The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-04 00:00:00

Loss of the Ship Louisa by Fire.

The following despatch has been received at the
Board of Trade from the British consul at
Philippeville, dated July 21, 1865 :
"Sir,—The object of the present is to acquaint you with
the sorrowful loss of the British vessel Louisa, of the port
of LLanelly, William Michael whereof late master, coming
from England with a cargo of coal, bound for this port of
Stets. On Sunday, the 16th inst., being a distance of about
nine miles N.E. of the port of Collo, it was perceived by
the crew that the ship was on fire. All hands were em-
ployed at the pump to extinguish the destructive element,
but in spite of the best endeavours of the crew (seven per-
sons in all), ship and cargo were burnt and,destroyed. On
that melancholy event the crew had hardly time to put a
launch to sea and to save their baggage, some sails and
other articles as best they could, as you may observe from
the enclosed report of the master. As soon as the disaster
was observed from Collo two Maltese boatmen, Angelo
Cardona and Georgio Cordina, spontaneously, at the peril
of their own lives, departed with their boat from Collo, ac-
companied by a sub-brigadier of the Custom house, to give
their assistance to the crew. On arriving at the spot they
found the crow in a launch, doing their utmost to proceed
towards land. The Maltese boatmen gave the utmost aid
possible to the crew, and towed the launch with their own
boat towards Collo, where they arrived on the 18th instant
at 10 p.m. The captain and five of the crow of the burnt
ship arrived at the port of Stora by the French Mail
steamer from Algiers and Collo. The two Maltese boat-
men have refused a pecuniary reward for their trouble,
stating that humanity impels every member of society to
aid his neighbour, and that in going to the assistance of the
Louisa's crew they were only doing their duty. In con-
sideration of so praiseworthy a conduct; I think the said
Maltese boatmen are entitled to au honorary reward. These
British subjects will bo proud of such a reward received
from their own country, and it will moreover encourage
others in similar circumstances.—l have, &c.
(Signed) " Joini B. &Lux."

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and a statesmanlike character is imparted to
a career that has hitherto been far too narrow and
exclusive, and founded on principles calculated to
exercise the worst effects upon those who were
governed by them. Scrupulous and careful manage-
ment of State property is here duly insisted on, and
the present time is considered especially critical for
the right performance of these important functions.

One of the most interesting paragraphs here met
with is that which relates to the Press, and there can
be no mistaking the liberality of the sentiments
which animate it. The officials are here informed
that they must regard free expression of opinion by
the press, if guided by truth, as a " valuable bless-
ing," and also that " subjective considerations are
to be set aside, and the judicial power is only to
be appealed to to give full effect to the laws, when
an objective decision of the case appears worthy of
punishment." This excellent circular concludes by
advocating the necessity that exists for the strictest
impartiality being employed in the course pursued
towards those provinces where several nationalities
are included. In all respects, it may be considered,
that Count BELCREDI has issued a notification that
reflects the highest honour upon himself, and augur
well for the interests of the country he is now serv-
ing in the high and influential position of Chief
I Minister.

