The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-16 00:00:00

THE PRESIDENT STEAM-SHIP.

Throughout yesterday the office of the British 3,11,"1
American Steam Navigation Company was besieged
,y)/
the ntimerous relatives and friends of the crew and Pat,
sengers on board the long-missing steam-ship Prcsiy
for the purpose of ascertaining whether there was,at of
truth in a report, very current in the City, that Part,
at the Co
heOnr crew
ours
reporterp makin i uir
d been icked up at sea.
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g,../••:r- '
spacious soffice in Billiter-court,nqy YeT;or
clay afternoon, he was politely informed by Maegrt',,
Laird, Esq., the Managing Director of the CalaPr-ijl;
that, unfortunately there is no truth in the report, walthe
had -been occasioned by the following paragraph in
Halifax Royal Gazette:— 001
"Arrived May 25, the schooner Corsair, Morriset-, t
Fortune Bay (Newfoundland), in seven days. bb'll,3•ded •c;
before sailing a boat belonging to Fortune Bay nr,r"c a • -.;f
from St. Pierre, the skipper of' which reported
vessel from France had arrived at that island, which
picked up the captain and sixteen seamen of an Aare
can steamer, steamer, and had reported that lifty:six other did•
sans, who had been in the steamer, were lost, then a
vessel having foundered, in consequence of rua:een
against an iceberg. The skipper stated that he had
the captain of the steamer at St. Pierre." this
The Halifax Royal Gazette of June 2 contradicts dto ;-
report; by stating that the persons picked up belonge,er.
the William Brown, whose fate, and the throwing 00t
board of several of the survivors from her boats,
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any lots having been cast, we have already published'
ed at
The Arab, Captain Thomas, from Dundee, arriv
tije
New York on the 27th May, and reports that on
10th of May he experiented a heavy gale from I%•,
*th
to N.N.W., which lasted twenty hours. On the, 'two
May, in latitude 40 42, longitude 55 9, he Pow': slso
boats
bottom up, one of them was a long b°3" gth,
s:overal pieces of wreck, bulwarks, &c. On the Iwo
latitude 58 53, longitude 64 40, saw a large must,
gaff topsail and rigging attached to it. Al'ooll°
This seems to be the explanation of the int,..Air dof
as to the fate of the President which the Stands
r •
last evening published a second edition to announCe. , '

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BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE sVIV.
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SIR—My attention has just been called to a repo'''be.
the Morning Chronicle of this day, that I intend to to: LI
come a candidate fur the borough of Lambed' 1/'t ' ki'44'
approaching election.
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To my father's- long and consistent support cf Lim . I
principles in that borough, and my own Retire co'vr- the
tion in all its political contests, I can readily trace life
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origin of this rumour, which I feel it my taperil ' '.
:, ,fit
duty immediately to contradict. •
Cordially concurring with the present patriOtiO 3f!olsos-,:e.
hers for Lambeth on all questions of civil and r141;100 'l. 11.
liberty and progressive reform, no consideration `v(t'llat 411;
induce me, under such circumstances, to disturb heir ',,,,i
union, which I trust will be firmly cemented for their
',f?-.
support amongst all clasSes of Liberals,
be rash enough to oppose their return. ; 130
The Queen, by the advice of her Ministers, is tore
to call on the people to decide whether they will in„a re'
have extended commerce, improved resources, iii;ficitts' ~o‘..b,•''
newed prosperity, or baneful monopoly, depressed '— ,'74'
try, ,/,'''
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try, and increased taxation.
the king '' At such such a crisis, that man would be tue,nicitig '';44'
enemy of the great cause at stake, who, by Pr'vet 'lellfr
a division in the Liberal ranks, afforded to allY4 A . /101/
monopolists even a faint hope of misrepresen.o iit '''',:,A,l
borough which has always held a prominent posl° , -;•',.:40"
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the struggles for freedom. .; +4, 1
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I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ~ .. ~,
should A
MO' ' ' l'''t if.
J. HINDE PAL" , - ~.' lc
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Reform Club, 15th .Jun.

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COURT CIRCULAR.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal Was
the gardens of Buckingham Paine for an airing Yes:
,benth
arrived in town yesterday fternoon fi*.om
The Luke of Cambridgea, attended by Major S t
The Duke and Dttehess of Cambridge and tli °pert'
ces3 Augusta of Cambrid 1 Itl e Italian
ge tonouret
with their presence last evening-.
Mr. Summers and Mr. O'Brien had an inters
.oflice•
the Marquis of Normanbyyesterdav at tce Ilornt'dioner
I, q
Baron Brtmnow, the Russian lionister, lioesc
party last evening at his residence, Ashburnhatu
Dover-street, • wit
Colonel Gore Langton had an interview yes
the Marquis of Nortnanby at the Home-office. i.coadtt:
Despatches. from Lord Sydenham. Governor or ,
insivic" • I
Windsocr.rrio_
aaJad
and also from tha Governors of New Brt
Nova Scotia, were recdved yesterday at
offi,.T; the v

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