The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-30 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN:

SlR—The narrow escape our manufactory has had
from being destroyed by fire is sufficiently calamitous,
without the spreading of a false report, which may do
us much more injury than the partial loss of stock which
we have suffered. We therefore ask the favour that
you will insert in your next Paper such a contradiction
as will counteract the prejudicial tendency of the report
you have given in your Paper. The following is a true
and correct statement of the misfortune :—About four
o'clock on Wednesday morning the policeman on duty
discovered our manufactory, at No. 2, St. John's-square,
to be on fire, and (much to his praise) gave immediate
alarm. The parish engine arrived in time to extinguish
the flames without destroying the premises. Though a
very large portion of the stock in the show. room has
been spoiled, no other part of the premises, which are
exclusively used as workshops, were injured, and the
firm are able to carry on their business as usual with very
little interruption.•—We are, Sir, your's respectfully,
SMITH and SON.
PARISIAN STATISTICS.

On Thursday last M. deßambuteau, Prefect of the
Seine, presided at the Electoral Assembly, which had
been convoked for the purpose of re-electing a cer-
tain number of members of the Chamber of Com-
merce of Paris. The Prefect opened the proceedings
by a speech, in which he first directed the particular at•
tention of the assembly to several questions f kcal in-
terest, which demanded a prompt adjustment de next
placed before them a statement of the financial and
commercial situation of Paris during the first 11 months
of 1841. The proceeds of the octroi or tolls in that
interval amounted to 28,000,0001., or upwards of
1,000,0001., more than in the corresponding period of
1840. The consumption of meat had experienced a
diminution of 3,083 oxen, 5,058 calves, and 2,419 sheep,
which was partly compensated by an increase of 1,319
cows, and of 107,343 kilogrammes of pork.
The Parisian trade continued in a most flourishing
condition. The number of failures had decreased.
The investments in the savings' banks, which, from the
Ist of December, 1839, VI the 30th of November,
had been 31,839,000 francs, amounted, for 1841, to
33,900,000, and the reimbursements, which rose in 1840
to 35,766,000 francs, did not exceed 25,020,000
francs ; and 32,000 additional pass-books were delivered
n 1841.

There occurred in this last year a great diminution
in the number of articles pawned in the Mont de Piete,
viz., 100,000 articks, or 1,000,000 of francs less, than
in 1840. The goods exported trom Paris during 1841
amounted to 138,177,806 francs, which is an increase
of 15,856,852 francs as compared with 1840. In 1832
those exports did not exceed 66,911,055 francs, and
previous to 1630 they never went beyond 80,000,000.
The export of articles of Persian manufacture had in-
creased in the proportion of 52 per cent.
Notwithstanding the alterations made in the tariffs
of the United States, that country had received
from Paris articles for an amount of 9,500,000 francs
more than in 1840. The exports to Great Britain
and the German Customs Union had likewise increased.
The Prefect then communicated to the assembly the
result of the last census, from which it appears that Paris
now contains, exclusive of the garrison, 912,000 souls,
and the rural districts of the department of the Seine
238,696 ; total, 1,150,729 souls. Since 1833 the
sums expended by the city on the hospitals amounted
to nearly 50,000,000 francs. The primary schools,
which in 1832 did not exceed 50, and only cost
184,000 francs per annum, are now 206 in number.
They receive 37,831 pupils, and figure in the municipal
budget for a sum of 934547 francs. M. de
Rambuteau afterwards presented to the Chamber
of Commerce an expose of the works completed or
in progress of execution during the last eight years.
The buildings intended for the embellishments of Paris
had cost the city in that interval, independently of the
funds voted for the same purpose by the Chambers, a
sum of 26,000,000 f.; 22,000,000 f. were besides expended
in widening the streets, 5,916,000 f. in opening quays and
establishing wharves; 7,000,000 f. in improving the roads
of the department, 1,500,000 f. in cleaning and em-
banking the small river of Bievre, 1,500,000 f. in orna-
menting the Place de la Concorde, &c. Notwithstand-
ing all these expenditures the City was enabled to pay
off prior debts to an amount of 21,000,000 f., thereby
reducing the debt of the capital from 65,709,248 f. to
44,596,577 f., which latter will be entirely cleared in 1851.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—NEWYEAR'S GIFT.--
The present season is hallowed by one of
the most de-
lightful
friendshipremembrances the inter-
es of the affection '
donors, and
oorfti
gifts,ee s of a
srchte m
clilfahntgfuel
tokens of their esteem for the receivers. While large sums
are expended upon the most costly ers'
baubles and elegant
trifles, we would remind our readers
appro-
priate present can be made at (tehriss that no m9rtehe,earthan a package of lowland's MacassarOil,seasonof
or lialyilor,
combining, as both these
articles do, the
most sterling
utility with elegance and luxury. nd luxury.
CHURCH-RA ITE. 1
EETING AT STOKE, NORTH
STAFFoRDSIIIRE.—On Thursday, pursuant to notice
posted on the church door, a meeting of the rate-payers of
the parish of Stoke-upon-Trent, assembled to take the
propriety of granting a Church-rate into their considera-
tion. There could not have been far oft' 1,000 persons
present. The Chartists offered considerable opposition
at the meeting, and disapprobation was evinced through-
out. -Upon tl show of hands being called for the rate,
six or seven were held up amidst the derision of the
meeting ; and on the negative being put, a forest of
hands responded to it. A poll was then demanded, and
shortly after it was opened the votes are stated to have
been ten to one against the rate. It was to recommence
on Friday,
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT THE SOUTH.
s-woRKs.—A shocking accident happened at
A3l PTON GA
the Gas Works, on Monday last, Cy which a lad about 15
years of age, named John Davis Hewitt, son of Mr.
George Hewitt, of the Bath Mail, was deprived of life.
An inquest was held the following evening, at the Bri-
tannia Inn, before G. B. Corfe, Esq., when from the evi-
dence it appeared that the deceased youth was engaged in
repairing the old gasometer. This work was rendered
excessively dangerous owing to the escape of the gas,
and it was this which eventually caused the youth to fall
senseless, and before any one appeared he had expired.
The Jury returned a verdict of—Death by suffocation;
and expressed their opinion that there had been a want
of caution in leaving the deceased and his companion
without proper assistance at hand, considering the great
hazard of the undertaking.

