The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-24 00:00:00

THE SUN,

ready to strike the monster a deadly blow should he
appear, the ship moving about five knots, when work-
ing on the side of the ship he discovered the whale
rushing towards her at the rate of fifteen knots ! In
an instant the monster struck the ship with tremen-
dous violence, shaking her from stem to stern ! She
quivered under the violence of the shock, as if she had
struck upon a rock ! Captain Deblois immediately
descended into the forecastle, and there, to his horror,
discovered that the monster had struck the ship about
two feet from the keel, abreast the foremast, knocking
a great hole entirely through her bottom, through
which the water rushed and roared impetuously !
Springing to the deck, he ordered the mate to cut
away the anchors and get the cables over-
board to keep the ship from sinking, as she
had a large quantity of pig-iron on board.
In doing this the mate succeeded in re-
leaving only one anchor and cable clear, the other
having been fastened around the foremast. The ship
was then sinking rapidly. The captain went to the
cabin, where he found three feet of water; he, how-
ever, succeeded in procuring a chronometer, sextant,
and chart. Reaching the decks he ordered the boats
to be cleared away, and to get water and provisions, as
the ship was keeling over. He again descended to the
cabin, but the water was rushing in so rapidly that he
could procure nothing. He came upon deck, ordered
all hands into the boats, and was the last himself to
leave the ship, which he did by throwing himself into
the sea and swimming to the nearest boat. The ship
was on her beam-end, her topgallant yards under
water. They then pushed off some distance from the
ship, expecting her to sink in a very short time.
Upon an examination of the stores they had been able
to save, he discovered that they had only twelve quarts
of water, and not a mouthful of provisions of any
kind. The boats contained eleven men each; were
leaky, and night coming on, they were obliged to bail
them all night to keep them from sinking!
Next day, at daylight, they returned to the ship, no
one daring to venture on board but the captain, their
intention being to cut away the masts, and fearful
that the moment that the masts were cut away the
ship would go down. With a single hatchet the
captain went on board, cut away the masts, when
the ship righted. The boats then came up, and the
men, by the sole aid of spades, cut away the chain
cable from around the foremast, which got the ship
nearly' on her keel. The men then tied ropes round
their bodies, got into the sea, and cut a hole through
the decks to get out provisions. They could procure
nothing but about five gallons of vinegar, and twenty
pounds of wet bread. The ship threatened to sink,
and they deemed it imprudent to remain by her
longer, so they set sail in their boats and left her.
On the 221 of August, at about five o'clock, P.M.,
they had the indescribable joy of discerning a ship in
the distance. They made signal, and were soon an-
swered, and in a short time they were reached by the
good ship Nantucket, of Nantucket, Massachusets,
Captain Gibbs, who tock them all on board, clothed
and fed them, and extended to them in every way the
greatest possible hospitality.
On the succeeding day Captain Gibbs went to the
wreck of the ill•fattd Ann Alexander, for the purpose
of trying to procure something from her; but as the
,sea was rough, and the attempt considered dangerous,
ne nbandoned the project. The Nantucket then set
sail for Paita, where she arrived on the 15th of Sep-
tember, and where she landed Captain Deblois and
his men. Captain Deblois was kindly and hospitably
received and entertained at Paita, by Captain Ba-
thurst, an English gentleman, residing there, and
subsequently took passage on board the schooner
Providence, Captain Starbucli, for this port, arriving
here on Sunday last, the 12th inst.

KOSSUTH.
(From the North Wales Chronicle.)