On Wednesday evening an interesting meeting
was held at the Working Men's College in Great
Ormond-street, with the view of congratulating Mr.
HUGHES, the new member for Lambeth, upon his
election. The circumstances of that election were
certainly especially gratifying to Mr. HUGHES and
his friends. Mr. HUGHES was, of course, well
known to the public by his writings, in which he
was always the exponent of Liberal principles, but
he had never come prominently forward as a poli-
tician by profession, yet he was selected by the
men of. Lambeth, by a large majority, as their re-
presentative in Parliament, for it was felt
that his genial sympathies, his outspoken
manliness of character, and his straight-
forward Liberalism were better securities for
his faithful advocacy of their rights than years
of Parliamentary experience. So the author of
" Tom Brown's School Days" was sent to the very
busy school at St. Stephen's, where men learn much
if they teach little, and his supporters have an-
nounced their intention of defraying the expenses
of his election by subscription among themselves.
Mr. HuGnEs has always been a warm advocate of
the education of working men, and was one of the
founders of this very college. In his address on
Wednesday evening, he remarked that "It was
now wrought Linto him as a conviction, and as
a thing of which he was as certain as he
was of life, that the men who were
engaged in the hard work of manual labour were
as capable of the highest cultivation as the students
of any college or university." This may be taking
the extreme view of the case, as it is manifest that
such men must have other demands upon their time
and energies ; but if they are unable or unwilling to
compete with the man who passes his life among his
bookshelves that is no reason why they should not
cultivate their faculties to the highest extent
possible in their limited hours of leisure. All
honour is due to the man who, exhausted
by long hours of manual labour, prefers
to spend his evenings at the college or the
institute rather than at the public-house. It is now
many years since this college was established, but
the large attendance in the lecture-hall on Wed:
nesday proved that it has by no means lost its hold
on the popular regard. The chief speakers on the
occasion were Mr. TIATGnEs himself and Mr. LAY A 11D
both of whom were a little more radical in their
sentiments, and a little more inclined to flatter the
working men as a class than they would probably
be in a different assembly. It is surprising how
plainly such gentlemen can see the errors of other
friends of the masses, but they are not always in-
fallible in their own dealings with them. However,
the meeting on Wednesday passed off with great
eclat, and it must be gratifying to the working men
of the country to think they have at last a plain-
spoken, staunch upholder of their views and wishes
within the walls of Parliament.

The spread of the cattle plague in the metro-
polis is a matter of very great and pressing im-
portance. For a long while past the high price

of meat has been the subject of general observa-
tion and complaint, while the scarcity of fodder
last year, owing to the dryness of the season,
greatly affected all dairy produce. Just as a more
rainy spring and genial summer had given rise to
the hope of some abatement in the extortionate
demands, we are startled by learning that an epi-
demic is decimating the cowhouses, and that, not-

withstanding care and caution, it continues to
spread to an alarming extent. At the weekly
meeting of the vestry of St. Marylebone,
yesterday, Dr. WilmionE, the medical officer
of health of the parish, presented a very
valuable and interesting report of the result of
his investigations throughout the district. The
local authorities have good cause to examine the
affair, as Marylebone has been one of the scenes of
its chief ravages. Dr. WHITMORE is of opinion that
it is imperative that prompt, complete, and strin-
gent precautionary measures should be taken to
check the progress of the disease, which, he says,
has made great ravages, and is likely to continue
for some time. The statistics which he furnishes
certainly exhibit a startling state of things. In
October last the number of licensed cowhouses in
Marylebone was 70 ; it is now reduced to 60, of
which 49 have been personally visited by Dr. WHIT-
MORE. These 60 cowhouses contained 1,028 cows,
showing a deficiency of 286 on the usual number.
The actual number of cowhouses in which the disease
had shown itself was only seven ; but the statistics
show how rapidly the infection spreads when once
it has broken out. In one the number usually kept
was 90 ; five animals died on the premises, between
thirty and forty were sent away with the
malady, and seven or eight of the others
were now infected. In a smaller cowhouse

only five cows out of 24 escaped infection. In this

case the outbreak was traced to a healthy-looking
Cow, bought at the Islington market, but the owner
had also bought two Dutch cows about the same
time. So rapidly had the disease spread that the
owner
stance his loss
70 toBoactotoo. has belle na reducedthird into-
-16, and this owner is strongly of opinion that the
infection was introduced by foreign cattle. Dr.
WHITMORE had learned from one of the proprietors
that in May last a large number of Russian
and Hungarian cattle were sent to this country,
and sold at the port at which they were shipped at
2d. per lb., and that most of these animals were
subsequently believed to have been infected. This,
if true, is powerful confirmatory evidence of the
necessity of establishing some system of, inspection
of foreign cattle on their arrival in this country.
Dr. WHITMORE is of opinion that the disease was
imported, since he found that in no instance had it
attacked cows in those cowhouses which had not
been replenished from the London markets. Dr.
WHITMORE expressed his anxiety as to the
effect of the disease upon the supply of
milk, and it is satisfactory to know 'that
none of the persons attending on 'the animals