Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-07 00:00:00

THE AUE RIC AN STEAMER VANDERBILT
AGROUND.

Thl huge steamer Vanderbilt, from the United
States, was telegrathed on Thursday as having
pissed Hurst Castle at 9 a.m. ; Captain Higgins,
her commander, was in bed dangerously ill, and an
East-end pilot was on board in command of the
ship. A dense fog was in the Solent. The Van-
derbilt, on passicg Hurst, was on her way to Cowes
rxicis, where she was to put out her English mails
in a. small tug steamer from Southampton, and
then Droned to Havre B ttween Cowes and Cal-
shot Castle there is a sand-bank called the Brambles,
.ahere now and then a small craft has been lost.
On the Brambles the Vanderbilt grounded. Most
fortunately she was at the time going at only one-
third of her speed, the tide also was flowing, and
a po.verful tug s'eanan, with steam up, happened
to be close by to assist her off again. As soon as
the,Vanderbilt grounded, Mr. Billingsley, a gentle-
man from the firm of Messrs. Dunlop and Schoales
the Southampton agents of the Vanderbilt line,
happened to be on board the Souihamoton tug
which was waiting at Cowes for the English
passengers of the Vanderbilt, and he inn
meniateiy gave or.le.'s g,.1 10,'-c
steamer, and make preparations for assisting her
off The tide had to rise six or seven feet on the
Brambles, and in about two hours after the steamer
grounded she was aflaat again, but not before she
had lost an anchor and broken a chain. Had it
not been for the assistance rendered by the tug,
the grounded steamer would not have floated been e
the next tide. At 1. p.m , the Vanderbilt Lift Cowes
for Havre without having received any damage
beyond that just mentioned. She let New York
on the night of the 2411 ultimo. She ought to
have started in the middle of the day, but was
detained on -acceunt of an accident happening .to
-the mail steamer Atlantic. which was to leave
also on the 24. h ult. It was expected: that the
Vanderbilt would have taken the Atlantic's mails
on board, but late on the day of sailing she was
ordered to proceed without them. It Was believed
that the Atlantic would be ready td leave New
York for Liverpool on the 26. h ult. The Vander-
bilt has expsrienced nothing but continuous
storms and heavy gales across the Atlantic.

IMMarsli.E NUGGET.—WO had yesterday the saisfaction
of inspecting an immense nugget, from the Aus ral;an
mines, in the shop of Mr. Muirheld, gollsnaith. Tuts
nugget weighs 400 ounces, is of tetve g .Id, with ant any
apparent admixture of qtylez, and is in the c todi i in in
which the Inky digger discovered it. It is value.] at
about £1,60', is the largest btr, one ever brought 'o this
country; aril is certain'y a curiosity wor by of the inspec-
tton of the citizens.—GlaSgozo Daily Mail.
The liquidators of the Hall Flax and Cotton Mill
Company, which failed in September, have msde a call of
£25 per share on the shares, in addition to the £lOO
which has already been paid in full. 03 the £6O shares
only £4O has been nail, and the holders of these are
r•qdred to pay £l2 104, and an additional £5. Oa the
£iss shares only half has been paid, and the call on them
is £l2 10', and an additional £2 10.. The authorised
capi-al of the company was £375,000, the p•oplrtion
naid up at the time of the s'opnage bein; £241,567 10s
Thr number of shareholders is 149, and the further claim
upon them, in adlitirn to the loss of all their capita',
must involve much misery. •

THE MUELPE't N 114.11 HALSTEAD —During the inquest,
Superinten 'cot Andrew., of the Norfolk police, came up
from East liarling, in c)nsecoence of a similar oieri.4•:,
th nigh h..ppily not attended with death, having been
committed there, it is strqucc'ed by the same parti s. The
deccrip ion given of these men in the Police Gazette is as
follows :—One about 25 or 26 years of age, 6ft. 6in. high,
dark clmpl xion, small whiskers. and ear rings ; dr sseil in
a blue Guernsey, c,rl trousers, black c o h• cad with peak,
and strong navvy boots. The other 28 or 29 yciars of age,
sft. 9 in. high, much pock-pitted, light complexion, little
or no whitkcrs; dressed in a velv 1-sleeve] vest, light
fustian trousers, low-crowns 4 hat and s'rong navvy boots ;
both apparently tramping railw iy lab iurers. There
'ties a strong feeling in the minds of the public that a
liberal reward should be offered for the discovery of the
criminals, and local efforts would no doubt be made t
augment the amount, if necessary, as much ela,in is
evinced tlyoughou'i Nerth Esti x at the extreme boldness
of the attack, and the faciity with which they appear to
have essayed, for the present, the punishment of their
double crime.—Chelmsford Chronicle.

A CRIME AT Rona —The 1:x0m-house soldier on
guard at the port of Civita R, a fortnight ago, stopped
a sailor who had just lauded, to see what was in a small
parcel he wPs carrying. The sailor dii not know, as he
was merely brin e. g'ng it to land f. a friend of his, an thee
sailor, who had just arrived oa b)ard a vessel from Leghorn,
commanded by Captain Maggiorclli. Th- parcel was, con-
sequently, opened by the doganiere, and found t, contain
(ptoh.f pudqr) two volumes of .Protestant vrmons, by the
Rev. Mr. Woidward, of the British chapel in (or rather
outside of) Rome. The guilty sailor was incontinently
manhetsoff to prisol, an i Captain M iggiorelli sent for to
account for the heinous aim., of introducilsg such publica-
!ions into the Papal dominions. He, however, denied that
the sermons were prohibited works, and stated that, baying
omitted to put them in his bill of lading, he had told one
of Ilia sailors to take them ashore alaarately; his sailo •
charged another sailor with the duty, and the latter accore-
ingly fell into the hands of the Philistines, The sermons
were to be forwarded to a member of the Protestant Church
Committee in Rome. The result was, that afcor a fort-
night'a imprisonment and frequent examinatiGns, the s 'or
has just been released, C tptaiu Maggiorelli becoming
surety for Ida re-appearance if necessary, with a precetto, or
warning, from the police, mr,reoter, of a year's incarceration
if he ever bandies Protestant sermons again.—.Leiter from
Rome.