The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-09 00:00:00

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TVRECK OF THE ROYAL CHARTER.

THE LIFTING OPERATIONS.
MOELFRA, TuEsDaY•
The "lumper," or lifting apparatus, for which
Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. had sent to Liver-
pool in the early part of last week, arrived here 03
Saturday. The lumper is in appearance something
like a fishing smack. She has a powerful heaving
machine on board, which is worked from the deck,
and with which large portions of the wreck
tharl
e
sure to be hoisted from the position in which e
now lie. Some additional divers were brought from
Liverpool with the lumper, and descents were make
on Sunday forenoon. The divers say that the wree'
lies in a very intricate and,to them,dangerous heap.
They walk beneath some of the heavy machinellt
of the ship, and have to grope their way araius
ironwork. One of them met with a corpse on Seni
day, but was unable to remove it from the mass
timber and iron in which it was entangled.
The Royal Charter was steered with a aplendia,
patent steering apparatus. This the divers succeedeu
in attaching to the, chains of the lumper, and itWaol
hauled up in an almost perfect state; a segrallie
the wheel being the only part broken away. ea
framework to which the patent steerer was attach
e,
when it stood in its place on the ship wasi_subtsbe
quently got up. No gold was discovered oY.al
divers on Sunday. The bullion-room of the BeYit
Charter was about 18 feet up from the keel' f 3
was, as is usual in similar ships, formed out 0.
portion of the stern, to which an iron deck/ Ito
sides, and an iron door were attached. In this r°
the ingots, specie, and dust consigned to part.ies ed
this country were deposited. The gold consito,
to the captain was placed in small cubical taatle
gany boxes, on which were affixed the witted the
captain and that of the party who com led
gold to his custody. These boxes were dePe.sloot
in the bullion-room. That the bullion-rooml9,a
intact, but has been knocked to piece'', is of the
beyond a doubt by the fact that fragmenthave
cubical mahogany boxes, with seals on them, the
within the last few days been found aim
beach. Nevertheless, the professional geeLeirery
who watch the operations of the divers area the
sanguine as to the recovery of the ingots en sale
specie. Of the recovery of the gold dust the
hopes are not entertained. g le in
On Sunday night there was a very heavY-egter
Dullas Bay. The Fury was obliged to seek s'',4 to
round by Moelfra, and to tow the lumPGr, e:00,3
the same place. They both came back to tue;ther
of the wreck on Tuesday morning, but the Webeiag
was too unfavourable to permit of the lumPehrnrs of
got to work. Up to that time only two,. bars
gold has been found ; one, that which the that
brought up last week ; and the other, ,ell-Itoylu
had been picked up by some men of tue, cteani
Nany, in a boat belonging to her Majesty sty's tea
tender the Sea Mew. Nineteen thousand a-t 133.
plates and bars of copper, weighing ab°llreoaet
tons, have been recovered ; and the total e-peos
of money found on the beach and on the ljheere
of the drowned who have been washed 35" e
1280 13s. 3.jid. toe of
On Saturday last the police made a se,l,zhe
several bundles of clothing which some 01 the
lagers of Moelfra had conveyed to their e° these
There was no article of any value a rn. on gsti black
clothes with the exception of a very beautifa
silk dress, which had belonged to some lady Photo'
ger. This discovery, and the fact that som,e by $
graphic portraits had previously been earrisveheo de'
villager to his house, and only given 11P ha
mended by parties who had traced thefe' have
raised suspicions in the minds of those WP.°
lost friends or property on board.

Mr. M'Ca(pFprionm lajnedllell‘firis.l Feelil.r.silest,leolu..)r Osclirecsniltenaft
who were so miraculously saved from the %it'll°
the Royal Charter, have visited our °wee a. rticiv
the last few days, and have given us sera° P,..-seile
lags in
the
reference to their most extraordinarY that
dreadful morning ampoplamliluinggonscetnheesmrtlai
Welsh
Nscoiatsnte.sserrai:;.oiiiroef
urgedtbheeenuat to deliver in public some
until theasttrionapehethforyomletfltiethmeowmreenotkthone clyteliessciert
1411i:tics!
Belfast; and for many such an account w°llh'e 'Pr°'
sess a very melancholy interest. A-ra°Tigt4clso $
pertyo which Mr. M'Cappin had on boarl'AD fr°lll
bx containing several vel,,able rings raao,ol'
gold nuggets, brooches, and other articles oiJarifig
levy, and a valuable silver Orange inedal,„,bhee 10
on one side the image of King William. era
wentst down with the vessel, and after a e's'r see:
oerudle with the raging elements its ovillet del
e in reaching land with his life. Thelle2 0011
havinge got himself temporarily clothed I,lloceot
stray
o.articles as were cast up by the tide, list no-
e n„ the beach searching for some of his lost :01,
along
Pa rtY, when he found, partly embedded. ill the one
of
fsmall nugget, which he at once recognised 01011
the most unique in his collection, and Pr soyel
the most beautiful for its size on board the, resell:l'
Charter. In appearance it bears an e%ac`it were,
blance to a small seal, the quartz being, ¢s it
if' 511,1
seto in the gold, in the same manner as ther,s'-dguam
rdinary seal. Further on, one of the urp-Capr
asked if any one had lost medal. gr. '''' •nti°l/
a erir he
replied that he had, and haaving given --6 ti eas -41.
hofaidt,piatuwlea(si puroduced, and found to be the salieleso-
his box. Howl')small Lulu heafoil lei'v
from the box, were carried on the NvaeBlo ti.,eet
when strong
where they were uncovered by , the reeeulfgr 108,,
these-svitil the nugget and other artvy, to ~,,
and vigorous menn,l
were swallowed by the billows,
the many wonders in connection with tui
ruble occurrence. buastttrleilnliges a°llepsl°‘;