The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-29 00:00:00

which r nett known nit in the o iwiug i nue gt ful and yet jurymen, magis- ment t our own r and turbulenc people, N laws ; th for reb Ireland that too position to c Lnomer v name of Engla emblirig social orc be found to convi niable, and even of prop v are s in our colo only to give plac nary a openly sec . Upon t able • corre rites fr "A gei tern of as! this part Irish Thu to fe for the law ime of murder his point the following evidence of an he London Times, who Tal imi ;ually stor go that , ed that 3 many of the landlord; in ns. It was believed that I that th?, majesty From the infor- t the recent lull has t 'eign a terror and blood m of intimidation is carried on hold it frc the uncertainties of whick it actuary. No gentleman. rcome preju, oil, no mapistrate firm it s, is safe from the violent The awful social con 11 more forcibly dep ,h from the I have bee murders is quite bringing them tc tratrntoce a,o .n mum( have a ht to c safety induce rr s. it should called on to act a There is but one c from the evid lave revived all the horrid desi :ountry )wardly peasantry igs, and, unless strong repres you may soon expect to hear dition of such a people is ted in the following para- to find that there are scores of lose active participation in though no means exist of Witness )y this frightful system of e, and, although the public ,ny fears for their personal J or neglect the_ discharge o remembered that the state I that while the subject is ious part in support of the conclusion which we can draw f such a state of thing tined with our recent experience of the impossi bility of attaining the ends of justice even in the Irish metro* )p - le of whose social condition th accurate description is not r the enj f those forms of law, with ; hedged round ti. A the s&' rights Trial by or materiall modified ; and world continual scanda- valuable walk about unmolest evidence of the r addressed to a pr Dne of the pattern instructors of thi is there awfiad b merely an interr€ I findt and the rance in the culti the discharge of 1 aprice of a at events 1 of terribi men in t ents of certain occurre my name was connect you and th lin the F on or the tr perstps e state of those ted with the late unfortunate t, most ed to purpose designing and de part of but the peor their enemies, and th se persons there appeared in h a person, I believe, not at all vice, and'left liim limy though m any of them told me they might as well die in ing winter those half-starved military in ith a pampere pursuit of the insurgen and furt .ved my poor people y. May God protect ctives with whom this locality and thu. Kilcornwc Unfortu people, taking refuge in ) evade the vengeance of the where the crimes of rebels are en of, and their punishment manly and unobtrusive the Mount ns onty !" In a 1 Sir, very fa " J. MOLL ally yours, Parish Priesi ion!" mild, mos gentle- thus gin regarded,as a thing, to evade whichit is amiable and pious to assist the criminal, what prospect can there be of truth in the decision of a jury ? To expect it is to I culous SWITH SID THE WATER COMMITTEE We will not go the length of asserting that this worthy Saint has been specially retained during the past two months, for the purpose of assisting Mr. Hawkesley and Captain Francis in showing the large capabilities of Rivington as a water sly al ; but his efforts in favour of the scheme have been °Mainly as well worthy of remu neration as those of any half dozen of the scientific per sonages whose evidence is before the public. Even saints, however, are fallible beings; and, in his zeal, Swithin has proved too much, by upsetting one of the pet theories of his employers. We have been told by them, over and over again, that the supply of water under Li verpool is obtained altogether from the rainfall in the im mediate district, percolating through the red sandstone into the strata from whence it is pumped up for use; and that, as the area of the district becomes built over, such supply will be decreased in qu an tit y . Ad m i t th i s theory, and the deduction i s an obvious one,--that Use greater the rainfall, the more abundant Mould be the yield of our well*. • During all this period, then, that the saint has been wringing his wet blanket over our heads, the Har ington and Bootle lodges should have been full enough to give us a daily supply—as much, in fact, as their en' Ones could pump ; and yet, from every part of the town, we are overwhelmed with compl a i n t s o f wan t o f water. Either, therefore, the idea of Liverpool being built upon a kind of natural filter must be scouted as sheer humbug, or there is water in our wells at this moment, and the committee won't let us have it. One or other of the alternatives is inevitable ; and as the saint's exertions are of no good, but rather of much unpleasantness hould be obliged to him to confine his further Oily valued. limo have to con e, no doubt., in n Let us at sanatory trifling c TER MAJESTY in futt werntnent IN IRELAND project, but now that ue to punish us for h as a s not done urs for tone ci pon - which in the name of mat ter of domestic r houses h an ave- Teased D LIEUTENANT tality, by which the Whig to govern Ireland, has at Diplomatic ReLoa with Rome Bill, on Thursday night. , like all other portions of the policy of the _ rading to the sovereign, and party, it is co Pope 1 - . ..... ....•... a 1.....1.7141..J.J . the Pope of Rome is to ' become a cat's paw of the British ministry ; and his spiritual powers are to be wielded, at the dictation of our envoy at his court, to repress ti bulence of the M'H s and other reverend Irish fire by th TO meet at once t utional party in ti iritual authority of the Pope, and the fears enter r the Roman Catholics of Ireland that the bill is It the spiritual authority of the Irish bishops and priesthood, it, was proposed by M. Chas. Pearson, that the diplomatic inte r co urse p ropose d to b e h e ld with the Court of Rome, should be " touching and concerning in ternational, civil, commercial, and political relations.' To this restriction, however, the Solicitor-General offerec a decided objection "Questions" h levelled said "of a mixed character might arise n the result they were of a temporal nature, and it Suppose the Pope intro. n Catholics of Canada, e. At present •ica and arch- duced this qu: the Pe, erference could to regulation es to the would prevent any interferene divide this country into bishop t were agreed to he might do so bishopiies. and if the amend; still; but if we had free din tish Government might int rn - , the Bri- nt suds a division." ind Lord Pal ....erston directly advocates the propriety _.. ',reefing with the Pope, for the regulating of the internal affairs of this kingdom, so far as they are con nected with religious matters. The noble lord, in reply to some remarks of Sir Robert Inglis, of 11“- ed to ask a questa, ...