Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-12 00:00:00

THE HEAVY GALES OF OCTOBER AND

NOVEMBER LAST.

The unusual heavy gale, or rather hurricane, of the
night of the 24th -October last, was unexampled in its
work of destruction in our maritime records. During
the whole of that day, not a single casualty, with one
trifling exception, occurred either on the shores or in the
seas of the British Isles. When the Royal Charter re-
commenced her voyage from Queenstown on the morning
of that day, every one on board calculated, almost to a
certainty, on a safe arrival at Liverpool before the
evening closed. Indeed,' the noble ship was opposite
Holyhead when the gale began to freshen up, and what
subsequently happened to her and her unfortunate crew
and passengers, has become "household words " in the
homes of these islands. But perhaps it is not so generally
known that during that awful night and following day,
195 vessels were wrecked, 113 of them becoming
thousands of pieces, with the loss of 684 of our
fellow creatures, including those who perished from the
Royal Charter.
It is satisfactory to find, on the other side, that,
notwithstanding the fearful and terrific character of
this nbw celebrated gale, 190 persons were rescued from
wrecks by life-boats, the rocket apparatus, and other
means. From' the 20th to the 31st Oct., the total
number of shipwrecks was 248, drowning 686 persons,
showing that only two men perished from the 52 wrecks
that occurred between the 27th -and 31st of the month,
and that their crews, amounting to 126 men, were safely
rescued from their perilous positions. On the Ist of
November, however,•the gale again was most furious ;
38 vessels were wrecked on this day, from which 29
persons were lost and 73 men saved, 31 having been
rescued by life-boats of the National Life-boat Institu.:
tion and other bodies. The shipwrecks that took place
from the 2nd to the 9th Nov. did not exceed the
average rate of losses ; but the summary of the whole
work of destruction, from the 25th Oct. to the 6th Nov.,
is distressing in the extreme to contemplate. It is as
follows :--Total shipwrecki, 325 ; total lives lost, 748.
It is gratifying to find that, on these occasions, 487
lives were rescued by life-boats and other means from
the wrecks.

It is only just that we should acknoWledge—and
what place more fitting ?—the noble assistance that Na-
tional Life-boat Institution, the Board of Trade, and
local bodies have 'rendered the cause of humanity on
these disastrous occasions, for through'their aid many
Of the lives recorded above as saved were snatched from
death by their excellent boats and rocket apparatus.

LAMENTABLE WRECK IN DUNDRUM BAY.—New-
castle, Castlewellan, 6th Dec., 1859.—0 n the night of
the 4th instant, the Austrian brig Tiky ran on shore on
the rocks off- Tyrella, north side of Dundrum Bay.
The Newcastle life-boat belonging to the Royal National
Life-boat Institution was launched a little before day-
light, and got alongside the vessel about 10 a.m., which
she found to be abandoned. It was blowing a gale
from S.W. at the time with a heavy sea. The coast
,guard boat- at Tyrella, :in trying to reach the vessel
(before.the life-boat came) was capsized, aid the boat's
crew nearly drowned, having got on shore in a very
exhausted state. - I found afterwards that the crew of
the vessel had abandoned her in their own boat directly
she struck, and being outside the broken water, they
succeeded in getting off St. John's Point in the morning,
where they tried to land, and in- doing so their boat
capsized, six were drowned and nine saved by the coast
guard of St..john's Point station. Had the unfortunate .
fellows remained by the vessel, they would have been
all saved, •,as her masts held on' and part of the hull
above water until twelve hours after the life-boat reached
LYTHAM, Dec.. 6.—This morning, intelligence was
brought* here by a fisherman that a vessel was lying
sunk on the edge of Salthouse Bank, near the .Ribble
lighthouse. The life-boat of the Royal National Life-
boat Institution was promptly launched and proceeded
off to the wreck, which was found to he lying sunk,
with, sails flying loose and in ribbons, 'but with no
appearance- of a crew. The .life-boat continued to
hover about the vicinity of the wreck, in the hope of
discovering something of the crew, but she was corn-.
gelled to return without success to the shore, conclud-
ing that they, had met a watery grave. In the mean-
time, however, it was discovered that the crew had suc-
ceeded in reaching the beach, at the lighthouse, at mid-
cpight, afrer having had a very narrow escape, and been
four hours exposed in their boat.
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FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A .frightfnl and fatal.
accident occurred on Wednesday, afternoon last, near
.the Carleton'statifin on the Midland line, about three
miles from Nottingham. Cheetliam, the father of
the station master, was, it appears crossing the line
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about. half-past four o'clock 'in the 'afternoon, when a
team came up which la did not , perceive. He was
knoCked,down by the, engine„ and was $0 fearfully man.; ,
gled aitO:Canse hii'deathastantaneously. The engine
driver-saw the unfortunate man on the line, put on the
whiistle, and' tUrned:off, the steam, but. was unable to
reverse- the en*ine iti sufficient time to• Prevent the
lamentable accident:
• COUNTY TREASURERS.—An abstract of accounts of
county treasurers tor' the'year ending Michaebnas, 1858,
was fticd on Sattirday. It shfiNts that the total receipts
'Said counts treauirers amounted ito the sum of
£2,046,667 (in tngland.tand,Wales), and the-gross total
disbursements to £1,840,669: . The items of expenditure
include the sum of £562,910 for 'rural pelice, £18,457
for conveyance of prisoners, .£358-,527 for gaols and
house's of correction, £127,9 for prosecution of pri-
Oilers, £150,915 for lunatic asylums, £52,122 for bridges,
£5O;-721'for coroners, and'£92,9Bl for repayment of debts.
'DtrEnNiiiimi Sole="OF A GENTLEMAN.—On Friday
morning inforMation' was' received by Mr. Payne, the ,
coroner for the'city of London, of. the death Of Mr. S.
Lloyd, aged 24, who committed self-destruction under .1
she f Mowing circumstances deceaSed came to the
Portugal Hotel, Fleet-street; on Monday last, and
Seemed in very goOd spirits. On Wednesday even-
ing he retired to rest at an early hour, and on Thurs-
day morning, not making his appearance, the 'waiter
knocked at his door about twelve o'clock, and received
no answer, a ladder was obtained, and on looking through
the window saw him dead in bed. The door was broken
open, and medical assistance was sent for, when, on
searching the bed, a bottle was found under his pillow
that had contained pruSsic acid. -

