The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-18 00:00:00

FURTHER PARTICULARS.

From an inspection of the wreck ~Fti;egylph, several
conversations with parties on board et the time, and
other persons who were witnesses of the accident, the
reporter has gleaned the following particulars ;
It appears, that as the Orwell was coming at a rapid
rate towards London the Sylph had just left the pier at
Greenwich for her destination at Woolwich. At that
time the fog was very thick upon that portion of the
Thames, and before the necessary alarm could be given
or fully understood, the cutwater of the Orwell caught
the smaller vessel and stove her in, literally cutting her
.to pieces. At the moment this happened there were on
board the usual crew, consisting of captain, steersman,
engine-driver, stoker and assistants, a few persons on
deck, and about twenty passengers in the cabin. Their
shrieks were most appalling, being heard all along the
shore as far as Greenwich Pier. The vessel which was
struck was seen to reel most frightfully, and it was in-
stantly discovered by the watermen lying off the quay
that she was filling fast. Numerous boats were at once
unmoored and pushed off, and by the time they came
alongside several persons were struggling in the water.
Fortunately, by the praiseworthy exertions of the water-
men, the crew were saved, as were also five or six other
persons, including four women and an infant child.
In the case of the mother and her infant, not seven
months old, the most piteous scene presented
itself—the mother battling with the waves, and
stretching out her arms, as in piteous suppli-
cation,:towards her child, which had escaped from her
arms in the struggle between life and death. By an ex-
traordinary effort on the part of two men, named William
Brown and Joseph Facey, belonging to Skip-stairs, in
their boats, both were happily saved. In a few mo-
ments the body of a man, frightfully mutilated, but to
appearance still alive, rose to the surface. This being
hauled into one of the boats, was immediately conveyed
to the Dreadnought Hospital-ship ; but the poor fellow
ceased to breathe a few minutes after he was received
there. Next appeared another man, dreadfully crushed,
and apparently quite dead. He was brought ashore, and
taken into the Union public-house, opposite the part of
the river where the accident occurred. Three women,
who were taken out of the water, were conveyed to the
Crown and Anchor public-house ; and Mr. Appleton,
surgeon, being sent for, their contusions were attended
to, and warns baths and beds provided without delay by
the humane landlord and landlady. From the statement
of one of the sufferers, who was sitting by the fire-place
in the cabin at the time of the collision, it appears that
there were about twenty below at the time of the oc-
currence, and that several ran upstairs the instant after-
wards, the water rushing violently through the aperture
made by the force of the concussion. Two men were
thrown violently on the floor of the cabin, and the vessel
instantly capsized.

COURSE OF EXCHA/
Amsterdam CF. 12 6
Ditto, at sight l2 4
Rotterdam 2U. 12 64'
Antwerp 25 95
Hamburgh M.B. 13 134
Altona l3
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 70
Ditto, 3 months 25 96
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 25 95
Frankfort on Maine l2l

GE.—(YE STE RDAY.)
Gibraltar
Leghorn 3O 50
Genoa 25 95
Milan
Venice 47
Naples .......
Palermo, per oz llB
Lisbon
Oporto S4A
Rio Janeiro 24
Bahia 24
Buenos Ayres
NewYork,2ldys sight
Philadelphia
PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold, bars.. 43 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5
New Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 0 0
Silver in Bars 0 4 91

Petersburgh, 3 Us... 37

Berlin — 7

Vienna, effee. fl. 3 M 954
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 36}

Cadiz
- -

Bilbao 36
Barcelona 36

Seville —

THE TRENT.—The Royal Mail Company's ship
Trent arrived at Bermuda on the 18th October. She left
Tampico the 29th Sept., Vera Cruz on the 24 October,
Havannah on the 11th, and Nassau on the 13th. She ex-
perienced very bad weather in the Gulf, and was obliged
to slip from Tampico, leaving her anchor and seventy-five
fathoms of chain cable, as also the whole of the freight at
that place, amounting to 1,722,000 dolls., it being found to
be impossible to ship it, the bar being impassable. She
was also obliged to leave 130,000 dolls. at Vera Cruz, the
administrator not being inclined to run the risk of ship-
ping it during the Norther. She had on board, on freight,
343,171 dollars in silver, 91,415 dollars in gold, 25
five-franc pieces, 181bs. 1 loz. of plata Bruta, 12oz.
of plata Labrador, 1161bs. 13oz. silver bullion, and
541bs. 9oz. Tastellanos Clatina, and eleven pas-
sengers for England, viz., Mrs. Benfield and fa-
mily, and Mr. Dorrer, from Vera Cruz ; Mr. Genald,
from Bogota ; Mr. Crelago, from Havannah ; and Mrs.
Reager, from Nassau. The Trent left at Vera Cruz her
Majesty's ships Inconstant and Spartan ; and off Tampico
the Rose hove to in a gale of wind ; at Havannah the
Romney ; and at Nassau the Lark.—Jumaica Morning
Journal.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. Yesterday forenoon an
alarming fire broke out in the marine signal-light manu-
factory, in the occupation of Messrs. Robeson and Ifig-
hams, the patentees, situate in the Commercial-road
East, near the Regent's-canal. The premises were
about 30 feet long, by 18 wide, and were contiguous to
the extensive range of buildings known as Brunton's
Chain Factory. Owing to the very combustible nature
of the stock in trade, the progress of the fire was un-
usually rapid, and in the course of a few minutes the
building became one blazing mass, causing the greatest
apprehensisu for the safety of the adjoining and more
valuable property. Information of the fire having been
forwarded to the Brigade and West of England engine-
stations, the engines belonging to those establishments
hastened to the scene. The Regent's-canal afforded a
plentiful supply of water ; but although the firemen
exerted themselves to the utmost, they were unable to
extinguish the fire before the stock in trade and the
buildings in which the fire originated were nearly de-
stroyed. Fortunately the adjoining premises were un-
injured. Of the origin of the fire no certain information
could be ascertained. Messrs. Robeson and Highams
are uninsured.