The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-23 00:00:00

THE STRANDING OF THE SHIP WAGOOLA.

FOLKESTONE, SATURDAY'.
A protracted inquiry, directed by the Board of
Trade, has been held at the Customs baggage de-
partment of this port, before Capt. Harris, H.C.S ,
the nautical assessor to the Board of Trade, assisted
by Mr. O'Wowd, the solicitor to the Customs, re-
specting the conduct of the coast-guard, on. the
occasion of the recent stranding of the ship Wagoola,
bound to China, in East Ware Bay, between this
' place and Dover. At the investigation at Green-
wich, before Mr. Traill, into the circumstances
attending the wreck of the ship, it was stated that
la quantity of the cargo, wines, &c., had been
plundered while the coast-guard were in charge,
and the present proceedings were ordered.
A series of charges were preferred by Captain
Russell, the agent of Lloyd's Salvage Association,
accusing some of the coast-guard in this district of
either complicity or neglect with respect to robbery
of wrecked goods from the Wagoola ; to wit, the
abstraction from cases saved from the ship and
placed on the beach, under their charge, of 410
bottles of port and sherry, 162 bottles of cham-
pagne, 60 bottles of brandy, 130 bottles of gin,
6 casks of ale, 2 cases of fruit, 1,000 tins of sardines,
and several bales of goods.
Mr. Longcroft, solicitor of Havant, appeared for
Lloy'ds ; Mr. Fox, for the coast-guard, and Mr.
Beverley, for the Customs. Captain Heath, of her
Majesty's ship Dauntless, and Captain Rich, R.N.,
the inspecting commander for the district, attended
on behalf of the Comptroller-General of the Coast-
guard.
The proceedings excited much interest, but in
consequence of Capt. Harris prohibiting the pub-
lication of the evidence, saying it beena rivate
inquiry, although the charge had pub-
licly made at the Greenwich Police-court, we are
unable to give the facts. We are informed, how-
ever, that some extraordinary revelatiuns were
Lc o
made, and it was clearly proved that cousiderable
plunder had taken place, but by when% is yet to
be stated. The answer to the charge as
of the cases were landed onpthtye
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:hine thatth some
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plunder,e
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been
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esehmipmp
ietdt,e ea mby
the people brought
down by Lloyd's agents, that there were facilities
for the abstraction of the goods during their con-
veyance to the CommercialrvigDileonekees.
A number Docks,
were and that the
coastguard had
of h
usedte
eve
coastguard
be present during the inquiry.
The witnesses for Lloyd's were ordered out of
court at the close of the proceedings., which occupied
eight days.
Captain Harris, without expre'ssin.g any opinion,
said he would forward his report to the Board of
Trade:
use;

WILD ANIMALS IN THE 72UNJAIJE.—The news
from the Punjaub is not of any importance, if we except
the alarming annual loss of Vie occasioned by the ravages
of wild animals. From a tabular statement showing the
number of wild beasts destroyed, and the loss, of human
life caused by them in this province during the past year,
we learn, with great regret, that the latter it I absolutely
appalling. The number of children alone ame lints to four
hundred and sixty-seven. The largest casuals aes are prin-
cipally in the Umritsur division, for the city tof that name
lost forty-two, Goordaspore one hundred and. fa. rty-four, and
Sealkote one bucked and eistrone.—BotiOal r Telegraph,

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