The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-14 00:00:00

WRECK OF THE SHIP LADY FITZHERBERT.

The following particulars of the loss of this vessel are fur-
nished by her master to the owners, in a letter dated Kunda,
October 29 :—"I left the harbour of Cronstadt on Monday,
the 20th of October, and the roads on Saturday, the 25th, at
10 a.m., with a strong north wind, and got as far as a little
past Hogland by Fund,y morning, When the Wind came round
to the south ,west, and by sunset came into a very heavy gale.
I was then In sight of Eckholm Light, under close reef top-
sails, the gale increasing, and very thick and rainy. I bore up
at midnight, intending to go under Hogland until daylight,
but at half past two o'clock on Monday morning struck on
Stony Scar, a small rock lying about four south of my
course; how I got so far to the southward I cannot account
for. The vessel struck fearfully heavy, it blowing at the
time a complete hurricane, and the weather so thick
that I could not see my hand before me. The first sea broke
her stern completely in, when sho went round with her head
to the wind. I had to cut away the mainmast to ease her,
which carried away the mizenmast, and she lay a complete
wreck, working heavily on the rocks, the sea breaking right
over her fearfully, and no chance to get out boats, or doing
anything towards saving our lives. lam sure I never thought
to be able to save any lives, But, thank God, she hung
together, and we remained on the wreck from Monday morning
at 3 a.m., until Wednesday morning at 10 a.m., when the
weather moderating a little, wo managed to get the long-boat
out under the lee of the foremast, which still hung
to the vessel, and got safe, with all my crew, on a small
rock, when boats came to our assistance, and took us to
the nearest place from Stony Scar in safety. The rock
the Lady Fitzherbert was lost upon lies about fourteen
miles from the nearest shore. We reached runda about
sunset, where we were most kindly received by Mr.
Girard, brother to the British consul at Royal, where we_shall
proceed to-morrow. All the crew are safe excepting John
Manning, apprentice, who broke his arm, but is doing well by
this time, and we lost almost all our clothes and effects, being
able to save bat very little of any value, and even that all
wet. We all suffered very much with the wet and oald, and
the crew behaved well, but there is no &lance of saving
anything of the vessel, as the weather has been so very severe,
the ship so far from the land, and already commenced to break
to pieces before we could leave her. Since I arrived here, I
hear a Russian transport, who was in company with me all
Sunday, was totally lost, together with a great many lives."

MARLEY, THE MURDERER, AND HIS CM.
PANIONS.

The following are a few curious facts that have not vet
been revealed, in the past history of Robert Marley, alias
John, alias Joseph Jenkins, the murderer of the unfortu-
nate man, Richard Cope, and some of his old confederates
in crime :—Marley and his companions formed a small gang
of London thieves, all of whom, about seven years ago,
enlisted in the 7th Dragoon Guards, and very soon made
that regiment notorious for extraordinary robberies, where-
ever it was quartered. This gang consisted of five members
—Marley, Jackson, Lotherington, Cox, and another.
Marley himself deserted in November or December, 1850,
immediately after a robbery, which has since been attri-
buted to him and his accomplices. The room of the presi-
dent of the mess was broken into, and a quantity of valuable
property stolen. Cox deserted about the same time.
Jackson was transported for breaking into an officer's room
on Christmas night of the same year (1850), and Lother-
ington, for a robbery committed on the same night, was
flogged, and then drummed out of the regiment. The
whole gang being thus got rid of, the regiment soon
recovered from the discredit which these fellows had
temporarily brought upon it. Jackson returned from
transportation in 1855, but what has since become of him is
not known. Those circumstances throw some additional light
on the character, antecedents, and associates of one of the
most desperate villains who ever incurred the extrems
penalty of the law. To show the hardened character of
Marley, it may be stated that, when the gaol chaplain
informed him of the death of his victim, he did not appear
in the slightest degree moved, nor did he utter a single word
of comment.

A n inquest has been held on the body of Richard Cope,
when a verdict of " Wilful murder" was returned against
Richard Marley.

ALLEGED MURDER BY A GOVERNESS

Considerable excitement has been produced at the village
of Evercreech, Somerset, in consequence of the discovery, at
the residence of Lady Talbot, of the body of a new-born male
infant, which presented upon it appearances leading to the
belief that it had come to its death unfairly.
An inquest was held, and a number of witnesses were
examined, from whose testimony it appeared that at the latter
end of October the Honourable R. Gilbert Talbot and his
lady arrived from Ireland, on a visit to Lady Talbot, and
amongst their household, by whom they were accompanied,
was a young Frenchwoman, who served in the capacity of
governess, and also assisted in waiting on the Hon. Mrs.
Talbot, named Elvidge Boye. No suspicion whatever was
entertained that Mademoiselle Bove was enciente, but on
Monday some of the female domestics in the service of
Lady Talbot remarked certain appearances in the bedchamber
which had been set apart for the use of Mademoiselle Boye,
which induced in their minds a belief that she had given
birth to an infant. Lady Talbot's maid, Martha Davis, spoke
to her about it, and taxed her with having become a mother.
She did not deny the accusation, but said that the infant was
horn ukad. The body was found in an unused fireplace.
There was no doubt the child had breathed, but the medical
evidence was uncertain as to the cause of its deaih. The jury
returned a verdict—" That the said male infant was dead, but
how it came by its death there is no evidence to show. The
jury aro of opinion that there is not sufficient evidence to
ground a charge of murder or manslaughter against Elvidge
Boye."

