Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-26 00:00:00

CO2.ONER'S COURT.

The Coroner held the following inquests on Saturday.
On the body of .Hugh Anderson, 25 years old, who was
engaged at the New Albany Buildings, Old Hall-street, as
a plasterer. On Friday morning he fell a height of 23
feet, and was killed. The unfortunate affair was an
accident, and the jury found a verdict accordingly.
On the b )dy of Thomas PreEcott, 23 years of age, who
was the rcaster of a flat on the Canal, and whose body was
found in the Trafalgar Dock. The last time the deceased
was seen, was on b, and his fiat, and at the time he was a
little in drirk. The evidence went to show that he was
found drowLed, and the jury returned a verdict accord-
ingly.
On the bpdy of a child named 31‘Farlane, fire weeks
old, that was overlain in bad, in a house in a court off
Bachelor-street. Verdict accordingly.

BOYS' CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TASTE, at LEWIS and
COMPANY'S, Ranelagh-street.

The Minister of Jastice in France, M. Abbattucci, is
dangerously ill.
Win( SINGLE our DPLIII?—Ss fur singling out Delhi
for any special retribution we can see no reason or justice
in it. Cawnpore is fraught for every European mind with
s ill incl., frightful memori s. Bar illy is only a shade
lower in the list of it:rocities. Bat one and the same policy
applies to all, even that which is so clearly traced out in
the able document we have quoted. As fs:r those who would
wreak their vengeance on noble buildings, such as we have
hot reared in the country, we only feel shame at the exist-
erce of such Venda's. Some few of the chrgy, not we are
glad to say of this city, have swelled the howl which is now
subsiding. B,ch persons ought'to serve at the shambles
instead of the altar, and are more qualifi ,d for butchers
than parsons.— Bath Express.
°PERIN° OF DLDCOCT CORN EXCHANOR—The new Cara
Exchange, erected adj,ining the Bide Station, on the
Great Wes•ern Railway, was opened for business on
Tuesday lss,, when the buyers and sellers present amounted
to about 200. A large quan ity of wheat and barley was
represented by sack, bushel, peck, and smaller samples,
and a considerable amount of business was transacted,
wheat making from 50a. to Cs. per quarter; barley from
38a. to 48zi. per quarter. The promoters of the Corn
Exchange are very sanguine of success, a large number of
farmers and dealers having announced their intention to
support it. In the afternoon about 70 gentlemen sat down
to the commemorative dinner, which was sena-I in a large
teat erected in froLt of the Railway Hotel, and about the
same number, who could not get into the tent, dined at
tho
Level. Was. Ha)w 'ad, Esq., of Wittenham, chairman of
the Didco t Corn Fxchange Company, preside).
LORD Exisxores F e ,NOMY.—Another well known joke
of Lard E lsnborough's was that, when the income Lx
was imposed, Lord Kenyon laid down his pocket handk,r-
chief. According to other authorities, he never had but
one ; h's property in which was open to dispute, as he
foasid it iu the pocket of a second-hand dress waistcoat
which he bought of Lord Stormont's valet the first time he
had occasion to attend a levee. They add that, when this
was worn out, it was never replaced, and that it was his
wont to wipe his fingers on his breeches, which may help
to account for their gradual change of xolour, and the diffi-
culty of deciding Whether the original material was leather
or velvet. By an analogous process, the primitive blatk of
the coat wee converted into a sober green. The result of
an economic system thus rigidly enforced was, that he was
enabled to leave mo e than £250,000 to his family, in
addition to the name which Lord Campbell ,11,:s vainly
endeavoured to depreciate.—Edinburgh Review, new
number,

At LEWIS & PANT'S, 1:W0E1e-street.
BOTS are CLOTHED from Coll the Agee of Six to Twenty Year

THE SOUTH-WESTERN COMPANY'S STEAMER
WONDER AND THE LAZE STORM.

