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

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

LoziooN, Nov. Io.—Wind this day at noon S.E.,light airs,
and drizzling rain.
DEAL, Nov. B.—Wind S.S.E. to S.S.W. 9, S.E. to
Arrd. 8, Margaretha Ida, Batavia for Rotterdam ; 'Agnes.
Honduras. 9, Tat tar, Gregson Calcutta; Kilblain, Shaw, do..
Catherine and Elizabeth, Merritt, St. Vincent. Arrd. from
the river and sailed for, Valleytied, Farmer Wet Coast of
Africa ;Enterprise, Ward, Ascension; Lavinia, 111'Giivrav, Pa-
tagonian, Hecton ; Fox, Trinidad ; B'ack Inver Packet, taker,
Jamaica; Hopewell, Hoseaion, do.; Alfred, Adair, China ;
Philadelphia, Dunn, New York ; Creamore, Salt, Cali-
fornia; Irvine, Shaw, Cape Horn ; Cont,ervative, Cousens,
Jamaica; Berkeley, Turner, do; Reserve, Cousens, Bermuda.
LtmEtacK, Nov. 7.--Arrd. George Clarke, Quebec.
LONDONDERRY, OCT. 31.—Arrd. Fanny Quinn, Quebec..
Nov. 3.—Londonderry, Hath ick, ditto.
BEIA-AsT, Nov. 5 7-Shl. Heyn, Pixie, New Orleans.
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GAINSISOROCOII, NOV. 7. —The Electra, Louisa, is
aground 15 miles below this port, and not expected off till
next spring tide.
PottrucAwi„ Nov. 7.—A boat, about 15 feet long, marked,
inside the stern, " Wanderer of Bristnl, John Pascoe," capie
on shore near Sker Point, 4th inst.

roaTsmourit, Nov. 9.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Aurclian,
Brewer, Quebec. SM. Sultana Longford, Sydney, New
South Wales.

Cow :s, Nov. 9.—Cyprus, Brazier, Porto Rico.
OFF THE WionT, NOV. 4.—Marianne, Baltimore.
lit.vmouTn, Nov. 9.—Wind E. To S.S.E., strong gale.—
Pioneer, Morlaix, Labrador: Hawk, Collins, labia.
• FAimount, Nov. 9—Wind S.E. to S.S.E., fresh and
squally.—Arrtl. Ariadne, Lewis:Calcutta, withforeyard carried
away ; Ellider, Assander, Bahia. Sailed, Bth, Petrel packet
Madeira, Teneriffe, and Brazils. Off port, Jane Kay, Ha-
vennab, for Hainburgh ; Caroline, Guadaloupe; Six, Quebec.
8. Lord Mulgrave, ditto.
OFF THE I.oznno, Nov. 6.—Dublin (brig), South Ame-
rica, for Hull. 8. Dublin (brig), Malta.
Arrived in the Channel, 9th, tiriti.h Queen, Quebec.
OFF Sd'LLY, Nov. s.—Sir Henry Hardinge, Calcutta, and
a ship; supposed to be the Tudor, from Calcutta.
GuAvEsExn, Nov. 9.—The Thetis, Barnes, from Wood-
bridge, sunk in the Reach last night, after being in contact
with the -Jane Findley, of and from Sunderland; crew saved.

MR. B. ESCOT r,

M.P., ON T ITE

FAILURE OF THE PO I'ATO CROP.

