The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-15 00:00:00

model of the safety-valve produced amongst the
machinery of the Cricket. Never looked down at the
machinery ; he lead his business on deck to attend to.
On the statement being read over, the witness
stated that he saw the steam blowing off before the
explosion.
Mr. Jones—He stated that he did not see the
steam blowing off. I have it down. He is obviously
purposely stupid. He has come here to deceive us.
A Juryman—Who has told you to make yourself
so ignorant here of all that took place ?
'Witness (innocently)—l don't know that lam
ignorant. I cannot tell more than I know.
The statement was corrected.
Mr. Hamilton, the reporter, who was examined on
the first day of the inquiry, here said. I hare been
sworn. I was on board at the time of the explosion,
and I am positive that no steam was blown off.
Mr. Rocker said he also had been sworn. He was
on board at the time, and could positively state, that
no steam was blowing off. Certainly none that
could be perceived. The boat was as still as this
room added the witness, and a boat was passing by
at the moment of the occurrence. If the engineer
and stoker were on board he must have seen them.
The moment after the explosion he went to the en-
gine-room expecting to see the engineer and stoker
dreadfully mangled, and was surprised to find them
absent.
➢ir. Hamilton added that he had been full five mi-
nutes on the pier before he went on board, and that
he was positive the steam did not blow off. If there
had been the slightest escape of steam he must have
seen it.
(The inquest was not concluded when our report
left).

COURT OF ALDERMEN.—Yesterday a Court was
held for the dispatch of business. The Rev. Mr. Cowen
was appointed chaplain to the Giltspur-street Compter.
The Court sat but a short time and did not transact any
business of importance.
EXTRAORDINARY DISPATCH.—The Aberdeen Steam
Navigation Company's new iron steamer Earl of Aber-
deen, Daniel Means commander, left Aberdeen on Sa-
turday evening at half-past eight o'clock, arrived at
London on Monday afternoon at three o'clock, dis-
charged a large cargo and reached Aberdeen again on
Wednesday at three o'clock ; thus performing the voyage
to and from London in ninety hours, which includes
nine hours' detention in London discharging and coaling.
APPOINTMENT.—The Rev. Charles Churchill Cra-
kanthorp to the Head Mastership of St. Saviour's Gram-
mar School, Southwark.
MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK.—ONE HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY-TWO PERSONS DROWNED. The Liverpool
Mercury gives the following particulars of the loss of the
Swedish vessel Iduna :—" On Monday morning, the 9th
ultimo, at one o'clock, in latitude 44 25, longitude 58 30,
the weather being foggy, the ship Shanunga, from Li-
verpool, came in contact with the Swedish barque Iduna,
from Hamburgh to New York, with two hundred and
six persons on board. The Iduna sunk in about half an
hour. Immediately after the collision the Shanunga's
boats were put out, and with one boat from the barque,
picked up thirty-four persons only. One hundred and
seventy- two persons, including the master, Captain
Ernest Andreas Moberg, were lost. The survivors
reached Boston in a state of great destitution. The men
were clo,hed in such clothes as the generous captain and
tars of the Shanunga could muster. The women, who
escaped with their night dresses, were clad with such
rude garments as could be made out of bunting and
whatever else could be found on board.
TROOPS FROM GIBRALTAR.—On Monday, detach-
ments of regiments serving at Gibraltar arrived at the
Invalid Depot, Fort Pitt, Chatham, from Gravesend,
at which place they disembarked from the Princess
Re) al transport-ship. They consisted of 15 privates of
the Ist and 2d battalions of the 56th Regiment ; 4 ser
geants, 4 privates, 66th ; 2 sergeants and 11 privates of
the Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders ; and t ser-
geant, t corporal, and 3 privates, of the 79th Cameron
Highlanders, with 20 women and 38 children, in charge
of Staff Assistant Surgeon Charles Reeve Mathen.
These troops embarked at Gibralter on the 16th of
August, and the only death that occurred during the
voyage was one man of the 66th. With the above were
I..,sergeant and 12 privates of Royal Artillery, and 2
serge ants and 2 privates of the Royal Sappers and
Miners, who proceeded to Woolwich upon medical
inspection by Dr. W. M. Ford. 21 men were taken
into the hospital. Previous to the troops leaving the
ship a committee, consisting of Sergeant J. Doran,
Sergeant R. Wilson, and Sergeant J. Winder, Royal
Artillery, presented the following address to Lieutenant
Harris, R.N., who had the command of the ship :
" Princess Royal transport, No. 9, Sept. 11.—Sir,—We,
non-commissioned officers and privates on board, wish
to convey to you their sense of gratitude for the very
kind and considerate manner that you have evinced to-
wards them, their wives and families, as also all pas-
sengers on beard since they left Gibraltar, and further
to convey to you their sincere thanks for the kind,
courteous, and gentlemanly deportment they have ex-
perienced from you, trusting that by the Divine bless-
ing you may in your future voyages receive that respect
to which we feel you are so justly entitled, and may
you enjoy perfect health and happiness is the earnest
prayer of, Sir, your obedient servants. Signed by the
whole of the troops." Lieutenant Harris received the
address with the greatest cordiality, and he assured the
troops that he had done no more than what he felt was
his bounden duty to do.
GOVERNORSHIP OF MALTA.—A Dublin correspon-
dent writes:—" I have learned that the Right Hon.
More O'Ferrall, formerly Secretary of the Admiralty,
has accepted the appointment of Governor of Malta,
and that be is about to proceed to that island, where
circumstances may render the post of governor a very
important one..AsJ2lai.
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with him in the government. The Right Hon. Gentle-
man has been unwilling to leave this country owing to
its present condition, but he yielded to the urgency of
the case. Mr. O'Ferrall, as you are aware, is a Roman
Catholic, and his appointment on that account will not
be unacceptable amongst the Maltese people. He is a
man of enlightened mind, active business habits, and is,
in fact, in every respect eminently qualified for the
office."
FIRE AT `WOOLWICH.—About half an hour before
one o'clock yesterday morning, a person in the employ
of Mr. Griffin, carrier, on his return from London, at
that time, discovered a fire on the premises of Mr. Hill,
furniture- broker, opposite the Dockyard wall, a short
distance eastward of the main gate. An alarm was im-
mediately given, and the Dockyard police, with two of
the fire-engines, were promptly on the spot, but could
not, for some time, render efficient assistance, owing to
the want of water. The policemen exerted themselves
in a most praiseworthy manner, and by joining seventeen
lengths of hose of forty feet each, succeeded in obtaining
a supply from the Dockyard main, which enabled them
to play upon the house and shop so as to confine the fire
to the building in which it originated, although the fire
had obtained such ascendancy that the whole of the con-
tents and flooring were consumed. Mr. Hill is said to
bo insured, but it is not known to what amount.
THE CASE OF STABBING TWO GAMEKEEPERS,
NEAR GUILDFORD, SURREY.—GUILDFORD, TUESDAY
EVENING.—The excitement created throughout this
portion of the county of Surrey, by the late frightful
t ffray between a party of poachers and the gamekeepers
of Messrs. R. A. Forgley and E. Currie, M.P., on the
morning of Saturday last, is beyond description, and has
only been equalled by the similar affray which took place
a few years since, between another party of poachers
and the gamekeepers of Mr. Bryce Combe, at Church
Cobham, when ono of the gamekeepers met his death.
The names of the two keepers who have in the recent
conflict been stabbed are George Targett and James
Martin ; the former, who is the head keeper, is about
10 ) ears of age, and has a wife and two children ; and
the latter, who is a single man, is 21 years of age, and is
au assistant keeper. The wounded men were not disco-
vered for nearly three hours after they had received the
injury ; and at that time Targett appeared to be com-
pletely lifeless. They were found by a person who was
accidentally passing through the wood in which the
affray took place, from whence, as soon as assistance
aas procured, they were conveyed in a spring cart, each
to his own cottage, on Mr. Forgley's property, at East
Horsley. Both men are in a very dangerous state.
Late accounts from Yucatan state that a plot far
the slaughter of the inhabitants had been discovered,
but not before a number of inhabitants had been mas-
sacred in several villages. All white and mulatto men,
with the women and cnildren, were murdered at Tepic.

ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR AND ST. ANDREW'S
HOLBORN ABOVE BARS.—The supporters of baths and
wash houses for the poor in this union have not given
up the good cause. A requisition to the board of go-
vernors and directors for another vestry meeting on the
subject is in the course of signature. The contest has
excited the attention and sympathy of the ratepayers in
other districts, particularly in the aristocratic parish of
St. George's, where the vestry appears to be as fond of
dirt as that which lives in the middle of it in the pur-
lieus of Saffron-hill. Au interesting motion falls to be
discussed to-night at the St. Andrew's Holborn-above-
Bars, and St. George the Martyr board of governors
and directors, proposing to throw the meetings in future
open to the press.
half-yearly meeting of the above society
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front wall of a
granary, situate in Lawrie-street, Leith, suddenly fell
into, the street, throwing out about 200 tons weight of
grain. The building was three stories in height, and
the floors, we understand, were laden with grain to the
depth of about seven feet each, which appears to have
been the cause of the unfortunate occurrence. The in-
habitants in the neighbourhood were, of course, dread
fully alarmed by the fearful crash, but, so far as we
have been able to learn, no personal injury was sus-
tained. Fortunately, Lawrie-street is not a great
thoroughfare, except on Sundays during Divine service,
when it leads from Kirkgate to Mr. Smart's church; and
had the fall taken place two hours sooner, the conse-
quences might have been highly calamitous. The amount
of damage done to the property must have been great.
The back wall seems to be all that remains standing of
the building.—Caledonian Mercury.
SOUTH ESSEX. REGISTRATION.—Yesterday Sir W.
Riddle and E. 13. Bos.anquet, Esq., the barristers appointed
to revise the list of voters for tne county of Essex, gave
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than usual.