The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-06 00:00:00

Lifeboat Services.

THonrEnss, SUFFOLK, Saturday Night.—The fishing
smack, Leader, of Harwich, Whinney master, with a crew
of 10 men on board, was wrecked off Thorpeness last night
in a gale from E. by S., and a heavy sea. The crew, with
the exception of the .master, who would not leave his
vessel—left in their own boat and were taken ashore by a
yawl. The sea, however, was making so fast that the
yawl was unable to return to the smack. The Ipswich
(Thorpeness) lifeboat of the National Institution was
thereupon launched to the rescue of the master of the smack,
who was hauled into the lifeboat from the vessel by means
of a line, after bringing up the boat to windward of the
wreck, the lifeboat behaving very well in the service.
NEWCASTLE, DUNDRUM BAY, IRELAND, Feb. I.—The
schooner Susan, of Dublin, bound from Kingstown to
Glasgow, went ashore yesterday at 6 p.m. It was blowing
fresh from the S.S.E. at the time. The lifeboat of the
National Lifeboat Institution was at once manned and
launched, and went off to the vessel. The boat took off
the crew of the schooner, consisting of four persons, and
brought them safely ashore by 720 p.m. The Ballycotton
lifeboat, belonging to the National Institution, also ren-
dered a few days ago important services to the brig Hans,
laden with wheat, from Odessa, which, during a gale of
wind, was in distress off Ballycotton. As soon as the ship
struck her crew left her. In his hurry the master had left
all the money and effects on board. As no open boat could
reach the brig, the master entreated the lifeboat might be
gent off. His request was complied with, and the boat's
crew put out an anchor from the vessel, which was thereby
brought round to the sea, and kept in a safe position during
the night.

The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer
and Mrs. Gladstone entertained the Earl and Countess de
Grey, Hon. Mr. Brodrick, Miss Burdett Coutts and Mrs.
Brown, Mr. and Hon. Mrs. J. Talbot, Mr. Wood, Mr. and
Mrs. S. D. Sassoon, and a select party, at dinner on Satur-
day evening, at their residence on Carlton House-terrace.
Mrs. Gladstone had a select party after dinner.

M. THOUVENEL good humouredly contradicts the
news of his own death in the following characteristic
manner :—" Monsieur,—l cannot tell you how much I feel
the flattering terms in which.your journal announces my
death. But a few rheumatic twinges do not, thank God,
prevent me from being very well. The dead person of my
name is one of my uncles, whom I have had the misfortune
to lose at the age of 90. Although I have been a Minister,
and am one no longer, I have yet somo friends in France and
elsewhere, and I should be much obliged to you to reassure
them by inserting this letter in your next number. Pray
receive, with my thanks, the assurance of my most dis-
tinguished con sideration .—THOUVENEL.
GENERAL AP CELLAN IN LIVERPOOL.—GeneraI
11l'Clellan, the well-known Northern General, and
one of the late candidates for the Presidency of the North-
ern States, arrived in Liverpool yesterday morning from
New York, on board the Cunard steamer China. He is
accompanied by his wife, child, and servant, and will, it is
understood, spend the year in travelling over Europe, for
the double purpose of recruiting his wife's health and of
studying European military science. The New York World,
in speaking of the General's journey, says :—" General
M'Clellan will sail for Europe to-day, in the steamship
China, with his wife and child. The General himself
leaves the country at this time with some reluc-
tance ; but the health of Mrs. M'Clellan is such that
their medical advisers counsel a brief residence abroad
as necessary to its 'restoration. They will remain in
England but a few days, in France hardly longer, and will
proceed at once to Rome, remaining there several weeks,
and thence to Dresden, or perhaps the south of France, for
the summer months, returning probably in the fall or early
winter. There will be no American abroad, not even in the
diplomatic circles, better able than General M'Clellan to
represent our cause aright, since he will speak not only for
that one-half of the loyal North who cast their votes for
his election to the chief magistracy, but for all those who
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THE MASTAI HERCULES.—At the meeting of the
Pontifical Academia of Archaeology, held on the 12th ult.,
Commendatore Visconti proposed that the Bronze Her-
cules should be called the Mastai Hercules, to recall to
posterity the name which Pius LX. has rendered so august
and so great. This proposal was not only approved, but
received with acclamations by the assembly.

