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London, England, 1831-08-23 00:00:00

FURTHER PARTICULARS

OF THE SHOCKING CATASTROPHE OF

THE ROTHSAY CASTLE.

In the House of Commons last night, Col.
Sibthorp very properly called the attention of
Government to this painful subject, and Mr. Lamb,
Under-Secretary of State, replied.
Colonel Sibthorp hoped the Government would
give attention to the circumstances attending the
melancholy loss of the Rothssy steamer, and would
bring in a bill that might have the effect of pre-
venting such catastrophes from negligence.
Mr. Lamb said he had only beard of the melan-
choly fact through the ordinary channels ; but the
most particular inquiry should be made, after which
it might be judged proper to proceed to make some
enactment with s view to prevention.
From a SECOND EDITION of the Caernarvon
Herald, we learn that a Coroner's Inquest was
immediately assembled.
Beavx•ats, SATURDAY, Titans O'CLOCK.
The following is a list of the Jury :—Sir R. B.W.
Bulkeley, Bart. Wm. Henry Turton, Esq. George
Desbrisay, Esq. John Wright, Esq. Thos. Gray,
Esq. Richard Lewis, Gent. John Batley, Gent.
John Lloyd, Gent. George Walmsley, Esq. John
Jones, Gent. Erasmus Griffith, Gent. Hugh Ro-
berts, Gent.

The Jury met at five o'clock on Thursday after-
noon, in the Grand Jury Room, Beaumarie, exa-
mined several witnesses, and adjourned at eight
o'clock until the following morning, when they re-
sumed their melancholy duty. We subjoin the
verdict on the 17 persons now lying dead. From
the letter addressed by the Grand Jury to the Co-
roner it will be seen that, in their opinion, a heavy
responsibility rests with those who could place such
a vessel on the station, and intrust it to a captain
and a mate who, it seems, were in a state of in-
toxication when the vessel struck on the Dutch-
man's Bank. We have just seen two or three
respectable persons who were saved from the
wreck ; and in our next number we shall be able,
we trust, to add many interesting particulars. It
would be injustice to the inhabitants of Beau-
marls not to renew the expression of our sense of
what is so eminently due to their humanity and
kindness on this awful occasion. The town
Magistrates, and other gentlemen in official situa-
tions, were in constant attendance at the Grand
Jury-room, from six o'clock in the morning till a
late hour at night, desirous to afford any informa-
tion in their power to anxiously inquiring friends.
The portion of the property saved from the wreck
is now remaining, to be identified, in the Grand
Jury-room. In many instanres it has been above
measure distressing to see the conclusion to which
some of these articles have led, as to the deplorable
fate of those to whom they had belonged. The
following letter to the Editor of this journal, from
Mr. Jones, the town-clerk, will evince the anxiety
that is felt to give the public the most accurate
11 information :

" TO Till IDITOR or Till CAUXAITOX 1111.4140.

" Sir—You are requested to give Immediate publication
to the enclosed copy of the verdict delivered in the case of
the Rothsay Castle. Fran the evidence before the Jury,
the subjoined letter, signed at their request, by the foreman,
proceeded; and it is of the utmost importance that the at-
tention of the public should I e Instantly called to it, in
consequence of a letter, signed " J. Oak," which appeared
in your paper of this day.—i am, Sir, your obedient servant,
"JOHN JONES, Town-Clerk.

" &malaria, 30th August, 1831."
VIRDICT—That the said person unknown, on
the 17th day of August, in the year aforesaid, at
the parish aforesaid, within the liberties of the said
borough, being a passenger on board of the steam-
packet called the Rothsay Castle, plying between
Liverpool and Beaumaris aforesaid, it so happened
that the steam-packet called the Rothsay Castle
struck upon a sand-bank, by means whereof the
said steam-packet called the Rothsay Castle was
then and there wrecked, and the said person un-
known accidentally, casually, and by misfortune,
was in the water of the Straits of Menai, within the
liberties of the said borough, then and there suffo-
cated and drowned, of which said suffocation and
drowning the said person unknown then and there
instantly died."
After the above verdict was delivered in, the fol-
lowing letter was handed to the Coroner :

" Bamasaris, Aug. 19, 1141.
" Sir,—Prow the evidence brought b.fore them, the Jury
cos this inquest cannot separa•e without espres-iny their
firm conviction that, had the Rollin, Castle been a sea-
worthy vessel, and properly manned, this avid calamity
might have been averted. no, therelne, ammo, disguise
their indignationat the conduct q/ those who maul place
mak a men on this station, and under the charge of a
Captain and Mrs* who hare ken proved, by the evidence
brought before then, to haw been in a state v
(Signed) "it. W. BULK EL EY. Foreman.
" To the Coroner."

BODIES IDENTIFIED. —Mr. Payne, of Green-
gate, Salford ; Mrs. Wilson Marsden-court, Man-
chester; Mrs. Hammond, Leeds; Mr. Wm. ferry,
Bury ; Mr. John Leach, of the firm of Messrs.
Royle and Co. Chester; Mr. Rogers, Wrexham ;
Thomas Whitaker, of Bury, aged six years; John
Jones, steward on board, and his wife.
Eight others not identified.

LIVERPOOL, AUG. 20.—1 t will be some time
before the names of the persons drowned wiil be
known, as many of them had visited Liverpool on
an excursion of pleasure, and had gone for the pur-
pose of seeing Menai Bridge, and returning the
following day, without their friends in the country
being aware of their intentions. I saw one young
woman in dreadful affliction ; she, with nine of her
relations, had come on a visit to Liverpool ; seven
of the party went to Btaumaris by the unfortunate
vessel, and were all drowned. There were very few
of the inhabitants of this town on board. It is to
be hoped that the strictest and at the same time
most impartial investigation will he made into the
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