“J. MERES,
“Lieutenant R.N. Resident Agent for Transports.”
A List of Officers and Passengers, as far as can be collected from the survivors, who perished on board the Arniston Transport, the 30th of May, 1815.
- Lieutenant Brice, R.N. Agent.
- Captain George Simpson.
- 1st Mate, Thomas Hall.
- 2nd Mate, William Young.
- 3rd Mate, William Gibbs.
- 4th Mate, —— Robinson.
- Doctor, —— Gunter.
- Boatswain, John Barrett.
- Carpenter, John Finley.
- Gunner, Thomas Gowan.
Survivors.
- Charles Stewart Scott, (Captain’s Mate).
- Philip Shea,
- Wm. Drummond,
- Wm. Fish,
- Thos. Mansfield,
- John Lewis, Seamen.
Passengers.
- Lord and Lady Molesworth, with a boy aged 7 years old under their care.
- Four children—boys belonging to an officer of the 73 Regt. at Columbo.
- Captain Stoddart, (Royal Scots).
- Mrs. James, with two children, belonging to Point de Galle.
- Mrs. Taylor, Officer’s Widow.
- Miss Twisleton, daughter of the Clergyman at Columbo.
- Mr. Gordon, Commissary, and son, about five years old.
- Lieutenant Callender, 19th Regiment.
Invalids from the 19th, 22nd, 56th, 69th, 84th, and Royal Scots Regiments; and near 100 seamen from the different men of war in India, with 14 women, including passengers, and 25 children, in the whole about 350 people.