The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-13 00:00:00

HANGO DEEP-SEA PRIZES.

(From a Correspondent of the Press.)
NARGEN, Nov. I.—W e have had very heavy gales
since I last wrote, so that the admiral has thought-it
advisable to send a large part of his fleet to Kiel (Nile,
Cressy, Royal George, Edinburgh, Blenheim, Caesar,
Arrogant, under orders of Captain Codrington), and
will, in all probability, follow with the remainder (ex-
cepting, of course, the flying or blockading squadron,
who are to be under the orders of Admiral Baynes) in
about ten days time. The squadron from Seeker,
under Admiral Seymour, have left that place. They
encountered a very heavy gale on the way from there to
this anchorage, only two of them being able to stem
the gale. These were the Orion and Euryalus ; the
others took shelter under the island of Hogland. The
Cossack has arrived here from Wormsoe : her officers
have been most hospitably entertained by Baron and
Baroness Stackleberg, the owners of that island. Pro-
visions are to be got there in great abundance, and at
very low prices, which is an important fact when it is
taken into consideration that this place is to be the
head-quarters of our blockading ships. They can pro-
cure, it appears, bullocks at 41. a piece, thereby over-
coming the great difficulty of obtaining bullocks from
Elsinore, which at this season of the year becomes so
very serious and precarious an undertaking. Geese,
turkeys, and fowls are only one shilling each, so that
our poor fellows, who have the arduous work of cruising
during the heavy snow storms and long dark nights,
will, at all events, be well off in the food line. The
Blenheim put back here, having found it impossible to
make headway against the south-western gales she en-
countered. During her stay at Hango she had found
eighteen long 421 b. guns, which had been thrown into the
sea when the Russians destroyed their fortifications
there last year. She first bit upon them when sounding,
and persevering she fished up the aforesaid eighteen
guns and two splendid mortars, all of which sheris
taking home.

A GALLANT ATTEMPT TO RESCUE A
SHIP fVRECKED BOY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—During the late terrific gale on the Suffolk coast,
an excellent man, named Thomas Cable, jun., of Ald-
borough, lost his life whilst attempting to save the life
of a shipwrecked boy. The youth was a Swede, and
belonged to the Swedish brig Vesta, which was totally
wrecked on the Low Light beach on the 3d instant,
during the fearful gale of that day. Nine of her
crew were saved ; but the lad in question having been
left behind, Cable made a noble effort to save his life,
by tying a rope around his body, and dashing through
the surf to the youth's rescue. He had succeeded in
reaching the lad, but the rope breaking he was carried
under the ship's bottom, and no doubt was instantly
cru4ked to death.

Cable was a good boatman and was much respected
in his neighbourhood. His bravery had on several occa-
sions been brought before the Royal National Life-boat
Institution. He was always conspicuous in his readiness
to man the Aldborough life-boat, or any shore boat,
when their services were required to save life from ship-
wreck. He has left a widow and five little children,
who were entirely dependent on his exertions,,); ally
destitute.

An appeal on behalf of the dependendents of the
lant dead has never been made in vain in The Sun,
and, should you kindly give publicity to the above facts,
the aid of the benevolent may probably be enlisted in
favour of poor Cable's widow, and possibly obtain a
shelter for some of his orphans in some of our large me-
tropolitan public schools.
Any further information relative to this case may be
obtained from R. V. Gorham, Esq., surgeon, of Aid-
borough, Suffolk, and Secretary to the Aldborough
Life-boat branch of the above Institution ; and any con-
tributions intended for poor Cable's widow will be
thankfully received by him, as well as, sir, your obedient
and obliged servant, RICHARD LEWIS,
Secretary to the Royal National
Life-boat Institution.
14, John-street, Adelphi, Nov. 12, 1855.

