Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-04 00:00:00

TEE CHARGE OF MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS. FOURTH DArs PROCEEDINGS. Captain J. A. Malefic and Saints Millard, were brought lip according to remand, before Mr. Matsfield, at eleven o'clock, yesterdai, lit the Policc-court. The court was donsely crowded. Mr. Tyndall was for the Crown, end Mr. Buck for the captain, with Mr. Snowball for the mate. The first witness called was Nicholas Lamput (examined through Mr. Achilles Perossi, the interpreter, who acted on Tuesday). I belong to Jersey, and wai an able seaman on board the barque Elizabeth, from New Calabar; the prisoners were tho captain and mate of the vessel. Three ether men joined at Breaker Island. The deceased was one of them, and sailed from New Calabar for England. Roderigo was in good health, and bad good colour in his face, and was a strong man. He was like all Spanish, dark it, colour. He worked on deck when we left Calabar as well as any one else, but before that he was working below. I was in the mate's watch, and Roderigo was in the same. Sailed about the middle of July, but can't say the date. Roderigo remained in the first mate's watch four or five weeks, and was then put into the second mate's, and was a strong man then, and done his work well. There was a man less in the second mate's watch, and ene that could net steer so well, and that was the reason ho was put into it. Three weeks after he left deceased complained to mo that the captain beat him. Mr. Bluck :„ That is not evidence. Mr. Mansfield said it was nst. Did you ever see the captain beat him yourself ? Yes, about the lamp, I did. Mr. Bluek : Let him go into the assault about the binnacle lamp, as there is nothing he knows before that. Witness, in reply to Mr. Tyndall: From six to eight on the etenine of the wheel affair, and that was four weeks and some days . after we sailed, I was in the forecastle. Roderigo showed me a tooth one night when he left the wheel, end his lips were swelled, and his mouth full of blood I heard Roderigo cry, but did not take notice. I heard the captain say "You G— d— Portugese, I will kill you." After that Roderigo came to the forecastle and spoke to me, and said the captain had beaten him. Did you see the captain beat him after ? ~Yes, about two weeks after that. It was from six to eight in the evening. The second mate cried " Trim the lamp," and some one told the " Russian" to go. I was in the forecastle, and when I heard the Russian's name I came out on deck and age him. The lamp was lit, and he went to the binnacle and took the one that was there. When coming down from the poop he fell with the lamp in his hand, and it fell out of his hand. I heard the captain's v, ice askhg who broke the lamp ? and the steward said it was the Russian. The captain caught hold of him by the neck and began to swear he would kill him, and threw him on the deck at the same time, end kicked him. He fell with his face on the deck, and he gave him three or four kicks on the side and on the hg. When deceased was down the captain gave him kicks on the back with his heel, and he sarg out, " Murder, murder," in his own language, "Don't kill me." The captain said, "You G— d— black Portuguese, you son of a —." Roderigo came up to the forecastle by catching hold of the side of the ship, some ropes, and water c• ski. , Why did he go that way? Because he could not walk upright. He told me the captain kicked him and broke a bone in his right side, and he had pains in his legs from the beating. Did you look at his side ? Yes ; but I saw nothing on the side but a red mark on the spine, the form of the heel of a ehoe. It was on the skin the mark was, and he was in great pain and stooping. Roderigo said he would not live to reach Liverpool, that the captain would kill him before that. Saw him on deck next day, and he walked bending. Saw his back next day, and the red mark was turned blue and swelled ; when I touched it he jumped from the pain. Roderigo said he felt pain in the right leg, and I touched it and he jumped; from the knee up it looked a little swelled, and he complained of the touch very mach. Two or three weeks after the captain came to see the sick men in the forecastle. Who was sick then ? The witness went on to say whore, and that Roderigo was amongst them. He was very ill, and could not keep on his legs, and was stooping. If any one touched him he would cry out. After the captain had visited the sick he told the RUSiiall he was not ill, and if he did not coma out of his bunk, he would fasten a rope to him and pull him out. I helped him to get out of his berth. He could not stand up from the pain of his legs. He did not appear strong. He was while and lean. He was not as - lean as a nail, but had lost a great deal of flesh. The captain saw deceased sitting, and he said " You g— d— Russian stand up, you arc not ill," and then he beat him two or three times with a rope as thick as two thumbs. He beat him With all his strength, and every time he struck him the deceased bent his back and cried " murder, murder." Mr. Block said where there was such fresh evidence as this, the witness ought to glye dates. Mr. Tyndall : He has given you dates already. • Witness : I saw the captain beat him after his head was shaved. How long was that before he died ? About three weeks. There were two days deceased had nothing to eat—at least I did not see him eat anything. Roderigo was laid up in the forecastle, as he could not walk cr stand up. He eat what he could get, and was obliged to go and get it himself. He waa not strong enough to go for his rations. Sometimes he got meat boiled with his biscuit. Had the crew orders to supply him with food ? The crew had orders to give him nothing. I often gave him coffee and oatmeal. His allowance of meat was stopped when he was laid up. That was four . or five months before his death. I was sick after Roderigo was laid up. One night the second mate asked whose lock-out it was ? and Summers (one of the men) was on the look-out, and said he was not relieved yet, and I heard some one say it was the Russian's turn, and the second mate ordered him to the look-out. I helped him cut with the second mate, and he went on the deck. I then heard the first mate's voice asking who was on the look-out? The second mate said it was the Russian's, but he was not yet on the forecastle. Leearcl the first mate then say " Go on. go on," like as if he were pushing some one along. Heard Roderigo say "Don't strike me, I shan't go up," as he could not go. Saw him next day, and he complained every day of his leg, but did not complain to me of the mate, he only com plained of the right leg. The second mate sent deceased down about a quarter of an hour after on that night, and when he got into the forecastle he stopped an hour before he could get into his bunk. Since his head was shaved he always complained of cold. I helped him into his bunk as he could not do it himself. The deceased cleaned himself like the other men every Saturday before he fell ill, but was not able to do so after. The witness was examined at some length in reference to the shaving of deceased's head, and the pouring of water over his head to clean him by a man named