At the dinner of the Williton and Dunster Agricultural
Association, which took place at Dunster on Thursday last
11. Escott, Esq., M.P., in the chair, that gentleman, in
allusion to the failure of the potato crop, and to the measures
to be adopted in consequence, spoke as fellows (we quote the
report of the Somerset county Gazette) :—" At this moment,
from most careful inquiries which he had made, he found that
the article of potatoes formed one half of the food of the
people residing in this neighbourhood.—(' No, no,' from the
Rev. Mr. Ralph.) One gentleman said no, but he (Mr.
Escott) had endeavoured to ascertain what the fact was.—
(A Farmer—' More than half.') Ile had inquired of the
large landowner, of the tradesman, of the farmer in every
condition, of artificers in towns and villages, and of labourers
in all classes, and the conclusion to which he had been led
by those inquiries was, that one half of the food of the people
consisted of potatoes.—(' You are quite right.') He would be
happy if any one could prove that he was wrong, but until his
worthy friend (Mr. Ralph) had denied what he had stated; he
had not heardone practical man dispute the fact.—( Mr. Ralph
I view the question as a national one.') It was a national
question, and as such it should be viewed.—( Loud cheers.)
There was a great national calamity impending, and that fact
should not be stifled.—(Mr Ralph here made an observe.
tion, which did not reach us.) He begged his Reverend
Friend not to interrupt him. • Up to this moment he had
heard no denial, except that by Mr. Ralph, of the fact that
potatoes formed one half of the food of the people.—(A
farmer, And more too.') One gentleman now said
more,' but taking it as he (Mr. Escott) had stated, how
much of that crop had been destroyed—how much of it
had ceased to be food ?—(' More than three quarters.') He
believed that in the whole case it would be.found that four-
fifths had been destroyed, rendered totally useless.—(Hear,
hear.) And were they (the agriculturists) in such a state
as not to be able to tell the truth ? Why, when the time
came that bitter want pressed upon those who now chiefly
lived upon potatoes, would those who suffered be satisfied
to have the matter stifled? Would they be satisfied to hear
that it was a visitation of Providence, and that all that could
be done was to endeavour to avert the consequences? He
was not a reasonable man who endeavoured to stifle inquiet,
and the fullest inquiry, into the case.—(Cheers.) He had
asked what portion of food had been destroyed, and he was
toll three-fourths. He himself stated that four-fifths were
nearer the mark. How, then, he asked, were those to live
who had been accustomed to use potatoes to the extent. of
one-half of their food, now that three fourths of that crop
had: been destroyed ?—(Hear, hear.) He knew what had
been done in former time=, in cases of similar emergency—he
knew that in the case of the oldest nation of which we have
any record, the inhabitants sent to the granaries of other
countries for food. lle knew, also, that whenever the
people of this:tes oft m
itirlyat l
been distressed, one of the
principal
iad
distress always was the high price
usco
of provisions in our great trading communities.—(Hear, and
cheers). He advised those who heard him to consider these
things; he advised those who were its the government to
consider them; he advised such men as his hon. friend (Mr.
Acland), than whom there were few more able or honest, he ad-
vised all to use the influence which rank and station, educa-
tion and ability, and honesty gave them, to endeavour to
ct, eed
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,tv was Pin peoimissid-eirn,gio—(beLwlurde
how they tampered when such an imminent danger stared
them in the face.—(Enthusiastic cheering). He had said
he
nothing as tteheftnitlu tehrafattn therei e— h
w eapsrat.sia-endge God
of it; and itwas
odto avert it; but
madness in the government, in members of Parliament, or in
the public, to shut their eyes to this fact, which was staring
them in the face."—(The hon. gentleman sat down amid
loud and long.-continued cheering.)

A MAN SUFFOCATED IN A BREWER'S VAT.—On
Tuesday a young man named Samuel Brunt, in the service of Mr.
Joseph Bleackley, brewer, Downing.street, Ardwick, met with his
death while assisting to cleanse a porter vat on his master's pre-
mises. A portion of the water in the vat had been allowed to run
off, and the deceased descended into it by means of a ladder, for the
purpose of stirring up the dregs at the bottom, so that they might
be carried away with the remainder of the water. Immediately
after this one of the other men employed in the premises heard a
splash ; and on looking into the vat, saw that the deceased Lad
fallen into the liquid. Attempts were instantly made to get him
out, but it was found impossible to descend into the vat, in coo,
sequence of the impure vapour (carbonic acid gas), and twenty
minutes elapsed before he was brought to the top, a hook having
been used for that purpose. Life was quite extinct. The vat had
been kept closed for some time previously, after having had boiling
water, and what the brewers call " bottoms," put into it far the
purpose of cleansing it. At the inquest, held before Mr. Chapman,
on Wednesday, the jury returned a verdict to the effect " That
fromth e deceasedte
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Albany Wyvil IrogginP, Esq., LL.I3.
The average number of letters returnea from
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