The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-31 00:00:00

LONDON, _ TUESDAY EVEN.ING, AUGUST 3l, 1847.

IRELAND.
EXECUTION OF JOHN. HELAHAN.
CARLOW, AUG. 28.—0 n Thursday, at twelve
o'clock, John lielahan, who was convicted at the late
assizes of the murder of the late John Kelly, of Kiled-
mond, in this county, underwent the extreme penalty
of the law in front of the county gaol. The unfortu-

FINE ARTS.
ETTY'S JOAN OF AIX PICTURES.
Since the removal of these magnificent pictures
from the Royal Academy to the rooms of Mr. Coils,
in New Bond-street, Etty has made several altera-
tions, which have added greatly to the effect of this
superb work of art. In the first compartment (the
finding the sword) there has been an improvement in
the colour and distribution of light in the architec-
tural part of the cathedral : the greatest alteration,
however, has been made in the second compartment
(Joan at the gates of Orleans). The general tone of
this compartment of the picture has been greatly im-
proved, and more care and attention has been given
to those parts of the picture which were before un-
finished. The third compartment (the martyrdom
of Joan of Arc) has been greatly im-
proved by the introduction of a clump of
green trees behind the head of the monk, which sends
off the buildings in the distance, and accurately
marks the time of year (spring) in which the fearful
tragedy was enacted. These pictures are seen to
much greater advantage alone than they were in the
Royal Academy ; the gaudy colours of the pictures
by which they were surrounded and the dazzling re-
flection from the hundreds of gilt frames in the col-
lection fatigued and spoiled the eye, and by distract-
ing the attention, unfitted the mind for the proper
contemplation of Etty'a grand pictorial epic. ' Since
their removal they have been the subject of the in-
tense admiration and the deep study of almost all the
artists and ailettanti of the metropolis. The
second compartment is the one we believe the most
generally admired, and as a representation of energy
and of rower in action, it is very fine; but we prefer
the first compartment—the finding the sword. There
is an expression of conscious power—of power
founded on undoubting faith--in the figure of Joan,
that nothing can surpass. That uplifted hand at
once tells the whole story ; and then, what can be
finer than the expression of high and trusting devo-
tion, of full and firm belief in her own inspiration in

nate man made a full confession of his crime a few

(lays previous to his execution, and manifested, to-
wards the close of his mortal career, some degree of
penitence for his offence, although he appeared gloomy
and sullen from the period of his conviction up to the
past week. He detailed the particulars of the murder,
and stated that after its committal he robbed his vic-
tim of about fourteen shillings in silver, after which
he put on the clothes of the deceased, and fled to
Liverpool, where he could not get employment, and
was, in consequence, obliged to part with the clothes
of the deceased to enable him to subsist. lie de-
scribed himself, after his escape, as much oppressed
in mind, restless, and uneasy, and drawn by some
irresistable impulse back to Ireland, where he ram•
bled about the county Dublin in search of employ-
ment, but was finally arrested in Baliymore-Eustace.
He partook of dinner on Wednesday, as usual, and of
a hearty breakfast on the morning of his execution.
At the place of execution, he implored the people to
pray for him—that he was guilty of the crime for
which he was about to suffer; but that he hoped for
pardon through the merits of his Redeemer. After a
tew seconds the trap fell, and he was launched into
eternity.—Carlow Sentinel.
EXECUTION OF LARKIN AND DANIEL,
FOR THE MUR ER OF MR. PRIM, THE
PAY-CLERK.
KILKENNY, AuG. 28.—The extreme sentence bf
the law was carried into execution, at the gallows in
front of our county gaol, on Wednesday, on the above
culprits. At one o'clock the prisoners left their cells,
accompanied by their clergymen. As they walked
along the corridors and down the stairs leading there-
from to the front of the gaol, the prisoners joined the
clergymen, apparently with great fervour, in reciting
the Litanies and Psalms; and, on the ground floor,
they knelt twice in prayer whilst on their way to the
stairs by which the press-room is reached, both the
priests kneeling beside them. Shortly after their
arrival in the press. room the handcuffs were taken off
and their arms tied behind their backs. Daniel
fainted under this operation, and could not be said to
have recovered during the short period of his exist-
ence. After the lapse of about a quarter of an hour
the fetters were removed from their legs, and the
caps drawn over the prisoners' heads. Larkin then
said " Christ have mercy on my soul. I forgive my
prosecutors and every one, and those who swore false
perjury, and (we think) swore my life away." He
allwa s
we
he e
have
a lveed
toou
at s okn
ist,he drop,tha
tyou
and
0 u praysaid, Goodforour
souls."—
people,u
(A loud murmur of " Lord have mercy on your
soul," amongst the crowd in front of the drop.)
Daniel, who appeared insensible, was then placed on
the drop, the bolt was drawn, and in a few minutes the
two prisoners ceased to exist. Larkin made one or
two convulsive struggles, but Daniel did not make
any visible muscular efforts. From the day before
their execution neither of the unfortunate men tasted
food; and they spent nearly the entire of Tuesday
night and Wednesday morning in prayer, manifest-
ing great penitence. There was a very large con-
course of people present at the execution, including—
we say it with the deepest regret—a great number of
women and children. A strong guard of military
and police surrounded the gaol. We are, likewise,
sorry to add, that there will be another of those de-
moralising exhibitions on Wednesday next. On that
day Walsh (for the murder near Waterford) is sen-
tenced to die.—Kilhenny Journal.
MURDER IN THE COUNTY OF SLIGO.
On Friday the 20th instant, a young man, named
Mitchell, was murdered by a large party of men, in a
public-house, near Tandragee. 'Tis said the only
crime vgainst the people committed by the ill-fated
victim was his having established an Orange lodge in
he district.

