The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LOND'O:INT, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2,

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SIR RICHARD BETHELL A.ND HIS

CONSTITUEIVTS.

Sir Richard Beheld addressed his constituents at the
County Halt at Aylesbury, on Saturday, in anticipa4ion
of his re-election consequent on the vacancy occasioned
in the representation of the borough by his recent ap-
pointment as her Majesty's Attorney-General. After
alluding to the honour which he ha,k, received at the
hands of his Sovereign, he congratulated the electors
upon the termination f the. war and the prosperous
state of the country, expressing a'iso his opinion that the
peace would be permanent, and in every way satisfac,
tory. He alluded to the great , increase of crime, and
observed that the only way to protect the commercial
interests of the nation from such trends as had recently
atte.acted attention was t 3 awe:a such punishments as
(Frost the London, Gazette of this Evening.) I would deter men from acting dishoneitly. In his own
I department, charged as he wes to examine the adininis-
BY THE QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION. tratien of the criminal law,, and charged as he was t
VICTORIA, it.—Wheresa our Parliament stands pro- ooserve how that law might be amended, it would
roved to Tuesday, the sixteenth day of December next : become with him a mattser of the most anxious conside-
We, with the advice of our Privy Council, do hereby pub- i uzstion to determine what measures could he introduced
lish and declare that the sail Parliament shall be further ; in order to restore a greater amountof confidence amongst
prorogued, on the said sixteenth day of December next, to , All ciaeses,
antic and off.rau eheekinand g by
impositithe terrors
which had
of the law
Tuesday, the third day of February next ; and we have given ds ons
, 'lately come une.er their knowledge. These were most
those gig
order to our Chancellor of that part of our United King- serious mattees,
whichbnt there was another of vast im-
dom called Great Britain to prepere a commission for pro-
roguing the same.accerdingl / : and we do further hereby, i removed,T.:q:lne,
by
whichwtalase root of those evils could
roguing
agroeaftetrbeienlargementlf
with the advice aforesaid, declare our Royal will and plea- I iniorove eaent of the education and
sure that the seid Pei-Herne-et shall, on the said third day people of this country were not only people.educated in-
of February next, be held and sit for the despatch of divers telleclenally, but had a moral and religious education,
urgent and important affairs : and the Lords Spiritual and .cr:rne would not be so rife in the land, and a greater
Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and ernoc.nt of industry, intelligence, and prudence would
the Commissioners for shires and burghs of the House of I pros ail amongst the lower classes of society, and there
yal (veld be less necessity for the application of the criminal
Commons, are hereby required and commended to give All men would, he hoped, in the coming session,
attendancet 'W
their accordingly aestminster on the said I a. v.
a pply their minds to that great and important subject,
third day of February meet. , :.11e
another education of the people. (Hear, hear.) There was
Given at Our Court, :et Windsor, this twenty-eighth se
er important question which would engage the at-
day of November, in the year of our Lord one thou- tention of those who were interested in the adminietra-
sand eight hnedred and fifty-six, and in the twentieth 4 lice of affairs. He referred to the removal of those
year of Our reign. obstacles which were a restraint on the commercial and
GOD SAVE TUE QUEEN. manufacturing interests of this country—namely, the
state of harbour and shipping dues, which required to
Ibe considered in order that the restrictions and impedi-
ments which still existed might be removed. .Now that
they were relieved from the din of arms, the Legislature
could accomplish nothing more useful than to apply
itself to do all that could be done for tie improvement of
the moral condition of the people. Fortunately political
quarrels an 4 dissensions had lost the greater portion of
their bitterness. Men had learned to look on one another
with greater confidence, and it was not necessary that
the government of the country should be carried on by
men divided into two parties, one of one way of thinking,
one of another, differing for the sake of difference. In this
state of things he trusted there would be found a greater
anxiety for all parties to co-operate in great domestic
measures for the improvement, the happiness, and the
comfort of the people. There were but few things to
which he need allude in reference to the past, but there
were one or two which ho regretted remained subjects
of controversy. If they were agitated again—and one
would be agitated—he would adhere to the same course
of conduct which lie had pledg..d himself to at the com-
mencement of his Parliamentary career. The questions
to which he referred were vote by ballot and the abolition
of Church rates. On neither of these points had he seen
reason to change his opinion. On the Sunday Trading
Bill he held a strong opinion ; but ho had pursued the
same course on that bill being brought forward as he
had on other occasions. He had yielded to the views of
his constituents, and bad not voted at alt. There was
no doubt that great diversity of opinion existed on that
measure. Some, who felt most deeply, thought that
the Sabbath should be kept strictly holy ; but there were
those, like himself, who could judge of the vice and im
morality which existed in the metropolis by reason of
all innocent recreation being denied to the poor, and who
believed that the Sabbath might still be kept holy if the
lower classes bad an opportunity of enjoying themselves
and improving their minds by emancipation from low
and sensual indulgences, and by a less spiritual applica-
tion of their time. In conformity with the pledge he
had given he had voted for the ballot at a time when
every member of the Cabinet, except one, was opposed to
him, and voted against it. He had honestly redeemed
his promise. He had too much respect for himself and
their opinions to palter with them.
A vote of confidence in Sir Richard Bethel" was carried
unanimously.

