The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-29 00:00:00

The Tynemouth Lifeboat.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Off
Sir,—ln your account of the lamentable shipwreco•
Tynemouth, on Thursday night last, you have referred' 0,
feeling terms, to the noble attempt made by the Tile,
mouth (Constance) lifeboat belonging to the National
boat Institution to save life on that distressing occaal°l/.0
I trust, however, that you will also kindly insert ch
accompanying extract from a letter on the same stj„eilip
received at this institution this morning from I\ll'
Messent, who is the acting engineer of the Tyne Pier wet

and who was an eye-witness of the fearful scene tie
" I send you a rough sketch showing the position o.`
two wrecks and the course of the Tynemouth (Consletle,
lifeboat in one of the heaviest seas remembered her°kg
indeed, the heaviest that has ever been known on the rt)c"c;
as the removal of the bar allows the seas to come in 111:,
further before breaking than they ever did before. P.rt
the Shields boatmen, who could not get their boats 0;
than shown on sketch, acknowledge the feat of
Constance lifeboat and her crew as the most wonderful td
ti
they ever witnessed. None of them would have believe"o4
possible for any lifeboat to have come out of the haTeT
through such a sea, over the terrific rocks. It is sad' to.
deed, that they were not quite, as they were so nearly ,hl5 d
cessful, for had the crew all remained in. the lifeboat roe
would probably have saved themselves and the crew 0' do,
schooner also. It is probable that they mistook the °r

DEATH OF LADY ALVANLEY.—lntelligenoe 7tca
received in town on Saturday afternoon of the
death of Lady Alvanley, at Thorpe Pot row
Hall, '11;0
shire, the seat of Mr. and Lady Augusta H. Milbank, 11,.-00'
her ladyship had been staying since the early part °` s of
tober. Her two brothers, the second and third Dllkeiler
Cleveland, have died within less than twelve months. f
Illness was but brief, and was not considered to be
serious nturo.

A sOl

FATAL ACCIDENT AT AN IRONI4-ORES!`"cove
affair happened at the works of the Weardalo Irono'o
pany at Towlaw last week, One of the blast furnace-0,004
" damped," in order to make repairs, and, after the 00
was completed one of the men returned to get his teeD;Deo
was instantly overpowered by the gas, and was deed
over
taken up. Three others who went to the rescue were iy
come in a similar way, and two of them are yet dangeretl.2,oo,
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and the medical profession generally, rccummead, ecci°oo'
as being the most healthful of all beverages. Who' °ay.- OP
trine of homoeopathy was first introduced into this
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er
there were to be obt .fined no preparations of cocoa Otte out
tractive to the taste or acceptable to the stomach'
was either supplied in the crude state, or so uns'"ndoll,
manufactured as to obtain little notice. J. Epps, at ,c, t 104„
Homoeopathic Chemist, was induced in the year 1839
his attention to this subject, and at length succecdch; 10:
the assistance of elaborate machinery, in being
edge
to produce an article pure in its composition, and 65',.,itsse:
by the perfect tr ituration it receives in the process
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through, as to be most acceptable to the delicate sLivo—vigo:
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rating, grateful Haasbre beverage, ossessing tici
dons aroma. Dr. tsall, in his work, in
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to
Adulterations," sayecis —"Cocoa contains a great vareessed
portant nutritive principles—every ingredient 014.0e0
the growth and sustenance of the body." Aga.lther C°.,iff 0
nutritive, cocoa stands very much higher than e„jwctered
or tea." Directions—Two teaspoonfuls of the P::recur
breakfast cup, filled up with boiling water or milk' 0014
in tin-lined }lb., Ob., and 11b. labelled Packets' ai
grinero, onlectiQuera, and Cliewitato,--LApirr,i