The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-17 00:00:00

Grand Heat.

The distance in this heat was reversed to suit the tide'.
The men started from Battersea-br,dge down to the
British Flag, back to Cremorne-gardens, and finichAd
by rowing to the Yorkshire Grey.
William Waight and Charles Cole
.:.- 1
Green took the lead, kept it, and won easy by half a
dozen boats' length.

EXTRAORDINARY HAIL-STORM:On Wednesday,
August 4, at about 3 P.M., an extraordinary storm swept
over the town of Foix and its vicinity. flail fell for
nearly half an hour in such vast quantity that where it
could agglomerate it was left in heaps a yard high. Its
effect on the vines was so destructive that nothing is left
but their bare stalks; the beans, corn, potatoes, and fruit
have also disappeared. The storm took a direction from
west to east. The breadth was of no great extent, for it

scarcely covered a quarter of a league; but it was consi-
derable in length. Taking its rise at Col-del-Boueh, at
about 4 kilometres from Foix, it devastated successively
the communes de Lavelanet, Sainte-Colombes sur Lhers,
Chalabre, and reached Quillau. in the department of the
Aude. It is impossible to calculate the total loss, but
some idea can be formed of it by that sustained by a M.
Perie, nursery gardener, at Foix, which has been esti-
mated at from 20,000 to 22,000 francs.

Mr. Cunard has entered into a contract with the
British Government to run a line of steamers from Hali-

fax to Bermuda, and to place a steamer on thT) route
between Halifax and St. John's, Newfoundland. The
contract has no connexion direct, or indirect, with the
British North American Royal Mail Company. —Liv er -
pool Albion.
SHIPWRECK.—On Friday night the brig Muth,
laden with coals from Whitby, went on shore on the
Nore sands, about two miles above the light-vessel. The
wind blew freshly from the E.N.E., and the vessel soon
after striking bilged, and filled with water. Several
boats from Southend, and a steam-tug, put out to her
assistance, and her cargo was thrown overboard to lighten
her, but she had worked into the sand too deeply for any
assistance to save her. On Sunday she was abandoned
by the crew, and now lies with her hull covered at high
water, gradually sinking in the sands, which will ulti-
mately absorb the whole of the bull, Another brig
went on shore on the same sands on Saturday night, but
was got off with the loss of hPr rudder.
THE LATE ATTEMPT AT MURDER AND SUICIDE.--
From the hour that Mr. Solly, the senior assistant-
surgeon at St. Thomas's Hospital, performed the diffi-
cult operation of extracting the bullet from Mr. Craw.
ley's jaw, as noticed in our journal of yesterday, the
unfortunate sufferer has been improving. At six
o'clock last evening it was the opinion of the surgical
staff of the hospital that no fatal consequences need now

be apprehended. It is matter of surprise to every one
that Mr. Crawley and his intended murderer were not
both killed instantaneously when the pistols were dis.
charged, for when Ovenstone fired at Mr. Crawley the
mouth of the pistol nearly touched his cheek. It is
stated by Ovenstone's friends that the pistols had been
charged for upwards of two years. The intended
murderer is also considerably better, and it is the opinion
of the surgeons at Guy's Hospital that if no unfavour-
able symptoms come on, he will be fit to be removed to
the Mansion-house to hear the charge against him in the
course of a day or so. He has been under the strict
surveillance of the police ever since he was removed to
' the hospital, and he has not uttered a single word about
the deplorable occurrence during the time he has been
in bed. He has been visited by several of his friends,
but he has not so much as alluded to the event to any of
them. Besides the document found upon his person by
the police, in which he alluded to the motives that in-
duced him to commit such horrible crimes, two other
letters were also written by him to his sisters, in which
he told them what he had gone out to do. In one of the
letters written by him he stated that the money owing
to himself was more than he owed, and he hoped his
creditors would be all paid and the overplus given to a
relative of his. _ _

