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London, England, 1833-10-07 00:00:00

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:- Saturday, from about ten in the morning, the door
of the ladies' cabin, except for a few minutes at
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intervals, was kept open, owing to the great anxiety
to communicate with the male passengers on the
it-npending danger, as the storm continued the whole
day, so much so that no food except biscuit could
he, or was, supplied. Witness had, at the request
• of his friend Mr. Hamilton, agreed to accom-
pany Mrs. Hamilton and her children to Scotland, -
and, with the exception of a few minutes on Satur-
, day evening, he remained below either in the cabin
of the gentlemen or the ladies' cabin. He remained
in the latter from about four o'clock on Saturday
4f,ernoon. On one occasion he went to get refresh-
ments for the ladies and children ; on another to col-
lect some things together ; and a third to make
• orne inquiry as to the real situation of the vessel,
with a view to calm them (the ladies) and his own
fears for their safety. About two o'clock on Sun-
day morning, the vessel then being aground and
perfectly quiet, several of the passengers came down
from the deck ; and though he (witness) cannot
recollect the exact language they used, he knows
that they stated that the lead had been cast,. and
that there was not more than two feet of water
round the vessel; that there were men on the shore
with lights ready to receive them, and smooth water
towards the land ; that there would be no difficulty
in reaching the shore, and-that the passengers were
to get ready to go on shore. Mr. Logan, one of
the passengers, told witness and the other passen-
gers that the Captain had told him that the title was.
ebbing, tali that they would soon be able to walk o
shore without wetting their feet. At this time the
passengers, particularly the ladie', who he had as-
serted took refreshments, and had selected the
few things which they wished to take with them,
were fully ready, and anxious to go on shore,
but the information that the tide was ebbing
calmed their minds, and particularly quieted the
fears of the females. Witness continued satisfied
on the subject until four o'clock, or it might be
later, when Mr. Logan jumped up, and calling for
the steward, said, " Steward, tell the Captain I am
sure he is mistaken ; I am sure it is flowing, and
not ebbing;" and repeating, "I am now sure he is
wrong, for 1 hear the title beating against the vessel,
and she is becoming lively." On his attention being
drawn to this fact, he with the other passengers very
quickly discovered that the vessel was again moving,
and in a short time after wards she began to roll and kept
striking heavily against the sand. The Captain then
went into the gentlemen's cabin, anti called for the
almanack, and inspected it to ascertain the state of
the tide. Mr. Logan also inspected the almanack,
and the Captain admitted that he was wrong, and
also that the tide was indeed flowing and not ebb-
ing. At the time the almanack was referred to he
heard the men take out the boat; in doing which
they broke the glass in the skylight of the gentle-
men's cabin, and with every wave that broke over the
vessel the water continued to pour in in quantities.
It was -the same in the other skylight. He had
previously heard Mr. Logan tell the mate to put a
tarpaulitig over the broken skylight, but this was
not done. Shortly before the last sea broke over
the vessel the skylight of the ladies' cabin wes
blown away. A heavy sea then broke over the
ship, and filled the ladies' cabin with water. There
were then in it Mrs. Pyne, Mrs. M'Queen, Master
C. Pyne, Mrs. Hamilton, Miss Hamilton, Master
Hamilton, Miss Roach and Master Roach, Mrs. Cor-
meek and child, Mr. Davis, and witness. At the
moment the sea broke in, Mrs. Hamilton seized his
(witness's) hand, and entreated him not to leave
them, and he was in the act of assuring her that he
would not, when the sea broke in and buried them
in darkness, and, with the momentary opportunity
afforded him of seeing and feeling, he was satisfied
that the water came in from above, and not below.
Witness had no recollection of what took place af-
terwards, nor was he personally aware how he was
saved ; but he understood he had been drawn
through the skylight of the cabin, by one or two
of the men on board. Just before the heavy
sea broke in, the ladies and children were huddled
together in one berth. He attributed the loss of
life which had taken place to the negligence of those
whose duty it was, particularly when told so, to
secure the skylights. Witrie,s protected his own
life by clinging to a rope attached to the mast, and
got on shore, where he experienced the kindest at-
tention from the Rev. H. Browning, and the Rev.
Mr. Holloway. The witness then described the
finding of the body of his friend Mrs. Hamilton,
her children, and the other sufferers, and concluded
by saying that he had on board a paper parcel con-
taining some clothes, and in the pocket of one of
the pairs of trousers was is purse containing eighteen
sovereigns, neither of which were restored to hint,
nor could he find it among the luggage brought on
shore, though other clothes were found among the
property brought on shore.
At the termination of this witness's evidence, the
inquiry was adjourned.

(PRICE 713.)

self was taken into custody in a few minutes. In the
hat was a shirt belonging to Mrs. Harlowe's grand-
son ; and a handkerchief, containing some silver
spoons, belonging to her, was found near the place
where the pri,oner was captured.