SUN OFPICE, Seven o'Clock.

POSTPONE ENT OF IF4WIGH
STEEPLECHAStS.

The Steeplechme4 are postponed 'until Wednelday,
the 10th of December. •

MEETING OF PARLIAMMT.

LONDON GAZETTE-L(This Evening.)

The Gazette contains the Speaker's writ for the election
of a Member of Parliament, within fourteen days, for the
Eastern Division of the County of Suffolk, in the room of
the late Sir Edward Sherlock Gooch, Bart. .
At the Court at Windsor, Nov. 28, present the Queen's
Must Excellent Majesty in Council.—This day the Itif;lit
Hon. and Right Rev. Archibald Campbell, Bishop of Lou-
don, was, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Ma-
jesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place
at the Board accordingly.
COUNCIL-OFFICE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 28,
Notice is hereby given that a petition has been presented
to her Majesty in Council from the inhabitant householders
of the town of Wrexham, in tho county of Denbigh, -pre v-
ing, under the lets 5 and 6 Will. IV., c. 76, and of I Vic.,
c. 78, the grant of a Charter of Incorporation to the, said
town ; and notice is hereby further given, that her M:ljesty
has been pleased, by he Order in Council of this day's date,
to order that the said petition h 3 taken into consideration
by a Committee of the Loris of her Majesty's Most Ho-
nourable Privy Council on the sth daylt. of L
January
TIDJU S neat.
W BAT.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 28.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the hyonour
of Knighthood upon William Henry Watson, Esq., men° of
the Barons of her Majesty's Court of Exchequer.
WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 28.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon Rowland Macdonald Stephenson„ Esq.,
Civil Engineer, of Gloucester terrace, Hyde-park, anal late
of Calcutta.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 2.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
ivy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Ambassador at -Paris,
fixing, as follows, the import duties on wools combed and
dyed :—Combed, in French ships' 70f.; in foreign ships,
80f., per 100 kilos. Dyed of all kinds, in French ships,
MK.; in foreign ships, 115 f., per 100 kilos.
ADMIRALTY, DEC. 1.
Vice-Admiral of the Blue the Hon. George Alfred
Crofton has been appointed to receive a pension of 1501.
a-year, as provided for by her Majesty's Order in Counoil
of Jnne 25,1811, vacant by the death of Admiral Fre-
derick Watkins, and the name of Vice-Admiral the Hon.
George Alfred Crofton has been removed to the Reserved
Half-pay List accordingly; and, in consequence of this
removal, the following promotions, dated from the 12th
ult., have this day taken place :
Rear-Admiral Sir DavidDnnu,K.C.H.,on the Reserved
Half-pay List, to be Vice-Admiral on the same List.
Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir Fairfax Moresby, K C. 8.,
to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral of the White Wm. Fanshawe Martin to
be Rear-Admiral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue Thomas Bennett to be Rear-
Admiral of the White.
Captain the Hon. George Grey to be Rear-Admiral of
the Blue.
Captain William Townsend Dance has also been pro-
moted to be a Retired Rear-Admiral, on the terms proposed
in the London Gazette of Ist September, 1841, but without
increase of pay.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
County of Stafford—Joseph Bennitt, Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant.
[The following Appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the Gazette of 7th November last.]
East Kent Regiment of Militia—George Edward Arthur
Holdsworth, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Waller, resigned.
JI:LY 8, 1856.
The Supreme Court of Now South Wdes has appointed
Samuel Heath, of No. 1. Church-ceurt, Cloments-lane, in
the city of London, Solicitor, a Commissioner of that
Court, for taking affidavits and examining witnesses, at
law or in equity, in the city of London, or elsewhere in
England.

