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ANOTHER Note is sent to Russia, possibly
perfumed with gunpoweer the PrinCipalitia: are to be relin-
quished, and the Northern forces to retire. Notes of Interrozation ?
and Notes of Admiration! are the notes most anplicable to the Esta-
blishments of E. 110;ES and S )N. For the advantage o' those who
are not thoroughly acquainted with London, it is necessary to ob-
serve that E. MOSES and •SON'S gigantic houses of business are
Minories and Aldgate (opposite the Church), and their West-end
branch is New Oxford-street, corner of Hart-street. Bat many ask,
What are E. Moszs and SON? They are the most noted merchant
tailors of the age ! The producers of the best fitting, the hest mate,
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Make it ? Felt noblemen, clergymen, men of business, mechanics,
and all others ; for adults, youth., and children ! What are• their
charges? The most economical prices are asked for 11r,t-rate
articles ! What do they make besides attire? Shirts, the best in
IllateliZ,S, the most fashionable in make, the most elegantly em-
broidered, and the large.t quantity of plain shirts (In all sizes) which
Were ever made by any house of husints. ! They also make every
article of clothing for ladies, for 'which they charge the most econo-
Meal prices. What do they make, and what (to they sell? All
fashionable articles of hosiery for ladies and gentlemen. Furs, hats,
Caps, boots and shoes, &c., and the hest selected outfits for emigrants
to any country or climate.
CAUTION.—E. al():•ES and SON regret having to guard the
Public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like
falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's
the stoup concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for
obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have
No CONNEXION WITH ANT OTHER HOUSE IN O& OUT OF LONDON,
except their own Establishments, as follows :
London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 107, alinories, 83,
84.85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating.
London West-end Branch, 806, 507, 505, New Oxford-street, 1, 2
and 3, Hart-street, all communicating.
Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street.
Sheffield Branch, 36 Fargate.
Colonial Branch, Melbourne, Australia.
_ Merchant Milo., Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and
Shoo :Makers, and General Oatfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.
IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will he
exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned
Without hesitation. All goods are marked In plain figures, the lowest
price, from which no abatement can be made.
The Establislunents are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset
on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock.
A new Book, " The Epitome of Comfort and Economy," contain-
ing full lists of prices, our system of self-measurement, &c., &c.,
may he had on armlication. or post-free.
A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1851 can be had, gratis
on application.

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MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF

YOUTH AND MATURITY.
PR. SAMUEL LA'MEIIT, 37, P,EDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Mem' er of the University of
Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical
goeiety, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &.c., &c.
inAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on
the various disorders of the nervous and generative system,
resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro-
duced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema-
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existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous
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endless modifications owe their almost entire origin.
It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are
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the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties
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It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MEItT
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ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES

AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES.
THE SILENT FRIEND.
In Six Languages—Fhlieth Edition.
CONTAINING THE REMEDY' FOR PREVENTION OF Dow&
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HE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
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tiguous, and they do so regularly. 'We do not consider
it to be necessary for the protection of the public to
have men specially set to watch the whole of the strand.

The Chairman—Do the metropolitan police watch the
strand of the river ?

Mr. Harvey—Their men do not walk along there,
but the metropolitan police afloat, I believe, have their
eye upon the barges and the waterside, and if they see
any depreciations committed they arrest the offenders
and bring theta to the City courts if the case comes
within the City's jurisdiction. Ido not believe the-
metropolitan pollee on the Southwark side of the river
specially watch the strand there, although it is simi
larly situated to the City's bank of the river.
The Chairman—Then you think that no inconveni-
ence arises to the public from any uncertainty prevail-
ing as to whose jurisdiction the strand of the river
belongs ?

Mr. Harvey—l cannot see cause for any,
The Chairman—Proceed with any statement you may
have to make.

