The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-14 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON. SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14. i 844.

The Duke of Beaufort's family circle, with the ex-
ception of the Marquis of Worcester, wUo is on duty in
town, are all assembled at Badminton. Ilis Grace
entertains the Duchess of Cambridge and a distinguished
party there next we,k.
Lady Rolle is entertaining a select I arty at Bicton
Lodge, Devonshire.
Earl Spencer, on leaving the Isle of Wight, proceeded
to Althorp Hall, Northamptonshire, and would proceed
thence to IViscton, his seat near Doncaster, where the
Noble Earl intends to entertain a select party during
the races.
Major-General Wyndham has arrived at Cockermouth
Castle, where the gallant General is entertaining a shoot-
ing party.

STATE OF TRADE.

FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, SEPT. 13.—A fair
average business has been do:ie in foreign wools this
week, and prices continue very firm.
WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, SEPT. 13.—We have
no material alteration in the prices of wool this week,
the sales being much as usual.
LEEDS.—There has been rather less business done in
heavy winter goods this week, but shawls and fancy
cloakings in good patterns have been in brisk demand.
Heavy tweeds have also been much inquired for; on the
whole the market may be rated at a fair average for the
season. Prices are about the same, and the stocks in
the Halls are very low. In the warehouses there has
not been quite so much business done as for the last few
weeks, but it is expected that sales will be more lively
towards the end of the present month.
BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—The home mer-
chants have been active to-day, the foreign merchants
not so, but upon the whole we think there has been a
fair business clone, but not equal to some former years
at this season. We cannot learn that there is any alte-
ration either in demand or prices of yarn since our last
week's report. The dullness complained of in wool for
several weeks past still continues, nor can we learn that
the stock in the market is on the decrease. Prices are
tolerably firm, which is occasioned by the fact that no
new stock can be had from the growing districts on
more favourable terms than those on which they are
now held.
MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—Things have
been rather drooping in our cloth market this week, and
that for most descriptions ; and as the commercial news
has not transpired by the delivery of letters, little can be
hazarded for the future as to the goods adapted for those
markets till the contents are known. Our home trade
is most satisfactory, so far as demand can make it so ;
and our printers and dyers were never more busy. The
opinion is becoming general that wages throughout the
cotton district will be advanced. Yarns are without de-
cided change, but an immense business is doing.—Leeds
Mercury.

THE LATE FATAL COLLISION IN

THE IRISH CHANNEL.
With reference to the loss of the brig Parana, which
was run down by the steamer Iron Duke on Tuesday
morning, an account of which has been published in
The Sun, the Dublin Evening Mail publishes the fol-
lowing :
" We subjoin a particular account of the accident.
The letter is addressed to Mr. Howell, the Secretary of
the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company, by the
agent in Liverpool. " 'Liverpool, Sept. 10.
" ' Dear Sir,—lt is with ; incere regret I have to in-
form you the Iron Duke came in contact this morning,
about 10 minutes past 12, when off Puffin Island, with a
brig, the Parana, Wilson, for Montreal, and run her
down ; six hands, including the captain, perished. I
understand there was a boy belonging to Dublin, of the
name of Crawford, on board of her.
" The Duke appears to have struck her right stem on,
and must have cut her nearly in two. The brig went
down immediately, a few minutes only intervening from
the time she was first seen to the time she was struck
and sunk.

The Duke appears to have sustained comparatively
Le damage ; her bowsprit is gone, a plate on her lar-
board bow stove in, which caused the force compartment
to fill with water ; her cutwater bent, and her engine
damaged.
" I cannot learn that any further damage has been
sustained ; all seems as tight and firm as the first day
she started.
" The bulkhead shows the value of adopting such
precautions, for it is very probable that had she not had
them she would have gone down.
" The Duke was put on the gridiron to see whether
all was right, but as it will be more convenient to have
her in the graving dock, she will go in to-morrow, no
time being lost to repair the damage with all possible
dispatch.
"' I have had all the crew who could say anything
about the accident, with Mr. North, for him to take their
depositions. All concur in stating the brig had no light
up, the only light on board being that in the cabin.
One cause, and, perhaps, the chief one, assigned
on board the Duke for not being able to see the brig
is, that the vessel was going right before the wind,
with the smoke thick before them, and it was only
when she came within five or six lengths of herself
that the brig was seen. Our look-out man, a most in-
telligent fellow, passed the word immediately " Sail right
a-head," when the second mate, whose watch it
was, cried out to the man at the helm " Fort, port—
hard a-port," a seaman running aft to assist
at the same time. The mate, almost in the same breath,
called out to the engineer "Stop her, reverse," and while
the engines were being reversed she struck her. The
first mate came up instantly, and when he saw the brig
was siaking fast he called out" Stop her, go on-a-head,"
by which they providentially saved one or two men.
Captain Williams, too, was immediately on deck, and all
appears to have been done which could be done under
the unfortunate circumstances, as to putting the boats
out to look after the crew of the sunken ship, and rowing
about the place for nearly an hour.—Yours truly,
" J. K. ROUNTHWAITE.
" To P. Howell, Esq.' "