SIR RICHARD BETHELL ON LAW REFORM.—The new 1
Attorney• General, in his address to his constituents at '
Aylesbury, soliciting re-election, enters at some length
on the programme of legal reform to be brought for-
ward by the Government during the next session. He
says :—" Among measures of internal improvement you
will, I trust, agree with me if I rank in a prominent
place those which are introduced for the amendment of
our laws and judicial institutions • and I may assure
you that in the more influential office which I have now
the honour to hold no exertions on my part shall be
spared to remove the mischievous technicalities and that
eembrous and expensive machinery which still disfigure
many portions of English jurisprudence. The important
suhject of the transfer of land bas long engaged my at-
tention, and I am happy to inform you that a plan is in
preparation which I believe will greatly facilitate the
sale and conveyance of real property. The relief which
such a measure will afford to landowners and farmers,
by giving perfect security of title and increased freedom
of trade in an article of such permanent value and in)•
portance, can hardly be overstated. lam much gratified
to continue associated with an administration which has
carried this eitintry successfully through the difficulties
and pressure of a great and distant war ; and I am
happy to believe that the sacrifices so nobly endured by
the people of this country during the last two years will
entail upon them no lasting burdens. I may, therefore,
venture to assure you that the same vigour and abi-
lity which were displayed by Lord Palmerston is the
prosecution of the war will be exerted by him for the
purpose of achieving the victories of peace. In that
department to which my own individual attention will
be more especially directed—namely, the improvement
of our laws and judicial institutions—l may venture to
assure you, in addition to what I have already stated,
that in the coming session measures for rendering
simple and expeditious the title and transfer
of lauded property, for the abolition of the
_ecclesi-
astical courts, for the amenrhaent of the law re'ating to'
marriage and divorce, for the consolidation of the sta-
tute law, and for rendering criminal those gross breaches
of trust which have of late been a scandal to the country,
will be immediately introduced, and prosecuted with
energy and despatch."

APPREHENSION OF A LEITH* MER-
CHANT ON CHARGES OF FORGERY.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

Joseph :handing Wilson, recently a well-known corn
merchant and ship-broker in Leith has just been
apprehended (says the Szotsman) on charges of forg-
il,g bids of exchange to the amount of between
2,050/. and 3,000/. It may be recollected that,
in the month of May last, Jacob Christiansen
who was also a ship-broker in Leith, was con•
vieted before the High Ceurt of Justiciary of forging 7
bills of exchange for the sum of 3,7751., and beating to
he accented by parties in Dundee, Montrose, Newcastle,
Hulk, Stockton, and Hartlepool ; and at the same time
Wilson was outlawed for not appearing to answer to
eim:dar charges. In the course of the investigation into
Christiansen's case, it appeared that Wilson was impl-
cated in the matter, but before this came out he had ab-
conded, indeed it would appear that he had left Leith
immediately after the apprehension of Christiansen. It
was not till two or three weeks afterwards that Mr.
Grant, superintendent of the Leith police, received in-
formation of Wilson's share in the forgeries. He imme-
diately proceeded to London, where he had reason to
believe that Wilson had gone, and succeeded in tracing
him to the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, and then
to the Bridge Hotel, where he ascertained that Wilson
had taken his passage on board the Cyclone for Sydn. y,
that he had gone on board the vessel at Gravesend, and
was then far beyond the reach of the police. Mr. Grant,
however determined to use every means likely to secure
Wilson's apprehension and he accordingly took measures
to have his movements watched on his arrival in Sydney.
A. few days ago, accordingly, he received intimation from
Australia that Wilson was about to return to this coun-
try, and that he had taken his passage to London on
board the Adele. Mr. Grant at once put himselt into
communication with the. London police, with the view of
getting immediate information by telegraph of the arrival
of the vessel off Deal. On Monday last, iu pursuance of
this arrangement, Mr. Grant received a telegraphic mes•
sage from Superintendent Hodgson, of the London
police,
to the effect that the Adele had passed Deal that
afternoon. Mr. Grant immediately started fur London.
expecting to reach Gravesend in time to await her arri-
val. He was, however, too late ; but he had arranged
that two London detectives should be there in case be
should not have arrived, and they informed him that
Wilson was not on board, but that he had left the ship :n
the morning in the English Channel somewhere between
Dover and Dungeness. Mr. Grant proceeded to
Dover, and then to Folkestone, where, in conjunction
with Superintendent Steer, of the Folkestone police, he
succeeded in apprehending the man of whom he was in
;watch. He brought him down to Edinburgh on Thurs•
day night, and yesterday the prisoner was brought before
Wishart, and remitted to the Sheriff on various
charges of forgery. It seem.; he had not intended to
C..ome to Scotland, but was about to proceed to Germany.
may al.lsobdren
be stated that he cheated the captain of the
Adele out of his passage money home, having given him
a bill
on the Bank of Scotland, payable at Coutts and
Co. 's, •
it London, which was dishonoured on being pre-
sented.

