The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-26 00:00:00

MONDAY EVENING,

LOSS OF THE AMAZON.
OFFICIAL INQUIRY—(THIS DAY.)
An official inquiry into the loss of the Royal Mail
steam-packet the Amazon, by the Board of Trade, was
commenced this morning at the Privy Council Office,
in Downing-street.
The inquiry was conducted by Captain Beechy and
Captain Walker.;
The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings made a
few preliminary observations with respect to the
dreadful nature of the loss, in the course of which he
observed that the present inquiry would be entirely
public and would be conducted in the fairest possible
manner. He also stated that, in consequence of several
important witnesses being absent in Scotland, that part
of the inquiry relating to the construction of the boilers
and vessel, end the general efficiency of the crew, would
not be proceeded with today.
Captain (Jerrie, the:Admiralty inspector of mail packets
at Southampton, Wil9 first examined and he described the
construction of the vessel and boilers, which he consi-
dered to be perfect.

Augustus M•Guinnes, the storekeeper on board the
Amazon, gave similar evidence to that already placed
before the public.
Isaac Roberts, boilerman, the next witness, deposed
to the sudden outbreak of the fire, and the
utter impossibility of getting it under. He said,
that as far as his observation extended every
effort was made to arrest its progres3. His opinion of
the cause of the fire was that there was no metal cover-
ing between the bulkhead and the boiler. The bulk-
head bad become so heated and dry that if a red-hot
pricker had come against it it would have ignited.
With regard to the ship which passed near the
burning wreck, he stated that when he saw
it it was about half v,eY between the life-boat in
which he was and the wreck. That was about a mile or
a mile and a half. They shouted to the ship, but no an-
swer was made, and she did not show any light. There
was nothing in the boiler chimneys which induced him
to think they were unusually hot. He was not aware
of there being any more than an ordinary degree of heat
at the bottom of the funnel near the deck. He never
heard any one remark that the chimneys were very hot.
William Nutter, water-tender, who had been four
years in the company's service, said, when he first saw
the fire it was coming from between the boiler and the
deck, where the coal-sacks were:kept. He was at this
time in the engine-room; the heat became so great that
in a fear minutes afterwards he Was obliged to leave.
He was the last person who left the
examination of this witness was proceeding when
.I,engine-room.
[The
our report left.]

REATRE.
DRURY-LANE T
On Saturday the great English tenor, Mr. Sims
Reeves, made his first appearance, for the season, in
Fra Diavolo, and never has the bandit chief been re-
presented, either vocally or histrionically, with
such skill, dash, versatility, and effect. The beautiful
serenade, " Young Agnes," was delivered with such
exquisite tenderness, and such delicate expression, as to
take the house by surprise ; the audience were en-
tranced into that ecstatic silence whieh proves more the
powers of a singer than would do the most
vehement applause, until the conclusi▪
on of the serenade,
and then uprose from thousands of voices one shout of
encore, followed by applause the most, enthusiastic. The
other great song of the part is of a different charac-
ter, but it was rendered by Mr. Sims Reeves with
equally just appreciation of its requi▪
rements with great
energy and with infinite gusto. Never have we heard
the far-famed " Proudly and wide my standard flies"
more effectively rendered than it was on Saturday by
Mr. Sims Reeves. The part of Zerlina was sustained
for the first time by Mrs. Sims Reeves,
(late Miss Emma Lucombe), and she achieved a perfect
success, more:than realising the very favourable anticipa-
tions which bad been formed of her from her per-
formance in flaydee at Covent garden some two
years since. "On yonder rock reclining," was ad-
mirably sung, and the celebrated dressing scene
was a perfect gem. Mr. Whitworth made an ex-
cellent Lord Allcash, and Miss P. Horton is far and
away the best Lady Allcash who has yet appeared.
Mr. Manvers, as Lorenzo, sang the music allotted to
him with much sweetness. The performance was com-
pletely successful. At the fall of the curtain there was
a loud call for Mr. Sims Reeves, who came forward and
bowed his acknowledgments; on his retreat the call was
renewed, and he re-appeared with Mrs. Sims Reeves,
Miss P. Horton and Mr. Whitworth, and then there was
a loud call for Mr. Bunu, who appeared and acknow-
ledged the compliment. The theatre was crowded.

THE DOOMED DESPOT.
The saying of the ancients, that "the gods strike those
with madness whom they doom to death," seems singu-
larly applicable to Louis Napoleon, whose mad career
becomes daily more desperate. Where it will end, or
to what new acts of outrage he may be impelled by the
success that has up to the present time attended his
lawless deeds, time and Providence alone can tell. It
is, however, supposing the French nation to be the veriest
slaves on the face of the earth if they suffer much longer
the frightful tyranny of this maniac despot. The intel-
ligence of his proceedings to which we refer our readers
is a fissile of flagrant acts of violence, of the negation of
every social right, and of the total subversion of all law,
save the absolute will of a dictator, enforced by the
bayonets of an omnipotent soldiery, by whose hands the
liberties of France have been drowned in the blood of
her children. The President knows that his despotism
can only be maintained by the troops, who aro to France
what the Praetorian Guards were to the Roman empire,
and he hopes by bribing largely to retain his popularity
with them. For this purpose he has robbed the Orleans
family, and will go on robbing and rifling all who come
within his grasp, to pay his brigands, until his career
shall be cut short by the indignation of his country, or
no longer able to bribe them,
sacrifice him to their fury.—s nda Paper.
he yr n u o n him, and

ESTORATION OF LAMBETH CllURCH.—Arrange-
ments have been made for re-opening the parish church of
St. Mary, Lambeth, which has for some months past been
undergoing a thorough restoration, on Tuesday, the 3d of
February. The Bishop of Winchester has undertaken to
officiate in the morning, and
the Venerable Archdeacon
Robinson, D.D., Master of the Temple in the evening.
There will also be a series of services during the remainder
of the week, which will be conducted by the Archbishop of
Canterbury, the Bishop of London the Archdeacon of
Surrey, the Rev. Canon Wordsworth Dv. D„ the Rev. Dr.
Jelf, the Rev. F. G. Blomfield, the Re. D.
Jackson, and
the Rev. H. D. James.

