The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-12 00:00:00

Loss cf the Barbadian.

On Saturday the Board of Trade received the
sworn deposition of William Edward 'Thomas, one
of the surviving officers of the Barbadian mail
steamer, which was totally lost on Wednesday
morning last in the Irish Channel. lie says :—" I
was third officer of the Barbadian steamer. She
belonged to the West Indian and Pacific Steamship
Company, and was 724 tons register. She was three
masted, schooner rigged, built of iron in 185,k, and
classed in Lloyd's. We left Liverpool on the sth of
December fully equipped, with a crew of 35 hands,
with mails for Barbadoes, Trinidad, &c., and carried

a general cargo and three cabin passengers. The
pilot who took the vessel to sea left us at the Bell
Buoy, when Capt. R. Graham, the master, took
charge, and put the steamer on her course, and set
the fore and main trysail. About 5.30 a.m. the next
morning the steamer struck on theßlackwater Bank.
I was below at the time, and upon coming on deck
found the weather rather thick. The master imme-
diately ordered the engines to be reversed at once,
bat they were of no avail. Tie shit, bumped very
heavily on the shoal, and was every moment ex-
pected to break up. I was ordered by the captain
to take charge of the starboard-quarter boat. I
got it out and placed in it the ship's chronometer,
mails, and a box of jewellery which I knew was in
the captain's room. I cast off the boat with 13 of
the crew, myself, and one passenger, and made for
the Blackwater lightship ; but not being able to
reach it I put the boat before the wind and sea, and
ran her upon the beach at Courtown, where all
were landed in safety. One life was lost in trying
to reach the boat while it was swinging on the
davits. It was a passenger named Volner. Another
boat was lowered about the same time. A number
of the crew were in it ; but what became of them
I cannot say. 'The seconi officer (T. P. Shellock),
with six of the crew, left in the port waist boat and
got ashore. One of them was killed by the boat on
the beach." The steamer remained entire till about

11 o'clock on Wednesday forenoon, although the
sea kept sweeping over her, but then she broke in
two amidships and quickly became a total wreck.
Twenty-five of the crew in all got away in the boats,
leaving Captain Graham, the chief officer, and ten
other persons on board. On the ship breaking up
Captain Graham, mate, and four hands took refuge
in the foretop of the wreck, but from their not being
seen after it is believed that they were washed over-
board and drowned. The remainder, six in num-
ber, took to the mizzen rigging, where they remained
all that night and part of the following day, when
four poor fellows were rescued by the crew of the
Rosslare lifeboat, assisted by the Ruby tugboat,
but were in a most shocking state of exhaustion.
The other two perished in the rigging before the
lifeboat caine up. The wreck has sunk in the sand,
and only her funnel was to be seen above water.
It was Captain Graham's first voyage as master.
The company to which the Barbadian belonged
have been very unfortunate, this vessel being the
third mail steamer which they have lost during the
last 12 months.

The Republic of Mexico Endorsed by the

United States•

The appointment of General John A. Logan, of Illinois,
(says the New York Herald), as United States Mi-
nister to the Republic of Mexico, is one of the most
important diplomatic movements that we have ever
been called upon to chronicle. Although this Govern-
ment has not yet interfered in the Mexican imbroglio,
and has not yet giver► nay •ipatvriar nid to the Mexicali
Republicans, who are-: sdz,4allantly struggling against
foreign invaders, still the most explicit declarations of the
unanimous sentiment of our people upon the subject have
been placed upon record from time to time. Add to the
openly expressed opinions of our great generals and our
best statesmen, and to the reiterated warnings of the inde-
pendent press the resolution of Congress against the re-
cognition of any other than a Republican feria of Govern-
ment in Mexico, and tho emphatic assertion of President
Johnson that he knew of no such person as the Mexican
Emperor, and wo have a perfect chain of evidence in regard
to the views held by the United States concerning Mexican
affairs. Neither Napoleon nor Maximilian can possibly
mistake the meaning of these repeated popular and official
manifestations, and the appointment of General Logan as
our Minister to Mexico is still more unequivocal.

