The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-30 00:00:00

FATAL SHIPWRECK.

BRIGHTON, MARCH 25,—The papers of Monday reported
the loss of a sloop which had foundered about three miles oft
Shoreham harbour during the night of Saturday, leaving the
mast above water; and added an expression of apprehension
that the whole of the crew had been lost, unless taken off by
the Menai steamer, which left the harbour for Dieppe at day-
break on Sunday Morning. • The Menai returned to Brighton
this morning, and we now learn that five lives were lost
when the vessel foundered, and that only one of the hands
escaped, being taken off the rigging, as was conjectured. The
vessel turns out to be the Bee, of Goole, bound from Port-
land to London, with stone for the British Museum.
She was a sloop, or " billy-boy," and had on board John
Johnson, of Nottingly, Yorkshire (the captain), his wife, and
their son, a fine boy of eight years of age, William Allwood
(the mate). James Allen Cole (seaman), and Frances Noster
(an apprentice). The vessel left Portland on Wednesday
night, and was off Littlehampton at two o'clock on Satur-
day. The wind was then blowing a brisk gale, which in-
creased in strength up to ten o'clock, when the captain fi•id •
ing himself to the eastward of Newhaven stood westward,
in order to make Shoreham harbour. On arriving off the
harbour at half-past one o'clock in the morning, he found
that there was not enough water to admit the vessel, and he
therefore cast anchor, with an intention of riding oat the
storm till day-break. Soon after this, however, he found
that the vessel was making water vary fast, and he had just
remarked that he must either slip the chain or get out the
boat, when the vessel veered, fell broadside over, and then
gradually filled and went down. The captain and crew
were all engaged with the sails at the moment, and all of
them, except the mate, together with the captain's wife
and child, perished. The mate was at the bowsprit at
the moment, clearing the jib, and hearing the woman scream
and teeling the ship to be sinking, he let go of the bow-
sprit, and as the vessel grounded in six fathom water, he
was carried into the rigging, and secured himself in the
crosstrees. The scream of the wife was the only sound
that met his ears, except the roaring of the wind and water.
For two hours he remained in his perilous situation, when,
the tide rising, the sea began to break over him, and lie
then mounted to the topsail yard, till the Menai, on leaving
the harbour, sent out her boat and released him from his
perilous situation in a state of the utmost exhaustion. He
was treated with the greatest kindness by Captain Good-
man durind the voyage to Dieppe and back, and a subscrip-
tion is now being raised to send him home to Yorkshire.
From him we learn that the captain had another child, four
years of age, with its grandmother at Nottingly, who is the
owner of the vessel.

THE GRAIN TRADE IN LIVERPOOL.—Large quantities
of Indian corn have beets released from bond in the course of
the -past week. Several additional cargoes are expected
shortly. The corn merchants now treat this description of
grain in their transactions as a free article, the prices men-
tioned being understood to include the Is. duty. Consider-
able importations of buckwheat are expected, and prepara-
tions are in progress for grinding it at the rice mills. There
has been a great demand lately for certificates. These, it
may be necessary to explain, are the documents given to
bakers when they lodge flour for export, they being per-
mitted to release a corresponding quantity of corn free from
duty. The certificates are generally sold to dealers at a price
somewhat below the duty. The demand for them indicates
declining stocks, and a necessity for taking grain out of bond
for consumption.—Lirerpag Albion.
DEATH OF SIR CHARLES J. ANDERSON, BART.—
The above venerable Baronet expired on Tuesday last, at Lea Hall,
near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, at the advanced age of 78 years.
The deceased was in holy orders.
DRAGoNETTL—We regret to learn that this patriarch
of eosstra-bassi still remains severely indisposed.
MEHEMtT ALI AND SIR JOHN PIRIE.—ALEXANDRIA,
Mancu 10.—Sir John Pirie has had several interviews with the
Viceroy en the subject of the transit threugh Egypt. He first met
the Pacha at the town of Minieh, in the upper country, where he
was very hospitably received by his Highness, who invited him to
dinner on board his steamer, and sat at the head of the table between
Lady Pirie and Mrs. Davidson, the wife of the superintendent
of the Peninsula and Oriental Company. Kr John Pirie
presented to the Pacha a gold medal, struck in comme-
moration of the opening of the London Royal Exchange,
with which mark of attention his Highness was much
pleased, and immediately put it over his shoulders. This medal is
ene of two only which were made of the same description on the
occasion of the opening of the Royal Exchange ; one was for Prince
Albert, the other for Sir John Pink, as Lord Mayor. Sir John
Pirie found the Viceroy very firm on the subject of keeping the
transit through Egypt entirely in his own hands ; he, however, ob-
tained from his Highness the engagement that Europeans, and
Englishmen in preference, should be employed to direct the affairs of
the Company.— Corregpohdent of the Times.
Thursday evening a general meeting of the Comm;

