The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-07-14 00:00:00

.I.ItELAND.. . ~..._. [nom VIE DUI 11,0( PAPEttgol Peaetc Boma or lue,LANn.—Theidismalcond. memo to which the affairs of [rebind are oo.wereee , titled, occupies every reftecttowniek,gottiprippl duces that pensiveuess, and b roi k nov i te pAnd , ark ecarance whicb is spread over every.stentnineims. The cheapness of whiskey, itesonSeesueuse of the su dden redaction of the du Ip,vpon 'ii, netts. mstlo this public poison accessible to dweey whol owitl,H t he free use of it has given to beggeojeoptt. a gaiety, truly horrible—like the flightily N W* t h ro ugh the .gloom of the tempest glares'emily to spew the devastation that is making. This and, exception to despondency,. is worse ,than .the calm melancholy of the public—it &loaves, *tapas . , citates, and maddens ; and its wild, aulactele-bot+ transitory, agile the evil it produces is immanent. But what do our Irish Statesmen care fur that —they who have taxe d th e ,publie 'justice of the country so enormously by their imposts upon all legal proceedings, that none can scarcely look the / menus of contesting their rights in a Court of 1 , Justice in the face, unites the very opulent clesses of the einntattnily. By and by there will , nut be a. suitor of moderate property the list of litigants in our Courts of Law—;o enormous bas the taxation becom e . upon every step in the legal progress to justice. rimy hare elute down public morals in the ipire, and all , the fait train of concomitants which nature•has allied with morality, I to raWe:a base revenue it their expellee, but which revenue their own luespecity has re's. tiered utterly abortive. And while justice 'and moral habits are thus radically invaded in effect, by the rashness, shallo, ness, and error of the j.'ivancier, the public are, notwithstanding, in a state of ruin—and the miserable expectations of the Man of ,Taxes Wasted by the imbecility which devised such expedients to draw money forth from the pummel the people. Upon referring to the monthly returns, of patients admitted into the Fe. ver Hospital, it appears that since the reduction. of the duties on spirits, the number has increased to an aitneishing degree. Prior to this piece of maladministration, the Managers of the Fever Hospital were enabled to extend its benefits to every part tof the metropolis, to extend humanity,. and to bestow health widely, and hopes were tertained that contagious fever would be altoge t ther eradicated from the poorer ranks of the people... Tiw renunciation of the revenue upon spirits, and,, the consequent cheapness of that bOefetarticle, has o verthrown all those humane eatpectitltuns, anti the number of patients has increased utiaiti ap avenge from -10 to 110!:—.Our state is truly end we may as well expect that the s k ier Trq, rain food and raiment fur tia, 'as !el ittok . fo;enoy l o ther result, if the system 'd: kismet., Aide unhappily we have been so lonclioing t en it ir 514 ly persisted in. The State mtot,' l be.,, i ttiatOenreA. and supported effectively, and if yen wiltopuat.. !lately and proudly ; but considerieCthes as a principle never to be lost sight or, we'inslit that the people must not he brought into wretchedness and beggary . . It is not against Taxes we complain —it would be a villainous hypocrisy to attempt to mislead the people in this respect ; but it is against the mode of 'Taxation which has 'been worked upon in Ireland that we complain ; it is of the total want of judgment, discretion l and foresight in pro. viding those burthens that we complain—their ferti. lity in vexation, theist barrenness in production, It is against the confused, involved, irrational,and ab. surd vagaries of those who direct our fiscal con cerns that we are raising our voices, and invoking the quiet dispassionate sense of the nation to think on the matter, while there is any time - len. It is against a shuffling, unsettled, pinging' system, which abates one year what it had sell eirthe pre. ceding, which has much desperation, bti , t ne/ can. sistent d& . gn in it, which is cations ,ttte 'Morel set.' fects—blind to political consequoneesS4leidei#l4 wisdom, valorous in its fully,poweifselittanitelderpl and impotent ie public benelitsitels, higaingt *Mr; mild, desultory, and feeble way '44 , steatnibtitifr through the natiou'a affairs thatoovelittelproteVtitit,' as eertaZn to bring us in time toireeptVableittlit: Let it not be imagined that-avetrail aglinvt ena tion to disturb the public:: Wg know that public burthens are uisavoldebie, sad mast be patiently borne—that it is the duty of every': man to pay his quota conscientiously, as atehitiletli map and