The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1859.

ANWELL COLLEGE SCHOOL, Middlesex.
1.1 Principal—The Rev. J. A. EMERTON, D.D.

PLECTION SATURDAY and REGATTA
1-L4 at ETON.—GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—On
SATURDAY, July 30th a SPECIAL EXPRESS TRAIN will
leave Windsor for Paddington at 10.15 p.m., after the Fire-
works.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
CHEAP EXCURSION to BATH and BRISTOL.—On
Saturday, July 30th, a Train will leave the Paddington Sta-
tion at 6 40 p.m., returning on Monday, August Ist, from
Bristol at 5 30 p.m., and Bath at 6 p.m. Fares there and
back : Bristol, 14s. and 7s ; Bath, 12s and 6s.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
V-A CHEAP EXCURSION to OXFORD, HUNGER-
FORD, &c. On Sunday, July 31, a Train will leave Pad-
dington at 745 a.m., for Reading, Theale, Aldermaston,
Woolhampton, Thatcham, Newbury, Kintbury, and Hunger-
ford (Fares, ss. 6d., 45., and 35.) ; Pangbourne, Goring, Wal-
lingford-road, Didcot, Culham, Abingdon, and Oxford (Fares,
6s. 6d., 55., and 48.), returning the'same evening from Oxford
at 7 o'clock, and intermediate Stations as per handbills.

THE LONDON.—The attention of Gentlemen
is especially drawn to the advantages offered in these
elegant and spacious Saloons, which fulfil all the require-
ments of a West-end club of the most aristocratic and exclu-
sive character.
L'on trouve dans la Salle de Lecture non seulement les
meilleurs journeaux Anglais, macs aussi Allemand, Francais,
et Belge.
F. SAWYER, Proprietor, 191, Fleet-street.

NOTICE OF DIVIDEND.

B DEPOSIT,
Established A.D. 1844,

No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON, S.W.
The WARRANTS for the HALF-YEARLY INTEREST,
at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, on Deposit Accounts, to
the 30th June, are ready For delivery and payable daily be-
tween the hours of 10 and 4.
PETER MORVISON, Managing Director.
July 11th, 1859.
Prospectuses and forms sent free on application.

-,THE LONDON.-S. AW Y E R'S famous
•
LONISON DINNER, consisting. of two soups, two
fish, two entrees,joints, two sweets, cheese, and salad, at a
fixed charge of 2s. 6d. (attendance, 3d.), is served from Two
till Eight in the spacious Saloon.
In the Coffee-room, Dinners from the joint, with vegetables,
cheese, and salad, is. 6d. (attendance 3d.), and soup, fish, en-
trées, &c., a la carte, are served from One till Nine o'clock.
Ladies' Private Rooms and Dining Saloons. Spacious and
well-ventilated Wine, Coffee, and Smoking Saloon.
An extensive and carefully selected stock of Rhenish, Mo-
selle, and other Wines, imported expressly for the London
Dinner. Open on Sundays from Four till Nine.
F. SAWYER, Proprietor, 191, Fleet-street.

Mr. W. S. S.

THE COMMERCIAL DINING ESTA-
BLISHMENT, 73, Cheapside.—This Establishment
is now RE-OPENED, under the management of Mr.
R. Glover; from the London,' Fleet-street. Dinner off
the Joint, in the Coffee-room, with Vegetables, Bread
and Cheese, &c., ad libitum, ls. 6d. The Commercial
Dinner of Soup, Fish, Entrées, Joints, Sweets, and Cheese,
ad libitum, 2s. 6d, Ladies' Dining-room, with Female At-
tendant. Smoking Saloon, The best of everything at
prices to suit the temper of the times. Open on Sundays
from 4 till 8.

THE ROYAL STATION HOTEL, Paragon-
street, Hull, requires only to be visited to be pronounced
one of the most splendid hotels in England. The situation is
open and healthful, a few minutes' walk from all the public
buildings and places of busihess, and being connected with
the Railway Station, affords railway passengers arriving or
departing by every train day or night, the advantage of being
on the spot, and having their wants and wishes immediately
attended to.
The public should know that• under the present manage
ment they will find every
.comfort and convenience at the
same charges they are paving at the minor hotels. It has
accommodation for upwards of one hundred and fifty visitors,
is fitted up with every luxury an hotel can command, and is
so arranged for the advantage of every class of visitor, that
Beds can be had from is. to 28. ; Private Rooms, from 2s. to
4s. ; Breakfasts, from ls. 6d. to 28. ; Dinners, from 2s. ; and
all other charges of that moderate character which will give
satisfaction to every class of visitor who may pay the hotel a
visit.
The hotel contains Gentlemen and Ladies' Coffee Rooms ;
a special Room set apart for Commercial Gentlemen ; fourteen
Private suites of Rooms ; large spacious Rooms for Dinner
Parties, Public Meetings, &c., &c.: two first-class Refresh-
ment Rooms ; two Smoke Rooms ; Bath and Billiard Rooms.
A Night Porter in attendance.
EDWIN TAYLOR.

Proprieter of the Royal Station Hotel, Hull, and Crescent

Hotel; Filey,

N.B.—TAYLOR'S CRESCENT HOTEL, fronting the sea
for Families and Gentlemen. It has accommodation for up-
wards of one hundred and fifty visitors. Table D'Hote at
five o'clock. Omnibuses and Cabs from the hotel meet all the
trains. Good stabling and coach-houses. Moderate terms.

