The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-11-13 00:00:00

1MM..... --_ FOR . THE STATESMAN: IV THE MECHANICS OF LONDON. .flawrewsta,—Haviog attended the Meeting' held at the Crown and Anchor last eveni ng, I cannot resist the impulse I feel,tocongratulateyon on the prospect of the "Mechanics' Institute' being carried into full effect. The advantages to lbe derived from an establishment of this description, are 'lllmota Incalcolable. Its influence will be felt by every . 4atiliber of a workman's familv, for io proportion as the -thrill Mceives iwrovement,llse: better feelings of the heart 'tattoo developed: consequently as knowledge increases, 'ease will become better husbands and better fathers. %hay are there at this time suffering extreme misery and poverty, that can trace the cause of such situaions to the firticivance and Imprudence of ; husband or a father! rot nit hope that a greataad very important change is about w.take place in the character and pursuits of the use . : fol duns of this Metropolis, and that they will dis . • • ester their owe usefulness and importance in the cote asatnity. Such a discovery wilt ben advantageous to the ' itriployer as to the employed; and at the same time, I must • /remark that there is great room for improvement in the ' diameter and manners of a very great portion of the master - tradesmen of this Metropolis, as far as regards their treat ment of, and con :uct to their workmen. ~One grand step - towards the improvement of the Masters *ill he, that the Jautaeyman now stand forth and . embrace the opportn !eity th ir offers itself of acquiring that knowledge aid 4111. formation, which will place him 'Wilda situation * li.'Cirty whirl . ' will intith' him to respect. • - , thave Q flea ha d occasion to regret the manner in which west; ' in hetet! greatest part of 11..- London mechanics spend fits* tline.kw/kit not note trespass on your time by describing '..theirjalrglsids • :fat they erirtoo well known to many of you; aameg M.o. 1 think I may slate 'drunkenness to be . the most prominent and, he most mlsehievons, for it not golly tads to destroy tbeirodlly strength, but it debases the . 4tinst also, and reduces a man to IPA a 56116/led stale of feels • jag. that he is o.tntented to remain a very dredge in society,— ',et the same thee That he is • slave to hiipanious. Yet the relent of this indulgence unfortunately becomes a looser.— 'D,irk, laments bly dark, most the mind of the man he that can " i t , in in to vicionve habit! It Is very inconsistent fur a mass kr tnitlnd (suit with the dlsso:ute habits of his workmen, when .is Macy eases, the system he pursues towards these very men, i l ea • tendency to produce that of which he, the mister, corns bioa,--I allude to the pernicious practice of the pay table, .belpi held it • • M via or t .1.611111.—.1 1111000 10 1110 pernicious practice 01 Ins pay mine, Wag hel4 io a public tap roost. Frequently have 1 imen a .l 'erg I ' on 'a Saturday eight; the wife of a mechanic, with ! Wei a baby no her arm, and another by her side, pacing of li tip otteiJe of a public house, and at times entire- nom • ... A tritt o kto get u peep over or under Cite tap loom curtain, ; la ese to ascertain the state in which her husband tory , was, ~ Wehrle% to enter die house to enquire for bias, or to . inde :' 'aril hie early departure. Alany such a scene as this dr. ! pro ; ,ours every Saturday eight in the populous parts of the ; area • ',we, end brutal iiulred most that man be, who could [ for .• ealfer the par tear of his bosom, and his innocent offspring the the fi' to stastaililveriag in the cold, while he was joining in the-(the I . leisterobs song. or taking the intoxieating draught. I hope to tl .2ttel treat that. seek pictures will become more starers, by I and dist such a revolution will take place in the rainde 'Sole 1 end inadosers . of the working clews, that no man need feel to 0 1 SIIININIO4'0; belt/Offing to them, seeing that ahoy are the has, foundation of ill thei other theses, awl coostitutinfe the I I main spring to the prosperity.of the country. From what tom , r. sonny is tits wealth. of a nation derived, but from the o f i ' W littintiiiild industry of the kwrr or useful classes 0 the o w, tellineattity? lam of opiolon that the time is coming, when the will sot be ralued,above his fellow-men, for his vast the 1 'irealth, lint, is proportion as his knowledge and usefulness, t h e ,1 orelmae/laiol to society; therefore, Ido not think that I that shill. his' easing. too mach, tiles t enalatain that the itaa , n .. 