The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-14 00:00:00

MORNING EDITION

solved on establishing a boarding-school, and this INI
by October, 1840, to sell out 2,0001 more of my stock.
Sir, we commenced our undertaking with npparen,
prosperity, wh lit my dear but ill-fated daughters dis
pla)ed the calmest resign,tion to the will of Provi-
dence. In three short months my eldest daughter was
no m >re, she caught a cold and died of a bran fever.
My turn came next, a rheumatic fever made me (now
68 years of aozej bed-ridden and wholly helpless tor five
months afterwards.

" The charge of the school now falling on my only
daughter, scarcely 20 years of age, her delicate frame
and senctive mind, under our heavy afflictions yielded
(but not until after the most severe struggles) to the
labours and a:.x'eties which oppressed her. Sir, my poor,
clear, dear daughter is now out of her mind. She is-
Sr, I hive not the nerve to continue further on
these disclosures.

" You are now in possession of the wretchedness and
helplessness of cur postion. The faLour I have to ask
of you is this. I have still 1,500/. of the Five per
Cent;. remaining, which, if realised at the present price,
would produce 510/. There is a mortgAge of 4001. on
them, so that 110/. only would be coming to me.
" Would you recommend rue to continue paying 7
per cent on the mortgage a short time longer under the
hope that Lord Palmerston's protection will lead to the
stock improving in value, or at once to make a sacri-
fice and rave what I can lest thy stock might go down
to 1281. per cent. again. If I can but amass about
'2OOl. I are not without hopes of securing to my dearest
diughter and self some future provision. My prayers
will ever attend you, Sir, if you will kindly advise me
bow to act, for my money is gone, and my friends have
gone with it.
" A DISTRESSED AND BROKEN-HEARTED

OLD SOLDIER.
" Camden-town, May 6, 1841."

THE LATE DREADFUL COLLI-
SION AT SEA.

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, OTHER
VALUABLE CARGO, AND EIGHT LIVES LOST.

Information was received yesterday at Liverpool,
that one of the numerous fishing-boats belonging to
the port had fallen in with, and picked up, off the Isle
of Man, seven men, who had been upwards of twenty-
fours in a jolly-boat, almost without clothing, and en-
tirely destitute of any kind of food. On- inquiry we
found that the report was correct- The mate of the
. Mary -Scott and six of the crew had escaped in the boat
belonging to that vessel after the collision had taken
place with the Brooklyn, an outward-bound vessel to Nen
York; It appears that the brig with which the Brooklyn
caine in. contact was the Mary Scott, inward bound from
Valparaiso, and having a valuable cargo of copper ore, &c.,
together with one hundred and twenty thousand dollars in
specie. The mate of the Mary Scott states that the acci-
dent happened at half-past nine or ten o'clock, the light
at Point Lvnas being in view. The wind was from the
land, the grig close-hauled on the starboard tack, and
wasst about to alter her course, when the crew saw
the Brooklyn running down free with topgallant sails
set. The brig had two lights on the weather bulwark,
just abaft the main rigging, one of them being a regular
signal light. The carpenter was steering, and the mate
told him to put the helm hard up, which was done... HF
got on the bulwarks, and called to the Brooklyn people
for God's sake to keep their luff, otherwise the brig
would be run down ; but they took no notice, and the
Brooklyn, which was going. at the rate of about seven
knots an hour, struck the brig just where the lights were
on the starboard side, and passed on without offering
any assistance.