tee of Management of the Hospital for Consuniptlon and Diseases of
the Chest was held at the Chelsea Hospital. From the statement
given it appears that with regard to the new building at Brompton,
th•it the west wing is now externally completed. The amount of
contract for the erection of that portion of the building, together with
the terrace in front, is 11,762/. • the expense of inclosing the ground
with iron railing fixed in granile, and other necessary expenses con-
nected with the building, is 1,1141. To meet these charges the sum
of 8,1541. has be-n received. The estimated cost of furnishing the
hospital is about 1,500/., towards which the Right Rev. the Lord
Bishop of Durham has offered to contribute 50/., providing nine other
subscriptions of a similar sum can be obtained.
SUSPICIOUS CASE OF CHILD MURDER.—On Thursday
evening an inquest was held before W. Carter, Esq.. at the Hero of
Waterloo Tavern, Waterloo-road, Lambeth, on the body of a newly-
born male child, found near Waterloo-bridge. On Monday nightlast,
about eight o'clock, a waterrnan, named Thomas Hosier, saw a parcel
lying on the logs near Waterloo-bridge. Ile found that it contained
the body of a ma'e child. The wrapper consisted of an old apron and
a newspaper, which he imprudently threw away. The body was
conveyed to Mr. Andersen, the summonihg-officer, into whose cus-
tody it was given. Mr. F. Dawson, surgeon, of Francis-street, said
that he examined the body and found a considerable swelling of the
right eye and cheek. The skull bones were completely crushed and
broken in. The lungs and viscera were quite healthy and fully de-
veloped. The liver was lacerated in two places. He had no doubt
the deceased had been horn alive, and the injuries appeared to have
been inflicted after birth, and were evidently the results of violence.
The Coroner, finding that an important witness was not in attend-
ince. aajourned the inquiry until Tuesday next.
`IsHE MELopiwks.—This club, which was established
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In 1825, for the encouragement of melody and ballad composition,
dined on Thursday at the Freemasons' Tavern, when several songs
and glees were sung by a host of vocalists, and soli on the pianoforte
and concertina were executed by Mr. W. H. Holmes and Mr. Re-
gordi, The Earl of Westmorland having offered a prize of 101. for
the I.e t serenade, and W. H. Smith, Esq., five guneas for the second-
best, five candidatea entered the lista, whose compo,itions were sung
by Mr. Hobbs, accompanied on the pianoforte by Mr. Horn. Mr.
Parry, the indefatigable honorary secretary, was declared to be the
winner of the first pfze ; and Mr. Blewitt had the second awarded
to him. The Duke of Cambridge will give a prize for a paf.toral
ballad, which will be awarded on the 7th of May, when his Royal
Highness will 'dine with the club, the members of which are most
liberal in their invitations both to native and tbreign artists.
" Ruff's Guide to the Turf," which, we understand, has
already run through two editions, presents this year the attraction of
a complete calendar of the races in Great Britain and Ireland in 1845,
•in addition to the nominations for the present season, the Derby,
Oaks, St. Leger, and Chester Cup Lots, Laws of Racinf, Lengths of
the Courses, Colours of.the Riders, Lists of the Trainers and Jockies,
their Masters, Riding Weights, Fcc., and a variety of matter indis-
pensable to the regular turfite, and so carefully condensed and ar-
ranged as not to destroy its well-earned character of a " Pocket
Racing Companion."
EDUCATION IN. WALES.—On Thursday evening, a
meeting of gentlemen connected with Wals, and interested in its
social advancement, was held at the City of London Literary and
Scientific Institution, for the purpose of maturing plans, which have
been for some time under consideration, for extending popular educa •
tion throughout that country. It was resolved to ferm a society to
be called " The Cambrian Educational Societ- , for promoting the
Establishment of Day-schools in Wales, on the Principles of the
British and Foreign School Society." The revelations which have
been lately made respecting the condition of the principality, show
the necessity of adopting without delay some efficient measures for
the purpose of giving to that country, chiefly by means of its own
exertions, the benefits of a sound education on non sectarian and
Scriptural principles. In the movements about to be made, care, it
is very properly determined, will be taken not to interfere, but to co-
operate, with all existing efforts for meeting the intellectual and
moral wants of Cambria.