The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-09-07 00:00:00

the foil romance of ".Co] aouant He ha y will accer hencef partly gular c er wild I demand, and the p them on )tal of c cl was n of the 100 to 6000 liad perist Pul=ed m of the FOREIGN 4 COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE Advices from Athens of the 20th ult.- announce that General Griziotti has escaped from imprisonment at Chal cis and raised the standard of revolt against the Coletti Government at Negropont. The Parisian correspondent of the Edinitu, says that the Bishop,of Lucon, in order toind to subscribe for the purchase of new hells for ) has asserted that these bells will afford the Holy Virgin, that they will prevent •storm.. they will make the land fertile. SO' great is the military -enthusiasm felt-at Rom the Austrian government has assumed, a menae tude towards the Pope, that many of- the priests Register ,s cathedral, seat pleasure to arch militant 1 not ( est battalion ( The 0 from the Ir from China having I iey mark€ from Calc improving Wales, w a; but 25th of CRASLIN aged) , v Paris, but throw, led to the bad faller upon tt it will turn out i CAPE OF GOOD He from the Cape ( brot t by th of the Call about 100 chief S I of cattl il, Of the Caffre pol which has just been pi Interior, at Paris, of the on the Ist of A so nate] land to at at fled to Bi a Roman Catholic) had ,bleman is t T F'EVI FATAL ACCIDENT FROM FIRE ARMS.—On the 30th ult. C. S.• Agnew, Esq., of Ballyclare, went to -shoot on the mountain of Ballyalbanagh. On leaving the mountain in the evening, he was in the act of adjusting their guns, in the straps of the dash-board of the gig, standing in front of the muzzles, when, melancholy to relate, one of them went off, and the eatire contents lodged in the unfortu nate gentleman's chest, which caused almost instantaneous e loss of a bank parcel, containing notes to the , nt of £7,500 has been the subject of investigation nagh far the last few weeks. The parcel in question was From the metropolis to a city in the south, and there ined, previous to being transmitted to its destination, ' The parcel was forwarded to when it v found correct party to whom it was ien, Inspecting ( was immediatk irected, on opening it, found its fpnws 3 • 1 f the h k notes, amounting to £7 discovered in the enve test manner of a bank r 3.-At a meeting of law Union, Captain r of the Union, said he wished of the amount of destitution prevail in enother fortnight to leave Limerick without making InoWn'the fact that. ,e most xte inquiry he had made, the nr, of the week were numbers on relief lists at th e beg'. _ _ lg to the of 1841, at which was of destitution whi, ge corn- made under the new act ity, and 15,950 in the ut-door relief. 'Unless some remedy ised by the board the destitude would e ! Some discussion took place on this an inally a committee, suggested by Lord fording relief in pest manner y ise means of RRENCE IN C A So: Tipperary Constitution g got information that Mr On arriving ai the licon;e, they im- Ir. O'Ryan, who stated that having .d his child, who slept in an adjoining .t- t once found his wife in ;ed her out of the I her in a - violent manner, the his escape out of a window into the ;e he returned into the house through The father, who had a case of pistols met him on the stairs, and immediately young man in the corner of the ri cl his cheek bone. Drs. Russell, C lediately i Lel gaol CLERI( 7AL 11\ TELLIGENCE, ,te rector of St. TI lted by Lady Olivia ry of Hyton vel IfaughtOn, near indersley Rectory, has ad- •shireman, contending that t ought to be eligible to the Geo. Greer is pror ers are I.A carage of Pat atsbull, both in I a letter to th Lye "of . . tlianks,,, ,, iving for plenty should RS of the diocese, to the end of lton, I e Montagu Villiers, ie new ,est dai ishop. Mr. -iter of \Vil He will be the of last wee iester Bishopric Bill." g none hension, repeat that we lissentnrs to the hill RC ame time it app, own avowed ye cannot tment of an additional bishop, paid tes, and having no seat in the legis dissenters. We deny that it is in tween the establishment and dissent. s Men of all sects may feel a LO matter of complaint if the legis :=els of those who are not open to influenced by their attachment to contains the order in Council, .uinst 10, for the appointment ichester ; ordering the Collegiat 3 of Ma THE LIVERPOO - 1 'STANDARD. BLEEDS AND THIRSIC RAILWAY.—It is expected about ten miles of this railway, from Thirsk to the north side of the river Ure, near Ripon, will be open for public-traffic early in October, and that a permanent junction will be formed with the York and Newcastle Railway, at Thirsk. early in November. A further distance of about eighteen miles, from Ripon to Weston Lane, near Castley,--will probably be open in March._ _ The Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Company have offered to the Birkenhead Dobk Commissioners, that if the rates upon shipping be reduced to 6d. per ton from foreign ports, and ld. per ton on coasters, the railway company will pay the rates upen all vessels with cargo entering the docks, guaranteeing a mi nimum revenue, from the Ist of September to the Ist of January, 1849, considerably exceeding what the commis sioners have hitherto received Y I I IVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCASTLE jIINC -I.—The meeting of this Company on Tuesday was of a different character to one in February last. The_pro ceedings were short and pleasant. The Chairman said, that the £92,000 available balance was out on good secu rity at 5 per cent. The Directors have pledged themselves to make no call during the next six months ; and the Chairman gave it as his opinion, that there would be no need of any for the next twelve months. He also made the agreeable announcement, that there will be no neces- sity for their going to parliament next session. A saving of £l,OOO a year has been effected by dispensing with the London and Newcastle offices. The business is now car ried forward at Manchester, under the superintendence of Mr. C. M. Wilson (the Secretary), on whom the Chair- man pt igh and no doubt well-merited comyiliment, LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. —The speech of Mr. Houldsworth at the meeting of this Company on Wednesday will be read with interest. It contains matter of the gravest importance, and shows in the strongest possible light the evils that are resulting from the Government interference with the rate and tolls of the railways. This is shown in the great disproportion between the increase of passenger and merchandize traffic, and the receipts therefrom. Mr Houldsworth says, the average of passengers has increased since 1845 22 per cent., while the receipts had only increased 51 per cent. A similar re sult is shown in the merchandize department: The in crease of work done was about 12 to 14 per cent., while there has been little or no increase in the receipts. The direct effect of this is a loss to the Company of £50,000 per annum. THE BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY. —The half-yearly meeting of this company took place yesterday week, at Birmingham, Mr. Mathews in the chair. The Chairman directed the secretary to affix the seal of the company to the share register. Mr. Mozley objected. He did not believe that this could be done without the authority of the meeting. The Chairman It is done. (The secretary here affixed the seal.) M _ _ Mozley said, that what