The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-03 00:00:00

THE TELEMAQUE.

QUILLEmEUF, TUESDAY, Nov. 29.—1 n consequence
of the unfavourable state of the weather throughout
last week, but little further progress has been made
in the operations for raising the wreck of the Tele-
maque. The remaining portion of her side, which
was above water, from her main chains aft, ha,E5 been
cut away and removed, and she has been raised an-
other foot and a half, so that her cargo is now nea.cly
even with the surface of the water when the tide is at
its lowest ebb. It is now ascertained beyond a doubt
that she IS chiefly laden with timber ; in addition to.
which there is evidently a considerable quantity of
tallow on board, as large pieces have floated from the
wreck, and on Saturday a lump, weighing about half
a hundred weight, escaped from her and was picked
up by the boat which is specially employed to look
after any article that may float from her, and is con-
stantly ready, with the hands in it, to be cast off at a
moment's notice. One of the pieces of timber which
compose the cargo of the Telemaque, and which was
lying uppermost, has been got out, but the disengag-
ing it occupied the whole of yesterday and this day,
although all the hands, about 60 in number, were
employed in this single operation.
The difficulty in extricating the timber is caused
by the harpoons which were driven through the ship
and cargo in order to raise her, pinning the whole of
the logs of wood together, so that to get out one balk,
it is first necessary to release it from the others, to,
which it is fixed by the harpoons. There were na
less than eight of these harpoons through this parti-
cular log, which took some time to cut away before
it could be got out. The log. of timber which has
been got out is of oak, and is numbered 238. From
the length of time it took to abstract this single log,
Mr. Taylor, the engineer, has altered his plan of ope-
rations, and, instead of proceeding in his attempt to
discharge the remaining portion of the timber and
cargo in the present position of the ship, at the risk of
being two days in getting out each log, he intends to
raise her 6 feet higher out of the water, and during
the time this is being accomplished, to cut away, as
far as it is practicable' the whole of the harpoons. It
will take four or five days to effect this.
Her being laden with timber and a portion of tallow
fully corroborates that part of her history which
states that she was so laden ; but whether her cargo
will bear out the remaining portion of the tale that is
told of her, is yet to be ascertained; for beyond the
facts that she had timber and tallow on board, and
that some metallic substance obstructed the passage of
several of the harpoons, and the inference which may
be deduced from the claim made by the agent on be-
half of Victor Hugo and his brother, nothing can be
known, as it is quite impossible for any persons, even
the divers themselves, in the present position of the
vessel, with a vast body of water, which in this part'
of the Seine is discoloured with mud, rushing over
with a velocity exceeding that which used to charae-
tPrise the Thames in passing through the arches or
the old London-bridge at ebb tide, to ascertain the
contents of the ship beyond the balks of timber which
are lying uppermost.

