The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-08 00:00:00

o, 1846.

'PORT FROM
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LAND.

ACCIDENT.

DUBLIN, JULY 5.
DEPARTURE OF LORD
Ileyte IIEYTESBURY.
the departure of Lord shury has been arranged
for to-morrow ; but it is stated, that in consequence of
the receipt of an official communication yesterday, his
Excellency is to remain until Monday, the 13th instant,
and that an undress levee is to be held at the Castle in
the forenoon of that day.
RETURN OF TUE EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON To COVE.
The cork Examiner contains the following "CORK, FRIDAY MORNING.—At nine o'clock this"
morning, a pilot, who was standing on the cliffs, sud-
denly announced that the expe,•ted fleet were coming in
the harbour ; but it was some time after, even with the
aid of glasses, before they could be described by less
yrrititi§ed eyes, for though the morning was fine, it was
dark, and hazy, particularly out at sea ; but as
they quickly neared, under the influence of a strong
southerly wind, they rapidly lost their shadowy
appearance, and took the shape of goodly men-
of-war, with every sti:ch of canvass set. The
St. Vincent led, closely followed, however, by the
Queen ; the remainder, four in number, being her in
the wake. All the ships quietly anchored in the man-
of-war roads, there being no firing, or any bustle on
shore, except among the bumbout women, who, rigged
out in new flaring toggery, were preparing to supply
the fleet with bread, vegetables, &c. It is said here,
with what truth I know not, that their stay is to be
of considerable duration. There is also another rumour,
but one not so generally credited, for they believe the
news is too good to be true'—namely, • that the fleet
are to be paid off whilst here.' Just as I write, I per-
ceive two of her Majesty's steamers coming into the
harbour."

THE IRIS.
The Limerick ChronicleH saysMAGISTRACY :—" We have it from un-
doubted authority that the following letter was addressed
by the Lord Chancellor to W. S. O'Brien, Esq., M.P.,
on the subject of his accusation against R. E. Phillips,
Esq., magistrate of this county :
" Minute of the Lord Chancellor upon the complaint
against Mr. Phillips, J.P.
" I have now before me a full note of the evidence
of the witnesses on the trial of the action by M'Cor-
rnack against Mr. Phillips, with a summary of the
Judge's charge. The Learned Judge certifies to me
that as the Judge who heard the evidence, and htd an
opportunity of observing the demeanour of the wit-
nesses, he should have found the same verdict had he
been a juror in the case. I have attentively perused the
evidence now before me, and recousiderod the case, and
I do not feel myself ea,144 upon to take any further step
in the matter.

(Signed)
" June 23, 1846.'"
THE HARVEST.—FREE 111,04,
Nothing could be more ft vonrable than the weather,
and the reports of the erc.ps continue to D.fford the pro-
mise of Abundance, But, nevertb'fiess, prices are not
very materially affeeted. Worn is somewhat lower, but
butcher's meat anti all other kinds of provisions are
enormously high. Old potatoes are ls. 4d. to ls. 6d.
per stone, fully treble the ordinary price ; and new po-
tates art M. to id. per pound ! Bread alone is mode-
rato in price, and the working people are living upon it,
as far as their means enable them to purchase.
The Coleraine Chrotikie, a Tory paper, after giving a
cheering account of the crops, says:—" We trust that,
in the coming winter, we shall have a cheap loaf, and yet
care little for Corn Bills or foreign competition."
The Limerick Chronicle, another Tory paper, says :
" The reduction of 14s, per quarter in the duty upon
wheat has had no apparent influence upon millers' and
baliers prices in this city. Generally speaking the
local prices of corn, flour, and oatmeal are without
material reduction.
THE ARMY—PRINCE GEORGE c 0,33/BRIDGE.
LIMERICK, JULY 4.
much concerned to hear
that Major-Cienero --i,:o,rrt Dowries, K.C.8., the Malty
es.teems:d commanding offiz;er of this; district, will resign
-hn'i official charge here in October next,
Major-General Ills 10)(41 Ilighnea Prince George of
Cambridge. cAlonel of the lath Lancers, is shortly to be
appoiritq to the staff in Ireland, and will hold a district
co; , fixing his head-quarters, it is understood, in
this garrison.
DANGEROUS ILLSESS or SIR AUDREY DE VERE,
BART.—The .-Pywich Chronicle says :—" With unaf-
feeteil min we record the dangerous illess of Sir Aubrey
de 'Vete, Bart., of Currah Chase, in this county. The
surgeon-general posted down from Dublin on Thursday
night, and instantly left this with Robert O'Brien, Esq.,
of Mukair, the devoted son-in-law of Sir Aubrey, and
fc-Juucl his patient alarmingly ill from obstruction of the
bowels. Sir Philip Crampton returned to Limerick
early yesterdu (Friday) morning, with but little hope
of Sir Aubrey's recovery, and left soon after en route to
the kuetropolis, We regret to learn since that inflamma-
tion has set in, and the death of the worthy baronet is
to be apprehended. Sir Aubrey de Vere early in life
studied books and Iwo, in the closet and in the world.
Though hit a professed author, those few literary pro-
ductions he committed to the press fully establish his
title to considerable erudition and very elegant taste.
Some of his poetry may rank with the best classic pieces
in modern English literature. Sir Aubrey de Yore is
only son of the late Sir Vere Hunt, who sat in the Irish
Parliament, nephew of the late Earl of Limerick, and
brother-in-law of Lord Montenlc, His eldest sou is
Vere de Vere, Esq., late high sheriff of this county.

"' EDWARD B. SUGDEN4 C.

