The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-20 00:00:00

ARG ATE, JAN. 17.

Jt7;rlcE to the humanity and intrepidity of the
>rave men Who, at the hazird of their own, saved
he lives of so many of our suffering fellow.crea-
ures, on board the ffindastan, demands a recital of

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theirmagnanimous And humane condud. The Ara
,signals of the want of assistance from the ship were
'observed about five on Tuesday afternoOn, but from

her having been seen at dark to ride in apparent
safety, they were supposed to be given to the India
yatch, which was in attendance, but their being con.
tinucd till , ten o'clock, and 'then ceasing, it was
thought she had been in distress and was relieved.
It being impossible for our boats to put off till
about twelve o'clock ,with any degree of safety, no
efforts were made till then, when the Lord Arelsoffr
manned with sixteen brave fellows, (among whom
was one of her owners, and at whose solicitation
they principally.
.went,) Dot off from' the Pier, ard
providentially reached tile ship soon after four'
tle expeaing to find her in the distressing and de,
plorable state which, they then beheld ; her; main
and mizen masts gone, with, the greatest part of her
hull under ,water. their ,nearer approach they
beheld the'boWs of the ship, and what rigging re-
mained; blackened with the bodies of the distresied
sufferers, and when within hail, the cries of the tin.
fortunate beings caused tears to bedew those faces,
which are,not wont to turn pale when they are.
onentlyled to approach death in his most terrific
forms. But words cannot describe their feelings any
more than their prudence and intrepidity, in ap.:
proaching the wreck. Suffice it to say, that after
encouraging the crew and enforcing the necessity of
coolness and deliberations which were immediately
complied with, and was manifest )rom the men
obeying the commands of their officers; they succeed..,
ea', after n most painful anxiety and fatigue of more
than four hours; in rescuing all the surviving oiii.
cers, consisting of the Captain and Mates, and men,
to, the amount together of roS persons, with the loss
of only two tricio who dropped past•the boat, and
were drowned: When they had gotten the-greatest
past of these safely on board their bunt, and day-light
was come, the yatch came up, and is supposed to have
taken either.l4.or 16 men from the ivreck. ; so. that
122 Or 124 men were saved out of the crew of 43
person's ;----therefore 19 or 21 is the greatest MUM.
her of sufferers on this lamentable occasion, of whom
the, greatest part were swept. from. the raft before
, the arrival of the boar, and among whoM it is feared,
all the toWsltipmen ‘vereincluded.

About one o'clock on Wednesday they landea'
them all in safety at Whitstable, blessed with the
grateful thank's of these, more than an hundred men,
thus providentially rescued from, tl)t: bosom of the
awful deepl , It is hoped, aixl indeed ;netted, that
the India Company will handsomely reward' those
sixteen brave men, who have thus saved t4e lives of
such a conbiderable number of their fellow.creatuns,
and thereby foregone the oppirrtunity of. amassing
considerable property which was swimming around
them in.all &rations. 'the ship in a great mea.
sure still remains together, but appears to be sink_
ing muchdeeper in the sand, and it is very doubt-
ful whether. much of the lading can be 'recovered
from the hold.