The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-30 00:00:00

TII4 SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 30, 1862.

local banks. Then let a bankrupt bill be passed to
liberate those of .our business men who have their
hands tied by old debts resulting from former
failures. This done, and with the ordinary chances
of war in our favour, the premium upon gold can be
reduced to at least 5 per cent. If Secretary Chase
were to retire from the cabinet, and give place to a
better financier, this result would be indubitably
hastened."

FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE A 7 SEA.

PLYMOUTH, Wednesday Afternoon.—This morn-
ing M. Paul Augustin Fable, nephew of the mas-
ter, and chief officer of the ship St. Louis, of 400
tons, belonging to Marseilles, appeared in distress
before Mr. William Luscombe, of this port, Vice-
Consul for France. M. Fabre states that the St.
Louis was owned in shares by himself, his relations
at Marseilles, and the master, M. Augustin Fabre,
and that they possess altogether a fleet of 12 mer-
chant vessels. Their ship took in 380 tons of grain
at a small roadstead near Beyrout, where there are
only four or five houses, and left for England, char-
tered, probably, to call at Cork, Falmouth, or Ply-
mouth, for orders. On Saturday, the 18th of Octo-
ber, they received from a large cutter a Channel
pilot, who immediately took charge. Very heavy
weather was then experienced, and continued
throughout the following week, when she com-
menced leasing. On Saturday morning, the 25th
inst., during a terrific hurricane from the south-
west, all three of her masts went by the board.
The pilot was injured by the fall, the pumps were
disabled, and the ship became unmanageable. No
assistance came near during the day, but at night-
fall a steamship approached, and the crew cried for
help. Their appeal was heard on board the
stranger, which stopped immediately and
exhibited lights on both sides. Unhappily, the
fearful weather which prevailed prevented
those on board the steamer from ascertaining the
exact position of the wreck. The difficulty of ob-
servation was much increased by the loss of the
masts of the St. Louis. The master of the steam-
ship, with much humanity, steered three times
round the wreck, and after expending several hours,
ultimately resumed his original course. This oc•
curred in long. 8 40 W., or midway between the
Land's End and Cape Clear. The wretched master
and crew, 28 in all, were now left in a hopeless
condition 150 miles from the shore. The leakage,
not being kept down by the pumps, had in the
meantime swollen the grain. The same night the
ship opened bodily fore and aft, and went down,
and most of those on board took to the spars and
rigging. The mate and son of the master, Louis
Fabre, only three years of age, clung to the fore-
mast. After this period the mate can give no exact
account of time. He had much difficulty in retain-
ing the child, who received one fearful cut on his
forehead and face, while his preserver was chafed
and bruised all over. In this condition they were
knocked about the remainder of Satur-
day night, all Sunday, and all Sunday night, up to
4 o'clock on Monday morning,when the spar struck
the Cornish shore and they escaped. The mate does
not speak English, but a kind-hearted fisherman,
seeing their distress, supplied them with clothing.
After walking one day over a high hill they came
to a railway station, where a gentleman paid the
mate's fare to Plymouth. The boy was left behind.
Among the crew were four Greek sailors, all the
rest were Frenchmen. The name of the 2d officer
is Renard Louis, Augustin Rossi was carpenter,
Louis cabin boy, and seven of the sailors were called
Morel, Auguste, Fore, Francois, Geo. Gas, Philippe
Robert, and Charoi. The pilot was called Vickel-
son or Nicholson, a full-sized man, 40 years old,
with chestnut hair which covered his face. He was
taken out of a large cutter with a crew of four men.
The steamship William Corry, Captain Goldsmid,
from Cardiff for New York, put into Falmouth on
Saturday, and by the master's report she was the
vessel which failed to help the St. Louis. The
steamer first went to leeward of the voices, think-
ing they would pull down to her, and then to wind-
ward, supposing that they were on a raft.

CI7 Y COMMISSION OF SEWERS.

on places calling for further 'proceedings on
account of orders already issued but not complied
with.
The court then adjourned.