The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1836-01-29 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SHIPWRECK AND MASSACRE OF THE CREW.  We formerly copied a paragraph from a Liverpool paper, respecting the disastrous fate of an English brig, the crew of which, with the exception of one man, had been murderel off Salinas, the usual station of the pilots of the River of Para; and stated that Sir E. Home, the Captain of his Maj estv's ship Racehorse, was about to proceed to Para to investigate the circumstance. It now appears that Captain Reid, of the schooner Clio, of Montrose, and his crew, were the unfortunate individuals on whom the savages had wreaked their fury. The following melancholy particulars are contained in a letter from St Louis de Maranhani, dated October 21:—" Deceived by the land signals, which announced that a pilot was in waiting but had no boat to proceed on board, the Captain sent ashore his mate and four men, who were massacred by the Indians the moment they landed on the coast. These savages then, profiting by the darkness of the night, surprised the rest of the crew, who, not suspect' ing any treachery, thought that the boat was returning with • their comrades and a pilot. All the crew were put to death, and the brig, being brought close to the shore, was unloaded and sunk. The Clio had on board 4()00 muskets and a large quantity of gunpowder, which will enable the insurgents to offer a long resistance to the troops that might be marched against them from Rio Janeiro. A s soon as that catastrophe was known here, time British corvette Racehorse made herpreparations to depart, and will sail to-morrow for Para. The captain declares he will force the blockade, if he is not allowed to go and bring the revolters, still masters of the town, to an account for the horrid murder of the crew of the Montrose schooner Clio." A private letter received by the owner at Montrose, contains the following : "The Rival is just arrived from Maranham, and brings a little information. The Racehorse had succeeded in getting the second mate of the Clio, the only person saved : other two made their escape with him, but where drowned in crossing a river. All the rest *ere murdered ; the vessel plundered and scuttled. The Racehorse was still at Para: when she returns, more particulars will be known and transmitted to you."--Morning Her We feel unfeigned sorrow in communicating to our readers the following affecting staterne•rt of the loss of the ship Bride, Captain Bennett, on her passage from Miramithi to this port, and the loss of most of the crew. It has been ,received—by Messrs. Wilson, Hudson, and Co., in a postscript to a letter received from Captain Wharton, of the Swift, of this port, dated Rotte tr, January 19, 1836:—" I have opened my letter to ounce the appalling intelligence of the loss of the Bride, of Hull, with twelve of the crew. The survivors are the carpenter and James Russel. Captain Bennett died fifteen days previous to the vessel being fallen in with. The sufferers on board were then in such a state as not to be able to take hold of a rope thrown to them; they had been twenty-one days on the wreck, and had sustained life by knawing from time to time the dead bodies of their shipmates, and drinking salt water. The vessel with the survivors has arrived in the Texel from Cuba."—Hull Gazette.  Asmovsa.—The Town Council met on Thursday, and decided on retaining the sessions, and petitioning his Majesty for the appointment of a Recorder. 'A motion was made for the destruction of the corporation pew in the church, by Mr. C. Mundy, seconded by Mr. Mortimer- but the Dissenters in the council having handsomely declined to vote on the question, and the rest c f the body reprobating the measure, it was withdrawn as hastily as it was introduced.—Hampshire Chronicle.