° non. friend, who had often t o o him to make representations to the Government of a in favour of the Protestants of the Vaudois, and who urged him to nse his influence with the Government of on the subject of certain relations which interfered ligious persons in the cantons of Switzerland. would his hon. friend call that an interference ,they in political, commercial, civil, or international' affairs? ,tich questions would give rise to very disagreeable refinements, and it was not desirable to preclude the Government of this !ountru from making similar representations, if it were thought iesirable, to the Court of Rome." re is no reservation here. The authority of the within these realms is distinctly recognised, in direct ;rsion of the principles of the British constitution, )f an express clause in her Majesty's coronation oath ; ye are to stoop to negociate with him—" to urge him re his influence (0" to protect the civil liberties of h and Irish Protestants from being " interfered the aggressions of Romanism within this realm. -'rading and Whiggish spectacle it will be to see -t government and people of this great empire , e themselves at the footstool of the anti .”eris, for liberty to worship g, in ,forma God according to their own c'onsCier AN INTI TING I NQUIRY Viz iltherpool TUESDAY MORNING, AUG. 29, 1648 E IS, un ,le doubt ren ring tha Regardless of their pa ire of the potato crop, tk of Ireland have this yep 'e upon this p lrtnists , is n lg every ?ossible impel acle can n o us are ads, the main cause of en that they have pre- ihed to honest industry gh it may appear, we shall not ) the call. We may not be so n prey 'ious times. We may be more the amount and • mode of dis- But we_shall pay never Bull is a long suffe z animal, and etting the offences of his be one condition observed on We must hay d that we are preserving the lives of a lo are at length disposed to respect the L; instead of providing the means of ex- 'e are not furnishing arms lave a fair claim to insist upon 1 upon no other terms will the content to draw again upon their aid. What is the state of feel- pulation of a great portion of n most certain to be first in a —at the present not only to iiably hostile ind, but to every thing r Juries in Ireland cannot in cases of the most unde and life and T the c. amongst t admitted crime ure in some di barbarous tribes of the aborigines Open rebellion has been scotched sination and midnight my, even ord W e beg to suggest that a prize_should be offered by the any year in which, according to the sun tications of the Mark Lane Express the Corn Jews, at least half tl and autumnal prkignos d other organs of grain crops throughout the country ought not to have been blighted, mildewed, defi cient in the yield, unsound, or affected by some similar on hand papers so as to justify an advance in the price of stocks The necessary reference to the old files—of prize might be .offcred for the discovery of any year in which the American cotton crop ought not, according to Brother Jonathan, to have turned out either a very short crop, or a total failure, and in which, according to the oninions of consi , it ought not to have been the most abundant on record, the object of the enquiry being to fitd out the mean of truth in the two opposing authorities JUMPING TOO HASTILY TO A CO/cCLI CURE FOR THE POTATOE ROT. SION- st the thousand and one receipts for the cure of he potatoe disease, a Glasgow contemporary says, Let he stalks be pulled up—cutting does not answer the pur pose—care being taken that the roots be disturbed as little as possible. The earth should then be trodden down firmly. The potatoes should be taken up about the end of September, and kept as - however, they won't keep— then - in former years Suppose, what is to done with them torat -476 On Monday week, 105 barrels of sawdust were shipped from this port for Malaga, the value of this article for packing grapes being su On Tuesday, Mr. Ed seer of the poor for John Kilshaw and freight ected over. of the late Mr and Langsdale was e in the plat The Grand Jury on_Wednesday returned a true bill Fogg, of Preston, for manslai boiler explosion. The out of the late steam I postponed until next assizes The propriety of converting the house at the top of Erskine-street (lately occupied by Mr. Salisbury) into a Nerd, is to be re-considered by the West Derby busily eng carts, carriages and noises ways for horses, &c., will have to p that there may he no clang, The foots s up and down the centre, so WOODSIDE FERRY r of accident, a reduction of the Tile Commissioners have effected to the extent of dit )led to no con 2200 a efficient working of the ferry, exclusive of a reduction of £5OO, which the committee had been able to effect since orking clas g the river by running s every morning from five to balf-past five o'clock ,J,. • . the periods in their emplo CONIPI rooms, on Thu —A sheriff's jury met at the Clarendon- Ly, for the purpose of ascertaining the due to Henry Hawarden Fazazerlev. Esq., in consideration of the injury certain property at Waiton would receive from the East Lancashire railway passing through it. The owner's claim was for £1,731 'Oa. 64. The company had offered nearly £7OO, but as this was rejected, they stood for £561 is. 6d. The jury warded £BOO, the Y REPO is to be defrayed by the company PAUL-STREET, ENDING AUGUST BATHS AND -WASH-HOUSES, Number of baths—males 5372, females 44 of school children bathed, gratis—Corporation School . North, 916 ; Ragged School, Naylor-street, 1056 ; 2, total 5814 Number 3303; dozens ILceipts for baths, £6B 15s. 7d. ; receipts for washing, £l3 15s. 3d.; total receipts, £B2 10s. 10d.—The above report is more than usually gratifying, as exhibiting the increasing benefits conferred by these institutions on the middle and poorer classes of the inhabitants. These advantages denote the wisdom of the Baths Committee in extending the benefits to every district of the town, especially when the erections are now proved to be self-supporting. Mr. Parker, and one or two other gentlemen, have worked hard to obtain / ti3Z. iN u washed and dried, 6606 ,er of tubs used, these almost gratUities for the poor, who will long thank them for their disinterested efforts. THE PURSUIT OF DR. REYNOLDS.—" WHAT'S IN A NAME? " -It appears that Mr. Reynolds, or Dr. Rey nolds, has for some years been an inhabitant of Mon mouthshire, but chiefly residing at Abergavenny; and the knowledge of this fact, accompanied as it was by an inti mation from those " who were in the secret," to Blossett, the superintendent of police at Ross, that a person of the name of Reynolds had passed through Ross on his way to South Wales, induced that officer to follow the trail of the delinquent. This, with all the dexterity and tact of an American Indian, was fully carried out. Blossett went to Monmouth on Wednesday morning, and ascertained, beyond a doubt, that a bland and intelligent gentleman, named Reynolds, had been at the White Swan Hotel so journing for a short period, and that he had represented himself as a gentleman in the ironmongery or hardware line. Unfortunately for the policeman, he had that morn ing started. However, on further inquiry, he deemed his prospects not in any ways " blighted," as the gentleman had gone in the direction of Abergavenny. All was now thought right—the assistance of one of the Monmouth police was enlisted, and Blossett, with his companion, went post-haste to Ragland, where he again heard of the mysterious Mr. Reynolds, who had, it app3ared, only a short time previous, departed from thence to Usk. Nu time was lost in the pursuit, and eventually the criminal was overtaken ; but the astonishment of the pursuers may be readily conceived upon their ascertaining tau had certainly caught a Mr. Reynolds, but not the Mr. Rey nolds, as the gentleman in whose pursuit so much energy had been evinced was not in any way connected with the sympathisers of rebellion in Ireland, but was the repre sentative of the city of Gloucester. The disappointment of the indefatigable Blossett may ba easily imagined.— H- riord Journal. TUE LIV-ERPOOL STANDARD. Sr. PAUL'S CHURCH, SEACOMBE.—In consequence of the difficulty of completing the above place of worship, its promoters have decided upon holding a bazaar,. on the 6th, 7th, and Bth of S ep t em b er, on th bowling-green, at Mr. Parry's Hotel, Seacombe. A considerable debt remains to be liquidated, and several additions and deco. rations are required to complete the building, in accord ance with the original design of the architect; the effort now made will, no doubt, receive a liberal response on the part of all true friends to the church. Several of the most influential ladies connected with the district, have come forward to aid the object ; and amongst the early patronesses are Lady Tobin, Mrs. Byrth, Mrs. H. Little dale, Mrs. Winch, &c., &c. TURES ON PHYSIOLOGY.