The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-30 00:00:00

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LATER FROM ST. THOMAS. ON IRON AND WOODEN SHIPS. said Mr. Meagles. " Oh, of course, I me
When they take their inventions into foreign
quite different, and that's the reason why so n
The Royal West India Mail steamer Teviot, TO THE
NORTHERN TIMES.
in the But for the Emperor of France, Mr. Bessen
Captain Moir, has arrived at Southampton, from Sir,—As England is now . would not have been brought out yet. Surel
St Thomas, which port she left on the 6th inst. construction
sooof ironri ships, to be facilitated by Bessemer's England will demand justice as soon as the He
EDITOROPaTtHtIEie
es in the manipulation of our great mineral meets next session, as such diabolical condi
She has come home for repairs, having been out wonderfiuol discoveries
the advancement of science and mechanics, it may disgrace to the Sovereign of England. To
carrying the inter_colonial mails in the West staplhee,
considered out of place if I divulge to the world where French Sovereign should developßessemer's, a
Indies for upwards of three years. She had on
nothe great drawbacks are, in both wooden and what are called of JOHN
board a missing Bahama mail, and three boxes of
iron ships. The latter, so far, have not been constructed 21, Exchange-buildings, by the Underwriter
specie of about 3,000 dollars value. She experienced
head winds the first part of her vo either scientifically or mechanically, and can, consequently, be Liverpool, September 27, 1856
yage. only called " tin pots," A wooden ship, which is composed N.B.—lron ships will class A 1 for ever, i
The following is from our correspondent at St. of vegetable material, is subject to great deterioration from built in conformity with my patent ; and to
Thomas, dated Sept. 5 :-" sporadic cholera still change of weather, more particularly so in tropical climates ; pieces on the rocks would be a work of time,
lingers here. The average number of deaths is also, injury from worms and dry rot, The framework is have to be literally filed away by inches.—J. C
about three daily. Up to the present time nearly entirely of pieces not milted ; the outside, or natural strength
140 have died. The royal mail steamer Magdalena of the marterial, being reduced by sawing into form, which is
arrived out here on the 2nd inst., with the English covered over with planking—internally and externally, and SHOCKING HOMICIDE NEAT
mails of the 18th ult. bolted through with either iron, yellow metal, copper bolts, or
treenails. Thegreat Jacob Francis, about thirty years of age, a
"By recent arrivals from St. Domingo we learn number of joints or pieces not being
that an amnesty has been decreed by theh as govern-
been
attached, when strain comes upon the vessel, as a natural brought up before the magistrates of the coo
consequence, the disconnected parts in the frame begin to set, at their office at Bath, charged with has
manifested at the prospect of the return to that
meat, and that a feeling of public joy
move, then follows the working of the bolt-heads, and the death of a young man named Thomas Bu
result is, the seams of the planks open ; hence we see previous afternoon, at Charterhouse Hinton,
country of Don Buenaventura., Baez. The super-
vessels damaging their cargoes, foundering, and abandoned at four miles from Bath.
intendent of the Royal Mail Company here has
sea, often being sinking coffins for the poor souls who John Hales, labourer, of the parish of W
received a letter from the secretary of the company, meet a watery grave, and are ushered into eternity in that he was yesterday at Charterhouse Hintor
conveying the thanks of the Court of Directors to weak and defective ships, which are overloaded, and put several others in a field belonging to Mr. Jo
Mr. Cameron, the St. Thomas superintendent, Mr. past the strength of the material of which they are composed. thrashing out a rick with a threshing macs
superintendingthe engineer, Captain As fibrous-built ships only class what is called AI at Lloyd's, saw them several times during the morning
Moir. and Mr. Humphreys, of the Teviot, and to the lowest four years and the highest fifteen years, it is eviden tat each other in ',play. About half-past on
Mr. Mills, the carpenter of the Atrato, for their a shipowner can, if he be a man of figures calculate his loss in ridge was standing by the gate of the field
, successful efforts in getting the Wye afloat, after depreciation, of water in his hand, waiting for the pris
'to come HD. There was a Ihing
grounding on the coast of Guadaloupe." The real cause of so many losses of late years, as compared approaching,
with those of former ones, arises solely from the increase in them, and as tne prisoner passed through
• the size of ships, with only the same fastening and appurte- ridge threw the water from the buck et over
•
HOLLAND. nances as were put into vessels of small tonnage. As the
ran away in a stooping attitude. The prison
vessels increase in size, so should the appliances which give pitched a barley fork (in instrument with
a
strength, &c., be increased in proportion, requisite in their each upwards of a foot in length) which
r. By advises from the Hague, dated September 3, construction, &c. But it is useless now going into detail, as hand at Burridge, who was four or five vs
we learn that the Minister of Finance, on the day the life of wooden vessels is measured. I will conclude this and the prongs entered his back jus
shoulders. Witness was standing betweer
previous, presented to the Second Chamber the part of the subjectdbya stating that the day has gone by for
vessels,its strength
the large size
tnow.in use puts fibrous little on one side, at the time, and Burridge I
budget for 1857. The expenses amount to woodenate con
shipbuilders ruction .
