The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-17 00:00:00

SHIP WRECK.

The brig Elizabeth, 250 tons, Captain Richard
Wilson, belonging to Mr. Metcalf, of Newcastle,
left Odessa on the 16th of August, with 2,500
chetwerts, or rather above 1,900 quarters of wheat,
bound to Cork or Falmouth, for orders. She passed
the Straits of Gibraltar on the 30th of October. The
vessel was then tolerably stanch, and only required
to be pumped occasionally, but after clearing
the Mediterranean her condition was altered ; she ex-
perienced very heavy weather, particularly on Sunday
the 7th inst., when, being about 30A miles from land,
a very severe gale came on from the south-west,
which strained the vessel, and was the means of
choking both the pumps. Unfortunately, in the
afternoon the wind chopped round suddenly to the
north-west, from which quarter it blew with great
force, and kept the vessel nearly on her beam ends
all night, in a dangerous cross sea. On Monday
morning the men unshipped the starboard
pump, and meanwhile with buckets endeavoured
to bale her out of the fore peak, but the
water gaining on them they were at length
compelled to fly to the last resource. From the
quantity of water now in her hold, the ship rolled so
heavily that great difficulty existed in getting the long
boat over her side. Any attempt to launch the jolly
boat would have been useless. During the morning
two schooners, outward bound to the westward,
were sufficiently near to descry her perilous
situation, when the union jack, reversed, was
hoisted on the fore top-gallant mast head, and
some! of the hands went on the topsail yard
and waved their hats. One of these vessels
kept on her course, the other purposely altered her
course, so that they thus both callously passed on
without answering these indubitable signals of dis-
tress. On Monday afternoon her captain, mate, and
eight hands, got into the long boat, taking with them
a compass, quadrant, and charts, a few blankets, some
clothes, bread, pork, and water. For three or four
previous days they could keep no fire on board, and
their very inadequate food consisted in consequence
of a small glass of brandy and a piece of bread each
every four hours.
After stopping by the ship three hours, in a fearful
sea, they saw a smack providentially bearing down
towards them. She proved to be the Peter John, of
Plymouth, whose master, Captain John Hill, imme-
diately took the unfortunate mariners on board. The
smack, by Captain Wilson's request, lay near the
Elizabeth until noon the next day (Tuesday), when
the ill-fated brig, with all her masts standing, went
down head foremost, her stern blowing up as she dis-
appeared in the fathomless deep. The Peter John
was from London, bound to Seville for fruit, but put
back in consequence of the unexpected addition to
her crew. After treating Captain Wilson and his
men in a hospitable manner, Captain Hill landed them
safely at Plymouth on Friday, the 12th inst., most
grateful for the hospitable treatment they had expe-
rienced on board his ship.

ACCIDENT ON THE NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK
RAILWAY,—An alarming accident, but fortunately un-
attended by fatal consequences, occured on Friday last
on the Newcastle and Berwick Railway. As the ex-
press train, which leaves Tweedmouth, at half-past
nine A.M., was proceeding at full speed, a little north
of the Lucker station, the bolt of one of the springs
of the engine broke, and that caused the body of the
engine to be depressed in front on one side, which
brought the " guard," as it is termed, in contact with the
sleepers and chairs ; this caused the engine to jump in
a fearful manner, which attracted the attention of the
engine man, who instantly turned off the steam and put
on the break; but so great was the momentum of the
train that it rushed forward, breaking the chairs and
tearing up the rails a distance of between thirty and
forty yards, when the engine was thrown over off
the rails and plunged nearly overhead in the boggy
ground over which the line at this place is con-
structed.
The tender and a luggage van were like-
wise overturned, and sunk some feet int* the bog, but
the passenger carriages, of which there were three,
continued in their upright position. As soon as the
train had stopped, all the passengers, none of whom had
received any injury, immediately got out, and on looking
for the engine man and stoker they were found buried
nearly overhead in the bog underneath the luggage van.
The guard, who was sitting on the van, held on
by the rail of his seat, and escaped without sus-
taining any injury. It was found impossible to re-
move the van so as to liberate the engine man and
stoker without assistance, but the guard and some of the
passengers removed the earth from their head and faces
so as to enable them to breathe freely, and a messenger
was dispatched along the line to give warning at the
station and procure help. A number of platelayers who
were working on the line, on hearing of the accident,
hastened to the spot, and with their spades dug the en-
gine man and stoker out of the bog, where they had
lain more than half an hour, when they were found, to
the surprise of every one, to havo sustained very
little injury. The engine man was most hurt, and he
was conveyed to Berwick upon-Tweed, but the stoker
walked about afterwards as if nothing particular had
happened to him. The passengers went forward to the
Lucker station, where they remained till the arrival of
the mail train, by which they were forwarded to New-
castle, where they arrived about three hours after the
express train, to which the accident had happened, was
due. The engine still lies buried in the bog, but the
way has been repaired, and the trains now pass over it
as usual. No blame is attached to any one, the occur-
rence having been purely accidental.
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CAPTURE OF A THIEF BY MEANS OF THE SOUTH
DEVON RAILWAY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. On Tues-
day, Nov. 9, a message from Newton was received by
the officer in charge of the instrument at Exeter Sta-
tion, at 12.20 e.m., to the following eSect:—" A woman
in mourning, with brown silk umbrella in hand, has
robbed Mr Cub's house here, of gold rings and money
—supposed gone to Exeter—inform the police of this."
By a strange coincidence, Mr. Hobbs, the company's
officer, on his way to the station, met, as he supposed, the
identical party, who asked him to direct her to Milk-
street, and with good tact he instantly replied he was
going that way, and walked the lady to the statios-house,
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there, upon searching her, the stolen articles were found
upon her.—Western Times.

GLASGOW COTTON MARKET, Nov. 12. The im-
provement which has taken place in the Liverpool
market has been followed up by a similar improvement
in the demand here, and prices are very firm. In some
cases a slight advance has been obtained on last Friday's
rates.—National Advertiser.