very much. As for the Lord and Colonel 
I never saw them after I left holding 
fast by the round-house, when I jumped 
from the mizen-rigging into the round- 
house, and Mrs. Pollen immediately says, 
Smith, where, is my hushand, is he 
safe? I told her, Yes; he had got safe on 
shore in the ship’s boat, which, I believe, 
gave them all good spirits, in hopes he 
would soon be coming in: the life-boat. 
I did not stop here ten minutes before I 
went out again, and espied the life-boat 
coming ; it was now eleven o’clock, and 
all this while a most dreadful sea rolling 
over us. .The captain and the two sea- 
men were on the bowsprit, and two 
dead sailors beside them. The boat 
came close to the vessel, and, filled with 
water, went away. Now I thought we 
surely must be lost. In half an hour's 
time she came back to the ship again, 
and Captain Cope and his two sailors got 
into her. I went into the round-house 
and took Mrs. Barnes out, in hopes to 
get her into the boat; but alas the sea was 
too strong for me, for we were both 
washed away twice by the strength of 
the sea, but I always recovered her again 
by the help of God. As for me, I was 
yet too weak to help myself, so 1 got her 
safe back to the round house, and went 
out myself; but was washed away a third 
time, and the boat picked me out of the 
water. So I remember nothing more 
till between four and five in the evening, 
when I found myself on shore at Memel. 
I asked the people if the boat had gone 
off again, and they told me the captain 
said there was no more on board. What 
was his intent for that, I cannot tell. The 
boat went off six times that afternoon, 
but never could come to the ship, the 
wind and sea were so very high. Now 
here they must pass a dreadful night, the 
sea rolling over their heads, and the cold 
very severe, by which one Mr. Fock, of 
Hamburgh, died; about three the next 
morning the life-boat went off twice 
and came back; the third time it got to 
the ship, and brought back Mrs. Pollen, 
Mr. Halliday, Mr. Peirero, and the ser- 
vant of Mrs. Pollen. Now here were 
left on board’ Mrs. Barnes and two chil- 
dren, and a little Prussian boy, who be- 
longed to Colonel Pollen ; Mrs. Barnes’s 
servant girl, and her youngest child, two 
months old, and Mrs. Pollen’s man ser- 
¥ant, assisting the girl into the boat were 
all washed overboard together : the girl 
and child were brought on shore in half 
an hour after, but alas, too late. Mrs. 
Barnes remained on board -six hours 
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[Sept. 1, 
longer alone, and the people in the lifes 
boat said they saw her and her children 
washed overboard, which was a false re< 
port. I told the commodore of the pilots 
she was certainly yet alive,on which Cap- 
tain Davison, an Englishman, jumped 
into the boat, and went off and brought 
her safe on shore, with the two children 
and the Prussian boy.- 
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To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
Ix the 21st page of the last number 
of your Miscellany, one of your cors _ 
respondents enquires what is the best in- 
stant application in case of persons set- 
ting their clothes-on fire. A little spi- 
rits of turpentine made about milk warm, 
will take off all pain; I have often tried 
it in small burns, when it always answer- 
ed, but I never had an opportunity of 
trying it on any person much burnt, 
though I am informed that it was tried on 
a person who was very terribly burnt, 
who, though he died, said that he did not 
feel any pain. Your's, &c. 
Hull, August 6, 1808. W.H.D. 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
N your Magazine for last month (p. 
21), a Correspondent lamenting the 
frequent and shocking accidents by fire, 
asks what is the best mode of treatment 
in cases where medical aid cannot be im- 
mediately procured. The unremitting 
application of cloths dipped in cold wa- 
ter, or, in winter, of snow, beyond doubt. 
is the method which procures most im- 
mediate and effectual relief. Nothing is 
more cruel and absurd than the vulgar 
custom of applying oil, honey, &c. That 
which produces the speediest evapora- 
tion, by carrying off the heat, most spee- 
dily- reduces the inflammation, and of 
course reduces the pain: but oil or ho- 
ney shut the pores of the skin, aud inevi- 
tably increase the torment of scalds or 
burns. Blisters should be punctured with 
a needle: but the skin should on no ac- 
count be cut or picked off. After the 
inflammation and pain are gone from the 
use of the cold applications, they will 
return upon the patient’s tasting wine, 
spirits, or any warm or stimulating food. 
Laudanum may be safely used externally, 
where the skin is. not broken; and the 
patient’s miseries may be much abated ° 
by small doses given frequently, per- 
haps from three to fifteen drops, accord- 
ing to the age of the sufferer, every half 
hour, No person should~ give. larger 
doses 
