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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1844.

ana's, &c., ordinary to middling, 6 a 7 cents per lb., fair
to good fair BtoBi to 9c.; good and fine, 9 to 10 all
cents.
Exports from the 1.7"&t,-.1 Stites to Grent Er:thin since
Ist Sept., 1543, ; ;
ditto, 1841, 922,762.
Total exports from the United States since the Ist
September, 1843, 1,568,470 ; ditto, 1842, 4,981,166 ;
ditto, 1841, 1,433,859.
Receipts at all the principal ports of the United
States since September Ist, 1843, 2,000,890 ; same time
last year, 2,365,253 ; ditto year before, 1,660,411.

' EXECUTION OF THE PIRA I'ES OF THE
SALADIN.
(From a Halifax paper of the 3d inst.)
Jones, Hazelton, Anderson, and Trevaskiss, were
executed on the Common on Tuesday morning last,
in the presence of a large concourse of people, the
gallows having been erected on a hill in the rear of
the Catholic Cemetery.
A company of the 52d Regiment were early on the
ground, and formed a circle round the scaffold, keep•
ing the spectators at a proper distance.
At about ten o'clock, A.M., the prisoners arrived at
the spot from whence they were to take their last
look upon the world, and end their mortal career in
ignominy. They were coeveyed in two close car-
riages from the Penitentiary, preceded by the Sheriff
in a gig, and strongly guarded by a body of the
First Royals, with fixed bayonets. They ap-
peared much more debilitated than when
we last saw them ; but their countenances wore a
more placid expression. They ascended the stepa of
the scaffold, and took their stand upon the fatal drop,
with great firmness. For some time after they
ascended the scaffold, and with the ropes about their
necks, they were engaged in prayer, the different
clergymen appearing unremitting in their attention
to these unfortunate beings in the last moments of
their existence. The Swede alone seemed at all indif-
ferent to his awful situation. He stood perfectly
erect, and gazed around on the vast assemblage, on the
green fields, the blue sky, and the ocean before him—
tar, far beyond which dwelt those who were dear to
him, whom he should never more see, and whose
cheeks would mantle w ith shame for the de-
gradation of their lost son. It is hard to tell ,
what may have been the secret thought of that
doomed boy, while standing on the verge of his own
grave, with his coffin beneath his feet. His aged
parents with their silvered locks—his brothers and
sisters, who but a little while since shared his youth-
ful joys and sorrows, may have risen up before his
imagination at the moment and rendered him regard-
less of his real state, or, it may be, that his apparent
indifference was the result of education—of the diffi- -
culty under which he laboured to understand the
language of consolation addressed to him —of na-
tional pride, which prompted him to die as it became
a Swede ; yet his rigidity of countenance may have
been a token of resignation—of reliance on the atoning
blood of the Saviour for salvation. We believe he
was really penitent. _ _

FORMS TO BE COPIED AND SIGNED BY THE

DEBTOR.
(A. No. 1.)

FORM OF PETITION FOR PROTECTION FROM PROCESS.
To the Court of Bankruptcy, London,
or

To the District Court of Bankruptcy.
The humble petition of
[lnsert at full length the name, address, and quality
of the petitioner, and also the description of the
trade or business, or (if more than one) trades or
businesses, which he carries, or has carried, on,
during his twelve months' residence within the
district of the Court.]
Showeth, That your petitioner is not a trader within
the meaning of the statutes now in force relating to
bankrupts.
[lf a trader strike out the word " not " and add,
after the word " bankrupts," the words " but
owing debts, amounting in the whole, to less than
300/."]
That your petitioner has resided 12 calendar months
within the district of this Honourable Court ; that is to
say,
[lnsert the places and periods of residence.]
That your petitioner has become indebted to divers
creditors, whose names are inserted in the schedule (A)
[or as the case may be], to this his petition annexed, and
that he is unable to pay his debts in full.
That your petitioner has examined the said schedule,
and that such schedule contains a full and true account
of your petitioner's debts, and the claims against him,
with the names of his creditors and claimants, and the
dates of contracting the debts and claims, severally, as
near as such debts can be stated, the nature of the debts
and claims, and securities (if any) given for the same,
and that there is reasonable ground in his belief for
disputing so much of the debts as are thereby mentioned
as disputed, and also a true account of the nature and
amount of his property, and an inventory of the same,
and of the debts owing to him, with their dates, as
nearly as such dates can be stated, and the names of his
debtors, and the nature of the securities (if any) which
he has for such debts; and that the said schedule doth
also contain a balance-sheet of so much of his receipts
and expenditures as is required by this Honourable Court
in that behalf, and cloth' fully and truly describe the
wearing apparel, bedding, and other such necessaries of
your petitioner and his family, and his working tools
and implements.
That your petitioner has not parted with or charged
any of his property (except for the necessary support of
himself and his family, and the necessary expenses (not
exceeding X ) of this his petition, or in the ordi-
nary course of trade), at any time within three months
of the date of filing this his petition, cr at any time
with a view to this petition.
That your petitioner is desirous that his estate should
be administered under the protection and direction of
this Honourable CourVand that he verily believes such
estate is of the value of £ at the least unencum-
bered, and beyond the value of his n earing apparel, and
ether matters which your petitioner is authorised to ex-
cept by this Act, and that the same is available for the
benefit of his creditors.

It was a melancholy sight to see four young fellows,
the oldest not over twenty-three years, close their
mortal career just as they were entering manhood, on
the scaffold. Circumstances alone made them pirates
and murderers. We have authority for believing that
they were not habitually vicious. It is quite possible,
had they not embarked on board the Saladin—or had
never met Fielding—or knew of the existence of the
wealth in that vessel, they might have escaped so ig-
nominious an end.