—Dr. Pettigrew, of Lon elivered the first of a course of six lectures at the fate Institution on this subject, on Friday evening, was attended by many of our medical townsmen. Dr. Pe with ti v is a pleasing speaker, adorning his subject ces of language, and treating it in so popular to make it understood and admired by persons of the humblest capacity. On Friday evening the lecturer treated of the brain, and will continue that branch of the subject this evening. He has also promised to exhibit the effects of chloroform on animals this evening. We cannot doubt but that this course of lectures will be suc cessful, and we may add that the present series is the last Dr. Pettigrew can deliver in our town. THE MAILS TO DUBLIN.—A new arrangement for the transmission of the mails from Dublin to London, via Liverpool, will come into operation from and after the IQo sxt. The mail packet from Liverpool ;town pier at 4 30 p.m., instead of at The object of that arrangement is to will then leave Ki 6 30, as at present ensure the airival of the mail from Dublin at Liverpool 1 such an hour in the morning as to permit it to be for yarded from the latter town to London by the 6 a.m. axpress train. It is said that with a view to this, as well as other changes, more powerful boats will be put on the line to Liverpool. All the correspondence between Ire land and those places to which Liverpool offers the speedi ‘st communication will go by this route, all that for London and the places on that line will go rid Holyhead. MONOMANIAC AT THE ASSIZE COURT.—On Tuesday morning, immediately on Mr. Justice Cresswell entering the Crown Court, th e venera bl e o ld l a d y w h o has now ►or so many years gone "the circuit" with their lordships, and who had, some minutes before the judge arrived, placed herself in a conspicuous part of the court, arose, and in a determined tone, demanded the learned judge to restore to her her property. His lordship smil ingly replied, that he came there to try prisoners, and not to listen to her then. He would listen to her application at the proper time. " Yes, but," said the old body, " you are sworn to do your duty, and I demand that you do it now, and give me my property." The police desired her to leave the court; and, after some persuasion, she was prevailed upon to retire, although not before promising his lordship that she would pay him another visit. POLICE -COURT, YESTERDAY.—The cases brought up yesterday possessed little interest, being chiefly the ordi nary disorderly cases and petty thefts. The only one wor thy of notice was a case brought on by Kehoe and Bates, of the detective police, in which two men were charged with being found in possession of a small bale of drapery goods, under , suspicious circumstances. The prisoners, who were apparently labouring men, were stopped in Marybone, along which street they were proceeding in a car with the goods in question, which the driver said he had brought from a hut in a brick-field in Kirkdale. On searching the hut in question, the officers found part of she wrappering of another hale, which tallied in material with that of the bale found. They had ascertained that several parcels of goods had been carried away in a loose state, by women and others S)n Sunday morning. The men stated in defence that they had been employed by a man named Derrick (who is known to the police); and they were remanded to allow of the remainder of the goods being traced, as it is said that four bales altogether . . are missing. DESTRUCTION OF THE EMIGRANT SHIP " OCEAN MONARCH" BY FIRE, AND LOSS OF NEARLY TWO HUNDRED LIVES. An awful catastrophe occurred' 61 an emigrant ship bound from this port to New York; on Thursday last, shortly after she had left the Mersey. The Ocean Monarch had on board 28 first and second-class cabin passengers, 322 steerage passengers, and 46 men con stituting the crew, including officers. She was one of the Boston liners, and belonged to Messrs. Enoc!:, Train, and Co., of Boston. She was chiefly laden with iron, and was commanded by Captain Murdoch, a gentleman of unquestionable experience and nautical skill. She started at daylight in the morning, in tow of a steam tug. and made good progress. The steamer left her to work her own way about eight o'clock, and with a fresh breeze she proceeded to sea. The wind being in direction that required tacking, the order to "'bout ship." as she nered the land,' about six miles on this side of Great Ormshead, was given ; and when her head was put to seaward, the alarm of fire immediately followed. Smoke was seen to issue from a ventilator, near the after part of the vessel. The captain, who was on deck, sent some of the crew below to ascertain the cause, and at first con cluded that some of the steerage passengers had been smoking, but one of the crew observed that some one must have lighted a fire in the ventilator (which passed through the captain's private cabin), mistaking it for a chimney. This, however, is quite uncertain. Before the origin of the fire could be ascertained, the fire manifested itself. The flames proceeded from the storeroom, and, from the combustible nature of the materials, extended with an extraordinary and frightful rapidity, owing in some measure to the disordered state of the steerage deck, for it generally takes a day after sailing before things can be put in order. The appearance of the flames caused the utmost con fusion ; the passengers rushed to and fro against each other, and impeded the progress of persons getting on deck. Children were thrust aside, and women struggled against men in the general effort for self-preservation. In the impulse of the moment, those who had money attempted to save it, and the struggle was to get on deck with trunks, boxes, clothes, &c. Many were successful, and several even returned and descended for the purpose of saving children or getting at their little properties. But in their endeavour a great number were smothered, for a dense smoke soon filled every place below desk. The captain, perceiving the imminent danger in which the lives of all were placed, gave orders to put the vessel before the wind and run her nn h q..nrr• • hue thP fi re halrinrr now burst upon deck, in tongues of flame, these orders could not be complied with. The anchor was then let go, to bring the shin to the wind. and nrevent the flames or- tending forwards. In letting go the anchors, many per sons who had got about the cable, or amongst the head gearing, or cordage, were carried overboard, and perished, no one being enabled to rescue them. The survivors describe the scene at this moment as truly appalling. Men, women, and children were run ning about wildly, screaming and crying ; a crowd got around the captain and mate, beseeching them to save them, or reproaching them for what had taken place. Orders were either not heard, or disobeyed, and the second mate and some of the crew seeing ruin inevitable, proceeded to get out the boats. without the captain's order and against his wishes. The second mate succeeded, and got into a boat ; the first mate, seeing the second boat in danger of being swamped, jumped into her and pushed off, but then discovered that they had no oars. The waves were running high, and the wind blowing fresh, and they were driven out to sea. Happily they were picked up by the Prince of Wales, and Captain Denham, with a prompt humanity, steered direct for the Ocean Monarch. After the boats left, the Captain remained on the wreck. There were several other boats on board, but they were now unavailable, being enveloped in flames. All his crew had now left him, with the exception of the carpenter and