The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-04 00:00:00

LOSS OF THE NILE STEAMER.

On Saturday information arrived in town of the total
wreck of the fine iron screw steam-ship the Nile, 400
tons, Captain Moffat commander, belonging to the Dub-
lin Steam Packet Company, while on her passage from
Liverpool to Penzance and London, with, there is every
reason to believe, the loss of every soul on board, it is
supposed about 50 passengers, and a crew of 30 or 40
persons. The deplorable event took place a little to tho
northward of St. Ives Bay, on the western coast of
Cornwall. The London agents, Messrs. Hartley and
Co., were apprised on Wednesday evening of the Nile
having loft. Liverpool on the preceding night, and
nothing farther was heard of her until one o'clock on
Saturday, when a telegraphic message was received
that the Nile steamer had been lost near Portreath,
and that all on board had perished. A. despatch for-
warded by the company's agent at Penzance was as
follows :—" Papers, casks, and pieces of wreck of Nile
thet
o havecka s t
c on n
et
that
asthethe
h .
(s.s.), from Liverpool for Falmouth and London, were
picked up today on the coast near Portreath. She,
without
ryl opstersn
communicateGo appearsd r e v 3r.
R o f
Thurs-
daystea Subsequentmniegrh andmessages
struck on the rocks about eleven o'clock at
night, the wind at. the time blowing,a heavy gale frOta
the N.W. The Nile had on board a full cargo of !one-
ral merchandise.

Our Plyminith correspondent, writing yesterday mons-
ing, says=—"Passengers who came up by the mail this
looming say that the :whole of the crew and passongerir
were lost. The vessel 'had broken up, and portiona.of
it washed on shore just under Tehidy, the seat of Lady
Bassett."

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;'. PATRIOTISM OF MESSRS. PETO &
(Peom. ilLe Daily News.)
Wooden houses for the English troops in. the Crimea I
are in the process of -corkstruction at Gallipoli ; an
office,re have been despatched to Trobizond anal Sinopo
to procure and forward supplies of timber from Anatolia.
.dd to these the railway that is about to be construct,-1'
from Balahlava to the camp before Sebastopol—and
here let us pause to do eut.ro justice to the liberal
patriotism of Mr. Petro and his partners. \Vo are in.
'formed that the offer to c mStruct this railway originate(l
with them ; that they, as contractors, are to coi-.1.1 '
it with their oy:n men ; and that when it is' completedi
they are to hand it over to the army at the exact not
cost, refusing to accept a- single shilling for their The- Sacred Harmonic Sociay's season will oPen 1),11
labour, management,- or the use of their capital. \\ Then
. with the et Government is bestirring itself ' r . arkable as
witnessf and when
the country i energy we now " Deborah," one of his early oratorios, rem „ ....
-r-en - r ridgy, December Stli, with a revival of Randal is
such munificent sacrifices
Messrs. Poto, Brassey, Bettg and thoseCo, d of Eter-
as se Co min in g forward with C ontaining some of the finest double cbotuses ( im-
of which that of 1 nortal Lord," "See the Proud Chief,""
example, who can doubt for a Co is an illustrious nity," Vic)
of the struggle ?Mesdames Clara.
moment as to the result , Huddart, and Herr 'Formes sustain the c di
oc a
Novelle,llirbol.by,v al
And here let us advert to the.tone of complaint whip ili of M. Costa.d
parts and
the whole is, as hitherto, under the direction
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Aly CornwallPLYilia()rtlrilvaertllt 18,eure7ntil.tyr."
kena a that five bodies of feral have been picked up on
i•4sl.ttnday, and ainong theta Ciat of the stewardess; which
ila4:he'en iilentified by Mr. Carne, the agent of the cam.
• Paioy at Falmouth. A letter received by Capt. Moppet
lui t l)efore leaving Li'verpool, and his cigar case, had
) been picked up. Thu stern of the vessel had come
or , shore. An iuque.A 11:v1_1)ml held on the body of Ole

?.w ardess

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
•
Under the Management of Mr. Caw.= KILAX.
THIS EVENING, DEC. 4,
Will be performed THE COURIER OF LYONS. Characters
by Mr. C. Kean, Messrs. J. Vining, Addison, Graham, D.
Ca' heart, and Saker ; Hisses Deshorough. Heath, leman, and K.

Terry.
To conclude with THE HOSEYHOON'. Principal characters by
Messrs. mr. Lacy, Harley, Meidows, J. Yining, and Everett;
Miaaes
Murray, Deaborough, and heath.

LYCEUM THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, DEC. 4,

'Will be performed TEIE GAME OF SPECULATION. Charac-
ters by Messrs. C. Mathews, R. Roxby, F. Matthews, and Baker ;
Mrs. Hughes, MisßosOliver and Wadham, and Mrs. Foote.
To be folowed by a new Comic Drama, entitled A COMICAL
COUNTESS.
To conclude with the Farce entitled HF FELLOW CLEIIK.