The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-16 00:00:00

No. 16,328, LONDON, MONDEI.-v
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DECEMBER 16 1844.
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WRECK OF THE ST. MUNGO.
By letters received in the City on Saturday, from
the Cape of Good Hope, dated September 28, we are
informed of the total loss of an East India trbder,
called the St. Mungo, a fine barque, 355 tons burthen,
commanded by Captain Lamond, and, what was worse,
ten of her unfortunate crew met with a watery grave
It appears the melancholy event occurred on the night
of the 20th of thlt month (September), on the point
of Cape L'Agullas, during a severe gale of wind from
the westward. She was on her homeward passage
from Calcutta to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to which
place she belonged, and had a very rich cargo on
board, consisting of merchandise of every description.
For several days the weather, it Berms, was exceed-
ingly stormy, when, on the night h 1 question, the
wind blew terrifically, in the height of which the ship,
to the consternation of the crew, struck on some rocks,
which subsequently proved to be those on the extreme
point of Cape L'Agullas. In a few seconds after-
wards the vessel pitched on her broadside, followed
by the mainmast giving way and falling overboard.
Whether any of the poor creatures took to the boats
or not we are unable to say, but at daybreak ten of
the crew were found to be missing, and in the course
of the morning it was ascertained beyond a doubt that
they had perished. The remainder of the crew were
saved.

The names of those who were drowned are as fol.
lows :—Mr. Thomas Sheppard, first mate; T. W.
Milne, second mate; J. Webster, ship's carpenter; '
Joseph Harrison, sailin:ilier; John Thomson, steward,
Williams, cook ; 'Thomas Rose, seaman ; Francis
Ramerro, seaman ; Robert M'Arther, apprentice ;
William Hunter, apprentice.
The names of those saved are :—Captain Lamond,
master ; William Miller, John Truman, James Jack-
son, James Fisher, John Frolick, and T. Shank. All
tho, sugar has been washed out of the bags. The
hip was buit at Glasgow in the year 1839, and, with
the cargo, was valued at 60,0001. The loss. it is
stated, will amount to 25,0001., of which, we believe
no part will fall on any of the metropolitan insur-
ance companies.
DREADFUL WRECK NEAR HARWICH.
During the heavy north-easterly gales on Tuesday
morning last, a vessel was lost under the most dis-
tressing circumstances on Langguard East Beach,
near Harwich, accompanied with shocking loss of -
life. The vessel wai the Hero (a schooner of 180
tons), belonging to Amsterdam, Mr. South, master,
to which port she was bound from London. The
master, observing the weather was not likely to mo-
derate, and the gale direct against them, attempted to
run into Harwich harbour, but unhappily it proved
fatal to the ship, as well as to all (except one) on.
board. In running along the coast, past Walton, she
struck on the sands called the Andrews, within 200
yards of the coast, upon which she was dashed about
with fearful violence by a heavy sea. The crew, seven
in number, including the master, took to the rigging,
for safety, but the excessive darkness of the night pre-
vented them beingseen until the ship had almost broken
up. The first attracted to the spot were the men
belonging to the revenue cutter Scout, quartered at
the Ilarwich station, who fired rockets and blue
lights, for additional help, but, alas! no life-boat was
sent, or any other apparatus, from the adjacent coast
guard station. As the vessel was thrown by the
waves towards the beach, a man and a boy could be
seen clinging to the bowsprit. The principal officer
of the Scout endeavoured to save them by a line,
which he had contrived to throw over the wreck, by
the aid of a common rocket; however, the poor
fellows were so benumbed with cold, there being an
intense frost, that they were completely powerless, sa
that they could not keep a tight hold, and sunk in
the boiling surf beneath and perished. All the 'rest
met with a similar fate, except one, who was washed
ashore, lashed to a spar alive, though in a dreadful
state of exhaustion. He still remains in a precarious
state. The vessel, by the following morning, was
discovered to have gone entirely to pieces, and her
cargo strewed for miles along the beach. None of
the bodies have yet been found.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Cumberland stag hds., Tues., Chalk Foot ; Fri., Elephant
inn, Broadfield.
Wigton harrs„Wed„Longthwaite ; Thurs., Kirkland-8.
Aikton harrs., Fri., Curthwaite-8.
Eamout harrs Wed., Salkeld-dykes ; Sat. Low Plains-
gate-10i.
Cheltenham stag lids„ Wed., Andovers!'ord ; Sat., Beech
turnpike-10.
N.F.H.—The first hunting day, at the kennel.
Craven lids., Wed, Brimslade ; Fri., Great Shefford ;
Sat., Hunt's-green.
Hambledon hds., Wed., Bordaan-house ; Thurs., Warn_
ford-part: ; Sat., Preshaw-house-10/.
Surrey harrs., Fri., llamsey-green.

