Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-15 00:00:00

THE WATEV,OO BRIDGE AFFAIR.

This mysterious affair remains in th sme st'te as we not,ced on
Tuesday, no new feature of importance having yet come out.
Yesterday, a public placard was posted on all t walla of London,
and forwarded thnughout the caul ry, announcing that a rewarl of
£2.00 will be paid by her Majesty's Covernatent to any person who
shall give such information as may lead to the apprehea: ion 'and
o" the persoa or parsons guilty of the murde- ; and a
reward of £IOJ wi 1 be pail t any pers ;n wh,a shall give such 1nf0r-
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p .roo .13 who placed trio cku got, I.—, •,.
wal found. The Secretary of Stat for the Home Department, will
a Ivise the g ant of her M jesty's ',anion to ary accomplt:e, not being
a person who aquelly commile I th 3 murder, who wil give such
evPeate as shalt tea l to the conviction of any of the guilty parties.

Stow eeedelta fl s' appearance, last week, on the main-
tains near Geneva, the crest o. tie Jura, eltnest as hizh as
the Col de la Faucile bein; veered with a slight c 'min;
of white, hut which, however again die ippeared before
nigh.. The'mountai-s of Frit:tire, are at present covered.
The Monitors Toscano puh'ishes a hell tin annoencing
that t e measles. under an ateack of which the hereditary
Archduchess of Tuscany was 1 thouri g, are niw compile
cat2d wile a miliary eruption, wh'e't has made its apacar.
ence among the pulsules of tea formerdisoele-' which a e
-already ailing uo. This new form which the disease h
assumed is accompenied with an increas Of fore .
The Edinburgh Courant say::—" Prince D sleep S7neh.
'in Fe Oland, ties commeeeed to hawk ; en 1, with the
assilanre of some magnificent f Icon=, consi lerable
suce>ss has ft liolved his i +road upon the winged game."
THE EL %NE Teri n r ire Cune.—A correep indent, under.
.date of Havaunah, 23rd Sep ember, says :—'‘Tha topic of
conversation in all circles of society just now is the slave
trade, and the probable results of the open violation of
treaty stipulations with the English Government. Last
Monday we received information by the telegraph that a
large American ship, loaded with Africans, had been car. •
Lured by a Spin eh cruiser near the port of Cardenas. As
it is well known that a large number of expeditions have
been fitted out for the coast, the news did not cause the
slightest surprise —the more so, as the trade has been
.wicked et by the Captain-General and his imme-
diate officers. It seems that the American ba-que
had got ashore in endeavouring to navigate through
tee Ker, and was accidentally discovered by the
Spanieh rat. schooner. A large part of the caego had b- en
landed befOre her capture. During her passage, smallpox
of the most virulent nature had broken out among the
unfortunate wreches, and canied off great numbers.
ft is reported here that the v•ssel was fitted out in the port
Of New York, and sailed from there previously to the
Clara B She is now in Cardona., in the'
Quarantine, waitiug for orders from the Captain-General,
A.athie vessel had on board some four hundred elavea, she
will prove a' vsluabie prize to the commander and crew of
the lucky cruiser. Another landing of a mare daring
character, and probably unequalled' in the annals of the
Slave-tr de, was effected ia the very port of Ilevannsh on
the night of the 17th, by the Spanish chow er Vallanneva.
Captain N—, all ls Manuel thib-ga, (rgive you the soubri•
quet as a means. of CJnehe's finding out the owners.) It
seems that the schooner had been cruising off the offing
for several days, and after being fei'ed in her attempts to
effect the disembarkstiou near Matanzas, was ordered by
her owners to proceed to Ilsvanwth on the night in question,
anchor off the Punta Castle, where everything would be
in readiness to hurry np the business. Indeed, se well
prepared was everything, that nothing was known of the
matter until af.er 7 o'clock the next minting. She
come to anchor at about 12, and by 2 o'clock, had 'ended
three hundred and eighty negroes, slid which were put into:
carriages and driven to different parts of the country, some
passing directly in front of General. Conch 'a dountry,
residence ! It is natural to suppose that the owners of
these negroes must be "pejaros go..dos,' and that certain
officers of the government are filly cognisant of the fact.
0 herwise, how can it be suppose .l that such a holy of
men coal pass through the heart of the city without
being. perceive I by the watchmen and different military
pests ? It ie sserted, and nofwithout plausible groutt
that the officer on gear I at -the 'Punta Castle, and the
watchmen were br be 1. I have been told that the
fficer at the Prison Guar 1 was arreste 1 as an secosi
plies in the affair. The whole th'ng is shameful from
beginning to en I, and demonstrates completely
that the Go ernment is rotten ; and as a Captain-
General would not suffer himself to be cempromised for
trifles, it ie only natural to suppose that he, or the civil
Governor, has been handsomely recompensed for allowing
the landing to take pl ice at the mouth of the harlayar, and
under the nose of Her British Majesty's C nteal-General
A sailor belougieg to the schooner has been arrested, in
whose peeket was found a draft on a csrtein Senor
Maros, of Eig`a, who was arrested, but reheated, after
giving security for his appearance at Ceurt when called
upon. Several suspicious vessels have been frequently
telegaphed team the Moro, but they. hive never steered.
They are evidently a part of the African squadron that is
daily arriving on our coasts Two or three smart Yankee
sloops could make a good haul just now in these waters of
our renegede countrymen who have taken a command it.
aeeet
thisleet. . ere- ese

