The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-12 00:00:00

a- d the z;,,:ck:7A rat s}f the oratorio, after Mad:-.ln.
tiootab saq, went off with far more spirit than 1!.
first, thou Ali there waa occasionally a lagging in the
time as given in the choral parts. Phillips seemed to
regain a freshyouth in the beautiful i" It s
enough, 0 Lord." In the lovely trio, " Lift thine
eyes," Madame Castellan kindly took the place of
Miss Lucombe, and assisted Misses Dilby and Wil-
liams. It was the gem of the morning, and was re-
pE ated by desire. Miss Dolby was as delightful as
ever in the beautiful air " 0 rest in the Lord." Miss
Byers improved in the recitative, " Behold God bath
sent."

Tile collection for the charity to-day
:0 1521. amounted

COURT CIRCULAR.
BALMORAL, SEPT. 8.
Her Majesty and his Royul Highness Prints Xbert
attended Divine service tt is morning in the parish
church at enable. The ladies and gentlemen of the
household were in attendance. The service was per-
formed by the Rev. Principal Lee.
In the afternoon her Majesty and his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert went out walking, accompanied
by the Princess Royal, the Prince of Wales, Princess
Alice, and Pi ince Alfred.
The Principal Lea will have the honour of
dining with her AL:jesty this evening:
SEPTEMBER 9.

Her Majcsty wEnt out riding Chiit morning, ac-
companied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess
Royal.

In the afternoon her Majesty drove in the opEn
carriage.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot-
ing to-Jay.
Toe dinner party this evening will include her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of
Leiningen, Prince Ernest of Leiningen, Lady Au-
gusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Lord James ltdurray,
and Sir George Couper.

The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President) ar-
rived in town yesterday, from Lis seat, Bo ood Park,
Wilts.

TILE ARMY.
CIRCULAR.—MEMORANDUM.
" Hor,e-Gusrds, Aug. 30, 1850.
" It appearing to the Commander-in-Chief that the
ammunition as well as the pouches of the infantry
would be much less liable to damage, if at least one of
the compartments of the pouch was. kept constantly
filled with ammunition, his Grace has entered into
arrangements with the Ordnance Department for
completing the present ordinary supply to twenty
rounds a man, on the requisition of commanding offi-
cers, who will be careful to cause it to be picked, and
constantly carried, in the centre compartment of the
pouch.

" By command,

" C. BRows, A.G."

AN EMIGRANT SHIP LOST.

A shocking shipwreck was reported at Lloyd's on
Tuesday, namely, that of the total loss of the ship
Bridgetown, belonging to Liverpool, having on board
390 passengers, emigrants for America, whose escape,
considering the fearful circumstances of the wreck,
was most miraculous. The ship, which was nearly
1,000 tons burden, sailed from the port above men-
tioned on the 4th of July last, under the command of
Captain John Mills. She was bound to Quebec, and
accomplished the passage ccross the broad waters of
the Atlantic by the 31 of the following month
(august). The succeeding night witnessed the de-
struction of the ship. They had sighted the Banks of
Newfoundland, and were bearing to the southward,
with light breezes and foggy weather, when about
midnight she went upon a rock at Clam Cove, be-
tween Cape Ballard and Cape Race. The violent force
with which she struck instantly aroused the emigrants,
who rushed upon deck in a state of great excitement,
and the scene that ensued, when it was found that
she was fast filling, and must inevitably go down,
was painful beyond description. The first object
sought by the master was to run the ship towards the
coast, which, though not seen, was supposed to be
close at hand, and then getting out the boats, he
fortunately succeeded in persuading " his living
freight" to follow his instructions. The female
emigrants were got into the boats, and these having
been safely put ashore, the boats returned, and even-
tually, after considerable exertion, the whole of the
remainder were saved, excepting three children, who
were lost in the confusion, and were supposed to have
perished in the ship, which shortly foundered in five
fathoms of water, and was a total loss. The poor
emigrants lost everything they possessed ; many
reached the shore with nothing on their persons but
their night-clothes. The distress of the unhappy
creatures was very great. There were several cabin
passengers ; among them was an episcopal clergy-
man, who had lost property to the amount of upwards
of 1,0001. Amidst their misfortunes a gang of des•
perate wreckers visited the spot, and .carried off the
little property that was cast up from the wreck and
washed ashore; everything in fact they laid their
hands upon they decamped with. Captain Mills, the
master, attributes the loss of the ship not only to the
dense fog and darkness of the night, but in a great
measure to the variableness and uncertainty of the
currents, together with the force • and strength with
which they set in towards Cape Race. The vessel
was but partially insured.