6 • gl i Institute," properly rondurted, is calsolated mit , ha ' • solid sod tasting advansiPi; by pronsotisg the th e . ,Iluqesirrosperity, and COloftwt of the working t i e , • a seilllftomil.wittervesl, that. " Knowledge is Power." um ilkvirMais fit patter tat be, obtained at a very cheap rates coot et* fittolt 9(.00 pie. of (Thai darling weed) Tobacco, daily. to Ilkisof.-to male as to become arquaioted with , t% .and 1. * - salmis:m*44k varims rmarilicationt, end lead na of tl Itsiiiilloll of pstiimation and mental enjoy elem.—To (wit • ' ose persons, howoves high sleek situ-41126 in society. oho ? lit , / y feel alarm lathe inc aaa sa of knowledge in the miss of the , the peopleomdloolishly suppose, that this knowledge will d es , al "lo gaff sakborrite the Geterpment of the country, 1 soy, ' con Oilmen.. , ; on eolightesed popolatioo never covets other th i s Sant's gal If 'the legislature would look at scat nor is disposed to : disturb the peace of the pro unity.' , circumstance as it should be looked et. they would find tier, n.O n obe the interest of the governors as *eft es the govern-. , p cat • • tbst information should he generally diffused; and to p„ t to - mow persons that look contemptooordy on this intended i n d aelitutlon, I would use the mortis attriouted to Solomon, tier a scorner seeketis wisdom and findetis it not, but know- f ru , . ge is easy to him that understandeth. do from the pat, more of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in fo il the life of knowledge." That the "Mechanics' testi- ma , , • I," may proceed, (according to the plan proyo.ed) and t h e '1;. . 1 . en:meetly prosperous, is the ardent wish of your eats r . - . . friend, Jolts WIIITAKER. coo 1 .. 12. bloodge Strret. Nov. 12. • the . sigisaiussaNcii he q i • i Oserlonsan. who hat recently sojoorwed at Easthonrne, onl, Nowhaven,and other towns and villages alone our if , „ coast, reiterates a eotiplaint, long since triade.-of s eg, {e f t scarcity of fisli, both in Kent and Sussex, at the i s I , 4 W ► t,tise sea side. It is a subject of just complaint. that .. blithe case,especfalJ a. the Dutch Milner boats _ I 4 , • to catch great numbers of turbot, and other fi ne am e f ~, &achy Head , sad immediately on one s h ores— star , I sit la to be lamented as a serious evil, full as the sea d es' • be of fi sh, that -the inhabitars of its borders, Dec It - , t country, should be so badly supplied.— HO . eN • thif a ... . leer.) 4 . i- ‘ . lON IN PLAIN ' FIT COAL MINIL—At the time o' sea 1, ~..ki .tot there were about 0 men and boys in the pit , !id' ill umber 33 were killed (besides 12 horse') and "IX * 7 men, who were taken out alive, are not exporte d rt -At . 4, Tea men , who were in snot lite part of the urine, a"' re ..„ alfiegetber, sod the remainder were very slightly •t," l ". • • -. ' h 4.htPrses were found alive in situations wherein 6 ,'" he * attilly heve been expected-they shonld 'swipe ; and " 11 Iv • attlektk in a distant waste, was not conscious of ant fled Itiippened till three hours after. Many of the ',1 1 ,1 Ow beets left numerous families ; and the event has of ji" .4. , bc severest distress. A father, and his three .° le • v . s get her. and before the lest accoitots caste " " we eel,woltAapertaioefl that about 20 women bad been Mr ..• • ike : ''., widii,,, and 70 obiklren fatherless. About six Wei ,t , $ limiter explieion took place in the same pit, ir r e ,. i : :: , • persons lost their lives, besides two who were t,! all . su ff ocated in the humane . attempts to P"' to its, .1110 lives of the suffe rrrrr son that occa , "al see .. ~, . ' The cause of the lets catastrophe is on reg toe f - •but it is supposed, that as this is an old pit, out rot • ' „... . has they ars now in the course of working out the 1 ! lug ' of real which bare been left to support the roof, a Chic puff of inflammable air, occasioned by an extensive tha ... . or fall, I n th e more remo t e an d a b an d o n e d p ar t of ill I " 6 , 1 " 11 01, had taken place, and that the esplosion happen- via Ilea PPM the overmen bad time to take the customary pre. „t Tite . . When collieries are worked is this way, it sp- "' An-. ti ,.. 