The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-07 00:00:00

clinaticn to supply them with. He then pulled away
altegether,,mtich was the lest we saw of him. The
,ime was breaking up test; the 'own
, and was thrown up on the starboard
a Icy minutes afterwards she parted
sing thirteen persons exposed to ti e
.Irf on the fore part of the starlscard
sidj, where we remained till the morning broke.
The tide turned about this time from ebb to flood,
when the rJilers came in with redoubled violence
and dashed the rem,.inder of the wreck to pieces.
All were immediately buffetting with the waves,
and sharks innumerable surrounded us on all sides,
which very much increased the terrors of our situation.
Owing to my being hurled on the rocks by the surf
two or three times I lost my senses, and was per-
fectly unconscious as to what ti.d occurred till I tout d
myself resting on a spyr with a sailer. I found tie
ship had gone to piece. end fire of cur comrades hid
perished. Water surroun,hd us in every direction,
with nothing in vi-w but cite or two small sand
banks, and those a long distance off. By night we
had constructed a rude kind of raft, on which we
slept, but as the tide et.bed we grounded, and with
the exception of our heads we were literally sleepirg
in she water. cold and wretched, but still (compara-
tively speaking) safe. I'Ve remained on the raft in
this a Cis Le two days and tights, the sun scorching us
by day, and the wind, owing to our being wet,
making us dreadfully cold at night. On Sund,r, the
third day, having found a small quantity of oatmeal,
we determined to start for the nears st sandhaek. A
60 gallon cask of beer, two six-dozen cases of wine, e
piece of bad pork, and the oatmeal, were the only
things saved from the wreck. We turned the ref.,
and after a severe day's work reached the batik about
sunset, and once more put our feet upon dry
land. We had only eaten once, and that but spar-
ingly. Here we lived fourteen days and nights, sub-
sisting on sharks' flesh and the wine and beer we
saved. Not a drop of water was to be bad. On the
20th of April we saw a vessel to the leeward of us,
and endeavoured to attract her attention by means of
a boat-hook and a shirt attached, but she did not, or
would not, see us. The next day, about one hour
before sun-set, another vessel hove in sight, and in
about the same spot as the ship of the previous even..
ing was seen. We again hoisted our signal, awl
walked about the bank to show there were living
creatures on it. We thought she did not see us, and
after taking our allowance of oatmeal and sharks'
flesh, we laid down for the night's rest. In a short
time, however, we 'were alarmed by the barking of
our dog, and on getting on our legs, discovered, 'to
our delight, a boat close in for the sands. She be-
longed to the vessel we had seen in the evening.
The mate and one of the passengers went on board
that night, and the rest of the survivors were taken off
the next morning, when we were conveyed safely to
the Mauritius." The ship and cargo were insured
for 25,0001.

METROPOLITAN COMMISSION
OF SEWERS.

Yesterday morning a monthly general Court of
Commissioners was held at the offices, Greek-street,
Soho • Viscount Ebrington in the chair. Present—
Mr. Hawes Mr. Lawes, Captain Dawson, Captain
Harness, and Mr. Hardwick.

The time of meeting was announced for twelve
o'clock, but at that time a sufficient number of com-
missioners not being present, the Court adjourned.
After a second adjournment, and a delay of an hour
and three-quarters, the arrival of Captain Harness,
who was sent for, completed the quorum. There are
only twelve Commissioners, and.as the Act n quires
the presence of six of them, much difficulty is occa-
sionally experienced in getting a ceurt.
Lord EBRINGTON, in expressing his regret at the
delay occasioned, remarked that at this time of the
year it was difficult to secure the attendance of pu-
tlemen members of the commission.
A part of the time consumed was occupied in read-
ing the reports recommending works, thus avoiding
increased delay.
After ordering the usual payments, the following
works were then ordered by the Court :-240ft. of
12-inch pipe sewer at Shepherd's-bush, estimate 701.;
ventilator in Little Wild-street, 41.; ditto, in Mary-
lebone-street and Rupert-street, '71.; 120 ft. of 12-
inch pipe sewer in Pomeroy-terrace, Kent-road, 22/. ;
550 ft. of 15-inch pipe in Hanway-street, 175 ft. of
12-inch pipe in John-court, and 220 ft. of 12-inch
pipe in Petty's• court, 3201. ; 2,240 ft. of sewer in
Gloucester-place, Kentish-town, 1,676/. ; 133 ft. of
9-inch pipe sewer in Union-place, Lisson-grove, 251.;
50ft. of 9-inch and 40ft. of 6-inch pipe sewer in
Carlisle- place, Portman market, 20/. ; 670 ft. of sewer
in Lower-street, Islington, 481/ ; 3ooft. of sewer in
Pratt-street, Camden town, 1601 ; 500 ft. of 9-inch
pipe on the east side of Portland-street, Walworth,
50/. ; 450 ft. of 2-feet brick culvert in line of Falcon-
brook, 120/. • 360 ft. of 12 inch pipe sewer in Brick-
str, eP, Park-lane, 901.; 350 ft. of 12-inch pipe sewer
in Clown-court, Temple-bar, 87/. 10i ; 145tt. of 15-

