The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-20 00:00:00

URT Particularly e Inhabit AVAIL S VAILS Frien )1. Wate riding ai I Tattersa Top C G . O i of Liver' vantages ROBT. ROBERTS Trousers onal Do. A Ibe: 3s. 9d. Pi the first cost of Tea and neighb, present.—F es, and D. MYERS from New The New I Pilot Wrapper Coats Cloth Great Coats, w , Cuffs Facings, &c., beautifully made Black, Blue, Inv r colour , a Plaic t Mixtur at can be produced, in Drab, Devonshire Fine Cas ched, and fitted beautifully to glish Styles Real Genoa Silk Velvet Vests cu velvet Waistcoats, of the And most beautiful designs.. £1 16 0 to 2 2 0 Shawl Vests, most Fashionable Patterns, English and French Fabrics £0 16 oto 1 8 0 t order at this Establishment will prove that it is ore moderate in prices than any respectable House )l, but that it is also conducted with precision and ,anal to any of the most noted Tailoring Esta ,snments of the West End of London. NAVAL AND MILITARY UNIFORMS, To the latest regulation. A variety of Top Coats, Macintoshes, and Waterproof Clothing, kept ready made. CONTRACTS. in Liverp attention £ll 14 0 15 4 0 18 10 0 21 0 0 Three Suits, any Colour Four Ditto; Ditto... Five Ditto, Ditto... Six Ditto, Ditto ......... Large Sizes Extra The old Suits to be returned. Me r chants and Captains supplied with Cl o thing suitable for any climate, at prices u nprecedented, owing to the now prevailing depression of Trade in the Manufacturing Dis- tricts. OBSERVE, 72, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL,-72. STOPPAGE OF THE BANK OF PARKER, SHORE, AND CO., OF SHEFFIELD. The Sheffield Independent of Saturday says ! " It is our deeply afflictive duty to announce the worst piece of local news that ever was published in Sheffield—the stoppage of the Old Bank of Messrs. Parker, Shore, and Co., that highly respected firm, who have earned and maintained, -until this time, a degree of public confidence such as no country bank ers have exceeded. The disastrous intelligence is conveyed . _ _ in following notice with the deepest regret that Messrs. Parker, and Co., announce to their much valued connection the public that, owing to the long-continued commercial .epression and the heavy losses which their banking-house has sustained in preceding years, they are under the neces '4v of suspending payment ; and they have also to announce cr editors of the house that immediate steps will be taken to bring their affairs to a close. Sheffield Bank, January 14th, 18432 " The She ffi eld Independent, published on Tuesday morn ing, contains the report of a meeting held at the Cutlers' Hall, and convened by the Master Cutler, to express the unabated confidence of the merchants, manufacturers, and Tin the stability of the other banks of the town. The meeting was held no Monday afternoon, and was at tended by the representatives of all the principal houses in Sheffi-1-1 Master Cutler having been called to the chair, ex tbe painful circumstances under which the meeting ;n convened, and said that resolutions had been pre . whi+ he trusted would be con- I dispassionate then rose to propos That this meeting deeply regrets the circum -I,ave compelled the Sheffield Old Bank of ..er, Shore, and Co., to suspend payment." Mr. _,,inery said, when they considered the character of _.s establishment, the oldest in Sheffield, the high reputa tion of the individuals who were partners in the firm, and the honourable manner in which they had conducted their busi ness, he believed that there was not an individual of the 100,000 inhabitants of the town but would cordially join in the expression of regret at the circumstance which had hap pened. It was a public calamity, and it was their duty to take such steps as would be likely . to prevent its being aggra ,ated by greater calamities that mght follow. The resolution was seconded by Samuel Hadfield, Esq. Thomas Dunn, Esq., in giving his cordial support to the passed a high eulogium on the honourable character partners of the bank, and the irreproachable manner ch they had conducted the concern. When the cir cumstances of Messrs. Parker, Shore, and Co. came to be laid before the public, it will be found that in no instanced had rude they deviated from a legitimate course of banking, in an ance d that their stoppageiwas not attributable to imprudence an of the partners in their own expenditure. that during the last ten or twelve years, Mr. Parker and Mr. Shore had advanced large sums to the bank, and it would also be found that during the whole of that time they had not taken out one penny either of capital or interest. He be lieved the stoppage had arisen, not from speculation or ex travagance on their part, but from the too groat ileniency they had at all times shown to the merchants and m the screw anufac turers of the town, and from not having put on tighter than they had done. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Messrs Montgc motion resolved, on the motion of William seconded by Alfred Sorby, Esq., " That in obviate any aggravation of this great calamity, by ssary distrust, we, the undersigned, hereby express Are and unabated confidence in all the banks at present g in Sheffield, viz. :—The Sheffield and Rotherham ng Company, Messrs. Rimington and Younge's Bank, heffield Banking Company, the Yorkshire District , the Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking CbmPanY, and heffield and Retford Banking Company ; and we pledge to take their notes as usual." f thanks was afterwards passed to the Master Cut udgment and promptitude he had shown in call 'g ; and a very general feeling of sympathy and -ssed towards Messrs. Parker and Shore, for had befallen them in common with a large Notwithstanding the ex uced on the first announcement of the stoppage shment, it is gratifying to find that there was indication of a pressure on the other banks in e demands upon them not having exceeded by few hundred pounds the usual amount. T he f the meeti----- • - of one amity wn llow-townsmen were signed in the coursi. se by upwards of 400 of the principal ni.- .eading firms of the town. A corresponden t, m Sheffield on Tuesday evening, says, " This ca ffair will be very severely felt at the present time arsons both in and out of business. Messrs. Par ore's being the oldest bank in She ffi eld, they had greatest number of private accounts, such as the gs of old servants, trust affairs, and others of a similar A commission in bankruptcy will be opened in a few xys, when further particulars will be made known." The Manchester Guardian states that the claims upon the tablishment amount to £600,000, and the present assets to about £725,000. —Keep your store of smiles and your kindest gs for home ; give to the world onll those which are ,pare.—The Prism of Thought. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—On Wednesday last, at Bing- Seed and Co. of Addingham cotton spinners, summoned before the magistrates charged with having •!ember 22nd employed Betty. Greenwood on the night 'ay, for having employed Ann Brayshaw on the night 1, for employing Mary Brear on Christmas day ! Sarah Smith more than 12 hours on the same . having false entries in their time book on the sting they gave up at half-past seven in the evening 24th. It was distinctly proved on enquiry that Betty rood, aged 17, had worked from Thursday morning kfast time till twelve at noon, and then went out and d at four and worked tall twelve at midnight, then b rea kf a st time on Friday Morning, and a ll twelve, went out till 7 p.m, and worked all Saturday, and the whole of the night until Sunday 1 ! In the case of Alice hoarse-Moorvill, it was shown 14 h a ve worked the same Messrs gain at as Betty Green on, which compelled her to go home • It was proved also by a at the mill on i but f o'clocic arday morning rl workip amed Curtis, that I .nd asked why four o ter was at won( airs of th s: Mr. T, auired w reaten ling she did not come borne of a mil g three-quar nt to the mill to enquire i. .., 3e staid so long, as it in the afternoon artoer, who told! might have her if 1 here mention that f Addingham,li viliage er home at ihre s same Mr. Threl ked where 1: t business he had there m down e stairs assails. z to go to the bo tturn, and also. The is the wor st a s made st ill wring the year. in bond. t COMPANY, rings,—Top of Dale-street 72, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL. ER F A SHIONS. TOP COATS. kTENT WATERPROOF TATTERSALLS, TAGLI ONIS, CHESTERFIELDS, D'ORSAYS, & MANY OTHER NEW STYLES OF TOP •COATS FOR TLEMEN 'ET CAT ESTABLISHMENT, -.:MEN'S TAILORING, AND NAVY IND ARMY OUTFITTING, 72, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL. DANIEL MYERS, tOUSERS MAKER AND TAILOR, himself of this opportunity of informing I Public hat he has just completed env% wwri+l, .v 5...,. Veb ot1;01T10111P .emen's first-class Dress, consis Tproof Beavers, Waterproof Plaic 1 Kerseys, and lAlbertTweeds,Constitutionals 1 Tweeds, fo splendid Black and Blue Kerseys, and Double-milled Cassimeres, for Gentlemen's Trousers, land Broad Cloths , first Makers in warran t for the y important part of Gentlemen's on ; and those Gentlemen who I t of D. MYERS'S Tailoring ave not acknowledge this great Dement, both in fit, style a snbriiitting - the following list of prices, begs fends and most respectable Connexions, that 3 at his Establishment are selected from the ses in England and Paris ; that no Job or defective are manufactured entirely rated, and that terproof Tattersall 1 1 0 1 6 0 I and Stitched it, Tweed, or Beaver ( Silk Velvet Col- 3 18 0 3 10 0 3 0 0 0 15 0 0 18 0 1 4 0 1 6 0 1 10 0 1 10 0 ids and (Mr, a own overlooker till three o known navi“, av evening, and ker away at on Sunday morn duty to the public, if did not convict him in six full penalties of £2O each, and £5. for working on Christmas day ; making altogether a fina of one hun,dred and twenty-five pounds.