The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-25 00:00:00

(FROM A PASSENGER.)

About half past nine on Tuesday evening she went on
shore in Dandrum Bay, between two rocks, very fortu-
nately passing in between them on a soft sand. She is
now lying there. The hull has sustained no injury, and
she is not making a drop of water. The Captain states
it will not be possible to get her' off before next springs.
The passengers were all landed safely. After she
struck, the ladies, and a great portion of her passengers,
were so satisfied of her safety, that they went to bed,
and remained on board until the following day. They
landed at a small village called Killoughan. Carriages
were sent from Downpatrick to take their luggage to
that place, where there will be plenty of conveyance to
take them on to Belfast.

THE GREAT BRITAIN.
The following letter was received at Lloyd's this
morning

" Great Britain steam-ship, Sept. 23,
" Dundrum Bay.

" Sir,—l have just time to inform you of the Great
Britain steam-ship being on shore in Dundrum Bay, and
shall inform you more particulars to-morrow. Crew
and papers (180 or 190) all saved. Vessel so far not
injured.—ln haste, yours respectfully,

" LEONARD WATSON.
" Wm. Dobson, Esq., Lloyd's."

THE HAMMERSMITH JEWEL
CASE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—Had it been necessary, there were in Court yes-
terday two highly respectable surgeons, with whom Mr.
Archibald M•Niel lived as assistant for five years, and
also a clergyman who had known him from infancy, to
testify to his good and gentlemanly conduct. In addi-
tion to which a memorial from Scotland had been for-
warded by his friends to the Governor of Newgate, signed
by sixty-nine most influential gentlemen and merchants,
who had also known Mr. M'Niel from childhood; among
them four magistrates, six elders of the church, and two
ministers.

As Mr. M'Niel has to obtain his livelihood by his pro-
fession, I trust that you will see the propriety of insert-
ing this in your widely-circulating columns, so that it
may appear to the public that the view taken by the
Learned Judge and a jury of his country was such as he
deserved.—l am, Sir, yours most respectfully,
WILLIAM THORN.
22, Maida-hill West, Sept: 25, 1844.

THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—The Board
of Directors of the Eastern Counties Railway have
issued the following table of the rates of charges for con-
veying messages by the electric telegraph :—From Lon-
don to Broxbourne and all intermediate stations, 2s. ;
from ditto to Cambridge and all stations between Brox-
bourne and Cambridge, 3s. 6d. ; from ditto to Brandon
and all stations between Cambridge and Brandon, ss. ;
from Broxbourne to Cambridge and all intermediate
stations, 2s. ; from ditto to Brandon and all stations
between Cambridge and Brandon, 3s. 6d. ; from Cam-
bridge to Brandon and all intermediate stations, 2s. ;
from Brandon up to Cambridge and all intermediate
stations, 2s. ; from ditto to Broxbourne and all stations
between. Cambridge and Broxbourne, 3s. 6d. ; from ditto
to London and all stations between Broxbourne and
London, ss. Should the length of the message and
answer exceed forty words, an additional charge of ls.
per every additional ten words will be made. To these
charges an addition of Bd. per mile for delivery in
London must be made.

SINGULAR ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—The police
at Teignmouth were applied to the other day, under the
following circumstances :—A gentleman, appearing much
excited, required their assistance in the apprehension of
his valet, by whom he had been robbed of a considerable
sum. It appeared, from his statement, that he was in
the habit of carrying his money secreted in a travelling
belt. He lost a small sum, and complained of it to his
valet, who expressed his astonishment that he was so
careless in leaving his money. The gentleman, to prove
that he was not careless, showed his servant how care-
fully he secreted his money in the belt. The following
morning he rose late, and found both the valet and belt
missing; he Soon had reason to suspect that his valet was
on his road to Teignmouth. He followed, and had no
sooner made his case known to the police, than he de-
tected his servant, in the garb of a sailor, mounting a
stage coach to depart, having come down in the same
train as his master. The man was given in charge of
the police, and immediately transferred to Bristol, the
scene of the robbery.

DEATH FROM INTORICATION.—Yesterday an ad-
journed inquiry was concluded before Mr. W. Baker,
coroner, at the White Hart, Wapping Wall, on the body
of John Hubbard Brockwell, a marine store-dealer, aged
sixty. The deceased resided in Star-street, Lower Shad-
well, and was an habitual drunkard. In consequence of
his dissipated habits his wife left him seven weeks ago,
and he has been seldom or never sober since that period.
He complained of violent pains in the heart, and said he
should never get ever the anguish caused by the absence
of his wife. She paid a visit to the house on Sunday
morning, and singularly enough found him dead in bed.
This circumstance gave rise to a suspicion that she had
improperly dealt with her husband, and a posit mortem
examination was ordered. It was conducted by "Dr.
Letheby, a physician, and Mr. Ross, a surgeon, who
proved that death was caused by a disease of the heart
of long standing, caused by excessive drinking. There
was a little opium found in the intestines, but not suffi-
cient to cause death.—Verdict, " Natural death."
COLLISION AT SEA.--About half-past eight o'clock
on Wednesday evening, the night being pitchy dark, the
Phoenix steamer from Tenby, was run into by the Herald
steamer, outward bound, whilst in the narrow channel of
the Swash, at the entrance of our river. The iron rails
and stancheons of the Phoenix were carried away, and
the Herald received some slight damage. The noise of
the crash occasioned considerable alarm to the pas-
sengers, and the feelings of those on board the Phoenix
were most painfully excited, when, after the collision, it
was discovered that Sir William Symonds, the celebrated
surveyor of the navy, who had been on board, was miss-
ing. It was rumoured here that the gallant officer was
drowned, but we are rejoiced to be enabled to contradict
the statement on authority. Sir William had, however,
a very narrow escape. He was in the bows of the
Phoenix at the time the Herald ran into her, and when
the vessel parted was carried off astride of the cutwater
of the Herald, to which he clung, until his situation was
perceived, and he was taken on board and landed at
Clevedon, from which place he proceeded at once to
Bristol to relieve the anxiety of his friends. Ide is now
stopping at the Royal Westetm. Hotel, and is quite well,
not having received the slightest injury. No blame
attaches, as far as we have learnt, to the commanders of
either of the vessels, both of which had lights out, and
their coming into contact was to be attributed to the
extreme darkness of the night, and the narrow channel
in which they met ; both vessels were also at the time
moving at a very slow speed, otherwise, no doubt, the
consequences would have been much MOM serious.—
Bristol Gazette.