The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-01 00:00:00

MAGAZINE DAY.
BLACKWOOD'S.

The article on the corn-laws, which is headed the
" Scottish Harvest," is one, of the most amusing fur its
absurdity that has appeared in Blackwood for many
months.. North is never in such a:towering passion
against Whigs, and Liberals, and Radicals as when some
rich prey that his party have wrongfully obtained, and
long enjoyed, is about to be snatched from them, and
justice done to the rest of the community. The repeal
of the Test and Corporation Acts, the Catholic Emanci-
pation Bill, and the Reform Bill, were all horrible enor•
mities. Month after month were their mischievous ten-
dencies pointed out, the ruin of the siountry prognosti-
cated, and the downfall of England announced as an
event as certain as the rising of the sun. Yet still he
will not learn wisdom, and will go on prophecying,
though all his predictions have been falsified, and the
people of this country are more contented, and loyal, and
prosperous than at any former period, and their wealth
and gigantic undertakings surpass all that have gone
before them. The noise against abolishing the
corn-laws may, therefore, be considered a good
omen, and regarded as the forerunner of what this
seer of the north calls the greatest calamity, but
what most men consider as the greatest boon that could
be granted, not only to a hard-working and industrious
population, but to the very landlords and tenants them-
selves. It is curious to witness the beautiful visions
which his imagination draws of the present working of
the system, the incalculable benefits which it confers on
all classes ; and contrast these with the dismal, dark
clouds that, owing to the malevolent machinations of
Cobden and Bright, have been for some time lowering
on the horizon. "We cannot," says he, " conceive a
measure more wise in its operations, inasmuch as it ac-
commodates itself to the peculiar circumstances of the
times, than the present form of the corn-law." ;But
how awful would be the change should the Parliament,
led astray by som selfish traitors or some infatuated
statesmen, be so mad as to abolish protection, and de-
prive the country of the inestimable blessings of the
sliding-scale. Then the chaw-bacon would be driven to
the railroads. " The flail would be silent in the barn,
and the song of the reapers in the field. oDevil's dust—
Devil's-dust 1 have we really declined so far that you
are to be the Sinon to bring us to this sorry pass." "It
may be so," he adds, "for a small shard-beetle can
upset a massive candlestick ; and it will be so
assuredly, if the protection principle is abandoned."
These are fair specimens of the entire article, and
on the whole are very consolatory, for they show that
the greatest anomaly in our system of lesgislation,
and the most ruinous and unjust law ever passed
by the aristocracy cannot be supported by better argu-
ments. It may be necessary to state, however, that the
communications in the same article respecting the state
of the crops in Scotland, made by Mr. Stephens, author
of " The Book of the Farm," are of a very different
character, and furnish apparently a very impartial de-
scription of the Scottish harvest. The light reading
in this number requires no particular notice, but there
are two historical reviews, ably written, and possessing
much interest. One on the reign of George 111., by
Horace Walpole; and the other a third notice of the
achievements of the great Duke of Marlborough. The
difficulties which he had to contend with both from op-
position at home, the miserable jealousy of the Dutch
generals, and the imperturbable obstinacy of the States,
were not at all inferior to those which so long harassed
Wellington in the Peninsula, and totally defeated some
of his best laid plans. Like the iron Duke, however,
Marlborough rose superior to every obstruction, never
despaired of his country, and finally beat all the bes
generals of France. In describing the movements o

the allied army some nine months Previous to the battle
of Ramilies, the writer has furnished [some:interesting
particulars of the relative position of the two armies on
that small tract of ground rendered classic one hundred
and ten years afterwards by the glories of Waterloo.
On that very battlefield, Marlborough, on August 18,
1705, had made all the arrangements for a great battle
and a decisive victory, but the Dutch generals and
deputies refused to co-operate with him, and he was re-
luctantly compelled to retire from the field without
striking a blow. With heavy heart he remeasured his
steps to the banks of the Dyle, and on retiring, said
" I am at this moment ten years older than I was four
days ago." We subjoin the description to which we
refer:—

" Finding it impossible to prevail on the Dutch deputies,
who, in every sense, were so many viceroys over him, to
agree to any attempt to force the passage of the Dyle, he re-
solved to turn it. For this purpose the army was put in
motion on the 14th August; and, defiling to his left, he
directed it in three columns towards the sources of the Dyle.
The march was rapid, as the Duke had information that
strong reinforcements, detached from the army of Alsace,
would join Villeroi on the 18th. They soon came to ground
subsequently immortalized in English story. On the 16th
they reached Genappe, where, on 17th June, 1815, the Life
Guards, under Lord Anglesea, defeated the French Lancers;
on the day following the enemy retired into the forest of
Soignies, still covering Brussels, and the Allied head-
quarters were moved to Braine la Leude. On the 17th
August a skirmish took place on the plain in front of
Waterloo; and the alarm being given, the Duke hastened to
the spot, and rode over the field where Wellington and Napo-
leon contended a hundred and ten years afterwards. The
French upon this retired into the forest of Soignies, and
rested at Waterloo for the night. The slightest glance at the
map mast be sufficient to show, that by this cross march to
Genappe and Waterloo, Marlborough had gained an immense
advantage over the enemy. He had interposed between
them and France. He had relinquished for the time, it is
true, his own base of operations, and was out of communica-
tion with his magazines; but he had provided for this by
taking six days' provisions for the army with him ; and he
could now force the French to fight or abandon Brussels, and
retire towards Antwerp—the allies being between them and
France. Still clinging to their fortified lines on the Dyle,
and desirous of covering Brussels, they had only occupied
the wood of Soignies with their right wing, while the allies
occupied all the open country from Genappe to Frischermont
and Braine la Leude, with their advanced posts up to La
Haye Sainte and Mount St. John. The allies now occupied
the ground, afterwards covered by Napoleon's army : the
forest of Soignies and approaches to Brussels were guarded
by the French. Incalculable were the results of a victory
gained in such a position : it was by success gained over an
army of half the size, that Napoleon established his power
in so surprising a manner at Marengo. Impressed with such
ideas, Marlborough, on the 18th August, anxiously recon-
noitred the ground; and finding the front practicable for the
passage of troops, moved up his men in three columns to the
attack. The artillery was sent to Wavre ; the allied columns
traversed at right angles the line of march by which Blucher
advanced to the support of Wellington on the 18th June,
1815. Had Marlborough's orders been executed, it is pro-
bable he would have gained a victory, which, from the rela-
tive position of the two armies, could not have been but de-
cisive; and possibly the 18th August, 1705, might have be-
come as celebrated in history as the 18th June, 1815."

