The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1866.

report, congratulated the proprietors on thefact that
the company was still able to pay a dividend of 10
per cent. per annum.

The report was unanimously adopted, as also a
resolution in favour of making a call of 5 per cent.
on the new stock.

Wreck of the Stalwart.

Mr. J. A. Tillard, of Conington Rectory, St. Ives,
has received the following letter from his son :
FORT PEDDIE, July 6.
We have had a very mournful catastrophe in this
district lately. The Stalwart, an East Indiaman,
from Bombay to Liverpool, went down in a fearful
gale off the coast. The crew took to the boats (three),
and, after being three days out, attempted to land
about a mile from Fish Riyer mouth. Most unfortu-
nately they chose a very bad place, and after passing
the first two breakers the boat struck on a rock, up-
set end over, and 11 out of the crew of 15 lost their
lives. The first mate (Matheson) was among them;
he has left a wife and family, and I think it would be
a charity if you were to write and let her know. I
cannot give you any particulars as to her address, as
the men only know she lives at Glasgow; but I sup-
pose you could find means to find her out. lam
afraid that if she is not written to she may not hear
of it for some time, and then perhaps only the fact
without the particulars. The boat was wrecked on
Monday, June 25. Mr. Edye and I went down the
following day, and remained there three days ; no
bodies were found until Wednesday, when eight
were washed up, the mate among them. Fortu-
nately, there was a chapel-of-ease about four miles
from the spot, where we had them all buried. The
clergyman from Peddie went down with us ; he
examined the mate's body to see if he had any
papers or anything in his pocket or about him that
we could have sent home, but he had not a single
thing. The pockets were all washed inside out by
the sea. From appearances it seems ho must have
been killed by the boat falling over him, as he had a
fearful wound in his forehead, which must have
caused almost instant death. He appears to have
been very much liked by the men. The men were
buried in a piece of ground adjoining the chapel,
which has not yet been enclosed. We have now got
up a subscription for the four survivors, so cannot
get another at once, but we shall try and get it
enclosed, and a tombstone put tip if possible by-and-
bye. If I can give his family any further informa-
tion, or if they wish a tombstone put up for him, I
shall, of course, be happy to do anything in my
power. The sailors say the owners are Finley,
Campbell, and Co., Bombay Shipping Company,
Liverpool and London. One of the three boats,
with the captain and 13 souls, have been picked up
by her Majesty's ship Swallow, but where bound for
Ido not know. Two other East Indiamen have
been wrecked, the Colpain and the Alfred, and I
fear there are several more not yet heard of. The
crews of the Alfred and the Colpain arc all saved.
The gale lasted about seven days, and must have
extended a great distance. I forgot to say the
jolly boats with five souls in, we have heard nothing
of yet, and that the three remaining bodies were
washed up on the Saturday. The four men that
were saved were three seamen and the cook. They
are up here now, and are pretty well recovered.
There were only three passengers on board ; one
De Quadros, a native of Bombay, drowned; a little
boy and girl, names unknown, or at least the sailors
here do not know them. The children of a sur-
veyor in Bombay were in the captain's boat which
was picked up.