The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-10-26 00:00:00

' LOSS OF 2'llE COM STEAAf-PACKLT.
NVe feel great pleasure in stating that the report of Lord
Macdonald, Mr. Downie, of Appin, and Mrs. Grant, of
Laggan, having perished in the Comet is unfounded, none
of them happily being on board at the time. The Glasgow
Free Press of Saturday alludes to the report, and contra-
dicts it positively. The Editor had conversed with Mr.
C. A. Anderson the only cabin passenger alive, who, if
the persons of distinction we alluded to had been on board
must must have known the fact. The following are further par-
ticulars of this dreadful accident, extracted from the
paper:—
The following is the latest account, received by exprei
from our Reporter at Greenock:—
FRIDAY NIGHT, 11 o'Ctocw.,
The greatest anxiety still prevails here, and in the neigh!.
bourhood, regarding the unhappy sufferers, and every face
bears the stamp of woe. The town is fast filling wies
strangers from all parts, making anxious inquiries about
persons whom they suppose to have been on board the
fated vessel. A Mr. Hamilton, a traveller for an English
house, arrived in the evening at the Tontigeinn, from
Glasgow ; he received letters, a few days ago, from the
North, stating, that two gentlemen would arrive in ,Glas-
gow this week by the Comet. These two isdieldnals are
nearly related to each other, but whether' have pe.
rushed or not, is not yet ascertained. rAfttlikre some
hopes existing that they are yet living, as it milact, that
four English gentlemen who were on board. insisted upon
being landed at Rothsay the evening before. One of the
persons, a female, culled a watery grave in a very sun
prising manner. On being plunged into the water, she
still kept firm hold of her child with her left arm, ala!e
with her right hand she grasped the handlesdiCaluste trunk,
and thus kept herself afloat. After remaining in this state
for some time, she was rescued from her danger by the
Gourock boats ; the child has since died. The Captain of
the Comet is still lying in a very weak lint not dangerous
state, at the house of Mr. fl'Alpine, Bogle-street. h
was with the utmost ex• rtiou he escaped from the vessel,
in consequence of the passengers clinging to him to
save themselves. He will doubtless be able, in tl:c
course of to-morrow, to render some account, of this
unhappy affair. The cabin passenger who was saved,
states, that Mrs. Sutherland, in the agony of clepeit,
caught hold of him, and clung with a desperate tenacity
to his clothes, but the raging ocean conquered end
she sunk to rise no more. The engineer or the Count
also darted upon him, and fastened with a force he could
not get clear from. Both were consequently on the point
of sinking; but the vessel's yawl hove in sight—they
caught hold of it, clung to it, and were saved. There is
another run: .ur as to the fate of the husband—that he
went down with the other passengers. There is much dif.
ference of opinion as to the right cause of the Accident,
and to the individuals upon whom the blame attache. It
is said that the Captain of the Ayr, on perceiriel the mis-
chief likely to ensue from the violent concussion of the
vessels, ordered out the boat, which direction iwas scarcely
complied with, when dreadful shrieks proceeded from his
own passengers, who exclaimed that she was sinking ; and
that this induzed him to put back to Greenock. We gine
this merely as hearsay, as there is no possibility of connag
at the present moment at the real statement of facts; is.
deed, all the lelkaltlernours afloat would fill a newspaper
of themselves'

l'.S. A letter of Captain Sutherland's, addressed is bim
by a friend, congratulating him on hi. union with Mks
Duff; was picked up this afternoon. The bodies of Mr.
Grahame, and Grierson, the steward, were taken to tle
Hart Hotel in this town for intitrment.
CAPTAIN SUTHERLAND. •