—Halifa x Guardian. should not g their shipmap Fbi I Wales, the purser; up on the booms, ai Mr. Wales's A. court c that a conspiracy 'at spencer had had asked him, Kenzie himself t Lieut formec !sae' ; that Mid the plot to Mr. mulled him while :d to kill a s greatlyexcited. but. with admira cited full y of the conspiracy, pencer pencer 'e me for tampering with yen fidelity." Wales ref forgive you from the LI, overc —vine with emotion, " I do bottom of my heart, and I hope God do." Wales was weeping, and Spencer, in nnall at the gangway. He extended his h.and Small, forgive me, for having brought you i nto Small answered, " No, by I can o , Spenc pencer repeated his request. Small sai d ask that of me after having brow ght me to od, and shall there know must forgive me, I can and asked him not to Ve shall soon be before GI Spencer said, " Yoi I went to Six iot die without it." cherish any resentments at such a time, and to forgive him. He relented, held out his hand to Spencer, and said, " I do forgive you, and may God forgive you also." Small addres- sink the crew, said, " Shipmates and topmates, take warning by my example. I never killed a man, but only said that I would do it, and for that lam about to die. Going into a Guineaman brought me to this. Take warning, and never go into a Guineaman." Turning to Spencer, he said, " I am ready to die, are you ?" Cromwell's last words were— " Tell my wife that I die innocent ; 1 die an innocent man." From the appearance of this man in assuming to be innocent, it would seem • that Spencer took all risk of the affair, and Cromwell intented to profit by it. I placed myself where I could take in the whole deck with my eye. Spencer had leave to give the word ; but no word was given by him. He finally said he could not give the word, and wished me to do it. The word was accordingly given, and the execu ti on took If it be deemed that I have had any merit for the pre servation of the Somers from the treacherous toils by which she was surrounded, both since and before her departure from the United States,- I respectfully beg that it may accrue without reserve to my nephew, Mr. Perry, and that he be placed in the situation left vacant by the death of Mr. Spen cer. I pledge myself for the entire faithfulness and zeal with which he will discharge its duties. For myself, I only ask that whatever may be thought of the services rendered "to the flag of my country, which should be the first considered, my own honour may also meet with , due consideration, I only ask that I may not be deprived of my command until I am found to be unworthy of it. ALEXANDER SLIDELL M'KENZIE * Perhaps this is an extreme and erroneous opinion, and no just; but I am merely stating facts which passed on the occasion. THE BRAZILS ae pit. After she had left the spot he examined the pit, , d found the, dead bodies. Happily the crime of child Inur- Aer is rare in Wales, and in this instance the perpetrators only under- have for some time past borne very questionable characters. cod his case, but could suit his grace to it. He begged The elder prisoner is in custody, but as yet she is too ill to tat I would forgive him. I told him I did most sin- be removed to the gaol.—The Welshman. DESPERATE ASSAULT.—On Tuesday evening the turn key of Kirkaldy gaol entered a cell in which were confined two prisoners —one for sheepstealing and another for some other theft—for the purpose of giving them supper. As is usual, he locked the door, and instantly one of them seized him by the throat and bore him backwards. Recovering himself, he struck the fellow a blow on the head with the key which knocked him senseless on the floor. Immediately the other prisoner seized him in the same manner. • A severe struggle ensued, when the noise the combatants made reach ing the gaoler, he came running to the door, and the turn key having got his knee upon his opponent's breast, while he held him down by the throat with his left hand, opened the door with the other and admitted the gaoler. The prisoners were then secured and laid in irons. There can be no doubt that the object they had in view was to effect their escape, and certainly the turnkey deserves great praise for the in trepid manner in which he resisted them.—Caledonian Mer cury. DESPERATE AFFRAY Wllll POACHERS.—On Friday night, the Gth instant, the butler of Sir Benj. Hall, Bart., hearing the report of a gun in the preserves, summoned the keepers and assistants, and went in pursuit of the parties. On arriving within a field or two of the place whence the sound was heard, they met two men on the turnpike-road, whom they accused of having been shooting. On attempting to take them into custody a fearful conflict took place, the men using the butts of their guns, knocking about them right and left. The head keeper and an assistant were both knocked down and much bruised. One of the men made his escape, and the other, Joseph Bailey, was even t ua ll y captured, after resisting until he had been repeatedly knocked down. The prisoner was examined before Mr. E. H. Phil lips and the Rev. Dr. Jones, but, being too much injured to be brought to the station-house, the magistrates kindly went to the White Lion, Pontypool, where the prisoner was in bed, and, after hearing the evidence, fully committed him to Monmouth gaol to take his trial for a misdemeanour. The prisoner gave his name " Joseph Bailey," but he is also known as " Joseph Jones." He is a powerful man , and evidently possesses co ns id era bl e courage.—MonmouthMer lin. MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND.— Edward Jones, of Knockroghery, had been out on some night last week, and when he came home he found his wife in bed. He called her, and though awake, she did not answer him, as she saw a hatchet in his hand, and they had not been for some days before on good terms. When she did not answer he struck her with the hatchet on the arm, which he broke ; gave her another blow on the head, and fractured her skull, and a third on the shoulder, with the sharp part of the hatchet, and cut through the shoulder blade. He then went to the police barrack, and gave himself up to the guard, whom he told he was after killing his wife. There was no man in the barrack at the time but the guard, and, after staying a short time, he thought to get away—whether it was he got sorry for having given himself up, or that he wanted, as he alleged, to kill her outright, as he did not think he finished her.• The policeman would not permit him to de part, a scuffle ensued, but the policeman, after a severe struggle, succeeded in retaining him. He was next morning brought before a magistrate, who committed him to Ros common jail. The poor woman lingered till yesterday, when she died in great torture. Jealousy is said to be the cause which urged Jones to commit this fearful crime. A verdict of wilful murder has been returned against the wretched man, who has been committed for trial. He had a property of £lOO per year in the town of Galway.—Athlone Sentinel. MURDER OF Two INFANTS.—APPREHENSION OF THE MURDERESS.—A young woman of the name of Margaret Hughes, aged about 20, has been committed to our county gaol for trial at the . assizes, charged with being accessory to the wilful murder of her mother's twin illegitimate children in the parish of Llauon. The mother is a widow named Margaret Hughes, and is about 46 years of age. and has re cently been delivered of two unfortunate babes, for the mur der of whom she is now, with her daughter, in custody. The father of the children is supposed to be a respectable farmer iu the neighbourhood, a married man, having a family, and f • horrid deed was perpetrated by throwing the infants into a deep pit, in which place they were found quite dead. Suspicion attaching to both prisoners, a surgeon ex iriained the bodies, and declared that they were born alive, knd were fine healthy children. The parties were therefore tharged before the magistrates, and committed to. take their vial for wilful murder. The bodies were discoiered by a abouring man who was hedging near the pit, and whose uspicions were excited by the extreme anxiety which the .ctes were equal to all his wants. He I tl from the Prayerbook, and asked I a gain if I thought his repentance would be accepted, saying d - • -- -hart_ I told him God noo• iat his time was Her Majesty's brig Express, Lieut. Herrick, commander, reached Falmouth on Sunday night with mails from the Bra zils, after having encountered the full violence of the hurricane on Thursday and Friday last. It is described as having been most awful. The Express left Rio de Janeiro on the 27th of November, and has come home direct, having on freight gold and other treasure valued at £40,000. The arrival at Rio of the Right Hon. Henry Ellis, by the Salamander steam-frigate, on a special mission to the Emperor upon his marriage, had caused a good deal of speculation in the mercantile circles as to what concessions it was contemplated to make to induce the Bra zils to conclude a treaty with us. The presentation of the right hon. gentleman took place on the 19th, when his Excellency was received with the honours paid to an ambassador. His Excellency addressed His Imperial Majesty, in French, to the fallowing effect : " Sire,—The Most urgent duty with which I am intrusted, and that which I conceive to be the most important, is to ex press, in language befitting the occasion, the unvarying sen timents of friendship and esteem which animate my august Sovereign towards your Imperial Majesty. My royal mis tress continues to entertain the most sincerc wishes for the happiness of your Imperial Majesty, and for the prosperity of the empire of Brazil. Actuated by these sentiments, my august Sovereign has deigned to honour me with an extra ordinary and a special mission to your Imperial Majesty, and I have the honour to present my credentials to your Imperial Majesty. " I venture to hope that your Imperial Majesty will find in this mission an additional and a most powerful assurance of the friendship of my royal mistress, and a proof of the im portance which she attaches to the maintenance of those friendly and reciprocally advantageous relations which have for so many years subsisted between the two countries. " I am further intrusted by my royal mistress with a letter of congratulation to your imperial Majesty upon the occasion