The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-19 00:00:00

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EVENING EDITION.

men, and he well knew their merits. There never was
an occasion on which their services were demanded for
their country that they did not come forward. On one
occasion, when he commanded the Thames l'Encibles, he
was applied to for a body of men to bring home the
Nelson prizes. He called 600 watermen around him,
and out of that number 200 men volunteered and gave
up 40s. a day for 255. 6d. a week-7(Loud cheers)--to
serve their country.
The company separated, highly delighted with the
evening's entertainment. The subscriptions amounted
to 1,1001._ -

The following Report was read, and gave great
satisfaction :

" It is with much pleasure that the Committee of Ma-
nagement of the Watermen and Lightermen's Alms-
houses Fund present their first Report to the contribu-
tors, as they feel they have cause for much congratulation
on the successful result of their labours on behalf of this
useful Institution, and they avail themselves of this
opportunity of expressing their sincere thanks to their
friends for the liberal support they have received.
" Previously to the dinner, which took place last year,
after laying the first stone of the almshouses, the Cont..
mittee contemp!ated the erection of thirty almshouses,
of which twenty-four were to be set apart for candidates
to be elected by the donors and subscribers, and six for
candidates to b: chosen by the Court of the Watermen
and Lightermen's Company in respect of their contribu-
tions to the fund.

" The donations and subscriptions amounted to about
7,400/. ; the appeal then made was rosronded to by the
collection of 1,1601. at that meeting, since which tl e
Committee have received further sums, making the whop;
building fund now amount to 10,5001. -Encouraged thus
by the pu)lic feeling so strongly expressed in their
favour, the Committee have determined to complete the
west wing of the buildings by the erection of nine houses
facing the road from Sydenham, with a commodious
lodge at the entrance gates, thus screening the backs of
the houses from the road, and giving a comp'ee finish
to the appearance of the whole : to accomplish this de-
sirable object the Court of the Watermen's Company
have voted the additional sum of 5501. from their funds ;
Mr. John Dudin Brown has given 530/., and other mem-
bers of the Court have also liberally contributed to: the
same object. There will thus be shortly completed
forty houses for the reception of the objects of this
Charity, the entire expense of which, including the
internal fittings, laying out the ground, and keeping it
in order for two years, will cost about 13,000/., and o°3
Committee now require only about 2,500/. more to d'..Aray
every expense attendant on the buildings.
" The cost is more than the Committee originally in-
tended expending in building ; but the ':umber of houges
has been considerably inerea.sed,and they are of that
character, both tbr elegance". of design, and sub-
stantial workmanship, that the Committee are satis-
tied the money has been well laid out. The
buildings will not require one shilling to bo
expended on them for many years; they are an orna-
ment to the beautiful neighbourhood in which they are
placed, and will be found replete with every comfort to
those for whose benefit they are intended.
" The sum of 2,500/. still required to complete the
buildings, the Committee feel assured will be
readily made up by contributions from the
friends of the Institution, and from those who
have not yet subscribed to the fund ; and the
Committee are now turning their anxious attention to the
subject of making a suitable provision for their endowment.
The Corporation of London, with its usual munWence,
and prudent benevolence, have voted 500/. for an endow-
ment fund, to be paid as soon as thirty almshouses are
occupied, and the President of the Institution, Mr.
Alderman Lucas, in addition to his former handsome,do-
nation to the building fund, has contributed the ,lium of
100/. for the like purpose. One member of the Cofirt of the
Company, Mr. Charles llay, has promised a §As-cription of
20 guineas per annum to be appropriatea in the same
manner ; and the Committee entertain the sanguine
hope that the liberal examples thu' set will be followed by
others who can afford another 'donation, or 'at least to
make an annual subscrtption for the endowment ;
the present amount. of income of the Endowment
Fund is about 20°1 per annum, which the Committee
hope will be
~nsiderably incream ed, sons to enable them
with the.F.',,tle income already possessed by most of the
candAtes, to assure all the inmates in the almshouses a
c" .fain lrovision for their subsistence, in addition to the
comfortable shelter provided for their declining years.
" Where all hare been so active in promoting .this work
of charity and benevolence it may appear invidious to
cull particular attention to an individual; but the Com-
mittee cannot allow this Report to be presented without
publicly expresing their deep sense of gratitude for the
continued and unwearied exertions of Mr. J. D. Brown
oa behalf of the Institution. Besides the noble pecuniary
gifts made by himself and his family, as shown by the
Subscription List, he has taken upon himself the
expenses of erecting a clock and a wind dial in the two
towers of the centre buildings, and to defray the costs
of erecting two of the alinshicses, in order to complete
the west wing, whilst his labours in superintending the
building operations, and in obtaining additional sub-
scriptions, have been unceasing ; they have stimulated
the exertions of others, and have stamped the under-
taking with the certainty of success. •
" The Committee have already received numerous ap-
plications from persons seeking to participate in the bene-
tits of the Institution. They meet on every Tuesday
morning to receive petitions and see the applicants, end
will continue to do so for a few weeks longer, when
the list of candidates will be made up, and .ballotithg
papers issued to all the donors and subscribers, and the
Committee hope, by 'Michaelmas noxt, the election will
take place, and the buildings all be tilled with many grate-
ful hearts, acknowledging with thankfulness to Al-
i mighty God the comforts thus• secured to them in the
evening of their •

REPRESENTATION OF MARY LE-

BONE.

