Star. — London, England, 1825-10-27 00:00:00

LOSS OF THE COMET. FROM TUE GLASGOW COURIER OF TUESDAY. T h e. l a mentable catastrophe continues to engage the s ymptthy and attention of Glasgow to a degree unpre cedented. The alarm and anxiety on Saturday were rat . . tienlarly great, as it was known that another steam (t4 e Stirling) was to leave Fort-William about the same time, and many were ignorant in which bolt their hiends might have embarked. The Stirling, however, came in on Saturday, in safety, and so far relieved the at uti.ty and fears of many, when the public feeling and s ympathy became exclusively ditected to the fate of tbe tinft.rtnnate sufferers who were cn board the Comet. The account of two of the bodies cast onshore being black:, is, we learn, incorrect. So also them is reason to believe is the account of the loss of the Lady of a Cdonel in the army, with seven children. Of titt , t cause and result of this fatal accident, little r emains to be told. One fatal shock laid open the bow er the Comet. In a few minutes the unfortunate in mates were precipitated into the deep—the Cutlet instantly filled, and di,appeared, and the stormy wave rolled over the spot as roughly as berme, and as swiftly as it rr thing had happened. The number of persons tie bard has tint yet been ascertained, and we believe can only be correctly ascertained when the friends of thole who itave perished have from every quarter (and. these distant) from whence the passengers by the Comet had been collected, come fbr ward to state the same. The number on board has been variously esti mated at from 60 to 100. In addition to the names of those lost, we may mention that of a young man named Frazer, belonging to Fort William, who accompanied his young friend, Mr. bl•Braine, on a visit to this place. Amongst the number saved, not mentioned in our last, there are, Captain Campbell and Mr. Cameron, of Fort-William, and a woman of the name of Munro. When the intelligence reached Edinburgh, it occa-1 sioned a sensation equally great as in this place. The Lord Advocate premptly set off for Greenock, and in his way took with him J. Cuba D irlop, E q. Sheriff- Depute if Renfrewshire: upon the examination before them of prrsors and passengers belonging to the Comet, warrants have been issued fur the apprehension of the master of the Ayr, and others implicated in this sad affair. The pilot of the Ayr was examined and com mitted to otiyus on Sunday. A warrant is issued to opprehet:d the pilot of the Comet, and bring him to exatninat;on, and yesterday Miltines, the master of this boat, went down to Greenock, to be ex amined before the same authorities. A serious in vestiga;ion into the matter will no doubt take place. The public demands it, and will not be satisfied with ora it; and not only so, but that some strong re gui.nions and precautions should be adopted, to prevent, as far as human foresight and human laws can prevent, die recurrence of calamities such as this, which cover districts of country sills mourning, burst asunder numbers the nearest and dearest ties, and plunge fami lies and friends and relations into the most poignant and uretrievable affliction and distress, The bodies of Captain Sutherland, and his young, saiiahle, but unfortunate wife, had not been found yes- Imlay forenoon. it blew so hard that nothing could be done to reci..ver from their watery bed, any more of the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers. In all forty one have been brought ashore, and every attention is pail to' their lifeess remains. Ic will be seen from our list of names, that besides Mr. Mac Allister, there is an otter respectable Gentleman belonging to Edinburgh, Mr.ltollo, W. S. found amongst the dead. Ile has, we regret to learn, let a widow and a young and nu merous family to .deplore his untimely fate, and the grertea misfortune which caibefal them. 31is. Giant of Laggan had. a narrow escape. She was at Baliahulish, waiting for the boat to come roand to G!aso,ow. She stood on the shore, having taken lumen of her friends; but as the Comet approached she Ire.itated, the weather appearing gloomy, and re trcting that the Stirling was to pass neat day, she re solved to proceed in her, and accordingly the Comet was allowed to pass, and the Stirling passing during the night, she missed her intended conveyance.