Before the executioner adjusted the ropes through
the rings of the scaffold, and prepared them for the
drop, the prisoners shook hands, and bade each other
farewell, Jones kissing his comrades affectionately on
the cheek. Before the caps were put on them,
Jones addressed a few words to the spectators, stating
that he was an Irishman, and from Clare. He
expressed his deep sorrow for the deed he had
committed, and hoped for pardon from God.
Hazleton and Jones handed papers to the Rev. Mr.
O'Brien, containing confessions of their guilt—but
alleging that they were innocent of the death of
Fielding and his son. The caps were then pulled
over the features of the prisoners, and the clergymen
on the scaffold took leave of them. The Rev. Messrs.
O'Brien, Connolly, and Quinan, knelt in prayer,
when the bar which supported the drop was re-
moved, and the unfortunate men were launched into
eternity. Treveskiss alone struggled a moment, and
not violently. The bodies, after having been sus-
pended for three-quarters of an hour, were cut down.
Those of Hazleton and Jones were conveyed to the
Catholic Cemetery, preceded by the clergy in attend-
ance, and followed by a large number of people, and'
deposited in the little chapel, where prayers were
offered up. Those of Anderson and Trevaskiss were
taken to the poor-house burial ground, and, we be-
lieve, interred. Thus ended this melancholy and
horrible tragedy.
The following are the confessions made by Jones
and Hazleton :

_
* That your petitioner submits to this Honourable
Court the proposal for the payment of his debts con-
tained in the said schedule.

That your petitioner is ready and willing to be exa-
mined from time to time touching his estate and effects,
and to make a full and true disclosure and discovery of
the same.

I, George Jones, at this my last moment, acknowledge
the guilt which I have confessed and for which I die ;
but I do declare in the presence of Him who is about to
judge me, that I had no part whatever in the death of
the boy George, commonly supposed to be Fielding's
son. I neither counselled the boy's death, nor approved'
of it, subsequently. I furthermore declare, I would have
prevented the murder had I been able at the moment to
do so. I believe that no man on board, unless the
immediate perpetrators of the deed, counselled the
murder of the boy. It may be an act of justice to
remark, that on the awful night of the mur-
ders, Fielding appeared desirous of deferring
the execution of the project until the ship should have
proceeded further on her course; on the occasion of
manifesting this desire he was strongly opposed by
Johnston. I think these declarations necessary from
some mistaken views, given by the judge in passing sen-
tence and from a desire to do justice to my own memory
already sufficiently blackened by my real offences. I
offer my life as a sacrifice for my misdeeds, and expect
mercy through the death and passion of my Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ. I die in peace and charity with
all mankind, and may God have mercy on my soul.
His
GEORGE k JONES,
Mark.
I, John Hazleton, do penitently acknowledge my
former confession and the justice of my death—but at
this my final hour, do declare in the presence of God,
who will judge me, that I had no part whatever in Cap-'
tain Fielding's death. I furthermore declare, that I
advised and desired his preservation ; although I peni-
tently confess that 1 appeared to approve his death.
I did no act, however to co-operate in it. I also pro-
test most solemnly that I had no C. art whatever in
the death of the boy commonly called George, and
supposed to be Fielding's son. I did not advise
it before, nor did I subsequently approve it. I op-
posed it by crying out when thejact was being done and I
had been aware of it. I think these declarations only
in justice to my memory already sufficiently darkened
by my sins, and that they are moreover called for by
some mistaken observations of the judge in passing sen-
tence. I die in peace with all men, and expecting for-
giveness and salvation through the merits of my Lord
and Saviour, who died for the sins of the whole world.
His
JOHN r 1 HAZLETON,
Mark.

Your petitioner, therefore, prays such relief in the
premises as by the statutes now in force for the relief
of insolvent debtors may be adjudged by this Honourable
Court.

And your petitioners shall ever pray, &c.
Signed by the said petitioner on the day of
184 , in presence of
of , attorney or agent in the matter of
the said petition.
Any friend who takes charge of the petitiou may be
the agent, and sign us witness.

(A. No. 2.)
AFFIDAVIT VERIFYING PETITION AND SCHEDULE.
In the Court of Bankruptcy, London,

In the District Court of Bankruptcy.
A. 8., of the petitioner named in the peti-
tion hereunto annexed [if the petitioner affirm, alter
accordingly], maketh oath and saith, that the several
allegations in the said petition, and the several matters
contained in the schedule hereunto annexed, are true.
Sworn, &c.
* Omit this paragraph if no special proposal.

NATIONAL SWIMMING MATCHES
Yesterday morning, between six and seven o'clock, the
swimming matches were resumed under very favourable
circumstances, the swimming being excellent, and the
attendance exceedingly numerous. The decisions in the
races which took place the previous day, and which have
been reported, gave much satisfaction. The arrange-
ments were under the superintendence of Mr. Strachan,
founder of the Society. At seven o'clock, the usual pre-
parations having been made, the start took place for the
Subscription Purse, for which eight started, and the re-
sult was—
Thomas Clark
W'illiam Shaw 2 E. Bryant 0
William Smith 3 Rechlle 0
William Bright .... 4 Case 0
All got off well together, and finished admirably,
Clark defeating Shaw, the winner on the previous day,
by a very short distance—the rest were well up. The
distance was from bank to bank of the Serpentine,
about 440 yards.

