The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-11 00:00:00

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LOSS OF THE ALABA3HAN.

(From the New York Herald.)
Captain Raymond, of the Atalante, from
Orleans, reports that on the 12th of December,
30 40, long. 74 W., picked up the captain and cr
and passengers of the Alabamian, from Leghorn
New York, Captain H. Hitchcock. When he It
her in the boats, the morning of the 12th, the watt
was up to the lower deck. The following account
the perils of the voyage, and the final abandonmen
of the ship, and the rescue of the cre w and passengers,
has been furnished us for publication :
" The Alabamian sailed from Leghorn on the 10th
ei October, with a valuable cargo, consisting of
marble, straw, silks, macaroni, rags, &c. On the
25th instant, before passing the Straits, she encoun••
tered a severe gale of wind, which did no material
damage. On the 29th she passed the Straits, and
on the 14th of November, in lat. 32 04, long. 30 32, of
the Western Islands, she met with one of the most terrific
gales of wind that had ever been witnessed by any
person on board. The ship seemed to be on the point
of meetin e of two gales, one from the N.N.E., the
other from N. W. 11. e could carry no sail, save the
wizen staer'sail, covering perhaps fifty square feet, while
the sea broke on every side wbithithehmosrtodaewfouul
out the
Being a most excellent
damage
suffered very boat, she
re little
gale admirably, at2l
~,
when 3
we had two
until the wind died . 3
fearful seas from the N..N"..• 'and N.W. We headed
to the N.W., and thus one seer was striking on her
bows, while the other came like tnse blows of a huge
'
trip-hammer upon her counter; ads..ed to this, the
marble in her lower hold caused her to .roll on both
sides almost to the water's edge. The contint.'ed est tffecto of all these causes was to rack the ship alms
.......
pieces. The whole of the stern was in a state of ce "
tinual motion, while all its ornaments and the bulwark. '
of the poop deck were knocked off by the fearful blows
which descended upon her. The pumps were kept'
going about one third of the time. It is a little
singular that on the day before the mate had suc-
ceeded in stopping a steady leak which she had from
the time we left port, or else the labour of the pumps
would have been doubled.
"It is impossible to convey an idea of the fearful !
desolation which reigned on every side, and had we Div...MENDS DECLARED.
not been extremely fortunate in obtaining a fair W.. Hopper, carpset warehouseman, Great Queen-
wind, before which we could run, the ship must I s trees, Lincoln's Inn-eselds—third div. of 2d. in the
! p °styi/J.l, ona Wednesday,haffiae
NJiarn.Tlasr:(rid mfdol
Jewry.
Wed-
then have gone down. From this time until we
came within about 120 miles from New York, wa In it3ee. t t
Bailey, upholsterer., MOtAnt-street, Gwrroys.venor-
had mast delightful weather, and although the ship
uare --third div. of 4s. 6d. in the pound, on Wed-
was very weak, and the pumps were nearly half the
s 1-elav eran. 15, and any following Wednesday, at the
tims in motion, we were looking joyously forward to U€4.;-," „ -',i'f' A tr. Turquand, Old Jewry.
a reunion with our friends in fifteen or eighteen uurs'e;,o(ol •d, licensed victualler, Harrosse-road. Padding-
hours, when the wind came out N.E., contrary to all eof in the pound on reew proofs, and
the appearance of the skies, and the opinion of a ton—first- dis
second div. of illint the pound on all proofs, on any
Delaware pilot, who had boarded us within twenty Wednesday, at e office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street.
miles of Cape May. Captain Hitchcock, however, C. Sharp and W. D. Clarke, upholsterers, Berners,.
was anxious to get within the Delaware breakwater, street, Oxford-street— 'quasi div. of 7d. in the pound, on
but as the wind was blowing from the N.W., it was any Saturday, at the office' sn' Mr. Green, Aldermanbury.
impassible. The wind went round to the north Simmons and Brook, its-nest:enders, Berneondsey—final
and N.E. During the whole of the night of the 10th div. of ss. 91d. in the pound, 91: any Satieeday, at the
and all the 1 lth of December the wind blew with office of Mr. Green, Aldermenbury. , a ,
tremendous violence. The ocean seemed one vast A. Jacob, merchant, Manchester— first div. e‘t 24n. in
succession of water volcanoes, spouting forth volumes the pound, on Tuesday, Jan. 14, OT any subsequent
of foam. The pumps were worked every ten minutes.
T yuesda , at the office of Mr. Fraser, Affuechester.
E. Roberts, draper, Oswe;try—second die. of 2id. in,
The maintopsail was split on the morning of the 11th,