Captain Sadler, the master of the brig, was severely
hurt by the concussion, and ran about, crying out that
his baek was broken ; the carpenter's arm was much in-
jured, and the mate was jammed between the round-
house and the bulwarks by the broken materials of the
brig's starboard quarter. After about five minutes the
mate extricated himself, and found that the mainmast,
the mainstay, and all the rigging, had been carried
away, and that the brig had five feet water in her
hold. All hands were on deck, and tried to get out
the long-boat, but could not succeed. The Captain
went below, and the mate, seeing that they. were
in a sinking state, ran to him in the cabin, and
said, " Captain Sadler, if you want to save your life.
now is the time." He replied, " Well, take this box
of specie, and I'll come." The mate took the box, ran
upon deck, but seeing that the brig was goin& down,
dropp.ed the box, and jumped into the boat, which then
contained seven persons. The other people had. the
same chance as himself, but were so frightened ,they
scarcely knew what they were doing. It was fortunate
for those in the boat that no more came in, for the boat
proved, leaky, from the hot weather having opened the
seams whilst lying over the long-boat ; one of the planks
had been staved by the collision, and had there been a
greater weight in bier she could not have lived. The)
had no Sooner dropped astern than the brig went down.
'The wind was very squally, with a heavy sea, and the
mate had to break the case off the chronometer in or-
der to bail the boat of the water and keep them from
being swamped. There was no fresh water and no
bread on board, and the mate had nothing but
a white cotton shirt on, having thrown off his clothes
under the apprehension that he should have to swim.
The weather continued very stormy during the next
24 hours, with continual rain, all which time the ship-
wrecked mariners were in the boat. They had no
sails, and only two oars. By the morning they had
drifted down to near the Skerries, off Holyhead, and
then kept before the wind in hope of being able to reach
the Isle of Man, passing one of the brig's water
casks on their way. When the collision took place
the brig had just taken a reef in her topsails, and hove
up her courses, the Captain remarking that after
they had made all snug he would leave the mate in
cha..rge to dodge slowly up the Channel. Had a good
look-out, or any look-out at all, been kept on board
the Brooklyn, the crew of that vessel must have seen the
lights of the brig ; and had the Brooklyn put her helm
up, which, as the brig had the weather gage, should
have been done, she would have kept clear. The Mary
Scott was from Valparaiso, with a cargo of copper ore
and wool, and 120,000 dollars in specie. She was 300
tons burthen, and her crew consisted of the captain
and mate, eleven men, and two boys. This unfortunate
event, following so closely upon the loss of the Gover-
nor Fenner, and in the continued absence of the steam-
ship President, has excited the most painful feeling
amongst all classes of the inhabitants of Liverpool and
the neighbourhood who are acquainted with the parti-
culars. The name of the captain of the ship Brooklyn
is Richardson.