had been done was neither more nor less than a declaration of the nullity of all meetings of this description. (Applause.) Several Proprietors ex pressed a similar opinion. Mr. Mozley moved a resolu tion, demanding that the seal of the company, which was now improperly used, should be delivered up to him, Mr. Elias Joseph Mozley, for safe custody. Mr. Hore se conded the motion, which, however, the chairman de- Mozley said this was of no importance, since it had been improperly done, and he accordingly put the resolution himself, which he declared to be carried. Amidst some laughter, he then requested that the seal might be handed over to him, a request which was not complied with. Mr. Whately then read the half-yearly report, together with a statement of accounts. The re port consisted of little more than a statement that no re port would be presented, in consequence of the differences id shareholders. The accounts received to be £442,008 19s. 3d., Le vrhoie amoun and the balance in hand to be £41,408 16s. The Chairman made a few observations, and moved the adoption of this report. Mr. Spooner, M.P., seconded the motion. Mr. Mozley opposed it, and demanded further explanations as to the estimates and expenditures. The Chairman said that these points would all be included in the directors' answer to the bill in chancery, and for the present he should decline further explanation .upon them. After a good deal more wrangling conversation of the same na ture, the meeting was, on the motion of Mr. Mozley, ad. (gaunt ,z,ffliortilanv. Mr. Lumley has concluded an engagement with Jenny Lind, for the next season, at her Majesty's Theatre. The Leeds intelligencer says that the potato disease has not visited Yorkshire. The barque Cobre from Swansea to Coquimbo has been entirely destroyed by fire originating in the spontaneou combustion of the cargo The d.v nn mhi released on which she was christened at Bristol by Prince Albert. The Marquis of Anglesey transmitted to Lieutenant Munro a check for one hundred guineas, immediately after his trial. has purchased from a party in Edin portrait of Dr. Chalmers, printed by John Watson Gordon Mr. Yardley, of the Chester and North Wales Circuit, has been appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of Bombay. farmer of Glasgow, has en into custody for dating a bill 1947, thus im yosing on his creditors. been to The rumour of an extensive loss of life on board the steamer, Glamorgan, in the Bristol Channel, which has appeared in several papers, proves to be untrue. On Wednesday, the boys belonging to Plympton, St. Mary Union, near Plymouth, were taken to bathe, when three of them were drowred. The majority of pews in Wakefield parish cht A'NOBLE POULTERER.—A general reduction Of game keepers has been made on the Duke of Buckingham's Manors in Bucks. Around Stowe no less than sixteen have been dismissed, and two only retained. A number -of "watchers" are out of commission. The venison from Stowe park is in the course4:pf sale, and the leverets on the estate are sent to market-weekly. CRICKET. —The great match between the eleven of all England and twenty-two of Birmingham,-was brought to a termination on Wednesday. The play was excellent on both sides, especially tie bowling on the part of the Bir mingham players, who gained the victory by five runs only. The numbers scored were—Birmingham, fir -t in nings, 80; second innings, 81. All England, first innings, 93; second innings, 63. A few days since, two boys, four years old, were playing in the streets of Perth, and amused themselves by running after some pieces of paper which were driven about by the wind. The children caught the whole of them, and took them home as playthings, but their parents discovered that the pieces of paper were 'four bank notes for £2O each, which had been lost by agentleMan residing in.the neighbourhood. Loss OF THE AUCKLAND.—We regret to announce that private letters have been received in town, which leave very little room to doubt that her Majesty's ship Auckland has been unfortunately wrecked. This vessel was engaged in endeavouring to carry out Lord Stanley's project of finding a fit site fcr a new penal settlement, we believe to the north of Port Essington. It was on her return that the Auckland went upon the rocks. PRICE OF WHEAT AND BREAD.—OR referring to our paper of no longer date than May last, we find that wheat was sold at 120 s. per quarter, and the quartern loaf at um. At the commencement of this month, September 2nd, We find wheat quoted at 60s. per quarter, and house hold bread is now sold in this city at 6d. per quartern, though in most instances at 7d. In May potatoes were sold at ls.6d. per quartern. now they are to ba bought at 7d. , . . A man named Dixon has been committed for trial, in London, on a charge of stealing a number of sheets of the Pickwick Papers, the Peoples' Journal, and Punch, from the premises of Messrs. Bradbury and Evans. The prisoner was a warehouseman there, and has been in the habit of supplying various newsvenders with those works several hours prior to their issue by the regular publishers. At Dixon's lodgings were found as many sheets of differ ent worl(s printed as would fill a barrow. BOILER XPLOSION.—The boiler of the Firebrand, one of the steam-tugs employed on the river Tyne, burst one day last week, as the vessel was running into Shields har bour. One of the tubes gave way, and the steam rushed forward underneath the deck, and destroyed the fore cabin, shattering the bulk head and the entire wooden partitions to pieces. Fortunately, no one was below at the time, but boy, named F, hatches iency of water is said to have been the immediate cause of the * accident. STATUETTE OF JENNY LIND.—An elegant statuette of this celebrated singer has been modelled by Count D'Or say, and may be seen at the establishment of Messrs. D. Colnaghi and Co. Pall-mall East. She is represented in the character of the Figlia del Reggimento. The attitude is precisely such as the lady assumes in one part of her performance, and will be immediately recognised. The likeness is good, both as to the features of the face and the general outline of the figure. The statuette is about 20 inches in height. The people of - Newcastle-on-Tyne have lost the oppor tunity of seeing Jenny Lind. An agreement had been made with the proprietors of the theatre there for the ap pearance of the nightingale, but afterwards Mr. Knowles, who had engaged the thatre, was apprised by the secre tary that there were 70 proprietor's tickets, and that these would be entitled to gratuitous admission, and it also coming to light that the proprietors tickets instead of being 70 were 130, Mr. Knowles determined to forego the concert, though the tickets had been printed and every other arrangement made COMPENSATION FOR PERSONAL INJI of which many persons are availing them Facilities in the new county courts for bringing actions to recover compensation for injuries where the damages are not laid at more than £2O. In one of these cases, heard recently at North Shields, J. Robson, a boatman, complained that as he was lying in his boat with his hand hanging over, a Mr. Black pulled a small boat against him with great vio lence, and so injured his hand that he was obliged to sub mit to the amputation of his finger. The court awarded him £2O damages. A WIFE POISONED BY UER HUSBAND.