of the marriage which your Imperial Majesty has recently contracted with her Royal Highness the Princess Theresa of Sicily, and I venture to solicit your Imperial Majesty to grant me a private audience, that I may have the honour of pre senting the letter from my royal mistress. __ _ . . THE LATE HURRICAM DREADPUL LOSS OP LIFT (From Monday'B London Standard.) By the kindness of Captain King, of the General Steam Navigation Company's packet Harlequin, which arrived from Boulogne late last night, we are in receipt of the fol lowing- melancholy intelligence :—The ship Conqueror, of 800 tons, from Calcutta, Captain Gibbon, got stranded near Etaples, about ten o'clock on Friday, and during the night she went to pieces; captain, crew, and passengers (said to be 69), all perished, with the exception of one midshipman. Near the same place, and at the same ti me , a S we di s h ship was wrecked, and all hands drowned. Also an English fruit-vessel (name not known) was lost near Boulogne ; all perished. Also a schooner, from Wisbeach to Dieppe, loaded with linseed and oats ; ship a total wreck ; crew saved. FURTHER PARTICULARS The Conqueror, a fine vessel of 600 tons, belonging to Mr. Richard Green, of the firm of Wigram and Green, bound from Calcutta to London, and commanded by Capt. Duggan, after beating about in the channel during the heavy gale on Friday night, was driven on shore, off Lorel, a small town on the French coast, only six miles distant from Mirlemont (where the Reliance struck), at about half-past ten o'clock p.m., and almost immediately went to pieces, every soul on board being. lost, with the exception of a boy named Henry Abchurch, one of the cuddy servants. The crew consisted of about 45 seamen, exclusive of officers, and the vessel had no less than 18 passengers on board, including Mrs. Thomp son (the wife of an East India captain), and Mrs. Jenkins, both of whom were accompanied by a family of four children, and three officers of the united services. The ship was freighted with a valuable cargo of silk and general mer chandise : and it is supposed that she must have suffered severely from the late hurricanes, and become unmanageable as she neared the channel. No authentic statement of the circumstances has yet been received from the poor boy, who is the only one saved. He is under th e care o f M r. Hamil ton, her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Boulogne, and will remain for the melancholy purpose of identifying any bodies that may come ashore. A letter - - o the wreck was rece i ve d yesterday A. Adam, the agent at Boulogne. Of the entire cargo on l y morning by a M nn r. - i iic . :i- D ng obson, secretary to Lloyd' s , f rom M r. a few puncheons of rum have as yet been recovered.- The accompanied him. Mr. wreck is entirely gone to pieces. Mr. Green, th e owner, de spatched his agent last evening to Lorel, fo r th e purpose o f i p n r -law h m is rs p . ro T pe h r o t n y l , p a s n o d n , C a a n p d ta i o n t T he h r om c p o s n o n n e , x t io h n e s br o o f th t e h r e dc eas - unceasingly engaged o n th e spot. e i Hamiltonpa seng hasers , been The Conqueror was built at Newcastle, and purchased only fast year by Mr. Green. Captain Duggan was an ex perienced officer, formerly in the company's service, and had made several voyages to India. The first officer's name is Mr. Harvey. The following is a correct list of the passengers :—Mrs. Thompson and four children, Mrs. J. Jenkins and four chil dren, Mrs. Major Johnson, Mrs: Turton, Major Johnston, Mr. Marshall, Lieutenant Marshall, Captain Milner, Master Blake, and Master Reeves. A private letter dated Boulogne, January 14, gives the following particulars :—" I beg to inform you, that an East Indiaman, of 600 tons, came ashore, near Etaples, this morn ing. It is reported that eighty persons were aboard, of whom some where soldiers, their wives and children; only one person has been saved; but he is in such a deplorable state as not to be able to afford any information. A Nor wegian, laden with salt and oranges, from St. Übes, become a total wreck within four miles of this port; the crew is lost. When this vessel came ashore at low water assistance was Offered from the shore, but the crew would not abandon the vessel ; when it was impossible to receive any, as the tide was coming up, they requested assistance ; it was then too late to render them any. A colli er i s a l so a tota l wreck in this neighbourhood. ' About the same period a Swedish vessel was wrecked near the same spot, and all hands perished ; and also an English fruit vessel with the wh6le of her crew. Three other vessels were also wrecked, and the crew of one of them drowned. AWFUL LOSS OF LIFE-EIGHTY MEN DROWNED. (From the Dublin Evening Mail of Monday.) It has seldom fallen to our lot to record so melancholy a catastrophe as that which will be found detailed in the follow ing statement, being an extract from a letter this morning received from a private correspondent at Dundrum, in the county of Down. Eighty poor fishermen have fallen victims to the snow-storm of , Friday, many of them leaving widows and helpless families to deplore their loss, and mourn ove r the untimely fate of b ro th ers, fathers, husbands, and other relatives : " DUNDRUM, 15TO JANUARY, 1843—THREE O'CLOCK, P.M.—Friday morning was so very fine that almost all the boats from Newcastle to Analong went out to their fishing in the bay, where they had quite an uncommon take of fish. About noon it came on to blow, with snow. Up to this hour there are, I believe, seven boats from Newcastle and four Nur Analong missing. They were skiffs, manned with about six hands each. Some of them were seen to go down by the crews of the boats which got in. One made Killough, and sold five or six and twenty shillings worth of fish there; in fact, I believe they were all heavily loaded. One boat drifted in with two dead men in it. I think they reckon on a loss of 48 souls at Newcastle, and about 30 at Analong, or 80 altogether; but I do not pretend to give you an official or authentic account of the numbers, only what appears to be the best and least exaggerated. You can easily picture the state of the unfortunate widows and children along the coas It is the most afflicting event that has ever occurred in th quarter. The Ulster Times, published at Belfast, gives the follow ing further particulars of this distressing calamity : Ten of the yawls or row boats, belonging to Newcasth and it is believed six to Analong, proceeded to their usu: employment of fishing, the morning being beautifully fin( indeed, so much so, that they went many miles out to see their crews little suspecting the awful doom that awaite them, the weather indicating, to the most exper'enced ii nautical affairs, the most favourable day. Alas ! hot treacherous and deceptive such prognostics ; for the win, veered in an incredibly short time from due S. Co N.W. an W., accompanied by a tremendous snow storm, blowin, terrifically, and piercingly cold. The consternation ant anxiety which soon followed, may in some degree b imagined; but to convey an idea of the misery and afflictio; which was d e pi c t e d i n nearly every countenance, defies al power of descripti on. Th e s hrieks an d cr i es of wives parents, brothers, and sisters, running to and fro, abso lutely frantic with despair, for the dreaded fate of those at nearly and dearly connected with them, was truly heart rending. Reckless of the inclement weather, they sought it every sea -ward direction for the consoling return of their re• latives and friends, but how few the number to whom this happiness was afforded ?—for, out of the ten boats which left Newcastle harbour on that morning, but three returned, tht crews of which having had the most miraculous escape, art left to mourn over the fate of forty-seven of their unfortu. nate companions,that being the number belonging to this: small village alone, which have by this disaster met a watery grave. It is computed that from twelve to twenty of those are married, and all, or nearly so, leaving families, and m any of them large, t o no t on ly deplore their unti me ly d eat h , b ut to encounter the additional calamity of inevitable poverty. And to this catalogue of suffering and woe may be added, that many a son that day perished who was the sole support afid comfort of an aged and helpless parent. Nearly every cottage of the humble classes presents a scene of the most painful and distressing sorrow. Between Analong and Newcastle, twenty-seven other lives have been lost in the same way; and, what renders it the more pitiable is, that some of the persons on shore, perceiving the exertions of their friends at sea unavailing to make head against the storm, the poor brave fellows manned a boat, with ten picked able men, and launched her amidst every danger, in the hope of saving their fellow creatures' lives; but, shocking to relate, they never returced, having perished in the laudable and perilous attempt to render assistance to their perishing neighbours. Such daring efforts deserved a better fate. The crews of some of the boats being unable to row any longer, it is conjectured, owing to excessive cold and exhaustion, cast anchor ; but many were soon washed over board : one was found quite dead, having foundered ; and two others shared the same fate, from a similar cause, a short time after being brought ashore. Thus, in one day, and within a distance of six miles, seventy-four fellow-ereatures have met a watery-grave,— forty-seven belonging to Newcastle, and twenty-seven to An nalong and its vicinity. There is a coincidence in many respects, of a very melan choly and remarkable nature attached to this unhappy cir cumstance, which is, that, on the 10th of this very month, twenty-nine years ago, forty fishermen belonging to the same places were drowned—thirteen to Newcastle, and twenty-seven to Annalong—being the same number lost now of the late, and by a snow-storm also, there being but three days difference in the day of the month ; so that, the snow storm, the month, and the amount of lives lost in one of the places, bear