CERTAIN RELIEF for the AFFLICTED.—
Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre-
ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.
Scott, of Bromley, Kent, are a sure remedy for affections of the
liver, indigestion, bile, sick headache, giddiness, loss of appe-
tite, lowness of spirits; &c. They can be taken at any time,
without any danger from wet or cold, act mildly on the bowels,
without pain or griping, clear the skin, remove sallowness
and pimples, purify the blood, brace the nerves, and invigo-
rate the whole system. Sold by most druggists, in boxes,
Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. each. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's
Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green
package, with ‘' W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street," engraved
on the Government stamp.

PRIVATE MEDICAL ADVICE by DR.
SCOTT, at all times, on those diseases which require
promptitude and skill in their treatment. The 'circum-
stances under which they were contracted render
secresy. necessary, and demand the confidence of the
medical adviser. Female Obstructions, arising from what-
ever cause, can be removed by a personal visit to Dr.
Scott. Pregnancy, and other cases of a delicate nature, which
need not be further alluded to, treated to the issue, be-
fore charge is made for medicine ; and any case within reach
of professional skill Dr. Scott decidedly states shall be re-
moved at a moderate expense. Ladles consulting by letter,
enclosing a fee, will ensure the strictest confidence. Female
Obstruction Pills, 4s. the Box, post-free. —Address, 17,
Adam-street, Strand, London.

SIGHT AND HEARING.—SPECTACLEs._
POWERFUL TELESCOPES.—OPERA, RACE, and
PERSPECTIVE GLASSES. Messrs. S. and B. Solo-
mons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe
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very small, for the waistcoat pocket, each containing* 12 and
18 lenses, constructed of German glass. Will show distinctly
persons to know them at two-and-a-half and three miles,
and an object from eight to ten miles distant. Her Majesty's
Coast Guards are making use of them as day and night glasses
in preference to all others ; they are also preferred for deer-
stalking by sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. Tele-
scopes 3i inches long, by which a person may be clearly seen
and known at 34 miles, and an object at 12 to 14 miles dis-
tance ; and with an extra astronomical eye-piece, Jupiter's
moon's, Saturn's rings, and the double stars are distinctly
seen. All the above can be had of larger and all sizes, with
increasing powers, and are secured by her Majesty's Royal
Letters Patent. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. A valuable,
newly-invented, very small, powerful Waistcoat-pocket
Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be
seen and known one and a hall mile distant. They an-
swer every purpose on the Race-course and at the Opera-
houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at four
to six miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-
stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers,
and tourists. Price 30s.—Spectacle Lenses of the greatest
transparent power. The great advantage derived from this
invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and
strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ
their sight at the most minute occupation—can see with those
lenses of a much less magnifying power, and they do not re-
quire the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further
powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most
remote part of the world by sending one of the glasses out of
their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the
eyes they can read small print with it, and those who have
not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness.—
N'ew DlSCOVery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily
powerfully small newly-invented instrument for Deafness,
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SPORTING INTELLIGENC.E.

GOODWOOD RACES.--ThunsDAy.

The Racing Stakes of 50 sovs each, for three-yr-olds;
colts, Bst ; fillies, Bst 41b. Certaia winners extra.
One mile. 5 subs,
Mr. J. Merry's Lord of the Manor, by Touchstone,
Bst 71b .. (J. Osborne) 1
Duke of Bedford's RecbAb, Bst 71b .. . . . ....(Flatman) 2
Betting-6 to son Recliab, who made the running to
the distance, where Lord of the Manor challenged him, and
won a fine race in by a head. .
The Findon Stakes of 10 soya each, for tvo-yr-olds; colts,
Bst 71b; -fillies, Bst 41b. Winners extra. T.Y.C. 53
subs.

CaVain Little's Nutbourne, by 'The Nabob, Bst 121 b
(inc. 51b extra) (Cresswcll) 1
Mr. Alexander's Thunderbolt, Bst 71b... (Wells) 2
Mr. J. Merry's Thormanby, Bst. 121 b (inc. 51b extra)
(French) 8

The following also ran :—Concertina cdt, Her Highness,
Aboukir, Feodorowna, The Maid of Orleans, Contadina,
Aurora, and Bentinek.

Betting-9 to 4 agst Thormanby, 9to 2 agst Thunder-
bolt, & to 1 each agst Nutbourne, Aurora, and Contadina.
The running was made by Nutbourne; with Thunder=
bolt, next the rails, second, and Thormanby and Contadina
next. Thunderbolt 'failed to get up, and Nutbourne won
by a neck ; a head between :the second and third ; Corita-
dina was a bad fourth; Aboukir' and leodorowna were next,•
close together. Maid of Orleans, Her Highness, and Ben-
tinck were-the last three, beaten off.

The Molecomb Stakes of, 50 sovs each, It ft, for two-yr-
olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; wieners extra ; the

second to save his stake. T.Y.C. 11 subs.
Lord Portsmouth's Buccaneer, by Wild Myren, Bst 121 b
(inc. 51b extra) t (J. Goater) 1
Mr. Merry's Brother to Rainbow, Bst 71b .. (J. Osborne) 2
Baron Rothschild's King of Diamonds, Bst 71b (Wells) 3
Betting-4 to lon Buccaneer.
Thelavourite made the ruttning, and cantered home an
easy winner, by a length. Brother to Rainbow securing
his owner's " fifty" by three-quarters of a length.

