The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-14 00:00:00

TI-1144, SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, NOYEMBER 14. 1810.

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RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.

LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
(OFFICIAL AccouNTO
The first of the merchandise trains, which reaches
London about three o'clock, p.m., had arrived 1-'4 miles
on this side of Harrow when one of the waggons broke
down, and five waggons were in consequence thrown
off the rail.

Immediate notice of the occurrence was sent to the
Watford, Harrow, and Camden stations, to prevent the
possibility of any collision with the trains passing along
the line, and accordingly three successive' passenger
trains arrived in London at the appointed times, On
the first intelligence of the occurrence an engine was
dispatched from the Camden station with assistance for
clearing the up-line. The necessary measures were in
progress for this object, and the engine from the Camden
station proceeded to Iharo,,v for further aid ; whilst
there, the second merchandise train, which airiets in
London at about half-past five p.m., made its appear-
ance, drawn by two engines. Tee driver of the lead-
ing engine of the train noticed signal to stop, shut
off his steam, and gave notice tl the driver of the next
engine to do the same, but which, from the concurrent
testimony of the policeman and porter at the Harrow
station, was unfortunately not attended to, although the
policeman ran forward and put up his lamp close to the
engine.
The driver of the engine then waiting at the Harrow
station was in communication with the station clerk,
but the fireman put the engine in movement towards
London as soon as he saw that the train, notwithstand-
ing the signals, was still advancing. He could riot, how-
ever, get sufficiently ahead to prevent the train running
into it, about 50 yards from the spot where it had been
waiting. This engine, and the leading engine of the
train, received very trifling injury from the collision,
but the second engine was thrown off the rail, with
seve:al of the waggons, and the driver (Simpson) was
killed, it is supposed from jumping off, and the fireman
hurt.

The driver of the leading engine escaped without in-
jury, but the fireman was found dead under the waggon
wheels, having, it is beli-thved, also jumped off.
All the necessary precautionary measures havit g
been promptly taken for prevention of accidents, at d
properly attended to by the passenger trains, no oth( r
inconvenience was sustained by them than whet arose
from the delay caused by the impediments on the line.

YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.
(From the York Courant of yesterday.)
Last night great consternation was created in this city
in consequence of an alarming and most dreadful acci-
dent having occurred on the York and North Midland
Railway, by which, it was stated, some lives had been
lust, and many persons seriously injured. We regret
that that report is but too true. It appears that the
passenger train from Leeds stopped near the junction
with the Leeds and Selby Railway, and soon afterwards
a luggage train came up, and the first,train, it seems, not
having been seen by the engineer, a dreadful collision
took place. Two of the carriages were smashed to
pieces, and two or three persons, as far as we are able
to learn, were killed on the spot. Several others were
shockingly mutilated and had their limbs broken, and a
scene of unparalleled confusion took place. Many of
the passengers jumped out of the carriages to escape
instant death.

