The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-16 00:00:00

gade of Artillery Volunteers, made a speech, in
which he combated a statement made by Captain
Walton (of the and the argument
between the two gentlemen became somewhat
warm. Lieut.-Col. Samuelson, addressing Captain
Walton, said he knew the state of feeling in the
town better than he (Capt. -Walton) did, or ever
would do, and that with. all due deference to him,
he would tell him that the man who sat in his
(Capt. Walton's) plane before him was a far better
man for the post than he was, and he would also
assure him that when his term of office expired he
would never get into the council again. Upon this
Capt. Walton rose in a very excited state and said
Mr. Samuelson had been very personal, and if he
did not behave himself he should not care about
wringing his nose for him. He was as good a man
as he (Mr. Samuelson). and could show his face
where such a Jew-looking rascal as he was dare
not. The scene which here ensued baffles descrip-
tion. The debate, however, after a time, proceeded,
but presently Lieut-Col. Samuelson, addressing the
mayor, said he had now to rise upon what in the
House of Commons was termed a breach of privi-
lege. For the first time since he had been a mem-
ber of the council he had received a challenge.
(Murmurs.) He had received a challenge purport-
ing to be from Capt. Walton, which he felt it his
duty to place in the hands of the mayor, and he
claimed his protection. The mayor declined to read
the note to the entire council. There were loud
cries for the document to be read, and ultimately
the following letter was read :—" Captain Walton
presents his compliments to Lieut.• Colonel Samuel-
son, and begs to say that he will be ready at any
day and at any place to fight him a duel, and re-
spectfully requests that he will name his friends
and time ; and in this way only is Captain Walton
disposed to settle the quarrel between us, and to
have that satisfaction which he feels is his due."
The reading of the document called forth loud and
prolonged hisses from the gentlemen in the council
chamber as well as from the gallery, and consider-
able confusion took place. Capt. Walton, however,
although present, said nothing. About an hour
afterwards, however, Capt. Walton said he did not
know that the letter had been sent to Colonel
Samuelson. The expression he bad used was
given in the heat of debate, and he begged
to apologise. (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.")
Lieut.-Col. Samuelson accepted the apology, and
the council closed their deliberations by declaring
the office of assistant-surveyor vacant.

IKE LATE GALE.

SHIELDS, Feb. 14.—The weather is moderate,
the wind to-day being from the south-east. There
has been no news of the brig Wansbeck, and we
must come to the painful conclusion that she and
her crew are lost. Another vessel, the Aleldon, is
missing, but she may cast up. There is some talk
about two screw steamers being over due, but that
needs confirmation. Since Monday the North and.
South Shields Seamen's Loyal Standard Associa-
tion have disbursed above £6OO in relieving their
shipwrecked members. Some astonishment is
expressed that the Board of Trade should not have
sent their warning of the impending gale to the
Tyne, Wear, and Hartlepool, as well as to the other
ports mentioned by Admiral Fitzroy, those ports
being very obnoxious to a N.E. gale. Of course
every one with " half an eye" could see that a N.E.gale was coming on on Friday, and none better
than than the owners who sent their vessels to seabut
if
the 'Fyne and other ports on that
might
an authoritative message had beendasye
that a severe gale was impending thatday;
an down
vessels out.
have prevented them sending
The fact was that the obwen bwerre frightened
akenrept in the harbour
easterly sea rose,
that their vessels would _
until next spring tidetsb::mf
out. They will suffer
and hazarded sending
rl all the vessels lost
most severely,
for North country slabs, and as
-,vl ere vessels of considerable value,
as a body, who insure upon the
the shipowne
*rn'ci le," will have to pay high
wseevreeralitotsfutfireedn,
" mutual Pr' P
aver
ages" for some time to come. A letter from
Hartlepool says :—"
Our country friends who aspire
to be shipowners may easily acquire that title at
this place, as a ship was sold on Tuesday, 'with
all that was on board, for £5 Hundreds of per-.
sons are engaged in discharging and carrying
away the black cargoes. One farmer in the dis-
trict has led away upwards of £lOO worth of coal,
all of which he got for the trouble of taking ;
there is not an idle person to be seen in the town,
and every horse and cart is engaged in leading
away the remnants of the ill-fated vessels which
but a few days ago sailed out of the Tyne and the
Wear. Numerous tenders are issued for getting
the vessels which are in good position off the beach,
and there is no doubt that, should the tides and
weather prove favourable, many that before were
considered as lost will be got off. Although it has
been impossible to obtain a correct report of the
exact number of vessels stranded and wrecked, the
numbers may be pretty confidently stated;—Of
vessels lost with all hands in view of Hartlepool
there are eight ; those wrecked 'within the limits of
the bay are upwards of 65, of which 30 at least
have become total wrecks. The amount of -property
lost or destroyed has been estimated at £.150,000.

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ALTERATIONS AND ADDITION S OT NEWGATE
Preparations are being made to erect another block of build-
ings for the confinement of female l prisoners, which will be
situated immediately at the rear o the southern mass of
the main building. The work is mot yet sufficiently ad-
vanced to admit of a detailed description.