three others; and an instant effort was necessary to pre serve their lives. A spar was launched, and some boards, and lowering themselves down they clung to these. The captain was in this perilous state in the water• for about twenty minutes, when he was picked up by the yacht " Ocean Queen." To the meantime all was terror or despair on board the ill-fated vessel. While the greater part of the ship was a perfect volcano, the small quantity of gunpowder below exploded, and the masts, one after another, crashed, and fell overboard. This served to increase the flames, and the remainder of the passengers took refuge at the head of the ship. The peat at the time was most intense; but the poor creatures watched with an anxiety perfectly fear ful the approach of a sail. It was the Queen of the Ocean, Mr. Thos. Littledale's yacht. There were on board, in addition to the crew, Mr. Littledale himself. Mr. Aspinal Tobin, Mr. Aufrere, of Windermere, Sir Thomas Hes keth, (the high sheriff.) and his chaplain. When about three miles distant, tht y saw the Ocean Monarch with all sails set. In a moment, to their surprise, she seemed to change her course, and appeared as if about to return to Liverpool. The cause of this movement soon became apparent. Smoke was seen to issue from the vessel, and the fire soon, after became visible. They bore down upon her, and as they approached her, the flames showed them selves several feet above the deck. The cries of distress reached them at a considerable distance, and the poor wretches on the wreck swarmed like bees about the head of the vessel. The Ocean Queen is a fine stout yacht, and was pro vided with a capacious boat. Mr. Littledale and Mr. Tobin directed all their hands to lower the boat, and pull off to the rescue, they themselves managing the yacht in the meantime. The sea was too rough for her to attempt boarding the burning ship. The men in the boat did their work nobly. They took from the wreck, or near her floating about, thirty-two persons, amongst whom was Capt. Murdoch—nearly exhausted. The yacht was nearly an hour at the wreck before any other assistance arrived. The Affonso, Brazilian steam-frigate, out on a trial trip, and having on board the Prince de Joinville, the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, the Brazilian Minister, Admiral Grenfell, and others of distinction, afterwards went up to the assistance of the unfortunates. She was followed by the New World, another emigrant vessel, and the Prince of Wales steamer. Noble exertions followed. All the boats were got quickly into operation ; the first mate of the Ocean Monarch exerted himself successfully, every one seems to have done his duty; and above all, a gallant seaman—whether a British or an American sailor signifies nothing—braved the last danger, and rescued nearly a score of human beings from instant death. His name is Jerome. In order to do this he denuded himself of every stitch of clothes ; and his conduct won the ap plause of the Prince de Joinville,—a good judge of a sailors courage. At three o'clock in the afternoon, the last person on board was taken off, and Mr. Littledale's yacht sailed for the Mersey ; the Affonso followed ; the New World and the Prince of Wales pursued their course, and the Liver steam-tug remained until midnight, when all that remained of the Ocean Monarch sunk, the lurid glare of the fire disappearing in the gurgle of the water. The following are the heads of " narratives" of the disaster from the captain, the surgeon, and others who were on board the ill-fated vessel. The captain, after substantially confirming the preced ing portion of the above a'count, states that in five minutes after the fire manifested itself the after part of the ship burst into flames. " The fire produced the ut most confusion amongst the passengers—all appeared in fatuation and despair,—yells and screams of the most horrifying description were given —all control over them was lost ; my voice could not be heard nor my orders obeyed. The passengers crowded in numbers to the bow sprit to avoid the heat of the flames: many. in alarm and despair, leaped overboard, and, although spars and loose materials lying about deck were thrown out for them to cling to, a great majority of them were drowned." Two boats were got out, but before the lashings of the others could be cut they were enveloped in flames. He also states that, " Seeing our disaster, the Queen of the Ocean yacht, owned by Thomas Littledale, Esq., of Liver pool, with a party of his friends on board, bore down to us, lowered her boat, and the crew, with indefatigable ex ertions, were the means of saving the lives of 32. In the meantime, while the yacht , was rendering every assistance in her power, the Brazilian war steamer Affonso, and the Prince of Wales steamer, bound to Bangor, with the pac ket-ship New World, sent their boats, and were the means of saving many that were clinging to the wreck. and float- ing about on the spars ; their - exertions were great and praiseworthy. The Queen of the Ocean remaind along- side till three o'c was possible to do, set sail for Liverpool. Mr. and Mrs. Dow, of Glasgow, Mr. Southworth, and Mr. Fellowes, are amongst the cabin passengers whom I know to have been saved." The fire was instantaneous, and in five minutes after it was discovered the after-part of the ship was in flames. He concludes by saying,— " There were. I ealaulata,-About393-coula-alLagpther on board, but as we had not completed our classifying ar rangements, the exact number I cannot positively tell. There were, I think, 31 first and second cabin, and 317 steerage passengers; the crew consisted of 42 hands, in cluding myself." The mate of the ship has also penned a narrative nearly to the same effect, the greatest praise being given to those on board the Ocean Queen, the Affonso, and the Prince of Wales. He escaped in one of the boats, which he had cut adrift from the wreck. He says,—" That being without oars she drifted, with 13 persons in the boat, four miles to leeward, when a sloop picked them up, and with four hands, having procured oars, he pulled for the ship, and picked up in the way a passenger who was clinging to a life buoy. The boats of the Affonso were out, the admiral in one of them, using the most heroi c e ff or t s t o save lif e. There were also two boats from the New World, and others from other ships. At this time all the masts were gone, all the deck abaft the forecastle in flames, and fire bursting in holes through the side. There were about 100 of the passengers about the jibboom and the head. They were screaming deliriously, and a number of dead bodies were floating about. We at once attempted to de liver the people from the head, but there was great diffi culty in approaching her. After some time we were enabled to rescue three, one man and two women, from the rigging under the bows ; soon after I succeeded in rescuing a wo man and a child, but the child died in the boat almost in stantly. The Prince of Wales could not approach, but sent her boats out." She furnished h;rn with more oars and men, and he saved two persons, and might have saved many more but they refused to lower themselves from the bow of the burning.vessel. He speaks highly of a man named Frederick Jerome, who stripped himself, and by means of a line rescued 15 of the passengers, at great risk of his own life. He then proceeds to say,—" Previous to this the other boats had rescued many, but still several individuals had fallen over while endeavouring, probably, to escape from the heat, or to reach the boats. Many were drowned. The whole of the upper deck was burnt off, and the fire was bursting through the sides down to the water's edge. Jerome having lowered down the last per son, a man, he descended, and we put hi m on b oar d th e Prince of Wales, as