- IRELAND.
• NATIONAL BANQUET TO MR. O'CONNELL.
DUBLIN, SEPT. 12.—The dinner to Mr. O'Con-
nell and his late fellow-prisoners, is to take place at
the Music-hall, Abbey-street, on Thursday, the 19th
instant. William Smith O'Brien, M.P., is to preside,
The entertainment will be upon a splendid scale.
Already several hundred tickets have been issued,
many them to gentlemen residing in distant parts
of the country. Most of the mayors and leading
members of the Irish corporations are to attend. The
Roman Catholic prelates have been invited, and it is
stated that invitations will also be forwarded to the
Earl of Shrewsbury, the Earl of Miltown, Lords
Stourton and Ffrench, Mr. T. Duncotnbe M.P., Mr.
Serle (brother-in-law to the Earl of Shrewsbury),
and Mr, Joseph Sturge, of Birmingham.
POPULAR REJOICINGS.

The provincial papers received this morning con-
tain additional accounts of public rejoicings for the
release of Mr. O'Connell. No public event ever pro-
duced more general joy. In the remotest districts
the people regard the reversal of the judgment as a
great triumph for themselves, and they rejoice ac-
cordingly.
LORD FORTESCITE.—At Somerville, in this•county,
the house of this nobleman was illuminated on Friday
night, and the noble Lord himself caused a large
bonfire to be lightal ! This is another sign of the
times.— Waterford Chronicle.
THE ARMY FORTIFICATIONS.

LIMERICK, WEDNESDAT.—Major-General Lord
Downes will embark to-morrow, in the Flamer, Com-
mander Pestle, to inspect the fortifications in the
river, and to visit the Cyclops steam-ship, Captain
Lapidge, at Tarbert. Captain Gierson's company of
the 15th Regiment left this yesterday for Caller
Castle, with Lieutenant Wilkinson and Ensign
Walmsley, to be there stationed, in relief of Captain
Clarke's company, 77th, which returns to Clonmel.
Four companies of the 15th Regiment in this garri-
son are held in readiness for country detachment, it
is supposed to replace an equal force of the 30th.
FRIGHTFUL CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA.
_ _

The Castlebar Telegraph contains the following
melancholy statement :—About three months ago a
boy named Michael Colerare, aged twelve years, and
son to a tenant of George Moon, Esq., Moore Hall,
went out to herd some sheep that were grazing in his
father's field at Millerhill, near the abbey of Bailin-
tubber. On getting into the field, the boy perceived
a large dog attacking a sheep ; he went to drive it off,
but the dog, which was raging mad, flew at, and bit
him in the hand. The boy immediately ran home
and told his mother of the occurrence. She being
under the impression that sea-bathing would prevent
any evil consequences, brought him without delay to
the salt water, and besides making him bathe, caused
him to drink of it plentifully. At length, the wound
on his hand being healed, both the boy and his mother
returned home. There were no symptoms of any
bad effects from the bite until last Sunday week,
when the boy, while attending mass at the Abbey of
Ballintubber, suddenly felt a thrilling sensation
run from his hand to the shoulder, as if
he had struck his elbow against the wall.
The painful thrill continued to extend until it had
soon spread itself over his entire frame. The
boy became conscious himself that he was in-
fected by hydrophobia ; yet he was at intervals col-
lected in his intellect, during which time he received
from the Rev. E. O'Malley the sacrament of confes-
sion. He told the clergyman that he could not en-
dure the appearance of any liquid, that his chest was
internally burning with a fierce heat ; but that if a
wheaten straw were got, and one end of it immersed
in a vessel of water concealed from his view, he might
contrive to drink it through the tube of the straw.
This was accordingly prepared ; but each drop of the
liquid he imbibed was recce ved (judging by the heavy
agitation of his chest) as ifit had been burning lead.
Excepting the convulsed horror he evinced on the
.
appearance or idea of any he continued sen-
sible for a long time, and told his mother that he was
aware he would soon die ; that he would get violent,
and to tie him, lest he should do any injury, but not
to bleed him to death, as had been done in the village
about twelve months previously to another person
affected with hydrophobia. At length the madness
reached its crisis, black froth and curdled blood
foamed from his mouth, and he died in an awful
paroxysm of violence and excitement."