MATRIMONIAL AFFAIR.—A young lady of respect-
able family and connexion, in the neighbourhood of Armagh,
while on a visit some time since to her brother, who has been
for some years settled in a mercantile capacity at Liverpool,
formed an acquaintance with a medical gentleman of some
eminence there, who was in attendance on her brother during
illness; the acquaintance ripened into an attachment, which
resulted in a proposal of marriage on his part, and acceptance
of the proposal on hers. Matters remained thus for some
time, the engagement being known to the friends of both
parties, on each side of the Channel, and preparations were
in progress, we understand, fur the celebration of the nuptials,
when suddenly a stop was
put to the proceedings by some
untoward occurrence, of which the following is the current
version : —That the gentleman in question required the lady
to bind herself to hold no intercourse with her brother after
her marriage, to which terms she would not consent. What
may have moved him to make such a proposal with reference
to a gentleman whose medical attendant he was, is not cosy to
conjecture; but it is not improbable that it may have been
connected in some way with the circumstance of her brother
having been some time before unsuccessful in his mercantle
. .

pursuits, in consequence of extensive speculations in which he
had engaged in railway transactions, by which he had been a
heavy loser, and into which he had been perhaps led by the
facilities open to him as a railway sharebroker. Whatever
may have been the case, the result has been an intended
action at law for the double injury of breach of promise of
marriage and implied defamation. The record was to have
been immediately tried in England, and a worthy baronet in
this neighbourhood had actually gone over, to testify to the
trespectabilityhe tof the lady's family, when a compromise was
agreeda
terms of which are, as we have been informed,
h
defendant pays the lady 1,5004—Armagh Guardian.
that
the
to ,ie
CUANCERY REFORM.. On Tuesday evening a lec-

tu-e on the admieistration of the Court of Chancery was de-
livered in the Mechanics' Institute, Southampton-buildings,
by Mr. Carpenter, under :the auspices of the Chancery Re-
form Association. Mr. E. Wilson presided. The lecturer
described the process of a Chancery suit from the commence-
ment to the close, and pointed out the principal causes of the
delay and procrastinations which, suitors know too well, are
invariably attendant upon Chancery suits. Amongst these
he' enumerated the practice of referring questions to the
Masters, by which a suit was frequently locked up, for eight,
ten, or twelve years. Another great source of delay was the
practice of the Court in making so many persons parties to
suits, the frequent abatements caused by the deaths of par-
ties, and the supplemental bills and answers consequent upon
the birth of children. The new rules and orders issued from
time to time by Lord Chancellors, he contended, effected no
amelioration. Numerous instances were cited of the work-
ing of the system; and it was asserted that at the present
time the victims of the court in one prison alone—the Queen's
Bench - amounted to 24, who have been incarcerated for
periods varying from one to 38 years, e ithout any hope of
release. The court had now 100,000,00;q. sterling under its
jurisdiction ; ant as every man was liable, by the merest
the i
accident, to be brought within its meshes, it believed all to
join in so amending it as to make it a blessing instead of a
curse to society. A resolution affirming the necessity of re-
form in the court was passed.
touching the
1.1 shl
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SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON CHATHAM LINES.—On
Monday afternoon a coroner'sjury assembled at the Queen's
Head Inn, Brornptee trench surroundingd e death o f
garrison
rion
.Graltliie,
a pensioner of the 66th Regiment of Foot, which was causedi
by falling into h
deceased had been to 'the races on Friday, and, after the
races were over, he, like many others, went to a drinking
booth, and remained with others drinking and seeing the
tn,
dancing until night, when he left to go home to his house at
Brompton.
The night was very
dark, and he must have
mistaken the road, as he was found the next morning by
some workmen lying at the bottom of the trench near the
Sally-port, apparently dead. Information was
given to the
sentinel, and assistance given, and the man was removed.
He died a few hours afterwards. Upon examination of his
person his shoulder was found to be put out, several of his
ribs broken, and he Was otherwise seriously injured. A N 'Cr-
diet of "Accidental death" wasreturned.ahe same night that
the above accident occurred, Sergeant Powell, of the Royal
Marines, who is pay-sergeant of the division, was also found
3 l ing in the trench. By his fall his right shoulder is dis-
located, and three of his ribs broken. He was conveyed to
Melville Hospital, and faint hopes are entertained that he
will recover. Several other accidents occurred, and Mrs.
Green, of Wood street, Brompton, had her right leg broken,
and a young woman. whose name is unknown, broke her leg,
and she was otherivise very seriously hurt. It is evident
from the occurrence of so many accidents that something is
required to warn persons of the dangerous position of the
trench. The depth varies from 20 to 30 feet ; and there is
no railing to prevent persons falling iu .
DISASTER ON LAKE ONTAII!O._The Schooner
Nekick,
Captain Sias, was capiz:al in a squall near the
mouth of the St. Lawrence River on Friday evening, the
Oth instant, and every person on board perished. There were
board, among them the wife of the c •
eight per.ems on _
to captain.
The Nokia. Was forty tons. den, and left Oswego with
past of a cargo of merchandise on Friday, hound for Cape
Vincent. '
rice vessel was found on Siturday floatin
bottom upwar,
lat.—Mon
dsand was towed into Cape Vinco g
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treal Gazette.

this borough have
'forwa'rded an ad-
oftrff oN.-1 he Protec-
tionist
which 11.,. Mackinnon has given to
dress to Mr. Mackinnon, in which they inform the lion.
Gentleman that be doas not possess their confidence, and
that they will oppose his re-election at any future period.
iE PAR: so
Association tTi oAnT
the policy of free trade, is
_sssigned as the reason fur this
manifestation apolitical feeling.
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