The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-16 00:00:00

MUSIC.

OH! DREAM NOT OF TO-MORROW'S BLISS.
Song.—Composed by EMILY WETTEN.
Jeffreys and Nelson. •
A very pretty song in .the key of F, suited
either for a soprano or tenor voice.. The words
are correctly set, the accompaniment -easy,' and
the only objection is the too frequent half-close
on the dominant in the second part;
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TILE LATE MADAME SOYER.—Ine death, of 0*
lady, which took place very recently,
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44. be 89,4,
source of great regret to all the; lovers Etna eneourr
alters of art. Cut off at. a mome4,Wl)kniVitli'gptitti• ' '
tion was about to • make her' fikitraht;l and ivhOti,fifigo'
spite of all'obstacles; her.metits BvetV.tecome known al,
to her countrymen, it is a sad-reflection that she can i
no longer enjoy the encorniurlis slle:SO'iUStly:Ck'SVPV3l
nor share in . those , rewards which were. about.tube,
conferred on her, She commenced her career as an
artist at a very early age, and was, lcrhapg, at One
time better knoWn for her works wbilstpaiiitingunder
her maiden name, Ernma Jones, than when after'-hore
marriage to M. Soyer she took . his 'name.; ,!Itt;the.
short space of 12 years, that is, from the age.c,i,4o4"
29, besides an immense variety of drawings, ilultohe.al,
and studies, she painted upwards,o,4oopletUres, Some
raia some of their Whiali.;''
of them of very high merit,
when exhibited'in the Louvre, obtaiiied t6'PlilgheSt'
mead of praise.' iPerhat noleitialearti'dhas exceeded
this lady a4a.,colettriet Ittuldi'iretY few'..artists,,bf thel
rougher, sex havelproducedliportraits,ao .full, of chw-1
racter, spirit„t mid vigour;and 04091CIIIiiipd• brea.d till.
of light and.,:alsadow ANbicJA i iMiTtitutei. one of the
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highest triumphs of art!) j§11? • yvfts jex, Ceedingly clever:.
in recognizing the character3ottlh9,se who sat to her;
so that her portraits cony it p‘filithr, as -*ellis the
features' of the sitters, their thOukhtsiand sentiments.
A group, entitled tha ~ Israelite Lemon-sellers," de-
picting two boys selling lemons, has been recently en-
graved in Paris. It is a good specimen of mezzotint,
and a fine illustration of the talents of the deceased
lady. It partakes of the style of Murillo, but though
in his manner, it has not the subserviency of imita-
tion, nor the stiffness of copy:: There are a few of
the paintings of Madame'Soyer in the private apart-
ments of the.Reform'Cltib-house, which, .by proper
application, can be seers the adrniters 'of genius in
this branch of the firtre'aiNV- They wilt welt repay a
visit from those whicblireTitetiSte for genuine merit
and realintlire.',' ‘tilit,9l' 1"
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NOVEMBER ra, 1842.

