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

PORI'ENTOUS LAUNCH AT
GREENOCK.
It is pretty generally known, that for some hid,
past a schooner has been building at this port, intee d
as a sort of floating battery, to enable the ministers,
the Free Secession to carry on their war againstrtft
Church, among the sounds and shores of the 11.7)
Highlands. By the brusque and fiery zealots 4
whom this enterprise originated, every conceis'su,,
effort has been exhausted, in order to invest it of;
an interest and consequentiality, not dissimilar to sci:
attache4 50 years ago to the London h
Missionary ';
sel calk(' the Duff, a name, by the way,
which
Hebridean privateer might not unsuitably etuul3ie't
compliment to that exploit, whereby a certain Calcu.:o
officer in the same service has recently made free
the site for " the Orphan Refuge," belonging of t'lol
to the Establishment he has deserted. Enthesi'd
has been wrought up to the highest pitch in 10°1%1
the Greenock galley. Even during the sacrament,
week just ended, the free ministers Who had cora', it
assist at the communion were repeatedly obserl4
the building-yard, inspecting its progress. Yeste rr
was the day fixed upon for the launch, for which r
parations of no ordinary kind had been proudly
ranged. All sorts of gay Erastian flags weted'efe
dizening the merry masts. Horrid worldly guns "free
ever and anon piercing the peaceful air. Thetiiii;
mantuamakers and other free ladies were seen t 7 the
and trailing from all quarters. A finer day ref the
occasion could not possibly have been desired ;iiid
assembled concourse of sympathising seamstressesbea
of truants, both from the counter and the kiteteie
was considerable. Several free seceding Ini°,l) r
were present; but the sermon and consecration l;
were given by the Rev. Dr. Patrick M`k 31.0.
Whether the solemn ordinance of baptism Was Poe
faned and travestied by an effusion of wine Ober,
schooner's stern, when bestowing her name upon, ve3
we were not near enough to ascertain. The 1)&0"
barque, however, was designated " The Breads,
("Naething will be lost by that," said a sfoe
deacon, in our hearing); and at length, when's'ika
preliminary forms were finished, a gun, of more Pio
usual pomposity and loudness, announced thatLl7
wooden idol, with all her flags and finery, via 51,700
to glide majestically into her deitined element. °OO
off she certainly did. The boys, poor things!
hurrah—a few mouldy spinsters even made re,sl
to wave their pocket hankerchiefs; but, alas !
had the idol touched the water ere she nearlY,yito
sized. Away she went on her beam-ends, and
very outset of her career presented the appearanc`,
a wreck. The men on board were obliged to save tl'e,to)
selves by scrambling from the deck to the gunalleorel
bulwarks. People were running in all directions to! ,00
the extent of the disaster. Every heart was qualloo
every brow was melancholy, and every bonnet-s,'
was drooping at this ominous and humbling 4's l;'
sation. " Troth, but that's bad luck to begin of
said a grave-looking maiden lady; " there's been c
muckle human dependence here. To pit folkS' tool
in marquises, wi a' that farrafonade o' 110 oe
braves, is just as verasteen as to trust in chariotser,
horse. Och, Sirs! sae hoo the masts are a' fi.,__;ll°,li,
See thae vile riband flauntings, hoo they're arimoi
in the water, like the tawdery finery o' a drueketiold
wallowing in a ditch. I wuss gude may coniebst,J,
this sycophantish Breadalbaning. Gie's your eO.
Kirstie, and let's awa' to our closets and ".",
oa
Yon glowring' deacon fallow has his C' or
folks' pooches already. He'll mak' r flier!
pocket on the spot. Haste ye, ye um—of
come awa'. Ships are uncanny things to b,irre bes.
dealings ; baith Jonah and Paul kent that. f so,
homely musings of the maidenly bystander, ha`.efol
liloquy and half dialogue, suggest materials for
table
reflection. Our free friends were wont to ben hirds
observers of portents. When William the ttl,
portrait fell from the walls of Holyrood PaleA„e,„""tir
time of the disruption—and when the Lord ti°"",er
sioner's carriage horse stumbled on driving btu
the Erastian Assembly, these significant eed
with the doom of the accursed Church, were P°ll,,i;lei
upon by the free interpreters of events, and our
over as the harbingers of the total downfal eit!
r
Establishment. In what way their pretty la' 'the
for construing signs may deport itself °e l to
present occasion, we are not over care4,:bliat
guess. It may possibly occur to them g:'
prosperous launch would be a dreadfully Erotiliall'
fair. Make of it what they will, however, we, es,, ha'
ful chroniclers, record the incident exactly "
pened. Their boasted flotilla for a sectarian
coati
was against the most hallowed institution of the
i.to
was virtually stranded at the very moment tod
the deep. An insufficiency of ballast, we undelove'
(a blunder which capsizes every Free Chureh.r-girg
ment), was the cause, under God, of this hurnDl free
occurrence. A large schooner went off to the oil
schooner, to render her some humane assistance; hot
as the very commencement of Freeism itself 115013
a sorry and unsuccessfni launch a rear ago; we'
not wonder to see the Church's-triumphant w
l aid
and engines imploringly hailed to save the leei
Freeism from the beam-end perils which, in SP ,1011
its fine flags and loud huzzas, it is too eyrie tbe
suffering. " Except the Lord do bless the shiP',.
builders launch in vain."—ReVrewshire Adverrik'