THE DUKE or NEWCASTLE. —A private (French
]ettter from Sebastopol, of Oct. 30th, states as follows:
" The Duke of Newcastle, who was for some time with
us, and who was present at the last events of the siege,
embarked some days ago on board the Highflyer. After
having touched at Kertch and visited the eastern coast
of the Crimea, he again embarked for Burdan, whence
he will return to the head-quarters of Omar Pasha. It
is said that the ex-War Minister of her Britannic Ma-
jesty will be at Constantinople about the Ist of De-
cember.

THE BELLOT TESTI3IONIAL.—The subscription entered
into two years ago for the purpose of honouring the
memory of the intrepid, skilful; and much-beloved
French officer Bellot has been closed, and amounts to
upwards of 2,2001., of which sum nearly 5001. has been
expended in erecting a monument of granite ; the re-
mainder, according to the wish of the subscribers, being
in the course of division among the five young sisters of
the deceased. The fact of the recent erection of the
monument was announced yesterday evening on the
opening of the first meeting of the season of the Royal
Geographical Society by Sir Roderick Murchison, who,
having acted as the chairman of the meeting of the
friends of Bellot, explained that the site which bad been
obtained for the monument, through the goodwill of the
Lords of the Admiralty and the Commissioners and Go-
vernor.. of Greenwich Hospital, was the quay of that
great naval establishment, than which no position could
have been selected more worthy of the occasion or more
honourable to the memory of the gallant young French
volunteer, who had twice risked his life in the search
after Franklin. The monument is an obelisk, about
35ft. high, of red granite, designed by Mr. Philip Hard-
wick, V.A., and executed by Messrs. M‘Donald, of
Aberdeen, which bears on its base in large letters the
word " Bellot," both on the side facing the Thames and
on that which is presented to the western quadrangle of
the Royal hospital. His Excellency the French Ambas-
sador, the Comte de Persigny, honoured the meeting
with his company, to mark the sense entertained by his
Sovereign and his countrymen of this spontaneous effort
of Englishmen to record their admiration of the devoted
services of the young French Feam a n.
CURIOUS CASH OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.—On Satur-
day last, before the High Court of Justiciary, Edin-
burgh, Alex. Watt, a young man, clerk to a solicitor,
was placed at the bar charged with forgery of a cheque
for 351. upon the Edinburgh Commercial Bank, and with
uttering it and receiving payment from the Clydesdale
Bank there. His employer, Mr. John Murray. whose
name was endorsed on the cheque as the payee, declared
his signature a forgery, and the name of the granter,
William Robh, appeared to be a fictitious one, the Com,
inertial Bank having no account with any person of that
name. The cheque-clerk and the teller at the Clydes-
dale Bank spoke positively to Watt having presented
time, and
twobusiness in
the forged cheque about 1 o'clock o
forn t htehel4thofSept.,
and received payment. Witnesses . defence, how•
hnate gentle-
another part of the town
ever, testified to Watt beinagt
that
deposed
in the street while Watt was under-
men who knew Watt intimatelyto having seen
a person pass them
but whom they erroneously took to
gentlemen, Mr.
be him. One of these Clark, a member
stood to be in gaol,
of the Scottish bar, had employed Watt as his clerk for
a year, and had a high opinion f him. Oce day early
in October he saw two individuals talking in St. An-
drew-square, one of whom he took to be his former clerk,
and went forward to speak to him. On approaching bill
the resemblance increased, and he felt certain it was
Watt ; but, as he was about to address him, the person
turned round slightly, and he saw he was quite mistaken.
Witness was very much struck with the resemblance in
figure as well as in dress. The character of the prisoner
was borne high testimony to as steady and trustworthy,
as well as temperate and industrious. On the evidence
being concluded, the Lord-Advocate said there could
be no doubt that this was a case of mistaken identity of
a very remarkable character, and he regretted that in
investigating the forgery which had undoubtedly been
committed Mr. Watt should have, from an unfortunate
coincidence of circumstances, been placed in this pain-
ful situation. Being convinced that the charge pro-
ceeded from error, the jury would acquit the prisoner.
Under direction of the Court the jury found Watt "Not
guilty," and he was liberated amid the applause of a
crowded alleoablage.