the pound, on any Thursday, at the office a Mr..
and at seven o'clock next day went the mizen staysail, Christie, Birmingham.
and nothing was heard amid the fearful howling of DIVIDENDS.
the wind and noise of the labours of the waves on At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-strt et.
the ship but the clinking of the pumps, at which all W. Copper, grocer, Reading, Jan. 31, at eleven—T.
hands were now employed. Johnson, sen., W. Johnson, and C. Mann, bankers, Rom-
"Natureford, Feb. 3, at eleven—S. Cox, horse dealer, Bruns-
and seemed thundering forth a dismal requiem,
wick-street/Stamford-street, Jan. 24, at one T. El-
we soon lost all hopes of keeping her long afloat.
dridge, coach builder. Upper North-place, Cara y's Inn-
So mighty was the power of the sea, that one blow in
road, Jan. 31, at half-past twelve—R. Robinson, coal
the leons threw the men from the pumps, and caused
the ship to quiver like a leaf in the wind. The whole
merchant, Strand, Jan. 31, at half-past one.
In the Country.
stern of the ship and the cabin were working as if J. Garnett, merchant, Liverpool, Jan. 23, at twelve, at
they would go to pieces, while the dead lights were the Liverpool District Court—R. T. and A. T. Tebbitt,
ground about as in a mill. About eight o'clock wholesale tea dealers, Birmingham; Feb. 1, at eleven, at
the double pumpbreak was rigged, and passengers the Birmingham District Court—At. Wise, N. Baker,
and all betook themselves to pumping; but still and W. S. Bentall, bankers, Newton Abbott, Devon-
the water gained fearfully. At this time the water shire, Jan. 31, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—
ries above the keelson. At twelve o'clock our only S. W Harrison,builder,4,
Bristol, Feb. at twelve, at the
hope was to keep her afloat till morning. Would
N Bristol. Distr.'ctor C u t J. and D. Arthur-, iron masters,
that we could do justice to the noble efforts of the eth, GI or anshire, Jan. 31, at twelve, at the Bristol
crew to save the ship, and the perfect cheerfulness Districtg Court—J. C. Petrie, miller, Bedington,
which reigned among them. Lon Durham, Feb. 4, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-
passed
the hours till daylight dawned.
. Our exist- and slowly Tyne District Court—J. Sorby, steel manufacturer,
ence seemed to be contained in a minute. Part Sheffield, Feb. 6, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis trict Court
—J. Firth, merchant, Heckmondwike, Yorkehire, Febs
of the crew now got the boats ready ; the one 6, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court—F. Parker,.
a surf boat, which would live in almost any seed crusher, Rotherham, Yorkshire, Feb. 7, at eleven,
sea, the other the launch, which had been used at the Leeds District Court—B. Jones, victualler, Bir-
for a pig-pen for ten years, was full of holes naingham, Feb. 1, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
in the bottom, and was in such a state of decay that Ceart.
CERTIFICATESto be granted, unless cause
be shown
no person was allowed to tread upon the planks lest
tothe contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
the bottom would cave out. At this time the sea
was still breaking with fearful violence, although the W. Cox, general dealer, Crown-street, Seho, Jan.
wind had a little subsided. At lea 31—G. F. Giles, carver and gilder, Bedford-street, Co-
gth morning vent-garden, Feb. 6—G. F. Davidson, merchant, John-
dawned, and to our great joy a brig was discerned street, Ad,lphi, Feb. 4—H. Addenbtook, druggist,
about three or four miles to the windward. We Dudley, Worcestershire, Feb. 4—J. F. Figge, merchant,
made every signal of distress, but he paid no atten- Dunster-court, Mincing-lane, Feb. 6.L...5.. T. Watson,
tion to them. woollen warehouseman, Skinner-street, Snezw-hill, Feb. 4
" Not a murmur was heard from the crew, and the --W. Broome and W. Hardy, drapers, Oxford-street,
only exclamation came from the captain, who, as he
Feb. 7—J. P grum, carpenter, Robert-street, North
Brixton, Feb. 4—R. J. Webb, wine merchant, Bath,
saw our only &lance of deliverance running away Feb. 6—J. Crich, maltster, Sheffield, Feb. 6-3'. Black-
from us, said, ' God grant that he may never need burn, builder, Salford, Lancashire, Feb. 6—F. lioward,
that aid which he now refuses to afford us. At seven publisher, Tonbridge-place, New-road, Jan. 31—W.
o'clock on the 12th instant the crew prepared to Walker, hatter, Birmingham. Jan. 31—J. Appleton,
launch the boats, while the passengers worked the shipowner, Sunderland, Jan. 31—G. and W. Noel, boot-
pumps. She was now fast settling by the head. makers, Jermyn-street, St. James's, Jan. 31.