well as the remainder of the pas, sengers. I went on board the Affonso, where I expe rienced congratulations and every kindness. The Prince de Joinville, the commander, and the other persons on board, gathered around us. There were 139 persons saved from the wreck on board ; many of these Were women and children, partially naked. I saw all btisy in clothing and comforting them ; but among the most zealous, kind, and active were Mr. and Mrs. Lynn, of the Waterloo Hotel, who were on board. Mrs. Lynn went over the poor children, seized them in her arms as they came on board, dried them, caressed them, and covered them in the best way she could. Mr. Lynn supplied the fainting with brandy and wine, and the less helpless, with hot soups, meats, &c. The conduct of both was the subject of general admiration, and the poor poured on them incessant thanks and prayers. The Affonso brought us to the Mersey, and the gentlemen on board desired us, if we wished, to remain on board all nio.ht " The mate concludes his narrative without mentioning the praise bestowed on himself. We understand, how ever, that he was highly complimented by the gentlemen on board the Affonso, and that the passengers pressed upon him gratefully with " God bless you I—you have saved our lives." Mr. Ellis, surgeon of the Ocean Monarch, acquits the captain altogether of the culpability which has been charged against him by a contemporary. In his opinion, the captain and mate did all that it was possible for men to do under the circumstances. The captain, in the first place, took all the necessary steps to check the conflagra tion, and afterwards behaved with the greatest prompti tude but all his exertions were rendered fruitless by the contusion prouuceu uy terror wnicn spread among the paSsengers. The captain stuck to the ship until the frag ments of the blazing mainmast were faliing about him ; ,• , tie ma not leave until it was an impossibility any longer to stand the heat between the two fires raging fore and aft. He had great difficulty, in fact, in saving his own life at last, and he ceitainly saved the lives of others in his in- structions to those who hesitated to throw themselves into the water, and there trust t o th e s p ars .—M r . Elli s was picked up by a pilot-boat out of one of the Ocean Monarch's boats (the mate's) almost swamping at the time by the heavy seas, and was afterwards placed on board a Wexford smack, the Queen. Some of the passengers, when rescued, were perfectly naked. Mr. Ellis, like the majority of the other passen gers, has lost everything by the fire. As a professional man, his sacrifices are even more to be regretted than those of others : he has lost his diploma (granted by the Royal College of Surgeons), all his instruments, books, &c. Mr. Ellis states that the.fire first appeared in the cabin, and he therefore questions the statement that it was occasioned by the carelessness of an emigrant in the steerage. Mr. Ellis was sitting in the cabin reading at 12 o'clock in the day, when the second steward rushed in and said that the ship was on fire. A lady, of the name of Andrews, was in the cabin, also reading, at the same time ; she was greatly alarmed. He believes that this unfortunate lady, with her daughter, a child nine years old, has been lost. Mr. Andrews, the husband of this lady, has been saved. At the time the fire broke out, a great number of the emigrants were lying sea-sick in their berths, and he attributes the subsequent confusion to the alarm produred by these running naked on deck. In this way many of the children were lost. The tug-boat, which took them out of the river, had not left them half an hour, when the first smoke was seen : had she stayed a little while longer with them, every human being would have been saved. The Prince of Wales steamer arrived from the wreck at this port at five in the afternoon. She had saved a great number of persons, but had transhipped the whole of them but fourteen on board the Affonso frigate. They spoke in high terms of the kindness with which thay had been treated on board the Prince of Wales ; and we are gratified to announce, that a subscription, set on foot at Menai Bridge, on their behalf, realised, in a very short period, upwards of £6O. The following statement is from Captain G. Dani, of the City of Dublin Company's steamer Prince of Wales, who, seeing the distressed situation of the Ocean Monarch while on his passage from this port to Beaumaris, in the most praiseworthy manner bore down towards her. and was happily the means o! saving the lives of a large number of the passengers. After the gallant captain and his crew had rendered all the assistance in their power, and had seen the last of the people taken from the wreck, the steamer, having some of the people on board who were saved by their humane exertions, proceeded to ber destination, where she arrived at eight o c l oc k : _ . " When outside the Light-ship T discovered a ship on fire, bearing about twelve miles N.W.I immediately hauled up tor her, and ordered one of the boats to be got ready. In going along I discovered a boat with four hands in it. I took her in tow, and in a short time after I saw a man floating on part of the wreck. I sent a boat to pick him up, and got him on board. At. this time there was a great deal of the wreck floating about. I lowered my boat, and sent Mr. Batty (the mate) and three'hands to see if they could pick up any one alive. As Mr. Batty was going into the boat he discovered the body of a child, not quite dead, but it was too far gone to recover. I then. proceeded to the ship on fire, and got three more passengers that were floating. When I came up to the ship she was in one flame from fore to aft. 1 did not think it prudent to go alongside of her, but I came to anchor close ahead of her. At this time the wind was increasing, and a heavy sea running, and so much of the wreck haiiging about the vessel the boats could not ap proach her with safety. I then got the passengers to assist to weigh my anchor, and returned to pick up my own boat. I then returned to the ship, and saw from twenty to thirty people under the bowsprit of the ship. I then came to anchor close on her starboard bow, and got lines attached to the boats and saved every one that was left on tho wreck-. At this trying moment Mr. Batty was of the greatest service to me, as well as all the other hands, who cheerfully and willingly assisted in saving all they could." The following account of the frightful occurrence is from a passenger on board the Prince of Wales : " About twelve o'clock at noon, when. opposite Point of Ayr, I got the telescope to take a survey of the coast, and, turning to the sea, I saw a cloud of smoke. which struck me as coming from a steamer firing up ; but, as it continued for some time with the same feature, I thought that it might be a ship on fire. I went to Captain Dani, and, on his looking at it, he declared it to be so, and im mediately bore down towards her. She then might be about four miles off. On nearing her a couple of miles, I was on the forecastle looking out, and heard a cry ; saw a man attached to a life buoy, the boat was got down ' and he was picked up; and a child floated. past, which was also picked up, but dead ; floating cabbages and pieces of wreck came next, and then—horrible sight !