The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-23 00:00:00

SUSPICIOUS DISCOVERY ON

CHATHAM ISLAND.
A letter has been received at. Lloyd's from the Foreign-
office, inclosing a copy of a dispatch received from her Ma-
jesty's Consul-General in Central America, dated
A Guatemala, Dec. 3, 1845.
My Lord,—The master of the Black Cat,' of London, who
has just arrived at Iztapa, has given me the following note
respecting the remains he found of the furniture of a vessel
on Chatham Island, situated near the equator, in longitude
about 87. Captain James Davies's account is as follows :
November 10, 1845.

Made the Gallapagos Islands. Being calm, I went on
shore on Chatham Island in search of water, but found none.
At eight A. 31., returned on board, and proceeded along shore
at the rate of 6% knots per hour, for the space of two and-a-
half hours, when the wind died away. A sudden calm abreast
of a deep bay. Lowered my boat, and went on shore myself,
and four hands under arms. On arriving at the bottom of
the bay, in pulling along the shore, my attention
was called to a number of water casks, twenty-five in all,
twenty yards above high-water mark. I then lauded at the
spot, took out the bungs, and finding the greater number of
them full, rolled four of them down to the beach ; left them, as
it still continued calm ; proceeded a short way into the woods
with the boat's crew, when I discovered three poles sticking
into the ground, namely, two top-gallant and lower studding
sails booms belonging to some unknown vessel of about 180
or 200 tons, on which the, American flag was flying all in
tatters ; beneath them a heap of cinders, where there had been
apparently a great fire, and the most valuable of instruments
to mariners had been destroyed and melted, namely, brass
sextants, compasses, and log glasses, knives and forks with•
out number totally burned and destroyed, with the exception
of one knife and fork of buckhorn handle, having the name
of" Rodgers ;" sailors knives, scissors, sewing needles, packing
ditto, fish- hoops, ramrods, gun and musket locks, a heap of but-
tons melted together. Brought away five supposed to be Spanish
gold, date 1787, of the weight of two ounces. Leaving the spot,
on running my sword into the sand it held fast. I picked up
a hoe near the same spot, and digging where I ran my sword
I discovered a cask of beef v ithout pickle, in a putritied
state; tripe, Indian corn, meal, large white round peas, and a
can of castor oil ; a chest containing carpenters' and coopers'
tools, some of them were bran new, having the name of
" Myers," cast steel ; blocks and tins, cooking utensils,
kettles, saucepans, two boilers, one of metal, the other of
copper, muskets without locks, a barrel of common gun
powder, nibs. 9oz. ; clumps of guns, tompions ralsofive pump-
kins, which were in perfect order, with the exception of one.
Proceeded to the boat, and rolled four casks into the water,
one of which, being very large, and the tide having fallen
about fourteen feet, struck on a rock and bilged there. I
suceeded in getting on board, made sail, and Proceeded on
my voyage. At 10 30 A.M. the following day Downes
Island, which is marked doubtful ,in the chart, bearing
distant five miles; latitude observed at noon 33 min.
15 sec. north, longitude 89 deg. 30 min. west. By
having the same inserted in the papers, it may be of ser-
vice to some nation or people, as I attribute the whole to some
piracy or mutiny, from the signs.
Your Lordship may perhaps think it desirable to make this
singular case known at Lloyd's, for general information. - -
At first I was inclined to suspect that this might be the
Toven Cecilia, Peruvian schooner, which disappeared from
the coast of Peru in November, 18-1-1, with a cargo of goods,
of the value of 20,000 dollars, belonging to Mr. William
Turner, a British subject, and which was traced to Realego
and Punta de Arenasin, the republic, where! the Captain,
Santo Bustos, sold some Of the cargo.
On the 13th of February last she called in at Acajuitha, and
was supposed to have proceeded thence to the cost of Mexico,
but the valuable nature of the objects, Captain Davis de-
scribes as having been so deliberately destroyed, and the fact
that a quantity of gold was found melted with the rest of the
things, forbids that supposition, and leaves the cause of this
strange occurauce beyond reasonable conjection.
. I have, &c.,
FREDK. CHATFIELD.

(Signed)

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DEPRECIATION OF THEATRICAL PROPERTY.— On
Thursday Mr. G. Robins. the auctioneer, attended at the Auction Mart,
to sell by auction several renters shares in the Theatre Royal Drury-
lane, there being present several gentlemen connected with the thea-
trical world. In the particulars of sale it was
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a share was entitled to 2s. 6d. a night, but at
lowered to Is. 3d. per night. The auctioneer,
per annum, aced, however stated, the
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had no doubt that next year, in consequence of the able management
of Mr. Bunn it would have an increase of value. For many years
he received 251. for his share per annum. There were four shares,
with a free admission to each, which was said to be worth 3/. 10s.
Two were sold for Cl, guineas each; another for 60 guineas; and the
fourth for 59 guineas. ..„
FLIGLITI OF W FOWL.—On OWL.—Ori F} I lay a large flock of
wild ducks hovered over the river Thames, near Kingston, and flew
in a southern direction.