The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-04 00:00:00

SHIPWRECKS.

The following shipwrecks are detailed under our mari-
time intelligence:—
The Gem, schooner, of Belfast, wrecked on a sunken
rock about 12 ,miles N.W. of Arran Isles, on the 21st
ult. The master, his son, and a Frenchman, from
Limerick, drowned; mate and one man saved, the former
being very much injured.
The Betsy, Gilbert, of Falmouth, wrecked near Isigny
on 19th ult.; crew drowned.
The Elizabeth, of and for Molde, from Stettin, stranded
on the Scaw Reef, on the night of the 13th ult. ; be-
came a wreck; crew saved.
The Tzardina Cornelia was lost prior to the 24th ult.,
on the Niewe Braak; part of cargo saved.
The Antoine was lost en the 23d ult., it the entrance
of the port of Cette.
The Nostra Signora della Guerdi (Sardinian brig),
in entering the port of Toulcn on the night of the 23.1
ult., struck, and broke up the next morning; crew saved.
SEA WiTcrr.—We extract from the Guernsey Star
tne following detailed and interesting account of ;he late
sLipwreck and loss of life on board this vessel, which
were adverted to in our marine intelligence on a former
day

" Friday morning, between four and five o'clock, the
orig Sea Witch, of London, 199 tons, John Henry
Freeman, master, from Sierra Leone, bound to Lon-
don, with a cargo of African oak an/ ground
nuts, was totally wrecked near the spot known
as the Polies, in Portinfer Bay, on the rth-west
coast of Guernsey, at a short distance from the Grandes
Roeques barracks; and we are grieved to add that the
master and seven of the crew were drowned, three men
only being saved. The brig, which was a remarkably
well built and strong vessel, coppered and copper-
fastened, and strengthened throughout by all the
resources of the ship-builder's art, sailed from
Sierra Leone on the 4th October last, with a
crew of twelve men, one of whom, named James
Fountaine, died on the 9th of this month. This, we
believe, was the only casualty sustained by the vessel till
the fatal morning of Friday. Owing to a long continu-
ance of cloudy weather no observation had been
taken for several days, nor had lights been
seen either at Scilly, the Lizard, Portland, or
the Caskets, and the crew were consequently, to a
great extent ignorant of their position, although
they belie Jed themselves to be steering a mid-
channel course, and had certainly no suspicion
that they were in proximity to our dangerous coast.
During the greater part of Thursday there was
a fresh breeze from the southward, and the brig
was proceeding steadily along under close-reefed top-
sails; as night came on, however, the wind shifted to
the N.W. and N., and blew nearly a gale. This
change of wind, co-operating with the powerful in-
draft which always exists in the gulf in which
Guernsey is situate, and is but too little
known to the generality of navigators, necessarily
drove the vessel towards our coast ; but at no
time were those on board aware of being near land.
At about half past three o'clock in the morning a sit.gie
light was seen on the starboard bow, and soon after en
the lee quarter, which was supposed by those on board
the brig to be the light of a steamer, and of course gave
them no information as to their position. In this state
of uncertainty they remained till between four and five
o'clock, although there can be no doubt that, under the
influence of the wind and the indraft, they must have
been rapidly nearing the shore ; and at the time above-
mentioned the vessel struck violently against a rock—the
effect of the blow, as described by the survivors, being
almost apparently to shake her to pieces. Recoiling
from this shock, the brig was taken by another wave—
the sea then running furiously into the bay, which car-
ried her into a trough of rocks, where her bottom was
broken to pieces ; when, being again taken up by a sea,
she was heaved up and dashed down headforemost into
a cleft in the rock, and was at the same time fairly
broken in halves somewhere about the foremast. This
was a fatal moment for the vessel and her crew, The
master and seven men who had run to the after part of
the vessel, were, with that portion of the brig, swept
away by ,the fury of the wind and waves ; and men,
masts, spars, rigging, and fragments of the hull were
i scattered, n utter darkness, in the mighty flood which
was then boiling amidst the gigantic rocks by which
the wreck was surrounded. Through the raging of the
elements no cries could be heard, nor, had they been,
could any human aid have been rendered to the sufferers.
To have attempted their rescue would have been certain
destruction to those who might have ventured on it. The
three men who were ultimately saved were in the bows
of the ship when she was broken, as above-mentioned;
and, although this part was fixed nearly perpendicularly
in the cleft of the rocks into which it had been thrown,
they succeeded, by holding on to the bits of the bow-
sprit, to keep themselves from being washed away till
break of day, when the tide having receded, and left the
fragment of the wreck high and dry, they were enabled
to make their wuy to the shore, and communicate to the
persons residing near at hand the calamity that had oc-
curred.

