The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-04-23 00:00:00

81JNKIIN TILEASURE.

On the Rh of October, 1790, the La Latins, 39 gnu
frigate, was totally lost near the eutrenos of the Mles,
and all on board (except oneaperished. She had on board
• Isar amount of Vow, It is scud upwards of £400,000
eh bad been shipped on board for the supply of our
army than engaged In Holland under the Primo of
Orange. The French having invaded that country the
sunken vessel was subeequestly discovered, and
nonseroas efforts or attempts were made to recover the
specie, but felled owing to the insurmountable dill-
eulties snountend from the exceetive current which
swept over it. At one period of the year the wreck wee
completely btuisid in a sandbank, and at other periods
Ii wee quits free. At length e company was formed at
Aaebudom for the porpoise of rooming the efforts to
recover the @peel*, end a chase was introdueed into
their plans by the Government, that the salvors would
be entitled to one-helf of the mode so recovered, the
other half to the King of Holiand._Thovosio
of the underwriter' Le England, whets,
ristild he observed it wee insured, and who
had paid the total loss, but no stipulations were made to
Inure their interest. by the estopeey. Indeed by that
time all the seta.l underwriters were deed and the
relatives from want of information took no stops in the
matter, allereby their intonate would hese .
Per vearellhe company persevered without much moms.
Divers wended in getting dont to the wreak, but
were only able to work at it ball hours' interval melt
tide, end then only when the me wee very smooth, and
the tides at their sleekest menet. Eventually, the
divers got at some of the trainee, end acme considerable
animist of spode we. recovered. The sleet amount has
sever been serreetly aosnaised ; bet some £35,000 wee
paid over to the King of Holland, ea his share, Ia
amordenee with the eampaity's agreement, who having
DO claim on it had it transmitted to the underwriters at
Lloyd's, I. whose custody the amount still nonaloa.
The sterehleg for more of the specie is still coetiemd,
when the weather permits, aod the locality when the
wreck lies is closely watched and protected by a guard.
A great steel of property wee recovered, sash SI plate,
kn., belonging to the onsets who perished, and these
were restored to the relatives. An thmint carved table
contracted out of the timber of the wreck he. ream*
been placed in the eoetrottlae-rooln of Lloyds, together
with the ship's bell end shale. • silver tablet let in
the table bears the following inscription, " H. 8.111.
ship Ls Lows, arm frigate, oinusaisiled by CmOsin
Lanneelot ye.er, a.m., belled from Yarmouth Roads
as the morning of the 9th of Oeteber. 1799. with • large
among of wedis on hoard, and wee wrecked off the
Island of libiLnd, the same eight, when ell heeds woe
lost newt one men. The rudder of which this table is
made, and the rudder. chain and hell whin the table
supporta, were recovered from the wreak of the ill-fated
vessel in the year 1869, together with part of the speak,
which is sow Is ensiody of the committee for moneging
the affairs of Lloyds. December, MK"

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Cety of Baltimore. Intl. latter earmaity the defeedant
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siteatioe es • milliner in New York. He paid him
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