The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-11 00:00:00

Loss of the Monarch of the Seas.

Liltle hope is now entertained of the safety of this
long-missing vessel. One of her lifeboats and a
number of dead bodies have been washed up on the
coast near Kerry, Ireland. The boat was found on
Sunday, and those who have examined it seem cer-
tain that it belonged to the lost vessel, It is im-
possible to identify the bodies, owing to the state
in which they were washed ashore. Several expe-
rienced captains express the opinion that the ship
foundered amongst icebergs.

The Monarch of the Seas left Liverpool for New
York on 19th March. She belonged to New York
merchants, of whom A. Taylor & Co., of Liverpool,
were agents. For several years this vessel has been
employed in the conveyance of passengers between
this country and the United States. An American
built ship of 1,980 tons register, she was ten years
old. She underwent great repairs in New York in
1859, and also in Liverpool in 1863 and 1865. In
the last-mentioned year her bottom was metalled,
over-felt, and the emigration agents certified her to
be in a perfect condition in every respect as an
emigrant ship. She took her departure from the
Mersey on the day mentioned, under the command
of Capt. Kirkaldy,with a crew of 60 men, including
first, second, and third officers, surgeon, stewardess,
&c. According to the Custom-house clearance
paper she had 639 cabin and steerage passengers
on board ; of these 593 were adults, men and
women, and 60 children. The ship was in excellent
trim when she took her departure, and had a fine
run down Channel, when the pilot left her, wishing
the captain and all on board a quick passage to
New York. Since that time nothing has been heard
of her.

A ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP ON SAB.
BATH OBSERVANCE.

The Bishop of Liverpool laid the foundation stone
of a new Roman Catholic church at Barrow-in-
Furness on Sunday, and delivered a long address
upon the occasion. In the course of it he alluded to
the day which had been selected for the ceremony.
" There will be many," said his lordship, " who will
disapprove of such a ceremony as that you have
witnessed being performed on this day ; but I have
endeavoured to show you that we are not bound by
Jewish laws and prescriptions, and that when the
day was changed from Saturday to Sunday so also
was the manner changed, and, therefore, I am an
advocate—ay, even on the Sabbath day—on this
day which is holy unto the Lord—for the people
enjoying themselves with rational amusement
after they have adored and fulfilled their service
unto God—to Him as our creator, ruler, and pre-
server, in whose hands are our lives, and who
watches over us day and night. All homage is due
unto God, but after that service then I hold it law-
ful that man should enjoy himself by honest re-
creation ; and instead of being driven stealthily to
carouse in a publichouse, instead of being compelled
to sit at home, brooding, perhaps, over some vice,
I would rather see our manly young people gather-
ing together and going forth to practise with their
rifles even on this day ; and I would like to see our
cricket clubs at work, and our athletic youths
strengthening themselves and recruiting themselves
from the fatigue of the week by playing at football
and other athletic sports. These things do not
break the law of God any more than the smoke
which, going into a man, defiles him. We have,
therefore, no sympathy in any way or manner with
the Jewish observance of the Sabbath ; and conse-
quently we have selected this day in order to per-
form this holy rite." The site of the church is
given by the Earl of Devonshire. The building,
which is to seat 700 persons, is to cost £4,000.

A WOMAN'S LEGS CUT OFF ON TIIE RAILWAY.
—On Monday morning last, at the Dalton junc-
tion of the Richmond :branch line of railway, the wife
of a farmer named Mugg, living near tho station, was on
her way with a basket containing butter and eggs for the
Darlington market, when the train knocked her down,"and
passed over her legs, completely severing them from the
body. The poor woman was picked up and taken on to
Darlington, where she received every assistance.
THE AUSTRIAN WAR FORCES IN VENETIA.—
The Siecle makes the subjoined estimate of what
Austria will gain in men and stores by evacuating the
Quadrilateral :—" Mantua will render 20,000 men dispos-
able and 150 guns ; Verona, 40,000 mon and 300 guns ;
Peschiera, 10,000 men and 50 guns; and Legnago, 25,000
men and 50 guns. The entrenched camps, forts, and block-
houses ; the garrisons of Malghera„ Alberoni, Saint Andre,
Saint Pierre, Albano, and Monteline, with the towns of
Vicenza, Treviso, and Robigo, will also furnish enormous
quantities of men and guns. The arsenals will give up
their muskets and other military stores. Lastly, the
Quadrilateral will furnish its army in the field—infantry,
cavalry, waggon train, military stores, guns, dtc., in all,
150,000 men. All those living and material forces will
proceed towards Olmutz. The Emperor Francis Joseph
gives them to Moravia ; he sends also the Archduke Albert
who used them on the Mincio to show at Olmutz how they
should be employed."

THE MYSTERIOUS DEAT II OF A LADY AT
BRIGHTON.-Dr. Warder, the husband of the lady who
died at Brighton under the mysterious circumstances re-
ported last week, was discovered dead at the Bedford
Hotel, in that town, yesterday afternoon. He took a bed
there on the previous night. A prussic acid bottle was by
his side, and everything indicates that he committed
suicide. He left a letter saying who was to be communi-
cated with.

M. Liandier, in a recent paper read before the
French Academy of Sciences, attributes the zodiacal light
to the effect of a vast atmosphere enveloping the sun on
all sides, and exerckiing on that orb an immense pressure,
developing- a vast quantity of heat. He thinks that if this
pressure be subject to great variations th y may be the
cause of the spots observed on the sun's disc.
INDIAN PRIZE MONEY.—An act of Parliament
has lately been passed to legalise the payment and distri-
bution of Indian prize money, and cue of the provisions
will meet the Banda and Kirwee case, the money in which
is about to be distributed, having been captured in 1858.
It enacts that such portions of prize money as are payable
in the United Kingdom shall be paid to the treasurer
secretary of Chelsea Hospital, to be distributed to the
persons entitled thereto, according to their respective por-
tions. In certain cases payment may be made on account
of officers and soldiers deceased without letters of admi-
nistration being taken out.
A FATAL Kiss.—Last evening an inquiry was
held by Mr. Payne, coroner, at Guy's Hospital, respecting
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the death of Mrs. Sarah Whitlock, aged GO.dyedoaarts-__o.-1-..7
deceased was the widow of a draper, and resided
Wellington-street, Stepney. On a Sunodaryesei
_edi in last
month she went to visit her cousin, who d
minster. When parting in eveningthedr they kissed one
another on the steps outside the oowith-While in the act of
great force. The
kissing they both fell down the steps
unfortunate deceased received dreadful injuries, her thigh
being broken. She was immediately conveyed to the hos-
pital, where she died from the result of the fall on Sunday.
The jury returned a verdict of accidental death.