The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-14 00:00:00

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THE CHANNEL Fpf \3'44
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BEREHAVEN, BANTR 4 1
The Channel fleet arrived in th
and will remain, it is said for pp_ '4A-/
Queenstown on Saturdar4lat. The picite,4 '
generally caused by its arrival is diiiiipedin—This
case by an .unfortunate event, which ,precedeil
- Last night, a little before 12 o clock, her Majesty's
brig Wizard, in attempting to enter this harbour,
went on shore on the small " Rhone- Corilci" or
Seal-rock, outside the east entrance. The night
was exceedingly dark and hazy, and the weather
very stormy. After she struck her gunS were fired,
when the. Coastguard and some of the inhabitants
of the neighbouring shore went to her assistance in-
two boats, and after considerable difficulty suc-
ceeded in. taking off the crew. Some of the men
engaged on this occasion were the same who, in
the year 1553, took off, at the risk of their lives,.
the crew of the Lady of the Lake, a merchant ship,
that was wrecked on. the same rock, and Were re-
warded with £5. by the Shipwrecked Mariners
(Society, and by subscriptions collected in Cork ands
!Dublin, and even in London. The firing from the
-Wizard was also heard on board- her Majesty's
gunboat_
Skip.jack, which _was_anchored Bere-
haven Harbour, about four miles ,from the cata-
strophe. Steam Was got up on board her., and she
proceeded. tol the,spot and took the officers and crew
of the Wizard onboard. The latter has become a
total wreck, and the officers did not even save their
clothes. She was stationed .at Queenstown for
rain;g.boys, and was notorious for her bad'=sail.,.:
ling, as_ she frequently missed stays_ and committed,:
'other mistakes in sailing, of which node- .of her
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Majesty"S" ships :Of .the . present - day.s*(ig.4t
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Of alt* classes.Of the community nixie arp_mere
deserVing,lind-jlan6 at the same trine more HMV-
less,-tha.n-soldiers who have been maimed and die.
0)10 • in the service of their country, and:.whose7
very.valour has thrown them back 'upon society as
pensioners.on the bounty of the State. Many. per-
sons, perlraps,,suppOse when they read of Privates
b'mith or +l‘Kay or Murphy having been discharged-
from her Majesty's service with a pension for
;wounds, that Chest heroes will in future receive a
sum which will maintain them in comfort for the
rest of their days. The sooner such a delusion is
dropped the better ; and it will soon be dropped
even by the most romantic when they consider how
hard it is in these times for a man to support hitn-
self, and perhaps a wife and family, on a shilling a
day. This, then, is the position of these men. They
may have been foremost in the fight, have rushed
repeatedly at the Redan, have nailed the powder- -
bags to the gate of Delhi, have threaded the streets
Of Luoknow under Havelock and Outram, have shed
their blood like water, and lost their limbs as freely-
as though limbs would grow again ; and then a
generous country—generous, indeed, because it can
' afford no more—discharges them to be Mingled
with the common herd of humanity on a pittanee
which barely suffices to keep body and soul to-
gether. To meet this acknowledged defect, and to
provide work, not alms, for these deserving men, an
'lnstitution has been established, a detailed account
of which will be found in a letter in another part
'of our columns this morning. As our correspondent
justly observes, the fact that these men are in the.
ecept of a pension is to a great extent a guarantee
or their honesty and good conduct, inasmuch as
hese pensions are liable to forfeiture from miscon-
'duct. Tha public, therefore, we venture to think,
'iiiiy Safely employ these persons; and, the scheme
Once started, it will depend on the Society and the
'Wen themselves if public support continues to fol-
low it.—Tintes.