— Four Gentlemen (two Mr. Martineaus of Lyndon, and Mr. Glover, tcc.) landed from the Comet at ltothsay, arid thus escaped the clinger, though the time taken up in landing them delayed the Comet, and left her to meet the Ayr at the fatal point where she did. A buoy has been fixed overthe wreck of the Comet. She lies about 150 to 260 yards from the shore, in about from 90 to 25 fathoms water. It is intended to race her if possible. Till this is done, the extent of the calamity and loss will not be ascertained, as it is proba ble a bee t rumb. r of persons were drowned in the cabin and steerage, and who, in the confusion to get on deck, c risi not effect their purpose. No time ought to be lust in going about this business. At this lea.on of the year the weather cannot be depended on for a day, and one stormy night may dash her to pieces ; " I have lived," says an informant, .‘ at Gourock for a considerable number of years, and identify my self sitar the people, and am proud to say, that to a man they have behaved in the most praiseworthy manner, active and zealous in the highest degree, toiling by day, and watching by night." The scene at Gourock on Saturday was distressing beyond measure. Relations were coming from all quartets in search of their friends, many of-them un- certan whether they were in the Comet, or coming by 401 n? other opportunity. Others were not kt pt so long in suspense, but their hopes were at once blasted by the awful spectacle of their lifeless friends stretched out benne them. Two pointer dogs swam athore.— rimy ;tai lost their master; they lay down at the end of a house in Guurock ; they refused all food, and: could lint be made to leave the spot. The following particu'ais we insert in the words of a Gentleman, who was at the place on Saturday, lid who has been k•nd enough to lay them before us. " We left the Bron.nie law,"- says he, "at ten, A.M. and reached Gourock at one o'clock. During the passage, one young man informed n.e of his errand t.eing to ascertain the fate of a brother and sister, the former on his way to Com plete his studies at College.. On arriving at Kempoch Point, Be first obj e c t this person recognised, was ' his sister's body. Sne had just been landed by one of the boats, and looked a fine young woman I observed a Bible and some money, &c. taken from her pockets. By the time I reached the scene of mis• fortune, four bodies had been previously found, by as many b-ats. One or two other boats were preparing their tackle, and a steam b oat, ca ll e d the Sovereign, had commenced trawling with a net. Dating my stet', which did not exceed an hour, the tevt:ral boats had been successful. 1 saw nearly a doz-n bodies brou A ht orr shore, pairs of which had been fished up together. At (4)e 11 ' 131 of the net, three bodies mere rinsed. One 01 these Was the body ofd rtan who had seemin,Ay strip ped for the purpose of sw i mm i ng . !H e rung con spicuous (at the distance of five or six hundred yards) on the side of the vessel , sustained by the bottom of the net. He app : tired from the shore to be naked, but I think some part of his dress was on. On being landed, ' the bodies were exposed for recognition. I saw the fea tures of several. They, iwigeneral, appeared not much distorted. One young boy, about twelve or thirteen, I looked as if he slept, so pl +cid was his countenance. So ► e instances were, however, truly terrific. A young woman had been grappled by the throat or face, and ' .whv borne from the water's edge, her face downwards, with her long loose hair dripping with blood and trailing on the stones, the heart sickened at the spectacle. The pockets of the sufferers were I examined, if possible, to a:certain their names.— No legal or responsible person seemed, however, to ! conduct the duty, n r could I discover by what means 4 the several articles turned out were preserved from spoliation. In some pockets were found trinkets of no mean value, and money to a considerable amount. 