1. , they are v e ry Heide to puff 11 sof inflamoseble air, , 6 ' these are felt, It is customary for the workmen to still I sr- , ' their lamps, and acquaint tbsovermea, who then F.? here dm secretary steps to avert the danger. In the ,u'a • *ales it la not known that the overman, Dawson, '° eel* , 6661 apprised of the extant, or even of the existence t h e , trite 10 .1 1 , and Armstrong was probably killed before so h' toy 4 it • In cloturing the ventilation of the mine. The t he lir As air is supposed to have been ignited b'y the din coat _bait forted through the obeli of the lamps, as they Pi t ' I li the 16,0114 from the inability of the men to hold is' IS atlanat of their heated Mita. , this THE STATESMAN' ACCOUNT or vas.FUnt BRAE. k FAMILY DESCENT or JAMES HENRY LEIGH. EsQ. LATE UU or PARLIAMENT tuft tae Stir OP WINERESTER. We have received the following Hite:resting particulars from %correspondent in tbe neighbonrhdod i—Tbe remains of Mr Leigh were on Thursday last removed from Stoneley Abbey for interment at Addlestrop, the anciant residenceof that branch of the family—The body was attended to its place of desli nation by 12 of the tenants of the Stoneley mite, and the procession followed by the Carriage, of 7 of the deceaskth friends.—Mr. Leigh warn descended from Rowland the eldeit son of Sir Thomas Leigh, who was Lord Mayor of London when Queen Elisabeth came to the crown; which Rowland had property in Gloucestershire, at Loughborough. Addles trop, 84r.—Thosnal, the third son. wbo was knighted, had estates in Warwickshire, among which was Stookey (net Stonelelgh es at present written, to make it appear to ale pertain to the family of Leigh) Abbey. one of the dissolved Monasteries. which, among other Church property, was bought in large quantities from the grantees of the crown, by this Sir Thomas Leigh's Fathes.efod Sir Rowland Ili it, to whom he had been apprentieed,and(having married Alice Harker, the rich niece of Sir Rowland) ultimately became his partner. A third Sir Thomas Leigh, great grandson of the Lord . Mayor, was also knighted end roads a Bassos sool ifier the institution of abet order; who. taking part with. ate greatly assisting • Charles the First, was created Raton Leistill, of Stoneley, at Oxford, lo 1643. and dyinglas ;571 was low. /led of Stoneley. in a lush erected by himself for the re iMition of Ms f4sily e estert of when dossodants down to the last Loci! lAirk Vier tirade depesited, several of bit. Lordnhio's oliefstaio baring boos lowered In eke chancel! of the church. This loloblentaa had issue five seas:—'.'John died young. 2. Thomas, who left issue, bat died before his father. 3. Charles, who died without issue. 4. Christopher, tail whose wary and issue a monument had been erected, and was remairdog in Stoaeley Church, till within a very few crass sinee. 5. Ferdinand, a student its the law.—Tbe line of Thomas, the second son of the first Lord just men. tinned, terminated in Edward, the last Lord Leigh, who was High Steward of Oxford, and died tinder a commission of inneey in 1786 ; previous to which commission being cued ont he had made a will, wherein 'he bequeathed his large estates to his sister, the Honourable Mary Leigh, for and her lame in tail; remainder to the first and newel' his mule kindred, being of his blood, as should bear lbw name of Leigh. In a few months after the death of her brother, this lady was.(notwithstanding the limitations In her brother's will) 'Need "to assume the right of bequeathing this volt noperty, though she had only a life.ioteresi therein; Gaul areoriliogly gave the same to the late Rev. Thomas Leif { ! life (nude of the deceased) ; and after his decease late James Henry Leigh, (whose mother was sister to lat. Duke of ',hand's, thronenwhom be became allied the Doke of Buckingham, blerq. of Chandos, Ike.) who, his diseommisie widow, sitter to the lute Lord gsy aid le, has left three daughters, two *hereof are married aaa only son,)Uhamios Leigh,f sq. who likewise has issue,and succeeded in obtaining possession of this trek eget/. It is singular that the deceased was removed