The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-21 00:00:00

THE .HINALAYA AND IRON

TRANSPORTS.

The accompanying extract from a letter this
morning received from C►ptiin Inglis, master of
the iron ship Gauntlet, may be interesting as fur-
nishing another notable instance of an iron steam-
ship laying for some time ash)re and coming off
without damage.
The immense weight of so large a ship as the
Himalaya, 3,500 tons register, with her stores,
water and troops on board, and the great speed at
which she was steaming (14 knots or about 16 miles
an hour), must have produced a concussion that
would have shaken to pieces many a good wooden
ship, and may be fairly taken as another striking
instance favourable to the tenacity of well-con-
structed iron ships.

• (Extract.)
" Ship Gauntlet, Hong Kong, July 25.
" Dear Sirs,—l beg to inform you of my arrival
here on the 17th inst., after a fair passage of 98
days from the Start Point, including two days
during which I was detained by the Himalaya, as-
sisting her off the strand. She passed me in the
Straits of Banca, China Sea, at 3.30 p.m., on the
6th of July, and at 5 p.m. she went on shore, going
14 knots. They sent a boat to me requesting my
assistance. I want and remained by her until she
was got off, and I have written the particulars to
Mr. Smith, jun., Liverpool, &c.
" I am, yours obediently,
'‘ WILLIAM INGLIS.
" Al- ssrs. George and A. Herring and Co."

TIIE LATE EXECUTION OF C.APTAIN

_ROGERS.

The following is a copy of a letter written by
Cap`ain Rogers the night previous to his execufon,
t a friend connec'ed with the owners of the ship
ho had command of, protesting hii innocence :

" Kirkdale Gaol, Sept. 11, 1857.
"My dear Fellow,—l duly received your kind and
welcome letter of the 7th just., and thank you for the
trouble you have had on my account. I am happy to say
the mates have got their lives spared ; they have got
transported for life ; but there is no hope for rue. But,
my dear fellow, I shall die an innocent man ; and I hope
and trust that God will receive my soul. I am more than
obliged to you for the advice I received from you in godly
affairs. Mrs Rogers has been almost every day to see me,
but this day I take my final farewell of my poor fatherless
chll iron. May God be a father to them. We bad prayer
yesterday, and to-day we take the sacrament together, and
may God bless her and them in this world. My dear
fellow, I have not neglected my prayers since I have
been condemned, and if God will accept them, I hope to
he. happy in the next world. But it seems to me ike a
dream ; and I think the reason is that I am not guilty of
the crime. This God knows. You wish to know how
I am. At some times I am ready to burst with grief.
and there is times that lam quite resigned to my fate. I
think I should have died had not Mrs. Rogers been
here ; but, poor thing, she has kept up my failing heart.
The officers and governor have been very kind to me,
more than any man could expect, and I am very thankful
to them for their kindness. I have had more comfort
than ever I thought to obtain, but God it good. I have
another good friend, and that is the chaplain. He is so
very kind ; both him and the Governor have been
more than I can say. I hope the Lord will bless
them for their kindness to me and my voor wife and
children. You must consider that I am in this
gaol, a c ovionmed prisoner, and death is my fate,
although not guilty of the crime charged. You say in
yours that there has been a memorial from Liverpool,
but that I sent myself, and the reply was, the jury
found me gulty, and I must stiff T. My lawyer went
to London and saw Sir George Grey, and I lid all things
before Len, and they said as the jury bad found me
guilty I most suffer death, and God receive my poor
soul. I must conclude. By the time you get this I
Shall be no more. lam thankful they Lave spared the
lives of my poor mates. So now, my dear fSllow, God
bless you and all your family, as this is my last letter
in this world, but I hope to meet you in the world to
coins, where no person can swear anybody's life away.
But I forgive them (as I hope to be forgiven myself), so
good bye, and the Almighty be with you.
"I remain, my dear fellow,
"Yours truly, not guilty,
" H. RoGrias.l

GREAT Loss OF PROPERTY BY FlLM—During Sa-
turday morning several fires occurred in the metropolitan
district ; one in particular was attended with the de-
struction of several thousand pounds of property, and
the others, although not of an extensive character,
caused the greatest alarm to prevail in some of our most
densely populated localities. One fire happened in the
extensive range of premises belonging to Messrs Yeats
and Co., musical manufacturers, carrying on.businese
at
No. GO, Berry-street, Great Sutton-street, Olerkenwell.
:‘lr. Connorton, the foreman of the West of Englaud,
estimates the damage done at 5,000/.
GOVERNMENT PROTECTION TO EMIGRANTS FOR CANADA.
AND TILE UNITED STATES —As soon as an emigrant ship
reaches the emigrant station in the St. Lawrence, at
Grosse Isle, a few miles below Quebec, she is boarded by
the Government Medical Officer. It there are ary sick
on board they are landed and remain at the hospital, at
the expense of the Government, n til they are cured. Im-
mediately on the ship's arrival atu(uebec' Mr. Buchanan,
the Government Emigration Agent, goes on board. Hs
inquires into all complaints, and sees that all the condi-
tons of the Act of Parliament for protecting emigrants
iGave been strictly complied with. This he is able to do
in a most effective manner, as, whenever an emigrant
ship leaves a British port for Quebec, the Government
Emigration Officer port at the for w ends to him, by sna
stearAer, adist of every passenger, with their names, ages,
sex, trade, &c, This list is always received by Mr. Bu-
chanan a fortnight before the ship's arrival. He thus
posseses.every particular that may be useful to him in
protecting the emigrants, and directing theni
If tothere be
where
they can at once get suitable eui
any just cause of complaint against the captain of a ship,
justice is afforded by a very summary law passed for the
purpose, and Mr. Buchanan himself superintends the
prosecution. The Government of Canada has issued a
pamphlet upon the resources of the country and the pro•
specs in store for the industrious of all classes who
desire to make it the land of their adoption. This
pamphlet, as well as full particulars of the through-
booking system, by which emigrants are protected from
the time of their landing until they reach their destina-
tion, together with maps of the Canadian Railways,
showing their connection with those of the United
States, continue to be issued gratuitously to all who
apply for them, personally or by letter at the off
the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, 21, Old Broad.
street, London, E,C.