The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-17 00:00:00

THE VOYAGE OF THE ATLANTIC.

JENNY LIND'S ARRIVAL IN AMERICA.
The voyage of the Atlantic, which is just over,
will, we venture to say, be long remembered by those
who participated in it. Mdlle. Lind, whose coming
has made it memorable above all other late voyages,
appears to have produced the most favourable impres-
sion upon all on board. She mingled with the pas-
sengers in the dance nearly every evening during the
voyage. She expresses the highest confidence in
Captain West, and says she will never cross the
ocean except under his charge. Notwithstanding
the heavy head seas which the Atlantic went through,
she escaped without any other sign of sea sickness
than a •light headache, which lasted only a day.
Messrs. Benedict and Belletti also enjoyed the same
rare exemption from that terrible sensation which the
ocean exacts for its penalty.
On the third day out the Atlantic encountered a
most violent gale, which lasted for several hours. A
tremendous sea, surging completely over her bow,
snapped off the uplifted arm of her Triton figure-
head, and sweeping the forward deck, injured three
of the men severely. The first officer was only saved
from being carried overboard by throwing himself
flit on the deck and clasping the anchor with both
arms. A passenger, who is thoroughly acquainted
with the subject of steam-engine building in all its
branches, informs us that he has never beheld any
more splendid action than in the engine of the Atlan-
tic. During the heaviest seas, when at times one
wheel would be whirling in the air, while the other
was completely buried in the sea, not a jar was felt
in the engine-room. All the passengers, in fact, are un-
bounded in their praise of the vessel and her comforts.

SINGLETON FONTENOT. The death of Captain
Marryat has left a void in an extremely attractive branch of
modern literature, which it was thought would not easily be
tilled up. This opinior4 however, is likely to prove erroneous,
as a writer of naval narratives has been announced, who, it
has been confidently asserted, possesses talent sufficient to
place him before the public as the proper successor of that
popular writer. Mr. 'Janney, it has been stated, is, or was,
a member of the same profession, and therefore, like the gal-
lant captain, has been enabled to draw largely upon his own
experience. This will account for the truthfulness and vi-
vacity which is said to Distinguish the remarkable story he
has written under the title of " Singleton Fontenoy," and
the interest the announcement of it has excited in naval
circles. Ereniiig Paper.
[ Any nTis EmENT.]—Bell's Life in. London.—On
Sunday, September 22..—Doncaster Week.—Every event
faithfully recorded.—Engraving of the Doncaster Cup, with
the usual Spotting and Domestic Ntiseellany. Price of
Bell's Life, Sixpence. Average weekly sale of Bell's Life,
29,000.
A SHIP BLowN up.—On Saturday intelligence
was received at Lloyd's that at about midnight on Friday a
most alarming explosion occurred at Cardiff, on board the
ship Gertrude, Newman, master, of that port, arising from
an accumulation of gas on hoard the vessel, the cargo being
coals. The report alarmed the whole town, and numbers
hastened from their beds to ascertain the cause. The vessel
was found a complete wreck, her mast and deck blown
up, and carried a considerable distance. Fortunately the
majority of the crew were on shore, and the injuries sus-
tained by those on board, though serious, are not
dangerous. The explosion is attributable to smoking in the
forecaitle.
An iron light-house has just been finished at Birm-
ingham for INliddleton Point, Sttugor Island, India.