The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-29 00:00:00

GA.RIBALDI AND 7HE MAYOR OF
BRISTOL.

Yesterday the Right Worshipful the Mayor of
Bristol, John Hare, Esq., received a communication
at the hands of his secretary, Vecchi, from General
Garibaldi. It will be remembered that recently two
public meetings were held at Bristol, the first at the
Guildhall, the other at the great public room, Broad-
mead, fur the purpose of expressing sympathy with
the distinguished hero of Capreva. The mayor pre-
sided over both meetings, and was directed in his
capacity as chairman to forward copies of the reso-
lutions arrived at to the Right Hon. Earl Russell
and the general. This he did, and accompanied
that to Garibaldi with some kind remarks, expres-
sive of the sympathetic fteling of the English peo-
ple, and their desire to hold a free and united Italy.
The subjoined is the answer which his worship
received : •?

Spezzia, Oct. 23.

_ .
Honourable Sir,—The general thanks you for the cordial
letter in which you announce to him the two meetings held
in your city of Bristol in how,ur of him, through which is
shown the sym?athy of the noble people whom you, as chief
magistrate, represent, with the cause which interests us all.
From the time of the civil wars, our forefathers have striven
to acquire the name of citizens of a free country by the
sword, by letters, and by martyrdom. We have endea-
voured to unite the scattered members of dislocated Italy ;
we mean to have Venice, but now we want Rome, in order
to establish the Government in the capital, and to dismiss
from the Eternal City imposture and usurpation. We do
not ask for unreasonable things; let the priest keep to his
church, that religion may be honoured; let the foreigner
return to his home, that we may be left free to our destiny.
We shall always be grateful to your great people, who
first understood the justice of our cause, and detended it
through the press, in Parliament, and in public, meetings ;
and many of your noble sons with their blood, under the
walls of Capua. In the name of my general, permit me, sir,
to offer our most cordial thanks to you, to Sir Edward
Strachey, Sir Henry Hoare, the Very Rev. the Dean of
Bristol, to Mr. Darby Griffith, Professor Herapath, and
all those citizens of Bristol who sympathised with our beau-
tiful and unfortunate Italy. I am happy to inform you
that we yesterday safely removed our illustrious invalid
from Varignano to Spezzia. He reclined on a bed, made
by Mr. John Alderman, of London, which was forwarded
here through the Post-office, like an affectionate letter,
from a noble English heart. The general is at this moment
reposing comfortably upon it. During the voyage I
thanked the donor mentally, and the General assured me he
did the same. I have more good news to tell you. This
morning the General moved his wounded foot, whilst it was
being dressed, without pain. I hope, therefore, that Dr.
Partridge was right when he said that the ball was not in
the loot, and that there was no serious injury to the bone.
If the ball had still been there, and the ankle fractured, he
could not. I think, have moved the foot without pain. On
the 29th instant there is to be a consultation of Italian and
foreign surgical celebrities on the state of the patient, whom
everybody, loves, and desires to see restored to health.—l
have the honour to be, sir, yours respectfully,

C. AUGLIITO VECCIII

7HE DREADFUL WRECK OF 7HE
BENCOOLEN, EASY' INDIANAN.

An inquiry into the circumstances attending the
dreadful loss of this ship in Bude Haven, during
the storm of Wednesday last, took place on Monday
at Bideford, before the Receiver of Wrecks for that
port, as provided in the Merchant Shipping Act,
when the depositions of the survivor' were taken on
oath.

Thomas Aspinwall, boatswain of the Bencoolen,
stated that the ship sailed from Liverpool for Bom-
bay, at ten a.m. on the 13th inst. She was 1,415
tons burden, ship-rigged, with three iron masts,
built at St. John's, New Brunswick, in 1855, and
owned by Messrs. Edward Bates and Co., of Liver-
poet, and the crew numbered on leaving that port
31 hands, including the officers and the master,
Captain Chambers,. She was laden with a
general cargo, amongst which was a large
quantity of iron. When they sailed the weather
was very fine, the wind WSW, moderate breeze,
but in a short time the weather became bad and ; he
wind increased, It soon blew a strong gale from the
SW to NW, and on the 16th and 17th the mainsail
was carried away. On Sunday, the 19th, at 530 p.m.
wind blowing a whole gale from SW, ship about 40
miles to the westward of Tuskar, under three lower
topsails and fortopmast-staysail, when the foretop-
mast gave way, and immediately afterwards the fore-
mast broke away, parting between decks. In fall-
ing it caused the main and mizenmast to give way
close to the deck. The masts were of iron and the
main rigging of wire. When the mizen went it
carried away two men who were aloft shifting the
preventer brace, and they fell overboard and were
drowned. On sounding the pumps found three feet
of water in the well. This was about 8 p.m. on the
Sunday. Ship rolling and pitching tremendously.
The captain then gave orders to look after the boats,
but they found them all stove, the masts having
fallen upon them. During Sunday night Mr. Powell,
the chief officer, got injured in the back, by part of
the mast striking him. All Monday and Monday
night they were employed at the pumps, and some
of the hands assisted the second mate in making a
raft of the spare spars and studdingsail booms. At
daylight on Tuesday saw land to leeward, and
thought it might be Milford. Hoisted a studding-
sail boom with a sail upon it and steered for the
land, and 3 45 p.m. the ship struck on the sands on
the Cornwall coast, at the entrance of Buds Haven.
The captain went below to his cabin half an hour
before the ship struck, and was not seen again on
deck, though two messages were sent to him begging
him to come on deck to the raft. After the ship
struck a rocket was fired from the shore which
struck the ship's side. A second rocket was thrown,

