The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-28 00:00:00

T. A. WARD.

THE LATE hEAVY GALE.

The furious gale which swept along the Channel
trld eastern coast during the whole of last Saturday
and Sunday has been productive of the most serious
disasters.

A melancholy one happened on the eastern coast,
Ivetween Cromer and Yarmouth. A fine brig, called
ti Guide, Mr. Russel master, belonging to Stockton,
was en a voyage to the Thames from Hartlepool, and
when abreast of Cromer she encountered the formid-
able gale of Saturday. At length she sprang an
alarming leak, and the most vigorous working of the
crew at the pumps failed in reducing the water.
Tremendous seas kept breaking over her, sweeping
the decks and carrying away everything moveable.
As the evening advanced she lost her steerage, and,
catching a heavy blast of wind, went over on her
heeva-end?, and instantly foundered in some eight or
tee fathoms of water. The crew had not the least
mews of preserving themselves, and, with the excep-
tion of the master, every soul on board perished.
Mr. Russel contrived to make his way up the rigging
as the vessel was going down. He secured himself
in the crosstrees, and after being in that position up-
wards of 12 hours he was taken off by the Inconstant,
of Blyth, and landed near Yarmouth. When res-
cued he was in a most exhausted condition.
Early on the morning of the same day another de-
plorable catastrophe occurred on the same coast.
While the wind was raging with all its force from
the south-west the Elizabeth, Mr. Negus master,which
Wl3 on a voyage from the Tyne to London, came in
collision with a barque in ballast. The violence of
the shock may be Judged from the fact that the barque
v. •m five minutes afterwards foundered in deep
v,eter with every soul on board. The name of the
ill•rated vessel could not be ascertained, and the for-
mi‘lable state of the weather prevented the Elizabeth
making any prompt efforts to rescue, if possible, the
poor fellows. The Elizabeth lost her bowsprit, and
sustained other damage by the collision. the cruised
a'reut the scene of the catastrophe as long as practi-
caele, in the hope of picking up some of the crew of
the barque; but nothing of them or the wreck could
be seen. The Elizabeth then made for Whitby, Bor
10 miles distant, which she reached in the course of
the day.
The Kentish Knock, a formidable shoal some 30
miles from the entrance of the Thames, was the scene
of a deplorable wreck. A schooner, named the Ann
and Elizabeth, from Mogador to London, in beating
up the Channel, was driven on the Knock, and the
violent weather which was prevailing destroyed all
chance of getting her off. She speedily became a
Wreck, and we regret to acid that a passenger (whose
niene has not been communicated) and master were
I°=t• The remainder the crew and a second pas-
-Be'lger were preserved, by the Alpha, of Barking,
‘4'',Uch stood for Harw'ich, and landed them. During
t,hi gale the crew of the Earl of Errol, bound to Bou-
mtlle, which had sprung a leak and had foundered,
sought refuge on ',tie Kentish Knock light-vessel, and
have since been taken off and conveyed to Deal. In
the upper
part of the Swin several sunken wrecks
have been o
beeeTed, but the fate of the crews have not
transpired.
. The aceetvets from the Welsh coast speak of the
galehaving been very destructive. The disasters in
tLe St. George's Channel have already been noticed,
but we l'aP.3r mention that the Leeds Dublin steam-
ship, which was abandoned on Saturday, was reported
yesterday to have been sighted on Sunda mornin
at about 25 miles . b
having then foundNred.y from g
the light-ship, not
e

