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

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Longman, Landon, 1844.
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his preface to this volume of Sermons, the
40,1411°1., the Rev. C. Taylor, of Chester, thus strongly
—l4e4bee himself on the subject of the TrActitrian

heresy, which is now exciting such a commotion in
the Clutrch :—" Tractarianism is an error of the most
subtle and deadly character; it is a poison-drop in the
cup of the water of life. It is not a party question;
it is one that affects the Church of Christ in its grand
and distinctive features, and which every member of
that Church is bound to repudiate. I speak strongly ;
I have reason to do so, for I shall never cease to bless
and thank God that my eyes have been opened to see
my own, danger. I know of no one whose natural
heart leas more inclined to approve the doctrines of
the Tractarian party, or whose natural taste was more
disposed to be captivated by the seducing appeals to
the imagination which they put forth." In his
Sermons, which immediately follow the preface, the
Author takes every opportunity of impressing on his
reader s the danger of their paying the slightest atten-
tion tc' the jesuitical appeals of the Tractarians, and
the ahsolute necessity of their strictly abiding by the
Word of God as revealed in Holy 'Writ. These ad-
monitions he enforces in earnest, energetic terms, and
does not hesitate to repeat, whenever the course of
his argument leads him, directly to the condemnation
of Tractarian tenets. his Sermons are penned in
plain, perspicuous language, without ornament or
metaphor, and can hardly fail to make a favourable
impression on their readers, if only frOm the evident
tone of unaffected sincerity that pervades them. For-
tunately, also, they are all short, and may be easily
read at a sitting, which is no ordinary recommenda-
tion to compositions of this sort.

JOYS AND SORROWS.
Darton and Clarke, London, 1844.

" Joys and Sorrows" is the apt title of a prose tale,
written by Mrs. Sherwood, expressly for the enter-
tainment and instruction of young people. It is no
easy thing, as has been often remarked, to pen a popular
child's book, but the authoress of the story before us
has, we think, succeeded in her experiment, and pro-
duced a work calculated, by the simplicity of its lan-
guage and incidents, to be a great favourite with
youth. The volume is neatly printed, and is embel-
lished with two pleasing engravings.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)

ASIIDOWN-PARK COURSING MEETING.
TUESDAY.

THE GOLD CUP.-Mr. Flesher's Empress ran a bye
(Mr. J. Parkinson's dog absent) ; Mr. J. Matthews'
Brilliant beat Mr. E. Jones's Jim-along• Josey ; Mr. F.
Palmer's Perseverance beat Mr. Etwall's Empress ; Mr.
F. Parkinson's ;Pirate beat M. Meyrick's Cruiskeen ;
Mr. Fowles's Feathers beat Mr. Rake's Regent ; Mr.
H. Miller's Polly ran a bye (Mr. Dunsford's Daphne
absent) ; Mr. Etwall's The Winner ran a bye (Captain
Wyndha.ln dog absent) ; Mr. Lawrence's Leda beat
Mr. Bowles's Blacksmith's liaughter.
THE CRAVEN PUPPY STAKES.-Mr. Etwall's Elastic
beat Mr. F. Palmer's Picknick ; Mr. Gordon's Crape
beat Dr. Sweeny's Gem; Mr. Fowles's Frighten 'em
ran a bye.
Coursing put a stop to by the fog.
MANCHESTER —TUESDAY.
DERBY.
1 agst Alarm—off
1 agst Idas
1 agst Cobweb colt
1 agst licdger
agst Pam—t
1 agst Y. Eclipse—offd
1 agst Newsmonger

CHESTE
40 to 1 agst Portobello—t
40 to 1 agt Extempore
Very liti

33 to 1 agst colt out of
Calypso's dam—offered
33 to I agst Rebecca c.—t
33 to 1 agst Old England
33 to 1 agst Weatherbit
6to 1 agst Scott's lot—
offers to take

;R CUP.
I 40 to 1 agst Ratan
I 40 to 1 agst Morpeth.
Ale dose.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, TUESDAY. - Their Royal Highnesses
the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha,
and the Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg, attended by
Baroness de Wangenheim, Baron de Alvensleben,
Baron de Wangenheim, Captain \Tyner, and Captain
Francis Seymour (especially commanded to attend
the royal party to Dover), left the Castle this morn-
ing at a quarter before eleven o'clock, via Great
Western and Dover Railways, en route to Ostend.
The Queen and Prince Albert came to the door of
the principal entrance to take leave of their royal
relatives. There were also present the Marchioness
of Douro, the Hon. Misses Stanley and Hamilton,
the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, the Hon. and Rev. C.
L. Courtenay, Sir George Couper, and Sir Edward
Bowater.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived
at the Castle early, to breakfast with the royal party
previous to their departure.
The Marchioness of Douro and Lord Charles
Wellesley were prevented from joining the dinner
circle yesterday evening, in consequence of the death
of the Lady Anne Culling Smith.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on
horseback this morning, attended by Major-General
Sir Edward Bowater.
The Countess of Charlemont has succeeded the
Marchioness of Douro as the Lady in Waiting on
the Queen. _

