The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-05 00:00:00

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was considerable. Several free seceding mu'
wore present; but the sermon and consecrate .n Vr°:
were given by the Rev. Dr. Patrick
Whether the solem!, ordinance cf baptism Na:
faned and travestied by an effusion of .4 ine on,
schooner's stern, when bestowing her name urn, oi
we were not near enough to ascertain. The l'e'°b,
fiel
barque, however, was designated "The Bre:1113111°ft
(.1 Naething will he lost by that," s !;
deacon, in our hearing) ' • and at length, when
preliminary forms were finished, a gun, of wore 1.1;
usual pomposity and loudness, announced thst`d,
wooden idol, with all her flags and finery, w: s °vet:
to glide majestically into her destined element.
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off she certainly did. The boys, poor things! Pit!
hurrah—a few mouldy spinsters even made rer:el(
to wave their pocket hankerchiefs ; but, alas ! se°
had the idol touched the water ere she nearlYA
sized., Away she went on her beam-ends, and
very outset of her career presented the appeal" 0:
a wreck. The men on board were obliged to save lo
selves by scrambling from the deck to the gun 4.60
bulwarks. People were running in all directions tat
the extent of the disaster. Every heart was 01°-00
every brow was melancholy, and every bonnet
was drooping at this ominous and humbling
sation. " Troth, but that's bad luck to begin'
said a grave-looking maiden lady; " there's been °OO
muckle human dependence here. To pit folkS soP
in marquises, wi' a' that farrafonade o'
braws, is just as verasteen as to trust in chaviw;
horse. 06, Sirs ! sae hoo the masts are a' 4'llo
See thae vil riband flauntings, hoo thefre ar,lll
in the water, like the tawdery finery o' a drum;
wallowing in a ditch. I wuss guile may col °o!
this. sycophantish Breadalbaning. Gie's your ,flei
Kirstie, and let's awa' to our closets and '
Yon glowring' deacon fallow has his a °
folks' pooches already. He'll mak' r oet.
pocket on the spot. Haste ye, ye hil,ool
come awa'. Ships are uncanny things to hs;so
dealings wi' ; baith Jonah and Paul kent that." we
homely musings of the maidenly bystander b°fi
liloquy and half dialogue, suggest materials' fore
reflection. Our free friends were wont to ber„nal
observers of portents. When William the Pity
portrait fell from the walls of HolyroodPalaue,llo
time of the disruption—and when the Lord u;el4
sioner's • carriage horse stumbled on driving °,
the Erastian Assembly, these significant Ome"„c,4
with the doom of the accursed Church, were polio
upon by the free interpreters of events, and cinifatf
over as the harbingers of the total downia1:0::
Establishment. In what way their pretty r
for construing signs may deport itself II
present occasion, we are not over caretior
guess. It may possibly occur to them .00",
-prosperous launch would be a dreadfully Evastlf,::,
fair. Make of it what they will, however, we,l6.tbii„
ful chroniclers, record the incident exactly as 1,, 01
pened. Their boasted flotilla for a sectariPor,
against the most hallowed institution of the 1 tAI,,
was virtually stranded at the very moment ,1 00
the deep. An insufficiency of ballast, we 101'11;4
(a blunder which capsizes every Free Church.listi'
ment), was the cause, under God, of this hum' f.
occurrence. A large schooner went off to ~
schooner, to render her some humane assi-tgabr,
as the very commencement of Freeism itself "51,001;
a sorry and unsuccessinl launch a year ago, We 0,1,,
not wonder to see the Church's ✓triumphant, t
and engines imploringly hailed to save tuoitdl
Freeism from the beam-end perils which, in
its fine flags and loud huzzas, it is to el -11,1"
suffering. " Except the Lord do bless the a:lit
builders-launch in vain."—Renfrewshire Ade'

MARKET NEWS. (YESTEB-gtl i
CORN-EXCHANGE. ',Ott h,
Notwithstanding the twithstanding the arrivals of English .1-00d4
been very limited since our last report, the dell3beo 11
that article was in a very sluggish state ; aid wojkld'l4
were pressed, lower prices were accepted for the fotei,
and inferior qualities. So little was doing in 00;4
Wheat, both for and in bond, that the rates we'ioe,
nominal. Barley and Malt met a very strong 4, Tr
and prices were barely supported. Oats, De'lli
and Flour, was quite as dear.
fl'4
ARRIVALS. 7
Eng1i5h.......... 2%",oloealltrs. Earley. 06.25t4t,5.0.. 9,>3o°‘
, 1ri5h.............. —. 2,010
F0reign.......... 2.200 310
Malt. 1.658 an. If
WHITECHAPZI.. OP' /
For the time of year we had rather a 111rge tothil
Meat, while the trade was in a very sluggish', ssl
barely stationary prices :—Beef, from 2s 4a rd. lit
Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d • Lamb, 3s ,4d to 46 810
3s 4d to 4s 4d; and Pork,'
2s 6d to'3B 10d Per
the carcase.
it t c elltift3dll
STATE OF TRADE.—The yarn mar-e, the i
steady, but without animation, so far as regal'' sy for',4
ping demand ; but with a very animated inqu'rfry (lA,
yarn suited for the home trade. Goods are ye Tor
and some descriptions are a shade lower then on e
f.P,
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last.—Manchester Guardian.
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ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, o,gni•tf
• sr;
TEMBER 2.—The market has been much the O.'
for some' weeks past ; perhaps with rather his,":
quiry for the coarser kind of goods. There cliv
been much activity in the wool market, and n°

in prices.
The South-Western Railway Directors'. hifri;o9
nounced their intention to apply forthwith to
for leave to make a direct line from Salisbury °see?
and Mr. Locke, the eminent engineer, is at Pre.bosii
veying the country. The saving of distance is ;010
miles, and the route will include the populous ofp4
Yeovil. Sherborne, &c.— Western Times. con
NARROW ESCAPE.—On Monday night,
ten o'clock, three inspectors of the Thames pu''aoolooel
Hambrook, Everest, and Griffin, were going
river in one of the police galleys on the ebb Cider
their boat was capsized, and they narrowq, vivo
watery grave. It appears that the City o Via
steam-ship, lying off the police-station at.dia 9
came up the river at seven o'clock, and was r`defast
upon tide, with one ripe out ahead of her, lus.natlitilti
the London, about eighty yards ahead, and' "tsti/41;
the shore. In making their way towards the` last' it
inspectors shot ahead of the London to get-gflidtP
City of Aberdeen ; and while they were pasli S't
bAween tlui two vessels, a steamer corn tI!S,
sp .ed cared so much commotion in the ws'iutfror
warp ahead of the City of Aberdeyn became boat der
the galley was passing over it, and lifted tbe,he tO
into the air, turned it right over, and threw ittii Cireo
tors into the river. Fortunately they werencale;orl''
swimmers, and, though two of -them ivcre h the 1
Kith heavy clothing, they all managed to ro in the
and landed at Wapping New-stairs much heell,lo°
The galley was carried under the paddle i,,twee'ileg'
City of Aberdeen, where it remained fast, 7,,it
floats until several constables put off 101,,„"Laes„atr,
During the last six months eleven of the 4R,:ribs 'de!:
have been thrown overboard while passingt Abe joP'
to which the steamers are made fast, near iufogianetig
and Dundee Steam-wharf, and unless surnt'i,fte",
to abate the evil, and compel a safer noPuenr- lire
the steam-ships, similar accidents and loss s" 101'.
inevitably occur.
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