The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-29 00:00:00

LOSS OF A LEITH SMACK.

From a correspondent at*Yarmouth we have re-
ceived the following account of the loss of the
Queen Charlotte, Leith smack, bound from Leith to
London. At 9 p.m., on the 26th instant, she was
beating to windward, with a fine breeze, and clear
weather, off Lowestcfr, 7 or S miles distant, in 17
fathoms water, Lowestoft light bearing W. by S.,
wind S. by W., when she was run on board, and
struck right a midship by the ,Sylvia, a collier of
Shields. The captain of the Queen Charlotte, with
great promptitude, grappled her to the Sylvia, and
by that means.gained time to save the passengers
and the crew ; for his vessel was so completely
severed in two, that there was no hope of saving.
her. In.less than ten minutes the water was mak-
ing above the cabin floor. The captain, the passen-
gers, and crew, having left her with a few clothes,
which was all they had time to save, she was cut
off, and went down immediately; about fifteen
minutes from the time she was struck.. It is
stated by those. on board the Queen Charlotte,
that she had hailed the collier repeatedly, with-
out effect. The crew of the latter was engaged up
aloft at the time,rigging the studding-sail-boon; with
only a boy at the helm. 't hey were in the greatest
alarm when they struck the Queen Charlotte. It is
probable, however, that the case will undergo inquiry
in a Court of Law. Mr. James Nicholson, the captain
of the Queen Charlotte, was landed here yesterday
with his crew and eleven passengers. No vestige
of the smack has been seen. What renders the loss
a matter of more public concern, is that the smack
had on board a supply of literary food for the metro-
polis, in four large bales from Messrs. Constable and
Co., containing a new publication, and the people
here are alarmed by the conjecture that it is the
Chronicles of the Canongate. She left Leith on the
16th instant. She had also on board 76 puncheons
of superior whiskey, of a quality destined for the
" gude Scots" in London.

The house was crowded at Abbott's benefit
in Paris, last Monday, and the performances went off very
well.

Macready has arrived in. Paris, and will make
his first appearanCe on Monday night, in the character of
Macbeth, if terms can be agreed upon bet*een him and
Mr. Laurent.

REJECTED ADDRESSES.—Since the depar-
ture of Kemble and Miss Smithson, the English theatre
has been more thinly attended. Miss Pdote; Who played
with much talent, could not Make the Parisians forget the
former actrest ; in spite of the remarks of our journals, she
has retained their favourite. To complete her triumph,
there wanted only her aWakening an aidelit passion in
some susceptible breast; and I have just learnt that she
has obtained this last proof. Report goes, that a certain
1,1-y,hl'a.:nidotwhirtha
musician of the Odeon, unable to withstand the charms of
the English beauty, had become desperately enamotred.—
Miss Smithson could go nowhere Withotti being followed
by him. At the theatre.s With levelled glass, he lost no
movement of her charming physiognomy, "intentusque
oed towns," he caught each word that fell from her lips,
.
and the poor man became distracted. For a long time his
love was only evinced by numerous discrepancies and false
notes, but on a favourable opportunity he made his decla-
ration : being introduced to the fair one, he avowed his
passion, offered his hand, and besought hti to share his
' unpretending life. A decided anhdacvonfoncerdmiesvaotl
andhim ittoisdeestpaenira—ddheed,wtohualtd
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care ; and he is now, they say, perfectlyaethertalL4"
state to excoriate as well as any other perforuier, the ears
of the semi-musical frequenters of the Odeon, wrh re he
,has resumed his bow.—London Weekly Review. • .!