Gilespie, who, when he had cleaned him, put -dry and warm clothes on deceased. He complained of cold in his head after, and I gave him a night cap, and cut np a pair of drawers to put round his head also. After that deceased took the iook-out, and was often relieved by the second mate. Do you remember his being without food,for two whole days ? Yes. When was that? Six or aevea days before his death. I often gave him biscuit, as he complained of being hungry. Saw him try to go to the galley with his can to get some coffee, as he sail he was starving. The ship was rollite, and he staggered and fell with his head at the forecastle door; he cried out and said if ho were somebody else he would be helped ; the cook came and took his pot to get some coffee for him. Was the captain on the leek then? Yes, near the forecastle, and said " You G— d— Portuguese, you do that on purpose to get some coffee." Did the captain then do anything ? He took a " fore rib" and struck him, and said, " get up out of that." Roderigo pulled himself up and crawled to the forecastle. The captain beat him all the way. Do you recollect the day he died ? Yes, and he was taken on the deck on the morning of that day to clean him. He sat on souse spars for five minutes, and then he fell on the deck and said, " Murder, murder," "I'm dying," " Give me a knife 'and cut my throat ;" he was complaining of his head, leg, and back. The deceased called me that night and said some one had struck him on the face. His mouth was full of blood, and he said he was dying. He was lying ou his right side on the wood, and had no pillow ; there was blood coming from his mouth, and came in pieces of a dark colour. I think he was dreaming, for there was no one there to strike him, ' for when any one touched him lie would cry out the same as if he were being murdered ; he had on half a blanket at the time. I touched his hands and feet, and they were cold I had some tea, and I gave it to him. He had changed a great deal. When he came on board ho was fat and strong, and in good health Did he die that night ? Yes, in some time after. I sent to the captain neat naorniLf , to say Roderigo was dead, and he came in an hour after. ' The captain asked if deceased had complained? and I said he did of his head, legs, and back, and then the captain went out. I have scurvy in my legs yet, but I never saw marks of it on deceased, nor did be ever complain to nee of having it. Two days before his death he complained of his gums, as he had eaten hard biscuit. I was not able to eat rice when I had the scurvy. A month before arriving we had no lime juice. Did you F ver see lime juice given to Roderiga ? No, sir, but saw the boy give him turpentine to rub his back. He was not treated like the sailors who had the scurvy. They had oatmeal, rice, and lime juice. We had no sugar since the 9th October. Roderigo could steer as well as I could, and whenever I relieved Ulu he was always on his right course. Was there any talk about the way the captain treated the poor man ? Yes, they said the captain did so because he was a foreigner, but if he was an Englishman he would not do so. Did you sae him spit blood? Yes, two or three times, four or five days before his death. Saw him spit blood after he was beaten for going to the galley for the coffee. BOYS' CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TASTE, atILEWI3.aLd COMPANY'S, Ranalagh-street. Ile sometimes coughed, but not always. He had great difficulty in breathing. Cross-examined by Mr. Black : There were four foreigners on board. Did the captain treat them as bad as he did Roderigo? No, for I would not let him do so. I was not beaten, but the captain said if I fell into the sea, he would not stop the ship to save.me. I don't know if lime juice was served every day. Never saw the captain bring lime juice and treacle to the forecastle, but did see the boy do so once or twice. The first time I saw the captain beat him was about the binnacle tamp, but heard nothing before that except what Roderigo told me. Mr. Bluck : Do you mean to say you saw the captain kick him with the heel of his boot ? Mr. Tyndall ; No, he did not say the heal of his boot. Mr. Block appealed to Mr. Garnett, who read the erhience, and what he had taken dawn was, that the captain trod on him with his heels. The Witness then showed with his foot the way he said the captain stat‘ped on the deceased. Mr. Bluck: Did you see any one else there then? It was dark, end I don't know. Mr. Bluck : Then how do you know the captain and Rolerigo were there ? I saw them, but I can't tell if any one else was there, as I did not take notice of any one else. I was smoking a pipe, and was ill before that, yet I came on deck to smoke a pipe. When did he tell you he had a bone broken in his back? When he came to the forecastle ; but it was not "in the back he said, but the, right side. He did not say it was one of his ribs. Was there any one present, for it is important to have some one present ? I can't tell the name of any one present—the second mate or boatswain—there was some one near Roderigo, but I don't know who it was, but I think it was the, second mate; that was about a week after his head was shaved ; he was willing to have his hair cut, but not shaved, How long after that did he die ? About two weeks and some days. He get cold, did he not, after ? Yes. Mr. Bluck : And died of that cold, di•l he not ? I can't tell that; I was near him when he died; but did not see Henry Renshaw there; they were frieads the same as any one else on board. Did you heir Roderigo tell Renshaw to go to the Spanish consul and get his money ? No. Did you hear him tell Renshaw to get justice done him ? No; he might do so when I was on deck. Never saw Renshaw wash deceased, but saw him bring his bread and coffer. I was the last man that spoke to him at midnight, and when I awoko at six in the morning, he was dead. I put my hand on his forehead, and he was cold. Saw deceased's right leg swollen ; my legs are swollen now. Mr. Bluck : Scurvy makes the legs swell ? Yes ; for I have a proof of it now. I know two sorts of scurry_ the white and the black scurvy. I had the white, which bares no marks ; black does. Tho cross-examination of this witness was not concluded when his Worship rose, having an engagement elsewhere ; and the case was then fur: her adjourned to twelve o'clock this day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-YESTEIDAY. LIVERPOOL. BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD. A BILL OF CHARGES.—Robinson Irving, a ear driver, living in Pontac-lane, was charged by Mr. Hughes, the out-door relieving officer, on a charge of having left a son of his in the workhouse for nine years, whereby he in curred a debt of £Bl 18s. The case was proved, and the prisoner was sent to gaol for one month. STABBING —Charles Browri, a ferocious looking fellow, was charged for having stabbed William Davis. The parties met in a court off Bativre-street, and hal some quarrel, when the prisoner drew a knife, and stabbed the complainant in several places, inflicting serious wounds. The prisoner ivas sent for trial. CA,ETION TO IDLE BLACKGUARDS.