The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-11 00:00:00

FATAL SHIPWRECK.

One of the severest storms that have occurred here
for some time commenced on the evening of Friday
last week, and continued with little abatement
until Tuesday. Though little damage has been
done in town, or even in the country districts, yet
our islands have more than their usual average of
casualties by sea to record. The wind blew strong
from E. to S.E., and the sea around was lashed up
to tremendous fury. No steamer or boat of course
ventured out, so that up till Wednesday morning
we were cut off from our usual supply of intelli-
gence furnished by the post and packets. During
the course of Monday, however, painful news
dropped in of a vessel having been seen to the
south-west of Copinshay, apparently in a state of
great distress. On the morning of that day it ap-
pears the inhabitants of the peninsula of Deerness
descried a sail, which, as it gradually became more
visible, appeared evidently to be making for the
land. At this time the wisest course for the vessel
would have been, whenever it came in sight of the
shore to leeward, to run for Holm Sound, or to go
round the reef of Copinshay, and so to make for one
of the natural harbours lying to the north. Neither
of these courses, however, did she adopt, but, on the
contrary, stood straight towards the shore, and, as
the sea was rolling in in heavy masses from the
German Ocean, in a short time she was borne so
far inward as to be quite embayed. Her fate now
became inevitable. By no way whatever was there
the smallest opening of escape for the unfortunate
vessel, and but little hope could remain in the
breasts of the spectators of saving the crew,
though numbers of people had by this time
reached the shore, anxious, if possible, to
render every assistance in their power. Nearer
and nearer the vessel came, and signals were
made by those on shore for the ship to
steer for the sand of Dennisgoe—the only
place where they had the smallest expectation
of doing anything for the unhappy crew. No
notice, however, was taken of the signals, and it is
probable from the great quantity of spray that was
flying about that they were not seen or not pro-
perly understood. Instead of making to the spot
signaled out the ship still continued nor course to
the southward, and a little after one o'clock in the
day approached very near to the rocks to the west
of Stembister, and, notwithstanding everything
that was now done by the crew to bear off, was in
a short time within the boiling surge, and help-
lessly tossed 'about by the raging tempest. Here
she struggled for a while, until one huge wave
seized, and, as with giant's ~rasp, bore her right
upon one of the outlying rocks in which the coast
abounds, Having been frightfully shattered by the
shock she was yet again driven back, and, as if the
work of destruction was not yet complete, was borne
by a second wave once more upon the same rock,
and the next instant the sea appeared strewn with
the broken fragments. All this took place not more
than the ship's own length from the face of the
cliff, which would be here about 90 or 100 feet in
height ; and so terrible was the force with which
she came on that staves of casks were actually
thrown right up to the top of the precipice. By the
men above the crew were distinctly seen on board,
but not the smallest assistance could be rendered,
the only duty the people on shore could render
being that of appearing as mournful spectators of
the melancholy catastrophe. The ship's name is
not yet known, but the cargo seems to have con-
sisted of linseed, which, from part of the wreck that
has come on shore, appears to have been shipped at
Riga by Thomas Renny and Co. Of this cargo not
a particle has been saved, and of the whole wreck
itself scarcely so much, has yet been gathered as
will realise a few pounds in value. Several ar-
ticles have been picked up, and among them a
bungee, bearing upon it the words N. and Daniel,"
and from this probably the name may bediscovered.
A private signal has also been found marked " R
87," and bearing the Russian merchantman's co-
lours in the corner. Nothing further has as yet
been found to afford a clue to the name of the
ill-fated ship, but from all that has been ga-
thered it is believed she is a foreigner. Mr. Baikie,
agent for Lloyd's, and a Custom-house officer were
on the spot soon after the vessel struck, and have
taken possession of the part of the wreck that was
found, On Wednesday afternoon, about four o'clock,
the bodies of two of the crew were picked up on
the beach below Stembister, in the parish of St.
Andrew, about half a mile from the spot where the
vessel struck, and the same evening Constable
M'Kay found the bodies of four more, the whole
number found being thus, up to the present time,
six. They all appear -to have been stout men,
apparently between 30 and 40 years of age, with
the exception of one, which appears to be the body
of a youth of about 17. The features of all are so
much disfigured that it would be vain to look for
anything in them which could in any way lead to
the identification of the bodies. Certain ornaments,
however, found on their persons may yet assist in