THE AZTEC IMPOSTURE.—At the German Association
for the Advancement of Science, Dr. C. Scherzer stated
that during his stay in Guatemala (the pretended native
country of the Aztec children), he had ascertained that
this country was never tenanted by the Aztecs, who are
known to have been a very robust and well-looking set of
men ; the pretended Aztecs were the children of poor
mulattoes, living in the Central American State of San
Salvador.

COMPLIMENTARY FAREWELL TO THE GErtm&NLvarorr.-...
We were no less astonished than gratified at discovering,
when, however, too late, that the Ministerial organs have
thought it best to confess that the British German Legion
has turned out a perfe't failure. The Her ning Post, which
is supposed to represent the views of Lord Palmerston, in a
leading article on Tuesday, thus speaks of those pets—or,
rather, " pests"—of our Court. "It is a great pity that
our Government had not the candour long ere this to confess
that the British German Legion was a rascally job, and the
mercenaries composing that force a disgrace for any country
to have enlisted under its banners. We suppose, however,
in the words of the prayer, we may thank for the German
job, ' Albert—Albert Prince of Wales, and all the Royal
Fri mily.' "

TRAFFIC WITH THE FAR WEST.—We learn nit the
Dean Richmond has been sold at Liverpool for 27,000 dols.
She cost 19,000 dole, which leaves the very handsome profit
of 8,000 dls, to her owners. The cargo was sold at an advance
of 68 cents per bushel over its cost in Liverpool, netting a
profit of 9,520. For the pioneer voyage in a new trade,
this must be conidered a very successful result. In this
connection we notice that Stewart Kerr, Esq., a heavy
produce dealer of Liverpool, England, is now on a visit to
this city, with the view of making arrangements for a direct
trade between this city and Liverpool. He left Liverpool
immediately after the arrival of the Dean Richmond, at that
port. The project of sending over three or four more of
our Lake vessels to Liverpool direct is talked of on Water
street, and will probably be carried out. The idea of
sending over the John V. .Ayer this fall, has, we believe,
been given up by her owners, but there are doubtless brigs
of good qualities which can yet be secured before the season
closes. No time is to be lost, howover.—Democratic Press,
Chicago, Oct. 18. _

AUSTRIA, OUR Now Aerx.—An exciting' incident
took place at Ancona, a few days ago, in connection with
Austrian martial law. Two Italians were condemned to be
shot by the military tribunal, but whilst being marched to
the place of execution one of the men flung himself on his
knees, protesting his innocence, and refusing to move from
the spot. His energetic asseverations produced a great
impression on all around, but orders were at length given
for him to be dragged forcibly to the fatal ground. At
this juncture his companion requested permission to be again
confessed by the father confessor in attendance; his demand
was granted, when he revealed to the priest that he had
sworn falsely against his companion, out of a spirit of
revenge for an occurrence which had taken place some time
before, in which a woman had afforded cause for dispute.
The declaration appeared sufficiently important to warrant a
suspension of the execution, and an immediate investigation
confirming the truth of the statement, the innocent man
was liberated without further ceremony, and the criminal
marched alone to execution in the presence of an expectant
crowd without, who received him with reprobative hisses
and yells.
FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE AT THE LONDON Doex.s.—On
Wed nesday morning, shortly after eight o'clock, an accident,
unfortunately attended with fatal consequences, occurred at
the extensive works in progress at the Shad well entrance of
the London Docks to a man named William M'Lewer, aged
31, who lost his life under the following circumstances :
It appears that the deceased and other men were employed
in raising a ponderous weight by means of machinery, when
one of the large cog-wheels suddenly gave way, and was
broken into several pieces, which were hurled with fearful
violence a considerable distance. and one of the ragged
portions of the iron-work struck the deceased on the right
thigh, whereby he was forced to the ground, and when raised
up by his companions he was found to have sustained a
compound comminuted fracture of the thighbone and a
dreadful laceration of the flesh, which was torn away from
the hip joint downwards. He was carried, bleeding most
copiously from the wounds, into the surgery of Mr. Ross,
High-street, Shadwell, when some aid was rendered ; but
he was removed to the London Hospital, where preparations
were made for the amputation of the limb, but the deceased
was in such an extremely low condition from the loss of
blood that the operation was not considered safe. The poor
fellow expired from exhaustion shortly after his admission,