The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-16 00:00:00

MORNING S • N

king about 10 miles an hour, when she was run into by a
collier brio. called the Robert and Ann, belonging to Sun-
derland. IThc collision was dreadful, the Surprise being
cut down to the water's edge and the bows of the brig
partially driven in. Immediately they were disentangled
it was discovered that the Surprise was in a sinkingstate,
and the crew, in the hope of running the ship on shorn.
took to the:. pumps, which they worked vigorously for
some time, but to no purpolse ; the water gained rapidly
upon them, and they were compelled to take to the long
boat and stand clear of the vessel. In about halt an hour

after she drifted.. on to the. Cross Sands, where she

quickly became a total wreck. The crew were picked
up at day-break by a vessel passing, and they were safely
landed. The other vessel was saved. The cost of the

Surprise is stated to be 3,00 C/.
THE BOROUGH MEETING.-DISTRESS AND
THE CORN-LAWS.—A preliminary meeting of the requi-
sitionists was 11.1 d yesterday in the Boroughrecve's
room, Ti!wn Hull, for the purpose of making the neces-
sary arraAgements for the public meeting of the inhabi-
tants to•morrow, on the subject of the present distressed
state of- the population. In the absence of the Mayor,
the chair wa:; taken-by Mr. William Rawson. Several

gentlemen xvero appointed a Committee. to prepare .re-
solutions, and a Memorial to her Majesty, and they
retired to another room for that purpose. On their
mum, the resolutions were read, and submitted to
the meeting, and, with some verbal alterationst were

unanimously adopted, as was a draught memorial to
her Majesty. The first resolution briefly, yet power-
fully, described the various grievous proofs of wide-
spread suffering and privation which are visible upon
the face of onr social condition ; the second, for various
reasons assigned therein, ascribes this state_ of distress

mainly to the evil operation of the corn and provision-
laws. The memorial,
_based upon these resolutions,

adverts to the growing convictions of the people

throughout the country in favour of the abolition of
these restrictive laws, as evinced by the yearly-increas-
ing number of signatures to petition for their repeal ;
respectfully directs her Majesty's attention to that sig-
nificant sign of the tim s, the assemblage of 650 Minis-
ters of the Gospel in solemn conference on the ecrri-
laws, and their unanimously declaring. those laws to be

anti-scriptural and unjust; and concludes by praying,
that her '-'ilajesty would be graciously pleased not '„,
prorogue Parliament until the due deliberation and_ con-
sideration shall have been given to those Pass'..ges in the
recent Royal speech having reference to the Corn and
Provision laws.—illunchester Guardieit.

TWENTY - SEVEN PERSONS POISONED.-
DEATH FROM EATING DISORDER-4D VEAL.—Abort nine

.....
weeks since, a f4rmer named Schofield, residing in the
further side of Spo'laid, had a calf dropped which 'At
wished to rear, but, :sit became disordered, be empli.ved
a cow-leech, who doctored it about four weeks, at the
end of which time it was handed over to a butcher
named Kershaw, who killed it, and sold the meat in
cheap lots, at .211 and 3d. par lb., to people chiefly in the..
neighbourhood of Whitworth, all of whom were thkem
more or less ill iminediately after eating it. .A.unoagst
the rest were a decent working family named Sprawel.,
to whose share fell the bead and midcalf, The fol. er
they boiled for dinner on Sunday week, and, like all
the others, they were taken ill the e o:dy, the meat
having only been scld on the Saturil-,v. The family
consisted of old dames Sprawel, neA
j seventy years of
age, his wife, and several mal7ire sons and daughters :
and the old woman wagoniyueone who was not se-
riously affected b- food, -
t s having only eaten a
small port;
in or the broth. James, the old man, begun
4,- •
vomit immediately after he had finished his dinner ;
and he continued in the satne sickly state until Thurs-
day week, when he died. One of the sons also at
present remains in a rather dangerous condition. On
Tuesday last, an inquest was held on the body by
Mr. llearden, when, after a patient investigation, a ver-
dict was returned which legally exonerated' the vendors
of the disordered meat ; they were, however, called into
the inquest room, and severely admonished, being also
informed at the .same time, tbo-. if another death
sued front from a similar cause, it w. uld probably be the p. i -
ful duty of the Jury to send them to Kirialale for
The number of persons thus poisoned was about 27.
Manchester Guardian.

