The Sun.
London, England, 1819-12-29 00:00:00

SHIPWRECKS.

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Extract of a Letter from the agents to Lloyd's,
Aateti New Ross, Dec. 19 :—" On the night of
the I6th, the Demerara, from Demerara to Liver-
pool, 400 tons register, 'laden with sugar, rim,
Coffee, and_ cotton, s►ruck on the lesser Kerne
Island, near Bannow, and almost immediately
Went topieces. The vessel is a total loss, and
the eargo nearly so. We are sorry to add, that
e►e fear all the crew have perished ; '2O of the
bodies were interred in one grave yesterday, and
two more have come in this day. Front the state
of the weather, no boat has yet been able to make
the island, to save what part of the cargo may be
there►►ns but the moment it moderates, this will
be. done. A great many letters hare been found
On the strand and brought to us ; and it speaks
well fur the honesty of the people in whose neigh.
bonrhood the wreck occurred, that one very mu-
tilated letter, containing six IL Bank national
Dotes, and five guineas in gold, was safely lodged
-*jar us."

Extract of a Letter from New Ross, dated the
2Uth of Decrmber :—" There has been a very
awful wreck on the Kivors. A fine West India-
man, very large and valuable, named Demerara,
from Demerara, to Liverpool, struck on the night
of the 16th, and almost immedia►ely went to
pieces•: Twenty of her crew were buried in one
grave on Saturday, at Cullen's Town, and two
snore on Sunday—not one saved that we know
of ! The vessel is totally lost, and the cargo
nearly so. Boyce and Greaves are doing all they
LIM, but they had not, when I left them yester-
day, been able to make their way to the Kivors."
."—(Dublin Commmial Gazette.)

The Captain and crew of the ship Sophia, of
,Bristol, of 366 tons hurthen from Chaleur Bay to
Bristol, were providentially picked up by the Mi-
nerva of Aberdeen, after being in a most perilous
situation, and reduced to the necessity of sharing
t turnip, the only support they had for 48 hours.
The Sophia, ot; their leaving her, was nearly full
of water.

Considerable damage was done among the ship-
ping entering Sunderland harbour. Nineteen yes—
eels were on shore within the liarbour,and two be-
hind the North Pier. Three lost their lower
musts, and at least 12 their bowspi its, With Much
.elatuage in their hulls. All those on shore have',
been since got off.
The Lord Normanby, WESTLAKE, of Scarbro',
Was lost near Lowestoffe on. Friday se'nnight ;
the crew, 10 in number, all drowned ! The" suf-
,ferers were seen from the shore, and were heard
calling out for help, but no assistance could be
rendered them, as the life-boat was not in a fit '
mate to go to sea. A yawl was put off, but be-
fore she reaehed'the vessel, she turned over, and
the unfortunate crew were seen no more. The
roaster, who belonged to Scarbro', has left a wife
and four chifdren.
. Two vessels were stranded on the Glamorgan-
shire coast during the dark hazy weather lately
So prevalent. The John, of Ilfracombe, 130C.811,
inaster, for Newport, in ballast, was driven ashore
and lost near Newton, an the night of the 17th
inst. The crew,' who previously left her in the
boat, lauded near Aberasun. A brig, of 370 tong,
the Bounty-hall, of Liverpool, Capt. ROBERTS,.
homeward bound from Calcutta with a valuable
Cargo, was stranded in the night of the 19th inst.
bear Whitford, about 17 miles W. of Swatisea. The
magistrates in the neighbourhood, joined by many
inhabitants of the western pat t of Gower, repaired
to the spot with moth alacrity, and no time was
Last in making preparations for conveying the
cargo to a place of security, and a considerable
part was safely landed. Should the weather con-
tinue moderate, hopes are entertained that the
vessel will be got off the next spring tide, but she
Las already sustained considerable damage. We
lave much satisfaction in reporting, that the best
disposition has been manifested on this occasion
by the surrounding population, and that no at-
tempt whatever was made to plunder. As a mat-
ter of precaution, a p);ity of the Swansea cavalry
Marched down on Monday, who continue to aid
In guarding the property.
The brig Bristol, bound from Newport to
Liverpool, was cast ashore on Friday se'enight,
between Barnsley-island and Pencilian, Carnar-
vonshire, and all the crew (save a boy) were con-
liigned. to a watery grave. The crew, consist-
ing of the captain, his son, and five seamen,
remained in tire brig after she had struck about
two ,hours, when they ventured into the small
boat. Whilst directing their coarse towards the
Shore, the boat was upset by the heavy breakers,
and all of them except the boy were instantly lost.

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