LORD BROUGHAM. IRELAND.
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. I THE CROPS.
The following circular has been forwarded to us. We DUBLIN, AUG. 12.—Although the rain continues, the
have 71e (1,1?!11' 11 publication of it w7ll prove reports from the country are still favourable. It appears
1,,!w in On ,s,:nrsc f l'e- (lays, . that the Nvlleat crop was too far advanced to be seriously
circulate through the pri,ons, and generally through the injured by the quantity of rain that has yet fallen. Much
country, a short and plain statement of the provisions of of that grain has been laid; but in this state the farmers
the acts for abolishing all imprisonment of debtors, ex- are cutting it, and in some districts reaping is pretty
cepting such as have committed frauds on their creditors, general. Wheat is likely to be a very good crop, pro-
or have been guilty of gross extravagance. bably more than an average in the yield, and the quality
" But in the mean time, and to save any delay in their of the grain generally excellent. Oats, according to the
liberation, he begs the keeper of • * * * gaol to latest accounts, will turn out better than had been ex-
explain to the debtors in his custody that they may ob- petted, but perhaps much under an average. Barley
tain their immediate liberation by presenting a petition will be a fair crop; but there is a much less breadth
to the District Bankruptcy Court, in the form hereunto than heretofore. Potatoes, notwithstanding a consider-
annexed, and making an affidavit in the annexed form to able failure of those early sown, are described as an
the truth of the statements in the petition. abundant crop. The price of potatoes is now very mode-
" Lord Brougham hopes that the Bankrupt Commis- rate all through the country. Altogether, if the weather
sioners will enable the debtors to swear to such affidavits for the next three or four weeks should prove at all
by sending round a registrar or other officer. Therefore favourable, the crops in Ireland will be excellent and
all persons intending to petition should prepare their abundant.
petitions and affidavits without delay. But if any delay
should occur, he strongly recommends swearing the affi-
davit, before a Master Extraordinary, who will also
(being an attorney) have the goodness to witness the
signature of the petition.
" It is not, however, necessary to employ any attorney
in this matter. A debtor, if able to read and write, can
alsowrite his petition, and write his affidavit by the
forms hereunto annexed ; and any friend or other per-
son whom he chooses to employ can act as his agent for
the purpose of transmitting the petition by the post; and
such friend or other person may sign as witness to the
petition.
"If the schedule is false, or if fraud has been com-
mitted, or if gross extravagance has been committed, the
debtor will undergo imprisonment by sentence of the
Court. As one of the newspapers has thought proper to
misrepresent the Act in this respect, debtors are hereby
advised to observe the matter, just stated.
" Brougham (Penrith), Aug. 12, 1844."

REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
The usual weekly meeting of the Association was held
this day in the Conciliation Hall.
On the motion of Mr. S. O'BRIEN the chair was taken
by Richard O'Gorman, Esq. The Chairman briefly re-
turned thanks for the honour conferred upon him.
Mr. S. O'BRIEN commenced the business of the day
by banding in several remittances.
Mr. DANIEL O'CONNELL acknowledged the receipt
of several remittances, and then said he had to make his
usual weekly return from the prison. He was happy to
be able to inform the Association that the imprisoned
martyrs were in good health and most excellent spirits,
enjoying the glorious fact of the perfect tranquillity
of Ireland throughout its entire extent. They were
likewise rejoiced to find that the spirit of per-
severance, in looking by legal and constitutional
means for the repeal of the union, still pervaded Irish-
men, of every class and persuasion. Peace and perse-
verance, and the union would necessarily be repealed.
He could state to the Association, of his own knowledge,
that when the account reached Mr. O'Connell, of the
speech made by Mr. Sheil on the subject of the State
trials, he expressed his regret that any such speech
should have been delivered, a regret not unmixed with
some indignation. Mr. O'Connell totally disavowed and
repudiated the matter of that speech ; he thought it a
highly unbecoming one as proceeding from any friend of
of his, and he considered it anything but a friendly act
on the part of Mr. Shell. He could also state, that as
Mr. O'Connell at the close of the proceedings in the
Queen's Bench solemnly protested against the injustice
done to him, he continued firm in that protest. There
had never been upon his part, and there never would be,
any shrinking or compromise, and he could not consider
any man his friend who talked of compromise or shrink-
ing. Mr. O'Connell had now, and long had had, but one
political object, the restoration of the domestic legislature
of Ireland—a restoration which, in his judgment, was
merely a question of time. Come it should—the only
question was when. Ho deemed the period not distant,
he desired to be at large only that he might the more
actively pursue all peaceable and legal means to restore
the native legislature of Ireland—he did hope, as he did
anxiously wish, that his imprisonment might arouse
every patriot that is out of prison to increased peaceable
exertion for the repeal of the deleterous union. It was
the duty of those who were at large to redouble their
efforts for that patriotic and eminently useful purpose,
the repeal of the statute of legislative union. There
had been an assertion attributed to Sir Robert Peel, by
the public papers, to the effect that the Government had
intended to issue a proclamation against the holding
of the two meetings prior to that of Clontarf, but
that the meetings were abandoned. He had made in-
quiry, and he could now state to the Association
that if Sir R. Peel made any such assertion he did so
upon false information ; the assertion being in itself per-
fectly untrue, as there were no meetings agreed to be
held, and then given up, prior to the Clontarf proclama-
tion. The falsehood of the assertion of course is not at-
tributed to Sir Robert Peel, but to the base men who
misinformed him. The assertion, however, itself was
perfectly false. He had reason to know that Mr. O'Con-
nell was exceedingly anxious to have all the liberal elec-
tors for the municipal elections prepared, by having paid
their taxes before the 31st of the present month, in order
to be put upon the burgess roll. These taxes would be
paid sooner or later—the electors were not asked to pay
a sum of money which they could avoid paying by delay.
The only difference was, that if they were paid before
the 31st of August the ratepayers would have a right to
vote ; whereas they lose that right by deferring the
payment. There was an instance before Mr. O'Connell,
as Lord Mayor, upon the revision of the burgess list, of
no less than six persons in one of the wards having paid
their taxes on the Ist of September, and who, therefore,
lost their votes—votes which they would have retained
if they had paid those taxes a day sooner. The only
method of proceeding satisfactorily with the preparations
for the muaicipal elections was to have committees of
repeal wardens meet in each ward, and make all the ne-
cessary arrangements, and in particular to ascertain
what taxes were due, and to procure the electors to dis-
charge those taxes in time ; that is, on or before the 31st
of August ; for it should always be kept in recollection
that every other exertion was useless, and went for no-
thing, unless the taxes were paid in time. Finally, he
had to state his perfect conviction that if there were any
Irishman who desired to mitigate the imprisonment of
Mr. O'Connell, he could do so in one way alone, and
that was, by redoubled exertions, legally and peaceably
to achieve for his native land the greatest of political
blessings, namely, the repeal of the legislative union.
Dr. NAGLE moved a resolution having for its object
the extension of repeal reading-rooms throughout the
country.
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN seconded the motion, and said
that nothing could advance the cause of repeal more
than the establishment of repeal reading-rooms through-
out the country. The object of the Association was to
promote the political, intellectual, and industrial educa-
tion of the people of this country, and the expense at
which this desirable object could be accomplished would
be comparatively trifling.
Mr. CAPEL POWELL, M.P., moved the adoption of the
following address to her Majesty :

" TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
" Most Gracious Sovereign,—We, the undersigned in-
habitants and natives of the kingdom of Ireland, being
deeply aggrieved and incensed by the acts of those who
misuse your Majesty's name to sanction their aggressions
upon our rights and liberties, and confiding in your Ma-
jesty's benign disposition towards your loyal Irish sub •
jects, venture to approach your throne with this our
appeal for redress.
"An event, most gracious Sovereign, has occurred,
which has caused to the Irish nation intense sorrow,
alarm, and indignation. The most illustrious of your
Majesty's subjects, together with six others of our fel-
low-countrymen, are now inmates of a common gaol—
having been convicted by means which we believe to be
unconstitutional, illegal, and unjust, for having performed
acts, deserving not of punishment, but of the highest
commendation.

"Desirous to unfold to your Majesty the course of
circumstances which have brought to pass this event,
never to be forgotten by the Irish nation, we beg re-
spectfully to represent to your Majesty, that your Irish
subjects claim to be a free people, and to be as much
entitled to the enjoyment of free institutions as the most
favoured inhabitants of your empire • that for several
hundred years they possessed, under the' Crown of Eng-
land, a national Parliament ; that, by a combination of
wickedness, almost without parallel, they were, in the
year 1800, deprived of this their ancient birthright and
inheritance; that they have since learned, by the sad ex-
perience of forty-three years, bow great a loss their
country had sustained in exchanging self-government
for provincial dependency ; that in the British Parlia-
ment Irish interests are neglected, Irish feelings find no
sympathy, Irish opinion possesses no weight ; and that
the fruit of British legislation for Ireland has been the
prostration of all those resources, moral and material,
which can give dignity, prosperity, and contentment to a
nation.

" One man had sufficient penetration to discover the
cause of our sufferings, and sufficient energy to rouse his
countrymen to assist him in the almost hopeless task of
recovering our Legislature. His mission was peaceful.
He announced, that no triumph which we could achieve
was to be accepted, if won by the effusion of a single
drop of blood. He relied upon the irresistible influence
of opinion, sustained by consciousness of the force of his
reasoning, and of the righteousness of his cause. He
called together his fellow-countrymen—they assembled
in peaceful array. He asked them whether his opinions
were confirmed by their concurrence ? They answered,
our
patriot
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with a voice almost unanimous, that there was no hope
for Ireland, save in the restoration of her Legislature.
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lished, he has been held responsible. We are told, most
gracious Sovereign, but we believe it not, that this is the
la‘‘ of the land. Our reason tells us it is not the law of
instruments rtpartaking
merit
effect or
his
nature, or of God
" The course of his trial has been consistent with the
nature of the charge, and with the means by which it
has been sustained. We have been accustomed to be-
lieve that trial by jury was instituted, in order to secure
to the accused an impartial tribunal. In the case of
O'Connell, we have seen the jury laws violated, and
every expedient adopted which could insure his con-
viction, by the intervention of political and religious
prejudices.
" In your Majesty's highest court of criminal jurisdic-
tion, your Attorney-General has been allowed, during
the progress of this trial, with impunity to violate the
laws of God and of man.
" Your Chief Justice has been seen to take upon him-
self the office of advocate against the accused.
" Thus, by a perversion of law, and by a denial of jus-
tice, the greatest man of his age has been convicted on a
charge of conspiracy, and has been consigned to a goal,
even before the process is terminated which questions
the validity of his trial.
In addressing your Majesty, we do not use courtly
phrase, or the customary formularies of adulation. We
address you as our beloved Sovereign in the language of
the heart. We fear that truth seldom reaches a Royal
ear ; and being sincerely desirous to preserve to your
Majesty unimpaired, the affection of the people of Ire-
land, we may not conceal from you our conviction, that
the proceedings of your Majesty's Ministers have
giea • tly tended to alienate the minds of your Irish sub-
jects from the laws, institutions, and government which
they adminster, and to engender animosities between
the kindred nations which acknowledge your Majesty's
sway.
" To us, this event brings an additional proof that
Ireland can never be wisely or safely governed until we
possess a native Legislature,‘ and, under the pressure of
this conviction, we think it right, on the present occa-

sion, not only to lay before your Majesty this; our na-
tional protest against the injustice which has been in-
flicted upon our innocent fellow-countrymen, and against
the violation of our own rights and liberties, but also to
record the fixed and irrevocable determination of a large
majority of the Irish nation to persevere—until success
shall reward their perseverance—in their efforts to ob-
tain the restoration of the Parliament of Ireland.
" Relying, then, upon your Majesty's gracious desire
to promote the happiness of your Irish subjects, we
implore your Majesty to assist our endeavour to obtain a
repeal of the Act of Union, as the only effectual means
of protecting us from those wrongs, legislative, admi-
nistrative, and judicial, which we now endure.
" That our gracious Queen, assisted by the councils
of an Irish Parliament, and of Ministers who shall
possess its confidence, may soon witness the prosperity
and contentment of the Irish nation, and long live to
contemplate that happy sight, is the fervent prayer of
the undersigned, who, with all the respect which is due to
their Sovereign, subscribe themselves your Afajesty's
loyal and attached subjects."
Mr. H. GRATTAN, seconded the motion in an
emphatic speech, and on concluding was loudly cheered.
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN mentioned that the number of
signatures to the document amounted to 1,084,988, and
he had the gratifying fact to announce that a large pro-
portion of these came from the northern counties.