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STATE or TRADE.--The yarn market catnip'
steady, but without animation, so far as regards theesef
ping demand ; but with a very animated inquiry f°roirt,
yarn suited for the home trade. Goods are Yeti '4Ol
and some descriptions are a shade lower than on nie
last.—Manchester Guardian.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, IVIOLLuA • e 0
TENDER 2.—The market has been much the sn;
for some weeks past ; perhaps with rather ILe9OOl
quiry for the coarser kind of goods. There lone
been much activity in the wool market, and 00 c
in prices.
aftdirt
NARROW ESC A PE.---On Monday night, soon
ten o'clock, three inspectors of the Thames police, the
Hambrook. Everest, and Griffin, were going d,oWwbril
river in one of the police galleys on the ebb tide,
their boat was capsized, and they narrowly eschrleroiceil
watery grave. It appears that the City of
lied
steam-slap, lying off the police-station at "7 boa
came up the river at seven o'clock, and was ridin7o 10
upon tide, with one rope out ahead of her, made filer t°
the London, about eighty yards ahead, and ann.' the
the shore. In making their way towards the stilt
,Tie
inspectors shot ahead of the London to get. n'a'rer)
City of Aberdeen ; and while they were passing lot fle
between the two vessels, a steamer coming nr I,;it
speed caused so much commotion in the water tiit nh-
warp ahead of the City of Aberdeen became taut•t
the galley was passing over it, and lifted the boain rt
into the air, turned it right over, and threw th,el-05Prie;i
tors into the river. Fortunately they were aliwber
swimmers, and, though two of them were enc,?,, sbor2
with heavy clothing, they all managed to reach iTauste,;
and landed at Wapping New-stairs much el'i-of tP„"
The galley was carried under the paddle-wheel
City of Aberdeen, where it remained fast betw!"cicor'
floats until several constables put off and got Folic:
Durin. the last six months eleven of the Thanifs
have been thrown overboard while passingover tabacrdee;
to which the steamers are made fast, near the A de°
and Dundee Steam-wharf, and unless somethill:orinl,,
to abate the evil, and compel a safer mode o , 0115
the steam-ships, similar accidents and loss et.
inevitably occur. 001"
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IRTHS.
On the 31st ult., at ClaB
rkston, in Stirliiigshire, °IL'S
er
Major R. Gari.iner, of the Hon. East India OOP tbe
vice, of a daughter. ntont
• On the 2d inst., at Bittern-grove near Southanir
lady of Alexander Hoyes, Esq. of ass 944
On the 3d inst., the lady f Solomon Lazarus,
Carlton-villas, Maida-vale, of a daughter. vokf
On the 4th inst., in Upper Stamford-street, I,
road, Mrs. Thomas Barton, of a son. DID
On the 4th inst., at Ili sham-hill Waltharast°' 0,
Bury Cape!, of a son, still-born.
On the 4th inst., at Heddestlon, Herts, the lad/ of 1.
Stokes, Esq , of a daughter.

, to
.:" MARRIED. R I.
On the 2d inst., atLeamington, Captain Meredithl
Marian D'Oyley, widow of the lateJ.l3. flog, Esq., °I
ore
hill-park, Southampton. trJohriliOn
On the 3d inst., at St. George's, Camkerwc•-, ~..ott •
Rogers, M.A., Oxford, of the Inner Temple, barrista
of
Ga
to Maria, eldest daughter of William Hichens, Esti" Itl
berwell-rove, Surrey. • • 0-
On tic 3d inst.,. at Leamington, Captain • 0
Regiment Madras Native Infantry, to Mary Ann'', nj,y,
viving (laughter of the late Rev. Wilton Ilea,
mil
Rector of Clarendon, Jamaica. „
On the :3(1 inst , at St. George's, Hanover-sq"B—'to
Marten Meeard, Esq., of South Molton, Devon' of 1"-
Ann, only daughter of the late R. Hamer, it
niJgton. e Arlblo,
On the 3d inst., at St. Maiylebone Church, J3,TA-socleo°
Esq.,3l()rg aonitEhesquotilm, 3el,airyteg,
Regent's
-park.
of JoEePI

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DIED. Eq.,
1,
On the 24th ult., at Dover, John Parker Suttsl
fife
Exon of the Yeoman the Guar.
On the 29th ult., at of
Sydenham, d
Oxfordshire, 111/11'
of Mr. J. Atee aged 41.- 0
On the 30:l culth ,at Guernsey, Sibeila, the lady of 0
Stirling, of the Bombay Army. A Priiiii
i1...9 ' f
On the 31st ult., at*Houghton Hall, Cumberla ,_
Robert Grant, Esq., eldest son of Sir J. R. Grant, of to`
Carlisle- O'
.rc,
On the Ist inst., Mrs. Parsall, of Patriot-sclu—
loco
bridge-heath, aged 76.
On the 2d inst., Henry John, eldest son of 1101
Siffken, of Clapton-square, Hackney, aged 16.

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