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« Flendon-house, Sunderland, 
Oct. 20, 1815. 
“JT hereby certify whom it may 
concern, that this paper (con- 
taining the foregoing scale and 
resolutions) was delivered to me 
from the ship-owners of the port 
of Sunderland, with their autho- 
rity to present to the seamen for 
their acceptance. Given under 
my hand the day and year above 
mentioned. 
«¢ Wm. NESFIELD. 
“One of his Majesty’s Justices of the 
Peace, in and for the County of 
Durham. 
«« J hereby further certify, that 
the same has this day been pre- 
sented by me to the body of the 
seamen, and unanimously accept- 
ed by them. 
«“ Wan. NESFIELD.” 
“ Sunderland, Oct. 21, 1815. 
‘Resolved, That thescale agreed 
upon last evening, for the man- 
ning of the ships, and accepted by 
the seamen, beimmediately adopt- 
ed, and that the committees of 
the several insurance associations 
be requested and ‘authorised to 
attend and see the same carried 
into effect; and that the brokers 
be directed to send a copy of these 
resolutions to the ship-owners in 
dividually. 
‘*RowLAND WEBSTER, 
“Chairman.” 
29.—The Sir William Curtis 
packet sailed from Ramsgate for 
Ostend on Friday evening, Oct. 
27, about nine o’clock, fine wea- 
ther at that time, but afterwards 
becoming unfavourable, she did 
not arrive off Ostend until Sun- 
day morning, too late to get in at 
that tide. In the afternoon a 
most severe gale sprung up at 
easterly, which made a great sea 
at the entrance of the harbour. 
At seven o'clock the light was 
hoisted on the east pier, which 
denoted a sufficient depth of wa- 
ter for the packet to enter; but 
captain Falera being determined, 
if possible, to avoid any risk, de- 
layed making for the harbour un- 
til nine o'clock, when the vessel 
struck on the ground, about 50 
yards distant from the pier-head, 
and afterwards washed up against 
the piles on the west side: an 
attempt was then made to get the 
boat out, but she stove, and the 
vessel filled with water. At this 
moment captain Falera attempted 
to fasten a rope to the piles, that 
the passengers might by that 
means be assisted ; but in endea- 
vouring to accomplish this, cap- 
tain Falera was washed overboard 
by a tremendous wave, and it was 
with great difficulty that he got 
on shore and saved his own life. 
At this moment it is most pro- 
bable that the unfortunate ladies 
were washed off thedeckalso. The 
steward of the ship caught hold 
of Miss Carleton with one hand, 
and with the other held by one of 
the piles, when the vessel heeled, 
and his leg was jammed against 
the piles, and he could keep his 
hold of the lady no longer, and 
she sunk and was seen no more. 
This man remained on the piles 
from nine until two o'clock in the 
morning, before he could be ex- 
tricated from his situation—I be- 
lieve that his thigh was broken. 
Col. Kinnaird was one of the pas- 
sengers, and got on shore from 
the piles considerably hurt: se- 
veral others escaped in the same 
way. Mrs. Carleton (mother of 
lord Dorchester )andher daughter, 
a young lady upwards of 20, and 
their female servant, unfortunate- 
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