LOSS OF THE RELIANCE

EAST. INDIAMA N.
LATEST PARTICULARS.
By the General Steam Navigation Company's ship
Magnet, which left
_Boulogne yesterday morning,
and arrived at London-bridge Wharf at eight o'clock
last night, some additional particulars• have been
brought relative to the melancholy loss of the above
vessel off Merliemont, about thirty miles from Bou-
logne, on Saturday morning last, when, out of a crew
numbering 120 persons, six only were saved. It ap-
pears that the Reliance left Canton on the 7th of
May, with a cargo of 27,000 chests of tea, having,
as the Boulogne Gazette of Monday states, thirtz•-five
Lascars and eighty-five white persons on boars. It
is stated, that at the time the Reliance struck, the
wind was fair; and it is inferred from this, that those
in command could not have seen the land, the„vessel
going on shore about two o'clock, A.m.
The scene of horror and confusion which reigned on
board until daylight, is described by the survivors as
of the most awful character, though little beyond the
manner in which the crew and passengers lost their
lives has at present transpired. The confusion and
terror consequent upon the suddenness with which
the vessel struck was such, that no orders
on the part of the ship's officers were
attended to and some time passed before
signals of distress could be fired. These sig-
nals continued to be made until daylight, but without
• any effect, no boats having put off to the vessel. The
• Boulogne Gazette says, " There was no means of
affording the least assistance ;" but whether this arose
from the state of the tide—the nature of the shore
on which she struck—or the absence of life-boats, or
other ordinary modes adopted on such occasions, is
not given. As soon as the day broke, and the coast
was'discerned, it was determined to hoist out the
boats. This was quickly accomplished, but the long-
boat was immediately swamped by the breakers, and
the others, from,being overloaded, went down within
a short, distance of the vessel. The Captain remained
on board to the last moment, and went down while
near the'carpenter, who reached the shore in safety.
Many bodies had been washed on the beach, some of
them showing symptoms of life, But although every
medical attention .was promptly rendered, -none of
them .were restored. Y .
The scene on the beach was of the most extraor-
dinary description, from the number of chests of tea
which came ashore when the ship broke up. It was
ebb-tide when the vessel struck, but before daylight
the sea was flowing fast, and at ten o'clock she was a
perfect wreck. Out of -27,000ehests -on board only
4,386 have yet been saved, and these ate all much:
damaged by the sea-water.
The Reliance was owned by Messrs. Man and
Tomlyn, of St. Michael's-alley, Cornhill, the latter
of 'whom left London for Merliemont by the Boulogne
steamer on Monday night. •
Another vessel laden with wine was wrecked on
Saturday night in the Baie d'Authie, and four of the
crew drowned.

(FROM ANOTHER SOURCE.)
The ship, which is about 12 years Old; was built
at Deptford, and was between 1,400 and 1,500 tons
burden. She has been trading to China for a number
of years past, and was considered to be a fast.sailer.
Respecting the catastrophe itself very little irtfor-
mation can at present be obtained, owing to the gale
continuing and preventing the packet-boats from pro-
ceeding to sea with the mails. The spot where the
Reliance drove ashore is near a village called Merlie-
mont, a short distance from the French- town of
Etaples, 32 miles west of Boulogne* The account
given' by the inhabitants of Merliemont of the disaster
is that she drove ashore between nine and ten o'clock
at night, at low water, where she was subsequently
firmly imbedded in the sand, and upon the
tide. rising the sea made a complete breach over her,
carrying with it the unfortunate creatures on board,
who never were seen afterwards alive. This state-
ment is confirmed by the report made by the British
Consul, who visited the fatal spot immediately upon
• being apprised of the occurrence, and rendered all
possible comfort to the survivors. Considerable sur-
prise has been manifested. in the mereatitile interest,
in consequence of the wreck having occurred on the
French coast, the situation being completely out of
the usual track, and at the same time carelessness has
been attributed to those who had the command of the
ship. Amongst many a supposition is entertained,
that in bearing down the Channel the Boulogne light
was mistaken for the Dungeness light, .which is not
at all improbable, and the vessel driven completely on
to the coast,_ as has occurred to many others.
Upon the intelligence reaching Etaples of the wreck
the; authorities of
.the town immediately dispatched. a
company of horse soldiers to render assistance, to-
gether with several detachments of infantry to pro-
tect the property saved from the vessel. During the
whole of Sunday the beach presented a most animated
appearance, by the immense concourse of persons as-
sembled; hundreds were engaged with the soldiery in
searching for the bodies of the unhappy crew. By
four o'clock in the afternoon upwards of 20 had been
found, and amongst them was recognised that of the
commander, Captain Robert Green, and also those of
the first and second mate.
The Reliance appears to have had ,a boisterous
voyage from China. On thd• 4th inst. the Apollo, of
Newburyport,:from Boston in the United States to
Rotterdam, met with•her in lat. 48 50, long. 14.00,
andsupplied her with provisions and water, the Reli-
ance being nearly out of both.
The value of the •ship and cargo is estimated nearly
at 200,0001. .
In the season of 182..5, the Hon. East India Com-
pany's ships Royal George, commanded by Captain
Gribble, and the Kent, Captain Cobb, were unfortu-
nately destroyed by fire, • the former at the. second bar
in the Bocca Tigris, and the latter in the Bay of Bis-
cay, on her outward bound passage. The Reliance
was built by the East India Company in lieu of the
Royal George, and the Abercrombie Robinson in place
of the Kent ; both these ships have been equally as
unfortunate as their predecessors.
The following tis the extract of a letter from the
British Consul to the Secretary of the East India
Company :
Merliemont, Nov. 13, 1842, Half-past Eleven, A.M.
SlR,—According to my promise of yesterday, I
have now to confirm the sad intelligence contained in
my letter to you, even worse ; for I now find that, out
of 120 persons which formed the crew and passengers,
only seven of the former are saved. .
The body of Captain Tucker, R.N., who was one
of the passengers, has not yet been found to ray know-
ledge, nor any- of the officers of the ship.
I never witnessed such a wreck during the 20 years
that I have acted as her Majesty's Consul at Boulogne.
The cargo is dispersed all over the coast, and, of
course, is in a very damaged state. The ship is com-
pletely broken up. Everything is being done for the
benefit of all . concerned with the Reliance and her
cargo.—l remain, Sir, your obedient humble servant,
W. HAMILTON.
P.S.—I am informed Captain Tucker was the only
passenger of note.

