Gordon's mansion, every window of which was
destroyed; the spire remains in a tottering embalms.—
OrArd Journal.
lit N Ili INTELLIOINCE.--Oopper Oren
nttb, Jan. 1, ltiQ4,_ 1 $44 tone; average

Quantity of tine copper, 93 tons 9 cwt.
6,9791. 4a. tl. Average standard, 113 L '
'foe sale this week at &death. 1065 toys.

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