a good citizen. Independent of a- ale sense of duty, which Confidence and corruthitii;.in any man, or any men, are unable to shekei we have an interest in public tranquillity, and in the content. matt of the people, and seek their unanimity as the first great purpose of our hearts. But we cannot ca. pitulate with every thing that is weak and injurious to our country—and we think the public ought not silently to endure the wretchedness into which , they have been brought' under the taunting* of compliments addressed to their 4 4 Growing Prose Perky." There is not a Corporation or a Guild —not a legaliz e d f orm i n whic h the people can be contemplate) that should not be convened, and that ought not to express themselves, as they ho. neatly feel and think, upon the preient awful and dismayi ng mom e nt . - The Corporation Qf the Metropolis it is boasted is neck and heels in the hands of our Ministers. We doubt the fact. We shall soon see ' however, how the case rea ll y stan d s. Silence in the pub. Lc Bathes, will he as strong as negative testimony Can be, that they think with the Ministers, and' that the nation is in a state of " Gron big Pro. , verity," tlin choke abode of private happiness au,! Italic felicity. On the other hand, if a par. t.cie. of p u bli c sp i r i t ex i st, if t h ere b e a n y suc h ; thing as sense and manhood in the Irish people, cenfulation of the Ministers in their assertions respecting this coutatry, will be erriphaticill an. l funned, and if announced, may redeem fs, froth' the ruin and misery into which we-ate hol i; e i"g deeper and deeper ; an d p er h a ps (if au yet call) save us f u r a s eason o f : hope, oS prosperity, and eonteutmen-e:XßubliteCOrre m t e T ,' 14)1744.) • ! -;) The f o ll ow i ng energetic apteil at. t I . 41:pear ei l in an articl e in The Freeman's July :—" The inhabitanti Of the,llbelAkt , 's this city are iu the most poignant distress! Win% . of euiployment has driven many tethers of taibitiej _ --.-- from the country, and their mixes and, little ones now, pine in hopeless penury ; many more have entered into the army and navy, and Left those whose existence depended on their exertions, to mi. .:eery and despair. Will you, inhabitants of Dublin,'. withhold your assiitance? WillyouiwtstrVch forth eriteshand of mercy,,and pour the beint of consolation int, , the wounds of the atilicted mourners ? You =Gaut, it is true; - restore . trade to ilk wonted energy : you cannot counteract the unexampled cir. cumstances of your country I but you can alleviate Ake agony of wants .you can soften the bitterness ofidesnair 4.--,an inhabitant of this aflicted district' of , your city intreats you to turn your eyes on pair fellow-creatures, and to behold and .judge l. for yourselves, and if you find (as you assuredly 1410 this statement to be correct,. to relieve, as far as you can, the misery of those, who are now afflicted with a complication of evils." The tax upon the organ of public information was not imposed on account of any thing it may produce. Quite the contrary ; the less it produces, the better pleased the Minister will be, for that .wjll be the best evidence of its 'decay, which is all thd wise men of Gotham seek,- - (Correspondent.) . Swirl being one day at a Sherill'a feast, among other toasts the Chairman called out, "Mr. Dean s , Tho.Teatto of Ireland." The Llean answered;- 4 - Sir, / drink ma memories.". If Starer were now alive, what Would he say, of the deceived . : trade and commerce of his country I—(Corros , .. 1 pondent.) i , . MISERY OF TILE ROUTII OF 1111tRIAND, . I We are sorry in state, from autkentioaccounts, that very general distress prevails throughout the South of Ireland, That heretofore flourishingdise trict has sunk, within the last 1% months, into a melancholy condition. The percentile failures which have occurred to an immense ;mount in Cork, Wa. terford, Limerick, and the lesser towns, have pearly annihilated alt trade and confidence ; the; have grown since last November l to newly. two million,' in the value of losses. One very recent insolventy in Limerick alone, falls little, if at all, short 'of 160,0001.; hence hundreds of artisans, tradesman, and labourers, are cast out of employment—busi- Pen is at 4 stand—shops idle—nohoby can- pure chase, for nobody will sell, except for cash ; and few country batik notes will be received; The ,blinits have rigidly closed against discounting, and rEfinte accommodation of every kind to gentry, . . rmers, and merchants. The notes of country k Akers, however wealthy; or well secured in ~land or 'otherwise, are refused by the other )cankers, and froth insulvencies are hourly ex. petted, Not only have severe individual losses been sustained, but all the floating capital of the o fottotry, all disposable property, has been swept Away, or is locked up by distrust and natural ap. rehfasioll. ...