Morgan Rattler tries his hand at railways, but that sub-
ject is out of his line, and he is obliged to fill up the
article with scraps from newspapers and twice-told pre-
dictions. with which common.readers are quite familiar.

COURT CIRCULAR.

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The Queen and Prince Albert, and the Ladies and
Gentlemen of the Court, attended Divi.:e service yester-
day morning in Whippingham Church.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and
..the Princess •Alice, were taken
an airing yesterday.
Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their ac-
customed early walk on Saturday. Prince Albert
afterwards went out shooting, attended by Lord Charles
Wellesley and Lieut.-Colonel Wylde.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the
Princess Alice, were taken a carriage drive on Satur-
day in the vicinity of Osborne House.

WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—His Royal Highness Prince
Alfred was taken an airing yesterday in the pleasure-
grounds around the Castle.

- This morning her -11;y7i1 Highness the Duchess of
Kent, and her Lady in Waiting, attended the morning
service in the private chapel of the Castle. The lion.
and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay officiated.

The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knese-
beck, arrived in town on Saturday, from Cadlands,
Southampton. His Royal Highness attended Divine
service yesterday morning in the chapel of the Female
Orphan Asylum. His Royal Highness attended the
afternoon service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
At the morning service in the Chapel Royal, the
prayers were read by the Rev. C. Packe, and the sermon
was preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The anthem was
" Hosannah to the Son of God" (Gibbous). Mr.
Turle presided at the organ. Lords Wharncliffe and G.
Paulet were among the nobility present.
His Excellency the RusAian Minister transacted busi-
ness on Saturday at the Foreign-office.
The Secretary-at-War had an interview with Sir
Robert Peel on Saturday.
Lewd Granville Somerset, Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster, has been slightly indisposed during the last
few days, at his residence in Clarges-street.
The Earl of Haddington had an interview with the
Earl of Dalhousie on Saturday.
The plans of the numerous projected railways were
received yesterday and on Saturday at the office of the
Board of Trade.
HAYMARKET THEATRE.

An admirable piece de circonstance, from the pen of
Mr. Stirling Coyne, was produced here on Saturday
evening, under the title of Railway Bubbles. The hero
is a certain Mr. German Hudson (Hudson), a genuine
Nlilesian, the beau ideal of a "rattling, rollicking, jig of
an Irishman," who has managed to captivate the heart
of Miss Seyton (Miss Telbin), the niece and heiress of
General Bungalow (Tilbury), a rich old East Indian.
He follows her to London, and finding some paviours at
work opposite the general's door, assumes the disguise
of a " mender of ways," and watches an opportunity of
entering the house and obtaining an interview with the
heiress. The general approaches, and Hudson makes
his escape up the chimney of the house and descends
the chimney of the general's next door neighbour,
Mr. Braggs (Brindal), whom he finds engaged with his
clerk, Nobbleton Noakes (Mr. Clark), in the concoction
of railway lines to all parts of the globe. To the pro-
jector this sudden appearance is the avater of a Deus ex
Machina'. He wishes for the patronage of the Railway
King, and lo 1 G. Hudson, Esq., has dropped down his
chimney. In every provisional committee does the
name of G. Hudson, Esq., prominently appear. Shares
rise to an enormous premium, to the great satisfaction
of the members of all the provisional committees, who
are anxious to be introduced to the great- man. Among
these committee men is General Bungalow, who, of
course, is but too happy to bestow his niece upon the
great man who, by a nod, can regulate premiums. Hud-
son makes a good railway speech, which told exceed-
ingly, and is hailed as the Railway King, when the
honest Irishman, who has been as much hoaxed as the
rest, repudiate the title and exposes Braggs. Bungalow,
however, having made a good spec. through the
intervention of Hudson, bestows on him the
hand of the lady, and all ends happily. There
is an amusing underplot, of the loves of
Kitty Crisp and Nobbleton Noakes, which gives rise
to some amusing contretemps. The farce is full of bustle
and incident, and the dialogue sparkles with wit. It is
the best farce Stirling Coyne has yet written, and it is
the best thing that Hudson has yet done. He was fitted
completely, and kept the audience in a constant roar.
May Coyne write many more suck farces for Hudson,
and may we be there to see him act in them. It is need-
less to say its success was complete. The house was
crowded.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—This splendid house is
now nightly thronged to see Flora Fabbri in the Devil to
Pay, and Wallace's opera of Maritana. Amongst others, on
Saturday, we noticed these distinguished persons :—Prince
George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Count
Kielmansegge, Baron Rehausen, Count de Noailles, Earl and
Countess of Harrington' Marchioness of Convngham, Coun-
tess of Cardigan ; Earls Fitzhardinge, Bruce, Munster ; Lords
Gardiner, Canterbury, Foley, Ernest Bruce, Thomas Clinton,
Sussex Lennox, Cantalupe, Mandeville, Alexander Lennox,
W. Paget, Ranelagh, Duplin, Suffield, Russell; Ladies
Ernest Bruce, Foley, Graham, Tyrwhitt, Thomas Clinton ;
Hon. Mrs. Granville Berkeley, Hon. Mrs. Dyce Sombre;
Right Hon. Henry Baring, Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart.,
Sir Charles Shakerley, Bart., Sir Henry Webb, Sir T. Brink-
man, General Meade, Captain Rochfort, Colonel Knox, Colonel
Walpole, Captain Hudson, Captain Maitland, Colonel John-
son, Hon. Henry Berkeley, Hon. Fitzroy Stanhope, Montague
Gore, Esq., M.P., Colonel and Mrs. Fitch, &c. &c.
NEw VEST•END THEATRE.—A project which has
been for the last two or three years in agitation, is now
being brought forward. The object of it is to build a new
theatre, on a grand scale, to be devoted to the encourage-
ment of English authors, English actors, and English musi-
cal composers, and for the exclusive illustration of the
English drama. The vacant ground on the east side of Lei-
cester-square, now in the occupation of Mr. Buckkone, is the
site upon which it is proposed to erect his new theatre.
The Earl and Countess of Abingdon are passing
the winter at Wytham Abbey, Oxfordshire. The Noble Lord
is in improved health.