this result, On the third finger of the right hand
of one of the men (a tall dark-haired man) there
was found a ring, on the inside of which are en-
graved, as with a needle, the letters " H. 8., 1860,"
but there was no other mark on his person or cloth-
ing which can possibly lead to his identification.
On the third finger of the left hand of another was
found a plain gold ring, without, however, any
special mark either on the clothes or person which__
could serve to mark him out to his friends. From
the appearance of these two it is believed that one
was the captain, and the other the mate 4
ill-
fated vessel. On the left fore-arm
of a third of the
bodies were the letters "L. P. IL - •
" roughly
pricked out in blue ink ; and on the left-fore arm of
a fourth a cross resting on a eanrt, on which are
J.,
i German text,
pricked the letters ‘
and directly below the‘ Tile-art is the figure of a
woman dressed. Over the cross is also pricked the
form of an anchor. None of the others contained
any special marks which could lead to their identi-
fication.
All the bodies were interred in the
churchyard of Holm
yesterday afternoon. The
rings before-mentioned have
been taken possession
of by the Procurator-Fiscal, from whom the friends
of the deceased will receive them, on it being dis-
covered who they are. Of themselves they aro of
little value, but they may, nevertheless, be highly
valued by the friends and relations of the deceased.
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DUBLIN, 7'BllSt: Mok NINO.
The editor of the Southern Rep r (Cori .t), who
was himself a _L:member of the Irish 34- ev o -
lut ionary party in 1848, and suffered soma months'
incarceration under the Habeas Corpus Suspension
Act in that year, thus gives his opinion with irespect
to the late Repeal demonstration at the RotunAda:—
"We ourselves worked zealously and earnestly
for the restoration of the Irish Legislature. We
did not shrink from its advocacy while there sea med
a hope or chance of its attainment, and we 116 ver
lowered the flag we fought under till the 'field w. as
irrevocably lost. When it was lost—when, in th, e
quiet security of victory, the conqueror was in a.
ture
position to smile at impotent braggadocio and
empty defiance, we sought to save our countrymen
from indulging in these last degradations of the
defeated. Men who had shrunk from the strife
when danger was impending, who had skulked
and trimmed, and hesitated when there was risk to
run, began, with the currish instincts of their
tribe, to bark and snarl when all was ove.r. But,
conscious of its melancholy position, shrinking, let
us trust, from the deep humiliation of mockiusg by
a sham agitation its own bygone earnestness, the
country allowed Repeal to die gradually out, an d
the traders in patriotism had to invent some new
devices to win popularity and influence. These
have served their hour, and are now worn thread-.
bare. Tenant right is used up ; and, in the utter'
destitution of ideas, there are found some men now '
who dare to drag forward the question of nationality
again for their selfish purposes—to stick up over
the penny show box where they perform their -rub •
gar antics the consecrated though fallen standard.
of their country.
" To enter into any argument with a view of di 0-
monstrating that the proposed revival of the agiti t.-
tion for nationality is a wretched farce would b.
preposterous. We need but point to the meeting .
Universal Ireland stands there represented by Tht 3
'O'Donoghne, Mr.
J. F. Maguire, and the ghost—
we presume—of Mr. O'Neill Daunt, for of the gen-
tleman himself we do not remember to have heard::for ten years past ! These men—substance or
shadow—are to do the work which O'Connell,
Davis, Meagher, Dillon, O'Brien, Mitchel, backed
by the fervour of two-thirds of the Irish people, not
merely failed, but miserably failed to, do. One
might smile at the folly, if ene were not Astounded
at the effrontery, of these new leaders. But the
effrontery is too much to smile at. That three or
four insignificant persons should take on tht niselves
to enact parts immeasurably above their abilities
may be simply laughable; but that men who have
been the systematic revilers and slanderers o. f those
most conspicuous for patriotism and public -virtue
in other lands, men who have been the apologists
of every crowned and seeptred scoundrel wlrie has
earned a special reputation for his hatred of libtert.T
and savage vindictiveness towards its advocatekl—
that such men should offer themselves as leaders'
in a struggle professing to have liberty for its ob-
ject is really unendurable. The manacle would
be still on the noblest limbs in Europe,, the
lash uplifted in the hands of the vilest tyrants,
if the Rotunda patriots could have had their
prayers but heard. And yet they dare to prate
of liberty ; they dare to rant of nationhood.
When they can point to any land on the earth's
wide surface in which liberty and nationhood have
been gained by empty braggarts and by selfish
charlatans, we may believe in the possibility of
their success. But, till we have had some such loca-
lity indicated, we shall regard this national revival.
as the most pitiable imposture of the day."