DUEL ON FOOT.—At Natchez, at the latest
advices, a duel between Judge Tenney and N. C. Row-
ley, Esq., was in train of preparation. It was to take
place on the 6th inst., on the Arkansas shore, opposite
to Princetown. Each of the principals was to be armed
with a rifle, a pair of duelling pistols, and a bowie knife.
The rifles to be discharged at thirty paces distance, then
to advance at pleasure to the fall of one or both. The
cause of the duel is said to be a decision of Judge Tenney,
at the last Circuit Court in Concordia, affecting Rowley's
property. Quite an improvement on the usual tardy
course of appeal. Should the Judge receive a rifle ball
through the heart, we presume it will be held that his
decision was wrong, and ought to be set aside. On the
other hand, should his Honour succeed in plunging a
bowie knife fist deep into the thorax of Mr. Rowley, then
the law of the Judge will stand as good, and the equity
of his decision be unquestion( d.—Guiana Gazette.
DISTRESS AT CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH.—We
are sorry to say, that the only cotton-factory that was
working at Chapel-en-le-Frith stopped last week. This
factory belonged to Messrs. Ashton and Co., of Hyde,
who, through depression of trade and other inconve-
niences, stopped all their works, both at Hyde and
Chapel-en-le-Frith : consequently, upwards of 150
hands have been thrown out of employment at Chapel-
' en-le-Frith, who were altogether depending upon
Messrs. Ashton for support. This is a heavy blow for
the industrious poor of Chapel-en-le-Frith at this incle-
ment season of the year.—Derby Reporter.