DISCIPLINE AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY.---The fol-
lowing account of some of the doings here is from the
Oxford Chronicle :—" There is a certain set of young
men now in the University disgracing it, and bringing
scandal upon the whole body, by riotous and disorderly-
conduct. Within a few months we have had a se-
ries of outrages brought under our notice, such
as the breaking of windows and of shutters, and, at
igth, the breaking of heads, and tricks of the most
wanton and dangerous character. That we may not
be thought to make vague charges, we just refer to
the insults which the accomplished and amiable Main-
zer received when giving his last lecture, and to fie
brutal knockdown blow which the marshal received oir
the same occasion, in the performance of his duty ;
to the recent battering and bruising of a gentleman
residing in the city ; to gross insults to respectable la-
dies in the public streets (neither proctor nor police-
man to be seen) • and, finally, to the outrageous and
frantic folly at die menagerie last week, when the ani
linals were beaten, and fireworks thrown into their
dens, at a frightful risk."
DETECTION OF SHEEP-STEALERS, AND SUICIDE
OF THE SHEPIIERD.—A circumstance has just Oc-
curred in Hertfordshire which goes to prove what
has always been asserted by the chief constable of the
county, that when farmers are in the habit of having
sheep stolen the shepherd is generally connected with
the thieves. On the forenoon of Friday, the 25th of
November, information was brought to the chief con-
etable at Hertford that two wether sheep and a ram
had been stolen some time during the previous night
from the farm of Mr. Cheffins, near Ware. Captain
Robertson immediately dispatched Inspector Dunn,
of the rural police, by railway to London, and directed
Inspector Barnes to go by the high-road to Smith-
field, with instructions how to proceed. At Enfield
Barnes he met a light cart belonging to Humphrey,
a butcher of Hoddesdon, driven by a lad named
Welch, who, being closely interrogated, admitted
that he had been employed by Humphrey to convey
two wether sheep and a ram to London, and stated
that they had been delivered to Mr. Mossman, a sales-
man. Being convinced from the description given of
the sheep by Welch that they were those stolen from
Mr. Cheffins, Barnes returned to Hoddesdon and took
Humphrey into custody, in whose possession Si. 15s.
was found, which he admitted having received from
Mossman, but refused to give any account of the
sheep sold by him. Barnes then proceeded to London,
taking with him the shepherd of Mr. Cheffins, and
from information received from Mr. Mossman, who
rendered every assistance to the police, the inspectors
were enabled to trace the two wether sheep to the
yard of the Ram public-house in Smithfield. The
skin of the stolen ram (it having been already killed)
was also traced and recovered from the fell-monger,
to whom it had been sold, and both that and the
sheep were subsequently identified by Mr. Cheffins
as his property. The shepherd, upon being shown
the sheep in London, evinced symptoms of uneasiness,
and desired to be allowed to go home. He accordingly
left London at eleven o'clock on Monday morning,
but did not reach his master's until twelve o'clock at
night, having in the meantime, as it is supposed, given
information of the discovery of the sheep to others of
the gang, with whom it was now found he was con-
nected ; and at three o'clock on Tuesday morning it
was discovered he had committed suicide, the unfor-
tunate man having nearly severed his head from his
body.
EXTRAORDINARY PEDESTRIAN FEAT.—An ama-
teur pedestrian, named John Saunders, 23 years of
age, undertook for a trifling wager to start from the
Surrey side of London-bridge, and run over the five
bridges and round the inclosure in St. James's Park,
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were not disappointed. The start took place from the
Bridgehouse Hotel, and one minute only was occu-
pied in crossing London-bridge. In four minutes
more the " novice" had reached the Surrey side of
Southwark-bridge, and another four minutes was
occupied in getting to Blackfriars, on the Sur-
rey side. In fifteen minutes from starting. St.
Clement's church in the Strand was gained,
thence to the Surrey side of Waterloo-bridge
five minutes were consumed, and five more in reach-
ing Westminster-bridge-road. Here the backers of
time began to suspect that they had mistaken their
man, as he came to the bridge in gallant style, ap-
parently as fresh as when he started, and arrived at
Storey's-gate, without the least falling off in speed,
in 29 minutes from the start. His opponents had
now only one hope left—namely, that he would not
last out the remainder of the journey round the en-
closure ; but in this they were deceived, for he ac-
complished it in 12 minutes, thus completing the
whole distance in the short space of 41 minutes. This
is considered one of the severest pedestrian achieve..
ments which has hitherto taken place in the metro-
polis, and it is said that Sanders has been backed to a
considerable amount for another trial of his prowess.
Bates, a well-known pedestrian, did the same distance
in 48 minutes, having had one hour allowed, and that
was looked upon as an astonishing performance.
INCENDIARISM IN LINCOLNSHIRE.---THORNEY.—
Between seven and eight o'clock on Thursday night,
the 24th ult., a dreadful fire was observed in the
stack-yardTboroey of
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Thorney-dike, which suddenly increased to a large
flame : many persons hastened to the spot, and
found several stacks burning with great fury.
The scene was awful beyond description, the two
fires illuminating the country for many miles.
Thorney is the property of the Duke of Bedford, who
is well known as a good landlord, and his tenantry is
also noted as being kind and generous to the la-
bourers in their employ. We are sorry to add that
the above make four fires in the parish of Thorney in
the short space of fifteen months. They are all be-
lieved to have been the work of incendiaries. The
produce of 300 acres of land was destroyed on Thurs-
day night. Two fellows of suspicious appearance and
conduct were in Thorney on the day before the fires
occurred, and it is ascertained that they had lately
been at Woburn, where they used disrespectful lan-
guage respecting the Duke of Bedford. Diligent
search is making after them by the police of several
districts.—Stamford Mercury
Four vessels have arrived in the Downs from
China, all of which bring tea; but as they are .scarcely
above 350 tons each, the collective amount will not
be large. About one million pounds weight is a rough
calculation made. The vessels are the Eleanore, we
gara, the Bengslee, and the wry