The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-17 00:00:00

LOSS OF THE DONCASTBR.

The Childe "Taroldc, Captain Willis, arrivel at a late
hour this evening from Bombay, whence she sailed on the
Bth of June, and from the Cape on the Bth Aug. ; this ship
brings intelligence of the wreck of the barque Doncaster,
Captain Pritchard (which sailed from the Mauritius for
London about the 20th June), on the Reef of Agulhas,
v, of the Cape of Good Hope, supposed
Lily. when sad to relate,

about 70 milea

on the night of Sunday, the

every soul on board perished.
By a letter from Samuel Parlby, Esq., to the Hon. Col.
Bell, dated Kleine River Valley, July 30th, 1830, it ap-
pears that the bodies of 19 women and children, and 32
men and boys, were washed on shore, and had been buried.
The scene of the calamity is about half a mile to the east of
the point on the coast on which the Jessie, Captain Win-
ter, was lost in 1829. Not a vestige of the hull of the
Doncaster remains. A Hottentot, of the name of Hans
Aventure, who was fishing on the coast, was the first person,
it appears, who discovered some of the dead bodies that
were washed on ashore from the wreck, and from him it
was ascertained that the ship had been tett or twelve days
standing on and off the shore, before the disaster hap-
pened, which must have been on the bight of the 17th in-
scant. The vessel was sometimes so near the shore, that
the voices of the crew could be clearly heard, but this the
residents of that part of the coast say is a common occur
rence, when ships in passing Cape L'Agulhas are caught
by westerly winds.
The following names were observed on the covers of
books and pieces of boxes, which have been picked up :
Honourable Lady Colville, Russell Farm, Hertfordshire,
favoured by Mrs. U-- (name obliterated), on the lid of
a box ; Mary Jane Saunders, on a music book ; Miss M.
J. E. Saunders. ditto ; George Woolly, jun., ditto ; Cap-
tain Walker, 99th Regiment, in a book ; W. Macready,
Esq., Elston, Hertfordshire, favoured by (name obliterated)
lid of a box ; Robert Saunders, Esq., South End, in a
book ; Robert Saunders, Esq., Eltham, Kent, present from
Mauritius, lid of a box ; A. Edwards, 1832, ditto ; W.
Williams, surgeon, on a bottle : P. Dollar, in a 'book ;
Quartermaster Sergeant O'Learney, 99th Regiment, on
the lid of a chest ; W. Hughes, 29th regiment, ditto ; A.
Hooks, Royal Irish Fusileers, No. 155 ; L. Michael Fear-
' ney, sergeant 29th regiment ; soldiers' caps and buttons of
the 87th, 29th, 99th, and Royal Sappers and Miners, &c.
—From the South African Commercial Advertiser of the
6th of August.
In another letter, dated Ist August, from the Civil
Commissioner of Swellendam to his Excellency the Go-
vernor, the Commissioner states that the bodies washed on
shore were nearly all naked. " Limbs and parts of bo-
dies, which appeared to have been fourteen or twenty days
under water ; wearing apparel of all descriptions, and
clothing with the regimental buttons of the 29th, 87th, and
99th Regiments, and Royal Artillery and Engineers, all
much torn, and bags which have contained sugar, are con-
tinually coming on shore. The only clue to the names of
the passengers, is a small memorandum-book, or journal, a
little defaced, which I have reason, from comparison of
dates and circumstances, to believe belonged to Dr. Page,
of the Royal Artillery or Engineers, and it is there stated
that the passengers were Captain and Mrs. Weir, of the
29th regiment, Lieutenant and Mrs. Walker, 99th regi-
ment, Madame Wiche and her daughter, Mrs. Saunders
and family, Serjeant John Reid, of the Royal Sappers and
Miners, and 17 invalids."

It is an affecting circumstance that Mr. Saunders, the
husband of the lady, who, with her children and servants,
(numbering in all eleven persons), were lost in this ship,
has been residing several weeks with W. Macarthy, Esq.,
of the Branch Bank of England in this town, anxiously
looking forward to greet the arrival of his family.—Hamp-
shire Telegraph.