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•rev endeavoured to bail her at tlic 

 Core-hatch, but all attempts to keep 

 the water under were in vain. At 

 six P. M. the inevitable loss of the 

 ship became apparent ; other leaks 

 were discovered ; the wind had in- 

 creased to a gale ; and the severe 

 beating of the vessel upon the rocks 

 tlircatened immediate destruction. 

 As the night advanced, the situa- 

 tion of all on board became more 

 terrible. At seven, the company- 

 was nearly exhausted ; and the pur- 

 ser, Mr. Mortimer, was sent in one 

 of the ship's boats with the papers 

 and dispatches. The third mate, a 

 cousin of the captain, accompanied 

 the purser, with about six seamen. 

 One boat came oft" from the shore, 

 which took on board the Misses 

 Evans, Miss Jackson, JMr. llut- 

 ledge, and Mr. Taylor, a cadet, all 

 passengers. About 9 o'clock, the 

 dreadful crisis approached ; the 

 passengers were informed of their 

 situation, and every man was aware 

 of his fate. The sailors, in a state 

 of desperation, insisted on more li- 

 quor; but the ofiicers guarded the 

 lirit-room, and remained there 

 even while the shin was sinking. 



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Just before she went down, Mr. 



ijagget, the 



captain Wordsworth, and 



'• We have done all we can 



chief mate, went to 

 said, 



ic will suik in a moment.'' The 



iptain replied, " It cannot be help- 



i— God's will be done."' At 11, 



the sea gave her a sudden shock, 



and she sunk in I'i fathoms water; 



I which time between 80 and 90 



persons were clinging to the tops of 



the masts, and were afterwards taken 



off. When the ship sunk, she did 



not go down in the usual way, by 



lailing first upon her beam-ends : 



fllis deviation is supposed to have 



'.risen from her being laden with 



treasure a,nd porcclajn jvare. She 

 had 70,0001. in speicc onboard, and 

 nearly 40O persons. The crew con- 

 sisted of ICO men, and there were 

 between 50 and 60 passengers ; the 

 rest were recruits : about 30 China- 

 men were also on baard. The to- 

 tal number of the drowned is esti- 

 mated at 300, and the whole value 

 of the cargo at 200,0001. Nothing 

 was saved except the dispatches and 

 some valuable prints, which had been 

 sent out for general Lake. Captaiu 

 Wordsworth, at the moment the 

 ship was going down, was seen 

 clinging to the ropes. Mr. Gilpin, 

 one of the mates, used every 

 persuasion to induce him to save his 

 life, but all in vain. — The names of 

 the persons said to have been savcdi 

 are, Messrs. G. W. E. Stcuart, 2d 

 mate ; J. Wordsworth, 3d ditto ; 

 T. Gilpin, 4th ; J. Clark, 5th : H. 

 Mortimer, 6th ; Davie, surgeon ; 

 Steuart, purser ; Abbot, gunner ; 

 Addv,-atcr, carpenter ; White mid- 

 shipman and cockswain ; Pitcher, 

 Rason, Yates, and Barnet, midship- 

 men ; Akers, ship's steward ; Ivers, 

 boatswain's 2d mate ; Dunn and 

 Williams, gunner's mates ; Barrett, 

 Boyd, Palmer, Thompson, and J. 

 Thompson, quarter-masters; Lundie, 

 baker; Parsons, Svvinie, and Bonge, 

 seamen, and J. Thompson, Chinese 

 servant. Passengers, T. Evans, esq. 

 senior, merchant; Misses P^vans and 

 Jackson ; Mr. Rontlcdge ; cornet 

 Burgoyne, 8th light-dragoons ; Dr. 

 Maxwell; Mr.Evans's black servant; 

 Messrs. Baillie,Gramsliaw, C.Taylor, 

 Thwaits, and Johnson, cadets. Ex- 

 clusive of the above persons, about 

 20 soldiers, and from 40 to 50 of 

 the pefty-oflicers, and others of the 

 ship's company, were saved, whose, 

 names have not yet been ascer- 

 taiued, The total nupber saved is 



reckoned 



