CHRONICLE. 



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ingly desperate on preceding- oc- 

 casions, and were never without 

 plenty of weapons near them, 

 they quietly surrendered, and the 

 whole ten were committed for 

 trial. 



Calcutta, Jan. 31.— On Sunday 

 accounts reached town stating the 

 loss of the Duchess of Wellington, 

 which was totally destroyed by 

 fire on Saturday evening in San- 

 ger-roads. 



The origin of tliis sad accident 

 is only a matter of suspicion. 

 The fire burst forth about ten 

 o'clock at night, and burnt with 

 such rapidity, that the saltpetre 

 cargo exploded in about ten mi- 

 nutes, and the ship, being shat- 

 tered and divided, sunk immedi- 

 ately. It is painful to relate, 

 that the pilot, two officers, two 

 passengers, and many of the crew 

 perished in consequence of the 

 rapid conflagration, which de- 

 prived them of the ordinary 

 chances of escape. The pilot, 

 Mr. Turner, and the first and 

 third mates, were engaged in tak- 

 ing off the hatches, in the hope 

 of extinguishing the fire, when 

 the flames burst forth with such 

 dreadful violence, they were com- 

 pelled to desist, and instantly fled. 

 ^Ir. Heron, the 2d mate, ran to- 

 wards the head of the ship, and 

 the pilot with the others towards 

 the poop, on which the pilot Avas 

 seen standing, when the saltpetre 

 in the afler-part of the vessel 

 exploded, and ilestroyed all within 

 the vortex of its fiery gulph. The 

 fate of Mr. William Anderson, 

 and the distress of his brother, 

 Mr. David Anderson, both pas- 

 sengers, proceeding to Java, it is 

 afflicting to contemplate. Mr. 

 David Anderson saw his brother 



after the fire had burst forth, and 

 shook hands with him while he 

 was standing in the shrouds, 

 whence in a few moments he was 

 precipitated into the deep — never 

 to rise again I 



The following is a list of the 

 officers and passengers, which we 

 have reason to believe is quite 

 correct : 



David Kydd, commander, not 

 on board ; Car Nimrod, 1st offi- 

 cer, lost ; John Heron, 2d officer, 

 saved J H. Volstudt, 3d officer, 

 lost ; David Anderson, passenger, 

 saved } William Anderson, ditto, 

 lost ; J. B. Macdonald, ditto, not 

 on board ; John Kydd, a child, 

 the nephew of the captain, lost ; 

 T. Hodges, surgeon, saved. 



Some of the crew belonging to 

 the Duchess of Wellington have 

 been apprehended, and are de- 

 tained on suspicion of having set 

 the vessel on fire. In most cases 

 where ships are burnt in this 

 river, there has been reason to 

 believe that the Lascars (who re- 

 ceive impress money in advance 

 for several months) have been in- 

 strumental in their destruction. 



FEBRUARY. 



Loss OF TRANSPORTS. 



(From the fVaterfonl Chronicle of 

 the 1st of Feb.) 



" We have now to state the 

 particulars of a melancholy and 

 afllicting event. The transijort 

 Seahorse, No. 2, Thomas Scott 

 master, sailed from a port in 

 England a few days ago for Ire- 

 land, (for Waterford or Cork,) 

 \\ith a large detachment of the 

 59th rjgiment on board, consist- 



ing 



