The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-01 00:00:00

FATAL SHIPWRECK.

On of tl!e 231 insiatit the ship Ear
of 1.,,,;Ai0n, 430 toms regts.er, fr ,en Honduras to Q
v,iti.sble ea:' o of wain
struck ko., a suhlt,ot rock a Hale to
eas'u; oi Ft!' creel Bay, Dun worley, and incatily b=n4
wreck, when, rueiarch,:ly to relate, 15 out of
18 hsfid.; innircl wet wi"O water.), graves. It sees
from what can be gathered from the survivor', hat tb
was a head wind at. tau f arty hour that morning, which co
pelted them to tack. end a dens, beg prevailing at '
same time prevented them seeing where they vir
until the vessel, with the weight of 800 tuns co
thumped with dreadful violence, and then speedily iv
to pieces. As soon as the crew perc.-ived their d
ger they all ran on deck, and were all collected on
poop, when a terrific sea caught the vessel and ho
her right amidships, at the same time capsizlng
poop and its living freight into the surge. , Al
being kt ooked about amid the heavy baulks.
mahogany aid the furious seas, three poor drippi
halt-nak.d and sorely bruised sailors made their
to a rock, from which they were cast back three
four times by the angry waves, but at last they s
ceeded in holding on (in one instance a poor fell
had to catch the moss with his teeth) until
sistance was procured, which was speedily rendered
Messrs. Hawkes Leary, and Tresilian, of %1:0
worley, whose intimate knowledge of the coast
soundings rendered their proffered aid invalua
The coast guards from the Fileareel station is
also promptly on the spot, and by means of haws,
&c., the poor survivors were quickly rescued ft
their perilous position. The vessel was complel
smashed and her valuable cargo strewn over
waters, but we are happy to say a great deal of
mahogany (we believe 97 baulks) have been saved, ,
are now being salvaged ou Dun worley strand. The st
paper also, and a large sum of mouey, have been re
vered by Mr. John Heard_ ono
tuuments connected with this melana
catastrophe is one particularly remarkable. While b.(
ing out of the bay of Honduras some of the crew du
vered something which excited their attention in
water. Having put out a boat they discovered, mud
their amaz:ment, a poor sailor lashed to a plank. T
quickly put him on board, and having applied rests
tives, they soon bad the satisfaction of seeing him ri
ver. His story was a short one. He had been 51
wrecked, and lashed himself to a plank, in hopes
escaping a watery grave. He did escape, but to
a similar fate on the iron-bound coast of the solid
Ireland.—Cork Examiner.

RAILWAY ENTIILLIuENCE.
LONDON AND SOU NI-WESTERN.

The secretary of this company, Mr.ii.ll4rding,
addressed a long letter to the chairman of the 4
Markets Improvement Committee on the advantage,
establishing the proposed Metropolitan Cattle-ma
near to the above company's line at Brentford. He st
that the relative distances from St. Paul's as a cot
point in the City to the different sites for the New
tropolitan Cattle-market are—to Blackwell, 4i ai
to Bow-common, 4 miles; Hornsey, 5f miles; Fiect
8 miles; Forest-gate, 6 miles; Oak-mientnon, 7 ra
Brentford, 9i miles; Barnes, 7f miles; and Copenhel
fields, 2f miles. In the event of the cattle-ms
being placed at the proposed site at Brentford, •
company would be prepared to lay down a short bri
line of 300 yards in leegth, iu order to connect
cattle-market by railway wi h the tideway ef the The
and the*, at a pace free from the intlurince of the'
but will webie reach of its agency when neeted;
at Brentford being lucked off from the river:
catle-rearket, if placed et the sire sue gested, wit
tnenediately adjecelit to the Seuth• Weetern Bail
including its Witidsor and other branches, and in itt
diate communicati it with the whole narrow-g,
railway system of England, also with the river Ths
and with the Grand Junction Canal. That the Lot
end South-Western Company will undertake
run market trains at any hour of the night or
which may suit the frequenters of the market, direr
Brentford in 15 minutes. The present fares are,'
double journey by the first class, Is. 6d., and by
second class Is. Id. The company would make
second-class double journey fare by these market fl
Is. from the Waterloo station to the centre of the'
k.t at Brentford. From the Waterloo station 4;
Paul's or Farringdon-street is one mile; to Hunger'
market half-a-mile; and to the steamers on the rive
the Hungerford and Waterloo piers, about half-al
After stating that 240 omnibuses each way commtiol
with or near to the Waterloo station, he states the
means of the North and South-Western Junction
way and the new East and West India Dock line, t'
will be from and to Brentford frequeet and •1
communication to Willesden, Acton, Camden-towot
lington, Kingsland, Hackney, Stepney, Bow, and
wall; and that 32 omnibuses also run daily from
City to Brentford, the best of them doing the distant
65 minutes. He maintains that no one of the other !
enumerated can present anything like equal eeeessw
from London generally, and the City especially aierl
Brentford. He then proceeds to show bow precise
proposed site at Brentford meets the requiren3o7
ferred to by the Commissioners in their report of
as essential to a new site for a cattle market. Ill'
elusion, Mr. Harding states that he is autboris',
say to the Markets Improvement Committee, 41351
company are able and willing to give every faciliti
accommodation if the Metropolitan Cattle Marko
fixed at Brentford.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKET'
BRISTOL, Ilancir 31.
• (101
STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was little or nothing
the share market to-day. The only sale reported "
Bristol and Exeter, 9014.