1 After this investigation, the bodies were carried on bar rows to the Church, where they remained till removed by claimants, or to Greenock. The unfortunate cause of the catastrophe, the pilot of the Ayr, was in attend. ante. He appeared to take some interest in the seaich, but expressed much dis k leasure at the interference of the trawling boat, which he insisted would only hurry the bodies out ro dee,or water. This man bitterly corn plained of the public judgment in all ibuting blame to his boat. He declared that the Comet had rio Felt, and was not perceived till in actual coetact with the Ayr. By Mr. It.'s watch, the hour of the morn ing was a few minutes from two. At that period the moon was set. It would be difficult to describe the fee.ings excited by the vicinity to the scene, and the entire recentness of the calamity. To know that the eye rested on a given spot of not many yards circum ference, within the boundaries of which were extended the pale and shrivelled corpses of so many persons, unscathed by disease and unpolluted by col rop•ion, and farther to think of the uncalmed distraction of perhaps a thousand relatives, over whose threshold the rumour had passed, but w fro as yet remained unconfirmed in their uncertainty, was to experience a state of mind at once harrowing and deeply sympathetic. I left the scene with much unwillingness, as I have no doubt many interesting recurrences were afterwards witnessed by the spectators." The Master and those connected with the Ayr, have published an eiplanation or defence of their conduct on this melancholy occasion.\Ve insert it, bin must state that we consider it a very lame one ineleed.With regard to the cause of the accident, it appears that both parties were greatly to blame; the Comet, we must acknowledge, the most.lt is the subsequent proceedings of the Ayr to which blame, and serious blame, seems to attach. We are far from wishing to judge of any one in such a moment with harshness or severity ; but the most ordinary presence of mind would have suggested to any one, in the situa tion of the Mas:er of the Ayr, that if the Ayr was in a sinking state; the proper course to take was, to have got out her boats to save her own crew and passengers, and also all he could of those to whom he had left no suc cour, but such as he could afford ; and moreover, to have run his vessel into Gourock, or ashore at that plate, in teal of running off to Greenock, nearly three miles distant, without once endeavouring to raise the alarm, or let the inhabitants cf Gourock knov) what had taken place. This certainly WAS the course to pursue, and this certainly was the course a seaman would have adopted, and which, in fact, two seamen belonging to the Harmony, passengers on board the Ayr, attempted to do, by getting out her boat to relieve the crew and the passengers of the Comet ; and who, in doing this sensible and judicious act, had nearly lost their own lives, by the Master of the Ayr putting the steam upon the vessel, and dragging the boat under water ! We do not, and cannot for a moment suppose, that any one connected with the Ayr, did this from a cold blooded disregard of the lives of their fellow-creatur ec, in such an appalling and heart-rending scene as pre sented itself to their view, but the defence put forth raises our regret, and lays before us the cause of such catastrophes as that which we are called upon to con template—the want of proper seamanship and igno rance of nautical affairs, on board of the steam-boats, on this occasion. So great was the latter, that the helms of both vessels were put the wrong way ! and thus the catastrophe was hurried on which might have been avoided. Had proper and experienced seamen been on board, this would not have taken place, and had such been on board either of the boats, and more especially of the Ayr, then, when the fatal stroke took ' effect, they would have known what to do—what to do to relieve the greatest sufferer—what was the state of theft own vessel—the danger she was in—the power of affording relief to the other, and have been able to convince and to direct her crew and passengers, that their nearest port for safety was Gourock, and moreover, that their duty commanded them to stay by the wreck of the Cornet till every living being was saved. The following s:atement is Irons the proprietors of the Ayr: " The Ayr left Greenock about one o'clock in the morning, car. tying a light a-head, which the regulations .of the river demand. All hands were on deck ; two or three of whom were looking out at the bow. The master bad been on the paddle-box frequently, calling to the men to look out well, until