The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-06 00:00:00

LOSS OF THE VISCOUNT
MELBOURNE. •

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We regret to learn that the Viscount Melbourne has been
totally lost on her nassaqe to China. The partieulaes of this
melan,holy affair have not reached us beyond the fact of the
vessel's loss, and a statement that the whole crew took to the
boats, which had al but one reached land, and in that one, Pr
which great fears were entertained, was, we are concerned to
say, Lieut.-Colonel Campbell, en route to join the'37th 1"1.1;
n China. A Malay praha ha l boarded one of the boats ana
fired into her, wounding one European, and plundered the Pc".
pe pie.
We are indebted to the Madras Athencrum for the following
f
additional particulars from the Singapore Free Press, °t
which Me have not yet ourselves received a copy ••
" Loss or THE VISCOUNT M ELEOUENE. —We regrt
that it falls to our lot to announce the loss of the shiP
Viscount
.Melbourne, Capt. M'Kenzie, on the sth lust" Q 3
the Luconia shoal, in the China Sea. She took her deca'
tore from this for Macao on the 25th ultimo, with the 6'l.
lowing passengers on board—viz., Sirs. Dare and two children'
Lieut.. Col. Campbell, 37th regiment Madras native infra:WY'
and Scott, Esq., of Calcutta. On the 4th inst., at 4: 0 a•al;
during ss, calm, breakers were descried on the lee beam .
,
to the vessel, when she sounded in eighteen fath9lll,, and list
go both bower anchors, which, however and
would not hold,
the ship struck abaft and swung broadside to the reef, 61!
hich it was found impossible to get her off ;
mained to he done but to get the boats out. This was lecnge
plished with some difficulty ; and Lefore they left the 'hip
had begun, with the flow of the tide, to strike very heicrli
abaft, threatening destruction to all the after part of the vlss!:.
ahhough, in consequence of the anchors holding forisard,67;
was comparatively safe in that part. Having put provisionsa.7
water on board, they left the vessel in five boats ; the cap
Sirs. Sirs. Dare and ehildren, Sir. Scott, and 23 of the crew well"
the launch ; in the first cutter, the chief and third officer;
with Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell with three European 5e2,0
men and seven lase.trs ; in the second cutter, the second to
and nine of the crew ; in the third cutter, 22 of the !agar"
and nothing re.
and in the jolly-boat, the fourth officer and six of the crew
in all 77 hands. Having left the vessel, the boats alerted
towards the coast of Borneo, with the intention of makaloa
Borneo Proper, nod on the 7th came in sight of the land
the coast, but finding chat the strength of the current wudi,
p- event their reacting the capital, Captain .11•Fseniin
reeled them to steer for Sambas ; the twenty-tevo lasea„ it,t
third cutter, however, being apparentle determined tO :the
for themselves, went off at once towards the shore. t
same day they also parted company with the second cu trerit
the chief officer having 'said that he would run. in tO l'et
at the land and return by sunset ; but apparentlyjno.
with some obstacle, as he did not afterwards join wech,
On the 10th, a Malay praha came alongside of the isnot
the nakhodah of which was permitted to come on board.
endeavoured to persuade them to go on shore—but this mesas,
tion being declir.ed he went again on board of his own P.,--dEd
and getting alongside the jolly-boat, which was astern, I_,}na:ebe
her arid plundered the men in her of everything•they hau' weso
was doubtless a pirate, and Captain M'Kenzie suppesea b% by
only prevented from attacking and plundering the launc,o'l.
Rettig that they were well supplied with fire-arms on bn f
As it war, the praha fired several shots at the launch, ":"tas
which wounded a European seaman in the head. Find n)''t af
jolly boat the cause of detention, the people were taken num.
her and divided between the launch and second cutter: the
boat herself being turned adrift. On the following night, 00
second cutter parted company with the launch, and see'P'ireel
traces of her at daylight, although she had hove-to anti4ea
muskets during the nieht; the second officer nears
mined to steer his boat for Singapore. He arrived jei
early on the morning of Monday last; and Captain 31'Ken-
having also adopted the same determination, after partiuS
psny with the second cutter, his boat arrived about ffaeta.
bel
hours after, having been thirteen days from the ship. 1,0,
had all suffered much front exposure, and in particular ••tu.
Dare, one of whose children was at the breast, artd whose!;,tae r
ation for such a period, in an open boat, was necessarily
ful in the extreme.
" No further accounts having been received of the first ctrlrer
and having had experience of the dangers those on board 'fss
are exposed to on the coast of Borneo, the local authorities oio
very properly chartered the Royalist to proceed to that 00'04
quest of her. The Royalist is herself well-armed, and nbe
esolandauze and sepoys having been shipped on board of he''but
will be in condition not only to protect herself against pirates.,,,,
to operate effectually against them. Capt. I.ll.Kenal
that the first cutter was an excellent boat, very well eerfcjel
and in every r.tspect in an efficient state, and well pro.' ft
with arms, besides those belonging to Colonel Campbelleco,
is not improbable that being prevented from joining her pre
sorts by contrary currents she may have steered for Set,, to
but there is too much. oom for apprehension on that ec'tiat
rely on any such probability, and we are happy to tin‘i 01
the local authorities have lost no time in despite:ling a v.
for her relief.
•
" We ought not to conclude this notice without mentle, c'
that Commodore Kearney, in the absence of any other Nklg"!;,'
cruisers, very handsomely proffered the services of the a'
American ships of war here under his command, to niaV tOO
quiries in the course of their voyage to China, aloege
Borneo coast, for the missing boat; an offer which 1133. et in
acknowledged, we have no doubt, by the local authoritl 301
becoming terms, although the despatch of the Royalist rl
it unnecessary to avail of it."— Madras U. S. Gazette, Feb'

