The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1838.

from your meetings and cov,nsels—confine yourselves within
the lin,its of peace, law, and order, but within these
exert yourselves strenuously.. actively, energetically, and above
all continously, and you will deserve and insure the cordial co-
operation and ready assistance of the generous, incorruptible,
high-minded, and true hearted people of Ireland.
(Signed) DANIEL O'CONNELL,
Chairman of the Committee.
Corn. Exchange, 29th Nov. 1838.
The address was adopted unanimously.
Mr. O'Connell then stated that he was about to leave town
for the county Wevford, and that this association would ad-
journ till Tuesday week.
TRINITY COLLEGE. —The Limerick Chronicle announces
that the Provost and Fellows of this College have issued an
order prohibiting the students from attending political meetings
of any description. Parson Graham has boasted that Trinity
College contains an extensive Orange Lodge ; and Mr. Butt,
a Professor of the College, is one of the principal spouters at
the meetings of the revived Orange Society.

ROSSINI'S CELEBRATED OPERA

" GUILLAUME TELL."

The Lessee of Drury-lane Theatre begs leave to announce
to the Patrons and Professors of the Musical Art, his
intention of producing, for the first time in this country,
Rossini's acknowledged chef d'ceuvre, Guillaume Tell, on
Monday, Dec. 3d, 1838.

•
The obstacles which have hitherto prevented the per-
formance of the Opera in England, viz.—the want of a suf-
ficient number of principal Singers, and of Choral Strength ;
obstacles (which it might have been reasonably expected
would have been overcome long since at the Italian Opera
House, a theatre supposed to be devoted to the cultivation
of the higher class of Music) the Lessee of Drury-lane has
made every effort to surmount.

Giiillazline Tell has been produced in almost every coun-
try of Europe, England excepted. It has consequently been
the aim of the Lessee of Drury-lane, to endeavour to efface
an obloquy that has attached to the Musical Character o
the British Nation, which may be said to be nearly unac-
quainted with the most perfect work of Rossini.
The Libretto will merely be a faithful translation of the
Lyrical Drama of Messrs. Jouy and Hyppolite Bis, to
which Rossini composed his Opera, in order that the cha-
racter of the Music may not, in any one instance, be de-
parted from.

It is, therefore, confidently hoped, that the production of
this distinguished Work will meet with that liberal encou-
ragement from the Amateurs and Professors of Musical
Science in England, which will at once offer a deserved
homage to the Genius of Rossini, and redound to the hOnour
of the Country.

ISLE OF WTGITT

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
VENTNOR, Nov. 29.—A dreadful gale of wind, at-
tended with thunder, lightning, and rain, has been raging
during yesterday. Three ships, in great distress, were
driven by, and great fears are entertained that they would
have been wrecked, particularly the last, the crew of which
were distinctly seen la,Jled to the rigging ; and at one time
scarcely a hope remained hut she must have been driven on
shore in Sandown-hay, but fortunately she weathered the
Culvers.

The storm continued all night and this morning. Other
vessels in distress, were seen ; one close in, dismasted. I
never witnessed such terrible weather. Two vessels are
said to be on shore to the westward. Four o'clock.—The
storm rages horribly.
FRESHWATER, Nov. 29.—1 n the violent gale of this
morning the French brig, Claire, Captain Peaud, came on
shore in Compton-bay, se struck about ten o'clock, and
at two this afternoon the Captain and crew, nine men, suc-
ceeded in getting on shore : her sails are all blown away,
but her masts are still standing. She sits upright, and is
well in upon the beach : she was bound from Marseilles to
Honfleur, with a cargo of wheat. Edward Day, Esq.,
from the French Consulate, at Cowes, arrived on the shore
by five, a.m., but could obtain no tidings of the Captain :
why he should have gone away, and left the crew and the
brig at such a time, is a mystery. It is said he is gone to
Yarmouth. A ship, with her masts gone, is riding with
two anchors a head in Chale-bay.
COWES, Nov. 30.—During Wednesday and Thursday,
we were visited by a tremendous gale from the southward
and westward. The fleet in our roadstead has rode well ;
not the most trifling accident having occurred. To-day the
weather has moderated, and the wind shifted more to the
west. All the vessels bound to the eastward have sailed,
including a large fleet of colliers. The Captain of a Bel-
gian galliot reports that be saw the masts of a ship go by
the board in West-bay, and soon afterwards the hull disap-
peared ; that he saw many ships disabled in the Channel,
and a number with Jacks flying ; but the weather has
been so bad the pilots would not leave the harbour. Indeed
so many have been drowned lately, we can hardly expect
them to run such risks, while they continue are so badly paid.
Thismorning many of them have put to sea, it being reported
that there are two vessels off the back of the Wight, in
great distress. The only wreck at present known of, is the
French brig near Brook, all bands saved : she is full of
water, but the tide leaves her at low water. But for the
light nights, the coast must have been strewed with wrecks,
there were so many ships in the Channel.
The Frederika Wilhelinina, Swedish bark, Captain
Schrolder, came into harbour leaky, with a cargo of salt to
discharge,

A Belgian schooner, and several other vessels, are no w
coming into the Roads.

DISTRESSING SHIP NEWS FROM

DUBLIN.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
Gainsborough, of Ipswich, general cargo, on shore near
Carrikhall Tower, between Baldoyle and Malahide—Four
hands lost.

Schooner Magnet, of Lancaster, Spencer Master, from
Preston to Wicklow, with coal, on shore on the Bull, near
Portrane—Crew safe.

The brigantine Waterwitch, of Glasgow, bound to
Leghorn, with bale goods, on shore near Carrsare, county
Wexford—Crew all safe.
A French vessel a-shore at Five-mile Point, near to
Wicklow ; three pilots drowned on going off to her—
Name not known.

The Bothe, from Liverpool to Trinidad, brought into
Dublin Harbour by two pilot-boats, with loss of rudder.
The Ariadne, of Belfast, with a cargo of timber, struck
on Sunday night in a heavy gale on the Tuskar rock, off
the coast of Wexford, and was immediately thrown on her
beam-ends ; three of the crew washed overboard and lost.
Cut away the fore and main-top-masts close to the caps,
when she righted, but full of water, her bottom being
seriously injured and her boats and deck-cargo swept over-
board ; the remaining crew lashed themselves to the rigging.
The vessel drifting between the Raven Points and Curra-
doe. At eleven a.m., on Monday, three more poor fellows,
to endeavour to get some provisions, let drift their lashings
were washed overboard and were drowned. Subsequently
she took the ground, and the cargo (timber) washed out
of her ; however, from the most strenuous, praiseworthy,
and persevering exertions of Lieut. Lett, C.O. of the
Rosslear Waterguard Station, who brought Capt. Manby's
Life Apparatus, with the assistance of six genuine British
tars, fortunately succeeded in a third gallant effort, having
nothing on them for several hours but a flannel waistcoat
and drawers (apprehensive of being capsized, and being com-
pelled to resort to their experience as swimmers) had the
gratification to bring to land the Master, Mate, and re-
maining seamen, who are taken every care of.