MOAN IN G i'4UN

LORD MORPETH IN NEW YORK,
(From the New York Herald of the Ist Dee.)
The annuli celebration and dinner of the St. Ar.-
drew's Society, took piece last evening at the City
Hotel. The dining-room was decorated in an exceed-
ingly appropriate and beautiful manner, and the
dinner was served in a style which reflected new credit
on the Messrs. Gardners, whose high reputation is too
well-known and established to require any more explicit
eulogy from us. At six o'clock the company sat down to
dinner. At the cross table were seated the President
of the Society, D. S. Kennedy, Esq., supported on his
right by Mr. Edwards, the President of the St. George's
Society ; Mr. Faber, the President of the German So-
ciety ; Mr. Golden, the President of the St. David's
Society ; Lord Morpeth ; Sir James Alexander ; Rev. W.
Stark ; Jahn Johnston, Esq. ; and on his left by Mr. Os-
borne, the President of the St. Patrick's Society; Mr.
Hoxie,the President of the New England Society ; Aid.
Benson, the President of the St. Nicholas'Soeiety ; Lieut.
Bradford, Rev. M. M'Clootie, H. Maxwell, Esq. At
the other tables were Mr. Gibson, and the other gen-
tlemen composing the deputation from the St. An-
drew's Society of Philadelphia; Messrs. Dyson, Nell-
stood, Brand, Gordon, M‘Donald, Brown, Mackie, Had-
dock, Morris, Professor Pattison, Drs. Cumming, J. A.
Houston, Mercer, Clirehugh, Scott, Montgomery, tlec.
After the cloth was removed the following regular
toasts were given by the Chairman, who prefaced each
of them with a few very appropriate, ant, indeed,
eloquent remarks :—" The day. and all who honour it."
" The Land of Cakes." " The Land we live in."
" The Queen." Three times three and cheers. Au-
them—" God save the Queen," beautifully and effect-
ively sung by Messrs. Clirehugh, Phillips, Maynard,
and Rosier. " The President of the United States."
" The Mayor and City Council of New York." " The
memory of Wallace and of Bruce—names dear to Scot-
land and liberty." Drank standing, in solemn silence.
" The Parish School; of Scotland—the modest but
efficient sources of her moral and intellectual distinc-
tion." " The capital of our native land, the abode of
science, and the seat of hospitality."
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of Lord
Morpeth, which was drank with three times three, and
enthusiastic applause.
On the subsidence of the cheering Lord MORPETH
roee• and spoke as follows :—Mr. Chairman and
Gentlemen, I came to America rather with a view
of gaining a little repose from every sort of
public eehibition, and with the hope of being able
to leave my poor patches of rhetoric to keep dry
on the shelf till my return, and therefore it is with
some surprise that I now find myself upon my
lege, fur the third night running, before a crowded
auditory, in the city of New York.—(Leud applause.)
However, Gentlemer, the kindness—the extreme kind-
ness with which you first invited me and have now wel-
comed me to your hospitable feast, as well as the high
and useful objects which gather you around this board
to partake of it, seems imperatively to call on me for a
few words, and a very deep feeling of grateful acknow--
ledgment.—( Renewed applause.) Though indeed lam
rather at a loss to make out my title to be so con-
sidered, I cannot pretend—to my misfortune I speak
of it—to any claim founded on Scottish birth or
blood ; nor even on the superior good fortune of
haviog any Scottish property !—(Laughter and cheer-
ing.) I might, indeed, pass myself off as a " borderer ;"
but then the rights under that character were
not always of tie most perfect tenure.—(Renewed
laughter.) Many a foray, and many a raid, were
then the order of the day ; and my direct an-
cestor, who went by the name of " Belty Will,"
did not leave a very peaceable reputation on either
side of the Scottish burder!—(Great lauehter.) But
other times have come, Gentlemen, and the beacon
tires blaze no longer on your native hills, nor steel-
clad warriors encounter each other on your plains.
And as it is on the banks of the peaceful Teviot, so
let it be across the broad Atlantic!—(Great ap-
plause.) And, Gentlemen, in addition, and support
of this great progress to better times and to more
chastened feelings, institutions like the present,
which associate fellow countrymen together under
the all-compelling law of charity, and call in, as we
see to-night, even those who are without its imme-
diate pale, within its gentle influence, exert a great
and a hallowed influence. They make the more
wealthy and influential classes familiar with the
sight of human misery, and thereby give them the
hest incentives to entertain a sincere and an honest
repugnance in any way to augment the fearful mass
of it amongst their brethren. Even out of the
sphere of their own direct operations they spread a mild
and more humane feeling over the cold surface of
society. They remove unfounded prejudices, smoothe
uncharitable asperities, and they bind, tighter and
tighter, the links of the golden concord, which in the
words of prophecy is one day destined to unite nation
and nation, and earth to heaven.—(Applause.) There-
fore, gentlemen of Scotland, though you be far away
from the land of your birth—and perhaps in some
respects you may almost find this, as much a " land
o' cakes" as that which you have I,ll—(Great
laughter)—although you no longer look upon
the blooming fields of the Lothians, or tread
your owe mountain heather, yet continue
cherish an institution like this, which connects you
with Scotland, and your Scottish recollect:one, by
hotter links than those even of ancestry or lineage.—
(Cheers.) You, Gentlemen, natives of Scotland, in
all past history, and • in every portion of the globe,
have borne a signal share in all the exertions, and
in all the successes of our common empire.—(Great
applause.) You have supplied a series of able and just
men to fill many of the sovereignties of India—you
are this day with your hardy and intelligent sons
peopling the wide-spread fields of the Canadas—
and it is but recently that the shouts of your heroes
rose above the burning ruins of Canton.—(Loud ap-
plause.) Your trophies in literature, too, have
always kept on a level with your trophies in arms.
You have a Burns—you have a Wilson—and the
universe seeme to dispute with you the exclusive pro-
perty of the fame of Scott.—(Renewed applause.)
These laurels, Gentlemen, I believe you will continue
to win and to wear, both in peace and in war, wherever
you can find an appropriate field for the develop-
ment and exercise of your energies. But you
have even yet had still higher vantage groupd,
as has been most appropriately alluded to in One
of the toast; of this evening—in the schools that
grow and flourish in all your parishes, and in the
minis!ration: of a zealous and laborious clergy—
and in that Bible which, when the necessity for the con-
junction arose, you grasped in one hand, and the clay-
more in the other.—(Tremendous applause.) These,
Gentlemen, are the most solid foundations of your past,
and the surest guarantee of your future greatness. Bear
these, then, Gentlemen, with yoe, whatever new region
you may explore, or whatever fresh territories you may
occupy. 'co institutions and pursuits high and holy
as these to which I have so imperfectly adverted,
an Association like this, is a most worthy handmaid ;
and, Gentlemen, with right good-will I thank you for
having allowed me to be present at its celebration.—
( Loud, continued, and enthusiastic applause, amid which
the Noble Lord resumed his seer.)

