The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . nd for Assistance, andthe Arrival of a Vessel for their Relief; June,1835. OON after the arrival of the ship RoyalCharlotte, of London, commanded byCaptain Joseph Corbyn, at Sidney,New South Wales, she was commis-sioned by the colonial government tocarry detachments of his majestys20th, 41st, and 46th regiments to In-dia, in order to join their respectivecorps in that country. These troops, commanded by Lieutenant Henry CHnton, of the 20th, embarked on the afternoon of the 7th ofJune
The tragedy of the seas; or, Sorrow on the ocean, lake, and river, from shipwreck, plague, fire and famine .. . nd for Assistance, andthe Arrival of a Vessel for their Relief; June,1835. OON after the arrival of the ship RoyalCharlotte, of London, commanded byCaptain Joseph Corbyn, at Sidney,New South Wales, she was commis-sioned by the colonial government tocarry detachments of his majestys20th, 41st, and 46th regiments to In-dia, in order to join their respectivecorps in that country. These troops, commanded by Lieutenant Henry CHnton, of the 20th, embarked on the afternoon of the 7th ofJune; and on the Sunday following, the pilot proceeded onboard, and got the ship under way, with a fine leading breezedown the river. The sun was fast sinking in the westernhorizon as she passed between Port Jackson Heads ; butthe appearance of the weather in the offing was gloomy,and the light vapors, as they scudded rapidly to the east-ward, and the hoarse murmur of the surf, as it broke on thejutting rocks, seemed to presage an approaching light sails were taken in, and the topsails, as the breeze. 276 THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL CHARLOTTE. was increasing, single-reefed, while the ship left the land atthe rate of seven or eight knots per hour. By seven oclock,the reflecting light of the piomontory, which at intervalspeered over the increasing waves, was all that was visible tous of the land of New South Wales; this, too, was soonlost in the distance, and nought but the white foam of theswelling waves, and the dark scud over our heads, could beseen from the ship. At eight bells the fore and main-topsails were double-reefed, the mizzen-topsails and main-courses handed, andevery other necessary preparation made for a stormy night,which we now had every reason to expect. The ship ranbefore the wind, under this snug sail, till about half past tenoclock, when she unfortunately broached to in a squall, andsplit every sail, fore and aft, then set; the gale soon increasedto a perfect
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