ENGLISH POOR JN PARP•

(Extract from a Paris letter of ThursdaY)
h io
A ball in aid of the funds for the distressed Eneital
Paris is to take place to-morrow night at the cgtn'os
room of Hertz, the pianist and manufacturer Of :by'
in the Rue de la Victoire. Another, to be give,"bso
Lady Cowley (on the Queen's birth-day, it is bajuilo
oolc
raised the hopes and exyectations of all who have or y
fur the entree at the hotel of the Briti,h Embassy. oil
Respecting the former, I have a circumstance to c(
municate which will cause you, I think, with .1-'`
Pindar, to exclaim, "Lies—licslics."
The Committee for the mana.:ement of this Oil itt
ball employed a person acquainted with the ael!'"og
of such matters, who furnished to them an estituat`lolll
the expenses, in which, to their astonishment, they f"'
this item:—
AhisiollYj
"For the poor of the arrondissement (or
Goof. !"

an,
The Committee called the contractor before the'
asked an explanation of this charge.
" It is customary," said he.
" Customary ?"
11
" Yes ; and without submitting to it von ni
allowed to give the ball you contemplate. Indeed, .0
bo
not sure that I have underrated the awn that wi
winired."
reroo

•"rhen proceed forthwith to the person einpool'od
enforce this exaction, and ascertain the truth. dell
surely make a mistake."
re:
The contractor tor shook his head, but obeyed. ,
turned shortly afterwards to the Committee, en";,,,
to them a communication which induced a deput'd".
that body to wait upon the officer in question. wet°
On being introduced to him, the th,putationaske" cer
the facts communicated to them by their contrat:uxtool:
reedy stated ? . Upon which the following colloqe.).
place :
" How many tickets have yGu disposed of for this
demanded the functionary.
TotP uE
,0
" Five hundred and fifty," replied the spulteslif
the Committee, " and hope that we shall get °
more."
trOci
‘.That will make 800. Now, 800 tickets, at 20 foil
each, will produce 10,000 francs. Of that stun °
have one-tburth."
" 4,000 francs ?"

