The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-31 00:00:00

NOTICE.

The offices of the Royal Commissioners of the Patriotic Fund are
for the ',resent at 50.16 a, Great George-street, corner of Parliament-
street, Westminster.
The hours of attendance will be from Eleven a en., till Four p.m.,
daily. GARDINER FISHBOURNE,
J 11. LEFROY,
Honorary Secret .ries to the Royal rommisSion.
16A, Great George-street, Westminster, Oct 20, 1854.

THE RECORDER OF HULL AND THE
GRAND JURY.

On concluding their duties, the foreman of the Grand
Jury rend the following " presentment" to the Re-
corder :

" On concluding their arduous and extended duties at
these sessions, the Grand Jury desire to convey the
amplest expression
,of their thanks to you, sir, as the
Recorder of this Borough, for your eloquent charge, and
especially for the very loyal sentiments therein expressed
in relation to the late auspicious occasion of her Majesty's
visit to this ancient town.

" Feeling, as they do, that such an unprecedented
event in the local annals of Hull is worthy of some per-
manent record, the Grand Jury respectfully request that
you will he pleased to allow your charge to be printed,
as ere means towards effecting so desirable an object ;
and that, by such a record, may be handed down to the
future inhabitants of our town, a memento of that spice-
did manifestation of loyalty, which, on the visit of our
beloved Queen, accompanied by her Royal Consort Prince
Albert and other branches of her illustrious family, was
so ju3tly and universally displayed.
" The Grand Jury beg to state that they cordially
agree in the remarks you have made on the subject of
youthful criminals, and to express a hope that the magis-
trates and inhabitants may adopt the necessary measures
for the formation of a reformatory school in this borough,
under the recent statute passed for that purpose."
The Recorder, in dismissing the Grand Jury, after
some complimentary remarks on the manner in which
they had discharged their unusually heavy duties,
thanked them for what they had said of his charge ; and
concluded by saying, that while they had been speaking,
he had been informed by one of the magistrates that they
had that very day met for the purpose of taking steps
to establish forthwith a reformatory school. This an-
nonncement was hailed by a loud manifestation of ap-
plause from the crowded court, which, however, the
Recorder instantly stopped, and proceeded with the bug-
zoo before the court.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.
By the arrival in the Mersey this morning of the
new screw steamship Canadian, Mc.lVlaster com-
mander, we are in the receipt of advises from
Quebec to the 16th inst.
The reported safety of the commander of the ill-
fated steamship Arctic and several of the passengers
and crew is confirmed by this arrival, the ships
Huron and Cambria having taken 21 persons into
Quebec on the 13th inst.
The names of the passengers saved by the Cam-
bria are Messrs. Frederick flay, G. F. Allan, and
James Smith ; those of the crew, Patrick Noran,
Alexander Grant, Michael Russell, John Riley and
John Paterson, and one of the crew of the Vesta,
named Jagoret Francois. The remainder of those
saved, who all belonged to the unfortunate vessel,
and who were picked up by the Huron, are Luke
M'Carthy, Richard Machin, James Abry, Chris-
topher Moran, Thomas Conroy, John Drury,
Cractus Miller, James Ward, David Berry, Robert
Bryan, Joseph Conolly, James Connor, Thomas
Wilson, and a man whose name is unknown.
While on board of the Cambria, on the lath inst.,
Captain Luce wrote and addressed the following
narrative of the disaster to Mr. E. K. Collins, of
New York, from which it will be seen that the
members of this unfortunate gentleman's family,
who were reported to have escaped in one of the
boats, perished with the sinking of the vessel :
"Dear Sir,--It has become RI y most painful duty to
inform you of the foss of the steam-ship Arctic, under my
command, with many valuable lives—l fear among
whom must be included your: own wife, daughter, and
son, of whom I took a last leave the moment the ship
was going down, without myself expecting to see the
light of another day to give you; an account of the heart
rending scene. The Arctic sailed from Liverpool on
Wednesday, September 20, 'at 11 a.re., with 233 phs-
sengers and about 150 in the crew. Nothing of special
note occurred during the passage until Wednesday, the
27th, when, at -noon, we were on the Banks in lat.
46 45, and long. 25 W. steering west per compass. The
weatherh;.d been foggy during the- day, and generally a
distance of half to three-quarters of a mile.could be seen,
but at'intervala of a few• minutes a very denee fog, fol-
lowed by being sufficiently clear to see one or two
miles. At noon I left the deck for the purpose of
working out the position of the ship. In about fifteen
minutes • I heard a cry of Hard astarbord', from the
officer of the deck. I rushed on deck, and had just got
out when I felt a crash forward. At the sane moment
I saw a steamer under the' starboard bow, and the next
mothetit she struck against our guards and passed astern
of us. The bows of the strange vessel seemed is be literally
cat •or crushed off for about 10 feet, and seeing that she
must instantly sink in a few minutes, and taking a hasty
glance at our own ship, and believing we were com-
paratively uninjured, my first impulse was to endeavour
to save the lives of Those en board the sinking vessel.
The boats were cleared, and the first officer and six
men left with one boat, when it was found our own ship
was leaking fearfully. The engines were set to work,
bilge injections put on, steam pumps and the fore deck
pumps worked by passengers and crew, and the ship
headed, for land, which I judged to be about 50 miles
distant. Being compelled to leave my boat with the
first officer and crew to take care of themselves, several
ineffectual attempts were made to check the leak getting
sails over the bow, and, finding the leaking gaining on
us very fast, notwithstanding' all our powerful means
of keeping her free, I resolved to get the boats ready,
and as many ladies and children placed in them as
possible, but no sooner had the attempt , been made
than the firemen and others rushed into them in
spite of all opposition. Seeing this state of things,
I ordered the boats to be veered astern by ropes to be
kept in readiness until order should be somewhat re-