—bodies of men and women, just under the surface of the water, all the way to the burning ship, which was at anchor. " The Brazilian frigate Affonso was anchored a little distance from her, and rendering every assistance with the boats. On our coming up on her larboard bow, to our horror it was crowded with poor wretches—men, women, and children—banging to ropes, spars, and the wreck of the foremast, crying most piteously to be saved from their frightful position, the awful element fire lite rally chasing them into the equally destructive one water, which was very rough, causing the vessel to surge ten or twelve feet at every heave, continually immersing those who had slid down the hanging wreck of ropes and sails, on the chance of being taken off by the boats, which, un fortunately, dare not approach for fear of being swamped. Then came a sight, sickening and never to be forgotten : they one by one dropped off into the water, unable to hold on any longer, either from the heat or from exhaustion, we and the boats looking on, unable to render help further than picking those up who were bold enough to jump. "At length some twelve or fourteen were all that re- mained; the sea got a little smoother, and our ship (the Prince of Wales) went ahead of her, and dropped her anchor, letting her drop down as near as possible. A rope was then passed by a boat from us and eased away to the wreck ; then a man, a credit to humanity, a s a ilo r from the skip New World, which was going out to sea, stripped, and took a rope round his body, climbed up to the bowsprit, and, amidst encouraging cheers from all about, slung them one by one into the boat, and by that means saved the lives of one man, aged seventy, four women, and five or six children, the last on the fatal ship. All that I saw saved were of the lowest class of Irish and the manufacturing districts of Lancashire." It is stated that one female was thrust overboard by another . woman who was frantic; that she came i n con •. tact with another she breathed het 3 in a dying state, and who, when in the water_ fr.," na fl bllncr by All the survivors who were taken on board the Affonso speak in the warmest terms of praise of her noble com mander, and of her most benevolent crew. Everything that that frigate had on board was liberally and bounti fully supplied to them. Biscuit and bread, meat and vegetables, brandy and wine,• all were handed about with unbounded profusion ; and we need scarcely say that these esculents and - drlnltables were - rnost"aCceptable to the wretched sufferers, all of whom were dre ched with wet, yet parched with thirst, and most of whom were literally in a state of nudity. And, talking of nudity, this most humane crew supplied to the best of their ability, the wants of the survivors, in this respect. To one they gave a coat, to another trousers, and to another a shirt, until at length, in this way, every one brought on board the frigate had some essential requisite of clothing supplied. Many of the survivors are to proceed to their destina tion in the United States by the Hope, appointed to sail yesterday. Many were, however, so terrified that they decline proceeding, and have had their passage money re turned. The passage money amounted in the.aggregate to about £l3OO. The fare in the first cabin was £2O;. in the second, £l2 ; in the state-room, £5 ; steerage, first deck, £4 • second deck, £3 10s. The following is said to be the number of persons on board the Ocean Monarch, together with the number of those saved and unaccounted for : Steerage Second cabin First Crew Doctor ON BOARD SAVED Queen of the Ocean Affonso Smack Prince of Wales .. To account for 32 156 13 17 CABIN PASSENGERS.—Mr. and Mrs. Dow ; Mr. Southworth ; Thomas Henry ; J. K. Fellowes, and Mr. Gregg,—all of whom are said to have been saved. SECOND CLASS CABIN PASSENGERS.—Mr. James Sid dall, Maine ; Mrs. Howard and child, England ; Mrs. Reynolds ; Mrs. Roper and two children ; Miss Maria Bunning ; Mrs. Shaw ; Mr. H. Powell, Mr. Bristow ; Mr. Murphy, and four others. Few of the steerage passengers would be known by name here, and we therefore do not publish them. August 3, MA The captain has published a letter thanking the gentle' Men on board the yacht for their extraordinary exertioost and expressive of his admiration of the skilful and sea", manlike manner in which the Q ueen o f th e O ce an W ll handled. - • The sympathy shown to the poor creatures is creditable to all concerned. Mr. Lynn, who was on board the Br a ' zilian frigate, as caterer to the distinguished party, Pr °. vided them with soup and other necessaries. A number of policemen's top coats, and other articlao of wearing apparel, were sent from the Dock Police-offi for the use of Cie unfortunate people, as they were landea from the pierhead, from the different vessels which CO II veyed them into port. The same spirit of humanity towards the survivors Pe r ; vades all classes. Mr. Baker, the comedian, suggests benefit play at the Th ea t re -R o y a l, w hi c h w ill ta k e Wa e , i on Thursday evenin g , w h en th e amatuers w h o ap peare , 7 a year ago in the Twelfth Night, will again perform 03! piece. The Brunswick Club purposes getting up an am f t teur performance at the Royal Amphitheatre; and 3 " B. R. Isaac has announced the diverting the proceetl the his own Grand Concert, to come off this evening, W i same benevolent cause. When we consider the very ". 1e : pressed state of the times amongst all classes, we are 26 , dined to say (as Cowper said of " England" at largen " Liverpool, with all thy faults, we love thee still." In order to ascertain the number of survivors as nea r ly as possible, a meeting of them was summoned., on Su ° day, at Messrs. Harnden's office. Nearly 150 drew ap t ; and although c l o thi ng h a d b een urov id e d for manh,_ majority of the poor creatures were in the most pitiabje and destitute condition. One poor' woman who ,T 4: presen • c V 1 11 . C1 taint.. Viler passengers were teken to the police-office, cohere elotow e ' was provided for them. Several of the - unhappy beings are in the Norther n Hospital, with fractured limbs and other injuries. Ma ni of them are suffering severely from the long irnmerSion in the water. Some of the invalids were conveyed to Cb e Birkenhead hospital. The members of the bar, still on circul, at once"got lIP a subscription, and raised in a few hours £140.- The stewardess lost her life in courageously attemptin to get the powd er ou t o f th e ca bi n . S he was f orce d bac k by the fumes, and fell dead on reachi ng th e d ec k. The, powder exploded with- a report like that of a cannon. The vessel continued to burn until one o'clock on F rA c i child, and £BOO. It appears f rom th e latest cone day morning. One pe r s on on b oard lost bis w if e an ,tures that the fire was not first seen in the cabin, and theri was no smoke there, and that it first showed itself near the steering-wheel, where the store-room is situated. ilfr• and Mrs. Dow, of Glasgow,.wererescued by the Affonso , after being long in the water, and drivel by the wave s. from spar to spar. A young man named Thompson, a seaman belonging.T Liverpool, seeing the d anger , j umpe d i n t h e wa t er , with his child tied on his back, and held on by the chain cable' also supporting his wife, who was•also in the water. Aft er the lapse of an hour and a half the child was washed away' and the wife soon shared the same fate. The young raa ° was saved. Censure has been cast upon the commanders o f the, Cambria. and Orion, w h ose s t eam - vesse l s passe d i n s i g ht of the ship. The charge is a serious one ; and it vver2, wrong to give it credence u n til an i nves ti ga ti on o f t h e ease take place: It is stat e d, th a t no t k now i ng t h e exten t 0' the calamity, and seeing (in the distance) other vessels' and a number of boats round the ship, they did not dee ra their assistance necessary. The captain of the Caiobria says that he had only as much coal as would take him t ° Liverpool, and that he did not know she was an em igral ship. He had also two hu n d re d p assengers on b oar d, an , his decks werecompletely crowded with liv e sto o k, which would have rendered it difficult to have rendered a ssist: ante, with such a heavy sea running. His coals woul d have run out, and