." For the .poor of the arrondissement." t fr4ji
" What, Sir ! do you pretend tb a right to extol'
such a fund—a fund for the benefit of poor foreignithi4
clear fourth part of the whole sum contributed
charitable countrymen and countrywomen ?" J
the
" For the poor of the arrondissement," repeat`
functionary.
100;
"'Then, Sir, we' know our countrymen and 0,, er
women subs...rib..rs to this fund, and are quite s"-e1
the best that we could do in• the interest of t9:11) 1",
whose benefit it was proposed will be to rebuilt'. cof'si
idea of a ball altogether (the functionary started), ivP„
are convinced that. the maority of the subscribt:lloo'.s
not reclaim or take back the money paid for their
ee. .1
This and other observations, which I do not ;11, 10_,114;
accessary to mention, had apparent eifeet upol' ".e5O r,
tionary, who at length lowered his demand bY,J9-
cent., and he consented to receive out of the b",," ottr
-
subscribed for the poor English in Paris only `1
eighth, or 12 per cent., " for the poor or the lifile'lljtr
sermtnt," as he said, and no doubt said truly, for t
ney goes not into his pocket. f iell(151r
lam quite sure that neither you, nor the " "rt
the foreigners in distress " in Landon, nor Ceu9telf
say and other charitahle Frenchmen, who le
worthily and laudably resolved to found in
institution similar to that established here for thet jp`b
of the English 'poor, will believe one word of iv") "r°i•
hill
written. " What ! (you and they will ext,a- iaS5
e,ar,
the suffering foreigner in order to diminish the
Paris? No, no,' Mr. Correspondent, you
are misinformed, or worse." Now, i reply, in tb
also of the aforesaid Peter—
ithie
" I tell you, roaring infidels, 'tis true--wirit for
and 2,000 f. out of the money received fur this e
purpose must be paid before the doork'can be 'l;o°'
holding a charity ball for the benefit of the
Bristish poor in. Paris !

I,
Ps.
BIRTHS.
On the 2.1 inst., at Tilley Court, Alenincutligh:re' the
N. Fielder, of a daughter.
,tie_tlPo° On the 3d ins', at Bensham, near Newca,tle-uP° cot'
wife of F. W. Stanley, Esq., of a son. lady
On the 3d inst., at St. Leona.rd's-on-Sea, the lot
terbuck, Esq., of a son. the
On the 4th inst., at Charlton. ark, Gloucestershire, off
of the Rev. G. Rods Birch, of Paris, of a son. ice of li
On the 4th inst., at Camberwell, Surrey, the 0
Ole cil
Gregory, Esq., of a daughter.
sdy o,e
On the 4th inst, at. East Sheen, Surrey, the I
hill. 4'4f
Ommanney, Esq., of a son.
On the 4th Inst., at Temple House, Che,ethehrnte-r• ,t ofl
Manchester, the lady of P. LI?, Esq., oitgl,,,ii;ra Sc°—
On the sth inst., at Regent-street, Mrs. ,T''
daughter.
At Teaninich, Rcssshire, the Hon. Mrs. Spencer' of s °II.

400,
MARRIED. T , Salplifttig
On the 4th inst., at St. Marylebone, Captain • ~te, o 3.
22d Regiment, Bengal army, to Marion, second danAu ji 10,4
late Henry Htiey Tyler, Esq., f N -t • LitnavadY• lot
e .i eV% Olt• II r. ,or
On the sth inst., at St. Mark's, Kennington, ,„ M ~, a
Boyd, jun., to Frances, daughter of the late :Ur. )- el
coran, of Mark-lane. n'
, . A'
On the sth inst., at St. George's, Hanover-squ,,,.arrne bride
Park, youngest son of Matthew Harrison, Esq., of i-1.:: 000_3%
terrace, to Julia Anna, eldest daughter of Mr. Serjea i•
DIED.
On the 30th ult., at Beckenham, Kent, Captain Ill°o
i
Virion, R.N., aged ti 6. li litre :1
On he 3d inst., at Kensington, Ellen, second & g
1"4
D. A. Rougernont, Esq. ,1
deo.
On the 3d inst., at Bedford-street, Covent-gar
Helen Donald. CC
°
On the 3d inst., at Lewes, Charles Wells, eldest onn
Goring Lewis, Esq. . joie
On the 3d inst., Ann Sophia, twin daughter of PatricX
ston, Esq., Fleet-street, aged 20 months. u,.i- ght°°'
On the 3d lust ,in Arundel terrace, Kemp-town, m• ,'
Benjamin Brooks, Esq., aged 84. )li'
On the 4th inst., Mrs. J. C. Baxter, of NOrfolk-street,
oi
dleaex Hospital, aged 76. FA''
On the 4th inst., William Dickenson Nethersolef
Essex-street, Strand, aged 4'2.
On the bth inst., at Brighton, Dr. Kelly, aged 86.

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the County of itliddlesex, Wednesday; April 6, i'v".".