" As a Proof of the extreme violence of the first shock
which the Sea Witch sustained, it may be mentioned
that in striking against the rock she broke off a block of
granite supposed to weigh five or six tons."
A correspondent of the Sherborne Journal says:—" I
visited the scene about six hours alter. It was very
grand—one little episode I mention—much might be
made of it. I found a monkey between two rocks—it was
just dead. Poor Jacko ! he was most likely a pet of
the ship, or perhaps intended as a present for some
friend in England. The countenance of the poor thing
was peculiarly melancholy, and appeared as though it
had struggled for life like its unfortunate masters."

SECESSIONS To ROM AN ISM.— The Rev. J. C.
Robertson, M.A., Oxon, who seceded some years since
from the English Establishment, and has been officiating
as minister of the Scottish Episcopalians at ailkeith,
Scotland, has finally joined the Roman schism, having
been received into that, communion a few days since by
the Rev. Mr. Brownbill. Rumour is rife, in Tractarian
circles, that this secession will shortly be followed by
that of a distinguished member of the same party, who
has taken a somewhat active part in the dispute between
the Committee of the National Society and some of its
members; but, in the recollection of how frequently the
lay communion secession, and even apostacy, has been
threatened, with a view to extort from members of the
episcopal bench concessions of a questionable kind, we
must hesitate to go farther than notice the report as cur-
rently circulated at Oxford, as well as in the diocese to
which the rev. waverer belongs.—Church and State
Gazette.
HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION, BROMPTON. —On
Friday a quarterly general meeting of the governors and
directors of the above hospital, for the treatment of
consumption and other diseases of the respiratory or-
gans, was held in the board-room of the institution at
Brompton. From the report read by the secretary, it
appeared that since the opening of the western wing in
November, 1846, the resident patients had numbered
610, of whom 425 were discharged more or less relieved,
and 75 now remain in the wards. During the same pe-
riod the outpatients amounted to 4,187. The report
having been adopted, a re-organization of the building
committee was determined upon, with the view to faci-
litate the extension of the hospital, after which thanks
were accorded to the chairman, and the meeting sepa-
rated.

TILE RUINS OF ALLINGIIAM CASTLE.—One por-
tion (that next the -Medway) is converted into a fart--
house for the cultivation of 300 acres; the other was
also a farm-house for some 100 more, but lately this
latter has been dismantled, the roof torn off; the floors
taken away for cattle.sheds, the windows demolished,
and the materials converted into peasant cottages ! In
the refection hall there yet remains tho mantle-piece
where once the faggot blazed, and on the entablature,
T. W., 1586, denotes the spot where old Sir Thomas
Wyatt warmed into verse. Within the court are pig..
genies and fowl-yards, cow-sheds, stacks ! !—auti yet
remaining in its chiselled groove the old portcullis shuts
in all the hoard, an orchard fills tho moat, and sacrile-
gious hands hare robbed the structure of its outward
show. This is the property of Lord ibinney.