The Earl of Liverpool, after attending the funeral
of the late Earl of Verulam on Tuesday, returned to Fife
House, and on the following day repaired to Butted Park,
Surrey.
The Earl of Yarborough and Lord and Lady
Worsley, who have been passing some days at Manby Hall,
return to Brocklesby on Friday next.
Viscount and Viscountess Sydney purpose to re-
ceive a succession of visitors at Frognal-lodge, their seat near
Footscray, this week.
Earl Cadogan and Ladies Augusta and Henoria
Cadogan arrived last week at Viscount and Viscountess
Chelsea's villa at Roehampton, from a protracted visit to the
Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesey, at Beaudesert, Staf-
fordshire. At the close of this week the Noble Earl and
daughters go to Bath, where they contemplate residing
during the winter.
The Earl and Countess of Jersey have, it is under-
stood, deferred for the present their intended visits in the
provinces. Lady Clementine Villiers's health is greatly im-
proved during the last fortnight.
Teas MUSTARD CROP.—During the last twenty
years an immense tract of valuable pasture land has from
time to time been broken up in the neighbourhood of Afoul.
ton, for the purpose of growing mustard, and the exceedingly
remunerative prices generally made by the article has caused
parties to give most extravagant prices for old grass land,
with the view of growing the golden crop. This year,
however, has disappointed the hopes of many, the yield has
been very deficient, and the price low, the crops have proved
of far less value than the wheat crops.—Lincolnshire
Chronicle.

HuNGERFORD MARKET COMPANY.--The half-
yearly general meeting of the proprietors of this company
was held on Saturday, at the offices, 9, Villier'e street,
Strand, the Earl of Devon, the chairman of the board of
directors, in the chair. The business was opened with the
usual formalities, after which the secretary read the report
of the directors. It stated that an agreement for the sale
of the bridge had been entered into by the Charing-cross-
bridge Company, for the sum of 226,000/., reserving the
rights of the Market Company therein. The report further
went on to state that negotiations had been pending for the
sale of the market to the same parties, but as the terms
finally offered by them were such as the market directors
could not recommend the proprietors to accept, the negotia-
tion was now at an end. The directors had given notice to
Parliament for power to dispose of the market property, in
case such a course should be finally determined on. The
statement of accounts and disbursements was then read,
from which it appeared that there was sufficient surplus to
warrant a dividend of 2/. per cent., which was declared ac-
cordingly. The report was received and adopted, and a vote
of thanks having been tendered to the chairman, the meeting
separated, highly satisfied with the improved prospects of the
undertaking.