Third Year of the Seventh Bentinck. Memorial Stakes, a
Triennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, for four• yr-olds ; colts,
Bst 71b ;`,lfillies, Bst 21b. Queen's Plate Course. 36 subs.
Mr. Murland's Longrange,' by Longbow, Bst 71b
(Aldcroft) 1
Crawfurd's East Langton, Bst 71b
(Fordham) 2
Lord'Clifden's Star of the East, Bst 71b Day) 3
Whitewall, Beacon, and Queenstownjalso ran.
The betting opened at 7 to 4 agst Longrange, and 2 to 1
agst East Langton. It closed at evens on LOngrange, 4to
1 agst East Langton (offered), and 5 to 1 agst Beacon
(offered).
Beacon and Whitewall went away together, Sir Joseph
Hawley's horse having a slight lead, Longrange lying
third, about six lengths behind them, and double that dis

tance from the favourite. The others were in a cluster.
In this order they passed the Stand, and on getting beyond
the distance Beacon resigned the lead to Whitewall, who
increased it on going up the hill, and was soon upwards of
20 lengths ahead, Beacon lying second, and at a wide in-
terval behind him were Longrange and Queenstown, side
by side.
No noteworthy change was made in these positions as
they rounded the Clump, and disappeared behind the hill.
On coming into sight, Beacon had taken closer order with
Whitewall, Longrange and Queenstown being third and
fourth, and The Star of the East in the rear. On descend-
ing the hill the lot were pretty close together, and 'White-
wall was beaten at the very point where he had taken up
the running. His retirement left Beacon with the lead,
Star of the East and Longrange being second and third.
At the distance East Langton took Beacon's place, but the
favourite soon came to the fore. On reaching the Stand
enclosure, Star of the East seemed to have the favourite
safe, but running a cur, Alfred Day was unable to keep him
straight, and Longrange beat East Langton by a neck; bad
third. Only the three placed passed the post.

First Year of the Ninth Bentinck Memorial Stakes, a
Triennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, for two-yr-olds ; colts,
Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. 34 subs.
Mr. A. Nichols's The Wizard, by West Australian, Bst 71b
(Aldcroft) 1
Mr. J. Merry's Trovatore, Bst 71b (J. Osborne) 2
Lord Stamford's Emily, Bst 41b (J. Mann) 3
Betting-3 to lon the Wizard.

Trovatore led for the first quarter of a mile, when The
Wizard deprived him of the lead, and won by two lengths;
Emily was beaten a length and a half from Trovatore,

The Goodwood Cup value 300 sovs, the rest in specie, by
subscription of 20 sovs, with 100 added ; the second to

receive 100 sovs out of the stakes. Two miles and a

half. 42 subs.
Mr. W. Day's The Promised Land, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Bray) 1
Mr. Rigby 's Newcastle, 3 yrs,. ist 71b (Ford ham) 2
Mr. R. Tai Broeck's Prioress, 6 yrs, Bst 61b.... (Plumb) 3
The following also ran : Toxophilite, Leamington,
Mdlle. Chantilly, North Lincoln, Marionette, Scent, Schism,
Woodburn, and Union Jack.
Betting-3 to 1 agst the Promised Land, 7to 2 agst
Leamington, 4 to 1 agst Paioress, Bto 1 agst Union Jack,
12 to 1 agst Marionette, 15 to 1 agst North Lincoln, 20 to 1
agst Newcastle.

Woodburn went away at his quickest
pace, and was soon
in possession of a lead of upwards of twenty lengths, Mdlle.
De Chantilly being second, Toxophilite and Promised Land
next, Schism, Prioress, and Marionette running side by
side in their wake. They travelled in this order out of the
straight, and on entering the Craven Course,
Toxophilite
disappeared from his prominent place, rtnd Schism and
Promised Land kept:close company, third and fourth, just
behind the French mare. At an interval of several
lengths came Prioress, Toxophilite, Marionette, and New-
castle, lying pretty well together, Leamington bring-
ing up the rear. On approaching the clump Schism quitted
her stable companion,
and drew up to Mdlle. de Chantilly,
who now began to drop back, and Schism was soon along -
side of Woodburn, whom she deprived of the lead on round-
ing the clump, at which paint Toxophilite-ehowed distinctly
in the rear. On re-appearing in sight from behind the
hill, Schism was twenty lengths in advance,:Promised
Land and Prioress being second and third nearly abreast.
On making the last turn Schism resigned the lead to Pro-
mised Land, Prioress, Newcastle, and North Lincoln going
on next in pursuit, and both Toxophilite and Leamington
seemed about to improve their positions. The former, how-
ever, did not live long in front, and Leamington broke
down badly soon after rounding the turn. The race, how-
ever, was virtually over at the distance, for Promised Land
galloped in at his leisure, the winner by six lengths ; four
lengths separating the second from the third. The others
straggled home at wide intervals, Scent, who passed both
North Lincoln and Schism, who were pulled up at the
enclosure being next to the post. Upvads of a hundred
yards behind them was 'Union. Jack trotting in, followed
at a still wider interval by Marionette and Toxophilite—
Leamington, Mdlle. de Chantilly and Woodburn walked to
the Stand.