ABERDEEN MEAL MARKET, Nov. 30 —The supply
of meal at market to. night was good, but the demand
v. as very moderate. Oatmeal, Is 4d to Is .sd; pearmeal.
Is 4d to Is sd; peasmeal,,ls 10d to 2s; aids, 7d; barley
flour, is 5d to is 6d; barley dust, 7d to 8d; flour, per
lb, 2s Od to 2s 4d; barley, lid to 2d.
HADDINGTON, DEC. I.—We had a smaller supply to-
day of wheat, and larger of other grain. Sales were dull.
Wheat, top, 2s, and average 2s 4d down; weight of top,
per four bushels, 18st 101 b. Barley, top, 6d, and average
6d up; weight of top, per four bushels, I7st 21b. Oats,
top, 3d, and average is 2d down; weight of top per four
bushels, 13st. Beans, top, 4s, and average 3s 8d down;
weight of top, per four bushels, 19st 51b.
Total quantity of Wheat in market 481 qrs., 421 sold
Do. Barley do. 695 qrs., 653 sold
Do. Oats do. 388 qrs., 350 sold
Do. Beans do. 58 qrs., 55 sold
Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Beans.
First ... ... 56s Od 33s Od I 22s 3d 36s Od
Second ... ... 46s Od 28s ld I 20s 4d 32s 11d
Third .. . 32s Od 22s Od I 17s od 24s Od
BELFAST, Nov. 30.—This week we have had variable
weather, and moderate supplies of grain at market. The
supply ex-ship consists of one cargo of corn, flour, BM,
from New York; two of wheat from the continent; and
five coastways, with barley and flour. Wheat is a slow
sale, at a reduction of 2d to 6d on the week. We have
some inquiry for parcels, but no results. Flour is 6d
to is lower, and pressed on the market; this applies also
to barrels, which are a slow sale at 30s to 31s. Barley
is 6d lower, and a dull sale. Oats are 3d to 4d lower,
and the demand barely equal to take off a light supply.
Oatmeal is fully 3d to 6d lower, and a dragging sale.
Indian corn comes into rather better demand, and yet
prices are unchanged—they range from 81 to 817 s 6d per
ton for either white or yellow.
Conx, DEC. I.—Flour—First quality, 16s to 17e;
second ditto, 15s to 16s Od ; household, lis to 14a ;
third ditto, 9s to lOs per cwt. Oatmeal, 12s to 12s 6d per
cwt. Indian corn, 817 s to 91 Os; Indian meal, 91 58 to
91 lOs per ton. Bran, 4155 to Si 5s per ton. Her"
Farmers', 25s to 45s 6d; average, 40s ; retailers', 43s to
49s per ton; old hay, 45s to 60s per ton. Straw—Far-
mers', 8s to 28s; average, 20s; retailers', —s to 305
per ton. Whisky, at the Distillery, 25 over proof,
6s 3d per imperial gallon. Bread, bid to 8d per 4lbs.
Fresh butter, 10d to lid per lb. Beef, 3d to 6d; mut-
ton, aid to 5d ; veal, 33-d to 4id; pork. sid to 7d ;
bacon, 6id to 9d; sausages, 5d per lb. Coals—New'
port, 17s; Lydney, 18s. Culm, 16, per ton. Potatoes,
white, 12d; Minions, 14d. Elides—Market ditto, 115
to 17s; salted ditto, 12s to 17s per cwt; market skins,
2d to 21d; calf ditto, 2d to 2,id; veal skins, 3d to 31fd
per lb. Tar—Archangel, 18s per bl. Timber—Quebec
red pine, 3/ 13s; yellow ditto, 34 deal, 171 to 20/ pet
hundred ; Bangor Queens, 3/ 2s 6d per ton. Scotch
herrings,2os to 21s per barrel; Norway ditto, —s. New-
foundland dry cod fish, 11/ to 121 lOs per ton. Tallow,
48s. Wool, lOs to 12s per stone.

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IRTH
On the 30th ult., at WhiB
tehead'&
s-grove, Chelsea, the Wife
of the Rev. Harry Baber, of a daughter.
On the .10th ult., at Grove-hill-terrace, Camberwell-grove,
Mrs. J. M. Smith, of a daughter.
On the 30th ult., at Park-street, Islington, Mrs. G. Bryant' of a son.
On the 30th ult., at Walthamstow, Mrs. G. Walker, of II daughter.
On the 30th ult., at Highgate, the wife of J. Giro, Esclo of
a daughter.
On the Ist inst., at Belmont-hill, Lee-lane, Blackheath'
Mrs. W. Dunn, of a son.

ALARMED.
On the 30th ult., at Cranford, Middlesex, Joseph Barn icc't;
Esq., of Camberwell, to Mary Webster, youngest daug htil
of the late T. Flockton, Esq., of East Moulsey, Surrey.
On the 30th ult., at Brighton, Grenville F. Hodson, 0111,1, son of the late F. Hodson, D.D., Principal of Brasenose:. C(11
lege, Oxford, and Regius Professor of Divinity, to or% eldest daughter of the late Captain James Hodgson, of 1." Hen. E. I.C. S.

DIED.
On the 25th of August, on board tho Mary Anne, an 131'5.
passage to England, on sick certificate, Sir Charles
Wer worth Burdett, Bart., Captain 41st Madras Native, In-
fantry, aged 42.
r
On the 30th ult., at Beaumaris, aged 46, the Rev. E c
-c•
W. Jones, M.A., vicar of hlelford, Montgomeryshire.
On the 301
1-
h ult., at Essex-court, Temple, William }-0'
Esq., barrister-at-law.
On the 30th ult., aged CO, the Rev. J. C. Williams, M.
rector of Sherington, Bucks.
On the &Ali ult., aged 72, T. Marsden, Esq., street, Choapside.
On the Ist inst., at Croydon, Anne Alicia Wykes, daugh-
ter of the late Rev. J. Wykes, of Haselbeech, Northam?"
tonshire. of Queen'