the most perfect similitude. Among the numerous casualities and accidents resulting from the awful snow storm of Friday night last, the following melancholy case occurred :—A respectable old farmer, named Isaac Macfarlane, and his wife, aged respectively, 63 and 60 years, were returning from the market of this town, with their horse and cart, on the above evening, to their place of residence in the neighbourhood of Collin mountain, about six or seven miles from Belfast. As the did not reach home at the usual time, their eldest daughter, who managed the household affairs, supposed they had stopped at their son-in law's house, a few miles from the town, and she and the re mainder of the family, consisting in all of thirteen children went to bed. The daughter had some warrant for coming to this conclusion, as one of her brothers, who had gone to school the same evening, did not come back—the teacher having kept him at his own house, on account of the storm. Next morning, the young woman alluded to, went out to see about the lad, and at some distance from the house, she saw her father's horse sta n di ng beside the- cart, out of which tht animal had struggled during the night, and disengaged itself; and a little farther on, the poor girl discovered her father and mother lying on the ground, locked in each other's arms, ano quite dead! From all we have heard of this truly lamentable affair, it would appear that the old couple had been riding in the cart, and that such was the intensity of the cold, and the severity of the storm, that the horse could not brave it, and they had both got out of the cart to endeavour to make their way to their own house, when they were overpowered by fatigue and the numbness and stupor which usually accompany severe gold ; and, in this state it is probable they had lain down where they unhappily perished. During that night, and the succeeding morning, the snow in many places was six to eight eet deep, but where the bodies were found it might have been )erhaps about three deep. The affectionate, but unfortunate, ;ouple had succeeded in getting into their own farm, and were within about 200 yards of the dwelling-house, when death overtook them. The old man held about one hundred acres of land, and resided beyond Collin, in one of the bleake parts of that mountainous district " Permit me, Sire, to assure your Imperial Majesty of my profound respect, and that my efforts will be constantly di rected to obtain the Satisfaction and approval of your Imperial Majesty." The reply of His Imperial Majesty was as follows : " You may assure your august Sovereign, that this addi tional proof of her friendship is very gratifying, and is highly esteemed by me." _ The private audience solicited by his Excellency is, we understand, appointed for the 2d proximo. The exchange at Rio was 26i, on the packet sailing, and she left there Commodore Purvis in the Alfred frigate. Advices from Tunis of the 20th ult., published by the Journal des Debuts, announce that the Bev had, of his own free will, proclaimed the freedom of the children of slaves hereafter born in the regency. A fortuitous circumstance led to the adoption of that measure. A black family, doomed to be sold separately, had taken refuge in the house of M. de Lagau, the Consul-General of France, and claimed his protection. The next morning M. de Lagau waited ou the Bey, and his highness was so moved by the painful picture which the consul drew of the wretched fate which awaited that family that, after interrogating the father and mother, he ordered his minister to purchase them and treat them with the greatest kindness, and then, turning to their child. he told him that he was free, and solemnly declared that all the children who should hercatter be born in the regency should be free. This decision was immediately promulgated, and was to be strictly executed. FATAL ACCIDENTS.—The following loss of life took place at Grangemouth one evening last week. A sailor who had been on shore, in going along a plank to return to the vessel. which was lying in the canal, accompanied by a young wo man, happened to lose his balance, and, catching bold of the girl, both unfortunately fell into the water. An old woman who was near the spot at the time of the accident gave the alarm, and, it is reported, rushed into the water to lend her feeble aid to save the drowning couple. The captain of the vessel also plumed into the water for the same humane pur pose, but perished. Exertions were now made by several people to remove the bodies from the water. The captain was taken out lifeless. The bodies of the girl and sailor were taken out clasped in each other's arms. The poor old woman was taken out alive, but is not expected to survive.— Caledonian Mercury. ACCIDENT AND NARROW ESCAPE.—On Saturday even ing two coke trains, on the Midland Company Railway, came in collision, near Derby, and one of the engi nes an d severa l carriages were smashed. It appears, that the first coke en gine, owing to some defect, could not get along : the conse quence was, that a second coke train overtook it, and, not withstanding the guard of the first train exhibited the signals, the second train ran into them, and a fearful collision oc curred. The guard of the first train sprang off just as the second came upon them. The engine was smashed and now lies on the line. On Friday, as a Nottingham train was getting away from the station, a North Midland lugg age t ra i n came up from the north, and nothing but the extraordinary presence of the points' man prevented a frightful calamity. Seeing the danger, he reversed the point, and sent the passen. ger train on to another line just as the luggage train came up to the junction. Had a collision taken place, the passenger train must have gone over the embankment, perhaps into the river. s, capture the 'ull ditails of his ,ent of his object. and mentioned tl dapted for the atta ants to capture the brig, Spencer stated in wine of a rare value, which United States First-Co. to a lacg, amount ariosity N I ble coolness, he and took the oath of secrecy proposed by S iculars I Mr. Wales N of the or vert her into a pirate plan, which were well As one of the inducer that a box, supposed to con was on board, and had been present from t 3d trea ltion to ca I Mom ssel to the Isle of I uf his (Spencer's) associates, who bad been 1 piratical business, had been before ; to attack no yes they were not sure to capture ; to destroy every vestis nes, where z in the I the captured yes I as might be seful, and after using Spencer afterw .. _ r __ plan of his intended pr( Med that I em, to dispose of them had a full and minute cravat. After this in- to Mr. Wales if I what had passed. On receiving this information, I was di_ posed to treat it with ridicule. The project was so monstrous that I could only suppose that SAP' -- ' I regarded it ac had been boat ap was ex- arts, and asking the surgeon latter had jokingly a Spencer passed the following day as usu sked if Spencer had any a the corner of ti a small piece of paper, occasic as observed examin- lly working ..nknife on i piece of a tail of a devil-fish with 1 ..,......... aad fashioned a ring for his cravat. He had also got love-devices wrought on his arm by one of the crew, and had been inquiring respecting the rate of his chronometer. - cret conference with Crom ie had been likewise seen in cell and Small. He had given tr rid he had also given tobacco to the appren efiance of the orders of the Navy Department wn repeated orders. He bad also caused tl to sever of the crew, !s, in direct nd of my ward to steal brandy from the storeroom, and had himself ,ot drunk when be could escape observation. He was also in the habit of amusing the crew by making mus ic with his jaw. On some occasions Spencer loaded the commander of the Somers with blasphemous vituperation. He on one oc casion drew the picture of a brig with n black title, and asked some of the crew what they thought of that, telling them at the same time that the brig could be easily captured. He also inspected the band of midshipman Rogers, told his for tune, and predicted his early and violent death. These cir cumstances led me to regard the information 1 received from Lieutenant Gansevoort in a much more serious light, and recalled to my mind all I have known of the past career of Mr. Spencer. When he reported himself to me in New York, I at once gave him my hand and a courteous welcome on board the Somers. I beard afterwards that he had been dismissed from the Brazil squadron on account of drunken ness and other improper Conduct, and this made me very desirous that he should be dismissed from the brig, on ac count of the young men who were to sail with me, two of whom were connected with myself by blood, two of them by alliance, and all four placed under my immediate care. The circumstance of *his being the son of an officer high in the government enhanced his baseness in my estimation, and made me more de , irotts to get rid of him. Having beard that he would be willing to join the Grampus, I desired Lieutenant Gansevoort to state to Mr. Spencer that, if he would apply to Commodore Perry to detach him from the Somers, I would second his application. The application was accordingly made and I seconded it, earnestly urging that it might be granted in order to secure the comfort of the young officers. Commodore Perry, how ever, declined to detach Midshipman Spencer. I observed that Spencer was in the habit of associating little with the other officers, but that he was continually intimate with the crew. He was often in the habit of joking with them, and smiling whenever he met them with a smile never known but on such occasions ; and I had frequently observed in him a strange flashing of the eye. In the evening 1 gave orders to Mr. Perry, my clerk, to have all the officers to come aft upon the quarter-deck. When they were brought up I approached Spencer and addressed him thus :—" I understand, Sir, that you aspire to the command of the Somers." With a defe rential air he replied, " Oh, no, Sir !" " Did you not," said I, " tell Mr. Wales that you