The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-15 00:00:00

THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE, " OwEs Tu.
DOR."—The popular author of " Whitefriars," has jus
produced a novel illustrating a period in our history
rt marltab!e for the chivalrous character of its incidents
—the reign of Henry the Fifth. Under the title of
Owen Tudor," he has put forth a lively and interest-
ing picture of that grand and romantic era in which the
victory of Agincourt forms one of the brightest chapters
in English history. The talent which the writer has
shown in his previous works is the best guarantee of his
sum ss in this new attempt, and all who admire the his-
torical novel may be sure of meeting with both enter-
tainment and instruction in the pages of " Owen Tudor."
—Evening Paper.
EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.—On the last voyage
home of the royal mail-steamer Teviot a miraculous
escape from sudden death occurred. On the 13th of
January, says our informant, it was blowing great guns,
as the sailors say—that is, half a hurricane; in fact, as
bard at times as it can blow in the Atlantic Ocean, about
the southern edge of the Gulf Stream, when it was
thought prudent to close reef the foretopsail and reef the
foresail. The hands were turned up for the purpose,
and as the exertions of every one on such an occasion
are necessary, a smart young officer (Mr. Woolcot)
amongst the rest jumped up aloft to what is considered
aboard ship the post of honour, viz., the weather-earing
of the foresail. In the process of reefing the sail and in
hauling out the earing, by some unfortunate circumstance
in his anxiety to get it done quickly, he did not haul the
first turn tight, and after taking the second, and taking
a good pull on it, the first rended suddenly, and losing
his
.balance he fell over the yard. By the greatest mercy
he, in his fall, caught, or rather kept hold of the earing,
and was suspended by it about nine feet from the yard-
arm. His situation at this moment was most perilous,
being 20 feet outside the ship and 60 feet from the deck.
He felt his hands giving way from the weight of his
body, but managed to get hold of the earing with his
teeth. In this situation, between life and death, he was
suspended for at least three minutes. The cry of " a
man overboard" echoed through the ship, and in a second
every soul was on deck to save the life of a fellow-beihg,
if possible. The sight was horrifying; our shipmate for
two years was, to all earthly appearance, gone for ever.
An attempt was made by the man next him to give him
the end of a rope, but the. was too strong,. it was
blown away to leeward from him. The cries of horror
and despair from the whole crew (100 men) at this mo-
ment can be more easily imagined than deieribed. The
commander's orders to make a running bowling knot
round the earing were drownel altogether by the cry of
horror from the crew. At this moment, his teeth giving
way, and his hand paralysed, he let go his hold, and as
the ship lurched heavily to leeward fell on the forecastle.
The carpenter, to whom much credit is due, with great
presence of mind, jumped forward as his feet touched
the desk, and caught bite in his arms. For all this only
his uncle bone was broken, and he is now, we are happy
to hear, doing well.—Hants Independent.
MORE GOLD HUNTERS.—The mania for gold-
hunters, in the new El Dorado, has seized upon several
residents in Wirksworth, who, tilled with glorious visions
of boundless wealth, are about setting off for California.
--Derby Mercury.