I Shall give you an Account from hence , as I received it from a faithful Hand , of the loss of the Gloucester Frigot , which was thus :

Sir John Berry Commander of the Gloucester Frigot , having received on Board the said Ship His Royal Highness in Margaret Road , in order to his Voyage for Scotland , set Sail from thence with a fair Wind , the Weather continuing very Fair , attended by the Ruby , Happy Return , the Dartmouth , and Pearl Frigots , with several Yatches , and several Persons of great Quality , both of England and Scotland , attending His Royal Highness on the Seventh Instant : At Night they came about 16 Leagues off the Mouth of the Humber , about which place lies a Sand called the Lemon-Oar , and whether by the unskilfulness , or wretched neglect of the Pilot , God knows the aforesaid Ship in which His Royal Highness was , and many other Persons of Quality , run on Ground upon the said Sands , about Ten of the Clock at Night ; but it pleasing God that the Weather proving Fair and not Stormy , that the Ship did not presently Burst , nor did not immediately Sink , but lay some hours e're She Sank ; so that the Duke , and some others , as many as the Long Boat could hold , had time to escape the Danger and ventur'd to Sea , and got safe aboard on one of the Yatches , but for the rest remaining on board , the Ship foundring before any Boats could come to their Assistance , all perished , among whom was the Lord Roxborow , the Lord O Bryan , the Lord Hollis , Lord Hume , Lord Dowglass , Sir Christopher Musgrave , Sir James Hyde , Mr. Clifton , and an English Lady , whose name we cannot as yet learn ; all the Dukes Cooks but one , all his Footmen , and all the rest of his Servants , Sir Charles Scarborow was miraculously saved ( as we suppose ) on some piece of the Ship . The Captain , Sir John Berry , was also lost with his Brother , Captain Berry , and several others who accompanied him : There was in all to the number of three hundred and three Persons , and odd , of which but sixty were saved . The Duke is since safely here to the Joy of his Dutchess , and others who have been to Congratulate his Escape from so great Danger : His Royal Highness is very sensible , and extreamly troubled at the loss of so many Noble Persons , and others , and of so gallant a Ship . The Pilot is secured in Edinborow . This is all at present , our late Insurrection being fully quieted . I am &c.