[G] There is a want of sequaciousness in the arrangement of
these Addenda which the exigencies of a hurried publication can
alone justify.
The latest particulars (Nov. the 7th) from the scene of the wreck
which can be here incorporated are these:--
'The divers found one body yesterday forenoon, and some copper, but
no specie. No bodies have been cast ashore last night or this
morning. Up to the present moment forty-eight bodies have been
recovered, but of these few have been identified. The following is a
correct list of those who have been identified, with such further
particulars respecting them as have, after the best inquiries that
could have been made here, been discovered. A child named Pitcher,
claimed by the uncle, Mr. Pitcher, of Northfleet, Kent. John Emery,
of Liverpool, steward on board the "Royal Charter." [I know poor
Emery so well! He was a good, generous fellow.] John Smith, four
years old, child of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, passengers; there were five
of this family on board. Miss Russell, ten years old, child of Mr.
Russell, the passenger who had the miraculous escape, and whose wife
and two children were drowned. Mrs. Lyon, of Melbourne, identified
by Mr. Gapper, a passenger.' [There is some doubt as to this lady's
identity.] 'Miss Jane Fowler, supposed at one time to be a Mrs.
Woodroff. Richard Read, of Plymouth. Jacob Roberts, fireman. James
Walton, steward, son of Mr. Walton, of the Amphitheatre, Liverpool.
James Edwards, passenger. Henry Aspinall, rigger. Mr. John Grove, on
whose person a sum of 56_l._ 10_s._ was found. Richard Tierncough,
sailmaker. Wilson, boiler-maker. John Rees, of Pistill-Nevin.
Lambert, seaman. Russell, seaman.
'All the above have been interred. In cases where the relatives or
friends do not bury, the bodies are interred in trenches. Parish
coffins are provided for them, and the Rev. Mr. Hughes, of
Llanallgo, and other benevolent individuals, have provided linen and
flannel for several of the poor shipwrecked passengers. His lordship
the Bishop of Bangor, Mrs. Williams, lady of the Rev. Mr. Williams,
Llandygnan, Captain Moore, 4th Dragoons, and Mr. Marshall are
amongst those who have contributed to this charitable object.'
The whole of the details which have crowded the papers for the last
eight or ten days are now, in such summary manner as their importance
would permit, entirely disposed of. It would be useless to delay this
Narrative for any further particulars from Molfra. One knows so well
what the nature of those particulars will be--fresh bodies, more
tattered rags, more copper bolts and bars twisted like wire, more iron
plates and beams gnawed by the sea as dogs gnaw bones, more
recognitions by disconsolate friends of those whom, long ere this,
they had hoped to welcome at an English fireside!
Let us drop the curtain upon the picture as speedily as possible, and
pray Our Father in Heaven to take unto his keeping the bereaved
friends of those who have left Life's sea of troubles for the Haven of
Eternity.