la a dis tance for inertness, after hillift 'been at the expanse ' cresting a moat splentid Mausoleum oa the opposite to of the chancel of Sasseley (Sarah. to the vault whore Peerage family are deposited, with 48 catacombs for reception of his descendants, and a superb chapel at cost of 2000 I.! It will leave as room to conclude at the Ch • y proceedtags iestitated by the ofeeeen ant of Christopher L sigh before noticed, has Make* she efostfideiece of the possessors. if SAX reitabiltif of vast property be claims from them; wisieb b - tbe erec in of the Mausoleum will sow appear (as. supposed by . moo to have bees intended) to have established. and confirmed in the Wad of every beholder asgt.—Mowid Gild it may be es. We &ball titan lei. mateands. id on doubt confirMed for ev-e, 10? lite benefit the feirm and aged poor of Stoneley Parish, the Hospital iith the land thereto belonging) which was erected snit Arnished by the late Hen. Mrs. M try L•igls, from whence tese objects have of late been 'spelled, aid the parish, spoiled of its in'endeil estate, which has recently beew reverted to another and very differeet purpose. Sorely ..is truly charitable lady, who snide a sons•what similar provision for the aged at Hamitall Rider's, an estate in Staffordshire, where her intention is only partially perverted, aver could have expected sash a change to have been Tought in her intentions for the benefit of the Stonely 'our, or she would not have suffered herself to have been Induced to the measure of attempting to dePat the inten ',ins of her brother, which even he could not have .ostratetlt those inteations befog in sectirdaare with the patent for the creation of the dignity; and here the following remark natnrally suggests itself.—Of what materials were the judgments of the trustees of the late Lord Leigh made, who, ha►ing ander his will an estate ereate•l for 5110 years to preserve those remainders, could imuteuliately surrender such trust in obetlicare to the will of a person, who haul not any power to bequeath the smallest part of the estate, which estate she only bald under them during her own life ? Sir Robert Wilson arrived at Falmouth on Monday, and I hourly expected is London to day. - ATSIOSPIIIIRIC PneNOMMON.-00 Theenday evening.' tbout half past four o'clock, we obserr d it most extraurdL,, nary Ph, nomenon in the Atmosphere. While the rale descended in torrents, the Southern part of the Hea'vetes became suddenly illuminated and contiuued encrusting It. ght for abut ten minutes. The thermometer rose, in lib time, fifteen degrees ,, and the barometer was very ?asibly a ffected.—The sky appeared on fire. People felt degree of alarm almost as if the final day was approach. ig, for nature seemed to weaar a fact of direful anger. At length, however. the rain ceased, and the Heavens assumed ammo@ aspect, since which the temperature and state of the weather have been mild and agreeable. We Auld be glad that some of our scientific readers would favour ns with their opinion of tidy extraordinary appear tnce. It is to be remarked that just before the brighten lag, the atmosphere had been unusually dark. —(Waterford Mirror, Nov. P 4.) A respectable gentleman assures us. that we may rely the correctness of the following , paragraph: —When Ir. Sadler, was on his aerial excursion from Derby, last week. he passed over Schema. nod was so near that be spoke to the people from his trumpet. A young man, of the name of Samuel Waterail, the son of a farmer of that place, was in a field at some distance, when the ballot's went over him, and on his return home. be expressed his regret that he had sot had his gun with him, that he might have fetched that huge.thing down, for he might well have had it as any body else! and added that he irew some stones, bet could not hit it! It seems therefore, lot Mr. Sadler was in greater peril than he was aware of, I passing over that part of Derbyshire.