stored, when to my dismay I saw them cut the rope in
the boat, and soon drop astern in the fog. Another
boat was broken down by persons rushing into her while
banging at the davits, and many were precipitated into
the sea-and drowned, This occurred while I had been
engaged.in getting the starboard guard-boat ready, and
placed the second officer in charge of her; when the same
fearful Scene as with the first boat was being enacted—
men leaping from the top of the rail down 20 feet, cra-h-
-ing and maiming-those who were in the boat. I then
gave orders to the second officer to let ge and row alter
the ship, keeping under or neat the stern to be ready to
take onboard women and children as soon as the fires
were out and the engines stopped. My attention was
then directed to the other quarter boat, which I found
broken down, but hanging by one tackle ; a rush was
made for her also, and some 12 or 15 got in and cut the
tackle, and were soon out of sight. In the meantime I
found that not a seaman was left on board, or carpenter,
and without any tools to assist in building a raft, as our
only hope, and the only officer left was Mr. Doran, the
third officer, who aided me, with the assistance of many
of the passengers, who drew great praise for their cool-
ness and energy in doing all in their power up to the
very last moment before the ship sunk from under
us. The chief engineer, with a part of his assistants,
.had taken our smallest deck boat, and before the
ship went down pulled away, with about 15 persons.
We had succeded in getting the fore and main yards,
main topsail, and two topgallant yards overboard, and
such other small spars and materials as we could collect,
when I was fully convinced that the ship must go dow n
in a very short time, and not a moment was to be lost in
getting the spars lashed together to form a raft. To do
this it became necessary to get the lifeboat, our only re-
maining boat, into the water. This being accomplished
I gave Mr. Doran charge of the boat, taking care to
keep the oars on board to prevent them leaving the ship
hoping still to get the most of the women and children
in this boat at last. They had made considerable pro-
gress in securing the spars together when an alarm was
given that the ship was sinking, and the boat shoved off
without oars or anything to help themselves with, and
when the ship sunk the boat had got clear, probably an
eighth of a mile to leeward. In an instant, about a
quarter to 5 p.m., the ship went down, carrying every
soul en board with her. I soon found myself on the sur-
face after a brief struggling with my own helpless child
in my arms, when I again found myself impelled down-
wards to a great depth, and before I reached the surface
a second time had nearly perished and lost hold of my
child. As I struggled to the surface of the water a
most awful and heartrending scene presented itself
to my view ; ever 200 men, women, and children
struggling together amid pieces of wreck of every
kind, calling on each other for help, and imploring Al-
mighty God to help them. Such an appalling scene
may God preserve me from witnessing again 1 I was in
the act of trying to save my child when a portion of the
paddlebox came rushing up edgewise, just grazing my
head and falling its whoe weight upon the head of my
darling child, In another moment I beheld him lying
lifeless in the water. I succeeded in getting on to the
top of the paddlebox, in company with 11 ethers. One,
however, soon left for another piece of the wreck, finding
that it could net support so many. Others remained
till they were one by one released by death. We stood
in water at a temperature of 45 degrees up to our knees,
and frequently the sea broke entirely over us. We soon
itemed to separate from our friends on other parts of the
wreck, anepassed the dreary night, each one of us ex-
pecting every hour would be our last. At last the
wished-for morning came, dreary and cold, with a dense
fog, not a living soul to be seen but our own party, seven
now being left. In the course of the morning we saw
some water casks and other things belonging to our ship,
but we could get nothing that could afford us any relief.
Our raft was steadily settling, as it absorbed more and
more water. About noon Mr. S. M. Woodruff, of New
York, was relieved by death. All the others now began
to suffer very severely for the want of water, except Mr.
George F. A. Allan and myself. In that respect we
were very much favoured, although we had not a drop
en the raft. The day continued foggy, except just at
noon, as near as we could judge. We had a clear ho-
rizon for about half an hour, and nothing could be seen
but water and sky. Night came on thick and dreary,
with our minds made up that neither of us would live to
see the light of another day, and very soon three
more of our suffering party were relieved by death,
leaving Mr. Allan, a. young German, and myself.
Feeling myself getting exhausted, I now sat
down for the first time, about eight o'clock in
the evening, on a trunk which providentially had been
found on the wreck. In this way I slept a little through
the night, and became somewhat refresed. About an
hour before daylight, now Friday, the 29th, we saw a
vessel's light near to us, and we all three of us exerted
ourselves to the utmost of our strength in hailing, until
we became quite exhausted. In about a quarter of an
hour the light disappeared to the east of us. Soon
after daylight a barque hove in sight to the north-west
of us, the fog stow having lighted a little, steering appa-
rently for us, but in a short time she seemed to have
changed her course, and again we were doomed to disap-
pointment. Yet I feel in hopes that some of our fellow
sufferers may have been seen and rescued by them.
Shortly after we had given up all hopes of being rescued
ofus,
by the barque a ship was discovered to the ea
steering directly for us. We watched her withtsthl
the
windmost
intense anxiety as she approached us, with
varying, causing her to change her course several
points.
mano About n
n.
the
eraft
near
rn theym fortunately faourd succeedednatel y
saving
overwhie
h the e side,
w as and
him, by the sefcaosntdarnoluanted jhuimmp,ihnyg
making a rope
on board safely. This man saved proved to be a French.
man, who was a passenger on board the steamer with
in collision. He immediately informed the captain
lthataloft
others were on pieces of the wreck, and by going a
he saw us and three others. We were the first to which
the boat was sent, and safely taken on board about 3
p.m. The next was Mr. James Smith, of Mississippi,
second-class passenger. The others saved were Eve of
our firemen. The ship proved to be the Cambria, of
and from Glasgow, bound to Montreal, Captain John
Russell, who commanded the barque Jesse Stevens, and
was rescued at sea by Capt. Nye, of the Pacific. Of
Capt. Russell it would be scarcely possible to say enough
in his praise for the kind treatment we every one of us
have received from him during the time we have been
on board his ship. His own comforts he has given up
in every respect for our relief. The Rev. Mr. Walker

