The National Register.
London, England, 1817-11-03 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK..

Thursday .e'onight the sloop William and Mars , W. Manlee,
master, (a regular minket between Bristol and Welerford),
was lost, and, dreadful to relate, of the passengers and crew
(5d in number), 33 perished. The packet sailed from Mil
at eight in the evening, and between eleven and t wet
o'cle.ck the same night, struts): on the Wolves' Rock. be.
N. W. Aunt one mile and a half from the Flat Holmes, aid
was soon found to he in a sinking state. The passengers, who
haul retired to rest, were quickly alarmed, and the scene
which followed was dre adfiti ill the (-mime. The boat (a very
small one) with part of the crew, left tile sloop frill half an
ken. betbre she went down, and put oif tile the tVelsh shore.
The helm was taken by one of the passengers who had been
at sea : for, on her striking, the emifursion was so great it was
deserted ; he immediately steered for the shore, hut in a few
minutes afterwards the vessel went down, stern-foremost,
about a mile from Sully Island, in eight fathoms of water.
About twenty persanc then Skating on the water, were etia.rled
to grasp the top of the mast, ten feet of which were above they
water; five or six, unable to make gourd their held until a boat
returned to render them assistance, were completely exhaust-
ed, and slink to rise no more ; the remainder were taken off
after having been in that situation two it airs and it half: but
the benevolence of Mr. Richard Hopkins, at whose lionee
many of them are now quartered, and the inhabitants of Car-
dqr, quickly supp:ied their wants, and a handsome subserip.
lion is now raising, to enable those who were so unfortunate
as to loose their all, (composing by far the greatest part) to
prosecute their journeys homewards: they all speak in the
warmest terms of the manner in which they are treatedd—
There were about sixteen cabin passengers. All the females
ou board, 22 in number, and two children, met a stately
grave. Eight of the ladies were cabin passengers. A Mr.
Barron, his mother, and four sisters, elegant and eccomplish-
ed, (who had their man-servant and carriage on board) were
among the passengers : the cries of the young ladies were
most distressing ; they sunk entwined in each others arms.--.
The Rev. Mr. Giles, Mr. Sands, and two daughters, are also
drowned.—Lientenant 'rhebalier, of the 3eili regiunt nt, was
saved, but •his lady perished ; they had only been married
three weeks. A Mrs. Taylor and Mr. Quin ate also entered
at the Paekte-olfice as steerage passengers.—Another passen-
ger was Mr. Shorts, brother of a respectable tradesman near
the Draw-bridge, in Bristol : he was tire messenger to that
city of the melancholy tidings he saved himself by swimming,
and had been two hours anti a half in the waif er, when lie was
taken into the boat. He witnessed the heart-rending scene
which took place oil the sinking of the vessel. Mr. S. states
that, before he was taken up by the boat, he saw an unfortu-
nate individual (whom he supposes to have been Mr. Bat rum)
near Min in the water. He endeavoured to cheer him ; he
however had only strength left toanswer in a faint voice, " r
can go no farther !" and sunk to rise no more. As the vessel
went down, a poor soldier took his wife and three children;
they clung to each other, in that state floated a moment on
the water, and then stink, clasped in each other's arms.—Mr.
Joint Outerbridge, the mate, is among the !umber saved ; he
was one of the last who left tile vessel, but could not prevail
on the Captain to quit her. Captain Manley has left a wife
(now pregnant).---The account eef Mrs. Nicholnis being lost,
with her three children, is not true. The lady who perished
is Mrs. Sandys, Mrs. Nicholais' sister, who embarked front
Mrs. N.'s house, in Park-stied, Bristol. Mrs. S. was sister
likewise to Mrs. But roughs, of Bristol ; and all three Ladies
are sisters of Sir Wm. Burroughs. Two young ladies likewise
mkt' ked with Mrs. Sandys, viz. Miss Selina Sandys, about
twelve years old, her daughter, and Miss Anne Burroughs,
her niece? they were going to Waterford to meet Mrs. San-
.4:s husband, the Rev. Mr. Sands, who is rector of a &risk
about ten miles from that port. The two young ladies Were
lost, wills Mrs. S.

