68 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1815. 
It appeared that unhappily she 
was very much accustomed to 
drink neat spirits or drams, that 
she was often in consequence in- 
toxicated, that on Sunday morn- 
ing she was in a dreadful state 
from drinking spirits, and that 
in the afternoon she was found 
dead on the floor, having roll- 
ed off the bed. Verdict—Died 
by suffocation from excessive drink- 
ing. 
-14—'The following affecting 
narrative of the loss of the ship 
Jamaica, one of the Jamaica fleet, 
is copied from a private letter re- 
ceived from Bristol. After de- 
scribing the hurricane of the 9th, 
and a narrow escape from having 
perished, in consequence of run- 
ning foul of another vessel, the 
writer proceeds :— 
“* Towards the next day (the 
10th) a calm came on, but the 
water kept increasing in the hold, 
notwithstanding all their pump- 
ing, till it rose to twelve feet 
high. About that time they dis- 
covered two vessels at a distance 
(the Hartly brig, and ship Friend- 
ship): they immediately fired 
their guns as signals of distress, 
and ther threw them overboard— 
the ship all this time water-log- 
ged and lying on her side ; in a 
short time a boat reached them 
from the brig with her captain, 
who very kindly came to assist in 
rescuing the passengers and crew, 
.two boats load of whom were sent 
off, part put on board the Hart- 
ly, and part on board the Friend- 
ship ; the ship sinking fast ; they, 
however, filled the boat the third 
‘time, and then captain Clement, 
and Edmund (his nephew), left 
the ship, the captain of the bri 
insisting on remaining on bpard 
till all were out. They had not 
left a minute before they were 
hailed by the cry that the ship 
was going down, and before the 
boat could reach her she was 
completely out of sight, and 
all the people in the water ; those 
who could swim were saved; but 
the captain of the brig and three 
others were lost. Captain Cle- 
ment’s mate at one time felt the 
captain clinging to him in the 
water, but he was obliged to shake 
him off, or both must have been 
drowned, and they had so many in 
the boat that they were obliged to 
throw almost all the things the 
saved from the ship overboard. 
One lady, a passenger, had a box 
of jewels, worth upwards of a 
thousand pounds, which was lost ; 
but I am sure they can never be 
sufficiently thankful that their 
lives were preserved. Captain 
Clement, with 20 others, were 
taken on board the Friendship, 
where he was a fortnight without 
taking off his clothes ; but the 
chief mate, and eight besides, 
went on board the Hartly, which, 
it was understood, was to sail for 
London, but she has not since 
been heard of, therefore it is 
greatly feared that they are gone 
to the bottom. Captain C. was 
put on shore at Weymouth, about 
nine o'clock on Sunday evening, 
and arrived at Bristol about two 
o’clock on the morning of Tues- 
day.—None of the other ships 
have yet been heard of. 
“ The Leeward Island fleet ar- 
rived on Sunday morning ; but it 
is impossible to describe the anx- 
iety that is felt here for the ves- 
sels unaccounted for. The cap~ 
tain of the brig was about twenty- 
two-years of age, and was to have 