—At Edinburgh, on Wednesday, Thomas Leith was tried at the High Court of Justiciary for the murder of his wife. It seemed that. h of April last. the nrismier. whn at Dundee, mixed a quantity of arsenic with some barley meal, which his wife made into porridge and partook of, soon after which she became ill and died, as was proved, from the effects of poison. Some time before this the prisoner had been made ill by some tea sent to him by his wife, which was found to contain poison. The man was found guilty, and sentenced to death IJOUS COINCIDENCE—BRITANNIA-BRIDGE AND REAT BRITAIN."—A correspondent of ours, in conversation, happened to mention he had suggested a plan to Mr. Robert Stephenson for placing the BritAnia bridge from pier to pier by floating the one end of it over to the centre pier, supported upon a wooden tower, built upon the hull of a large iron vessel—at the time, there happened to be in our office another scientific gentleman, who, after hearing the thing explained, observed, it might be necessary for Mr. Stephenson to defer placing his bridge until the Great Britain was got off to float it over. On the same day, to the best of our remembrance, that noble vessel was rescued from her perilous situation.— Mining Journal. THE CROPS.—The accounts from the provinces are all confirmative of the abundance and good quality of the grain now being harvested in this country. The barley crop, in particular, is said to be unusually fine. Hay and grass are quite as abundant as any other crop and the THE " G The government steamer, Mastiff, Commander Lieut- A. B. Beecher, which has far sometime past been engaged in the surveys of the coast in the vicinity of the Orkneys, on the morning of Tuesday, off the Island of Sandor, was driven from her anchor and carried ashore, a violent sea beating over her for nriany hours afterwards. The whole of the crew and officers were saved. Very little chance remains of preserving the steamer, which is full of water, and has sustained considerable injury. The Mastiff was an old vessel, having been launched at Bideford in the Year 1813. She was nearly 200 tons burthen. EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR BETWEEN A HEN AND PAR -A short time ago, at Capenhurst, a hen, be iong►ng to Peter Woods, took it into her head to build a nest, and laid several eggs in a field adjoining his house. During the same interval a partridge also laid several eggs in the same nest. When the period of incubation arrived, the hen first began to sit. Not long. however, had she been in possession, before the partridge made her appear ance, when a general fight took place. The partridge proved the conqueror, hatched the eggs, and the varied brood now range the fields together, the chickens equally wild as the young partridges: TRIDGI . . IMPERISIIABLE PORTRAITS UPON CAMEOS. - The finest specimens of cameo engraving that are known are hose devoted to mythological subjects, and consequently are liable to the caprice or fancy of the artist, whose ob ject is to portray the general character without the neces- sity of subscribing to the features, except so far as they are classically delineated. A young medallist of the name of Picourt has struck out a new path, and has ventured upon taking likenesses upon cameos, which of course are imperishable, and his essays have been crowned with the cress by those of her Majesty and the Prince London paper. • Consort WARNING TO BAC IELORS.-A worthy couple, who hood of Bishop Auckland, are ac- in the r customed to share between them ti soon as the clock; tolls the hour of repose, out the good man sallies, up the highways and byeways, in quest of his Thjtask - of his Wife is to receive them kon them and marshal them to roost. On on successful expedition, the poor man was met at the door by his better half, who thus reported progress: —" It is o' no use ; thou mun out again ; for I've been to reknn the bairns, and there's now but thirteen in bed." , tne, after what suppost!c THE RATE OF INTEREST.-At the breaking-up of the Bank Court, on Thursday, it was announced that loans would be made until the 14th of October upon Stock, Ex chequer Bills, and Bills of _Exchange, at the reduced rate It is possible that the improved state of of the Bank may be such at this mo- of five per cent uses who ar recent failures than any real unsound eir position, it may in some degree, for the mo duce a useful result. Any idea, however, that the measure is a prelude to a permanently reduced rate of money, would prove no less futile than pernicious.— Times. PRESENT TO JENNY LIND.—A superb testimonial has been presented to Jenny Lind by Mr. Lumley, " as a tribute of respect for her genius and noble qualities, which have secured the enthusiastic admiration of Eng land." The entablature which - contains this inscription records her arrival in England on the 17th of April, 1847, and her first 'appearance at her Majesty's Theatre on the 4th of May, 1847. 'lt is of pure silver, dead and bright, nearly three feet in height ; the composition consists of a pillar, wreathed with laurel, at the foot of which are seated three draped figures, representing Tragedy, Come dy, and Music; standing on the pillar is a figure personi- The subject has been treated with great fy . ing Genius Some statistics on the manufacture of plate-glass in Great Britain from 1819 to 1847, which have been prepared by Mr. Henry Howard, of Plaistow, furnish another sa tisfactory indication of the ability of our artisans to com pete with foreigners, and to drive them from the field. Until its entire remission by Sir Robert Peel, the excise duty on British plate glass was nearly 40 per cent. of the ist. In 1845, the price per foot 24 inches by 18 lw ss. ld. tl the quality Sept. 7, 1847. CHEAP Foon.—A correspondent of the Birmingham Herald states, that " the price of hominy is now only 10s. 3d. per cwt., or a fraction abo v e ld. p er pound ; and (he adds) when it is considered one pound produces six pounds, it is astonishing that it is not in more general use. A large baked pudding of six pounds weight (supe rior to rice) for little more than ld. ought to tempt fami lies to be consumers of it. The present price is 200 per cent. cheaper than potatoes. All classes will doubtless continue, even in cheap times, the use of an article that was so much approved of and so eagerly sought after du ring the late high price of provisions. It is pronounced by eminent medical men as highly nutritious." PENNY SUBSCRIPTION TO PURCHASE SHABSPEARE'S HOUSE.—On Thursday a meeting, convened by circular, was held in Liverpool, for the purpose of devising means for raising a fund, by penny subscriptions, in aid of the purchase of Shakspeare's house. The meeting was very thinly attended. Mr. K. M. Young, who occupied the chair, stated the object, and said a committee had been formed in Stratford-upon-Avon and in London, for the purpose of purchasing the house in which Shakspearejs said to have been born. It was originally intended to confine the subscription to a penny each contributor, in order to make the object a more national one; but this resolution has been abandoned to allow those who were desirous of contributing more. A committee of twenty four was formed to carry out the object of the society. It was suggested, at the close of the proceedings, that a number of boxes should be prOcured, and left in public places, after the fashion of the missionary collecting boxes. THE BROTHERS BERKELEY.