For the following partieblars of the frightful storm
encountered on Wednesday and Thursday by the South-
Western Company's steamer Wonder, on her passage from
Weymouth to Guernsey, we (Guernsey Comet) are
indebted to a passenger :
The Wonder put to sea about 8 o'clock in the morning
of Wednesday last, a stiff bra Eze from the southward then
blowing, and the barometer lo.vering. At n'ue the wind
increased to a gale, with a very heavy sea running; and
the wind beirg dead a-heal, the vessel shipped many very
heavy seas, but behaved rernark:ihy well. At 10 the
weather was getting very thick, and the gale increasing
more and more, and the sky ind'etting nothing ease than
a hurricane, the bearing of Portland was taken, the log
hov a and every precaution adapted by Captain Clement.
Towards half-pas: 10 the sea became so heavy that the
yes el shipped a great deal of water ; anl, the barometer
contiauieg to fall, and there being rap chance of re aching
Aldern before night, the captain wisely determined on
putting back for Portland ;grids. Here we arrived in
safety, and brought up c:ose to the breakwater with the
small bower anchor and ebout 50 fathoms of chain. On
returning to Portland we saw several casks floating on the
water. They were etch as generall contain wine or brandy,
and supposed to be a portion of the cargo of a vess-1 that
went down in the Race of Portland, when all hands
perished. During the whole of Wednesday it continued
t blew a buricane. In the course of the night the steamer
drove, when the best bower was let go, and was again brought
to close to the guardship Meander. Oa Thursday morning,
the weather having moderated, Capt Cement, thought it
adviseb!e to weigh his ncbors aad move further in-shore
out of the way of the guardship ; but, on making the
a tempt, it was found impossible to weigh the best b .ever,
the anchor having, it was suppose 3, ho ked the guardship's
moorings. Ultima'ely, the chain was slipped, and the
vessel moved further in; bat, unfo.tunatly, iu surging the
chain around the windlass, the second mate's hands were
sadly mutilated, the tops of two fiageis merely hangirg by
the tendons. The poor fellow was taken on shore at the
small town of Chiz 'l, where he was properly attended
to. He will not be able to resume bis duties
far a long time, which will be a great loss to the ship, he
being a ve:y good sailor. On landing at Chizsl it was
distressing to witness the effects of the storm. The town
was deserted by the inhabitants, wh i had been compelled
to leave in consequence of the sea having inundated
their dwellings and filled the lower floors with shingle and
sand. In the afternoon of Thursday the wind lulled,
and an anchor was brought free' the shore to rep:ace the
one that had been slipped. Towards evening the baro-
meter began to ascend, the skies became c:earer, and the
wind drew round to the north-we=t, with occasional Egnalle
of rain. At eleven o'c'ock the Wonder weighed anchor,
and proceeded on her voyage. At about midnight the
wind again rose, the glass sank, and a terrific gale cam.t on.
The sea was tremendous—so much so, that when in sight
of the Caskets, at about half-pas: three a.m. on Friday, it
broke above the steamer's mast-head. The captain, mate,
and Weymouth pilot, secured themselves by life-ropes
extending from one side of the ship to the other ; the two
men at the wheel beirg also secured wi'h strong ropes
passed round their waists and fastened to ring-bol:s at the
stanchions, fearing that every moment one or the other
would be washed away. Thee, with the sea making a
fair breach over the vessel, and the water waling from
stem to stern, did the gallant mariners keep the deck,
drenched with rein and sea-water; Captain Clement g.ving
his orders with that precision which characterises him
among the best of seamen, and his mate and crew always
ready to execute them. ''wins been taken through these
many perils by her intrepid commander, the Wonder safely
arrived in Guernsey Roasts at ten minutes before seven on
Friday morning, without basing carried away a single
thing during one of the most stormy passages on record.
Too much praise cannot be given to Cautain Clement for
his manly and successful exertions duriig this perilous
voyage.

WRECK ON THE BARBER SAND.

LOSS OF TWENTY-FIVE LIVES.

[From the Norfolk, News]
YARMOUTH, FRIO AY.
We have just been made acquainted with the fact that
last night (Thursday), about midnight, during a tremendous
sea and heavy gale, which had been blowing all the day.
but greatly increased towards night, a full rigged vessel
of 700 or 800 tons, supposed to belong to Newcastle, and
laden with coals boand for the East Indies, went on the
Barber Said, and was en irely broken up. The Caistor
beaahmen succeeds I in saving one man (the mate) who
was washed up on a piece of wreck in a very exhausted
state, and considerably bruised, and from whom they were
just able to learn that he was the only oae out of twenty-
six who was saved. The bodies of two men and that of
a female (the captain's wife) were washed ashore, and are
awaiting an inquest, which will take place on Saturday.
Another vessel went down the same night, not far from the
same spot, and it is feared that all hands perished.
We have also received the following from Yarmouth :
[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII )
'• YARMOUTH, Friday Morning.
"A sh p —the Ontario, of Shields—was wrecked last
night on the Cockle Sand. Twenty-three men and one
woman were drowned."