-.... Tna puce of tang has particularly sniggered; ', • • ,indeed this Mei eras long expected, as the rent of lands had notoriously and unreasonably risen to an enormous rate, too high ;q bi indared, too precarious to be relied upon. The farmer can raise no money upon credit, and his scarcely a market left, for he can scarcely find 4 .solvent purchaser. The want of money lessens the demand—the want of credit cripples the speculator—produce of every kind has fallen One.ihird, and the quan., tity produced is diminished in a like ratio. The' long continuum of dry weather has left the pastures and meadow; quite bare—the want of rain has ruined the wheatlands in general ; lunch of the lands sown with w nit last winter, has been of necessity ploughed up again, and is now consigned to winter turnips; and mach of the meadow 'land that was lot in March at five or six. 1 guineas by the Irish sere, has been thrown open i to half-starved tattle, and trampled down at a ' heavy loss to the WO tmiu fact, will not yield him 345. per acre. - ~ .: llence t the hi bats rapidly declining In Ad,bittrties of lip . ii, Limerick, Cork, We. *l(irit-lind:l‘ilkTiV. tuga land, that brought 41. • Ifildt rar,'llll not now briugNs. per acre from any ililtetkt pnaot rind the average f all is already from iii tO'tSr,looitiCre• Infect, the number of solved( 'tent( 4 A . , dithiniOetby throe-fourths, and ii con. 'O4 ',gauze. Many who were deemed sol. rt; rolikely to be ruined by the high rents of I tio 4 Slando they hold, and, what was deemed a good. itistakin e lease, is now held to be inch as mus t . tas:rendered, or produce beggary to the tenants.. T of decided and well' secured wisolth, and: who can afford these heavy tosser, may remain solvent, or may withstand the dreadful shock of , these gloomy and disastrous times, of heavy fai. lures, broken credit, checked markets, bad wee. ther, and calamitous seasons. To the lesser tenenfry, it is afflicting to count, the recent addition of 50 per cent. upon their window tax, exclusive of St.. per pound sterling' upon their secured rackresate and tithes, church., rates,- county rates, all crowding together at this cheerless and inauspicious m0meat,,...(.404.: Epening Post.) • . ! 1 ~; •••••••••••• • Upon 'Mr. Fonsa's appearance in this city, placards were stuck on the walls, denouncing ven geance on his head; and caricatures have been af. fitted to them in every thoroughfare, eXhibittog him as an object of scorn. and abhorrence. ` So greatly has the people been exasperate 4, !Wei. tensive has been the injury , inflicted' On' friiii commerce *by his new.fangied system of hallo, that men of opposite sentiments on . other its, pics, universally. unite in eject-sting his scheino., . Not even a private friend—not in expectant ere*. 'cure—not a wretched hireling can be found to re. mime, even in the night, the marks .of general indignation. The Chancellor fol. the Irish Esiche.; quer must be deficient in judgment, neveln the. , decline of lifo (when bodily and intellittual fa. 4;elties .decay), still animal instinct has not-yet fAiisa4cti.liins—yfoi, with the innate sagacity of a ?Svc, be has fled from popular clainfinr, to 9 sale' FAfpn . 1 . 0 gullets Wood !..-( /bid.) • Mirkino o n , of.snme rank b recently spired in 1 - ,foirstry, on la diplomatic errand, by the : ,u4p'Eclt itige.ohitz. The object of his errand el t l ilt procnre tile restorotiow to his conntrymeo or a ortnigoeso venni captured liy dew ; and detaio:, r • 1 40 3 0ritisti st gilirsltar. THIS sTATKstviAs. - ' - • • E VSTAI4' . ritom TIM T 2 LT Atte, ‘ll teNnO x i , •DJOURNIMITs, PROM Ty WM, or WIZ Flitrii ilovrns To Tolls? 0.1, Tall six= Noose, 1,810, INcLoixs• . TOTHEQUARTERCY AND MONTHLY MEETING•; OF FAIENDeI, IN GREAT BRITAIN, IRELAND, ' • AND 404:Wilk:RE.. MA( Fate eDS —ln beak% our minds tow ards you with an epistle,and particularly authe subject came more ' dearly ender attention, an encparagement was felt, which la 'dulcetly, to believe that in so doing we:oh:ill be as the way of ear duty; and when that precious love which binds tegeilier 'the various members of the spiritual body is is dominion, OW ditty is freely fulgiled. And as the collected Church of Christ, gathered into his wine, and baptised into his spirit, mot abide ander this powerful intluencetogeide hs proreed ingst ao also the members, in their separate allotments, can 'lad me serer means of being preserved, each in the way of .his own duty, or of contributing, each his share,. to