Committed for trial.
UNION HALL.

MATERNAL AFFECTION.-3L Pettit, a professor
of language,, was charged by the parish officers with
refusing to maintain an illegitimate child, of which a
genteel looking young woman said he was the father.
The defendant said he had offered to take the boy
under his protection; but the mother refused, alleging
that he wanted to take him to Fiance.

The parish officers said that as the father had
made such a defence they should interfere no farther.
Mother—Then I shall wear my fingers to the
bone for the maintenance of my child before I let it
be torn away from me
The Magistrates pointed out to her the conse-
quences of not permitting the father to have the cus-
tody of the child; but she was deaf to all remon-
strances on the subject,and left the office with the boy.

LOSS OF THE EARL OF WEMYSS.

In pursuance of the order issued for the investi-
gation of the loss of the Earl of Wenlyss, the fol-
lowing Magistrates assembled at the Hare Arms,
at Docking :
Frederick Hare, Esq. (Chairman); the Rev.
John Hare, Captain Davey, R.N., D. Hoste, Esq.,
E. Rolfe, Esq., and the Rev. H. North.
Captain Nesbit, the Master of the IVemyse, was
the first witness called—He stated that he left Lon-
don on the 29th of August, having on board nine-
teen passengers, male and female. On Saturday,
the 31st, about two o'clock, he passed the Dudgeon.
It was moderate weather, and continued so until six
o'clock, when a breeze sprung up from the north-
east, and continued fresher until it became a hurri-
cane. He then ordered the mainsail to be reefed,
and in so doing the topping lift broke, which caused
the mainsail to split. Witness then went on to
state the condition of his sails, and contended that
they were in perfect repair when he left London.
The Leith Company were the owners of the vessel.
Mr. M‘Murton, the agent, got all the sails repaired
to his satisfaction. The vessel drifted in the
south-west direction, without any sail set, until
about four o'clock, when he came to with both an-
chors in five fathoms of water. He knew that he
was upon the Norfolk coast, but could not tell upon
what part of it. The anchors sometimes held and
sometimes gave way, until the vessel got into three
fathoms of water. The vessel drew eleven feet of
water, and accordingly struck abaft, in consequence
of which he slipped the cables in order to get her
head round to the land. She grounded about half-
past ten, PM. the 31st. At that time he supposed
the tide to be ebbing : he judged so from having
seen a light two hours before from the shore, which
he supposed was a signal for him to slip his cable,
as it was high water, but he subsequently under-
stood it was a signal made by the Coast Guard.
Notwithstanding he held on at anchor, and did not slip
until the vessel struck, he not choosing to run her
on shore; but it was nor from any want of know-
ledge of the coast. In different parts of the vessel
the water varied from one to three fathoms. From
that period until two o'clock A.M. on Sunday the
vessel became more steady, and the water varied
from one to eight feet. lie hail never been re-
quested by any person on board to send the
passengers on shore, and, if such a request had been
made, he could not have done it. At half-past
two he hoisted the boat seat, and tr ed to have com-
munication with the people on shore. He used the
boat astern, and found that all would not do; that
he could have no communication. The men in
the boat made a signal to have the boat back
again, in doing which they pulled her stern out.
He tried the pumps several times, and, at three
o'clock in the morning there was no water in the
ship. The sea was coming in breakers over the
ship. He broke one pane of glass in the skylight
in the foremost cabin. The splay of the sea washed
him, but no solid water. About eight A.M. (to the
best of his knowledge) he went down to the ladies'
cabin, and at that time there was no water there.
The ladies were then standing upon the cabin floor,
and he said, " Ladies, keep yourselves quiet, for in
two hours the tide leaves, and I would fain hope you
will be able to walk on shore." He then returned
upon deck, and in five minutes' time she filled from
a leak in her bottom, which he has since found was
from the keel giving way. The sea broke over her and
filled her completely in an instant, in the time that
he craw led from the companion to the mast. All
the skylights had been covered with painted cloth,
made for the purpose, at eight o'clock on Saturday,
and continued to be so until after the wreck, when
the sea washed them off the deck. The hatchway
was battened down, except the space left for the
companion-ladder. He gave no directions about the
ladies being placed in the upper berths. He has
every reason to believe, and thinks that if the keel
had remained whole and no leak occurred, he should
have been able to have got the passengers safe on
shore. If the vessel had not sunk from the leak in
her bottom he does not think that she would have
taken in water enough above to fill the cabin. To
the best of his judgment believes it was eleven A.M.
when he left the vessel.
David Muckle Reid stated that he was mate to
the Earl of IVemyss smack, which passed the
Dudgeon at two o'clock on the morning of the 31st
of August. The wind was from the south-west,
and blew a stiff breeze, with showers, but got
calm about five, and continued so until seven,
when it blew violently, and the vessel pitched very
heavy and lost the stern boat. The statement of
this witness during the greater part of his evidence
was merely corroborative of that of the last wit-
ness. He went on to state that, after the vessel
struck, he went into the ladies' cabin and saw
about two inches of water on the floor. It ap-
peared to be coming from underneath, and some
was also coming through the skylight which was
partly broken. On going on deck he saw the
sailors removing some of the bedding from the
forecastle, and saw the gentlemen rushing from the
cabin. He (witness) was at this instant struck
by a wave, which knocked him down, and on his
recovery observed two sailors standing by the after
cabin and lamenting that all the ladies had been
drowned. They were engaged at the time in
putting down a stick in hopes that some person
would lay hold of it. He (witness) nut down his
legs for the purpose, but could feel none of the suf-
ferers. He was not ten minutes out of the cabin
when it filled.