—As we have apparently failed in a well-intended effort to restore the Berkeley brothers to a proper paternal footing, we must leave these litigious gentlemen for the future to settle their differences —or to leave them unsettled—by themselves. Each has sent us a letter since the receipt of those we published the other day, and the only satisfactory part of the commu nication of either is that in which be alleges his very wise intention to leave the other henceforth alone. " These lines will close my part in the controversy," says Earl Fitzharilinge ; and " leaving his Lordship, for the future, to write, say, or do just what lie pleas es ," is the substance of the sentence with which Mr. Grantley Berkeley's let ter conclude- even on ti We are glad to see them showing unanimity point, and though we had rather found then agreeing on something more amiable, it will be satisfactory to the public, who care not for the little differences of the brothers Berkeley, to be informed that they have promised, at all events, to desist from attracting attention by their noisy interchange of abuse. Napoleon observed, apropos of the scandalous notoriety of a family dispute, that it '—"vs better to have dirty linen washed at home. e should if we are to judge by the family washing that they h ave been re- laundry mus The report of the Edinburgh prison contains the case of two young women, respectable servant girls, committed for beating carpets in the street at a wrong hour ! There is another case of a little boy, twelve years of age, com mitted to the lock-up (which legally forms part of Edin burgh prison) for " playing at a game called marbles, to the annoyance of the public." H e was lib erated next day by order of the sheriff. The following entry in the Edin burgh inspection book deserves to be extracted :—" Aug. 21, 1846.—Visited the prison this day, and looked into every cell. Found the whole clean and in good order. It is melancholy to see the number of boys from nine years old and upwards ; and I cannot help questioning the propriety of sending many of them to prison for petty offences, as, for instance, D. S., a bov of eleven years of age, imprisoned for the first time for beating another boy, and taking from him an ounce of ginger bread ; and another boy for stealing a pair of rabbits.. But if the statement of the boys J. H. and W. C., about ten or twelve years of age, be true, and I have no reason to doubt it, I think the punishment inflicted on them is most disproportionate, for pulling some beans at the to of a field near Newhaven—an offence of which, when was a boy, I was more than once guilty ; and if the same judgment had been meted out to me, I might have been ruined for life. (Signed) ADAM BLA CK , L or d P rovos t . " lid that the statement referred to in the broaM.—On Sunday afternoon, during the time of divine service in the parish church of Vv r elton, six miles east of Lincoln, that sacred edifice was struck by lightning. One of the pinnacles of the tower was first shuck, a part of the battlements thrown down, and an iron connecting rod, for the service of the clock, was fused ; the inner clock dial was torn off, and the cur rent of electricity passed inside the church in the direction from west to east. In the north aisle were suspended three chandeliers, which served as conductors, for all per sons near to them were more or less affected, the fusing of portions. of the chains giving forth a most sulphureous stench. Five young women were scorched and blackened by the explosion, but sustained no material injury ; a boy had his clothes and shoes burnt, but was able to return home the same evening. The greatest fury of the explo sion took effect upon Mr. John Brownlow, wheelwright, a stout elderly gentleman, who was struck to the ground, and died instantaneously. There were no marks of injury on his body, but his waistcoat buttons were melted off, his trousers torn, and the right shoe completely burnt. In the floor where he had been standing were perforated thirty or forty small holes, by which the electricity passed from his body as the conductor, into the earth. At the time of the explosion, the congregation were singing the psalm just before the sermon, and the Rev. Mr. William son, the curate, had ascended the pulpit ; the shrieks and terror occasioned by the terrific visitation at once put an thatend to the of the theservc c e hur ; The which elerg was yman t a h n e d sc e e t n h e ferosls tas hastenedcato. trophe, where they rendered pro mp t -; ,1 " - They found Mr. Brownlow to be qt. have expired without a struggle! the I next him in the pew, and escaped un ir _ I.- • ATAL T SUtterers. ad, and he must Brownlow s t ood ired ! A neigh- they now amount b 12,( anwhile rapidly improved, and the supply, notwithstanding the vast accession of hands, being less adequate to the demand than at any former period. le production having me A TRUE PROPHET.—The steam-boat Cricket, (the boiler of which exploded a few days since on the Thames) than six months since the " Steam Engine, guage :—" There .essure condensing engines Mr. Portwine, in his work on &c., in the following plain lan re three vessels on the Thames, called e, and the Cricket—boats which profess The pub- Amt, th to work with low _ lic is not aware that they are wor ki ng at 361 b. on the square inch. The engines are by Joyce, two of 15-horse power. The fuel consumed is only about 2 cwt. 1 qr. per hour. These are the penny boats (now halfpenny) plying from Hungerford to London Bridge, and working at high pressure ; they may, when out of order, blow up their decks, and the myriads of passengers they are burthened with."—Page 58. • The will Of the late John Walter, Esq., of Bearwood Hall, Berks, and Printing House-square, London, was executed by him on the 9th of February, 1847, and he died on the 28th July. He has devised to his son, John Walter, Esq., M.P., the entire freehold premises and ware houses belonging to the establishment of the Times, in Printing House-square, and leaves him all the interest in the business. The freehold and copyhold estates, which he possessed in the counties of Berks and Wilts, ogether with the right of presentation to St. Catharine's Church, Bearwood, he leaves to the trustees under the terms of the settlement on the marr the 14th Of ng the reef, S( k in 10( to launch a boat, s by cl cut ad ,een in numner, we to Aden IRELAND from Liverpool, am rford, i ry of 7s. 6d ) O'Connell of Yam- down by the ms of water vors got abro in 48 hours in an vernor treated them kindly and The names of -those Last week it amounted 'emus, who, it was calculated od and the Ist of October next ! ! '?!.IENT.