The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-20 00:00:00

THE INDIA CIVIL SERVICE.

The laurel-;;on71;;the Dublin University at the
last competitive examination have been added to by
the appointment of two more gentlemen, graduates
of Trinity College, to lucrative appointments in the
civil service of the East India Company. In the
course of last week the Court of Directors selected
for immediate employment in the Educational De-
partment in India, with eligibility to the important
office of Principal when openings occur, Mr. R. L.
Martin, A. 8., son of the Archdeacon of Ardagh,
and Mr. H. Smith, A. 8., son of a beneficed clergy-
man in the North of Ireland. The grounds of se-
lection in both cases were the numerous and high
distinctions obtained by these young men during
their undergraduate course and at their degree
examination.

THE WEATHER.
A marked and, even for this fickle climate, sin-
gular change in the weather has taken place since
Saturday last. In the afternoon of that day the
wind set in at north-east, and it suddenly became
sharp and cold. Sunday, though a fine and bright
day, the temperature fell lower ; and yesterday, in
the absence of all sunshine, the glass sunk to 50,
being nearly 30 degrees below what it stood at only
eight or ten days previously. In fact, during any
part of the day no one would have been surprised
at the apparition of a snow shower in the middle
of the month of August. The change from tropical
heat to an intense cold has been general in Ireland
—all the last weather reports announcing the veer-
ing of the wind to a north-easterly point, with all
the symptoms of a premature winter. This morn-
ing opened dark and gloomy, but the cold has
somewhat abated.

THE DUNNING DOWN OF THE BRIG

lIENBIETTE, OF BAYONNE.

SUNDERLAND, AUG.
_l6.

Captain John Allan, of the ship Clontarf, of and from
London, 1091 tons, for this port in ballast, has made the
following deposition respecting the running down of the
• brig Henriette, of Bayonne, on the 13th, and the whole
of the crew, excepting three, drowned :
"Sailed from London on the sth inst., and proceeded
without any material occurrence till the 9th inst., when
at about 1 o'clock p.m. he arrived at Sunderland Road'
and got a pilot on board, who took command of the
shin—E, fresh. At 2 p.m. engaged the steam tug Eagle,
of Sunderland, to tow the ship into the south dock, but
before proceeding sent the steam tug to give notice of
the ship being in the roads. Six o'clock—The steam
tug returned, and the master of the tug reported that
the dockmaster had not a sufficient number of men to
open•the gates. Captain Allau immediately wore ship,
and made pail close hauled on a wind, which was then
freshening. 10 p.m.—Wind still increasing, blowing
dead on a lee shore, the ship scarcely holding her own,
carrying as much canvas as she could stand under. 4
a.m.—Weathered Souter Point, all bands having been
at their stations during the night tacking ship oeealion.
ally. 6.30 a.m.—The pilot tacked ship towards the
port, and when off the entrance, distant about 2 mile',
fired three guns as a signal for the steam tug to come
out, and at a quarter-past seven a.m. the steam tug
Firefly came alongside, and took a hawser and towed
the ship seaward on the starboard tack. 10 a.m.—The
master of the steam-tug Eagle came off, and informed the
pilot that he might proceed into the dock. Immediately
clewed up and furled all sails, except the foretopsail,
and when within half a mile of the dock entrance the
master of the steam tug Eagle, having gone into the
dock, came off again, and informed Capt. Allan and the
pilot that the dockmaster would not take the ship into
dock, in consequence of the wind being so strong. Cal -
tain Al an immediately engaged the Firefly and Eagle
to tow the ship to Shields harbour, but after towing
about an hour, being off Souter Point, three miles dis-
tant from Shields harbour, finding it was too late to save
the tide, he (Captain Allan) discharged the steam-tugs,
and at 12.50 p.m., made all sail and stood off the land.
llth, 3 p.m.—Tacked ship to the south, the wind mo-
derate, thick and hazy ; 6 p.m. tacked to the north, and
at 8 p.m. Tynenionth Light bore SW by W, distant
about 15 miles ; 11 p.m. tacked ship to south ; and
about midnight, all hands being on deck, and a light
fixed on the bowsprit, and one of the crew at the helm,
the pilot walking the deck, and Captain Allan and the
chief officer walking the front of the poop, and Richard
Richards, Frost, and Ranjohn on the port side of the
forecastle, and Samedam on the starboard side, keeping
a look out, the night being very dark, the ship lying
SW by S on the port tack, close hauled under topf ails
and courses, the wind blowing fresh from the SE, the
chief officer reported a light nearly right ahead, and
Captain Allan called to the man at the helm to put it
hard a-port, which was immediately done, and in about
a quarter of an hour afterwards Captain Allan and crew
observed the light to be on the weather beam, and had
the appearance of being about a mile and a half off,
upon which Captain Allan caused the ship to resume
her course. 1 a.m.—The ship still close-hauled, and the
crew keeping a good look out, one of them, Samedatn,
reported a light ono point on the lee, which was also
seen on the poop at the same time. Immediately after-
wards a vessel was observed close ahead on the star-
board tack. The helm of the Clontarf was still kept
a-port, but the vessels almost instantly came into col-
lision with each other, the Clontarf striking with her
stem [the other vessel's iport side, which went down
head foremost, and nothirg was seen of her or her crew
except the master and mate, who saved themselves by
getting hold of the bobstays of the Clontarf. As soon
as the collision took place the sails were thrown aback,
and a boat was got ready to go to the assistance of the
stranger and her crew, but nothing being seen of her it
was not lowered. The strange vessel proved to be the
French brig Henriette, of Bayonne. The Clontarf re-
mained hove to for some time, looking for the crew of
the sunk vessel, and afterwards filled sails and proceeded
to this port, where she arrived on The 12th instant.—
Shipping Gazette.

UNCERTAINTY OF PUNISHMENTS.