the features of Joan ? She looks like an incarnation
of the holiest faith. The "Martyrdom," too, is a
magnificent picture. Look at the features of Joan
here, and compare them with the first picture. There
is the same beautiful expression of unshaken faith,
but it is of faith that has passed through the bitter

trial of physical suffering, and conquered not withou
a struggle. These pictures, which, we understand,
are to be exhibited in some of our principal provincial
towns, have occupied Etty for more than seven years,
and are, probably, the last great work which he will
undertake. It is at all times delightful to hear a
great artist describe his own work ; and the following
extract from a letter, addressed by Etty to Mr. Coils
(who, in conjunction with Mr. Wass, purchased the
pictures), will not be uninteresting to our readers ;
" Joan of Arc, I think, was first conceived in
Westminster Abbey, in Henry the Seventh's Chapel,
under the chivalric banners that hang there. Hearing
the anthems sung, and looking towards the grand
portal, I seemed to see her in imagination riding into
the gates of Orleans and raising the siege thereof. I
subsequently, however, changed that subject for the
present one, as better. I thought that as she was the
Judith of modern times, her story, like my first,
ought, like the epic, to have a beginning, a mid-
dle, and an end, and, like all my large pictures,
point a great moral lesson to the mind ; viz , my
Combat" (the first) was the beauty of mercy ;
" Judith " (the second) patriotism ; " Benaiah,"
David's chief captain, va!our ; the " Syrens and
U lysses," the resistance of sensual appetite ;
" Joan of Arc," the saint, the patriot, and the
martyr—that heroic self-devotion to her country
and her Prince which has stamped her fame.." Long
choosing and beginning late"—hesitating among a
variety of points of her story, years passed ere I
could fix my choice. I visited Rouen, and sketched
the old houses which were there, I dare Ifiy, at the
time. I visited Paris, and saw all the works I could
that had been done in modern times. I made a pil-
grimage to Orleans also in search of further intor-
!nation. An enthusiastic admirer myself of her cha-
raeter, I %as desirous of sparing no pains to endeavour
to do justice to her cau e, and complete the series of
nine colossal pictures I had set my mind to complete, if
God would so far sustain me. Ile has done so, and I am
deeply grateful. At times, the severity of the winter,
my struggles for very breath, and severe cough, made
me waver ; but I pressed on, and God has given me
the lesire of my heart.
" In the first picture, I suppose her to have found the
sword she had seen in her dreams, and invoking the
inspiration from Heaven which sustained her In this
her arduous course; in the second, having supposed
her to have been imbued with that inspiration, she
accomplishes more by that inspiration than the vulgar
expression of those human passions which actuate
more ordinary characters. This has given rise to an
idea in some minds that she is not sufficiently excited.
The effect was, however, intentional on my part ; it
would have been easy to knit the brows and dilate
the nostrils, but I conceived she was in possession of
a superior power, the serene possession of which I
endeavoured to express. In the last, the tale—a sad
one—is pretty plainly told. She had called for a
crucifix—a soldier tied two pieces of wood together
in the form and gave it her ; she clasped it to her
bosom as an emblem of her redemption. In the mean-
while Father Avenal, a monk, having procured one,
made his way through the crowd, and endangered his
own safety several times to administer this consolation
to her, till she, perceiving his danger, begged of him
at last to consult his own safety, and leave her to her
fate. As the smoke and flames cleared away
she was
seen clasping the crucifix, and calling on the name of
Jesus. Tradition says a white dove was seen flying
towards heaven.
" I have now given you a sketch of their intention,
which, I hope, will please you."