Mr. Harvey—The suggestion has been made that the
City police should be incorporated in the general metro-
politan system. On that point I would say, that if there
were to be one uniform system of police throughout the
metropolis, its real heart and centre ought to be in the
City, and not in Scotland-yard. Where there is one
detective case brought before the metropolitan police
there are ten such cases brought before the City police.
Again, great injury and insecurity to the City would
result from merging the smaller jurisdiction in the
larger, and from combining Cheapside, for instance,
with Whitechapel, 04 Bishopsgate with Shoreditch,
without reference to thi.dietinet peculiarities of each dis-
trict. The same amount of force which suffixes elsewhere
would not do for the City. I will illustrate this by a few
figures. Mr. Hickson has stated the area of the City
to be a mile and a half, and the area of the metropolitan
police to be nearly 700 square miles. Now, the City
police consists, of 579 men, and the metropolitan police
of 5,492. Last year the cost of the City police amounted
to 44,3411., or at the rate of 74/. 17s. 11d. per man ;
and the cost of the metropolitan police was 391,8251.,
or 711. 6s. 11d. per man ; making the City police to
cost 31. 10s. 21d. per man more than the metropolitan
police. The question of amalgamating the two forces
was investigated years ago, when it appeared to be
thought that 300 policemen would be sufficient for the
City ; but that is far below the number which we now
find it absolutely necessary to employ for the due pro-
tection of the City. I do not speak under corporate
influence when I say that I consider that the City
ought to have an adequate proportion of police to watch,
and should also have.a co-equal authority with the me-
tropolitan commissioners, because to expect the mer-
chants, bankers, and traders of the City, absorbed in
business as they are, if they want advice or assistance,
to go all the way to Whitehall-place for it, would be
tantamount to saying that they must do without the
service of police at all. I have upwards of a hundred
persons coming every day to my office on various sub-
jects connected with the police, and these persons are not
content with seeing my superintendent—they wish
to consult with the highest authority. The City police,
if I may use the expression, is, in fact, regarded as a
sort of " parental police." A great proportion of the
force is required for special services. A certain number
of men are necessary to keep order in the police courts,
from 25 to 30 constables generally have cases to attend
to, 18 more have the charge of Smithfield-market on Mon.-
' days and Fridays, and about 30 additional have to attend
Guildhall on Saturdays, when the omnibus and cab cases
are being heard. It thus frequently happens that from
70 to 80 men are draughted off in this way ; and if there
were but one force throughout the metropolis, and its
extra strength were brought to bear to assist the City
police on occasions like these, the City, no doubt, would
be benefited to a certain extent, because there would be
uniformity of protection. Still I think that the City
should not be swamped in the general system of metro-
politan police, because it should be remembered that
there is this specialty about the case of the City—viz.,
that although the residents number only 128,851, the
number of persons who come into the City daily for
business purposes is 316,000 ; giving a total of 444,851.
The number of persons passing through a single street
(Cheapside) daily, in 14,000 cabs, omnibuses, and
other vehicles, is 52,100; and the number who walk
on foot is 67,500 ; thus making the total number of
persons who pass daily through a single street in the
City, in conveyances and on foot, 119,600. Another
reason why the City requires a greater proportion of
police than the rest of the metropolis arises from the
fact that at night a vast number of warehouses and
places of business, containing large quantities of valuable
goods, are regularly deserted by those persons who are
engaged in them during the day ; and it is only by hav-
ing a large and efficient staff of constables that such an
amount of property Ro situated can b 3 properly pro-
tected. I will now come to the question of the efficiency
of the City police. This may be judged of from the fol-
lowing statistics :—ln the 10 years ending in 1852, the
City police took before the City magistrates 51,667
persons ; and the metropolitan police, within the same
period, took 660,764 persons before the stipendiary
magistrates. Of the total number, there were dis-
charged in the City 20,346, or about 39 per cent. ;
whilst in the metropolitan districts the number discharged
was 333,960, or about 50 per cent. In the City, there
were summarily convicted, within the same period (10
years), 27,208 persons, or 52 per cent. ; whilst in the
metropolitan districts the number was 278,348, or 42
per cent. The committals for trial, in the City, within
the same period, were 4,113, or 8 per cent. ; and in the
metropolitan districts they numbered 48,456, or 7 per
cent. The number tried and convicted was 2,426 in
the City, or 84 per cent. of those committed ; whilst in
the metropolitan districts the number was 37,480, or