in Ttoi 1 quotee . i theed round, and said to him, "John, do pull it ni 72.746,458 florins (about 2f. 15a each), and the re material
then stuck in his ack, the handle, which
expressionlria pa
of the mostg eminent
ceipts to 72,78.4 421f1., making a presumable
States of America, when he called upon me to get informs- a yard lona, extending in a horizontal posit
increase of 37,9826. It is stated in the expose of tion about the building or mode of construction of iron vessels, caught hold of the handle and pulled, but l
the financial state of the country that the current he admitted to me that the Americans were past their strength back with the force, and witnessilf tkhen put t
year is not so favourable as the one preceding, but in wooden ships, and there would be no more large wooden fella forward,
r
bloodpulled,
timcaem e out,
that there is no deficit to be feared. The principal steamers built in America. Literally, they were used up,at ande
tsaemeor
mouth. war Francis did not attempt to gushirender
point worthy of remark is that, since 1850, 56) and would becomp.elledto go Into iron ships ; and with their
The deceased slightly lifted his head, as that
millions of the public debt has been redeemed, present. protection in their navigation laws, they could not fly
I.t something to witness, but he ran and 1
making a considerable reduction in the rente. the stripes and stars at any vessel's gaffaend, built out of the '4) say
United States, until they had repealed those laws, and made father, who was at work on the rick, what 1
free trade of their commerce ; and they would find the fix the
were in by-and-by.. As
.this gentleman said, they had all to murder and also stopped the machine, by telling the
THE DESTRUCTIVE EQUINOCTIAL GALES. murder had been committed, Witness afters
—...... learn yet about iron ships; then there was the labour and
deceased lying in the road, and heard the nth
During the past week equinoctial gales have
fmaoatcuhreinderiyr,onc,ouopulded2owi
e
thrtheeendtu. tyouoftho 10 per cent.ori
rtunama.enlue-
was dead, but he was too frightened to go r
the
greatwere
erofuotlshytienrgesd fetters, for manufactured The deceased was about nineteen years of
set in with unusual severity. The following i
Doesscience,
pinl not
la
na
dt
mechanics this
protected
pronetrade
ay unmarried. There did not appear to have b
account is furnished by a Dover correspondent,
commerce? England a nldf trs alhdoew, feeling between the men, but they had bee
dated Sunday :
and aided as they ought together nearly the whole day. The ptisoner
o ghepton Mallet gaol for a week, to await
fif Day by day they have increased, while last night it blew to be in England, the prosperity of our trade would t ' '
be such
as b ydirect taxation inquest.'
a fearful gale of wind from S.S.E. It blew so hard from
—and that not exceeding li per cent.—
this quarter yesterday morning, that the steam packet amply to pay the revenue of the country. The " Circumlo-
cution office," with its "how not to do it" disposition, throws
Violet, although off the pert, with the English mails, at her
DARING HIGHWAY ROBBER'
he Admiralty pier.
regular time, could not come alongside t _ . . all the obstacles into the way of that improvement that would VIOLENCE, BY A FEMAI
and was obliged to lie off until there was sufficient water
be the foundation stone of England's wealth—viz , her
mechanical talent, built up with daily experience in our.staple
for her to enter the harbour, at 7.30, and as the wind
I manufactures. Having gone quite far enough to show tl e On Friday Mr. George Chappel, who resic3
increased in the afternoon, the South Eastern steam packet
. bearings of trade between America and England in ship- West, went over to Wakefield for the purpose
due here from Calais at 6 p.m.. did. not leave the Preach
the Friday's market; and after having mash
coast. It was easier to leave the harbour than to enter it ; building, I turn now to the point which must make England's
the packet Ondine therefore left with the French mails, and artisans feel proud of the position they are likely to be. in its
chases, the day being far advanced, and havi
regards iron ships. Iron shipbuilding, up to this day, is in its Horbury, he determined upon going thither.
the royal mail packet Violet, for Calais, and Garland, for
Ostend, took their departure at the regular hour, and made infancy ; and as the originators of this from thence for Bretton West about nin
• • • th foll win evening, and had arrived
class of shipbuilding e ° g
good passages.
During the night the gale became stronger, and the sea Cs
were neither soldiers, sailors, landsmen, nor mechani some Hall, the seat of D. Gaskell, Esq., w
little allowance must be made for their shortcomings, '
got up to a frightful height ; but this morning the aspect of No trade ever suffered more from bungling than that of
arising from ignorance on the accosted by a polite, respectably dressed f
twenty years of age, who enquired if Mr.
the weather was most appalling. The wind howled, and iron shipbuilding,
purely
part of going to Horbury, and, on his answering the
the sea raged with the greatest fury ; the scene all along those following the avocation, and not being mechanical woman said she too was going, and she would
the piers and around the port was awfully grand. Gigantic shipbuilders - and, on the other hand, from the prejudice of would allow her to accompany him. While proce
waves broke in succession right over the Admiralty piers the wooden shipwrights,' who were alarmed at its clashing with, the noble avenue of trees contiguous to Lui
and works for two or three hours, but did little damage and injuring jutirlio'n their trade woman suddenly put her hand into his pock
there ;it boiled up, however, on the western side with gaccidents that. have happened to iron ships have out several shillings in silver. At the June
such strength and fury, that it tore away the pavement in arisen from ignorance, carelessness, and parsimony. It is who appears to have been dogging their fo,
front of the Lord Warden Hotel, and some idea may be a matter of wonder to me that there have notbeenmor losses, to the woman's assistance. Mr. Chappel
formed of its power and range, when it is stated that it seeing the things that have been turned out, built upon the' endeavouring to regain possession of his mot
dashed volumes of water right over the building, and carried a tin pot" principle, and contracted for by parish shipowners, man knocked him with violence to the grout
a cloud of sticks and stones into the dock on the other
otherwise assaulting him, so as to render
who, in many instances do not care for either life or property
Aide. It filled up all the kitchens of the hotel, andinsensible, they ransacked his pockets of th
if they can only get underwriters to take the risk, their property
left between two and three feet of water in the area all
around. being unseaworthy from its bad mechanical construction, after which the two decamped in an oppm
The night being dark Mr. Chappel could not
ligla angle, and thin plate iron. It is this that allows the
Very little damage, however, was sustained by the
features of either of the robbers, but from th
boiler maker to put into shape a structure resembling in appear-building beyond the effectsof the flooding and the breaking description given the police are on the search.
ance a ship to look at, but not a ship to be safe, staunch, and
of a few panes of glass. The whole of the space, however,
facing the westward, was strewed with 'broken planks, strong
wind il to conveyand waves.
the groins, buildings, and fences of the South Eastern
life and property
against the perils of the
pil,s, and other fragments of wood ; and they came from
ACCIDENT ON THE LANCASH]
ilway.
The Faith, screw steamer, built by John Laird of ken
head, which foundered off the Owens lightship 13'
withoutitronch-- YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.
