The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-06 00:00:00

LATEST PARTICULARS.

The only document relating to the loss of this ship
that had reached the Admiralty up to one o'clock this
day, is the following letter, addressed by Captain Du
I'enhout, captain of the Lavoisier, French war, • steamer,
stationed at Tunis, to the captain of the Pacha
steamer, belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam-packet Company, and forwarded by that
company to their Lordships :

TRANSLATION.

"At sea, in sight of Galiti, on board the steam
corvette Lavoisier, stationed off Tunis, 11.30 A.m.,
Dec. 26, 1847.
" Sir,—l begin by thanking you for accompanying
me. We are now at the most two miles from the
Rocks of Sorelli, according to observations and
soundings.
" The particulars given to me by the Vice-
Consul of France at Goletta gave the place
when the steam-frigate Avenger, Captain Napier,
was lost on the 20th December, according to the
declaration of an English officer, arrived at Tunis
with four men, to the British Vice-Consul, there
were six men (of whom two were officers) drowned
in the boat, in which that officer came, in taking the
shore. An English sailor told the French Vice-
Consul that when the boat left the frigate the latter
was dismasted of her lower masts and her
boats broken, which induces the belief that this
unfortunate accident is complete, the crew not having
any means of escape. I think after our search you
may continue your voyage. The Lavoisier shall pass
by the north of Galiti, and I will not leave that island
without the certainty of there not being any of the
survivors there.

" I beg that you will make use of these accounts by
making them public.—l am, &c.,
(Signed) " DU PENHOUT,
Captain of the Lavoisier steamer.
" P.S.—lt;was by mistake that this letter did not
reach you."

We have great pleasure in announcing that Lord
Auckland has, in the most flattering terms, offered the
naval command of the North American and West Indian
Stations to the Earl of Dundonald. The veteran Ad-
miral has accepted the command, and will thus, in the
evening of his days, enjoy an honour, too long deferred,
to which his unrivalled exploits have so justly entitled
him.-7 Imes.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—MF. Arnott has
been elected into the Court of Examiners in the room of
the late Mr. Linton.

GLASGOW UNIVERSITY. GLASGOW, TUESDAY
EVENING.—This afternoon Mr. Mure, of Caldwell,
M.P., who recently succeeded, or rather supplanted Lord
John Russell in the office of Lord Rector of the Univer-
sity of Glasgow, was installed into office. The formal
part of the proceeding took place in the Senate-hall,
where the new Lord Rector was clothed in the robes of
office. He then proceeded to the Common-hall, accom-
panied by the Earl of Eglinton. Lord Robertson (one of
the judges of the Court of Session), Sheriff Alison
(the Historian of Europe), the Principal, and almost all
the Professors. The hall was crowded by students,
citizens, and many eminent strangers from a distance.
The galleries were occupied by a gay assemblage of
ladies. After prayer by Principal Macfarlan, the Lord
Rector delivered his inauguration speech, and the pro-
ceedings concluded.

A PLEASANT REMEDT.-A stiff tumbler of egg flip,
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