The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-27 00:00:00

THE LATE FATAL WRECK OF THE

EXCEL, NEAR CALAIS.

The following correspondence between the English
and French Governments, relative to the bravery and
gallantly displayed by the boatmen and others belonging
to Calais, on the occasion of the fatal wreck of the
schooner Excel, of Weymouth, near that port, has been
received by the Bard of Trade :

" Foreign-office, May 22, 1858.
" Sir,—l am directed by the Earl of Malmesbury to
transmit to you, for the information of the Lords of the
Committee of Privy Council for Trade, a copy of a des-
patch from her Maj,sWe Ambassador at Paris, enclosing
copy of a note from Count Walewski in reply to Lord
Cowley's announcement of the gift of medals, and of the
intended present (.1 a lifeboat by her Majesty's Govern-
ment, in retur❑ for services rendered by the people of
Calais, on the occasion of the wreck of the British
schooner Excel.—l am, Sir, &c.,

" G. HAMMOND.
" J. Booth, Esq., Secretary, Board of Trade."
" Paris, May 16, 1853.
"My Lord,—ln compliance with the instructionscon-
taiced in your lordship's despatch, No. 252, of the 30th
ult., I transmitted to Count Walewski the twenty-one
silver medals and one gold medal, which her Majesty's
Government were desirous of presenting to certain
French subjects, in acknowledgment of the services
rendered by them to the British schooner Excel,
which was wrecked off Calais in the month of
January last; and I requested his Excellency to convey
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"The Earl of Malmesbury, Sec." "COWLEY.
" Pads, May 14, 1858.
"I have received with the letter your Excellency did
me the honour to address me, on the 2d inst., 21 medals
in silver and one medal in gold, presented by her Bri-
tannic Majesty's Government to certain French sub,
I jects, on the occasion of the shipwreck, on the coast of
Ca!ais, of the Excel, belonging to the port of Weymouth.
"In requesting my colleague, the Minister of Marine
and Calonies, to be so good as cause these medals to be
delivered to the parties for whom they are intended, I
have at the came time acquainted Admiral Hamelin that
the Queen's Government, in order to recognise in the
most distinguished manner the services rendered at the
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" To the Right llon. Lord Cowley, &c."

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