had a mutinous project on foot —that you intended to kill the commander and the officers of the Somers, and such of the crew as you could not seduce to your plans, and to enter upon a course of piracy ?" " I may have told him something like it," he replied, "but it was only in joke." " You admit, then, that you told him of such a plan ?" "Yes, Sir." " This, Sir," I continued, " you must know is joking upon a forbidden subject. This joke, Sir, may cost you your life. Be pleased, Sir, to re move your neckerchief." He did so. I took it and opened it, but there was nothing in it. I asked him what he had done with the paper that was in it ? " The paper," he said, " which had been in it contained my da , and I destroyed it." "It is_a strange place. ' s work ' said 1, ' keep Iyoiar accounts." He acquiesced with . an air Of the greatest deference and blandness. I said to him, " Your design was to make yourself commander of this vessel. You must have been aware that you could compass it only by and over the dead bodies of all You had laid out for yourself, passing over t the officers of Ch... . It is my duty to confine you." Turning to Lieutenant Gansevoort, I said, " Arrest Mr, Spencer, and place him in double irons." Lieutenant Ganse voort stepped forward, and received from Mr. Spencer his sword. Mr. Spencer was then ordered to sit down; he did so. Double irons were then put upon him, as were also handcuffs, for the sake of greater security. I directed Lieutenant Ganse voort to place a watch over Mr. Spencer, and to give orders to put him to instant death if he was detected in speaking or hold -. 1y dead body, the Some/ !al to do Sir, a g ny communication wit'', ny of the cr pencer they proved to contain the plan for the proposed mutiny. There was a list of the different members of the crew, some of whom were marked certain and others doubtful • some were marked to be kept at all events, and others to be destroyed. Those were designated who were the various departments; others to do the work of murder in and the stations of all were assigned. The following day was Sunday, and after supper I determined to arrest Crom well. I asked him about the conversation he had had with Spencer. He denied that it was he, and said, "It was not me, sir; it was Small." (Cromwell was the tallest man on board the vessel, and Small the shortest.) Cromwell was immediately put in irons. Small being thus accused by an associate, was also ironed. The next morning, the 28th of November, I addressed the crew. The effect of my address on them was various. Many of them seemed delighted at their narrow delivery, and others seemed struck with horror at the thought of the terrible danger they had escaped. Some seemed overwhelmed with terror at the anticipation of punishment that awaited them ; others were overcome by thoughts of returning home, and wept profusely at the men tion of the friends they hoped so soon to set The day after Spencer's tobacco was stopped his spirits gave way. He would sit for a long time with his face buried in his cloak, and when he raised his head his face was bathed in tears. He was touched by the kind attention of Mr. Gansevoort. He told him that he was not then in a state to speak of any thing, but that he would the next day tell him all—would answer any question that might be put to him. On Tuesday there was reason to fear, that on that very night a rescue would be attempted. I considered the imminent peril which hung over the lives of the officers and crew. I thought of the seas traversed in every direction by merchantmen, un armed and defenceless. I thought of what was due to the interests of commerce, to the safety of the lives of thousands upon the deep, to the sanctity of the American flag intrusted to my care, and to my own honour. I took counsel with the first lieutenant and all my officers. On the Ist of December the first lieutenant presented me with a letter, in which the officers said, " We are convinced, that in the existing state of things it will be impossible to carry the prisoners to the United States: We think that safety for our lives and honour to the flag entrusted to our charge requires that the prisoners be put to death, as the course best cal culated to make a salutary impression upon the rest of the crew." In the necessity of my position I found my law. I judged of the characters whom I could trust, and determined to arm them. I ordered preparations also to be made for the execution of the three. All hands were called to witness the punishment. The whips were arranged, the officers were stationed about the deck: and the petty officers were directed to cut down every one who should let go his whip or fail to haul when ordered. I put on my full uniform. came on deck, and proceeded to ex ecute the most painful duty that ever devolved upon any officer in the American navy—the announcement to the •. . soners of pr, Spencer and said to him — Mr. Spencer, without provoca,._ slightest offence. You intended to kill n. • while I was buried in sleep, without .-Lion, v bout cause or the .ended tr I suddenly, in the -ried in sleep giving me a sin gle moment to sen d one word or anection to my wife, one prayer to God for her welfare. Your life is now forfeited, an d the necessity of the case compels me to take it. Ido not intend, however, to imitate you in the mode of claiming the s acrifice. If there be in your breast one feeling true to natur e, you will be grateful for the premature disclosure of your horrible designs. You surely ought to be thankful that you have been prevented from the terrible deeds you medi tated. If you have any word to send to your father, any satisfaction to express to him - that you were not allowed to become a pirate, as you ought to do, you will have ten mi nutes granted in which to write it. Spencer seemed over come with emotion. He burst into a flood of tears, sank on his knees, and said he was not fit to die. I repeated to him t h e catechism, and begged him to offer sincere prayers for the Divineforgivepess. I recommended to him the English Prayerbook, assuring him that he would find in it something suited to all his necessities. Cromwell fell upon his knees, protesting his innocence, and invoking the name of his wife. Spencer declared that Cromwell was innocent, and begged that this might be believed. This, I confess, staggered me; but the evidence of his guilt was conclusive. 1 told Spen cer, Cromwell had said of him and another person, that there was a " fool on one side, and a knave or, the other," and told him that Cromwell would have allowed him live only so long as he could have made him useful to himself. This roused him, and from that time he said no more of Cromwell's innocence. Subsequently circum stances induced me to believe that Spencer wished to save him, probably from the hope that he would yet get possession of the vessel, carry out his original design, and effect his rescue. He wished, at the same time, to persuade me that Small was only an alias for some one else on his list— though this was proved to be false. Small alone was the one we bad set down as the poltroon of the three; yet he re ceived the announcement of his fate with He was asked what preparations he Risl. said he had none : " Nobody cares for mt poor old mother, and I would r.“- great composure what has become of me," I returned to Spencer. tie said he " feared this would injure his father." Had you suc ceeded," I replied. " Lue injury you would have done him have been much greater." If it had been possibl take him home, as I at first intended, I told would have it at clear, as in America ends would always be c] jan with money and a would injure his father course an He said that :t again home and be Ad attempted the same thing on board the John Adams and the Potomac, but bad been unsuccessful. Be asked if I had not exaggerated the danger? _I said "No ; that his at- attempts to corrupt the crew had been too widely successful; :hat I knew of the existence of the conspiracy, but did not • -- " Spencer asked for a Bible and id, " I'm a Low how_eAtensiv Prayerbook ; they cv( )ehever,_ but do you yen to him. li my repentance will be ac- epted ?" I called old him that God', neeled down and he added and asked if I had Anne laid, he thought !cl ine." Sr r asked to See M; " Wales, I hor our manner . Wales. I 11 about it.' LIMERICK We have to add to the total loss of the Pladda, hence to Glasson-dock, on the coast of Donegal. Her cargo was 1,091 barrels of wheat, 431 barrels of oats, and 294 barrels of beans, F. Spaight ; and what will be learned with much re gret is the loss of the Lansdowne, a new and handsome model of.a schooner, built at Mr. Russell's Patent Slip, in this port, and returning from Liverpool, when driven on the Scottish coast, where she went to pieces. Several pieces of timber were seen off the Kilkee coast in the last week, but the weather was so boisterous it could not be ascertained if they constituted part of a w reck.—Limerick Chronicle. SLIGO The schooner Tampico, Gregg, of 'Workington, laden with wheat. oats, and beans, from Limerick, and bound for Glassondock, after having been on her beam ends, and lost binnacle, with compasses, 84e,, was runn i ng f or this harbour on the night of the sth inst ant, in a thick shower, struc k on liarbowling, near Roughl e y Point, and became a total wreck. The master and two of th e crew were saved by a b oat w hi c h put off from the Roughley pilot station. Four of the sailors were drowned. Two of the bodies were washed ashore at Roughley, and an inquest, held by Alexander Burrows, Esq., on them. The following evidence was given :—Thomas Curry, sailor, who, being duly sworn, saith, that he was foremast man on board the schooner Tampico, bound from Limerick to Glassondock, from which port (Tarbet Roads) he sailed in said vessel, on T uesday, the 2d January i nstan t, with a carg o o f w heat, oa t s , and beans, an d that on the second day after leaving Tarb e t R oads the vesse l sustained During the storm on Friday morning the new mill belong ing to Mr. Ashby, on Warlingham-common, was struck by the lightning, an d severely injured. The electric fluid en tered at the top of the mill, and passed completely down the building, conducted by th e c h ain which is used to lift the grain and flour from the bottom to the top. The chain, which is of considerable substance, was broken into between thirty and forty pieces, and exhibited the appearance as though it had been subjected to the action of a very fierce fire. One of the sails of the mill was also shattered to pieces and thrown a considerable distance, and the ma i n b eams of the buildin g were lik ew i se very muchl shaken, but fortunately they did not ignite. The whole of the men employed had Dnly a few minutes before left to get their breakfasts. TIIE COTTON TRADE _AND MANUFACTURES From "Burn's Commercial Glance" for 1842, just pub lished, which may be viewed in the light of a quasi -official review of the cotton trade and manufacture annually in all its branches, the following facts, or figures, are collected il lustrative of the operations of the past year, and as compared in general results with several former years. Of raw cotton the total quantity taken for consumption or burnt, during the Bags. year 1842 is given at . 