the com mon welfare„ than by experiencing " the Love of God" re newedly " shed abroad la their. heaths," But we know that the loge of earthly things too often prevails, the harmony if even religious society is mterrupted„ yea even many be- Came spirilually "robbed and Spoiled." afar friends, all .4 you who may hear or read this oar tender salutatirto, let mi eddrem you in the language 'Of the evangelical prophet, " Arise, shine :"10410 Whold'hakel the Lerd, lords never failing mercy, may dirk; the wordeet his. servants, which of yon can lay that yoer lightie' tot" come?" Let it be displayed in coaduct. Keep in ,view the twq great tom otandmeets of perpelitel obliption—the lore of tied, ted the love of our neighbour. The latter is the ground of oar Christian discipline; and the -former* lb. life of our spiritual worship. 'And we are persuaded that if, through the redeeming pester of the Lord, and by confiding ill his Aber and deer his guidance, we beanie settled in these lady Allspositiansi if, to use other words, with gratitude, wateb felnese, mid lowlinemet ailed, we improve these het) , gifts of grate, they will never he taken (comas; but will remain. and dread, when the veil of flesh shall be removed, and a 'Ceara . access be opeoed to the fountain of love ? in a blissful • immortality. • M these annual assenthlies, when we are receiving accounts of the state of the meetings which this Yearly Meeting super.- dieteods, we have too often occasion of grief, in nearing of de fects which do out comport with a people professing to be spiritually minded. Such are from various quarters reported to us this year. Yet we are not disposed to enumerate them pow I though we can readily trace their origin. But let ns remind every ow mooegst as, that it is better to be willing .1 MI trace, each the origia.of his own defect, than to compose bN mind by considering it it small one. The more we can abide ender a sense of oqr own wants, the readier and the more earnestly shall we. apply for help to Hite upon whom help is laid. And probably the naturatunwillingoess there is its thecreature to feel in itself a temimotty to its own Dower. Mons, is one great reason. why no more are railed units testimony-hearers to the Lord's ail-sufficiency and good, It can scarcely be denied, that faithful labourers in his vine yard are still wanting. We noticed, in our tan year's Epistle, the removal of many who, according to nor power of spiri- Mal perception, might bear that appellation. The informa tion of the preterit year has added to the list of the dead, who, we doubt not, have died in the Lord; and is st repeated call to-the living, to look well to their foundations. This call also has additional force, when we consider that other faith * servants are verging to the same solemn period—a period which, though to them it may be unspeakably biased, will depriye the church of their labours, and of the secret travail, sympathy, and prayer of their spirits. It is certainly not easy to compress the wants of the church in • torte comprehensive term; but it seems as if one of the liitch-words, peculiarly worthy of attention in thepreseut ;day, were, DEDICATION. Remember, dear visited friends, that when Christ invites you to submit to his yoke, he declares kto be any ; while the yoke of disobedience is known to be heavy. Thos, while we are inviting you to faithfulness, by the losses which we , are ready .to deplore, lit the departure of "idols nod of hand-maids; aid by the joy that opened on ..their view atthey were entering on that nearer union with Abele Lord i wit 4 Him " of whom the wbole family ig tt yeti and earth is named;" we may Aridly say, Brethren, filters, t' ye are all called ontq liberty,".even " the glorious W liberty of the children of Gqd." And it is' with thankful ness that we perceiver as also we +doted last year, that very maqy of oar beloved young friends of both sexes, seem Semi blethet the Lord's preparing hand is upon them. How then do we desire that these may persevere in the Path of dedlcit• Hoe I yea, thqt in their-love and service, "they - may "go on 66 trout strength tostreostb ;" until, having *filled their due measure of sutler*, every one of them may 5' appear" with .Ilose acceptance, "before God iq Zion" 'The assistint of the interior reported this year on• account •of tithes,' priests' detithais, and•tbese tolled ciairCh-retes; Mad fqr military demands, k inward§ ef IgsiBl. Team-but year's Reis*, we adverted to the -Imprisonment of a few trans men, wider ;he militia laws; and expressed oar . att., prehension that pore cases of that kierf would lotion. Our belief of theattacluisset of moony tst dr youth to their peace able