The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-21 00:00:00

CONFIRMATION OF THE LOSS OF

THE THUNDERBOLT.

The Wellesley has arrived from the Cape of Good

Hope, bringing home the late Governor, Sir P. Mait-
land. The papers from the Cape reach to the 20th
February, which confirm the loss of her Majesty's
steamer Thunderbolt. Happily, no life was lost. We
annex some particulars. As it regards the Kafir war,
we regret to say that it is not yet at an end, and
fears, are entertained by those likely to be well in-
formed, that some time must elapse before the enemy
will be completely conquered.

(From the Eastern Province Herald, Cape Town, of Feb. 6.)
Ifer Majesty's steamer Thunderbolt, in doubling Cape
Receif on Wednesday last, about six P.M., struck on one of
the blind rocks which lie out from that point, and so far in-
jured herself as to render it necessary for the commander to
run her on shore as soon as he was able to bring the anchor-
age. We have tried to ascertain all the particulars of this
heavy accident from the proper parties, but have only been
able to obtain a very meagre account. The vessel, it
would seem, was steering about east at the time when
she struck nearly midships, not on the keel, but on the
lower part of the hold, immediately before the paddles.
The shock was very great, causing the vessel to lurch
over to the other side, in which position she continued
until she had completely cleared the rock. When she
again reached the deep water, it was found that a
very heavy leak had been caused, and that, although her
pumps, which are of very great power, were immediately
worked, it was impossible to keep the leakage under. Guns
of distress were therefore fired during the whole time that
the vessel took from Cape Receif to the anchorage; yet when
she was run ashore it was found that the leakage had gained
about five feet on the pumps, and that the steamer itself was
rapidly sinking. The water indeed had risen so high as to
extinguish one of the furnaces, so that had she had any great
distance farther to proceed, she must have been inevitably
lust. She now lies nearly opposite Baken's River, in a situa-
tion from which it is very doubtful whether she will ever, as
a vessel, be removed. Every activity has been exerted to
land the cargo and to remove every heavy body on board,
by which she may be lightened. New pumps have been con-
structed on shore, and every arrangement made by which a
last effort may be made to restore so noble a steamer to the
service, but success is very doubtful. It is generally feared
that we shall have to record her loss.

(From the Cape of Good Hope Shipping and Mercantile
Gazette of Feb. 19.)
We regret to state that her Majesty's steamer Thunder-
bolt has become a total wreck, and that there are little
hopes of getting her off. Thls vessel is so associated with
the philanthropic efforts of the British Government in en-
deavouring to suppress the slave trade, and has rescued so
many of our fellow-creatures from a state of bondage more
fearful than death itself, that we cannot restrain the feelings
of regret with which we record her untimely end. May Great
Britain yet have many of her splendid fleet to devote to this
noble work.

Since the foregoing was in type, we are glad to find that
'.here is a chance of the preservation of this noble vessel.
. .

The Eastern Province Herald of the 13th inst., received by
yesterday's mail, contains the following :
" During the past week everything has been done that
could be done towards the removal of the Thunderbolt from
her present stranded position, but without success. Pumps
of sufficient power to reduce the water in her hold have
now been constructed, and are at present being worked by
such a body of men from her own crew, her Majesty's
90th Foot, and the Swellondam levies, as that hopes are
entertained that it will be possible to reach the leak from
the inside, but it is then feared by many that success is
as far beyond reach as ever. The stopping of such a leak
as that which has been caused in the Thunderbolt from the

inside, we believe, has not often been accomplished. Still
it may be so far practicable in the present case that the
vessel may be put into such a state of tightness as to render
it safe to take her round to Simon's Bay, where she could be
thoroughly repaired. It has been pretty accurately ascer-
tained where the leak is ; the power of the pumps now at
work over the IGak is such, that it may in no very consider-
able length of time be reduced ; and therefore it will now
speedily be determined whether she is to be given up entirely
as lost, or again to be restored to navy service. In the evont
of her being given up, the loss will be complete, since it
would be impossible for parties here to remove her boilers
and engines at any reasonable rate."

MONET MABIEET.—The premium on gold at Paris is
14 per milk, which, at the English Mint price of
3/. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an
exchange of 25.50 • and the exchange at Paris on
London at short being 25.60, it follows that gold
is 0.39 per cent, dearer in London than in Paris. By
the last advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 4314
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31.175. 10i d.
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.81;
and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short
being 13.7, it follows that gold is 0.58 per cent. clearer
in Hamburgh than in London. The course of ex-
change at New York on London is 1044 per cent. ;
and the par of exchange between England and
America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows
that the exchange is 5.08 per cent. against England
But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills
at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from
the above difference. The last quotation at St. Peters-
burgh of the exchange on London was 38id. per silver
rouble, at three months' date. According to the usual
calculation that 100 sovereigns will yield 60 59-100 go.ld.
imperials at St. Petersburgh, the transmission of gold
would give an exchange of 38 45-100 d. per siblveear
and the gross profit on the operation would
de-
ductedhout 1~
the loss of interest and charges
per cent., from which, however, would have to
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SOUTHWARK COUNTY COURT.—This Court was
opened on Monday morning for public business. Mr. G.
Clive, the judge, presided. There was a vast number of
complaints to be heard, which are likely to occupy the at-
tention of the Court for some time. The jadge has deter-
mined not to hear any attorney's clerk, or any agent On behalf
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COURT CIRCULAR:
The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Saturday
afternoon at Buckingham Palace.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by. the
Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, took an .airing
Eesterday afternoon, in an open carriage and four. The
querries in Waiting, Major-General Wemyss And
Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, attended on horse-
back.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Helena took airings yesterday in the Royal
Gardens.

Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the
Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady
Lyttelton, took an airing in an open carriage and four
yesterday. .
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His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back yesterday, attended by the Hon. Captain Gordon.
The Royal dinner party yesterday at Buckingham
Palace, included her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, their Excellencies Baron and Baroness de Beust,
Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness do Speth, the Marquis of
t:alisbury, Lord and Lady Willoughby de Eresby, Lord
Hobert Grosvenor, the Hon. Francis and Lady Anne
Charteris, and the Right Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Fox
Menlo.
The Band of the Grenadier Guards, under the diree-
of oetet,a:t_tended during dinner and performed
theton following Schott,
pieces.—
Grand Selection from " Mose in Egitto" ROSSINI
Waltz, " Die AlCZartiStall " CANNER
VERDI
Duetto, " Donna chi Sei "(Nino)

Polka, ."
New Post-horn " KIIELNEB.
The Countess of Charlemont has succeeded the
Countess of Mount Edgecumbe as the Lady in Waiting
to the Queen. The Earl of Morton has succeeded Lord
Byron as the Lord in Waiting to her Majesty, and
Major the Hon. Robert Boyle has succeeded Colonel
Berkeley Drummond as the Groom in Waiting to her
Majesty.
The pictures of the Queen and Prince Albert and the
Royal Children, and of his Royal Highness the Prince
of Wales, in a Sailor's Dress, were exhibited yesterday
afternoon in the Banquetting-room in St. James's
Palace to the Diplomatic Corps, and the Ministers and
Officers of State. Among the visitors were the Turkish
Minister and the Princess Callimaki, the Buenos Ayrean
Minister, the Saxon Minister, the Duchess of Suther-
land, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, the
Earl and Countess Grey, the Earl and Countess of
Jersey, and Lord and Lady Lyndhurst.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yes-
terday in a carriage-and-four. Her Royal Eighness the,
Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty on Monday at I -
Marlborough House.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took an air-
ing in a carriage-and-four yesterday. The Royal Duchess
visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester
House.

A deputation from the Southampton and Dorchcster
Railway Company had an interview with the Commis-
iioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests yesterday at
their office in Whitehall place. The deputation consisted
of Lord de Manley, Mr. W. J. Chaplin, M.P., Colonel
llenelllPson, and Mr. C. Castleman.

A deputation from the Severn Commission and Staf-
fordshire, Worcestershire, and Birmingham Canal Com-
pany, consisting of Sir John Pakington, M.P, Mr.
Spooner, M.P., Mr. Hordern, Mr. Heath, Mr. Tarrett,
fir. Payne, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Rutter, and Mr. Hayes,
had an interview with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt
yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners of Rail-
ways, in Great George-street.
The following members of the new Bishoprics Com-
mission, yesterday attended a meeting in Whitehall-
place:—The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, the Earl of Powis, the
Bishop of London, the Bishop of Durham, the Bishop
of Winchester, the Bishop of Lincoln, the Bishop of
Chester, Sir George Grey, and the Chancellor of the
Exchequer.
A deputation from the Light Dues Association had
an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his
official residence in Downing-street. The Deputation
consisted of Mr. Forster, M.P. ; Mr. Christie, M.P. ;
Mr. Duncan, M.P.; Mr. Ord, M.P.; Sir Charles Napier,
MP. ; Mr. Pattison, M.P. ; Sir J. Hanmer, M.P. ; Mr.
Dennistoun, M.P. ; Mr. Moffatt, M.P. ; Mr. C. W. Wil-
liams, Mr. Phillipps, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Ogilby, Mr. Hall,
and Mr. Morgan (Secretary), and was accompanied by
Mr. Hume, M.P.
Mr. Gibson Craig, M.P., and Lord Berreidale had an
interview with the Right Hon. E. Strutt, yesterday.
The Rev. R. Grey had an interview with Earl Grey,
yesterday. Mr. C. D. Hays had also an interview with
the Noble Earl at the Colonial-office.

A deputation respecting factories had an interview
with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the office of the
Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of Mr. Greg,
from Manchester; Mr. Shawcross, from Manchester;
Mr. Bayley, from Stayley-bridge; Mr. Akroyd, from
Halifax; Mr. Morris, from Halifax; Mr. Baxter, from
Dundee; Mr. Tiilgour, from Aberdeen; and Mr. Mar-
shall, from Leeds.

A deputation from the Boston and Stamford Railway
Company, consisting of Mr. Baxter and the secretary,
and Mr. Tycho Wing, agent to the Duke of Bedford,
had an interview with the Right Hots. E. Strutt yes-
terday.
A deputation from the Southampton Gas Light and
Coke Company, consisting of Mr. G. W. Hope, M.P.,
Colonel Henderson, Mr. M. Maddison, and Mr. Charles
Davis had an interview yesterday with Viscount Mor-
peth at the office of the Woods and Forests.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonist
Office from the Governor of South Australia.