A MAN GORED BY A BOAR.—On Friday last, No
vember 28, as a young man, named Alfred Hardman, in the
service of Mr. Birch, of the Ivy Farm, near the city of Wor-
cester, was crossing his master's fold-yard, a large boar kept
there rushed upon him, and gored him in a skocking manner,
tearing his arm, ripping open his leg and thigh in a dreadful
manner from the ankle to the hip. The poor fellow was un-
able to defend himself from the attack of the ferocious animal,
having no weapon at hand, and it was with considerable
difficulty that he escaped from the fold-yard by scrambling
over a hedge. He was conveyed to the infirmary at Wor-
cester. where his wounds were promptly dressed, and where
he still remains in great suffering. Indeed, should his wounds
heal satisfactorily, it will be many weeks ere he can leave
that institution, of so serious a nature are the injuries which
he has received. It seems that the animal has frequently
been teased, and it is supposed that he mistook Hardman for
one of its tormentors.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT FOYLE, NEAR COLNBROOX.
—SLOUGH, SUNDAY.—Last night, at a quarter-past eight
o'clock, a destructive fire broke out in the farm-yard of Mr.
John Cane, an extensive farmer at Poyle, near Colnbroek,
about three miles and a half from the Slough station on the
Great Western Railway. For the time of its duration it
raged with inconceivable fury. A considerable time elapsed
before any engines were on the spot; at last the Colnbrook
engine arrived, followed by those from Windsor, Staines, and
Uxbridge, accompanied by a number of labourers, and a party
of the T division of the Metropolitan Police. At this time
the flames had reached three stacks of corn, two barns, the
granary, stables, and other outbuildings. By the great ex-
ertions of Mr. Buley, of Colnbrook, and the constables of the
adjacent villages, assisted by a strong party of la-
bourers, the live stock, with the exception of the
poultry, was rescued from the flames. The inhabitants of
the neighbourhood, notwithstanding the inclemency of
the weather (the rain descending in torrents during the
time) made strenuous exertions to save th' thrashed corn
and other property. The engines were at length got into
full play, and there being an excellent supply of water from
the neighbouring mills, the fire was subdued. The property
destroyed consisted of a rick of wheat, one of barley, and one of
beans, two barns in which a large quantity of oats and wheat
had been housed for thrashing, the granary stored with wheat,
only a small portion of which had been saved ; part of a rick
of hay, a large stack of straw, the farming utensils, and all
the outbuildings. Too much praise cannot be given to the
labourers in the vicinity, who, although drenched with rain,
continued their exertions during the night, and this morning
were still playing on the smouldering ruins and still smoking
remains of corn, &c. It is not known how the fire originated.
Mr. Cane, who is insured, is an excellent master, and it is
not probable that it was the act of an incendiary.
His Excellency Count de St. Aulaire, the French
Ambassador, is expected to arrive to-day at Manchester-
house, from Paris. We hear that the Noble Count will be
accompanied by his son, the Marquis de St. Aulaire. The
Countess, it is expected, will not leave France for London
before the first week in January.

THE SUN, LONDON, MON DAY EVENJNG, DECEMBER 1, 1845.