FIRE IN SPITALFIELDS. Yesterday morning,
shortly before four o'clock, a fire broke out in the pre-
mises occupied by Mr. J. Nicholls, a bedstead maker, 1,
Thomas-street, Brick-lane, Spitalfields. The flames
when first discovered by the police were raging in the
workshops on the first floor, and in the course of a few
minutes penetrated the root and communicated to the
third floor of Mr. Thomas Muntz's premises. The in-
mates of the adjoining houses having been aroused, a
messenger was dispatched to the fire stations, and several
engines quickly attended; but the fire continued to pro-
gress, and it was not until the workshops were burned
out, and their contents consumed, that the firemen could
obtain the mastery. Considerable damage is also done
to Mr. Muntz's premises by fire and water. The origin
of the disaster could not be ascertained. Unfortunately
Mr. Nicholls was uninsured for his stock in trade, but
the building was insured in the West of England Fire
Office.
THE LATE MISS FRANCES BURDETT (SISTER OF
SIR FRANCIS).—Tbe will of this lady has been before
the Court for some time, and has only just been proved
by the executor, J. G. Ramsden, Esq., the husband of
her niece Sarah, the elder daughter of her late brother,
Wm. Jones Burdett, Esq. The personal property was
estimated at 30,0001. She has provided an annuity of
100/. for Mrs. Thornett, who was her faithful attendant
for twenty-two years; also a small annuity for a former
maid of her aunt, Lady Jones; a legacy to the widow of
her late brother, W. J. Burdett; and to her sister, Lady
Langham, to whom she has left her share in the Oxford
shire property bequeathed to her by her aunt, Ltd,"
Jones. The residue of her personal estate, including
the furniture, plate, books, pictures, and jewels, as
also
the real estate, to be divided among the children of her
late brother, William Jones Burdett, Esq.,
R. LITTLE-
DEATH OF VICE-ADMIRAL BEND tcheornabpotvoen
HALES.—We have to announce the d.setrinsceeoaft
Gallant Admiral, who died a feavedvda% .
ageed of 82 years.
Bishop, Somersetshire, at
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English and . under Admiral Keppel and
anoffideasersiwstaesd in the action between the
French fleet,
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chest was strongly clasped down so as to resemble the
other chests. No doubt exists as to the knavery of the
Chinese, and that the one was substituted by them for
the other. Captain Mundy, who commanded the Iris,
received the chests from the Vixen.
VAUXHALL GARDENS.--The Printers' Pension So-
ciety had a benefit at these gardens last night, and al-
though the weather was somewhat unfavourable, still it
was numerously and respectably attended. The enter-
tainments were the same that have been presented during
the past week or two, and were greeted with the
warmest approbation, the whole scene, lighted up as it
was, by innumerable lamps and other splendid deco-
Irations, being of the most brilliant description. The
only drawback was the absence of the French eques-
trians, who, we understood, were detained by stress of
weather.
THE GREAT BRITAIN.—The following is an ex-
tract from a letter to Gibbs, Bright, and Co., written by
Captain Claxton, and dated Dundrum Bay, Aug. 14 :
"No tide ; only 12 feet 6. We want 12 feet 6, as tide
table gave it. Every exertion was made both by our-
selves and her Majesty's ship. Her Majesty's people
stand by us, and her ship returns on the 22d. I cannot
praise of their exertions. I beg to add,
sayth enoughatnothi in
nothing can exceed Messrs. Bremner's exertions,
father and son. They have been beat this time by the
element. Mr. Bellamy we are extremely lucky in hav-
ing, and his suggestions are must valuable ; he stands
by us with 56 men. Her Majesty's ship Birkenhead
will be here on the 22d inst."
A proposal has been made in Glasgow for the ins
stitution of a fund for the purchase of an annuity to
Mr. Sheridan Knowles. No definitive method of raising
it has yet been resolved on ; but an amateur theatrical
performance is one of the methods talked of.
IMPORTATION OF CATTLE.—An account of all
cattle, sheep, and swihe imported into Great Britain from
Ireland; from the sth day of April to the sth day of
July, 1847, has just been published by order of the
House of Commons. Of oxen, bulls, and cows, the
number during the quarter was 34,917; of calves, 4,4231
of sheep and lambs, 88,178 ; and of swine, 14,750.