about 77 per cent, of the committals. The number
tried and acquitted was,' in the City, 687, or 16 per
cent. ; and in the metropolitan districts, 10,976, or 23
per cent. What I wish to show by these statistics is,
that the offenders brought before the City magistrates are
dealt with in a way that will challenge investigation as
compared with the statistics of the decisions of any
magistrates external to the City. The number of rob-
beries committed in the City during the same 10 years
ending 1852 was 15,415, whilst in the metropolitan dis-
tricts the number was 122,761, or about 8 to 1. These
last figures are apparently in favour of the metropolitan
districts, but the record of robberies committed is not
kept so complete in the other districts as it is in the
City. The value of the property stolen in the City
within the same ten years was 117,3131., of which the
total amount recovered was 66,277, or 56 per cent. ;
whilst in the metropolitan districts the value of the
property stolen was 377,800/ , the proportion recovered
being only 86,770/., or 23 per cent. Every case of rob-
bery committed within the City, from the person or
otherwise, is thoroughly investigated when reported at
the stations, and the offenders diligently searched for ;
and notwithstanding the great number of persons who
come into the City
daily, bringing and carrying away
with them large sums of money, I would be perfectly ready
to guarantee that the total loss shall not be more than 30/.
a d a,y, on an average, and this I think is some proof of the
efficiency of the City police. The number of summonses
issued within the City within the 10 years above stated
was 21,857, the convictions upon which amounted to
18,350, or 83 per cent. In the metropolitan districts the
number of summonses issued in the same period was
36,969 ; the convictions consequent upon which were
31,944, or 86 per cent. I now come to the cost of
maintaining the City police. The Government pays one-
fourth of the expense of the metropolitan police out of
the Consolidated Fund ; and a similar contribution to-
wards the cost of the City Police is
paid out of the City's
cash by the corporation. On the occasion of the Duke
of Wellington's funeral, the corporation paid out of its
own funds the additional sum of 2,0001. for extra con-
stables; and, in fact, it never hesitates to pay considerable
sums, on occasions of a public nature, from its own re-
sources. The pclice rate in the City amounts to 7d. in
the pound, and that of the metropolitan districts is 6d. ;
bit the cost of collection has to be added to the metro-
politan police rate of 6d., which brings it up, in fact, to
an amount quite equal to the City rate. In the parish
of Marylebone the inhabitants pay as much towards the
police as the residents in the City do ; but then Meryl&
bone has only 300 men to the square mile, while the City
has 587, and has, in addition, the entire control over its
own police. My opinion is that no inconvenience arises
to the metropolis from the existence of two police juris-
dictions within it ; and on all great public emergencies
the two separate forces act in conjunction.
Mr. G. W. K. Potter examined—l am secondary of
the Poultry Compter, and was appointed in 1831. My
official income amounts to 1,0001. per annum. My
duties are the same as those of under-sheriffs in all other
counties throughout the country. I attend the Courts
of Aldermen and Common Council when matters con-
nected with the sheriffs are under consideration ; and I
also prepare the register of the Parliamentary voters
within the City.
Mr. George Payne examined—I am policsereceiver in
the city of London. My duty is to examine and certify
the police expenditure, amounting to 40,0001. per
annum, and also to press forward the collection of the
arrears of the police rate. I am appointed by the police
committee, and receive a salary of 3501. per annum. I
wish to make an explanation in answer to the statement
of a previous witness. Mr. Elliott, when examined by
the commission, stated that the citizens lust 10,0001.
a-year by the separate police jurisdiction, and that the
metropolitan commissioners of police estimated that the
police of the City, under a combined system, would not
cost more than 25,0001. a-year. Now, the answer to
this is, that the estimate of 25,0001. contemplated that
only 300 policemen would be required for the City,
whereas the number actually employed, and necessarily
so. is 579. The police rate in the metropolitan district
raises a clear 6d. in the pound, and actually amounts
to Wel. or 7(1. The average number of men em-
ployed in watching the City on an average of the last
ten years, was 545. The cost of this excess of men
over the 300 included in Mr. Elliott's calculation would
be 17,150/. Now, deducting from this last amount the
sum paid towards the police out of the City's cash (an
item exactly corresponding with the allowance made
from the Consolidated Fund towards the support of the
metropolitan police), viz., 0,7801., there would be left a
balance of 7,3651. in favour of the citizens, as compared
with the expense to the ratepayers of the metropolitan
police. If the City were only to have 300 men, as con-
templated by the plan for consolidating the separate
L jurisdictions, a net fourpenny rate would 'p e sufficient,'