THE FRENCII IN ALGERIA.
ORAN, Auc. 20.—The expeditionary column of the
French army is still at Ouchdl, the frontier town of
Morocco on the north-east ; Marshal Bugeand, who
commands this column, is still there. No events of im-
portance have transpired since I last wrote to you. The
total force of the Marshal's column is 501 officers, 12,490
men, 3,824 horses, and 1,365 mules. This includes the
whole of the two regiments of cavalry which have been
so long arriving. I think these two regiments were six
weeks getting from Port Vendres to Oran. With this
force it is quite impossible the Marshal can march to
Fez ; and if no reinforcements arrive, the Marshal will
with great difficulty be able to maintain his present posi-
tion, with his sick daily and hourly increasing. There
are, however, besides, the camps of Sebdon, Lalla
Maghrania, and Gemmila-el-Ghazaouat, which alto-
gether could muster perhaps 23,000 or 26,000 men ;
but troops cannot be drawn from those places without
leaving the country exposed and defenceless. A proof
of which is, that a few days ago the poor Arabs who
had been razziaed near Sebdon, like so many famished
wolves, came down and fell upon 50 French soldiers
who were pasturing sheep and bullocks, killed 15,
wounded the rest, and carried off the booty. None can
deny the justice of this retribution. It was not the rob-
bers robbed, but the spoilers spoiled righteously. Not-
withstanding the small number of the expeditionary co-
lumn, it is confidently reported " that the Marshal will
proceed to Fez in October," but of course with the ne-
cessary reinforcements. First of all, however, Marshal
Bugeavd will return to Algiers to attend to the civil af-
fairs of the colony. The new Directeur de 'lnterieur
arrived here yesterday, on his way to visit, or meet, the
Marshal. Some important measures are about to be
taken for the improvement of the civil affairs of the co-
lony, which are now, and always have been, in a very
bad state.

The health of the civil population of this place is sa-
tisfactory enough ; but Algiers is in a very precarious
state. Without great caution, people are suddenly
seized with fevers—they know not why nor wherefore.
It is a remarkable fact, however, that before the arrival
of the French, disease, except the ordinary casualties of
life, was almost unknown. It is certainly a well-ascer-
tained fact, that there is no such thing as periodic mala-
dies (as now in Algeria) in the neighbouring country of
Morocco.

In the moment of closing my letter.' learnt that the
Marshal has suspended hostilities on the frontier, and
that something like a truce had been agreed upon be-
tween the son of the Emperor, Sidi Mohammed, and
Marshal Bugeaud. This news was brought by the Co-
lonel of the Spahis and some Arabs.
The Marshal will embark immediately at Gemmia-el-
Ghazaouat for Oran, and may be expected here to•
morrow or next day.
We may imagine that the late defeat of the Moors,
and the critical position of the Marshal at this season,
have equally lead to this result of suspending hostilities.
All the merchant-ships here are put in request for the
carriage of provisions to the camp, via Gernmaa-el- Gha-
zaouat. A good number of the cavalry is to be quar-
tered near this place until the new operations, expected
to commence again in October.
Can the Arabs understand a truce ? Will it not be
soon broken ?

SEPTEMBER 3.

Marshal Bugeaud arrived early this morning from
Gemmfia-el-Ghazaouat. He leaves this evening for
Algiers.
Outhda has been evacuated. The camp of Lalla
Maghrania, which is well fortified, is now the head-
quarters of the French on the frontiers of Morocco.
This camp, it must not be forgotten, is, however, on the
disputed territory. General Bedeau commands here
with a few thousand men, perhaps 6,000. Marshal
Bugeaud, who has really retreated from the frontier, has
firmed a camp of 8,000 men at Gernmatt-el-Ghtizaouat,
and has given the command to General de Lamorici4:e.
The camp is situate on the sea shore, and it is intended
that the men shall endeavour to recruit their health and
spirits here by bathing, &c., waiting the result of nego-
tiations. It appears, however, that the enemy has dis-
appeared from their frontier, so that it were almost mad-
ness to stay there and kill off the men, the Marshal not
having sufficient force to march into the interior of Mo-
rocco.