—EIeVaI very athletic young fellows, ranging from 5 ft. 9 in. to 6 ft. high, an d not having the slightest appearance of want, either from their personal appearance or apparel, were brought up by detective officer M Culloch and Inspector Chew, on the following charge. Previous to the evidence of the case having been entered on, Major Greig said, he did not know much of the merits of the case, but he wished to offer a few remarks. He was not at all apprehensive fir the peace of the town, because he was amply prepared for anything that might arise, but it was such fellows as the prisoners who went about the town endangering the peace. He wished to call his Worship's attention to the size and bulk—the length, breadth, and depth of the prisoners. Such fellows as these went through the upper parts of the town, when they got the men away, and frightened women and children out of money, and he wished his Worship to deal with this case so as to prevent fellows of their size and bulk from going about the town frightening the inhabitants, by demanding money under the plea of distress. Officer M'Culloch then stated that he watched the prisoners going to several doors in Upper Panlament-streat, iuuauy anci Ho watched them to the house of Mr. Duncan Gibb, when they were joined by others. He asked them what they wanted, and they said relief, He got assistance and took them into custody, as their conduct caused much alarm. In reply to Mr. Mansfield, the prisoners said they heard that tickets for bread were being given out at every house, and they only went to get tickets. His Worship said he was quite aware that there was a good deal of distress at present in town amongst the poor, but there was every desire on the part of the upper classes, and others who could afford it, to relieve that distress. The Vestry had also come forward in a most creditable way to relieve such as were in want, but it would be impossible to do so if disorder or confusion prevailed. If the prisoners were in want, they had nothing to do but to send word to the proper authorities, and an inspector would visit them and have proper relief afforded to them. He regretted very much to see such persons brought before him ; they certainly did not at all appear in want, and for all he knew they were heretofore respectable in their position, and he was song', therefore, to see them disgrace them selves by the co' duct stated. It mattered not whether persons were in distress or not, the peace of the town must be most rigidly preserved, and therefore he hoped !he sentence on these men would prove a warning to others. He sentenced them to one months' imprisonment with hard labour. JO Gatcr against WILLIAM COWELL• —The com plainant is a baker in extensive business in Marybons, and he summoned the defendant, his Journeyman, for leaving his employment without giving notice. The custom is that either party must give one week's notice. The defendant, without any notice whatever, abruptly lefttis employment, and in consequence, Mr. Grant was put not only to great inconvenience, but to serious loss, as two batches of bread were spoiled, in consequence of defendant's absence. Mr. Cobb appeared for the prosecution, and called witnesses, who proved the above facts, and the Bench ordered defendant to be imprisoned, remarking that defendant deserved a month's imprisonment, but as Mr. Grant did not press for the full term (three months), he must be com• mitted for seven days. THE N ORTHERN TIMES. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1857 CORONER'S COURT. The Coroner held the follcwing inquests yesterday. On the body of a child, named Anne Blackburn, an account of whose suspicious death appeared in our paper of yesterday. The jury found that " the child was suffo cated, but by what means, there was no evidence to show." On the body of Mary Ann Graitrox, the wife of a butcher, living at 54, Athol-plats, who died suddenly. On a full investigation, it was found that death was the result of natural causes. Verdict accordingly. On the body of a child, named Anne Ashworth, 20 months old, that died in consequence of being scedded by a cup of hot tea falling on her chest. Verdict, " Accidental death." An inquest was opened on the body of Peter Davis, of Ormond-street, but was adjourned, as the case is a suspicious one. THE FALKIRK BANK CAS m.—lltr Majesty has been pleased to remit the remain,ler of the sentence in tie case of Thomas Gentles, one of the two young men who were convicted at the Stirling circuit on the 29th of Sep tember last, and sentenced to 18 meaths' impriionment for breach of trust and einb,zzlem,nt iu the branch of the Commercial Back at Falkirk. The two young men, it will be remembered, were the instruments by which, in a great inea , mre, the late Henry Salmon, manager of the bank, was enabled to embezzle its funds, his defalcations amountingin all to about £26,000, and, though the jury expressed their belief that the young men had received no portion of the money, they were found e• -guilty as aidin g an d abettin the manager in pirpetrating his frauds. Gentles was liberated from Perth Penitentiary en Saturday. NEW POST OFFICE AT EDISBURGH.—Notices have been published to the eff,=:-ct that the Board of Works intend to apply to Parliament fur power to purchase the The a t re Royal, Editburgh, and buildings situa - e ia Shake saeare-iiquare, fir the erection of a . 113v7 post-office. Th e preseLt post-office., though not mica above thirty years old, has of late years been found much too small for the great increase of business. It is built on a corner of the Colton-roek, and extensions of the building . have been carried to its verge, but it is still found to give inadequate accommodation. The theatre to be removed is one of the oldest buildings in the new town of Edinburgh. The new pest-office will stand vis a ?us with the new General ' l, :gistsr-house, and will be in the very centre of business in he city. BOYS' CLOTHING MADE wtra GREAT TASTE AT LgIYIS and , OMPANY'S. Ranelagh-street. DOCK COMMITTEE. The weekly meeting of the Dock Committee was held at one o'clock yesterday, Mr. Charles Turner in the chair. The:other members present were—Messrs. Rankin, Little dale, Bold, Lockett, Bathbone, Hubback, Chilton, Smith, Holden, Clint, Barber, Anderson, Rounthwaite, Mondell, and Robinson. An application for relief was read from William Heath, who stated that he had been employed for 18 years in the service of the committee in one of the dock yards, where he lost his sight, in consequence, as he stated, of working in a yard SD dark that gas had to bs burned all through the day. He stated that he was now 65 years of age and in extreme destitution. Mr. Ra hbone asked, was it true that the committee had workshops so dark, that the men had to work there all day by gas. The Surveyor said it was not so now, it might have been so in the old yards but not at present. Mr. Rathb one said, if the man had lost his sight in consequence of having to work by gaslight, he was entitled to some consideration. The Chairman stated that this case was before the com mittee, in May last. It appeared that the man had not been consecutively employed in the service of the committee for 18 years, but had, of his own accord, quitted their service for a considerable time. On this ground the committee did not feel warranted in recommending that any grant