Sweepstakes of 200 sows each, for two-year-old colts, Bst
71b. Certain allowances. T.Y.C. 4 subs.
Mr. J. Merry's Trovatore, by Birdcatcher, Bst 41b
(J. Osborne) 1
Lord Glasgow's colt by Barbatus, out of Flutter, Bst 21b
(Aldcroft) 2

Betting-0 to 4on the Flutter colt.
Trovatore took up the running after the first 200 yards
and won easily by two lengths.
Second year of the Eighth Bentinck Memorial Stakes, a
Triennial Stakes of 10 sous each, for three-yr-olds.
Gratwicke Stakes Course. (32 subs.)
Lord Strathmore's May Morning, by Chanticleer, Bst 41b
(Aldcroft) 1
Mr. Payne's Cock-a-Hoop, Bst 71b (Flatman) 2
Mr. Neale's Precursor, Bst 71b (Fordham) 3
The following also ran :—St. Clarence, Heroine of Luck-
now, Tomboy, and Mouravieff.

Betting--a to 4on May Morning, sto 1 agst Heroine
of Lucknow.

Mouravieff cut out the work to the last turn, when he
retired, and May Morning took the lead, followed by Cock-
a-Hoop, and won by a length ; very bad third ; nothing
else near.
Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for three-yr-olds ;
colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b. One mile and a half.
3 subs.
Mr. H. Savile's Queen Charlotte, by Catesby, Bst 21b
(Fordham) w.o.
The Sussex Stakes of 25 soya each sub., for two-yr-olds ;
colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; certain allowances and
penalties. T.Y.C. (7 subs.)
ERRATA.—GoonwooD STAKES.--Ryan error in trans-
scribing, Lifeboat's price was quosed at 7 to 2 instead of 5
to 2.

July 25, at 9 a.m., Kinnersley out of Berkshire stakes.
July 26, at 9 a.m., Volta and Phantom out of.Goodwood
engagements. .

July 26, at 9 a.m., Minster out of all engagements for
which•he is handicapped at present.
July 26, at 12 15 p.m., Clemanthe out of Stewards' Cup
at Goodwood.

July 26, at 1 30 p.m., Mentmore out of Stewards' Cup
at Goodwood.

July 26, at 3 28 p.m., Mutineer out of the Goodwood
Stakes.
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July 27, 'at 1 18 p.m., "Tame Deer and Go-a-head, out of
the Goodwood Stakes.

July 27, at 1 55 p.m., TomThowline ont of the Bentinck
Memorial.
July 27, at 3 45 p.m., Gouvieux out of the Go9dwood
Cup.

RACING FIXT

Spilsby l9
Egham 23
Radcliffe 23
Oxford /5
Canterbury . 25
Stockton
Airdrie 25
Lichfield - 29
Yarmouth 3O
Totness and Bridgetown. 3O
Derby ,Summer 3l
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Au G
Ripon
Brighton
Brighton .Club 5
Ulverston
Lewes
Wolverhampton
North Staffordshire ...
Reading
Wenloek
Plymouth 16
York August

SEPT:

RES FOR 1859.

Weston 2oylan4l . .... ; 2
Warwick
Cardiff
Rochester and Chatham 8
Doncaster 13
Dover • l5
Chesterfield

UST.

OCTI

Leicester 2l
111onmou,th ........., 22
Manchester Autumn 23
Newmarket F.O 27
Brecon 27
Walsall 28

Richmond.... 4
Royal Caledonian Hunt _

Newmarket S.O. lO
Ipswich 19
Kelso 19
New Market H ' ' 24

and Perth
Bedford 8

• 110VE1
Worcester Autumn 2 I
Liverpool Auhimn 0

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,MBER.
Shrewsbury Autungt....ls

THE LOSS, OF THE HERON.

The following letter is from a correspondent :
" Ascension Island,. July 3.

"The merchant bark Eleanor, from Cardiff with
coals for this place, arrived here about 11 p.m..on
the 14th of June last, having on the 9th of May at
5 p.m., when in lat. 5 deg. 1 min. N., long. 15 deg.
30 min. W., picked up part of the crew of the un-
fortunate Heron, which had that morning foun-
dered.

" As soon as I heard of her loss I lost no time in
requesting permission to be allowed to have a copy
of all particulars concerning the brig.
"I imagine you will have heard of her loss
before you receive this, as her Majosty's steamer
Trident arrived here from Sierra Leone, on the
evening of the 27th of June last, bringing
tidings of the Heron's whale boat party (Com-.
mander Truscott, with the boatswain, gunner, and
17 men, we hear), who were missing at the time of
the wreck, and that they were picked up by some
merchant ship at 2 p.m., the same day, and taken
to Sierra Leone, thence to England per mail boat.
I cannot get any further particulars concerning that
party, as the Tridents' have got the yellow fever
very bad, and we do not communicate with her on
that account. This news is what we hear accident-
ally. In case this is true, you will have heard all
particulars of the whaler, but the names of the sur-
vivors here will be, I imagine, good news to those
who imagine their friends have perished.

Her Majesty's brig Heron took a on com-
ing to Ascension in April last, and Lieut.. F. W.
Chapman and 14 men and boys were sent in her to
take her to Sierra Leone. After that duty was
performed it appears that they went on board the
Trident at Sierra Leone, to wait for their own brig
coming there from Ascension. The fever breaking
out in her, she (the Trident) came up here, bring-
ing Lieutenant Chapman's party in her. Two of
them died of fever in coming across, and one since
in the hospital, as you will see by the memoranda
enclosed.

"I cannot get information concerning the Tri-
dent, only hearsay. I hear that 18 died coming
from Sierra Leone here, and since she has been here
12 more have died, and eight or nine more cases are
very doubtful. All the ship's company are on
shore under tents (I mean those that are well) ; all
the others, about 45 or 50, are in our hospital ; the
ship is lying off a long way to the northward of us,
with the yellow flag flying at the fore.
" One able seaman, one marine, and one first-class
boy, were left here sick by the Heron ; their names
are in the memorandum at the foot of the enclosure,
the name of the mai ine is very doubtful."