instead of the sixpenny rate now paid by the other
metropolitan districts.
Mr. W. B. Richardson, clerk to the City Comptroller,
was also examined, but his evidence added nothing
material to the facts adduced by previous witnesses.
Mr. Josiah Temple, hall-keeper at Guildhall, was
next called, and stated that his salary and emoluments
amounted to 4121., in addition to which he was provided
with a house and fuel at the expense of the corporation.
In the City accounts for the year 1852, there appeared
various payments in his name for newspapers and inci-
dental expenses connected with the lighting, cleansing.
&c., of Guildhall and its offices, the total amount of
which was 1,131/. 15s. The mode in which the item
for newspapers was incurred was this :—Three hundred
copies of the newspaper containing the fullest report of
the meetings of the corporation were ordered from time
to time, and delivered to the members of the Court of
Common Council and its officers who numbered alto-
gether about 280 persons. He did not personally make
the selection of the particular newspapers that should
be bought, but left the news-agent to determine that
point.
Mr. Gentry, a retail trader in the City, appeared to
complain of the hardship he had endured by being com-
pelled by the City authorities to take up his freedom
contrary to his own wishes, and said he thought that
such a power should not be entrusted to the corporation
and its officers.

At this stage of the proceedings the commission ad-
journed till this day.

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' o'clock that evening they were off Holyhead. A short
time after, however, it came to blow strong, and the
wind was right against them, so that next morning they
again found themselves close to Holyhead. During the
whole of Friday and Friday night they struggled with
an adverse wind, and on Saturday morning were endea-
vouring to make the north channel, not being able to
steer to the south. Heard on board, and has no doubt
of the fact, that several hours before the .vessel struck
the helmsman informed the captain that he saw land ;
but the course of the ship was not altered. About a
quarter before 12 on Saturday the passengers were able
to discern land, the weather being at the time thick and
hazy. The land must have been then very close to
them, fur they ran upon the rocks just under the cliff,
as near as he could say, about half-past 12. It was
his opinion, and the general feeling on board all along,
that the ship was hardly manned for the voyage, having
a crew consisting partly of Chinese and Lascars, who
could neither speak nor understand English, and, as he
thought, were inadequate to work the ship. The vessel,
owing to a vain attempt to keep off the land when it
was too late, went broadside upon the rocks, and imme-
diately after the stern began to sink. So close were they
to the rocks that a black sailor at once jumped on shore,
and five or six of the men immediately after followed his
example. A rope was then got from the ship to the
shore, and made fast, and the third mate managed to put
a plank from the ship to the rocks, so close were they,
and by these means, and these means alone, the single
rope and the plank, were many lives subsequently
saved. The 'people called out to the captain to lower
the boats, but he said, What use ?' and accordingly no
boats were lowered ; and the crew, as well as all the rest
of the people, appeared utterly paralysed, and un-
able to do anything to save life. The people crowded
together to the head of the vessel, which was high out
of the water when the stern went down ; but the waves
continued to wash over them, and each wave carried
away some of the unfortunate passengers. The sea was
so boisterous among the rocks that he does not think
any of those who fell into the water were saved ; and
in about forty minutes after the vessel struck the whole
of the wreck went down, leaving the masts over water,
and all who were then clinging to the wreck Perished,
with the exception of one man, who got into the rigging,
and remained there until next morning (Sunday),
when he was got off by the coast guard. The rea-
son nobody else sought refuge in the rigging was,
that all were endeavouring to get near th% rope and
the plank, which could save very few at a time.
There were about 200 women, at a rough guess,
and perhaps 50 children on board, and all of those,
with the exception of two women and one child,
perished. In fact, all the weak and helpless were lost,
and nobody who was not able to make an effort for him-
self was saved. He saw the second mate perish, and
also the doctor, the latter having made gallant efforts to
save his wife and child, both of whom were lost, only
for which he might have saved himself. His child was
at some distance from him, and in endeavouring to
reach it he lost his own life. No asssistance in saving
life could be rendered from the land, the only persons
there being the coastguard men, who knew nothing of
the affair until they were told of it by the black sailor,
and as all was over then, they could, of course, do nothing.
They remained by the wreck until about three o'clock,
when it was too late to attempt to cross to the main,
and by the coastguard's boat, and the first communi-
cation to the main land was not sent off until about 6
the next morning. During the night they suffered a
great deal from the wet and cold. It is a lamentable
circumstance that the greater number of the passengers
were Irish. There were also several foreigners among
them." , .