should be made. The subject was finally referred to the sub committee for further consideration. A Report was read from the Harbour-Master and the police upon the praiseworthy conduct of Richard Griffiths, gate-keeper of the Stanley-dock, who rescued a man from drowatng iu the Collingwood-dock. The Harbour Master's Commitee recommended that 20s should be given to Griffiths, and any expenses he had incurred repaid, which was agreed to. _ _ A. litter was read from Mr. Corkhill, traffic manager of the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway company, stating that the company had given instructions to have the inconveniences complained of last Thursday, at the coal high-level railway, avoided in future—so far as they were occasioned by anything in connection with the company. The Chairman stated that, the Finance Sub-Committee, to whom the question of continuing the Liverpool office in London was referred, recommended that the Dock Committee should make the same allowance as the Corporation-0100 a year. Mr. Bold suggested that the allowance should be made with the same condition attached as was attached by the corporation, that they approved of the plan upon which the office was to be conducted. The suggestion was agreed to, and the recommendation confirmed. Applications for increase of salary was received from Mr. John Evans, receiver of duties upon goods inwards, at present receiving £3OO a year ; from Mr. Joseph F. Owen, receiver of duties on exports, whose present salary is £250 a year; and from Mr. Peter Capper, me Asurer of foreign vessel; whose salary is £250 a year. An application was also received from Mr. J. Curfey, master of the Clarence-basin, to be allowed to occupy the house, where he lives at present, free of rent. Mr. Rathbone suggested that each of these applications should be considered by the Board, and a recommendation left for the new trust, in reference to each case where an increase of salary seemed requisite. This would probably amount to the same thing, but it would not tie up the hands of their successors in the same way as if they now made a regular increase of the salaries. Mr. Bold thought it would have been very well if that suggestion had been adopted in the first instance, but, as the committee had already raise] the salaries of several officers, it would be very unfair if they refused now to entertain the application of others, equally deserving, because they were made in December instead of October. 3.1 r. Smith thought there were many old servants working at very small salaries, who had not made any application, and wore well deserving of increase. He suggested that the whole management, with regard to salaries, should be considered. Mr. Rathbone said, if the Finance Committee would undertake the revision and leave a record of their opinion it would be very valuable. Mr. Rankin did not think these was sufficient time to go through the salaries in so careful a manner. Mr. Clint thought each of the applications ought to be considered upon its own merit, and without reference to the fact of the new trust coming in. After some further conversation. it was suggests(' by the chairman, and agreed, that the first three applications should be referred to the Finance Committee, and the fourth (regarding the remission of rent) to the harbour masters' committee, to report upon. A Memorial from several cart-owners, complaining that the stand allotted to them on the west side of the Trafal gar and Clarence Docks, was inconveniently distant from the gate in Waterloo-road, and suggesting another site, was referrel to the Harbour-masters' Committee with the Surveyor. A letter was received from the secretaries of the Lanca shire and Yorkshire Railway Company, enclosing a tracing of the property of the Dock Trustees near the north timber dock, and shewing some new lines and three cranes which the Company desired the Trustees should furnish, to improve the accommodation for the loading of large timber there. _ The letter was referred to the Works Committee. A letter was read from the president and treasurer of the St. Anne's Dispensary, soliciting a renewal of the alnual grant of £3O in aid of the funds of that institu tion. It was unanimously agreed that the application be g , anted. A letter was read from Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., cllling attention to the very serious inconvenience they at present experienced in getting ships consigned to them, with guano into the Birkenhead docks ; the writers added, that it was not caused by the number of vessels discharg ing or taking in cat go, but by the number of those lying idle. Mr. Lockett said the Cmtmitte had no power to remove Vies° vessels. On the suggestion of the Chairman, .the letter was referred to the Harbour-Master's Committee. This concluded the general business. HEALTH COMMITTEE. The usna! weekly meeting of this committee, was held at half-past two o'clock-yestarday, in the Town Hall, Mr. Alderman Dover in the chair. Other members present— Messrs. Sheil, Crellin, Vernon, Robertson Gladstone, Barton, Crosthwaite, Johnson, Anthony, Haydock, Hutchison, and Stitt. HEALTH OF THE TOWN. The Medical Officer of Health, reported that the prevalence of inflamatory affections of the lungs, continues to keep the mortality of the borough considerably above the average, the deaths registered in the week ending last Saturday having been 260, or 32 more than the corrected average of the same week of the preceeding nine years. In the parish, the deaths were 192, and in the out townships 74. Diseases of the lungs and consumption, caused 103 deaths, being three more than in the previous week, and 23 more than the corrected average. Zymotic diseases were fatal to 47 children and 20 adults, in all 67, giving a lower mortality from this class of diseases than in any week of the previous (cur months and a half. The scarlatina epidemic shows a disposition to decline ; the deaths were 25 against 33 in the waek prezed:ng Fora typhus the deaths were 7 ; from hooping-cough 11 ; small-pox, 4; croup, 2 ; diarrhcea, 2 ; syphilis, 1. A porter aged 96, died from delirium tremens. The Borough Engineer, Building Surveyor, and In spector of Nuisances, reported various particulars of the operations in their several departments during the week, from which it appeared that 141 nuisances complained of by inhabitants had been inspected and means taken to remedy them. 1,237 houses in the unhealthiest districts, containing 4.316 apartments, and 690 callers had been put under examination, with the view of improving their sanatory condition, and 198 lodging houses had also been examined and reported upon. The question of Maeadaso and squire-set pavement was again introduced before the Committee. Nearly all the members present again expressed their opinion that it was unwise to deviate from the practice of the committee, in extending square-set pavement; and to show the imprud ence of it, on the motion of Mr. Vernon, seconded by Mr. Haydock, the borough engineer was directed to report o n the relative coat of Macadam and square-set pavement, including the cost of repairing, scavenging, and watering. This concluded the general business. Two of the Republican candidates returned for Paris at the last election have taken the oath of fidelity to the Emperor. TILE CITY OF GLASGOW BANK.