AUTHORITIES IN FAVOUR OF
PAPER MONEY.
THE FIRST SIR ROBERT PEEL.
liter the disastrous panic of 1825, the first Sir
i',...iert Peel addressed a letter to the Members of
bozei Houses of Parliament, dated Bth of March,
.18 .!6, from which the following passages are ex-
tracted :
" Having been long and extensively engaged in
eo-nmercial dealings, I often witnessed a national em.
barraasment, arising from a defective and impure cur-
rency, which resembled the present stagnation of
trade ; and I lament to observe that suffering and ex-
perience have failed, in this instance, of producing
their usual good effects. In the enlarged state of
business carried on in this country, embracing a
*::at variety of
calation ever did, and ever
pursuits, a reliance on a metallic cir-
will fail us. Gold, though
i--, itself massy, often disappears
‘7l)r or speculation ; nay,
in consequence of
the breath of rumour itself
is sufficient to disperse it. Our domestic concerns
are interrupted, and confidence lost for want of an
ample and improved medium of traffic. I am
no friend to an unrestrained issue of paper naoneY,
and saw with concern, in the absence of a due quan-
tity of specie, notes admitted into circulation, issued
by.persons of respectability possessing property, but
evidently unable to meet a sudden and large demand
ill'on them. More than two ears ago I mentioned
to a friend high in his Majesty's councils, my fears of
the mischief likely to result if this practice were not
discontinued, accompanied with a suggestion to con.
fine future issues of paper money or tokens to the
B.s.k of
,
England, or other competent bodies of men
/va° '.would give security in land, the public funds,
canals, buildings, or other tangible property, amount-
ing to at least half the value of their bills or notes in
circulationAt
-A
any notice, y proposition was not favoured with
yet h d •
roat most f ait been adopted, lam of opinion
felt in the nation
0 the panic and distress n?w so severely
an improvement in the
have been avoi ed d. If such
available, gold won' e banking system could be made
a9untry would be supplied
d become less requisite, and the
medium
of exchange originati • with a stationary .
Courier. nic with ourselves."—Derbyshire

PlPES.—There is no such
p p
thing
as a ie
of
tobacco now•a-days, sir. I see English
gentlemen go about
smoking black abominations like Irish apple-women. I hear
of .Milos, Burns cutty pipes, Narghlles, Chiboucks, meer-
m
other i
schaus, hookahsfor , water pipes, straw pipes, and a host of
nventions emitting the fumes of tobacco. But
where, sir, is the old original alderman ....,_ ,
pipe the church-
waswarden's pipe, the unadulterated " yard of clay ?" A man
with beer ere he put
wont to moisten the stem carefully
it to his lips ; when once it was alight, it kept alight ; a man
could sit behind that pipe, but can a man sit behind the
ridiculous figments they call pipes now ? The yard of clay
i 2 departed. A dim shadow of it lingers sometimes in the
parlours of old city taverns • I met with it once in the Bull
!Zing at Birmin g ham. Ih' ave heard of it in Chester ;but in
,
be
its entirety as a popular acknowledged pipe, it must b 9, num-
Mred with the things that were...-Dickens's Household
i-

CANALMIL
ti ,Dividend
Names of . 1 'Dividend Price. Companies. a \
Names of
per
Companies.
..si i per f
Annum Price.
IC Annum.J IQ 1
.
P
Ashtn& Oldh 98 71. p. ct., 140 Macclesfield • 100' 21.105. 50
Barnsley •• •• 160 _ Neath .... • • 1001 161.
14rknk&Abrg 1501 51. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 13/. 135
Birmingham 40, 41. 933{ Peak Forest. 78 i 31. 18s. 10
Coventry...• 100, 251. 200 Regent's.... 33 11. 3s. 17%
Derby ••• •• 100, 61. 63 Rochdalo...• Y 5 21. 42
Elismre&Chs 69 2% p. et., 333( Somrset Ceal 150
GrandJunctn 100 3/. pr. ct. 48% Do.LkFdSt 12
§Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. et.l 11 34 Stift,' &Were 140 281. 405
Grand Surrey} 100 21. Os. 3234 Shrewsbury.. 125
L./
rand Linton/ 100 1/. 10s. j 24 Stourbridge.. 145 201. 290
Kennt & Arni 39 4s. Od. 5% Severs andl
Lancaster . 'lOO Wye Rail. i 26/ 21' Os' 24
Leeds&Livrp 100 201. 405 Warwick&
Leicester.... 100 Si. 66 ilirming. j 100 41. 40
Leicstr&Nth 83 41. 44% WarwickBs
Loughborogh 142 701. 510 Napton..j 1 lOO 31• 28.
Nionmouthsh 100 Worcstr &} 78 31. 33
Nintgemrysh 100 ; Birming.
MeltnlNlwbry 100 Wilts & Brks lls. 6d., 7i

GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
---
Dividend Amount
Name of Company, per of Paid. Price,
Annum. Share.
--- I
X. 3. d. £. s. d.
British • • ............ IL 40 0 0 18 0 0 10
Ditto Provincial.... 1/. 88. 20 0 0 20 0 0 18
Brighton ...,..,,„•• 51. , 20 0 0 - -
City of London ...... 61. 100 0 0 150 0 0 130
Continental Consolidat. 50s. 75 0 0 31 5 0 -
Equitable .... .. „ .... 50s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 27%
Imperial ............
Independent ......... 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46
- 50 0 0 50 0 0
- 50 0050 0 0 - Do., Parl, Preference 61. 25 0 0 710 0 - Phcenix ............. 41. 50 0049 0 0 2634
Ratcliff .....
~.... 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0
United General ..... 11. 50 0050 0 0 16%
Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 - 42
Ditto, New ........ 12s. 50 0010 0 0 -
LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
Name of Company. Dividend Amount
of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
-- --- - -
Bank of Scotland
British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 199
Caledonian Bank ...• • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 210 0 3/.lls.
2461 s
2
City of Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11%
Clydesdale Bank -• •• •• 6%71.
ppeerr
eceenntt.. ,52000 00
0 10
10
00
00 00 1
Commercial Bank .. .. ..
61. per cent. 125 0 0 10 0 0
9%
Edinb.&Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 15 0 0 50 0 3
E,whangeßnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 42 0 0 8
National Bank 634 per sent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15
North of Scotlandßank 5/,percent. 20 00 1 210 0 2%
Royalßank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 ' 100 0 0 132
Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 88
Western Bank •• •• •• • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 67%
Alliance Fire and Life 8341. pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 2134
British Guarantee
Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23
City of Glasgow Life 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 31. 15s
Colonial Life .. ••• • • • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 2%
Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 22
Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 3
Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 3/. 15s
National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 255.6 d
North British Incur 6l. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 DO
Scottish Union Insrnce 6%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 290.0 d
Standard Life •• •• •• 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 1234
United Dep.Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 20c 0,1
MISCELLANEOUS.
I Dividend , Amount
Nsme of Company. per 1 of Paid. Price.
Annum. I Share.
---..
----
s. .C.
Assam Tea - ........ - Z.
20 od. 3.
0 20 0 9%
Doi:vigrati:i.i.3.o.nn.d.ss
Auction Mart ••.. - . • 21. Sc. 50 0 0 - 26%
Australian Azriculturl 1/. 100 0 0 35 0 15
Australian Trust .... 61. per cent. - 35 0 20%
Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 105. 10 0 0 10 0 22
Ditto, Half Shares..
GeDni.tittoe, --2 10
British American Land 38 10 - -- Canada ... -
61. percent. 100 0 0 32 10
,Ps,:rct.ill:dst. :1. per-cent. -
e cent Bonds 100
-
3-} per cent. - -
City *.i•
Equitable neversienry si - -
- 93%
11.c.Stbs,21 100 0 0 100 0 95
pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0
Ditto New . .
Gen.SteamNa;iga.t.lon lO
-
Hudson's 8ay.....„, 10 P. ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 28
Hungerford . . -
5, g Stock. - 206
London Institution 21. ntion ... - 100 0 0 47
-
New Zealand Company - - 78 15 0 6%
Ditto, New ........
...., 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
ussell Institution.... _ 25 0 0 12 10 0 -
00
peninslr& Orient.Stm. 81. p. c, s, be 5, ; 0
26 5 0 -
Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1, pr cent..'loo a 50 0 0 70
Royal Mail Steam.. ..41. p. share.
Imo 0 00 1
south Austral
'sian
Land.. ••• •• , 11. per share. 25 0 0 60
21 0
0 0 0 100%
0 0 77%
yen Meat" I
100 0 40 • 914,
-