THE LATE GALE.
MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECKS AND LOSS OF

LIFE AT TENBY.
On Friday night and part of Saturday a terrific gale,
attended with most disastrous consequences, blew from
the eastward, veering round from that quarter to the
south and south-west, and raging with tremendous vio-
lence, accompanied with frequent torrents of rain. The
ispect which the ocean presented during its continuance
was truly sublime and awful, but terrible in its destruc-
tive effects. About day-break the Tenby pilots observed
a large brig which bad been windbound in an open part
of the roadstead apparently in great peril, and endea-
vouring to gain the shelter of Caldy-roads, which were
comparatively safe. She was known to be the Richard,
of Sunderland, Cook, master, laden with coal, and bound
from Cardiff to London., as she had been spoken with
the day previous by one of the pilots, who advised the
captain to anchor in a more secure position than that he
had chosen ; but apprehending no danger, the latter
did not attend to the caution. Indeed, so awfully sud-
den was the rising of the tempest, and so fine had been
the preceding day, that there might have seemed little
cause for apprehension. The vessel was now evidently in
great distress, and continued at intervals firing signal guns
for assistance, which it was impossible to afford her from
the shore, the increasing fury of the storm rendering it
impracticable for any boat to put to sea. About
four o'clock she lost her rudder, and ran aground
on the whiteback, a bank of sand near Gillar, and where,
tad she gone to pieces, every soul on board must inevi-
tably have perished. As the !tide advanced, however,
;he was again afloat, but having no helm, she was per-
fectly unmanageable, and at the mercy of the wind and
sea. She had thrown out her anchors, but drifted from
them, and at length, just after seven, she was driven
ashore on the Tenby Sands, upon a flood tide, opposite
the South Cliff, and within view of crowds of spectators
assembled on the cliffs, and at the windows of the
houses on the summit, all watching with intense and
painful anxiety the result of the catastrophe. At this
time the breakers were rolling with indiscribable fury
over the sands, and in less than a quarter of an hour the
doomed vessel began to part, becoming a heap of dis-
jointed wreck in a very short space of time. During
this interval the ill-fated crew were seen clinging to the
rigging and other parts of the vessel, while the waves,
breaking frightfully over them, threatened them every in-
stant with destruction. Lieutenant Guillet, of the Coast
Guard, and his crew, were on the cliffs above her, with
Captain Manby's apparatus for saving shipwrecked lives,
and every exertion of skill and intrepidity was made to
rescue the unfortunate men by the Coast Guard, aided
by the pilots and fishermen and many of the townspeople,
while the most eager and breathless interest pervaded
the spectators. It was some time before the attempts made
with the apparatusprovedsuccessful ; but at length a shot
with a rope attached reached the wrack, and one man was
able to avail himself of it, and was safely brought on shore.
Another, after some interval, was saved in the same man-
, ner, and a third, by means of a scaling ladder thrown
over the cliff, which two men descended, and, at the im-
minent hazard of their lives, succeeded in dragging the
drowning man through the surf, and rescuing him from
death. The other four unhappily perished. Two were
washed from their hold utterly exhausted, and soon sank
amidst the tumult of waters. Another had leaped into
the boat as she was washed from the vessel's deck, and
with the help of an oar, contrived for a short time to
scull towards the shore, till thrown down by a sea break.
ing over him. He soon regained his feet and resumed
his labour, but another tremendous billow succeeded, and
swept him and his frail craft from sight. The circum-
stances attending the death of another poor fellow, sup-
posed to be the captain, were most affecting. He had
secured himself to a rope thrown from th.e cliff by means
of the apparatus, and was drawn some distance towards
land, when his progress was suddenly impeded by the
other end of the line having got entangled in the wreck,
whence he was unable to disengage it. He had, even in
this terrible extremity, presence of mind to search his
pockets for a knife to sever the rope, but could not find
one, and death was now inevitable. The unfortunate
man struggled fearfully for life, but was drowned by the
incessant burst of billows sweeping over him.
The scene altogether was most heart-rending, and
can never be forgotten by its horror-struck spectators.
The three men saved were promptly conveyed to the
Brig public-house, and the usual means were resorted
to to restore them to animation. They were provided by
the Shipwrecked Mariners' Relief Society with clothing
and the means of returning to their homes ; and a sub-
scription was set on foot, in the town, for the relief of
the widows and orphans of the ill-fated men who perished,
which (to the amount of upwards of 461.) has been for-
warded to the Mayor of Sunderland for that purpose.
The poor fellows left on Wednesday by the Phoenix
steamer. The cargo of the brig has been partially
saved ; but much of it was unavoidably lost, from being
washed away and buried in the sand.
Another melancholy accident occurred on the same
day, on board a fishing-vessel, of Brixham, belonging
to Mrs. Lewis, whose son, a lad of seventeen, and an
apprentice, were washed overboard off Caldy, during
the gale, and drowned. The masts and part of the
rigging of a vessel have been picked up by one of the
fishing-boats, and it is feared that several vessels have
foundered in the Channel. A number of small craft
have taken refuge in our harbour in distress, and vari-
'ously damaged. Much damage was also done by the
gale in various parts of the town ; the church, and a
vast number of houses being partially unroofed. Such a
hurricane at this season of the year is unusual, and its
mournful effects have created the most painful sensations
in those who witnessed them.

