Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-10-31

DowN PATRICK. Down COUNTy
Creland) Sept. 23, lS46.
"WnECIx or TIVE GREAT Britain"
--NO LIVES LOST.
FRIEND CHANDLER-l ON, greatly to my sur.
prise, called TO address you sgain from ireland.
The recent good passage of the Great Britain,
with other considerations, induced me 10 pro.
cure berth in her for the god September. I
did it. confess with some misgivngs which
the representations Of intelligent pcrsons final.
" removed Reaching Liverpool on thc 2ls,,
and seeing this huge monster OF the deep for
the first time, I felt no particular apprehension
bu! that she would mnve in safety over the At.
exhibited on the beach and the rapidhy OF her
course TO the scene of her misfortune that pro.
pe,iy managed, she was ole o! the safest ves-
sells that ever crossed the sea, and most eligi.
impression. so that in leaving the docks of Liv.
erpo, we enrolled one hundred and eighty -four
passengers, the largest nnmber ever enrolled
in a steam vessel to cross the ocean.
The ships crew and all its attaches amount
ed to one hundred aud thirty more, making in
all. nore than three hundred human beings
At least one hundred Of the passengers were
females, including ihy little Opera girls, sin.
gers, &c, dansues with their mistress and five
female attendants. Some of these little girls
dragged from their parents and country to Eng.
land f,r Lee, H. 4
one or two were actually dragged screaming
on board by the female monster who were to
mike gain by their sorces in New York.
said, MS | saw them from TO 10 years Of age
hurried on board. III IS an illumination of cru.
city, and 60 say still. Two of these liulc
ones were actually lett on the wharf az they
came too late to embark
Among our passengers were the Rev Dr.
Cox OF New York, Rev. Messrs. Wheelock and
Church of the Baptist denomination. Rev. Mr.
Osgood. Baptist Missionary returning sick
with his wife and children, from long service
in Burmah; Rev. Mr.. Reed Of Connecticut, and
two or :hree clergymen. Mr.. King, Minister
10 London, was a'so with US on his return home.
OF Philadclphisns, were Mr.. Ealston and
five ladies under his care; Mr.. aud Mrs. Lard.
ner; Mr.. Fallon and two Indies: Mr.. Samuel
Ashmead and some others besides your CORES.
ponden;. We were delighted with our compa.
ny and ourself; we had some of us been long
from home and our taste for travel exhausted
loaged for home, and were pleased with the
prospec, of being soon there. We cas-, off from
Liverpool in presence Of thousands whom The
renown of our vessel had collected to see her
move in her element. The skies were bright
abuve and the wind south east, fresh but no,
strong as it had been from the su,ne quarter for
week With this wind and the improvement
OF the propeller, we made mos. rapid progress
The ship moved among the huge waves almost
ssquetly as the steamers or our Dc,a ware in a
calm. Not person was sea sick or seemed
likely TO be, and thought we had at last solved
the great problem, how the Atlantic could be
crossed with hume comforts. The immense
length, 800 feet of our vesseh with correspnn.
ding width, and the clearness OF deck and the
spaciousness of her cabin, dives,ed rs of the 'i.
lacy that we were shut Up at sea- We arriv.
ed at 4 o'clock end dined at o'clock. BY this
time had learned. and learned it with some
m'sgivings, thst our captain had taken the
Northern Channel or North about Ireand. |
knew this channel was the most critical and
both from rapdhy Of Our movements. IL miles
an hour, and the pecularily OF the night, that
some risk was being run. There was no moon,
and the sky had become overcast and heavy.
some rain had began 10 iai and the wind had
risen to steady wholesale breeze right over
our stern. II was gloomy, but up 10 the hour
OF our disaster. not what should call ten.
pesiuous night, aud for the Equinoxial storm,
wa. no, 10y any means uncommon, except for lis
rnildners, We had passed the Isle Of Man, as
| it was pointed out TO me by the s,earsman.
retired to rest at 0 o'clock and had fallen
In sweet sleep, when was suddenly a~aked
| by an unusual grating astern followed by a tre'
mendous crash, which knew had destroyed
the action of the propeller. This blow was re.
ceiSed in passing between two rocks, called
the Cow and Calf no, far from the shore. II
unsh'pped our rudder and the propeller was SC
hurt BY !, snd broken, that il could no longer
revolve. In moment more we felt ouiselve.
on the bottom again. grinding and cracking, un
I'll the immense vessel Of $500 tons burther
was suddenly struck with shock which il see
med would crush any human fabric,
| A.. 81 a., hrNL -
ing or our boats. and driving the water. through