trust are in process of settlement, and we trust that peace
may be preserved between Great Britain and America.
L A me say here today—what I knew every eon of New
BOMBAY, BARODA, AND CENTRAL INDIA. England, New York, and in an especial manner the sons
The directors, in their report for the meeting to be of the mighty West will sustain me in saying—that we
holden to-morrow, present to the shareholders the re- witness the development and the prosperity of the Br-
port recently addressed to them by the consniting eneri- - tish colonies in North America not only we trout jea'ousy,
neer, Lieut.-Col. J. P. Kennedy. That officer writes but we witness it with pride ar.d admiration. (Cl:lsere.)
that : i Go on, brethren, improve and develop all the mighty re
" Although the half-year just elapsed has been the 1 sources of British America. Your prosperity is our pros-
comparatively idle season in India, including the sum- 1 perity. We are bound together by a thousand associa-
mer heat and the monsoon, still sufficient has been done, tions of blood and of kindred. We are c inflected together
both there and in England, to confirm the anticipations , by these mighty improvements widen we are met here
held out to the shareholders in the last fepnrt of the di- ; to-day to commemorate. We are bound together by a
rectors as to the efficiency of the general plan laid down I treaty of reciprocity--(cheers)—mutually beneficial to
for the execution of the works on our line. Mr. Fordo, 1 you and to us. We are beginning to understand each
the chief engineer in India, has ascertained that the I other, to value each other, to be proud of each other's
earth works may be executed at about the rate formerly i prosperity and success ; and may God grant that the
stated. The most important precautions in the whole ', sons of British America and the sons of the North Ame-
of the operations will consist in the measures adopted to I rican Republic may never meet again on the banks of
secure a faithful and methodical execution of our con- 1 the St. Lawrence, on river, on lake, or on land, in any
trivets for iron materials in England. Eight such con- i other way than that in which wo are all met to-day—to
tracts have already been executed, and 20 are now in i grasp each other's hands iu friendship, and to aid, to
progress. With regard to the English supplies of ma- 1 enceurage each other in the development of the resources
,chinery and iron materials, calculated to absorb above of the North American continent. (Sheers.) Gentlemen,
three-fourths of the construction capital, a sufficient I I give you, in conclusion, this sentiment, " Prosperity
number of contracts, embracing nearly every class of 1 to the people of the Canadas, and success to their Go-
material, have been made to give grounds for an accu- vernment." (Loud applause.)
rate practical estimate, having reference to the detailed 'The " Provincial Administration" was proposed, and
working plans and sections. The revised estimates may, responded to by Col. TACIIE, the Canadian premier.
therefore, Lem be substituted for the original estimates In answer to "Our Guests," ex Governor KENT, of
of 1853, which were based upon the trial sections. This Maine, responded, and briefly alluded to the great re-
substitution brings out the satisfactory result, that sults which would follow from the connection now este-
whilst the average cost in reference to the first trial Sec- blished, by means of railroads, between Canada and the
tions was cautiously estimated over 7,000/. per mile, the United States. He concluded by proposing " Canada—
revised estimate goes to prove a very large reduction what she has done, and what she is doing, is but an ear•
upon that mileage rate, whilst it includes complete rolling nest of what she will do."
stock for ono train in each direction daily, and the bridg- The next toast was, " The Grand Trunk Railroad and
log of all rivers north of Surat, comprising the three other Railroads of Canada," answered by Hon. John
most difficult on the company's entire coast line between Ross, President of the Grand Trunk, and Mr. Robinson,
Bombay and Ahmedabad, namely, the Taptee, Ner- Mayor of Toronto.
budda, and Mhye. It is deeply to be regretted (says To the toast of "Success to Montreal," kr. BROSS, of
Colonel Kennedy) that we should not yet have re- the Chicago Democratic Press, responded. He illustrated
ceived sanction to construct the Bombay and Surat by statistics that the natural outlet for the trade of the
Junction line, and if it be farther delayed we great west was by the St. Lawrence.
shall shortly find ourselves in the position of having The company now separated.
completed 150 miles of railway in a remote district, ae------
whilst we shall have omitted to connect it with the focus
of trade at Bombay. It is right to lay before the direc
tors the consideration of a mode in which the operations
we are carrying on may be made, irrespective of our own