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London! Printed and Published by IviURDO 'YOUNG, °
1;2, Struid, Printer, at The San Office, No. 112,
Etralid;:, t.1.-is "...Precinct of the Zit.voy, tLe countY et
Blonday, I)ecoluber 4,1848.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
MANCHESTER, DEC. 2.—The general trade of the
week has been very inactive, but we hear that some con-
siderable parcels of flour have been taken off, rather as a
speculation than for the supply of consumption. At
Liverpool large supplies continue to pour in, but at yes•
terday's market some degree of firmness was observable,
and as regarded bonded wheat and flour, there was a
disposition to purchase on speculation. At Wakefield,
though some reduction was submitted to, any attempt to
force still furth,r decline was resisted. Of our market
today, it may be observed that, without much disposi-
tion to buy, there is less anxiety to force sales; this re-
mark applies to every article. We reduce our quota-
tions for wheat 3d per bushel, flour is per sack, oats Id
to 2d per bushel, oatmeal 6d per load, and Indian corn 2s
per quarter, beyond which holders do not appear disposed
to give way.
WINCHESTER, DEC. 2.—Corn—Wheat—Millers were
shy purchasers, farrne-s offered their wheats at less
money by 2s per quarter, yet much was left unsold; fine
old
-white wheat reached 56s per quarter; new ditto, 50s
to 52s ditto; poor ditto, 44s to 46s ditto. Flour and
bread were lower. Barley—Fine chevalier, 561bs. per
bushel, sold at 34s Od per quarter; second rate ditto, 30s
ditto; common grinding, 27s to 28s ditto. Beans—Old
ticks, 42s per quarter; new ditto, 38 to 40s ditto. Peas
—Best boilers, 41s to 42s per quarter; grey and maple
ditto, 36; to 38s ditto. Oats—Best Poland, 24s per
quarter; good black, 22s ditto; common feed, 16s to IBs
ditto. Rye, 32s to 34s per quarter. Tares, lOs to 12s
per bushel. Average price of wheat; 53s 42d per quarter.
barley 28s 9d ditto; oats, 20s 6d ditto.
ANDOVER, DEC. 2. Corn—Wheat was of slow sale,
though offered at a further decline of lOs per load; best
old made but 14/ per load; new, 121 to 131 per ditto;
secondary qualities, 10/ to 11/ per ditto. Flour fell 28
per sack. Bread 12d the 81b loaf. Barley was plentiful;
best malting made but 33s per quarter; grinding, 2iis to
30s ditto; malt, 60s ditto. Oats were offered at from
18s to 23s per quarter. Beans, peas, rye, and tares,
offered at less money.
GUILDFORD, DEC. 2.—Wheat—Finest samples of old
wheat were alone in request; very few of other sorts
would sell at any price, though offered at considerable
reductions; best made but 58s; second rate, 555; com-
mon, 50s; inferior, 44s to 46s per quarter. Barley was
sold for making at the prices of last Saturday; grinding
to be had.
READING, DEC. 2.—The attendance of farmers and
dealers was about as usual, with a moderate supply of
wheat of middling quality. The market opened very
dull, and in order to effect sales a reduction of 2s per
quarter bad to be submitted to, and at which a clearance
was not effected. There was a good supply of barley of
middling quality, but the business don,. was not large,
with a reduction of is per quarter. In oats, beans, and
peas, there was a dull trade, at rather lower rates.
Wheat (old), per quarter, 38s to 60s; ditto new, 358 to
635; barley, 28s to 365; oats, 16s to 21s; beans, 30s to
41s; peas, 30s to 42s.—Pig market: Stores were in
short supply, with a dull trade, at is to 2s per head
lower. Fat hogs, 9s 6d; porkers, lOs per score.—Poul-
try market: Fowls, per couple, 2s 6d to 3s Od; ducks,
ditto, 3s Od to 3s 6d; geese, 5s Od to 5s 6d ; butter, per
lb, is Id to Is 3d; eggs, 8 to 10 for Is.
ABERDEEN MARKET, DEC. I.—We had a large
sup-
ply of' grain at market to-day; trade ruled extremely
heavy, and little business done. Oats, 15s to 17s, 401bs
per bushel ; barley, 25s to 265, bear, 25s :to 265, 521bs
per bushel ; wheat, 54s to 63s ; oatmeal, 16s 6d to 175
6d per boll ; flour, 43s to 52s per sack.
ABERDEEN PROVISION MARKET, DEC. I.—The mar-
ket to-day was well attended : sales were stiff, and
towards the close prices had a general tendency down-
wards. Beef, 6d to 8d; mutton, 6d to 8d; veal, 6d to 8d
per lb; pork, 4s to 4s 9d per stone; lamb, 6d to 8d per lb;
tallow, 4s fid to 5s per stone; potatoes, 8d to is per peck;
butter, 7d to 9d per lb; eggs, is Od to is 4d per dozen;
hens, 2s Od to 3s; chickens, Is 6d to 28; ducks, 2s to
2s 6d; ducklings, 2s to 2s 6d per pair; turkeys, 3s to
4s; geese, 2s to 2s 6d each. Butter for exportation
(present cure), 5Ss per cwt. Eggs, wholesale price,
8d per dozen. Bread, 41b loaf, 8(1; 2lb loaf, 4d. Pork,
per stone of 141 b, 3s Gd; pork, fine small, 5s 6d; pork,
large, 3s 6d to 4s 3d. Ship pork, per barrel of 204 lbs,
100 s.

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