REPRESENTATION OF WESTMINSTER.--General Sir
De Lacy Evans has issued an address to his constituents
acquainting them that at the next election ho shall not be
a candidate for their suffrages.

The trial of Mr. Mumble for an alleged breach of
the Foreign Enlistment Act was brought to a close on
Saturday. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty,
which was received with loud cheers in the court. If we
may judge from the evidence of Mr. Zachariah Charles
Pearson, the Confederates have got no great bargain in the
Rappahannock.
SUPPOSED CONFEDERATE CRUISER.—The Phare
de la Loire states that the suspicions of the French
Government have been excited as to the real character of
the steam-ram Olinde, which recently arrived at the Isle
of Houat under the Danish flag, and left again after re-
ceiving a quantity of coals from the French .steam-tug
Expeditif, and transferring to the latter vessel the Danish
crew, consisting of 42 persons. Some of the crew of this
last-named vessel recognised the Olinde as an ironclad
ram recently constructed at Bordeaux for Denmark, and
they state that soon after leaving the Olinde they saw an
English steamer approach her and transfer on board a
great number of large cases and barrels. One of the
officers on board the Olinde offered the crew of the Expe-
ditif 175 f. per month to serve on board the ram, first to
Lisbon, and thence for a five months' voyage. The
stoker and a sailor named Guerche accepted the offer, but
when the latter found the Olinde was a war essel, and
that all the men on board were armed with revolvers, cut-
lasses, /te., he jumped into a boat and succeeded in gating
back to the Expeditif. When this last named vessel re-
turned to -Noantes the crew stated what they had seen, and
were afterwards examined by Viscount de Beaufoncls, Com-
missary-General of Marine, who immediately communi-
cated with the Danish consul. The real character of the
Olinde will no doubt soon be ascertained. The crew of the
Olinde are generally of opinion that she is a Confederate
cruiser.—Galignatri. .

CAPTURE OF FORT FISHER.—The American come-
spondent of the Morning Adeertiser writes that the
newspapers are still much occupied in discussing the great
victory obtained by the capture of Fort Fisher ; while the
Southern Press endeavour to put the best, possible face
upon the fall of the fort, and the scaling up of their last
port to blockade-running, by stating that it is "a blessing
in disguise," and that the South will henceforward be
called upon to rely still further upon our resources, &c.
A correction has been made in regard to the time
when the successful assault was performed on Fort
Fisher. In lamer notices it was mentioned to have
occurred at 10 p.m. This was an error;, tho attack,
which culminated in the capture of the fort, was made at
1 a.m., the garrison having been taken completely by sur-
prise. After repulsing the previous assaults, they retired
to their bomppro3fs for the night, believing that no further
attempts would be made to capture the works until after
clltybreak. But at 1 a.m. the moon was shining brightly, a
fact which should have kept the Confederates on their
guard, and their want of vigilance proved a great victory
for the North, and a sad, very sad blow for the South.
TIIE A3IPHION.—Som6 hopes are now entertained
of the screw-steamer, Amphion, 1,700 tons, being
got off the sands at Sherringham, Norfolk. The Amphion,
when proceeding about a month since from Sunderland to
London, with a heavy cargo of coal, drove high up on the
sands, carrying away her rudder posts and sustaining other
damage. From the position of the stranded vessel, it was
considered impossible to get her afloat unless a canal was
cut in the sands to haul her out, as she had made a dock for
herself. Captain D. Russell, of Lloyd's Salvage Associa-

tion, has been at the wreck with steam pumps, Sze., and
hopes to get the ship off in a few days. He has already
moved her a few yards. she is, hoverer, full of water.