requirements, largely beneficial to the general interests
of the districts we are working in, without cost to the
company, proviled the Government think fit to contri-
bute towards the result. It is necessary, with this view,
in the first place, to explain that the large, populous, and
fertile districts lying between Bombay and Ahmedabad,
upwards of 300 miles in length, and bounded for about
160 miles by the Syhadree range on the east, and on the
west by the sea, is without any continuous maue road,
and that the intercourse of the population through these
districts is intercepted for a large portiea of the year by
the absence of bridges across the numerous rivers, with
the exception of that lately constructed near Kaira, and
three old wooden bridges supported on piers of two
piles each, which I found when exploring the district
had resisted the fury of the monsoon floods for the last 18
years in some rivers to the southward of Surat. Theproof
of these rude and ill-prepared structures having thus re-
sisted was a most gratifying fact, considering the inves-
tigation I was then making in India ; and the absolute
destitution of the large population in respect to roads and
bridges throughout the fertile district between Baroda•
and Damaun was no less striking. It occurred to me
then, and I still am of opinion, that our railway works
may in a great measure be made to supply this deficiency,
at least so far as facilitating the bridging of the river fur
ordinary cart traffic, as well as for railway purposes; and
there is no doubt that it behoves us for our own inte-
rests to stimulate the industry and prosperity of the aid
tricts We pass through, as it does the government for the
interests of the people whose destiny they rule. The
Bombay government has concurred in our suggestion for
making the piers and abutments of our bridges suitable
fur double tracks of rail, laying down, for the present,
girders to span the openings for a single track only.
What I would now suggest is, that government should
be invited to lay down a second line of girders on the sur-
plus half of our piers, to furnish the districts with an ordi-
nary roadway for carts, Sue If we should ever require to
lay down a second track for trains, we could refund to
the government the outlay they had incurred, and there
would be uo difficulty in outrigging a third line then for
carts. The mode in which this could be accomplished
will be understood by inspecting a model which I have
had prepared at the company's office in Liverpool-street.
The cost of supplying the iron girders, atc., for a single
railway track on piers already existing, would be about
51. 10s. per foot run. Timber, trusses, &c., for a cart
road could be furnished at a much lower rate."
The directors remark, "The shareholders will observe
that certain important portions of our great schemes for
affording railway communication from Bombay to Surat,
where our line now commences, have not yet been sanc-
tioned by the government at home. The directors can
now only express their hope and belief that at an early
date the authorities will see the necessity- of rescuing
the dirge and flourishing cotton producing provinces of
Goozerat from the predicament of being annually for
from three to four months shut out from the only ex-
porting and importing harbour on the coast, during the
prevalence of the monsoon. The directors regret to
have to state that the company have suffered a severe
loss since the last meeting, in the death of Mr. Andrew
Stewart, Mr. J. H. Lloyd, and Mr. J. H. Stephens, three
most zealous and able officers. It is satisfactory to find
that the moderate calculations of the average cost per
Mile, based upon the trial sections, may still be reduced
upon more minute examination and experience of ex-
penses actually incurred ; and, upon the whole, the di-
rectors may safely oongratulate the proprietors upon the
favourable prospect before them. The directors having
applied to the Honourable Court for an extension of
capital, have received authority to raise a further sum
of 250,0001., with a guarantee of 5 per cent. per annum
interest. The allotment of this addifienal capital beer
been offered to the existing shareholders of the com-
pany, in proportion to the number of bld shares held by
each, that is, one new for every two old. The directors
propose to take steps, as soon as may be, for cneverti, g
paid-up capital into block, and they are now in commu-
nication with some of the other Indian railway cotnese
flies on the important matter of giving the greatest pos-
sible amount of security in the registry and transfer of
shares. Annexed to the report is a balance-sheet of
receipts and disbursements for the period ending respec-
tively 31st May, 1856, in India, and 31st Aug., 1856,
in England. This statement has been duly examined,
with the books of the company, by the accountants of
the Hon. East India Company, in addition to a minute
audit by the company's auditors, Mesas. Goodchap and
Fisher."

