Star.
London, England, 1806-09-29 00:00:00

SHIPTFItECKv.

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• I.OSS 011' 0.-OMIRCIN *ADMIT.
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On Curds. the setts it.ftant, at one o'clock, P. M. the Ki"y
Geneve PArkgate peket, Captain Welber, put to fea from Park
gore with more shoo !so perfona on board, Inend for Dublin
the wind blew ftroirty aglinit the voyage, being from the weft
ward, and the fee ran high.
In a ft w hours the vrflel had not made Mare way..than shoot
ore league and an half when the itruck upon a famMaank called
the Dortpool, &Ram about 4 miles from Partgate. upon which,
when the tide went down flte lay perfectly dry. and without Ma-
terial injury at fix o'clock in the evening the palfengets were
leen frame IParkgatte and the adjaceot More, walking round the ref.
fel upon the dry bank, as if nut appreheufive of further injuty or
'Sanger. .•
Between t t and vs o'clock at night, the cries and ftr:eks of
tinge on board were diftinelly heard in the molt diftrelling and pi-
teonsfounde ; the lea ran fa high, it teas impollible to afford sett-
awe with ace front the land, yet the people on there made what
endeavours they could, but to no purpole; as the morning ap•
proschcd, the tabs cif ets of many on board, hrugg'ing (or hie
atrial the riaing (among whom were fan two women with
children en their backs) of the Impelefi *reek, became •ifihie;
and the Mealy after went down, with taffy foul an board, who
all :wee perillied la the,fier.utring deep, with the eicreption affix
perfons.
About fever o'clock, A M. on the morning of Monday The 'jib
Innen!, the tide &H ad on More the boat of the King George
packet, baying en beard dle 6 palate faired, namely, Hrn.Walker,
who is brother to the Captain and was mate of the veffel—Wil•
liams and Roberts, two of the crew—a boy (not of the crew) and
a blackimith, name unknown.
By tack the account given is as follows: that when the veffel
!alibi upon the bank, the was examined and appeared to have re.
mitred no matesial injury, and the Octant intended to pun to lea
the fucceeding,tide; on the appeals:lh df which, e• a precautionary
nu-afore of tardy, he threw wet an anchor—but alas, this precau-
tionary netters proved fatal; the anchor and the heavy lowing tide
coming in coated witheach other, the mita (truck upon the hank,
the Ica ran very high. and the water began loft to make the bold.
If the terrible be ails the fublirne the kene now became awfully
fc.—and fear famed to rob the mind of all the powers of aelivity
and leafating—the people hi the hold in this Rate of dative, in
their ilt ogees to attend the deck, 'neatly cot at each other with
knives to obtain priority—the veer' nntelf a f. oand time, and the
water eneregfed; many took to the huat, which by the heavy lea,
was loon nearly tromped and feveral who were in her, preferred
the vellel as a plate of greater fafety, and again went on boartfthe
packet ; among thole was the Ciptain (Walker); the venal (truck
a third time, and went down with Afton board.
There were but (Our cabin paffeneces. one was Mr. William
vairm, of Loicelterfhirc, who txcafionally Milted Ireland: he
was fond of farming, and had us the packet fix rams of the knell
breed la that country.
1 OSS OF THE at .NEAS ANSPORT.
XlranCr Of a I.IITTIIL 1501 a AN e.FTICIII AT gpraltr
TO Mit aalaND IN 'I NY 1111G11110ualS0.8) 01' MATH.
" <Lychee, July 6, 'Bed.
w Yieerday. tie foldiers of the tooth IlLgunent, who embirit
id on board •'trat.fport, hicts was fuppled to have been
Awn the length a( rinse The had been miffing, arrived in a brig
(p.tu Pool, that tot:kited at Newfnuntifand, and brenght the
mow men hoes that Hand. 1 lit y give a more melancholy Sc..
%vaunt of a flurwreel and cireumft..oces !tat followed it, than I
ever healed in either real or fiditious (tory; Irons one of them a
chilett. the following particulars :—Hellys that about Ante ticiock
tlic iimesang of thc 23d of Ottnber laft. their the Mamas
trardport, !truck on a rock with fueh force, that they kw the
melt loon become a Wreck: For the Atli live entities all the woo
Men and children clung to their hatband' and fathers; hot In a
dart time a wave came with filch violetec, as forept, he knolls,
gso of reek people from the deck, out of 44y which war the
ettresher on Nand before. The rock loon forced it. wan trough
all the decks • and 35 of the fanner, were, before eight o'cladt.
/inert decks;
Head. shoot a quarter of a mile from whaled*
*Ohl fttuck—at that time. Me was gore entletly to "It,'" tic
oreffiet liegitlvely Tay how they got on More, but he foppofes titer
were fl *ad on part of the wreck: He ratianben to ham feat
else a the boys enikamearing to live Major Bertram. who
big his arm beaten by forte timber, was on the point of uniting;
lithl him up as long as his Prengib permitted; bat to lave his
men life, was at length obliged to let go hit hold, and the Major
lialfbed. The 35 who hunted no the hind collated of resat
talkies, and part °taw tooth nalmenet two of whisk were eil
care kiattenant Dawfao sod Ennio Faulkner. They had tb
Oar to And the wind chaL as ge intiandy they landed,
ritil&te every thing out to lea, to that not an Implement of any
Bird ernejaved front theorreck. Mr. Faulkner vemoorred In his
lased the flawion a 1c knew that the main land which they (/w
ahem a age Mimes was Newfoundland, and that they Mere
'Wet Ivo miles from Se. Jobo's.
After plangent night on the flute Hand, they formed a raft,
end jo ef them arrived lately on the main land—Tour had reelouOy died, one of wbom was the poor fellow who had teed to
4ve the M Joe. and another was mifli-g who had crawled fawn
Iris that he .might die in quint efs, having had both his
lige broken. bat be bras found about eight days after In a Lock.
Mg Rate, with bit Rat frozen off; but he Rill miraceioutly fur-
tive., and k one iff the SW who arrived here. The greater part
diredtad that tonere to wlyre the ibm rote, baying behind them
the above info and two others, who were unehle to walk lean,
their braes Lieurecant Dawfon was not able to keep up alike
tift perry aft, r the *eft dad, and two of the foldiers Prayed Seth
to attend Min: one of whom is the perfon who gave me dare
particulars
Alter toiling on for le days, without eating an, thing but
berries, poor Lawton was unable to (land without fupport, and
on theirs &eider thcbanks of a tit.r he (theinform ant )attemptedto'
carry him over on his hack; but having waded in as high as his
neck, be %ma obliged to return and lay him down on the bank,
Wber, he entreated the (JUANI fsllete to make the heft of their
way and Wave blot to l.b fate—at the fame tine ft,nneahig them
affeetitniately by the binds, and Intl-eating them to Inform Ms fa-
ttier able tnelanchon end. Here the handl tilturnian !the tocth
regiment was raged entirely ha that !condom) Mall into a &odor
tear, before he could proceed • We ft -yed with him.' he re.
fennel. • until we knew not whether he was alive or dead.' He
&teethed Mr. Dewier' not to be above e y years of age, upwards of
Lit lea high. and very thin, all eireuitifiances unfavenrahle for a
perfon to undergo fatigue tied ablikience.
After leaving poor newton, they travelled, or rather wan-
&red, in a wc.k. feeble Rate for twelve days more; making in
. the whole 1A days tubfilllne upon what nature reelented to
them In a cold barren Laud ; but after the Alt (our or five days
they never kb hanger and. its fad, their misfortunes were fo great
as (to cafe his own eapreflion) to kill hunger and deprier them of a
fate of feeling; and tit loot for the lan two days was to deep as
to present their getting the secuftomed berries.
Tittle tot, embalm was at left toned by a tnan belonging to
&hunting party. who, sot (spading to meet S.l human behla in
that def,,:ate tegion, oat taking then. eta enhance for &tr. had
corteeand himfalt behind a talk, tree, with bit gun pointed at este.
of them, what his dog jumuirg towards them began to hack,
and co..ylneed him othm error. When they related their ihipr
wreck and billeting. so the huntfrnan. the tears Role down his
iihra.,,,ud taking his o a. keen. front his feet, he gave them to the
pow ten ws. awl invited thento hi. bowleg cabin, which be had*
was on!) one mile off Nit the teal dillattee was at kilt twelve, to
*hick t y degree, he enticed them to prated When they sp.
Remelted the hut, finer or five men crone out inittst.th bloody.
knives Ica their Mods. ar.d thy informant lays that he turned to
ins eosin& and faid.—" alter all flatt we have ekapol, are we
brought here to be butchered and rat tip ?" But we foul, found tar
maltase ; the men hall been cutting up haw deer, she fruit of their
dame. and our appearance flew drew the pity of theft bloody-
funded men, and wh,n they produced a locket runs, we were
convinced they were I,alChtiftiariel It .ppears that they re-
mised every pofEhicilirnfort from there huhtere, ale been the
detc.ipt leo they had received, ref out m I tech of the others ; they
facceeded W indhly the man whet rental/sal the firft day an the
Hand, and the other two were unable m leave the there The two
athenaeum:need Mr. Lawton. had cot made any great paired.
In tic 16 days they were travelling t the place they were hand
IN war not at ally confident/de diftatins Iron, the fruit whence they
Set oft lo that :11 the woody labyrinth they malt have nearly trod
swathe Pane pound again.
v I alked my informant if they had gisen any direetion% eh the
hunters, when they might proh.,bly Meet with the remainsofpoor
Denim. or of Faulkner and his patty ? He laid they had. but ft
was a1m.41 f Hy to have followed soy din Charts they could have
given. for then knew not where they bad been.
o 0. the it y-fore idea forrived the wreck aft tliefedwg bays

