The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-22 00:00:00

7HE LOSS OF 7HE BRIG REGARD'

OFFICIAL REPORT.
Sunderland, Dec. 15, Oa
To the Lords of the Committee for Privy Council for Tr:ad'
My Lords,—ln obedience to your instructions, we,
undersigned, two of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for
this borough, assisted by Captains Harris and Baker,ew
tical Assessors to the Board of Trade, have held an cie'
inquiry into the circumstances attending the loss of the
the
built
brig and we have now the honour to report : Thetilet
brig Regard, of the burthen of 291 14-100 tons Was
of this
at Hyltdn, in the county of Durham, in November
present year, and registered at the port of Sunderland; 5:21-
was owned by Mr. Robert Cropton, of this port, and
W a
commanded by Mr. Thomas Parker Marshall, who he'S
certificate of competency as Master, dated the 13th AP Pf,r
1859. The Regard sailed from Sunderland on the morning °'
the 12th November last, bound for Barcelona, with ar°
of coals. The crew consisted of 10 hands, all told. Nothing
of any moment occurred until • 2.40 a.m. of the 151118
of the same month, when Orfordness Light was soen on
starboard bow, at a distance of five or six miles, the WittiaLai,,so
that time being from the N.N. E., and the course steerty
to nearly the period of the wreck was S.W. and byS
the ship's speed was represented to be about eight WO at:
hour, with all plain sails set. At 3.30 a.m., the ShiPlvsB,i,
Light is stated to have been seen bearing N.W.Laid
N., at a distance of about five miles, and the same eenr;
was continued till 4 a.m., at which time the ShiriL
1/5e
Light was represented to bear when brought down tiv-s
the rigging due north, and the distance at that time ,
computed to be about eight or nine miles. During age
four hours it was flood tide, and the mate, who was in ch:.
of the watch, was aware that it was setting to the weetW.,„, °
t
nevertheless, no precaution appears to have been tag Wag
guard against this westerly set, for the same course
still pursued. At 4.16 a.m., the master relieved the Ins;
and they went down below to consult as to the P
tion of the ship, and they appear to have satisfied the 't;
selves that the ship was in a proper position, and that tile,
course then steered would carry the ship a mile or a Into
and a half to the eastward of the Kentish Knock Light'
eu
assumption which, on reference to the charts, will be seed
to be totally unfounded. Even assuming that they lito
the Shipwash Light at the distance of five miles, the e°
tide)
steeredwould (supposing they had no westerly set of
have taken the ship on to the Kentish Knock sancl• the
culpable negligence in shaping a dangerous course fr°7-t by
Shipwash Light, without verifying their distance froP ,he
a proper cast of the lead, naturally resulted in the loss Qll
ship. From the evidence, it would appear that the hEalcl,l7oo
was hove occasionally. The lead was stated to have been
in weight ; but the ship's way was not stopped, nor we 2:00-
rounded to, and the speed being about eight knots, it seh' at.
very clear to us that no correct soundings could hale 038
taken, particularly when wo notice, on reference t°,,,
chart, that the depths of water would be from 14
fathoms. Taking all the evidence into our consider fait
we are of opinion that the Regard was lost by the clv—or
of the Master. We have, therefore, deemed it to
painful duty to suspend the Master's certificate of ce7te,
tency for the period of 12 calendar months from this '6
We beg to forward the Master's certificate of coraPet
together with a copy of the evidence taken before tte)go.
also a statement in writing voluntarily put in by the i dot
ter at the close of the examination of witnessed, and
he had been cautioned that he was at perfect liberty
oer''-
frain from making any statement if he thought prop
We have, &a., a P.)
JAMxS WA.RTLEi,
(J'l2.)

Jowl CANDLis
We concur in the above report.
H. HARRIS, I Nautical .--"Se°S°lls.
RT. BARER,

GOUN2.RI MABAL:i

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LEICESTER--SA.TunDAT. 56
N Per
Old white wheat, 58s to 605 ; new, 46s to 5 Atop
stone. Old red, Ns to 538 per 36 stone. Barley, Trots,
new, 34s to 38s per qr.; grinding, 28s to 31s ; 0-,400,
28e to 31s; now oats, 21a to 25a per 24 stone. .1"
new, —s to —s ; old, 42s to 445 per 38 stone.

NORTHAMP TON—SATIIRDAY. 296
New wheat, 46s to 51s ; old, 50s to 565. Barl 280
to 39s per qr. New oats quoted at 24s to 275; 0'4,0 to
to 34s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 39s to 425; new,
38s. Peas, 36s to 44s per qr.

—SATURDAY. Data
White wheat, fromNOTTINGHAM 428 to 63s ; red wheat, 418 t° °AO
Barley—malting, 34s to 42s ; grinding, 28s to 300
a' , 340
old, at 25s to 31s Od ; new, 22s to 265. Beans sold
to 458 per qr. Flour, 41s to 445.

YORK— SATU RDAY. to 24'
200 -- 60
Wheat, red•¢2a to 4 „
White do .50s to 56s Beans ........... 4
44s to 48s 0at5............
to ""
Barley .30s to 368 Peas ......... ....",our, °'
Malt, 64s to 66s per qr. ; rye, 39s per qr.;
to 42s per sack.

NORWICH—SATURDAY. nolea
There was a better supply of wheat, but the e° to tile
being very moderate sales proceeded slowly, at rgas-toPles
turn in favour of the buer, although the beat "
were fully as dear. Floury and barley unaltered. O4lO
3 to ag3n:
White wheat. 46s to 50. Red wheat ........ 4351
Malting barley ... 36s to 37s Chevalier barley..a° to i.-
i
Distilling do . 28s to 30s Oats.. .......... filler•
Flour, 34s Od to —s Od per sack from the vaw

CORK—FRIDAY.
...._sea
The following were the quotations this inorßTLior,l,/:
wheat, 16s Od to 23s 6d ; white, 22s Od to 2780 d, w—gi Od
Od to 15s Od ; oats, 7s Od to 14s Od. ; new here, '
—s Od.

DUBLIN—
0. d• 2 A
1 v
L..
S.
s. d. s. d. .240t0 16 0
Wheat, white.. 30 0t034 0 Beans.. .• • • 3to 0
15
Do., red .. 27 0t032 0 Bore ......... ,0 to "16 6
Do., new .... oto 0 Rapeseed •• • • 15 oto 0 6
Barley
Oats -
Do., black l4 6t016 6 Indian corn ..

-FRIDAY.