(FURTHER PARTICULARS.)
Since the above was in type, we have obtained addi-
tional particulars from a gentleman resident in this city,
who was a passenger in one of the trains at the time,
and the correctness of whose information may be fully
relied upon.
The place where this melancholy accident occurred
was the junction of the lines at Milford, and the tame
about seven o'clock in the evening. The manner in
which the accident arose we understand to be as fol-
lows :—A coal train from the pits in the neighbourhood
of Leeds was on the London line, where it remained,
for some reason or other at present unexplained, be-
yond its usual time ; whilst it was in this position a
passenger train proceeding towards Hull came up, and
the engineer not then observing the waiting train, the
locomotive engine was driven with great force against
one of the first-class carriages of the passengers' train.
Ourinformant states that the concussion was so violent,
that the carriage was broken into fragments, and pressed
together " like a sheet of paper." A person on the line
who witnessed the approaching concussion, called out,
and immediately. the engine-driver of the waiting train
and the feeder, observing the imminent danger to which
they were subject, jumped off the tender, and happily
escaped unhurt.
Unfortunately this was not the case with the passen-
gers in the first class carriage. One unfortunate indivi-
dual had his face completely taken off by a portion of the
broken carriage, and immediately expired. An aged lady.
had her hand cut off, and was so much mutilated, that
death almost instantaneously followed the injury. An-
other female was severely maimed, and fears were enter-
tained that one of her legs was broken. Others were
seriously injured, but the nature and extent of their in-
juries we have not yet been able to ascertain.
One of the passengers in a third-class carriage (a
female, belonging to Sherburn), observing the danger
as the coal train approached, leaped out of the vehicle.
She rolled down the embankment, but sustained no in-
jury, although she was necessarily in a state of great
trepidation and alarm. She afterwards walked to Sher-
burn.
The bodies of the deceased were then removed to the
station-house at Milford, and it is probable that the
Coroner's inquest will be held ut the adjoining village
this day.
The fearful nature of the scene may be better ima-
gined than described. The shrieks of the wounded
were truly terrific, and all the passengers were thrown
into such a state of intense alarm, that most of them
were unable to describe the nature of the accident, and
some of them were even unable to state the place to
which they were proceeding.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
(From the Leeds l'intes.)
It is this week our painful duty to record another
frightful and fatal railway accident. The accident took
place on the York and North Midland line of railway,
nearly mid-way betwixt Leeds and York, and about halt
a mile from Monk l‘r ston in one direction, and Milford
in another, at the junction of the York and North Mid-
land, and Leeds and Selby line of railway. The trains
from Hull to Leeds, York to Leeds, and Leeds to
York, all meet at the same hour at this place.
It is only since Monday last that the trains have
been allowed to change their several passengers
here, and there is as yet no station-house what-
ever erected, the only provision for the manage-
ment of the business being three labourers, who
stand beside a watch fire or two. On Wednesday
evening last, the three trains had arrived at this junc-
tion about a quarter to seven o'clock, and the changes
of passengers were taking place. The train from York
to Leeds had just taken in the passengers from Hull
intended for Leeds, and was gently moving down to
make room for the train from Leeds to York to do the
same with the passengers intended for the latter place.
The train from Leeds to York to which the accident
has happened, was standing on the line, waiting for this
to be done, when a luggage train was perceived coming
on the same line at a rapid speed. The engineer of the
train from York to Leeds perceived danger, and did al!
he could by shouts and gestures to warn the engineer of
the Leeds train to move on, but in vain, and perceiving
the collision to be inevitable, he turned off the steam
to stop his own engine, and then made his escape, and
every passenger on the train, alarmed by his manner,
leaped out of the carriages except Mr. Whitehead, tea-
dealer, of Leeds, and a little boy, who remained to per-
ceive the awful result. The luggage train coming at a
rapid speed, ran into the Leeds and York train, which
was standing, and the shock of the collision was so tre-
mendous that the two last carriages of the train (first
and second class) were overturned and crushed, and
shattered almost to pieces. The whole thing was done
in a few seconds. Mr. Whitehead and another per-
son, we believe the engineer, immediately endeavoured
to extricate the passengers. One young man, of th.;
name of Pattison, a master printer, Commercial-
street, Leeds, was first taken up quite dead. The
body was immediately removed to the Blue Bell, at
Monk Fryston. The unfortunate man was only
twenty-two years of age, and has left a widow and one
child. A woman, of the name of Sarah Cousins, about
forty-five years of age, the wife of Mr. Wm. Cousins,
of Hambleton, a few miles from the place where the tic•
cident happened, was taken up with her right arm and
left band cut off ; she was taken to Selby, and died al-
most immediately after she arrived there. A lady of
the name of Atkinson, the wife of a Brazil merchant at
Liverpool, had her thigh broken, and is now lying in a
dangerous state at the Royal Hotel, in Leeds. One
man, whose name we could not hear, was taken up out
of the hedge bottom (the line of railway being on an
embankment above the level of the ground) covered
with blood, hut perfectly insensible to what had taken
place. He stared about, and, asking what was the matter,
said he was going to Selby, and immediately began
running round, his brain being affected by the con-
cussion. Another person was found on his knees,
and held in that position by part of the carriage resting
on his back or neck. He was extricated from his dan-
gerous situation, and though injured, was able to pro-
ceed. It is reported also that a mechanic of the name
rthe men fromwreck theo f theneighbour-
ing
broken
of Appleyard has died since of injuries he received. A
t, the
very great number of persons were injured in a slighter
degree.village
ll uori ryl
ithe
to night,
g removedh
carriages, every particlebeing removed when we arrived
there, except a few splinters, which the men were using
as fuel for the watch fires. The absence of a station-
house, in a place so much thronged as the junction of
these two lines, when three or four trains meet together
at the same time, and the dispatching a luggage
train shortly after a passenger train, must strike
every one as culpable mismanagement. 'The luggage
train was despatched about thirteen minutes after the
passenger train, and as we should suppose there would
be no occasion for it to stop at the junction, its speed
would be undiminished. A signal light was attached
to the back part of the passenger train, and the night
was fine and moonlight. The name of the engineer of