recruit
THE DRESSMAKERS OF L
One portion of the inhabitants of London, OaNpor-
tion standing most in need of a little fresh
their exhausted frames, are denied
othhilr'wretef—the
dressmakers and plain-work women. nuld the
high and noble dames, for the adornment of
whose per-
sons these poor creatures toil through the weary day,
and net unfrequently through the long night, refiecta
hum dear a price the graceful robe that displays the ele-
gance of their forms so well is obtained! They would
p , ewne combine
rf .
the desire u influence to change a system introduced through
t
dresses of meeting the unreasonable demands for
bein to be firasheecri'
herlexcePade up at notices too short to admit of their
the pallid cheekinsih t by the sacrifice of the sleep of those
who work at
Could they behold the heavy eyes,
brows of the attenuated frames, and care-
worn
poor workers on the robes to be
made in a few hour:
weight of
their consciences would be
lightened of the
cation of their vanity, „of their having, for the gratifi-
acted that which could only be
accomplished at so eav
to seize
e operation,
unfeeling
to the maker.
Englishwomen are not
times forgetful. The fair creature, whose
are only some-
tuhr.e, whose delicate throat
is encircled by oriental pearls,a:epics not of the risk of
even,
.them. So,
those who dive beneath the
becoming
I:Ihe theioni
manufac-
ture a
nrwc
uooofbs
auet
cll 3 yd.:
the warmest
gems. Could she but witness th
she tremble! nay, we are not sure that
admirer of pearls would not thenceforitilal
when ladies see themselves attired
they reflect not on the weary hours of toil
ture of them has occasioned; if they did, and
.e earnestly
hope they will, they would soon do all in their
lighten the labour, and to ameliorate the power to
condition, of
the dressmaker.—Countess of illesvingem.

DEATH OF GEORGE TROUT, THE
WESTMINSTER DWARF. _

Every one who has had to visit the houses of parlia-
ment, or the law courts at Westminster-hall, must have
occasionally seen a diminutive creature " waddling"
about the vicinity of those places; this was George
Trout, familiarly called the " Dwarf." He was not a
yard high, with extremely short arms and legs, but had
a most enormous and unnatural-looking head. His sin-
gular appearance soon attracted the attention of many
Members of the Houses of Lords and Commons, and he
was often sent by them with notes to different parts of
the town. upon which occasions he was extremely im-
portant in his little way, for, if he met any one who
asked him to take some slight refreshment, his answer
was, " Don't stop me; I am going with dispatches for
Lord—" and old George went his way, always being
faithful to his trust. He was a great favourite of the
late Sir T. Tyrwhitt, Usher of the Black Rod, who pre-
sented him with several suits of clothes, so that he
might appear respectable in the lobby of the house; but
Trout invariably disposed of them, because he obtained
more money in a shabby dress at the doors; and, at
last, he was forbidden access to the lobby. George,
when he had delivered " his dispatches," and been paid
for their transit, usually had a drop, and when he went
into a house he put the money with some difficulty on
the bar; the servant had to look over, and then she
handed him his glass, for ho could not reach it. A
curious story is told of this eccentric individual and of
the late Mr. Anthony White, the eminent surgeon, who
was not much less singular in his ways than old Trout,
George, as the story tells, was an out-patient of the
Westminster Hospital, where Mr. White was at the
time the principal surgeon. One day he said to the
dwarf, in a joking manner, that he would not mind
giving 101. for his body when he was dead. George
said ho should have it; but little man as Trout was, he
had a shrewd mind, and fancied that ho should get
nothing of the 101. when he was dead, so he used to call
on Mr. White when in little difficulties, and obtain from
that generous man ss. or 10s. for parts of his body in
advance. He soon obtained the 101. in this way; but
Mr. White died before George. At 76 years of age,
infirmity and poverty came, and he went to St. Mar-
garet's workhouse. Mr. Lavies, of 5, Great George-
street, who is the visiting surgeon, directly ordered him
to the infirmary ward, where he had the kindest treat-
ment, but he died a few days ago from decay of nature.