1,221,693 Deduct, destroyed in the great fire at Liverpool 42,000 bags, less salvage 12,000 •30,000 Real amount entering into consump tion 1,11693 In 1811 the quan tit y t a k en for consumption was.. 1,1198,,717 1810 id 1 1839.. 1838 id . 1,043,511 1837 id 1,265,116 . . .. . In 1830 the quant i ty was only To 1836 th e i ncrease gradually was t 0.......... 1,031,900805,254 For the last year, 1842, it must be observed that in con sequence of the commotions in Lancashire arising out of the strike and the Anti-Corn-Law League, there was a loss of four weeks in the consumption, or only 48 weeks' mill work ing instead o f 52. Th e quantities here enumerated comprise all that was purchased, forwarded, and taken for consumption in London, Liverpool, and Glasgow, during the year. The weekly average of cotton delivered from Liverpool to the manufacturers in the Lancashire and neighbouring districts for consumption is stated at 21,635 bags; but this estimate is made upon the 52 weeks, without allowance for the four weeks when most of the factories were at a stand. Assum ing for those four weeks a corresponding rate of consump tion, or of 20,000 bags weekly only, the amount for 1842 should stand thus : Quantity actually delivered for consumption..... 1,191,693 Four weeks l os t a t 20 , 000 per week . 1,271,693 So that, but f or th e mac hi nat i ons of the anti -corn-law peo ple, the consumption of raw cotton in the manufactories would have exceeded that of any former year, 1840 excepted, a year of extraordinary over-production. The total weight of cotton yarn exported in the year -1842 is stated at 1 36,537,162 lbs. In 1811 115,665,483 Excess in 1842 20,871,679 lbs The increase was chiefly tb the following countries :- 1842. 1841. , To Russi a Holland 22,041,247 16,376,618 Hanse Towns India and Chin a Turkey and Levant 8,987,786 - 6,467,694 Hanover 2,325,689 1 ,069,117 The total weight of yarn in manufactured goods exported during the past year is stated at 12 9,842,680 lbs. Add cotton yarn exported.. cotton thread id 1,972,632 Total export measured by weight of yarn 268,252,474 In 1841 the total export was equal to 2 58,871,745 lbs. 1810 to.. In the following flourishing years -1836 the export was • 1837 id 207,576,839 1838 id The total values of the goods and yarn exported were— For 1842 £15,068,586 1841 17,247,084 1810 1838 17,966,837 1837. 16,153,859 1836 20,656,408 QUANTITY OF CORN PAID DUTY SINCE THE NEW LAW.—London, from Ist May to 30th December, 1842, — Wheat, 853,230 quarters ; barley, 8,023 quarters ; oats, 185,304 quarters ; rye, 893 quarters ; beans, 12,314 quarters ; pease, 16,639 quarters; flour, 255,866 cwt. United Kingdom, from Ist May to sth December,--Wheat, 2,632,574 quarters ; barley, 45,271, quarters ; oats, 281,612 quarters ; rye, 35,222 quarters; beans, 39,075 quarters; pease, 72,353 quarters ; dour, 978,310 cwt. IRON TRADE.—The usual quarterly meetings of the iron masters were held during the last week. The anticipations that a considerable demand would have arisen from the settlement of affairs in the east and the commercial treaty with China, were not realised, having been checked by the delay in the completion of the arrangements with Spain an d Portugal, which cause d h es i tation on the part of purchasers of iron, while the expectation of their being speedily and favourably concluded induced the ironmasters and holders to be firm, and but few sales were effected and no very large contracts made. A confident expectation exists, however, that as spring advances, and the arrangements alluded to are completed, there will be an increased demand, with a full maintenance of present prices, if not a considerable advance. The sales made by needy individuals, under such suspense, cannot be considered to form a criterion of the market prices. Birmingham Gazette. tome damage in a gale, which obliged the captain to bear up for the harbour of Sligo, near which, off Roughley, the Vessel struck, at about 10 p.m., on the sth instant, in a fog, upon Harbowling rock, upon which she remained for some hours, and went to pieces; three of the crew, consisting of seven persons, namely, the captain, William Gregg, the above named Thomas Curry, and Charles Jay, having been saved ; the remaining four, namely, William Cohue, the mate, Simon Flanagan, James Curry, and James Walker, were washed off the wreck and drowned ; the deceased, Simon Flanagan, was washed overboard about 5 o'clock a.m., on the 6th ; the remaining three, namely, William Gregg, Thomas Curry, and Charles Jay, having been rescued by Thomas Carway and his crew in a boat. Ile states further, that they were so exhausted by fatigue and exposure to cold and wet, that they could not possibly have survived much longer. Charles Jay sworn—ls one of the survivors who was on board of the Tampico schooner, and corroborates the above stateinent.S/i.go Journal. (From the Cork Constitution.) The mischief caused by the late storm has been very great. Trees, to the amount of from four to five hundred, and up wards of two hundred years old, consisting of oak, ash, beech, and elm, were levelled to the ground, in a park in this neighbourhood. It appears that during Thursday night or early on Friday morning, the hurricane broke over a hill to the rear of the demesne house, on which a cabin was erected. The inmates were in bed at the southern side of the house, and the storm which came in a south westerly direction, carried away the northern portion of the house from the centre, and to this circumstance is owing the safety of its inhabitants. It then entered the demesne of Pembroke, and swept the timber on the slope of the hill be fore it like straws. Following the slope it rushed along the valley with fearful violence, and tore up every tree that im peded its progress. In the valley it diverged slightly, but still might be said to have kept almost in a straight line from the south-west. It passed through the orchard tearing up the fruit trees, and strewing them about in all directions as if they were small bushes. It raged through the demesne, keeping a straight line, in its onward course. Such trees as withstood the blast had the branches blown off and scattered in all directions. At length it made its exit at Tourin, which adjoins Pem broke, passed the row of cottages on Tourin without doing any material injury, crossed the river, and entered the de mesne of Merino, the seat of T. G. French, Esq. Here its violence was abated, but not until some injury was done, se veral hundred panes of glass having been broken in the green-house, conservatories, &c. With the exception of Pembroke and Merino, no other place suffered injury in the neighbourhood of Passage. The singular and fantastic man ner in which immense trunks of trees are thrown about at Pembroke is really surprising. Some are torn frcm the place they grew, about 30 yards; others are chopped at the base as if some handy woodman had been at work on them. Others may be seen actually turned upside down, and many which were not blown down, are bereft of branches, which were hurled off to the distance of several yards. In fact, not a tree for half a mile of the demesne over which the tornado passed but bears some indelible marks of the pitiless storm. The most singular thing to notice is, that, during the destructive ravages of the hurricane, it made a regular passage for itself through the demesne, clearing a space of about forty feet wide, while the trees, on either side have escaped the slightest injury ! The trees that have been blown down are of little value, owing to the trunks being riven in several places by the violence of the concussion when coming in contact with the ground. We regret that there has been a loss of life in some degree attributable to the effects of the storm. During the night of Thursday, the house of a farmer, named Robert Hourahan, residing in the parish of Ahabollogue, about ten miles from the city, was unroofed, and one end blown down. In con sequence of the dilapidated state of the building, the family were compelled to seek shelter in the house of a neighbour, while three farm labourers went to sleep in the barn. Not having taken any rest on Thursday night, they lay down in the straw in the barn, about nine o'clock on Friday evening, having taken a small bit of lighted candle in with them, which, it is supposed, they neglected to put out. However, about eleven o'clock, flames were perceived to issue from the house, and, before any assistance could be rendered, it was burned to the ground, and with it the three unfortunate men. Saturday their frames, for almost all the flesh was consumed, were dug from the ruins. LOSS OF ANOTHER EAST INDIANIAN. Yesterday, information was received in the city that another East India trader had been added to the melancholy catalogue of losses occasioned by the late violent gales. The vessel is named the Jessie Logan, the property of C. Logan, Esq., a merchant at Liverpool, from which port she traded to