Viscount Hawarden has arrived at the Castle, and
has succeeded the Earl of Hardwicke as the Lord in
Waiting on her Majesty; and Admiral Sir Robert
Otway has succeeded Colonel Berkeley Drummond as
the Groom in Waiting.
The three German Dwarfs, the Brockstead
had the honour of performing before the Queen,
Prince Albert, the illustrious visitors, and the Court,
yesterday evening, at the Castle, when her Majesty
was graciously pleased to express her approbation of
their performance.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Saxe Coburg and Gotha, the Duke Ernest of IVur-
temberg- and suite, arrived at the Paddington terminus
of the Great Western Railway at twenty minutes
before twelve o'clock yesterday, by a special train,
from Slough. Their Royal Highnesses, attended by
Captain Francis Seymour, left the terminus, with
their suite, in four carriages, for the station of the
South-Eastern Railway, at the Bricklayers' Arms, to
proceed to Dover.
Lord Charles Fitzroy, M.P., the Mayor of Bury
St. Edmonds, Mr. W. H. Sams, Mr. Eagle, Sir John
Rennie, Mr. Maltby-, Mr. Leech, and Mr. Sparke
solicitors, a deputation from the London and Norwich
Direct Railway, had an interview with the Earl of
Dalhousie on Friday, at the office of the Board of
Trade.
A deputation from the North Devon Railway, by
Tiverton, South Moulton, and Barnstaple, to Ilfra-
combe, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie
yesterday, at the Board of Trade.
Dispatches from Sir Charles Metcalfe, Governor-
General of Canada, and also from the Governors of
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, were received yes-
terday a the Colonial-office.

GAME-LAWS, AND THEIR ADMI.
NISTRATION IN SUSSEX.

UCKFIELD BENCH OF MAGISTRATES.
R. S. STILBATFIELD, Esq., Chairman.
A little farmer, natued Cornwell, occupying about
forty acres of land at Black Boys, was charged with
snaring a hare, by a gentleman named Hughes, whose
land adjoins Cornwell's.
The fact of the hare being caught in a hare-snare
being proved,
Cornwell, in his defence, said that the produce of
his land being greatly damaged by rabbits and hares,
he admitted that he had set snares, as he believed he
had a right to do on his own land, for rabbits ; and if
the snare was a hare-snare, it was more than he knew,
for lie neither was nor wished to be a poacher, and
certainly had no intention to use a hare-snare. When
lie went in the morning to look at what he thought
his rabbit-snare, he was astonished to find a hare in it,
and threw it down. Mr. Hughes and his :
game-
keeper were, however, on the other side of the hedge,
watchingandd,ow.ntiiey came over upon his
him, and the moment
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threw
thel!g
(Cornwell's) land and took the hare away ; and he
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3bare' 3 land,
(Cornwell) now asked the Bench whether Mr.
Hughes had any right to come on his land and take
the hare away ?
Mr. STREATFIELD—We don't sit here to give legal
rdvice ? You had better ask Mr. Gell (the clerk) ; he
will only charge you 6s. Bd., or if in writing, only 21s.
Mr. DONOVAN, jun., another magistrate, said he
thought that Mr. Hughes had no more right to go on
defendant's land than upon his (Mr. Donovan's.)
Mr. STREATFIELD then told the defendant that, as
the hare NV/LS on his own land, he was fined only 405.,
andeusts 155., and that he must either pay the fine or
go to gaol for two months.
The defendant still delayed' paying the fine, and
expressed a desire to know if another person could
legally seize a hare on his land; but Mr. Streatfield
directed a policeman to remove him, upon which the
defendant paid the fine.
The circumstance has excited strong feelings in the
neighbourhood, and the conduct and tone of the
Chairman of the Uckfield Bench are freely commented
I upon.—Brighton Herald.

FATAL STEAM-BOAT COLLISION
OFF GREEN WICH.

