The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-26 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Lieutenant C. A. Lodder, to the Sidon steam frigate ;
Mr. T. M'Gilton, acting second-class engineer, to
Sphynx.

MALTA, OCT. 14.—There is not an incident of interest
to relate since my last.
Her Majesty's ship Fantome has come into port from
Bey rout, and will, it is thought, shortly proceed to Corfu
to relieve the Tyne, ordered home.
Her Majesty's steamer Locust has returned from
Tripoli, having on board Messrs. Tidy and Itulio, who
left this place some fortnight since with dispatches for
the Pacha.

His Highness the Bey of Tunis is about to proceed to
France and England in his new steamer the Dante, re-
cently presented to him by his Majesty Louis Philippe.
We, who know the steamer well, and acknowledge her
both in age and slowness to be valueless, admire the
cunning of those who devised the gift, and upbraid the
folly of the receiver of it.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer the
Ariel has arrived here from England, and proceeded on-
wards to Alexandria. She arrived on the sth instant,
and astonished every one by the rapidity of her passage,
having occupied little more than eight days on her out-
ward trip. Her destination is secret, but it is presumed
that she will take a few trips between Alexandria and
Marseilles to test the advantages of the Trieste route, so
ably advocated by Lieutenant Waghorn.

A SUSPICIOUS CRAFT.
The following is an extract of a letter received at
Lloyd's on Saturday, dated Rio Janeiro, August 22:
" The British brig Meclora fell in, on the coast of
Patagonia, lat. 40 S., in June or July last, with a
schooner of about 150 tons, named the Sovereign, with
six brass guns, the commander of which stated her to be
one of her Majesty's ships, but he had no pendant
flying. She was standing to the northward, and was
bound for Liverpool. The officers on deck appeared in
naval uniform."

The Medora also reports that two other similarly
armed schooners, hut rather larger, had visited the coast
of Patagonia where British ships were collecting guano,
and were offered freight to take guano to an island, for
the purpose of shipment, but refused, stating that they
had other objects. The master of one of the vessels
wrecked on the coast of Patagonia stated that he.saw a
schooner leave Liverpool last November, similar to the
above, pierced for, but not showing, gun;, and full of
men; but her destination seemed unknown.

AWFUL STORM.-LOSS OF LIFE

AND PROPERTY.

LLOYD'S, SATURDAY AFTERNOON.—This afternoon's
post has brought to hand accounts of a most tearful
storm occurring off the western coast during Thurday
and Friday. The loss of life and property La, been
truly frightful, and no doubt by the next mail more ap-
palling disasters will be communicated. At Newport
the gale burst forth about ten o'clock on Thursday
morning froth N.W. Late in the evening the brig
Charlotte, of this port, and the schooner Union, White-
haven, both bound for Glasgow, were driven from their
cables on to the beach, near Poolgwaeloce, and became
total wrecks.

By the latest accounts the Martha, of Yarmouth, was
a total wreck; captain and mate dronned. A schooner,
bound for Southampton, lost, with all hands, seven in
number. The Sir Peregrine, from Bangor for Col k,
foundered in shallow water during the hurricane. The
crew took to the rigging, and were in that critical posi-
tion for eight hours exposed to the full force of the gale
ere they were rescued. Eleven heroic fellows n.anned
the life-boat, and preserved them. The beach for miles
is strewed with pieces of wreck. The coast on each
side of Aberyatwith has been the scene of many awful
disasters. So heavy a storm has not been experienced
near this port for years.
On Friday afternoon a brig and a schooner tent
ashore at the mouth of the Dovey, and it is sadly feared
that several of the seamen have perished.
At daybreak a barque was seen beating on the low
sands. The life-boat was instantly dispatched to the
assistance of the crew ; but whether it had succeeded in
saving them could not be ascertained, as the boat had not
returned when the particulars were sent off. The Corn-
wall coast, especially near Padstow, suffered severely.
To the westward of that harbour a brigantine, named
the Samaritan, from Liverpool to Constantinople, went
ashore and was lost, the master and seven of the crew
perishing with her. She was laden with bale goods, and
therefore her loss will be very considerable.
Many fearful wrecks took place near Milford. A
barque of full 500 tons burden was wrecked about four
miles to the eastward of St. David's Head, and as nothing
has been seen of the crew, it is supposed that they have
all been lost. A small box has been washed ashore, by
which it appears that she is the Buctouch. of London,
from Archangel. Iler cargo consisted of tar, pitch,
tallow, deals, and mats. During the height of the storm
the Briton, of Cardigan, was hurled on to the rocks in
St. Bride's Bay, and became a perfect wreck.
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wrecks occurred, some being attended with loss of life.
Some parts of the Irish coast, it appears, experienced
the gales severely. A letter from Limerick, dated Oct.
21, states that they have occasioned the greatest damage
amongst the shipping. It blew terrifically from the
N.W. At Boulogne it is said to have blown a hurri-
cane. Five vessels were lost near the harbour.

CART ACCIDENT IN KING WILLIAM-STREET.-011
Saturday afternoon, about five o'clock, a frightful acci-
dent occurred in King William-street, City, to Mr. R.
Kipling, a commercial traveller, in the firm of Messrs.
Robertson, Faithful and Co., wholesale merchants, Wat-
ling-street. The unfortunate man was crossing the
carriage-way in King William-street,
paper parcel under his arm at the time La heavily-laden
cart was passing, when he dropped the parcel, and in
attempting to recover it he slipped, and fell under the off
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ENTERTAINMENT
AT MANCHESTER TO MR. MAC-
GREGOR OF THE BOARD OF TRADE.—On Friday, the
directors of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce
availed themselves of the presence of Mr. Macgregor in
that town, for the purpose of attending the Athenamm
soiree, to express their high estimation of his personal
character, and deep sense of the advantages he had con-
ferred on British commerce, by entertaining him at Et
public dinner at the Palatine Hotel. The Right Hon.
'l'. M. Gibson and Mr. M. Philips, the Members fer the
borough of Manchester, and Mr. Brotherton, were pre-.
sent, and the entertuinrnent, in all respects a most sump-'
tuous old elegant one, was a becoming acknovs lodgment
of the merits of their distinguished guest by gentlemen
well able to appreciate Mr. Macgregor's services in the
cause of commercial freedom.

TOBACCO FOR THE ROYAL NAVY.--NOtiCeS have
been posted at all the receiving-houses at the east-end
of the metropolis, that the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty have been pleased to direct that tobacco shall
be issued as formerly to her Majesty's ships %hen is
harbour.

M. Ouvrard, the distinguished financier, died in "
London, on Saturday, aged seventy-six. He figured
prominently in finance during the great events of the
French Republic, the Consulate, the Empire, the
Restoration, and the Revolution of 1830. Ha was the
confidential agent of Charles IV. of Spain; and became
the partner of that monarch in the exclusive commerce.
of the Spanish possessions in the New World during the
war with this country.
Prince Louis Napoleon was at Bruges on Tuesday
last, The Prince intended to go to Brawls by xtlitwo.y.