testimony,- iedocete this appreheasion e 2imd it has heed verified by the contionnent of several more pa acceuntneghe local militia, and of one for the common miiitia t ricotta these temporary sacrifices Of liberty, demoottope a dispesl. tioq whicltddears them to our hearts; nevertheless we cau T not forget that they are yet het ID the bcsioning of their coupe of eevetedoest; and, as lithe case in verities ways withtegme. others . of 'our precious youth, are mitr only " the ". hareem." IF, day youth, yap are allowed to *else)* peace* reward for your early suiseipion to duty, gratittide' prompts you c stiti to keep your eye M your eoly guide, for fertheraidifesttuioas et his will; and for further proofs of his protecting are. And know assuredly, that if your driji are prolonged tis a period at remit remote, mid eon are preserved in the fear of the Lord, these, and all your mora les acts of ittunblesttaeineeette hie' cause, will hewed is your reasenthrnace. • • • 7'; I^ . We base received at this flew epistles from all the Vet* , shilaeriest. Yearly Meetings; in which, besides the hence 'Vigilance over the welfare of the society, we find a coatis:a rt . ace attention to the same objects Otalestestailefieallitiftti, 'Which E7O mentioned last year : Munely,ttietinge'sf t* hack . ' people still held" slaves,„and the ilialllftS employed for ' vilizing . the Indiari Datives. The Epistle from 'lreland has been ponlcularly gratefie to us, tioni we hate. not failed to testify our unity with Meads in that eatiou . by, a few affec , flame nerds of reply. Liyiog as we do under the same Go vernmeot, and above all professing the same holy atel . uniting , principle, we ate inclited_at this time to commend our friends of the sister notititti'th the Continued cordial remembrance of their brethren on this side Oedema:lel. . • Now, dear friends, 'we would mention one subject which at this time has been under Our police; a anti= to ell, to use mo de ra ti on to their runner of Hybl; and in this way to seek relief froni the iucreasingexpeace of the linseile which we livc,:rather than by engaging in more extensive, and of ten hazardous schemes in trade. BY these latter mitre the mind becomes encumbered, and unfitted for reliaionsservlCes yea often for religious thought, and for breathiris daily aftEr the spiritual rjche, which are to be eijayed in closet:oat manion with God. And let us beseech yon to comic* -T—~--.e.~..,~-. ~,,,",~ ~ T ~ 1 . how distant from the date wldelic . eadtaimadrs'4 l he -woad . • • resigned to give up all, if required, i s that state itchieh • indulges itself is ease 1., the fall extent df its, podt7, Ir is endeavourini , by multiplied adventures hk vide, it • acquire that p.o er, whie(i it easeis far dig, purpose of worldly enjoyment. We believe, hw.s ever, and' we are ght . ri in believin,T,, that titers ale numbers who act upon sounder principles than these who knowing, a' saith the Apo-sle, that " the fashion of this world passeth away." at • rcAliy irons of using 46 this world as not abusing it." These, we would encourage to hold on in the way east up before Oen, trusting in the Lord, who bath declared that all things neces viry will be given to those who seek• first His Kingdom. Thus trusting, and eudeavouring ro apply. to him in secret sop. plication, in the difficulties that mast Oa state of prabatipo be tIW lot of all, we may hurialy hope that, in out several proportions, we shall grow in the truth' individually; and that, coming up in our allotments in the church militant, 'our va rious meetings will also, whether more or less as to num ber,. experience among theta growth in the truths.' But, dear friends, there is one attainment which, at thip time, we arc earnest to remind, you of; an • attainment with 'out which, no other gift can be permanent and certain. We want to press on yot the never ceasing duty of humility and , towliness of mind, veil our blessed Lord dcclare(4ins.-elf to be " meek and lowly kn heart ;" and can any tree, ex. pecting salvation by him, bd'exempt train the need of poises. sing tbe tune holy tentper I -liodever great the talent's with which he may have endowed as by nature, or hot ever he may replenish our souls with the more excellent gifts of his Holy Spirit, (till we have nothing which we have not re. Ceived ; and we can hive do sound reason for setting at nought the leitst of our brethren—for whom, let us remember, equally its for us,, Christ died. Let es then, dear friends, be willing to examine ourselves, *AI linaw,whether we are indeed hum ble followers of a lowly-minded, though omnipotent Sa viour. If we feel a deficiency of humility, let as pray for an increase, and for