Captain Wemyss Erskine Sutherland of the 33d no
who was unhappily lost, with his bi ide, in the Comet stem
packet, off Gourock, on the west coast of Scotland, was the
third son of Captain Sutherland of Skiberscross, in North
Britain, and only remaining brother of Lieutenant-Colonel
Sutherland, of the .sth Foot ; and a finer young man,
whether in personal appearance or sweetness of dispetition,
was seldom to be found in any rank or. station in lire; he
was in his 528t11 year.
On the Slat of last August, he had married, after a long
and singularly mutual attachment, Miss Duff, the eldest
daughter of Mr. Duff, of Muirtown, and niece of Mr.
Forbes of Culloden, an elegantly-accomplished and amiable
young lady, in her 234 year. He was on his way to join
the depot of his Regiment at Glasgow. The affliction of
the families of this young couple, on so melancholy& cite-
strophe, will be more easily Imagined than described; bet
to those who know and can appreciate the ardent attach-
lima that bound them to each other, it will be some con.
solation, under the mysterious dispensations of Providence,
that they met their destiny together.
His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief had been
pleased to vromote this young man to a Company, it Octo-
ber, 1624, in compliment to his elder brother's services on
the west coast of Africa. On the 10th of December 'mho
embarked front Barbadoes (where he was reamed tr;:ii
the 93d) on leave of absence for Europe, in the Borodino
transport, which vessel, soon after leaving Antigua, en-
countered a dreadful gale of wind, during which she struck
on a sunken rock, where she fixed for the whole of that
night, all on board having long given up every hope of
saving their lives; but at day-light, as if by miracle, she
floated off the rock, and drifted into Bermuda balbetut
whence he wrote to the afflicted writer of this notice, that
" to whatever period his life might extend, he would pro-
bably neon• be so perfectly reconciled to die as he had been
the previous night. '—.E'rening. Parer.
KEAN IN 1809.—1 t may not be unamusing to tonne o f
our readers to know how Kean was treated by critics. be-
fore a Loudon audience had raised him tb the highest milk
in his profession. The following is an extract from a cei-
tique on the Lichfield theatricals, written by a correspon-
dent of the Staffordshire Advertise, in the spring of 1909:
—" Mr. Kean, who has been figuring here as the prindpsl
tragic hero, is another instance of the blundering folly of
misplacing actors, of which we are so mrny in nountry
theatres. We do not recollect to have seen a man less gifted
for a tragedian than this gentleman. Without energy, dig-
nity, or the advantages of voice, he drags through the heroic
scene with a dull monotony, oppressive to himself, and
doubly so to the audience. Ile appears to understand his
author, but the effects of a clear conception are totally lost
in the natural defects of his voice and person. This per-
former's genius is nevertheless of an elevated cast—he it a
good Harleguiq !"—StqffbrdthireAdvertiser.
WONDERFUL CONTINUATION OF Gal AT Luce ! ! !
On Tuesday last, the 18th of October, the Si, a Lottery 5:3
drawn, when, as usual, Bi.t,'a good fortune was pre-eminent. as
he shared and sold three of the twenty thousand pound press. rd.
No. 1,01,'2, Class A, 20,0001 in nine shares.—No. 2.271, Clan A.
20,0001. in nine shares.—No. 11,b19, Class B, 20,100/. in ',bolt
ticket. They were distributed as follows :
Part of 2.271 . 120,000 . •to Blanelford.
Part of 2.271 - 20.0110 - - to Cheltenham.
Part of 1,062 . 20,000 . to Foilnbure.
Part of 2.271 - 20,000 - to Grareserd.
Part of 1,01;2 . 20.000 . . to Greenock.
Part of 2,271 • - 20,00 . to Ilitchin.
Part of 2,271 20.000 - - to Inverress.
Part of 2,271 . 20.000 - to Lincoln.

Part of if 12 - - 20.000 . - to Loughton.
Part of 1,062 - - 20,000 - -to Morpetli.
Part of 1,002 - - 20,000 - - to Norwich.
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Part of 2 271 . 20.000 to Smith Lambe.
Part of 2,271 - 20,000 . - to Surrey 9quuc.
Part of 1.062 20,000 . . to Sr/assert.
Part of 2,271 . 20,000 . to Worcester.

The remaining Shares were sold in London, not registered. 11,
also veld the following capitals, all drawn the same day as the Wet
prize, of 20,0001.-
9,70 . . £1,305 - • Whole Ticket.
12,541 . . . Whole Ticket.
No 31a - 217 . - Whole Ticket.
4.327 - 217 - • In nine Shares.

,885 - . 217 - . In five Shares.
This continuation of great success makes him regret lotteries ore s°
neer their final termination; however. he is harry to say a sew
scheme is made (and which le nearly the last) to be decided all in
one day, Rut December; and it is one of 'fish's favourite.. as it
contains 30,09. prizes, and when that is the case his °Rieman
more than usually fortunate. He sold the first 90.4b1a ever drai
—the last 30.0001. evet drawn—he Kohl three 30.01101. prises in
last ten monthi. There never have been but two instances of time
20,000/. mites in one scheme; the first time Rish sold ail the thre.
and the next time he sold two out of the three; and lie has PI.I
more than half of all the 30,0001. raises that have ever hem.uhi h
has made It almost proverbial a can his name with 30,000•
prizes; therefore he expects to have an uninuslly pest sac tor C e
four thirty thousand pound prises, to he all dawn in one ds..
Gth December. Tickets and shares are sth"g ci Bish's lur'y
offices. 4, Cornhill. and 9, Charing-my London ; and by his
all rat Viroughout the kingdom.