The Spahis of Oran are to be reinforced by those of
Algiers ; but beyond this we hear nothing of reinforce-
ment—nothing of the arrival of fresh troops from
France. _ We may now, then, conclude the campaign on
the frontiers of Morocco to be ended until October, when,
if things are not arranged, we may suppose the Marshal
intends returning, and making another demonstration on
the Moorish territory, or of.marching upon Fez. In the
meanwhile, we cannot say that the French will not be
again attacked.
I have, nevertheless, in a letter written to you, via
Gibraltar, stated that the French were the real and bona
fide aggressors in this campaign. They went upon the
disputed territory and excited the Moors, and I have no
doubt when the passions of the people of Europe are
sufficiently calmed down, I shall be able to convince them
of this statement.
I wish you would also have the Christian charity to
remind the apologists of the Gaizot Ministry that there
is equally a war party in Morocco, and that, like Louis
Philippe, who cannot, it would seem, control this fierce
element, Muley Abderrahman is obliged to get up a war
to please and gratify his pugnacious subjects. We
might, however, abstain from observations of this sort,
if Louis Philippe's people only damaged their own cone-
try and interests. But the feeding of the voracious
appetite of the war party must inflict an injury upon all
Europe.
Now comes the most serious affair. We have given
you the victories ; you must now have the drawbacks—
ah, horrid drawbacks. And yet I know not what would
become of mankind were it not for such drawbacks.
They cure men of war.
Yesterday 500 sick came from Goma:), el-Ghazaouat.
The poor fellows were dried up with the sun like Egyp-
tian mummies. The greater part of •these miserable
beings must inevitably perish. They formed a dreadful
train of sixty waggons. In a day or two. 600 more sick
are expected from Tlemcen. The hospital: .of, .Oran is
the receiving hospital of all the province: Every camp
of course has its hospital. Ilere, then, we have 1,100
sick all at once thrown in upon us ! The • number of
deaths during this Moorish campaign has been 41.50 ex-
ceedingly great.
Thus, though the French may have lost only one-
sixth of killed and wounded in the battle of Illy which
the Moors lost, they will lose now by sickness: and
disease six times the number which the Moors are re--
ported to have lost. And so it is in all the campaigns of
Africa. And this it is which renders the French war.
in Algeria really a dreadful war, and, if not without
honour, at any rate without profit, and without any
prospect of good to the human race in this part of the
world.—Times.

HOW to LIVE on NINE SHILLIPGS

A WEEK.

Every man's income is limited more or less ; and
he mut limit his expenditure accordingly. Thus, he
may be forced to content himself with a house of a
rent not exceeding 2,000/. a year, with no greater
number of servants than a dozen, with six horses and
no more; With but two carriages; with turtle, venison,
champagne, and burgundy, only now and then ; with
a middling box at the Opera, and so on, t&. a week
is a decidedly limited income. To live upon it a man
must first cut down his expenditure to the fewest
possible branches, and secondly, apply the closest
shaving to each. They can hardly be reduced below
three—food, clothes, and lodging ; but if anybody
could do without one of these, the difficulty would be
much simplified. As to lodging. The cheapest to be
had must he chosen: the more unpleasant the situa-
tion the better, as the rent will then be more reason-
able. A roadside hovel, or a ruinous old house up a
court, may be recommended. A single room, how-
ever small, must suffice for a whole family, however
large. Chairs, tables, bedsteads, and other moveablei,
may he dispensed with ; the entire furniture should
consist of a few blankets and some straw ; and the
blankets ought to be begged. Coals and candles are
too expensive ; and it is extravagant to have any fire
at all, except to cook a few potatoes, or to avoid being
frozen to death. With regard to clothes. These
must be obtained, if possible, through ehirity; there
is another way of getting them, which it would be
hardly right to hint at. By a proper economy they
may be made to last till they fall to pieces, which
they will not altogether do for years. If it is neces-
sary to buy clothes, they must be bought; but the
purchase should only include indispensables. Shirts
and stockings are superfluities; and the younger
children may always, and the whole family at times,
manage to do without shoes. Food must be con-
fined, in general, to bread and potatoes; but perhaps,
with managrnent, a little bacon may be indulged in
now and then. It will be out of the question to

think of any other drink than the plainwater; and
tea and sugar are luxuries not to be dreamt of. By
following the above rules it is perhaps possible to live
honestly on 9s. a week, with a wife and family.
Medical attendance is out of the question. What are
called comforts must be considered unattainable; fur
any man, even though starving and perishing, to help
himself to a meal, a handful of wood, or anything of
the kind, is highly immoral ; the law respects not
persons but property, and severely visits such wicked-
ness.—Punch.