The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-01-07 00:00:00

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AMMONS PARTICULARS COLLICTRII 7aing TM ewe
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The ialimeq.Captein Oil bed the Dawns! ea
iiis voyage feeCsieldee. bee- My OM=
atter ruin Mrs. NO* tuAttcp at Deal, and *
ing a pilot ea lsoanlesedd ffsr the rim, boN wM
forced by stress of weather ineerblargoett 111401111 bus
whese• ale was driven. with the loos of NM triaboea
nod cables, en the teeming of Swift
_lirsil3d. and: huh
want of skill le the
_pilot. reallaaal las a aalodbil
called the Kentish Knock, hews*u two sod th
o'clock of the same day. As the sea wu rqieg
great violence. the undeuast was isunediately est stray,
in order lighten aod eau the ship, sad a hoot, with
Timmher. was lowered Bowe. but bad etalmtly
he water, before it wee dashed to pieces, mod
beds OW men were billed. _ •
At ibis time there was on board above foreik eratikemitasit
dweller
_the Capudn and his brother. huh
is the Navy, Kr. Graham. the Serves, a maid want,
sad a female rs from Calentii.
was 10,10•110 of nor ng the ship, the lies beat was pro-
vided with prevision, water, and Mlllijfaaview
'of quitting the Ai% het the wind geese dews
with the ebbing or the tide, and thastrE:weei haviag
Averted favourably of the state of the it was dot*
mined 40 pat a their departure to the ag day.
in the hope that vessels would pat otte Ihuireahliatteel.
maims they would be thereby enabled to airs a pact
.14 the cargo.
Prom this fatal resolution arose sll,tbe Bleary that
'geoid ; for had they quitted the ship at this moment,
eiold have bees elibeqd without difficulty, dm
•Atesarpos-the bade at ebb tide being comparatively
.etlioeth, therm is we maw of doubt they would all
barn made the shore le safety ; bet, alas. the oppor-
tu sever agais °marred.
nity
la the evemiog the violeeee of the wind lecreasieg,.
Atli& rise with fright/el impetuosity. mid the very
Aro ware which broke ever the ship, shattered the
lost twat to pieces, and serried sway all the bulwarks.
• The mea were new obliged to take shelter oa the bow-
sprit. or the highest part of the quarter deck. to
avoid beteg washed overheard ; they resealeed till the
Ilde retiring gave them as opportunity where to seek,
.hetweee decks, a short cessation of suffering. and to
recruit their wearied bodies with refreshment or re-
pew. The Captaiu alone. amid by no permission, be
,ladeced to quit the desk. where he contused the
whole of this terrible sight.
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Dods( the night. pieces of canvas sad rope, dipped
in tar, were burst et the top of the nowt, la the hope
shut wen passing ship. sight see and relieve then.
A raft was also abstracted. sad satonslag was looked
br with the most heart-rending anxiety. With the
limning cone the tide, sothing abated is vitamin.
One wan swept fro. the deck the serge*. sad the
young female, and at the saws tine dashed the said
*meat with such violean against the Meer, as lite-
rally le shatter her heed to piens. • The fate of Mr.
Graham.' nest satiable was, was sitergarly alfestiag;
be had be.. ill the greater pert at the voyage. aid
had a pnessenteat he should tient see Wade. again;
we could he he either laughed or mooned eat la* this
. efloitra. Wheel the ship wade the points. Copula
..:Akilitiottemlionsetted nest kiwi!? to Putanade him
• avian eiten-et Deal. bat could oat peeving end thus
available masa was leek era whom a mother and
two elstera.tesiding la inland. &peeled surely fur
tiopperk About this dun else Mr. Saran! Ogilvie
beast poweodedts the saisewtop. the naet gave way,
andiss was precipitated eau* the pieces ef wreck
.with which the ship was eeneuaded, sad killed; his
.body. however. was neeversti, and pissed upon the
leek, at an feet of his 'ahem brother.
. Natty pewees Were now lylag dead about the deck,
-sham struck by span, at killed by eseass of tsarist ;
and so senate appearing at eleven o'clock is nee-
- day annieg. des Capsule told the crew, that al far,
titer exertion on board klieg useless, they had better
endeavour is save tinwares as speedily as peen& ;
accordingly about sweaty got apes lbw raft, but
this, was woe *renamed by the fury of the waves,
sed.ealy six men repined their station. the others
briag all drowned. The Captain sad two w three
snore were still on board. whin the sea bawls, fined
as opening is the bens. of the ship, she Immedi-
ately Anal, the decks blew op, the hull faille pieces,
.and•in a few atinates the whole was ewe 'tavern! rale.

With great difficulty the raft, with six survivors,
cleared the masses of wreck with which it was our-
rounded ; t►is was, however, accomplished About
three o'clock os Monday afteraooa. la the course of
the night fear men died, and the two which remained
were picked up by a fishing boat oa Tuesday, when
4eat)y exhausted by salferiag and fatigue. When the
raft drifted from the wreck, Captain Ogilvie wee sees
clinging to the quarter gallery, and was doubtless la
s few•miautes boned is the merciless ease. Why he
did not endeavor to save himself ea the raft, eau -be
pew *sly Malta et eoujecture; perhaps the excessive
*Agee he bad naderprone, and the horror of his el-
astic*. bad rankled him latapahle of farther star-
tles t or that high sense of duty, which led him oft!n
ie declare, that in such situations the Captain ought
ever to be the last ea board, might have laduced him
to remain till escape became Impossible.
Me wars man of extraordinary talent, and was early
distinguished by Nelms t he was signal other on
beard the Victory at the battle of Trafalgar, and bad
subsequently seen mach service as First Lieutenant of
a large frigate. To his excellence as an officer all
those with whom be ser►ed w;11 bear ample et/dummy ;
sod the sorrow of an exteasive circle of friends speaks
the estimation I. which be was held by all who hum
hiss is domestic life.

Snirwatex In cowsneourcn or InesNl:statues.
On Saturday evening a wheat stack belonging to Mr.
Wrench. of Moreton, sear Illakeney. was burnt down.
There is every reason to apprehend that it was the act
of an incendiary, as the stack *u standing in the
centre of a field, sad a person hµ we understand,
bees apprehended on suspicion.- The sight being
foggy, the Panay. of Newcastle. bound for London,
coal laden, being off the coast, sad the mariners not
being acquainted with it. and not seeing the [hose-
nem light, mistook the fire of the stack for it. sad
wishing to pass It on the land ride, unfortunately real
their vessel aground on Morelos hooch. between nine;
and•.tes o'clock. The sailors, seven In number. took
to their boat, leasing the vessel a complete wreck about'
twelve o'clock. and sot itooolog where they were, did
sot make land tiU near four o'clock, having lost every
thing ant theolotbea they bad on.
taRMLUTEI. Jan. Fiskeren, of and from
nits:wand. for Loudon, with lobsters, discharged her

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