A CORN SHIP STRANDED IN THE RIVER.
—On Tuesday considerable excitement prevaileal in the
river below bridge by a report that the brig Isabella, a
Hamburg trader, laden with 1,400 quarters of wheat and
a considerable quantity of wool, had gone ashoee near
the Shadwell entrance of the London dock, and had be- '
come a wreck. It appears that the Isabella intended to
enter the London Dock and discharge her cargo there,
and was to have entered at the lower entrance at . Shad-
well at high water yesterday morning a few minutes be-
fore one o'clock. The ship, however, had not arrived on
the top of the tide, and the dock-master and the lock-
men nut expecting her afterwards until the next high wa-
ter, left the entrance and went home. About an hour alter the
Isabella arrived off the dock entrance; the title had then
fallen considerably, and, as is usual with ships deeply
laden whiCh arrive after the tide has begun to ebb, the
pildt and men attempted to moor her to the Dolphin,
off the dock entrance. By some mismanagement, hoW-
ever, the ship was suffered to drift between the Dol-
phin and the shore, and her lied caught the ground
abreast of Shadwell Dock Stairs, where there is a
causeway for the use of the ferry. The vessel grounded,
at this place, and - stuck fast, and at low water she
was left dry in a very awkward position, and was
very much " hogged" (back thrown up, and her
seams opened euttiCiently to enable any' one to insert
their hands in the openings. ' Her scams were caulked
as well as the exigencies of the accident permitted,
and the Collingwoott steamer was sent for four lighters
to keep her afloat on the rising of the tide, in conse-
quence of her leaky condition, and it was fur some time
feared she would break up, - end become a total: wreck.
The lighters succeeded in lifting her, and she was taken
down to New Crane Dock, about 200 yards above the
Shadwell entrance, in the afternoon, with four feet
water in her pumps, where she commenced dircharging
her cargo into barges albngside. The ship is a perfect
wreck, and a groat part of her cargo spoiled.
LEITH.—The reduction of duty upon wheat,
from 6s. Bd. to 2s. Bd., on Saturday last, produced, as.
might have been expected, great excitement and specu-
lation here. Merchants whose stocks were low, and
those who prefer availing themselves of the present rate
of duty to waiting the chance of it falling to one shilling
on Saturday next, were busy clearing parcels from
bond the whole of Saturday. The great bulk, however
(nearly one hundred thousand quarters), remains, upon
the expectation of being relieved at the minimum rate.
Seven entire cargoes changed' hands ,On Friday, and
every tide is adding to the quantity already in bond.
Very large supplies of foreign corn are arriving
in the ports daily, and it is now reckoned that not less.
than 1,500,00) qrs., including flour, will be cleared for
home consumption before the duty can rise again.—
Liverpool Tinie.
Mr. Balfe, the distinguished composer, who has
given to English music a character, habitation, and name,
purposes to take a benefit on Wednesday, the 22d of
September, at her Majesty's Theatre, at playhouse.
prices. It may not be considered inapposite to stater
that Mr. Balfe's ruinous losses have been brought about
by his zealous, but unfortunate attempt to establish a
national opera in this country. The Shaksperians have
most kindly consented to give their valuable services on
the occasion by performing Hamlet, after which a grand
Concert will take place, in which Signora E. Grisi, .
Lablache, Puzzi, Mr. aid Madame Balfe will take part.t.
The Royal mail steamer, • Columbia, which
sailed front Liverpool on the 4th ult., reached Boston Mt
the morning of the 19th, after a passage of fifteen days
from Liverpool. She encountered, it will be remem-