inch, an I 200 ft. of 12-inch pipe sewer in Moor street,
Alarylebone, 9.5/. 14s. ; 4001 t. of sewer in Aside,' -
terrEce, Wharf-road, 182/. Gs. 4d. ; 75fr. of 12-inch
pipe sewer in Llmb-courr, Clerkenweil, 19/. 10s.;
12,630 ft. of pipe sewer in Bermondsey, &c.,
cost 1,8451.; 626 ft. of 12-inch pipe sewer in the
Fulham-road, 106/ ; 50ft. of 9 inch pipe
sewer on the west side of libury-square,
Pimlico, 10/ ; 800 ft. of 18-inch, 940 fr.. of
15 inch, 1,140 ft. of 12-inch, and 420 ft. of 9-inch
pipe sewer in Camberwell-grove, 4501. Various
gullies were also ordered to be constructed and re-
paircd in different localities, at a total cost of 1771.
7.. lt was also determined to repay to the Eat and
West India Dock and Birmingham Junction Rail-
way the sum of 2,0001. 'The whole cf the works re-
commended by the committee for the sanction of the
general court amounted to 6,000/. and upwards.

DRAINAGE OF THE BUILDING FOR THE EXHIBITION
or 1851.

With a view to providing adequate drainage for
this building the Commissioners have requested per-
ihission of Mr Alger, a builder, to drain it into his
s- vier, l) ing between the Knightsbridge Barracks and
K,nsington. Mr. Alger has accorded permission
gratis tor the term of one year, and has declared his
impression that he should he remunerated for a con-
tinuance of the drainage for a furthrr period.
The Court accepted the offer, which was passed in
the usual form.

THE ORDNANCE MAP

It was then ordered that the reduced sheets of the
Ordnance map, on e scale of 12 inches to a mile,
should be soli to the public at 21. per sheet, the map
comprisit,g 44 sheets in all.

SERIOUS FIRE AT A RAILWAY

STATION.

NOTTINGHAM, FRIDAT.—This morning, about
half- past eleven o'clock, the porters and draymcn at
work in the goods-yard at the Midland Rsilway Sta-
tion in this town were suddenly astonished by ob-
serving flames issuing from a number of bales of cot-
ton wool stacked under an overhanging roof on the
outside of one of the sheds. Mr. Pettifer, the sta-
tion master, and other officials, were instantly apprised
of the circumstance, and a messenger was dispatched
to the police-station for the assistance of the engines
and the fire brigade. In the meantime a great effort
was made to stay the raging of the flames, but without
any great success ; the only thing to be done effec-
tually was to remove the contents of the sheds to a
distance, and limit the destruction to the locality in
which the fire first broke out. By dint of hard labour
some 50 or 60 sacks of beans, wheat, and flour,
belonging to Seeley and Co., of Lincoln, were con-
veyed from the shed to a cossiderable distance. Many
tons of timber that lay archn-id were also carried off,
and some 20 or 30 trucks laden with coal, all within
reach of danger, were likewise removed out of harm's
way. In this mltiner a considerable range of sheds
were preserved, and their contents, chiefly manu-
factured articles of great value, remained free from
even the slightest damage.
It was otherwise, however, with the shed near
which the flumes were first seen to issue, and with
the bales of cotton, the spontaneous combustion of
which it is supposed originated the calamity • every
effort made proved unsuccessful, for the building
itaelf was completely destroyed in little more than an
hour, and not a single pound of cotton was preserved
from damage either by fire or water.
The stied was built of brick, and it singularly
happened to be the most substantial and costly in the
whole yard, all the rest being wood erections ; it was
24 yards long, 12 wide, and stood about the height
of a three-story house. The roof was of slate, and in
the inside it was fitted tip with tiers of benches,
platforms, cranes, &c. Besides these, nearly the
whole of the contents having been timely removed,
only some three or four sacks of beans were burnt.
The cotton-wool weighed upwards of ten tons, and
was worth from 7d. to 7id. a pound. It was con-
signed to Messrs. W. and S. Wiisou, spinners, of
Radford, near Nottingham, and lied been awaiting
removal thither f ,r three or four months.
The firemen with their two engines continued bard
at work during the day, assisted by others; but up to
the departure of the four r.u. train with this account
the fire still continued to burn in piece's, although sa-
turated with tons of water.
Although the fact could not be decisively ascer-
tained, there is every reason to believe that neither
the compsny's shed nor Mes.rs. Wilson's cotton was
insured. The former will probably cost 3001. or 4001.
restoring; and the cotton is stated. to have been worth
6001. or 7001 Even supposing a portion of the hitter
may he used in paper-making or far some other pur-
pose, •
sll the 10-s falling upan the two psrties will,,
* •
at
a moderate computation, amount to 1,000/. Very
little of the timber was burnt, the greater portion
having in gcod time been removed.

The electric telegraph has been eitablisbed between
Vienna and Cracow. On the 26th ult., a despatch was
received from Cracow by the Minister of War in fits
minute:.