The Sun.
London, England, 1835-07-23 00:00:00

LOSS OF THE ELIZA, CHINAMAN.

Intelligence of the fate of this missing vessel, respecting
which such apprehensions have been entertained, were re-
ceived on Saturday, and they are of a nature to fully bear
them out. The following is a copy of the major part of a
letter from the Captain, Follins, dated Singapore, March
8, 1835 :—" I am sorry to have the painful duty to inform
you of the loss of the Eliza on the Paresela in the China
Sea, on the 23d of January. We left Macao on the 21st,
in company with the Planter of London, and the ship
Mermaid of London, the former bound to Liverpool, and
the latter to London. The day after I left I fbund
chronometer was wrung, 'and signalled the Planter to show
me his longitude at noon, he having two chronometers on
board ; he showed his longitude 110 27 E., and made dead
reckoning 111. 30 deg. At half-past ten o'clock at night
the ship struck. The Planter was close to us, and must
have wore off and cleared the shoal. The night was very
dark, and we could see nothing but broken water. We bad
not been on long when the rudder unshipped, and the
counter stove in. We remained until daylight, when we
observed an island to the N.E. of us, distant about a mile
and a half, and got the boat out, and landed all hands of
us on the island, which is called Robert's Island. There
were no inhabitants, or fresh water. As soon as the
weather moderated, we lost no' time in saving provisions
and water, which. we succeeded in . getting, as well as, our
clothes, &c. On the fourth day after, a Chinese fishing-
boat made her appearance, but we could not understand
a word the people . said, nor they us. However, we
thought they were harmless, and would take us off; but,
on the contrary, as soon as they had got everything they
wanted, and all my instruments, chronometers, &c., they
knocked us down with bludgeons, and hove us overboard.
There were two of the men and myself on board her. For-
tunately we could all swim, and were picked up by our jolly-
boat. They then made sail and set off. We manned both
boats and went after them, but to no purpose ; the mate,
carpenter, and four hands in the pinnace, and the boatswain
and four hands in the jolly-boat. The jolly-boat returned
the following day, but the pinnace we never heard of while
we remained on the island. A few days after two junks
arrived and landed about twenty men, who commenced
plundering and stealing every thing we had saved. We
found all they wanted was plunder, and if we attempted to
stop them we should be murdered. I considered it was no
use stopping them, and took the jolly-boat with six of the
crew, who volunteered to come with me, leaving four. on
the island who would not venture. We were forty-eight
hours in the boat when we were picked up by the ship Su-
sanna, bound here, and were kindly treated and landed
here, and since my arrival, the pinnace's crew were brought
here o:n Borneo ; they were picked up by a Chinese junk
and carried to Borneo, from thence sent here in a Dutch
ship. It is to be hoped the four who were left on the
island are taken off by this time ; they had plenty of provi-
sions and water to last them six months. I have lost all
my papers, books, ship's register, and everything I had,
and when I arrived here had only one shirt and one pair of
t rowsers."

The late Countess of Mensdorf, who expired on the
9th inst. at Mayence, was eldest daughter of the late Duke of
Saxe Coburg, and sister to the reigning Duke, the King of
the Belgians, and the Duchess of Kent. Her Serene Higk-
ness formed a matrimonial alliance, 24th Feb., 1804, with
Count Emanuel de Mensdorf, Field Marshal in the Austrian
service, Lieut.-Governor of the fortress of Mayence. The
Countess paid a short visit to her illustrious relatives here
in the summer of 1833.

We are approaching the fittes of July, says the
Cliarivari, and a dozen persons are made prisoners daily. It
has been remarked that during the last four years, the 9th of
August invariably prepares to celebrate the anniversary of li-
berty by making a multitude of prisoners.

'nisi' NOVELISTS.—Two of the most popular
delineators of Irish life have just given to the public two tales,
which arc well worthy of their reputations ; we allude to Mr.
Banim's " Mayor of Windgap," and " My Neighbourhood,"
from the powerful pen of the autb.rir of " The Collegians,*
( Mr. Griffin.) Absorbing as ia tire interest attached to Ireland
at this moment, wo think we cannot do better than recommend
these striking pictures of Irish life to our readers ; they are ex-
citing considerable 'W.tention we hear in the sister island.

Sir Thomas Champneys, Bart., and his steward,
Mr. Robt:rt White, both described as late of Orchardleigh
park, In the county of Somerset, and of flayling Island, near
rortsmouth, arc among the persons claiming,' their discharge
from the Insolvent Court during the ensuing Circuit at Win-
chester.

CONSISTORY COURT.—Dr.Lushington gave judg-
ment yesterday in the case of " Heathcote v. Heathcote," pro-
nouncing for the divorce, as prayed by the wife.
LONG WELLESLEY A LITTERATEUR.—TIIC
Honourable Mr. Long Wellesley, we hear, has acknowledged
the authorship of " Plantagenet." The Honourable Gentle-
man has decidedly achieved the best novel of the season. We
need no longer search for the original of the elegant " John
Delahaye."—Morning Post. The " Athenaeum" gave a
sort of hint of this on Saturday.
ROCHESTER, JULY 20. AWFUL AND DE-
STRUCTIVE ACCIDENT, ATTENDED WITH LOSS OF LIFE.—We
have to record the loss of five men (lime-burners to John
Banks, Esq., of Hailing), returning from Rochester by water,
where they had been spending the day. They left the Three
Postboys public-house about five o'clock in the afternoon to
proceed home, having previously partaken rather freely of
beer, &c. There were six men in the whole, and after get-
ting into their boat they hoisted a sail. They had not gone
far from the bridge before they began to be a little merry,
and off Nassel Point one of them fell overboard. The others,
in attempting to rescue their companion, upset the boat,
which unfortunately proved fatal to five out of six. Threo
of them were married men, and have left seven children.
Their names are Taylor, two Harris's (brothers), Durant,
and Battyo.
SALMON.—At the western end of the.Caledonian
Canal, an establishment is in operation which may be consi-
dered as affording another proof of the rapidity with which
new inventions and improvements are diffused over a country.
We allude to the works at Corpach for preserving fish, in the
fresh and natural state, found so effectual by Captains Parry
and Ross in their Arctic expeditions. The fishings of Lochiel
supply abundance of salmon ; these are cut up and subjected
to the necessary process (which is carefully kept secret), and
are hermetically sealed in tin boxes, holding from four to ten
pounds each. In this way the fish is preserved for years as
pure and full of flavour as if just captured from the sea or
river. The Corpach establishment, besides fishermen, em-
ploys three or four tinsmiths.—lnverness Paper.

On the 27th ult., a gentleman angling in Loch Moy
caught a salmon, with a small trout fly, which weighed up•
wards of ten pounds. This is the first instance of a salmon
taken in Loch Moy.—Edinburgh Chronicle.

Last week there was a rowing match from Glouces-
ter to Worcester, a distance of 61 miles, which waa.acnom-
plished, exclusive of stoppages, in eleven hours and a half....
Gloucester Herald.

EXECUTION.--011 Monday Thomas Darby, con-
victed at the Hertford Assizes of the murder of William Rad-
ley, was executed in front of the County Gaol. Having
thanked Mr. Wilson, the Governor, for his kind attention to
him, he walked to the scaffold with a firm step, the chaplain of
the Gaol reading the Burial, Service. After a very 'itiort in-
terval on the scaffold, the signal was given, and the bolt with-
drawn. He appeared to suffer much. . After his condemna.
tion two persons were placed with him night. and day, who
frequently read and prayed with him. There was a larger
concourse, a great proportion of whom we
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