they concluded themselves abreast of Goorock (for it was now dark, .the moon setting at 40 minutes past twelve) when he went et to adjust the binnacle-light. Returning td resume his station on the paddle-box, and before he bad reached the rail on the quarter-deck, a cry of ' boat a-head, and starboard your helm,' was heard from the men stationed at the bow. The vessel immediately answered the helm (now star board), but the Comet's helm appeared to be to port, and the yes - sets in consequence came in contact. When the Ayr got away from the Comet, the ma s ter of the former ordered the small boat to .be lowered down in order to render the Comet assistance. —ln the hurry, however, the boat filled with water, and about this time the Comet disappeared. Every exertion was made by the master to bring the Ayr round to the place where he presumes' the Comet was, but it was some time before the vessel answered the helm, and when at length she slid so, no trace could be found of the Comet. At this time the passengers of the .Iyr (who before the crash had been below), apprehensive of their own danger, for she was then leaking much, grew clamorous that the master should run the vessel ashore, and implored him, with hands around him, or rather upon him, to do so, and to save their lives. He, therefore, seeing all attempts to rescue any of this Comet's people ineffectual, put about and returned to Greenock. The Comet had no light, nor did Captain Al'elelland hear any voice front her until the vessels met." FRON THE GLASGOW CHRONICLE. Among those saved on board the Cornet, there was a young Lady, Miss Jane Munro, about sive - n, Iron] 'fain, on a Vl* to her aunt in Glasgow. As her iela• tion had never seen her, it was judged needless to go down to claim her body, and all hope was given up, when, on Si a le,ter was received from Gnu iock with the gratifying and unexpected intelligence of er preservation. So f a r as she can recollect, it was PS feilOWS:—....“ The lii st :hock stitnk the Cornet on the boar, and turned vessel nearly round. tie second struck upon the stern, when she ima-ediately went down. It is believed, that had she not been struck the second time, she would have been able to 'retch the shore. Our informant, v the time this happened, was stand ing on the deck, and when the vessel went down was precipitated imp the waters. She sunk twice, but on , corning up the second time, caught hold of two spars, to which she clung from about twenty minutes to half an hour. During the whole of this di eacFul period, she still had hope of being saved, nor lost her presence of mind during the whole time; as an instance of which, feeling a shawl she worst getting heavy with the water, she threw it off to lighten her. And as fat then proof, she saw several around her struggling in the water, particularly one Gentleman near her ; , who from the gurgling :wise he made, was evioently chocking, and making his last struggle, and then going down diose by her side. A dog belonging, it is 'believed, to Mr. M'Allister, swam alongside of her, and she thinks materially aided her ; certain it is, that the dog followed her to the house where she was taken, and after she was put in lied, the faithful animal leapt in and lay at her feet. When the young Lady felt his weight, she, not knowing what it was, cried out, when the mistress of the house, not knowing its Listury, unfortunately turned the dog out. She felt very unwell after being• brought on shore, but after being twice bled, and gettin i t a night's rest, she perfectly recovered. She was two or three times very near the Orme, bur was carried hack by the reflux , fthe waves. A small trunk belrinr b ior , to her, was washed ashore, and given tip to her. The pilot-boat on gr.ing out a second time picked her up, and the pilot, Mr. Martin, confided her to the care of his wi•e, who carried her up to his house and paid her every attention. The conduct of Mr. Mertin during the whole of this dreadful affair was most meritorious. His exertions were unceasing during the whole morn ing. The wind fortunately: blew towards the shore. The body of Mr. Charles M'Allister, W. S. has not yet been found ; but there is no doubt of his fate, as we have seen a letter from him to a friend in Glasgow, sta ing that he was to leave Inverness by the Comet, and meant