bered, a storm before reaching Halifax.
LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—OR
Saturday last Sir Frederick Smith, the Inspector of
Railways appointed by Government, made his official
survey of that portion of the London and Brighton Rail-
way at present unopened to the public from Hayward's
Beath to Brighton. Sir Frederick, Smith, who was :lc'
compliied by the Chairman of the Directors. and Mr.
Resnick, the Company's engineer, expressed himself.
perfectly satisfied with the state of the line. It is 'cer-
tain, therefore, to be opened the whole distance on Tues-
day next, on which day the townspeople of Brighton ,
have invited the Directors to a public dinner at the Old
Ship, to celebrate the event.
STRIKE OF THE WORKMEN EMPLOYED ON
THE NEW HOUSES OF I'ALLIAMENX.-011 Saturday
night., at the close of the week's labour, the stono"ssutrutr`
employed on the works now in progress at both the new
Houses of' Parliament, to the number of 488, struck
work, intimating their intention of refusing to return to_
their employ on the following Monday morning. in ..0i
~..",
sequence of some dispute between them and Yr. u"
the foreman, in the emloy of
cause of grievance alleged b the workmen
11:; thattowards
Allen is too arbitrary in hiss onduct ,
•Cener3 -I.noments'
them,articularly in not allowing them a
, f'...LN>vives, which
respit front their labours to refresh themselves'
they have been heretofore accustomed 1 under
the contrace ri'lli!4.
to whole of
pain of immediate discharge, Dirruily*,__g
wailing in
Monday the men were outside the b ilffin
the expectation that their grievances
died, but such not being the caseyein
whole of them came to the welie-el5:
away their tools, expressing
st,..r.
not to return to work urdcsman.
from his employment as
labourers are still enn
for them, which being,
mechanics is protractiv,the
neces-
sarily take place. . mornino• the
a body aturtook
i fixed determination
seteesrdtavyo.uld be reme-
t Allen is dismissed
A grout number of
f01.,11 doing what little remains.
-)l°7l:ished, if the absence of the.
.1 I-their discharge must also ,
progress of the works is, of
ded, and not the sound of a ham-
of building.
75..--Sir F. Pollock has
!Pt:lnn this immense range
lately •
course,nler,n.
chiseletire entirely sit:, „ .
CFR/Bcl' Rai e .
given en „pinion that the occupiers of compound houses,.
d to the poor-rate, have a right to.
though not assessed
vestry' and vote on Church-rate questions;
shepherds of the Pyrenees, remarked for
their skill and hardihood as hunters, lately killed an,
enormous brown bear, an animal distinct from the Wavle,
atteln,dwtohe parish .
bear, which lives on herbs and roots, while the °thee. is
carnivorous, and makes ruinous depredationsamoe,g tee
flocks and herds. These men were employed tr..° whole
days in the chase, armed only with single-barrel guns,
and to finish the destruction of their prey were 'obliged,
. after wounding, to assail him with the butt ends of their
pieces. They carried their game to Eaux-Bonnes, and,
having sold the flesh to the restaurateurs, who regaled
their customers with it, put the skin over the back of an
ass, and paraded it through the town, making a good
collection. The animal weighed from 400 to 600 pounds.
FIT COMPANY FOR A BisiloP.=—During a
late Church-rate contest in Hackney, one of the lesser
" ecclesiastical heads" of the parish was an active can
vasser for-votes in favour of the rate. Soliciting a peaty-
suppesed to be friendly to his views, be was aske':, how
matters had gone on at the vestry. "Oh," said roe "the
d—d Unitarians and Baptists have beat us this morn-
ing ' • if any of them come here for your vote, set the dog
or the cat at them." This good man lets since taken
Part in the consecration Of a new church, and afterwards.
L dined with the Bishop of Loedon.