We have long taken it to be a mark of sound good
sense—of real honesty in the Herald, Standard, and
Post, that knowing the free-trade principles of Kossuth,
they should so long have taken his part, and should con-
tinue to take his part, against the liberal (?) Times, and
free-trade Chronicle. It has been asked—how can we con-
sistently take the part of a man so opposed to the Protec-
tion and Conservative principles which we have ever
maintained? The humiliation felt in answering this simple
question is heightened by the fact that we have again
and again explained the reasons which have made us
such sympathizers with the Magyar cause, and this too,
though perfectly aware that Kossuth is quad a modo a
Free•trader. But why is he so? The simple truth is
that every Hungarian patriot must be, relatively speak-
ing, a Free-trader. What has been the commercial
relation in which Hungary has stood to Austria? Com-
mercially it has been trea'ed as a foreign country.
Heavy import and export duties were levied on goods
coming to Austria from Hungary. A long series of
vexatious imposts and taxes awaited the merchant and
traveller ou the frontier ; exportation was prevented,
and everything was done to keep Hungary in a state of
seclusion from foreign intercourse. This is the evil
which Kossuth has violently and consistently attacked,
and we maintain that this protection of Austria against
Hungary deserved attack. Commercially, Hungary and
Austria ought to have been considered as one country.
Dr. Bach seems to have done his best to destroy the
commercial, but effect the political unity of the two. For
let it never be supposed that Austria and Hungary are
politically one country. They are no more one than
Britain and Hanover. What would have been said, if
on the death of William IV., Queen Victoria had gone
to war with Hanover, because her constitution excluded
females from her throne? If we bad opposed such a
flagitious war, should we have deserved the name of
Radical; should we not rather have been Conservatives
in the highest degree. What difference is, there between
the case put and the relation of Hungary to Austria?
None whatever. Hungary in its proper acceptation com-
prehends—l. Hungary proper, including civil Sclavonia,
Croatia, and the Hey duke districts. 2. Transylvania.
3. The Military Froatier. All these countries are,
legally, parts of the Kingdom of Hungary, and are sub-
jeet to the King of Hungary, who, merely by chance,
happens to be Emperor of Austria. He is not neces-
sarily so—any more than a King of England is neces-
sarily King of Hanover. The following is a more ac-
curate description of the whole Kingdom of Hungary.
Hungary Proper comprehends:—
A. Eleven Comitats or Counties beyond or west of
the Danube, containing 2,000,000 of people

B. Thirteen counties on this bide or east of the
Danube, with nearly 3,000,000 of people.
C. Eleven counties on this side the river Theiss arc.
Tibiscus, with 2,000,000.
D. Twelve counties beyond the Theiss, including the
Banat, with 2,500,000.
E. Sclavonia, with three counties, Syrmia, Verocz,
and Posega, and 500,000 people.
F. Croatia and Separate Districts. Thus making
Hungary Proper to consist of 10,000,000 of people, and
87,000 miles.
IL Transylvania, including the Magyar, the 'Lechler,
and ttiaxon Districts, 2,000,000 of people, and twenty-
five counties, on May 30th, 1048, was incorporated with
Hungary.
111. The Military Frontier, intended to guard against
the Turk:, includes six generala'z—of Carlstat, Ban,
Varedin, Sciavonia, Banat, and Transylvania, which are
divided into twenty regiments, and the same number of
communities, with 2 500,000 of people, and 15,000 miles.
Thus the whole kingdom of Hungary, independent of
Austria, comprehends 126,000 miles, and 14,000,000 of
people. But it will be said. Is not Hungary really a
part of the Austrian Empire? Here a knowledge of the
history of the middle ages is requisite, and we would
really wish that those who talk so much of Kossuth
would study it. They would find that the first Prince
of the House of Hapsburgh (the celebrated castle near
Brugg, in Switz-3rl,nd) who reigned in Hungary was
Ferdinand I. And how did he gain possession of the
throne—by conquest or by succession? No, he was
elected by the Diet in 1526, and chosen by the suffrages
of a free and gallant people. The succession on certain
terms was fixed in the imperial family in 1687, and since
the termination of the civil wars in 1711 the House of
Austria has held possession of the country. We have
said that the union on the part of Hungary was volun-
tary. The worst of the Hapaburgh Emperors never till
lately ventured to ignore this glaring fact. The two
countries had a common sovereign, but the power of the
King of Hungary has always been more circumscribed
than that of the Emperor of Austria. But further, the
young Emperor Francis Joseph refused to swear to ob-
serve the rights of the Hungarian crown and people.
He thereby as much lost the confidence of his subjects
as James 11. did when he broke his coronation oath.
Were those who brought in William 111. rebels? Were
they not Conservatives in the highest degree? How
were Batthyani and his illustrious coadjutors different
from the friends of the Prince of Orange? All they
wanted was that the young Emperor should swear the
same oath as his predecessors, and that Hungary should
not be treated as a dependency of Austria.
But why take into confidence, it will be asked, a
newspaper man like Kossuth—a liberal—a man from the
ranks? We are yet to learn that the duties of newspaper
editersullaoyryevincompatible with those of statesmen. Many
.:.f. the London writers, who keep their names concealed,
conciliate; ourselves
nevEirtavreeef_:us much political power as Girardin of the Pre,se.
who had more
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Pze,sethclk.n Kossuth the journalist, whose
abilities, and
was obliged to bring to
etsinpterestedness Count Batthyani
Kossuth was glad to join wisatidgres
of the kingdom. Liberal
iar in the then dangerous state
Free-trader as he was,
Conservative. magnates to
rescue his fatherland from
and
oseTeni;daendd it is because
conservative and decentralizing cause of
he dropped his liberalism,
Hungary
the good old
against tha grasping and centralizing conduct of Austria
we give Kossuth our heart sympathy. Unhappily, Bat:
thyani and Kossuth failed, but Francis Joseph has yet to
politically cut off his right hand in de-
gfirnadditnhgattiabee has
Magyar, We can imagine the advent of a
time when the Emperor will be glad of the aid of a
Kossuth to support his Imperial crown against Russia;
but when Kossuth, forced by Imperial shortsightedness
to become a citizen of another land, will remain deaf to
1 the solicitations of his former King.