THE EUPHRATES VALLEY RAILWAY.

When the Euphrates Valley Railway Company talked
of the certainty of a guarantee the world received the
assurance in the customary sense of a guarantee from
the East India Company. It now turns -out that it is
not the security of the British but of the Turkish Go-
vernment that the shareholders have to rely on, and that
it is the Ottsman Torte who promises 6 per cent. for 90
years. He must be a hold politician who, after what
has just ()enured, would venture to claim for the Turkish
power an existence of half this duration, and if, in place
of 99, we assumed nine as the extreme limit of the exist-
ence of an antiquated and effete empire, we should pro-
istbly not be much out of our reckoning. But it is not
requisite to speculate on the durability of the dynasty of
the Sultan to estimate the value of a Turkish guarantee.
' Nations do not go to war to enforce the payment of
Spanish or Pennsylvanian losnds, and if Mr. Andrews
can get gulls enough to invest money on such securities
as this they have themselves to thank if they are sold
a bargain. The Grand Turk may plead, when called
upon to pay, that he himself was taken in ; that he was
assured that the income would meet charges aad afford
dividends ; that what was asked from him was said
to be a promise to secure public confidence, and im-
posing no responsibilities ; that, in place of this, the
railway not covering working charges imposed upon
him a subsidy of 6 per cent. for the benefit of a body
of adventurers who, when they got his name upon the
bond,. took no pains to determine for themselves the
'probabilities of lawful return. The two great points on
which the whole enterprise turns do not as yet seem to
have entered the English mind at all—speed and eco
nomy of transit. We have already shown that the
transport of a ton of goods between India and England
by the Euphrates route will cost 401. at least, amount.
ing, except in a very small number of instances, to abso-
lute prohibition, and that, were all the 10,000 English.
men now in India to go home and come back again
twice a-year, the passenger traffic would not pay for the
grease for the carriage wheels. Returns from the only
two sources of income a railway aspires to thus become
hopeless, whatever the attractions of, speed. But the
Calcutta EngliBhman assumes that the promise of celer; ty
is itself a delusion, founded as it is onsthe presumption
that the Euphrates can be navigated at the rate of 300
miles a-day, 100 being in all likelihood considerably
beyond the average of what may be looked for. There
is, however, at home a plethora in the money-market,
just at present, to be relieved only by depletion. The
East has become a favourite field of enterprise, mainly
on the principle of the magnificent and the unkcoan
being supposed equivalent. When we have thrown away
10,000,0001. or 20,000,0001. on wild-goose adventures,
people may benefit by the experience purchased on terms
so extravagant. It is curious how carefully reasonable
and moderate projects aro shunned under such circum-
stances. A scheme supported by a profusion of facts,
but which appeals to the understanding, not to the
imagination, has no chance, just because of its defi-
niteness ; to catch the public ear, something vague and
vast must be pourad into it— something promising ail,
most probably ending in nothing.—Bombay Times.

WRECK OF A STEAMIER ON LAKE

SUPERIOR.