Ra
The railway
ing the ground, with several instances of iron screw colliers
yards; from the
sustained the most damage at about 100
that have foundered with all hands, is ample proof that there Yesterday morning a fearful state of ex(
Arcbcliff first flannel, and about 200 yards
from the station. Such was the violence of the curlin is something very defective in what is called iron shipbuilding, cawed in the neighbourhood of Titbebarn-scree
foaming sea in the corner near Shakespeare's Cliff, that g Yet the Board of Trade allow, and the underwriters take Hsi-citcawedthe town generally, inconsequence of a report th
it
accident had happened on the above line, am
upon things called iron ships, with angle iron frames of
broke through the outer stout fence, carried that away, thenwent to say that several lives had been lost.
from one to three feet apart, an some with no frames at all
throgh the heavy add massive wo-den framework tied by
i-osuch rumours there is always exaggeration in them, and plates with 1 inch thick upwards to one inch,
n reds .cross from one line of rails to the other, and
which is' the extreme,andnotsupported present instance we are gratified to find that 1
framing.
greatest point to guard against is weakness from
scooped
out the shingle, broke down the stays ; swept OHreport. An accident dil take place, but, most pi
d. aft The
strain. The great secret why her Majesty's
loss
large portions of the building nearest the beach, carried fore and
hardly any damage was sustained by the p
nearer the cliff; s
fr:wate Birkenhead broke in three pieces was from want of fore
away some of the brickwork, and undermined the sheds
and-course they were both shocked and greatly 1
aft support. and for fifty yards entirely broke downbeyond this nothing serious resulted. The f Iron ships have been tortured in their construction b the
Y
both lines of rails.
the facts, as well as we coula collect them, froi
The wreck from the railway, together with the planks 'monious shipowner, who would go round with a e cifica-
Piaorsifro one to another of the persons who st le themselves be considered an official quarter. The train co
from the groins, were for hours dashed against and over t'
iron shipbuilders, and by a pull at one, and cuty of another the north, when arriving at Sandhill—just at
contract for a " tin pot ;" and, instead of burin,"
the Admiralty pier, and were thrown up at the corner of 1r
would finals contract of the East Lancashire, and Lancashire, an
a ship, found out afterwards that he bad, in many instances-,—to6
the Lord Warden Hotel in pieces, some more than
lines—by some unexplained cause got off the r
a hundredweight, more than twenty feet high, and were . expend a large sum in extras, and refasten his vessel,
partiallysome short distance. One of the carriages s
split in pieces against the piers and pavement. when stress of weather caused her to bear up in a sinking state.
turned over, and the next was somewhat raise
None of the steam packets were expected to arrive in this This sort of work is very costly in the long run ; hi h rates o third having the axle broken. As remarked,
terrible gale, but about ten o'clock the Ondine, with the insurance, coupled with mechanic's wages for repairs, when sternation followed, and every resistance
there ought to be none, if the vessels were p oerl built.
royal and imperial mails from Calais, with her canvas set,
rendered by the officers and men at the adjoii
The underwriters are at fault, and the system onlyPencyourages
...nd coming along at a tremendous rate, made her appear-
On examination it was found that no one vv
i.
defective and unseaworthy vessels. The marine department of
ante i:: the offing. The greatest anxiety and excitement
bevoed the nervous shock, which must have
an
prevailed;
~
'4 hundreds crowded to the piers, in spite of
harbour. It .is - 1
theßoard of Trade only a mock concern—so far as secu- passengers, no other injury took place. The c:
her entering the
rity to life goes—as there are plenty of vessels afloat carrying
the sea and rain, to v."'itnealls
hadabove 50
& she
se of course, damaged.
was known by telegraph tin.p s ngere that are not seaworthy; and if that board had •
-,,,!rance to the port was
on board ; and as at this time the e
d other floatin surveyors of the same stamp as John Dawson, Esq of this SHOCKTNG OCCURRENCE —FIV
covered with the large piles, planks, an_ , . g town, who formerly filled the office of Government it; rye timber from the Admiralty pier and the railway, crashing
SMOTHERED IN A GIN .V.
of this port, there would be fewer sinking coffins sent toysaer,
together by the heavy seas, those in authority on shore.
That gentleman's mechanical business qualifications stanad.
deeming it most unsafe to attempt the port under the sir-
unrivalled in the art of shipbuilding. I say hit is quite A painful accident has occurred at Williaa
camstances, the flag was hauled down, and she bore away
timethat such men as he should pill the responsible post of
close to the river Severn, 'Worcester, on Frida
most steadily, and in admirable style, for Ramsgate, where
surveyor—i.e., if life is the object the Board of Trade have in one of the vats used to pass the spirit or wa
she securely landed her mails and passengers. The South
view in protecting passengers from watery graves in inefficient and which was capable of holding from
andten to
Eastern steam-packet, with ninety passengers, came out
ships,
sand gallons of liquor, was empty, preps
from Calais with the Ondine, but was compelled to put ..,. _ .
being made for cleaning it. The excise Bur
The only vessel afloat built of iron that can at all come
back, and remains until the weather moderates.
Green, got into the vat. between three and fo
within the meaning of the word ship, for safety to life and pro-
We must expect to hear of some sad disasters from this
Pe y, is the British and North American' royal mail steamer the afternoon, and he directed some water to
furious gale, although its gradual increase in force must
Persia, of the Canard line. This vessel's construction is not into it. Consequeetly about 1,000 gallons a
have warned prudent men (f the necessity of seeking in
in, and the water was well stirred in the vessel
MI scientific and mechanical as it is practicable to accomplish, time a good haven. One or two solitary schooners only have
it was run off. About half an hour after the w
but, taking her strength end on she
has,
no doubt,
. resistance from her longitudinal 'framing which crosses off one of the workmen, named John Drew
been seen during the day scudding before the wind.
