The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-05 00:00:00

TIIE RECENT STORM.

GREAT YARMOUTH, Wednesday.
The George Kendall, which was lost on the Cross
Sand early on Tuesday morning, and which was the
indirect cause of the dreadful disaster at Gorleston,
was a full rigged ship of 1,300 tons. She was of
and from Liverpool to Hull with a cargo of cotton
seed, &c., and was commanded by Captain Hurst.
One of the owners, Mrs Gibson, a young man about
23 years of age, was on board. There was a crew,
including the captain, of 22 hands. All the crew,
with Mr. Gibson, were in the lifeboat when it
capsized. Six of the life-boatsmen and 19 of the
crew of the ship were drowned—in all 25 souls.
Among those lost are Captain Hurst, Mr.
Gibson, the mate (a foreigner), the steward,
and most of the seamen. The men saved were
Henry Heath, William Harrold, James Best, and
Henry Smith. The six Gorleston men lost were T.
Morley, leaving a wife and four children; J. Leg-
gett, single ; N. S. Spurgeon, wife, and one child ;
C. llannant, wife, and one child; W. Moss, wife,
and three children ; and T. Sheen, wife, and four
children. In addition to the body of Sheen, already
reported as picked up, another body washed ashore
on Tuesday morning, but it has not yet been identi-
fied. 'The body of a well-attired man, supposed to
be that of Captain Hurst, has been driven on to the
beach near Lowestoft. In the pockets of the de-
ceased were several sovereigns and other moneys.
It is asserted that great carelessness was exhibited
in the management of the fishing lugger, otherwise
the catastrophe might have been avoided.

LOWESTOFT, Tuesday.
The brig Queen Victoria, Mitchell, of Shields,
for London with coals, was driven on the Barnand
Sand this afternoon and soon went to pieces. The
crew, eight in number, were all drowned, with
the exception of Simon Temple, carpenter, who was
saved by the Pakefield lifeboat. The Kessingland
lifeboat was also launched, but was unable to save
any of the crew. Both boats had great difficulty
in getting off, owing to the boisterous state of the
weather.

SUTTON, LINCOLNSHIRE, Tuesday.
The Birmingham No. 1 lifeboat on this station
has again performed a very arduous and successful
service. Yesterday the lifeboat's crew were for-
tunately assembled, the gale which had been blow-
ing with great violence being then at its height.
About noon a large brig was seen drifting along
the coast to the northward in a very disabled
condition, her mainmast gone, the whole of the
remaining sails blown to atoms and fluttering in the
wind, and signals of distress flying in the rigging.
The life-boat was launched in the most tremendous
sea that has ever been seen off the coast. It was a
long and arduous task to pull through the surf, but-
it brought out the good qualities of both men and
boat in a most admirable manner. So huge were
the billows that the boat was often completely lost
to tight. At last sail was got on the boat, and she
started gallantly in pursuit of the distressed brig.
It was a most interesting and heartrending sight to
see the chase—a race truly of life and death. The
ship at last struck on a jutting point of land off
Ingold Mills, about 10 miles distant from Sutton,
just as the boat overtook her. A communication
was then effected between the sbip and the life-
' boat, and the crew of seven men were rescued and
brought safely ashore in an exhausted state, and
were very thankful for the help of the lifeboat.
The ship proved to be the Clarinda, of
Sunderland, and was bound to that port from
Ostend in ballast, and she had been overtaken by
the gale on Sunday when off Hartlepool. She was
thoroughly disabled, and has since broken away
and driven completely ought of sight.
The lifeboats of thelnstitution at Margate, Holy
Island and North Sunderland (Northumberland),
Withernsea (Yorkshire), Theddlethorpe (Lincoln-
shire), Blakeney and Yarmouth (Norfolk), L'wes-
toft and Kessingland (Suffolk), Rye (Sussex), and
Fishguard (South Wales), have also been out with
the view of rendering assistance to the crews of dis-
tressed vessels. It will be observed that the life-
boats of this Institution have been incessantly en-
gaged, night and day, during the recent heavy gales,
and they have rescued nearly 200 persons from
various shipwrecks.

RAILWAY AND OTHER COMPAYIES.

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DUBLIN TRUNK CONNECTING.

An extraordinary general meeting of this company
was held on Tuesday at the Westminster Palace
Hotel; Mr. S. D. Williams, jun., in the chair.
The report was of considerable length. It stated
that under the Act of 1867 a meeting was held on
the sth of September last, when four of the old di-
rectors retired from the board, and Messrs. S. D.
Williams, jun., W. 13. Patrick, W. C. Smith, and
F. R. Bluett were chosen by the shareholders in
their stead. At the first ensuing board meeting
Mr. S. 1). Williams, jun., was elected chairman of

the company. In the course of the investigations
of the new directors they found that the land pur-
chased for £2,515 was merely a nominal value, and
the works actually executed, including 25 per cent.
for profit, was only about £4,000, and were wholly
useless ; but such as they were--the plant and a
promissory note of the late secretary for £1,750—
constituted the only possessions of the company ;
while to obtain thoso worthless assets the former
directors had expended money and incurred known
liabilities to the amount of £92,361. Of this sum,
£63,896 had already found or was in process of
finding its way into the pockets of the promoters of
the scheme. The sum of £7,800 had been expended
in " buying back" shares for the purpose of " rig-
ging the market." The late board had allowed
judgments to be obtained against the company for
£28,649, the items of which were fully explained in
the report, and that the judgment creditors hail
begun their scramble for the shareholdsms' money ;
but the present directors trusted, from information
in their possession, that the company would b 3 en-
abled to obtain restitution.

The CHAIRMAN said the meeting had been con-
vened to consider and decide on what steps should
be taken, and also in the hope that the late directors
and others interested in the promotion of the under-
taking would attend to give exi lanations with a
view to remove impressions which the investigation
of the affairs of the company had made on those
who had inquired into them. lie complained that
a few gentlemen of influence and high standing
had allowed their names to appear on the Board
and in the prospectus, which had induced him and
others to apply for shares in the company, believing
from that circumstance that it was a bona fide con-
cern, and that its affairs would be safe in their hands.
They should, at least, make some compensation for
the losses the shareholders had thus incurred.
Mr. J. MULVANY, the valuator, and Mr. MAL-
LET; one of the engineers of the company, said
they did not at all agree with the viewo of the coin-