Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-03-16

ting his w0nicd prudehce in taking The
candle DOT OF his lanihorn To see some.
thing more clea,ly with, when a spark
from IL, or the candle itself, TELL on some
OF The combus,Iole matter around. i,is
grlet a, having been The cause 81 such
Distraction, made him when selected 10
save his 'iie, decline ~. No." he sad,
pity those in The boats the most for
wi'ii ~ will soou be over, bui they
Will be eating each other in a lew days"
=" You will see by the list of The saved,
that numerous young children are inclu
deJ. The parenial affection never shOne
with greater lusire ts,an on This occasion !:
mothers and fathers. apparently regard
iess OF themselves, caught MP their young
children, and threw them into The boats !;
and in one 'ami', tbarric's) The eight
imniol are preservel--oue q child only
fifteen months old-whle the noble par ,
ents, with their eldest son and daughter,
are numbered with the dead. Another
circumstance of great soul deserves TO
be recorded. A. Mrs. M'Laren, with
her husband and four children, upon the
flames advancing, rctreated into the fore
channels, when. reeellecting that her
hu. band was a good swimmer, che im-
plorsd him 10 save histown life. aud leave
her aud their children TO the fate that
awaited them, "a he could not avert II !;
and her wishes were attended 10.
After a favorable passage we arrived
! be5e on the 20ih Instant all wei! aud liav-
ing net with the most marked attention
from the gentlemen Of the British Facto-
ry, embarked this morning IN tile Royal
Charlotte for Greeuock. Several OF the
young girls and boys who have become
orphans have been taken by the different
English gentlemen here DESTROYS of hav-
ing them. and who have pledged them
selves 10 provide for them.
A list of all persons on board the A beo-
ma transport when she took fire, showing
how many were saved or lost: -
Lieut.. Nudge, agent, r. y. saved !:
Mr. Fisher, surgeon, X. n. do: Mr..
James. Priichard, master. do Mr.. Duff,
fist male. lost; Mr.. Lock. second mate
SAVED MIR. Stages. carprnter, do; Mr..
Hardy, steward, lost: Smith. cook, do !;
Mains, seminar, saved Jordan, Bastoo,
lawson. Henderson,, Reece. Paterson. do.
dn; Murray, do. lost: Johnston, Oath,
do do; Lombard, boy, lost Edwards,
do. saved Robinson, do; Russell, wife.
3 sons and Q daughters, LOST /; Halfv aud
gomerv, LOST M'Lsreu, wife, sous and
. daughters. snul saved Walker and
wife. lost M'Farlane and wife, d.: NJ
Luckey, wife, 3 sous and one daughter,
boy saved Reid and wife, Reid saved !;
Ballauiip. saved Barrie, wife. sous
and 3 daughters: 4 lost and saved :
Auan, lasi Paterson, wife, SIMS aud
= dau9 hters, saved, lost: Mlnt"sli,
wife, 3 sons and 2 daughters, all lost !;
C0vesly, wife, q sons and ! daughter, S.,
lost, saved; Free!aud wife, sons and
s daughters, Z lost, 3 saved Clarke, ga
we'd ; Hende, son. wife, aud g sons, all
lost Frnt'er, wife, 3 sons and daughter,
ali lost Dobbie wife, 3 sons and daugh
ter, ali lost Balm, uile, 8 sous and daugl.
ter S lost. , saved; M'Lean, wife and
son, saved, 2 lost M'ISaac, wife, l son q,
daughters, . saved, lost: Sterling,
wife. sous and daughter. all lost /;
Monroe. Mrs Thompsen, sons and
daughter, l savsd, 6 lost: Wright, saved.
LOrd Ershine Lady Ersk,ne.
On Friday III" 29'h Dec. an action Of
divorce, al the instance Of Lord Erskine
against Lady Ersk;ue. his WIFE. for adul.
terry, alleged in have been committed in
England. WAS finally disposed Of by iIis
Cnmmisssry Court Of Edinburg.
Ia defence agaiDs, that action, Lady
Erskine had pleaded that she was not
had never been in Scotland but for a few
hours when she was married to the pur-
suer al Greina, and because the true and
proper domicile Of both parties had,
since their marriage as well IA fdv many
years before, been exclusively in England,
where alone they bad fixed residence,
home, aud establishment. although Lord
Erskne himself was by birth Scotsman,
and had been on visit in Scotland,
siIor, time previous 10 the date of his
action. Her Ladyship also positively
denied tie truth of the accusation.
Upon the other hand. Lord Er>kine, in
his coudescendence. alleged that lie had
resided III Edinburg for the space OF forty
days previous TO the date of Tie action,
which residence, he commended, was by
law a sufficient domicile but he did mol
deny that lis permanent residence and
establishment, aud The home Of both par
tics. were in England. where Lady Frs
kline had always remalHed during her CO
venture.
At the close Of The debate. Lord Frs.
kline, ia minute lodged by him, spouta-
neOuSly stated That Lady Erskinc had for
some time been under restraint while he
was in Scotland but no snch circum-
Stance has been alleged or founded upon
by her. His Iordship did not. however, |
deny in any rrpeci, Lady Erskine's allie.
gallons, that. al the date of the action,
the true and proper domiciIe of both par
lies, by the law Of which The succession
10 the personal estate of either would
have been governed, i'll case of dying in
icstato, WAS in England and, finding her
objection 70 the jurisdiction on these
grounds 10 be seriously maintained, his |
Lordship, in his minute, er proprio motu,
stated uial he should abandon this suit,
and institute new one in HE English
Consisloriai Court. Lady Erskine was,
therefore, 10 consent. assoilized with ex
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