PHILADLLPHIA—DEc. 7.
In addition to the developments that have already been
made in diii'erent pains of the Union, I observe that the
journals of the south have
begun to comment at
great length and with much ingenuity on the increase of
(ninon in British
India and
r-exas, both of which pro-
clueing countries are- likely to affect the interests of the
.
cOtton-growing States ; and as is undersood that Texas
will again apply for admission into the Union, there can
be little doubt that the cotton prospects of the young re-
public will materially influence any decision of ConoTess.
The United States iron manufacturerso_ are anxiousbfor a
protective
tariff on iron ;
6,397,370 dol, of bar iron, and
1,012,312 dol. of manufactured iron, having been
-m-
-ported last year, chiefly from the other
England. All
manufacturers support the " home leagfuelB4Warmly 1
; but
in looking over the foreign conimercep
exceed :hiettat
already the exports of the United States im-
ports
by 24,944,427 d 01.,. while, in 1840, the exports ex-
ceeded the imports by about the same amount. Surely
such an excess us this, liooo,ooo dol. in two years, will
soon decrease the sound portion of the United States'
debt to Europe, and materially change the commercial
relations 'between the two worlds. New England, New
York, Pennsylvania, and all the middle and northern
States arc favourable to a high tariff; the southern State,
on the contrary, are opposed to it.
The whole tariff question is of the highest importance
to the commercial and manufacturing interests of Eng-
lund, and indeed to kindred interests in every part of,
Europe.
With regard to State debts, letters from Harrisburg
positively assert that "there will not be the slightest dif-
ficulty in meeting the interest due in February on Penn-
sylvania loans and stock." This is cheering. The pub-
lic debt of Indiana was about 14,000,000 dol. ; but un-
paid interest added makes nearly 15,000,000 dollars.
Advices from that State assert the " intention of the Le-
gislature and people to resort to all the means in their
power to • recover from their difficulties." Governor
lll`Nutt, of Mississippi, perseveres in his opinion as to
the non-pavment of the bonds of that State, and says, in
a letter to the Richmond Enquirer, written under the elec-
tion excitement doubtless, "A demand will probably be
made on the Government of the United States, for the
payment of the bonds referred to. This will raise an
exciting and peffitexing question. This State has defined
her position, anctavill maintain it, be the consequences
svhat they-may. I firmly believe that foar-fifths of the
people of this State prefer going to war to paying the
bonds." It afi4rds me pleasure to remark that the
northern and western journals, and people generally,
continue to denounce and conderowthe conduct of Mis-
sissippi. Several of the southern and middle States are
in favour of an early r,sumption of specie payments by
the banks ; but I do not think it can possibly be effected.
The tonnage for 1841 of vessels entering the
United States from Canada is
Imports from Canada for the year just ended
(estimated at)
2,007667
Exports to Canada (estimated at) $
6,093,,250
It should be remembered that colonial grain, being ad-
mitted into British ports free of duty, a large quantity
of United States grain goes into Canadian ports, at a very
low duty, and is sent to England as Canadian. Green
coffee and ground coffee pays a duty on entering the
:British provinces, but by some omission, coffee roasted
(whole) pays, no duty. A great quantity, therefore,

