The Sun.
London, England, 1817-10-11 00:00:00

12t1) September, 1817 :

" With extreme sorrow t inform you, that IS days after
leaving Greenock2.being then In the long. of 3Q. 30, and lat.
40. 37. the ship Lautaro sprung a leak ; and, after using evcrll
human exertion to save her, by thrdwing overboard all the
dry goods and a great deal of iron, that the leak increased a 0
much that 1 was compelled•to take to theboats. Tills was e 6
hours, after she sprung the leak, I remained by the ship an
night in the hopes of seeing some vessel, and saving all thol
passengers, but at half-past three on the morning of the 1001
she went dawn very suddenly, with 9.7 souls on board out of
4" I had on sailing. On mustering those.saved, I found thero
was Myself and 8 of the crew in the Ipnps boat with 4 cabill
passengers and 4 steerage, in the jolly boat the second mate
and two of the crew. In 15 minutes after the ship went dowa
the jolly boat was stove, and I ha ti to take the three men it/
the long boat which made us in all 20 souls. After making
sail on the boat and running about 5 tours to the eastward
we fortunately descried a sail, which proved to he the brig
Jessie, of Dumfries, Captain James Williams, who picked try
up at 4 in the afternoon,. and whose kind attention to us will-
never be forgotten by any one of us.

" Passengers and Crew sarcd.—Benjamin Mathewes,
ter; Hugh Livingston, •Chief'Mate ; John Smith, second
Mate, and nine of the Crew; Mr. Wm. Hall, Cabin Passtnr.
ger ; Mr. Ainsley Hall, do. do.; Mr. Wm. Weston) do.; JobP
Rose, do:

" Steerage Passengers.-4oli M 'Gregor, Duncan Dare
rock, Peter Ganes, John NNieclinie, (boy.) Two of my crew
went down itt the ship. " Your's, in haste,

1‘ BENJAMIN ikIATHEWES,"

The report of the brig Highlander having been
lost on Prince Edward's Island is unfounded; she
passed through Aberdeen Bay on Tuesday, all
well, for Grangemouth, (rota St. John's, NeW
Brunswick, which site left on the 16th of August
last. Left loading there the brig Douglas, for
Cork. '

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, when Captain D. MACLEGV
was sworn into the command of the ship Mar
quis of Huntly, consigned to Bombay and China:

Last week Baron STROIDMAN, a Russian Gen-
tleman, with four Russian youths; left this court,'
try for Paris. The Wrron -has :resided in this
country four years by order of the Russian Go.-
.. verritnent, in order to acquire information reso,
~pecting the state of this country, us regard to edn•
cation and agriculture. His assiduous attention
. to the objects of his investigation will enable bias
to carry home with him the means of rendering,
the most important services to the Emperor; and
all truephilanthrop4ts must rejoice, tha.t.the
tensive domittions of ALPLANDEA,May enjoK the
benefits of instruction and civilization. The font
youths were instructed in. the British. system of
education, and their talents were such, that in five
months from their lauding in England, they weft
able to conduct the Centrfil School in the Bet.
.rough-road, and to pass their examination in twee
most satisfactory manner. As. they could not
speak a word of English on their arrival, it is eti.'
dent that the British system is most admirably cal.
eulated to teach foreigners the language; for at,
the expiration of that time; they were, as above
• stated, Able to conduct the school with correct-,
ness, and to address the Russian Ambassador and
the gentlemen present . good English. The
Baton, with hit pupils, have since made a tour
through England and Seotland. They have in•
vestigated the Madras System, and visited all the
4chnols in their way, making the most minute inA
quiries. They will proceed through ii'rance)
Switzerland, and Germany, on their stay home.
The Baron is a man of intelligence and amiable
manners. The youths are chosen, two froni •
the Greek Church, and two Lutherans, from
which
,eircunistancY it may he presumed that the
enlightened mind of the Emperor is disposed .to
extend he heuegts of education to all denomina-
tions of his subjects,.

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