The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-04-06 00:00:00

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SIIINMICILNPON ARKLOW BANS.

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' !- 1 - . e.iewas sett err-Onehoweivis e- em Ls.- •
• i ~,ko• ill teat,. •-•Oatti. alitieett 4111.1.
, .In ettamilikalsollsiet the! loss of the, /..inea • Meg
schooner., Won with two cwt. of guinea". in two
'tuxes, amounting to 115,0001., and some floor and
toovls, . ahlehlisibad! out of thts port mt Sondoy for
vision, : millet mason haw bees is ciettedatiool
many of titles's-cif the elm abetted eleict9Ston, for
several hesitsterl bot .to. amen that,the sleesel heel
been intentimoolly siyinviled for the purloin", that
.soine indivilluol should with himself 'for .cyfr by
one bold stroke. We have taken pains,to inform
ourselves of the eutire particulars of this shipwreck,
and are enabled to 'met that it was ,u inevitable
misfortune, to which vessels on our coast are pecu-
liarly exposed when'they are driveu by Jet h,.gales,
.bl•twing from the W. and by N. and Req. p any
of the banks to the earth or soutb-weisee ;
.bey.
It appears - thet early on Monday - evening. the
wind blowing desperately, the vessel was standing
as near to the wind as she could lie, for. the pore
.pose of avoiding the bank ; all seemed going well,
and the Captain, certainly folly impressed with
that idea, went to bed at one o'clock. giving
directions to the mate, that if the wind shifted he
*boob' be called op ; at three o'clock the wind
.being W..by N. she struck on the Arklow boob.
About nine mike from the shore. The conaterns.
tom of the Captain and crew was now at its
beight, fur they were going at the ride of 121
hoots an hoar, there were five, besides Captain
Craves ; the seamen's names were, Richard. Bibby,
John Davis,
,Patrick Holden, John Rabbit, sod
Joseph Smith. Shortly after she had struck, she
filled.with water, end settled on her side ; the boat
.worlowered down, the Captain, together with Rabbit
and Siiiiih got iuto it; Bibby, the mute, attempted
to follow them, but his leg was entangled between
a water cask and the ship's side ; Davis and Hol-
den came to bis assistance. and endeavoured ,to
extricate hint front that situation ; this delayed
them for same moments; meantime, in couse.
quince or the severity of the gale, and the dread-
Inl swell 4'414 iii, the boat ewes forced off, her
petuter batting burst.; she was driven out to
sea nub massing velocity, to the great coueter-
nation of the erew, which had been has one.
gnlarly divided; every effort was apparently mode
by the Captain and his two companions, to
regain the •vessels bat in vain. she gradually
disappeared from. those on deck: having only
a paw .erf oarv—oo compass.—proviriosis, grog,
or, in short, any one thing to enable them
to afford themselves nourishment or Itill, their
situation was truly melancholy ; the seamen on
board the schooner climbed up into the rigging, and
continued to strain their anxious eyes towards their
distressed imamate', who were visible, as Holden
states, at the distance of two leagues; at length
they disappeared altogether. much to the affliction
of their anxious friends. As the boat went off in
the-direction of Holyhead, and as Captain Graves
is an able seamen, there is every reason to believe
that he and his companions must have gained the
Wish coast in safety, notwithstanding the violence
of the gale, and their unprepared situation ; doubt.
les. a day or two will enable es to convey the wel-
come news of his safely to his afflicted and re-
spectable family, who reside in this city.
After the boat had been lost sight of, the wo-
ad heeled, in conseqoence of having been struck
by several heavy seas, she immediately filled wish
water; several boats now pot out from the Arklow
coast, end tried many tricks in order to afford'
relief Co the sufferers on the wreck, who were now
endeavouring to apprise thtrie on shore of their
perilous state by many signals; one fishing smack,
I.owever, at length succeeded in affording them
effectual relief (John Cavanagh is the name of
the intrepid ovine') ; the tow-rope was caught by
e..e three seamen remaining, who were necessarily
dragged through and under the water many yards,
and were humanely conveyed to Wicklow ; there
thee met a li•lterinani who commiserating their
destitute condition, conveyed them to King's Town,
where they landed on Thursday ; they walked
from thence to town, and appeared at the head
office yesterday morning, where they underwent an
examination before the sitting Magistrates, corm-
beetling the foregoing accouut, and added, that
the Linea Hall now lies on her beam-ends on
the above-mimed bank : that twelve bags of flour
and one pipe of wine have been brought away from
her ; that as the boxes containing the guineas are
stowed under the flour and linen, there is still a
pos.ibility of preserving, at least, a portion of the
valuable cargo, which a at present strictly watched
by the water-guard.
Why so large a sum of money had been shipped
for the Bank of England in this way is not at pre-
sent ascertained; in those times of economical
arrangement, it is supposed that the gold was
shipped in this schooner with a view to a saving in
the freight.
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A singular circumstance- occurred in the course
of the search made in town for the gold, which
was said to hare been actually sawed, re-landed,
and brought to Dublin. Prime officers Robin.,
son and Crobsley observed two boxes being
conveyed on a dray through Bride-street, which
exactly resembled the boxes wherein the, gold had
been packed ; the weight ass marked outside oe
them, and nearly corresponded also. Certain that
the prize was now iu view, they were immediately
seized, but on investigating the vouchers, end ex-
emitting the boxes, they proved to be rude copper
pieces, imported into this country for the purpose
of converting them into Wellington penny pieces;
they were consequently returned to the owners.

must have been swatter of regret
to ettry person who values the comforts or wishes to
alleviate the sufferings or the poor (unfortunately so
numerous iii this city). that the price of their prin-
cipal sustenance hint so rapidly advanced in conse-
quence of scarcity, now so general in the south of
Ireland. It is with uo ordinary satisfaction that we
are enabled to announce, upon authority highly re-
spectable, that at this moment several cargoes of,
potatoes are getting ready for shipment at different
ports in the English Channel, and also at Guernsey.
and Jersey. many of _which are intended for Cork.,
and the neighbouring ports iu this diviiict. This
will indeed be a pp**, Simnel/ ,aiirt,olueb-wanted
supply, and from the ainfl bowies .spisr(l somewhat
fhvourabte to au early ornv4. we hope in this week
to ray that a part will be daffed io our market.—
(Cork Ateacuatile Cloadek.)

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