Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1846-11-04
VOL, YTl-No. 10.
From Wilmer 81 Smiths Times.
WRECK OF THE GREAT BRITAIN

taking one hundred and ejshtv-five passcr
gers, about sixty tons of valuable goods
as freight. and about the same measure
ment of passengers luggage. She too
her departure, Witnessed by a large con
course of spectators, amid the cheers O
congregated thousands and the roar of ar,
tlllery. After clearing the Bell Boy, sh g
bore away TO the Calf of Man, with the in.
tention of running the northeast passage
between the Isle OF Man and Ireland. The
morning was beautiful, the wind was fair.
the ship was in excellent trim, and she had
an abundant promise Of pleaaant and
rapid passage, and then, too, under The
command of an able and experienced can
tain, who had most successfully for some
years navigated the Atlantic Ocean To the
satisfaction of his passengers, the CONNER.
cal public, and the company By whom he
was employed. For abou, ten hours the
noble palace of iron-the largest perhaps
that tenants the deep-was propelled by
steam aud wind al the rate of II knots an
hour. In fact, it may be said that she
overun herself.
AT four or five O'Clock in the afternoon,
the Island was distinctly visible on the
siarboard bow. Shortly after it set in to
rain and the wind increased, the ship ma
KING excellent progress, and the passengers
uncommonly delighted with the vessel and
her admirable qualities as a sea boat
Night then closed in, dark and wet, and
the wind gradually freshened into half
gale. The log was repeatedly taken
The weather was thick and foggv, and the
ship passed the Calf lights before dark.
without being able to distinguish the light,
house at that station. About hall-past
nine o'clock at night, The passengers were
started by an extraordinary noise on deck.
and the cry ''stop battle-ground, aground!
the breakers, the breakers ''-"we are
wrecked !'-'oh, we are wrecked" A
general fear prevailed that tho ship was in
collision with some other vessel; but it was
soon found that she had stranded.
The night was dark and stormy, tbs ship
beat necessarily upon the sand, the break
ers repeatedly breaking heavily over her,
and one Of the life boats was carried from
its fastenings on the quarter. Alarm and
cries instantly pTevlded the ship, and
apprehens'ons were general amongst the
passengers that the ship would break up
during the night beneath the force of the
breakers which constantly burst over her
decks. To add 10 that moment of woe,
The lightning glarec. the thunder beloved
porentously from a thick curtain of over:
hanging clouds, and the rain began to fall in
torrents. The scene was one which battles
description. So far as the eye could pierce
through the gloom, the sea was a general
caldron of foiu, and the spray Iashing the
sides OF the ship, flew over all on board
like snow fakes.
As we said before, the ship had out
sailed her captains reckoning; and the
light on "Sr. Johns Point" being mistaken
for that of the "Calf Of Man." she went
ashore at Rathmullin, in Dundrum Bay.
Throughout the emergency, Capt. Hos
ken behaved with admirable self possession
energy, and with the greatest kindnes; and
Immediately after the ship struck, went
below, and, by his assurance, quieted the
excited apprehenslons of the passengers
His efforts were successful. A portion Of
the passengers returned TO their berths and
slept till morning Of the captain and
terms. This ship. previously 10 her stri-
king. displayed in the gale the most admi-
rable qualities as a sea boat; and the cap.
tain, subsequently TO that occurrence, act
ed as we'll as man could act, placed in a
situation such as his.
1t is thought that the Sh p is so disabled
as to prevent her ever crossing the At
lartic again.
Thirty-fve Of the Great Britain's pas
sengers sailed in the Packet Ship New
York, Capt. Chopper, on the I'd instant,
among whom were Mr.. King and lady, our
Minister to France.
PROGRESS AND PLANS OF THE WAR.
1t has been, doubtless, determined by the
Government to attack the fortress of San
Juan d'Ullol and to capture Vera Cruz. -
The rortress.prod giousIy strong on The wa
ter side may be carried, it is supposed, by
ajudiciousIy planned attack from the land.
The Savannah Georgian of the 18th ult.
says:
"Lcut Bergman, the gallant officer
who behaved so nobIy at the loss Of the
Irurtoa off Tuspan, passed through this
city on Wednesday night last, rs bearer OF
dispatches from the squadron at Vera Cruz
TO the Government al Washington. We
learn from a gentleman who conyerscd
with Lieut. Bergman on the cars, that il
has be,n determined 10 attack Vera on the
land side by an expedition from Tampico,
and tina, the hosting Of the stars and stripes
in The CITY WI be the signal for an attack
Nv the squadron upon The Castle Of San Jn-
AN GUlloa. This Is he only way in watch
the Castle can lie taken. and the obtaining
possession of thal point is deemed nccessa-
~ to end The war
We have much more confidence in the
fleet Of taking possession OF the coast
towns Of Mexico than OF the invasion o.
It's interior; and it sin our view, tie least
hazardous undertaking Of the Two. The
Cogrrie- dcs Eats Jais informs lis reld-
ers that il has printed letters from Havana.
The purport of which las been thus gwen
bv morning new spaper;
"Thev state that Santa Anna brought
with him. in the steamer Arab, 10 Fera
Cruz. twenty Spanish officers Of disi'n
guished nbili'y-among the number Marcel
20 Lopez. who has acted Distinguished
patt in the civil wars Of Old Siain. From
other accounts we learn that these officers