—(Nottin4 ham lie. iota.) Over the mantle piece of one of the parlours at Mount Vernon is a small framed miniature of Washington, which was cut out of a piece of common earthen-ware. It is a singular fact that this id regarded by the family as the most accurate likeness that exists. The general contour of Nis face Is well ascertained, and there is a strong similarity s most of the portraits; yet those who knew him best agree let there was a certain expression in his countenance, rhich is quite wantiageven in Stuart's painting; and in the engraving which was executed from it. This very or. ..inary kind of danbt, which was broken oat of a common pitcher, and probably executed by some potter's apprentice, is said to possess more of this intellectual characteristic than soy of the ether po rtraita...(Glaigo lc Citron.) SHIPPING INiTLIAGICNCE. Extract of a letter from the Asent to Lloyd's, at Waterford. dated 9th instant, half past 4, p. m. : "We -bare this instant heard a report that Hook Tower Light House is on fire ; and ifithe true it is probable tim light must be discontinued for a short time." DIAL, November It —WiedS.E.—Arrived and sailed for _the River, the Joseph, Christophersoe, from Demerara.—Cams down from the River and sailed the Ricker', Roper, end Mar garet. Wildgoose, for Grenada; Volasla, Raffel Meanwell, Phißipsit Hercules, Wilson; and' Westbrook, Hall, for Ja melee. Pokretioorn, November IL—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Penes, Chianell, from DOICIOTata.--..—Sailed the Sir Edward Paget, Geary, for Bengal ; and the Barkworth, Cotgrave, for BOlSbai ; also the Dart, Vim:, for London. Pkewourti, November I I.—Wind E.—Arrived the Maria, Haggrist. from Christianstadt, in 2S davit. Fs toMOUTH, November 11.--Wled E.—Arrived H. M. brig Zephyr, from MRford. ' • . OTORM ON THE COAST OF CORNWALL. (MINIMUM PROM TIM WILT BRIT.'S OF TIM 7TH INST.) The storm which otaborrnime,'Prldey tied Saturday list was stiondnd with Bitch disastrous effects alone coasts end in various parts qt Om country. was experienced in this county stiskiereat seventy. Tnough severely felt alone the Southern COT, its fury was chiefly experienced in the NortliChannel.— Ns less then el: vessels were driven on Shore in St. Ives Bay on ffiday. The dangez does at St. lees to fishing boats, nets, ite. is estimated at dowsed* of Ootlol. iwbionnt'sebay considerable damage has been snetained by it emus • isootewind eesn". Mort of the boats belonging Western side, were able to reach the shore at the nceinent of the sterna; but ewers! of them were e wards sunk, and others were stov• , , whilst the nets .wets - torn and nearly covered with sand. Toe boats on the Eastern side were not so fortunate. A host belonging to the 31uunt, being unaiile to gain the shore before the fury of the tempest Ondered it impossible to do.so without being dashed to pieces, rode at anrititi• dueler the whole ot Thai-clay night; and being perceived on Fridsy morning, a lune beat was sent out from Newlyn, and happily suc ceeded in takiug out the crew, when nearly alienated with fatieue.—OnTloirs•lay evening nineteen tithiniC:hodts. having on baord about 69 men, left Porthleaven in quest of pilchards. They had scarcely token up their stations, and thrown out their nets, when •the tremendous storm com menced; and what is very extras:l.-din:try, the whole rode out the night, without sustaining sny considerable ilAinage. On Friday morning, they were driven from their anchors in diftrelit directions; some of them were cast on shore near Mullion and thowalloe, whilst others still kept the sea. The farmers and other inhabitants near the places where the boats went on snore, rondered every assistance in their power to the poor suf f erers, nearly exhausted by retinue and banger. ill/During the steam on Thursday night Is poor miner who had jest route from working under ground in a urine near St. Agnes. miss,ttl his way and NI into a shaft, where his lifeless body was (oath,' uext morning. Another wan who had missed his way, and wandered about on the common unt'l he sunk exhouated, on the groboil, was diseoveifil by two men, when life ,was nearly extinct, by whom he was conveyed home, when happily. by prompt exertious, anima tion was restored. Op time same night, Mr Trewin, a re spectable fanner of the pariah of Simon seed, who was returDingfrom St. Liorren.its fair, near anemia, was drowned in the river Camel which was much swollen by the rains that had fallen. It is supposed ise fell over a narrow bridge IN had to pass. about a mile r HU his own butt•e. rise holy was Nand nearly two teileotv.the behlge,westinteeday ; teliserborite ow h lie tudek 7 .4r mit of the creels...and leas found next moining. Net 4v. Nov. - 4.