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BLOWING UP OF THE AMPHION FRIGATE . PLYMOUTH , SEPT . 23 . Y ESTERDAY at four o ' clcck , the Ampbion frigate , of 32 guns , Captain I . Pellew , fashed along the Princessa hulk , blew up with a dreadful explosion . The shock felt was like an earthquake . In a moment the fore-part of the ship was scattered in ten thousand shivers , and nothing but wreck to be seen . There were near three hundred men , women , and children on board , when this shocking
accident happened . The returns this morning are Captain Pellew , one lieutenant , one . purser , one midshipman , one mate , one boatswain and mate , and thirty three seamen and marines saved : several of these are badly wounded . The rest , shocking to relate , consigned to eternity ! About forty two bodies were picked up , and carried to the bone-house of the Royal Hospital , and placed in coffins , among which are six young women . The distress among the numerous relations of the unfortunate sufferers is
inconceivable , each endeavouring to find out a brother , husband , or son , among the dead bodies . Many were blown in such positions , and so discoloured , as to look like the figure heads of a man of war . How this accident happened is as yet unknown . Captain Pellew . Captain Swaffiekl , of the Overyssel , of 6 4 guns , ancl a lieutenant of the Amphion , were dining together ; hearing some bustle , Captain Pellew and the lientenant ran into the quarter gallery , and the ship instantly blew up forwards . Captain Pellew was blown on the hulkand the lieutenant into the water . Both were saved .
, Captain P . wounded in the face , and the lieutenant in the leg . Poor Captain Swaliield , a Mr . Spry , jun . upholder , of Dock , and his son , were all sunk with the wreck . A Serjeant of the North Devon was also blown up , with several other persons visiting their friends , it being the anniversary of His Majesty ' s coronation . The master , gunner , carpenter and mate , Lieut . Campbell of the Marines ( nephew of Col . Campbell ) , are among the unfortunate sufferers .
The Arts.
THE ARTS .
LIST of Works of Art , chosen from the collection at Rome , by the Commissaries of the French Republic , in ' virtue of the Sth Article of the Armistice , concluded between the French Republic ; and his Holiness the Pope . From the Museum of the Vatican . THE EELVIDERE . 1 . ' The Apollo . —2 . Laocoon . —3 . Lantin . —4 . The Torso marked L . A . — 5 . Hercules Comroodus , marked L . G . GALLERY OF THE STATUES .
6 . Demosthenes , sitting . —7 . Trajan , sitting holding a globe . —8 . The Poet Posidipus , sitting . —9 . Menander , sitting . —10 . Phocion . —11 . Cleopatra . — iz . Cupid Torso . 7 ^ -13 . Hygeia . —14 . Sextus Empiricus , preceptor to M . Aurelius . —15 . An Amazon . HALL OF ADONIS . 16 . Venus recttmbens . —17 . Adonis . —18 . Paris . HALL OF THE CAR . 19 . Discobolus . —20 . Sardanapaiuswith a Greek inscription— 21 Augustus
, . . . —22 . A Statue said to be Caisar . — -23 . Tiberius in a toga . —24 . Discobolus , by iVIeroni . HALL OF ANIMALS . 25 . Meleage r . —26 . The Nile and the Children . —27 . The Tiber ,-with the Wolf , and Re . tius and Romulus . *
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Home News.
HOME NEWS .
BLOWING UP OF THE AMPHION FRIGATE . PLYMOUTH , SEPT . 23 . Y ESTERDAY at four o ' clcck , the Ampbion frigate , of 32 guns , Captain I . Pellew , fashed along the Princessa hulk , blew up with a dreadful explosion . The shock felt was like an earthquake . In a moment the fore-part of the ship was scattered in ten thousand shivers , and nothing but wreck to be seen . There were near three hundred men , women , and children on board , when this shocking
accident happened . The returns this morning are Captain Pellew , one lieutenant , one . purser , one midshipman , one mate , one boatswain and mate , and thirty three seamen and marines saved : several of these are badly wounded . The rest , shocking to relate , consigned to eternity ! About forty two bodies were picked up , and carried to the bone-house of the Royal Hospital , and placed in coffins , among which are six young women . The distress among the numerous relations of the unfortunate sufferers is
inconceivable , each endeavouring to find out a brother , husband , or son , among the dead bodies . Many were blown in such positions , and so discoloured , as to look like the figure heads of a man of war . How this accident happened is as yet unknown . Captain Pellew . Captain Swaffiekl , of the Overyssel , of 6 4 guns , ancl a lieutenant of the Amphion , were dining together ; hearing some bustle , Captain Pellew and the lientenant ran into the quarter gallery , and the ship instantly blew up forwards . Captain Pellew was blown on the hulkand the lieutenant into the water . Both were saved .
, Captain P . wounded in the face , and the lieutenant in the leg . Poor Captain Swaliield , a Mr . Spry , jun . upholder , of Dock , and his son , were all sunk with the wreck . A Serjeant of the North Devon was also blown up , with several other persons visiting their friends , it being the anniversary of His Majesty ' s coronation . The master , gunner , carpenter and mate , Lieut . Campbell of the Marines ( nephew of Col . Campbell ) , are among the unfortunate sufferers .
The Arts.
THE ARTS .
LIST of Works of Art , chosen from the collection at Rome , by the Commissaries of the French Republic , in ' virtue of the Sth Article of the Armistice , concluded between the French Republic ; and his Holiness the Pope . From the Museum of the Vatican . THE EELVIDERE . 1 . ' The Apollo . —2 . Laocoon . —3 . Lantin . —4 . The Torso marked L . A . — 5 . Hercules Comroodus , marked L . G . GALLERY OF THE STATUES .
6 . Demosthenes , sitting . —7 . Trajan , sitting holding a globe . —8 . The Poet Posidipus , sitting . —9 . Menander , sitting . —10 . Phocion . —11 . Cleopatra . — iz . Cupid Torso . 7 ^ -13 . Hygeia . —14 . Sextus Empiricus , preceptor to M . Aurelius . —15 . An Amazon . HALL OF ADONIS . 16 . Venus recttmbens . —17 . Adonis . —18 . Paris . HALL OF THE CAR . 19 . Discobolus . —20 . Sardanapaiuswith a Greek inscription— 21 Augustus
, . . . —22 . A Statue said to be Caisar . — -23 . Tiberius in a toga . —24 . Discobolus , by iVIeroni . HALL OF ANIMALS . 25 . Meleage r . —26 . The Nile and the Children . —27 . The Tiber ,-with the Wolf , and Re . tius and Romulus . *