, 1877-09-28

LONDON, Sept .7.-puryis Il CO. and Oyacl-
wan 4: Van Kinkhuyscn, Of Batavia, ilavc falle.i,
owing Ia uusuccessful speculative operations I'll
sugar. The losses, which nrc largc, will fall
chiefly on American merchants.
TIE CHANNEL DtslHrRa-
Tho London papers 'ot Thursday, sspt IN,
furnish Us With the following details Of the ter.
rtblo collision Oh Portland on thu 18th lnst.:
IA collision III tho Cbannel, the like ot which
has not happened OH this part Of the coast ior
many yea5s' oceu5rc,' last Night some ten or
the disaster, 50 far Ut iii, able to gather them,
ara u follows: 1t scona that two large full
rgecd ships left London one, a passenger
shin, OH Saturday. anl The other, in ballast, Oh
collision, au! 10th foundcrci,, about 100 lives
being lost The HAMS Of the first ship Is the
Avalanche, an iron-butlt craft Of l,l5i tons reg.
lister. Of SOUTHAMPTON. capt. f. Williams from
London for Wellington, New Zealand, with
OF thlrty-iour ali told, Tho other ship Is
tho Forest, !, 1,4e9 tons, from London for Sandy
Hook, In ballast, and commanded by Capt.
LocEhart. Feom what | bear tho Avalanche
came Into collision Will a foreign bark oil
s;hcrrness, losing sous OF her rigging, hut not
sustaining sufficient damage IL ncccssftate l,cr
going Into port To repair, - was tue case with
tbs lark. All went well attcswsrd, until ahout
$3.50 last night, When. ~ flaye stated, thu col
tho weather thick. but about Q o'clock tho look
out InAn fcpnrtcl ships light on the mort
tack. The Captain examined his lamps anu
found them burning brightly; but, "a thu other
ship did not seem TO take any notiec Of thenl, he
Thought It desirable to orler 'nare-up' to be
burned. Tho SLIP At this Gslne wns untlcr very
easy sailing, aad Eolng between three md four
knDts IN hour. Tho stranga craft stu! eonttu.
her second otllcer to remark, THAT ship is ycry
uc2E, Captain TO which he replied, ain afraid
there Is no lookout kept The man al the helm
was immediately directed to lu!F, md did 40.
and in ballast, thu paid Oh again almost ltnlle-
d!ately. few moments aftcrwara Tue co'll+-
lou occurred, tho tuEest striking tic Avalanche
anIidshtps. 80 Violent MAS t!le sf,oek that tn
two minutes the latter Wcnt lowu, With tho
whole Of the passengers and crew, excepting
the Third Mate and two seanlen, Thu scene at
thc lnoutnt OF tlo suidcut Is described ~
hcartrcnlinE. Many Of the passengers rushed
on deck only to f1u1 Themselves In Tho water,
while numbers wcte drowned In thu cabins. Tbs
darkness WAS 80 denss that 1t was Utmost In.
possible TO distinguish the persoDs struggling
for their ltves; but the cTiea ior ass[stace wero
heard III all drcrt!oHs,-tl,e y0!ccs 0t E.en aiM!
women tnp!ortns the atd IL was impossible to
the few survivors a!!noat dread to talk
Of 1t. They say thai within hre or ten minutes
after the pasaehgef-shlp WAS struck all cries
for sssistsnca were hushcd. A. soon - tie
thc Captain ot the Forest drcetel Its officers 10
5cpogt the STATE OF TITS vessel. They returned
with the fesriu! news that tho water w.t t4rn
nearly up to tbs between decks, making It In
po4Abe Tor lar t. remain long atolt. The three
tIosts Oh board ie ordered to hc launttlctl, 1t
the saiue time telling the cYew-twruty one In
nusalcr-to sayr themselves as best theY could,
Two boats haylag been launched, shs First Mats
aud severn! Nen got lntu one, They begged
the Captain 70 leave, u the boat was partly
fl!ed with water, aud, owing u the violence ot
tho seu, could not bs kept alongside. lie walt.
ed tlil Ae hal seen the third lAt launched, aid
then got tut" the weather boaI, ou pulling
away from tic ahip hs looked about Tor tbs
other boats, but could not see them. All night
hIs craft wax iosSed about at the mercy Of wlnd
aud zen, both of which wcsc very rough, the ts,
cupauts ueytr expecting to sce d4yIseak. Even
after the boat had left thu ship lhan Was seeu
trying to save hi,nsclf by eltngtug 10 1he auchnr
hut II xas impossible to savu him. Whcn about
9J1 yarua from the th,p tt nA8 alao noticed thai
there were yet some persons Oh board. These
burned hlue-lights, In the hope, no doubt, of at
tracing The buat& to come back and take then
oil ; but 1t Was impossible, aud with sad sn.
Achtnx hearts thu Captain and hA c1sw Msrt
compelled to abandon them 70 their tatc. Thei
kept sikht Of tbs yeAsel for sane time, Hhen I