—A numerous meeting of the sLarebolders of this bank was held at Glasgow on Tuesday. The meeting unanimously agreed that the bank be registered in terms of the Joint Stock Bank Companies Act, 1857, it being explained that the design was not to wind up, lut to secure the same vantage ground as the chartered banks. The meeting also agreed unanimously that a committee of gentlemen unconnected with the bank be appointed to investigate its affairs and report to an adjourned meeting on Tuesday next, and that a guarantee fund of halt a million be raised to enable the bank to resume business without delay. ROT'S CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TASTE AT LEWIS and COMPbNY Reaelaglz-street., MODERN CRITICISM AND CRITICS. LETTIIII 11. you at a disadvantage, put you in the position of the un fortunate Giant, wh), wounded and dismembered, in vain seeks to lay hands upon his assailant, that dexterous swordsman, and talented acrobat, " Jack," having put on his invisible cloak ! It is a necessary condition of your judgments being affected by that of another man, that you should have faith in his—that you are satisfied and convinced of his ability, and of his fitness to pronounce upon the question under consideration. Why should not this condition be met, by our self-constituted critics I Upon what grounds, consistent with reison, can you be expected to receive the jugdment of a man, re specting whom you know nothing, and of whose capacity or qualification to pronounce, you are in complete ignorance? Why should you be called upon to endorse his judgement as yours ; or to recognise his decision as embodying your sentiments ? Ridiculous and absurd as this appears, and as this is, yet, it is to this, and to nothing else, that " modern criticism" has come. You are daily led by the nose up to the broad sheet of some organ or other, and there you find an opinion dictated to you, and written and printed into you; and you dutifully imbibe and abaord that opinion, and you partake thereof as you do your daily sustenance; and, plagiarist that you are, you express and promulgate that opinion when speaking of affairs, general or particular, as if it were your own ! You pay certain unknown gentlemen, with more or less brains in their heads, for thinking for you on certain subjects; your part of the bargain being that, on these subjects, you abdicate your sight to think for yourself. Value is given, and value is received; but, in the majority of instances, the value is not worth the price paid for it. Again, you have, periodically, a criticisim—or what purports to be. one—stuffed down your throat, habit rendering you meekly quiescent during the operation; and why ? for no better reason than that it is presented to you in all the dignity of " leaded type ;" and that it appears in the pages of the " Quarterly " this, or the " Monthly " that !—Yours, &c., DIIBLINIENSIS. TO THB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Stn,—The Edinburgh may be said to have initiated the modern review, and, in doing so, to have revolutionised criticism. It was scarcely established until it became the fashion ; for, besides the attraction that novelty ever has for man, the pungent sarcasm of a Jeffrey and the auda cious personality of a Brougham, had charms for a genera tion that had long ago grown tired of the vapid periods of the successors of the The Intelligencer, and the polished platitudes of the Gentleman's Magazine. This change in the public taste had been gradually, though slowly developing. Fielding, Smollet, and Sterne had had their day, and,' prurient as their pages were, these men were no mean critics, nor inferior moralists. Virtue is never seen to so much advantage as when contrasted with vice, clothed in her most meritricious garb ; and, in this sense, the authors of the Sentimental Journey, and of Roderick Random, did good service to the society of their day. The readers of Smollet and Sterne could all the better appreciate Hogarth, who, with his wondrous sermon-pictures—these imperishable criticisms in oil— brought his aid to the reformation in pregrese, by exposing, in all their loathing and revolting deformity, the vices that scarred the nation like a small-pox. He, the picture-raffle, stirred un the social life of England from its foulest depths, and where he did not excite virtue, he at least extorted repro bation. Men, shocked by the scenes depicted for their eyes, and convicted of their truth, allowed the lessons they taught to penetrate to their hearts; so that wben Junius, like a Hebrew Prophet, raised his voice and " cried aloud" against crime and corruption in high places, and with his scathing invective, and impassioned declamation, roused the people to a sense of their political sights, he found willing auditors, and apt desciples. Wilkes—the embodi ment of his outcries—and Wilkes' history, perpetuated in Burdett's, show that the lessons of Junius were not thrown away—tha t he had bequeathed thought and action to the mass. Great critics in their different departments, were these men—Hogerth and Junius. Their criticisms, like their names, are immortal ! Thus, we discover a healthy, vigorous tone of thought— the characteristic of the latter part of the 18th century— finding expression in social and political action. The French and American Revolutions pronounced everything old, and insisted upon everything becomitg new. Notions, opinions, ideas-, systems, however respectable, and " hal lowed by time," &c., were voted obsolete, and were put down as such. Thought itself was revolutiotised, and with it literature. Old books, and "standard works," shared in the unpopularity that attended everything that was " old, " or that had. hitherto been regarded as an " authority." It would ssem as if men held the idea that intellect even had been held in restraint, by a species of routine and red- ta pism, and that they were determined at all haz irds to set it free. A new literature was voted a requirement of the age; and, among us in England, here, it was heralded by the Edinburgh, and Quarterly. _ _ Criticism, under the new regime, ceased to be a staple of conversation. It no longer found expression in the daily interchange of thought, and was rather avoided as a delicate subject, since feshion would alone tolerate and recognise it, as periodically pronounced, and oracularly enunciated by the Review. Men, in the face of the new order of things, held their peace. Reputations ceased to be marred or made in the park, saloon, or pit; Rinelagh and Vauxhall were silent, and the "Wit," together with the small sword and bag-wig verra fast disappearing. He • might still be seen, and even heard by the select few ; but if he spoke, it was with bated breath. He whispered his fear, jeelousy, and suspicion of the novel institution which had stripped him of his importance; and which he hated all the deeper, because he could not understand. He dealt in muttered auguries concerning the train of evils sure to attend the developement of the "nameless despot ism," only then in leading strings, bat which, to his expe rienced eye, even in its infancy, gave promise of its future vigour, and the unlimited power it was destined to attain, " Public opinion," as an expression conveying more than usual signific ince, began now to be used. The " Wit" had ceased to be an oracle. 