the luggage train is Cuddy Watkins ; he is an aged
man, and has been on the line since its commencement.
It is said that he did what he could to stop his train,
and whistled twice for the guards to put the breakers in.
There is no doubt he was going at a great speed.
An inquest was held before Matthew Pearson, Esq.,
Coroner, at Selby, on view of the body of Mrs.
Cousins, at tsu o'clock on Thursday morning, which
was adjourned to the Blue Bell, at Monk Fryston,
when' the body of the iiiihirlunate wan was lyiugi, at
two o'clock in the afternoon of the sante day. The
father of Mr. Paulson attended with the paiulul objet
of identifying the body, and a person who attends to the
loadening Of the trains at Lced's, was examined to prove
that the signal light was attached to the train. The in-
quest was then adjourned till nine o'clock on Friday
morning, at the same place.

ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
Harrow, Friday night, Eight o'clock.
The lamentable occurrence on the line of the Lon
don and Birmingham Railway, which was announced
in this journal of yesterday, took place on Thursda)
evcninv. near Hamm, has, it is to be regretted, turned
out to be too true, and has involved a sacrifice of human
life. The following, collected on the spot, may be rc-
lied on as accurate, although they are not the (:/fictui
statements of the Company.
This morning, on our informant reaching harrow by
the nine o'clock train, he was allowed by the railroad
Authorities, after making his business known, to go over
the place where the accident on the previous evening
occurred, and from some of the sufferers, and others who
—irnesed the accident, the subjoined particulars were
elicited.

About half-past two on Thursday afternoon, the fast
luggage train, which carries no passengers, with the
exception of the guards and the engineer and stoker,
trrived at the Harrow station, situate about a mile and
A half from the town. It did not step, but continued
at its course towards London, at the rate of about
twenty-five miles per hour. As it passed the station
ill appeared right, but on getting about two miles from
the station, one of the axletrees belonging to one of the
waggons broke, and threw several of them off the line,
he luggage being strewed about in all directions on both
tines of rails.

A short distance from where this occurrence hap-
pened a pilot engine (No. 15) was seen approaching. It
was stopped, and thd down line having been cleared of
the luggage it was despatched to the Harrow station,
the engine driver receiving instructions to stop the three
up passenger trains nearly due—viz., the twelve o'clock.
from Birmingham, the two o'clock, from Aylesbury, and
the half-past one train, from Birmingham, until the down
trains had passed. The engine left for that purpose, and
the down trains passed as usual as well as those coming
up. The five and six o'clock down trains passed inn
mediately after. A number of men were then set to
work in removing the luggage and the broken fragments
of the waggons, whilst the engine above alluded to was
employed in conveying directions to and from the sta-