(Copy.)
"Her Majesty's Ship Tortoise, Ascension, June 15.
" Sir,—On the morning of the 9th of May, 1859,
in about lat. 5 deg. 1 min. N., and long. 15 deg. 30
min. \V., at 4 a.m., I relieved Lieutenant Porter.
Her Majesty's ship Heron was then on the star-
board tack, under topgallant sails, single-reefed top-
sails and courses, jib and boom-mainsail, steering
north-east by north, wind east-south-east, going
between two and three knots. At a quarter to 5,
Lieutenant Collingwood came upon deck and piped
Watch and idlers coil up ropes.' As the weather
looked unsettled, I expressed a wish to him that I
would rather he would not coil the ropes up. He
said, Why not? I want to get the decks washed.'
I replied, ' Because it looks unsettled and inclined.
to be squally.' He looked to windward, and said,
Oh ! there is nothing there.' I asked him to re-
lieve me, and I would go below, but he said No.'
"As soon as the ropes were up he piped Watch
and idlers wash decks.' I got upon the midship
gun in the gangway, the first lieitenant did the
same. The watch and idlers were then washing
the decks. In about 10 minutes or so the breeze
began to freshen steadily but quickly. As soon
as it commenced I piped ' Watch, shorten sail,'
gave the order Man clew garnets,' and tried to
take the mainsail off her ; the men were at their
stations, waiting for the ropes. The wind still
freshening, finding that the main tack could
not be started, I gave the order to let go the main
sheet, then to let go the peak halyards and lower
the topsails. The quartermaster was trying to put
the helm up, but could not on account of the after
sail. The peak halyards were let go, but would
not render, as the coil was triced up above the bits,
not a rope was clear, and nothing could be started.
In less than another minute she was on her beam-
ends. The commander was then upon the deck,
and gave orders to cut away the mainmast and
clear away the boomboats. She was then filling,
the water rushing down hatchways and skylights ;
all those that could got through the ports on the
outside of the ship, which was then high out of
water. The order was given to clear away the
first whaler and spare spars. I collected what men
I could that had knives, and assisted to clear away
the spars ; she was then sinking. As soon as they
were clear, I looked round and saw that the whaler
was clear of the ship, with the commander, boat.
swain, and gunner, and about 15 men ; the water
was then washing over the hull, and the spars
floated out. Most of the men were then clear of
her. I remained on the deck with a few others until
she sank under us, and then struck out and sue•
ceeded in reaching a topsail yard, to which about
20 men were clinging. On looking round I could
see the whaler pulling to get clear of 'the men
that were trying to get into her, but they said that
they could take no more, as they had already too
many; she pulled away ahead of the ship, and we
saw no more of her. As the brig sank she righted,
and went down rather by the head. At daylight
there were only eight of us left on the yaid ; its
rolling over and over had drowned many, and others
were washed off. As there were several small
spars and things floating about we joined them
together and made a small raft; about an hour after
daylight we saw the jolly boat with some Kroomen
in her ; we tried to paddle towards her with our
hands, but it was no use, she did not come near us,
but pulled to windward. In about two hours more
we saw the cutter to windward, she had floated
clear of the ship ; the men that were near her re-
mained by her ; she was full of water, but a bucket
floating by enabled them to bale her out. The jolly-
boat coming down, I, with two or three others, left
the spars and got into her and made for the cutter.
As soon as I got into her I sent the jolly-boat to
leeward to see if she could pick up any more, and
took the cutter to the spars that men were upon,
took them all off, had a good look round, and pulled
about in hopes of finding some more, and succeeded
in picking up one man, a Frenchman, but that was
all, and I can safely assert that when we left the
place there was not a living being left behind.
There were then 35 of us in the cutter, but as the
jolly-boat had no starboard topsides, and a large
hole in her quarter, she would only carry five men,
and was only kept afloat by constant baling.
" I told the men their position as near as I
could guess. I shaped a north-east course by the
sun, hoping to make the land below Sierra Leone ;
we had not been pulling many hours, when a Kroo-
man sang out " Sail, ho." The oars were imme-
diately double banked, and by five p.m. we were on
board the Eleanor, of Cardiff, bound to Ascension.

PRICE 4D. STimPiD, SD.

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to
sschartered
nfoer.
I did not- think I should be justified in trying to
reach the land with 40 men in the boat, as at the
outside she could not have carried two days' pro-
visions and water, and so came on to Ascension.—
I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
" F. H. BLAIR, Mate, late of her Majesty's
ship Heron."

" H. M.'s Ship Tortoise, Ascension, June 18.
Sir,—ln compliance with your memo: of yes-
terday, I have the honour to state for the informa-
tion of the Commander-in-Chi.ef that my reasons
for supposing Commander Truscott and other offi-
cers were in the whaler on the morning of the loss
of the Heron are, that Captain Truscott was seen
by the head Krooman, and the gunner by the
marine, and 1 recognised both of their voices, the
boatswain's voice was also recognised by some of
the men. '

" On arriving on board, of the Eleanor the force
of wind was 1, and in from five to ten minutes
afterwards hands were sent to the masthead to
look for the !whaler,' but nothing could be seen of
her.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most
obedient servant,

