st ANNUAL REGISTER, 1815. 
ly perished. The body of Mrs. 
Carleton, only, had been found at 
the time the Liverpool left. Ost- 
end: the young lady and female 
servant had not been picked up on 
Saturday last. 
- No endeavours were wanting 
either by the captain or mate to 
save the unfortunate passengers 
that perished, and their exertions 
on this melancholy occasion were 
highly meritorious, although not 
attended with the desired success. 
The captain’s not endeavouring to 
make the harbour of Ostend in 
the morning, is universally ac- 
knowledged to be good judgment, 
as he would then have been sure 
to have lost his vessel. Nothing 
but a most severe gale coming on 
at the time he made the harbour 
caused this dreadful accident. 
To the very extraordinary cir 
cumstanees of there being several 
feet less water at the pier head on 
Sunday than there was the day 
before at the same time, and the 
being deceived by the light being 
hoisted, under the idea of there 
being the same depth of water as 
usual, this dreadful accident may 
be chiefly attributed. Letters 
from Flushing, also mention the 
same circumstance as very extra- 
ordinary, of there being three feet 
less water at that place on Sun- 
day evening, than there were 12 
hours before, owing to the gale 
coming on so rapidly from the 
eastward. 
31.—This morning, between 
nine and ten o'clock, an alarming 
fire was discovered in the works 
at the Mint. The flames were 
first seen to issue from what is 
called the shaping machine-room, 
situate on the south of the build- 
ing, which forms an oblong square. 
This being the place where the 
specie is dried, it is supposed that 
the quantity of fuel in that room 
was too great, and that the fire 
having penetrated through the 
funnel of the apartment, caught 
the roof and adjoining building. 
The utmost alarm was naturally 
excited at the threatened.destruc- 
tion of this immense concern, 
and every exertion made to arrest 
the progress of the fire. The 
engine of the establishment was 
immediately put into play, and 
two of the Tower engines also 
speedily arrived to assist. These 
were soon followed by a number 
of others, but before their exer- 
tions could be brought into ac- 
tion, the fire had communicated 
to the gold room, from thence to 
some counting-houses, and even- 
tually to the silver or rolling 
room, on the eastern side of the, 
square. The engines were ably 
worked by the firemen, assisted 
by a great number of artificers 
and others from the Tower. The 
flames, however, for nearly two 
hours proved irresistible, and in 
a short time the eastern and south- 
ern wings of the building were 
completely unroofed, and the in- 
terior totally destroyed. In these 
were contained the great ma- 
chinery of the works, including 
the 10, 15, and 30 horse power 
engines. The whole of the ma- 
chinery, therefore, may be said 
to have been demolished. The 
melting department, on the north 
side, escaped uninjured, as did 
also the drying room, situate be- 
hind that part of the building 
where the fire commenced. The 
moneyer’s hall and offices also es- 
caped with little injury. During 
the fire several ingots were taken 