don. A few minutes after six o'clock, a message was
given to the engine-driver to proceed to the Harrow
,tation and procure some refreshment from Mr. Seals,
the Queen's Arms, near the station, for the men at
work in clearing the line. He did so, and left the en-
gine whilst he went to the tavern in charge of the stoker,
named Pilkington. During the driver's absence Pilk-
ington got off the engine, and whilst engaged in talking
:o a porter belonging to the railway a cry was
raised that the seven o'clock Birmingham lug-
gage train was approaching. It was expected,
As will be seen from the fact, that a policeman had
been sent half a mile down the line to warn the drivers of

the engines, there being two, as the train was a heavy
one ; but from the fog which prevailed at the.time, or
some other cause, no notice appeared to be taken, and
on it came at its usual speed to the station. The stoker
of the Pilot engine, hearing the beating of those. at-
train, set the former moving,
at-
tached
seeinge (l o the
the
a p podra ti ng
danger
rhe jumped off and escaped.
Instantly after the foremost engine of the train
fropped in upon the Pilot with frightful violence, and
drove it under the Harrow-road-bridge before it at a
tremendous rate. The foremost engine of the train was
numbered 1, and the second No. 82. Strange as it may
appear, the foremost engine escaped without injury, but
the latter was thrown off the line, and coming in
violent contact with the pier of the bridge above
alluded to, was dashed completely over on to the ether
side, carrying away several feet of the brickwork, and
dashing several of the carriages to atoms. For so:ne
time, owing to the escape of steam from the engine, the
boiler having been broken in, it was impossible to as-
certain the extent of damage and loss of life sustained,
as the engine and carriages lay all of a heap across the
line. Torches were procured, and, on examination, the
hotly of the driver of No. 89. engine, Simpson, was
found in a frightfully mutilitated condition under the
train. The stoker of engine No. 1 was found embedded
in the earth under the wheels of that engine, and the
stoker of N 0.82 lying in the drain at the termination oft
cutting, apparentlylifeless. He was removed to the Queen's
Arms Tavern, where Mr. Hewett, surgeon, of Harrow,
attended and pronounced such not to be the case, hut
his injuries are so severe as to preclude his recovery.
The driver of the engine No. 1, who escaped, states he
received no signal of danger until within a short distance
of the station, when he saw the red light. He was
then close upon the Pilot engine, but did nOt observe it.

He, however, shut his steam off and reversed his engine,
but finding the driver of No. 82 did not do the same,
he thought it expedient to jump ofi;, thinking a collision
inevitable, and had scarcely done so when it took place.
His stoker also put on the brake, and must have perished
whilst doing so.
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The line presented a most dilapidated appearance,
the rails were torn up in some parts, and it was ren-
dered impassable for several hours, which impeded the
progress of five trains. 'That due at eight o'clock on
h
Thursday evening, did not reach Euston-grove until
alf-past one yesterday morning, and the others fol-
lowed in such succession as precaution demanded.
Yesterday afternoon, at about half-pastL,four, a spe-
cial train arrived at Harrow, containing several (,f.
the Directors and Sir Frederick Smith, the engi-
neer appointed by Government to inspect railways,
in order to investigate the matter ; when the above
statements were made in the presence of our reporter.
Sir F. Smith made a minute inspection of the engine
and lino at the spot where the collision took place, and
shortly after Mr. \Vakley, the Coroner, who had been
holding an inqu, st at Harrow, also inspected the spot
where the catastrophe took place. During the confu-
sion of shifting the carriages from line to line we regret
to state that one of the porters was also seriously in-
jured
The bodies of the two deceased men, who are natives
of Worcester, lie at the Queen's Head, to await a Coro-
ner's Inquest. The destruction of property is estimated
at several thousand pounds.
The Railway Times states that Lieutenant. Colonel
Sir Frederick Smith, the Government Commissioner
appointed to inquire into the causes of the late acci-
dents on the Hull and Selby, North Midland, and ether
railways, is at present engaged in investigating the cir-
cumstances connected with this occurrence on the Bir-
mingham

Mr. \\.tikley, Coroner for the Western Division of
the county of Middlesex, has appointed the inquest to
be held on the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers at
Harrow• on Monday morning next, at ten o'clock.