TILE GALLANT MIDSIIIPMAN.—MT. Sheriff Hunt
was honoured with an interview by his Imperial lligh-
ness the Archduke Frederick of Austria on Sunday
last, and was gratified with hearing from the Archduke
a full account of his son, Midshipman (now Lieute-
nant) Hunt's heroic conduct at Sidon; his Highness,
with Major Maronivich (one of the suite), having
been eye witnesses of the gallant, race between
the English midship Man (Mr. Hunt, of her Majesty's
ship Stromboli) and an Austrian officer, Signor
Chinca, to be the first to plant their respective coun-
try's colours on the walls of Sidon, and which was
noticed in Commodore Napier's dispatches at the time,
as having been gained by the former, and for which
he has since been so honourably promoted to a lieute-
nancy.— Oxford Herald.
EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY.—At the conclusion
of the lecture at the Polytechnic Hall, Falmouth, Mr.
Robert Hunt, the Secretary, announced the dis-
covery by himself of a metallic plate which would
receive, by mere contact, impressions of any printed
page, an engraving, or the like. This discovery
r,was arrived at by following out the recent dis-
coveries of Moeser, that bodies were constantly
making impressions upon each other in absolute dark-
ness, by the agency, as he considered, of latent light,
but which Mr. Hunt thinks he has certain proof of
being latent heat. The impression received on the
metal is at first invisible, but is readily brought out
by the means of any vapour. Mr. Hunt exhibited
some specimens of wood and copper-plate engravings,
copied from the paper into the metal. These copies
exhibited every line of the original, and were far more
distinct than any of the early Daguerreotypes. Mr.
Hunt proposes to call this new art thermography.—
West Briton.
CAMBRIDGE RouND CHURCH.—The Cambridge
Camden Society are making great and praiseworthy
efforts for the repair and restoration of this ancient
.and very beautiful structure. When completed it
will be the most remarkable piece of antiquity in
Cambridge, and especially interesting to the admirers
of church architecture. At present the works are
suspended from want of funds. A sum of 1,4001.
will be needed to complete the restoration ; and it is
to be hoped that the. Cambridge Camden Society may
succeed in raising the amount.
The Lord Justice Clerk was absent from the win-
ter sitting on Saturday, in consequence of the death
of his sister, the wife of Mr. Sheriff Robertson, who
died on the previous day. In the event of the Dean
of Faculty being elevated to the Bench, Mr. Patrick
Robertson will be the new Dean.
THE NEW STEAM YACHT FOE HER MAJFSTY.—
The Lords of the Admiralty have sent orders to Pem-
broke Dock-yard for the planks and the copper and
metal bolts, nails, &c., for the new Royal steam-yacht
to be prepared with all possible dispatch, and to take
precedence of all other work. The plans for the
yacht were submitted by. Sir William Symons, Sur-
to ranee Albert for approval.
veyor of the Navy,

