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MELANCHOLY NARRATIVE.

ba the 12th of March, lett, the ship Wan, T. Throne.
tee, master, earryiag eleven men, sailed from Loodoss, for a
cargo of ice. Nothing particular gemmed maid the iii
when she was struck wis► a large dew piece of ice, about IL
OA,. epos the laahuard bow. The owns immediately tried
the pumps, but she Ailed so rapidly, that they were Loud
be of so nee. Pioding thensatives thus shoaled, Obey prim
medal to As the ice atsclurre, which they' semomplisheil.
They them ►egan to collect prommoste ; slaty .at out four
hags of bread, each contaiiiims I cwt., several peers of beef
sod pork, mount mg to meetly 100 periods ; a but of ens.
dim, almost II inched square, and 30 yards of new calms;
logethsr with all the s►ip's stock of walk; very fuetuaately
they bad • ermaut ; t►ey also saved Mese blankets. tine of
the crew, Joliet Williams, the carpenter, saws, • few of ►is
tools, coosiating of one ace, a Imam saw, a spoke shave, a
nialkt, and a small chisel. The woad blowing rather brisk
the all:p broke loose from the ice. leasing sot who were re.
criviag the mores ow the ice. The retnni•ing Ave as twine
immediately cadeavostred toltet out the boat; hot whil.t
thus maestri., the ship weal dose, about live nate oleo slier
12, leasiag the lu•g.bosl &alio upside lowa so t►e water.
The comma, mate, sad cook, risme amain, gut us the top at
the boat, red, by the help of Iwo btuddirg.sail booms. mail
two oars, they reae►ed tie ice, sad, by tarots the lean from
one piece of ice to amothar, they reached the other port of the
c►ew. With She canvass mad oars they erected a teat to screen
themselves from the vf iad, and, sight coaling oa, they cot.
lected what clothes they had saved la sleep out, and cover
them with. In the sight, she writhe, becoming much more
eold, they were obliged to ran about every half boy, to keep
thenmet yea warm.
04 the 29th, some Boding themselves stemiger I Ism others,
proreethd to lay the booms and mars, is order 10 reach the
place ■here the s►ip soak, and collect whatever they mold
lad Booties. They recovered a huat.book, a wash oar,
three soaks ►atches. sad the aide of she half-dock hatch, hot
no remaias of tbe hoot were to be semi. They the* returned
to the other,, hairier Imes away ■bout four Omura. In re-
writing, they fused a cool of rope, which she Captaiu bid
forloaseely throws apes the ice w►ta oat deck.
The folioed's' day (30th) the ice was so epee that t►ey
found It impossible to get more than Oft yards is any dime.
tion. 11. hag thus situatml, sad thioking that some ether
might he going or the same errand roe see, they
Camel a triangle wish the oars, and tied four hsailker-
chiefs ots the top for a *sal. They the• began to collect
what materials they had so build • host with, which caim
skied chiefly of the booms sad three hatches; they Mesa
by ;skein the booms parallel to each other, at the di,.
Isere of two feet fuer inches, the■ knocked of the hoards
froes the endings, sad, gasbag them to the booms, alias
formed she bottom. With the carlings they formed the sides
of she host, red the slide of the lialtdeek hat, It harmed the
stern; the wood remaising of the booms served for the bowl
or bow; the rough oar was split into two, which formed the
gunwale ; the e•osvaso was ettended twice mood the outside,
being osikd to the booms at the bottom, wed lashed la the
gunwale at the top, with spas-yams made from the rope;
this occupied theas tutu the oth of April. About It pm.
of Ibis day, when they were all toot asleep so the ke, they
were drives oat to see, sad were ita ally cowered um, water,
before they were aware of Ili. it increased diesel ; most of
their provisioas were washed away, chic fly their bread ;
w►atever costaamod below they saved.
Ow the et►, beige provided w►t► • Ebel sad steel, they
made a Are of rope, is older that they might melt t►e
readies to geese, the outside of the boat sad keep out the
water.