The full extent of this fearful calamity was but imper-
fectly ascertained until yesterday afternoon, when the
Prince steamer returned to the Northwall, having on
board the miserable survivors of the wreck, who were
taken off the island of Lambay, which had afforded
them a refuge from the time the ship went down. In
the gloomy annals of nautical disasters the recent one
will probably take the foremost place, not merely on
account of the great sacrifice of human life, but from the
circumstances by which the catastrophe was attended.
The following ample details are furnished by the Free-
man's Journal of this morning :
" The Tayleur left the Mersey on Thursday last, hav-
ing on board about 660 souls, including crew and pas-
sengers of all ages. The ship made fair weather of it
for some hours, until she got off Holyhead, when the
wind headed her, and she struggled against an adverse
gale during the whole of Friday and Friday night. The
captain, despairing of getting down Channel against
such a gale, determined to try the course north about,
and accordingly the ship's head was got round, and she
stood on amid thick and heavy weather from daylight
on Saturday morning. Owing to the dense fog, and,
perhaps, some error in the reckoning, the ship was
found at about ten o'clock within sight of land, which
was first seen by the man at the wheel, and in half an
hour after the look-out man at the bows cried,
`Breakers on the starboard bow 1' The ship's course
was altered, but in less than 20 minutes after she struck
with fearful violence on a reef of rocks on the east side
of Lambay Island. The terrible consequences of this
catastrophe will be best gathered from the subjoined
accounts. In short, out of the entire number on board
this ill-fated vessel (660, including the crew), only 282
individuals have been rescued, many of whom are
severely maimed and injured. The shore of the creek
where the ship lies wrecked and the coast adjoining are
strewn with corpses, some of which, we regret 'to add
are said to have been stripped naked by some mis-
creants. The ship lies in about two fathoms of water.
None of her spars seem to have been carried, but there
appears at present very little chance of the hull or cargo
of the vessel being saved.
" Captain Noble states that, after clearing the Mer-
sey on Thursday last, he encountered heavy weather,
with dense fogs, so thick as to prevent any observations
being taken. It was found also that the compasses, al-
though fitted with compensating apparatus suitable for
ironbuilt vessels, varied considerably, and sail was
slackened on the ship, which was carrying on under top-
sails, mizentrysail, and foretopstaysail when she struck.
The wind had been sufficiently fair to enable the ship to
lay her course from the time she left the Mersey until
about 8 o'clock the next morning, when it came on to
blow from the south-west, with thick weather And a
heavy sea, the ship was close-hauled, and, despite of
all that could be done, she made no way off Holyhead ;
and throughout all Friday night the same weather con-
tinued, thick and hazy. On Saturday morning the man
at the wheel called out that he thought he saw land
looming high on the lee quarter, though at the time
nothing of the sort could be seen by the look-out at the
bows of the ship. That was at or about half past 11
o'clock on Saturday. In order to avoid any possible
danger the ship's course was altered, and she was hauled
up two points to windward. It was while on this
course, and in about half-an-hour after, that the man in
the bows on the look-out cried out 'Breakers on the
starboard bow.' It was then blowing heavily, and a
high sea running. The helm was put hard astarboard,
the sheets of the head sails let go, and every means
taken to bring the ship round on a course free from the
threatened danger. It was then impossible to see a
cable's length from the vessel, and in about 20 minutes
more she struck with great violence on a reef of rocks
running out from a creek right to the eastward bluff of
Lambay Island. The shock was tremendous, shaking
the vessel from stem to stern. She rose on the next
wave, And drove in rather broadside on ; and when she
struck again, still heavier the sea made a clean breach
over her amidships, setting everything on deck afloat.
After two or three more shocks the ship began to sink
by the stern, and the passengers rushed up the hatch-
ways screaming and imploring help. The ship's quarter
drifted on towards one side of the creek, and one of
the cook's assistants (a black man), two Lascars,
and three seamen, contrived to jump across on
shore, and thus saved their lives. A rope and a spar
were afterwards got across, and by this means a number
of lives were rescued, chiefly through the activity and
devoted gallantry of two or three young men, passengers,
whose exertions in saving the lives of their fellow-suf-
ferers deserve the highest praise. Those who attempted
to escape by the bows of the vessel, all, or nearly, met
a miserable fate. The moment they fell into the water
the waves caught them and dashed them violently against
the rocks, and the survivors on shore could perceive the
unfortunate creatures, with their heads bruised and cut
open, struggling amidst the waves, and one by one sink-
ing under them. The surgeon of the doomed ship, Dr.
Cunninghame, was remarkable for his efforts in en-
deavouring to save, first the lives of his own wife and
child, and also the lives of his fellow-passengers ; and it
is one of the most melancholy features of this disastrous
occurrence that this intrepid man lost his life in the at-
tempt to save the lives of others. When the vessel
struck, amid the dire dismay and confusion that pre-
vailed, Surgeon Cunningham was seen everywhere try-
ing to restore confidence and courage among the pas-
sengers, and endeavouring to preserve order and cool-
ness. He was next seen crossing the perilous means of
escape with his little child on one arm, supporting the
infant still more securely by holding its dress in
his mouth. The ship heaved on the surge of the
sea, the rope swerved, he was swept from his hold,
and his child was torn from him by the force of the
sea and perished. He himself sank twice, but at last
made good his gr,lp on a projecting point of rock.
While in this precarious position a drowning wo-
man swept by hint--he grasped her, and was ob-
served to raise her up, and hold her above the
water. He put back her hair from her eyes, and
seemed to encourage her ; but a very heavy wave tore
her from his grasp, and she perished. Mr. Cunning-
ham then seized hold of a rope ladder hanging over the
side of the ship, by which he lifted himself on board,
hand over hand, and soon alter appeared, carrying his
wife for the purpose of rescuing her. He had nearly
succeeded in getting her across tile spar by means of the
rope, when another heavy wave rieshed on and swept off
this devoted man and his wife,
who were both swept
out in the under tow, and drowned in sig'nt of the sur-
vivors. The captain states that on
r..iuste rg the num-
berin that had been saved, they proceetled. in a body to-
wards the coast-guard station, where t hey endeavoured
to obtain whatever accommodation they could get. On
intelligence reaching the mainland of the sad occurrence,
and of the destitute condition of the survi rors, a quantity
of provisions, consisting of four carcases of mutton and
some gallons of spirits, were sent by ordi n-Ps of Sir Roger
Palmer for the relief of the sufferers. Subsequently
Lord Talbot de Malahide sent down his steward and a
body of assistants with provisions and cliothing."
One of the first cabin passengers, irnr. W. Jones, of
London, a highly intelligent a.nd respee, able gentleman,
has given us the following statement of the melancholy
occurrence :