Thu canvass for Hall and Napier was carried on yes-
tPriltiv by the United Reform Committee with extraor-
dinary and unexpecte.l susses . E,'en in the most aris-
tocratic districts---in Bayswater and Connaught-square—
they obtained a large majority over the ascertained pro-
mises of the Tory candidates. Some of the late sup-
porters of Mr. Young honourably redeemed their
pledge by considerable and successful exertions. A de-
putation from the Central Committee waited on Mr.
Young, in the course of the morning, to request that he
would undertake the troublesome office of Chairman of
one of the district Committees, and we understand that
he readily acceded to the request. Indeed the honour-
able and generous conduct of that gentleman since
his defeat, has won him golden opinions, even
from those who had before been his most decided
opponents ; and the cordial union which now happily
prevails amongst the Liberals, holds out the most certain
prospect of success.
A small section of the disunionists, however, still per-
versely hold out. They had mysteriously intimated, in
the-beginning of the week, that they had a " man of
wealth and education," whom they meant to bring: for-
ward in coalition with Mr. Young, on die great prin-
ciples of the Charter, as soon as the ballot should hare
been decided in that gentleman's favour. . But their
" great unknown" could not confine himself to his ob-
scure waiting place until the issue of that doubtful
event ; and, on Wednesday, he announced himself as
" William S. Villiers Sankey, son of a Member of Par'
liament, and a candidate for the representation of Mary-
I•hane, on .the rineinks of Universal SufWage and the
It2peal of the New Poor-!aw," atesing as part of his
.qualification for a seat in Parliament, that he had "com-
pleted his studies in Law, Medicine, and Theology."
Last evening a meeting was held at the Archery
Assembly-rooms, Bath-place New-road, for the purpose,
as the Chairman stated, of presenting a requisition to
Mr. Sankey, to allow himself to be put in nomination !
There was a repeated cry of " read the names,"—to
which very reasonable call; strange to say, no atten-
tion was paid. Mr. Sankey, of course, ..havi,ng already
put himself forward as a candidate, could have no
hesitation in complying with the requisition. In his
address to the meeting he declared himself in favour of
the five poiLts of the Charter ; upon which he enlarged
seriatim ; and, in denying that education was necessary
to qualify a man to understand his duties as all
elector, he insisted that his opinion on that subject,
should be .received as authority, inasmuch as
he had himself revived "a liberal and retined.education."
The gentleman who seconded the resolutionk
pledgings that
the electors present to support 311-..,sant-a,
would at
" if they could not return Mr. Sca2,l:::-:!;,
g ipythe power
all events attain their object of„
(ifbl%':l;ich is la
plain avowal
of the Whigs in Marylebone,
hnown that
that their object is to returni. a.which it is
not) the two Tories. But t _ ..ty
the
their
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PROE'SLIV '
RPOWENTIALOL AND ESCAPE. OF
HALIFAX rrAMliltiT UE
BRI. •
TANNIA.
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(From the Boston Mercantile Journal.)
'I he stea.r- h:p Britannia, after having undergone repairs,
for Halifax on the 2-;th ult. From a letter which ap-
paretl in another pa; sailed, e r (the American Post), it will be seen
that the was in imminent peril on the Nova Scotia coact on
her rassac,re :
For over three hours we were among breakers, enema.
t assed l y the ;.!ements of dtsttuetion. You are aware that the
13n,ton nil Ilan ax steamers are accompanied by two Sea.
Captains, w;o I a:e lem long traders in the port. Captains
Cleland and Boole, while we were in ais danger, had barely
icleared a
n .ft, e
andligi former
ntheeers,‘,he
.ia pass'engtr stepped formed
was
giving his arders to 010
i ,
and eottrawrtminded these orders. Suffice it to say, however.
that hi, orders were not obeyed; for if they had been the ship
e:mm a raee
would have been lost at the outset. The fog was so thick that
s% e could not ea • a boat's length, and every five militates
brought us near the edge of sonic reef, from which, however,
we ewaped, until we struck on a reef, which isnow thought to
be Morris's Point.

" At the time we struck we had s,arcely any headway of
her, and were drifted broa:bitle on by the surge of the waves.
The wheels beit ahack, we got off in a few seconds, whea an
inward wave lifti'd her One would have thought, after run-
ning so many risks and hair-breadth escapes, the captains woald
have relinquished their daring object of getting into port its
such a fog. But no ! again they must try it, and in ten mi-
nutes from the time of our first stalking, the same line of rocks
showed their black heads to our view. Stop her they mild
not ; they on y had to trust to her helm.
" ' Port the helm ! bring her round short!' shouted Cleland
from the paddle-box. •
" As she came round, the rocks were less than ten feet from
tp,but the slim..., being perfectly perpendicular, touched not's. ag.
Under us were from '2O to 40 fathoms of water, anti iu that
we should have sunk ha :hi but.them‘hvlaietellvoul d quiveredha have
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become
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coming
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to isnavitesZathisteawy.dahonuTgrshere.,on, fault
timecon, consists
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