The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-15 00:00:00

ELLAR, THE HARLEQUIN.

It has, unfortunately, repeatedly fallen to our lot to
be called upon to render our humble efforts to awaken
public sympathy towards individuals that once had
merrily administered to our amusement in the hours of
recreation, and the festive seasons, but who from age
or misfortune had been reduced to a necessitous state.
Eller remained unassisted and unopposed as the Harle
quin of the Garden for twenty-five years, but he has
not been engaged there for the last three years. It is
neither from improvident nor expensive habits that ho
has been reduced. The Theatrical Fund would not
admit him, because be was liable to accident and pre-
mature old age, from the danger and severe exertion
consequent upon his performance. He had amassed a
little money at one time, but was induced to invest it
in the hands of a shipmaster, and either by misfortune
or dishonesty he lost his little reserve for age and want,
and that formed the precursor of a series of misfortunes
and several obstinate attacks of ill-health, insomuch
that he was considered not fully capable of doing
as well as he had done as a performer, and conse-
quently there arose a difficulty in his procuring en-
gagements. He has, nevertheless, struggled to get a
living by his own exertions, and he has taken a
room at the west-end to open an academy for dancing,
but for which lie will require the command of a suns of
money to start him respectably. We would, therefore,
call upon his brethren to aid him, and show a good ex-
ample to the public. Let actors take up the ‘eteran's
cause, form a committee, and get a benefit for him to
enable bins to eat his bread comfortably in his old days.
Ellar's name always stood among the first in lists bf sub-
scriptions and acts of benevolence when he was in pros-
perity; which gives him the better claim upon others
now that he is in adversity. We hope the hint will not
be lest.—Morning Advertiser.

LOSS OF THE BARQUE G AILLAR-
DON, OFF POONEE, ON THE COAST OF
COROMANDEL.

Extract of a letter from one of the passengers, dated
April 18 1840 :

" Oa the 21st March last, about ten o'clock at night,
on our passage from Hobart Town to Calcutta, I was
aroused from my sleep by the fearful cries of some of
the female passengers. I ran on -deck as well as I could,
and found, to my indescribable consternation, the ship
had struck and fallen on her beam ends. Our horror
at this moment may be more easily imagined than de-
scribed. The Captain, however, and his officers, dis •
played at this trying moment that cool intrepidity and
presence of mind which so nobly characterises the con-
duct of our British tars, aud, notwithstanding the danger
which surrounded us, our alarm was considerably allayed
by their great exertions to save the ship. In an hour
after the ship had struck the mist cleared oil', and we fouud
ourselves within half a mile of the main land. At daylight
a sail was descried in the horizon. The chief officer, Mr.
Whitaker, was immediately despatched with the gig, and
five lascars, for assistance. After three hours hard pull
they succeeded in reaching the ship, and we had the
satisfaction to see her bear down towards us. She
proved to be the Dampier, bound for Calcutta. The
passengers and most of the crew were soon put on board,
and humanely treated by the commander. In the after-
noon it came on to blow a hard gale, and the ill-fated
Gaillardon drove into the surf, which ran so high that
no boat could venture alongside. The captain, who
had gone with the passengers on board of the Dampier,
forwarded a communication from the vessel (by a cata-
' mar:zo) to his chief officer, Mr. Whitaker, who was
left on the wrack with part of the crew, stating that
the Dampier's anchors and cables were bad, and that
they had very little water on board, and he thought it
advisable to proceed immediately to Calcutta for as-
sistance, inquiring of Mr. Whitaker whether he would
remain by the wreck, to which that intrepid nWeer re-
plied in the affirmative. At seven p. m., the barque
Dampier set sail, leaving the chief officer and 12 lascars
to their fate on board the Gaiilardon. In the course of
five or six days the captain returned with a steamer, and
found the Gaillardon had still kept together.
" Every exertion was now made to get the wreck off
but in vain. Fifteen days after the ship had struck the.
chief officer and the 12 lascars left the wreck and re-
turned to Calcntta. Mr. Whitaker was, after remain-
ing one day on shore, sent back to the Gaillardou by
the owners for the purpose of rescuing all the property
that could be saved. The Gaillardon subsequently
went to pieces.