The following cldar and graphic narrative has been
given us by another first cabin passenger, a gentleman
of great intelligence and humanity, who exerted him•
self in the most praiseworthy manner to assist the un
fortunate sufferers :

" I was a cabin passenger on board the Tayleur,
which left Liverpool, with a fine breeze and beautiful
weather, at 12 o'clock on Thursday last, in tow of a
steamer. We were off Lynas Point about 6 o'clock in the
evening, when the pilot left ; and almost at the same in-
stant a squall came on, when orders were given to
shorten sail. No sooner was this done than it became evi-
dent to those as ho were at all acquainted with nautical
affairs that the crew were totally incompetent to man-
age the ship. The mate could not get any to go on the
yards to shorten sail, and the ship was completely at
the mercy of the wind and waves. Some idea may be
formed of the incompetency of the crew when it is known
that it took nearly three hours to take in the inizen-
topsail, and nearly one hour and three quarters to
take in the foretopsail, and neither the maintop-
sail nor the lower sails could be got in at all. We,
however, struggled through the . night, our sails
flapping and beating in a frightful manner. The boat-
swain and third mate exerted themselves a great deal, but
the men did not appear to know their work. tt imme-
diately began to be whispered about that we should never
reach the end of our voyage, the crew being a mixed med-
ley of many nations, having a very imperfect acquaint-
ance with the English language, and being consequently
unable to understand the captain's orders. About mid-
night we passed within a stone's throw of some light and
land, which the passengers supposed to be Holyhead.
The weather continued rough, and our confidence in the
crew decreased every minute, though we saw we had a
splendid vessel under us. A inure beautiful ship I believe
never sailed the seas. During the night of Friday
the weather moderated a little, and when we came on
deck next morning we found the ship with topgallant
sails, topsails, and lower sails set. A person who came
from Devonport with us, Mr. Nicholls, said to us, 'The
captain is doing wrong in hoisting so much sail ; we
shall have more wind, and the crew will not be able to
take in sail should any emergency arise.' The weather,
as the day wore, became boisterous and hazy, and about,
I think, ten o'clock, the long line was thrown, when it
was said we were going five knots an hour, steering
south-west by west. About twelve o'clock a friend
came down to the cabin where I was, and said—
' There's land close to us, and they are afraid the ship
will go ashore.' I proceeded on deck, where a horrible
scene of confusion met my eye. Before us, at a short
distance, rose the bleak and rocky island of Lambay,
round the base of which the waves were dashing furi-
ously, -while the vessel, quite unmanageable in the hands
of her crew, was drifting towards it with fearful rapi-
dity. The deck was crowded with passengers, male
and female, who, perceiving their danger, were in a
state of almost frantic terror. The captain attempted
to wear the ship, but she would not pay off, but
continued to drift towards the rocks. He then
ordered the staysail, and, I think, the spanker to be set,
which was done. The mate then directed the man at /
the helm to keep her full, but it was of no use. Just
at this moment I heard the chain running qout with the
anchor ; the first mate called out Hold on,' but both
anchors were let go—they snapped like glass. And
now began a scene of the most frightful horror—some
running below to get what they could, others praying,
some taking leave of their friends, wringing their hands
and beseeching them for help. The vessel after striking
lay so close uponthe rocks that several persons attempted
to jump ashore The first person who jumped on the
island struck his head against the rocks, and fell
back into the water with his head frightfully cut, and,
after struggling a short time, sank. The person
.
Chinese
and jumped from the vessel made good his footing, and
was followed by several others— I believe the
and Lascars belonging to the crew. They also succeeded
in making good their landing, and, a
done so, scampered with all haste up thes on s 0 as they had
rocks, never at-
tempting to assist those on board. Several now swung
themselves on the rocks, which werebutafewfeet
from us. I managed to swing myself on shore, and re-
tained the rope in my hand ; I passed the end of it up
to some of those behind, and by this means a great many
were enabled to come on shore. To attempt to paint the
heartrending scene on board the ship would be impos-
sible—wives clinging to their husbands, children to their
parents, women running wildly about the deck uttering
the most heartrending cries, many offering all they pos-
sessed to persons to get them on shore. Among some of
the earliest who attempted to get on shore were some
young Irishwomen. Most of them lost their hold of the
rope, and fell into the sea. The doctor of the ship, a most
noble fellow, struggled hard to save his wife and child ;
he had succeeded in getting about half-way to the shore
on a rope—holdinc, his child by its clothes in his teeth—
but just then the ship lurched outwards, by which
the rope was dragged from the hands of those who
held it on the lower rocks, and was held only by those
above, thus running him high in the air, so that the
brave fellow could not drop on the rock. Word was
now given to lower the rope gently, but those who held
it above let it go by the run, and the poor fellow, with
his child, was buried in the waves ; but in .a short time
lie rose again above the water, manfully battling with the
waves and the portions of the wrecks that now floated
about him. He at length swam to a ladder that hung by
a rope alongside the ship, and got upon it. After he
had been there a minute or two a woman floated close

