The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-15 00:00:00

THE FATAL ACCIDEN

ATE RSEY.
LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.—The accoMpanym
frona the Albion of this morning shows that the former
slat Nments respf'cting this melancholy occurrence are
erroneous in some of the pariculars ; and also that one
circumstance which we at tirst supposed to be c,4nnected
with this event is but an attendant upon anothzr fearful
accident and loss of life :

LOSS OF THIRTEEN LIVES.
" Since the above statement was in type, we have as•
certained that it is erroneous in some particulars, and we
have also found that one melancholy circumstance which
was supposed to have a connexion with the collision
with the Iron Duke is but an event attendant upon ano-
thn- fearful disaster, resulting iu the loss of sev. n ad-
ditional lives.

" We tied that six men left the He3perus,l—the chief
mate. boatswa!n, steward, one 'seaman named L:.onard,
end the two boataien—and not five only, as above stated.
We learn also that about the same time that the above
accident occurred, a boat, having on board seven sea-
men, left the ship Glasgow, a North American vessel,
which was then anchored off Seacombe ; that they have
not since been heard of, but that the boat in which they
were is the one described in the forQgoing narrative as
having been cast up near the Magazines. The boat
which was sWampei Iv the Iron Duke was found in the
Rock-gw. The unfortunate being who hailed thi.) Red-
wing was, undoubtedly, therefore, one of the crew of
the Glasgow's boat, and we hold the opinion the more
confidently because any remnant of the boat of the Hes-
perus could not possibly have reached the anchorage
ground of the Redwing, off Monk's-ferry, in the then
state of the wind and tide.

" We have inspected the shattered remains of the un-
fortunate boat which was lost in the fearful collision with
the Dublin steamer. The bow is broken, and, towards
the stern, the bulwarks on either side, together with the
seats and the upper stern-board, are swept away. The
most probable exposition of the manner of the occur-
rence is, that the gig ran how on to the larboard bow of
the Iron Duke, a:counting for the shattering of her bow ;
and that, brought round parallel to the side of the
steamer by the collision, she was carried stern foremost
under the paddle-floats, accounting for the extensive
damage near the stern. The remnants of the boat may
be seen at the south-end of the Prince's-dock, outside
the walls?'

THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—IES Serene Highness
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, who arrived on Mon-
day last at Witley-court from town, left on Wednesday
for Windsor Castle, having received an invitation from
the Queen to meet the King of the French. His Serene
Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philipsthal, after a
hasty visit to his illustrious relative the Dowager Queen,
at tho invitation of her Majesty, repaired to Windsor
Castle, in order to join the circle assembled to meet
Louis Philippe. The Prince has since returned to
Witley-court. Earl Howe and Lady Georgiana Curzon
arrived on Thursday from Gopsall-hall, Leicestershire.
Viscountess Barrington has succeeded the Dowager
Lady Clinton as Lady in Waiting on the Queen Dow-
ager, and accompanied by the Noble Viscount, arrived
on Tuesday last from Beckett-house, Berl s.. A.
Barnard is prolonging • liis at teridaila.l4M6 'l7ll-tigy last
the Queen Dowager and party staying at Witley-court
went to Malvern in three carriages, It was about eleven
o'clock when the royal party departed, relays of horses
being provided at 'Renwick. Her Majesty left Malvern
shortly before four o'clock. It is uncertain when her
Majesty goes to Belton-hall, the Earl of Brownlow's.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Yesterday, at St.
George's, Hanover-square, by the Rev. Mr. Dickenson,
Anna Horatio Caroline, only daughter of the Rev. J.
and Mrs. Sanford, to the Hon. Frederick Paul Methuen,
eldest son of Lord Methuen. The ceremony was at-
tended by the following distinguished parties :—Lady
and the Hon. Miss Methuen, Sir Percy Shelley, Bart.,
and, Mrs. Shelley, Hon. St. John Methuen, Lord-William
Leanox, Hon. Leicester Stanhope, Sir Watkin William
Wynn, Mr. and the Misses Craven, Mr. and Miss Mor-
gan, Messrs. Gage, Bailey, &c. The bridesmaids were
the Hon. Miss Methuen, Misses Apthorp, Seton, and
Morgan. After the ceremony the party adjourned to
Mrs. Sanford's residence in Connaught-place, where they
partook of an elegant dejeuner. The bride was grace-
fully attired in a dress of guipure over a rich white silk ;
a veil of Brussels lace, wreath of orange flowers and
geranium, and ornaments of pearl. At eleven o'clock
the happy couple left Connaught place for Corshane
Court, Wiltshire, to pass the honeymoon. Lord Nlethuen
was unavoidably prevented attending by indisposition.
ANECDOTE OF LOUIS PHILIPPE.—SoiIIe thirty years
ago his Majesty the King of the French, then Duke of
Orleans, was, with the other members of the Royal
Family of France, a resident of Cheltenham—occupying
the present Cambray Pavilion. At that time his Royal
Highness entered familiarly into the society of the
place, visiting and being visited by many of our then
residents, who were uniformly received by him with
marked courtesy, when, as the invited guests of Louis
the Eighteenth, they appeared at the weekly breakfasts
given by the exiled Monarch to those whom he honoured
with his friendship or acquaintance. The Duke of
Orleans also patronised most of the public amuse-
ments of the day, and was, with his uncle, the
Count d'Artois, a frequent attendant at the Bazaar
sales, when these took place at the old Assembly
Roans—the premises now occupied as Messrs. Hunt-
phria's ironmongery stores in the High-street. but thirty
years ago one of the fashionable lounges of Cheltenham.
We well remember being there one day when their
Royal Highnesses were present, and attracted consider-
able notice : the peculiarity of their costume—the little
cocked-hat and long queue generally arresting the im-
mediate attention of strangers. On this occasion a pair
of plated telescope candlesticks were put up for sale—
the fluent auctioneer expatiating, according to custom,
upon their excellent quality and manufacture. There
were several bidders—the Count d'Artois was one ; and
the Duke outbidding his opponents, the lot was knocked
down to him for lOs. ! Handing over payment for them
in the silver tokens of those days, his lioyal' Highness
received his purchase from the porter, and Luning a can-
dlestick in each pocket, walked leisurely away, appa-
rently well pleased with his bargain.—eCketenkunt
Loofa---on.