DREADFUL LOSS OF THE MARY
EMIGRANT SHIP, OF LONDON.
STATEMENT OF THE SURVIVORS.
The melancholy details of the appalling shipwreck of the
Mary, an emigrant ship, of London, while on her homeward
voyage from Sydney, and the dreadfnl fate of nearly all the
passengers, have been received by the arrival of the Penyard
Park packet ship, yesterday, in the London Docks.
The Mary, which was ullt at Ipswich in the year 1811,
had for some years been engaged in the conveyance of pas-
sengers and emigrants between London and New South
Wales, and was the property of several persons. She was
barque-rigged, and.measured 368 tons burthen. On her de-
parture from Sydney, in addition to her crew, she had on
board forty-three passengers, viz. :—Captain J. G. Collins,
late Captain 13th Light Dragoons, his lady, four daughters,
a son, and an attendant, named Sarah Saroom ; the wife
of the commander, Captain Newby, and three daughters;
Mrs. Evans, five daughters, and one son ; Mrs. Heather,
and three sons ; Mrs. Turnbull ; Mr. and Mrs. Bushel, with
child; Sarah Guy, Sarah Folkes, Eliza Robinson, Mr. and
Mrs. Hofferman, Mr. and Mrs. Reeves, and ten emigrants
named J. Abbott, W. S. Hall, Heather, M. Nicholson, S,
Gayer, G. Hannon, G. Jones, J. Neale, J. Wilkinson, and T..
Newman. She was also freighted with a valuable cargo,
comprising wool, tallow, oil, and other merchandise, with a
case of bullion.
The loss took place six days after leaving Sydney, en a
sunken rock off Flinder's Island, in Bass Straits, between
three hundred and four hundred miles from Sydney. So
sudden was the catastrophe, which happened in the middle of
the night, that seven minutes only elapsed from her striking
and breaking up, and seventeen women and children met
with a watery grave.
As considerable blame has been imputed to the owners of
the vessel for navigating her in the condition she is alleged
to have been in, and to the surveyor of Lloyd's at Sydney,
who certified that she was safe and sound, the following
statement of the survivors will more fully explain the cir-
cumstance attending the wreck :
Captain Collins, of the 13th Light Dragoons, states—The
Mary sailed from the heads of Port Jackson on Monday
morning, the 19th of May, and the wind being unfavour-
able for New Zealand, Captain Newby coasted to the south,
and attempted the passage through Bass's Straits. After
doubling Wilson Promontory, the wind veered to the west,
and the captain, fearing that at the advanced season of the
year the wind would continue for a length of time to the
westward, resigned all hope of going home by the Cape of
Good Hope, and putting about ship, made for New Zealand.
He expressed regret at the disappointment he had met with
as from the leaky state of the ship, which made six inches
of water per hour, he wished to keep near the land as
long as he possibly could, the rigging being also defective,
and not having a second set of sails on board. At about
a quarter past eleven o'clock on Saturday night, the 24th
instant, the alarm of the ship being in danger was given
by Captain Newby to the cabin passengers, who were all in
bed, and he desired them to dress and hasten upon deck.
The cabin passengers were Mrs. Newby, her three daugh-
ters, and servant, Mrs. Turnbull, Mrs. Collins, four daugh-
ters, and one son at the breast, two maid servants and my-
self. We had scarcely left our berths when the ship struck
upon the reef, ;and the crushing noise of the timbers was
distinctly heard above the roar of the breakers, and in less
than three minutes the water rushed violently into the
cabin as high as our knees, when she struck a second time.
The mainmast than sank through the bottom of the
ship, its maintop and topmasts being supported by the
main deck. The same shock that caused such devastation
forced the cabin door, which opened and shut in a slide, to
close nearly on us, the ship at the time being so much on
her starboard side that it was doubtful whether she would
not capsize. Fortunately I perceived the door closing in
sufficient time to introduce my hand into the open space so
as to push back the door, and with the utmost difficulty I
succeeded in getting upon deck all the passengers. This
was scarcely effected when the bottom of the ship separated
from the sides, carrying away the lower cabin deck, which
we had just left—the tuns of oil and cargo dashing against
the reef. and the breakers washing over us with fearful vio-
lence. The only boats that were available were the whale-
boat, on the larboard quarter, and the long boat, on the
main deck. Some of the passengers were put into each of
these boats, and I had just placed Mrs. Collins in the long
boat, when I heard Sarah calling for me to take the boy
from her, as she was unable to hold him any longer. I with
great difficulty reached her, and put a rope into her hand,
which I desired her to hold by until I had put the child into
the boat, when I would return for her and my two girls—
Augusta and Kate. I had scarcely left her when a breaker
broke over the deck, carrying me with great force
against a water-butt. I effected my way to the long
boat, and, while giving the child to its mother, the main-
topmast fell overboard, crushing the whale-boat, which was
lying upon the skids alongside of it, and immediately after
the fore and mizenmasts, with all their sails set, also fell
overboard on starboard side, on which the deck righted, but
the rigging of these masts, all lying across the deck, inter-
cepted the communication fore and aft. I was searching for
my two daughters, Augusta and Kate, and the maid Sarah,
when I saw the captain, who informed me that he had just
put them with his family, a moment before, in the whale
boat on the larboard quarter, when they were all safe ; that
the deck was about breaking up, and if I valued my life I
would follow him. He wished to have returned to the whale
boat, but the deck beginning to separate, he made imme-
diately for the, long boat, which we contrived to reach. The
breakers continued to wash over us, and the masts being
gone, we had no power to launch the boat. At this critical
moment, when all hope of preserving life had nearly aban-
doned us, the deck suddenly parted between the main and
foremasts, and the long boat pitched stern foremost into the
sea, and, notwithstanding the quantity of water and people
in hor, she quickly righted. We discovered that both the
plugs were out ; on which one of the men tore the sleeve off
his shirt, and by its aid partly succeeded in stopping the
water. With the aid of boots, shoes, and hats, we
contrived to keep the boat afloat, but having only
' one oar, we had the greatest difficulty in avoiding the
numerous casks and broken wreck which threatened us
on every side. From the time the ship struck, until the
deck broke up, only seven minutes had elapsed. While we
were surrounded by the floating pieces of the wreck, a huge
wave dashed a cask of tallow over my head against the in-
side of the starboard side, near the stern, and carried away
eighteen inches of gunwale and upper streaks; a tun of oil
followed the course of the cask of tallow striking off my hat
in its passage; but the cask of tallow having already made a
breach in the side of the boat, it met with no resistance, and
passed into the sea, deluging the boat with oil. One of the
sailors named Todd swam to the boat from the wreck with
an oar, and we then got into smooth water. The sea outside
the reef as well as the wind being nearly calm, we heard
the voices of some sailors, which we supposed to be the men
in the whale boat, and we steered in the direction the sound
came from. On nearing these men they stated that the
whale boat had foundered, and that Mrs. Newby was the
only person saved. Her escape was effected by her catching
a rope alongside the broken deck in the water, when one of
the men hauled her on deck. The piece of the ship that
was afloat was the quarter-deck, on which we found twelve
men and Mrs. Newby. We obtained six oars more
and two tubs, the men also found a cask of brandy,
and asked whether they should drop it into the boat, but the
sailors, noble fellows! were unanimous in rejecting the
brandy, from a sense of the evils it might cause. Nothing
could surpass the undaunted self-possession which charac-
terised the conduct of the captain and crew throughout this
fearful night, and the men we rescued from the wreck waited
there in the most collected and steady manner until each
was called by name, when he dropped quietly into that part
of the boat assigned him. The ladies and children were sit-
ting up to their waists in water and oil, and the boat was
stove in three places. The large breach made by the tallow
cask the carpenter had contrived partially to repair with
his coat and some tallow he found in the boat, and the
broken piece which he picked up. In this wretched
state, the water gaining on us whenever the least inter-
ruption took place in bailing the boat, we continued for nine
hours and a half, and at half-past eight o'clock on Sunday
morning we landed on the island, about eighteen miles
distant from the reef struck by the ship. On reach-
ing the shore those who were piously disposed returned
their grateful and unfeigned thanks to the Almighty for the
miraculous interposition he had been pleased to manifest in
so signally preserving us from the numerous dangers that
had threatened us. The very rottenness of the ship, in the
end, insured our safety, for had not the bottom separated
from the sides, and the deck broken up, we could not have
freed the long-boat; we probably should have died from
hunger, or been crushed by the casks, &c., which the breakers
dashed about in all directions. The day was mild and warm,
and we commenced arrangements for our future conduct.
On reckoning the number landed, we found that 42 per-
sons had been saved, and 17 drowned. On the afternoon of
Sunday Capt. Newby, with five of the crew, left us in search
of the settlement, as we knew Government had a station on
Flinder's Island ; but we were uncertain that the island we were
on was the same. The only food the party took with them was
one slice of pumpkin each. All Monday passed over, the
ladies and children began to sink, despair was expressed by
many, and fervent were our prayers to God for aid. Never
did the words of our Lord's Prayer appear to me so impres-
sive as they then did—" Give us this day our daily bread."
On the morning of Tuesday, the third day, my eldest sur-
viving daughter, near seven years old, showed great symp-
toms of debility, and death seemed stamped in her counte-
nance. I had succeeded in collecting some limpets, and was
entering the bower when I heard a cheer, and in a few mi •
nutes a strange man and boy, with a havresack, made their
appearance. The man said he brought supplies of food and
clothing. The distance from the settlement was twenty-five
miles, and the road impracticable to delicate females and
children. The wind was unfortunately adverse, and we de-
termined to await the return of the captain, who arrived in
the middle of the night. The next morning, the wind being
still against us, the captain sent off all the crew and passen-
gers capable of travelling by land to the settlement. The
rain continued to descend in torrents, and the wind remaining
unfavourable and strong, the communication with the set-
tlement both by _land and water became impassable for ten
days, only the females and children receiving an allowance
of food. We, on the eighth day from our landing, got into
the long boat, and proceeded by water towards the settlement,
and reached it about half-past ten o'clock that night, Captain
Collins concluded by stating that it is evident, from the man-
ner in which the old rotten bottom separated from the sides,
which were comparatively new, that the Mary would have
foundered in the first gale of wind; at all events, she could
not have been reasonably expected to double Cape Horn.
The owners of the Mary, in the most positive terms, re-
futed the declaration of the ship's unseaworthiness, and in
proof produced the certificate of her soundness, as given by
Mr. Ashmore, surveyor for Lloyd's,
Those who perished were Mrs. Heather and two daughters,
Mrs. Guy, Mrs. Turnbull, Sarah Folkes, the whole family of
Mrs. Evans (six in number), the three daughters of the com-
mander, Captain Newby, and the Misses Augusta and
Katherine, daughters of Captain Collins.
The ship was a total loss, and all she contained, valued at
between 20,0001. and 30,0001.