"Quebec, Oct. 14."
The following is the statement of Captain Rus-
sell, of the ship Cambria, to whom great credit is
due for his exertions is rescuing the occupants of
the several rafts :
" About 50 miles east of Cape Race, on the 29th of
September, about 8 a.m., the weather for some days pre-
vious having been very thick, the chief mate observed
some floating object right ahead ; he immediately in-
formed me of the circumstance, and I went aloft and saw
a human being standing on a piece of wreck ; he being
so near, had no time to put out our boat, but ran the
ship up to him, and throwing lines over the bow, sent
some of the men down,to hoist him, ,wikwwltj 0
difficulty, caught hold of him and got him on the
vessel, much exhausted. He turned ,out to be Sk. roach-
man, but not knowing his language, found it diffiCult to,
understand him ; however, I was made -ta understand,
by signs, and by a lady passenger on board, who Could
talk a little English, that there were some othersiloating
about in the distance. I immediately went aloft with my
glass, and distictly saw five separate pieces of wreck, and
on four of them there were humanbeings. limwediately
hove the ship in stays, and stood to the north, so that
we might reach them on the opposite tack, • they being
about two miles to windward ; got ray boat pit out, and*
all ready for lowering, with some water and provisions
on board. At about 1 p.m. came towards one raft, with
three persons on it; hove the ship to, and sent my boat
to their assistance ; got them off the wreck and took
them on board, much exhausted. They proved to be
Captain Luce, of the Collins' line of steamer Arctic, a
cabin- passenger named G. F. Allan, of the Novelty
Works, New York ; the other a young German lad,
named Ferdinand Keyer. Proceeded on towards the
other raft ; sent my boat again to a raft, with two per-
sona on it, who proved to be two of the firemen • the
other two rafts being at a short distance, the boats
proceeded on towards them, being anxious to get
them • all on board previous to the weather coming
thick, as there was every appearance of it at the
time. The last raft, with one single person on it,
who proved to be a Mr. Smith, belonging to the
United States, was reached. I then made inquiries
whether any other rafts were floating about, but they
having stated that 'they were under the impression
that there was no other, the boat returned to the
ship with the persona picked up. They were all much
exhausted. In the meantime I sent a man to each mast-
head to look out if anything else could be seen; but night
coming on we Caw nothing further ; and then the •wind
increasing to a gale from east-south.es.st, I concluded that
if there were any rafts or boats floating about they could
not have resisted the storm. I then proceeded en my
voyage. Captain Luce suffered severely from contusions
on several parts of his body, but principally on the head;
also Mr. Allan and Mr. Smith, two of the pasangers
saved."