2,289,939

crosses the lines. A few days since a boat, containing
three men, was swept over the fas of Niagara. A few
nights since some. burghrs broke into the house of Mr.
Gerrow, of Ameliasburg, Upper Canada, when a young
female followed them into Mr. Gerrow's bed-room, fired
a loaded g.mr, and wounded one of the villains, upon
which the rest fled. A slight riot occurred last week at
Kingston, Upper Canada, owing to the captain of a mer-
chantman having hung the United States flag above the
British inadvertently while displaying the colours for the
purpose of drying them. The rioters who tore it down
were arrested and fined. • Things in all the British pro-
vir.c.!s appear to be in a prosperous condition.
A man named Pomainville murdered his own father
near Montreal, oa the 30th ult.
Advices from Colombia state that the United States
Minister is a prisoner there, and that the Americans have
been obliged to take refuge on board an English man-of-
war. In Central America, Colonel M`Donald (British),
has imprisoned Quixano on board a ship, in consequence
of his having threatened the British and Americans.
Carthagena is still besieged by the Revolutionists, and
the people are suffering much from hunger and yellow
fever. The British forces at Belize (Honduras) were ex-
pected at our latest dates to advance immediately into
the Guatamaleian territory, and demand the release of
British subjects wrongfully imprisoned. The accounts
of dreadful ravages by the small pox at Tahiti, Sandwich
Islands, are confirmed. From Buenos Ayres, there is
no account of a battle with the Montevidean fleet, later
than August 4. $4,385,000, in Treasury notes, formed
part of the Buenos Ayrean currency, and the port re-
mained closed against flour. Fayal is suffering from
drought ; and Jamaica from yellow fever.
The Florida war is coming to a close. Wild Cat and
Hospitalka, two formidable chiefs, with 250 Seminoles,
are on their way up the Mississippi to the far west ; and
Captain ll;itde's company recently killed eight Indians,
and captured 63. A large and most destructive fire has
occurred at Natchez, and I am sorry to find in my Note-
book records of the accidental burning of no fewer than
seven factories and mills in the northern and middle
States within the last week. Nearly fifty free coloured
persons left Baltimore last week, as emigrants to the
British Island of Trinidad. Two duels with swords were
fought, on Friday week, at New Orleans, between four
French (Creole) merchants, when two of the combatants
Monsieur Cheoremont and Monsieur Landreux, were
killed. The Prince de Joinville gave 300 dol. to the
French Society at New York, and 200 doll. to a poor
French family anxious to return to France. There are
59 Jewish synagogues, and about 50,000 Jews in the
United States. 30,000 dol. worth of tea was destroyed
by a fire last week, in New York. Another frigate and
sloop of war are ordered to be completed at Brooklyn.

LOSS OF THE STEAMSHIP
SAVANNAH.

We have been favoured by Mr. Oram, the third
steward of the Savannah steamer, with the following
highly interesting, but painful account of the wreck of
this ill-fated boat :

We left the port of New York on Friday, Nov. 26,
and proceeded prosperously on our passage until Sun-
day morning, when it commenced blowing heavily and
continued with increased violence during the whole of
that day and night. About eight o'clock on Sunday
evening, it was ascertained that the vessel had sprung a
dangerous leak—she being then seven or eight miles
from land—off that grave of many a manly heart and
many a stout and noble barque—Cape Hatteras.
The vessel was soon ascertained to be in such a con-
dition that Captain Crane advised all bands to take to
the boats. The captain, his wife and child, with ten
others, including four females, embarked in one of the
ship's boats. I being intimately acquainted with Ash-
well, the cook; endeavoured, at the risk of my life, to
rind him, in order that we might together, in this mo-
ment of peril, embark in the same frail boat. I did not
succeed, and stayed so long in the endeavour, that when
I returned, an effort, somewhat more than human, barely
enabled me to leap from the vessel to the boat. About
fifteen minutes after, such was the violence of the storm,
we lost sight of the steamer, leaving on board about
seventeen individuals, fifteen of whom were hands be-
longing to the boat. lam confident that the whole are
saved, as the vessel, when we left, had three good boats
remaining.

The boat, after leaving the ship on Sunday night,
was driven at the mercy of the winds and waves, with-
out one particl2 of food, or even one drop of water,
until Wednesday morning. Suffering severely, we
were silently, yet forcibly, cheered on by the calm but
noble bearing of Mrs. Crane.
Oa Wednesday morning, worn out with fatigue, we
had resigned our oars and committed ourselves in des-
pair to the still foaming billows, when " A sail—a
sail," was descried, by one of our brave firemen, which
infused new life into our exhausted frames, and enabled
us to approach near enough to show our signal of dis-
tress, which was observed by the brig Rowena, Capt.
Dill, bound to Philadelphia, who did everything pos-
sible for the resuscitation and comfort of the shipwrecked
party.