MELANCHOLY AND EAT. L

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LOSS OF A LIEUTENANT AND FIVE SEAMEN OF H.M.S.
FLYING FISH, AND THE NURDER OF TWO BRITISH
OFFICERS OF H.BI. enevEyrNo VESSEL AVON,
Flying Fish, Elmina Chien, Bight of Benin, April 18
On tho lath, we sailed from Whydah for Cape St.
Paul; leaving at the former place the Hydra steamer-
esterday morning, about eight o'clock, a strange and
suspicious-looking vessel was seen from the masthead.
She was soon discovered to be a felucca, which removed
at once all doubt as to her character ; she was eight or
nine miles to windward of us, close hauled. After we
had been an hour in chase, the smoke of a steamer was
reported, and proved to be the French steamier l'Au-
strali6 in chase of the same vessel. 'hp felucca tried to
keep away, and run between ns and the land, and
would, perhaps, have mu:waded, had we not been en-
abled by our little draught of water, to stand very
close into the shore. The slaver seeing thi"., found
there was no prospect of escape, for NYC, were pre-
pared to give her shot and shell. They, therefore,
came to the determination of running the craft athore.
She accordingly run along the edge o' the surf,
which was greater than I have ever seen it, to
pick out the most favourabie spot for landing.
After- half an hour's suspenao on our part, a
dark body was seen on the top of a mighty wave, and
then disappeared fbr a moment, in the vale of water.
The next we saw of her, was that she was hard and fast
on shore, all her masts, yards, and sails standing, not
having carried away anything. As soon as she
grounded, the crew got down the long lateen yard, un-
bent the sail, made a bridge of the former, and escaped
on shore, taking the sail and their valuables with them ;
immediately, as if by magio, she was surrounded by
thousands of the natives, who lost no time in beginning
the work of pluuder. In order to prevent them, as soon
as we gat within range, we gave them tt few shot, which
at first dispersed them, but the love of gain overcame
their fear. The French steamer also opened firo for the
same purpose. Lieutenant St. Leger was sent in the
first whaler to take charge of the prize, and endeavour
to keep off the people by firing musketry at them. As
soon as we came to an anchor, Lieutenant Robins,
Messrs. Simpson, midshipman, and Williams, gunner,
went in the second whaler, and five Kroomen in the
jolly boat, to measure the vessel, and ascertain other
particulars concerning her. After several efforts the
kroomen managed to get their boat through the surf to
the shore, got on hoard, measured her, and prepared to
come off to the other boats. They got half the distance
when the boat was swamped. The Kroomen, who are
like water dogs, managed to savo themselves and their
boat. Lieutenant Robins in the second whaler, in some
unaccountable manner, got into the surf, and a heavy sea
came in and broke over the boat, and sunk her—she was
gone in an instant. Simpson and Williams, with two
men, after struggling for some time against the sea,
reached the shore more dead than alive. Simpson no
sooner landed than be was immediately knocked down
by a savage with a blow of a billhook on the temple, de-
priving him of all sensation. The black commenced the
work of stripping him ; he did not complete his purpose,
as some of our Kroomen came to his release. Lieuten-
ant Robins, William Rice, seaman, William Kent,
gunner's mate, Henry Holmes, captain of foretop, and
William Hughes, seaman, the best men in the ship, were
drowned. Our poor messmate was washed upon the
sands and immediately stripped of everything. As soon
as this was seen from the ship, the master, who was
left in charge of the Flying Fish, sent the cutter to
aid St. Leger in giving every assistance, and although
within a few boat lengths of the victims of mistaken
philanthropy, were not able to render the least
assistance, so great was the surf. One of the
Kroomen dashed through the sea and managed to
rescue the body of Lieutenant Robins and put it into the
jolly-boat. He and the others then endeavoured once_
more to get the boat through the surf; twice were they
upset, and as often washed on shore again--'-at last they
succeeded. Robins was immediately brought on board,
and although there were no hopes, every means to re-
store animation were resorted to, but, alas, without suc-
cess, Thus have perished five of our well-conduoted
crew. None of the other bodies have been picked up.
Those who managed to get on shall) &ttk,, set to work
with what strength they had, to make a raft of the
planks composing the slave deck of the felucca] it is
wonderful how they escaped the sharks, Simpson and
Williams are doing very well, and will soon be able to
return to their duties, \\T, de not know the name of
the slaver; as we 4,0 going to Quitta, we may perhaps
hear, She measures 92 feet in length, 20 feet beam,
and t feet depth of hold; her masts short; sails and
yards of moderate size; she is quits new evidently; it is
her first and last trip for any purpose, as she is now
quite a confused mass of timbers. By to. morrow she
will have disappeared. This is the first slaver de-
stroyed by an English and French vessel nutii)r the new
treaty.

QuITTA, lt?.—To.day we have buried our late
MP4d Qa ate, Robins, in the Danish fort at this place. The
Governor behaved in the kindest and most attentive
manner, furnishing us with every thing necessary. On
the funeral procession entering the fort a salute of seven
guns was fired as a mark of respect to the deceased.
The funeral service was read by one of the officers.
APRIL 20.—T0-day we have fallen in with the Ma-
tilda, a palm-oil vessel ; she has on board the master of
the Avon, surveying steamer, he is invalided. A most
sad accident has happened on board the Avon, Messrs.
Pennington ;knci Winstanley, second masters, and assist•
unt-surveyors, were ou shwa surveying the Remora
river, when trey were attacked by the natives and killed
for the sake of the instruments. Caain Denham is
now left with only one assistant to:get through his work.