_
FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.)
ARRIVALS.
The Right Hon. Viscount Gort, and the Hon. Charles Ve-
reker, at Nerot's Hotel, Clifford-street, Bond-street, from Ire-
land ; Colonel and Mrs. Townsend, and the Miss Townsend:,
at ditto, from Dublin ; Rev. Dr. Ashhurst, at ditto, from Ox-
ford; Admiral Sir James Whitshed, at ditto, from Horsham;
Lieut.-Col. Dalgairns, at Ibbotson's Hotei, from Scotland;
Major Eardley Wilmot, in Mount-street; Lewis, Esq.,
anti Mrs. Lewis, at the Gloucester Hotel. Piccadilly ;
Bannatyne, Esq., Mrs. Bannatyne, and family, at ditto;
J. Pearson, Esq., at ditto; J. W T. Molesworth, Esq., at
ditto ; Capt. Grey, at ditto ; Jauncey, Esq., Fusiliers, at
ditto ; Cracoft, Esq., at ditto ; Viscountes, Palmerston and
Lady Ashley, in Carlton-gardens, from a visit to Viscount
and Viscountess Jocelyn, at Barham Court, near Maidstone ,
Sir G."-Warrender, Bart. in Albemarle-street, from his seat
ar Edinburgh ; the Countess of Wernyss and March, accom-
panied by Lady Caroline Charteris and Lady Charlotte
Fletcher. in Stratford-place, from Leamington Spa; the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Westminster, at Grosvenor House, from
na Hall, Cheshire ; Lord Saltoun, in Great Cumberland-
piasse,•• from Eghlitoun Castle. • the Bishop of Derry,
and Mrs.. Ponsonby and family, at N.B.Mivart's Hotel, from Ire-
land Lady Grey of Groby, at ditto, from Cheshire ; Mr. Hat,
top and family, at ditto, from their seat in Leicestershire; Sir
Wilmot, Bart., M.P., from Warwichshire; Sir T. Dyke
A eland, Bart., M.P., in Jermyn-street, from his seat in Devon;
Lord and Lady Monteagle, in Lower Grosvenor-street, from
lbws ; Lady Emily Foley, in George-street, Hanover-square,
from Arundel, Sussex ; Mr. and Lady Louisa Fortesctie,
in Grafton-street, from Ravendale Park, county of Louth ;
the Dowager Lady Glenlyon, and Hon. Miss Murray, from
the
family seat in Perthshire; Sir W. and Lady Chatterton,
frove the Continent; Sir C. Ibbertson, from Paris; the Mar-
quisand Marchioness of Londonderry, at Holdensess House,
from
ro the Continent; Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Bulteel,
in
Grafton-street, from their seat near Plymouth ; the Earl of
Corry, Belmore and the Hon. H. M.P., from Castlecoole,
the family seat in Ireland; Lord George Lennox, ALP.,
Lennox Lodge, Bognor ; Lord Brook, in Carl-
tonfrom Leon
Warwick Castle ; Earl Compton, at
gardens, from
Lady Northamd in Carlton gardens,
Viscount and
Ashby, pton •; Count Valentine
from Castle
House, from Vienna; the Marquis of
Esterhazy at ChartHdiosl,
Hill, from his seat in Scotland; Lady New-
ark,Bute, at Camden
Ramsden,. from Dover; Mr. and Mrs.
from Paris ; Lady
Ronaldson, at Winterbournrrs' s London Hotel; Mr. and Mrs.
Jones, at ditto; Mr. and IV Bartlett, at ditto; Mrs. Quan-
tock, at ditto; Miss Smith and Miss_ Adams. at ditto; Miss
Andrews, at ditto; Dr. Gooke, Dr. Mackellar, Mr. Candlish,
Mr. and Mrs. W, Edward and Mr. Hamilton, at ditto;
Acra-
man and family, at the Cavendish Hotel, Jrm Norwichermyn-st reet,
.froGm
Clifton ; Lady Preston and family at do.,
H. Ward, Esq., at ditto, from his seat from
, Northwood Park,
Cones, Ile of W;ght ; Count and Countess de Vaules, from
Hamings, at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street ; Mona. and
Madame de Vaudes, from Caen, Normandy, at ditto ; Mrs.
and Miss Smith, from Charlton Lodge, near Dover, at ditto
Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Gascoyne, from Cheltenham, at ditto ;
Thomas Bridges, Esq., from Caynham Court, Ludlow, at
ditto ; Henry Greaves, Esq., from Waterperry,
Oxfordshire,
at ditto ; Rev. Mr. Whingfield, from Newport Pagnal Bucks,
at 'ditto ; Robert Mackenzie, Esq., from Brighton, at ditto.
DEPARTURES.
Mr. and Mrs. Tinmerton, and Miss Timperton, from Ne-
Tot's Hotel, Clifford-street, for New Barnes ; Mr. and •Mrs•
Brown, from ditto; the Rev. Bartlett Goodrick, Mrs. Good-
ton,
rick,
from ditto, and family,
for from Mal ditto. for Essex ; Capt. and Mr. Cot-
p as ;
•man_,
Madame Many, and
family from the Gloucester Hotel, Piccadilly; leely, Esq.,
Mrs. Iceley, and family, from ditto, for Paris; Rev. Dr.
Holland, from ditto, for Chichester ; Rev. r Atkins,
from ditto ; H. Lacy Yea, Esq., from
ditto ; Lord Ward,
from Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, for Him ley
Hall, Staffordshire, Barest Capella, for the Continent :
the
Earl of Jersey, from Berkeley-square, for Newmarket ; the
Earl of Selkirk, from Richmond-terrace, for his seat in Scot-
land; Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Oliveira, from Hyde Park-
street, on a tour to the German Spas ; Mr., Mrs., and miss
Wane, from sv intei bourn's London Hotel ; Mrs. Preston
Holton' a-
from ditto ; Sir H. and Lady Bunbury, from the C
vendish Hotel, Jermyn-street. for their sear, Rirton Hall,
Suffolk; the Miss. s Napier, from ditto, for ditto; gr. and
Mrs. Shred, from ditto, for Scotland.
CHANGES.
The Marchioness of Br' acialoal e, at Leamington Spa, from
Taymoth Castle, Perthshire ; the Hon. Lady Barton, at
Irell"4/ihat.r=lisssfiom Hastings; Lady Mathias, at Bath,
from -Ws-Mord and Lat y Donsany, at Dublin, eu
rongerto, Cheltenhcm, from Hansa, y Css:le, county Meath ; •
Lord and Lady Georgp,, in at Letts - keno , from Dublin; the
ts'
Countess of Durham.: es Lan b: on, at Lisbon, from a
tour in S:,ain ; Vila* Lord As'itow a, at Bangor, at Dublin. from a taur
Blac krock. nu, Ki co m 11, from Nareom,
The Pache. ic , 4Z• deleateu a-
cf 1,200 stlbilailans, the insureentthe bead
mad ie opts f:O4 coabta4tin,pr of Tho
0 to poizue,

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY.
41,47ung..—..32 tnltiutee after 7 I Eventsig .. 3 minute* after 8