—Last Week we experienced one of the 'most heavy gales that has been reinAmhered by sonar of the °bleat Islan.fisie. it continerieed. on Thursday afternoon, siilh 104.1.i5..d1ed a White which, in its viarlence ao l effects resembled a hurrican-, whirling up light substances (such as dry ore weed, straw. Sao.) to a great elevation in the r air. in a short time the roofs of houses began to be di tithed, and nut only thatch, but slate end tiles, were flying alba in every direction. Many cottages, &e. werekornpletely peeled of their covering in less than a imartir of an hour, the ttraw in its ascent resembled a thick cloud of smoke. fewarils the evening toe terrors of the shivering inmates of these d.vellings were increased by a fall of rain resembling at torrent, and which continues, without any considerable intermission, the whole night. Afloat of the houses were shaken violently; some chimneys were blows down; and so great was the con.ternati•.n excited. that, several people remain. d watching throughout the night. The storm continued during the following day,and bad halt little abated on tiaturilay. Considerable injury was sus tained amongst the beats of the different islands, by breaking their chains and losing their ru.lers. masts, &e. but happily, as none of them were at sea, no lives were lost. —The direction of the storm was Northerly end Easterly. Oa Sunday several dismasted vess-ls proceeded up Lhannel, amongst them wake brig of it oar., PILCHARD Ftsuay.—The severe storm on Thursday, night drove off the coast moose immense s'ioals of pilchards. On Tbnitselay seeping. vast quantities of tills were sees near hievagissey,tind the seaners were preparing to enclose them,, when the intimations of the co uing storm reutiered it prudent to desist. When the weather mo treated, the fish were no longer to be seen.—A Shoal of halt appeared off Si, Manes ou uesday, and shoot 450 t ool/thuds were enclosed by the suns on feesday night. SHIPHURCILS.—The brig Morris so, of 240 tons iirthen, John Umber, master, from Cork, bound to Newport; with 212 pigs, ass totally lost off the island of Lundy, about 10 o'clock Lathe dreadful night of Thursday. the 3llth ult.; and melancholy to relate, out of 28 persona on board, only 3 were saved, viz. the master, Mr. Dunbar, one seaman, soil, a buy. The following is the matter's account t—e • Soiled from Cork on 'Filen' sy, the 23,h of October:it' 3 o'clock p.m. saw thetiolines Ligh,t, when the wind settled to tie E.N.E. with eke.. Thnridoy 311th, eioltoeft gale, with Sleet; wind E.N.E.' Finding we were driven by the wirtd. determined to bear away to &terse port. At 3 p.m. saw the Nase Point. Bore away from the Nose Point for Cork, Haring split the fore 'tit and fora top sail. Wind blowing a hurricane, with onow. Vessel hove An her beam ends. Ballast and pigs shifted to leeward. Every sail split. At 10 o'clock p.m. saw" Lundy Light. Made repeated attempts to wear ship ; but being completely water logged, slie soon attack, and in a shoPt time was dashed to pieces among the rocks. The .passengers. 18 in number, were all Irish ; with the exception of one cabin passenger, name unknown: Among them were four women and four children. 'file survivors were saved by clinging to the mast. Another of the crew reached the shore, but died on the rock*, from the severe cold." (FURTHER PARTICULARS FRO3f THR 'CORK PAPERS.) One of the survivors has arrived in this city : he is the pilot, and a native of Passage. lie stated that four persons only came on shore, min or whom died immediately. The Captain and boy remain at Lundy Island, and this man cams over in the Marquis of ilarietea packet. The man ner in which his life was preserved is providental: he had clung to a plank, and was nearly washed off it several times but still held on, while another person whom he could not distinguish, and es ho held also by. it, was struck off and met • - a watery grave. . Among the passengers, we have to lamest Mr. Samuel J. Newsom, of Patrick Street, who has left a wife and a large family to mourn his death. We have also to add the name of Mr. Edward C:ehurne, son to Mr. Clehurne.