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the crew, and put off to the Welsh 

 shore, and in a few minutes after- 

 wards the vessel sunk. 



Her top-mast remained some 

 feet above the water, to which 

 the crew adhered until the boat 

 returned. Our informant saved 

 himself by swimming, and was 

 actually two hovu^s and a half in 

 the water, when he was taken in- 

 to the boat. He witnessed the 

 heart-rending- scene which took 

 place on the sinking of the vessel. 

 A Mr. Barron, his mother, and 

 four sisters, elegant and accom- 

 plished women, who had their 

 man-servant and a carriage on 

 boarl, were among the passen- 

 gers j the cries of the young la- 

 dies were most distressing. They 

 all perished! — they sunk, entwin- 

 ed in each other's arms ! 



An officer of the regiment 



was saved, but his lady perished. 

 All the females on board, 22 in 

 number, and two children, met 

 •A watery grave. Eight of the 

 ladies were cabin-passengers. The 

 master, Mr. Morley, was drown- 

 ed ; he has left a wife (now preg- 

 nant) and three children. The 

 rest of the crew were saved. 



The gentleman from whom we 

 have procured these hasty particu- 

 lars, states, that before he was 

 taken up by the boat, he saw one 

 unfortunate individual (whom he 

 supposes to have been Mr. Barron, 

 mentioned above) near him in the 

 water. He endeavoured to cheer 

 him ; he, however, had only 

 strength left to answer, in a faint 

 voice, "I can go no farther! " 

 and sunk, to rise no more. 



Our informant thinks tlieie 

 were about 15 cabin passengers, 

 and about 40 in tlic steerage. In 



the number (nine) known to be 

 saved, the crew are included. 



Since writing the abo\ e we have 

 learnt, that the name of the officer 

 saved (and whose lady is among 

 the sufferers) is Lieut. Theballier, 

 of the 35th. Among those who 

 perished we have heard the names 

 of Messrs. Gill, Cliff, and Snow. 

 A colonel, whose regiment is now 

 in the East Indies, was also 

 drowned. Mr. R. Shortes^ of this 

 city, and Lieut. Theballier, are 

 the only passengers saved. 



The few who escaped landed 

 about eight miles from Cardiff. 

 They applied for admittance at a 

 respectable house in the neigh- 

 bourhood, but were refused! They 

 then pi'oceeded to a farm-house, 

 where they procured a cart to 

 convey them to Cardiff. They 

 were in a most exhausted state. 

 A cottager and his wife gave up 

 their onlv bed to one or two who 

 were unable to proceed to Cardiff. 



Shortly before the sloop went 

 down, a poor soldier took his wife 

 and child to the bow of the vessel, 

 where they sat dow<n, and calmly 

 awaited their fate. As the vessel 

 went down they clung to each 

 other, and in that state floated a 

 moment on the water, and then 

 sunk, clasped in each other's arms. 



We have not been able to as- 

 certain exactly wheie the melan- 

 choly accident happened. The 

 rocks are called the Willeys, or 

 the Wolvers, about three miles 

 N. W. of tlie Holmes light- 

 house. 



Ukase, addressed to the Legis- 

 lative Synod at Moscow, by Alex- 

 ander, Emperor of Russia. 



Moscow, Oct. '27. i- 



During my late travels througli 



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