The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23,

FRENCH PAPERS.

CONVICT SHIPS.-LOSS OF FIVE
HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT PERSONS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NATIONAL.
" Stu—Several journals have noticed the report of m
departure for Portugal, as a pretender to the hand of
Queen Donna Maria. However flattering to me be the
supposition of a union with a young, beautiful, and virtuous
Queen, the widow of a cousin who was dear to me, it is
my duty to refute such a report, since no step that I am
acquainted with can have given rise to it.
" I roust even add that, notwithstanding the lively inte-
rest attached to the destinies of a people that has just ac-
quired its liberties, I shonld refuse the honour of sharing
the Throne of Portugal, if chance made some persons cast
their eyes upon me.
" The noble conduct of my father, who in 1810 abdi-
cated because he could not combine the interests of France
with those of Holland, has not been obliterated from my
mind. My father has proved to me, by his ()Teat example,
how preferable our native country is to a foreign throne.
I feel that, accustomed from my infancy to cherish my
country above all, I can prefer nothing to the interest of

(From the Morning Chronicle,)
In our paper of the 19th inst. we gave a copy of the
letter of Mr. Charles Wood, Secretary to the Board of
Admiralty, to Mr. Hume, M.P. for Middlesex, with
extracts from the Report from Van Diemen's Land,
on the melancholy loss of the Neva transport, and we
believe the information we then laid before the public
has been generally deemed satisfactory. We are now
enabled to give a copy of Mr. Hume's letter of the
9th of December, to the Secretary of State for the
Home Department, to which Mr. Wood's letter was
an answer ; and also a copy of Lord John Russell's
letter to Mr. flume—by which it will be seen that the
attention of the Government had been directed to the
loss of the George the Third, and we trust it will be
considered by the public, that though there has been
An unfortunate succession of severe losses, no blame is
nputahle to any department or person.
It will recollected that there was an inquiry insti-

France.
" Persuaded that the great name which I bear will not
always be a title of exclusion in the eyes of my countrymen,
since it reminds them of fifteen years of glory, I wait with
calmness, in an hospitable and free country, that the people
recall to their bosom those whom, in 1815, twelve hundred
thousand foreigners banished. This hope of one day serv-
ing France as a citizen and a soldier invigorates my soul,
and is worth,,in my estimation, all the thrones in the world.
" I am, &c.
" NAPOLEON LOUIS BONAPARTE.
" Arenenberg, Dec. 14, 1835."

tilted by the Admiralty after the loss of the .Am-
phitrite at Boulogne, although we do not recollect
whether the report was published or not. We are,
however, satisfied that the attention of the public and
of public men to every occurrence of the kind must be
productive of future good ; and we think that the
Reports of the Committee of Inquiry after each of
these melancholy shipwrecks should be published by
the Government, that all persons at home and abroad
may be informed of the particulars, and satisfied that
no lives have been improperly sacrificed.
We think there. is a want of attention to the loss of
lives by shipwreck, and we shall, perhaps, soon call
the attention of the public to the necessity of insti-
tuting an inquiry, either by a Coroner's Jury, or other
competent tribunal, in the case of every merchant
vessel where life has been lost.
" Bryanston-square, Dec. 9.
"My Lord—l deem it necessary to inform your Lord-
ship, that there is a strong impression on the public mind
that there has been some great neglect on the part of the
Government, or of their agents, in the hiring of vessels for
the carrying of convicts, or the fitness of persons to navi-
gate them, which have led to the loss, within a short time,
of three ships, and 528 convicts. It has been rumoured
that the ship last wrecked was a worn-out West Indiaman ;
that the George the Third was an old ship ; and the Amphi-
trite was 21 years of age; that the broker who provides
them does not exercise that circumspection, nor the Trans-
port Board take that trouble which they ought to do, be-
fore trusting so many persons to the Watery element. I
I have been requested by many of my constituents to
attend a public meeting to be called on this subject ; but I
have informed them that I should first write to you, that
you might direct, if not already ordered, an inquiry into
all the circumstances, with a view of ascertaining the truth
of these melancholy cases, and satisfying the public mind.—
And I have the honour to remain your Lordship's obedient
servant,

