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

I remain, your obedient humble servant,
WM. BERESFOID.

To the Lord Drumlanrig, &c.

(Co./
Glepny 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 atten-
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 use the
words impertinent act," without saying that lam quite
prepared either to explain or to answer for any act which
you may consider impertinent.

ram, your obedient servant,
DRUMLANBIG.

WWI
Hampton Court, Jan. 22, 1853.
My Lord,—l 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. In
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 whichyouacknowledged
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 you
repeat your willingness to retract or explain any expres-
sion that I have a right to complain of, and that you will
be preTrred 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
syouay that will
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always aware when you are using offensive terms towards
individuals who are totally unconnected with the matter
s that,
on which you are speaking.
I rejoice to be assured of the straightforward readiness
which you avow in your seccad declaration of -offering
satisfaction in case you 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,
Wm. BEHESFORD.

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occurreds oldie rs
during a h
Madras, and, melancholy to add, the whole of her
crew (with the exception of one man) and two passen-
ofthe HononuarvayblgeaEleasotf Indian
on Friday night, somewhere between the Lizard
and the Eddystone lighthouse. The Herald, which
was bound to London, and was the property of
Messrs. Lidgett, ship-brokers, of No. 9, Billiter-street,
was about 400 tons register, and was com-
manded by Mr. Vertue, au experienced mariner, and
manned by a crew of seventeen hands. The vessel with
which the Herald came in collision, was a schooner,
which, at the time, was supposed to have received the
greater amount of injury. Bad weather, however, came
on soon after the vessels got clear, and, in a few hours
afterwards, it was discovered that the Herald was in r±
sinking state. In attempts to launch the boats, severrs:
lost their lives. and, at daybreak, only two of the
wee
were
survived, who were clinging to spars w_htihhese
but
separated from the ship when she sank. Of
w, _
was
one, named James Gardner, was saved,
.__ i'af ,e,„.
Fadresise .
exhausted condition, by the Danish barqueooner spars
of one of the sch
picked up in the course of the day, la a '';'
It is thought that part
must have entered her side, and .
n more severe, the
the cavity, and the weather setting
was Washed out, and so
timber which occupied the hole wsa.weep
into her. The
allowed the sea to make a clean
schooner is different to
those on board the
They state that the
statement of
of the Herald.
that of the survivor
and that, dismantled as they were,
filled up
barque run into them, _ breaking off,
wed the whole of her crew, but that
have sa--
they could
she bore away. They were knocking about for some
time in a very
,
Trinity Housepilot-boat, -which
distressed condition, when they were ob-
served bythe Robert John
contrived to take them into Fowey, not a hand being
k u .
Herald had a -a.luable cargo, but she is un-
derstood
1 to have been well insured.
A
FEAT OF STRENGTH.—A well-known man, a sort Of
hanger-on about the shambles, called Williaia Barrand
alias Jim Long, performed the following feat of strength
The
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_o more difficult is the steepness of the road back f
•' wager, and with apparent ease, being back at the startther
' a considerable distance. However, the man won
ing point in one hour and twenty minutes frosty lain KW.
t ting out.--heedes Mercury.