THE FLOODS L4ST WEEK.

LOSS OF LIFE.
The provincial papers of Saturday record serious
damage done in various parts of the countfy by the
heavy rain and consequent floods of last weac._ On
Friday, the river Ribble overflowed its banks at
Preston. The rains had so seriously affected the
embankments of a deep cutting near Galgate, on
the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, that two men
were stationed to watch them. On Thursday night
a slide of many tons of earth did occur, and com-
pletely blocked up the line, preventing its drainage,
and a deep lake was soon thus accumulated. A new
mansion, at present being built by the Duke of
Buccleuch for his steward, Mr. Edward Wadham,
at Millwood, near Dalton, fell down on Monday, in
consequence of the rains having flooded the cellars
and washed away the foundations of the building.
In the neighbourhood of Todmorden the rivers
swelled to a great height on Thursday evening. The
one which runs through the Burnley Valley rose to
a height never witnessed before. At Gandy Bridge
the pressure of the water forced down about six
anis of the wall, when the stream rushed into the
turnpike road, covering the cricket field, part of the
churchyard, and the road as far as Omervel's factory,
with one sheet of water. In some of the streets in
Cobden the water was two yards high, some of the
houses being full. It was Friday night before some
of the tenants got free of their unwelcome visitor-
In the Macclesfield district damage was done on
Thursday night. The dyehouse of Messrs. Ham-
mond, in Sutton, was flooded to a considerable ex-
tent, and some silk and dyeing apparatus were
under water. The Bollin rose to an unusual height,
overflowing its banks in many places, while the
stream which rushed rapidly past the angle of the
new factory in the Lower Heys, made its way into
the building to the depth of several feet. At
Presbury, the water got into the cottages. In
Butley, portions of hedgerows were washed
down, and part of Henbury Park was inundated.
From further south the accounts are not less
serious. We have already recorded a fatal
accident, occasioned by the flood, which resulted
in the death of a Worcestershire clergyman.
In Herefordshire, there are great floods on the
W. ye, the Lugg, and the Monnow, and some con-
siderable destruction of property has taken place ;
and a contemporary states that the embankments
of the Worcester and Hereford Railway have sunk'
several inches during the recent heavy rains, and
that the excavators have been obliged to suspend
operations, not being able to work more than two
or three days in the week. On Friday, the Ludlow
mail coach on its way to Worcester, could not
come beyond Eastham, owing to the flood. A cor-
respondent writes :—" The Severn and its tributa-
ries have risen to a height seldom known before,
and flooded the surrounding country. At Lye-
mill, about three miles from Bridgenoith, a stream
called the Marbrook became a perfect torrent on.
Friday last. In its course it hurried with it the
mill- dam connected with the premises of Mr.
Elcock, farmer and miller. The lower rooms of the
mill and adjacent buildings were submerged to a
depth of five or six feet. At Tuckford, another
stream called the Corvebrook, had also swelled into
the dimensions of a wide river ; and here at sad
calamity occurred. on Thursday night. Arr. Bloke-
ley, an extensive farmer, was on his way home from Ludlow to Tuckford on that evening ; and having
arrived at the margin of the stream, where it was
fordable when at its usual height, he rode his horse
into it. When about half way across the force of
the current bore the animal from its feet, and both
horso and rider were whirled down the stream.
Mr. Blokeley clung to the animal for some time,
seevderthe accident—to
and energetic endeavours were made by some of his
°rewanch, were vain, for in
a short time the horse and rider became separated.
shei rmv.a nts
Theirwli efforts, w'
thno° ws.
The animal managed to struggle to land, but Mr.
Blokeley was swept away, and up to the present
time his body has not been recovered."