On the motion of Mr. M‘Nevin(l;;;;i:t;):;econded
by Mr. Mackay (barrister), a committee was appointed
to inquire into the facts of the recent disturbance in
Cork, which had arisen out of a religious cause.
Mr. O'CONNELL concurred in the propriety of this
step, and expressed his conviction that the statements
respecting this affair had been greatly exaggerated.
After some further business had been gone through,
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN announced the rent for the week
9461. 17s.—The meeting then adjourned.
DEATH OF WILLIAM O'REILLY, ESQ.
We regret to announce the death of William O'Reilly,
Esq., which took place at the family mansion, Knock
Abbey Castle, county of Louth, on Saturday evening
last. Mr. O'Reilly was lineally descended from the head
of the sept of O'Reilly, in the county of Cavan, who,
having followed the standard of the ill-starred James,
were parties to the treaty of Limerick, and by its viola-
tion their hereditary estates passed out of their hands,
like many of the Irish then deprived of their domains.
On the relaxation of the penal code the father of Mr.
O'Reilly purchased considerable estates in Louth, Gal-
way, and Limerick ; and on the death of his elder brother,
in the year 1840, he became possessed of the estates in
Louth and Galway, and expended the income derived
from them in giving extensive employment to the inha-
bitants of their localities

Mr. O'Reilly had been a distinguished member of the
Catholic Association. On the passing of the Reform Bill,
he was elected Member for the borough of Dundalk, in
opposition to the brother of Lord Roden, the owner of
the town. The close attention to his Parliamentary
duties undermined his constitution, and to it may be
traced his early demise, As a landlord he was kind and
indulgent; as a country gentleman and a magistrate he
was unremitting in the discharge of his duties, and none
were heard to 'dispute his judgments, for they were
always founded on justice.
He is succeeded in his estates by his only son, Miles
O'Reilly, Esq., a distinguished student of the London
University.
Mr. O'Reilly was brother of the late Colonel O'Reilly,
husband of the Dowager Duchess of Roxburgh, and
of Mr. Dowel O'Reilly, the present Attorney-General of
Jamaica.

STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
Not only is the country tranquil, but the people seem
determined to avoid all temptation to outrage or insubor-
dination. The Galway Vindicator mentions a very gra-
tifying illustration of this spirit amongst the peasantry.
On Tuesday evening a fellow, who had been some days
in that town, obtruded himself at a meeting of the Tem-
perance Society, and, says that journal, " commenced an
harangue of the most treasonable and seditious tendency,
advising the people to an appeal to arms, in furtherance
of the liberation of O'Connell and their legislative
independence, until he was cut short in his address by
a rough and speedy ejectment from the room."

A beautiful little yacht, belonging to Trevor Roper,
Esq., was driven from her anchorage in the bay during
the storm on Saturday, and totally beaten to pieces on
the shore. There were providentially no hands on
board at the time.

Along the whole of the Welsh coast the effects of the
hurricane were dreadful. Carmarthen Bay, Cardigan
Bay, and all the bays and inlets in the Bristol Channel,
were strewed with the wrecks of coasting and other
vessels. In Carmarthen Bay, in addition to the total
wreck of the Richard, we have to record the total loss of
three vessels near the Worms Head. They were endea-
vouring to enter Llanelly, but failed, and were com-
pletely destroyed. On Saturday forenoon the body of a
female was picked up on Pernbrysands ; she was sup-
posed to be the wife of the captain of one of the lost ves-
sels. These three vessels are supposed to be a schooner
called the Mary, of Bridgewater, laden with hay and
reeds—crew saved, with the exception of one man ; the
smack Julia, of Chepstow, laden with bark—one man
lost ; the Triton, of Plymouth, laden with copper ore
for Williams, Forster, and Co.—the master was saved,
but three of the crew were unfortunately lost.

The brig Friends, of Ilfracome, Pry, master, went
down in Carmarthen Bay. All the crew perished,
together with the master's wife and family, who were on
board. The Wave, of Hayle, laden with copper ore for
Neath, made for Porth Cawl ; but it being so very
rough, she could not enter the harbour without doing
much damage to the vessels lying there, consequently she
was deserted, and she ran ashore in the bay, where she
sustained no damage except the splitting of sails.—
Welshman.

HoLYIIEAD.—During a strong gale from S.W., on
Tuesday last, the sloop Peggy, of Carnarvon, with slates,
put into the bay, disabled in her sails ; the anchors were
dropped, and a boat, with four men from the harbour,
boarded her. Seeing her perilous situation, a distress
signal was hoisted in the rigging. The life boat was
being prepared to go out, when the cables parted. No
alternative being left, the crew of the vessel contrived to
set what shattered sails remained, and, for the safety of
their lives succeeded in running her to a creek called
llenborth, to the eastward of Camel's Point. The
vessel remains there much damaged, and her safety is
doubtful.

SHIPWRECK AND Loss OF LIFE.—On Saturday last,
as the schooner Catherine and Mary, of Port Madoc,
William Owen, master, was proceeding on her voyage,
from Port Madoc to Ipswich, laden with slates, at half-
past two. A.M., Dungeness bearing N. by E. by compass,
distant 9 miles, wind about S. by E., standing to the E. by
S., on the starboard tack, she perceived a large brig ap-
proaching them on the larboard quarter, apparently bound
down the Channel. She hailed, but received no answer,
and, immediately after, the brig struck her, and
carried away all her stem to the water's edge. The crew
immediately cleared the boat, and it floated off, but got
foul with the yards, and was stove; when, melancholy to
relate, two of the crew, Cadwallader Williams, the mate,
and W. Kenider, the boy, were drowned. The master,
William Owen, and a seaman, named William Richards,
clung to the boat, and were picked up soon after by the
smack Defence, from London to Portsmouth, and landed
at Ramsgate. The brig was painted black, and copper
bottomed ; and, although the crew begged their assist-
ance, she proceeded on her voyage. The schooner was
insured at the Port Madoc Mutual Insurance Company.
The crew were relieved at Ramsgate by Lieutenant
Grey, the agent of the Shipwrecked Fishermen's and
Mariner's Society.—Carnarvon Herald.
BEAUMARIS.—An accident, attended with loss of life,
occurred under Trecastle, near this town, during the
sudden gale of Tuesday morning. Four men from
Llandegfan had gone out in two boats, for the purpose
of dredging oysters, when a sudden gust of wind struck
one of the boats, and instantly upset it. One of the poor
fellows sunk immediately, and then another clung to an
oar until assistance was rendered from the other boat,
which rescued him from his perilous situation. The body
has not yet been found.—Carnarvon Herald.

