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ELECTION OF THE MAYOR.

rocks re called the or the Writ vets, about
three mites•N.l'V`. Of the lioliyes Lighthouse.
. • Our inforMant,arrieed Pilllast everting, with
'no other clrWiing than his -shirt and pantaloons,
which he ha on whilst in die Water, and reached
the city about nine o'clock.
(ANOTEitR ACCOUNT.)
• 'The account •in -the Pristol Paper is partly in-
correct, Mis. Nicholay anti her. three sons being
....safe at. Bath. The parties who lodged in Park-
street, and met with the sad -'catastrophe, were
Mrs. and Miss •Sands.,, BUrronghs, nieces
to Mrs. NicholaY, and tWe tatter was also niece to
Sir William Burroughs,`the 'mate ilo& a few
others, it is stated, -save() themselves by taking to
the boat ; they -returned frorn the shore with a
larger boat, and re'scutd Ifrc'ist those wilt', were
. . . .
clinging'to lirer'iggingsnd nther parts of the ves-
sel. The Ceprein XMawley) remained by her to
the !At) 'and Was unfortunately dfowned. It is
reported, but we trust. Without fotnnWion', that
when the survivors reached Cardiff, they were in-
humanly. refused aid and sustenance, and that they
were at. last relieved hysome poor cotiagers. . Mr.
Shortis saved himself by swimming. lie was fol-
lovetld -a considerable distance by a Roman Catho-
lic Priest, who had been scme time on a visit in.
Bristol ; but , being an indifferent swimmer, be
• 'was encouraged by Mr. Shor, is from time to time
'to proceed, till his strength being terly exhaust-
. ed, he commended h
.is soot to the Almighty, and
sunk into the bosom of the oee,ot Mr. Shortis
was hirnsi4 t w.o hunts and a half in the water.
Since his room be has been sensible only at in-
tervals, HMI it is the opinion of the physician who
'attends him that his recovery is highly doubtful.
The scene, et the moment that the fatal news of
.the vessel having struck on the rock was au-
'flounced, is beyond the power of human nature to
had just e to "-es ;
depict, The 1 • I t'• 1 t
passengr 3
and, on the" tilarin being given,, all instantly ap-
peared on deck, without having time to put on a
single garment. The shrieks of the females, who'.
were numerous, are spoken of as heart-tending in
the very extreme. The total ntimbet saved is now
stated to be 24, leaving 36 %vho are supposed to
biire. perished. But the contusion and cpisterna-
tion occasioned by this awful event a7e.still so
preat its to render it extremely difficult to get a
`clear and precise a.-count. Au official letter has
been received here, from the principal officers of
the Customs at Cardiff, confirming the loss of the
packet. •

Liverpool,- Oct. 25.
MR. Eaitoa,—The letter that appeared in your
Paper of . Wednesday last, which stated that
" there is reason to believe that Mr. IlowNos-.

•liIAD was chiriYsuhpnrteil by the interest of the
Jacobins," .is .4 . gross inisrepresentation of that
Gentleman and his connexions, and should he
stigmatized as a' foul and malignant aspersion.
The contest was not one in uhich national politics
'were: at all concerned, and the leading otrposi-
itionists and chief rlettatOrs here had associated
on that occasion \vitt) the Corporation interest,
,the Heads of the CANNING, GALE; 'and GAsctrytie
:Party, to dictate to the Freemen a 'Mayor. Mr.
1-101,LINGSHEAD, who is of a tamily of long stand-
ing and great popularity in - the town, stood for-
ward to resist his coalition, .4,calculated to de-
prive the Burgesses of their just and ancient pri-
vileges. Politics have never- yet been admitted
Let:e into an Election lot. the Chief Magistracy,
and I cannot but look tipon the letter it) qUestion
as having .been written with a view to create feel-
ings of that, kind in future contests. Yon %%ill
tit:d a .contradiction in the The Liverpool Acker-
titer of"this• evening, as well as Mr. 1-lowsos-
11EAD's AddreSS to the Freemen, which I snit-
..
'3om.---From this you will learn the nature
tit, the influence, and the" conduct of the parties
tjppowi to him,. including that of the return-
ing Officers. As some repararirin -0 the wound-
-I:dfeelioes of that Gentleman, I think' yon ought
to insert it. in THE SLIN. It is by 110 means
improbable that this' matter will become a sub-
ject of litigation in-the superior Courts.

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