SouTIIwARK.—The free traders of this influential
borough are up and doing. Not content with the declaration
of their opinion in favour of an immediate opening of the
ports, incidentally made at a meeting called by the League
on Tuesday last, they have since then got up a requisition,
very numerously and respectably signed, and had it pre-
sented to William Pritchard, Esq., the High Bailiff, who,
with his usual promptitude, has appointed a public meeting
for Thursday next, at the Town-hall, when another over-
flowing assemblage of friends to the unrestricted importation
of every description of grain, is expected. In the requisi-
tion the objects aro specified to be, a memorial to her Ma-
jesty's Ministers in favour of the immediate admission of
every description of vegetable food, and an unconditional
repeal of the corn-laws.
FATAL KICK WHILE CLIPPING A Houss.7on
Saturday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Middle-
sex Hospital, on the body of George Holloway,
the 4th ult. the deceased was assisting a aged 24. On
clipper named
Hughes, at the stables of Mr. Hill, job-master, High-street,
Marylebone. The deceased was sitting on the ground just
finishing off one of the hind hocks of, a very timid horse,
when a dog passing by startled it, and it kicked out its hoof,
striking deceased in the forehead. Ile _was removed to the
hospital, where he was found to be suffering from depression
and concussion of the brain, and a severe fracture of the
skull. The operation of trefineing was performed and every
remedy used to life,save but .
he never rallied, and remained
in a state of insensibility till death, which took place on
Thursday last. Verdict, " Accidental death."

IRELAND.
SPEC AL COMMISSION FOR WESTMEATII.
DUBLIN, Nov. 29.—The Warder of this day says :—" We
have learned from undoubted authority that Government
has resolved on issuing a Special Commission for the county
of Westmeath. The judges named are Chief Justice Do-
herty, the Chief Baron, and Baron Pennefather. One of the
first duties of the Commission will be to try the persons in
custody for the attack on Sir Francis Hopkins. The day of
present named for the opening of the Commission is Satur-
day, the 27th of December.
THE EIGHTY-TWO CLUB.

