The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-23 00:00:00

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:lie- following particulars of the. loss• of. the. Christopher,.of
.Lintdoo,,Captaiu George Kay, on her passage front. London to
Quebec; extracted from the logbook of the brig George Gor-
don. Captain Moorman, as related .by John Marshall, (car-
penterj .the oul3 survivor out of a-crew of eighteen . ,• -
The Christopher sailed front Quebec on the 17th Novemhor,•
with j. cargo .of timber.. Three days after sailing,
Patterson, (cook,)- died, after which all was well u-p .to the time
oi he, loss.
,Al:3, p.m. 'of
.the sth Dec. after she had shipped a
great deal of water and washed part of the round!bouse away,!
.she was hove to under a close-reefed main top sail, which was-
-shortly blown away, .They :then, set a balance reefed wizen, •
which was also blown away ;-.and afterwards a boat's sail doubled,'
in the mizcit rigging, which shared a similar:rate. They now.
• succeeded in getting clear of some of their deck load, from
which they weie. obliged to desist, in consequence of the ship
making water, so as to render,it necessary to keep all hands at
the pumps. At about half-past 7, p.m., a heavy sea struck the
shirr and threw ner on her beam ends, when she lost every
Ailing but her foremast, her decks being swept fore and aft;
at.the same time carrying away all herbulwarksand:stanchions,
Land covering board on the lee side. About a quarter of an hour
afterwards she righted, when they discovered that George Key,
• the master, William Tate, mate, John Goodhead,seaman, and
two other seamen, (names .unknown) and William Sistenia,
and John Thompson, apprentices, were washed away. The ten
left took shelter in the main chains. Shortly after they. removed
to the quarter-deck, under the leo- of that part of the round-
- house left. About ten it was also washed:away, carrying with
itahree men, Frederick Ward, Henry Chapman, and another,
(uame unknown.) At daylight on the ,following,daY, a boy,
(name unknown.) was found dead .on the deck... Soon after this
the George-Gordon was seen bearing up to their assistance ;• but
before she reached them two more died, (names unknoten,)leae-
lug only four men. alive on, the wreck. At-noon, the George
Golden passed. close under the stern of the wreck. The sea,
although eensidetably:gone down, was making a clean breach
over her. Having no boat left but the lung„boat„ which in such
a Nen could not be got eut, Captain Moortaao determined to at-
tempt saviug them by ,running close alongside. and throwing
them ropes. . Passed :within two yards to leeward ,or her, when
two or ahe met' threw lines fast tot hern, and jumped overboard,
only one ok.whows(john Marshall, carpenter,) , was saved; the
other, (George Maddock, second route,) in his-over anxiety,
when he got alongside the brig, hauled himself up out of the
bowling knot, which slipped over his feet, and he lost his • hold.
tie afterwards eaught uue of the lines purposely left towiug;
but not being able to swim, he was too much exhausted to retain
his hold, and unfortunately was lost, Captain Df.ulsosucceeded
in throwing lines to the remaining two, (James Pierce and
William M. Neal,) who, however, had not contidence euough.to
adopt this only mode of saving themselves. From the badness
of. the weather during the night, the. two met; left on the wreck
must inevitably have perished before morning.. .
It. appears that the Cristepher had hearly:two tier of timber
on deck, .which may, in a great measure, account for the la-
mentable occurrence. , • .

- A• eft A RACTEMSTIC SUGGESTION.—Mr. Gisborne, 31. P., for
Derbyshire; at a dinner recently given to hirnselfand•colleagne,
is represented to have told his friends that they • must tint he
49ueatriisit, as to the meant they use to effect the ()tied which they
have in view:"—[Thie is just like the whigs. '1 he end alvra;s
jestities the means with them.] • •
H • CITHMUS' COURTSHIP.—A inarrieso4noic.p!ore Al the Cattle-
.dritlyesterdaylnovning.. •Tto-iierties ave:resvectable, but their
iatra4oo was, Singuptr. •-Both;•areJ tioar7righted •and wear
',Ames; tbev stti:no Wed. • again -4 shwtr,.ather.. on..lhe strand _at
Tramore ; they begged each other's pardon, Cinched an acquaint-
ance, and married.— Waterford Mail.