—The committee of the ' have published their gun, which amount to £239. , 1 £5, four of £3, one of X', nd in three minute was no t id an A them a pa a seama boat be four der obtain, Spector ur day. THE O'( and 25 of As James Cashen, a respectable farmer, near Emly, was going to his chapel on Sunday week, he was met upon the way by a party in wait, who beat out his brains with stones -a favourite mode of slaying adversaries in Ireland. I in land which he had lately with some of used to have caused this outran worn Some ( I own family is sup et. fine yot a named Byrne was accidentally itv Lo Ardee, ( a few days sine •esented ►d having gun' at her pulled the I in her breast, causing in the pa ,were( a third - m Walsh, to murd the gaol lay, conspired and attempt their escape from were detected IRELAND There is scarcely county in Ireland in which considerable progress has not already been made in the corn harvest, which is nearly a month earlier than the average of seasons. All accounts .g the produce as unusually abundant, s excellent. The wheat, oats, and barley -t, in point of breadth, ever ton. B h, including the townships of Astley, Ather d, Pennington, Tyldesley, with Shakerley and otherwise'Leigh, in ti ter, toget y of I le deanery of - Warring- I irinnca of itli such parts of the respective deane- Kirkby Lonsdale, in the same diocese, to county, _ The Bishop's stipend is to be )0 per annum, and a scheme for fixing the mode of endowment is to be laid before her Majesty as soon iy be. The Bishops of Manchester and Ripon are ye alternately the patronage of all benefices hereto >r now belonging to any prebendary of the Collegiate 'hurch of Sou 'ORD AND CHURCH ACCOMMO- vestry of the parish of Upton-cum-Chal bey, near Slough, is at issue with the Bishop of Oxford, re to afford greater accommodation to the poor, determined that a portion of the seats in the centre Of the church should beconverted into pews, and that a eallery should be erected capable of giving accommoda free sittings, to one hundred and forty more per ms than had been deprived of seats by the erection of WS referred to. Previously to these works being corn iced, the consent of the archdeacon and rural dean was obtained. A few days since the bishop, who had been informed of the nature of the changes, visited the church, and refused to permit the additions which had been made to remain. Under these circumstances, a vestry meeting was called in the church, for the Ir. Bedborot gh, of Upton -parr naintained that the vestry had 'proceeded regu after having obtained the consent of the archdea d rural dean, moved " That this vestry confirm the resolutions of the previous vestries, as connected with the alterations of the church, and recommend the church wardens to carry them out; and that this vestry under take to bear them harmless." Mr. W. H. Boncey, fearing that the parish had acted in a headlong and heed less manner in not having first obtained the consent of the bishop, moved an amendment to the effect that before proceeding further the consent of the Bishop of Oxford and the Church Building Society be first obtained. After a long and stormy discussion the amendment of Mr. Boncey was put to a show of bands, when only five were held up for it. The original motion of Mr. Bedborough was then put and carried by a large majority. The Rev. Mr. Knox observed that, by the resolution they . had just carried, they had completely " flown in the face of the Bishop." Mr. Bedborough replied that they had quite as much right to have an opinion as the Bishop of Oxford. RAILWAY AFFAIRS, The Caledonian Railway is now completed to Beattock, forty miles north of Carlisle. It is expected that the whole line will be completed by November next. WATER CONVEYED PER RAILWAY.—Trains of water, conveyed in engine tenders, are now running up the Midland Railway from Derby to Leicester, in consequence of the shortness of the supply at the latter station. The Manchester and Leeds (now called by the more comprehensive name of the Lancashire and Yorkshire) pay a dividend of 3.1 per cent. on the half-year, minus income-tax. At the meetin g of the Caledonian Railway Company, last week, Sir Andrew Agnew brought forward a motion against all traffic on the Lord's day, which was lost by a majority of 6,428 to 2,874 votes. The railway calls for September amount to £301,439, exceeding by nearly a quarter of a million the average for the preceding eight months of the year, and by nearly two millions the amount claimed last month. RAILWAY SECTION OF PARLIAMENT. The new House of Commons will comprise no fewer than forty three members connected with railroads—an important phalanx who may turn the tide in any struggle on the boards of St. Stephen's. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—The posts for the elec tric telegraph have been put down, and the wires have been laid along a part of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, so that in a month or two we shall lave a tele communication from Liverpool to -London, via The London and North-Western, with its numerous branches, has outgrown the usual " time table" arranged . . instead of seeing at a glance the information respecting the times of arrival and departure at each station, you are referred to the different places by means of an index. The new mode is the less convenient, but perhaps is unavoidable. Ltv ERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAlLWAY.—Thewitien ing of this line, from Liverpool to Huyton, is proceeding rapidly. Three lines of rails have been laid down on part of the way, and four for a short distance. It is said that when the four lines are completed, the omnibus trains will be introduced at this end of the line as well as the Man chester end. There they are found to be an immense con venience to parties having occasion to visit the populous villages along the line, and they would be found not less useful at this end of the line, in rendering easy the com muniigiMen) F.-uway liut,un, and Lion will Brook Prescot. se to pay the church rates J ENILE ORGANIS' .—Master Edwin Mercer, son of Slr. James Mercer, who is only sixteen years old, has just been appointed organist at the Episcopal Chapel, Great Horton, near Bradford. A petit' " ion for the pardon of Lieut. Munro, having some 200 names attached to it, has been forwarded to the home Secretary from Ross-shire, of which county the lieutenant is a native. A few days since, while a boy named White, ten years old, was chasing some butterflies near the edge of the West Cliff, at Whitby, he fell over the precipice, and was killed on the spot. The French government has ordered two English jour nals, Punch and the Weekly Dispatch, to be stopped in the post-office, as they have published articles reflecting personally on the King of the French. Mr. Barrett, of the Broadway Theatre, New York, when in London, offered Jenny Lind £5OO per night, for forty nights ; but she could not engage, having already con tracted for a long time in advance at the European theatres. A dreadful fire took place at Exeter, on Wednesday, which began at the premises of Mr. Solomon, in Water beer-street. It extended to the adjoining premises, and did nearly £lO,OOO damage. A London paper says that several tradespeople in St Paul's ' - au- _ churchyard have placed boards descripti:ve of their trade and calling against the chimney pots on the roofs of their houses, in the hope of catching customers among the visitors to the summit of St. Paul's. The Gazette of Tuesday contains the appointment of the new peers—General Strafford to be Viscount Enfield and Earl Strafford ; Viscount Acheson to be a baron of the United Kingdom, by the title of Baron Dartrey ! Sir IL Bulkeley P. Philips, Bart., to be Baron Milford. At a meeting of the inhabitants of Douglas, Isle of Man, on Thursday week, Wm. Kelly, Esq., in the chair, the deputation who ought to have presented the address to her Majesty from the town of Douglas was called to account, and their conduct severely censured. r r T h h , e e d o t Gu ernseythatislatar f rom me n i o o r n s e s y , tl s i o a t ff a o r ed young so m l u a d o h y, , fromwh o a sea sickness while on her passage, that shortly after land ing she died, probably from some internal injury caused by vomiting. A correspondent of the Standard, who signs himself " A Rural Dean," states that he bas received a letter from the Bishop of Oxford, dated August 23, in which his Lordship says, " a thanksgiving is to be appointed when the harvest is generally secured." The magistrates of Windsor have determined to put down " Derby sweeps," and lotteries of a similar nature, in every public-house within their jurisdiction. A great good would be effected if such a gambling practice as this were put a stop to in London, where it is extensively carried on. THE FOLLY OF BEING UNINSURED.