Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-16 00:00:00

THE LATE GALES.

The late severe gales, after an u.etamplel continuance of fine
weather. sshich bu-st with try up3n cur south-:western coast, have
demonstrated a problem which w s hitherto unsolved. A sum of
money was granted by the state for the construction o° a pier at
Kilmore Being insuffle.erit in amount, the works, though much
advanced, need a furth,r grant to render the harbour secure for
either local craft or vessels in distress. It has been urge iin bar to
grant that the harbour is so placed that no vessel would t ace advan-
tage of it. We all along were of a contrary opinion—an opinion
shared in by many extierienc3d nautical men. Although the shelter
provided azainst the fury of the Westfirn Ocean in not complete, the
morning of the 31st December last witnessed whit immense baneat a
Harbour of Refuge at Kilmore could confer. A Portuguese schooner,
crippled by the gale, bettor embayed, and, as a last resource, hazing
tried her anchors and failed to hold. on, was steadily drifting to
destruction, upon the worst coast in Ireland, to setle d own in the
Forlorn, or in the bay. A very short time would have shivered
her to atoms, and drowned a crew of.. ten individuals At the
critical reangnt, with great judgment (the vessel lying so far
off, and the Eorning teing foggy, that objects could not bo easily
discerned), a conspicuous English ensign was exhibited by the Water
Guards, on t highest i oint at the termination of the pier wall.
The staid thus made was immediately observed, and the shelter of
the pier run fot with avidity by the terrified seamen. The schooner
running the course indicated, ran along the pier until she grounded,
suffering little or no damage We congratnla'e the officers of the
Coast Guard f, r the coolness and skill they displayed—an act unques-
tionably to which the safety of the vessel and the lives of the ccew are
due ; and we rejoice that the pier a' Kilmore has been instrumental
in saving property to the value of £l,ooo—and still more, in rescuing
human life from the perils of the sea. A grant of £2,000 would so
extend the wall as to give effectual shelter, and render the harbour
capable of preventing much shipwreck and loss of life. The active
and zealous agents for Lloyd., Mess s. Hariter and Heads s, dis-
played their usual skid in preserving the cargo 'and securing the
vessel, and we have the gratification of finding that she has arrived,
comparatively uninjured, at our quays.—lVexford Independent.

SHIPWRECK OFF CAPE CLEAR,
AND DREADFUL SUFFERING OF THE CREW.

At break of day on Sunday the 6:h inst.. a ship's long boat
approached the southern coast of Cape Clear, and was observed by
some persons from the island. The crew called piteously for relief;
i,nd were directed by signs to the nearest landing place. The sea at
the time rolled very high, and with great di f coity the boat wee
brought near the shore. The crew, consisting of tea men, were
perfectly unable to get on land, and were taken bodily out of the boat
by the poor men who came to their rescue. They belonged to the
Grecian brig Epaminondas (Captain Gsz man) laden with corn from
the Sea of d zoff to Cork fer orders. The crew =sided c! twelve men ,
and arrived safely to within one hundred and twenty miles southwest
of Cape Clear, when, on Tuesday niglit the let inst.. she sprung a
leak, foundered, and went down. At this time six men had been on
watch, and six below. The bulwarks were carried away, and,
labouring under a heavy sea. her hold was filled with water. The
crew became instantly alarmel, and betook themselves to the long
boat. So precipitate was the r haste, that they brought with them
no compass, clothes, or money. In launchirg the long boat from the
bridge, a part of her keel was Wen away, and the few garments they
possessed were emp'per.d in staanching the leak. '1 hey had no food
or water on board, and in that condition Hey floated on the
surface r. f the sea four drys and nights at the mercy ce Providence
and the winds, without hope er succour, and despairing of salvation.
When at length on Surtday morning they wore brought on shore by
the poor fishermen on tee eastern end of Cape Clear, no more
melancholy spectacle was over presented to human view. On the
first day after leaving the vesser one of the min died of cold and
hunger in the boat. On the second day the captain's brother died
from the same causes. When the ten remaining were taken out of
the boat, with limbs bruised and broken, and on being moved,
uttered the most piercing shrieks; it caused a sensation in the
minds of those who witnessed the scene which they will never forget.
The escape of the crew was most providential considering the despe—
rate state of the weather define those days. If they had been thrown
en any other part of Cape Clear, or if they had reached the shore at
ight, th're could be tie probability of their safety. To) much praise
cannot be awarded to the poor fisherman, who descried them in the
moa.ent of their extremsst danger. This poor, discoarolato, and
mangled crew are at present in Cape Clear, slowly recovering from
their wounds, ha'pless and homeless, without money or raiment.
Hitherto trrey have been entertained and taken care of by the local
clergymen, and at tne Ciehthoofe. No more appropriate objects
of charity could be iraw4ined than those poor, naked. des ante
sailors, and those poor people who, under Ilearen, saved them f om
a watery grave. Any contribution wid be thankfully accepted by the
clergymen of either persuasion in Cape Clear, or by the Ilev. Mr.
Leader, Baltimore.—Cork Examiner.

APPREHENSION OF A DEBTOR, AND FIPAL
ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE.