" F. H. BLAIR, Mate of her Majesty's
late brig,Heron.
" Captain W. F. Burnett, C. 13., her Majesty's
ship Tortoise, Ascension.'
The undermentioned are the survivors brought to
Assension by the Eleanor, viz. :—Mr. F. H. Blair,
mate : John Friar, captain fore-top ; Henry Outfin,
captain main,-top ; George Parnell, carpenter's
mate ; John White,' cooper • George Anderson,
ropemaker ; John Weller, leading seamen ; George
Kent, ordinary seaman; Charles Owen; boy first
class ; John Greenham, ordinary seaman ; Neil Sin-7,
clair, carpenter's crew ; William M'lrtyre, ditto ;
R. Merroony, A.B. ; John Cayhill, boy second
class ; J. Bohennan, ; Henry Every, ordinary
seaman ; Charles Floyd, ditto ; James Baker, lead-,
ing seaman ; Samuel Saul, private R.M.; John
Suter, ordinary seaman ; John Kimber, boy first.
class ; Robert Smart, leading seaman ; Alfred Jes-'
sop, sailmaker ; Torn Dollar (African), A.B.- ; Jack
Savey, Krooman ; Ben Ruberts, Krooman ; Ben
Johnson, Krooman ; Dick Andrews, Krooman ; Ned
Breeze, Krooman ; Peter Woman, Krooman • Tom
Freeman, Krooman ; John Bull, Krooman ; Estruse
Pierre, Maitrjos Groslienlo, Antonio Belasquer,
Jose Antonio Abord, Francisco Rodriquer, Jose
Mauricle, Jose Mariote, Juan P. Feirrerr—
Spaniards and Portuguese, part of the crew of the
slave ship, name unknown, captured by the Heron
on coming to Ascension in April last.
Memorandum.—Names of .1 officer and. 14. men
belonging to her Majesty's brig Heron, away. in the
prize (taken by the Heron on coming to Ascension)
at the time of the 'catastrophe, and are now on
boord her Alajesty's ship Trident, at Ascension,
viz.,—Mr. F. W. Chapman, lieutenant; Charles
Horspool, captain maintop ; William Rogers,
boatswain's mate, died in Trident, with fever;
coming to Ascension; John Spencer, leading .sea-
man ; Thomas Bowry, A.B. ; John Germain, ordi-
nary seaman ; F. G. Beaver, ordinary seaman ;
Thomas Moulder, boy, first class • 'Reginald An-
drews, ordinary seaman, died in. Trident with fever,
coming to Ascension ; James Freeves, boy second
class ; John Osborn, ordinary seainau ;
Young, ordinary seaman ; William Bridgman, pri-
vate Royal Marines; Hurst, private Royal Ma-
rines.

The above is correct as far as can be ascertained
from the Heron's m?..n on board the Tortoise, as the
the Trident having the fever so bad, there is no
communication with her.
Memorandum.—The undermentioned two men
and one boy were left at Ascension. Hospital sick
by the Heron when she sailed for Sierra Leone
(and were not in her at the time of her loss)—viz.,
Edward Fluen, able-bodied, now on board her Ma-
jesty's ship Tortoise; John W. Manning, boy first
class, now on board her Majesty's ship Sharp-
shooter, gone to Sierra Leone ; Arker, private Royal
Marine Light Infantry, invalided, went home in her
Majesty's ship Meg ra.

THE AFFAIRS OF ITALY.

(From the Times.)

Lord John Russell had to address the house
last night under circumstances of unusual difficulty.
If he could show that England had not lost credit
or weight, that she had not damaged herself by
offensive and rejected interferericc,That ,she was
still wanted in the settlement of Eurape, and
could do good, this was so much gain to his hearers
and to the public. Although he spoke as the man
who "strives some rock's vast weight to throw,"
slowly and laboriously, still he left the comforting
conviction that there is trouble enough in Italy to
render our presence at some future Congress ac-
ceptable, if not necessary. Tusked, the innumer-
able objections to our taking any part in it only
end, it would seem, in the thing being unavoidable.
The two Emperors have done without us as much
as they could ; without us they rushed into war ;
without us they made peace; without us they
would, if possible, settle Italy, or divide it. But,
unfortunately for them, Italy cannot be settled
so easily. The Papal States are taking mea-
sures of their own ; Tuscany, Modena, and
Parma, have thrown off their rulers, and
both France and Austria disclaim all intention
of employing their soldiers to bring back the
old state of things. There would seem, then,
little prospect of France and Austria settling
Italy by themselves. The peace of Villafranca
binds none but themselves, and only o'rtams for
each certain terms for the other. It does not bind

Italy, it does not bind Europe. It can only pledge
the two Emperors to further the proposed Italian
Confederation. If they meet, then, by their repre-
sentatives at' Zurich, to reduce to terms the rough
notes of their hasty peace, they must either confess
all they have done for Italy to be utterly abortive,
or they must at the eleventh hour, involve other
powers to contribute their counsel and their sanc-
tion. The embarrassment, therefore, the rash in-
terference, the meddling without settled purpose,
all usually charged to England, are this time charge-
able entirely on the Continental. belligerents ; and
it is their fault—not ours—that at this moment
Italy lies, one may say, in the gutter, as the Im-
perial Crown did now and then ; and the Italians
are likely to fight it out among themselves. If,
then, there is anything discreditable and perplex-
ing in the present state of things, the reproach and
the helplessness belong entirely to France and
Austria, not to ourselves.