The news brought by the Canadian relative to
our North American oolonies is devoid of interest.
In: the House of Asseiribly at Quebec, on the 12th
October, on the motion. of Mr..3ll4Cenzia a re-
port on- the-expediency of keeping the-public
counts in decimal currency was ordered.

RUSSIAN AND PRUSSIAN NOTES.

The following diplomatic documents
exchanged between Russia and Prussia':—
TO BARON BlUDBEita, &C., AT BiltLV4--*
St. Petersbarg(Ang.-14 t 6).
Monsieur le Baron,—Baron de ,Wartliet his 'laced
before us the communication of hie cabinet, dated the
Ist (10th) ult. The Prussian-Gov
examining-the four points which have just been prov"
posed by the Western Powers and adopted by Austria,
expresses an opinion that these points were of a nature
to form the basis of a resumption of negotiations for
peace, and, as such, recommending their adoption by
us. I consider it superfluous, Monsien le Baron, to here
enumerate the reasons which do not permit us to eien
enter into the examination of the new conditions laid
down to us. These reasons are sufficiently developed in
the reply, a copy of which is annexed, which we have
just addressed to Austria, and which you will please to
make known to the cabinet of Berlin, begging it to refer
to it. We deeply regret not being able on this occasion
to once more yield to friendly suggestions. But as it is
on these same suggestions, and, as it were, under its
dictation, that our last overtures were drawn up,, and
to which Austria has just replied in a manner so dif-
ferent from what the approbation of the Prussian 'Go-
vernment had led ns to hope for, astonishment will not

