Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-06-22

containing the tohawing particulars Of TIE
loss Of the Cork feet
Trinidad, nay IL.
On. Thursday arrived, the brig Mary
Ann, from Glasgow and Cork Zone aof the
Cork aeet.) The. dreadful calamity that
has happened to this feet, is of the post
distressing nature We have bees favor
ed with the following particulars
Extract Of a letter, rom a passenger IN
board the ship ,Tt9mas.ef Lancaster; dat
ed at sea, 3dofApril-Latitude Fl, Ian
gituae 50, so.
We sailed from Cork, under convoy of
the Carysfort and Apollo, on the 18th
March. The heet consisted of 6osvesssls,
including the men ofwar. We had a fine
breeze from the N. E. the 6rsttwo or three
days the wind then came round to the
westw ard, and on Sunday the 1st April,
the daypyevious TO the accident, we had It
S. w. BY w. We mad hitherto steered. a
much more soufhsfly course than usual,
and this wind obliged US eisherYto tack or
to make still more s.. The reckoning Of
longitude, this day at noon. differed consi-
derably; some were IN 9 d. so m. and o.
theirs as far as 10 odd west longitude. The
Carysfort' calculated in the latter but we
have not asc rtailed that Of the Apollo,
which was the leading ship ofths feet and
made all signals. lnthe evening we al.xi-
ousl, exp cted a:s!gnal 0 tack; none, how
ever, was made, aAd we OF course coat.
nued with our starboard tacks on board, in
the course Of the night, TIC Wi9l increased
to strong gale, and very heavy sw' 1
set in from tn westward. Oar top sails
were hanled about three o'clock, tha par
rels Of the maln-top ea'l YARD haviag first
given way-it was oWiog 70 this accl>lent
that our vessel was saved, the men sen1
upto repair the DANCE, discovered the
breakers on the lee bow, much sooner chan
they couid be seen !lom the deck. The
ship instantly wore, bat in going roAnd
was struck by two Of the ofsak=rs, winch
carried away part Of or bulwark, and did
some other damage to The rigging, &c
This was between I'D 4 o eek, WHEN
it was quite dark, and impossible to disco
>tr the fate of the other ships, except ont
upon the rocks, very near rs, and he sea
constantly breaking over mr.. After We
hid wore, the A, olio Pasaed on the oppo-
site tack, a Il tle to the VI dward OF us
she, howove did no. observe our lights
or the gun we fred he stood on till out
of sight, and soon after re heard six guns
fro.a ner, fred must likely after she had
dis-oN cred hr danger, but discovered,
alas too late to ;,vtlt her destruction.-
She was observed the next morning on her
beam ends, all her masts, excep. the fore
mast, gone. We hid proceeded some dis
lance from the coast before day light, but
to those vessels that were nearer, most
deplorable scene was presented. Several
captains counted 10 vessels on shore, some
saw no less than Is, and one assers he
counted %. We fad there are 80 missing
ships, including the Apollo. have not
been able to ger list of them, but YOU will
receive inclosed list of those that are saw.
ed and have joined the aezt, now under
convoy of the Carysfort. The breakers
were the most tremendous | have ever
seen, and fear the crews of all the vessels
that were on shore near the place we were
at, must have persisted. Poor old t. is IN
one Of she missing ships; and in one of
them, am told, there were no less than
twelve ladies'
List gfShi3s saved.