The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-29 00:00:00

THE BACH SOCIETY.

This society had its second public performance at the
Hanover-square Rooms last evening. The first was
given last season, and the impression then made upon
the musical public ley the performance of the " Passions
Musik," the chcf-d'oeuvre of the illustrious master, was
shown by the interest excited by the repetition of the
same work. Last evening Hanover-square was filled by
long rows of carriages ; the room, filled to the doors,
had the aspect of a great concert in the height of the
fashionable season, and almost every distinguished musi-
cian in London was present.

HATMARKET.—Great preparations are making at this
theatre fir the production of the Christmas pantomime.
If report can be believed it will be one of the most
splendid things of the sort over produced. The talented
lessee, Mr. Buckstone, is again the author of his
Christmas treat.

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A.DELPEIT. —Madame Celeste makes her first appear-
ance this season to-night., as Miami, ix the Green
Bushes. She will, we are sure, receive a hearty welcome.
Oa the 11th of December next it is proposed to give
ax amateur performance at the St. James's Theatre in
aid of the Patriotic Fund. The tragedy of Macbeth is an-
nounced, to be followed by the farce of the Waterman.
Kiss Glyn has kindly volunteered her services.
Mr. G. T. Brook, the tragedian, and Mr Jacobs, the
" Wizard," left Plymeutb. on Saturday last by the
Pacific steamer for Australia.

THE GALE OF LAST WEEK.

SUNDERLAND, Nov. 27.

A. coroner's inquest was held this forenoon in the Life-
boat Inn, at the lower part of the town, to inquire into
the circumstances of the loss of the bark Mary Graham
and 22 of her crew on the Stone Heads, near to the
south pier, on Thursday morning.
The bodies of the following persons have come ashore :
—Humphry Elliott, clerk to Mr. Thompson, the owner;
James Thompson, tho owner's brother ; William Hod-
son, North Sea pilot ; Thomas Hunter, mate of one of
Mr. Thompson's vessels ; William Perry, shipwright ;
J. li'Donald, ditto ; Robert Harling, Robert Shawl,
Robert Coney, Michael Welsh, John Sherwood, William
Burdis, William Whilley, and George Wearnsouth, sea-
men. The bodies of two seamen have been picked up at
Seaham, and one at Ryhope, but they have not been
identified.

Edward Downs, a seaman residing in Sunderland,
having been examined,
Thomas Bolton, lighthouse-keeper of the South Pier,
was next called, and said—At a quarter to 2 o'clock of
Thursday morning he was going down the pier ; the
wind was from the east, and both wind and sea were
tremendous, when he observed a flash-light close to the
harbour from a vessel ashore. He ordered the watch-
man to go and get all the assistance they could, and fetch
the rockets down to the pier. Two men came, but they
could not get the rockets, as the storm was so heavy.
At that time it might be about 3 o'clock. The ship then
seemed to be on the Stone Heads, drifting in towards
the land. The sea at that time was going over both
lighthouses. The crew of the vessel were observed
burning flash-lights every tw• or three minutes.
They were signals of danger. About a quarter to 5
the lights and vessel disappeared, and he saw no more
of them. The people on the shore had tried to get
the lifeboats out ; he saw that by the lights ; but, on
account of the violence of the storm, it was impos-
sible for rockets or life-boats to be of any service. He
had seep the vessel, the Mary Graham, go to sea on the
previous night. She struck as she was going out, and
had to be towed off by four steam-boats. He could not
see if her rigging was incomplete as she went out. It
was the case sometimes for vessels to go into the roads
before they were quite ready to proceed on their voyage,
but more so in summer than is winter time. The wind
was north-west as the vessel was going out. The weather
was threatening at that time, but he could see the storm
coining on Wednesday morning. The wind was favour-
able for the vessel to go to sea, but it veered to the east-
ward about 8 o'clock at night, and then blew from the
east-north-east.

"William Davison, the master of the life-boat, deposed

to the impassibility of getting her out to the assistance
of the Mary Graham, the sea was so very fearful. As
the pilots could not get off they went along the shore
with lanterns, in case any of the crew of the vessel
should come ashore. They picked up Downs.
After some more evidence had been taken with regard
to the finding of the bodies,
The Coroner summed up ; and,
After a brief consultation, the jury returned a verdict,
"That the unfortunate men had been accidentally,
drowned by the vessel being caught in a violent storm.
The gale last week burst in ono of the cofferdams at
the s•uth entrance of the docks, and has done a good
deal of mischief to the works in progress there.
Portions of the wrecks of two strange vessels, one
supposed to be a foreigner, have come ashore to the north
of Hartlepool, and there is reason to fear that both their
crews arc drowned. A body has drifted up.