COURT CIRCULAR.
Dispatches from the Governor of Ceylon, from
the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, from the
Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and
from the Governor of Malta, were received yesterday
at the Colonial-office.
Dispatches were sent off last evening from the
Colonial-office for the Governor of the Cape of Good
Hope.

ORKNEY ELECTION.
KIRKWALL, WEDNESDAY, HALF-PAST ONE.—The
mail is just starting. The state of the poll here is:—
Anderson
Dundas
Majority for Anderson • • —2
By express from Strowness we learn the follow-
ing :
Anderson
Dandas ..• ... 46
Majority for Anderson. ••• —lB
Mr. Anderson is, therefore, 20 ahead.
Mr. Anderson's return is thererore cer.tain. Dunn
-
das calculated on a large majority in Kirkwall.
Lerwick Anderson will have a majority of from 20
to 30.

discovered that one of the
EXTENSIVE FIRE IN MARYLRBONE.--Last night,
at a fow minutes before twelve o'clot ,Ii olice-constable
1) IGS, while going his rounds in 3reweefl,street,
INoeft7,rneawd:lyB-te.ri‘e!aterilhebot=2, belonging to Mr. Br:tine,
builder, No. 7, in the above-named thoroughfare, was on
fire. An instant alarm was raised, a multitude of per-
sons assembled, engines arrived from all quarters, and
the utmost exertions were used to get the flames under ;
but before one o'clock this it 3 g the buildiNg, which
half past one before the fire
was five stories high, including the ba:ement was
wrapped in a general blaze. For. some time the greatest
guw7shfeildl,lyand not until the premises were
fears were entertained for the safety of the surrounding
habitations, but by carrying the hose of the engines to
penny. How the
hsTinhgelepremises outbreak onl
the roofs of the several buildings, the firemen were en-
e time of the
abled to cut off the further progress of the destructive
el
aeisnseanfte,l butexittin
nearly gutted. The loss, at a moderate calculation, will
reach to several hundred pounds, and unfortunately Mr.
Yas.t t
they contained a vast number of sashes and other build-
fiber ce Brains
originated
reweans
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nii
sni
ss
hau
er id?
as fntoedrr
ing materials, besides the workmens' tools, all of which
have been consumed.
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FATAL ACCIDENTS.r EATS IN ST. BARTHOLO•
-M
3IEw'S HOSPITAL-. Payne, City Ceroner, held two
inquests last evening in St. Bartholomew's Hospital on
the bodies of Thomas Francis Wogden, aged 77, a pen.
sinner of the East India Company (Civil Service), and
Thomas Harrison, aged 69, a picture dealer The first-
named, on the 12th instant, was witnessing a cricket
match in the neighbourhood of Iloxton, when a ball
being struck near to the place where he with others
was standing, a rush was made to get out of its way.
The deceased was thrown down, and five or six persons
fell upon him. lie then left the field, and was welkin.'
home, when he fell and fractured his thigh bone, de
was taken to the hospital, and died on Friday.—ln the
second case the deceased, who was nearsighted and
deaf, was crossing the end of Ray-street, Clerkenwell,
on Wednesday evening last, when he was knocked down
by a butcher's cart, driven by a man named Lazard.
The wheel passed over his leg, which wartc and
caused his death on Saturday. Verc in each case,
" Accidental death."
A VALUABLE WIFE. A blacksmith, named
Osborne. offered himself as hail, at the Court of Sessions,
tor a prisoner whose trial was put till
next term.
off
" Are you clearly worth 500 dollars above all our
debts ?" inquired the Recorder. " Why, Sir, I hold my
wife to be worth 500 dollars at least, without countire
my property." ,6 The Court is satisfied," replied the
Recorder ; " take Ils bail."—New Yurfc Sun.