:LITERATURE.

OWD WISDOM'S LANKISHIRE A.WMENACK FOR TR' YER

1860, BEEIN LEOP YER. Bolton: James T. Staton.

In this small publication there is a successful attempt
at combining the useful with -the amusing. The usual
features of an almanack are preserved sufficiently to give
it value as a calendar of time and events, while the
whole of the tiny broocizure is so mixed up with quaint
local provincialisms and cynical remarks as to form an
interesting object of consultation. It contains, also; a
tale or romance, called " Th' Inigobray Ghost ; or, th'
Last oth Crutchers." Broad humour conveyed in the
homely dialect of Lancashire seems to be the chief aim
of the compiler of this almanack ; and, so far as we can
judge, his object appears to have been efficiently carried
out.

MORTON'S NEW FARMERS' ALMANAC FOR 1860.
Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London : John Mackie

and Son.
A small publication, containing more useful information
respecting the products and interests of a most important
class cf the community, it would be difficult to find, than
that whose title stands at the head of this notice. To
farmers, and all engaged in agricultural or grazing pur-
suits,,Morton's Almanac must prove invaluable, the
name
,of its editor being a sufficient guarantee for the
accuracy of all the information contained in it. That
information, besides the usual calendar, comprises brief
but comprehensive histories of agricultural proceedings
during each of the months of last year—valuable direc-
tions for managing the farm, the dairy, and the live
stock, of all kinds, during each month of the year.
There is scarcely a subject on which a farmer can be at
fault that is not explained fully and satisfactorily in some
portion of this excellent almanac. The usual informa-
tion expected in this class of publication is fully up to
the average, but the feature of the book—and it is an
excellent one—is the entire devotion' of the pages to
agriculture and kindred subjects. As a class almanac
the one before us is not to be surpassed.

COURT AND OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Queen and Prince Consort,- at Osborne, on Fri-
day, with Prince Leopold and -Princess Louisa, drove
out in an open carriage. The Duchess of Athol, the
Hon. Eleanor Stanley, and Captain du Plat were in
attendence.
The death of Earl de Grey would, under ordinary cir-
cumstances, have placed a Blue Riband at the disposal
of Her Majesty ; but, in consequence of the gracious
gift of an extra Garter by the Queen to Lord Derby, he
will now occupy the vacant stall in St. George's Chapel
at Windsor, and the ordinary knights—subjects of the
Crown—will stand at the usual namber, and the present
vacancy will not be filled up. '
The Queen has granted a pension of £l5O a year out
of the Civil List pensions to the daughters of Frederick
Cort, whose inventions in the manufacture of iron have
contributed so much to the prosperity of the trade,
whilst his family have been left in deep distress.
been Queen has also en pleased to grant a pension on
the Civil List of £125 a year to the sisters of the late
Doctor. Dionysius Lardner, whose contributions to
i•
science are so well known, '

THE MINISTRY.—LorI Palmerston left London on
Friday for Brighton, where Lady,Palmerston is at pre-
sent residing. The Right Hon, Edward Cardwell
remains in Ireland. Earl Granville has quitted Brighton
and returned to town with his countess. Mr. Gladstone
left London on Thursday evening, and has arrived in
Edinburgh, in which city. he will remain some days,
The Duke of .Argyll has, quitted town for Trentham-
hall, Staffordshire, the seat of the Duke of Sutherland.
Others of the ministry have also quitted the metropolis
for their country seats. Lord Palmerston was expected
to return to town from Brighton yesterday.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has been
staying during the past week at Knowsley, on a visit
to the Earl and Countess of Derby. The circle at
present staying with the noble host and hostess com-
prises their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess
Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Earl of Malmesbury,
the Earl of Wilton and Lady Katherine G. Egerton,
the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield and Lady
Evelyn Stanhope, Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor,
Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Lord Loughborough, Hon. Al-
gernon and Lady Blanche Egerton, Mr. George Russell,
and Colonel Tyrwhitt, in waiting on the Duke of Cam-
bridge. The Earl of Derby, accompanied by the Duke
of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Earl
of Wilton, and the other gentlemen of the party, were
unable on Tuesday to go out shooting, owing to the
very unfavourable weather. On Wednesday the noble
host and his friends had capital sport, about 1,300 head
of game being killed. The next day there was another
battue.
Sportiug tltelitigeurt.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
THE CHASE.

SIR WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNN'S HOUNDS' •
WILL MOT ON
Monday Dec. 12 Stocket Gate,
Wednesday . ' Dec. 14 Cloverley,
Friday . Dec. 16 ,Malpas,
Saturday Dec. 17 Lightwood Green
At half-past ten.
Master : Sir W. W. Wynn.--Huntsman : John Walker.