thet 10th, having iaished their boat, which io breadth
was two feet fuer inches, and is 'moth 12 tet six Oases.
they laseelsed it. sod, ddighted with she result, they
gave three hearty cheers. Th. y all isaasediately gut in, sod
proceeded through tie ice, by the Lelp of their 'so, to rsed.
laelaad, from which plate* they were distant oboist 100
leagues. They had sot been guar lung • bee they were
obliged, by the extradiagly thick weather, to get spoil an.
other piece of ice; they slept th. re ell night, and ea the lltb
proceeded at about lee a as. TLeir p ovisioas being neatly
shoo, they might as essay *eels es they tumid; towards 11
p. at. they again got upon the it,, and ia his mossier they
prom ded until the 13th about four put ; wises Indio( t
lopussible to get any folibte, the ice being so thick sod
close, they were obliged to stop ; they eullected what drat
wood they could us the ice to make • ire of sod rooked
two seals.

Os the 11th they steered towards dm Fans Islands, aad
proceeded, much M naval, sill she 17th, when they gut into
clear water; bid the wind being fuel, still kept amongst
she ice, mischief as assay teals as possible. Oa the 1816
limy ;caked fuse seals, lined the cars/le-6m with fresh
water, obtained by melting ire, sad three bags snit ice, '
with the instal of potting oat to ma, alsoeslid the clod he
favourable us the 19111. t.ht this day the triad blew
'tragic, and the boat beiag very Darrow, they were obliged
to threw oat a bag of ice to keep the imsat from apsettiag.
They erasitraised steeriag for the Fare Ides *alp that'll,
whem this wind chaaged w the eastward, us which accoool,
mot kin able to proceed, she water us the hoz being mord,
and she ice is the bags bowleg melted, they jadeed it better •
to Meer towards Icelaad, toupee, at the same time, to meet
with ice, laud steered west ail the way till the leds, when
they discovered laud. They met wish so ice, sad had Shea
bets without water six days; about Ave p. w. it came tut
shirk anther.

Os she 29th, being meth clearer, they fogad that the
wield had shifted to the essethottess, ..d they, having so
compant, were ate. ring direct lions the had; they the,
tweed, and kept the how to sea. On this day, belittler
an sad fuer o'clock, they loss three wee, who died fee
want of water. Towards II am the wood sods clawed
to she eastward, sad they reostisiotd their awes till 11,
s.is on the 301 h, vibes they reached Wad. They so-
noised there two dale, ersepihg about on their hoed. sad
bores (boring leas the see a their len frost arhl sad their
coolased posts/. is the host) whew they ewe areidestally
lakes op by aunt of the tobabitaota who were priasing fa
a mall boot, and were treated very we:l. They ressuasst
there till the Ist of Jose, sod embarked for Pert Rush.
Tbe carps ntee,eivolt. nod somber of these are at this time
In she Liverpool Islrmary, with treat.bittes feet.

BIRTH.

Saturday, of • so•, the Lady of Robert Wye Wil-
liams, Esq., is GodWfurd•stred, Rouseil.mqoare.

mAaataGE
0a Sotorday seeoiyht, by special Hasse, is Maaorrr-
aqoare, by the Rev. Ards lentos Markham, I..imiteoset.
Calomel ammems, M.P. for the ecology of Leitrim, to
Colinas, Erases Wootwottit, woad daulhaer of Godfrey
Woolworth Weetwoorth, Esq. Woolley Park, Yorksitire.
The potties anemia& partook of a somplootta dejesse at
Mr. Godfrey W. West sorties bootee, is Haisiveu.seissdie 7be
bride wore a superb dress of Vali sciessee leer. The Sapp.
pair afterwards proceeded to a beasidol villa, at Lo g
Coition, seer Resplesupes.Tl.seste.