and from Calcutta ' • she was 850 t ons b urden, and com manded by Captain Major. On Monday last, the vessel being on her homeward voyage, was beating up channel, an d apparently making f or Ti ntaze l l or Bade Bay, on the Cornish coast, for which the north-west wind would have been favour. able but for its extreme violence, and at length she became unmanageable, and was driven aground off Boscastle, formerly Bottereau Castle, about seventeen miles from Launceston. Blue lights and other signals of distress were made, but such was the fury of the gale and the violence of the surf, that none would venture to her assistance, and at length she drifted on the rocks and soon became a total wreck. She had evi dently been abandoned by the crew and passengers, but from the long-boat having been washed on shore, it is feared they have all perished, as up to the time of writing this account no information had been obtained respecting these ill-fated persons, and from the fact of the Jessie Logan not being a London trader, no account of the number of her crew or passengers could be procured. She was a North American built vessel, termed in commercial parlance a " Quebecker." Her cargo, consisting of rum, sugar, spices, and general East India produce, was being hourly washed ashore ; but no despatches or papers of any kind have, it is presumed, been recovered, as none have as yet reached the East India House, the Jerusalem Coffee-house, or Lloyd's. It is not at present known whether she was uninsured, or whether underwritten at Liverpool or London, nor till further accounts arrive can any clue be given as to the value of the cargo. —Morning Herald of yesterday. The losses reported in the books at Lloyd's to-day present a less formidable appearance in numbers, but still some of them are of a serious description, involving the underwriters and insurance companies to a great amount. The wreck of the Jessie Logan, from Calcutta to Liverpool, at Boscastle, will, it is stated, affect Lloyd's and the insurance offices to the extent of about £lO,OOO. No accounts having yet been received of the crew or passengers, it is feared the awful catalogue of the sacrifice of life in the late disasters will have to be increased by the addition of these to the numbers who have perished.—limes of yesterday. ROYAL LIVER THEATRE. rIPHIS present FRIDAY EVENING, the 20th instalit, the Evening's Entertainments will commence with THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Captain Macheath. After which, HUNT/N. G A TURTLE. To be followed by A LOAN OF A LOVER. Gertrude Mrs. Honey. The whole to conclude with THE SPIRIT OF THE RHINE. Irma.... Mrs. Honey. In the course of the Evening Mrs. Honey will Sing several of her popular and admired Songs. TO MERCHANTS, BROKERS, &c, The largely increased and most respectable circulation which the Tuesday'S Edition of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD has now obtained amongst the mercantile body in Manchester affords its proprietors the gratify ing power of urging this, amongst the other undeniable claims which it possesses, upon the favor of that portion of the mercantile community of Liverpool who desire to bring their advertisements before the notice of buyers in the neighbouring manzfacturing districts. In most of the surrounding towns of Lancashire the circulation of the STANDARD is steadily increasing. In Manchester, however, the centre of the manufacturing district, our publication of Tuesday —occurring upon the most im portant market day of the Colton Trade, when its Exchange and hotels are thronged with country manu facturers, spinners, and calico printers—is firmly established in circulation, and is perused with increased and increasing interest. Under these encouraging circumstances, we trust to receive an increased measure of support from the mer chants and brokers of the towu generally ; and it a f fords us great pleasure to assure those of our friends amongst those classes, who have hitherto bestowed their adver tising favours liberally upon us, of our increased ability to do justice to the interests conmitted to their care. TO CORRESPONDENTS The remarks of " Observator" are well merited, but they have not sufficient point. " A. 13." is perfectly correct ; but the insertion of the Ad vertisement to which he alludes was inside. We are sorry that it is not in our power to give a satisfac tory answer t o "S. H .. " b ut we will not forget his pro posal, and only regret it is not in our power to make use of his intelligence and information. " S. S." suggests that the debt still hanging over the In firmary should be liquidated by the proceeds of a fancy ball, which he thinks would be numerously attended, as we have not had such an attractive amusement for three years. We are unable to afford " Enquirer" the information he seeks for. The directors of the Mechanics' Institution have certainly shown more than usual activity within the last few weeks, and probably the committee of the Colle giate Institution will shortly be in a position of bringing its claims more prominently before the public. In our leading article on the coming Sessions of Parliament, last Tuesday, we attributed, in the haste of composition, the celebrated character of Lord John Russell to Lord Brougham, instead of the Rev. Sydney Smith. The error is of no great consequence, but there may be certain cap tious spirits who will think a good deal of it. Eibtrpool &tanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, IS4 . The zeal of the present age in matters of religion, so far at least as it is evidenced by the liberality of individuals or of the nation in the erection of places of divine worship, is, we fear, immeasurably below that of our fathers, centuries ago. Enter any of the an cient cities or towns of the United Kingdom ; and there you will almost infallibly meet with some noble specimen of architecture —some lavish expenditure of baronial wealth—devoted to the furtherance of the religious instruction and comfort of the people. Visit our cathedral towns; and what stately erections arrest the gaze ! erections many of which must have occu pied in their progress more than the space of an or dinary life ; of which few of their pious founders could have hoped to witness the completion, and which must have swallowed up the value of a dozen estates of no contemptible worth.• And then what finished art ! what elaborate execution, carried out into the most minute feature, into the most hidden corner, as if the builder grudged no expense of time or cost in a fabric to be dedicated to the Most High! how different is this from the nakedness of finish displayed in some of our modern erectionS! What vastness, too, of design! and —may it not also be said ?—what consummate taste displayed in the se l ect i on of localities, from which these sacred temples might display their beautiful pro portions to the admiration and reverence of admiring worshippers ! Durham and Lichfi e ld, W inchester and Salisbury —could nobler sites have been chosen for any one of these noble piles ? Enter the metropolis. Ascend St. Paul s, and l oo k ' eastward and immediately below you. Wi thin the raceful walls of the anc i ent city, pile b es i de pile arises, from the light and g pillared s unadorned an d ungraceful steeple,p i re to the more until the e y e i s you might absolutely wear i e d , and ima g i ne that you stood in th e centre of a city of churches. Listen to the sabbath bells as they ring out from the heart of that crowded hive of busy commerce; and though you may doubt the temper of. the generation, which now inhabits it, to obey the sacred call, you cannot doubt the deep conviction of pas ' generations of its wealthy citizens, that the pursuits of commerce are not less prosperous, though a portion of its accumulations are occasionally devoted to rear temples to the name of Him who gives the increase. But, alas ! look beyond these very restricted limits, which held the forefathers of the present mighty and overgrown metropolis. Let your eye stretch towards Kensington, Walworth, and the Dover road to the south; turn wes northward, an d g l ance over the magnificent squtward andares— leadin the resid ences of the nobility the leadi ng gentry, the g members of , the learned professions, the wealthy merchant, and of that vast population which may he said, in worldly position, to h ang upon the skirts of gentility —a wretched class, by the wav, more numerous in the metropolis of England than in any other city in the world. Upon what a blank does the eye fall ! Here at least—side by side with those magnificent palaces—in those stately streets, the resort of fashion and high birth and wealth—here the ee is not wearied w i t h t h e multitude of churches y , or with their gor geous architecture. On the contrary, we believe w e are correct in stating that there is not church accommodation, or accommodation for any kind of religious worship —s o little does voluntaryism effect !