The Sun.
London, England, 1825-02-07 00:00:00

FOR. THE SUN.

DEAL, JAW. 31, 1825.
1%,1 It. EDITOR—You will oblige us by insertion
in TIIE Sus of the accompanying Copies of Correspondence,
reiwieve to the meritorious conduct of forty-two men, forming
*he crews of four boats of this place, in preserving (at the peril
of their own lives) part of the crew of the ship Belina, Captain
Craig, wrecked in a hard southerley gale, on the morning of
the 23d of November last, on the south end of the Goodwin
Sands, DO her voyage from Imedon to Grenada.
We trust the giving publicity on this occasion, to the libera-

4y. of the Royal National Institution for the preservation of
/- Life from Shipwreck, may tend to excite the contributions and
stimulate the exertions, not only of those immediately con-
nected with the Shipping Interests, but also of other benevolent
incliViduals, in aiding the funds, and thereby promoting the
obj2ot of an Institution, alike important and excellent initself,
as it is honourable to the character of this great commercial
country.—We are, Sir, your obedient servants,
GOODWIN, CURLING, and Co.
Agents to Lloyds.

To tlie Right Hon. the Earl of LIVERPOOL, Lord Warden of
the Cinque Ports, &c. &c. &c.
.Itl v Lot d—W e take the liberty to represent to your Lordship,
for :be information of the Royal National Institution for the pre-
s,.zration of life from shipwrecks,—that on the. morning of the
233 inst. the snip Belina, of three hundred and twenty tons,
Capt. Craig, on their voyage from London tel West Indies, was
driven on the South Sand Head, in a heavy gale of wind from
the southward, when thirteen of her crew perished, and Capt.
Craig. the second mate, three seamen and a boy, were provi-
i‘entially saved through the intrepidity, skill, and humanity, of
the crews of the four Deal boats, named in the statement'
enilased, and signed by th -ir respective Masters—the detail
in which we believe to be strictly correct, the number of the
whole being 42. Having ourselves witnessed the destruction
of the Belina, we can testify most positively to the prompt and
praiseworthy exertions of these boatmen, without which the
hole of the crew must have been lost, and that the saving of
a part• was accomplished alone at the peril of their own lives.
lie venture, therefore, to entreat your Lordship's recommen-
ilation of this case to the consideration of the Institution in
onestion; in the hope any reward it. may be enabled to afford
stimulate the boatmen of this coast into -future and similar
exertion ; and we have the honour to be, &e. &c.
(Signed) GOODWIN, CURLING; and Co.
Peal,: Nov. 26, 1824.

On.the same day a letter was written, detailing the circum-
stxrtzes.of the loss of the Belina, and the meritorious conduct
o; the, boatmen, in preserving part of the crew of that ship, to
tb,e Committee for Managing the Affairs of Lloyd's ; and to
w.rich the following answers were received
To Messrs. Goomvx iv, Cunt.' xG, and Co., Deal.
Gentlemen,—l beg to acquaint you that your favor of the
Wth ult., transmitting the statement of the Masters of your
Per.i boats, of the services rendered in saving the master,
second mate, three seamen, and a boy, belonging to the ship
13r1iPa, Craig, from London to Grenada, lost on the Goodwin
5.. nay during the gale of the 23d ult., has'been laid before the
'Committee for managing the affairs of Lloyds, and by their di-
rection sent to the Shipwrick Insti!ution, in order to ascertain
-what sum will be awarded by that Society to the boatmen,, for
liteir gallant and humane conduct on that-occasion.
am, Gentlemen, &e. &c.
JOHN BENNETT.

(Signed)
Lloyds, Dec. 2, 1824.