Another awful accident (an announcement of which
appeared in our Third Edition of last night),
involving the loss of two lives and the peril-
ling of many others, occurred on the river yester-
day afternoon, during the fog, by two steam-boats
coming into collision. The one is the Orwell, Rackham
master, running from London to Ipswich, a steamer of
230 tons burthen, and 80-horse power, and the other is
the Sylph, Swaisland master, of 32-horse power, be-
longing- to the Woolwich Steam-boat Company, and
plies between London and Woolwich. In this terrible
contact, it appears, the vessels did not meet each other
stem to stem ; but the Orwell, more than double the.size
and power of the other, encountered with her bows the
Sylph's broadside, about ten feet forward from the right
paddle-box, and, carrying that part of the vessel in, cut
through the fore cabin, and brought up on the opposite
side, nearly rending the ill-fated vessel in two.
Thus the yes: els lay for some minutes, the water
rushing into the wreck of the Sylph, and the only means
of escape for the passengers in the fore cabin being en-
tirely blocked up. When, however, the Orwell backed
astern, the Sylph was consequently inundated ; but her
water-tight compartments with which she was fitted,
which were not ruptured, kept her from going down
altogether; and when the water had drained into the
foremost bulkhead, the sternmost parts of the vessel,
including the engine-room, were afloat, and remained so
until she was towed ashore by the Witch, Young
master, another of the Woolwich Company's steam-
boats, when she then settled, and the tido flowed over
her, showing her funnel, at nine o'clock, about ten feet
above the water.

The details were with much difficulty elicited, neither
Nem parties on board the Orwell nor those of the Sylph
showing any great willingness to talk on the matter ;
but, as regards the crew of the Sylph, the sudden danger
which overwhelmed them, and their narrow escape from
destruction, had almost paralysed their faculties ; the
master fell into a state of stupor after the event, and the
crew knew nothing more than that they had to scramble
for their lives on board the Orwell and into the boats,
and fir.ding them secure, they next turned their attention
to the salvation of the passengers. The statements by
each party as to the precise spot at which the accident
occurred are at variance ; but they will, doubtless, be
properly investigated at the coroner's inquest.
It appears that the Sylph was on her trip from Lon-
don to Woolwich. She landed passengers at Greenwich
and embarked others, and, with about thirty in all, at
two o'clock, in a dense f.g, had left the pier at Green-
wich, and was standing out to the middle of the
River towards Blackwell. They had Just got outside the
vessels lying off Greenwich, and whilst opposite the
lower end of the Hospital Wharf, and proceeding
across from the southern or Greenwich side towards

the opposite shore, as her people allege, about the
middle of the River, tho Orwell suddenly came upon
them with the terrific effects above related. One man

who was on board, and belonged to the Sylph, was in the
cabin at the time, taking the money. He states that
there were eight or nine persons there, and hearing the
captain of the Sylph call out suddenly, " Ease her—
stop her—run astern," in quick succession, he went on
deck just in time to witness the Orwell on board of them

He immediately jun,pd on board the Orwell, but seeing
that the Sylph did not sink, he returned to.that,vessel to
render all the assistance he could. Another of the crew

of the Sylph, who was at the wheel, saw just through the
fog the Orwell coming on board of them, and imme-
diately the bows of the Orwell cut through the side of
the Sylph. He also scrambled on board the former vessel,
thinking the latter would sink, and, on recovering from
the fright, assisted in saving the passengers. The Orwell
lay across the bows of the Sylph, and the passengers
in the forward part of the vessel rushed on board the
Orwell on her larboard bow, and as many of the pas-
sengers aft as could reach her also got on board. A
great number of watermen's boats had put off from
all the wharfs of Greenwich on hearing the tre-
mendous crash and the terrible shriek of the passengers
on board the vessels at the concussion, and re-
ceived as many of the crew and passengers as they
could get at, or who found their way to them. Some
passengers on board the Sylph, and the boatmen, then
begged the Orwell's people to go astern, and when they
(lid so, the water rushing into the cabin floated the bodies
of those out who had been there confined, the Sylph
lifting also when relieved of the weight. The scene
then was of the most heartrending description. The
poor creatures in the water were struggling to keep
afloat, and clutched at every thing they fancied within
reach. Four women who thus floated out of the cabin
were secured. One of them had an infant in her arms,

and holding the infant, and at the same time grasping
the splinters of the wreck in the greatest possible hurnun
agony, turned to the people with the most piteous sup.
plication, saying, " For God's sake, save me." Her
appeal was not made in gain, for she was saved and her
child too. In the meanwhile the crew, who had returned

to the Sylph, with the assistance of the crew of the Or-
well and the watermen, picked up two or three other
females, one of whom was hauled out of the cabin by the
steersman ; and two children, floating on the water, were
also saved and taken on board the Orwell. Just as the

