Star.
London, England, 1817-11-01 00:00:00

MBLANCIIOLI" SInpWRECK.

The following further particulars of the mei is
choly loss of the WlMem and Mary Waterford
packet, of which we gave an account from the
Bristol Mirror on Motidey lest, are extracted from the
Waterford Chronicle of the 2Sth ultimo :
66 It is our sed duty to threw sonic additional light
on this woeful catasti ophe. The Mr. Barron mentioned
in the Bristol Paper was Pierse Barron, Esq. of Bal-
lyneill, in the county of Waterford. We have not,
as yet, been able to ascertain whether his mother was
of the ill fated party ; but it is too evident that he
and his sisters have perished !---e They were lovely
in their Ives, and in their deaths they have net been
divided.' Fhe Lidy of the Rev. Mr. Sandys, or
Pilltown, their youngest daughter, and Miss Ann
Burrows, Mrs. Sandys' niece, have shared the same
destiny. An affectionate Imehand and father came to
this city to meet and conduct home these objects of
his tenderest regard ; but he came to hear that they
were lost to him in this world, and the memory of
their virtues is the great consolation on which lie has
now to dwell. The daughter of Alderman Denis,
of this city, married some months ago to Mr.
balker, of the 3eati regiment, and peculiarly endeared
to her relatives and friends, was another of tee fe-
males whose life was 41.16 unexpectedly closed at an
early period of it. Mr. Briscoe WA,, we iinde-sterol,
brother of Henry Briscoe, Esq. of Tinvane, in Ale
county of Tipperary, an (Ricer in the Royal Artil-
lery, and a Gentleman whose death will be &eel,
.deplored. Mr. Snow was son of J din Snow, Esq
in the county of Kilkenny. He was an Officer in
the 66th regiment, new stationed in St. Helena, and
was returning home on hilt-pey. His companions
speak of him with even enthusiastic recur,!, and the
judgment of the young is one of the best testimonies
of that worth which proceeds from the heart, an]
which is spread over tee lite. It is greatly feared
that Mr. Cliff was from Ross, and if this sbnuld un-
happily be the case, the Irish liar has lost one of its
highly esteemed Members, and society one of its most
valuable ornaments. There is strong reason to be-
lieve, that neither Mrs. Nichols, nor any of her la- '1
mily, was on board. We here terminate, for the
present. this, as it has been justly called, heart-ren-
ding narrative. Youth, beauty, health, and afiluenee.
have been consigned to an early and unnatural des- !
tiny. The evening closed over the exulting lope of
reunited lriendship and affection, but the night, !
though in a serene and cloudless sky, in winch
no perils were menaced, and none apprehended,
brought with it a sudden and tremendous i urn. The !
prospect of years of happiness was for ever extin-
guished, and the sweetest bonds of lire broken asun- j
der. This queue; of the country has to endure an
oppressive portion of the misery, and we unite with a
heartfelt sympathy in the calamity which has been
inflicted. Fears were entertained for the Reverend
Francis Newport, who was at Bristol, but that Gen-
tleman did not embark on board the Bristol packet,
and will return by Milford."
The Bristol Observer alto publishes some further
particulars, which are not uninteresting :
46 John Hayes, pass:nger, late Mete of a vessel !
trading to Honduras, went on board at Pill, Atli
when he joined there were about 60 in nurnaer. At
eight igclock the vessel sailed from Pill ; the Cap-
tain appeared perfectly sober. About ten the Cap-
tain went below, told the passengers all was right,
and recommended them to retire to rest; he then lay
down in his clothes on clerk, leaving his Mate, Jobe
Onterbridge, at the helm. Somewhat near eleven,
Hayes, who was on deck, felt a shock, as if the yes.
sel had grounded ; and the Captain, as if awaking
from sleep, cried out, ' Hello° ! what is the mattes ?'
The passengers, at the same moment, were seen run-
ning in all directions, and crowding round the Cap-
tain in a stare of the greatest alarm ; and although
he endeavoured to pacify them, he could nut help
manifesting his sense of their imminent danger. Dis-
covering that there were three feet of water already
in the pump ; the crew, consisting of the steward
and three sailors, deserted their stations, and flew to
the boat ; and it is reported, that not being able to
prevail on three females, who had crept into it, to
quit their situation, they lowered the stern so tar as
to admit water, and thereby threatened • their imme-
diate destruction. Upon this the Ladies, with the
Assistance of these brutes, scrambled on bond the
packet, when the inhuman wretches took pessessian
of the boat, and cat the ropes. John lliyes, during
this time, took possession of the helm, and being as-
sisted by some of the passengers hi managing the
sails, brought the packet front thirty to eis tediums
water, leavieg the buat more than half a mile astern.
This was scarcely effected when the vessel went
suddenly to the bottom. Hayes succeeded, by pas-
sing hand over-hand, in getting up one el the ropes
to the topmast, to which about fourteen others had
collected. From this dreadful situation they were
relieved by a Pill yawl, or skiff, and taken to Cardiff.
".It is revolting to humanity to relate, that a fe-
male has been found near the wreck, stripped of every
article of apparel, excepting a pair of silk stockings;
one of her car-rings had also been taken. It is evi-
dent that she could not hate been thus circum-
stanced but from the barbarous cupidity of some per-
sons, who had plundered the body, and then unfeel-
ingly re-committed it to the waves. Captain Brown,
commanding a:uglier packet in the same service, put
to sea immediately on hearing of the fatal accident, for
the purpose of rendering all possible assistance ; and
two days atter the wreck, took up the corpse in the
state above described. He parted two cables in en.
deavouring to raise the wreck.
41 Among the passengers were, Mrs. Sandys, wile
of the Rev. Mr. Sandys, near Waterford ; her daugh-
ter, about nine years of age ; and her niece, Miss
Burroughs, aged eighteen.
66 The Captain and Mate are supposed to have pe-
rished ; the former was last seen on the ladder, and
the latter has nut been heard of since he left the
packet. That part of the crew who are reported to
have acted in so shameful a manner, are received by
their former comrades with every mark of detestation
and abhorrence.

so We have intelligence up to a late hour last night,
on which we can depend.—From it we learn that no
other corpse has been found but that of Miss Bur-
roughs (the Lady whose remains were discovered in
the shocking situation before mentioned), which has
beep conveyed to her friends at Bath." •