The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-26 00:00:00

WRECK OF THE BRIG SUPERP.

The following i:ae been received at Lloyd's, from the
Foreign-office, dated Nov. 24 :
Sr,-1 ani directed by Viscount Palmerston to transmit
to you for the information of the Committee of Lloyd's,
the copy of a despatch received from her Majesty's Con-
sul at Cagliari, containing information respecting the
wreck of the British brig Superb.
I am, Sir, your obedient humble srrvant,
William Dobson, Esq. LEVESON.
Cagliari, Nov. 4, 1840.

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My Lord,-1 received by express from our Vice-Consul
at St. Antiveo, the unfortunate intelligence of the wreck
j of the English brig-schooner the Superb, commanded by
i Captain Well Melhwish, and loaded with a cargo of
marble. alabaster, oil, and cotton from Leghorn to Liver-
' pool, having met v.itit a heavy storm on her pas-
t sage ; she sunk on the 26:h ult., at Port Pino, in Pal-
i mas Bay. The crew were fortunately saved, and I imme-
diatcly made application to the Viceroy for their admit -
tance to free pratique. The Magistrate, Generale di Sa-
niha, however, found some diffp!ulty respecting their not
' havity, the Leghorn bill of health, but I have done all in
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my power to assist them, and have written to the Vice-
Consul on the subject. At the same time, lam happy to
inform your Lordship that I have at present an English
vessel in this port, called the Isabella, of Guernsey, loading
\salt for Rio Janeiro, the: Captain of which may perhaps
be induced'to, give them a passage to Gibraltar, from
which port it may be easy to find a passage home. I
have also to inform your Lordship that I have this moment
heard from the master of the Doges boat that there is
arrived at Palmas Bay another English bark dismasted ;
but I have.as yet received no information from our Vice.
I Consul, but I shall slot fail to give your Lordship full in-
formation on the receipt. We have several other wrecks
oil this coast of French and Neapolitan vessels.

I have the honour, &c., &c.,
(Signed) GEORGE BOMEESTER

MEMORANDUM IN A BOTTLE FOUND AT SEA.

A slip of } aper, found in a bottle picked up at sea on
,the 9th instant, by a Frenchman, in the neighbourhood of
the Tower of Chassiron ( Ile d'Oleron), has been forwarded
to Lloyd's by Mon. Ft-ed. Gautier, the French Consul in
London, of which the following is a copy:—
" Thursday, December 31, 1839.

" Quebec, going to New York, about 500 miles from
the Banks of Newfoundland; wind right ahead of us—
almost a dead calm. " THOMAS POPE."

SHIPWRECKS.

THE CITY OF BRISTOL STEAM-PACKET.
BRISTOL, WEDNESDAY NIORNING.—A letter was re-
ceived by the Company from Mr. Lunell by last night's
mail, which states that two more bodies have been washed
ashore ; one that of a deck passenger, and the other that
of Purnell, one of the crew. Mr. Lunell states also that
an inquest was held on the bodies on Monday, but he
omits to mention what the verdict was. The evidence,
no doubt, was the same in substance as that which was
contained in Mr. Lunell's letter which I sent you yester-
day. The Swansea steamer brought up the bodies of the
captain and the third steward last night, also seventy pigs
that were washed ashore and saved. There is yet no in
formation as to tile passengers who were on board ; but I
shall wait till the latest moment in the expectation of the
arrival of the Irish steamers which are due this morning.
TOTAL WRECK OF THE BRIG GRECIAN OF WATERFORD,
AND LOSS OF THE CREW.—A letter, posted at the COM.
mercial-rooms last evening, gives the distressing intelli-
gence of the loss of this vessel off Bideford. It states
that in the heavy squall of Saturday morning last the brig
Grecian, of Waterford (James Buckland master) struck
on a reef of rocks, and immediately went to pieces, and
all on board perished.
RUMOURED WRECK OF ANOTHER LARGE STEAMER.
The greatest anxiety prevails here in consequence of the
non-arrival of the President, and great apprehensions for
her safety arose last night in the Commercial-rooms, in
consequence of a very respectable merchant of this city,
who had just arrivcu from Swansea, bringing the intelli-
gence of the wreck o' another large steamer off Ilfra-
combe, on Saturday, during the gale. The gentleman
stated that he was informed by Captain Lock, master
of one of the Ilfracombe traders, that on Saturday
morning he, with others, were standing on the
Lantern-hill, at Ilfracombe, when they saw a very large
steamer making her way in the Channel under the stress
of weather, tile sea was then running very high, when
a sudden squall, with rain came on, and shortly afterwards
upcn their looking out, the steamer was no where to be
seen, and that in the c,inrse of the day several pieces of
wreck bet Inging to a handsome steamer were washed on
share, and among them a mahogany cabin door, numbered
28, with gilt mouldings. I have learned also from other
sources that similar pieces of wreck have since been seen,
and consequently, with a view to ascertain whether the
pieces of wreck could be a portion of the unfortunate City of
Bristol, I have made inquiries at the office, and find that she
had no such door on board, her doors being plain mahogany,
and not being numbered. As there is no steamer trading in
this channel overdue, if this rumour be true, it must have
been some vessel driven out of her course by the fury of
the wile. lam most anxious not to excite unnecessary
alarm by stating it to be the President, but feel bound to
give the rumour, vessels arc frequently driver, by stress of
weather into the Bristol Channel instead of St. George's.
ELEVEN A 1a...--The Irish steamers now due are not in,
and will not, therefore, arrive in port till this evening's
tide. so that we are without further information from that
quarter.
The Swansea packet, which arrived last night, and also
a :,team-tug, saw portions of the wreck of a steamer off Il-
fracombe, and they rlso have the same rumour as was con-
veyed from Ilfracombe of its being the President.