The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-19 00:00:00

SHIPPTh G DISASTERS.

Yesterday was one of great excitement at Lloyd's
—almost equal to that witnessed when the loss of
the Royal Charter was announced. This was
mainly attributed to the heavy list of losses or
casualties telegraphed from the various continental
ports along the northern coasts of Europe during
the terrible gales on Thursday and Friday last, and
which at the close of the room represented no fewer
than 66 losses, but, with one exception, it was diffi-
cult to ascertain to what extent the underwriters
were sufferers. The exception was the loss of an-
other Baltic steamer;theLion, a fine first-class steam
ship, upwards of 1,200 tons burden. She was one
of several ordered out of Cronstadt last Wednesday,
when the ice began to accumulate in the gulf.
There were large consignments of tallow waiting at
St. Petersburg to be shipped by her, but whether
she took any on board has not yet transpired. The
telegram received yesterday announcing her loss is
dated Wisby, on the island of Gotland, and it re-
presented the wreck to have occurred at Ostergarn.
The ship was partly insured in the room, and the
remainder among the marine offices. The non-ar-
rival of the North Briton, Canadian steamer, from
Montreal and Quebec, now due several days, also
caused great anxiety. In the early part of the
morning a telegram was received from Lloyd's agent
at Londonderry, reporting several shipping disasters
at Boston, from which it was inferred by some of
the officials that the news must have been brought
by one of the two overdue Canadian steamers, and
accordingly an entry was made in the arrival-bcok
that " steamer had arrived at Londonderry,
from Quebec." This announcement led to the san-
guine hope that it was the North Briton, and the
inquiries became so numerous towards the afternoon
that the committee directed a telegraphic message
to their agent at Londonderry for information.
About three o'clock an answer was returned that no
steamer had arrived there, and that the shipping
news telegraphed had come by the Baltimore
steamer on Saturday. As may be supposed, this
led to an advance in her premiums fi ern 10, 15, to
20 guineas. The extent of business done au her,
however, was lintittd. The ship Mantilla), from
Liverpool fur Montreal, was stated
to 1: v
totally lost on the sth inst., in Boston Bay,
by a large sacrifice of life.
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