BRIGHTON, AUG.
R 0 3, Cuk n
hotel /felrode and suite
arrived at Pegg'slast night, from
under whose
medical Dr. Franz, a resident physician,
1)a.1
Turk
hotel to receive him, and had an interview of more than
medical care the Count has placed himself, was at the
an hour with him. Early li'sedmotlrinei themorning
German
Count,s
companied by Dr. Franz, v
will prnobapbaly, and
took the waters. Hi 3 stay inßrighton
month His daughter and. Baron 13runnow are
cdea(ild a mnected at the York Hotel, on a visit to the Count.
PyoettNiotsEs.--Two of these destructive animals were
last week captured by the men belonging to some of the
clay boats that ply between Poole and Wysch. The
largest of them was t.l l
.feet in length, and 6 feet 6
inches in girth ; the tail, which is horizontal in the por-
poise, measured two feet four inches. These animals
are most numerous on the coast in the mackerel and her-
ring seasons, and will pursue these fish up the bay as a
dog does a hare ; they also dig the bottom of the rivers,
as a hog would with its snout, for eels. The fat which
surrounds their bodies yields excellent oil ; from this
fatness and their rooting like swine, they are in many
places called sea hobs. The porpoise was considered
a dainty for the royal table in the time of Henry VIII.,
and even so late as Elizabeth was considered good eating.
—Sherborne Mercury,
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an
inqueA at the Duke of Wellington, Sussex-street, Tot-
tenham-court-road, on the body of William Maxfield,
aged thirty-seven, foreman to Mr. Ernest, builder, of
Newman-street, Middlesex Hospital, who committed
suicide, by cutting his throat with a chisel. The de-
ceased's mind was affected, having lately lost his wife,
who left behind three young children. Verdict—" Tem-
Forary insanity."

CELTS AND SAXONS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—When:any particular excellence of the British
character is brought under notice, it is by no means
unusual to find its existence attributed altogether to
some generic superiority of the Anglo-Saxon race,
and to hear the merits of " our Anglo-Saxon an-
cestors," as they are called, extolled upon every such
occasion ; and as you have at all times evinced a rea-
diness to remove erroneous impressions, and to be-
friend the injured, I trust you will allow me to offer
a few remarks upon the subject. As, however, this
idea of Anglo-Saxon superiority may have gained pos-
session of some minds, I am persuaded that when the
subject is duly investigated, the whole will be dis-
covered to be nothing more than a mere groundless
fancy, and that evidence can be adduced sufficient to
show the fallacy and injustice of the assumption, and to
prove that the Anglo-Saxon blood is not predominant
in this kingdom, nor its virtues so efficacious as to
warrant any idea of its superiority, but, on the con-
trary, that the Celtic is the predominant race.
When the Saxons and Angles first invaded this
island, there can be no doubt that their numbers
were so considerable, that along the eastern coasts they
became the predominant race; and as on their first
arrival they waged a war of extermination, it is pos-
sible that in some districts they were left sole pos-
sessors of the soil ; but according as they extended
themselves towards the interior, it became a war of
subjugation, and not of extirpation ; so that, in those
parts, the bulk of the British inhabitants, having sub-
mitted to the new dominion, became mixed up with
the invaders, and, in a few generations, the subjects
of the heptarchy having become blended together, no
trace remained of any original distinction. Of the
subsequent Danish invasions but few impressions re-
main, as that people afterwards almost entirely quit-
ted the island. But with the Normans the ease was
different. They settled in the country, and never left
it ; and being at that time more Gaulish than Scan-
dinavian, the blood they introduced was, in a great
measure, Celtic. So that here we find another deduc-
tion from the amount of Anglo-Saxon predominancy.
It must also be recollected that a great portion of the
island had always continued in the possession of the
original Celtic inhabitants, as Corrmall, for instance,
Wales, Cumberland, and the chief part of Scotland.
Such was the state of Britain previous to the union
of its several divisions in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Since then, the Celtic race has been pouring into
England in such copious streams, as to render it
doubtful whether there is in the whole kingdom a
single drop of Anglo-Saxon blood, except in an ex-
tremely diluted state. In the town of Liverpool, out
of its 200,000 inhabitants, there are by birth or ex-
traction, 60,000 Irish, 40,000 Welsh, and 20,000
Scotch. In Manchester and Birmingham the propor-
tions are not greatly inferior. Chester, Shrewsbury,
Worcester, Hereford, and all the towns bordering on
the principality, have had their population continually
replenished from that country ; and Bristol, which fo'r
ages has been a kind of metropolis for South Wales,
abounds with families of Welsh extraction, and has
of late received a vast accession of Irish. Indeed, the
latter are in an extraordinary degree supplanting the
old inhabitants of England. Every English town
has its Irish population; and in harvest time, tens of
thousands of new adventurers come over from Ireland
and disperse themselves over the country, of whom
multitudes settle there and never return. The En-
glish labourer, unable to bear up against the difficul-
ties of the times, emigrates .to another hemisphere,
and the more pure-blooded and hardier Celt occupies
his place. If we add to this the continual influx of
the upper classes from the Celtic countries, and their
permanent location in England, we can come to no
other conclusion than that the great mass of the
people of England is much more Celtic than Saxon,
and that there are but few families in the kingdom
who do not possess some portion of Celtic blood. In-
deed, the Throne itself acknowledges such admixture
of kindred. The Tudors and Mortimers of Wales,
and the Stuarts of Scotland, each claim their portion,
and that, too, much less remotely than the Anglo-
Saxon dynasty.
Following up the same train of argument, I think
it may be shown that Britain is as little indebted to
the Anglo-Saxons for its energies and spirit of enter-
prise, as for its population. The most distinguished
characters of the present day have certainly much
Celtic blood in their veins ; whether they have as
much Anglo-Saxon remains to be proved. It re-
quires but a single glance over the intellectual state
of the country to be convinced of this. Whether in
the peaceful pursuits of domestic life, or in the more
stirring and martial occupations of foreign lands, we
continually meet with confirmations of this truth.
Ask those gallant men who have lately aehieved such
glorious enterprises in the East—ask Sir Hugh
Gough and his Connaught Rangers if they are
Saxons ; I doubt whether they would not resent the
question as an insult. Look at those whose daring
stood pre-eminent even amidst the concentrated valour
of Europe. Of what race were they ? The dauntless
Picton and his "fighting division"—did they acknow-
ledge a Saxon origin ? Even those intrepid and enter-
prising men, who have so lately encountered the
perils of the frozen seas, and explored the unknown
regions of either pole, are they Anglo-Saxons ?
Quite ;,he reverse. They are both of them genuine
Celts, Parry and Ross ; the one a Welshman, and the
other a Gael.