—A bankrupt merchant passed his last examination last week, in the London court. His property, an oil mill at Southampton, uninsured, was burnt down by lightning ; and a vessel, in which he had also an uninsured interest, being lost at the same time, completed his misfortunes. FALL IN FLouß.—On Thursday, the price of bread fell in Lambeth a halfpenny the lost At_ one of. the "cheap baker'si the shop was so crowded with customers that the floor fell in, and several persons were buried in the troughs of flour. All however escaped with a little frightening. In London, last weeic, an inquest was held on two chil dren of the'respective ages of eight and nine years, who were proved to have died from dysentery, produced by an insufficiency of wholesome and nutritious food. The fa ther is a billiard-table maker, and travelling the country in search of work. Among the young gentlemen who have just gained honours at the London University is an East Indian, named Soorjoo Coomar Chuckerbutty, who has distin guished himself in three different departments of medi cine—anatomy and physiology, chemistry, materia me dica, and pharmaceutical chemistry. On Monday, three men, who were engaged in cleaning out a sewer leading from Laggate under the ballast hills to the river Tyne, were suddenly thrown down into a state of torpor, and one of them was found dead soon after, and the other two were insensible but ultimately recovered. _ On Saturday week, a poor woman, named Daggett, living near Bath, went from home early to go gleaning, and having no one to leave with her children, all under seven years of age, for greater safety locked them in the house. On her return, they were all found suffocated with smoke, but how the fire had originated could not be as certained. DESTRUCTION OF 'WHEAT BY VERMIN. — There are now standing in a close at Willingham four stacks of last year's wheat so destroyed by rats that it is estimated their produce will not exceed 40 coombs ; whereas, if thrashed out at the proper time they would have produced 240 coombs, and the wheat would have sold for between £4 and £5 per quarter.—Cambridge Chronicle. CONVERTS TO POPERY.—On Thursday last, at the Spanish Chapel, Mr. and Mrs. Burns, of Porgy man-street, and their family, along with Miss Christian, and Miss Mary Banks, were received into the Catholic Church, by the Rev. William Hunt.—Tablet (Romish paper;. [We presume this is the popular publisher who MS been k lluded to as likely to embrace Roman:ism.] concur in describir and the quality in fact, the greats witnessed in this country. crops ax A spirit antagonistic to the payment of rent is developing itself in many districts in Ireland. In truth, the small farmers are placed in a difficult position. If they sell their corn, plentiful as is the harvest, the produce will do hardly more than pay the rent and arrears, if even so much. The potatoes are gone as a food resource, and they cannot go upon the public works. They have, there . act], come in many places to the resolution that will not pay, but keep the corn for their sup ; very doubtful whether this will generally be and it is to be hoped that no such spirit will irevail, for the whole force of law should be put ii to bear it down.• MONY.--FREARS OF FORTUNE.—A young gen mt a fewiyears of age, and hitherto a total alien ;races of the blind goddess Fortune, will this ad to the altar the richest heiress in Ireland. is now in her thirty-third year, and has been for .ars known in the literary world. The fortunate s speking a commission in some regiment on , rvice, when dame Venus demanded him of Mars otne department ; and ere this month shall be Vll These possessions de mise of her father, a western On him the course of an eloquent article he Dublin Packet, the writer states the following t gratifying facts :—" And we tell the people of Ire -tell them too on the most unquestionable authority ~.at they may expect the immediate return of numbers of noblemen and gentlemen who have been partially or bsentees, and who for the future mean to reside r estates, and to cultivate those intimate rela ti with their tenantry, the want of which has been so bitterly felt; The Earl of Devon, for instance, is about to break up his English establishment, and to reside per manently here • and we have the fullest reason to add, *example be fliliwzd by 1ma11,,0 - 4 4oldiug a eimiier eminent position," entirel m the t prices at a 1, of the former on hand will range for titularly of the kinds ma in common use ,ly keep is generally plentiful, and well ripened. In France, too, the harvest is nearly housed, and is described as one of the most pro ductive and the finest ever remembered. The only draw back experienced in respect of the crops is the reappearance in some districts of the potato disease ; but even this ca lamity would leave in the harvest a vast superabundance of food for all France.— Gardeners' and Farmers' Journal. On Friday, the attention of the Oxford city magistrates was occupied a considerable time in hearing informations, on the prosecution of the Crown, against seventeen market carriers, for having, contrary to the statute, carried pas sengers, and travelled at a greater speed that four miles an hour, whereby they had not only incurred a penalty of £5 each, (the lowest the magistrate could inflict,) but had made themselves liable to the mileage duty, as well as to a license for carrying passengers. The result was, that seven were fined £7 each and 9s. costs, four were dismissed for want of proper evidence, three were adjourned, and the remainder were out of the jurisdiction of the city authorities. These informations, it is understood, were at the instance of some of the coach proprietors, who had complained to the Board.of Stamps and Taxes of the system carried on by the carriers trading to and from Oxford. In every case the defendant pleaded ignorance of the law. THE HARVEST.—The corn harvest throughout the north of England is now in full operation, an immense amount of grain having this week been cut down in the best pos sible condition, whilst in the more early and favoured dis tricts considerable quantities of wheat and barley have been safely deposited in the stack-yards. The weather conti nues to be all that could be desired, and the harvest is unusually early. There can now be no doubt that the crop of wheat will be fully an average one ; the same may be said of barley and oats, although the latter, in many places, are exceedingly short in the straw, no doubt owing to the droughty weather which we have experienced. Turnips will be more than usually abundant, and potatoes —free at present from all symptoms of disease—will also b flf aotilenr fulness, eg g : nhs o e o c a d onu n c d r t o lr r t . wages et of effSo reapers r , s up prospectp there li is oe from o oonuf grain. 3s beingr s. to t reason 3r sel.crequired di Nr. eoad r f tdt o thank- hoa r yu t .m look abTehktr e Irish are paid at the rate of 12s. a week, with their food. — Newcastle Journal, THE FEAST OF HARVEST.