The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-31 00:00:00

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STORM AND SHIPWRECKS. them some useless horsEs to changel;iliiii for others.
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GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. !The captain, finding that the • lesa ts'ltmg tune,
(From the John o' Groat Journal.) I shouted to them from the s, ; wer being
On Saturday last, the weather, which had for some made, he fired ofr a pistol to call !he Acation, but
time previous been of the most pleasant character, no one appeared. Then one of the Ii
suddenly changed, and we were visited with a very spoke in his own language to those ontiareppowvirn- -
severe gale from the E.S E., accompanied by a heavy mediately afterwards the sailors were seen rittainig--
fall of rain. Fortunately, the sea did not instantly in o the water, attempting to escape from the In-
assume a serious position, so that the boats and v-s- dians. 'I he mate (Randall) and a sailor were
drowned, another s. _or sois k lied by a shot trorn
sels in the bi y h .d sufficient time to make for pitief-s of
shelter. Somema le for Sinclair's Bay—astearner load, the Indians, and ti., reinaii,Lg tidee el-0 carried off
ing herrings I roce-ded southwards, and those for whom prisoners.
there was sufficient w,..ter in the harbour, made the While this was pass:ng on the coast, the five In-
best of their way there. No casualty, connected with diens on board suddenly attacked the rest of the pee-
our shipping, resulted from the gale—but, during ple, consisting of six men, including the captain.
the darkness of the evening, the sloo Cruiser, of 1 They killed the latter in a most barbarous manner,
Douglas, Isle of Man, laden with herrings, from wounded the second mate, George Wright, in the
Fraserburgh to Bristol,' went ashore in the neigh- I back, threw overboard Mr. William Douglas, the
bourhood of Keiss. The captain mistook Noss freighter of the vessel, and another person, both of
Head for Duncansbay Head, and thus furnished whom they afterwards picked up out at sea, when
another to the many arguments in favour of a light- they had killed the catitilia.
house on the former headland. It is expected the 1 The second mate and the rest of the sailors then
Cruiser may be got off. At the height of the storm ! defended themselves. The Indians became pacified,
the scene, towards the sea, was terrific. The white- ' saying, in had Spanish, mixed with worse English,
crested waves, broken as it were to drops, by the !that they would nut kill the good sailors. " Mari-
violence of the gale, drove across our shores with ' nero Bono no killed," are their words, as entered in
fearful Doi-E., impelling the vessels before them— the log-book.
several with bare poles. On the land also the sight Soon after several Indians came off in a launch,
was fearful. Several houses in the country were un- steered by one of the captured sailors. They
roofed, and hayricks were scattered before the wind. plundered the ship, giving the preference to an.
In our own immediate neighbourhood, we are happy I tidies of brass over everything else, even before gold
to say, no other damage to property was done. The and silver. The captain's body they threw into the
crew of the Cruiser had previously got safely ashore sea, horribly mutilated, with the head almost severed
and although it was at one time feared the vessel from the trunk. They carried off Mr.Dougias, and left
would be driven to pieces, yet she stood it out. behind them on board ten or a dozen of their own
THURSO, AUGUST 25, 1847. people. On the following day they returned in the
The Britannia, of Ardrossan, began to drift from boat, managed by the sailors, their prisoners. The
her anchorage, in Scrabster Roads, about eleven current carried them away some distance from the
A.M on the 22d instant, which, when perceived by Avon. They made the shore again, and again
the crew, they endeavoured to cut away one of her pushed for the ship, which they reached. They took
masts, but it did not come down at the time, so that off everything that had been collected ny the Indians,
the vessel continued drifting, and struck on the which they had left on board the day before ; made
rocks below the house of Fennyland (west the sailors convey them on shore in the boats; and
of Thurso) by twelve o'clock. This being about having disembarked themselves and their plunder,
the strongest of the gale, she was no time on sent off the .;ailors who had not been attacked on
the rocks, until, by the violence of the sea, one of her shore ; they remained with Mr. Douglas and the
masts—the cut one—went overboard. Her bottom three men whom they had seized from the beginning.
then gave way, and her stern came out, part of which, The sailors having returned on board, put to sea
along with some of the cargo, came ashore. The for this port. The second mate (Wright), who has
whole of the crew were at this time in great danger come in command of the vessel, is cured of his wound.
every moment, as the sea was incessantly rolling over Such are the particulars which appear in the log-
the vessel, and they could find no place of safety, as book. The regularity of the statement, and the
the whole ship was giving way. The scene further details which we have heard from a competent
gathered a number of people on the shore, and, person who examined the people on board, leave us
through the exertions of the coast guard, se- no room to suspect their exactness, much less since
venal shipmasters, sailors, fishermen, and lands- they affirm that Mr. Douglas and three men are alive
men, five of the crew were got ashore. In doing with the Indians.
so they were often exposed, and in great danger
of their own lives. The way of getting the men
ashore was by a rope from the vessel to the shore.
The sea, at the same time, was tremendous, and a
flowing tide. One of the men who was drowned was
the first seaman who left the vessel. The master
abode by the ship until all had left him, and as his
crew, one after the other went, he gave them instruc•
tions how to manage themselve on the rope. He him.•
self was lashed to the vessel, and was standing on the
outside on the chains; but the rope somehow loosened
from the vessel, and he was thus unfortunately left
on the wreck, for no help could be given him until
the tide receded, which was not until seven o'clock.
He remained in that situation for some hours,
when he gave them signs of life by holding up
his hand occasionally. But, the vessel shifted
about, and some of the spars came down about
where he was. - The spectators saw no more of him,
as he was gone from the lashings, so that the captain
and a seaman found a watery grave. Their bodies
have not yet been found. Captain M'Millan was
also owner of the unfortunate vessel. She was from
Cronstadt, laden with rye-meal for Ireland. The
vessel is a total wreck. Most of the cargo is now
landed; almost all the outsides of the bags are wet,
but the insides are dry. It is said that some of the
rye is very old. The following are the names of the
crew :—Captain Alexander M'Millan, belonging to
Annan, drowned; John Corner, seaman, Saltcoats,
drowned ; Duncan Campbell, Saltcoats; Charles Sin
clair, Arran James Hamilton, Saltcoats ; Nei
M'William, Arran ; Robert Crawford, ditto—al
saved:

