The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-24 00:00:00

BOARD OF CUSTOMS.

The following notice has been forwarded by the Com-
missioners of her Majesty's Customs to their several
agents at the different out-ports
CUSTOM HOUSE, Nov. 20, 1840.
" With reference to our General Order of the 11th
instant, directing you to place yourselves in communi-
cation with the principal officers of the Coast Guard
within
raising
syinogursedaimsterict w
seamen for
rtiltilei a view of giving effect to the
Royal Navy,
We authorise Sou to advance, from time to time,
such sums of money as may be required by the Inspect-
ing Commanders within the district of your port, for the
above purpose, upon receiving a written application
from such officers, who have baen directed to give pro-
per receipts for the same ; observing, however, that the
total amount of such advances does not exceed the sum
of fifty pounds to each Inspecting
Commander ; and
that the respective sums demanded be treated as ad-
vances, to be afterwards accounted for, and be not
taken credit for, until further directions are received
from us."

RESCUE OF A COLLIER FROM DESTRUC-
TION RY THE MONARCH STEAM SIIIP.-The '' Monarch"
of Tuesday night,
has performed her passages between Southampton and
Havre with the most punctual regularity, during the bad
weather, till Wednesday, when, instead of arriving in the
Her appearance with a consort, however, soon led
mur"ing, she did not appear till four o'clock in the after-
noon.ship, she proved to be the
to an explanation. After encountering the frightful gale
" outside," to what we experienced here, she heard guns
of distress fired, at about eight o'clock in the morning,
about 25 miles behind the Wight. On nearing the distressed
which raged with ten times the fury
Shields, but from Sunderland, with a large cargo of coals
(400 tons). for Odessa She had reached 18 W. but
Hopeful, Captain Leslie, of
.
had been beaten back in the gales of Thursday and Fri-
day, and had lost all her canvass and bulwarks, and was
making considerable water. The exhausted crew had,
with difficulty, run up
guns which had directed the Monarch to the rescue. Capt.
Forder, the intrepid commander of the steamer, went on
board direct! a signal of distress, and fired the
previous six days
•Y, and found the Captain almost dead with
were men, the rest bein apprentices,
her
toil and suffering, having
been incessantly at work for the
seaman had been washed overboard in the great gale of
Friday ; he had nine other hands, but of them, only two
and nights, for his mate and principal
From the build of the fesiel heavy cargo, and the
have drifted to the back of the aVi
loss of the bulwarks, the middle of her deck was continu-
ally swept by the sea, and for two days no refreshment
could be obtained. If the unfortunate vessel had not been
oriatileast lads only.
discovered at the time she was, she must inevitably
Captain Forder put two of his own hands on board, and
then took the helpless ship its tow and brought her into
our harbour. The Captain being taken to Mr. Le Feuvre's
(south of England Steam Na- • ration Company's office)
taken out as she continues to leak , she
was placed under medical care and‘ is improving. Every
lit and been wrecked.
attention that skill and humanit could dictate have been
paid to the crew also. The vessel must have her cargo
is a fine ship, cup-
pered, and nearly new. The Monarch. brought about 40
passengers from Havre, and left aeain next day on her pas-
sage back, as uninjured and as smart as if the late gales
'
The Duke of Wellington had been from the gentle south intead of the fierce south-
west.—Hampshire Advertiser.
6
having now returned
to town, after a stay of nearly three
rnonlbs at Weimer,
it is gratifying to know that his health has been materially
improved by his residence or, the coast and the relief from
Parliamentary duties. At no time, we are informed, for
several years, has he been so uniformly well as during the
present autumn. In addition to the distinguished visitors
staying at the Castle, his Grace's hospitality was con'tantly
extended to the neighbourhood, very few
without some gentlemen (his immediate neighbours) ap-
pearing at his table. A few diye revious to his leaving
days passing
ton, visited and inspected the Walmer and Ringwold Walmer, his Grace,
Na-
tional Schools, end also the Walmer Infant School. In
all of these he takes great interest, and contributes liberally
to their support. On this occasion (although the schools
arc situate at a considerable distance from each other, being
accompaniedr by Lord and Lady Wil-
at different ends of the parish) his Grace went the whole
way on foot, walking with great firmness and ease, and
having apparently recovered much of his former strength
and vigour.—From a Correspondent (;1' tie Times.