The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-29 00:00:00

BATH ELECTION.

BATH. JuxE 28.—This morning, at an early hsur, the busy
and bustling population not merely of Bath but of its surround-
ing villages, congregated in various parts o f the city, and
marched in tolerable order to the hustings which had been
erected near the Orange Grove and Abbey. There could not
have been less than seven or eight thousand persons present,
although not more than 3,000 electors are on the books ; cer-
tainly 2,200 is about the number that will be polled out alto-
gether to-morrow.
At eleven o'clock the Mayor and Magistrates having at-
tended, the usual proclamation was made.
Lord Powerscourt, Mr. Bruges,. Lord Duncan, and Mr.
Roebuck having advanced, were variously received according
to the feelings and views of their respective parties.
The different candidates were proposed amidst great uproar,
and not a little fighting. Speeches on the occasion were out
of the question ; and after a great deal of dumb-show, the
Mayor dissolved the meeting, and appointed the polling for to-
morrow at eight in the morning.

POLLUX.

ONDON, TUESD Y. JUNE 29, lBll.

LOSS OF THE FRENCH STEAMER

The Havre Journal publistieTa letter from Leghorn, 20th
instant, which states that the above fine steamer, which was
lately sold with the Castor to a Genoese company, as we men-
tioned, and went round from Havre to the Mediterranean, came
in contact, on the night of the 17th, with a Neapolitan steamer,
the Montegibello, to the south of Porto Longano, and was sunk.
" The passengers," it adds, " except one individual, and the
crew were taken on board the Montegibello. Eight French
sailors formed part of the crew of the Pollux." Another ac-
count in the Courrier de Lyon, states that the accident occurred
at 11 o'clock, when the two vessels were going at full speed,
about 12 knots, between Piombino and the island of Elba.
The Pollux was of 200-horse power, the Montegibello of
250. The former was taken amidships by the latter, and within
twelve minutes not a vestige of her remained on the surface.
She bad previously taken fire, and this added greatly to the dis-
tress and confusion of the scene. The passengers of the Pol-
lux were forty-five in number, and her crew, an unusually large
one, is said to have been the same. They were all saved, this
account states, but everything on board was lost, goods, money,
papers, &c. A lady is stated to have lost jewels to the amount
of 60,000 fr. and some of the parties saved were up to their arms
in water when the Pollux sunk, getting into the Montegibello
by the bowsprit. The Pollux was coming from Diaples,
and is said not to have been insured either for her hull
or her cargo. The Montegibello was much injured,
and after the accident made for Porto Longrono, a few miles
off; but the authorities there, on account of some sanitary
regulations, would not admit her, and she had to put in at
Leghorn, which she had left not many hours before. It is
stated that both vessels carried lights, and had seen each
other a long way off. —A letter from Genoa states
The Pollux had sailed from Civita Vecchia about half-
past four 1%51., the weather being favourable. At eleven at night
the man on watch at the bows saw two lights to starboard ;
these came from some sailing vessels which were accordingly
steered clear of. At the same moment almost the man cried
out a light ahead to larboard !' The captain and boatswain
immediately went forward and saw three lights, which indi-
cated a steamer ; and the captain, it is said, sent the boat-
swain aft to put the helm to larboard. Before this took place
the Pollux was steering N. \V. I,(y N., but the captain not seeing
the lights change their course, sent word to keep the helm
hard to larboard, the vessel then going at 12 to 13 knots, and the
Montegibello at 10 to 11 knots. The ships drew rapidly near
each other, and the crew of the Pollux shouted out Pogg,ia. !
Poggia !" while the engineers called out " Stop her !" and Ar-
retez The helm of the Pollux then sent the boat right to
N.E., but it was too late, and the Montegibello, running
into her larboard side behind the paddle-box, carried away
the chimney. The scene of confusion that ensued was dread-
ful ; the Pollux began to sink towards the stern ; the steers-
man left the helm, and sprung on board the other vessel,
most of the crew following his example ; but the Captain of
the Pollux, with three of his men, exerted themselves to save
the passengers, and put them on board the Montegibello
from the stern of the Pollux, having the water nearly up to
their chins. The Captain thought he had saved all, but he
heard some cries from the Pollux, the stern of which could
now no longer be seen, and he went in one of the boats of the
Montegibello and brought away seven persons. When he was
on board the latter vessel and saw his own sink, he fell as if
he were dead girt the deck. The boatswain of the Pollux,
named Theveneau, and the seven other French sailors of the
crew behaved very well, the former by his sang-froid con-
tributing greatly to save the passengers. These sailor s
I have since been taken on board the French government
steamer, Mentor, the captain of which raised a subscription
for them. The tribunals of Leghorn are stated to have taken
cognisance of this melancholy affair. The passengers, 46 in
number, were all saved, except an old Neapolitan captain.
The Montegibello was quite a new boat, built in London, and
on her second trip, having only just come up from Naples to
Genoa, and being then on her return southwards. The Pollux
is said to have had a cargo worth 500,000 fr. One passenger
by the latter boat, it is added, went down to his berth to secure
some papers of importance, and was not seen again.