Since the above, we received the following statement
from Captain Crane, who arrived here last evening, in
the Norwich,lin a very exhausted state :
LOSS OF THE STEAMSHIP SAVANNAH, J. K. CRANE,
COMMANDER.—Sunday, 28th, commenced blowing a
gale from the N.E.; at 10 A.M, began raining; at
twelve made the land about the Nag's Head, the wind
hauling easterly and blowing a gale, the ship behaving
nobly, and the engine working wed, the sea increasing-,
and heaving us in shore. At half-past four lighted up
a little ; sive the Cape, land bearing west ; still steering
S.E. by S. and not gaining off shore, took in the fore-
sail, and hauled off E. by S., everything working well,
At six P.M. the engineer reported he could not keep
her free with the pumps. I asked him if they worked
well. He said yes, but that she had sprung a leak.
I told him that was impossible, as the boat was too
strong ; but I soon found to my sorrow that it was but
too true. Immediately all hands went to baleing, but
to little purpose, the water gaining on us so fast that
it soon put the furnace fires out, aad then our pumps
were useless, and the sea made a breach over us.
The boats were then ordered to be got ready, which
was immediately done ; but in lowering the starboard
quarter boat, they nearly stove her, and then let her
go with only two persons in her, Mr. Johnson, of
Cedar-street, and Mr. Kilpatrick, the engineer. I
then had the other quarter boat cleared away, and
got the females in her, with the intention of getting
her to the leeward, to get some necessary articles in,
but the falls getting foul, I jumped into her and cut
them away, and finally succeeded in getting the boat
clear, but could not get alongside of the steamer again.
Thus we were left adrift in an open boa: in 18 fathoms
of water, off Cape Hatteras, blowing a gale at north,
with thireeen persons on board, and four of them
females, without a drop of water, or an ounce
of provisions of any kind. After being in the boat half
an hour, the wind hauled to the north-west, and blew
harder than ever, with a tremendous ugly cross sea. It
broke into the boat twice, and nearly filled her. Thus
for forty-eight hours we were scudding before the sea,
not knowing what coarse we were making, and not one
with a dry thread on, or hardly moving our position,
the females sitting in the bottom of the boat the whole
time. On Wednesday moderate weather ; at eight
discovered a sail to the eastward of us ; got our oars
to work immediately, and pulled for her with what re-
training strength we had. As soon as they discovered
us they hove to, and took us on board, where we were
treated with all the kindness possible. She proved to
he the brig Rowena, Captain Dill, of and bound to
Philadelphia, and thirteen human beings were thus
preserved from a most awful death. On Saturday came
to an anchor to the northward of Cape May.
On Monday morning saw a steamboat coming from
the southward ; made a signal to her, and she came
alongside and took us all on board ; she was the
steamer Norwich, Captain Levy, from Norfolk for
New York. The Captain kindly treated us with
everything in his power, for which we return him our
most heartfelt thanks ; and may the Almighty reward
him, and also the Captain of the Rowena, for kindly
preserving the lives of 13 human beingr, who could not
have lived 24 hours longer in an open boat.
Names of those in the boat saved :—Captain John
K. Crane, lady and son ; Mr. Phillips, mate ; Mrs.
Kent, wife of the steward ; Mrs. Moore, wife of one of
the waiters; John Kent,. steward; William Oram,
waiter ; two firemen, names not known ; Wm. Harth,
lan-. of Charleston, Theodore Murray, of Brooklyn,
passengers ; Lydia, stewardess.
Names of those drifted off in the other boat before
the Captain left--
Mr. Kilpatrick, engineer ; Mr. John-
son, passenger.
Persons left on board—Mr. Dunscomb, 2d officer,
and four seamen P - Daniel Hill, 2d engineer, and four
Joho it.dssi t cook ;2. cd cook.
passenger,u nknow n
afi en ;
Schnee and Mr.
engineer of S. C.,for;
which two whale boat, were left on the promenade •
deck.—New York Herald of the Bth.

SHIPWRECK. -------414ERESTING
Mansion House,.6
Havannah da Cuba.
,
NARRATIVE.
" In my last letter I informed you that I had taken
John Taylor, bound
to
the American Accordingly
we set sail from Liver-
poolmyNpeaw ssaogerlebayns .
Channel about the Sth, after which we had fair sailing
on the sth of September, and got Blear of the-
Channel
till we cleared the Azores, which was about the 20th.
It then fell calm until the 30th, during which time we
made nothing on our course ; but beat up a few degrees
to the south and got into the ' trade, which carried us on
rapidly to Antigua, which we made and cleared to the
south on Monday, the 18th of October. We made the
Grand Cayman on Sunday, the 176, where we lay to
about two hours to take in fresh provisions; after which we
continued our course with a fair breeze till twelve
o'clock, A.M. of the 18th, when (by observation) we
were 37 miles south of Cape Antonio. About this
time it commenced blowing hard, which caused the
captain to order in the topgallants and double reef the
topsails. The gale continued increasing until about
four o'clock, when the jib went to rags ; the reefed
foresail, in the act of taking io, followed its example.
We were now riding under a close-reefed maintopsail,
with the wind increasing to a hurricane, and the ship
evidently carried by the current. Though so near
land, the thick state of the weather prevented our
discerning any object 50 yards from the ship, wiiilat
night was fast approaching, with the most dreadful
lightning right over our heads that I ever beheld-v-the

