The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-29 00:00:00

GALES AT THE CAPE OF GO

HOPE.
LOSS OF PART OF THE CREW OF THE
BARQUE WILLIAM MITCHELL, OF LEITH.
(From the Greenock Advertiser.)
The severe gales at the Cape of Good Hope about
the end of the month of August last, the pitiful results
of which, in the destruction of property and the loss
of human life, have of late so painfully excited public
sympathy for the sufferers extended, as might have
been supposed, to ships a long way at sea. One me-
lancholy instance, resulting in the death of three per-
sons, part of the crew of the barque William Mitchell,
of Leith, on her passage from Singapore to Antwerp,
is narrated in the following extract of a letter, from a
gentleman on board that vessel, dated Cape of Good
Hope, September 17 :
" We sailed from Singapore July 1 with a full
cargo of tin and pepper. The south-west monsoon
was blowing, and the current with it, so that we
could not make way against them. We were conse-
quently blown away up the China sea, and six days
after our first start we were not more than twenty-
five miles from Singapore. We came down the
Straits of Rhio, and after four weeks' hard work
we reached Java—having crossed over and beat
down the coast of Borneo, with the wind in our
teeth the whole way. On the Bth September, when
off Cape Languilles, the most southerly point of
Africa, and after a day nearly calm, a heavy sea got
up all of a sudden ; so heavy, that she was taking
water on deck and not a breath of wind. A person
experienced on this coast knows this to be the fore-
runner of gales. We had no sail taken in ere the
squall caught us at once, and laid us flat over before the
ship paid off. It struck us by the lee. We all turned to
Ito shorten sail ; got in all the light ones, and reefed the
topsails ; four hands laid out to furl the jibs, and were,
just coming in, when she took such a pitch, that the
jib-boom broke short off at the cap, taking the fore-
top-gallant mast with it, what was worse, three of
our shipmates. We could do nothing to save them.
On the alarm being given, all were paralysed for a
moment—and the next all were at the quarter-boat ;
and, till, it was manned and half lowered, it never
struck any one that the boat must swamp the instant
it touched the water—so heavy a sea running. It was
unanimously agreed that it was of no use; and, besides,
all the bodies were out of sight—sunk, before any-
thing could be done. A muster was made immediately,
and we found we had lost three, namely, James Reid,
aged 48, able seaman Allan Lyndsay, aged 19, just
out of his apprenticeship ; and Robert Greig, aged 19,
an apprentice. The poor old man was the life of the
ship, and this was the first time round the Cape.
He has left a wife and a large family. Lyndsay was
the best lad in the ship, both in moral character, and
in knowledge of seamanship. The last was also a
quiet, stout lad. We made an inventory of their
kits, and had them nailed up for behoof of their friends.
" This gale lasted three days. We hove-to all the
time under reduced maintopsail, and the ship behaved
well ; only that she was so desperately leaky that our
crew, even before our loss too small, were very much
fagged ; for with one hand lashed at the wheel, only
three and an officer were at the pumps—and they
had to pump fully fifteen minutes every hour. I lent
a hand to the heavy work till we reached the Cape
here, when we anchored in Table Bay on the 14th of
September.
" In the newspapers you will read an account of
the disastrous work done by the gale (at the same
time we had it) in Table Bay. These are the most
severe gales which have been experienced here for 15
years back. It is a dismal sight to see the ' ribs and
trucks' of a majestic ship broken up.
" I have nothing to say to you at all about the
Cape. The climate is splendid. It is early spring at
present; temperature about 66 deg. F. The medical
gentlemen complain ; but you know that is a good
sign of the state of health generally."

COURSE OF EXCI-Li
Amsterdam CF. 12 9
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam .2 U. 12 n
Antwerp
Hamburgh M.B. 13 14
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight
Ditto, 3 months 25 95
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 26 0
Frankfort on Maine 152

4NGE._( THIS DAY.)
(Gibraltar
46
Leghorn
Genoa 26 10
111ilan
Venice 47
,Naples 4O
'Palermo, per oz 120
Lisbon
Oporto 32
Rio Janeiro 23i
Bahia
Buenos Ayres
New York, 21 days sight 46i
Philadelphia 4ll
PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
IFonign Gold, bars £3 17 9
Portugal Gold C0in...3 17 5
New Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 9i
Silver in 0 4 11i

Petersbnrgh, 3 Us. ... 37
Berlin..

Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M lO 1
Trieste, ditto lO 2
Madrid .
Cadiz 36k
Bilbao
Barcelona 36

Seville ...36

'ME LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

WHITEHALL, Nov. 28, 1842,

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent
to be passed under the Great Seal, conferring the honour
of Knighthood upon Jasper Atkinson, of Portman-square,
in the county of Middlesex, Esq.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 28.

The Queen has been pleased to grant unto John
Guille, Esq., the office of Bailiff of the island of Guern-
sey, in the room of Daniel de Lisle Brock, Esq., deceased.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 29

The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. de
Sontag as Consul, at Malta, for his Majesty the King of
the French.

WHITEHALL, Nov. 26.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed Lawrence Smith,
of llurstperpoint, in the county of Sussex, Gent., to be a
Master Extraordinary in the Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.

JOHN BROWN and GEORGE MEAKIN, porter-
merchants, Walsall, Staffordshire.

