The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-12 00:00:00

REPORTED SAFETY OF THE

PRESIDENT STEAM-SHIP.

On Saturday afternoon a very great sensation was
created in this dty (Exeter), by a report that C. Gordon,
Esq., a Magistrate of this county, who is now living at
Havitree, had.received a letter from I'lymouth, brought
by a ship from Barbadoes to that port, which stated that
the President had made Barbadoes in a dismantled state,
but with her crew and passengers all safe.
Our first impulse was to consult .the packet list, where
we find that the 'Tyrian, which arrived at Falmouth on
Tuesday, left Barbadoes on the 16th of March, and as
the storm which must have disabled the President did
not take place until the 16th, 17th, and 18th, she could
not arrilT at Tarbadoes until long after this packet
bad sailed.. Tills. increased our hopes that the rumour
would prove true ; 'as •a Yowl coming direct from the
island would arrive here in_ less time than the packet ;
that is, a vessel might leave Barbadoes the first week
in April, and arrive here Ihe first iveek in May. Our
next course was, to ace Mr. Gordon, who, with much
politeness, gave us the following intlxmation :—He had
received a letter from his son, who lives near Ottery, in
this county, which states that a letter had been received
at Otter jr from the Bishop of Barbadoes, or talirough
the family or establishment of the Bishop, addressed to
This friends at Ottery, saying that the Presiduot had ai:-
rived these as above stated. The difficulties to which
this account is liable are these :—The same means of
conveyance which brought a letter to Ottery, would, in
all probability, have brotiht other accounts ; and the
captain of the vessel by whibh it came would also have
• giien information ; still we have known so many in-
stances in which true accounts have been brought iu
she most unaccountable way, coupled also with the fact
that no accounts have reached this country from Bar-
possible the President could have
bade
that i!". was
made that island, being the best place for which she
the storm of the 17th of March
could make, if disabled by
weighing all these things toged2fT, we must still preserve
hope that this account, which we fizve now given as ru-
mour, will prove in a few days to be a w's!'ll authenticated
fact.--North Devon Chronicle.

ELEVENTH titggArts.---; The head-qt :liters
are at Hounslow, under the talent/640t tire Earl of Card_ig ;
a detachment is stationed at 'Haiti/ton Cond.. The Noble.
Earl is reported to have slept very unsoundly ainee the issue of
the General Order forbidding the infliction of corporal punish- 11
ment on the Sabbath. The abolition of such an Innocent arid
laudable amusement as that of lacerating men's backs with the
cat-o'•nine-tails on the most sacred day of the week, is highly
reprehensible and vexatious. _ We de not, therefore, wonder at
his Lordship feeling uncomfortable and restless in his nightly
slumbers. It is true that Lord Rosslyia Lord Greenock, -Lord
Sand) s,. Lord F. Fitz-Clarence, Lord 6harles Wellesley, Lord
Sussex Lennox, and several other noblemen who havibeen in
command of regiments, never had recourse to such pious and
princely Sunday pastinies as those indulged by the Noble Earl ;
but then those noblemen are what i 3 vulgarly called " slow
coaches" in comparison to Lord Cardigan, and have no con-
ception of those elegant fancies in which he of the " bottle"
delighteth to revel. Surgeon &trident leaves the regiment and
retires to half-pay.— United Service Gazette.
The North Midland and Other .connected rail-
ways are making arrangements, by which . they will be
able to convey passengers from London to Edinburgh in
about two hours less time than they can go by the
western routes. They will also be able, by. the starting
of a coach from Newcastle at half-past five in the morn-
ing, to take'passengers from that town to London in a
single day. The mails will shortly be still further acce-
lerated on this line.—Tyne Pilot.