I shall not pursue the argument any further at the
present moment ; but I trust I have adduced facts
sufficient, at least, to shake the confidence of those
who may hava been led to adopt the unfounded
notion of Anglo-Saxon superiority; and, when I recur
to the subject, I hope to be able to show, in a manner
equally conclusive, that it is well for Britain that the
Anglo-Saxon blood is not predominant, but than, on
the contrary, that sluggish stream has been so much
quickened by the vivifying impulse of Celtic energy.
A CELT.

STATE OF THE NAVY.—The navy, as at present
constituted, is not of sufficient strength for all the pur-
poses for which its services may be required, and the
reason is very obvious. Ten years ago it could scarcely be
said we had a man-of-war steamer. We have now a steam
force in actual commission of 13,941 horse power, and, as
we calculate that for every three horse power a man is re-
quisite, it follows that 4,600 marines and seamen are
required by this arm of the service only ; and it clearly
appears to us that, however necessary this force may be,
it is entirely an additional one. We do not observe that
the steam force displaces any sailing vessels, or, if
it does, only in a very small degree. It follows, there-
fore, that if we had, in 1837, 38,500 seamen and marines
in our votes, and only 34,000 in 1844, our sailing navy is
actually lessened by 4,500 men in the interval ; to this
also must be added the extraordinary additional call
which the altered state of the political world creates
upon our navy. The French, for instance, restless to a
degree, have a strong force in powerful ships in various
unaccustomed quarters ; and, though we have in reality
at this moment 36,000 men on our naval victualling
books, we cannot honour cur friends with that
complimentary attendance which the prudence of
a good Government would suggest ; in plain
terms, we should have an addition to our canvass navy
of at least 6,000 men, and these would find enough to do
on the coast of China, the islands of the Pacific Ocean,
the western shores of North America, in the contiguity
of the Oregon territory, the increasing colonial posses-
sions in the New World, and more particularly on the
east and west coasts of Africa, where we have under-
taken to do more than our present force will enable us
to do ; even though we have denuded the Brazils, the
West Indies, and the North American stations, to a
dangerous extent, of the ships that should belong to
those quarters. We ought, at least, to have an additional
force of four sail of the line and six razzed frigates ;
and we will venture to assert that such a force could not
be manned under a period of at least six months. Sa
much for the boast that Government have seamen to any
amount always ready. The thing is impossible ; for
very subsistence, the seamen, the moment they are dis-
charged from one ship, whelher national or mercantile,
immediately seek a new employment, and it is only as
seamen get disengaged from present employment that
men of war can expect to pick them up. It should be
borne in mind also, that the naval officers will only take
the best men, and therefore reject at least three-fourths
of those who effer.—Hampshire Telegraph.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT LONDON-BRIDGE `Last
night between ten and eleven o'clock, a fatal accident
of t ofhaal
etw
pier
ecrh ment
youngh e
followingmoilcac nu rorfe occurred at
eatr
net
ahtmeh
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piot
afyrtpi iceurl, a
ThomasrLs o:lnTdalor
:—don-It appears
bridge,po iei
aers
at the City pier, was attempting to pass from the dumb
lighter lying then to the contiguous, or Old Shades pier.
In consequence of his being near-sighted, and the lighter
being moved for the purpose of effecting the im-
provements ordered by the Lord Mayor to widen that
part of the river above bridge, where so many steamers
embark and land passengers throughout the day, ho
mistook his step and fell overboard under the bows of
the lighter close by the piles, IN hich during the night are
being driven for enlarging the area of the river. Every
effort was made to recover the body without success.
In China no fees are paid for the administration of
justice. The judge, whose office costs him nothing, and
who has his salary stated, can require nothing of the
prrties at law, which empowers every poor man to pro-
secute his own rights, and frees him from being oppressed
by the opulence of his adversary, who cannot be brought
to do justly and reasonably because the other has not
money.—Capt. Piddin9's Chinese Olio.

SUNDAY AMUSEMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES.—
(From a New York paper.)—We copy the following ad-
vertisement from a New Orleans paper. They greatly
need a reform mayor in that city:—" Bull Fight.—A
fight between a ferocious bull and a number of dogs will
take place this day, Sunday, at five o'clock p.m., on the
other side of the river, at Algiers, opposite Canal-street.
After the bull fight a fight will take place between a►
bear and some dogs. The whole to conclude with a
combat between an ass and several dogs. Admittance--
boxes, 50 cents ; pit, 30 cents. Amateurs bringing dogs
to practise in the fight will be admitted gratis. Doors
open at half-past three o'clock. The spectacle will be
repeated every Sunday, weather permitting.—PEPS
LLITLLA..“
PARIS AND STRASTIURGII RAILWAY.—The com-
pany formed for working the line of railroad from Paris
to Strasburgh, the council of administration o' which
had become incomplete by the resignation 0 ' Count
Mole and M. Ganneron, has just been re-olio/84 and
General Cubiares has accepted the office of 1.-rebideut.