There aro several circumstances which make the selec-
tion of General Logan peculiarly appropriate and pecu-
liarly ominous. In the first place, ho is one of our bravest
generals, and all our generals are known to be in favor
of assisting Juarez, by force if necessary, in resuming the
authority which has been usurped by Maximilian. In the
second place, General Logan is a personal friend of Presi-
dent Johnson, and as such is presumed to fully understand
and represent his views. In the next place, General Logan's
own opinions about Maximilian have already been very
plainly announced in his public speeches, and especially in
that Cooper Institute speech which attracted such marked
attention throughout the country; and therefore his
appointment is in some sort an endorsement of all that he
has said. Besides all this, General Logan, being a soldier,
is admirably adapted to share the warlike fortunes of the
Mexican President, and it is probably the intention of the
Government that he shall proceed at once to the head-
quarters of Juarez, wherever they may be subsequently
located, until the war in Mexico is ended by the re-estab-
lishment of the republic. The very fact that a man of
General Logan's temper, training, sentiments, and experi-
ence has been chosen as our Minister proves that he is not
expected to sit down quietly in the glare and glitter of
Maximilian's capital, sharing the luxuries of those whose
usurped authority he cannot recognise, and that he is to be
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has never for a moment relinquished the legitimate autho-
rity invested in him by the Mexican people.
We do not suppose that the appointment of General
Logan will be followed by any overt demonstration against
the empire that France has set up upon this continent.
Our Government does not recognise Maximilian in this
matter, but'deals directly with Napoleon ; and there is no
other Power upon the face of the earth with which the
United States would be less willing to engage in war than
with France. The two countries are bound to each other
by the most cordial ties. We cannot forget, and have no
desire to forget, the assistance rendered us by the French
in our struggle for independence, and our gratitude for
that assistance has since been strengthened by many years
of amicable intercourse and by a thousand acts of fluutual
friendship. For the Emperor Napoleon personal y the
American people have the highest respect and esteem.
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difficulty. Being right wo can afford to be patient ; and
upon no occasion have we exhibited the least inimical
feeling towards France. We hold, however, that the estab-
lishment of a foreign empire upon this continent, no matter
with what intentions, was not a friendly act towards this
Government, and was beyond the legitimate province of
Napoleon's policy. For this reason we array ourselves
against it ; and since France, England, Austria, and other
European Powers, have recognised Maximilian and his
empire, we seize upon this occasion to emphatically renew
our recognition of Juarez and the Mexican republic. What
is to come next the future must determine; but we hope
that Napoleon will boldly and frankly solve the whole
question by abandoning his Mexican project and making
his interests identical with those of this country for the
next generation.

THE COAL PRODUCT.—The Philadelphia Ledger
says the amount of coal shipped from the Pennsylvania
sr
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pai°llttueended with
urines this year is thus far 8,171,512 tons, or a decrease of
1,004,588 tons compared with 18431•
noidAl.ipbsinlaTiihse:riofmNn-rpol.t]ao.ranrtHisyeilclnehilyee'dds
ato checked, yrl
el Pills.—Bilious
oftenßosi 1
serious consequences. When any one finds his ideas less
clear than usual, his eye-sight dimmed, and his head dizzy,
while he is indisposed for all exertion, physical or mental,
he may be quite sure that he is in immediate need of some
cooling and purifying medicine. Let him send at one for
a box of Holloway's Pills, after a few doses of which his
head will be clear again, hie spirits be elevated, and all his
energies be restored. Printed directions for the guidance
of patients inAtheltee bf this admirable medicine are affixed
to every box.

ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-
GAUDEN.
(Opera Company, Limited.)
Last night but Four before the Christ
Madame
Sherrington, Mr. A. Laurence, and MT. C. Adams.
Positively the Last Night but Two of L'Airicaine.
' THIS EVENING will be perfo,med Meyerbeer's Grand
Opera, LAF
'IIICAIN E. Misss Lou.sa Pyre, Madame Lem-
mens-Sharrington, and Mrs. A. Cook Messrs. Alberto
Lawrence, Ellis, A. Cook, E. Dussels, J. G. Patey, C. Le
Lawrence.
and Charles Adams.
Conductor, Mr. Alire I Mellon.