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TAT l'E RS A LL'S—YESTERDAY.
The only betting worthy of notice was on the St.
Leger, for which Eryx, who but two days since was
returned at 20 to 1, came prominently into: notice; at
least six or seven hundri d pounds having been laid out
upon him at 11, 10, and finally 9io 1. Van Tromp, of
course, went out of tay. ur, the odds quoted h.ving b en
currently off red at the close— more woubi li'ave been
laid had there been any one to b ick loin. 11 to 9 was
offered on Cossack, and 6 to 1 taken iir two or three
quarters shout Planet, hut aiterwards generally off-red.
Philosopher and the other nors,s quoted, although
backed ccasionally, were only nominally in the market
at the finish. Closu.g averstes:—
LEAMINGTON STAKES.
ti 1 agst Mr. M,ori 's 1t ondog
4 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfi,,d'r; Game Lass filly
ST. LEG. it
11 to 8 on Mr. Peihey's Co sack
6 to 1 agst iMr. Mostyn's Pl:net
9 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Er) x (10 to 1 t freely)
10 to 1 agst Lord Eglinr.n's Van Tromp •
17 to 1 agst Mr. Fox's Philosopher
30 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Mr. Martin—taken
40 to
.1 agst Mr. M0...t) ries Swallow—taken
50 to 1 agst Major Yartiurgh's Sally Maggs
Miss Sarah is scra shed for her Doncaster engagements.
GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.
7 to 1 agst Colonel Peet'. Palma
8 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Sagacity
9 to 1 agst Mr. Merri's
10 to 1 agst Captain Kennedy's Sir Tatton Sykes
15 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's King of Morven—taken
DONCASTER CUP.
2 to 1 taken about War Eagle
Offers to back the field agst the Hero.
DERBY.
13 to -1 egst Mr. Mostyn's Surplice
1.000t0.60 agst Mr..Bowes's Springy Jack—taken
1,000 to 40 agst Mr. John Day's Nil Desperandurn—t
"1,250 to 25 agst Colona Anson's Backbiter—taken
5,000 to. 90 agst Mr.'Worlil'iCaversham—taken.

The Triad of Dundee, Captain Chapman, was pul
ashore, on same day, at Downreay, near Sandside
laden with oatmeal, oats, and butter ; all hands
saved, but hard put to. The vessel is a complete
wreck—scarcely a vestige of either ship or cargo to
be seen. But I have yet to mention a more melan-
choly catastrophe, occasioned by the same gale. I
have, this morning, spoken to the master of a fishing
smack who has come from the west. He told
me of a large ship that was put ashore on Ferrit
Head, west of Loch Eriboll. Sixteen bodies had
come ashore from her, and two bales of goods ad-
dressed to Quebec. He did not know where she be-
longed to. It is thought she was in this bay a few
d•tys ago.
CROMARTY.—Here the Belgian war schooner
Louisa and Mary was driven ashore on the north
bank, having parted from both anchors. By the aid
of an anchor from the French man-of-war Griffon
she was safely got off in about three hours.
FRASERBURGU, AUG. 22.—We have had a tre-
mendous day, and I regret to inform you that a boat
belonging to Buckhaven, William Robertson, mas-
ter, who fished at Wick to Mr. David Simpson, went
down off Rosehearty this afternoon, and all on board
have perished. Another boat was close by at the
tirae, from which a rope was thrown, but the poor
fellows lost their hold of it, and the gale was so fear-
ful at the time that the boat could not put back to
their relief. Two of the boats that left \Vick have
arrived here, and from them I learn that there were
four men on board. Six or seven others passed
this during the day, and we have reason to fear that
more have perished. During the gale a sloop went
ashore on the sands, and Captain Manby's apparatu.•
being immediately employed, a rope was con‘.eyed to
the vessel, by means of which the lite-boat was hauled
off to her, and the men were all brought safely
ashore. The crew consisted of the master, a man,
and a boy, and a female passenger. Her name is
the Lively of Inverness. The two boats came in
about seven o'clock, just at the tine the vessel was
going ashore, so that you may well judge of the
state of excitement into which the town has been
thrown.