FIFTY LIVES LOST.
We have intellieenca of the wreck of the steamer
Superior, of the Chicago and Like Superior line, off the
Pictured Rocks, on Lake Superior, with the loss of
nearly 50 lives.
The steamer left the- Saul Ste. Mary's Canal at 7
o'clock on the morning of the 29th of October. In the
afternoon, when off the Grand Marais, heavy snow
squalls came on, and as the wind increased during the
evening the captain determined about 11 o'clock, to run
under the lee of Grand Island, which was then about 15
miles distant. Unfortunately, half an hour after the
steamer's course had been altered, the waves carried
away htr rudder, and she fell into the trough of the sea.
The tiller was shipped, and an attempt was made to
guide the vessel by her after wheel, but it would not
work. At midnight the smoke pipes were blown
away, and the deck load, consisting of flour, mer-
chandise, cattle, and hogs, was shifted to leeward.
The crew then cut away the bulwark and threw part
of the cattle and merchandise overboard to lighten
the vessel. The wind and sea increasing, however,
the vessel began to take in water very fast, until
the engine fires were extinguished by it. Finding the
land close under their lee, the crew tried to let go the
small anchor ; could not get the large anchor off her
bows. The small anchor would not hold her, when she
immediately struck forward, her stern swung reued,"and
the eext sea carried her broadside on the rocks. The
utmost terror and confusion prevailed amongst the pas-
sengers who ran upon deck, and got hold of doors and
other things to float by. The life-preservers were found
to be unfit for use. Captain Jones went to the officers of
the vessel, and said, " Boys I want you to stick to the
boat as long as there is anything left of' her ; this is the
fourth boat I have lost, but I shall not probably lose
another. If any of you get whore I want you to go aed
tell my mother that I did all I could to save the boat."
He was one of those drowned. One of the passengers
who escaped, Mr. Foster, thus describes the scene which
fullowed :—" It was blowing very heavy with a sleety,
chilly rain and snow. I helped my sister and a boy on
the hurricane deck. I should think we were there about'
five minutes, when a heavy 'sea struck the vessel, and
she gave a lurch, and her deck parted in the middle and
fell in. A number of men rolled down. I saw the life
boat in the water. supposing my sister was there, I
jumped off the deck into the water, and found her. Mr.
Minster, and four sisters, and some other persons had
hold of the boat ; but a moment after I got hold of the
boat a heavy sea capsized her, a piece of timber struck
pee on the head, knocking me senseless. When I came
to I found myself strangling. I reached out to grasp
something, and caught a rope. I crawled out of the
water, and found it was the painter of the boat. When
I got back I found only one person had hold of the boat.
The next sea threw me up in the drifting timber. I was
closely jammed among the timber and wreck; it was
with great difficulty I extricated myself. I heard some
one speak, and crawled upon the rocks. Then I found
Mr. Davis, mate, and the boy who I had not seen since
I jumped off the wreck. It was but a few moments.
They were all ashore that were saved. The boy was
deranged, and died some time afterwards.
The next morning nothing was visible but the wheels,
which, being strongly made and anchored fast by the
engine and heavy machinery, had not been swept away.
Upon these were seen clinging the. bodies of seven men,
among them the two clerks and the first saloon keeper.
As they were but three or four rods from shore, their
cries could be heard distinctly calling on those on shore
to come with the boats and save them. But this was im-
possible, as the surf 'beating on the rocks would have
swamped a good boat almost instantly, and those that
were washed ashore were almost like the steamer, a
wreck. One by one they dropped off into the water
until all were gone. The scene is, said to have been
painful beyond description, as the survivors were within
speaking distance, yet without the power to render as-
sistance.
The saved suffered extremely from 'cola and hunger,
and all of them were more or less bruised. Three days
they were weather-bound, and not only this, but rock•
bound too, as the bluff at this point rises nearly 300 feet
and almost perpendicular, presenting an impassable bar-
rier. At this time the sea subsided sufficiently for them
to reach Grand Island. They patched up the boats and
tart ed , going part of the way on land and part on water.
Two boys died on the way from exposure. The saved
were obliged to subsist, during this time upon such
articles as chance thiew on shore—raw vegetables, raisins,
and leer.
The comber who perished is estimated at about 50.
Sixteen were saved, five of whom were passengers. Not
one of the women was saved.

DREADFUL SHIPWRECK.

The Hercus Monte, a brig of 226 tons, and corn
manded by Capt. F. W. Rickells, sailed from the Mersey
on the 6th March last for Pillau and Konigsberg. She
was manned with a crew of 10 men. Her non-arrival
at Pillau had led to the belief that she had foundered at
sea, and her fate would, without doubt, have never been
correctly known, had not the Sandford, Capt. Hughes,
bound from London for New Zealand, fallen in with a
portion of the wreck, and taken therefrom one of the
crew, who was thus rescued, almost at the last moment,
from a lingering and miserable death. Immediately on
the arrival of the Sandtord at New Zealand, Captain
Hughes sent to Mr. Court, secretary to the Under-
writers' Association, the statement of the survivor
(which will no doubt be read with interest), which,
with the letter of Captain Hughes, is subjoined. The
difference in spelling the name of the brig is owing to
the language of the country in which she was built :
" Ship Sandford, Auckland, Aug. 7, 1856.
" deeply regret being obliged to bring the follow-
ing fearful and melancholy circumstance to your notice: -
" On Tuesday, March 11,1856, while standing down the
Channel, with a fresh breeze from E.N.E., in about hit.
49 29 N., long. 456 W. Start Point bearing N.E. by N.,
one of my passengers, dol. Wyatt, her Majesty's 95th Re-
giment, directed my attention to a large quantity of plank-
ing, spars, and other pieces of floating wreck. Being at
that time in the cuddy, shaping my courso, and taking the
bearings of various salient points on both coasts, I forth-
with proceeded to the poop, and, having stationed myself
in the starboard quarter-boat with my spy-glass, I soon
perceived a large piece of wreck about one mile on the
starboard bow. From having a square framework of wood,
it appeared to be the afterpart of a quarter-deck, with the
comp tnion hatch still on it, and a figure resembling that of
a human being was olinging to it. I forthwith shortened
sail, and, having brought my ship to the wind, with the
maintopsail to the mast, I lowered a boat and directed the
crew to overhaul the wreck, and bring Lack whatever they
foand there. My orders were obeyed, and I had the satis-
faction of releasing an unfortunate man from a lingering
and miserable death. Not perceiving any further vestiges
of life, or any spars or boats that could give a clue to this
disastrous collision, I hoisted up and secured my lifeboat
and proceeded• on my course.
"As soon as the man thus miraculously saved was suffi-
ciently recovered, I inquired into the causes of his being
placed. in this position, arid herewith append a declaration
on oath, as well as corroborative evidence, signed by the
chief officer of the Sandford.
"On perusing his statement you will perceive that the
owner of the Auorkus 'etonth was the father of the captain
of that ill-fated vessel ; may I therefore request you will
avail yourself of the earliest opportunity of transmitting to
him, through her Mikiesty's Consul at Memel, copies of
this and the appended documents, and also cause the same
to be inserted in the public papers, in order that a clue may
be given towards ascertaining the name of the inhuman
commander of the vessel that so heedlessly and carelessly
ran into the Auorkus Month, and then left her to her fate.
" I remain, sir, your most obtliirintrilaunati:ms,
Commanding
the Sandford.
" P.S. As Michael Krattiat is a strong, ablebodied
mnn
and willing to work, I have entered him on the ships arti-
as ordinary seaman."