'He would no longer be permitted to be even a critic ; his services in this regard were likewise assumed and monopolised by the new power—The Press. The Press very coca absorbed opinion, and by a natural transition, and indeed without much ceremony, shortly dictated, what at first it modestly begged permission to express. The "Wit" had been a prophet, but his hour had come. What was now to become of your man of the small sword and big brains—your snuff-taking accomplished gentlemen, to whom it was a matter of indifference whether he talked to you about Burke and the Begum ; treated you to a piquant delineation of one of Reynolds' beauties ; gently opoocd up to you -tho now tbcory of Brinkley i or, by an exposition, as lucid as it was learned, illustrated .some abstruse point in the " Principle ?" What was to • be done with the character, who shone equally in the study of the philosopher, and the boudoir of the beauty—this mixture of gallantry and talent, eccentricity and polish ? He -answered the question himself. He saw himself deprived of the element in which he lived—Ou ground was virtually cut from under his feet. He could nit reconcile himself to the new system under which judgment was pronounced without a trawl, and without discussion ; where excepLion was useless, the opinion being pronounced ; and where the Judge himself, at once nameless, and unknown, screened himself from observation and retort by a sheet of foolscap ! He retired from the scene in disgust, as much as from necessity, and in process of time, be, no doubt, very becomingly—as he did everything—died off. Othello's ocenpation'3 gone. he might well exclaim, and with the "occupation" be want himself—" went with a vengeance" as the times would say, for his extinguishment was so sadden, that we have no authentic date of his final appearance. Query : Has Art and Literature profited by the death of the " Wit ?" Be that as it may, the world could " have better spared a better man." This wally-sided, many-gifted individual, has left a gap, which no ch,racter in modern society fills up. With the spread and influence of the Press, the spirit of criticism extended. Indeed, the periodicals, as they successively ushered themselves into notice, recommended themselves to the public, simply on the score of their wil lingness andreadiness to undertake the care of the public judgment. With a zeal which could only be equalled by their modesty, they voluntarily assumed the guardianship of the public brains. All ushered themselves into the world, as Censors, regardless whether the world wanted their services as such or not. All undertook to keep the public aright as to the books it should read ; the opinions it should hold ; and the man it should swear by. The world, willing to be in leading strings, as it ever has been, suocunThed to the literary dictatorship and in lividual opinion, expressed without regard, or in oppositian to the dictum of the "organ of public opinion," or the acknowledged "authority" was scouted, and laughed at. Within ten years after the death of the last of the of the wits—say, a cotemporary of Sheridan's—the auto cracy of the Press in matters of opinion, was so thoroughly established, that men scared and scandalised out of the idea of independent thought, looked to it alone for inspiration; and, as in the present day; never dared to hazard an opinion in matters political or literary, without first consulting the Mentor, supplied by their "Paper" or " Magazine." This self-abnegation, on the part of the public, was fruitful of very serious evils. The pen now pronounced, where before the tongue spoke as a corollary, opinion passed from the many who could speak to the few who could write. It became centralised, so to speak, and thus, ' narrowed in its sphere, its usefulness was contracted. But another and far more grevious evil grew out of it. It placed the power of incalculable mischief in the hands of any man, who—however incompetent—could succeed in getting his lucubrations into print. Thus malignity often found a voice where it otherwise should be dumb, and the chartered irresponsibility of the review, was often made the medium of the covert attack, or vindictive onslaught. Instigated by any of the baser passions, actuated by any of the petty motives common to our nature, tie man who could secwo for himsolf, the correction of his proof sheet, wielded the most powerful agent for carrying oat the behests of his malice; or the iespiratimas of his malevo lence. Herein lay the great scandal and weakness of the written criticism ; impunity encouraged license, in the cane of the unaetheeticated " article," while the viva voce statement was made under a sense of responsibility. The well known " wit," would not hazard his reputation by venting an opinion, which facts did not, in some degree, warrant. He was obliged to have regard so .h to his character as a professional, and as a gentleman ; for ho moved among men who would is turn freely canvass his opinion, and quickly ascertain its value ; and who, if personal motives were apparent, as having biassed the judgment, would soon expose and punish the max who sunk the critic in the antagonist. Now, the unknown writer had none ,of these condidons to meet from necessity, and, leaving aside the possibility of personal motive, his position, from its very nature, rendered him dangerously liable to err. He was cam pletelv f ee from the restrictions which hedged tLe collo quial critic, and made him a responsible agent. He was free from the consequences of a re-actirg criticism, and he revelled in the enjoyment of a power, which rendered him inaccessible, while it made him dangerous. The man, whom you saw and heard, could be met on his own ground—combatted with his own weapons ; but the indi vidual who, like "Jack the Giant Killer," only madehimself invissible in order that he might the more effectually take BOYS' CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TASTE, at LEWIS and COMPANY'S. tialitlaglmtreet. At LEWIS & OMPANY'S, Ranelagh-street, BOYS are CLOTHED from tka Agee of Siz Twenty Years, • THE REV. J. K. GLAZEBROOK TO TIO 811 Bit REV. J. MACNAUGHT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOUTHEEN .t Macnaught endeavours to s la y Ulf . ) ; once with my own sword. He asks in cooA.c:. triumph, " Will Mr. G. tell us who, judge's appointed circuit, is superior to that dito I answer simply in one word, " The Lair. istfl this answer entirely subverts all Mr. M.' ° l on the " province of reason in matters of ba ths_ " The Holy Scriptures—the Law of God" log supreme rule of faith, as I said before. S csc d i st, hear the immortal Chillingworth on this Pf " Propose to me," he says, "anything out o f Book (the Scriptures) and enquire whe''ehise believe it or no, and seem it never so incotaP r heo e, able to human reason, I will subscribe it with handa nd 6,4 as knowing no demonstration can be stronger than th , go i hath said so, therefore it is trice." In other thelithee will take no man's judgment from him, shall any man take mine from me 1 and fre es measure I mote to others, I exP e , t Oetl them