Orwell was coming on board, a woman was sitting on
the cabin skylight, and most probably owed her hfe to
one of the crew calling to her, " For God's sake, go aft.'
The Witch steamer, above alluded to, had passed the
Sylph just before the accident occurred, on her way from
Blackwall to Greenwich. She had scarcely got to the
pier at the latter place, when those on board hoard the
crashing sound of the collision, and at the same moment
the thrilling shrieks of those whose lives were jeopardised
pierced their ears through the thick mist. The master
having left the Orwell some distance astern in his pas-
sage from Blackwell, instantly guessed the reason of the
awful sounds and cries, and, landing his passengers in
the quickest time possible, was at the scene of the disaster.
By the time he arrived there the Orwell had run astern,
and had got clear of the wreck. The Sylph had sunk
forward, but her aftermost part still floated, the water
not having reached the midships nor aftermost bulk-
heads. She was lying across the river, and lots of boats
were round the vessel endeavouring to get out any bodies
which might have been in the fore-cabin, then under the
water. Eight persons had floated out of it and had been
secured. The Witch attached a tow-rope to the stern
of the Sylph and towed her ashore off Colechild's Wharf,
and while so doing the watermeu hooked out two men
from the fore-cabin and continued groping for others.
When they got the Sylph ashore her afterpart was
then above water; but she gradually filled as she
grounded.

Of the passengers those who were so fortunate as to
get on board the Orwell, or to get into watermen's
boats, were landed at the opposite wharf, or at the pier ;
those who were taken out of the cabin and the water
were conveyed to different public-houses and the Dread-
nought, seamen's hospital-ship.
One of the men was dead when taken up, and his
death must have been caused by being jammed to the
side of the Sylph by the critwater of the Orwell. He
presented a shockingly-mutilated appearance. Over his
left temple was a gaping wound, laying open the skull
for nearly three inches ; his shoulder-bone was protrud-
ing ; the left arm was broken, his hands were crushed,
and his right thigh was shattered.- It would seem that
he was putting on or had taken off a boot, as he had but
one on, and the stocking en his other foot was sound.
He was a man about 40 years of age, and was neither
claimed nor recognised fer some time. About half a
dozen duplicates were found on him, bearing the name
of Shepheard, and ls. Gd. in silver. He wore a smock-
frock and corduroy breeches, with leather leggings. He
was taken to the Union public-house, where he lies
awaiting the coroner's inquest. It is said that ho was a
hawker, and lived in Kent-street, in the Borough.
The other poor fellow was evidently drowned. He
exhibited symptoms of animation when taken up, but
when he was brought on board the Dreadnought, at
forty minutes past two o'clock, every means was used to
restore sensibility, but without effect, and the body was
given up to the parish authorities at Greenwich, and
conveyed to the bone-house. His name is unknown ; he
was a labouring man, and apparently about thirty years
of age.
The others were all females. Miss Williams, of
Woolwich, Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. Morris, and Mrs. Rennell,
were supported to the Golden Anchor public-house,
where they fainted on arriving. They were put to bed,
anti restoratives having been applied by Messrs. Appleton
and Downing, snrgeons, they soon recovered. Their
friends arrived at the tavern for them, and at Woolwich
one or two had left, and the others were expected to
follow to their homes. To the Chest Tavern a female
was conveyed, slightly hurt, and at the Torbay Hotel a
woman and child were taken. The child was insensible,
but under care of a surgeon both recovered sufficiently
to be removed. On board the Dreadnought three
females were conveyed at twenty-five minutes past two,
named Maria Green, Rachel Tustin, and Esther
Sullivan. They were put to bed, and the two latter
left the ship as soon as their clothes were dry. Mrs.
Green, up to two hours after the accident, had bewailed
the loss of her infant ; but, to her great joy, which
mothers only can truly estimate, it was restored to her
in safety. This poor woman received a blow on her
face, but she was well enough to quit the Dreadnought
last night.
Tho master of the Orwell states that ho anchored at
Sea-reach last night, in consequence of the weather,
and that he came slowly up the river yesterday ; that he
was on the northern side of the river, which was his
right course, and that the Sylph was going across the
river at the time of the accident, probably to feel her
way down to Blackwell by the northern shore. The
Orwell was as close to that shore as her safety would
admit, and if the Sylph had headed the Orwell she must
have run aground. He saw the Sylph, when within 100
yards, and called out to stop the engines ; but the Sylph
drawing so rapidly towards him, with the way on the
Orwell, they could not prevent the collision. As soon as
the accident took place the master of the Orwell took off
his coat, and, with his crew, rendered every assistance in
their power to preserve life and property.
The Orwell went alongside the Greenwich Pier,
landed her passengers, who proceeded thence to their
respective destinations, and also landed her cargo. She
starts again to-day for Ipswich, but the master remains
on account of the expected coroner's inquest. The Or-
well has sustained no damage.
It was expected that the tide would leave the Sylph
dry at low water, at midnight, when it would be ascer-
tained if any more bodies were in the cabin. In all
probability, however, all who were there have been ac-
counted for.
This sad accident drew a great number of persons to
Greenwich from Woolwich, Blackwell, and London, to
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