All that England is answerable for is her own
interference, which, as it was ineffective, so may be
considered harmless. The general effect of our
counsels was to represent to France that if she
pushed her successes too far she might find herself
in collision with all the neutral Powers, and so
involved in a war of uncertain consequencns ;
and to Austria, on the other hand, that, as the
neutral Powers would not interfere to establish
her dominion south of the Alps, she must attempt
it at her own risk. No doubt, this has touched
the pride of both combatants ; but, as both allege
that they have made a hasty peace in conse-
quence of these unfriendly and threatening com-
munications, it cannot be said that the neutral
Powers have done harm, or done nothing at all.
Lord Palmerston gives, as we trust, the right ver-
sion of a current tale, that England had heedlessly
put it in the Power of Napoleon 111. to show to
Francis Joseph the hard terms we were ready to
recommend him. He says we have simply per-
formed the friendly office of communicating to
Austria the terms on which France would make
peace. However, all this will be cleared by time ;
and we trust the Foreign Secretary will come out
of it better than the Envoy Extraordinary to
Vienna.
What the Peace of Villafranca happily did is
one thing; what it happily, or unhappily, could
not do, is another. It could transfer a province
from one Emperor to another, and enable them
to consign it to a third Power. It could place
another province in a somewhat new political
position, to receive its character from the will of
the two contracting Powers. It could also pledge
them both to further a certain speculative proposal.
That the two Emperors should cease to lead their
subjects to mutual slaughter on these conditions was
their own affair, and a most happy
could eventnot
andf o r thedid
not
world. The Peace of Villafranca
give Princes, Constitutions, Federations,
satet
nors at of Italy,
di
a_
Presi-
dencies, and what not, to the other
neither represented at VillafrancaTh
t 0 ersuer
Zurich
ho
to latterpot
twilliie
pOsal of the two Emperors.
send their Plenipotentiaries
terms of peace into form, but neither they, it seems,
nor anybody else, dream
muchfollof the affairs of all Italy
being so easily disposed of. No doubt, France and
Austria will do as
as they can for this purpose.
They are, however,
my aware of the impossibility
of doing all they could wish
atnhadtChois Governmentupt Walewski
informs the British u
has always desired and still desires to see the great
Powers concur for the definitive settlement of
Italy. er Aecor ingly, France hopes that the Powers
will be able to meet to confer on all the questions

NEWSPAPER*
rojsed.bfflie ECC tillinit tat Citiiitqfr
which are connected with the general e - -
precise meaning of these terms is not a
importance. 'hey, are 4P,B4Plisgon that th, .ea,
of Villafranea has.dono.nothing really but transfer
Lombardy to Sardinia, and .promisee. something
else,' which is to, receive its interpretation from
time. The arrangement which it is competent
for Austria/ and France to .make, as regards the
territory at their disposal, 'and whatever else
they can do, maybe done very shortly indeed.
It will constitute part of What is called " the
actual---state of -thing's in Italy,!!--and—of—eourse
it will .be necessary that the Powers invited .tol
confer upon that state of things should know all
about the terms of peace. Then comes the further
business, which may be undertaken thiS year or
the next, by :Ave Powcrs or by.moro—viz.,:the
settlement of Italy.

Of course, if there is to be a Congress for this
purpose, England will be only too true to her un-
broken prescription if she have a voice in it. We
have repeatedly interfered in the affairs* of Italy.
at the invitation ' of various Powers, and it is
needless now to denionstrate our right to do so
if we are so minded. We have co-operated
with France up to *this very day in suggestions
to the Court of Naples ; and, when Lord Claren-
don at the Congress of Paris called attention to
the state of the Peninsula, he only did what
he had a perfect right to do at a very proper occa-
sion. If anything is done for Italy it is for the in-
terest of Europe that the concurrence of every
Power should be secured. It is said, indeed, that-
the Emperor of Austria strongly objected to a Con-
ference. No doubt he has reasons, and they are
the very reasons why any Conference would be in-
complete without his representative. This, how-
ever, is a matter for mature deliberation. ,As Lord
John Russell sass, a Confederation may be a good
and wise measure, but impossible this year or next.
The general settlement of Italy, therefore, is not
likely to be despatched as quickly as the ' convey-
ance of Lombardy., •It will be a work of time, and,
as far as we can see, the Emperors ,of France and
Austria will be very glad to leave *England and The
other powers at liberty to carry out their own
views of Italian regeneration. We trust that we
shall consider long before we undertake to in-
terfere.

THE FRENCH DISAR244I2II.ENTS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS.

