The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-29 00:00:00

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'THIRD E,DMON

NOTIOE.

The Third Edition of " The Sun" of last Evening WILII
published In time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m.

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'Ciketc.

LuNDON GAZETTE-LAST EVENING•

WINDSOR CASTLE, DEC. 12.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood on John Duke Coleridge, Esq , M.Y., her Ma-
jesty's Solicitor-General.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 28.
The Q,leen has boen pleased to approve of Don Fran-
cisco Gisbert as Consul for Spain in the counties of Nor-
thumberland and Durham, to reside at Newcastle.

ADMIRALTY, Dix. 24.
Royal Marino Light Infantry—The following nrstned
goutlernm hive bocn al, ,ointed Lieutenants in tin Royal
Marines: —Henry Vausittart and Parkins Heade.

l ER,ItIBLE DISASTER 447 SEA.

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO LIVES

LOST.

A portion of the passengers and crew of the
Starry Banner steamship, trading between New
Fork and Alexandria, has arrived in London, and
reports the total loss of that vessel with 122 lives
in a great storm on the 21st of December, some
700 miles off the coast of Ireland. It appears
that shortly after getting into the Atlantic on
her voyage home to New York the Starry Ban-
ner experienced very rough weather. After
battling with it for several days it was thought
advisable to seek a port of shelter, and Captain
Summers accordingly ran for Southampton. That
port was reached in safety, and, after a short stay
there and some appearances of a more propitious
state of weather, the Starry Banner once more steered
out into the Atlantic on the 14th inst. She had
not, however, been long at sea in this second at-
tempt when she experienced a succession of the most
violent gales, extending over a week, and culminat-
ing in the loss of the vessel and the greater portion
of those on board her. Great alarm was felt on
board from the commencement of the bad weather,
as the vessel was known to be old, and suspected to
be not over sound, and also because the winds and
waves were violent beyond the experience of the
oldest sailors on board. On the 19th of Dec. the
storm increased in intensity, and the waves swept
over the vessel as if she were a mere log, carrying
away or rendering useless the lifeboats. On the
20th the hurricane redoubled its fury, and all hope
for the safety of the vessel was dissipated by the
yielding of the bow plates to the fearful blows of
successive waves. The fate which this made ine-
vitable was anticipated to a great many by a fearful
catastrophe on board shortly afterwards. The great
number of those on board, passengers and crew, were
assembled in and about the saloon, as the only place
where a little shelter could be secured. Suddenly
a series of waves of the same character as those
which had already smashed the bows, struck the
saloon, smashed it into atoms, and washed it, and
the greater part of those who had assembled within
it, into the raging sea. A rough estimate—the
time not being one for even counting the dead and
missing—places the loss of life caused by this occur.
rence at 100. The shrieks of the victims of this in-
cident, as they struggled amid the boiling and
angry waters amid floating wrecks, were ap-
palling. A young officer of the United States
army—cavalry branch—nobly distinguished him-
self at that moment. Casting aside a portion of
his clothing, and tearing away from the sailors
and others who endeavoured to restrain him in what
they looked upon as absolute madness, he plunged
into the sea, and by his skill as a swimmer saved a
number of lives by bringing the drowning people
within reach of assistance from the deck. This
gentleman's name is Major H. Joy.
By this time the vessel was rapidly breaking up,
and the remainder of the passengers and crew took
to rafts which had been hastily put together, leav-
ing the sinking vessel to her fate. So hurried
were their movements th It no water or provisions
could be secured, and in that helpless and unpro-
t.tate they were obliged to trust themselves to the
mercy of the Atlantic. The captain, three mates,
wit h 118 others, had perished ere this, and the re-
mainder, under the command of the chief officer,
Mr. J. Van Burew, were buffetted about in a very
hopeless state for three 'lights and two days, when,
on the 231 inst., they were picked up by a French
barque, and on Sunday morning landed at Bou-
logne. In all 42 persons, out of a company of 164,
were safely landed in France after enduring great
sufferings and the constant terror of an ever-
threatening death on board the rafts.

With reference to the loss of the vessel we have
received the following direct contradiction from a
correspondent :
" Lloyd's, E.C., 29th Dec., 1868.

" The loss of the Starry Banner, steamer, in the
Atlantic, reported this morning in most of the daily
journals, is believed to be a hoax. No information
of the character has been received at Lloyd's, and on
reference to the American Lloyd's of shipping no
such steamer as the Starry Banner can be found ;
and letters received from their agent from Boulogne,
up to 12 o'clock last night, make no allusion to 42
of the survivors having landed at that port on
Sunday.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening.

Amsterdam Short ... 11 19f ... 12 04
,i,„ Do
Rotterdam — ... 12 lf ... 12 lf
Antwerp --... 25 37f ... 25 42k
Brussels
Hamburgh — ... 13 10} ... 13 10*
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort-ou-the-Maiu . 120 k ... 120}
Vienna
... 12 20 ... 12 3U
...
Trieste — l2 20 ... 12 30
Petersburg
Copenhagen.. ........
Berlin
Cadiz
Madrid..
... 48 ... 481
Leghorn
Milan — ... 27 10 ... 27 20
Genoa — ... 27 10 ... 27 20
Naples
Palermo — ... 27 10 ... 27 20
Messina
Lisbon ••• 51; 52
__

Oporto —
Rio Janeiro —
New York —

... 51i

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.)

Australia and New Zealand, via Bouthampton.....Jan. 2.
Ditto, via Ylrseilles
•
Ditto, via Pta.ama Jan 28.
Brasil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Jan. 4.
Ditto, by French packet
Cape Verde, by Brazil packet ...... • . Jan. 4;
Cape of Good tl,pe, Ascension, and St. Helena Jan. 12,
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Jan. 2.
Liibraitar, via Southampton • Jan. 2
India, via Southampton
unto, via Marseilles
Malta, Egypt, &a. Jan. 2.
Ditto, Marseilles Deo.
Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via
Southami ton
Ditto, Marseilles Jan. 18.
Newfoundland ...... ..............•...•• Jan 13,
Portugal .... • •..• .• Jau. 4.
United States, Lanada, California, &0., by British
packet ................................ ......Jan- 2.
Ditto, by Canadian packet • ...... Jan 1
Ditto, by i ',Bed states packet
Ditto ditto (Baltimore) ••
West Indies and Faoillo(exoept Mexico and Baha-
mas) ...... • Jan 13
West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe Jan. 4
Falkland Islands .. lan. 4.
Cuba and Alexico .... Dec. 29,

iilB.llBB, via New York Dco. `B.

Bermuda, via Halifax .. Jan. 4.

THE LADY'S OWN PAPER—price 2d.—appears
this week with the immense attractions of a portrait
and a biography of Charles Dickens. The manage-
ment of the journal announces in another part of
the same impression that, with the commencement
of the New Year, this cheapest of all ladies' news-
papers will appear with several added improve-
ments.

The performance of " The Messiah" (to-morrow)
at Exeter-hall, will be the last performance this Christ-
mas. Miss Louisa Pyne will make her first appearance in
Exeter-hall, after two years absence. The band and
chorus will, as usual, number 70Q rub:anon under the
diroctia c 4 )I,r. ci. W. Azad