It is stated that France and England have addressed
together a note to Russia, to remind her that, according
to the stipulations of the treaties of 1814 and 1815, Po-
land must form a State independent of the Russian em-
pire ; that Poland must have her separate Constitution
and peculiar laws ; and lastly, that she must preserve her
nationality.
This note, it is said, has been communicated to all the
Northern Courts.
Ori the other hand, according to the English papers,
Lord Durham's mission to Russia is far from being of a
pacific nature. Russia will be compelled to renounce the
advantages it derives from the treaty of Unkiar Skelessi, or
run the risk of a war with Great Britain.
These reports seem entitled to some credit, if we judge
from the warlike preparations of Russia. A letter from
St. Petersburgh of the 30th of November announces that
since the Emperor's return much activity is observable in
Russian diplomacy. The Emperor personally inspects all
that relates to the navy. Frequent orders are transmitted
under his superintendence to Cronstadt, Revel, and Abo,
and great preparations are making in the Ochta and St.
Petersburgh dockyards.
We have always thought that negociations of the highest
importance were carried on between the Courts of London,
Paris, and St. Petersburgh. We should be sorry that they
assumed not a pacific form, and that diplomacy alone suf-
ficed not to terminate Eastern affairs. This result is desir-
able for France, because the line she seems willing to pur-
sue is, perhaps, not the one pointed out by her social in-
terests. The only opposition that would exist between
France and Russia arises from the political form of the Go-
vernment of both countries. But that opposition is but
transient, and vanishes in proportion as the situation of
France becomes clearer, and order is restored in her in the
direction of its new interests and new ideas.
The Emperor Nicholas himself is far from manifesting
against France the hatred which it is sought to magnify. If
evidence be wished for of the difference which he himself
establishes between the French Government and the jour-
nals opposed to Russia, it may be found in the article of
the St. Petersburgh Journal respecting those published in
the Journal des Debats.—Moniteur du Commerce.
It is affirmed that subsequent to conferences between
Charles the Tenth and his emissaries from France, he has
ordered all his partisans in the interior to submit to the
oath and participate in the general elections, departmental
and communal, and to accept, besides elective functions, all
such public functions that it may please the present Govern-
ment to confer upon them.—Constitutionnel.
The project of reducing the Five per Cents. continues
to occupy the Cabinet. M. Thiers. it is affirmed, shares
in M. Humann's opinion. The latter proposes granting to
such as shall accept the conversion into Four per Cents.
eight or ten annuities, so that others will enjoy for eight or
ten years more an interest of five per cent. Two other Mi-
nisters, dreadinc, the unpopularity of the measure, are par-
ticularly opposed to them. According to these reports,
which seem to be well founded, it is presumable that in the
next session the reduction of the Five per Cents. will be
agitated. It is not yet decided whether Ministers will as-
sume the initiative, or will leave it to the Budget Com-
mittee or some Member of the Chamber.—lbid.,
The Memorial Bordelais, states that a promotion of
Proceres was about to be made by the Queen of Spain.
Among the persons intended to be raised to that high
station, are Generals Mina, Espinosa, Almodovar, Cordova,
Solar, Mirasol, Zarco del Valle, Tacon, Lahera, Alvarez,
and Mentes, the late Ministers Encima de Piedra, Ulloa
and Canga Arguelles ; the diplomatists Casa Irugo, Ma-
riano Carnerero, and Llandos d'Alguazas ; Count de Do-
nadio, President of the insurrectionary Junta of Andujar ;
the Marquis De la Concordia ; and Messrs. Andres Cabal-
lero, Aquilino Perez, Casa Ricra, Gaspar Remisa, Domingo
Balmaseda, &c., bankers, merchants, or rich capitalists of
Madrid.

(Signed) " JOSEPH HUME.
" The Right Hon. Lord John Russell, M.P.,
Secretary of State, &e. &c.