THE MANCHESTER AND SALFORD SCHEME OF
EDUCATION —At a meeting of the chapter of the rural
deanery of West Firle, in the diocese of Chichester, held on
the 20th November, 1851, the following resolution was
passed :—" That the chapter, having considered what is
termed the Manchester and Salford Scheme of Education,
unanimously protest against any scheme of educatiou which
I shall negative distinctive religious teaching."

U•ELS-LIGHT AND COHN COSIPILIVILS.
Dividend Amount
I Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. I Share.
----' I -
X. s. el. £. s. d.
British ••••••.. •• • • - 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 1114
Ditto Provincial.• - 11. Bs. 20 0 0 20 00 11 18%
Brighton ...... ••• • .. 51. 20 0 0 - 1 -
City of London .. •• • • 61. 100 0 0 150 0 0 ' 130
Continental Consolidat. 503. 75 0 0 31 5 0 39%
Equitable........ •• .. 50s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 2734
Imperial ............ 3/. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70
Independent......... 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46
London• • ............ - 50 0 0 50 0 0 --
- 50 0 0 511 0 0 -
Do., Petri. Preference 61. 25 0 0 710 0 -
Phcenix . .......... „ 4/. 50 0 0 49 0 0 26%
Ratcliff .... . ~, .. „ _ 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 -
United General ...... 11. 50 0 0 50 0 0 16
Westminster Chartered 31. 5O 0 0 - 44%
Ditto,New .... -. , 12s. 150 0 0 10 0 0 814
LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
Dividend Amount
Name of Company, per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
---- -__.__ --_-- ------ _.---
X s. d. X s. d
Bank of Scotland
British Linen Company Si. per cent. 'lOO 0 0 100 0 0 201
Caledonian Bank ...• • 81. per car,. 10 0 0 210 0 31.1 Is
City of Glasgew Bank 61. per cert. 10 0 0 10 0 0 1116
Clydesdale Bank•• •• •• 634 per cert. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12X
Commercial Bank .. •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 176
Eastern Bank.. ••• • •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 10
Edinb.kGletsgow Bank 61. per cep,. I 5 0 0 50 0 4
Emehangelink of Scot.. 4/. per cent. !1100 0 0 42 0 0 g
National Bank. ..... - 614 percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15%
North of Scotlandßank 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2%
Royalßank of Scotland 51. per cent. .00 0 0 ,100 0 0 134
f-fr.onßank of Scotland 8/. per cent. 100 0 01 50 0 0 9114
Western Bank -••• • • • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70
Alliance Fire and Life 414 /.pr cent 10 0 0 10 0 0 2114
British Guarantee
Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22%
City of Glasgow Lite 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 31. 13s
Colonial Life ....
Edinburgh Life Insur. 6/. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 I 21%
Eng.& Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 I 3%
Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 :31- 15e
National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1255.0 d
North British Insur. • • 61. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 27
Scottish 'Union Durum 6%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 275.0 d
Standard Life - .... - 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 ! 1236
United Dep.Assuraace 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 17s 6d
IVIXSCELLANEOITS.
Dividend Amount
I piamo of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