—for one fortieth part of the population ! We have dwelt upon the particular instance of the metropolis, because it most strongly and strikingly illustrates our position. We have, in a portion of that mighty city, a locality distinctively ancient; and we find in it the marks of a profuseness almost unexam pled, and which modern utilitarianism would term wasteful, displayed in the provision of " decent and convenient places" for the performance of religious worship. _We have another portion, as distinctively new, the resort of fashion, wealth, talent, distinguished character, and noble blood ; and there we see the marks of a niggardliness, both in the number and architecture of its places of worship, which is dis graceful to the religious character and taste of the nation. But we need not dwell upon the example of London; for the same contrast there seen may be found existing, between the ancient towns of England and these which have been created by the giant accu mulations, with which commercial and manufacturing activity has been rewarded, during the past century. Where are the deodands, if we may so term them, of the great bulk of the millionaires, who have been made within the past two or three generations ? Where the temples reared by those hands ? Where the noble appreciation of the example set th em by our more humble-minded and religious forefathers ? Pew, in deed, are the evidences to which we can point in reply ; and those few—how miserably poor, in design, in architecture, and in adornment —how strongly illus trative of the narrow spirit, with which an avaricious and utilitarian generation gives to God and to religion, whilst it lavishes, without measure or bound, to pro vide objects of worldly pleasure or luxury ! Those few evidences, too, which the past twenty years have pro duced, of care for the spiritual wants of the increasing population of th e resorts of commerce, can we aw ar d credit for them to the spontaneous liberality of the wealthy ? In a few cases we can. Our own town bears evidence of such a feeling—of a remembrance, in prosperity, of that God whose goodness had accorded it. But in the great majority of such towns, the aid has come front without; and has been seconded by the exertions of the local clergy, and the benevolence of individuals, who have not given " of their abun dance." e are quite aware, it may be urged, as a reason for the superior liberality of our am the devo- tion of their means to God, that with them the erection of a church was a fancied passport to Heaven. But there is little in this argument. Our most beautiful cathedrals were erected at a time when the Anglican church was comparatively free from the defilements with which Popery subsequently sought to darken the national faith ; and with respect to the existing churches of the city of London--many of them such rare specimens of beautiful architecture and finish — these were built subsequent to the great fire which, in the time of the second Charles, laid that city in ashes. And upon this hint we may, not inappropriately, re mark that if, in such a day of calamity—with such ruin and suffering around them—the citizens and the government of the day could resolve, not only upon the re-erection of the great mart of commerce itself, but of its religious edifices, as well, as a part, and an all-important part of that haunt of busy life and in dustry—what a lesson does the fact teach to us, and to our own government ! Can Sir Robert Peel look round him, in whatever quarter of populated England he may stand, and see the awful destitution of the means of religious instruction which prevails, and say, with such an example before him, that because that commercial greatness—which has never, in prosperity, done its duty to its country or its God—is just now temporarily obscured, any Government is justified in holding back from at least the effort to supply, at the national cost, those religious wants wnich he and every virtuous man must deplore ? It is too late, now, to tell us of the voluntary prin ciple, as that to be relied upon to supply such wants. The experience of a hundred years, and more, has proved the utter insufficiency of that principle The wealthy will not: the poor man cannot, thus dedicate to God. Upon the Government, then, we rely; and we trust that we shall not be disappointed. If, how ever, we are so disappointed, we must rely upon the sound religious feeling of the Conservative consti tuencies, acting, as it ultimately must act, even upon an unwilling legislature. We really thought that the wretched quality and amount of the accommodation afforded by the wealthy corporation of Liverpool to the vast mass of human beings who cross daily from shore to shore of the Mersey, was so indelibly fixed upon the mind of every man, woman, and child belonging to that community, and felt by them as a disgrace and a shame, that it needed no startling array of figures, such as that brought before the last council meeting by Mr. S. Holme, to impel at least the Conservative members of the council, to a prompt effort to repair past omissions. " ACCOMMODATION", indeed ! Why the very term is a mockery, when applied to a system by which TWO MILLION AND THIRTY-EIGHT THOUSAND HUMAN BEINGS in a year —many of them persons of feeble age —many of them timid females, or giddy or helpless children—are made to land from or embark on board our packets, in glimmering lamplight, fog, or hurri cane, across a single frail or slippery plank. Yet such is the state of things at present, at our principal land ing and embarking place, George's Pier. At that place, it is calculated by Mr. Holme, 6,112,700 persons annually embark or land from the various Cheshire and other packet boats; and that as it is low water at least one-third of the day, one-third of the gross num ber, or as we have stated above, 2,038,000 persons must submit to be jostled, to the imminent danger of life, putting nerves out of the question, upon a plank ! Yet the majority of the council, upon narrow consi derations of pounds, shillings, and pence, refuse the appointment of a committee to examine into the steps to be taken to repair an evil so frightful. And what, let us ask, is the plea which is urged by the majority which refuses the appointment of such a committee ? Let us take it from the amendment pro posed by Mr. Birkett. It is, then, that it is expedient to wait " until the council shall have ascertained how far the landing-stage; now in course of erection and nearly completed at the Seacombe slip, will be effici ent." Mr. G. H. Lawrence, the seconder of the mo tion, opposes a committee, " on the ground that it was unnecessary. The motion implied that the subject had not been considered, but it had been considered ma turely. It had been amply reported upon by Mr. Aiken and himself in 1841." We see nothing very conclusive in the argument or Mr. Birkett's amend ment; and even less in Mr. Geo. Hall Lawrence's support of it. Surely, in this advanced age of engi neering science, we have not to grope our way to the co nstruction of such s i mp l e wor k s as wou ld b e required to supply the desideratum of a safe landing stage, at low water, at any of our piers ! And as to Mr. G. H. Lawrence's plea that the subject has been "considered naturely," and " reported upon in 1841," we ask—cui ,ono ?—when not a step has been taken to base upon )at mature consideration and that report any practical . Mr. Alderman Evans still more forcibly , ustrated the fact that consideration and even convic ion have nothing to do, in deliberative assemblies, with action. He never knew the day when the council was not impressed with the importance of this sub ject 69 ; and yet—strange inconsistency of the collec tive wisdom of that body !—the work remains undone ; and our fellow townsmen and townswomen are left to this hour unprovided with that ordinary protection to life and health, which would have been conceded in a moment had it been demanded for the protection of Irish or Cheshire cattle, calves, or pigs. Mr. Evans, however, lets us a little into the heart of the mystery, and enables us to place this otherwise unaccountable decision of the council to the proper debit in our ledger. "He never knew a new com mittee which did not cut out new works ; and he never knew new work which was not expensive." Oh, Mr. Alderman, did you never know old works which were expensive too,—works, designed in a hurry, and cor rected and botched into shape at leisure—which might have been rendered infinitely less expensive and infi nitely more perfect by the supervision of such a com mittee as that moved for by Mr. S. Holme, aided by the practical skill and sound judgment of such a prac tical man ? But we will not press you on your weak side. Your plea of economy is the thing with which p r p r o h r e te q rs ue o s we have now to do. now, betw een t h e su pporters of fttiloiNenird:iss successfult.inricutliym at ea,ms issue epnrdu position a n d t h e su : which out differently m en td decided we of v d e n u t o u r r s toe_ i s t s y W a i r l e l N h v e e d v a e d r y y to permit the lives and safety of some thousands of our fellow-townsmen to be outlay of a f ew t h ousand uperished, ap nl w ed h s e ve n ac , sutr by iaty vaa t a l: de convenience mi g h t b e afforded o tages at the same t i me be conferred upon the rt ? Economy in th e management , of such an port estate as that of th e corporation of Liverpool, we regard quite as much as Mr. G. H. Lawrence, or all the Finance Com mittee put together;—infinitely more, we suspect, than irevmeamneztv,ainus.uulrtoNpvoinpiloin,biafvtehbeeetnouamn ceocounido: m M i r c l A a l d c h e some six or seven years ago, have pensioned off the latter gentleman "In some far island of the Hebrides," vhere he could have schemed docks and dock ware- Louses, and indulged his luxuriant fancy in shaping his em in the yellow sands, or in the clouds, with—as reward—the power of exclaiming, at the terina ton of hi s ar d uous task, in the words of poor Cru m sce, " I am monarch of all I survey !" Who can say to what proud station his genius of de sign, or that quality which phrenologists term " con structiveness," might not have raised such an island ? Economy, we repeat, we regard as a thing essential in the honest management of the corporate estate of Liverpool; but there is an economy of human life and human comfort which we regard infinitely above that mere economy of pounds, shillings, and pence, which seems to have guided the council in this matter of the Cheshire ferries. Such economy would say " arrest at once this dreadful trifling and paltering with an acknowledged evil by which life is daily perilled ; and wohtailtdeln,eortpsetcoupniiary nitsseafferfie. efforts until the work was done, why pre-suppose any such sacrifice, as the ne result of the appointment of a committee to into the subject ? We can discover no irre connexion between a committee of practical and yet we have a few such in the council—and ,ish expenditure of the funds of the corporation. Such a committee would be formed to inquire into the efficiency, or rather non-efficiencv of the existing ay.' pliances in use at the various piers. Before it could act it must report to the council; and its views must cessary inquire sistible neasure