The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-11-09 00:00:00

ArROCIOra PL('NDERr.VG OP A frRATA".

'The schooner Mary stool Betsey, ('apt. Thnottas Lam-
bert, sailed from Wexford ow Tuesday the 2ltli ultimo.
..boott eleveno'dock on Wedneolay, (the day following)
took on hoard a Liverpool pilot ; at 4 r. tt. it began to
blow very bard; and at 3, hove to, considering it
dangerous to proceed. At 4it blew a dreadful gale;
and a! 6 at night, it bring low water, the vessel struck
topott a hank at Wahasey. She beat off fronts this
bank, awl drifted on short. Edward Campbell, a
sonoinan. states, .` We then let go the best bower an-
ctoor, from the starboard side, and gave her the whole
length of the cable, yet she would not fetch up, but
beat very heavily against the bottom. Thr pilot then
tadered at, to cut, aaJ loose the foresail, that she
toit;lot he prevents! from striking so heavily, M loving
yr ss.• loonl by the sail. lint all endeavours being
iti vain. the vessel still beating very h aro', all hands
agre-ol that the best way was to take to the long boat.
'I he boat was got over the side ; there was a dreadful
rolling surge, which broke over the weather side. (the
shin then lying broadside on,) awl stove the hoot.—
Alt hands got into her, not knowing she was stove,
sod she immediately souk under us. Then, by Pro-
s O.'.enee, the ft re tackle (with whirl', the boat was
hod tea out)olial nut unhook, but held on, and by means
of 'nt every one made the best of his uay unt. Six of
of us (long to the fore rigging, anal the pilot (whom
we mistook for the Captain) to the main rigging. The
captain and two of the passengers, must then bare
been lost, as we saw 1111.111 no :ware. We then thonght
of lightening her of the foresail, as she laboured and
struck very Isaiah, anal we cot it away frost the yard.
1• then cut away the topsail yard, and topgallant mast,
which front the pressure of the wind, required only the
'lifting of a knife. We 'sere all w 'shed out of the rig-
; anal when we got hold again, tor he•tral Leary,
passenger) erring out for help ant struggling : loot
it was not possible for us to rename hito, tuul Ise sunk.
Jansen Welsh, a lad, stood on the mail. Irossai ashen the
--sot struck, holding on lay the !oast. The vessel at
once took the sand with her Ire Lotia;•l, anal, as ;he
tide rose over her hull, he scrandale.l up to the main
yard, the ship all the ti or lyio v.•ry to down.-
044, oho was on ti, ! utiti ere-s-trees, at length
got hold a.f him, and lifted loins up. The next sea
washed us out of the fore rigging, the Er.o.o.trotes
tiring way with us; anal the I.oly was washed
to-oon the pilot. Another boy was washed from
the i'oreisoast head ; and, svb-a sty recovered, we %la .
him grappling the collar of the fore stay ; but lie, at
len gill let go, front weakness, and we saw bin. no
wore. The sea then came right over Its, as on a
!woo b. The mate at this time had hold f the top--,
below us; anal, seeing him nearly exhausted, '
au.l ready to fall elf, we, with lunch olithcoltv, pulled
him op to us. We then thought (there toeing only
few of us left, on the fore rigging) of dinging to
each other, for mutual assistance and greater satety,
determined, if we trent, to go together. I gave the
nose a rope in one band, and bore hint up as well as I
could. In this way we continued, wafilling every
s.-a, atoll warning each other to hold on. We hail
just time to draw breath between each sea. We often
looked up to the moon, expecting the morning ; but
Never spoke, except a word now and then, to en-
towage each other to he as stunt as we comm. wee
On jeCtUr. we hong on fur *hoot ho ors and a
half, when we perceive.) the tide had toegun to ebb, as
the sea did not wash so high over u•. We then thaoked
aid that the sea had hegao too fall from us. At
hurls the hull began to dry. The mate would have
fallett aeverAl times, he lacing raving atoll senseless :
but I lashed Mitt, that he might not fall. the of the
sues, (widen, who was nundwd and stupified, remained ,
on the rigging with the asabeit Swainson and I crawled
doors to the vessel's side, anal saw the pilot, whom we
bail Amish' taken for the captain, and we eat Jowl,
tugethes; oti-the weather forecloains. We soon after
Lear! tlio..d,ogs bark out the shore: the moon was
shining, loot we could not distinguish ally thing dis-
tinctly on the beach. A boat then hove in sight: she
came uoderilie stern, as the sear a breaking over the
bows. When we were going into the boat, the boat's
crew to the mate and Cullen, if they would
cos n•. l'oillen, nut knowing what they olio!, refined,
but the mite never spoke. It would have been don-
geruu: for the boat to have gone forward for them at
that tilos. The boat was the yawl of a large anchor
hot, whi-la was lying outside, and on board of which
they to.ok us. 'There was a lii re, 31111 whirr we were
warming ourselves, "toe boat went again to the
vessa.l."

Cullen, who was left in the rigging with the mate,
says, " Ido not know how I held on, as I do not
know what I said or did. I was lying in the rigging,
with t►ry arois locked in it ; hut, hearing a noise be-
low, I I Joked down. and Clwilt•tople fitting- away the
busy rigging and sails. When I looked down fr
the rigging there tea+ a great crowd of people (more
11. a hundred) with horses and carts. It was just
a: oreak ulday, at a place railed 11.t••k•heggar. None
offered to assist us, until 3lattbew Shadrick and Ho-
bert .I,:tinson, two carpenters from Liverpool, cause
fr 'ln the shore " with no intent of plunder or rub-
he►y." Mr. Atkin:on tilted Inc to go with him. Nut
knottiug his intentions (being stupified), I said No.
Ile then cried ' murder! save the peopl.!'s lives! they
are almost dead !' When I heard hint say that, I open-
ed my eyes, and saw tl:e boat right under we. I
thought to let myself fall into it, but they helped me
a.'•rn, and when they placed me in the boat I fell,
and lay on my back. They asked me who was aloft ?
I answereil, it was a little boy, having forgotten that
it u•as the mate. They asked him to come down, bat
he made no answer, being benumbed and stupified.
'fury then hove toe into a cart, to convey me quickly
s!.ove Iti;411 water mark, and took we to the Lodge
(•Ott the estate of .Ir. It ludic where they lodged and
o:ked). They stripped, and put MC in bed with
four or five blankets round me. They then went
down to agave the other swan ; and they brought
up in like wanner, carrying him in between them,
and pot hint in another bed. The carpenters after-
wards tilt!, that in going down to save any of the
rest they might had---they s.uw a corps• lying un the
strand : there was a cal t passing close by : they asked
the people to take it iutu the cart, but th►y refused;
they west further and saw a big of potabws which
they took into the ca.?, bat they still refased to take
the Corpse.