Captain Hitchcock, in the noblest manner, gave the PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
E Foster, J. Hall, and T. Haslop, machine makers,
mate, Mr. Benson, the choice of boats, although he E..
J. Hall, machine
• Cambridge—E. Foster and makers,
knew that in one there was almost certain life, and in
Cambridge—A. Gatliff and E. C. Hoppe, attorneys.
the other almost certain death. Indeed, it would
be impossible to do justice to the coolness, infra-
Leeds—J. Lauriere, R. J. Lauriere, and M. Lauriere,
jewellers, St. James's-street, Pall-mall (so far as regards
pidity, and generosity of Captain Hitchcock, during M. Lauriere)—J. Lauriere and R. J. Lauriere,
the whole of this trying occasion. Mr. Benson chose jewellers, St. James-street, Pall-mall—J. Christiansen,
the surf boat, and to that we owed our preservation. G. Christiansen, and H. J. Schier, commission mer-
The passengers resolved to accompany the captain in chants, Ilull—J. Christiansen G. Christiansen, and
the long boat, and such was its rottenness that we H. J. Schier, commission merchants, Newcastle-upon-
did not dare to save one particle of clothing, save Tyne (so far as regards J. Christiansen)—T. Jackson
what was on our backs. At eight o'clock the long and J. Hardgrave, bricklayers, York—H.Londen and
boat, or rather pig-pen, was launched; and as the
'J H.
Longden,
G. Thorp, jun., glove manufacturers,
jun., ironfound ers, Sheffield—G. Thorp,
sea was running fearfully high, the greatest care
Thorp,Leicester—G.and H. Bonne}' and A. Lynch, nurserymen,
was observed to prevent her from being dashed to
Ball's-pond. Kingsland —W. Mead and G. Pool,
pieces. W e were afraid to jump in, for fear of builders, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire—T. Milnes
staving the bottom ; but as Providence would have
and W. Berry, woolstaplers, Bradford, Yorkshire—
it, a wave brought her alongside, so we all got in in W. Pearce and J. Lightbody, jun., merchants, Liverpool
safety, and got clear of the ship. —W. Scott, H. Scott, and A. Scott, Naples and London
" God alone knows what our feelings were when (so far as regards A. Scott)—H. Hayden and J. Strutt,
n' we thus committed ourselves to the mercy of a raging I
grocers,
pilairsl,rdMile-end-road—G. and W. Harrison,
b ury,
oxfoshire—R. Wainhouse and J.
sea, in perhaps the frailest boat that ever floated with oc
twelve men on the Atlantic. After seeing the mate Emmet, dyers, Halifax, Yorkshire—R. and J. E. Wain-
safely clear, we lay for more than an hour within 150 Solornons, licensed victuallers, Crown-street, Finsbury--
yards of the ship, expecting every instant to see her E. Tilsley and H. B. Were, attorneys-at-law, Moreton-
sink; for when we left her she had ten feet of water for- in-Marsh, Gloucestershire—J. and M. M`George,
ward, and seven feet aft, and was very much down by drapers, Brighton—S. Jackson and W. Kaight, en-
the head. No refuge but that of death was now be- gineers, Cheapside—W. Chadwick, E. Chadwick, and
fore our eyes, and cast away as we were, in lon. 74, J. Chadwick, cotton spinners, Ad H. L
shtoin-utler-Lyne—
lat. 36 40, in a spot which no vessel would be likely
j i
lon do nvv A
linens,
j.
Dauni. cey,
Chambersand and La ham,
Clayton,iner-
to traverse, unless driven thither by stress of weather
chants,
King-street, Cheapside—J. Faulkner and J. Adams,, in the Gulf Stream, where storms and the sea rage
with accumulated power—in a boat that we were Eagle Saw-mills, Old Brompton—C. H. Purnell and R.
Case, coal merchants, Liverpool—W. G. and F. Shear-
afraid to press our weight upon, through dread that ing, chemists, Chester—E. Beard and C. H. Chitty,
all that separates us from eternity would stave out brewers, Lewes, Sussex—A. Wiudus, E. Beard, and
beneath our feet, and leaking so badly that continual C. H. Chitty, wine merchants, Lewes, Sussex (so far as
baling alone kept her afloat; chilled with the water regards C. H. Chitty)—P. Phillips and F. Goodwin.
that dashed over while on board of the ship, we mercers, Crowland, Lincolnshire—C. Heaps and W.
looked upon death not only as certain, but as a kind Milner, plumbers, Leeds—W. Mabson and W. Elsam,
of refuge from worse evils. We had no sails, hut merchants, Netherthorpe, Derbyshire—R. Pope andJ.
with the aid of the oars she drifted with the current C. F. Glanville, coal merchants, Bristol—L. and
away from the ship, so that at three o'clock we were Pepperdine, timber dealers, Lincoln—T. Ireland, S.
D perhaps five miles distant. So high did the sea run,avies, A. Davies, G. Davies, T. Tunna, S. Nickson,
and J. Nickson, lime merchants, Wem, Shropshire (so
that the ship was hid from view more than half the farregards T. I I d) M and W. Gollop, car-
p.as
re an . time.
-

