The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-20 00:00:00

S.IVING OF LIFE AT SEA.

The following is a copy of a despatch received at
the Board of Trade from the British Consulate at
Copenhagen :
" Sir,—I have the honour to report, for the information of
the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, the
particulars of the following cases where .British seamen,
during the recent gales, have been saved by foreign ship-
masters, and by them placed in my charge :-1. On the 3d
inst. the brig Sir John Rennie, of Blyth, Capt. A. Turner,
master, while in the North Sea, on a voyage from Riga to
London, was struck by a heavy sea, which carried away her
boats, bulwarks, stanchions, &c , and shortly after filled her
with water. The master and s'even of his crew clung to the
foretop, with a view of saving their lives. Soon after one of
the crew, Benjamin Foster, of London, was drowned, and
on the 4th inst. another, Daniel Andrews, of Blytb, died
from exhaustion. 4th. While the crew were in the position
described, a British screw steamer (name unknown) hove in
sight close to them ; they loudly called for assistance, but
the master made no effort to render any aid. On the sth
the French brig Emilie Felix, Vincent Marie Nicolazo,
master, of Dieppe, hove in sight, and the master brought here
alongside, in doing which his ves el struck the wreck
Sir John Rennie, and sustained some damage. Capt.
Nico-
ef th
lazo then caused a life buoy to be fastened to agaliancee,adanal
ed,
passed to the wreck, andby this ant.otehetriima ctves
of
Captain
in the course of some hours, in saviwn
itnh alle
e seinx, nd upml
abeeera.
TOunrntheor sa
tnhd
inst.th e remaindere apt. Nicolazo o f
Thislcraeded,
ad ess and humanity of Capt.
rnaer and his crew spoke in
the highest terms of theh -
them in my charge. Capkti
'in exhaustion and want of food.
they must have
perished
the captain, in saving their lives,
Nicolazo, and declaredodt
froat without his prompt assistance,
and of his crew, as well as the
vessel. Upoloffering to repay Capt. Nico-
lazo of his own
exposed
ed further
that stated
e f
histewe
days he declined to accept anything, stating
law the expenses incurred in the maintaining of the said
crew for five
that the act he had performed was one of humanity. 2: On
the 3d inst. the British vessel Phesdo, Edward D. Wilson/
r, from Wyburg for London, while in the North Sea,
struckn2wri9wtearks ,
ba heavy sea, which carried away boats, masts,
bulwarks, stanchions,' &a., and filled her with water.
The master and six of the crew were washed overboard and
drowned. Seamen George Hall and John Thompson wer
able to cling to the wreck until the sth inst., when they
were most providentially rescued by Capt. A. Petersen, of
the Norwegian ship Europa, of Christiania, who, at great
risk to himself, his crew, and his ship, most humanely
launched his boats and saved their lives. After maintain-
ing them on board his vessel from the sth inst. he landed
them at Coperhagen on the Bth, and placed them in my
charge. The two seamen spoke in the highest terms of the
generous kindness of Capt. Petersen, to whose prompt as-
sistance they were solely indebted for their lives. Upon
being informed by me that he was entitled to payment for
their maintenance, Capt. Petersen refused all compensation
on the same ground as stated by Capt. Nicolazo. The sea-
men, John Thompson and George Hall, were unable to
furnish me with the names of the men belonging to the
brig Phesdo who were drowned. The crews of the late
brig Sir J. Rennie and of the late brig Phesdo have this
day been sent by me to Shields on board the British steamer
Sheidrake, Capt. Barnes. I have the honour to add that
the French Minister at this court, in the absence of the
French consul, after the departure of the brig Emilie Felix,
requested me to furnish him with a declaration respectingv_
the conduct of Capt. Nicolazo in the case referred to,
,Jll,
I did. IiARRY RAINALS, Vice-Cous

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It is stated that the tidal service be
ichween London
and Pari October for, wh
the winter months,
will this year be maintained in full efficiency until the end
of November, and also that it will be carried on throughout
the winter, although at a somewhat reduced speed. The
preference given to this service by travellers has afforded
ample proof of their appreciation of the combination of speed
is limna e wanting to enable its
and comfort it affords; and its continuance throughout the
year in unbroken efficiency
influence to be fully developed augmenting the conti-
nental traffic.
Un the 25th inst. a change will be made in the
time of departure of the express trains between Vienna and
Paris to Eng-
Paris. The fast train willleave Paris at Bin the evening,
at half-past 5
English,t la
be in Munich at 10 in the evening of the next day, and in.
Vienna at noon on the second day. The express will kayo
vienria, at 4 in the afternoon, be in
wMituhnitchhe
in the morning, and in Paris at 5 in the morning of the
second day. It is to be hoped th® trains from -
land will soon be in correspondence
train, and vice versa, as the mails which pass
warty. arr i v e very irregularly. The
t.
the
tei3l:eiot_uoirgashz of
Vienna-Pariste hr
e-
' Rhenish papers are so often overdue and
Vienna papers have great difficulty in finding materials
with which to fill their columns.

SEASONING FOOD FOR CATTLE.--Vith regard to the
progress in cattle cookery, including
the ofn necessity
Hof
'oi
so Condiment, that is attested by all prac-
tical men. What would any company of ladies or gentle-
men think of the cook who would serve them with unsea-
soned food, and naught to season it with ? And why should
it be otherwise araoliz our denicriticatecl animals ?