The Sun.
London, England, 1837-03-02 00:00:00

LOSS OF THE SHIP MEXICO.

ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
(From a Correspondent of the New York Enquirer.)
On reachico, Hempstead I concluded to go somewhat off
the road to lookb at the place where the ship Mexico was cast
away. In half an hour we came to Lott's Tavern, sonic four
or five miles this side of the beach: where the ship lay—and
here, in its barn, had been deposited the bodies of the
ill-fated passengers which had been thrown upon the shore.
I went out to the barn. The doors were open ; and such a
scene as presented itself to my view I certainly never could
have contemplated. It was a dreadful—a frightful scene of
horror.

Forty or fifty bodies, of all ages and sexes, were lying pro-
miscuously before me, over the floor, all frozen, and as solid
as'inarble—and• all, except a few, in the very dress in which
they perished. Some with their hands clenched, as if for
warmth, and almost every one with an arm crooked and bent,
as it would be in clinging to the rigging.
There were scattered about among the number four or five
beautiful little girls, from six to sixteen years of age, their
cheek and lips as red as roses, with their calm blue eyes open
looking you in the face, as if they would speak.
I could hardly realize that they were dead. I touched their
cheeks, and they were frozen as hard as a solid' rock, and not
the least indention could be made by any pressure of the hand.
I could perceive a resemblance to each other, and supposed
them to be the daughters of a passenger named' Pepper, who
perished, together with his wife and all the family.
On the arms of some were to be seen the impression of the
rope which they had clung to—the mark of the twist deeply
sunk into the flesh. I saw one poor negro sailor, a tall man,
with his head thrown back, his lips parted, and his now sight-
less eyeballs turned upwards, and his arms crossed over his
breast, as if imploring heaven _for aid. This poor fellow
evidently had frozen while in the act of fervent prayer.
One female had a rope tied to her leg, which had bound her
to the rigging ; and another little fellow had been crying, and
thus frozen, with the muscles of the face just as we see children
.when crying. There was a brother and sister dashed upon the
beach, locked in each other's arms ; but they had been sepa-
rated in the barn. All the men had their lips firmly com-
pressed together, and with the most agonising expression on
their countenance; Lever beheld.

A little girl had raised herself on tiptoe, and thus was frozen
just in that position. It was au .ay,•ful sight, and such a
picture of horror was before me that I became unconsciously
flied to the spot, and found myself trying to suppress my or-
dinary breathing, lest I should disturb the repose of those
around me. I was aroused from the reverie by the entrance of
a man—a coroner.

As I was about to leave, my attention ,became directed to a
girl, who I afterwards learned, hid come that morning from
the city to search for her'sister. She had sent for her to come
over from England, and had received intelligence that she was
in this ship. She came into the barn, and the second body she
cast her eyes upon was hers. She gave way to such a burst
or impassioned grief and anguish that I could not behold her
without sharing in her feelings. She threw herself upon the
cold and icy face and neck of the lifeless body, and thus, with
her arms around her, remained wailing, moaning, and sobbing,
till I came away ; and when some distance off, I could hear her
calling her by name in the most frantic manner.
So little time, it appears, had they to prepare for their fate,
that I perceived a bunch of keys and a half-eaten cake fall
from the bosom of a girl whom the coroner was removing.
The cake appeared as if part of it had just been bitten, and
hastily thrust into her bosom, and round her neck WPS a ribbon,
ith a pair of scissors suspended.
And to observe the stout rugged sailors, too, whose iron
frames could endure so much hardship, here they lay—masses
of ice. Such scenes show us, indeed, how powerless and
feeble are all human efforts, when contending against the
storms and tempests which sweep with resistless violence over
the face of the deep. And yet the vessel was so near the
shore, that the shrieks and moans of the poor creatures were
heard through that bitter, dreadful night, till, towards morn-
ing, the last groan died away, and all w as hushed in death, and
the murmur of the raging billows was all the sound that then
met the ear.

After the storm, the wreck was approached, and here and
there were seen columns, pillars of ice, which was formed un
the frozen bodies, as the sea broke over them.

ST. JAMES'S.—Mr. Fitzgerald, alias tlle " rale
Mr.' O'Donnell," is giving his imitations of the, Member for
all Ireland with great success at this theatre.
PICCIOLA.---" For this beautiful novel, whose
success in France has been almost unexampitd, we may venture
to predict a degree of popularity in the Kuglish world of let-
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and one or two other favourites. The; moral feeling of the
country will enlist itself eagerly in favr)ur of a work whose pur-
poses are so worthy, and whose execv.tion is so trtOy admirable.
This will, we are persuaded, be th'o view of every one of its
readers. It is a production for cve'..y class, and for every shade
of taste."—Court Journal.

By the shipping intelligence from Liverpool of i'nes-
day's date there is reason to fear 4.,hp,t several vessels liave been
wrecked during the late severe y;ale:s on the Cumbedand coast,
quantities of wreck having been, washed up in the course of
the week. It is feared that a vessel called the Mischief has
been wrecked.

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dom, and upwards of 100,000 indivii e Kinluals connected with t'Aem.
On Saturday we were visite with a tempest 01 the
most violent description. The
'Arid blew front the south-
west, and continued, gradually app.
..oaching towards the north,
the whole of that and the fol:m4 in day, accompanied with
rain, sleet, and snow. In the Co, nity Buildings here, no less
than twenty-one panes of gla 4:5 T ,ere blown in, while it was
dangerous to walk the stree'a, in consequence of the fall of
slates, chimney-top', &e-f t he roofs of houses. In the
country many thatched euttage ; were completely unroofed,
and knees, haystacks, and outbr .ildings thrown down. The
water in the river was agltated: s a strongly by the wind, that it
rose in large waves, scattering •1 be spray about like a waterfall.
The ferry boats at Kessock w ere unable to ply. One of the
Glasgow steamers, in Loch Ness, on Saturday found it
possible to proceed, to hive mess, and the passengers Were
landed at the bay of Urquhart t. The barometer gradually fell
from Saturday to Sunday afte moon, when it was down, as low
as 28-19 inches. In the hi o.er districts, there has been a
considerable fall of snow : the So uth mail '914 alpautt live blm's
its timc!:7-Incnicss Ct [iff