he must have remained at art' chor, which would have placed his vessel in great danger' had it come on to blow. Captain Murdoch also acqui t 3 the captains of these steam-vessels of all blame. He sal' it would have taken an hour and a half after the was cis" covered by thdm for them to have reached the Ocean Monarch. In the House of Commons, on Saturday, the flatlet lor of the Exchequer promised that the fullest enquir/ should take place into the circumstances. Mr. alluded to the Cambria and Orion having passed the shlP , and trusted that Jerome, who had saved seventeen lives' would be adequately rewarded. . _ The melancholy catastrophe was improved fr3m th e pulpits ofmnst.of the churches, and in,several sag ~collecti were made in aue. of the unfortunate suff er The United States Consul has addressed a letter °I thanks to the gentlemen on board the frigate and th e yacht. The Prince de Joinville left £lO for two seamen' en board the frigate, wh) exerted themselves courage oo `4 during the dreadful scene. Th e B raz ili an m i n i s t e r left £lOO for the crew of that vessel, but on Sunday, wh en this fact was communicated to them, they re f u sed , t o receive the money, and w ished. it : t o be handed to the surviving sufferers. When only a dozen helpless womenJ and children remained o n th e b urn i ng wreck, paralYz, e " with fear and•totally inc a p a bl e o f h e lpi ng th em selves Dr descending from the tottering bowsprit to the boats which] in the midst of the heavy sea and wreck, in vain offer ti • • 1- • am assistance below, the seaman, Jerome, strippec self naked, made his way through the sea and wreck,-an`" with a line in his hand, succeeded in lowering the last helpless victims safely into the boats-, being himself the last man to leave the wreck. Onlis arrival on board the Brazilian steam-frigate Affonso, he was received on. the quarter-deck by the Prince de Joinville and the Duke d'Aumale, who, shaking him by the hand, praised, his gallantry in the most flattering terins, bestowifig al on D i an ample gratuity. The blackened m as t an d so-ine of the spars of the unfortunate ship, with portions of the rig ging attached, were towed into the river on Friday night* by one of the steam-tugs which found them floating near the spctwbere the remains of the. vessel went down. Ther were floated into the Prince's Basin, where they remain. Mr. Baker, the comedian, was not a passenger hy the Ocean Monarch, as stated by a contemporary. The lady of Admiral Grenfell took charge of a, which was rescued from the burning ship. It has since been claimed by a Mrs. Roper, who lies at the Norther Hospital. The meeting between the mother and child was most affecting, the poor woman having lost all hope of ever seeing it again. The poor child had the horrors of the scene so strongly impressed on its mind, that during sleep, it was evidently, in imagination again amid the ter rors from which it had been rescued, frequently starting , screaming, and muttering exclamations of alarm. The Journal says :—On Friday we visited Regent street and the other streets lying at the north end of the town? masses p orary u r e f s h i d u e m n :e n s . where the unfortu na t e surv i vors h ave t a k en up th e i r ten?: e Never t h did s e ws survivors beingsN v w i i v t u n r e s ss p r e s such.. present, q ls u l e as i of them are women, some with bu rn s on th e i r nec ks and shoulders, produced by the blazing masts and timber 9, and others with black eyes and contused wounds upol i various parts of their persons, caused by frequent surge!, on the tops of the waves against broken spars and the btu' of the burning vessel. . The Skerryvore steam-tug arrived on Saturday. morning from the scene of the late disaster with five bodies (tvi ° women, one man, and two children,) and a quantity of spars, sails, &c., belonging to the ship. The bodies ha t , been previously picked up. by boatmen, and when brougi% to Liverpool were placed in the house appropriated for th e unclaimed dead, at the south end of the Prince's Doc k There were several bruises and cuts on the heads and fac e ' of the bodies, and one of the children had apparently bee° scorched. THE LOSS OF THE. SIM EAST INDIAMAN °I. FIRE. The case of the destruction of the " Kent," by fire, i° the Bay of Biscay, on the 28th February, 1827, bears con siderable analogy to that of the loss of the Ocean Monarch!. although the mortality was not nearly so great, that supply a few of the facts, by way of historical remi o- cence. The Kent, a fine new ship, of 1,350 tons, (on l y 50 tons more than the Ocean Monarch,) commanded bY Captain Henry Cobb, left the Downs on the 19th Febrn; ary of the year stated, bound for Bengal and China. 5 !,' 0 had a crew of 148 men, including her offi cers ; and officers, 344 soldiers, 43 women, and 66 children, belong" ing to the 31st regiment ; also 20 private passengers, rna k i i ing a total of 641 souls. The O cean M onarc h h a d in al on board 398. being 243 short of the number in the Kent. On the night of the 28th February, when the Kent W l° in latitude 47 0 30u, longitude 10a s a gale came on I.'l°l which gradually increased till the niorning• About midnight the vessel rolled alarmingly. Shortly b e " fore this an officer, with the well-meant intention of 1 5 d ; certaining that all! was right below, went into the 13 0 it with two sailors, carrying with them a light in a nat e ,'"a lantern; but seeing that it burnt dimly, the officer hani'a s . it up to the orlop deck to .be trimmed. He atterwar t discovered that one of the spirit casks was adrift, and sel f the seamen for some billet%of wood to secure it. In th e w absence the vessel made a lurch, the officer unfortunat e A dropped the lamp and,: in endeavou r i ng t o recove r it', Its go the cask, when it was suddenly stove, and the slm r. . ll communicating with the light the whole was instantly a blaze. As the spot was surrounded by water-casks, they ha d , the fire might be extinguished, b u t it soon ga i n ed ii, r„,11 and, succeeded by dense v o l ume s o f smo k e , asc ended e 5 the four hatchways. The cry soon was that the da l ' a had reached the cable tier, and little h o pe was e ntertai u r a of preserving the vessel. The alarm and horror on b° B „.. became intense. With great presence of mind the c a 'r et . tain ordered the lower deck to be scuttled, and the I ° vj n il ports to be opened to admit the waves. The sailors soldiers speedily obeyed, but could not until several P le a sons, sick soldiers, women, and children had 'foto from suffocation. After this there seemed but a of death—by fire, or by water. The scene was drea", 7 oo The upper decks were covered with between 600 an i cl . : os t beings, many of them from sea-sickness and alarm 51 7 n 0. naked. An explosion of the magazine was almost to mentarily expected. The captain ordered the vess e l 0 be scuttled forward to draw the fire in that direction .of between it and the magazine there were several tie ate water casks. The cries, the prayers of the helples s or of meantime heartrending, while others fell into the stuP fro os despair. At last the'joyful announcement was ma o ved the fore-top that a sail was bearing down, and sheY r nt aia to be the Cambria, a brig of 200 tons burthen, Ca . e re Cook, bound to Vera Cruz. The boats of the Ken; t wit got out, and the females placed in them first, and e ye t conduct was that of perfect resignation, for they sver_ios in imminent peril. A number of extraordinary, e' were made from yawning death. Several soldiers ;06 rished in attempting to save their wives and childrenvba several of the latter were drowned in the transit. brave means of rescue taken by Captain Cobb and all the,roat fellows around were fearless for themselves, and 9 t e pa' humanity could dictate for others. Considering the viere. ture of the circumstances, comparatively few live s -rea' lb lost. The captain was the last to escape,_ and at Ts baril. The congratulation of friends and relati%. cor oard the Cambria may be conceived ; and those °n pit h of her, soon after saw the majestic ship, which 1 ?