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ilie usefulness and prosperity of his college, to the interests 

 of which he was entirely devoted. Every preparation was 

 made which was thought necessary to secure the attainment 

 of his object; — and after the fullest inquiries and taking the 

 best advice, he embarked at New York, for Liverpool, on 

 board the Albion packet j where, to use his own language, 

 in the last communication received from him, *' every thing 

 seemed to promise a quick, safe and agreeable passage." 

 Qn the first of April last, he left his country, full of anima- 

 tion and zeal, and attended with the ardent wishes of his 

 friends for the success of his enterprize." 



It appears from a comparison of the several accounts 

 which have been published of the loss of the Albion, 

 that, for the first twenty days after leaving l^^w York, the 

 weather was moderate and favorable ; and that about one 

 o'clock on the afternoon of Sunday the 21st, the ship made 

 the south o^ Ireland. Soon after a gale commenced, which 

 blew the remainder of the day with great violence- About 

 half past 8 o'clock in the evening, the Albion shipped a 

 heavy sea, which threw her on her beam ends, and took the 

 mainmastby the deck, the head of the mizenraast, and fore 

 topmast, and swept the decks clear of every thing, including 

 boats, compasses, &c. and stove in all the hatches, state- 

 rooms and bulwarks in the cabin, which was nearly filled with 

 water. At the same time, six of the crew, and one cabin pas- 

 senger, Mr. Converse of N* Y. were swept overboard. The 

 axes being lost, no means remained of clearing the wreck, 

 and the ship was unmanageable- About three o^clock, the 

 ship struck on a reef of rocks about one hundred yards from 

 the main land. This, as afterwards appeared, was in Court- 

 macsherry-Bay, about three miles west of the old head of 

 Kinsale. In about half an hour the ship went to pieces^ 

 and all the cabin passengers except Mr. W, Everhart of 

 Chester, Pennsylvania, were lost- It is understood that 

 Prof. Fisher, as well as some others, was considerably in- 

 jured when the masts were carried away; — and at the time 

 the other passengers w^ent on deck, after the captain had in- 

 formed them of their imminent danger, he remained below in 

 Jhs birth. Whether he afterwards came up, and what were 

 the particular circumstances of his death, is unknown. 

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