The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-15 00:00:00

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APPOINTMENTS,

Thomas Johnston, Master in Command, to the An-
dromache.
C. A. Jenkins, Clerk in Charge, to the Andromache.
William Broad, Boatswain, to the lEolus.
Robert Pote, Carpenter, to the .lEolus
Joseph Deighton, Gunner, to the Andromache.
James Luke, Boatswain, to the Andromache.
"Richard Hardy, Carpenter, to the Andromache.
George Russell, Acting First Engineer Supernumerary,
to the William and Mary.
D. C. 0. Slaughter, Midshipman, to the Queen.
George Boulton, Second Engineer, to the William
and Mary.
Willoughby W. Howell, Naval Cadet, to the Rattle-
snake.

PROMOTIONS.
Peter Cracroft, Lieutenant, to be Commander.
Thomas Eyre, Commander, to be retired Captain.
Henry Leslie Grove, Lieutenant, to be retired Com-
mander.

ADMIRALTY, OCT. 13.
♦PPOINTMENTS.
Edmund Edward Turnour, Lieutenant, to the Por-
cupine.
E. L. B. Williams, Master's-Assistant, to the Sidon.
H. G. Thomsett, Master's-Assistant to the Sidon.
Ti. W. Giffard, Captain, to the Penelope.

THE GREAT WESTERN'S LAST

VOYAGE.

The following account of the voyage of the Great
Western will show the imminent peril she experienced.
She sailed hence on the 12th ult.:--

" On Saturday, the 19th, the wind began to fre-shen,
and in the evening had increased to a gale. On Sunday
the fore staysail was split and the vessel lay to under
bare poles. At four P.M. the wind had increased to a
heavy storm, and a great quantity of water got into the
engine. room. The passengers in the morning assembled
in the cabin, seriously alarmed at the dangers that en-
compassed them. At eleven a heavy sea broke over the
starboard wheel house, and started the ice house andiron
life boat from their fastenings.
" The wind was veering northward, and they attempt-
ed to wear ship, but were obliged to desist, meantime the
squaresails blew away. The lee quarter boats were torn
away from the davits by a heavy lee lurch, and the
others seemed likely to follow. At noon the storm still
raged in all its fury, and a heavy sea striking the lar-
board paddle-box, smashed it to atoms, sprung the spring
beam and shattered the parts of the ship attached
thereto. A splinter struck the Captain oe the heads and
would have knocked him overboard, but he was caught

in the nettings.
" The water was gaining on the pumps ; all the
hatches were battened down except those used in primp-
ing into the engine-room, and the weather continued the
same until midnight, when there was a lull of half an
hoar.
" The sails were blown from their furls and streamed
out to leeward in ribbons. But about one .o'clOck a
sea struck the vessel and a tremendous crash follovipl ;
torrents of water deluged the cabin through the skylight.
The passengers in total darkness, sprang to their teet,
and a scream of agony told the terrible apprehensions
that prevailed. The crash was caused by the wave which
swept the quarter-deck of all the wood-work upon it.
" Night closed in, the wind increasing in•fury. The
whole ocean was cowered with foam. In the evening the
Rer. Mr. Balch administered the sacrament to about 60
persons. The scene was most solemn and impressive.
" On Monday the storm still raged with terrific fury
till eight in the morning, when the eiouds begab to
break, and the squalls were less severe. The ship'e head
was got to the N.W., and the yards hauled around. At
noon the storm ceased, and at 2 P.X. the sea abated,_ the
storm having lasted 36 hours.
" At half-past five on Monday morning the vessel was
in the greatest danger from a tornado, which buried The
gunwales of the ship in the sea. At this critical mo-
ment the engine was true to its duty, and brought the
ship up to her course. The wind had veered 20 points
in 36 hours.
" On Tuesday morning all assembled in the cabin,
when religious services were performed by Rev. Drs.
Smucker, Beecher, Balch and other clergymen on board.
A meeting of the passengers was also held, Aroi‘ribald
Gracie, Esq., being called to the chair, and resolutionswere adopted suited to the circumstances of the case.-
" A letter of thanks to the Captain and other officers
of the ship was also drawn up, and the sum of 2001. was
raised to present to the officers and crew, of Which the
Captain was asked to accept 801. A fund was also
started for the support of the widows and children of
those who perish at sea, to be called, The. Great Wes-
tern Fund.""

THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAMER.—AII the attempts
made to get this fine vessel off the sands at Dundrum
Bay having failed, Captain Hosken, on Tuesday, had all
her sails set, and drove her higher up on the beach, as
she was then making two feet of water more per hour
than the pumps could keep free. From the latest accounts,
it appears that all chance of getting the Great Britt off
is nearly at an end.' It is supposed she must; a,t least
wait for the high 'tides of the spring. A proteoting
breast work is to be constructed round her. We learn
that she has been insured in London for about-20,0001.
An insurance has also, it seems, been effected in Glas-
gow. but to what extent we do not know. It is, how-
ever, believed that the whole insurances fall far slrOrt of
her cost—that is, about 120,000/.; . and beyond, this, .we
hear that the underwriters refuse to pt 4", on the
ground that the vessel was lost through gross negligence.
The position of the Great Britain, down to Friday last,
was then nothing better, and the spring tides having-,
passed away without the efforts made during their con-
tinuance having been attended with success, the destruc-
tion, to a very great extent, of this fine property, is
almost inevitable. Her condition is described as bad,
no less than 14 feet of water in the hold.—Liverpoot
Courier.
IRON VESSELS.—ADVANTAGES OF WATEIWTIGHT
COMPARTMENTS.-=A letter from Falmouth to the Liver-
pool underwriters, dated 9th October, contains the fol-
lowing passage;—" The Rattler steamer, from Cork to
London, full of water in after parts, and hiefly so in the
hold, the fore compartment only keeping her afloat, has
been run on the mud, and cargo being taken out, all
soaked. She sprung a leak on the 7th instant, soon after
leaving Cork. Among the passengers thus miraculously
d Messrs. Frederick, George, and Laton Foster."
saved were Captain Robert Foster, R.N., Mrs. Foster,
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THOMAS CLARKSON.—The memoirs of this remark-
able man published by our contemporaries, omit to men-
ticn that he was a clergyman of the Established Church.
Such nevertheless is the fact. He was made deacon in
early life, but his exertions in the cause of emancipation
brought him into connexion with many estimable
Quakers, whose views he imbibed to a very considerable
extent. The consequence was, that he dropped the title
of reverend, and ceased to officiate as a clergyman.—
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