THE METROPOLITAN PRISONS
FOR DEBT,
CLOSING OF THE. FLEET AND MAR-
SHALSEA.
The metropolitan prisons for debt have within the
last few days presented a different appearance to what
they have exhibited for some time. The Fleet and
Marshalsea prisons have been closed. The former was
shut on Saturday, and the latter on Thursday last.
There were seventy in the Fleet, and only three in
the Marshalsea, and their removal took place to the
Queen's Prison under an Act passed during the last
session, authorising Lord Dentlian to issue his war-
rant for their k)assage from one gaol to another. From
Tuesday to Saturday the removals took place from
the Fleet. Some of the prisoners had been confined
a very long period, and a few upwards of twenty
years. An eccentric character, named Jeremiah
Board, had been an inmate of the Fleet twenty-
eight years, having been committed in 1814. The
case of this man, who has been removed to the
Queen's Prison, is very singular. He was a farmer
at a place called Newton I arm, and was committed
to the Fleet in 1814, where he remained with-
out much disturbance except some Chancery pro-
ceedings until 1838, in' which year the present Act
for the Insolvent Debtors' Court was passed, and in
this Act an important alteration *as made, giving
power to creditors to proceed 'against parties who
preferred imprisonment to taking the benefit of the
Act, by which proceeding they would be compelled
to give up their property. The provision has been
' productive of considerable benefit—persons have been
proceeded against in the Insolvent Debtors Court,
and compelled to disgorge their property ; others have
arranged with their creditors and gone out of custody.
• In the case of Board a gentleman named Richard-
son, as executor of Mary Chappell, filed a petition
under the compulsory clause, and a vesting order was
made, under which he was appointed assignee, and by
a decisive act a good dual of property was obtained.
A messenger of the Court was sent to the prison, and
on the person of Board, and in his possession, a large
sum of money and securities for money were found,
which of course the assignee seized. 111 r. Richardson
' claimed to be a creditor for 8,1851., andthe matter had
been before Mr. Commissioner Harris. Advertise-
' ments had been ihserted to discover creditors, but
very few were found. There was somewhere about
1,6001., and a dividend was declared. Board is now
sojourning in the Queen's Prison, where he is of
i course a "character." At the present period there
; are in the Queen's Prison about 280 persons, a very
few in the rules, and those who had the privilege when
the Act consolidating the prison was passed were al-
r lowed to remain for twelve months. Dav rules have
already ceased, and the other privilege will be denied
at the time mentioned. There are 228 rooms in the
prison, and in some of these compartments by the re-
, cent increase "chums" have been placed, that is, two
have been lodged in one room. Some alterations
have been expected in the classification of prisoners,
which will now probably take place. In Whitecross-
street Prison there are about 360, and 120 in Horse-
monger-lane Gaol. The total number of prisoners
for debt in London may be now stated at about 760,
and some years ago there were as many in one prison.

NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT.
FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
INCOME-TAX.

During the whole of the past week, the inquisitors
have been prying into the affairs of the inhabitants of
this town and Ryde ; numbers have been summoned
before these Paul Prys, to their no small annoyance.
This week they rest from their labours ; next, it is
said, these Peelites intend commencing business again,
by sump oning up twenty or thirty of the tradesmen
of Cowes before them, with whose private affairs some
of them wish to become better acquainted. They
quite gorged themselves last week, and they will next
week, no doubt, enjoy an equally glorious and honour-
able feast.

This whipping on the raw makes some quite sore
already, who were Peel's admirers in days gone by, but
the worst is to come—the Collector's lash which, it is
expected, will be applied in January ; the little that re-
mains secret now, will be blown then.
THE INCOME-TAX AND THE POSTMASTERS.

No description of business is suffering equal to the
posting—the postmaster was before nearly driven off
the road by steam-coaches and steam-vessels, but he
still tried to hold on and brave the storm ; but this
Income-tax will sweep him away—his having to pay
the assessed taxes, and a fifth of all he earned after-
wards was too bad, but now he can earn nothing ! !
every one is saving to meet this tax. All are putting -
by their sevenpennies hut him—those who used to
hire a carriage two or three times a week, or once in
a month, no longer do so—they can no longer do it
and pay the tax, though it was beneficial to their
health. It enabled them to make friendly visits, or
forwarded their business—they can no longer do it,
and consequently the falling oft in the post-horse duties
is immense.