be felt at our refusing to depart from the bases of nego-
tiations which had been considered equitable) and sails-
factory. It is in vain that we have made every sacrifice
that depends on us to the interests of Austria and Ger-
many. At the moment when, even before knowing
what securities Austria would offer to us, we presented
to her, by the evacuation of the Principalities, a means
of releasing herself from the obligations of the protocol,
she thought proper, by the improper interpretation she
gave to that document, to engage herself more deeply
towards the Western Power's in the path which led her
to impose on us with them, conditions which in the
openly avowed idea of the latter, have for object to mate-
rially humiliate Russia, not, as they pretend, to secure
the balance of power in Europe, but to change i t for
their exclusive benefit, or to compromise it indefinitely.
We have sufficiently proved by our successive conces-
sions on which side feelings of a really pacific character
lie. None of these concessions have been accepted ; on
the contrary, each of them has only led to fresh exac-
tions. Nothing, therefore, remains to us, to our great
regret, but to accept the position which has been created
for us, and to wait until events produce a more favour-
I able opportunity for opening negotiations for peace,
which will never cease to be the object of our sincere
desire. The Emperor charges you to explain yourself
in this sense to the Prussian Government in making
known to it the present despatch.—Accept, &c.,
NESSELRODE.

TO BARON DE WERTMER, PRUSSIAN MINISTER AT BT.
PETEESBURG.

Berlin, Sept. 5.
Monsieur le Baron,—l have the honour to transmit to
you annexed a copy of the despatch which Baron do
Budberg has communicated to me, in order to make us
acquainted with its annex, addressed to Prince Gorts-
chakoff, under the date of August 14 (26). I should
now confine myself to expressing to you my regret at
the refusal of the Imperial Cabinet to admit the bases of
the negotiations which had been proposed to it, if some
passages of the despatch to Baron de Budberg did not
impose on me the duty of replying to it. The Russian
despatch gives it to be understood that the last overtures
of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg, that is to say, the de-
spatch of June 17 (29), to Prince Gortschakoff, were
drawn up under our dictation, and that consequeutl7s
hope might be felt that, after having approved
ofbases of
that
despatch, we should not propose to
give by our coati-
Certainly, when the question was
o the
Imperial Cabinet,
sels an impulse to the decisions‘ f
negotiation which were essentiallyytodifferent from them.
conviction, but with-
outesflaiecvteortyhnaatturrs
responsibility whatever, in the sense
assuming any
to the demands of the
of conciliation, and deference
' We have fully appreciated what the
we gave them conformably to our .
German Powers.
have arisen from
on this subject,reasoonf atosatbi
the overtures of Russia has not been
opinion as
declarations
tohave contained
without influence on the results which
Our manner of regarding this subject sauna,
them.
be entirely reconciled with the attitude however, of
Ranuffsswiae
as-
sumed by the other Powers, and the result'has been that
we have had nothing to do with the exchange of notes
which has taken place at Vienna. Is it to inferred front
this that the Cabinet of the King renounces taking part
in any steps which may appear to present any chance of
re-establishing a basis for negotiations, and a starting
point for the suspension of hostilities ? Certainly net.
We do not claim for the four points which Russia has
just refused, as the basis of negotiation, the monopoly
of being exclusively calculated to effect that object ; bet
we continue to find in it a nucleus which may servoe.
sooner or later, with some modification, as the basis of
the arrangement which will secure to Europe the
that
bene-
fits of peace. You are aware, Monsieur le par0n.:7,..,_,
it is towards that object that all the efforts of thee,on-y":1
our august master, tend ; and I need not repeat t t
Pelfave the
that his Majesty will not depart from it.
Count de
kindness to make known this, despatch to
Nesselrode, and accept the assurances, Ituntuynt.