The latest particulars are thus narrated :—The weather
the vertical frame at' every four feet apart,- and doubt ladder and got into the vat for the purpose of
has somewhat moderated, but the wind is from the same
exists on my mind but this was the essential point in prevent- Another workman, a stillman, named Henry
quarter, and a high tide and a heavy sea are again expected.
fog her collapsing when she split the iceberg in twofollowing, when he saw Drew fall to the bre
her first
The mail packet Queen, it is arranged, shall go to Calais
passage to the westward—the trip that the Pacificn
same
to-night, and the Empress will come over with the French
to help Drew, and himself fell to the bottom
never heard of after leaving this port. The Persia wasgoingthrough
Richard Powell and Henry With followed, and
morning; but if the wind continues in the same quarter the
~ UP the same fate. All were suffocated immediately
to a dead stand, when she divided the iceberg as easily as
English mails cannot be landed at Dover before nine o'clock u the vat. Andrew Chambers, another workman,
splitting an apple with a knife. Such was the shock, that it to follow, and had partially entered the hole thi
ta.morrow (Monday) morning. •
knocked the parties out of their berths who were asleep aft.
The South Eastern Railway authorities, by most indefa- access was had to the vat, when he detected a s
tigable exertions, have made excellent temporary arrange- What wooden vessel could have survived such a collision ? of carbonic acid gas, and retreated. A fifth
ins
meats for continuing the passengers' and mail accommoda- The loss of the Pacific, no doubt In collision with the ice, , named James Rogers, insisted on entering, and
tion with Dover, with very little personal inconvenience, proves the efficiency of iron ships. If strength, buoyancy, sacrificed,
and security to life and property, be the. climax in the art of
There was a very severe gale on Saturday morning in the
No time was now lost in sending for medical
shipbuilding, it can be accomplished in iron, upon my patent
neighbourhood of Plymouth. The rain was almost like surgeons, Mr. H. Hill and Mr. Budd, were soon
water 'Tout; and the wind fearfully strong. Some small for improvements in shipbuilding; and as your journal of In the meantime, axes were brought, and two
vessels were drifted from their moorings in the harbour. September 6th developed to the would my invention, it would cut in the sides of the vat near the bottom. A 1
One pleasure yacht came on shore on the embankment be superfluous, and might be regarded as egotistical, on my blacksmith's bellows was also brought, and air
outside the works of the Plymouth and Great Western Part, to go now into its merits. But I may be allowed to state, into the vat. As soon as it was safe, a man w
Docks in Millbay. The damage, with this exception, is for the benefit of the public, that this great discovery in the act into the vat with a rope, and one by one the I
not very serious. of shipbuilding was laid before the Admiralty in Jan., 1854, were extricated. A vein was opened in each, a
and on June 23, 1854, by letter and models also. The eters- flow of blood followed ; the prescribed means a
tion of the Surveyor of the Navy was called to it on June 11, but there were no symptoms of returning life. '
THE BISHOP AND HIS CARPET BAG.—The following 1864, by my presence at Somerset House, in accordance with ance of the bodies was that usual in suffocal
anecdote is told of the new Bishop of GLucester and Sir M. F. F. Berkley's request. " Circumlocution Office" ears, eyes, and neck ware blue, and the bodies, a
Bristol. On the occasion of his lordship visiting Gloucester once more. The gg practical man" was a Mr. Edye, with one together, presented a fearful spectacle. The na
to preach the sermon at the cathedral, on the first day of eye and the one idea, synonymous in my vocabulary with menther,
were as follows :
the recent Gloucester Musical Festival, he arrived by a " practical man," in the full sense 'of the term, to me, bY John Drew, stillman aged 50. This man
morning train at Gloucester station, and was dutifully met profession, a man who understands his business. As I told on the premises nearly '2O years, and leaves a
by several of the clergy of the diocese. On his lordship Sir Baldwin Wake Welke r,Surveyor of the Navy, on June five children.
alighting from the railway carriage, he a peared with his , 11, 1854, that I was a man of business and not a " practical Henry Bough, aged 30 stillman • leaves a wid
,
carpet bag in his hand, which he as proceeding to carry man," from writing to Sir M. F. F. Berkeley, and infer • •
=rig children.
to the carriage in waiting to convey him to his temporary him of my reception at Somerset House, and Mr. Ed e's con- Wchard Powell, 60 • had worked at the place
residence; whereupon the gentlemen who had received him duct, I am, as I have been told, a marked manY in the
30 years, He leaves a widow and two children.
made pressing offers to be allowed to carry it for him. His " Circumlocution Office."
lordship, however, stuck to his bag, which, no doubt, con- Mr. li/eagles : "But he has been ingenious, and has been Henry Wilts, 40, also an old servant; leav
three children.
rained his maiden prelatic sermon, and in answer to the trying to turn his ingenuity to his country's service ?" "That and
repeated expostulations of the gentlemen, replied, "Do public offender directly, sir." ,4 This Do ~
you makes him a
Ye°, children.
James Rogers, labourer; leaves a widow and
think because I am made a bishop I cannot
carry any own said Mr. Meagies, "is a smith and engineer.,,
He is not in The inquest was commenced on Saturday of
carpet bag ?" Nor did his lordship give it up until relieved a very large way, but he is well known as a very ingenious two o'clock, at the Royal George Inn, near 1
of it by a railway porter.
man. A dozen ears go he pan on inv o
tolving before R. T. Rea, Esq, coroner, and was adjou
THaNerwSIIERIFFS.—On Saturday thenewsheriffs, Messrs. a very
curious s yecreta ess)er fected
inventi
proc of great importance his Mechi and Beats, attended at Guildhall, in the usual state, country and his fellow creatures. I won't say how much morning.
toad make the declaration and have the oaths- of office money it ,',..t I.;— -- e-- ---- ~ -... Ai' hig life lie hna —1- - -

The real cause of so many losses of late years, as compared
with those of former ones, arises solely from the increase in
the size of ships, with only the same fastening and appurte-
nances as were put into vessels of small tonnage. As the
vessels increase in size, so should the appliances which give
strength, &c., be increased in proportion, requisite in their
construction, &c. But it is useless now going into detail, as
the life of wooden vessels is measured. I will conclude this
part of the subject by stating that the day has gone by for
wooden vessels, and that the large size now in use puts fibrous
material past its strength in their construction. To quote the
expression of the most eminent shipbuilder in the United
States of America, when he called upon me to get informa-
tion about the building or mode of construction of iron vessels,
he admitted to me that the Americans were past their strength
in wooden ships, and there would be no more large wooden
steamers built in America. Literally, they were used np,
and would be compelled to go into iron ships ; and with their
present protection in their navigation laws, they could not fly
the stripes and stars at any vessel's gaffeend, built out of the
United States, until they had repealed those laws, and made
free trade of their commerce ; and they would find the fix they
were in by-and-by. As this gentleman said, they had all to
learn yet about iron ships; then there was the labour and
machinery, coupled with the duty of 10per cent, or, unmann-
factured iron, and 20 per cent, on the manufactured article.