"The Tayleur sailed from Liverpool a t 5 minutes to
12 on Thursday forenoon, virit.rn passcng ers and crew
amounting in all to about 65(1 souls, inclw..ling children.
For several hours they had a ,lair wind, and bout eight

to him. He immediately took hold of her and dragged
her on the ladder, tenderly parted the hair from her face,
and appeared to bo encouraging her, but in another mi-
nute she was washed from his hold, and sank almost im-
mediately. He then got up again into the ship and tried
to get his wife on shore, but they both perished. He de-
served a better fate ! The scene was now most truly awful.
The most desperate struggles for life were made by the
wretched pa,ssengers ;great numbers of women jumped over-
board, in the vain hope of reaching land ; and the ropes
were crowded by hundreds, who in their eagerness, terror,
and confusion,frustrated each other's efforts for self-preser-
vation. Many of the women would get half way, and
then become unable to proceed further, and, after cling-
ing to the rope for a short time, would he forced from

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Itheir hold by those who came after them. Three women
only, out of 200, were saved. One of these had got
part of the, way across when her legs fell, and she hung
some time by her two bands over the foaming waves ;
her husband then came on the rope, and managed to
assist her to the shore. Two men came on shore with
children tied to their backs ; but of the whole who fell
into the water not above five were saved. I saw one fine
girl, who, after falling from one rope, managed to get
hold of another, which was hanging from the side of the
ship, and which she held on to for more than a quarter
of an hour, the sea every moment dashing her against
the side of the ship, but it was impossible for us to lend
her any assistance. Some one got a spar out, by which
several got on shore ; but it soon broke, and now
, might lie seen hundreds hanging to the bulwarks of the
ship, each struggling to get on shore. I saw onse young
woman hanging on the middle of the rope for some
time by her two hands, but those pushing to get on
shore soon sent her to her doom. The ship's stern now
began to sink ; the ship made a lurch, and all the ropes
were snapped asunder. The scene now was most har-
rowing. Every wave washed off scores at a time ; we
could see them struggle for a moment, then, tossing
their arms. sink to rise no more. At length the whole
of the ship sunk under water. There was a fearful
struggle for a moment, and all, except two, who were
in the rigging, were gone. The coast guard, who had
been apprised of the wreck, now came up, but all they
could do was to attempt to save the two who were in
the rigging. They managed to get a line to one of them
by fastening two lines, at the end of each of which was
a piece of wood, to a single line, and guiding it from the
rock to the spot where the poor fellow was, so that he
could reach it. They then dragged him ashore, There
was one fine young man left in the top, but they could
not reach him, and when he saw them ing Away his
cries were heart-rending. About two o'clock the next
morning the coast guard managed to reach him, after
he had been in the top 14 hours. You may fancy the
poor fellow's joy at his deliverance."
The follo wing is a list of passengers saved :
" William Vevers intermediate • Thomas Johnston,
Johnston,first class ; Francis do. ; 'Thomas Ward, do. ;
John Phillips, second class; Messrs. Doite, intermediate ;
Vonbourg, do. • Bayard, do. ; Herman, do. ; Mario,
do. ; Barbier, dn. ;
'
Lorenzo Stehardt, do. ; J. Faph,
do. ; A. De Conners, do. ; J. Watson, steerage ; Tho-
mas Tiberton, first class;
J. F. Robinson, do. ; W.
Good, steerage ; W. J. Blair, intermediate ; Thomas
Constantine, steerage • F. Ormsberg, second class ; F.
Coppin, do. ; Michael Byrne, intermediate ;, Thomas
Conner, steerage; G. F. Chamberlain, intermediate; A.
Ea, sy, steerage ; C. Chaddick, do. ; James Raleigh,
steerage; John Friend, third class; James Popham,
steerage ; Virgoz, second class • Koppin, third class ; J.
Berryman, intermediate; J. Swift, ditto, John Foy. do.;
Thomas James, ditto ; M. Matthews, third class' W.
Turner, second ditto ; F. S. Shaw, ditto ; Gezzad Burke,
ditto ; J. Wilson, ditto ; J. W. Hegarty, first class ;
Charles Barrow, steerage ; J. Brownie, ditto ; Jonathan
Carter, third class ; George M'Bride, steerage ; W.
M`Carley, ditto ; George Downes, second class ; Barton,
steerage ; J. Montford, ditto • J. Miller, second class ;
George Fisher, first class ; John M`Naughten, first class ;
W. Geffrey, intermediate ; John Thomas, first class ; W.
A. Gordon, second class ; Robert Holland, first class ;
Robert Dawson, intermediate; James Stodhart, first class;
Stephen Huntley, steerage ; James Richmond, 'ditto ;
Alfred Cowley, intermediate; Michael Green, ditto;
Thomas Willite, steerage; Alexander Titiss, second class ;
G. Catts, first class ; August Laramie, intermediate ; Per-
rard, ditto ; James Whitmash, ditto ; James Oldfield,
steerage; Bentz-, steerage; --, Pole, first class ,- S. Frock-
man, intermediate ; A. Wetyle, first (lass ; B. Watson,
second class; Michael Ridy, ditto; Michael Fleming, ditto;
Patrick Cormick, steerage ; John Gibson, second' class ;
John O'Brien, steerage ; Ci Ryan, ditto ; John Diamond,
ditto ; Michael Cormick, ditto ; Richard Leahy, second
class ; William Clarke, first class; James Tobin, interme-
diate; Richard P. Browne, steerage; John Grundy, first
class ; D. Driscoll, steerage ; R. Alexander, second class ;
R. Shewell, steerage ; J. Smith, second class ; J. M'Kay,
steerage ; James M'Kay, ditto ; George Lewis, interme-
diate ; James Harpen, steerage ; Alexander Lyons, ditto ;
Thomas Lloyd, intermediate; Richard Gibbon, ditto;
Samuel Thomas, ditto ; William Sawdy, Henry Bridge-
man, steerage; Thomas Twill, intermediate ; Richard
Ryder, ditto ; John Ryder, ditto ; William Ryder, ditto ;
John Gill, ditto ; Samuel Jenkins, ditto ; John Luscam,
second class • James Organ, steerage; P. M'Mahon, ditto ;
Richard Sheridan, first class ; James Worm, inter-
mediate ; William Thompson, saloon ; Alexander
Frazer, steerage ; Hugh Frazer, ditto ; William Lenehan,
ditto : B. Klatorshaft, ditto ; John Oufferht, second-class;
Albert Jackson, ditto ; H. Brayman, ditto ; John Vout,
ditto ; Thomas Moody, steerage • William Starman, se:
cond class; E. Hall, steerage; Thomas Taylor, ditto ; W.
Collins, ditto; James Shawe, intermediate; Francis Bow-
den, first class ; Thomas Comballach, ditto ; Jos. Wearon,
ditto ; A. Thomas, first class ; P. F. Framaine, ditto ; B.
Bowden, ditto ; Richard Wearne, ditto ; Samuel T. Toy,
ditto ; William Cuddy, ditto ; Samuel Bishop, ditto ; W.
Bishop, ditto ; John Johnston, steerage ; Thos. Browne,
ditto ; Michael Hurst, second class ; Thomas Creen,
steerage ; George Yates, intermediate ; T. Cattrani,
second class ; R. T. Lawson, first class ; R. Smeril, third-
class ; Thomas Meara, ditto ; Thomas Kerkhouse, interme-
diate ; W. Philips, second class ; James Eddy, ditto ;
Walker Addison, third class ; John Carty, ili:to ; Anne
Carty, ditto ; Alexander Berr, ditto ; John Berr, ditto ;
William Thomas, ditto ; Peter Finlay, intermediate ; D.
Hackney, ditto ; Richard Yeo, second class ; W. Spenser,
ditto ; E. Borne, intermediate ; John Swan, steerage ;
James Berryman, intermediate ; Hamilton Sloan, ditto ;
John Collins, steerage ; A. Magee ditto ; Thomas Crop,
ditto ; H. Abrahamson, ditto ; William Legge, interme-
diate ; James Williams, ditto; R. Thompson, of Ohio,
steerage ; Edward Tew, second class ; John Thompson,
ditto ; Samuel Carley, intermediate ; Sarah Ann Carley,
his wife ; Robert Carley, his son, intermediate ; John Ball,
ditto ; James Thompson, second class ; Joseph Todhunter,
ditto ; William See, ditto ; George Crawford, steerage ;
It. Cherry, intermediate • Thomas Kemp, first class ; an
infant of nine month old, with no person to claim it ; a
man on the island, not known ; four left the island, one
black seaman. Total number of passengers saved., 225."
The following are the names of the crew who were
saved :