ANOTHER RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Thursday
morning another railway accident occurred near the
arm
amputate are
"'them. His head
Ulverskelf Station, on the York
.and North Midland
The guard who accompanied the eleven o'clock
gltiitolt hopes are entertained of hii
trainLine' from Leeds, in passing from one trsueevkerteolyanbortohkeer:
from a slip of the foot fell off upon the line of rai!s,
and the waggon passed over blrn. H. e was taken to
the Infirmary at York, where he now lies in a hopeless
as:saa
stt
toe make
l ms
oal-kicieus
ti leg.t
necessary
evcaeenrsdys
arsri)igi
recovery. This accident happened about seven and a
half miles from York.

At
_the Broomgrove station,
blew
'Seaife, one of the dri-
vers. ACCIDENT.—Two i
died this morning ( Wednesda)
-"IVES LOST.
—Yesterday evening, at ten minutes before six, loco
motive engine, at the ' Vauxhall
station, Grand Junction Railway, as Dr. Church's erio-in
on the incline were seri-
vers. was struck dead on the spot. The foreman of loco-
bwl ledwl e
uspt awn di
tihni ga
terrificovoenr explosion.caenbaseh.
from the effect of the scalds he received at the time of rye
accident. He has left a wife and three children. The
several others were •
scalded, and
.t also slightly hurt.
motives, J. Rutherford,
ously
As neither Dr. Church nor
.ia been
s present proprietor have as
yet come to this station,l
:it therefore
considered proper not to
examine the engine, stoker and one of the
and _
.re ore no cause for the acci-
dent can be stated with sufficient accuracy. This engine
was not employed onthe line for 1
the purpose of running
trains, but had been permitted to conic on trial, having
been slightly altered since4,ts p!•evious trials on other lines.
—Worcester Journal.
after
inquest on the bodies com-
menced on Thursday,. and
locklast a leg ,on
inquiry was
adjourned till seven oc evening. NYe shall give
verd. • '
the particulars when the, verdict is returned,
DAY —l'
LOR» MAYOR s • hough all the pre-
parations were arranged
beer' the most costly scale, the
affair of Monday has
thprotiounced by experienced
cockneys, (notwithstanding . e contrary assertions of some
of the morning papers), to have been a miserable set-out.
With the exception of the enthusiasm to hiss the late Lord
Mayor and one or two others, who have been stigmatised
as hiving acted shabbily by Mr. Alderman Harmer, no
public feeling could be said to have been Expressed ; and
the " men in armour" were quietly stared at foi a moment
or two, and then sulkily_ turned from. Thousands of
Cleave's Gazettes were sold, containing a large caricature
of the new Lord Mayor, seated in a pickle jar (his Lord-
ship is an oilman), in company with the iron Duke and
the Bishop of Exeter, drawn by asses, representing the
and driven by Jim
independent livery,Crow Barnes,
while Mr. Stockdale, the moralist, is clearing the way.
and Mother Church, as a prominent spectator, is cheering
on the procession with the waving of a torch. Strange to
say, the recent election, though more hotly contested than
any previous City Election since the .‘ Wilkes" excite-
ment, produced noire,/ in the shapes of caricatures, except
the two published in Cleave's Gazette, and these, conse-
quently, had a considerable sale.—Correspondent of the
Northern Star.ae -
kl.pl it
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nrnwn

NEWPORT-ISLE OF WIGHT.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
Nov. 13.—PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—The roof of
the enurch erecting at Barton's village (on the Whip-
pingham side of this town) fell in with a tremendous
crash yesterday afternoon. Two carpenters were on
the ridge, and two bricklayers under the roof; when it
fell, but neither received very serious injuries ; one was
a good deal bruised in the back, thy: others arc able to
go to their work this morning. Their escape was most
miraculous. It is supposed that the weight of the
roof and slating was too great for the new stone piers,
on which the arches were turned to carry the walls of

the centre roof ; it was originally intended these piers
should have been of brick, then of large stone, but they
Awe built of small, and too great weight placed on

them before the mortar was well set.
RADE.—Io the tremendous gale last night a timber
barge made a clear breach in, and passed through,
11> ale Pier : several large wherries were sunk.
A large ship is reported to have dragged her anchors
in S. Helen's Roads, and drifted on shore.

