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London, England, 1864-11-04 00:00:00

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that vessel was on the rocks to the south of Inch•
keith, and that the passengers were bef,,g landed
when the boat left. Two steam tugs, with lighters,
were immediately despatched to render assistance.
From information received from the crew and pas•
sengers, the following are the particulars of the
wreck :—The Brilliant sailed from Newcastle on
Tuesday morning with 68 passengers and her usual
complement of seamen and engineers. All went well
till they entered the Firth, ak here there was a fog,
hut Copt. M'Danald, the commander of the vessel,
did not apprehend any danger, and kept on his
course in what he thought was the proper track.
But unfortunately he was too f,r north, and about a
quarter to six o'clock in the evening the vessel ran
on the Aeriot, part of a reef of rocks running out
from the south•east side of IcchkPith. The captain
did not attempt to back the ship. Au iospEction of
the hold immediately revellt.d th at the ship had
astained consie?erable damage, and was fast filling.
Guns were fired and rockets di,,charged, with the
view of directing attention on shore to the danger of
the ship, but the guns were not heard nor were the
rockets observed, so that the captain was left to
provide for the safety of those under his charge
in the best way he could. Meantime the boats
were launched, and the work of conveying the
passengers to the island was commenced. At the
same time, a boat under the command of the first
mate, was despatched to procure assistance from
Leith, seeing that the guns and rockets had failed
to direct attention; but by an oversight consequent
on the confusion, she left without a compass, and,
as might be expected, in the darkness of the right
and denseness of the fog, she soon lost her way, and
instead of reaching her intended destination she
landed at Prestonpans. No help could be obtained
there, and the boat again proceeded to sea, and did
not reach Leith before 6 o'clock in the morning,
Before a single passenger left the ship there were
4ft. of water in the hold, and the leak was fast in-
creasing. Boat after boat was despatched with pas•
sengers, but owing to the darkness and the danger-
ous nature of rocks through which the boats had to
pass the work had to be done slowly and cautiously.
Those on board, as they Observed the water gradu-
ally rising, became more and more alarmed, but on
the whole order was tolerably well preserved ; and
by 3 o'clock the last of the passengers were taken
off this wreck, before which time the water was
flush with the decks, causing those on board to seek
safety on the bridges. The passengers were received
kindly by the lighthouse keepers and their families,
receiving such shelter and food as could be provided.
One of the steam tugs despatched reached the island,
took off the passengers, and landed them safely at
the Victoria Dock about 10 o'clock. All their lug-
gage was saved.
The steam tugs and lighters were unable to do
more than save a very small portion of the cargo,
axd it is feared all the other goods on board, which
are of a miscellaneous kind, will be lost, together
with the ship. When left yesterday afternoon the
vessel was broken in two, the forepart being fast on
the rocks, while the afterpart was under water.
The Brilliant, which belonged to the Leith, Hull,
and Hamburgh Shipping Company, was an iron'
built paddle steamer of 350 tons, built in 1848, She
is insured in one of the Tyne clubs; but it is not
thought that any part of the cargo is insured.--
Scotsman.

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in the neighbourhood have been obliged to keep
their rooms constantly perfumed. It will be well

if no bad effects are shown in the health of the town,
for certainly had it been the month of June, instead
of October, the consequence would have been serious.
It seems strange that these emigrants were not kept
in quarantine for any time, and although " ell's
well that ends well," this was surely very reckless
conduct on the part of the sanitary authorities. In
short, there are few who thank the commission at
Constantinople for their gift, and they will do well
not to repeat it.

Agriculturists are now busy gathering their cotton
crops, but many amongst them are greatly disap-
pointed. Their sanguine expectations are far from
being realised, and only the plants from American
seed are really la6en with fruit. It is not expected
that the produce this year will exceed that of last.
The acreage planted was much greater, but the yield
much less. In the present position of the cotton
market in Europe no transactions take place here—
a state of things well described by saying that there
are neither buyers nor sellers.—Levant Herald.