\ -,:--- - ---
The Walter Hood, from Sydney, which has wade
the passage in 73 days, brings 7,660 ounces of gold
and 28,834 sovereigns, making a total of 59,4701. 'fb•
Hooghly and the Asa Packer have also arrived, bat
their respective amounts remain to be ascertained.. The
accounts from Sydney b the Walter Hood are nearly a
y
population. Am( ag
fortnight later than those previously received. They
continue to report a declining market fOr most descrip.
tions of imported goods, the arrivals being still far be•
tyhoendretlioenetddaielpyaranzeimore.nzatagt
ithde
had been the waiter
Mortice. with 4712 ounces of geld, s
valued at 6 $604
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TREAT= ROYAL HAYMARKET.
Vnder the management ot Mr. Backdate.

THIS EVENING, OCT. 31,
win be performed THE IRISH AMBASSADOR Cullc tiara
Characters
by Messrs. Hai:lion, Chippendale, Howe. ROgell, ord
3nag Reynolds and Mrs. Buckingham.
Followed by the Farce of COMFORTABLE SERVICE.
To be followed by THE SPANISH DANCERS.
To which will be added DE AF AS A POST.
To conclude with the FLOWER OF THE PORT.

•
ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. Claw.= Maas.
THIS EVENING. OCT. 31.
WM he performed the highly popular comedietts. entitled LIVING
TOO FAST.
Followed by FAUST ANTI) MARGUERITE. Characters by
Messrs. C. Kean and Bari& Fisher ; and Mrs. Winstanley, and
Miss C. L clercq.
WO conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIIL
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING. OCT. 31.
; Woolgar,
be performed THE SERIOIIS FAMILY. Characters
and
by
Messrs. C. Selby, Leigh Murray, and Keele
mrs. Keeley.
Followed by BONA FIDE TRAVELLERS.
After which, THE CAMP AT CHOSHAM.
To conclude with MEPHISTOPHELES.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEITRE.
L 61801) and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan.

THIS EVENING, Oct. 31,
vim be performed THE TRU4TEE. Characters by Maws. A.
www. r. Vining. Emery, and Leslie; Miss Maskel , and Miss
etcPhois• _ _ _

To ba followed by a Farce, called A BLIGHTED BEING, in
which Mr. Robson will appear.
To conciccie with TO OBLIGE BENSON.

ASTLETS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lease. and Manager. Mr. William Cooke.

IteMendoas 'access of the new MILITARY SPECTACLE, exceed-
ing eren that of the Battle of Waterloo!
THIS EVENING,

A GRAND MILITARY SPECTACLE, in Two Acts, by J. H.
1320cquaLLEa, Esq., called THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA
After which, the brilliant ARENIC GYRATIONS, or SCEYES in
the CIRCLE, invented and arranged by Mr. W ILLIAX CoOKZ.
The Whole to conclude with various Popular Entertainments.
Box-offlce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, wr. W.
West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director,
Yr. Wm. Cooke, JUL

HI AH WATER AT LONDON- BRIDGE.
Tres Div —Morning 57 min.after 9 I rvening 39 min.aft. 10
To liOnnow=lforning 17 mth•sfter 11 Bening 44 Join.aft. 11

THE WEATHER.--Bui Onto; Om. 31.
'PNXBNONNTNB, IN THE SLUM
62—highest since noon yesterday.
54-lewest this morning s.nd during the night.
65 —this dsy at noon.
BAROMETER, 30.15--falling.
WIND, S.W.—Light, with fine mild weather.

THE "COMING" CAPTURE