The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-26 00:00:00

I remain, your obedient humble servant,
Wm. BERBSFORD.

To the Lord Drumlanrig, &c.

(Copy-)
Glen Stewart, Jan. 20, 1853.
Sir,—Neither your letter of to-day, dated the 18th, nor
your letter of the 15th, explain to me what are the expres-
sions you complain of in my speech at Dumfries. Ido not
make myself answerable for whatever may have been re-
ported in the paper you have seen. I had no wish to speak
offensively of or to you ; and should you draw my attet.
tion to any expression you think you have a, right to com-
plain of, I would have no objection either to explain or to
retract those expressions. In the meanwhile I cannot
allow you to conclude this correspondence and to tise the
words "impertinent act," without saying that I am quite
prepared either to explain or to answer for 9,ny act whicit
you may consider impertinent.
I am, your obedient servant,
DRUBILANIKG.

(Copy.)
Hampton Court, Jan. 22, 1853.
My Lord,--I have this evening received your letter of
the 20th. In my letter of the 15th I called for an expla-
nation from your lordship for having in your speech at
Dumfries (when you were complaining of an intended op-
position to your return) coupled my name improperly with
the management of the elections at the Carlton Club. IR
your reply you apologised for having so made use of my
name, and you stated that you had done it in error. At
the same time, you intimated that you would have been
right in the use of my name, if you had only mentioned
that "I used to manage the elections" there.
In reply, I begged to point out that any unnecessary in-
troduction of my name in a matter whichyouacialowledged
that I was no way concerned in, was unintelligible in ar-
gument, and that I should consider it an impertinent act.
I am glad to see by your letter just received, that yon
repeat your willingness to retract or explain any expres-
sion that I have a right to complain of, and that you will
be prepared to answer for any act which I may consider
impertinent. lam quite willing to give your lordship credit
for the sincerity of your first declaration, and I hope that
you will not deem me intentionally wanting in courtesy if I
say that it seems-that, from some peculiarity, you are not
always aware when you are using offensive terms towards
inontihdicuhal:,owahaorearzettianllgy. unconnected with the matter
I rejoice to be assured of the straightforward readiness
which you avow in your secend declaration of offering
satisfaction in case yott should be betrayed by chance into
the use of offensive expressions.

I sincerely hope that this correspondence may now be
closed, and that I may not be called upon to renew it by
a fresh aggression such as I have distinctly, I trust, pointed.
out. I remain your obedient, humble servant,
BERESFORD.

FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE CHANNEL.— We have re-
ceived the details of a most fearful collisi, n in the
channel, which terminated in the total loss of a tine ship
called the Herald, laden with a valuable freight from
Madras, and, melancholy to add, the whole of her
crew (with the exception of one man) and two pasfien-
gers, invalided soldiers of the Honourable East India
Company. It occurred during a heavy gele of wind
on Friday night, somewhere between the Lizard
and the Eddystone lighthouse. The IL r ad, which
was bound to London
Messrs. Lidgetthi , and was the property of
was about 40, 0
sp-brokers, of No. 9, Billiter-street,
tons. register, . and was com-
manded by Mr. Vertue, an experienced mariner, and
manned by a crew of seventeen hands. The vessel with
which the Herald came ih collision, was a schooner,
which, at the time, was suppcsA to have receiued the
greater amount of injury. Bad weather, however, came
on soon after the vessels got clear, and, in a fe'ir hours
afterwards, it was discovered that the Herald was in _
sinking state. In attempts to launch the boats, several
lost their lives, and, at daybreak, only two of thhe
wereir
survived, who were clinging to spars which
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barque Fadres .
exhausted condition, by the Danish
hooners spars
picked up in the course of the day, 1.
It is thought that part of one of the r
, filled up
u more severe, the
the cavity, and the weather setting 'washed out, and so
timber which occupied the hole was washed
into her. The
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make
esiadec,leaannd.br.eaking
state that the
mustallow
that of the survivor of the
that,
dismantled as they were,
barque run into them, and
awed the whole of her crew, but that
they could have save
e knocking about for some
They were statement of those on boardH ethraelds.c schooner
she bore away.
olfwoeuys,enpoiltoat-bhoaantd, wiDheiinehg
distressed condition, when they were ob-
served in a very
contrived to k
taHerald had a valuable cargo, but she is un-
derstood 0 The
St. have been well insured.
derstood to TriintonitFy
A FEAT OF STRENGTH.—A well-known Man, a sort or
hanger-on about the shambles, called William Barrand
aliaiJim Long, performed the following feat of strength
served by the RobeerttJhoshmn,
on Thursday last. He was backed by an immediate
wager of 101., but in addition to this many small and
large sums were bet upon the matter. He had to go
from Halifax to Sowerby-bridge and back, in the space
of an hour and a half, bearing a load of beef weighing
nine stones, or 144 pounds. The distance there and
back is about five miles, but what would render the la-
bour more difficult is the steepness of the road back for
a considerable distance. However, the man won the
wager, and with apparent ease, being back at the start-
ing point in one hour and twenty minutes from his set.
ting out —Leeds Mercury.