them some useless horses to change them f•Ca• OtheriV";:ti
STORM AND SHIPWRECKS.
The captain, finding that they delayed a lon—g time, s,asi's-qs'e;e
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.
shouted to them from the . ship ; no answer being see's' --,e,.l_;Seee
(From the John o' Groat Journal.)
On Saturday last, the weather, which had for some made, he fired off a pistol. to call their attentron, Wee'
time previous been of the moat pleasant character, no one appeared. Then one of the Indians apiPeeeicr,-
I
suddenly changed, and we were visited with a very spoke in his own language to those on shore, eseaselese'
severe gale from the E.S E., accompanied by a heavy mediately afterwards the sailors were seen running
fall of rain. Fortunately, the sea (lid not instantly i into the water, attempting to escape from the In-
assume a serious position, so that the boats and ves-
dians. '1 he mate (Randall) and a sailor were
sels in the bay h.d sufficient time to make for places of i drowned, another sailor was killed by a shot from
shelter. ema le fur Sinclair's Bay—asteamer load- the Indians, and the remaining three were carried off
ing herrings proceeded southwards, and those for whom I prisoners.
there was sufficient water in the harbour, made the While this was passing on the coast, the five In-
best of their way there. No casualty, connected with , dians on board suddenly attacked the rest of the peo-
our shipping, resulted from the gale—but, during ple, consisting of six men, including the captain.
the darkness of the evening, the sloop Cruiser of They killed the latter in a most barbarous manner,
Douglas, Isle of Man, laden with herrings, from wounded the second mate, George Wright, in the
Fraserburgh to Bristol, went ashore in the neih. back. threw overboard Mr. William Douglas, the
bourhood of Keiss. The captain mistook Noss freighter of the vessel, and another person, both of
Head for Duncansbay Head, and thus_ furnished whom they afterwards picked up out at sea, when
another to the many arguments in favour of a light- they had killed the captain.
house on the former headland. It is expected the The second mate and the rest of the sailors then
Cruiser may be got off. At the height of the storm I defended themselves. The Indians became pacified,
the scene, towards the sea, was terrific. The white- I saying, in bad Spanish, mixed with worse English,
crested waves, broken as it were to drops, by the I that they would not kill the good sailors. " Mari-
violence of the gale, drove across our shores with nero bono no killed," are their words, as entered in
fearful noise, impelling the vessels before them— :the log-book.
several with bare poles. On the land also the sight Soon after several Indians came off in a launch,
was fearful. Several houses in the country were un- steered by one of the captured sailors. They
roofed, and hayricks were scattered before the wind. plundered the ship, giving the preference to ars
In our own immediate neighbourhood, we are harpy ticles of brass over everything- else, even
to say, tee other damage to property was done. The and silver. The captain's gold
before
body they threw into the
crew of the Cruiser had previously got safely ashore sea, horribly mutilated, with the head almost severed
and altheugh it was at one time feared the vessel from the trunk. They carried off My. Douglas, and left
would be driven to pieces, yet she stood it out.
behind them on board ten or a d*.zsu of their own
THURSO, AUGUST 25, 1847. people. On the following day they returned in the
The Britannia, of Ardrossan, began to drift from boat, managed by the sailors, their prisoners. The
her anchorage, in Scrabster Roads, about eleven current carried them away some di,tance from the
A.M on the 22d instant, which, when perceived by Avon. They made the shore again, and again
the crew, they endeavoured to cut away one of her pushed for the ship, which they reached. They took
mess, but it did not come down at the time, so that off every thing that had been collected Try the Indians,
the vessel continued drifting, and struck on the which they had left on board the day before ; made
rocks below the house of Pennyland (west the sailors convey them on shore in the boats ; and
of Thurso) by twelve o'clock. This being about having disembarked themselves and their plunder,
the strongest of the gale, she was no time on sent off the sailors who had not been attacked on
the rocks, until, by the violence of the sea, one of her shore ; they remained will Mr. Douglas and the
masts—the cut one—went overboard. Her bottom three men whom they had seized from the beginning.
then gave way, and her stern came out, part of which, The sailors having returned on hoard, put to sea
along with some of the cargo, came ashore. The for this port. The second mate (Wright), who has
whole of the crew were at this time in great danger come in command of the vessel, is cured of his wound.
every moment, as the sea was incessantly rolling over Such are the particulars which appear in the log-
the vessel, and they could find no place of safety, as book. The regularity of the statement, and the
the whole ship was giving way. The scene further details which we have heard from a competent
gathered a number of people on the shore, and, person who examined the people on board, leave us
through the exertions of the coast guard, se- no room to suspect their exactness, much less since
veral shipmasters, sailors, fishermen, and lands- they affirm that Mr. Douglas and three men are alive
men, five of the crew were got ashore. In doing with the Indians.
so they were often exposed, and in great danger
of their own lives. The way of getting the man
ashore was by a rope from the vessel to the shore.
The sea, at the same time, was tremendous, and a
flowing tide. One of the men who was drowned was
the first seaman who left the vessel. The master
abode by the ship until all had left him, and as his
crew, one after the other went, he gave them instruc-
tions how to manage themselve on the rope. He him-
self was lashed to the vessel, and was standing on the
outside on the chains ; but the rope somehow loosened
from the vessel, and he was thus unfortunately left
on the wreck, for no help, could be given him until
the tide receded, which was not until seven o'clock.