obscurity increased to almost material darkness,'
for at each instant, compared with the vivid flashes,
we could scarcely conceive it to be the mere absence of
light. About halt-past eight, r.m., our main topsail
reef dew into a thousand atoms ; the main top-gallant
mast was blown away as a rotten branch is carried from
an aged tree by the March winds of the north, the til-
ler ropes snapped, and our ship drifted at the mercy of
the tempest. At nine, P.M , she struck, our fore and
main masts went by the board, and our beautiful ship
lay a groaning wreck. The sea swept fast over her,
which caused the captain to order a portion of the bul-
warks to be cut away in order to clear the main deck,
which was at time: knee deep in water ; nothing further
further could be done.

" The steerage and second cabin passenger; had
rushed (many of them naked) to the chief cabin, and
clung about us in their agony, for in all human calcula-
tion few were the moments of our existence. In the
moment of anguish and tribulation the weak borrow
strength from those who from nature or habit can look
with a serene countenance on the danger that unmans
themselves, and thus did the presence of two or three
persons inured to hard scenes and danga r impart an
inexplicable confidence to most of the others. Those
by whom 1 was most annoyed were three or four
Methodists, who, instead of comforting others, knelt
down in the midst of the rest and roared out at the top
of their voices, Do spare us this once,' and such like
rant. I was almost obliged to swear at them to maka
them a little silent, for I was afraid they would drive
the poor females into fits. A. gentleman connected
with a commercial house in Liverpool, who was pas-
senger in the first cabin, lent a hand as long as the
deck could be kept, and in the moment of most immi-
nent danger was one of the coolest men I ever saw,
doing all that a man could do to console the unhappy
without seeming to devote one thought to himself.
" What an eternity-like night ! It seemed to most
of us as though the earth had forgotten to revolve, and
that morn was destined never to dawn again. Nothing
could be discerned beyond the ship's side but the white
waves that were beating around and over her ; and
though it was well known that we were on a bed of
coral rocks, yet we could not tell how far we might be
from the main land. Morning broke at last amid loud
exclamations of thanksgiving from the weak, and even
the strong did not forget to breathe the silent prayer of
heartfelt gratitude to the Supreme Author of light. I
should have observed, that soon after twelve o'clock
the tempest in some degree abated, and some hope
was entertained that she might ride it out till
the morning ; the well was sounded, and it was
found that she had made but little water; all took a
turn at the pumps, and she was soon laid dry. At four
the hurricane had abated considerably, the pumps were
again manned, and in five minutes she was dry ; we,
therefore, no longer doubted that she would ride it out
in safety. As soon as it was day the long-boat was got
out, and the passengers were landed with some diffi-
culty; for though we found the ship within 100 yards
from the laud, lying in a sandy bottom, surrounded
by coral rock, yet the sea continued to run high.
At length a rope was made fast to a tree on the
shore, and so it was managed to ferry the long-boat
across, the Captain's gig having been stove in the
first attempt to land. One poor young fellow, a
native of Sheffield, who has an uncle and aunt
abroad, in exerting himself to aid in landing the
women and children, was carried out by a wave and
drowned. He was got out almost directly, and every
exertion made to restore animation, but in vain. Oa
the 20th (the day after) a few of us volunteered to go
in se .reh of inhabitants, and the authorities, in order to
obtain the necessary succours. Luckily, just before
we started, a mountaineer from a considerable distance
made his appearance, who served us for a guide, and
so we set out, well armed, for I expected nothing less
than wreckers, robbers, or pirates. The spot where we
were wrecked is called Lapunte del Olandes, on the
south side of Cape St. Antonio, as we proceeded
along the sea coast towards Cape Corrientes. It was
about eleven o'clock when we set out, and we
had not proceeded far when we found it impos-
sible to go on ; the heat was intense, and, increas-
ed by the redaction from the sea, rocks, and sand, soon
became insupportable ; for my own part I felt suffocated,
and groaned with the difficulty of respiration. Our
pulses were at l'2o. We now crept under some palm
bushes, and lay until we felt relieved, when we continued
our march until dark. Not being able to proceed we
supped upon those birds we shot on our way,
with some cheese and biscuit we had carried from
the ship, and then stretched ourselves upon some
palm leaves and slept till break of day, when we
again put ourselves en route. As we were walking
along the beach we observed a number of fishes
playing on the surface of the sea. I sicgled out one
and fired ; the ball passed through the spine just
below the head ; the fish floundered for a short time, when
I jumped in and caught him by the gills. I found it to be
a fine red :fish, something like the besago of Biscay,
weighing about 12 lb. In about an hour we reached
