The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-01 00:00:00

RUII.I tri ItED STEAM
CA rASTROPUE.
BRISTOL, ssnAr.—Consi,ierable excitement iris
been occasioned in this city this afternoon by the
rumour that the Glamorgan steam packet had met
with an accident occasioning the hiss of .200 lives.
On making every inquiry possible, we find that there
is some truth in the report, but happily, we hope,
without the loss of life mentioned. It appears that
yesterday morning the Glamorgan started fro"z Bri'tol
upon what is called a " cheap excursion" to Mine-
head ; the weather being remarkably fine, as many
as 500 persons embarked for the trip, and proceeded
to their destination, landing a number of pass-ngeTS
at Weston super •Mare. The packet was announ,.'eti
to return in the evening. and in cons, quetice of its
not arriving thefriends of those who had gone upon ti.e
excursion were terrified with fears for their fate, and
this feeling was inctea:ed by the arrival this afternoon
of several passengers from 13r;dgewater, who stated
that the boiler of the :teamer had burst, that the
vessel was set on fire, and that they, with about forty
others, escaped in a sailing boat to Watcher, awl
thence to Bridgewater what Lecame of th,, other
passengers they could not tell. We went to th. , ffice
of the Navigatioa CIOTIVITIV, and found that they had
no dt4tinlie phrt4'illeirS of the atitil, and that the oul)
intelligence they had rt-eei,ed way o,rough soine
nasserwers whet lad come u from i3t idg and
left Frdi-patchedu~.bliged to ed
theht;al' ee: llassistancet'i
'S hoped that with this evening's tide more fav'ou'rable
news wilt be received.

LOSS OF AN EMIGRANT SHIP
WITH THREE HL'ND►REI) E •!IGItAN rs.
(From the Aberdeen Herald.)
_ _ _

On Sunday morning some parts of the south and
north were visited by a most disastrous storm, that
was but slightly felt in this part of the c .untry. We
had here a pretty severe gale, accompanied by heavy
rain, but no harm was done, even to the crops. But
on the coasts of
,Sutherland and Caithness the storm
appears to have been awful, and to have been attended
by the most melancholy consequences. A large -mi-
grant vessel is said to have been driven upon the
rocks of "Far-out-head," near Durness, and three
hundred unhappy individuals perished, the whole that
the vessel contained—swallowed up in one common
grave. We annex such par iculars of this visitation
as our correspondents have as yet transmitted to

US :-

TONGUE, TUESDAY, AuG. 24.—We had a dreadful
hurricane here on Sunday, and much loss at sea has
been the consequence along our northern shores; one
vessel, laden with rye, and another with meal, are
total wrecks, at Thurso and Reay. I have heard of
nothing else as yet, but I fear a few days will bring
in more accounts of losses and shipwreck.—Since
writing the above, I have seen the Durness postman,
on his return from that place, who brings the disas-
trous filings of the total wreck of a three masted
emigrant ship, with upwards of 300 passengers, on
the rucks at the " Far-out-head," in Durnes•—not a
soul is spared, all have perished -and the ship is a
total wreck. Only sevent, en bodies have as yet come
on shore. The headland where the vessel struck is a
bold unapproachable place. It is reported that the
vessel is from Hull ; but you may have soon more
authentic accounts from other quarters. The magis-
trates I understand are on the spot. The vessel is
the Canton of Hulk but as no proper accounts have
yet been got of the number of passengers on board,
all is taken from surmi-e, by there being a great deal
of cl )thing and chests coming on shore. Toe 17 bo-
dies are said to be those of seamen.

NEW ZEALAND.

