The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-01 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-ROUSE.
Several applications having been made to the LOAD
MAYOR relative to the delay in raising the Apollo steam,
vessel, which was sunk by:the collision with the Monarch,
his Lordship sent to the, office of the Commercial Steam
Company, to be informed of the proceedings of the engineer
employed to remove the wreck.

Captain Bush waited upon the Lord Mayor, and was
surprised at the observations made to his Lordship a day
or t.vo ago about the attempt he was making to raise the a.
Apollo. It appeared from these observations that the case'
was eonsiaered to be a desperate one, and that the old way
of using chain lighters must be resortedlo-nt last. 'A geat
many other statements were also made,-tia_which it, might
be necessary to give a contradiction, but he would generally
state that he had no doubt of the success of his plan for
bringing.up the wreck within the week.
--The Loan Mavoa=-They say that you hare not even
got a chain under the vessel, and that she is just as she
was when she sunk.
Captain Bush—We have placed a one inch and a half
cable chain under the forebottem in one part forward of the
paddle, on the larboard side, and the other end of the chain
is after-vessel on the starboard-side. We arc now going
to place another chain, 'with four more cones, which- will
have a buoyancy of nearly 400 tons, and in the next attempt
I expect to raise her. We have had a great deal of diffi-
culty to contend against; and not the least is that of grop-
ing about in the dark mud about the Wreck, which lies
much lower than has represented. I have gone down
frequently to try to get the bodies of the two children who
were drowned, but the water was so muddy that it was
impossible to see anything, and I groped about for a long
time, but found nothing but three hats. The case was very
different when I went down into the Nimble &Ater, which
was wrecked on the Colton Sands, off Lowestoft., I could
see plainly at the bottom, and perform all the operations •
with great ease.
The LORD MAYOR—Did you succeed in raising that
vessel ? Captain got.her up in three dais, and
when I was going about it the seamen said they would will-
ingly cat as much as I should raise. I then went to Har-
wich:to raise the :Blucher, of 220 tons, and with 2,000
quarters of barley on board, • and'that Work I accomplished
in five days.
• The LORD MAYOR—YeiL shall have all the aid I can
give, .and lam happy to see that you are confident of re- #
moving the vessel, whiCh must, ifleft where it is, become
a great impediment to the navigation.
ILLUMINATIONS IN THE, CITY.—A letter was handed to
the LORD MAYOR by Mt. Gethge Slaintridge. • lewas in-
tended for the Court or conntiOn Council, but there being
no hatention to call anpVier, Court (luring the present
- ma.yeralty, his Lordshipluiving completely cleared the list,
it was thought necessary to accomplish-the object to present
it to the Lord Mayo'r in the justice-room.
Tlie LORD MAYlia said that the Lord Mayor Elect ,had
ordered a placard to be exhibited, statiug that he iatended,
to illuminate the portico of the Mansion House, and re=
commending to the inhabitants in the line of procession to
illuminate also. Now, it would be:improper, and, indeed,
absurd, in the present Chief Magistrate to interfere be-
yond the mere expression of an opinion on the subject,
particularly as extensive preparations had been made for
the occasion.
Mr. Shoobridge hoped at any rate that the idea of a ge-
neral illumination would be given up.
The Loan MAYOR—I can only repeat that it would be
c great deal better in my opinion, to assist those alini-

houses
h which were built in consequence of the suggestion
in 1832 to do away with the iilumination prepared at that
period than to illuminate at the present time..
Mr. Shoobridge left the office, thanking the Lord Mayor
for the observations his Lordship had made against the il-
lumination, and stating- that, supported as he was in his
efforts by so great a number of the first people of the city
of London, he should not hesitate to try every possible
means to convert the expensive show into a great charity.