Commence at a quarter to 8,

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Signor AHD ITPS CON cERTs, Every Evening.
POSITI‘ F.LY THE LAST' NIGIII' BUT FIVE.
Imm nse Succega of the New Grand Selection from
Wagner's Boman.ic Opera, "Taunhauser." With lull Or-
chestra and t_ ho: us.
E `TDIELSSOII NIGIIT.
TO-1S IG LTue,..ilay), December 12.
VOCALISTS.
Millie. Laura llama Itld le. Edi, and Sig. Sta;no.
PIANOFORTE.
Mr. Charles r. alle
(his second 4, pearance at these Concerti).
Conductor, Signor ARDI'I I.
Commence at Eight. Promenade, One Shilling.

riIHEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. -
.1 Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING the performances will commence with
Shakspere's Trag-edy of lilt G JOHN : Messrs. Phelps, James
Anderson, T. Swinbourne, It Lynor G. Bellmore, E. Phelps,
C. Harcourt; Miss Atkinson, Mrs. 11. Vandenhoff, Mrs.
Hodson, Sze.
After which, GAL W AY-GO-BRAGH ; or, Love, Fun,
and Fighting Messrs. Edmund Falc,ner, F. Barsby, C.
Harcourt ; Misses Hazlewood, E. Falconer, Leclercq.
Commence at 7.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.-
Sole Lessee and Mansger, Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, THE V OERLAND ROUTE : Messrs
Chas. Mathews. Backstone, Chippendale, Compton. Rog, rs,
Clark, Gordon, Braid, toe, ,te ; Messdames Mathews, Snow-
den, Hill. Wright, Coleman, Lovellot C.
To be followed by WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN ?
Mr. Chippendale, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mrs. Charles Mathews,
Mrs. Fitzwilliam. &c
To conclude with MY lIUSB &ND'S HOST.
Commence at Seven.G

OYAL LYCEUM T EIEATRE.-
im Under the sole Management of Mr. Pechter.
THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, TIIE DAY AFTER
THE WEDDE,.;6I. Mr. and Mrs. Horsman.
After which, RUY BLAS. Mr Fechter ; I%.fessrs. Emery,
Fitzpatric,, Evans, Westland, Clifford, H. Butler, Raymond ;
Dlesdames Lavenu and Horsman.
To conclude with THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER.
Dles.rs. B. Widdicomb, Raymond, Westland, Evans, More-
land ; Mesdames Boyce and Lavenu.
Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five.
Acting Manager, H. Barnett.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, at 7, MOTHER AND CHILD ARE
DOIiNG WELL. Messrs. Felix Rogers, P. Bedford, &o.
Atter which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 86th
appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. iiillington,
I'. Bedford, R Phillips, Felix 'toga's, Ashley, Eburne, C. J.
Smith; Mrs. Billingtor,

To cpnelude, at half-past 10, with THE WIDOW'S
VICTIM. Messrs. BiLington, Felix Rogers, Ashley; Miss
Godsell, iliss Seaman, and Miss Jenny Willmore.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, QUIIiT LODGINGS.
After which, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TOO
LATE TO MEND, haracters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel-
ville, T. Mead, 1). Murray, S. Calhaern. F. Villiers, J. G.
Shore, G. Murray, H. Mellon, C. Seyton, R. Cathcart; Miss
L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers.

ROYAL S'IRA:4'D TIIEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. bwanborough.
THIS EVENING, at Seven. NOTHING VENTURE
NOTHING WIN.
Aiter which will be produced a new Opera Burlesque,
L'AFRICAINE ; or, The Queen of the Cannibal Islan
Messrs. Stoyle, James, Thorne ; Mesdames Swanborough,
Baynham, Johnstone, &c.
To conclude with MRS. GREEN'S SNUG BUSINESS.

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