to spend a day with him before going to Edinburgh. One of his dogs with a collar, on which Mr. M'Allister's name was engraven, swam on shore. By Sunday, nearly nine carts load of luggage bad been thrown ashore, and the duty of examining it de volved on the Sheriff Substitute. The whole has been lodged in a place of security in Greenock. The engine man of the Cornet who was saved, reports, that the last time he saw Captain Sutherland and his wife, was at the moment of the vessel's going down, when they were standing fast clasped in each others arms on the quarser-deck. Ile farther reports that Mr. Graham of Corpach, stink withia little more than six yards of the she re. The engine-man's face is much lacerated by the deatli•grasp ss ith which he was held by that un fortunate young Gentleman. 1-1%, is perfectly con vinced, that had the Ayr stopped to render them assistance, many lives would have been saved.— Friday morning, when the property recovered was ranged along the shore outside the sea mark, an Irishman passing to his work, observed a trunk, beside which two pointer dogs were crouching. Ile lifted a stone and drove them away, and covered the trunk with a white cloth that was lying beside it, and went imme diately to Mr. Rankine, who sent a man for it, and although it had lain without protection for half an hour, no attempts were made upon its contents. Indeed the conduct of the people with respect to the . property of • the unfortunate sufferer!, has been above all praise. FROM Tilt IDINIVSOLI STAR or MURAT. It is with feelings of deep sorrow that we have learnt from a Gentleman, who did not leave Gourock till Site o'clock on Sabbath afternoon, that there is much reason to fear that the numbers who were on board the Comet, are far greater than has been . reported. Ile made particular inquiries of the pilot, the engine man, and two of the crew ; and all were of opinion that the number of passengers were not under eighty. If this opinion be correct, the calamity is still more dreadful and extensive than had been imagined; and, of the untimely victims cf a watery grave, the majority must yet remain in the bed of the octan. The Gentleman to whom we are indebted for our information, mentioned that some more bodies, besides those already enumerated, had been found ; hut the names were not ascertained when he left Gourock. Preparations were then making, and it was expected would by this time be completed, to rai►e the vessel. A considerable quantity of property must be on board, as the boat was unusually crowded, and is not probable that much can be washed away. In addition to the names of the sufferers given in the STAR of yesterday, we have to add the following liat of persons found on Sunday : A man, with brown coat, yellow buttons, and black trowsers; Donald M'Brayne; John Geminill, man•servant to Sir J. Rad cliffe; Mary Meek, servant to Sir J. Radcliffe; Donald Campbell, merchant, Glasgow; 11. J. Rollo, W.S. Edinburgh; John Heron, one of the Comet's stewards; Donald Cameron, do. Alexander *Kenzie, do. RECAPITULATION. . . Number saved . . 12 .CJ la ashore, 21st, . . . 11 Found, 22d, lB Found, 23d, . 12 . . . Accounted for, . —53 Letters from Genoa, in the Milan Gazette of ;he 13th instant, announce the sailing of a Sardinian squadron for Tripoli : in the meantime it is said the Sardinian Consul at Tripoli had written a letter, stating that the Bey had promised, by the head of his father and the heard of :klairomet, that no Sardinian vessel should be sequestrated till the arrival of fresh dispatches from Turin. Friday, one of the workmen employed in excavating the new tunnel at Hale Castle Hill, Staff,rdshire, was buried in the bed of running sand, which he was en deavouring to stem. He was found in it, standing per fectly uptight, and entirely de?rived of life. MARINERS CHURCH SOCIETY.