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ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-
GARDEN.—Under the Management of Miss Louisa
Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, sole Lessees.
The sensation created with the publioowthe first represen
tation of Ba.lfe's New Legendaty Opera was most enthu-
siastic. Continuous applause marked its progress from the
rise until the fall of the curtain. Thedemand for l
placesfour daily
at the Box-office to witness this great musica wpopular English Composer, places the 11Tanagement in the
proud position of announcing- the performance of BLANCA,
,THE BRAYO'S BRIDE, Every Evening until further
notice.
THIS EVrNLIG, and dnrinc„, the Week, Balfe's New
Legendary Opel., BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE :
Miss Louisa iss Thirlwall ; Messrs. A. Lawrence,
J. Wharton, HCorgi, A. St. Albyn, G. Kelly, Wallworth, T.
Distin, Lyall, and W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. Alfred
Mellon. Orchestra of EigNy Performers. Chorus of Fifty
Voices. Concluding,- with a PIVERTISSEMENT.—Stag-e-
-manag-er, Mr. Edward Stirling. Acting-manager Mr. Edward
Murray. Doors open at 7; eonamence at half-past 7. No
charge for booking, or fees to Box...keepers.
At Christmas a Grand Pantomime. Alorning Performances
every Wednesday and Saturday.
me
_

OYAL ENGLISH OPERtN, COVENT-
-11, GARDEN—under the Management al' Miss LOUISA
PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON, Sole Lessees.
THIS EVENING. BIANCA, THE BRAVO"S BRIDE.
gps Louisa Pyne, Miss Thirlwall ; Mr. W. Harr. 9n
E.
A. Lawrence, Mr. H. Corti, Mr. St. Albyn, &c.
Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon.
And a DIVERTISSEMENT.
Doors open at Seven. Commence at Half-past.

11.1.-IEA TR t!,'-it()YAL, HAYMAItKET.
Lessee. Mr. J. B. Backstone.
TEE; F.VENING the performances will commeree with
AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Messrs. Bucketone, Compton,
W. Farren, Chippendale. Rozers, &c. ; Miss A. Sedg,wick,
Miss falLot, rs. E. Fitzwilliam, &c.
After which. JENNY LEND AT LAST. Jenny (her Bth
appearance), Miss Rose Howard.
And THE SUN AND THE WIND. By the Leclerc-cis.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris.
THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with
SUSAN SMITH.
To be followed by, at 8 o'clock, THE CORSICAN
BROTHERS. Supported. by Messrs. Fechter, A. Harris,
Meadows, Graham, Shore, and Miss Murray.
To conclude with THE GARIBALDI EXCURSIONISTS

THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM.
Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE.
THIS EVENING, THE PE TS OF THE PARTERRE.
Soenic Department under the direction of Mr. Wm. Callcott.
The Music by Mr. Georze Loder. Principal characters by Mr
IT. Neville, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. J. Morris, Miss M. Ternan,
Miss Neville, Misslludspeth, Miss Stuart, Miss Turner, Miss
Douglas, Miss Annie Collinson, and Miss Lydia Thompson.
After which, a new Drama, entitled HANDY ANDY.
Messrs. Campbell. Johnstone, T. Lyon. Forrester,
et VMilliersis,
Butler, and John Drew; Mrs. J. Rouse, Miss Hudsph, s
M. Ternan, and Miss Neville.
Followed by the new drama, entitled ADRIENNE ; or
THE SECRET OF A LIFE. Principal charaeMters
Villiers by Mr.
Henry Neville, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. A. Butler, r. ,
Mr. G. Vining- Mr. Forrester, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Clifford,
Mr. J. Johnstone ; Mrs. Keeley, and Madame Celeste.
To commence at a quarter to 7, on account of the length of
the entertainments.

NEW .T HEATRE-R YAL.
AD F,I,PHT,
Solo Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
Ettemzemont for a limited number of nights of Miss Agnes
Robertson and Mr. Dion Boucicault, who will appear
every c,
evenin in the highly successful Drama of "The
Colleen. Bawn.'
TUTS EVENIN, AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Messrs. J.
L, Toole, C Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E.
Thorne.
After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Boncicault, D.
Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer.
Miss AgZies Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billing,ton, and
Mrs. Chatterley.
After which, THAT BLESSED BABY. Mr. Billington,
Mr. J. L Toole, and Miss K. Kelly.
Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7.
Box-office open from 10 till 5.
No charge for booking.
Private boxes, ££2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l.
Orchestra Stalls, ss. • Balcony, is.. Front Circle Stalls, ss. •
Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, &.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-
r.A- Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Was. BATTY.
Astounding sensation created by the Lions and the great
Brute Tamer.
Miss Rebecca Isaacs every Evening.
Notice.—Thera will be no half-price during the engage-
ment of the Lions, except for children under ten years of
age, and then to Pit and Boxes only.
This Evening, a new Spectacle, entitled THE LION
CONQUEROR; or, The .Death Jungle, expressly tor the
introduction of the Wonders of the World, " The Groupe
of Performing Lions." The Lion Conqueror, Mr. J. Crockett .
Te be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena, supported by
talented Parisian and Bri ish Artistes.
Concluding with the First Act of THE DAUGHTER
OF THE REGIMENT. Marie, Rise Rebecca Isaacs.
Doors open at half-Fast 8, performance commence
Box-office open daily from 11 till 4
Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST.
Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson.

