The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-08 00:00:00

RAILWAYS, &c.

•
West Durham Railway Bill—" to enable the West Durham
Railway Company to raise a further sum of money, and to amend
the Act relating to the said Railway," presented, and read a first
time, to be read a second time.
Tinsley and Doncaster Road—Petition for Bill reported, and Bil
ordered to be brought in by Sir George Strickland and Mr. Wrightson
Newcastle Subscription Water Company—Petition for Bill re.
ported ; Report referred to the Select Committee on Standing
Orders.
Montag
Uplyme Inclosure—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordere
to be brought in by Sir John Yarde Buller and Mr.
Parker.ud
Dublin Wide Streets—Petition for Bill reported;
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders.
Cobbinshaw Reservoi 1
.r,—
Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal ( 'n by Mr
Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought i .
Gibson Craig and Mr. Lockhart.
for Bill reported, and Bill
Gourdon Harbour (No. '2)—Petition .
thnott and Captain Gordon.
ordered to be brought in by Mr. Arbu
s. _ e
North Midland Railway—Petition for ill r ported, and Bill
ordered to be brought in by mr. Barnes' Sir William Molesworth,
th thee
ssaitrdeammsouatnhdorweantterrasnrcuen;ipnrgeistientoteath e
and Mr. John Parker.
Patent Rolling and ComPregeint Iron CompanY—Petition for
Report re.
Bill reported, and Bill ordered t• be brought in by Mr. W. Ormsby
Gore and Mr. FitsroY•
Annan Fisheries 11111—" for the more effectual preservation and
improvement of the Fisheries in the river Annan, in the county of
in the mouth or entrance of the said river, and on the shares or 'sea
a first time; to be read a second time.
rolloc and Govan Railway Bill—." for enabling the Polloo and
and same
read;
Dumfries, fardiieos,inaitnidg ILI

Northern and Eastern Railway—Petition for 13111 reported, 'and
Bill ordered to be brought in by Lord Viscount Mahon, Lord Vie.
couht Griraston„ and Mr. Cowper-
Northern and Eastern Railway (Hertford and Ware Bransth)—
Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by
Lord Viscount Mahon, Lord Viscount Grimsten, and Mr. Cowper.
Stafford and Rugby Railway—Petition for Bill reported, and
Bill ordered to be brought in by Lord Francis Egerton, and Mr
Bootle Wilbraham.

Standing Orders Committee—Resolutions reported ;
That, in the case of the Manchester and Leeds Railway Petition,
the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on giving the
Notices in the London Gazette, and in some one and the same
Newspaper published in the county of Lancaster and in the
county of York, for three successive weeks ; and that the Com-
mittee on the Bill to examine, in the first place, how for such
Order has been complied with, and do report the same to the
House on the Report of the Bill."
That, in the case of the Wicklow Harbour Petition, the parties be
permitted to proceed with their Bill."

Sheriffs (Scotland)—Address for " Return, showing, by Counties,
the number, name, and the source of appointment, and also the
yearly salary, and sum total of remuneration derived annually from
the public, by each Sheriff, or Sheriff Substitute, respectively, in
Scotland. (This return to be made from the best information al-
ready at the Public Offices in London.)"—(Mr. Wallace.)

SIIIPWRECK OFF RECULVER-
AFFECTING NARRATIVE.

The brig Amelia, of Sligo, laden with wheat, bound from
Londin to Liverpool, Captain Swaine, was wrecked on the
Herne Sand, off Reculver, on Friday last, between eight and
nine at night, in a heavy squall of wind. As soon as she struck
.she sunk ' • the Captain, his wife, and crew, in all nine souls,
had harely time to jump out of their berths with their clothes
and run up the rigging before there was four or five feet water
over the brig's deck; no means were left to them to make any
signal of distress, so that they resigned themselves to their
fearful fate, I.shing themselves to the shrouds in the best way
they could. In this state they remained until Saturday morn-
ing last, when Lieutenant Lake, of the Reculver Station Pre.
veutive Service, discovered the brig on the Sand ; he forth-
with sent off his boat to her through a heavy sea to rescue
such of the crew as might be found on the wreck ; after
much difficulty, and no less danger, the brave fellows suc-
ceeded in making her, when an extra man on the Reculver
station under Lieutenant Lake's command, who was one
of the boat's crew, sprang at the shrouds, which he bag-
pily caught, and forthwith set about rescuing the unfortu-
nate people, first directing his attention to the hapless
female, who, much to his astonishment, refused his services
until her husband, the Captain, was first placed in safety ;
they were both lashed to the shrouds close to each other. This