He remained in that situation for some hours,
when he gave them signs of life by holding up
his hand occasionally. But the vessel shifted
about, and some of the spars came down about
where he was. The spectators saw no more of him,
as he was gone from the lashings, so that the captain
and a seaman found a watery grave. Their bodies
have not yet been found. Captain M'Millan was
also owner of the unfortunate vessel. She was from
Cronstadt, laden with rye-meal for Ireland. The
vessel is a total wreck. Most of the cargo is now
landed; almost all the outsides of the bags are wet,
but the insides are dry. It is said that some of the
rye is very old. The following are the names of the
crew :—Captain Alexander M'Millan, belonging to
Annan, drowned ; John Corner, seaman, Saltcoats,
drowned; Duncan Campbell, Saltcoats; Charles Sin-
clair, Arran ; James Hamilton, Saltcoats ; Neil
M'William, Arran ; Robert Crawford, ditto—all
saved.
The Triad of Dundee, Captain Chapman, was put
ashore, on same day, at Downreay, near Sandside,
laden with oatmeal, oats, and butter; all hands
saved, but hard put to. The vessel is a complete
wreck— scarcely a vestige of either ship or cargo to
be seen. But I have yet to mention a more melan-
choly catastrophe, occasioned by the same gale. I
have, this morning, spoken to the master of a fishing
smack who has come from the west. He told
me of a large ship that was put ashore en Ferrit
Head, west of Loch leriboll. Sixteen bodies had
come ashore from her, and two bales of goods ad-
dressed to Quebec. He did not know where she be-
longed to. It is thought she was in this bay a few
days ago.
CROMARTT.—Here the Belgian war schooner
Louisa and Mary was driven ashore on the north
bank, having parted from both anchors. By the aid
of an anchor from the French man-of-war Griffon
she was safely got off in about three hours.
FRASEHBURGH, AUG. 22.—We have had a tre-
mendous day, and I regret to inform you that a boat
belonging to Buckhaven, William Robertson, mas-
ter, who fished at Wick to Mr. David Simpson, went
down off Rosehearty this afternoon, and all on board
have perished. Another boat was close by at the
time, from which a rope was thrown, but the poor
fellows lost their hold of it, and the gale was so fear-
ful at the time that the boat could not put back to
their relief. Two of the boats that left Wick have
arrived here, and from them I learn that there were
four men on board. Six or seven others passed
this during the day, and we have reason to fear that
more have perished. During the gale a sloop went
ashore on the sands, and Captain Manby's apparatus
being immediately employed, a rope was conveyed to
the vessel, by means of which the life-boat was hauled
off to her, and the men were all brought safely
ashore. The crew consisted of the master, a man,
and a boy, and a female passenger. Her name is
the Lively of Inverness. The two boats came in
about seven o'clock, just at the time the vessel was
going ashore, so that you may well judge of the
state of excitement into which the town has been
thrown.
LERWICK, AUG. 23.—During a tremendous squall
which came on from the east yesterday morning about
one o'clock, three boats were driven on shore. The
storm continued with unabated fury for about two
hours, when it moderated, and remained nearly calm
from nine A.M. to one P.M. At that hour it commenced
blowing from N.N.E. to N., and six boats were soon
after driven on shore, and all more or less damaged. The
boat hence on her passage to Sunburg Head was lost,
with three men, viz., James Hardie, sailrnaker, Peter
Hunter, sailor, of this place, and Jeremiah Malcom-
son, of Dunrossness, fishcurer ; all have left families
to mourn their loss.
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.
The Durness postman brings the disastrous tidings
of the total wreck of a three-tnasted emigrant
ship, wish upwards of 300 passengers on the rocks
at the " Far-out-Head," in Durness—not a soul is
spared, all have perished—and the ship is a total
wreck ; only seventeen bodies have as yet come on
shore. The headland where the vessel struck is a
bold unr.pproachable place. It is reported that the
vessel is. from Hull; hut you may have seen more
authentic accounts from other quarters. The magis-
trates, 1. understand, are on the spot. The vessel is
the Canton, of Hull; but as no proper accounts have
vet been got of the number of passengers on board,
all is taken from surmise, by there being a great
deal of clothing and chests coming ashore. The
seventeen bodies are said to be those of seamen.-
Aberdeen Herald.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
The only betting worthy of notice was on the St.
Leger, for which Eryx, who but two days since was
returned at 20 to 1, came prominently into notice; at
least six or seven hundred pounds having been laid out
upon him at 11, 10, and finally 9to 1. Van Tromp, of
course, went out of favour, the odds quoted having been
currently offered at the close—more would have been
laid had there been any one to back him. 11 to 8 was
offered on Cossack, and 6 to 1 taken in two or three
quarters about Planet, but afterwards generally offered.
Philosopher and the other horses quoted, although
backed occasionally, were only nominally in the market
at the finish. Closing averages:—
LEAMINGTON STAKES.
3 to 1 agst Mr. Aloore's %V olldog
4 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Game Lasi filly
ST. LEGS 11.
I to 8 on Mr. Polley 's Co.sack
6 to 1 agst Dlr. Mostyn's Planet
9 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Eryx (10 to 1 t freely)
10 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp
17 to 1 agst Mr. Fox's Philosopher
30 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Mr. Martin—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Swallow—taken
50 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Sally Maggs
Miss Sarah is scratched for her Doncaster engagements.
GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.
7 to 1 agat Colonel Peel's Palma
8 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Sagacity
9to 1 agst Mr. Mt 's Pihrina
0 to 1 agst Captain li.,,ont.(l's Sir Tattoo Sykes
5 to 1 agat Mr. Mostyn's K'ng of Morven—taken
DONCASTER CUP.
2 to 1 taken about War Eagle
Offers to back the field agat the Hero.