Ma. R iTNION I).—The remains of this much esteemed and
lamented man, were on 6sunday last interred in the burial
ground of St. Pant's Church, Covent-Garden. The pro-
cerdon attendant upon the hearse consisted of thirty-eight
mourning-coaches, containing the pall bearers, Mr. H.
Johnston, Mr. Dowton, Ma. J. Johnston, and Mr. RAC, mem-
bers of the Committee of Drury-lane Theatre, the profes-
sional strength of both houses, and the relatives, and pri-
vate friends of the deceased. Fifteen carriages brought up
the rear. the line extended from Chester-street, Gills entity.
place, from whence the body was taken to nearly half the
length of Piccadilly. About one o'clock the whole was in
Motion, and proccetied in a slow and solemn manner in the
direction of St. James's•street, V.lll Mill, the Strand, South-
amptou-stieet,and along Henrietta-sti,-et, Covent Garden to
the nest side of the p 1 ice of interment. There arrived, the
corpse according to the order of the funeral service. was
conveyed into church, and eventually fruits thence committed
to the earth. The whole was exceedingly well arranged by
Mr. H.Johnston, whose method of testifying his sincere rc.
spect fur the memory of his departed friend, cannot be too
much cOmmended. A more imposing funeral of the kind,
excepting that of Garrick, we tory ventine to state, has
never been witnessed. The most lively grief was depicted its
tits countenance of every mourner. 'Die crowd assembled,
wa, immense. Mr. Raymond was about 4$ years of age ;
iu private life, he was au intl slide I'u end and a cheerful
companion. In his public avocations, he was at once zealous
and thsinterusted, merit never solicited at his hands in .aim,
his heart was open to every call of humanity, and his pro-
fessional duties were ever conspicuous for unwearied atten-
tion and earnestness. In this tribute of our
adiMration of his worth, we have the-melancholy cumula-
tion of knowing that every means of promoting the welfare
of the numerous lamily left behind him will oe adopted, and
that his talents and his virtues, will render _lns loss long and
universally dept.' ed.

There is something insufferably ridiculous in the
manner in which the French• journalists sum►etimes
communicate their modicums of inthr►nation on our af.-
fairs as well as history. A late writer, in stating the
particulars of the conviction, in vile of the ourts of
Assize, of a William 1. adduce, for several acts of swin-
dling, states him to he a descendant of the hero of Scot-
land, whose glory hos been cekbrated in a comic opera!
That the attention of the Emperor Alexander is
directed solely to the acquisition of foreign ter. i
while his own immense deserts remain without cm
tion or inhabitants, appears from an Ukase, publ
on the 6th of last month, in which he bolds on•

encouragements to foreigners to introduce agr
and intlotry thruughvut the extent of his empi,

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Frons She LONDON GiZE7".IIE, l'uesday, Oct. 28.

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BANKRUPTS.

Coormi W. Fenchureh-street, merchant, Nor. 11. 17, Dec. 9, at
Guildhall. Mts. Lowe and Co. Southampton-bniklings.
Row, Ta 1). St. Colamb Major, Cornwall, shopkeeper, Nov. t, 12,
at St. Colloid) Major. Atts. Adlington and Co. Bedford-row
Wit:llEN .1. Ilarwieh, sail•ntaker, Nov. 17, 18, Dec. 9, at Harwich,
Att. Mr. Evans, 113ttinl-garden.
SWEET MAN♦ B. S. Bishopsgatc.street, grocer, Nov. 1, 15, Dec. 9,
at Guildhall. Att■. Aniary and Co. Lothlutry.
TucNEI•T C. J. hiShOpit;.ite-Street, grocer, Nov. 1, 15, Dec. 9, at
Guildhall. Atts. Amory and Co. Lothbury.
tEOLAND L'. Plymouth. straw-hat-manuliteturer, Nov. 15, 17,
Dec. 9, at Plymouth. Att. Mr. Walker, Lincoln's-inn-fields.
ttr.ga J. and J. llolywell.street, shoemakers, Nov. 4, 18, DM 9,
at Guildhall. Mts. Amory and Co. lotlibitry.
Dom) T. Liverpool, printseller, Nov. 15, Dec. 9, at Guildhall.
Mt. Mr. Bellamy. Serjcanes Ina.