A Marine Court of Enquiry to investigate the circumstances attending the accident to the Moyune, which struck an uncharted rock on the 2nd ult. in the Sulu Sea, was held at Singapore on the 20th of November. The Court consisted of Mr. O'Sullivan, Acting Senior Magistrate, Capt. Craufurd, B.N., Master Attendant, Capt. Madge, steamer Sherard Osborne, and Capt. Clarke.
Capt. Kemp, master of the: steamer Moyune, said the. Moyune was a steel steamer of 3,016 tons register, official number 105,724, built at Glasgow, and belonging tothe port of London. The vessel left Gsbu, in the Philippines, on September 30th with a general cargo, bound to London cid Singapore. There were 63 souls all told on board including one passenger. All went well till 8.25 a.m. on the morning of October 2nd. Witness was on the. bridge, when he heard a noise forward, and looking: over the wide he saw. that the vessel was still going. The position of the vessel at the time was 8 and 118 ° 6' 30" E.. He knew his position from observations taken a short time before. His position was about thirty. miles from the nearest, danger mark on the chart. The ship's head. was S. 77. W., and the vessel had been.on that course since 1 a.m. on the 2nd' ult. There was no-look-out man. The sea was rough with a strong. westerly. wind,- but there was no broken water to mark the
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