---- -
X. s. d. X. e. e? .
Assam Tea .......... - 20 0 0 , 20 0 0 9
knctien Mart ••• • - - 21. ss. 50 0 0 - 2634
Australian Agriculturl 11. 100 0 0 30 0 0 15
Australian Trust .... 61. per cent. - 35 0 0 20
Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 2434
Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 2 10 0 -
British American Laid - - 38 10 0 -
Canada ....... •• .. GI. per cent. 100 0 0132 10 0 47%
De. 5 per cent *Bonds - - - -
Ditto, 6pr et. Bonds 61. percent. - - 109
City Navigation Bonds 3} per cent. - - 9334
Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp.c. ,k bs, 2: 100 0 0 100 0 0 95
Equitable Reversienry 5/ pr. cent. 100 0 0 'lOO 0 0 10734
Ditto New ........ - 50 0 0 7 10 0 -
Gen.SteamNavigation 10 p. c' 15 0 0 14 0 0 2734
Hudson's Bay ...... .. - Stock. - 206
Hungerford .......... 2/. ss. - 100 0 0 47
London Institution ... - - 78 15 0 632
New Zealand Company - 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Ditto, New ........ - 25 0 0 12 10 0 -
Russell Institutlon.... - - 26 5 0 -
Peninslr& Orient.Stm. 81. p. c.Bsbs. 50 0 0 50 0 0 703{
Reversionary Int. Soc. 4141. pr cant. 100 0 0 100 0 0 100%
Royal Mail Steam.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 79%
South Australian ..... 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 2334
Van Dieman's Land.. - 100 0 0 1 29 0 0 1

BLoommusm Ix A BLAZE.—The fair Bloomers
who last week visited Chelmsford appear to have thrown an
unwonted light upon the subject at Sudbury. The party
made their appearance at the Town-hall, on Wedaesday
evening, Miss Glyndon was plunging deeply into pantalettes,
and Miss Gordon was illustrating the dress of olden days,
catching the hearts of all the sparks in the company, when it
was found that one, from a more unsentimental source, viz.,
a tallow candle, had caught the venerable hoop, and had sent
up flames to play mortal havoc amongst the folds and fur-
belows. Happily a knight errant was at hand to save, in
the person of Ar. Wood, of Brundon Mills, who rushed upon
the stage, and, the perilled beauty falling, not into his arms,
but into his great coat, which he wrapped rescuingly around
her, was soon safe from further harm. The only injury was
a slight barn on the arm, which was soothed by a liniment
promptly poured by Mr. Maurice Mason ; and the fair
Bloomers hitched up their trousers, like sailors after a
tough action, and bore their wounded from the stage.—Essex
Herald.

CENTRAL CONNEXION OP METROPOLITAN RAIL-
WAY STATIONS.—Whether or not Mr. Pearson's be a sound
and desirable project we need not now determine : there is
much in it that wants explanation, and the cost, notwith-
standing what the projector said, would be enormous—but
of this we are certain, that some plan should be adopted to
connect the various railways. To speak of a terminus to a
railway so long as there is any place farther on to be reached,
has always seemed to us absurd. If we wish to go from
London to Manchester we find no break up of the road at
Birmingham or other towns, but can go right on to our
journey's end. If, however, when we come back we would
travel on say farther south than London, another sort of
conveyance must be taken to, and probably some hours are
wasted before the journey can be continued. The first thing
to be done towards rendering our railroad system more coin-
plkte is to bring into communication all the existing lines
which surround London.—Builder.