(Copy.) " Woburn Abbey, Dec. 11.
" SIR-I received this morning your letter respecting the
loss of the convict ship Neva. I received at the same time
a copy of a dispatch of the Lieutenant-Governor of Van
Diemen's Land, stating the loss of the ship, and the result
of an inquiry in the colony, which was transmitted to me
by the desire of Lord Glenelg.
" Immediately upon hearing of the loss of the George the
Third, the Board of Admiralty instituted, at the desire of
Lord Glenelg and myself, a very minute inquiry into the
whole of the circumstances. The Board of Admiralty
were satisfied with the report they received. on that occa-
• sion of the seaworthiness of the ship ; nor did I perceive
any ground to differ from them in that respect, although I
thought the medical stores for the prevention and cure of
scurvy were insufficient.
" I shall desire the Board of Admiralty to make a strict
investigation into the circumstances attending the hiring,
fitting out, and ultimate loss of the Neva. The public
mind is naturally agitated and, alarmed by this shipwreck,
following so close upon that of the George the Third.
"I will not now enter into further particulars, but you
may be assured that no effort shall be wanting on my part
to elicit the truth respecting these calamitous events.
" I have the honour, &c.
(Signed) "J. RUSSELL.
" J. Hume, Esq., M.."

DREADFUL SHIPWRECK.

TEN LIVES LOST.
It falls to our painful duty to record the entire wreck o
the cutter Margaret, Captain Le Scelleur off St. Clement's
bay, about three miles from St. Helier's harbour.
The cutter Margaret left Granville at 10 A.M., (wind
S.S.E.) on Sunday last, with a crew of four men, including
the master ; also eleven passengers, and a cargo of bullocks
and goods. At 6 P.M., she anchored near Chausey till 7,
at which hour she proceeded for Jersey. The captain per-
ceived our coast about half-past ten; and communicated the
intelligence to his men, who expressed some doubts as to
their being so near the island. Half an hour after this, the
pilot (Benest) perceived lights, which he took to proceed
from St. Helier's pier ; but the captain said he had never
seen the pier lights so far off, and therefore the pilot must
be mistaken in his object. Benest, however, still main-
tained he was right, and stated that he had often seen the
lights of St. Helier's pier from even a greater distance than
they then were.
The Captain, who doubtless felt very uneasy at the ves-
sel's situation, went up the shrouds several times ; and,
coming down at 12 p. m., being then about a mile from
shore, opposite La Motto Point, St. Clement's Bay, be
observed the sea breaking close to the cutter, and, just be-
fore she struck, ordered the helmsman to bring her hard
up,. as there were rocks ahead. This caution, unfortunately,
vas too late, as the Margaret's keel came in contact with
one of the sunken rocks abounding in that quarter. Upon
this, the passengers, most of whom were below, immediately
rushed upon deck, except a French woman and two young
children, who remained in their berths. One of the pas-
sengers saved relates, " that when he came upon deck,
he observed that the vessel was already on one side,
and that he saw two men in the shrOlvds, apparently
looking out for the coast. The Margaret then struck
twice more, and was already beginning to sink, when he
climbed up on the off side, as well as he could, and
saw a sailor, who had jumped into the sea to recover the
boat, which had drifted a few yards off. When this indi-
vidual bad succeeded in his efforts, he brought the boat
close to the vessel ; and two of the tailors, with himself and
another French gentleman, then jumped in also, just as the
cutter was going down with the rest of the crew and pas-
sengers. Those in the boat staid a little while, to see if
they, could save any of their fellow-passengers ; but, not
perceiving any chance of this, they made the best of their
way, with only one oar, towards the shore. After some
time, they succeeded in landing bn the sands in St. Cle-
ment's bay, when they proceeded to town to give infor-
mation."--Jersey Argus.