[We have given the two accounts just as received, not
knowing whether or not they relate to the earns vessel.]

Exclusively for CLOTHING BOYS fr.,m Six to Twenty Years
LEWIS & COMPANY, Razelagh-street.

The screw steamer Indiana, Capt. Baker, arrived at
Cowes, from New York, about midnight. All weal on
board. She left New York on the 30,1 ult., and has been
detained by adverse winds.
POPPING TMB QUISTION.—Some young people of b nth
sexes, w.ra a few days ago ssrolling through one of the
delightful lanes in the environs of our town, when one of
the company, a riling man, who is presumed to be secretly
attached to ens of the young ladies of the party, plucked
one of the thistle heads, and with buxom intrepidity be,
to pop the question in right earn- st, perhaps intending a
reality to grow out of the popular joking supers:iticu.
"Come," said he, " shall I tell you how long it will be
More you (us) will get married?" A blush, of course,
arose, and an unmeaning reply, of " No, thank you ; "
but, on the second appeal, a resolute reply, worthy of the
fair damsel, followed, the truthfulness of which none will
doubt,—" Well, then, if you will, please blow hard P
Torquay Paper.
UOURTS-MALTIAL AT TILE CAPS.—A series of clues-
martial have been held on board the Geyser, in Sinnaa's
Bay. The first case tried was that o: Lieutenan: Wood,
late acting commander of the Geyser, who was charg.d
with drunkenness aid disubeclier.ce of orders, &u. lie
pleaded guilty, an ] h ew himself on the mercy of the court.
He was sentenced t., be dismissed her Majesty's service.
On the same day, William Shepley, ectiog third-class
assistant engin►er of the Geiser, was tried on a char,te of
drunkenness. Th prisoner pleaded guilty, aed handed in
•everal certificates of good character and efficiency from
his late commander; and ceLed the chief engineer of the
' Geyser, who also gave him an xeellent character. • Sen-
tenced to be dismissed from the service: Oa the folliwing
day, the court re-assembled. Mr. D. Courtenay, assistant
surgeon of di Emperor yacht, was sentenced t' be eisnii-s-
-ed from the service, and put at the bottom of the list, for
irregularities in the mess accounts, and breaking Lis arrest,
and going on shore withot t leave. On the third day, Mr.
H. W. Hawksley, acting thir!-class assistant engineer of
the Penelope, was tried on a charge of striking his superior
officer, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment, and to
be dismissed the service.

EXTRAORDINARY FRZAK OF A Cow —The vicinity of
the " Town Clock" and Market-arcade was snddenty
startled from the mere than eranary quiet and propriety it
observed on Saturday last, on the occasion of the
faneral obsequies of the late Earl Fiizhartlinge, by
a singular and almost unexampled occurrence in the
history of le bceuf Bras. About two o'clock in the after-
noon, as a couple of fat cows, belonging- to Mr. Page,
butcher, were being driven up the High-street, one of them
made a precipitate bolt into the shop of Mr. Witherspoon,
draper, next door to the Market-arcade. Mr. Witherspoon's
daughter was behind the counter at the time, and two of
the younger children were at the back part of the shop,
which is very narrow. The animal walked deliberately to
the further end of the sh-p, where its progress was arres-ed
by a large counter running across, and on which was piled
a large quantity of fl,mnels, theetin!zs, &c., and behind
which was a window, looking into the back garden. Find-
ing no other mode of egress, the cow gut her fore feet on
the counter, and pushing down the arttc'es piled thereon,
she took a flying leep through the back winuow, smashing
the lower frame to pitees and breaking down a heavy iron
balcony outside, and thence knocking down ano.her iron
fence, she made her way into thr; garden, having, as may
be supposed, severely injured herself in the extreordicary
adventure. The escape of Mr. Witherspoon'e two children
was quite providen'ial. One of them was stauding.at a
small desk where there was but just room for illy unwieldy
animal to push by, while the other had nctnally in her
fright crouched down beneath the counter oTer which the
creature scrambled in her frantic efforts to reach the
window, and, strange to say, bath of them ezcaped injury.
—Cheltenham Examiner.

BOY' CLOTHVG MADE WITH GREAT TASTE AT LEWIS and
COMPANY'S, Ranelbgit-atteet.