The annual dinner of the above club took place on Times-
day night in the Rotunda. Upwards of one hundred mem-
bers were present.
Many of the prominent members of the club were pre-
cluded from being present at the banquet. Amongst those
unavoidably absent was the president, Mr. O'Connell. A
recent domestic calamity, which had deprived him of a near
relative, precluded him and the immediate members of his
family from participating in the festive scene.
The place of Chairman upon this occasion was filled by
Wiliam Smith O'Brien, M.P., V.P. ; Henry Grattan, M.P.,
V.P., and Richard Albert Fitzgerald, M.P., V.P., filled the
vice chairs. The banquet-room was without lecoration,
save that the banner of the club waved from the central
gallery. Crowds of ladies thronged the benches.
The banquet having been concluded and grace pro-
nounced,
The CHAIRMAN expressed his regret that Mr. O'Connell
and Mr. John O'Connell were absent, and that one so un-
worthy as he was had been deputed to act as president. He
then gave the health of "The Queen."—(Cheers.)
The toast having been received with all the honours,
The CHAIRMAN again rose and said—The next toast
which I have to propose is, that we denominate our
charter toast—(Cheers)—the test of our political creed—
(Cheers)—the vow that we renew at these our meetings,
that we shall be contented with nothing less than the
legislative independence of our country.—(Cheers.) Aft&
expressing his regret that more of the wealthier class
had not joined them, the Honourable Gentleman pro-
ceeded—Thank God that source of disunion which arose
from our becoming the abettors of English factions is at an
end.—(Cheers.) Irishmen are no longer Whigs or Tories;
they are Patriots, Nationalists, Repealers, if you please.—
(Cneers.) But no longer shall it be said that we are di-
vided by English factions.—(Hear, hear.) I shall not con-
ceal from you my belief that we are ourselves in some
measure in fault on account of the distrust entertained by
some. I cannot but fear that the course we often take in
the press, and ha our public assemblies, partakes too much of
the spirit of ancient times—the disposition to vituperate the
characters of those who, perhaps, may be in error. I ask no
compromise with error itself. I ask no one to screen injus-
tice; but I ask and enjoin the men I see around me, on all
occasions, to treat with respect honest indifferences of opi-
nion. In conclusion, he gave " The Legislative Independence
of Ireland." The company rose, and pledged the toast with
unbounded enthusiasm.
Mr. ALEXANDER M'CARTIIY proposed the next toast. It
was " The memory of the Volunteers of 1782."
The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm.
Mr. O'NEILL, of Bunciwen Castle, next rose to propose
" The health of Mr. O'Connell."
The toast was received with unbounded enthusiasm.
Mr. JOHN MITCHELL then gave "The memory of Thomas
Davis ;" and lauded the patriotism, private worth, and intel-
lectual power of that lamented gentleman.
Sir C. O'LoourLEN then gave the " Irish 'fosse of Lords
of 1719," and took a review of Irish history at this and
preceding periods, which was received with loud applause.
He then said he had heard it stated that repeal could not
be obtained. How absurd was the thought? Was there
anything more unfavourable to their nationality than their
position in 1719 ? yet how gloriously had they achieved their
independence. Did not the same blood flow in their veins as
in those of their forefathers, and why should they doubt that
they would obtain a repeal of the union P—(Cheers.) They
should imitate the example of the volunteers of 1782—for-
give their past injuries, and forget their past differences.
False friends might betray them, but onwards they would go.
The cause had sunk deeply into the hearts of the Irish people,
and if they persevered they would accomplish the dream of
Molyneux, the hope of Swift, that for which Flood struggled,
and that which Grattan upheld—the independence of their
countrv.—(Cheers.)
DOHENY next proposed—" The Earl of Bristol,
Bishop of Derry, and the Patriot Clergy of 1712."
The CHAIRMAN then proposed—" The Commons Majority
of 1789, and the Minority of 100." They were also taught
by the events which preceded the union, that no confidence
could be placed in England.—(Cheers.) In connexion with
the toast he might be permitted to refer to the memory of a
father to whom he was much attached, and amongst the
most cherished reminiscences of his family was the fact that
he was one of the noble band who refused the honours that
dishonoured those who accepted them; and in referring to
the subject of the toast he could not avoid homage to the
memory of a beloved parent."—(Cheers.)
Mr. H. GRArrAN, M.P., next proposed "Their Native
Land." This toast, which was the last, was warmly responded
to, and the assembly broke up at eleven o'clock.
THE CALAMITOUS OCCURRENCE ON THE ROYAL

CANAL.
The proceedings at the inquest on the fifteen persons
drowned in the passage boat on the Royal Canal, was con-
eluded on Thursday. An immense number of persons were
present. It was painful in the last degree to witness the
visitors examining the bodies—as many persons had come
from town and country with the view of identifying their
friends or acquaintances, and in two or three instances
bodies were recognised, and then arose a shout of grief and
lamentation which the sternest heart could not resist. There
still remain six persons whose bodies have not been recog-
' nised ; one of them is a beautiful young girl, Christian name
supposed to be Mary. She came from Liverpool in company
with a person named Morris, and she told him she was going
to a place called Rueskey. A Mrs. Beattey, who was going
to Leitrim, had a most miraculous escape, and gives a fearful
account of the accident; Mrs. Mulligan (lost); lived some-
where about Longford, and was returning from Boston, in
America, where she had gone to bring home her daughter, a
pretty young girl, who was saved by the courage and hu-
manity of Jessop, a private belonging to the Bth Hussars, a
fine fellow of undaunted courage, who saved two or three
lives with his own hands, and for which the company has
rewarded him in a handsome manner. Coffins were provided
for all the bodies, and some of those recognised were taken
away by their friends in the course of the day, when the
jury was called over.
Mr. Perry said, on behalf of the Company, that they had
resolved on sending the survivors home free of all expense;
the Company would make good any loss or damage sus-
tained by the passengers, send them home free, and give to
each of them 1/. in addition to their expense and loss. To
Jessop they would give 5/., and make good his loss, and also
recommended him strongly to his colonel. In fact, nothing
should be left undone by the Company to make every repa-
ration they could, and as to the property which was now in
possession of the police and the superintendence •of the
magistrates, the Company would give a guarantee to the
magistrates for it, in order to bear them harmless if any
mistake might occur in the distribution of property or
claims to it hereafter by the representatives of the deceased
parties.
The examination of witnesses was then proceeded with.
After about half-an-hour's consultation, the jury returned
the following verdict :
" We find that the said Edward Rutledge, Thomas Bannon,
Michael Moran, and Catherine Mulligan, with four men
whose names are unknown, and five women whose names are
unknown, and two children whose names are unknown, came
by their deaths by being suffocated and drowned in the pas-
' sage-boat, Longford, in the Royal Canal, near Clonsilla-
bridge aforesaid, on Tuesday, November 25, 1845, and that
it was in some measure occasioned by the neglect of the
master, Christopher O'Connor, the steersman, James Dunne,
and the very culpable neglect of Patrick Teeling, a free pas-
senger; and we further find that the upsetting of the said
boat was occasioned by the most gross negligence of the said
Patrick Teeling after the helm was given in his charge by
the,said James Dunne; and we further find the said'Patrick
Teeling guilty of manslaughter. We also fui ther find a great
want of caution in the existing regulations concerning the
construction oftho passage-boats, the regulation of the number
of passengers to be carried, and the duties of the crew; and
we further find a deodand on the said boat of 100/. sterling."
The caroner then made out his warrant, and committed
Treeling for trial at the commission for manslaughter.
The proceedings then terminated.