WHITEHALL, JAN. 7, 1845.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Chariftx Chalk, of
'!I Brighton, in the county of Sussex, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.
Joseph Brown, grocer, Regent-street, St. John's, West-
-1 =luster, to surrender Jan. 17, at one, and Feb. 20, at
1 tesslve, at the Court of _
Bankruptcy. Whitrucre, offici,
..._

al
ikasigr ee, Basingliall-street ; Baylis, Basiughall-street.
Govrge Flintoff; bookseller, Plymouth, Jan. 17, and
F, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell,
oft, I<,•AX bissignee, Coleman-street; Surr, .Lombard-street.
IA 7 Nilig.a) Valiance, merchant, Liverpool, Jan. 24, and
Feb.t twelve, at the Liverpool District Court.
i3ir( . 4
assignee, Liverpool ; Gilbank, Coleman-
„
Lon,ion ; Lowndes, Robinson, and Bateson,
.Lstrile t
,ee,
rp
001.

" At this time the men, wearied with their toilsome
labours for the last three days, ate some bread, and,
after solemn invocation to Him who rules the storm,
either to grant us relief, or to smooth our path to that
world in which we all soon expected to appear, all but
the captain and one passenger reclined, as well as they
could, to sleep. The same thoughts of home and
friends, and family, were passing through the minds
of these two, and hot tears came for the first time
during the whole of this scene from the eyes of both,
when, as if in answer to our prayer, the captain ex-
claimed, Sail ho !' The crew started as if struck by
an electric stroke; and all, with joy which knew no
bounds, saw her at the distance of ten miles. We
pass over the awful anxiety of the two hours, during
which we knew not whether she would see us or not,
when every minute seemed an age, till at about half-
past five o'clock we were safely on board the ship
Atalanta, Captain George B. Raymond, of New York,
where, to our great joy, we found the mate, with the
five men who accompanied him. Indeed, to the
exertions of Mr. Benson and his men, under Provi-
dence, we owe our deliverance, for in little more than
four hours they had pulled more than twenty miles
from the ship, so as to board another which was not
in the hoilson of the Alabamian.

penters, oole—N. Domett and T. England, ship
brokers—J. Gibson and W. Pridmore, fishmongers,
Leicester—J. Barnard, jun., and W. Ray. mealmeu,
Southampton—W. Hirst, C. Hirst, W. Thorp, J. Thorp,
A. Taylor, E. Hirst, and S. Shaw, scribbling millers,
Denby, Yorkshire.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.
David Marshall, innkeeper, Johnstone, Jan. 17 and
Feb. 7, at one, at the George Inn, Paisley.
PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the
week ending Jan. 7, 1844, is 295. 7d. per cwt., exclusive
of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britair

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From Friday Night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Vic-
toria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the
4th day of January, 1845.