WRECK OF AN AMERICAN BARQUE, AND
LOSS OF SEVEN LIVES.

BIDEFORD. SUNDAY.—On nand Ly night hst, when the storm
commenced, and the glals indietted dange ,n 1 the wind on shore,
every pr •para•ion was made by the brands of the Royal National
Vfe-boat Institution for the life-boat service (in case of need), and a
good watch and look-out was kept. It was a, t:oick. that no one
could see any distaore ; and pr,vious to dayight the American
barque Warden, of Boston, 435 ton., with 450 of railway iron, front
Newport for Havannah, got embayed on'sida Baggy Point, and was
tot illy lost on the Sonnton 0: Brannton Sands, about two miles off
the la id. The captain and three men were washed on shore on
portions of the wreck, but seven of his craw were unfortunately
drowned. Ih3 wreck (I;terally firewood) was strewed on the coos t
for rawly mites svorind. I was early on the spot, and have provided
food and ample c!othing and comfortsjortitha poor fellows saved, who
are mcch exhausted, sad wait the American muses order for their
disposal. I find tiot the vessel struck, and the crew instantly took
to the m•zrn-mast, but that the violence of the sea shook the masts
out , f her, and t ro'z e her up instanter, so that if it htd been day-
lignt th .re was no chsnce of rescuing any of the poor Ulows. Our
life-boot men were ready and willin; tor.any emergency at the time
if required.

COLLISION AND LOSS OF LIFE AT SEA.

VERDICT OF MANSLIIIGHTER.

