{2 PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE. 
William Winnicott, and Thomas Sadler. They 
had been seeking the bodies of their shipmates, and 
from them we learnt the following melancholy par- 
ticulars. They stated, that on the night the ves- 
sel was lost, going before the wind at the rate of 
eight or nine knots an hour, she suddenly ran 
upon a reef of rocks, and within half an hour was 
a total wreck. They, together with a Mr. S8., a 
passenger, and an apprentice boy, succeeded in get- 
ting into the boat belonging to the vessel. Having 
no oars, the boat was carried off by the violence of 
the wind, and they were consequently unable to 
render any assistance to their unhappy shipmates, 
whose cries for help were heard Joudly and im- 
ploringly amidst this scene of awful devastation. 
Being at the mercy of the wind and current, they 
drifted for some hours, the sea frequently breaking — 
over them, and threatening every moment to swamp 
the boat. It was with the greatest difficulty they 
were enabled to keep her from going down by baling 
the water with their hats, boots, or anything they 
could get hold of. By these means they succeeded 
in keeping her afloat. Their only hope now was 
that they would be enabled to keep off the land 
until daylight. In this critical situation, they were 
anxiously praying for the dawn of day, and con- 
stantly inquiring the time of Mr. S., who happened 
to have a watch. About half-past two they thought 
they could discern the land, and were cheering 
