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and no attempt whatever made to have the crew. Both
the Malay and O'Neill were insensible on reaching
the shore.

The French coast, where the Reliance was wrecked,
is of shallow sand, and has- no inhabitants upon it
except a fewfishermen. The French say they heard
the first signals fired, and answered them by firing
from the shore and hoisting flag's as soon as it was
daylight. They further allege that they launched
two boats, which made some progress towards the
wreck, and were compelled to put back. Both
• O'Neill and the carpenter deny this, and the latter
says it is true that he saw them " fingering" the
boats, but there was no attempt made to put them off.
"With the exception of a French fishing-boat the
Reliance had not met a. saiivle vessel for some days
previous to the *wreck.
The Reliance came ashore in six or eight pieces,
the keel lying out at sea 'about half a mile. The
portions of the wreck sold for 42,000 f.
The chronometers of the vessel were thrown on the
beach, but the cases only were found, the cbronorne
tern having been stolen.
A singular fact is, that
Captain Green was found hi

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sly
t the time the . body a
i atch was still going.

• TO THE, EDITOR OF THE- SUN.
Stu—Reading your account of the loss of the
Reliance. East Indianian, I am induced to beg of
you to give publicity to the suggestion that all
ways crosses my mind, in reading accounts of si.
niilar diSasters; viz., that the owners or captains
of ships should. be obligto have on—iboafd a
trunk. CA' ik
f;ldiq rubber floating belts ; according
to the number of the pa;eouzers 444 crew they
would occupy a verysmall space, would oast only
a few shillings each, and might be strapped on
and inflated in a much shorter time than it takes
me to write thine note, and would have saved the
lives, in all probability, of not less than 100 hu-
man beings in the case of the Reliance alone (for
the carpenter and five or six of the crew, It ap-
pears, reached the shore without any such astht-
anee.) I need scarcely suggest also, that the con-
fidence given to the crew, by having such a belt
strapped on them, would make them much more
efficient in such immiPPilt4gnger, and tQ xlle very
last moment. To understand the matter more
clearly, let us suppose ourselves in such a situa-
tion i what would we not give for such a belt (if
tsell after the ship had
to
of security they offered him ? The necessary
stthreuceka),Pattinidil Nildattislaerior would rause the pilaw
box of belts would not cost the owners more than
some ono of tiig vessel's articles always taken out,
and save the lives of huotliteasi 1)14 it; by (...411intr
the attention of individuals going to sea, to .tie
prudence of suj;lying themselves, you thereby
saved only the lives of
few sure you will
a
consider yourself' amply repaid, as should,
Sir, your obedient servant,
THOMAS BROAD WOOD.
Holmbush, Nov. 19, 1841