GEORGE FORSTER, woollen draper, Newcastle-
upon- Ty ne.
RICHARD FOSTER WATKINSON, woollen cloth
sAt
rNi:Ravto ern
surrender
merchants, Huddersfield.
B-
JOSEPH PHILLIPS,It tkeeper, Hercules-pas-
sage,e Threadneedle e
Nov. 30, at
twelve, and Dec. 23, at one, at the Court of k Ban ruptcy,
Basinghall• street. Lackington, Coleman-street-build -
in,gs, official assignee ; Fox, Loxley, and Fry, Poultry.
JOHN ,HOOKER CHATTERTON, haberdasher,
Nottingham, Dec. 8 and Jan. 9, at one, Ott the Waterloo-
rooms Birmingham. Bittleston, official assignee, Bir-
mingham; ; Cursham and Campbell, Nottingham.
JOHN HENRY BELL, apothecary, Stoke's-croft,
Bristol, Dec. 13, at one, and Jan. 10, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy for the Bristol District. Hutton,
St. Augustine's-place, Bristol, official assignee. Edwards,
Bank-court, Bristol.
THOMAS ROWELL, linen-draper, Cambridge, Dec.
5, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 6, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Alsager, official as-
signee, Birchin-lane. London; Adcock, Cambridge ;
Smith, Bedford-row, London.
MARGARET EDMONDS, lodging-house-keeper,
Park-place, Saint James's, Dec. 14, at one, and Jan. 11,
at...twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-sweet.
Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Pollock
and Co., Parliament- street.
WILLIAM THOMAS, tailor, Bristol, Dec. 9, and
Dcc. 30, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court of
Bankruptcy. Acraman, Bristol, official assignee; Short,
Bristol.

EDWARD MANSELL, upholsterer. Chippenham,
Wiltshire, Dec 23, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court of Bankruptcy. Hutton, official assignee, Bris-
tol ; Pinniger, Chippenham.
THOMAS FEAVER, mercer, Ludgate-hill, Dec. 13,
and Jan. 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy,
Basinghall-street. Green, official assignee, Alderman-
bury ; Ashurst, Cheapside.
BENJAMIN PRICE, general dealer, Birmingham,
Dec. 5, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 5, at twelve, at the
Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham. Whitmore, Birming-
ham, official assignee; Heswood and Webb, Birmingham.
EDWARD EVERALL, coal-.merchant, Liverpool,
Dec. 3, at one, and Dec. 28, at eleven, at the Liverpool
District Court of Bankruptcy. Bird, official assignee,
Old Church-yard, Liverpool ; Rodgers, Union-buildings,
North John-street, Liverpool.
SAMUEL APPLEYARD, stuff merchant, Man-
chester, Dec. 13, and Jan. 21, at eleven, at the Man-

chester District Court of Bankruptcy. Pott, official
assignee, Manchester ; R. M. and C. Baxter, Lincoln's
Inn-fields, London ; Sale and Worthington, Manchester.
MARY MANWARING, grocer, Gornal, Stafford-
shire, Dec. 8, and Jan. 5, at half-past eleven. at the
Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham. Witmore, official-
assignee, Birmingham ; Palmer and Nettleship, Trafal-
gar-square, Charing-cross, London ; Wight, jun., Kings-
omford, Staffordshire.

WILLIAM HESLEWOOD, ROBERT HESLE-
WOOD, and JOHN SKITT, white-lead manufacturers,
Kingston-upon-Hull, Dec. 12, at tss elve, and Jan. 4, at
one, at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy. Hope,
official assignee, Leeds ; Tilson, Squance, and Tilson,
Coleman street, London ; P. and R. Wells, Hull.
WILLIAM GREEN, coach-maker, Cheltenham, Dec.
15 and Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court
of Bankruptcy. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Pack-
wood, Cheltenham.

RICHARD WARREN, druggist, Liverpool, Dec. 9,
and Jan. 10, at eleven, at the District Court of Bank-
ruptcy, Liverpool. Follett, official assignee, and Cross,
Liverpool ; Vincent and Co., Temple, London.
DAVID THOMAS, merchant, Manchester, Dec. 10,
and Jan. 14, at ten, at the District Court of Bankruptcy,
Manchester. Pott, and Hampson, Manchester.
JOHN ANTROBUS, plater, Birmingham, Dec. 13,
at twelve, and Jan. 11, at one, at the Waterloo-rooms,
Birmingham. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Vincent and Sherwood, Temple, London ; Hodgson,
Birmingham.
ISAAC BELL and JOHN DAVISON, earthenware-
manufacturers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dec. 8, and Jan.
10, at eleven, at the District Court of Bankruplcy, New-
castle-upon-Tyne. Miller, official assignee ; Williamson
and Hill, Gray's-inn, London ; and Ingledew, Newcastle-
upon-Ty ne•
JOHN CUNLIFFE, coach and car proprietor, Liver-
pool, Dec. 9, and Jan. 10, at twelve, at the District Court
of Bankruptcy, Liverpool. Turner, Duke-street, Liver-
pool, official assignee ; Whitley, High-street, Liverpool;
Garey, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane.
RICHARD ELLISON and JOHN Or OODWORTH,

linen manufacturers, Barnsley, Dec. 12, and Jan. 6, at one,
at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy, Commercial-
buildings, Leeds. Hope, Commercial-buildings, Leeds,
official assignee ; Mencer, Barnsley, Yorkshire.