During the past week the equinoctial gales have
trgradeeatontlhyinfegtstefros
aet in with unusual severity. The following Does not this'
account is furnished by a Dover correspondent,
Plainly that protected trade
el ar
nc
ed '?
a n Idf trade,show
science, and mechanics were fostered, anredeErnanimdged as they ought
dated Sunday :
to be in England, the prosperity of our trade would be such
fif Day by day they have increased, while last nightridt
fromblew
as by direct taxation—and that not exceeding I.le per cent.--
a fearful gale of wind from S.S.E. It blew so ha
this quarter yesterday morning, that thehsteam packeth amply to pay the revenue of the country. The Lion,rumlo-
cution office," with its "how not to do it" disposi throws
Violet, although off the pert, with the Engelis
_rats., at . her
regular time, could not come ahmesside th Adm. tty pife . all the obstacles into the way of that improvement that would
be the foundation stone of England's wealth—viz., her
and was obliged to lie off until there was sufficient wa. er
for her to enter the harbour, at 7.30, and as e wind mechanical talent, built up with daily experience in our staple
, manufactures. Having gone quite far enough to show the
increased in the afternoon, the South Eastern steam packet
bearings of trade between America and England in ship-
the due here from Calais at 6 p.m., did, not leave the French
eoest. It was easier to leave the harbour than to enter it ; building, I turn now to the point which must make England's'-
artisans feel proud of the position the are likely to be in as
the packet Ondine therefore left with the French mails, and
the royal mail packet Violet, for Calais, and Garland, for regards iron ships. Iron shipbuilding,yu to thisday ' in its
infancy; and as the originators of this Pclass of shipbuilding
Ostend, took their departure at the regular hour, and made
good passages.
During the night the gale became stronger, and the sea were neither soldiers, sailors, landsmen, nor mechanics, some
little allowance must be made for their shortcomings.
got up to a frightful height ; but this morning the aspect of No trade ever suffered more from bungling gths.an that of
the weather was most appalling. The wind howled, and iron shipbuilding, purely arising from ignorance on the part of
the avocation, and not bein m hani al
the sea raged with the greatest fury ; the scene all along those following
the piers and around the port was awfully grand. Gigantic shipbuilders - and, on the other hand, from the n ein d'eecof
waves broke in succession right over the Admiralty piers the wooden shipwrights, who were alarmed at its clashing with,
and works for two or three hours, but did little damage and injuring their trade.„
there ;it boiled up, however, on the western side with All the accidents that have happened to iron ships have
such strength and fury, that it tore away the pavement in arisen from ignorance, carelessness, and parsimony!' It is
front of the Lord Warden Hotel, and some idea may be
formed of its power and range, when it is stated that it a matter of wonder to me that there have not been more losses,
se seeing the things that have been turned out, built upon the
Abed volumes of water right over the building, and carried o tin pot" principle, and contracted for by parish shipowners,
a cloud of sticks and stones into the dock on the other
Aide. It filled up all the kitchens of the hotel, and who, in many instances do not care for either life or property,
left between two and three feet of water in the area all if they can only get underwriters to take the risk, their property
around. being unseaworthy from its bad mechanical construction,
Very little damage, however. was sustained by the
light angle, and thin plate iron. It is this that allows the building beyond the effectsof the ?boding and the breaking ance a ship to look at, but not a ship to be safe, staunch, and
of a few panes of glass. The whole of the space, however,
facing the westward, was strewed with 'broken planks, strong, to convey life and property against the perils of the
pil,s, and other fragments of wood ; and they came from wind and waves.
the groins and fences of the South Eastern The Faith, screw steamer, built by John Laird, of Birken
, buildings,
head, which foundered off the Owers lightship without touch--
Railway.
ing the ground, with several instances of iron screw colliery
The railway sustained the most damage at about 100 that have foundered with all hands, is ample proof that there
yard,' from the Arcbcliff first tunnel, and about 200 yards is something very defective in what is called iron shipbuilding.
from the station. Such was the violence of the curling Yet the Board of Trade allow, and the underwriters
take risks
;:a in the corner near Shakespeare's Cliff, that it upon things called iron ships, with angle iron frames of
broke through the outer stout fence, carried that away, then from one to three feet apart, and some with no frames at all
threstgh the heavy and massive wooden framework tied by
in them, and plates with le inch thick upwards to one inch,
on rods ..cross from one line of rails to the other, and which is the extreme, and not supported with longtitudinal
tro buildings on one side to building on the other •
e framing. The greatest point to guard against is weakness from
scooped out the shingle, broke down the stays ; swept off fore and aft strain. The great secret why her Majesty's
large portions of the building nearest the beach, carried
away some of the brickwork, and undermined the sheds f
aft support.r:gate Birkenhead broke in three pieces was from want of fore
nearer the cliff; and for fifty yards entirely broke down and
both lines of rails. Iron ships have been tortured in their construction by the
The wreck from the railway, together with the planks parsimonious shipowner, who would go round with a specifica-
ion from one to another of the persons who sty le themselves
from the groins, were for hours dashed against and over
iron shipbuilders, and by a poll at one, and cut of another,
the Admiralty pier, and were thrown up at the corner of
would finally contract for a " tin pot ;" and, instead of buying
the Lord Warden Hotel in piecee, some more than
a hundredweight, more a ship, found out afterwards that he bad, in many instances, to
split in pieces against than twenty feet high, and were , expend a large sum in extras, and partially refasten his vessel,
the piers and pavement.
