Names: Baxter, Dalzell, Eustice, M'Clean, May, Smith. Transcribed from the 2 December 1824 edition of The Enniskillen Chronicle & Erne Packet newspaper, by permission of The British Library: Shipwrecks. From the Belfast Mercantile Register. "By a letter received by our Collector, Sir Stephen May, it appears, that on the 15th or 16th inst. the brig Marquis Wellington, of Liverpool, Capt. Baxter, from this port, bound for New Orleans, was wrecked on the north of the Rusk bank, about one mile south of Cahore point, near Gorey, county Wexford, and about same distance from land. Quantities of casks, hampers, &c. were seen drifting to the north; part of the stern came ashore, by which the name was known. A trunk with the name of Mr. Andrew M'Clean, jun. was also washed ashore. "We find that the Marquis Wellington sailed from this port, with a valuable cargo of linens, cotton goods, &c. on the 7th inst. and of course was out 8 days when this disastrous event occurred. It is truly melancholy to find, that besides the crew of this vessel, consisting of 16 persons, there were on board 2 steerage and 13 cabin passengers, some of them belonging to respectable families in this town. As no letters from any of them have been received, the worst is to be feared. "The Betseys of Belfast, Smith, master, which sailed from this port for Glasgow, on Tuesday morning last, was on the same night totally wrecked on the Isle of Arran. It is feared all the crew and passengers are lost, supposed to the extent of 20 persons. Capt. Dalzell, of the Eclipse Steam Packet, sailed the same tide, states that towards the evening the gale, which had been encreasing all day, became quite a hurricane, and that he was for some hours under considerable apprehension (although so well acquainted) of being able to make the entrance of the Clyde, the light being invisible from the density of the spray, and darkness of the night. "In the gale of the 17th inst. the John Echlin, of and for this port, Eustice, master, from Gibraltar, ran on shore near Whitehaven, the cargo (wine and fruit) partly damaged, vessel scarcely expected to be got off." Notwithstanding what has been said above, as neither the boats nor the oars of the Marquis Wellington have yet appeared, it is anxiously hoped that the passengers and crew may have escaped to the Saltees or some other islands. A short time will put an end to the state of painful suspense in which the feeling mind must necessarily remain, while their fate remains unknown. =====================