The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-27 00:00:00

LOSS OF THE DALHOUSIE.

The master and crew of the schooner William, of
Exeter, have made the following statement, denying the
charge which had been laid against them by Joseph
Reed, the survivor of the Dalhousie, to the effect that
they bore away from the wreck without -rendering the
least assistance to the sufferers :

" Cowes, Oct. 24.
"At 7 a.m. of the 19th inst., wind S.E. by S., I
saw a ship a point on the starboard bow with her
head to the eastward and her starboard side in the
water, the water level with her main and mizentops,
and her foretopsail partly under water. We bore
away and came under her lee, and when abreast of
her, and about a cable's length, she sank. We then
kept our vessel's head to the S. W. for about a
quarter of an hour, put our helm down, and tried to
stay by her, but came head to wind, and then went
astern at the rate of five or six miles, per hour. She
would not have paid off had not a sea struck her on her
starboard bow. We then hauled our wind, but the vessel
would not come to windward or near the unfortunate
men who were struggling in the water. All hands were
in attendance with head-lines, cork fenders, in fact every-
thing we had available for the purposeof saving life, but
it was of no avail. By reason of the distance we were
from them, we could render them no assistance what-
ever, the sea at this time making clean breaches over
our little vessel, being only 119 tons and heavily laden
with coals. After keeping the vessel's-head to the N.
and E. for half an hour, and finding we could be of no
service whatever, drifting as we were on a lee shore,
we consulted together, when it was determined (after
having done everything in our power to save life), for
our own preservation and that of the ship, to steer
our course down Channel, and you may rest assured it
was with anything but enviable feelings, having wit-
nessed such a calamity and unable to render our fellow-
creatures the least assistance. The undersigned would
not consider themselves men had they acted in the
manner deposed to by Joseph Reed, for whom we make
every allowance, having been placed in the perilous and
heartrending situation he was in, but are surprised he
should have declared that he hailed, and was answered
from the schooner to swim to her, when it was impos-
sible, according to his statement, for it to be true. He
states that the schooner was 200 yards to leeward of him
and blowing a gale ; how could he hear them say,
" Swim to her ?" It is a duty we owe to ourselves, as
men and seamen, to justify ourselves from such cruel
aspersions.

" J. FELIX IIAMLYN, Master.
" RICHARD MILLMAN, Mate.
" THOMAS HURFORD, Seaman.
Tflosus CURE, Seaman.
" WILLIAM GILHAM, Seaman.
" JAmze Ilannar, Seaman."

THE CHOLERA.

( From the General Board of Health.)
NEWCASTLE.

In Newcastle, on the 25th Oct., no cases from cholera
were registered. One death from diarrhoea was entered
on that day as having occurred in the Westgate district.

STONEHAVEN.
The medical officer of the parochial board of Dun-
nottar (Stonehaven) reports, on the 24th inst., that he
was called in on that afternoon to inspect the body of a
man who, it was stated, "died, after an illness of six
hours, on Friday morning last, at sea, on board the
sloop Farmer, from Shields for Montrose. The said
sloop put into the harbour of Stonehaven this afternoon
(24th), where it now lies. The body has been removed.
from the ship. "From the appearance of the body,"
adds the medical officer, "and from the history of the
man's illness which I received from the other men be-
longing to the ship, I am of opinion that he died of
cholera, and under that impression gave such orders to
the crew as I thought necessary to prevent the disease
spreading."

GATESHEAD.
Oct. 24.—Two deaths from cholera were registered as
occurring this day in the Heworth district of this union.
This makes the 498th death from cholera, there having
also been 43 from diarrhoea.

HEWORTH.
Oct. 25.—Cholera (deaths) 2
In a communication recently received from this town
deploring that so little preparation had been made for
meeting the pestilence, the following are enumerated
among the disastrous consequences of its visitation :
" Our tradesmen, wholesale and retail, have lost thou-
sands, their customers being afraid to enter the town,
even with supplies. An enormous expense has been
incurred in attending and feeding the sick, and burying
the dead, a greviour permanent charge upon the rates
for the support of the widows and orphans who have
lost those who found them bread—and the work is yet
to do."

ROPOLIS.
From returns made by MET
the superintendents o the H,
K, M, and P divisions of police to the Commissioners of
Police, and transmitted by the Commissioners to the
General Board of Health—it appears that on the 22d,
23rd, and 24th inst. there have occurred within those
districts four cases of cholera, all terminating fatally. In
one case the person died nine hours and a-half after the
attack, and in a second 19 hours after seizure.