and the line fell across the vessel ; but the second

mate, in making an attempt to secure it, was
washed overboard with the line and drowned.
A third rocket was fired with success, the fine

falling over the wreck; but at this moment a tre'
mendous sea broke over the ship, and she corn'
menced to break up. In a short time the fore'
castle was carried completely away, the raft, which
had been constructed upon it, being washed away
with it. About 27 of the crew were on the raft
when it was carried away. Just before the car'
pen ter jumped overboard with the intention of
swimming ashore with a line, but he was drowned
in the attempt. He could not tell how long tbef
were drifting about on the raft. The sea carried it
backwards and forwards, and it was eventuall
driven on a ridge of rocks to the eastward of the
haven, where it broke up, and only witness and fl"
others were saved, Their names were Andrew Holl•
man, Thomas Smith, William Strange, John White'
side, George Walsh, and himself. Saw a life boat
coming towards the raft, but it could not approach
them nearer than 50 yards, owing to the heavy eels

that was running. -
John Whiteside, seaman on board the Bencooleot
confirmed the statement of the previous witness. ll°
added that he never saw the captain drunk during
the voyage until after Sunday, the 19th, though
oftentimes he seemed to be in liquor. Could not sal
whether the ship might have been saved by letting
go the anchote. He was washed off the raft 011
the shore.
George Walsh, another seaman, said that 100
the ship left Liverpool she was making 18 inches of
water in 24 hours. The rigging at the time of BO'
ing had not been properly set up, and the crew ware
obliged to be employed in setting up the lower rig'
ging and back stays. He attributed the catastroplie
to the mast having given way ; and had the rigging
been in good order this would not have occurred
,a
Immediately after the mast gave way the caPtlao
came on deck. He soon, however, went down aglit
and got drunk. He came up and fell down several
times on the poop, and at last went down again 013°;
got into bed. The captain was drunk at ottle
times during the voyage.
The result has been forwarded to the Mal.°
Department of the Board of Trade for the infol;
mation of the Lords of the Committee of price
Council for Trade.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING 211°

WEEK.

(From the Registrar-Genere s Weekly Return.) .0
The weekly return issued by authority of L's
Registrar-General states that in the week 111110
ended on Saturday the deaths registered in Loyd%
were 1,224, and showed an increase on those of I'l3o
two previous weeks. The average numbt,r of cleiltd,
obtained from the weeks (in 1852-61) corresPepo,
ing with that to which the present return re re
is, after correction for population, 1,173. There°,4
a rate of mortality prevailed last week that produe;
an excess of 51 deaths above the estimated burcillt,
The deaths in the last three weeks were I'l' of
1,181, and 1,224. The mean weekly temperature it
the air has been falling within the same period. a,
was successively 56.3 deg., 53.9 deg., and 47.4 debi
The births exceeded the deaths in the same time

666.
Thei main feature to be noticed in the return:, iSt
the ncrease of scarlatina. An increase was aPPn-thlis
in the beginning of Sept., since which tit° ot
weekly number of deaths from scarlatina 1168111110
be en lower than 75. It rose last week to 104'
disease appears to be common in most parts ot •ja
metropolis. The sub-districts may be specified re,
which it was most fatal. St. Mary Paddington
ri
turned 5 deaths from it, Long-acre 5, Somero-tucifir,
5, Christchurch (Southwark) 4, St. Jamee,,C,„%ei
re
mondsey) 4, and Kennington, first part, 4.
were also 17 deaths in the week from diphther
which is stated to have been fatal
in four cases in : v
family in Salisbury-street,Maryiebone,in the cour
of a month. A
A spinster, aged 52 years, died of catalepsytal
labourer, aged 20 years, died in the London HosPl
under chloroform, during
amputation of the leg irJet

.., -
Last week the births of 990 boys and 900 g' 111
in all 1,890 children, were registered in London. -1,--a
the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1852.61 t"-
average number (corrected) was.srele,Bn3wsi.ch,
of the.sam4 the week as 29.41- -
the 133°.411
height At t t the
tßoyalhe barometer
i n
th
A a,
The reading fell to 28 96 in. OW oset°
ednwegeekwinbi:3tainyidseairr:
oi
29 80 in. on Saturday. Th Sunday, 00.
of temperaturWeaisn
determined by
night temperature
the air in the week was 47. e mean temperatur
se.
temperature was 60 deg. on Wednesday. The lo
The
below the average(ll°
Mr. Glaisher). The highest set
range 3t3te4wdeegek. ownaSsatbtuerrdeatoy;e
21611.89
deg. The
mean
difference daily range was 15.9 deg'.
between the d degree
andof air
temperature was 4.3 deg. The wean _0
degre
beinghumidity represented by 100. The air was huthld tlhe
most to saturation on Saturday. The wean of t:'4o
h. i
,3 hest temperature of the water of the Thames
windw
blew
deg.; that of the lowest was 49.8 deg. The or
daily from the south-west or west. Sev,te
tenths of an inch of rain fell; most of that quant.Va
on Sunday. The maximum pressure of the Wl‘,o
on Thursday was 221bs. on the equare foot. 're
the preceding Sunday it was 181bs. There We
gales on four days._
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DESTR N
UCTION OF THE EW BRIGHTON ~
LEGE BY FIRE..—On Monday evening New Brightonfi C:i's
lege, near Birkenhead, was destroyed by fire.
The 0,
supposed to have been occasioned by an explosion 0, re
oe' °
Fortunately the pupils had not gone to bed, and
al
escaped.