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
.C. '
Notes issued ... 28,087,055

tuorernimient debt 11,015,100
Other securities 2,954,900
!Gold coin and

bullion 12,493,444
Silver bullion

£28,087.055

Mr. Benson, the night before, had been unable
to leave his berth from a severe fever, but in the
morning excitement gave him strength to accomplish
this remarkable feat. To Captain Raymond we never
can be sufficiently grateful; and we trust that God
—for he alone can—will reward the generous conduct
of this noble man, who stood from his althoughceeuinrswHe,ientheard,
canre
appreciate the sacrifice he
..
he had a fair wind, and mariners who know how little
southerly wind we have on the coastmad
tod Proceed to the
thuuss,
guideme ftoor hhaimve,
hme,ounve-
solved, if he had not found
Alabamian, which Providence see
derfully kept above water ass
to, and set a light at his masthead, so that we might
pull to him before morning. Captain Raymond, his
officers, and crew, did everything to render the
comfortable, eighteen
and
in l
beingsi
whom they had preserved
hours we were landed safely
in Now York,
but destitutel of everything save thank-
fulness :to God,
fit to preservethat
us from the awful fate which was im-
pending over us.
" ABRAM S. HEWITT, .1
i
" EDWARD COOPER, Passengers.
" The Alabamian was insured at the General
Mutual and Atlantic Company for 12,000 dolls."

M. l
D MA
ated the 9th day of Jam

X 28,087,055
RSITALL, Chief Cashier.
Lary, 1845.

BANKING LC
..i.

:PARTMENT.

Proprietors'capi-
tat 14.553,0001
Rest
3,127,2‘
PuMic deposits
(Lcluding Ex-
el•equer,Savings
bunks,Conulais-
si(Aiers of Na-
tionalDebt,and
dividend ac-
counts) 7,366,643
Other deposits 8,037,320
Seven day and
other bills 1,015,166

G overnment socu-
rities (includ-
ing Dead Weight
Annuity) 13,539,720
Other securities 11,426,996
Notes . 5,418,125
Gold and silver

coin

£34,099,4071

M. MA.
Dated the gth day of Jam

~Z 34,099,407
FISHALL, Chief Cashier.
tary, 1845.

FIRE TN CLERKENWELL.—The fire escape which
was so useful at the fire on Thursday morning in St. John-
street-road, was one belonging to the Royal Society for
the Protection of Life from Fire, and was Wended by
conductor 12, Joseph Weed.

• FRIDAY NIGHT Sl'itir6AVZ ti;'l".r•E:
WHITEHALL, Ali. ;5..
The Queen has been ple ed to pre a( • i**,.
rely James French to the chargand ()M at the
ot r_al; SO O • I
lat. Minister of the church and parish of - in
the presbytery of Dunfermline aq444ie (...}W;--4eitgatit
ew„ by the reslgnation of the Rev. (Milli Vol ' 'BroWn, late
'or Second Minister thereof.
tft
DOWNING-STREET. JAN. IC 1. 3r The Queen has been pleased to appoir llajo
e r Richmond to be superintendent of the sourl
—n division
of the colony of New :,:ealand.
WAR t RFICE, JAN. 10.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lord 0. A. Fitz-
gE raid to be Cornet, by purchase, vice G. H alit, who re-
. tires, Jan. 10
5Jh Regiment of Dragoon Guards—G. Fi sher, Gent.,
to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice J. Constant, who retires
upon lialf-pay, Dec. 29, 1843.
17th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieu, t. A. Hamil-
ton to be raptcin, by purchase, vice Palmer, •pc-ho retires ;
Cornet E. G. A. Lfaworth to be Lieutenant, k vy purchase,
vice Hamilton ; J. C. W. Russell, Gent., to b 4 •
Cornet, by
purchase, vice Haworth, Jan. 10.
87th Regiment of Foot—Second Lieut. 44. H. Cobbs
to be First Lieutenant, by Furchase, vice Willington,
who retires ; H. S. Bawtree. Geot., to be :Second tenant, by purchase, vice Cobbe, January 1(
MENoRANDUAL—The Christian names of Ensign
Kingsley, of the 31st Foot, are Edward Wi lliuw Pinclie.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 31, 1844.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Jan zes Pashley
Burbeary, of Sheffield, in the county of Yowl:, Gent., to
be ac Master Extraordinary in the High Court of
t 'Chay.