THE CT SHOW
A
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C. MORTON begs to inform visitors to London that the
above HALL, with its Magnificent Gallervof Modern Paint-
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GRAND SELECTIONS

FROM
BELLIN. I'S NORMA. AND FLOTOW'S MARTHA.
PRINCIPAL ARTISTES,
MISS RUSSELL MADAME MARIA.
MISS TYRREL MISS WILKINSON
Mr. HENRY HERBERT and Mr. BERNARD.
Conductor Mr. JONGRMANS.
The Comre Department comprises Messrs. A. B. Hollincrs-
worth, J. Blanchard, Cr. W. Pell, Charley Fox, and E. Mar-
shall, in his transformation song, "THE DOMESTIC
DRAMA," personating•five different characters.

THE WEATHER.--SUN OFFICE, DEC. 11. 1860.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
48—highest since noon yesterday.
38—lowest this morning and during the night.
44—this day at noon.

-
BARomETER-29.61.
WlND—Northerly ; fresh breeze, with cold rainy weather,

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, 12h. 12m.--Afternoon," 12h. 41m.
To-moßnow.-Morning, lh. 9m.—Afternoon, lh. 35m.

THE SUN.
LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 11, 1860.

Another telegram—a little fuller than its prede-
cessor of Saturday—has, within the last few hours,
arrived in anticipation of the mails now en route
from the Chinese seat of war. From this new
fragmentary utterance of that avant courier of the
regular mails—the Electric Telegraph—we now
know that it was as early as the 13th of October
that Pekin surrendered to the Allied Forces, " all
demands" being yielded up, at that last gasp, by the
Pekinese ! Observe—" all demands"—even, the

last line of this new telegram informs us, by means
of its few final stereographic flashes, " Indemnity
ready when demanded!" To what amount is not said,
however. Though, whatever the amount now de-
finitively decided upon by the Allied Plenipoten-
tiaries, we may be tolerably certain 014 Lord
ELGIN and Baron GRos would find but little diffi-
culty now in obtaining it. As to that, however,
we shall see a little later on. The mere ques-
tion of the indemnity is already, virtually,
in the fullest sense of the phrase, un fait
accompli. What we are upon the instant
far More solicitous about, just now, is that dread-
ful and still inscrutable mystery still surround-
ing the fate of two of our captured countrymen.
The fate of BIIABAzoN and of BOWLBY yet remains,
indeed, altogether unexplained. A lamentable
suspicion of a clue being, however, only too
frightfully suggested by the more explicit record
now furnished to us in regard to the lamented
deaths of MR. DE NOulux
and Captain ANDER-
SON. As WO Concluded immediately npon reading
mention of the way
the vague in which those
two unfortunate gentleman had succumbed, they
have now been formally announced
as having
died the death by the hand of the torturer.
" DE NORMAN and ANDERSON," says REUTER'S
Telegram, this morning. " have died f
from the
effects of brutal treatment." The non-appearance
of either BOWLBY or BRABAZON, when the mail
(now coming) left the scat of war, has conse.
quently about it a terrible significance. Par-
ticularly when it is remembered that out of the
whole party originally in the hands of the
Chinese these two were the only two unaccounted
for ! Thirteen private soldiers had been released
when the mail left. PARKES and Loch' and
L'ESCHAYRAC had been released upon the Bth of
October. Captain ANDERSON and Mr. DE NOR-
MAN were known for certain to have fallen
victims to brutal treatment. It is only in regard to
the two unfortunate gentlemen still left altogether
unaccounted for that we are left entirely to conjec-
ture---their actual fate being shrouded in hitherto
impenetrable darkness through which gleam out
alone the most sinister surmises. Our contemporary,
the Times, is, perhaps, naturally enough, disturbed
in judgment by its profound anxiety as to the

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