--This young eel:dimes acted for sometime as Librarian to the Cork Institution. (IRON TOE BRISTOL lIIIRCURT ) The northern roasts°, Devon and lornwail lay open-to the utmost fury of the storm. From Cloven'', we learn, that the sea poured over the pier so furiously that one third of it has disappeared, and that the ruin. have fotrused a bar across the harbour, which prevents all ingress or egress. - Fortunately, no fishing boats were at sea,' open other catastrophe might bare happenen similar to that in which so many fishermen suffered a few years ago.-'The pier of Ilfracombe has also suffered considerable dhanige. NEWPORT.—At the entrance of Newport rise: end' ite vicinity, the storm raged in a most dreadful manner. and the vessels lying there were in imminent danger of being lost in the tremendous sea running at the time. The Defiance, Of Bristol, a coal now, belonging to Melissa. Verry and Newton, whilst at anchor within the first reach of the above river,. was struck by a heavy tea-on Thursday night, end almost immediately stink. the master, Ryder (with his wife), and the crew, took to the boat, and endeavoured to reach the shore, in which attempt they failed, after baying lost two oars. Their-Mloa don now became deplorable; the storm came on with. in creased violence; and having but two oars remaining, they were driven into the channel, where The sea runniag toa great height, and the wind blowing almost a burricaur, there seemed but little probability of escaping with their tins ;;,they reeraloed in a state of suspense, between. lift stQ death, for nearly ten hours, and kept continually baling the boar, which nearly the whole time was half fi lled with water. The storm, at length, partially sub4i.led, and in a state of exhaustion they reached Bryan 84y, on the Se rnersetshire coast. Several persons in4faintly rendered every assistance in their power, and carried them from the boat to some !inns*s in an adjoining hamlet. Ouiy one person met his death, which was a n-phew of Mrs.Verry,pirt proprietor of the vessel; he remained till the last i•I the boat, awl when carried on shore ha fell ,back and espired, notwith standing every exertion that was made to keep life within him ; his name was Thomas White, a promising you.ng man of IS years. His body was removed to the acted!: - the crew arrived in Brirol on Sunday morning, in „ wretched condition. It is a most remarkable and provi dential circout4tance that the whole were not lost, especial ly when it is considered tbat they were in an open-What with only two oars, and driven at the mercy of winsiaart waves, in the Bristol Channel, and that toa in as Sirup's- .. tnous a night as ever can be remembered. The vessel has since been raised, and towed up to Newport, where she is undergoing repairs. The Susannah, and another eoal vessel, were also lying with the river, and all neatly sofferest the fate of the Mince. KING'S BENCll.—Trics DAY. THB ZING V. Tat MAGISTRATES Or TOBEIFTIRR. Mr. SCARLIITT applied to the Court for a Alandmina against the Magistrates of Yorkshire, seder tlso following ctrenunstanres:— Colonel Stephenson, the visiting Justice of the House of Correction, at Beverley,in the exercise of his duty, while visiting the Prison, discovered the prisoners who were remaining for trial, were placed at the Tread Mill, Al/.1 obliged to work in the same manner as those who had b-en convicted. Considering such a proceeding impropei, he rvresented it several times to the Beach of Magi- trate.; but finding all his efforts unavailing, he sent in a protest against the proceeding, and Green it to be taken into coon leration ; the Bench, however, refos.rl doing so, and Col. Stephenssn'now applied fur the manda mus to compel the Benrh of Yls t ristrates to take his protest into consideration. The learned Jtidgee observed th tt where an individual is placed in a prison, he must paestakit of the prison allow inre, or w3rk to maintain hi-iself bee ter; hut, where a prisoner was - idle andl refused to week, it was the defy of 111111-Stagistrittes to make hill. They; therefore, saw no growod for granting the application, awl refused the madman. airrox IJARDEJL—(TsaI • .. Jokelleiteesy was brought to this Office on a 'e l ute 's : 4 stealing 31 sovereigns, and a half ign sfrom iris Landlady. Winified O'Connor, his Landlady, a native of; the Emerald isle, richly