assistance to check toe springing. up of its dreadful opposite, Pride; and if we are not without swot ground of hope that we are endowed, in good degree, w ilb an humble heart, we shall certainly be encouraged still to supplicate for its continuance. Finally. dear friends, whe ther, with the belated disciple, we address you as fathers, or as young *a; whether, without regard of see qr l!ationb our lure in Christ now satiates the aged or the rising generation; remember, that it is " the meek whom the Lord wilt teach his way :" and thus taught, and iveeivieg with unreserving heart, the holy doctrine, " Grace and Peace's will be multiplied, " from GO(' oar Father, asLd the Lord JesniChrist," • Signed in and on behalf of the Meeting, by ' JOHN WILKINSON, Clerk to the Meet* this Tear. His.MAJesry hu written private letters to the P1tit814.24 MoNAncn on vellum, which are 10 ha conveyed over by his Ambassador. They are to, be deposited iq two embossed. silver tubes, each two feet long, resembling a large telescope, with.. three silver padlocks, and secured from outward injury by seal.ekin cues. ' • Yesterday morning, a Lady, who had beep re. sewing some money et Messrs. Hoare's, Bankers, in Fleet-street, had scarcely left the Office lets yards, before she discovered that her pocket-hook, containing thellank-notes she had just received, was gone ; and the discovery was instant, yet the light.figured ambulator had so dexterously again joined in the passing crowd, that it was impossible to discover him. Two young men, of the names of Fordham and Gibbons, wore drowned on Thursday evening whilst bathing below Kingston-bridge. They both resided in London, and were on a visit for a few days at Teddington. fordhans waded out of his depth, and called out for help. His comps. nion, who at this time was some, distance from, him; swam to. his assistance, and reached him, but the convulsive grasp of the drowning man prevented the escape of his companion, and both met their death. • A duel was to have taken place yesterday, in Cationhury field, betwixt a colonel and a Major of Dragoons, in consequence of e dispote arising from the former having struck a favourite dog be. longing to the letter. Information of the it', tended dpel had spread, and constables were in attendance to receive the parties"; but ilte'cimtle, Jaen returned to London, withput :slighting" (rein their Carriages, and are supposed. to have fought in another quarter in the course-of the day. • The girt who met with so serious an accident et. Somerset House, on Thursday evening , is name 4 • Hitchett ; her father resides at No. 15 , iq Exeter. Street, in the Strand, and is in the habit of going atiout the streets playing an organ. She is in the hospital of St. Bartholumew, in a most dreeriftit state, but still alieo. In the course of a very sudden squall,l4 river Thames, .about nine yesterday morning, it sading,lsint, bet weep Long Reach and Erith, coming up, with several persons oq board s es passengeri from an indiaman, was , suddooly drifted, upset, and three of the passengers lost . e their lives; the rest were picked up by the men qf. the Echo, from the 'West ladles. • • •We have the painful task of annoOneing an af. aiding event, wbich has plunged most worthy and respectable family in the"deepest distress...," David and 'John, sons of Michael Muirkeed, Esq. West India Merchant, in Glasgow, were drown. ed on Friday morning, on their cetera from Camp» bletun. to Greenock. David was in his 23d year, • 'John in hitt 10th. The Ciectonstances, We under. stand, arc as follow :—A party consisting of the. unfortenate'aufferera, their bro ther Michael, aged 12, and a Mr. Carlisle v ieft Campbleten-on Them. • A Last , in the packet. - Ott Friday morning, when of the Cunibraes it being calm, they all wept ' , into th e packet's yawl ; but a beerse springing ep, John bleithead *palled the rope to get qu board . again ; in doing this the rope got entangled about his body, end he was ip danger of being drawn overboard. The others, seeing his milieus sitna. , tion, rushed forward to disengage him, and thee threw the thole weight oq the bow of the boot, which instantly filled with water, and nearly up set. The whuje four young geoilemeo pitched overboard ; but the rope being- instantly cot, tho bolt soon ,righted, .and they were distinctly seen to cling tp her ; being all, however, ite one side, • the• boat again nearly upset, when BMW gad John Muirhead, having lost their hold, sunk to rise ne more.. Mr. Carlisle and Michael Muir., head, being nearest the stern, were enabled- to hold by . the genwale, till the packet tacked and took them on boacti...-(Glasgow rtsrer). • _ • 7 4 t7-'