None of the steam-packets were expected to arrive in this when stress of weather caused her to bear up in a sinking state. terrible gale, but about ten o'clock the Ondine, with the This sort of work is very costly in the long run ; high rates of
royal and imperial mails from Calais, with her canvas set, insurance, coupled with mechanic's wages for repairs, when
there ought to be none, if the vessels were
properly built.
The underwriters are at fault, and the system only encourages
end coming along at a tremendous rate, made her appear-
e
anee Cif the offing. The greatest anxiety and excitement
defective and unseaworthy vessels. The marine department of
the Board of Trade is Only a mock concern—so far as secu-
hundreds crowded to the piers, in spite of
prevailed; soi,4,
her entering the harbour. It
titv to life goes—as there are plenty of vessels afloat carrying
- to N'`ttne"
the sea and rain,
et she had above 50 passengers -
assenger,' that are not seaworthy; and if that board had
was known by telegraph thaw
:trance to the port was on board ; and as at this time the e
and other floating surveyors of the same stamp as John Dawson, Esq., of this
covered with the large piles, planks,
town, who formerly filled the office of Government Surveyor, timber from the Admiralty pier and the railway, crashing of this port, there would be fewer sinking coffins sent to sea.
together by the heavy seas, those in authority on shore.
That gentleman's mechanical businessqualifications stand
deeming it most unsafe to attempt the port under the cir-
A painful accident has occurred at William's distillery,
unrivalled in the art of shipbuilding. I that it i nit
cnmstances, the flag was hauled down, and she bore away
men as he should pill thesaydetle postvq in
ef
time that such close to the river Severn, Worcester, on Friday afternoon,
most steadily, and in admirable style, for Ramsgate, where
one of the vats used to pass the spirit or water through,
surveyor—i.e., if life is the object the Board of responsibleTr
she securely landed her mails and passengers. The South
.vite,_wa.in protecting passengers from watery graves in inefficientaen and which was capable of holding from ten to fifteen thou-
Eastern steam packet, with ninety passengers, came out
sand gallons of liquor, was empty, and preparations were
from Calais with the Ondine, but was compelled to put '"'P
being made for cleaning it. The excise supervisor. Mr.
The only vessel afloat built of iron that can at all
back, and remains until the weather moderates.
come Green, got into the vat between three and four o'clock in
within the meaning of the word ship, for safety to life and pro- the afternoon, and he directed some water to be pumped
We must expect to hear of some sad disasters from this
petty, is the British and North American royal mail steamer
furious gale, although its gradual increase in force must
in Persia, of the Cunard line. This vessel's construction is not into it. Consequently about 1,000 gallons were pumped
in, and the water was well stirred in the vessel; after which
have warned prudent men a the necessity °fseeking as scientific and mechanical as it ispracticable to accomplish, time a good haven. One or two solitary schooners only have
but, taking her strength end on she no doubt, it was run off. About half an hour after the water had run
resistance from her longitudinal ,framin has,hich crosses off one of the workmen, named John Drew, ascended the
been seen during the day scudding before the wind,
the vertical frame at' every four feet apart and no doubt ladder and got into the vat for the purpose of cleansing it.
The latest particulars are thus narrated :—The weather
has somewhat moderated, but the wind is from the same
exists on my mind but this was the essential point in prevent- Another workman, a stillman, named Henry Bough, was
quarter, and a high tide and a heavy sea are again expected.
kg her collapsing when she split the iceberg in two following, when he saw Drew fall to the bottom of the
The mail packet Queen, it is arranged, shall go to Calais
passage to the westward—the same trip that the Pacific was vat. Not suspecting the cause, he hastened forward
to-night, and the Empress will come over with the French
never heard of after leaving this port. The Persia was • to help Drew, and himself fell to the bottom of the vat.
mails, and so save the two o'clock train to London to-morrow
twelve knots an hour through the water, and was brought Richard Powell and Henry With followed, and they shared
morning; but if the wind continues in the same quarter the P the same fate. .All were suffocated immediately on entering
to a dead stand, when she divided the iceberg as easily as
LITERARY Therm—The Press announces that Mr. John
English mails cannot be landed at Dover before nine o'clock .. the vat. Andrew Chambers, another workman, was about
splitting an apple with a knife. Such was the shock, that it
Forster, late editor of the Examiner, and Mrs. Colburn,
teemorrow (Monday) morning. •
to follow, and had partially entered the hole through which The South Eastern Railway authorities, by most indefa- knocked the parties out of their berths who were asleep aft. access was had to the vat, when he detected a strong smell widow of the late eminent publisher, were married on
Thursday last, the ceremony being performed by the Rev.
What wooden vessel could have survived such a collision ?
tigable exertions, have made excellent temporary arrange- What
Elwyn, editor of the Quarterly Review.
The loss of the Pacific, no doubt in collision with the ice, , of carbonic aeifi gas, and retreated. A fifth man, however,
manta for continuing the passengers' and mail accommoda-
We read in the Atheneum :—" Victoria standing at the
tion with Dover, with very little personal inconvenience, proves the efficiency of iron ships. If strength, buoyancy, named James Rogers, insisted on entering, and he, too, was
sacrificed.
and security.. to. life and property, be the. climax in the art of tomb of Napoleon is a fig
which will haunt the fancies
There was a very severe gale on Saturday morning in
likethe
No time was now lost in sending for medical aid, and two
of poet and historian for ever. We are pleased to hear
shipbuilding, it can be accomplished in iron on patent
that the Queen has resolved to have this scene painted in
neighbourhood of Plymouth. The rain was almost ) °P my surgeons, Mr. H. Hill and Mr. Budd, were soon on the spot.