DARING ESCAPE OF A SOLDIER.—A private of the
Royal Sappers and Miners, named Thomas F.e'd, has
just been tried by a general court-martial at Bermuda,
and sentenced to transportation for fourteen years for
the following offence was in the prison of St.
George, Bermuda, under the sentence of a court-martial
for Bing drunk and riotous. In the company of two
privates of the 20th Regiment of Foot, he broke out of
gaol, and seizing a blat, the confederates made their
way to sea with the intention, no doubt, of escaping to
the coast of America. The loss of their rudder, how-
ever, compelled them to put into St. David's Island,
where they were recaptured, and having been again tried
by a court-martial, are now awaiting their punishment
without a chance of a second escape.
REMARKABLY QUICK VOYAGE.—That splendid and
fast-sailing barque, Lord Mulgrave, Captain Lickiss,
sailed from this port on the 25th of July, for Aliramiehi,
with a general cargo, and arrived back in the Humber
on Sunday last, with a cargo of timber and drals,
thus accomplishing the long voyage in and out in the
almo3t incredible space of two months and twelve days.
We believe that this is the quickest sailing voyage of
the same distance ever made from this pert.—Huff
Packet.

The following letter has appeared in the York
Courant:—" Letter from Mr. Handley to the Secretary
to the London and York Railway Company.—Culver-
thorpe, Oct. 5, 1844.—Sir,—I have observed that, in
some recent advertisements, you have re-printed the list
of the original Provisional Committee for promoting
Mr. Walker's line of railway from London to York, in
which my name appears. From the year 1836 to the
present, I have most anxiously desired to see Mr.
Walker's line through Lincolnshire carried out. It was
therefore with great regret I heard that, through the in-
delicate interference of a member of the committee,

that gentleman was compelled to resign his appointment
as your engineer; but being still more anxious for the
completion oaf one of the proposed lines through Lin-
. oolnshire, I acquiesced with my neighbours in confiding
the selection to Mr. Locke. That gentleman made his
final report, doubtless with his acknowledged ability ;
most certainly with impartiality, fur he was singularly
successful in giving equal dissatisfaction to the three
principal towns Stamford, Newark, and Lincoln.
However, his reputation filled your share-lists,
and raised your shares to a premium in the market.
From some unexplained cause, Mr. Locke, like Mr.
Walker, found it ituprmticable to act with your com-
mittee ; and at the eleventh hour you again abandon
your engineer, your line, and (I must add) your good
faith to the County of Lincoln, by removing your rail-
way westward, to Newark and Tuxford. Ceasing to re-
cognise in your line of to-day (what it may be next week,
no man can foretel) a railway through Lincolnshire, and
feeling a conviction that, under such mismanagement as
that to which I have referred, no project can succeed, I
am compelled to look
.once again to the union of Cam-
bridge and Lincoln as the most practicable, economical,
and least competing line, and the one to which I be-
lieve Parliament and the public will ultimately give their
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grounds of my change Esq.,
gilo,"Arlr.rßC°amrtwSrlivgAhLt
fewaTAWl3it dohurch, :Monmouthshire, was called in to attend
a pony, belonging to Mr. Venables of the same place.DEATH
ayosF An
that had symptoms of being choked, and of disease in
the air passages. The animal only lived eight hours.
On examining the pony after death, a sponge 6:1- inches
loin was found in his windpipe. The sponge gad been
picked up from out of the stable window and swallowed,
thereby causing suffocation.

FATHER MATIIEW.—We regret to learn that this
worthy man is involved in pecuniary difficulties, in con-
sequence of engagements contracted by him in connec-
tion with the Temperance reformation in Ireland. We
trust that the friends of temperance generally will come
forward promptly to the assistance of one who has made
so many sacrifices in that good cause, and as shown him-
self in every action of his life a thoroughly disinterested
and devoted philanthropist.—lpswich Express of this day.

A " MONSTER" CABBAGE.—This week another
cabbage, of extraordinary dimensions, has been exhibited
at the shop of Mr. Ridgway, hair-dresser, of Lowgate,
the superintendent of the Hessle-road allotments, assigned
to operatives by Henry Broadley, Esq., M.P. This ve-
getable curiosity, the Daniel Lambert of the vegetable
world, was produced on the allotment of James Wincup,
the grower of the one recently alluded to in our columns;
it weighs four stones ; its circumference is two yards and
eleven inches ; and one of the leaves measures two yards
and nine inches round. It was grown from seed procured
by Mr. Ridgway, from Stockholm, and had been indulged
with guano mixed with refuse of hops.—lfull Packet.