The Sun.
London, England, 1817-10-30 00:00:00

LOSS OF 'ME WILLIAM AND MARY PACKET.

(FU RTH ER PARTICULARS.)
It is with the deepest concern we have to men-
ti‘m the loss of the William and Mary packet,
Captain AIANILF.Y, Irons Bristol for Waieitord.—
Th is vess:•l sailed from Bristol on Toursday night
last, about eight o'clock, and at about eleven un-
tor:anal**, struck upon the Wolves' Rocks, to the
Northward of the Flat Holmes, between Pen-
narth and Cardiff, and, dreadful to !elate, out of
about 60 in wonher of passengers and crew, only
16 ,ire reported to be saved. Among the cibin
passengers, tie unde-istand, were a Mr. BARHAM
his lour sisters, tine young Ladies. Mr. B
is said to he a survivor tit that melancholy fete
Which has befallen his dear ruin ivies. A Mrs.
NlciineAY and her three daughters are• said also
to he among the another of these unfortunate
siilftrers„ Captain MANLEY , lb,' Master of the
packet, was drowned soon after the vessel struck ;
a Mr. SnoeTts, who escaped in the vessel's• boat
with three others, and who saved himself at last
by excellent swimming, has teached Bristol, and
front whom these melancholy particulars have
been principally collected.
*** Adverting to the above melancholy catas-
trophe, our Correspondent states, that a like fatal
Accurrence•hanpened cloying last year, in the loss
of the Greyhound packet, from Bristol to Water-
ford, which vesel Was lost upon the Culver Sands,
and every soul perished ; and he most urgently
yecommends to such persons..who may have oc-
casion to travel to the South of Ireland, that they
proceed thereto by the way of Milford, whereby
the danger attendant upon the natiga!ion of the
Bristol Channel is avoided; and the Post-Office
packets sailing from Milford to Waterford are
eerta.nly vessels of a very superior class, both for
accommodation and dispatch, well .manned, and
commanded by experienced careful Captains ; and
as these vessels are sailing every day in the week,
rissm!zers are•certain of proceeding on their pas-
sage imtnediately atter the arrival of the Mail
Coach from London and Bristol, in the after-
noon, at Milford.

LOSS OF VIP DIANA, CAPTAIN EMI,.
[From•the -Penang Gazette, March 22.1
MALACCA, MARC!! 14.—1 t is with much con-
cern that I have to lawy) you of the total loss
of the ship Diana, Captain LYELL, from China.
he sailed from hence on the evening of the sth
Inst bound to Penang, Madras, and Calcutta,
and about midnight, whet going at the rate of
pearly seven knots an hour, she unfortunately
struck on a sunken rock off the-Malacca shore,
About.eight miles to the N.N. of Tanjong Kling,
-end 15 • from -Malacca; when, .after temaining
three or tour hours, she swung off, aml was got
into deep water; but the damage she sustained
was so great,' that the Officers and crew found it
necessary, in order to preserve their lives, to
4banjun the ship. I lament to say, that Captain
LYELL, togefi:er with t%vo Last:ars, by remaining
zoo long on 'board, were, notwithstanding every
exertion to sate them, carried down with the
ship: She sunk in about 17 t'athonts water, and
the only things saved are the letter packet, sonic
clothes, trunks belonging to the Captain and Offi-
cers, the chronometers, and a tew small packages
directed to different individuals. All the letters
sor Penang will be for 1 11 war Let. by the present con-
veyance.

'Mr. JOHN 'I
/JOIN E PatirilbrOker, Stillth Ma!
101), Devonshire, ‘vill Sell by Public Auction, en
eir before the 10111 day of November next, 41
Zurecleemen VitqlEtes Out of Time prior to the Is
pt September,lBl7.—Oct. 29.