LIVERPOOL, MARCH 31.
tiTOCR EXCHANGE.—The business to-day was pith'
'lilted, and prices had a downward tendency. The trap
Lions were as follow : —Ambergate and East Junction
dis.—Caledonian, 1834—Eastern Counties, 9 3-16-1)8
shire and Yorkshire, 711Ai—Liverpool, Crosby, and
port, 19 ;:f:1••". Midland, 64—North British, 8 5-16 -
Eastern and Dover, 2144—Great Southern and Western,
ference, 37.

MANCHESTER, MARCH 31.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market opened 11_,e1
this morning, but afterwards improved, and a fair e!
of business was done at better prices. The transw
were as follow—Blackburn ( No. 1), 51*—Caledonian'
—Eastern Counties, 9 5-16—Lancashire and Yorkshire,
—Ditto, '2O/. F, 1 dis.—West Riding Union, 06 dis!
ham Alliance, 29 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 22•'",
Anglian, 7 per cent., 2 7-16—London and North-W'
New Quarters, 5 p.— Manchester and Birminghael.
Quarters, 2 1-16 p —Manchester, Sheffield, and I, i.
,"41
shire, .i4—Ditto (No. 1), 111,11—Ditto, Preference, ",
Ditto, New Preference, 11-16 p. ---Edinburgh and Glasr
c.—York and North Midland, 25.

THE C,OUNTRY r,VIARKETS

NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, MARCH F:o. SUP!
beasts 724 head. Trade brisk at 3d per stone on last
all sold. Number of sheep, 4,380; the better qualitie!,
making last week's prices, but trade was slow, and Pt,
mained on hand. Pricer—Beef, 4s Od to 5s 6d pet r
sheep, 4/c1 to 6d per lb ; lambs, 7d to Bd.
EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET. MARCH 30.—There fr
the meal market to-day 8 sacks oatmeal, each veep
2801bs. imperial, whereof 6 sold thus at 33s 00/_,
32s 6d, 3at 32s Od, and 1 at 31s 6d; average price r
whole 11 12s Od 10-12ths. 5 sacks pot-barley, whiCo
thus: —1 at 32s 6d, 1 at 31s, 1 at 28s, and 2 at 27s tid.
EDINBURGH HAT AND STRAW MARKET, MAAckt v
Oat straw, from 8s Od to 9s 6d per kemple of 16 stone! ,
wheat ditto, Sc 6d to 9s 6d ; barley ditto, 78 Od to
Hay, from 9d to 11 d per stone.
.
DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, MARCH 29. Therl
v,
inan
dtheof market
p o
t barley to-day
; 34
sales bags
rea
do f
oatmeal, 18 of barley
and Oatmeal the same ri
week ; barleymeal sold at about previous rates; parr
unsold.
Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second ti
imperial •• ••• 31s Od 30s Od 2'
Barleymeal, per ditto
Peasemeal ... 23s Od 22s 31 .."1
—s Od
... —3 Od —e Od
.e. Od. od )1.
Fplootuirmit;, s

COAL MARKET.
.....-yff.srxßDAY.
~
Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market .0
Carr's Hartle y•••• 12s 9dlPensher .- ............... .0
Chester Main l2s 6dlßussell's Hetton ...... !g.
03
:I, N
c, r t
II
llart ieppoo 1
....... .. ..
si
Dean's Pritnros.e. ....
il 'South Hartlepool
Holywell
Howard's W. H. Neth 12e.... • i 4:
12s 9d Seymour Tees .. -
1234
rantield Moor Butes...
ri anfield Moor .......
11.1113224iesses
Od South
iSHoteeeuluwi:ghaehrKtil'es .41.110:1: ..
..
.:
Itli 41v4;;
I Whitworth
Wall's End, Aso.
101
13s OdlTee
Gosforth ...-
12s 6ctVireSt Cornforth .... .. ,§
1142:
06dd ,
BWirocohdgh.oGusreaiCg.lo(sehp.d...s •iv's
iseHl I :
br tbounr
n..........................:
i 9
Northumberland
Lambton Primrose
Braddyll
Elettou
Walker
iii.n...... .. .. ... ..
............
Lambton
Ships at market,

83 ...... Sold, 56.

BIRTHS.
On the 28th ult., at F A 80N.
Upper Berkeley-street, Poi
t°
square, the wife of A. Henriques, Esq.
On the 28th ult., at Cleve-grange, Kingston-on-TO
Surrey, the wife of W. M. Cochrane, Esq.
OF A DAUGHTER.
On the 29th ult., at Lawshall Rectory, Suffolk, the 10
the Rev. Evan Bailiie.
On the 27th ult., at Whatcroft4all, Cheshire, the -
William Maxwell, Esq., of DalAaitth, Scotland.

MARRIED.
On the 30th ult., at St. Mary Abbot's, Kensington, CtiDi
youngest son of Professor Cowper, of King's Colleges
a
don, and Kensington- park-villas, to Isabel Agnes, yodij
daughter of J. Thompson, Esq., of Campden-hill, Kenn'
On .the 30th ult., at Hampstead, Middlesex,
Gribble, jun., Esq ,of Lombard-street, and Weshourne-P,
road, to Margaret, eldest daughter of E. Toiler, EVP

DIED.
On the 24th ult., at Malmesibury, Wilts, aged 58, the
William Flel cher. vicar of Harwell, Berke. rat
On the 25th ult., at Leamington, aged 75, Margaret"
of the late J. Hanhury, Esq. fa
On the 27th ult., at Cheltenham, Robert Inglis, Bgi • '
merly of Canton, aged 58.
On the 29th ult., at Brighton, Eliza, widow of
Montague, Esq ll
te
On the Rothnit. at Tiathie,i Distort. Sorrey, Harriet,
of die late 13. Gitmet,,

4.-L,i4Ltu i'uuLslit, AIUItDO iit it
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office,
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the cos'—
Middlesex. Thursday? April 1 102.