The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-11-20 00:00:00

WRECK OF THE CHIRK CASTLE.

(From the Carmarthen Journal.)
The brig Triton, of Cardigan, David Rees, master, arrived
off Newport, on Sunday evening last, from Quebec, bound
for Cardigan, with timber for the owner, David Davies, Esq.,
and proceeded to anchor in Fishguard roads, having on
board Capt. Crowder and 24 seamen, being part of the crew
of the Chirk Castle, from Liverpool, bound for St. John's,
N. 8., the said vessel having sprung a leak and sank at sea,
abont 150 miles east of the Banks of Newfoundland. The
chief mate, second mate, steward, and six seamen, were
drowned in the swamping of the boats in endeavouring to go
on board the Triton, the sea running very high. The cap-
tain and crew were landed at Fishguard on Sunday, and were,
by the agents of the Fishermen and Mariners' Society, for-
warded on to Cardigan yesterday. They speak in the highest
terms of the good conduct and humanity of Captain Rees,
his officers, and crew, for their kindness and attention to
them when in distress, and also for the good usage they re-
ceived on board the Triton during their passage to Fishguard
bay. The following is the account given by the captain of the
ill-fated vessel, of the manner in which she went down, and
the almost miraculous manner in which the Triton fell in
with them :

" Saturday, October 3d, 1840.—At 4 a.m. weighed anchor
from the river Mersey, the wind then from the N.E., in tow
of the steamer Manchester, having fine weather until, clear
of the land. Nothing material occurred until the morning
of Sunday, the 18th of October. At 10 a.m., the wind then
blowing very heavy, we wore the ship to the S.W., and
found she had sprung a leak, and was gaining on the pumps ;
the ship wag then lying very low, and we cut away the main
top-gallant-mast and yard. Towards evening, we found the
water still gaining on the pumps, and we cut away the mi-
zen-mast ; the ship was then nearly on her beam-ends, with
all hands at the pumps. Early on the morning of the 19th,
we thought it prudent to heave overboard the larboard chain
cable and bower anchor, in hopes of easing the ship, but all
of no avail, until at 9 a.m., we saw to our great joy a brig
bound to the eastward ; we hoisted a signal of distress, when
the brig rounded to under our lee; our ship was then quite
unmanageable. We hoisted out the long-beat, and sent four
hands on board to acquaint the captain of the brig of the
state we were in, when, shortly after, the boat was dropped
kom the brig alongside of the ship, nine men more
jumped into the boat, and in getting clear of the ship it
swamped, and four men were drowned and the boat lost.
The jolly-boat was then got out, and three men went to-
wards th' brig. The brig then hoisted her light, and came
under our lee ; she lay to, and eased the boat alongside of
the ship, when the captain's eldest son and seven more got,
in and reached the brig in safety, leaving at that time seven
souls on board of the ship. At 7, p.m., again dropped the
boat from the brig alongside of the ship, when six men got
in, and, on leaving the ship, the boat swamped, and the chief
and second mates and three seamen were drowned, and the
boat lost ; one seaman saved himself by a rope's end over
the quarter, and got safe on board of the ship again. The
captain of the brig, thinking it not prudent to try any more
that night, lay by until morning, and trusted in God for bet-
ter weather. At daylight, it being more moderate, he hoisted
out one of the brig's boats, as the ship's boats were all lost,
and almost all the brig's spare lines and running rigging;
four men went from the brig and took from the wreck Cap-
tain Crowder and another seaman, being the only two on
board ; and again the boat returned to the wreck to try for
some provisions, but finding the ship sinking fast, returned
without any. On Tuesday, Oct, 20th, at 9, a.m., the ship
went down."
The following is a list of the crew, saved

William Crowder, master ; Thomas Hunter, carpenter ;
William Jones, cook ; Robert M`Phearson, George Shar-
pies, John Perross, Thomas Cemet, Matthew Wilson, An-
drew Anderson, John Thompson, Henry Carrold, Patrick
Whitty, Robert Clarke, and David David, seamen ; Alexan-
der Elder, master mariner, passenger ; Alexander Elder,
son of ditto ; Henry Moffat, Duncan M`Laughlin, and Jo-
seph Carns, three apprentices ; Thomas Stills, John Clarke,
Wm. Gregory, Robert Williams, Wm. Falconer, and Mich.
Doyle, seamen.
The painful part of our duty remains to be performed in
giving the names of the unfortunate seamen who lost their
lives on this distressing occasion :
List of the crew drowned.—Win. Barf, chief mate ; Ed-
ward Barridge, second mate ; Henry George, steward ; John
Heart, Francis Brown, Charles Charles, Hugh Doon, John
Lee, and John Hanington, seamen.
Captain Crowder and crew, on their arrival at Cardigan,
having expressed a wish to be conveyed to Liverpool, we are
happy in expressing our admiration of Oliver Lloyd, Esq.'s
philanthropy in directing Captain Bowen of the smack
Breeze (Mr. Lloyd's property, and now bound to Liverpool,)
to take them on board, and give them their passage free,
and afford them every comfort during the voyage ' • and this
morning (Thursday) the Breeze sailed with all on board, so
once more they have embarked on that element, from the
dangers of which they were so lately preserved ; and may
that kind Being whom winds and waves obey, restore them
safely to their friends, and may they never forget the kind
hands that saved them from a watery grave.

IMPORTANT LEGAL CASE.—The important suit between
the Irish Society of London and the Lord Bishop of Derry
has terminated in the Court of Common Pleas, Dublin, by a
verdict for the latter. The cause of action was the right of
presentation to the church living of Camos, in the diocese of
Derry, which has long been the subject of very expensive liti-
gation. An application for a new trial will at once be moved
for.
MISS EMMA ROBERTS.—A hasty paragraph in the papers
received from India, announces the death of Miss Emma
Roberts, at Poonah, on the 16th of September ; one account
says " suddenly," another, " after an illness of some
months," and when about to return to Egypt. We believe
that Miss Roberts had been unwell for some time, and was
about to return to England, but no particulars are known.
The Shrewsbury Chronicle also, of the 30th ult., announces
the death of Mr. Hazeldine, the well-known practical engi-
neer, who built the Menai and Conway Suspension Bridges,
and many other great works of a like character.--Atheneum.