MRS. HALL'S NEW NOVEL, " THE OUTLAW."
—" Perhaps the best and the finest remark we can make
von The Outlaw' is, that it takes rank next to some of
the best novels of Mr. Bulwer—we believe that it will be
ound to attract more consideration than any of the novels

of the season, and embracing all those that at present occup,
general curiosity, with the single exception of Rienzi
There is an abundant variety of character in the pages of
The Outlaw.' Sir Everard Sydney, eccentric but bene-
volent ; the kind and guileless Rosalind, the artificial
Rachael Brown, the confident and over-acting Margaret,
are sufficiently opposed and employed to sustain their in.
terest to the end. Touches of exqUisite pathos, and
snatches of fresh and graceful humour, are scattered
throughout, and help, with a little episodical aid, to create
a succession of entertaining transitions, which, like the
bustling changes of a brisk comedy, keep the action in a
state of incessant motion."—Atlas.
In a couple of months Mustafa Pacha, of Adri-
anople, the happy man who is destined to be the husband of
the -Princess Mihrmah, the second daughter of the Sultan,
is to come to Constantinople ; and in the spring, I hear, the
intended marriage is to take place with great pomp. • As
son-in-law to the Sultan, some high post will, of course,
be given him, and I see none likely to be vacant for
some time. The Seraskier and -Russian party are in-
triguing very hard to undermine the Capudan Pacha, now out
with the fleet, in order to put in his place Halil Pacha,
husband of the Princess Salihe. It is hardly likely that
they will succeed, because Halil Pacha knows nothing
about ships. He was the Capudan Pacha once before,
when he proved himself to be a coward, and the fleet
was moreover in exceedingly bad order ; whilst Tahir
Pacha, the
,present High Admiral, is a complete sailor,
and the fleet is kept in beautiful condition. Should the
Russian party get him out there will be a vacancy at
Topkhine, now under the loose and careless charge of Habil
Paella. Mustafa Pacha is a good man, and wherever he
has been left to act without control, he has introduced mea-
sures exceedingly beneficial to the country. If he had his
way the exportation of grain would be encouraged, and that
• single measure would do more good to the country in ten
years than Russia could do it injury in a century. Millions
and millions of acres of beautiful land now lie uncultivated,
solely on account of the restrictions on the corn trade, and
not for want of hands to till it.—(From the Correspondent
of a Morning Contemporary.)
AN IMPORTANT JUDGMENT.—The most grave
Signors" of the Bench in Paris were occupied the other
day in deciding on the merits of a question as to whether
the body of a gown were in harmony with the skirt—a
very fitting question undoubtedly for judicial wisdom. The
facts of the case were as follow :—A rich Englishwoman, a
Mrs. Graham, had received a beautiful dress of embroidered
black lace, but it wanted the body—a deficiency which she
could not supply everywhere. In order to have it properly
made, she sent it to Messdames Rouselle and Troyes, re-
questing them to make her a body to correspond with the
skirt. This was the only stipulation made ;
but a difficulty
arose out of it, for the skirt itself was of inferior design,
while the border upon it was far richer and more elegant.
The embroiderers followed the dictates of their own taste,
and produced a magnificent body, for which they charged
300 francs. This charge was the cause of the present
action. Airs. Graham, whether influenced or not by the
caprice which all pretty women have a right to exercise,
refused to have the dress, declaring that she had desired to
have a body similar to the skirt, and not to the border—
" a practise which is
,never departed from," as she observed
through the medium of her Counsel, who exhibited the dress,
a splendid one, in Court. The Bench, unable to.decide
so abstruse a question, demanded the
experienced aid of
Madame Ladun, a celebrated lace-dealer, who made a
report to the Court on stamped paper, properly authenti-
cated in all due form and order, to the following effect :
" That if it be- true in principle that the custom was to
make the body to correspond with the skirt, yet, in fact,
good sense and good taste concur in justifying the pro-
ceeding of Mesdames Rousselle and Troyes, who, emanci7
cipating themselves from the trammels of routine, had
boldly dared to substitute, for the happy accomplishment
of their object, the rich and tasteful design of the border,
instead of the wean and paltry one of the skirt." The
Court fully assented to the luminous exposition of Madame
Ladun.

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