water spouts, and the wind fearfully strong. Some small for improvements in shipbuilding; and as your journal of In the meantime, axes were brought, and two holes were her own time—a resolution pleasant in itself, and vessels were drifted from their moorings in the harbour. Septemb_er 6th developed to the world my invention, it would
signi-
One pleasure yacht came on shore on the embankment be superfluous, and mig
was let down and to announce that she hes commissioned Mr. E. M.
blacksmith's bellows was also brought, and air was blown ficant of a cordial sympathy continuing to unite the courts,
outside the works of the Plymouth and Great Western part, to go now into its merits. But I may
discovery in
to state,
by a manthe poor fellows Ward to execute the work. The picture will form an
Docks in Millbay. The damage, with this exception, is for the benefit of the public, that this great . in the art into
00
the
ee
vvaatt.witAhs
asooronpaes, it was aosnesafe,
one
of shipbuilding was laid before the Admiralty in Jan., 1854, and a slight appropriate.
not very serious.
a Knight of the on which the same artist is
and on June 23, 1854, by letter and models also. The atten-
were extricated. A vein was opened in each, companion to the Investiture of the Emperor
flow of blood followed ; the prescribed means were taken, as
d.„ Garter, tion of the Surveyor of the Navy was called to it on June 11,
THit BISHOP AND HIS CARPET BAG.—The following 1864, by my presence at Somerset House, in accordance with but there were no symptoms of returning life. The appear- engage e D
ance of the bodies was that usual in suffocation, The LEEDS OL
~ .
lERS KILLED IN Tina CRIMEA —A snb-
anEedote is told of the new Bishop of Glencester and Sir M. F. F. Berkley's request. "Circumlocution Office"
chnuartcivheeaotfabLleeetdet,o
whothe
ears, eyes, and neck were blue, and the bodies, when placed scription has been commenced at Leeds for the purpose of
Bristol. On the occasion of his lordship visiting Gloucester once more. The " practical man" was a Mr. Edye, with one
enrsthe andi] a men,riparish
to preach the sermon at the cathedral, on the first day of eye and the one idea, synonymous in my vocabulary with together, presented a fearful spectacle. The names of the
tehreocsteinogffici
men were as follows :—fniellemionrythoef
the recent Gloucester Musical Festival, he arrived by a " practical man," in the full sense 'of the term, to me,
morning train at Gloucester station, and was dutifully met profession, a man who understands his business. As I told
by John Drew, stillman, aered .50. This man had worked Crimea. The Vicar of Leeds has offered to foredo his fees
by several of the clergy of the diocese. On his lordship Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, Surveyor of the Navy, on June on the premises nearly '2eyears, and leaves a widow and on the erection of the tablet—an offer equivalent to a
five children. twenty primes', subscription. The tablet will bear the
'alighting from the railway carriage, he appeared with his , 11, 1854, that I was a man of business, and not a " practical the officers and men killed in action (supposed to
; leaves a widow and two names of
net bag in his hand, which he was proceeding to carry man," from writing to Sir M. F. F. Berkeley, and informing children,
Henry Bough, aged 30, stillman
be about thirty in number) • and, if the sutrcriptions allow,
carriage in waiting to convey him to his temporary him of my reception at Somerset House, and Mr. Edye's con-
e; whereupon the gentlemen who had received him duct, I am, as I have been told, a marked man in the 30Wchard Powell, 60; had worked at the place more than the names also of those who died from sickness during the
campaign.
ressing offers to be allowed to carry it for him. His " Circumlocution Office."
"But he has been ingenious, and has been years. He leaves a widow and two children,
Henry Wilts, 40, also an old servant; leaves a widow The Carlisle Patriot states that Dr. Tait, the new Bishop
, however, stuck to his bag, which, no doubt, con- Mr. Meagles :
of London, in his sermon at the Carlisle cathedral, on Sun-
s maiden prelatic sermon, and in anew the ' • his ingenuity to his country's service?" "Th and three children.
er to trying to turn
at
xpostulations of the gentlemen, replied, "Do you makes him a public offender directly, sir." ‘‘ This Doyee,” James Rogers, labourer; leaves a widow and five or six day afternoon, briefly referred in touching terms to the
approaching close of his labours as Dean of Carlisle. He
made a bishop I cannot carry my own children,
Ise I am
said Mr. Meagies, " is a smith and engineeee,
He is not in The inquest was commenced on Saturday afternoon, at said he had soon to go to other duties, but though he left
carpet bag ?" Nor did his lordship give it up until relieved a very large way, but he is well known as a very ingenious two o'clock, at the Royal George Inn, near the works, Carlisle, he could never forget it ; leaving dear pledgee
of it by a railway porter.
man. A dozen years ago he perfected an in.vention (involving behind, his affections would linger here ; and he exhorted
THENEWSHERIFFS.—On Saturday thenewsheriffs, Messrs. a very curious secret process) of great importance to Isis •
before R. T. Rea, Esq., coroner, and was adjourned to this
his hearers to remember that though there must be a part-
Mechi and Keats, attended at Guildhall, in the usual state, country and his fellow creatures, I won't say how much morning.
;___
to make the declaration and have the oaths of office money it cost him, or bow many years of his life be had been
he fervently prayed that the meeting
would be a happy one.
administered to them. The Lord Mayor, attended by the about it, but he brought' it to perfection a dozen years ago. THE REPORTED formal
ing now, all would have to meet again at the last day, and
OUTBREAK IN NEW ZEALAND.—We are The very rev. gentleman is expected to take a more
late sheriff., Alderman Kennedy and Rose, went from the Was'nt it a dozen?" said Mr. Meagles, addressing D°Yce. glad to be able to give an apparently satisfactory explanation farewell on Sunday next.