-are fellow, whose name deserves honourable mention, was
Robert Wood, of Whitstable : ho then undid the lashings of
b (Captain, who bat -become so exhausted as scarcely to be
eOrtsciotss of what was going on, and eventually got him safely
into the boat. He then again returned to the captain's wife,
who asked him how many his boat wouletake. He answered
four. " Then," said this heroic woman, " take two of the
crew next, and when they are in the boat unlash me, and I
will make the fourth." This was accordingly done, and they
left the wreck, and landed the unfortunate people at Reculver ;
when Lieut. Lake, with a humanity highly honourable to him
took the Captain and his wife to his quarters, where he did,
everything in his power for their comfort. He gave up his
bed to them, and, in fact, did everything humanity could sug-
gest to soften the rigours of their misfortune. The Captain
was on shore twelve hours before he was restored to conscious-
ness ; not so his heroic wife, who was unceasing in her atten-
tion to her afflicted partner. The beat again returned to the
wreck and took off the r,,st of the crew, 19hozsere landed at
the same place, and shared with their deliverers their bed and
board from Saturday until Tuesday morning last.—Kent
Herald.

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY,

EXETER HALL.

Handel's Israel in Egypt, next to the Messiah, his
greatest work, was on Friday night performed by this society to a
full audience. So attractive was it, probably in conjunction
with the influence of the season, that the number of applicants
for the gallery tickets became quite redundant, and it was
thought necessary to accommodate the overflow by making a
considerable accession to the seats usually reserved on the
area of the hall Perhaps, for singular choral power and
expression, the Israel in Egypt might be considered pre-
eminent in musical composition. The choruses of the plagues
are awful and unique. They are as pictures in the poetry of
sound, at once appalling and wondrous. Once heard they
cannot be forgotten. It is but necessary to recal their opening
words—" They loathed, to drink of the river"—" Their land
brought forth frogs"—" Ile spako the word, and there
came all manner 4.f flies"—" He gave them hailstones"—
" He set a thick darkness," and " He smote all the first.
born of Egypt." To the deep and most appropriate character
of these outpourings of sublime song, the succeeding
and exquisitely melodious and tender, " But as for his people,
he led them forth like sheep," offers a contrast not to be sur-
passed in touching effect. The great double chorusses through-
out this oratorio are all in the master's highest vigour of inspi-
ration. They were most ardently encored in more than
one instance. The performance of them was, upon the
whole, most commendable. The solo and duet parts, on this
occasion, were sustained by Madame Caradori Allan (whose
non-arrival until after her appointed hour, and the conse-
quent delay iii commencing the second part of the oratorio,
caused considerable disapprobation). Madame F. Lablache,
Miss Pennington, Messrs. Hobbs, Machin, and Leffler. Ma:
dame F. Lablache received a warm encore in the air " Thou
shalt bring them in." Mr. Hobbs was also deservedly ap-
plauded for his delicate execution 'of the air " The enemy
said." We should say, however, that there was a want of
energetic spirit, of tine dramatic expression, in the efforts of
all these singers. They did not, they do not in general, sym-
pathise with the great action in which they are supposed to
take a prominent part—they are tame and frequently vapid
after the zealous thunders of the " 500" behind them. This

is the very vice of our school. Mr. Surman, " conductor,"
should look to it.

SOUTH AMERICA:

Her Majesty's packet Seagull, Lieutenant Parsons, with mails
nr,•;c..-1 O of_Fnlninit on Wean.,,Lty
after a rather short passage from Rio de Janeiro, whence she
sailed on the 13th of January, and has come home direct, bring-
ing about :20,000/. on freight. The accounts received from
this quarter are destitute of news or interest, excepting that by
the latest advices from Rio Grande it was learned that Gen.
Andrea had been superseded in the command of the Govern.
ment forces by Senhor Alvares Machado, and that, conse-
quently, ah hopes of the rebels accepting the proferred amnesty
had vanished, and it was the general opinion that the province
must be conquered in order to reduce it to subjection. Hostili-
ties had lecoinmenced, but the results were unknown. Ex-
change at the Seagull's departure, 301 to 30?„.