M. A. IL Adams, purser • Archibald Jack, cook's mate ;
W. Skellzig, steward ; John Roberts, seaman ; Henry
Wallace, apprentice ; William Cowen, do. ; William Ray,
In. ; F. J. Roberts, steward ; Thomas Trotter, passenger,
servant ; Edward Wallis, steward; Thomas Burke, do. ;
William Taylor, passenger's cook ; John Greenub,
steward ; J. Ferguson, passenger, steward ; William
Cook, passenger, steward ; John Rice, cook ; John
William, seaman ; Simon Prairam, steward ; Thomas
Harper, steward ; W. D. Sheridan, boatswain ; joseph
M. Lennan, seaman ; George Humphrey, assistant purser ;
B. Leenehan, cook ; W. Leenehan, do. ; W. Rendell,
assistant-steward ; E. Pratt, second purser ; John Burban,
seaman ; John Martin, seaman ; Peter Reed, boy ; Abo,
Abo, Abo, three Chinese seamen ; John Frazer, carpenter;
John Saunderson, sailmaker ; James Browne, seaman ;
Henry Fitzimon, ditto ; Charles Maxwell, ditto ; John
West, ditto ; Thomas Roberts, ditto ; J. Irwin; ditto ;
Archibald Maclean, ditto ; T. Rowland, ditto ; John Ayl-
mer, ditto ; Frederick Hunt, ditto ; John Marromati,
ditto ; John Jones, ditto ; William Denis, ditto ; Demetri
Rolando, ditto ; Nicholas George, ditto ; Nicholas Can-
dari, ditto ; Antonio Nicholas, ditto ; R. Mitchell, seaman;
Peter Wolechewick, William Trumbell, Judge Julian.
" Total passengers saved, 225 ; ditto crew, 51; Captain
Noble, 1; William Murphy, chief officer, 1; Cowan, third
officer, 1. Total saved, 232."

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
DUBLIN, TUESDAY NIGHT.

Owing to the storm, the inquest is adjourned till Wed-
nesday. Captain Walker has arrived on the part of
Government.

A STRANGE EVENTFUL HlSTORY.—Yesterday MT.
Brent held an inquest at the Queen's Head, Keppel-
street, on Mary Madget, aged 72, the widow of an ex-
tensive American cotton planter, whose history was of a
singular character. Deceased, who was highly con-
nected, her grandfather being a viscount, eloped with
her husband at the age of eighteen, and they shortly
afterwards set sail in one of his vessels for America,
where he owned several cotton plantations, and large
estates in Pennsylvania and South Carolina. At the time
they started for America Europe was involved in war, and
while on their outward-bound voyage they were seized
by a French privateer, which carried them into Brest,
whence, after being detained for some time prisoners, they
effected their escape to England. After a short stay in
England, they again set sail for America, and were again
captured by the French, but before their vessel could be
conveyed into port, both vessels were recaptured, and
taken to New York. The deceased and her husband.
then settled down in South Carolina, where they lived
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husband was massacred, she herself was cruelly beaten
until left for dead, and their whole
illesnpsrosterty was confis-
cated. After several months'
conveyed
in
getting on board a British vessel, which° v
back
ito her native country after 20 years' absencey.edUphoenr
in England she was unable to discover any of her
relatives, and was reduced to the lowest depths of
poverty. She then applied to the Government for com-
pensation, but in consequence of her being unable to
sustain her claims, through the absence of the original
deeds, her prayer for redress was not complied with.
Still, however, several of the nobility, from a conviction
of the justice of her demands upon Government, and
sympathising with her fate and that of her husband,
occasionally contributed towards holt wants. At length
she found out some of her relatives, who granted her a
small allowance, which, with what she obtained from
other quarters, enabled her to sustain life, until her body
and mind sank under the pressure of accumulated mis-
fortunes, which terminated in her sudden death on Satur-
day morning, when she was found dead in her room. It
is the intention of deceased's relatives to prosecute her
large claims upon the Government for compensation.
OMNIBUS ROBBERY.—On Monday last a lady, resid-
ing in the Liverpool-road, having received some money
at one of the banks in the neighbourhood of Regent-
street, took an omnibus there, into which she was fol-
lowed by a quiet, respectable, and gentlemanly-look-
ing young man, dressed in a suit of black. During
the journey towards the Angel at Islington several
changes of passengers occurred, which apparently
gave occasion for the gentleman to change his seat,
and finally to place himself at that side of the
lady on which lay her dress pocket containing her
money. On arriving at the end of Baron-street,
the lady alighted ; the gentleman also very politely
assisting her. She proceeded a few yards down Baron-
street, and feeling for her money found it gone. Her
suspicions immediately fell upon the gentlemanly young
man, and, turning her steps, she proceeded down the
New-road towards the Angel, and caught sight of him
just coming out of a passage. She seized him and
charged him with the theft, which he very coolly denied
and threw her off, trying to escape. Fortunately, he
came in contact with a gentleman to whom the lady was
known, and by whose assistance his escape was pre-
vented. A scuffle now took place, when the gentlemanly
thief drew a knife, crying " Life or death ;" but on the
assurance of the lady that if he would give up the money
she would not give him in charge of the police, he threw
the money on the ground and was allowed .to escape,
although by this time nearly 100
persons had collected
on the spot,