The adjourned invest was held at the Victoria Hotel, Fleetwood,
col Mend .y last, before Sir. itf. Myres, coroner, on view of the bedy of
Jane Irvine, wise was drowned Ia the Annan and Whitehsven
Trader, on the bieht of Saturday, the 25th of September.
Oar readers will remember that the vessel was a regular trader
between rennin an I Liverpool, and on the night in question came
into collision abeut eight miles fro n flel (Farness) with the ste imer
Queen, from Whtehaven to Liverpool,and immediately f runde-ed
The deceased ani her hushand, the meta of the sleep, were both
downed. The Lody of the deceased was found in the cabin in her
night dress; that of her husband has not yet been feared. Mr.
Aspinell, of Liverpool, attended the inquest on Motif of the captain
and owners of the sioo', an I :Mr. Postlethweite on: behalf of the
owners of the Queen. John Irvine, the capta'n of the sloop, deposed
thaelbey left Liverpool about eight pan., on Saturd y, the 26te ult.,
and that 'at the time there were on board a crew o: three men and the
deceased, who was t e mate's wife. They score run down by the
steam-r Queen. The coliisio occurred in consequence of no lock
out bring kept on board the steemer. When the steamer was first
seen, the sloop ported her helm, and kept away as far as she could.
without jibbing. About five minutes before the steamer struck her, the
s'oop starboerdelher holm. This was dole be -arse the steamer was
coming direct upon them. They only saw alight at the mist-head
of the steam sr a few min :tee before the Queen ran in o them. Could
not say the exa t distance the vessels were apart when he s arhoa-ded
his helm, but di i think it was so great as a mile an 1 a half. It was
about four or five minutes after the helm was after. d that the colli-
sion took place. The wind w a blowitig S.S.W. Was steering W.
by E. The steamer bore leght a head of them when they ti et saw,
her, in a dire t line with her. The sloop was at the time n the port
tack. All Vends (two men and himself) were on deck at the time.
They had been on deck all the tine from leaving iveraoal. except
during the tame when they got tee, which was partaken of in
suo.cession, one at a time, each orey occupying shout five minn.es.
None of the crew left the d •rw ord., except when, after seeing
the steamer, he ran down for a lamp to exhibit to her. It was usue
in vessels like his far all hands to keep watch, exceet in very fins
weather. He and another of the crow got on b card after the
colliaion. He had on neither jacket nor cap at the time; he lost the
lset r wht'st getting on board t steamer. They hid no rain
between leaving Liverpool a-id eleven o'clock, about the ti see of
t‘• e collie on. Was • not absent from the deck Mare thin a
minute f teasing the le np. Gore the lamp to George elan-
del, one of the c.ew, who exhib ted it to the steamer. They
parted their helm about ten minutes; and as the ste we; still
ronni down upon them, they starbeaehe i the helm, to avoid a
collision. M the time they starboarde I the helm, had they kept on
Via port tae's a cell .ion was inevit ibie. He kept the sloop away
as far as he could w,thout jibbieg her ani earr, ing away her mast
Never saw t• .e steamer's side lights on it she was close neon them..
He reached the ec lof the Meaner from the mast of the sloop, by
the larboard bew. He we; np to the middle before he left has
vessel. She wee sinking ma der his feet. Portion of the wreck feU
across the bow of the steamer. Did not sae any of the steamer's
crew on the fore part o 7 the vessel. Went chock fo-word. to see i f
any of his own er•ev were upon the a reek. Did not see any look-
out on the st amen After calling out he was answered by Georg.
Mund rl, but there will n s appoarance of th, mite or his wife. Went
eft, end by that tans some of the Queen's crew had come forwa-d .
and were cettnag and clesring away the deck. Soon as he got cif
the fore •a.tle deck ha to'd one of the men that the mde and his
wise were with his vaesel. There was no as istance rendered that
he could the to save them. Ne boat was put out. No inquiry wa
made by ant of the crew of the Queen if all hands were saved.
Did not knew whether it was one of the crew or a passenger
that he tuld reweleg the mate ass his wife being drowned.
George Mundial corrohorat al the evidence of Captien Irvine. The

great leugui, r.Ill tuu rusutt 0: i. 13 logien wai tu&t
verdict of •' Mao i'alghter" wsc retu,n3 1 az Unit J ,eksal. the ,a'ci of
the stemma,. Qie n, and Phill.pc, the man on filo Innis-Int. The
prisonere via th n committed f,r trial at tile next La caster suites

Tait ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE
AT PRESTON.

On Tuesday Jane Kirby, the poor creteure who at'empted to drown
herself and girl, seve s years oil, in the Rib lie, last Thursday. was
branAht up et the Preston Town Hall on the cha-g s. S e was in
gre..t rief, and s`ted tears tbroaghout the investi ati•m. The facie
are shertly, that the poor V7Jrarld iven frantic by •ha conduct of her
husband (thechild is hers by a fe mer hu >band) oa T!.nrs lay after-
noon, threw herself and child into the reeling tide of the Bible ±
the WA Quay. James Riker, a shipwright, and a friend named
Frodsha n, while at work saw the splash in the water, and a moving
object sailing down with the tide; and they rushed to the rescue.
Fisher jnoeped into the water and cau_;ht the p:isoner in abo t ten
feet doe ,of water, swan out with hor, and gav he- into the case of
Frodsha.n. He then struck on. efter t!.e girl, about twary yards
further down the river, and succeeded in bringt:'g her to shore
An a,sp ication wls new made to a'mit her to ball, but wa s
refused, the magistrate thinking that the poor creature would be
better talc,n care of in prison, especially 19 else wad weak In mini.
She was teen committed for trial at the Liverpool aesilea. Mr.
Ainsworth, the magistrate, then sad, " Lefore JameS Fis`ler leaves
the b x, I should like, on tena'f of tile bench:to say tad we are glad
t tindin rre,ton a perso t sv't , has di,tingnished himself so much by
his humanity and' gallan ,ry as he has done. Tune is the thirteenth
or fourteenth time you hate rescued people from a watery grave, end
you ,iready possess the medal of the Humane soclety. I hope your
fellow townsmen will give you some m re tangible approval of your
conduct than a medal. I shall bo glad myself to contribute towards
a reward fori`your intrepidity." The sane of 50s •was immediately
colleet..d in court.