The Sun.
London, England, 1835-07-04 00:00:00

THE QUEEN MAB-SALVAGE.

This was a case in Which several claims I:),- reward were put
in for the preservation of a derelict American vessel of 280
tons, the Queen Hab. On the 29th of April, it appeared, she
was driven on the sands, near the mouth of the Thames, by
which she was very much damaged, and became completely
derelict. On the 30th, about fivo o'clock, the Ranger and
Unity, two small vessels, the former of forty-one tons,
manned by seven men, and the latter of sixteen tons, with
two men, discovered the Queen Mali floating about, and en-
tirely abandoned. They boarded her, and took her in tow.
Several offers of assistance were made (one by the Beulah,
who had previously saved the lives of the crew, but had
made no previous effort to save the vessel), but were rejected,
as the Ranger and Unity felt themselves perfectly capable to
conduct her safely into port. Last of all the revenue cutter,
the Denman came up, and insisted upon rendering assistance,
and, with the aid of a Trinity pilot, who came on board after-
wards, the derelict vessel was brought into port at Sheerness.
The parties claiming reward were the Ranger and Unity,
the Beulah, and the Denman, revenue cutter.
The King's Advocate appeared for the claimants, and Dr.
Addams on behalf of the owners of the vessel.
Sir John Nicholl, having given a brief outline of the facts,
thought it would be just to award to the vessels the Ranger
and Unity 1001., to •be divided between them, according to
agreement between themselves ; 301. to the Beulah for tak-
ing on board the crew, and in order to encourage exertions for
the preservation of lives; and to the Revenue cutter, if the
Court allotted 5/., he was sure it was quite as much as the
service which she had performed merited. The above sums
were awarded accordingly, the costs to be paid out of the
remainder.

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GENIUS AND POETRY OF COWPER.—The Sixth
volume of the complete edition of Cowper, just published,
edited by the Rev. Mr. Grimshatve, contains an Essay on the
Genius and Poetry of Cowper, by the Rev. Mr. Cunningham,
Vicar of Harrow. It also contains an exquisitely epgraved
portrait of Cowper, from the beautiful drawing by Sir Thomas
Lawrence, and a view of his garden and summer house at
Olney.

DISTRESS IN IRELAND.—The following is the
extract of a leVer addressed to J. J. Bodkin, Esq., M. P. for
the county of Galway, by a respectable Catholic clergyman ;
it presents a frightful picture of the state of the wretched
peasantry :—" yesterday I went in company with two of the
coast-guard to a village in my parish where there are thirty-
four families, and could you suppose how • many have provi-
sions for a week 2 Why, only three. Afterwards I went to
attend the petty sessions, in order to reconcile two parties of
my parishioners who had fallen out about provisions ; while
endeavouring to effect this object, the state of the best dis-
trict in my parish was fairly elicited by the witnesses on both
sides. -It appeared that it contained 322 familieS, out of which
thirty-seven had oril:v provisions until harvest, and even that
stock would not suffice to give relief to their neighbours for a
week; such is the state of that district. Though this' Visita-
tion is exceedingly to be deplored, yet good may arise out of
it. One thing is certain—it will force the poor laws on the
immediate consideration of Parliament.