again. I am fully assursd th ey ,. t ett does not, and therefore that man eng li s : is .ele to require any more of any man than Id find believe the Scripture to be th e Word of u endeavour to the true sense of it, and t° : A g rest according to it." The canon then of this t beft master of reasoning was " God bath said e ri °' d fore it is true." M r . M.' s c anon, is ";: co r 141 constituted reason the Supreme Judg e t bser the Rules of Faith, i. e. over the Scriptu rs° f th ose selves, with the power of rejecting any Pe rt ° ,,,stie S Scriptures of which it disapproves." The c liosfil then is, shall we.obey God or man ? g r * Ada ' aiS t my letters are " laboured," and I acknowl e ol oi they do cost me mush labour, and what is ° b oo/ consequence prayers for the promised o wls I° of God the Holy Spirit, that inestimable l eg ' do I the Church, and to that gracious assistance( tllO solely attribute any success in discover/ %, truth granted to my feeble and fallible ro les g.' o would venture to remark however, that g od r. last letter has not been sufficiently iab° ll : ;O lt that if ho will again consider it, he will * ll i 10 0 he has not confuted, but confirmed Wh at fit eil; said—viz., that reason is only the means o f ose taming and interpreting the " Rule of Fa it 'o llo that it is not itself that rule. Mr. M. deni es t bolt p is a Socinian—this is not denying that h ° 0 10 any Socinian principles—that h e ea se/ two principles decidedly Socinian Ile yogi deny. He openly de n ie s the ",P e dsli inspiration of the Scriptures—Socinians s' s bo tlO that inspiration. He openly asserts reason to 0 supreme rule of frith, so do the Soeinis cg 'oo o have slaiwn. He says it is true, Ido net' l ee o and have never questioned the Divine nat ,J 0 our Saviour. Does Mr. M. acknowledge the °t"l of Christ, i. e. that he is Of one substance Pi lt ott eo l Father. Now I venture to express 133 1 1/1 belief that ho attributes to our Lord en l f is ferior kind of Divinity to the Father, It of old subterfuge of using orthodox wor ds ° fi l l heretical meanings. At present, however, s : l et 1) 1 accede to Mr. M.'s wish, let " this OW% 01 dropped," and certainly it is a dangerous 0000 Mr. Macnaught. For if it should turn out bathe though a clergyman of the Church of 92e 0 0 0 entertains Socinian piinciples, this fact ti da l tirely destroy his claim to sincerity and re l a 11 ! impossible to have the least confide nce - w e teaching. And it is remarkable that his evril may he unclorgtood to confess his 4 391ifiqu e ,, e :tbi! this point, " I trust Mr. G. will henc,.. s ' in - 5 . 0 11; member," he says, that I am, like af r o position, though not in opinion, a , dergYto s t ' Established Church of England." Not, — ,,,bliov,i "not in opinion a clergyman of the res7 be lio i 'i Church of England," is what I &na i l / o f 1 1P. 1 . notwithstanding all his apparent denials of fle 0 ° O) ing . Socinian doctrines. Is this the vei c ,,.` jOrd conscience? If it were allowed to ene e ' n ' n to 'O, believe it was that awful voice. To go Aft, third point,—John xvii. 17. Mr. M. oar t'o is shewn to be in error by the testirnoni fessor Williams, Bishop 011ivant, and tr i ,,, r t pl o w own exegesis of the text. Now in the w i jilifr, e , neither Professor ;% , Villiems, nor Bisbel 3 ai g 's ever mention the phrase " Thy Word," 11 , 0 00: 1 41 fore it is totally false to say they have 5 y e a to be in error. And with respect to n'i r flog o e exegesis of his own words he nowhere e 0 hie „a g e meaning of them to what he uttered wi tl3 „ o "t mouth when on earth ; and Mr. M. esn"l fr o that the phrase " Thy Word " does 0° .;,,,.j.' the Holy Scriptures,—as David desig: - ftreir aggregate Scriptures of his day as , 13 ,„dr;. n ot With respect to the charge of having o ' l ,o o o' sor Williams a Socinian, I was truly, 0 ; 4 - 5 0 :01' surprised, and I examined my own wr'; o o e ;off times before I could find out how so fe r ' e fi " c1 ) 4 1 "e 0 s ‘ ation could be made against me. -13 0;01, It seems he (dr. M.) had a pitfall," saying Mr. Williams had prepared it: e Fid 0 0 , rooted distrust of Socinians saved me," , e' no t, from Mr. M.'s plot to catch me. I say that Mr, W. is. a Socinian, but J e l::e t ekle Mr. M. is. Mr. W. may hold his opin l e: e d:;iti! being a Socinian. I have not exarn l 'ie!tir Williams' words" now, because it is totsotio'/.le the question at issue—viz., the applic tit t l a to e ' af e s , l , phrase " Thy Word" to the sacred SerlP-of , sir, I will not knowingly ma k e c harge s 111. !",0: at random, and when I say I believe W . 0110 ,1 -00; Socinian principles, and eis not i n A" I, - e t. 4 clergyman of the Church of Englanlide',lo o ; I can adduce very strong presumptiv e are%to ,l prove .. the charge. With respect to the' e,,T r itic'oe' disingenuous trick" and " o ° oo l I can only say I make it my endeavou r t he t 0 0 1 : words as most nearly correspond evit h ,,,ell and if there is any blame it does not a'` t - 0 ,i4 - ,109; for giving . an accurate description Of ce t o isi lu ol r e o . f criticism, but to those who are guil t fo 0° ,41 0 , e i ing them. I regard truth to be—" kn l- „ li s t respect, and dignity." And this in agree for tc-day, on the interminable third PP ° gO° am, sir, your most obedient servant , 0- J. K. O L° Lower Derwen, Dec. 2, 1857. 44 004 Vigil kiPPer c I 414 n °kr 1 b Y I:by i ,A 4 C) Op tt ° TCF D. 4 , 44 , 1. 4, 4, c J 4 ll] i? liit fit t4 44 1 1 0 1 tiZe POLICE INFORMATI ONS' i 1 TIS S A S. t° 1 1 • -"----- TO TDB EDITOR OF THE NORTH nt le-„,1• C „t Sir,—l have just read your note APPe .- ,,,a K ao ,,,v, Lotter in this day's NORTHERN TiMEst append , glad I have brought you out on d lB ,.;tibli3O e ' n f ' Police Informations." I fancy the t r,,ia ri - dlri myself, must have forgotten the 111 ,1 1 - lis w i tll; it having been written so long ago 38 AM ° d 3/11 f 'id: equallypo t of September. ealneyard D atit o ned lof feen th ios i ti n —v k ew y ihn o y u t l i o e n c icl o r o :is t o c : 0 ° 00 o r t;, 4 1 not ?, : l ot if, er i from want of ability, as the editor 0 ' iv ;Iviti) was for a considerable time our w° r „, e , is / tli i a oellent • head constable, and, of 0 , 1)11 ; „ r 13 " ( :;, , ei„ c s acuainted with all the "out's a nd ' - i n ter;;l';ip iri peculiarsuc such matters does It not mlj comports' co lll ,,:tiog yoil' his . _ usual " happy-gc-easy" style of try e lf.- ~,,P 'Mire. Perhaps he will tell us hi° 10 0 '" AN I;(11' truly, December 2, 1857. 