—The Jews err in overlooking the Advent of the Messiah, in humility and the New Tes tament. Many Christians err in overlooking the Advent of Messiah in glory, and the Old Testament. The Pentateuch may teach an important lesson to Christians. Unless it can be shown that less gratitude is expected from Christians than Jews, how can Christians justify their neglect of the Feast of the Harvest ? After the Jews had gathered in their corn and their wine, they observed a feast of seven days, when they were all commanded to rejoice :—" Thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daugh ter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates," (Deuteronomy xvi. 13-15 ; Leviticus xxiii. 39-43 ; Numbers xxix. 12-40 ; Ezra iii. ; Nehemiah viii.) After our happy deliverance from scarcity aad cloisr‘lt,-am-vre-clo-better than follow the example of the Jews by such an expression of gratitude to God as shall include charity to man, especially by feeding the hungry, delivering the poor and fatherless from want, and causing the widow's heart to sing for joy ? Let the harvest feast and harvest home be kept in every parish and neighbour hood, and special services be performed in every place of public worship, to conclude with the gathering of alms for the purchase of bread or cakes made from the new wheat, to be given to the poor, who may be recommended for their general good conduct. INCREDIBLE BARBARITY.—A most revolting case of inhumanity occurred at Horkstow, near Barton, on Saturday morning last. An itinerant Irishman, with a wife and three or four famishing children, a few days be fore solicited and obtained employment of a man of the name of Spencer, foreman for Lady Tuffnell, in the harvest field. His wife was far advanced in pregnancy, and on the above-mentioned morning began to show signs of approaching labour. Spencer, who is the over seer of the parish, and whose duty it was to have provided for such a case, when informed of the circumstance, went immediately to the woman's husband, and discharged him, at the same time telling him that he must leave the town instantly, in order to prevent any expense and trouble his wife might put him or the parish to. The e, remonstrated, representing his to travel. All the poor 'y unheeded, for Spencer Irishman, of cot wife's condition, ai fellow could urge threatened if they refused to go to have them imprison ed. He also declined paying the man his wages, until he saw them fairly out of the town. Thus compelled, they commenced their journey to Ferriby, another village about a mile or two off. What the woman suffered it is impos sible to describe ! They had scarcely arrived at this place, when the hapless creature was delivered in the open street, surrounded by the unfeeling rabble, who had congregated to witness the sad spectacle. The miserable mother hud dled-up the dead child, for dead it was, in her scanty and tattered garments to prevent exposure, until she was re moved to a public-house stable, and there deposited on some straw. The proper authorities have since taken the matter into their bands, and commenced proceedings againat Spencer.---,D4-I'.4cster Gazette. her sole executrix. bate duty at £90,000 The personalty was valued for pro- THE " BOTTLE."—This is the title of a series of eight plates, designed and etched by Mr. George Cruikshank, in which the progress and result of drunkenness are illus trated by the artist in his best manner. In the first plate the wretched "herd' of the tale induces his wife "just to take a drop ;" the result is immediate, for in plate the second, they pawn their clothes to support the bottle." In plate the third an execution is in the . liouse, but " they comfort themselves with the bottle." The consequences are natural, or rather unnatural—violence, brutality, habitual drunkenness, quarrels, and ultimately murder. The wife is killed and the husband consigned to a lunatic asylum—in other words, the bottle has done its work," and all is misery and despair. As a work of art, the plates are deserving of much praise. As a warning against intemperance in the class in which, unfortunately, the vice is most prevalent, these prints can scarcely fail of having the same effect as the celebrated series of Hogarth. COTTON CULTIVATION IN AUSTRALIA.—A prospectus has been issued for the formation of a Company, to pro mote the cultivation of Cotton and other tropical produce by means of European free labour in the territory of Coo lisland, in North-eastern Australia, with a capital of of £250,000 in 10,000 shares of £25 each. The capital is to be expended, first, in providing a free passage out to Australia for suitable persons and families, of the class of farmers and farm labourers, to cultivate cotton and other tropical produce, for the home market ' • and second, in the formation and maintenance of model farms, under the superintendence of fit and proper persons, to be engaged for the purpose, from the cotton-growing States of North America ; in the erection of the requisite machinery for cleaning and packing the cotton, and in whatever else may be necessary to ensure the success of the endertaking. Interest at the rate of seven and a-half per cent. per an num is to be allowed from the formation of the Company, on all the paid up capital. DEATH FROM IMPURE AIR.—An inquest was held in Rosemary-lane, London, on Thursday, at the instance of the medical officer of the Whitechapel Union, on the body of a female child, aged tvh) years, who died at the house of her mother, in Haye's-court. It appeared that the child and its mother had been ill of fever and diarrhoea for two months. The whole of the inhabitants of the court were equally affected. The officer had prescribed for the deceased, but the medicines would not act as they would have done in a healthy atmosphere. He attributed death to the poisonous effluvia of the atmosphere, from the want of drainage. It had been proved that decom posed animal matter in its pure state is fatal, and M. Thenard, a French chymist, has found that 1-800 of its volume will destroy a dog, and 1 volume in 250 is suffi cient to destroy a horse. Some course ought to be adopted, as the whole neighbourhood was liable to be at tacked with fever. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the child died from disease caused by the noxious effluvium, from want of drainage ; and it was urged that the coroner should write to the Home Secretary, enclos ing a copy of the depositions. TILE LOVE OF FILTH.