A fine fat ox, of the short-horn breed, three years
old, fed by the Earl of Zetland, was slaughtered
this week at Richmond, Yorkshire, by Mr. James
Blenkiron, which weighed. when alive, 1321 stones.
EXPORTATION OF PAPER.—Great complaints have
been made by the exporters of paper for the Excise draw-
back, of theinconvenienee to which they are subjected in
the casestransferri
to the Customs' officers ; the packages, which are gene-
rally fastened in a secure manner, having to be entirely
unpacked just previously to shipment in presence of the
shipping searchers, are thereby much deranged, and
the value of the property considerably deteriorated.
This alteration in the regulations was professedly for
the purpose of ascertaining the actual quantity of paper
shipped for the drawback, the examining officer on the
shipment destroying the official marks on the packages,
and making a return of the quantity to the Excise depart •
meet, although for what reason this could not be as well
performed by the Excise officers themselves on the pre-
mises of the party, previously to the final racking for
shipment, as is done in the case of plate glass, the
cases being then and there finally packed for shipment,
and sealed, if considered necessary by the Excise, with
an official stamp, to prevent the practicability of the pack-
ages being re-opened, does not very clearly appear. The
Customs' authorities are evidently aware of the great in-
conveniences to which merchants are subjected in conse-
quence of this new regulation, as well as the almost im-
possibility of a compliance with it, without serious injury
to their property, for in numerous instances have they, on
application, allowed the packages to be shipped on a
partial examination only, the parties urging that as the
paper was closely packed and secured for a long voyage,
the exposure of it to the damp atmosphere at this sea-
son, in addition to the injury caused by the unpacking
of the cases, would so materially deteriorate it, as to
render it unfit for the intended purpose.
RAILWAY BUSINESS FOR NEXT SESSION. The
mere enumeration of the proposed Railways, in the Par-
liamentary Notices of " New Railway Bills for England,
Scotland, and Ireland," is of tremendous length—oocupy-
ing some nineteen columns of close print. The new rail-
ways (or extensions, deviations, &c., of existing ones) for
England alone amount to no fewer than 195; those for
Scotland to 7 ; and those for Ireland, 23—making a total of
235 Bills that are to be introduced next Session, for new
lines of railway, lengthening, diverging, or otherwise
altering and Improving old lines, &o. The " Eastern
Counties" Company alone have given notices, ;lane,
&c., for seven Bills. There are also a "Hu
gerford-bridge and Birmingham Junction " (to join at
Willesden) ; no fewer than nine lines, one of whose
termini is Manchester ; four from Newcastle ; four from
Oxford ; five South-Western extension lines, &c. The
capital proposed to be raised for these railways is enormous.
Two of the Oxford lines alone would cost, according
even to present calculation, 4,000,0001. The North
Kent would cost 2,200,000/. ; the London and York,
5,000,000!. ; the London and Chatham, and North Kent,
1,500,0001. ; the Leeds and West Riding Junction,
1,200,000/. ; the Direct Northern to York, 4,000,000!. ;
the Central Kentish, 2,250,000!. These aro the lowest
" estimated" expenses. It is not an unnatural question
to put—where can all the money come from for these, in
addition to the already countless existing speculations ?
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