" Sworn declaration made in my presence by Michael
Krattiat, seaman, native of Memel, in the kingdom of
Prussia, and sole survivor of the crew
cke of tho
mastel , late brig
Auorkus Month, of Memel, William Rills
longing to Memel, and owned by the commander's father
at the above place.

" FL R. HUGHES, Commander.
" JAMES BARRY, Chief Officer.
" Michael Krattiatt being duly sworn by me and ad-
j ured to tell the truth, deeoses as follows :
" I belonged to the brig Auorkus Month, of 250 tons,
William Rickel's, master, belonging to the port of Memel,
in the Baltic, which had proceeded from Londonderry, ire
Ireland, for Liverpool, and there loaded a cargo of salt for
Pillau, in Prussia. Qa the evening of the 10th of March
the brig above named was working up the English Channel
on the port tack, with the wind fresh from E.N.E. at 8
p.m. On that night 1 turned into my bed to sleep and was
aroused between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock by a fearful
concussion and shock. 1 immediately rushed on deck, and
perceived that another vessel had run into the Auorkus
Month, and at the same time I heard Capt. Rickel's order
the mainsail to be hauled up. Previous to the concussion from
the motion of the Auorkus Month, it appeared to me that the
ship was luffed well up in the wind, as if to avoid collision,
and I distinctly heard the officer of the watch shouting to
the other vessel, bat they took no notice of it . The car-
penter had, it appeared to me, gone forward, for heshouted
out, " Our ship ie sinking ! and at the Same time with
his axe proceeded to cut away, as well as he was able, the
lashings of the longboat in midsbips. Evidence had by this
time so far collected our faculties as to perceive that the
vessel which had run into us bad square yards, and had
been apparently running down Channel, and I distinctly
heard English spoken by sonic person on hoard of her, and
answered by his captain. The Auorkus Month had fallen
off before the wind, and the vessels bad separated, but the
vessel that had fouled us made no attempt to save life or
render any assistance to the disabled vessel. I cannot say
whether she had experienced any damage, as she had
struck us in the fere part of the fore-chains, on the port
bow. The crew (including myself) perceiving the Auor-
kus Month settling in the water, and that they could
not get at the lashings of tho longboat and jollyboat
(which were inside of her), betook themselves to the
rigging by various ways, and I got up to the main-
topgallant crosstrees, but perceiving that the hull
had totally disappeared under the water, which was
nearly up to me, I struck off and swam away towards
some small spars that were floating near me. On reaching
these they prove I to be the boat's oars, and I accordingly
placed one under each arm, and thus floated until day-
break, when I perceived part of the deck, with the after-
companions hatch on it, uas near me, and I left my oars
and swam towards it, and with • erne difficulty got on it.
In the course of that morning (March 11) a schooner ran
close to the wreck on which I was standing, and I shouted
to them, but they did not attempt to rescue me. With
despair at my heart, I sat down before the companion
batch to get some shelter from the cold biting wind which
chilled and benumbed my limbs, and in this position I
saw a boat pulling towards me, and in jumping up saw a
large vessel hove to. In the course of a few minutes the
boat was alongside the wreck, and I was assisted from it
and taken to the Sandford, when I was undressed and put
into a bed, and carefully attended to until I recovered.
" MICHAEL KRATTIAT."

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