—An inquiry was gone into on Friday, as to the death of a woman named Elizabeth Meuritt, one of those old straggling creatures who are found about the streets, in London, wandering about the kennels for their daily subsistence. The woman lived in Jacob-street, Bermondsey, close to the island Mr. Dickens has made memorable as the dwelling of " Quilp." She would never allow any one to enter her room. She gloated iu filth and avoided all cleanliness. About eleven weeks ago she fell, whilst in a fit, on the grate, in which there was a large fire. She was most seriously injured, but she would have no medical advice. At first the noxious smells from the burns induced the neighbours to interfere, and they insisted she would go to the work house. It was found necessary to force her into a parish chair, as she declared she would sooner die than go to the No furniture was there, and the whole place was crow d e d b p e oo v r o - i h d o o u f se a . ll fu H r e n r i p tu la r ce e. w s as he th h e a n d ex sl a e m pt in u e p d o , n an o d ld fou st n ra d w to . with the most noxious vermin. Upon her admission into the hospital she was attended by Dr. Paul , who f o und her flesh clotted in masses with insects. Sh e lin g er e d u ntil Wednesday, when death removed her. Even us OFGtRhemN. means Th of e events O forming a much more accurate estimate than we could have previously done of the extent of the deficiency of GREATthe F ALLING last fe Ay OFF mo l n N th T s H l E lav S e A g i our home-grown supplies. It appears .from the Gazette returns that the total quantity of grain of all descriptions sold, in the market, in which the averages are made up, idtwenio:aar corresponding e2nt i e st, f m o3e iu2nnil theloti eiblgrs fourqma u o coa f enrli N tti nne i bre a ossd y no: fhi J tnshl ui t r e 6etelvts Joaai previous and qe: y 3um , 7at3ono, tnottthhyo esAdqoepuufergalteruihnstseeeet present quarters tr i.e l nhs B aet 4 anhnr s de-t , withvy har vest s a tr was l o ass l 4 n , 5 1 .08 less,As 5 s 8 quarters. hensalle,7s 4 8f ;o9 Thus 4m6 w ewillwhich quarters t b h be ei ns averages N e e. eo n r am t gp h ea'a;it comparison areoh ne morewhole kingdom, in t g h d a o n m t , h t e fou he rth reonrt deficiency fifth part onif made nt ts b u so p a lme do su lo n tfi o pt t feeo multiplied by by four or five to give the total defi ciency of grain. To this must also be added the deficiency b in een the eno su rm pp o l u y s o b f y tl t i h e e potato prices of otfheth epresent exact se e:t t en y t ear of which cannot be ascer t a i ne d , b ut which i s shown to have compared with those of preceding years. r•-••• 'Libel received no serious injury. The lightning, after quitting the north aisle, proceeded by the chancel, making various holes in the eastern window and the stone-work near the ground beneath it. None of the parties, Mr. Brownlow excepted, sustained any serious bodily injury. THE OAK CREST TRAGEDY AT GLASGOW.—The Glas you, Constitutional furnishes the following additional par ticulars respecting the three poor boys who were acciden- tally shut up in astable corn-chest at Glasgow from Sa turday night till Monday morning. "It is melancholy but gratifying to think on the conduct of the poor boys to one another, when placed in their awful position. They endeavoured to support each other's courage as well as possible ; they cried as long as they could for assistance, but no one heard them, though they were not fifteen yards from their parents' roof. They pushed'their heads up so as to raise the lid at the end in which Robert, the youngest, was confined ; and with a discrimination beyond his years, he fortunately put a marble in the chink to keep it open, which served him, of course, to breathe more freely. James was next to his little brother, being in the mid compart ment, where there were some beans, and with the utmost sagacity and consideration, he managed to push through a few of them to his companions in distress to appease their hunger. He directed them not to eat many, for fear of becoming thirsty, and expressed his fears that he would soon die. Before giving up hope, Charles the eldest, en deavoured to cut a hole in the chest; but in this attempt with themselves in unavailingsv e es to shouts their s a a d n fate, t e cries, and w after hi ch g o r n earth, they praisew or thil y an d solemnly ied he cut his hand, and the blade of his penknife broke. repeated xtehlnaocurraestrtsided portions of the paraphrases, an d finally addressed themselves to the Hearer and Answerer of prayer. Charles died first, after bidding his cousins farewell: James them bade his brother good bye, and spoke of his dear mamma, who would never see him again. He became so faint, he he had j three breaths to draw, and requeitect few seconds another, and in about a minute, a deep loud sigh, and death clOsed his eyes for ever. Robert soon after fell asleep, but he awoke on Sun day morning, and heard, distinctly, the ringing of the bells during the day. He slept occasionally till the Monday morning at 6 o'clock, when he heard the men about the stable, when he was able to make such a noise as led to his discovery:" FEARFUL SHIPWRECKS.—A fearful gale has visited the coasts of Scotland. At Thurso, on the coast of Suther landshire, one vessel laden with rye, and and another with meal are total wrecks. At Tongue, the Canton, of Hull, a large emigrant ship, has been wrecked, and all on board —upwards of three hundred—have been lost. The Bri tannia, of Ardrossan, began to drift from her anchorage, in Scrabster Roads, about eleven o'clock, a.m., on the 22d instant, which, when perceived by the crew, they en deavoured to cut away one of the masts ; but it did not come down at the time, so the vessel continued drifting, and struck on the rocks, below the house of Pennyland (west of Thurso), by twelve o'clock. This being about the strongest of the gale, she was no time on the rocks, until, by the violence of the sea, one of her masts—the cnt one —went overboard. Her bottom then gave way, and her stern came out, part of which, along with some of the cargo, came ashore. The whole of the crew were, at this time, in great danger every moment, as the sea was in cessantlypla ceof sa ro fe ll t i y n , g as o vessel, th e r e the)vle aship w ri a d s th gi e v y in c g ou w l d ay fi . n d Th n C E P I scene gathered a numper of people on the shore, and through the exertions of the coast-guard, several ship masters, sailors, fishermen, and landsmen, got ashore five of the crew. In doing so they were often exposed, and in great danger of their own lives. The way of getting the men ashore was by a rope from the vessel to the shore. The sea, at the same time, was tremendous, and a flowing tide. One of the men who was drowned was the first sea man who left the vessel. The master abode by the ship until all had left him, and as his crew, one after another, went, he gave them instructions how to manage them selves on the rope. He himself was lashed to the vessel, and was standing on the outside on the chains, but the rope somehow loosened from the vessel, and he was un fortunately left on the wreck, for no help could be given him until the tide receded, which was not until seven o'clock. He remained in that situation for some hours, when he gave them signs of life by holding up his hand occasionally. But the vessel shifted about, and some of the spars came down about where he was. The spectators saw no more of him as he was gone from the lashings—so that the captain and a seaman found a watery grave. Cap tain M`Millan was also owner of the unfortunate vessel. She was from Cronstadt, laden with rye meal for Ireland. The vessel is a total wreck. Most of the cargo is now landed ; almost all the outsides of the bags are wet, but the insides are dry. At Zetland there is lamentation and weeping, The packet boat from Dunrossness has been lost, with all on board, supposed to be six in number three men, two women, and a child. A boat belonging to Buckhaven, William Robertson, master, who fished at Wick to Mr. David Simpson, went down off Rosehearty, and all on board have perished. Another boat was close by at the time, from which a rop e was th rown , b u t the poor fellows lost their hold of it, and the gale was so fear fill at the time that the boat could not put back to their relief. Two of the boats that left Wick have arrived here, ' and from them we learn that there were four men oil board. Six or seven others passed during the day, aud re have reason to fear that more have perished.