On Saturday last a further number of house-
holders in Stimford who had voted at the last election in
opposition to either of the candidates who are considered
the Marquis of Exeter's nominees, received notices to
quit the premises they hold under his Lordship,—Stam-
ford Mercury.

ANECDOTE OF DR. PARR.—Many able
fi iends of Dr. Parr have described his peculiarities, and that
apparent disregard to etiquette which he whimsically prat.
tiled, as being to attract notice ; but there was in his charac-
ter a fund of good nature which often called forth feelings at
once of regard anti kindly ridicule, Out few could rclish
more than himself. On the evening that I dined with
him at Lot d Blessington's, he had his pipe brought in as
usual after dinner ; and the set vants, not being accus-
tomed to such a ceremony in the house, had neglected to
provide him with a basic The Doctor, however, merely
noticing the omission, rose, and going to the sideboard,
which was gorgeously ornamented with gold and silver
vessels, brought away a golden chalice, and placing it ar
his feet, found, till a basin was brought, that it answered
the purpose equally well.—Autobiography of John Gait.,

MR. MARTIN, THE PAINTER.---Our
Brussels correspondent last week made mention of the
exhibition lately opened in that city, and of the general
admiration expressed at Mr. Atirtia'd " Fall of Nineveh."
We are now happy to announce that our countryman has
been appointed Historical Painter to the King of the
Belgians. " vous conferant cette distinction," writes
his private secretary, " sa Majeste se plait a rendre lliZ
juste temoignage a vos talons." On reading this, a pain-
ful consciousness came over us of the old truth, that a
prophet—but the proverb is somewhat musty. It is,
however, worthy to be observed, that here is a man,
whose fame has reached from Indus to the Pole, and
has been honourably distinguished by snore than ono
crowned head, whose great original powers his country-
men are agreed in admiring, created historical painter to
the King of the Belgians, before he has been thought wor-
thy by our Academicians of being admitted even an reso-
elate. We have heard that there are some formalities to
be observed on such occasions ; that it is a necessary con-
dition that the painter should ask for admission ; if this
he true, we hope Mr. Martin will rest content with his
universal fame and foreign honours. Such a law is a
disgrace to the Academy ; its diplomas should be v:,‘!tm.•
tardy conferred—not humbly solicited.. Athowain.

At this stage of the proceedings Mr. Ashurst
applied for permission to cross-examine the witnesses
on the part of the relatives of the deceased, and,
after some discussion, the Magistrates issued a war-
rant for the detention of the captain and mate, upon
a charge to be investigated after the termination of
this inquiry.
Mr. 11. Garch stated that he was a passenger on
board the Earl of Temps smack from London to
Leith. On Saturday, the 31st of August, early in
the morning, a strong gale of wind arose, and about
six o'clock, A. M., the stern boat was washed away.
He was then in the gentlemen's cabin, and heard the
cry, " The stern boat is gone," and the noise occa-
•ioned thereby. At the same time he heard from
the people on deck that the sails had been blown
away. He remained in his berth until about nine
o'clock, when, in consequence of the water having

DUEL BETWEEN TWO FRIENDS. One
day after dinner two officers in a celebrated Irish regi-
ment, and very intimate friends, having carried their ba-
dinage beyond the precisio❑ of military punctilio, a ?Hint
and a Captain, well known for theis love of doellinut.,ll.l..
2a,etnt: 'nine,"
terlend, and at length gave the young friends to
stand that they must Ilan a shot or tw.o,autut a snottier.
As Of
As they walked to the field of blood, I
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animosity against one another, ,
but:iofn", who would I:sten
against their friends upon thei on:cton,
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to no excuse, apology, or explanation,
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moment's opportunity
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preliminaries" had taken place, off i ..
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their pistols together .
in a straig?,t tine at their s cowls.
The Major
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very ready
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an -Irish Clearing