—A Meeting of the friends of this Institution was held at Liverpool, yes terday se'nnight, the Lord Bishop of CHESTER in the Chair. ffs Lordship, in a speech of some length, la mented the little provi.ion which had been hitherto made for the religious instruction of seamen ; he noticed the arguments used by those who are opposed to this laudable measure, which, he said, to his mind, were utterly lu:ile. When the business of the day had been completed, and a subscripti :is made, his Lordship un dertook to use his influence in bringing over such of the Clergy as were opposed to the measure. The Meeting then broke up. It is intended, at the next Select Vestry Meeting to he held at Mansfield, to pass a resolution to withhold parochial relief from all persons keeping dogs or fight ing cocks. Asbe and Jackson two Irish pugilists, fought at" Belcher's Val ley," on the Curragh, last week. The battle was hardly contested and lasted one hour and nine minutes. Nothing material occurred till the Isth round, when Jackson, who fought his man to the ropes, endeavoured to get him over, hut /Wit fought himself nut in good style, and threw Iliv man. From this round Ashe had not the slightest chance of winning, and continued to be slated unmerci fully till the 24th round, when he tell from weakness. However, nn time hiring called, he continued to come again, but it was only to re ceive another left-handed blow on the face, which terminated the cnnret.t. A..hr% seconds now gave in for him, and be presented a deplorable figure. • • OLD - BAIVEt-nillS DAY. • •.• These Sections commenced this morning, before Mr. Justice NOME. Mr..Bason GAsaow, the lizeoaoso, Loon MAYOR, Aim ticrmen, &c. &c. CHARGE OF HaRSESTEALING. Charles saw, a very respectably attired young man, stood in dicted for stealing a mare, value 701. belonging to Mr. Henry Tubbs. The facts of the case were, tke prisoner was employed to sell the mare, but in consequence of some disputes with the prosecutor as to poundage, be again got it from the purchaser, General Comm', and refused to return her to the prosecutor. The Jury gave the prisoner the benefit of a doubt, and found a verdict of—Acguillal. 7 HE ARMY. Forty-seven recruits have joined the Depot of the 'l9th Foot, at Glasgow, during the same period. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Chester. Rowland Ryles Egerton Warburton, Esq. to be Deputy Lieute nant ; George Cornwall Leib, Esq. to be ditto. NAVAL LVTELLIG&NCE. Tint BARON OF RENFREW. Doves, OCT. SG.--We hear from Calais. that if the weather emulates favourable, there will be no doubt of saving two-thirds of the cargo of the Baron of Renfrew. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONET. The Harlequin, for the Dutch smuggling lugger, De Touveres, on the 224 of November, at Nu. 74, Fore street, Devonpo:t ; and recalled there. GA uorza lannr.—The vessel exhibiting the temporary lig' t at tke Galloper Shoal parted from her moorings in a gale, on the morning of the 21st instant; but measures have been taken for causing the vessel to resume her station with all exptdition. Rum or Inas- iaturr-liousx.—A light-house has been erected at the Rhins Point of the Island of Islay, in the county of Argyll, which will be lighted on Tuesday, the 13th of November next, and continue to be exhibited every night. Fatuous..., Ocv. 25.—Wind N. W.—Sailed the Cornubia, Resx watt, for Naples. Pismire'', Ocr. 25.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived from the Downs, the Dart, for Vial; and the Essex, litraexu., fur Mexico. Poassmouvu, (k,r. 26.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Emma, Baurtea, from Guernsey; and Atlas, LAMM. from Stockholm. The Castle Fo bes, ORD, from the Downs for India, is working up for St. lichen's, leaky. Went out of harbour, his Majesty's ship FLY, and Numa transport. Cowes, Ocx. 26.—Arrived the Kitty, Wooer, from Norfolk (Virginia), in r 3 days. DEAL, Ocr. 26.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived and remain, the Adrian, Gomm., from Calcutta; Camden, Batt, from Hudson's Bay; and Rival, Wamael, from St. John's (N. 8.) Sailed the tars, &smut, fur Tobago; and Marshal Bennett, M‘Aavnux, fur ' Honduras. Remains, the George, CLARK, for Calcutta. berms:en., Ocr. 25.—Wind N. N. W.