BY aavices received we learn that on Thursday,
the Ist of April, a grand public dinner was given at
Nelson in h,uour of Governor Grey. Ut wards of
sixty sat down to table. The guest= were, his
Excellency the Governor, :mine of the officers of the
It flexible steamer, and others. The hand of the
Itiflexible was in attendance. The 1-ion. C. A. anon
rook the chair. After the usual loyal toasts the
chairman, in a most complimentary speech, proposed
the health of the Governor. In returning thanks
the Govert or expressed himself as follows, when
alluding to the colony :
‘• I m ver fel:, any doubt as to the eventual success of
this co'ony, sad my co fitit•nce was founded upon a
knowledge of tit, charactt r of the persons engaged in
it. Nelson ha- had the advantage of being fount;ed 'by
a class of men whose character, previt us ststion in life,
and abiliti s must have entitled them to dis'incti n in
my community ; they were accompanied or followed by
a body of tmig.ants from among the working classes,
forming with than a thorou,,hly British community
which I felt satisti-ed was capable of overcoming
any difficulties they might encounter. And that
you have surmounted the many obstacles which
impeded your early progress, and are now on the
hishw ay o success and prop lily, is to me satisfacto-
rily demonstrated by the fact that Nelson is the only
settlement in New Zealand which yields.. a revenue
more than equal to all the expenses of its government,
aed in one respect, and that a most important one, Nel-
son stands pre•erninent not merely above the other set-
tlements in New Zealand, but perhaps above any com-
munity of equal extant in the world—l allude to mora-
lity. Since learning the excessively small amount ofcrime
occurring here, I have become rather alarmed at the idea
of spending 800/. on a gaol, seeing how little it is re-
quired. and considering how much more usefully the
money might be employed. Again, your settlement
contains extensive coal mines, and from the geological
formation of this portion of the colony, I have no doubt
that its mineral resources are great, and will one day
become of incalculable value. Upon the whole, looking
at the capabilities of.this settlement, and the character of
its inhabitants, I feel confident that it is destined to be-
come a great and important community."
The following is an extract of a letter, dated Wel-
lington, April 7, 1847
The land claims are at last settled in this district;
the governor has shown a cordial wish to perform the
work that brought him to the south, but has been in such
haste to return to Auckland that he has not given the
general satisfaction he intended. His bargains with the
natives for land have been characterised by such liberality
that the natives are more exorbitant in their demands
than ever in such transactions. The pa) went of 5,0001
by instalments to the Ngatitoa tribe, of which Rau.
peraha, Itangiaiata, and Puaha are at the head, has
raised a numerous band of opponents of his policy
amongst the most respectable settlers of this place and
cost Nelson. of the "The
Governmenttogreat
trooathdes
blast
o the valleyinf
wprozuraeis:thattoutghhe
Povirua, and to Wairarapa, by way of of the
Stull, will not cost less than 25,0001. The blocks of land
bought by the local Government are to be open to the
for selection. The Governor,
sNures however,Zh ea a
hideservesemdo put ahr n
rgyo ruagt tut
hd
ee
Legifur
slative
cofiatihnerii,m,zi
for the pretty equal division of the expenditure in the
north and south Trade is very flow ishing, and we are
looking forward to
beg:smetiairieniriiiipenthoiovwn:emsrheeitplitipiueitnvtitthisie.i,dtent,:eow;:yr.
generally. G-vernor Gte) to, k board the fler.ibt-
eti,iiiurat‘il3toai;swtedi•lNaes

ORKNEY ELECTION.
KIRKWALL, THURSDAY, ONE O'CLOCK, P.M.
Dunde.s
Anderson 62
Aloj3ri`y here for DuodaA 13
.''..TROMNESS, TWELVE OCL WK.
73
60

Andre son
Dundas •••
at StromneFs for AnderFon 13
Both eVeti.
There are no returns fro
oritnt Shetland as yet, lat Mr
Anderson is sure of a innjy th, re ; so that little
doubt need be entertained of his success.
Tne official declaration takes on Saturday.

Roman
loetTlaerla
OF THE REV. ROBERT GILLOW.—It iS
lit:i.ruplrideustt.ytt:e ritece,vw.dßt,h,beerdteaothisio.t,A.,,avvuuht,h, ,hru
v to typhus fever. the deceased was the son of
soCulia:l:iihchPatgo'serAildn Gillow, Esq., of Leighton Hull, near Lancls.er
During the recent prevalence of the malignant disea e
which had cut off eight of his falew-labour. rs in the
ministry, the Reverend Robert Gillew was unre-
/flatlet< in his attention to the sick, and lett, rly
he had to visit several very bad cases of typhus, the ra-
tients residing in the mess filthy dwellings. On Satur-
day week he felt indisposed, but on Sunday he was able
to celebrate mass. The deceased was educated at Ushaw
College, county Durham, and finished his theological
studies at Rome, where he resided two years. He was
remarkable for his attention to the sick, the poor, and
the schools, together with the whole of the duties of his
ministry, and he attended the sick in SL Patrick's dis-
trict during the illness and after the death of the clergy-
man attached to it.—Liverpool Mercury.
RED LION -SQUARE, BLOOMsBURV.—
INSTITUTION FOR THE ADULT PEAS'° ANDun d
etDUMB,et
aunderstand
insti-
tution are making the most active en
proposed at the annivere
that the secretary and committee ofdteheis:euxrceetloleinntereasethe amount of a building fundoa
n establishment on a
theA'oinrethreyaseilg-
sary meeting for the erecd
,1 G. Simpson, Esq.) have al-
readylions of the secretary ( •
of
demandsmk4e ext euupdoend stchael ei.
institution.
The adequate
p praiseworthy
s e
d by the patronage many mem-
bers been rewarded
andnobility,
mentioned her Royal Highness the Duchess of
be
elouceste nasntitumut:i
Gloucester, who, while torwarding a
bets of the royal family
handsome contribu-
tion to the futd, signified her intention of becoming for
the future the patroness of the institution.
THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE CHICHESTER AND
PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY. ---NUTBOURNE, Ara. 31.--
The inquest oil the body of John Greg ry, the driver of
ene , f St. ph ns .n', pit nt loc, un•tives. with out-ide
cOthders. wleeh li runeine if the line at I.l':4l(op'es
l'oppice, on the Chichester and Pt rt..T.,•wth Railway,
killed t; r 4 gurN and took ..if the arm 01 Peel. the • tok,r.

on :ht 31,t of \laylt.t, w,w. h, H nponno. by A-
i .0 on 3. ht +or th. third lime. be ore John Luintai.
e.,Toner or W. ".11:00.x. The C cif
the :Aso huv.• ad)• been r,porzel in this p.q.er. jt
how allb,red that Peel, ihe .i.juitd sL au, tool twconse
owing t., d vk as tumble.
to give evitiebe,-. One of the juror. was ulbo ill, 9'A are
I inquiry was again adjourned for a month.