_ ° ► _„ r ao them, passed over the waters like a conqu eror, Dul' mighty pillar of fire, in the vast desert of the ocean' LOCAL MEETINGS HARRINGTO'N WATER WORKS.—At a meeting on Wednesday, for finally winding up the affairs, a dividend of £9 5 per share was declared, and a vote of thanks car ried to Mr. Stanistreet, the able secretary of the company. SELECT VESTRY.—The Select Vestry met on Tuesday. The chair was occupied by the Rev. Rector Campbell. The total number sick in the house was stated to be 458. Mr. Steains sent in a letter tendering his resignation as a vestryman, on account of his health. The affairs of Nel son, the late collector, it appeared were under examina tion, the Vestry having taken legal advice on the subject, and applied to counsel for an opinion from which it was expected they would be able to prosecute the defaulter. William George, jun. and his wife were elected to the situations of book-keeper, store-keeper, and porteress at the Industrial School. The Medical Relief Committee reported the resignation of Dr. Torbuck, who requested that Mr. Kelly might be appointed, he having engaged to pay Dr. Torbuck a certain sum of money advanced by himself. This arrangement was declined. On the sub ject of cholera the Rector said they were informed that,• should we be visited with it, Liverpool was better pre pared than when it was last here. He did not think there was any cause for alarm. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—AIIIOIIeSt the .bills ordered for payment was one of £704 4s. lOd., for extra watching at the docks, from the 14th of March to the 11th of April, and from the 12th of July to the Ist of August. • . .1 . .1 • been paid, would make a total of £llOO with which the surireyor's department of the Dock Estate had been taxed in consequence of the recent apprehended disturbances Mr. Henders • curred by the shipowners in extra watching.—An applica tion was made from the Royal Mersey Yacht Club, for the use of the life boats on the occasion of the approaching regatta, the applicants to pay the men. The committee viewed the application favourably, and it was left in the hands of the sub-committee.—lt was reported that on Tuesday last two flats with lighted fires on board, passed through the cut from the canal into the docks, and that the captains stated that they were ignorant of any regula tion to the contrary. Public notice was ordered to be given of the regulation for preventing fires on board of vessels in the docks.—The receipts of dock and light dues at the port of Runcorn for the past month were stated to be on 242 vessels, of 12,709 tons, £53 Os. 9d. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the meeting on Thursday, the following returns of deaths were read : Parish of Liverpool. Extra-parochial Wards This week. Last week. This week. Last week "161 184 10 11 All causes 52 57 Fever 0 1 Scarlatina , , 10 12 Diarrhoea .. 45 12 12 Total deaths this week, 213 ; previous week, 241; de crease, 28.—The opinion of Mr. Cowling, barrister, had 'seen taken as to interment- ' 'ice. It --- " s in pits, was the opi nion of the learned counsel that the magistrates had pro perly declined in the case of St. Patrick's burial-ground, but that the act of parliament would enable the committee to sustain an indictment if, after any interment, the earth was removed from the top of the coffin. The Town-clerk was directed to give notice to the various sextons that this course would be adopted without further notice.—A letter was read from Mr. North, reminding the Health Committee that the me mor i a l o f th e i n h a bi tants o f Kirk- dale, on the subject of the rates, was referred by them to the Council, and requesting their prompt attention to the wishes of the memorialists. The applicant was informed, that the Sub-committee to whom it was referred would be prepared to report to the next Council.—Mr. Har bord, seconded by Mr. Parker, then moved that reporters a- L I_ .• • • mittee Leta w sue imure meetings or the On a division the numbers were, for the ad- mission of reporters 8, against 4, namely,—For, Messrs. Danson, Harbord, 9 Holme, R-ade J. Walthew, Parker, bone, 2 ris, Tinne, Harbord will have to obtain the confirmation of this resolution from the Council. Etztratllls.s. prison for four months, for " drilling" persons at ➢Zot tram to the use of arms. The Nat Bank Cotton Mill, near Heywood, was de stroyed by fire on Friday. It was occupied by Mr. Pilling, who is insured for £2OOO in the Liverpool office. The loss is estimated at £3OOO. Mr. Pierrepoint, dentist, of Manchester, has a turkey cock which , is now bringing up ten chickens with the utmost tenderness, after having, with gnat pride, regu larly sat on the eggs with every attention, until the pro cess of incubation was completed. _ During the late heavy rains, the soldiers in the encamp ment at Manchester, at present about 900 strong, have suffered severely. The canvass, of which their tents are composed, has proved unable to resist the rains, and every article within has been constantly saturated. An imme diate change is anticipated. LORD J:RUSSELL ' AND THE WOMEN.—Mrs. Theobald, the female insurrectionist, who spoke at a Repeal meeting at Manchester on Tuesday, announced that 100,000 females were ready organised in London, and were prepared to march as a body on Lord John Russell. Heaven help the_pi emier ! WANT OF ACCOMMODATION AT THE " PIKE."—At the Bolton licensing sessions, last week, Mr. Brownlow. solicitor, applied on behalf of Mr. Radcliffe, for a license to a house at Riviugton Pike, and produced a memorial signed by all the publicans in Horwich, overseers, guardi ans of the poor, and other parties ; and it was urged that as the " rude and antique" spot, commanding such splen did views, had now become a place of such favourite re sort, it was necessary to have a place for refreshments; and, again, that the resort would be still more famed when the Rivington Pike water scheme was carried into effect at Liverpool. The magistrates, however, declined to grant the license. ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS.—We understand that it is in contemplation to divide the Lancashire district, now presided over ecclesiastically by two prelates, the Right Rev. Dr. Brown, bishop of the district, and the Right Rev. Dr. Sharpies, his coadjutor bishop, into two sees, — one to be called the see or bishopric of Liverpool,—of which Dr. Brown, it is said, is likely .to be the bishop ; and the bishopric of Salford, under the care of Dr. Shar pies. On Thursday, the Right Rev. Dr. Hogarth was to be appointed bishop of the Durham District, and it is was supposed would be installed in Usher College, near Durham.—Manchester Guardian. MEETING OF ORANGEMEN DEPUTATION TO THE AUTHORITIES.—Owing to the late outbreak in this town a very numerous meeting of the members of the various Orange Lodges in the Ashton district, assembled at Ashton a few days ago, when it was unanimously agreed that a deputation should be appointed to wait upon the magistrates and inform them of the willingness of the body of Orangemen to aid them in the suppression of any disturbance that might take place whenever called upon. The deputation was courteously received, and the autho rities expressed their thanks for the loyal feeling mani fested by the members of this loyal order. 4rai• 'Uirttsi •S ktir It..trar Jo s'e til .' r •A car zo e 1? .I. 4( f r wßi 44(1 filled f4 ; 'l,L Ai l lbli hotbZine WP D' ,tta tb adoe Yor C o j:,! 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