—Arrived the Shannon, Quicuntre, from St. Petersburgh, after having been on shore, and thrown part of her cargo overboard; and the Venus, nouveau., from St. I'etersburgh. CUSTOM-HOUSE, OCTOBER 25. ~ SHIPS ENTRIIRD INWARDS—The Palladium, St. Petrus, Charlotte, and Dolphin, from Memel ; Charlotte, from Pillau ; from Quebec ; Triumph, from Gottenburgh ; Helena, from Ros tock; John, from Archangel; Edward, Nancy, and Canada, from Dantzic ; Elizabeth, from Amsterdam; Active, from Dunkirk; Inclination, from Bremen; Stratton, from Standgate Creek; and Waterford, from Waterford. IiSTRARD Ourwasos—The Charles Taw, for Leghorn; Marquis Huntley, for Africa; Robert, for Trieste; liarmonia, for Ant. werp; Simeon, for Hamburgh; Waterfall, for Waterfordijlil liam, for Limerick ; Sydney Trader, for Cork; and Herat Ate Belfast, It was currently reported at Paris on Saturday last th t a serious revolt h.td taken place in a regnn.nt stationed at Barcelona. The official details of the military operations that took place previously to the capture of Donabew, have been received by Government. It appears that t' .e di. vision under the command of Brigadier Gene' aICOT. TON suffered the most. D,:nabew, as our Readers know, was taken on the 2d April, and Sir ARCIIIBALD CAMPBELL says he has reason to believe BusnooLan was killed in the attack. Our loss amounte.t, including Officers and rank and file, to 129 killed, wounded, &c. The point on which the United States have fixed fer an establishment in the Mediterranean, is said to be t!.e Island of Milo—the ancient Melos--situated about 60 mites to the northward of Candia. The harbour is one of the finest, and largest in the Mediterranean ; the en trance is natrow, but within, it expands to a noble bay, capable of containing the whole British Navy. The settlement of the Jews, on the banks of the Nia gara, is not, we find, a solitary instance of collecting the scattered tribes. There is now a Jew, of some eminence in the City, beating up for recruits for the estalish ment of a similar Colony in Florida. The Officers of his Majesty's ship VICTORY, at Portsmouth, entertained a large party of their friends on the 21st instant, to commemorate the '‘Oth anniver s try of the great and triumphant battle of Trafalgar, in which their proud ship bore so distinguished a part, under the flag of. the immortal NELSON. Am• ng the guests, we noticed, Milior General Sir EDWARD BLAKE NEY. K.C.B. Colonel IURIIINS, Royal Manor's; Capts. JOHN SYMONDS, DICKENSON, and Wm. bY/lONDS, Royal Navy; Captains MURTON, HARRISON, and LAGAN, Royal . Marine Artillery; Dr. G. H. JONES, K.N. Dr. FOOOO, Royal Artillery, &c. The toasts and sentiments given upon this glorious occasion were admirably se lected, and the evening was passed with the greatest harmony and delight ; the VICTORY'S band, with the wild minstrelsy of her harper, gave a zest to t 4 ban quet, the entire management of which did great et ed t to the taste and a lilies of Mr. ABRAM Turlt. MIT CHELL, the ward-roum butler. An unfeeling wretch named Jones, a sweep, residing at Newcastle-under-Lyme, has been sent to ptison for six months, for brutally ill-treating a lit le boy in his service, by tying him to a rail, for hours together, feed. lug him upon bread and water, and bruising and wounding him in different parts o: his body. Accounts from St. Ilelelia to the 3J September, men ion that the Horatio count' y brig, Captain OAK. LEY, had been blown up there, and every person on board perished. Captain Oaxi.ey, however, himself, fortu nately was on shore at the time, and thus escaped the dreadful fate of her crew. . Monday se'nnight, one of the Ringsend fishing smacks, called the Pheasant, came to anchor in Fresh. water Bay, on the eastern side of Howth, near Dublin, doling a dreadful gale from the N.W. She was driven on s hore and completely wrecked. The master, a man, and a boy, her only crew, were drowned. Quasasaaany CASES.—The tenants on the estate of Neidpatb, near Peebles, having received the agreeable intimation from their law agent that the damages awarded against th e exe :utors of the late Du kel of (btu/mammy, for the deprivation of their leases, would be paid to*them in the Tontine Inn of Ilebles, on Thursday the 28th of October instant, assembled accordingly, nothing loth; and having banked their long.conteated treasure, gave a handsome entertainment to their " pilot who weathered the storm," and to a number of other Gentlemen, friends of the for tunate lessees. Mr. ANDERSON, Cramilt, was in the Chair, and MunaAv, of Craigend, Croupier. A great number of ex si lent toasts were given on the occasion, and receive • demorstrations of applause; and after spendi ng the greatest hilarity and good humour, the party eleven o'clock, mach gratified with su agreeable their long-contested claims. red with suitabie an evei,itig with r broke tip about a tertutuatiou to