0 ii . s treob4. l At LEWIS & rOMPANY'S, But e Ra Tvieti bebecattoef-)tovoto,eo BOYS are CLO FILED from the Ages of tO' O' Ser ft° o ll VERT' nERSONS seeking NOTICE TO AD _IL Assistants, Clerks, Apartments, or . _il y I. o dir Ero ployroe'r_Adiog oi _fti o p i l bring their wants under the Notice of the ahlr;odiaigiertir he No HTFIERN TIMES, which is the most etlicietl o f edf n this district. The cash pric eft this special ri se so, a reduced to THREEPRIctVag" wt.'" % At 440 TOXTETH PARK GUARDIANS. The usual weekly meeting of this Board of Guardians was held yesterday, at the Public Offices, Park-place, Mr. Horsfall, the chairman of the board, presided. The other Guardians present were—Messrs. Leyland, Batten, Pickup, Briscoe ' Robinson, Mercer, Jones, Alpass, Harri son, Miller,Ogden, and Siddeley. OFFIrCIAL pTURNS. The Master of the West Derby Workhouse reported that the number of paupers belonging to Toxteth Park, in that establishment last week, was 386. This week there ware 378, of these 5 were able-bodied men, 76 aged and infirmed, 37 boys above the age of nine, 37 under that age ; 40 able-bodied women, 101 aged and infim ditto, 34 girls above nine, 34 under that age, and 15 infants. A cheque for £lOO was voted for the relief of the out door poor within the district. Orders given for the workhouse for the week ending December 2nd—males, 5 ; females, 16 ; children, 18 ; total, 39. To the hospital-1 male, 1 female ; total, 2. Return of admission orders issued during the week— To workhouse, 29 orders, comprising 19 males, 26 females, 55 children ; total, 100. To the h)spital, 3 females. THE WORKHOUSE TEST. Mr. Harrison, in moving for a more correct return of the paupers, stated that in the district which Mr. Heath, the relieving officer, had under his care, the house had been offered to 41 paisons. only six of whom had availed themselves of it; and in Mr. Barnet's district 102 persons had been offered the house, only twelve of whom had accepted it. TIM LUNATICS. The deputation of the Guardians appointed to visit the lunatics in the asylums at Lancaster, Itainhill, and Itaydock Lodge, reported that the number therein charge able to the township was 63, namely, 25 males and 40 females, all of whom were proper objects for restraint. The deputation also reported that there were several idiotic and epiliptic cases that might be properly removed to the workhouse about to be erected in Toxteth park, as soon as the contemplated provisions are made for such a class of inmates, and which would be a great saving in the maintenance of such cases. The report was adopted, and Mr. Harrison expranel his deep regret that a county like Lancashire, which boasted so much of its wealth and intelligence, should be so far behind every other place in its want of lunatic accommodation, for was it not for Mr. Sutton and his private enterprise, they would not have a place within 60 miles for their lunatics. TFIE VALUATION OF TIES TOWNSHIP. A letter was read from the Poo: Law Board, stating that they had appointed Mr. Atkins, of York, to value the property in the union. Mr. BATTEN strongly objected to the General Board having such powers, and entered his protest against the appointment of a mau from York, when. thero worn 00 many eminent architects in Liverpool. This concluded the business. MR: G-OUGH AT EXETER HALL. ' Mr. Gough lectured on Tuesday evening in Exeter Hall on " Social Responsibilities," under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association, and in presence of a congregation crowded to the ceiling. His address was chiefly an exposition of the doctrine that society is res ponsible for the crimes and the follies of the people, and in establishing this doctrine he dwelt upon the Act of Parlia ment licenses that gave iniquity a footing in certain places of public resort. Mr. Gough described the :sale: of a human being by auction, and urged that, howover, pitiable his condition, it was more pitiable to see a human ,being in a free country the slave of drink and 'tobacco, (Loud cheers.) Some persons wanted to improve; the working classes by model lodging-houses, but his belief was that a model house did not make a model man. (Loud cheers.) Others said, take them out in Sunday excursion trains, bat when he saw the return of a Sunday excursion train, his eyes met people more fagged and worn out than with the hardest day's toil. In the neighbourhood of Exeter Hall there were all kinds of bad people and bad houses, and yet it was in Exeter Hall that clergymen had been prohibited from preaching the Gospel. (Tremendous cheers.) In much the same way, the lecturer continued to address his assembly for nearly two hours, and amid great attention and excitement. CRINOLINE SUPERSEDED. At the Guildhall, yesterday, Fanny Hunt, a respectable young female, was charged by the authorities of White cross-street prison with smuggling spirits into that estab lishment, in contravention of the reghlations. Hannah Baker, the searcher of females at the prison, said, When the prisoner applied for admission this morning, I asked her if she had any spirits about her, and she said she had, and I took from her a bottle containing about half a pint of gin. Alderman Copeland : Who does she go to see there ? Witness : Two ladies of the name of Honore and Chris tian. Alderman Copeland : 'What are.they ? Defendant : They were millinere, sir, of Davies-street, Berkeley-square. Alderman Copeland : Were you in their service ? Prisoner : Yes, sir, for the last three years. Alderman Copeland W:s the spirits carried openly or concealed? Witness : She had the bottle tied round her waist at the back of her steys. Alderman Copeland : What !do you mean to say she wore it as a hustle ? (Laughter.) Witness: Yes, sir. (Renewed laughter.) Alderman Copeland : Well, I have heard of sawdust bustles and crinoline, bat I never before heard of the gin-hottle'hustle. (Roars of laughter.) Wit ness : She has been many time at the prison, but I never found any spirits on her before. Alderman Cope land : Perhaps you never searched her bustle before. (L l'ughter ) Witness : Oh, yes, I have; sir; and I alWays search every female admitted to the prison. Alderman Copeland : It appears that notwithstanding the vigilance of the authorities, all the rules and regulations aro set at defiance, and spirits are frequently smuggled into the prison to enable the prisenere to get drunk, and great diserder is the consequence. No doubt you have received your instructions from your mistresses, but you so artfully secured the spirits on your person, where few would think Of searching, that 1. cannot look over your offence alto gether. The penalty is 101, but as you have been three years in the service of these ladies you must be a respecta ble young person, and I will, therefore, exercise my power to mitigate the penalty. You seem to have been perfectly aware of the offence you were committing, and I think I am taking a very lenient view of the case in fining you 403, or in default 14 days' imprisonment. The defendant was then removed in custody, with the intimation that if the fine was not paid before the court rose, the magistrates had no power to permit it to be paid after she was cam mitted to prison. The amount was shortly after paid, having been sent by the defendant's mistresses, and she was immediately liberated. Mr. Hodges, of the Western, circuit, has been appointed Chief Justice of the Cape colony. UNFORTIINATZ ACCIDENT.—On Monday Morning, at about 8 o'clock, during a fresh breeze from the east, as Capt. Consens, of the American ship Coronet, 1,400 tons, which had arrived at Falmouth on the 28th November from Callao for orders, was landing in a boat with the second mate of the ship Calcutta (which had been abandoned at sea, and with the crew taken off by the Coronet) and four other men, the boat by some means got into the breakers between the points of Pendennis and the Bar ('he ship being outside at anchor), and the captain and mate above mentioned were, unfortunately, drowned ; the others were saved.