the first backwoodsman's cot, called the Mashora.
Here we were received with a most hearty welcome by
two whites and two blacks ; one of the latter spoke
English. Our fish was cooked ; they gave us plain-
tains roasted upon the embers ; coffee made of maize
sweetened with honey, and an abundance of limes, of
which we drank the juice. Again tee started, contiuu-
ing our course through trackless woods, our guide cut-
ting his way with a long hanger he wore. For a long
distance we had nothing under foot but coral rock as
sharp as needles ; then commenced the lagoons, for we
were just at the end of the rainy season, and of the
most dreadful hurricane that has been known for forty
years. It some parts trees, plantations, hcuses, and
every thing else have been blown down, and the
country, in some parts, laid thirty feet under water.
We were one day, for two hours at a time, up to our
middles in water, and for three days we were at least
six hours out of the twelve in water, and the rest on
coral rocks, or amongst roots and brambles. On the
second day, at night, we reached a cottage called the
Aula,' where we were well received by a numerous
family of young and old, of all colours but milk-white,
and were most generously treated, and, like the first
we met with, would not hear of being paid for anything.
On the third day, having shot about a dozen pigeons
on our way, we reached an estate called the Arreta,'
where we were quite feasted, overwhelmed with kind-
ness, and our pigeons cooked for us to carry away with
us the next morning. On this, the fourth day of our
absence from the wreck, we reached the first authority
—' Don Francisco Lugo Macienda de Le Remote.' We
were exhausted by the fatigue we had undergone ; my
legs were covered with wounds and swollen to nearly the
thickness of my thighs, whilst those of my companions
were little better. In all my marches I never encoun-
tered anything half so dreadful as the country we had
come through ; certainly, although you well know I
can endure mucb, all the gold in Cuba would not in-
duce me to make another such march. Don Francisco
Lugo is an excellent man ; he treated us with parental
kindnesss, lent us three ` ounces' of gold to proceed with
(for our English money would not pass), and furnished
us with horses and a guide to proceed to the village
(Pueblo) of' Guarres, where we were met by Dr. Don
Jose Escovedo, a physician of the place, who invited us
to his house, gave me dressing for my legs, and offered
us money and everything else we needed. The follow-
ing morning we proceeded to ' Final del Rio ;' here we
found the Lieutenant-Governor, Don Jose Callaba, who
immediately brought us to his house, treating us with
the utmost kindness. He further took upon himself to
return the three ounces' we had borrowed from Don
Francisco Lugo, paid our guides four and a half
ounces,' obliging us to take two more to
continue our journey, for which he lent us his
own horses, to take us to Colonio,' where we
saw the steamer Serena, commanded by Captain
Don Antonio Espinosa, who received, among other
things, a splendid sword from her Majesty Queen Vic-
toria, for saving the lives of same British subjects.
This gentleman received us with open arms, and told
us that if the steamer were his own he would proceed
to the wreck forthwith, but as he was not the owner
he could not do it on his own responsibility. He gave
me a letter to one of the owners, soliciting leave to go
to the wreck. We reached here (Calla de la Ovra)
by the railway from San Felipe, and immediately pro-
ceeded to the American Consul's, whom, as it was Sun-
day, we did not find in the way. As the case was
urgent, for we had been 11 days on our way, and had
left 205 fellow-creatures on a desert coast, without any
visible means of subsistence, and my mind was very un-
easy, I resolved not to sleep till I had got the affair in
a right channel.
" We drove to the house of the British Consul, who,
after many verbal civilities, when I put the question
home as to how we were to proceed in order to re•
lieve the wreck, kindly told me that As a man he
commiserated their unhappy condition, but as a Consul
he could have nothing at all to do with them, as they
were deserting their country and flag!' After what we
had met with at the British Consul's I was in des-
pair ; but at last thought of the American Vice-Coc-
sul there. To our great pleasure we met the American
Consul himself,who told us that as Consul he could only
serve the American crew and cargo, but that he vvouht
take upon himself to succour all, and carry the passen-
gers to their destination. He has also set on foot a
subscription to pay our expenses, &c. This morning
the Captain-General Valdez, our old opponent in Cata-
lonia, sent for the American Consul, Mr. Irish, and told
him that he should give him 300 dollars from his own
Pocket towards the subscription. I trust this may be
appreciated, and contrasted with the apathy of our own
Consul. The American ship Clarion is chartered to
go to the wreck, and I ern now on board, ready to sail
in five rainutes."—Letter in the Times.

•
CORONERSHIP OF CHESHIRE.
CLOSE OF THE POLL, MONDAY, FOUR O'CLOCK.
Henry Churson, Esq
Mr. John Wood Alasery . . 1,808267

Majority for Churton..

Mr. Commissioner Fane has returned to the Earl
of Darlington's, after attending Lord Westinorland's
funeral.