ANOTHER CENTENARIAN.--Died on the I ith inst.,
at his farm at Greanan, upon the estate of Glenfintaig, Mr.
Alexander Cameron, at the great age of 100 years. He
never had any sickness during this long life, was in full
possession of his faculties, and went about until within a
day or two of his death. He --.43 was, we believe, a descendant
of the original familey of Letterfinlay • and he and his fore-
fathers have held the farm, in possession of which he died,
for probably eight centuries.—lncerness Courier.
THE MusistY.---The Council of the Society of
Antiquarians of London having appointed a committee of
four of the fellows of the society to examine the remains of
the ecelesiastic found in the chapel of St. Stephen, the mem-
bers of the committee attended on Firday, under an idea that
t would be permitted to make a full and proper ex-
y
ahemination. The order, however, given them by Mr. Barry,
was merely such as has for soma days been supplied to the
public, and did not em
Spower them to unwrap the body. It
was stated that Lord eymour must give his consent ere
any
further research could be made. The committee,
therefore, could do no more at present than secure for the
a correct drawing of the
remains as they were dis-
scoocvieerteyd

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KORN. FOR THE Nhort.
.---The Lords Commissioners
of her Majesty's Treasury h
to desire the Commissioners eale caused Mr. Cornewall Lewis
Customs to give the necessary
directions for permitting the°
salted
elivery, free of duty, of 213
barrels and 27 tierces of salt
the ship Fairy, from St. maio pork, which have arrived by
? into her Majesty's victualling
stores, at Deptford, the same
of the naval department, being intended for the service
SUPPOSED SUICIDE. cl
Baker held an injuest at the `-',,a Saturday night, Mr.
on view of the body of Hannah Horse, Kingsland-road,
woman, who was found on Voll Tollury, aged 23, a single
Thursday afternoon last, in the
Regent's Canal, near
was
tiiore-bridge, Hoxton. It ap-
peared that the deceased
e daughter of a tradesman in
Stratford, and that she had formed the acquaintance of a
man of some respectability, who
succeeded in her , under a promise of marriage,
8;11 she became a mother. The
child was not affiliated, and
was left its sole support.
She was under the necessity of e
suddeng into service, when she
got a situation. She left ithy on the 6th instant, and
was not heard of again till her
gent's Canal. For several days°4 was found in the Re-
erPyevious to leaving her ser.
vice she was frequently heard
being asked the reason, she Stattang in her room,
handle on
r etiandaetr
ei td washer thee
lantho l
ys s.
conduct of her seducer which had
Verdict, " Emend Dead."
Lord Brooke, M.P., has arrived
Warwick's Carlton-gardens, from at the Earl of
, En
the Noble Earl is staying. His Warwick Castle, where
Miss Charteris, daughter of Lord Ekrhdesbi.P's marriage with
place in town the second week in the
en, ls expected to take
The German journals announce'ing month.
Frederick Samuel von Silverstolpe, a s the death of M.
wedish diplomatist,
who, also, for some twenty years, direct the Theatre Royal
at Stockholm. The musical library left
is said to be interesting and valuable t by this gentleman
other items, many manuscript compositfetomprising, among
PAUPERISM IN THE PEERAGE.,_. 8 by Haydn.
tain Noble Lord
i closely connected n dit that a cer-
about to apply n forma pauperis for the_ nnnal allowance to
with
a ducal house, is
a
which decayed Peers are entitled, from
rted by themselves,
to he in existence, and exclusively aupp'e common fund, said
though an application of the present nature has not been
made in the memory of the oldest
Advertiser. ‘P°litical) inhabitant.—
SUDDEN DEATH OF Ma. CLEmENT
thermation was for-
seßvEß" NEWSPAPER.—On Saturday ineo OF THE " OB-
warded to Mr. Baker, the coroner, of
newspaper, sudden death of
Mr. Clement, proprietor of the Observer
whom. necessary. It
circumstances which render a coroner's incite , under
appears, upon inquiry, that the deceased
a widower,
of advanced age, very Corpulent, and f
°- sanguinewa
ment, walked home to his residence in
Hackney, on Friday night, apparently in London-terrace.g
supped as usual, but was taken ill in the
night,ood health, and
and about
five o'clock in the morning he was found
lying dead upon
the floor of his room. Dr. Wallis was sent
. resulted to render effectual aid, death having, it is
supposed,l°r but too late
from apoplexy. Mr. Baker has appointed
day) evening for the holding of his inquest.
day (Mon-
was a most benevolent man, and has left
• The deceased
friends, who knew his worth and deplore his
loss.
sincere
REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE.--A
ver
superstition exists among sailors against
sailing common
to which the loss of the Amazon will, to believerson Friday,
and unlucky days, afford confirmation strong
in lucky
as that ill-fated vessel put to sea ___ gas holy writ,
on Friday, the 2d of
January.
The batons of the Marshals of
so much envied, are formed of a round Pieceofdeal,
cen-
timetres in length, and from four to five 3O
cediameter, covered with velvet, with gold stare, and a goln
ornament at each end, on which are engraved the words,
d
" Terror belli decus pacis." According to the ordonnance of
Aug. 10, 1836, the marshals carry no
other arms but this
baton as a sign of their superior command,
brace of pistols. a sword, and a