THE LATE FAILURE.
The following notification appears in the Dublin Gazette
of last night :

" Abel. abertouche and Hugh Stafford, both of the city of
Dublin, notaries public, stock-brokers, merchants, traders,
dealers and chapman, and co-partners in trade; to surrender
on Thursday, the 11th day of December next, and on Friday,
the 9th day of January following."
The liabilities of this firm are said to be much larger than
had been supposeg and rumours are afloat respecting the
nature of those liabilities which it, would be premature to no-
tice at present.
Much less alarm prevails in monetary circles here, and it
is likely that confidence will soon be re-establihed.

THE CORN-LAWS and LORD JOHN

RUSSELL.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—The tide has at length reached its highest point, and
the agitation of years is crowned by obtaining a Russell. I
am truly thankful that he has forestalled Sir Robert Peel.
That statesman, the stereotype of improvement. will con.
tinue, as he has always done, a mere copyist. But in our
acquisition, we must not forget that this country would have
escaped many of the perils it has passed through had Lord
John been sooner convinced ;—however the efforts of the
League are well and amply repaid in at last securing such a
tower of strength as Lord John Russell. May he be the
man to open to his country a long era of happiness. Sir
Robert must indeed be sadly annoyed, when he reflects how
he has allowed the opportunity of placing himself in the po-
sition that Lord John Russell will now occupy, pass by.
Let the corn-law be abolished to-morrow, Sir Robert has lost
the credit of doing it ; he has become the servant of other
men's opinions, and not the master of his own. The hope of
obtaining a niche among great men, after death, must burn
very dim, on the reflection of his having dallied with one of
the greatest questions of the day, at a time, too, when famine
is pointing to the corn-law as the cause of her appearance.
Yours, &c. OBSERVER.
Devonport, Nov. 28, 1845.

STRIKE AMONG THE RAILWAY LABOURERS IN
PERTIISIIIRZ.— In consequence of the shortening of the hourst
of daily labour at this season, the contractors for
ttriniaa formation
of the Scottish Central Railway now in course o
near Auchterarder, intimated to their workmen
inten-
tion to reduce their wages two shillings perowThursday and
duction about 400 persons resisted,
nAuchterarder with
n
Friday they walked about the streets of d eek. This re-
their
their working implements on
in' and other authorities had
no acts of violence. The sheriff their shoulders., but committed
previously made provisionb of additional constables in the
against such an emergency, by
constituting a large number ebry
the line of railway ; and the
districts to be traversed
e so effective that not a single act of
outrage occurred.
340 of the mal-
contentswhole arrangement
peaceably to see and obtain better else-
sA7teerrkt wu oodnatyisi
e' i
ri dml easn etsesr ,
terms,
s and the
tteoldffsleotno or
permanent
of the railway officials had objected to
the s
ewrinanenpt railway police established by
where.
re m atirne,ni rg.Arwteth_teufinorr
sftn
the Sheriff in the districts where the labourers are congre-
ga'ed; but they may see from this instance that the preven-
tion of crime is not only better than its punishment for so-
ciety, but for these public undertakings also.—Perth Courier.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—Above 100 workmen are
engaged in making necessary alterations and re• embellishing
the interior of this regal residence, and we understand the
orders arc, that the whole are to be completed by the second
week in January, for the reception of her Majesty and suite.
THE ROYAL STAGIIOUNDS.—HiS ROyB,l Highness
Prince George of Cambridge, Lord Rosslyn, Sir John Heath-
cote, several of the officers of the 4th Light Dragoons, from
Hounslow, and a field of upwards of two hundred were at the
meet on Friday, at Stoke Common. The celebrated deer,
Jim Crow, upon being uncarted on the Common, took away
to the vicarage, heading to the left to Hedgerley Park,
through the village, where it " took to the road," for three
miles on to Beaconsfield. Jim Crow, after three-quarters of
an hour's run, was taken close to the town and housed at
Mr. Hare's. A goodly number was up at the finish.