Len heard of,ncepting two rolleis et nuliterees party, who wee
picktd up by a.rn‘n on another boutior-excertion, about yo miler
ddtant, apparently lifrkfs ; but they were taken to an adiacetit
r ,tiement, where tt cy recovered. *rho, are almoft certain Mei
Fsultuer and the relt of hi monspoions mull have painted In elm
woods .
The- all deft iliac Faulkner to have been prong, aellee,•atad
enterprifing ; and could any thing ptiffilly have *been effeet,el foe
th.tr preferred ri, be would h.iec accomplithed P. 'I be other
nllcegs of the tooth; expedled much aid from thefe unfortunate-
yuune own. Each was proud of earning ; whillt the
traulports were lying about three miles (runt Portfmouth, they
both (want to the Ildp--Mr I.:matter climbed up the Ede very
little fatigued. but Mr Deakin was nearly rshaufted.
When the furriving five arrived in the b.irrack Square at (tie-
bee, how agreeing was the (cent ! Men and women floctit g
round them with an monde mingled with dtfpair, cantata:ly in-
antrum for Come (tired or brother that was on board the untortn.
nate ./Eneas. "Iletr anfwer was --• If you do not fcc him Acre,
be fun he 11 dead ; for of 347 fool., we eve In& lads and two
faders are the wbul, that remain Alin.' The tears and ezelarna •
mos thit followed are to, mournful to deferibe—although I could
gn on with minute: particulars of theft difaltrous occurrences until
I bad fwitin this letter to a folio volutfte, wbic/lIM, if either of the
poor ifellows live to reach home, will probably lx: the cafe."