On Fri lay, in the Carlisle County Court, Judge Ingham, mined ail
order of commitment for deb', against Joan Pattinsed, a tinsmith, at
the corner of Union-street, Carlisle, aged about 2t. Pattinson kept a
s all in the Market-place on market days, and on Saturday the high
bailiff and an Hader bailiff proceeded to his stall to apprehend him
He made no resistance, but stated he would go with them to the high
bailiff's office, and send for Li nds to compromise the mater. The
proposal was assented to, and they proceeded to the office. They had
not been long there, when the prisoner suddenly bolted out of the
door, and ran in the direction of tit. itary's workhouse, new to
where the river Caldew runs into the Eden. The fugitive was
instantly pursued, and taught sight of white he WAS making
preparations to cross the Caldew. One bailiff crossed the river by a
railway bridge, and the other dashed through it, close at the heels
cf the runaway. Pattinson, however, cleared the opposite bank, and
ran with all his might across the adjoining field. The under-bailiff
followed his track, and after a zigzag chase over fields and banks,.
Pattinson made for the Eden, at a point about half a mile below
the town. Here the strains is deep and rapid, and attar
an ineffectnal attempt to breast the current, he returned
to the water's edge. By this t"me the under-bailiff had
come up to him, and asked him to surrender. He refused, and
walked down the river with his head above the suraci-, the bailiff
dogging him along the margin. Seeing ese pe by this method
impossible, Pattinson became desperate. lie struck out into the
middle of the river, and turning upon his back, strived to cross the
strearia hi an oblique direesion. The man, however, was evidently.
exhausted by his previous efforts, and the w.ter proved too strong
for him. Hope seems then to have left him, and he gave himself up to
the course of the correct. After floating sours di stance, his pawer to
sustain himself became gradually weaker, and he rais:ed loud
cries for assistance. The tailiff had followed him, but could
render no help. The cries of the drowning man at last changed into
pitiable shrieks, and the bailiff, who foresaw the fatal termination of
his task, could only watch with trembling his intended victim's death-
struggle. He did not watch lone. Being completely exlizusted, the
unfortunate man suddenly turned over, and sank never again to rise.
An alarm was immediately given. The police soon reaet.e i the spot,
and, having procured boats, e.mmenced to drag for the body. Up
to a late hour on Saturday night they had nut suzc:eded in find-
ing it.

NEARLY £l,OOO WORTH OF GOODS STOLEN
AT SWANSEA.

The most daring burglary ever committed In Swansea was
perpetrated during Wednesday night, in the central thoroug'ifare of
Castle—street, the shop being occupied by Mr. W. Rayner, jeweller.
The burglars, evidently aceomplished hands, ontsred the house
through the coal-drop. Having reached the coal cellar, the entrance
to the kitchen was a matter of comparative ease. By means of a
carpenter's bit, a round piece of the door was cut out, the bolts were
soon withdrawn, and, by the same process, every door between them
and the shop was dealt with so noise easly that not a sound V7l‘ heard,
although three or four persons slept in the 11-use. There were stolen
between 60 and 70' gold watches, varying in price from .E 5 to ,E'24;
between 120 and 135 silver ditto, varying in price from .t 2 103 to £9;
a large number of gold rings and other eost'y jewellery, besides an
amount in cash, which has not yet been ascertained. In addition, all
the watches of customers, which were there for rep.ir, were swept
away. In fact, the amount of the articles stolen cannet be much less
thou .41,00). Mr. Raynor, who has been ill for some time past, did
net sleep on the premises. Whilst Mrs. Rayner was going home on
Wednesday evening, she observed that she was followed by a short
diminutive man, and such a one only could have got through the
coal-drop. We hear that live men have already been taken into
custody on suspicion.—Cambrian.

VISIBLE REPBODITCTION OF THE HUMAN VOICE. —M. Leon
Scott, a corrector of the press, has imagined an ingenious
method for obtaining the vibration of the human voice
expressed in signs, written, so to say, by the voice itself.
If we examine the human ear, we find it chiefly composed
of a tube ending in the tympanum, an inclined vibrating
membrane. It is well known that sound is transmitted
with extraordinary purity and rapidity through tubular
c-nduits, and it would appear that, if there were no die-
turbing causes, the transmission might be continued to an
indefinite distance without any diminution of intensity.
There is an experiment. on record, triers about fifty years
ago by M. Biot, who, placing himself at one of the ex-
tremities of a tubular aqueduct D5O metres in length,
carried on a conversation in a low voice with another
person situated at the opposite extremity. The facts have
beon turned to account by M. Scott in the following
astxotnreemoifty itst
heexrtereims iatievsi,bsrahtsiapegdmlikeme abrfanunen,etol ;
manner :—A tubular conduit rezeives the vibrations of the
ahtunithaen voothiceer
which a very light pencil, or stylus, is attached. This
stylus rests upon a slip of paper, covered with a coating of
lampblack, and is made by the aid of clockwork to unroll
from a cylinder while the person whose voice is to be
experimented upon is speaking. The stylus, in receiving
the vibrations of the voice through the tube, marks the
paper with undulating lines expressing the different
inflexions, These lines era afterwards indellibly fixed by
ons of them.. A somewhat
takingsimilar
processphotographic
some time ago by M.
Wertheim, to obtain the graphic representation of the
I had b etpreesmsiployed .
vibrations of a tuning-fork; but M. Scott is the first who
has attemp`ed anything of the kind with the human voice.
The contrivance, though still in its infancy, has already led
to a curious result, viz., that the clearer and purer a sound
is, the more regular is the curve described by the stylus ;
yells and other discordant sounds producing unequal, and,
therefore, not isochronous undulations, while tremulous
and indistinct sounds cause small secondary undulation*
connected with the principal one.—eallgnani.