The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-11-15 00:00:00

ACCIDENT TO THE SHAMROCK STEAM

BOAT.

Public attention has been powerfully attracted for some
time past by the melancholy fate of the Comet steam-pac-
ket: a happy interposition of Providence saves us the pain-
ful necessity of adding a second name to the melancholy
list of casualties, at the head of which the ill-fated vessel
we allude to will long stand pre-eminent. On Tuesday
night last, between twelve and one o'clock, the Shamrock
steam-packet, on her passage from Belfast to Liverpool,
was run fold of by a vessel, supposed to be the Zephyr, a
trader, bound from Liverpool to Belfast. The shock, as
described to me by a gentleman who was a passenger on
board the Shamrock, was truly tremendous, and the conse-
quent confusion and distress on board that vessel may be
better imagined than descriha:d ; the more especially so
when it is recollected that the apprehensions of the pas-
sengera were Most powerfully excited, under their peculiar
circumstances, by the recent apostrophe of the Comet.
The accident occurred about fifteen miles to the eastward
of the Calf-of-Man ,during a severe gale of wind. The
chimney of the Shadtroek, and a considerable portion of
her rigging, were carried away, or severely injured by the
concussion : she rode out the gale, however, and arrived at
a late hour on Thursday safe in our harbour. It is oar
pleasing duty to add, that the bights[ praise is due to the
Captain of the Shamrock : a very sufficient light was hung
out from nightfall at the main-top of that vessel, and every
effort made by the crew at the instant previous to its oc-
currence to avoid the casualty : it would seem, however. as
the circumstance is reported to us, that none of the crew of
the trader were on the watch, nor even on deck, at the time
the two vessels came into contact.—publia Er-cotton's
Journal.

New SILK MACHINEILY.—Amongst the simplest, yet
most efltetive improvements which we have witnessed in
silk machinery, is a patent winding engine, which is new
at work at the factory of Messrs. Pattison, in Concletou.
The engine is the invention of Mr. Scott, of Leek, and is
the first of the kind which he has sold. The winding of
silk b•• ing the first, and we may add, a moat important
part of the silk manufacture, we cannot help congratulat-
ing the trade on the success of this ingenious invention, as
in speed, time, space, and labour, so much is gained by it ;
and we look upon it as one of the means by which we may
in a short time set at defiance the present advantages pos-
sessed by France or any other nation over us, and which
will place it on a level with the other manufactures in tins
kingdom.—Sfeirdxhire Advertiser.
A reduction of Is. per place on • the weaving of plaids
and camblets took place, in this town, on Wednesday last.
The weavers, of whom there are about 1,000, naturally
enough demurred against this reduction ; but when it was
explained to them that the present suite of the trade ren-
dered it absolutely necessary, and that the option would be
either to take that price or to go without work, they sub-
mitted to the former as the less evil of the two.—Leetla
Mercury.
MINING ZITSI.LIGENCE.—Cop 01111 sold at Redrutb,
Nay. 10, 2112 tons : average produce : quantity of tine
copper 113 tons 17 cwt. ; amount of salt 14,2701. 198.6 d.;
averaw standard 4391 Ils.

'flit; first cargo of Copper Ore, from the lyal Statutory
Company's Mines, at Copper
was on Satuiday se'unight
shipped on board the Bristol trader, Captain Gribble, for
the smelting house at Swansea. It is twenty-four years
ago that the last cargo of a similar kind was exported front
Barnstaple Quay:l—Cornwall Gazelle, Nor. 12.
Mr. Andrew Doogall, farmer, Shore, parish of Kippol,
had this season a bee-hive, whtch weighed 1871 b. includ-
ing the weight of the hive. On thesame farm. some barren
ground has been wonderfully fertilised by spreading it it ith
the refuse of a still. Formerly scarcely any thing would
grow on the soil, but it is now covered with a fine crop of
turnips, some of them of a very large size.—Coktlua ion
Ilfercery. - -

Mr..Thes. Morrison, a native of the parish of Bluthill.
a died few years ago, leaving funds to a considerable
amount, which he
,had realized, by fortunate building
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funds in establishing a charitable institution in the iptartir
to which he beVised—the particular nature of the. esta-
blishment the beffevolent usuator left in a great measure to
the judgment of the trustees. The funds have now ac-
cumulated to upwards of 90,000!. and we underctand Mr.
Morrison's trusties have resolved to lay them not in erect-
ing, in the neighbourhood of the thriving village of Crieff.
a seminary of education and a disptusary.:—Cal /duos
111ercvry.