" The cause of the loss of this vessel was in conse.
quence of the chronometers being out 30 miles, a cur-
rent setting a mile and a half to the west, and thick
foggy weather. She was lost .200 miles from Calcutta,
and about 40 miles to the northward of Pooree, on tho
coast of Coromandel."

• A catamaran is a species of boat used by the native
Indians on the coast of Coromandel. It consists of only
one plank about five feet long and two wide, on which the
intrepid Indian kneels, and by means of a paddle propels
himself along through the most terrific shurf, bidding de-
fiance to the warring, of the elements and the overwhelm-
ing seas which often hurl him from his perilous position,
but which he as quickly and dexterously regains, and thus
these amphibious beings afford communication with ships
in distress when no other boat could possibly live.

SIR WC M. GArtßow.—The mortal remains of
the above venerable ornament to the profession of the law
were interred on Sunday, at Ramsgate, with a privacy be.
coming his unostentatious mind.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—This morning, at about
half-past nine o'clock, as a poor woman of the name of
Bretton, who resided at Star-court, Cross-lane, Newton-
street, and who kept for some time a fruit-stall on the
opposite side of Holborn, was crossing the road, she was
knocked down by an omnibus going to the City, the pole
of which caught her basket. Both wheels passed over
her body, and she was immediately picked up, but life was
extinct. The unfortunate deceased, who was a sober,
well-conducted woman was a widow, her husband having
died last March, and left a family of seven children, five
of whom were dependent on her for support. No blame
was attributed to the driver of the omnibus.

The venerable Lady William Gordon is staying
at her marine villa at Kingstown. Her Ladyship, we
understand, has received an intimation from the Crown
that the mansion which she holds under the Crown in the
Green Park, opposite Queensberry House, shalt not De
pulled down during her lifetime for contemplated improve-
ments in Piccadilly.
The permanent rails on the line of railway from
Gloucester to Cheltenham are now laid down within a few

yards of the whole distance between the latter place and
the temporary station in course of erection at Gloucester.
It is understood, therefore, that this portion of the line
will be opened to the public without further delay.
The Presse announces the death of the Duke
d'Harcourcat Paris.
TURN-OUT OF FACTORY HANDS AT BLACK-
BURN.—We learned yesterday, that the whole of the hands
in fve of the principal factories at Blackburn have struck
work, in consequence of the masters insisting on making a
reduction in wages to the extent of 10 per cent. It is
stated that the bulk of the workpeople offered to submit to
an abatement of 5 per cent. ; but this half-way proftr was
refused by she masters, and their mills are now in copse-
quer cc closed. It is expected, that the whole of the fee.
torics, almost without exception, will be closed to-night.
The streets of Blackburn present a scene of great expite-
ment ; the poor factory bands having, since they left work,
continued to parade the streets from morning until night.
They have, however, exhibited no symptom of a desire to
disturb the peace.—Preston Chronicle.
'rhe Hon. Mrs. Henry Cavendish we have the
pleasure to state has rallied, but she still remains extremelyi
unwell at the mansion of the Gallant Colonel, in lurof
the
nobility The Duke of Leinster and many othf ,3.
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nobility in town made inquiries, yestrday,ad when thepasseda
answer returned was, that Mrs. Cavendish h
good night, and was better. Dr. Locock
on the invalid, who is the only sister of tikseinlaatteteEndaarineoef
Durham.
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will be. removed to-morrow from
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Brook-street, where his den.
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family mausoleum at Euart, near
last, for interment in the lams' ) the_lieo
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and Jl. P. for Bridp
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and 1820.
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in the Parliaments of 1812, 1818,
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Roman
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daughter
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Augusta,
ded in 1837, he has left issue one son,
by whom, w St. Paul, M. P. for Worcestershire, and
Sir Horace
now
four ug hters. The late Baronet was also one of the
senior
daColonels in the army.
There:wcre 2,210 persons who paid into the
promenade at Drurv-lan
e threeon M onday Tight, independent
of all who occupied the tiers of boxes and all the
private and family boxes.