Mansion House to Gtlildhall in full state. The new sheriffs "He is the most exasprati„ man in the world ;he never cow. of the reportedcollision between the military and the natives, THE NEw FREE-TRADE HALL AT MANCIIMTER.—The
met a number of Aldermen and city officers at a breakfast at plains." (6 Yee, rather eettee`than twelve ears ago." " Rather which was said to have occurred. The Taranaki Herald, preparations for the inaugural meeting on Wednesday, toe
the London Tavern, and thence proceeded to Guildhall in better !" said Mr. Meagl, s, " You mean rather worse. Well,
M.P,, Joseph
of the 3rd of May, publishes an account of another fight Bth of October, are proceeding rapidly and satisfactorily,
their state carriages. At the entrance to the Guildhall the Mr. Clennau, he addressed himself to the government. Tice between the native tribes, but it does not appear that either The chair will be taken by Mr. George Wilson ; and
sheriffs were met by Alderman Lawrence and Alderman moment he addressed himself to the government he becomes a the resi eres or the troops have had anything to do with it. amongst those expected to bes presentil. are the Right Hon.
M.P., James Hey wood,
Carter, the junior Aldermen,. e
The number of natives killed corresponds with the number T. M. Gibson, MX. ; Messr • w
,1 lam Brown, M.P., and
11.0 introduced them to the public offender." " Sir," said Mr. Meagles, in danger of
said to have fallen in the reported affray, and as the slates John Cheetham, Common Hall. Proclamation saa„ made in due form to making himself excessively hot again," 'I he ceases to be Messrs. Mechi and Keates to come forward, and take upon an innocent citizen, and becomes a culprit. He is treated correspond exactly we trust that by some inadvertence this Brotherton, M.P., James Kershaw, M.P., Joseph Crook,
themselves the offices of sheriffs of London and Middlesex, from that instant as a man who has done some infernal action. affair has been the foundation of exaggerated report. M.P., James Pilkington, M.P., Mr.' ark
Philips, James
The Command was obeyed, and the new sheriffs advanced He is a man to be shirked, put off brow beaten sneered at, However, it appears that great excitement still prevails Watts, Esq., mayor of Manchester ; and the mayors of
to the table, when the town clerk read the " declaration," banded over by this highl -connected young or old gentleman amongst the several native tribes, who are reported to be Ashton, Bolton, Stockport, Wigan, and Oldham. The
and adminialered to them the oaths of office, after which the to that highly-connected lour) or old gntleman, and dodged making great preparation to revenge the death of the proceedings will be brought to a close before nine o'clock,
sheriffs took off their livery gowns, and put on the violet of back again ;heis a man with nog rights in his own time, or his relatives, but we trust that it will not extend to within when dancing will be commenced to the music of two
their office, while tberetiring sheriffiplaced around the necks own property; a mere outlaw, whom it is justifiable to get rid the limits of the sett'ers ; and the latter, we find, are not selected bands—one of twenty performers in the large ball,
of their successors their chains of office. This cermony being
of
anvhow
e man to be worn out by all possiele means,,, a apprehensive of any untoward result, although such a and another of eleven in the assembly room. The whole
concluded, the mayor, aldermen, and sheriffs proceeded to
coupled with my plans for the contest raging in their vicinity must be dangerous in %erne suite of apartments, including the drawing, card, and supper
Ls ?nixie Be;ssemer's invention, the Chamberlain's office, and the retiring sheriffs handed floating batteries. " Disappointed' ? Yea. Hurt ? Yes. degree, for whilst hoping for the best it is impossible to say rooms, will be thrown open, and all the corridors wilt be
es.
over to Messrs. Mecht and Keats the keys of the respective That'sonly what results may not unfortunately arise.--,Australian and lighted. The invitations (issued only through the pro-
natural ; people who put themselves in the same
city prisons. The proceedings of the day then closed, position are mostly used in the same way. In England I" New Zealand Gazette. prietors) amoug,t to about 2,000.

DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY, WITH
VIOLENCE, BY A FEMALE.

On Friday Mr. George Chappel, who resides at Bretton
West, went over to Wakefield for the purpose of attending
the Friday's market; and after having made several pur-
chases, the day being far advanced, and having friends at
Horbury, he determined upon going thither. He departed
from thence for Bretton West about nine o'clock on
the following evening, and had arrived near Lupset
Hall, the seat of D. Gaskell, Esq., when he was
accosted by a polite, respectably dressed female, about
twenty years of age, who enquired if Mr. Chappel was
going to Horbury, and, on his answering that he was, the
woman said she too was going, and she would be glad if he
would allow her to accompany him. While proceeding beneath
the noble avenue of trees contiguous to Lupset Hall, the
woman suddenly put her hand into his pocket, and drew
out several shillings in silver. At the junction, a man,
who appears to have been dogging their footsteps, came
to the woman's assistance. Mr. Chappel was vainly
endeavouring to regain possession of his money when the
man knocked him with violence to the ground, and, after
otherwise assaulting him, so as to render him totally
insensible, they ransacked his pockets of their contents,
after which the two decamped in an opposite direction.
The night being dark Mr. Chappel could not recognise the
features of either of the robbers, but from the inadequate
description given the police are on the search.

ACCIDENT ON THE LANCASHIRE AND

Yesterday morning a fearful state of excitement was
cawed in the neighbourhood of Titbebarn-street station, and
the town generally, inconsequence of a report that a frightful
accident had happened on the above line, and the rumour
went to say that several lives had been lost. In most of
such rumours there is always exaggeration, but in the
present instance we are gratified to find that so far as the
loss of life is concerned, there is no truth whatever in the
report. An accident dii take place, but, most providentially,
hardly any damage was sustained by the passengers; of
course they were both shocked and greatly alarmed, but
beyond this nothing serious resulted. The following are
the facts, as well as we could collect them, from what may
be considered an official quarter. The train coining in from
the north, when arriving at Sandhill—just at the junction
of the East Lancashire, and Lancashire, and Yorkshire
lines—by some unexplained cause got off the rails, and ran
some short distance. One of the carriages was partially
turned over, and the next was somewhat raised on this—a
third having the axle broken. As remarked, terrible con-
sternation followed, and every essistance was at once
rendered by the officers and men at the adjoining station.
On examination it was found that no one was hurt, and
beyond the nervous shock, which must have effected the
passengers, no other injury took place. The carriages are,
of course, damaged.

SHOCKING OCCURRENCE-FIVE MEN
SMOTHERED IN A GIN VAT.