gifted with the tree broptc, proceeded, in a circuitous way, to tell her tale, stoutly arguing that, if not allowed to tell her story her own way, she could not tell it at all. It appeared that on Tuesday she connVd int, her box the above sum before lilt prisoner, and locking her box, she went out. !Lemming about two I. wits after, she found to her dismay her box broken open, and her move; gone. The prisoner was out on her return, and as lie di-d not corns. house to sleep, her suspicions were directed tor.arils him. Her koshaod, chs said, was a painter, a - id the money was a board saved from his earnings against the winter, when work is slack. Tne prisoner was acci dentally met this morning by a neighhour, who fouiri him drinking at a public house by Highgate Archway, and desiring tie Landlord to detain him, he sat ollia search of a Constable. In the interim, some friends of the prisoner collected round the house, and threatened to break his windows if he did not let the °men go ; which, in consequence, he did. _The constable, however, following the road he had ; taken, overtook, and secured him: Oa his person was found 29 sovereigns, and s'. • • The money, he sail in his defence, his brother gave The Magistrate was not disposed to credit this statement, alai therefore committed him to tp fur trial. On Sunday last, about two o'clock. a. in., a fire broke out in • Ike extensivecottoo•milis of Sir Robert Pael, Bart. at Fazely, Warwickshire, in the occupation of Mr. John limiter, whim owing to the combustible ntbire of the property therein, raged with each fury, that in the short spa e of two hours, the whole of the very valuable machinery, which had been cousiderably segmented within the last four or five weeks, together with the stock of manufactured cotton and that in process, were en tireix consumed. end the buildings, es:epting the mere outer i walls, were razed to the earth. The engines from the print Lworks of Messrs. R. Peel and Co. at Banehill, end from Tam worth, were in early attendance ; bat before their arrival, the Ire had become general aiid appelling beyond description, and bray effort to arrest its ravaees was entailing. Titrough the Imitable exertions of the persons assemble I, the greater part of the stock of ra a' cotton was saved, and insurances bid been effected in different °Rime, which render the lose mops • • ratively loconsiderable. The calamity will be severely felt dr a vast number of families depen•lent on their employment its these mills for support; but this is likely to be but of short du ration, es active preparations are making for the immediate erecdon of other mills on the site of those consumed, it is not at present ascertained how the tire originated. On Sunday Morning last, about bur "clock, a fire was discovered in the tallow ta -Bine and candle making ho.tse and loft of Mr. Caleb Wilson, in Walton lane, Sanded sod. Thedevonring element raged with great fury for about two hours, when, by the prompt exertion of Mr. Thongs Cook, fire engine keeper, and the ready and humane 'Wit: tines of the inhabitants in general, the tire was got under, thit not until that part of Mr. Wilson's exteosiaa range of war e • houses was entirely burnt Gown, and abort half the stock, ific. therein destroyed. At one time the whole of the premises in the immediate vicinity were in the most imminent danger, and the inhabitants' lives placed in the greatest jeopardy. It has since been ascertained that the fire had communicated front the tobacco stove to the end of one of the principal timbers of the warehouse Om the candle mautifectory.—(Newcitsfle Chronicle.) On Thursdey the 30th ult. a fire broke oat in the vi 11.40 of Basington Orange, near Belford, when two vanity houses and a joiner's workshop were entirely destroye t .—. The progress of the flames was so rapid, that notwithstand ing every exertion was made to save the furoiture, a smell part only could be got oat before the roof fell in. The valnable stick yard of John Nesbit, Esq. adjoining the pretni.er, was in a.utninent danger durini the oonflagratioo, hot we are happy to say it 'sward the fury of the flaws. The fire was ceased by a boy, who, in the absence of lass parents, placed a lighted GALIIe too am the tbatniod tteaf (hid.) J T it 711 '• , r , 4 1 , i-, 11