• AQUATICS.
ST. OLA VE'S REGATTA.

The St. Oiave's ("Cooley-street) Regatta took place
yesterday, for a new boat and other prizes, subscribed
by the influential residents of tho vicinity. It was in
four heats, with six competitors; was well contested, and
attracted a vast number of spectators.

LERWICK, AUG. 23 —During a tremendous squall
which came on from the east yesterday morning about
one o'clock, three boats were driven on shore. Ihe
storm continued with unabated fury for about two
hours, when it moderated, and remained nearly calm
from nine A.M. -to one r m. At that hour it commenced
blowing from N.N.E. to N., and six boats were soon
after driven on shore, and all more or less damaged. The
boat hence on her passage to Sunburg Head was lost,
with three men, viz., James Hardie, saihnaker, Peter
Hunter, sailor, of this place, and Jeremiah Malcom-
son, of Dunrossness, fishcurer ; all have left families
to mourn their loss.
TONGUE, TUESDAY, AUG. 24.—We had a dreadful
hurricane here on Sunday, and much loss at sea has
been the consequence al.ng our northern shores.
The Durness postman brings the disastrous tidings
of the total wreck of a three-masted emigrant
ship, with upwards of 300 passengers on the rocks
at the " Far-out-Head," in Durness—not a soul is
spared, all have perished—and the ship is a total
wreck ; only seventeen bodies have as yet come on
shore. The headland where the vessel struck is a
bold unapproachable place. It is reported that the
vessel is from Hull; but you may have seen more
authentic accounts from other quarters. The magis-
trates, I understand, are on the spot. The vessel is
the Canton, of Hull ; but as no proper accounts have
yet been got of the number of passengers on board,
all is taken from surmise, by there being a great
deal of clothing and chests coming ashore. The
seventeen bodies are said to be those of seamen.—
Aberdeen Herald.

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MURDER OF THE CAPTAIN AND
PART OF THE CREW OF AN ENGLISH
VESSEL.
(From the Commereio del Plata.)
On Saturday, the 3d of July, the English brig
Avon, of Liverpool, appeared in front of our port,
and anchored outside; she did not enter or communi-
cate with the shore till yesterday, the sth. It was
then ascertained that she comes from the river Santa
Cruz, coast of Patagonia, where events as extraordi-
nary as lamentable has befallen her. The following
are the particulars we have collected, extracted from
°
the ships log, and related by the individuals on board
of-the vessel, the only sources of information at pre-
sent available :
onthes ago,
inuarnhade.
The Avon, Captain John Eaton, proceeded from
Liverpool to Patagonia, in search of minerals.
orn
She
arrived rasri vheadd, since
nhceer destinationthen
fr eguabout
and
eight
friendly nl
cation w ith the Indians who occupy the regions
touched at. When in the bay known by the English
as Watchman Cape, and which is in the 48th degree of
south latitude, Capt. Eaton made a con tact to carry
some
caorng,o furtherhe eiientered
e d
.south.. On his watt:to the point
agreed
the river Santa Cruz, 'a hose
mouth and port are in 50 S. chiefly to water. He
had been there on previousoccasions, and maintained
friendly intercourse with the Indians of thatiight or
southern bank of that river.
purpose of arranging the On • the 13th of May
last one of the sailors, who hadon shore for the
went in gone
purchase ofsome horses, made
signal for the boat to be sent to him. Captain Eaton
Person, and entered into communication with
the Indians of the left bank, who, although they
had formerly shown themselves less well disp.sed than
those of the right, received him, neverthelw,s, in a
friendly manner, and even requested to be allowed to
go on board; Five of them accordingly accompanied
the captain. In the' meantime, Mr. Randall, the
mate, Jamei Daniels, steward, James M‘Mudin and
John Stewart, seamen ; and James Watson, an ap-
prentice, went ashore in the launch, taking with