The Sun.
London, England, 1817-04-02 00:00:00

WRECKING.

On Thumb% '(:00ini,;11t, about four o'clock,
(Ittritw the ralL,Oil,joioW, end in a strong; gale from
the ..I\l,oilt, the fbrtig Mary, of Ilfracombe, Copt,,
.1. Bow DP.N, 18t1V. i
ellitTl; was driven On
shore in Passel 'tleaver cove, n' the parish of
Camhorne, little eastward of Godrevey,
the, port of St. Ives -after driving over a dreadlia
ledge of .rockskir near
.an hour, she Was driven'
on the beach, and f9rtunately the ;crew:
wtter, -11. - titrrrve
-of the pi incipal farmers of (Jai:hien, and
the officers of the Ctistonts from the port of §t.
Ives, succeeded, on the reflux,ot the tide, in get-
ting out the cables In 'nett Bituatious as Wt:TC
judged expedient, to keep the ship in safety ;
parties of men were hired to work on the ship it t,
securing her StOP494 and to keep watch during, the
sight, over whatAiettheen. SAVO; during the whole'
of the first day:tevery thing seas conducted With,
the• greatest regularity, anti not the , smallest
pillage took place ; but on the second evening a
party of Ca mbortre miners time sieteemm-
eti fur 8 ii,reek ettt the ship's cable, ear-
'tied of two of her sute.ll anchors, stole all the
beef and biscuit on board, end even had the harsh-
hottd, before it became dolt, tti iteul some :of

the seamen's clothes at Gwitliien C.laircil
Town, .which haviog been washed by,the people
of the village for the poor fellows, bad beeninfng
up to dry, In pillaging, the tibilr, theYISC.
watch at defiance, by threatening to eu;, them
down with their dags or i;atchets : almost the:
whole 'ot the vessel and cargo belonged to.,The:
Captain, and we are sorry to state, WAS 11Qt
shred, 59 that :he is totally ruined. -We ere
happy. ~to, inform our Waders, however, that
three, of the wreckers, having been ;identified,
were apprehended
,oir Sat rday night by the ftev.
William Hockin, awl by lam committed to take
their trials at ,thejtresent .Assizes,,,On charges o
capitallelonie4,,,,,lVe.trust that the Igagiatratelvof
the neat itime distijets on all similar occasions, by
putting the existi,ng.laws (which ,are aufficiantly,
strong) in force, against sock miscreatits4 will put-
au to the lawless and abominable system of
wrecking, which havao long been a disgrace to
Cornwall and other insoltime counties.

131MOAN6S O 1 THE' A LPS..-,-Tile Brigands,
in the vicinity of ,the Alps, continue to increase,
Coloirel*Lesley and a party'of Ladies were cross-
lug lately; when they were' beset by a !Millen-MS
bancrof these 'mist-remits. 7 One of the party, '
female, presenteiVlier purse, which . was welt
stored.; but tbei robbers paid no attention to this
offer; they ordered the party, to quit the car-
Huge 'whilst they searched'it fancying
they should fin4,eotisiderabVroperty. 1,.
was quite at.n.loss to account for the minuteness
oitheir inquiries, until -he diseotiered-that they
mivook himforMr.Thomas Hope. The Lady yVho
tendered the purse, in bet' fright, dropt it Vet)
her bosom ; and, it is curious lo remark, that
these plunderers actually forgot to demand it eta
their departure. From their conversation it appear.
ed that they had intelligence of the approach ,of
Mr. Hope. Colonel Lesley, after escorting the
ladies to the next post town,. left them and returned
to apprise Mr. Hope the ambuscade ;he fortunate.
ty Met that gentleman on the road, and induced bins
to return hack to the inn from whence he Set out.
and thus Mr. Hope escaped, by taking a different
route float the one he first intended. Our in-
formant adds, that the robbers actually calculated
upon the probability of Mr. Hope's taking npott
hilliself the charge of a part of the loan for the
French Government,

Mr#,bET