DERBY.
13 to 1 egst Mr. MoAtyn's Surplice
1 000 to 60 ag.t Mr. Bowes's Springy Jack—taken
1.000 to 40 aot Mr. John Dsy's Nil Despernmiuni—t
1,250 to 25 itg.t Colon. I ABSOii'S Backbiter—taken
5,000 to 90 agst Nlr. Worl,y's Cavershatn—taken.

AQUATICS.
ST. ()LAVE 'S REGATTA.

The St. o!ave's ( Cooley-street) 11,gatta took plqce
yesterday, fur a new boat and other prizes, subscribed
by the influuntial re,itlunts of the vicinity. It was in
f.,ur helts, with six competitors; was well contested, and
attracted a vast number ,wf spectsturs.

MURDER OF THE CAPTAIN AND
PART OF THE CREW OF AN ENGLIsH
VE,SEL.
(From the Commercio del Plata)
On Saturday, the 3d of July, the English brig
Avon, of. Liverpool, appeared in front of our port,
and anchored outside ; she did not enter or communi-
cate with the shore till yesterday, the sth. It was
then ascertained that she comes from the river Santa
Cruz, coast of Patagonia, where events as extraordi-
nary as lamentable has befallen her. The following
are the particulars we have collected, extracted from
the ship 1! log, and related by the individuals on board
of the vessel, the only sources of information at pre-
sent :
TCaptain John Eaton, proceeded from
Liv availableehre Avon,
Liverpool to
o 4
Patagonia, in search minerals. She
arrived at her destination about eight months ago, and
has had, since then frequent and friendly communi-
cation with the Indians whok occupy the regions
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had been there on previous Occasions, and maintained
friendly intercourse withthe Indians of the right or
southern bank of that river. On the 13th of May
last one of the sailors, who had gone on shore for the
purpose of arranging the purchase ofsome horses, made
signal for the boat to be sent to him. Captain Eaton
went in person, and entered into communication with
the Indians of the left bank, who, although they
bad formerly shown themselves less well disptsed than
those of the right, received him, nevertheless, in a
friendly manner, and even requested to be allowed to
go on board. Five of them accordingly accompanied
the captain. In the meantime, Mr. Randall, the
mate, James Daniels, steward, James M`lludin and
John Stewart, seamen ; and James Watson, an ap-
prentice, went ashore in the launch, taking with