Star.
London, England, 1828-12-02 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK AND LOSS or LIFE

PROM TUE CARMARTIIty JOURNAL.
The fine ship l.a Jeusse Emma, of Cherbourg. a
French West Indianian, of about 400 tons hoiden,
bound to Hawse de thace, from Mattinique. with a
cargo of colonial produce, cousisting pssoc•pslly of
sugar and rum, struck sin the Cefn Sidan Sand., at the
entrance of Ca. marthesi Bar, and soon became a total
meek. It appears, bum the statement • t the sur-
vivors, that the Captain had mistaken the Lundy
Lights for t ore on Vie Fiends coast off Ushant—an
error which led to the melancholy catastioebe it Is
become our 'Nonfat duty to record. In consequence of
the hazy state of the weather tot several days previous
Ito his making land, the Captain was unable to take a
single observation, and bib Reckoning bec..me nem-
wily uncertain—the vessel also, awing thew hole t f ibis
ti sie, having encouateted severe gales, and in the courier.
of she passage shipped some heavy seas. The Emma,
u seem., came over Carman-hen-bar late on Fs iday
night. and had reached the inner buoy, when she struck
tsp.'s tie Cetn, and a scene r f consternation and hoe.
sos ensued which bodies every attempt at description
—the whole of the clew and passengers whch woe
below, rushed upon dick, over which the sea broke
frightfully, and refire daylight appeared 13 souls had
bean swept assay by vie continued bieaking of Vie sea,
and met a watts y rave. The passengers were Colonel
Coquelin, of the French matines, and has daughter, an
interesting youssg Lady, niece t.i Josephine. ci dreamt
Empress of France, and CODS• rt of bunapas se, and
their two servants, and we tegrrt to add, that all
perished. Four of the veer. by clinging to spars and
fragments of the wreck, succeeded in reaching the +hose
alive, but in a state of dreadful (shag:soon. When Jaw n
appeased, the yes'sl was descried still holding together,
by 'fheophilus Thomas. a tempt of the Rev. E. Fitton,
who with a deree of humanity that deer credit to him,
swam his horse to the wreck, and rescued one of the
crew who had sought refuge on the toa split. a • bums
toms Irons which ',my successive billow threatened to
dash him. Shortly aster, Mr. Joshua Griffiths, son of
the km Mr. Griffiths, Vicar of Sr. Ishmael's, observed
another of the crew, a lad, in the rigging, and at the
imminent risk of his life, be hastened to the wreck, and
Nought him ribose; but he was so benumbed with
cold and prostrated with fatigue. that little or no
sagas of animation appeared. Mr. Grieths, howevet,
canted him to the Vicarage, a distance of about two
miles, on his back, and by the judicious appbcatioll
ot restoratives, effectually succeeded in recalling hilt •
to life, and to a sense of his la eon and destitute
condi ion. Sit only west saved from a crew of nineteen,
the test tell a prey to the waves, About noon, ea
Saturday, iutelligence of this disastrous event reached
ibis town, upon the receipt of which the Staff of the
I Caratietheu mules the eomivaad al Cap' air

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Harding, with praiseworthy pi/*6;l;We marched
to the spot, to protect the mg ons depredation,
but their good intentions wkre of litde avail, in con.
• sequence of the pens able os4tele of the freight, the
• !obeli of tht, sugar ',Wog i the ask water.—
Sunday morning she perm', and the coast was covered'
with parts of the wreck and empty hogsheads. several
of which came up nearly to the ferry. About SOO pl.
lons of rum was the only portion of the cargo that was
saved—part of the materials of the vessel was also
secured. A bag of letters, containing dispatches from
the Authorities at Martinique to the French Seco.
tary of State for the Colonies, was picked up and for-
warded to its destination. Lieutenant-Colonel Coquelin,
aged 45; Mademoiselle Adeline Coqueline; Mon•ieur
Chacelot de Chatillon, the Captain, and five of the ciew,
were picked up on Sunday morning, and were interred
in Pembrey'Church, by Mr. Rogers. Overseer of Pem-
brey, under the direction of the Vicar, the Rev. Mr
Evans, in the most respectable and becoming manner.
—The Colonel and his interesting daughter, only l'l
years of age, were buried in the same grave. The
respectful feeling evinced by the young Ladies of
Pembrey on this melancholy occasion does them credit,
for when the Vicar had named the time for the inter-
ment of these unfortunate strangers, fourteen young
women, attired in deep mourning, attended the remains
of Mademoiselle Coqueline to " the house appointed for
all the living" as pall-bearers. All the principal in-
habitants of Pembrey were also present, some of whom
acted as pall-bearers to the Colonel and Captain, and
others preceded the coffins, two abreast. The funeral
service was read by the Vicar with impressive and
becoming solemcity ; and all present testified their
mournful sympathy for the tragical fate of these un-
fortunate strangers, in a manner which spoke more
forcibly than words.

THE EVENING STAR.

LON DON.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1828.

PRICK OF STOCKS AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 1011 71 5 India Bonds 67 45
5 per Cent. Red. 661 South Sea Stuck 961
spe ('t. Cane. 661 1 1 1 Oki Annuities
51 er Cent. 95 New Ditto
51 pad Cent. 1ted.942 i ' .61009 Sickest. Bills 62 4 1
4 ptr Ct. New, 1011 3 1 .1500 Ditto 61 4 2
4 per Cent. 15M, 1033 4 tlOO and .1200 Ditto 63 5
Long Ann. 193 7-16 1 Advertised 63 4
India Stock Consuls kw Acct. 671 71 1
FORRItiI4 FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK.
Brasillaa Ilds.SpLl. Da. Acct. 63
Do. Ace. 631 Met. lids,' 82.1,6 p Ct. 521
Cotuiiiliiaii I 1 1., 6 peret. 211 2 Do. Acct. 311 1 1 4
Dn. BOM4I i , IWO, 14 51 431 Russ.lids.lBl2, 5 pCt. 961
Do Acct 241 4 31 Do Acct. 961 6
D:nick ltds. 3 pet. • Spanisk Mb 5 p Ct. 101 1
BKITISIII AND FOREIGN SHARKS, TWO O'CLOCK.
MA 1141. IPA I*.
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cnlninhian
English
Genera' Mining Ass,
United Mexican

100 27i 14i
25 10k a
so 5 13 12
40 IS 16e

Gibraltar Chroxides are received to the 14th :alt.
The fever continues to abate. There has been five days
rain; wind N.W.
Oa the 11th Ott. Sick 421 Admitted 55 Deaths IS.
. . 102 . . . 40 . i . 12.
13th . . 361 . . . 15 . . . 7.

The laq accounts froni"Mt are of the 22d ult.
Dna Maim. was not dead. but his dtnatien was very precarious ;
the twee of bis thigh bad sot been set. and the swelling continued
to a very great degree, and great doubts were entertained of his
rekourf. Dieing this state of affairs. intrigues to a very great
extent were going forward, and the old Qum was exerting all
her power to be proclaimed Regent, while the opposite party were
using their efforts to prevent it.