Sir,—Some curiosity will probably be felt to
know what will be the real effect of the diminution
recently announced as about to be effected in the
French naval establishments. Will any change be
made in the rate of progress of the works now going
on at Cherbourg, at Brest, or at Toulon;? Will the
completion of the seventy and odd men-of-war now
upon the stocks •be stayed in furtherance of the
altered policy of the ruler of France ? Will the.
foundry fires be quenched, the forges silenced, the'
hammers-be -plied with less activity ? Will the ten
thousand " inscribed" seamen, recently taken by an
imperious order from their ordinary avocations, be
restored to their homes ? Will either of the squa&
rons of evolution, or any of the vessels now in com-
mission, be recalled and paid 'off?—in short, will
there, three months hence be one ship, one gun,
one man less afloat than there is at present ? These
are the obvious queries that will occur to most
thinking men ; and the mental reply that, in the.
majority of instances, will be given to them will in.
all probability be in the negative.
What may be termed a peace footing for the
military or naval armaments of our neighbours may
well be matter of debate ; and what 'they would in
all likelihood deem a very moderate force, sufficient
only to repel aggression, we might possibly judge—
and with better reason—to be capable of over-
running other States on the shortest warning. •
Many amongst us have been too much in the-
habit of underrating the resour3es bf France,
no less than her energies and capabilities when
roused. Only six years, ago the materiel of our own
navy bore a proportion to that of France of three
to one ; nor was her personnel in a comparatively
more flourishing condition. She then possessed but
27 line-of-battle ships afloat, 13 of which were
scarcely sea-worthy ; while of the remainder only
three were provided with steam power. She has at
this moment 51 ships of the line, of which 37 are
provided with engines of the aggregate horse-power
of 24,440 horses. Six of these Carry from 130 to
114 guns each, twenty are 90-gun ships, and the
armaments of the remaining eleven vary, from 82 to
i 0 guns, the entire number of guns borne by these
37 vessels being no less than 2,380.
These numbers are altogether exclusive of steam
frigates, of which class of vessels France possesses
57 afloat, mounting 1,216 heavy guns, and fitted
with engines of the power of 21,880 horses. Having
thus shown what she can effect, she announces her
intention of raising her steam navy to 150 vessels
of all denominations (irrespective of transports,•
kc.), with engines of full power, and hulls con-
structed upon the most approved lines.
The year 1371 will witness the completion of this
mighty undertaking, together with that of a variety
of additions to the naval ports, arsenals, docks, and
factories, with all their concomitant fortifications.
Besides the rat n-of-war already enumerated, no less
than 72 steam transports, 26 of these capable of ac-
commodating 2,500 men, and the rest from 1,000 to
1,200, with all their baggage, stores, and eluip•
ments, are in progress of construction.
It is a remarkable characteristic of the policy of
France that she never recedes. Having deliberately
determined on a particular course, she, adheres to
it with inflexible tenacity ,of purpose, notwith-
standing any change that may occur in the ad-
ministration, or even in the form of Government
itself. We may therefore with confidence infer that
notwithstanding the conciliatory professions of her.
Autocrat, "no reduction to a peace establishment"'
will in any way interfere either with the com-
pletion of the numerous batteries by means of
which his seaboard is being protected, nor will'a
single workman be discharged of all the 'tens of
thousands who are busily engaged hour by hour in,
preparing a navy intended before long to be in a
position to cope with that of Britain. It was lately
announced upon the highest official authority here,
that France, already had it in her power to out-
number to a great extent any fleet that this coun-
try could send into the Channel. French naval
officers regard it, indeed, as an established and in-
controvertible fact, that their country at this mo-
ment actually possesses the command of the Chan-
nel. Is it probable, from the well-known character
either of the people or of their Ruler, that the ad-
vantages they have attained, or imagine they have
attained, by the expenditure of so many millions,
they will now forego ? Assurediy not. They are
perfectly aware that they can fit out as many effi-
cient ships as we have ourselves—that byineans of
the simple but efficient mechanism of the Inscrip-
tion" they can alWays man them without delay on
the occurrence of the most sudden emergency ; and
as it is the practice at all the French dockyards foar
ships to be laid up in ordinary with all
on board,
fitting
ardmuchauta French than n
less delay would
ant
Englishanytieoect-
cu .
It is not to be expected then, let what nominal
changes be introducedeed therein
ntbe very judicious anymay,thaicintna system
saltaerma-
tion willbe effected
which enables the Minister of Marine by means of

- •
a few telegraphic lines to send to sea without no-
tice and in time of profound peace a formidable
armament, either on the Mediterranean or on the
Atlantic.

What probability is there, then, that even an
apparent reduction in the naval department will
take place, so as to afford a semblance to the rest of
Europe that the promise to disarm will be kept ?
Your readers doubtless remember that a few
weeks since it was announced here, by royal pro-
clamation, that a bounty of .£lO per man
would be given to every A 8., who might, upon cer-
tain conditions, enter on board of her Majesty's
ships. No sooner was
that announcement known
in Paris than from the Bureau de la Marine the
wires vibrated to every one of the five great naval
ports. Orders forthwith emanated from the Pre-
fecture at each, and in fourteen days 10,000 of the
90,217 seamen registered upon the " Inscription"
were called out and actually on board of the ves-
sels to which each individual was specially desig-
nated. It may be observed that this mandate,
wholly unexpected as it was, was obeyed with more
than ordinary alacrity, simply because a rumour
had simultaneously gone forth that war with Eng-
land was imminent, and that the fondest wish in
every Frenchman's heart was about to be gratified.
There is little doubt, then, that what will now be
done, will be to retain these 10,000 men on boarda
the fleet, and to allow an equal number of trained
and disciplined seamen to return temporarily
theireon se
cihuoemnets ,e
ffo re e
tt to
beingengage
tha
that
in t
hother a t
e
tie
mainte-
nance, while she will be enabled ttohar
while relieved from the expense of their
that she will be
any moment, at the same
afloat
e
rbeadnodiirrs , g
additional crews
them at
for active duty.
o.
any number of land forces,
in
any
degree probe' ble.
as to suppose such a course
for some ten ships of the Imfew
by the of 7
will be bfeorsodC
most moderate computz ttion,
are not, under the
The recent losses sustained army Italy
and wow idea;
estimatedand as we were not long ago assured by an e, ;fated
that the French army was thr ;14 only
personage
at less than 52,000 in killed
upon a peace footing, supposing a remonstr an ce to
be offered to the immediate and not imp rol,oable
levy of 50,000 men, the obvious reply from/ the
same quarter would be that the army was sin ,ply
being restored to the condition it presented be fore
the late outbreak of hostilities.—l am, &c:.

L. A. V.