The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-11 00:00:00

Pellegrino Rossi came. Antonelli, who had smiled
in pity at the creation of the other ministers, turned
pale a little at the accession of Rossi, and trembled
before so strong an adversary. The rather that Rossi
began his work by purifying the Vatican, and dis-
missing those who might thwart him by troubling
the conscience of the pontiff. And it is certain that
Rossi would not have failed to rid the Quirinal
of the pestilential breath of the scarlet-robed priest
from Sonnino. Pellegrino Rossi, two months after
taking: the helm, was stabbed at 1 o'clock in the
afternoon on the steps of the parliamentary palace ;
the assassin is still ',unknown, although so many
murderers have been detected. We do not say, and
do not wish to say, that the hand of that assassin
was armed by the cardinal governor, for we merely
affirm that which we know ; all we say is that he
was slain, and that the murderer did not fall under
human justice when Cardinal Antonelli governed
the state. We wish, however, to instance a fact,
because it is fully known to us. When Rossi took
leave of the Pope to proceed to the Parliament, the
Pope was visibly agitated by certain words and
presentiments, and he emphatically recommended
Rossi to be on his guard, and gave him his bene-
diction. When Rossi left, the Pope called Mon-
signor Giulio della Porta (chamberlain on duty that
day), and desired him to proceed to Cardinal Anto-
nelli's apartments, and request him in his name to
send some one to the court of the chancellery (a
chamber of the parliament) to see what happened
and bring back word directly.
The cardinal was, or pretended to be, engaged in
writing. Having heard the message, be raised his
head aad replied with a smile, " Tell his holiness I
have thought of it; and that we shall have news in
a few minutes." The news came with the rapidity of
lightning indeed, and what sad news! The revolution
of Nov. 16 is well known. In the night of the 25th
the Pontiff silently took the road to Gaeta, being
accompanied by the cardinal governor and by that
Austrian minister, who was not able, and who
ought not to separate himself from such good com-
pany. Cardinal Antonelli became thus the first
citizen of Austria, the man who deserved best of
the house of Hapsburg, the most fatal man to Italy.
He was accompanied on that journey with the
silent or expressed curse of twenty-seven millions
of civic men.

From the date of his arrival at Gaeta begins a
new period of his life, that of the despotic minister,
who, designing to ruin Italy, ruins the papacy.

APPALLING SCENE AT THE 3fOUT.H OF THE
TYNE.

SHIELDS, SATURDAY NIGHT.
A most appalling scene has been witnessed by
thousands of persons off our coast this day, and
more it is to be feared will occur before to-morrow
morning.

Last night the wind got round to the east by
north, blowing fearfully, with a heavy sea and
blinding showers. Our pilots were on the alert,
and between half-past twelve and one o'clock this
morning the Minerva, of Whitby, bound from
London to Seaham, came ashore. The Providence
life-boat put off, manned by pilots ; and after a
gallant struggle with the fearful seas, got along-
side, the waves driving them back several times
before doing so. In heaving a grapnel aboard the
vessel, the hook struck a seaman and wounded him in
the face. One boy, John Storm, in attempting tojump
into the life-boat, fell into the sea, but he got hold of
a rope and held there for 10 minutes, until the life-
boat came alongside and saved him, but in rescuing
him one of his legs was broken. The crew were
all saved and brought ashore.
The Sarah Ann, of North Shields, drove ashore
about two o'clock, and the crew of this vessel was
likewise nobly saved by the South Shields life-
boats.

About half.past 7 this morning, the schooner
Fowlis, from Inverness, drove on the Herd Sand,
and drifted amongst the stones of the South-pier.
No less than four life-boats put out to the assist-
ance of the crew, and many a gallant struggle was
made to get alongside the vessel. The Providence
life-boat was stove-in in four places, but all proved
ineffectual to get alongside the vessel. It was at-
tempted to throw a line from the shore. That did
not succeed. The apparatus for saving life was
thereupon got on board one of the life-boats, the
Tyne, and fired, and a line was got to the vessel by
this means. The captain, Mr. Fraser, and the.,
mate, Fatquhor Fraser, were saved, when th-a line
broke. Peter M'Kenzie, a sailor,
swam'o the life-
boats, and was also saved. Geri.
ge Patience,
Alexander Patience, and Hugh_
rase were left on
board, and in the preselne of an immense number
of sympathisers, the life-boats struggling on for
three hours in tkeir endeavours to save them. They
could not succetd. The tide rose and the sea con-
tined to rise with it with fearful violence. The
waves lashed and beat over the doomed vessel, the
me.ri clinging to the rigging and deck until the ves-
sel began to break up. Alexander Patience and
Hugh Fraser clung to the deck, George Patience
to the side of the vessel. About half-past 11 the
vessel parted ; when the two last-mentioned men
were swept away amongst a mass of wreck, and
within 100 yards of the shore, and in the presence
of 1,500 people, perished. The scene was awful.
One of the life-boats made several gallant attempts
to save the other man, but could not reach him. He
drove ashore, holding by the stanchion of the deck,
caught a line, was dragged to land, and saved
amidst immense cheering. The vessel is broken
into fragments. So is the Minerva.
The body of Hugh Fraser has been driven
ashore.

About half-past twelve this afternoon a laden
brig, the Indus, belonging to North Shields, in at-
tempting to reach the harbour, drove on the fearful
Herd Sands. Two lifeboats put off to the rescue of
the crew, and the men were got into the Northum-
berland and gallantly brought ashore.
The Caasar, of Whitstable, a laden schooner, which
sailed from West Hartlepool yesterday, on running
for the Tyne, drove on the Herd Sand. The life-
boats were again manned by pilots, and pulled off
to the rescue of this crew. They succeeded in
getting their boats alongside the vessel and brought
them ashore. The Star, brig, has run in here this
afternoon with her mainmast gone, and other ves-
sels have been running for this port all the after-
noon, but no more disasters have occurred down to
closing this parcel. It is reported that a vessel has
gone ashore at Suter Point, and that her crew are
drowned. That has not been confirmed. The vvea_
ther is as wild as ever to-night.