The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-17 00:00:00

IRON STEAMERS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIME& -
Sir,—On reading a letter in the Times of Wednesday,
inquiring if the 'Birkenhead was fitted with water-right
compartments, and their possibility of saying that vessel,.
or at kast meditating, the dreadful loss of life by :lump-
ing her afloat for era hour or so, I am induced to'testify
to their utility in the following •
The Ariadne. East ,Indis Company's steamer (iron).
ran upon a sunkeUrock off the mouth of the Yang-tze•
keaug, and rent a large hole in her bottom under the
boilers. The centre compartment filled instantly, the
other two (st.e being divided into three) remained quite
tight. In this state I towed her safely to Chusau, a dis-
tance of upwards of a hundred miles.
Her floating depended upon these two compaKtmeats;,
had they failed, she would have instautly sunk in deep
water, and the loss of life have been very great. I be-
lieve she was constructed by Laird, *he also built the
, Birkenhead.
Late ,Commanding Sesostris.

April 14.

QUEEN'S COLLEGE,
Dnir.wlt EARNEFeeD._%„;Aßpeeiei
meeting 4,f the' oßtEthVe.
college was held on Thursday, the 15th instant, in the New
Hall, at which the Rev., Chancellor Law, the vice-principal,
! ,sdeeni ce e wseirre
jr et
that ' Mr. - William Dickens, presided. Letters ,expressive of regret at unavoidable tab-
enn_
atertoefdenjttoa tby the Dean of the Faculty ftern.Lord'Recles-
TATlsTocx.—The subjoiued address hai been ',sued.
tors the Venerable Archdeacon con Sandford,and quarter sessions),
by Mr. Trelawny. A correspondent states eit,twee,
(Behaeritr.ri(iheeigelifshiehreiff of
.the county),
Trelswny has resigned because some 00,. the
~),,c
_tt; county
_The Chancellor, after a short address, communicated to the
t:jhudicioSuisatav; , in' other --members..
meeting that the Rev. Dr. Samuel Wilson" VVisrneford had
otnottheis.a,Thcooeoll.o,gwichatlehdespeathrtm.,
heed
dt
hoeefe. tihnevesctoeldleigne
thean
fancy he i, still pledged to take the sceph trl3,7l,ldug fur_ ,
awasrtdepthwe
hrthieuniscfauthileposseepdartaotiocuonostdCerui
this time :
;gTnoedthmeyEgleecutto. rsiopf
roTpa:si;,toncokt.w—i,Grh:tn,atnledmi:::
lathteanvde Lichfieldottfe), wae.taTliomas Law (chancellor of theAtiocese of
enrxserim),inVaughaa Thomas, 8.D.,
resigned
Great Weiftm Sands
quarter sessions),
Esq., of Cherrington (chairman
the meeting to morrow, and to Dhow yuu that I have d
_al
done my duly to the popular party throughout my Po- The chair'inte:rrilatiliwaY'Compart.' et, Preference
iz eSehtares of the
litical career. I postpone till then all &nada of errone- the purchase of furn:rinounced aY'donatiOn7Jlc,oool.ittverttersdti
ous statements, with which your webs have teemed for the same quarter.
re, books, and current expenses from
some time. Ido not intend to offer my srlt again as a Prebendary Gray, the warden,
an eloquent address from the Rev.
arden,
candidate for Taristock, without s requisition from a the princely munificence seconded b the
of 12, w y Treasurer,
clear majority of the electors.—l have the honour to be, was ord red to be entered on thr. -arneford-- by acclamation
Gentlemen, your obliged and faithful servant, the most grateful acknowledgrneenrtecords of the society, and
"J.. S. TRELAWNY. Warneiord's endowments to the s,,Pesented to him. Dr.
Queen's Hospital now exceed 25,00'01'1703 College and the
PIRATES IN THE AUDITERRA
. NEAIt ":-...q
' APRIL—The pirates are beginning :to r. ._ ~).-MYRNA,'
waters of the Levant. They carryi theire aapup.ear on the
that, they have actually come u,, close to the porataeofitY, so far
in search of booty, which they have :Succeeded in
ehmyreza
off safely in the very teeth of apt: Austrian-rnes,
carrying
They take good care never to come near 4,43,, ;,,ts,letiottwr
rar.
ing the English, French, or Russian 'flag, and attack only
those from whom they do not apprehend reprisals. -- 48 the
Austrian commerce suffers greatly front this scourge, a part
of the war fleet, composed of a trigate,.twn:eaners, • and
two corvettes, are to be sent hither shortly` to' make a crusade
agaiast these formidable pirates. Naples us likfyil§e, to eend-
aergAl Toride hither. - -- ,

" Tavistock, April 15, 1852."

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THE GREAT BRITAIN AND BOGOTA STEAMERS.—
The Great Britain returned from her second trip round
Point Lynus, on Thursday evening, at half,past six P.M.,
having sailed at nine A. 31, Her engines were kept in ope-
ration during the whole time, and worked with great smooth-
ness. Her average speed during the trip was from 10 to
11 knots, and once she reached 12 knots. Shea is now lying
in the Wellington dock, taking in cargo and passengers, and
during certain hours in the day may be viewed by the public.
The B‘gota, the last of the series of steamers built for the
Pacific Steam Navigation Company, sailed on Thursday
evening from Liverpool fur ValparaisN with seventy passes-
gem Sbe will oil P 4 Audeira And Riv.de Janeiro. , ,