CONWES.—The gale rages with great violence, but

the fleet rides well. There was such a heavy fall of
rain in the night that many of the houses in the lower
part of the High-street had three feet water in them,
the tide being out the inundation was not general, but
at high water this day nearly the whole of the street
was flooded, and boats passed through ; the tide was
higher, and continued up longer than before remem-
bered ; it came into the street soon after 11 o'clock,
and continued rising till nearly two, even at three it ebbed
but a trifle, and now (at four) the inhabitants are still
prisoners. The thermometer, which yesterday was
2913, receded to 28.08,

ANTI-CORN-LAW LECTURE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sta,—l hope that you, will permit me to trouble you
with a continuance of my communication of yesterday.
Last evening the lecture-room was open early, and
►bout two or three hundred persons obtained admission
before the police arrived. When they did they presented
a barrier of musket muzzles to those that came to be
present at the lecture ; and shortly after its commence-
ment the Mayor, Vereker Loyd, Esq., and Thomas P.
Vokes, Esq., entered, accompanied by the patriot
Thomas Steele, Esq., who immediately commenced ad-
dressing the people, and by many insinuations against
the probable object I had in view, and by calling on
those that believed either him or Mr. O'Connell friends
of th6ir country, to leave the room, and not to listen fo
me. Backed by the use- of Mr. Vokes's shillala, and
the exertions of the Mayor and constables, the room
was cleared, but not before my note-book was taken
from the stand before me, in the presence of the Ma-
gistrates. That, of course, was no business of theirs.
What misrepresentations were used to induce a person
of Mr. Steele's known honesty to interfere and ally him-
self with the bread-taxers I know not, but am deter-
mined to use every fair and just means to dissolve this
unholy alliance of the wolf and the watch-dog, for the
purpose of continuing the starvation laws, and branding
with infamy any person labouring to place the question
in a proper position before the public. That Mr. Steele
would use Mr. O'Concell's name without his authority,
or that he would give such authority, I confess equally
puzzles me ; butll hope, Sir, for your kind co-operation,
o place the matter before the public,
I remain, Sir, your's respectfully,
JOHN MURRAY,
Anti-Corn-law Lecturer.

Limerick, Nov. 11,

THE MARKt3TS-(THIS DAY.)

NENVGATE ANDLEADENHALL.
There was a good demand for all descriptions of Meat ;
the supplies not so large as of late, and the prices were
firmly supported. Beef 2s. Bd. to 4s. 2d. Mutton 24. 4d.
to 44. 2d.:; Veal 3s. 61 to 45.. Bd. ; and Pork 3s. 6d. to
4s. 10d per stone of Blb. There was an abundant supply
of Poultry and Game; trade' inactive, and prices rather
lower. Eggs dull of sale at previous rates.
WHITECHAPEL MEAT MARKET.
A ready sale at a little advance in price. The supply
moderate, and the market cleared at an early hour. Mut-
ton 3s. to 3s. 10d. ; Beef 3s. to 3s. Bd.; Pork, 4s. to 55.;
and Veal, 4s. to 4s. 10d.
TEA. MARKET.

There was little business done in Free Trade, but prices
were firm. The speculative market was dull. Company's
Congou at 2s 4d., cash.
FRUIT MARKET.

The demand was dull, and prices had a downward ten-
dency, the supplies being extensive of both Currants and
Raisins.

TALLOW MARKET.

There was a f;h7demancl.to•day for Russian, both on the
spot and to arrive, and prices were firmer, P. Y. Candle
selling at 48s. to 48s. 6d. per cwt.
HAY MARKET.

The supply has been but moderate during the week, and
the demand good; and prices firm. Clover, 31. 103. to
5/. 123. Meadow, 3/. to 4/. 103. Straw, I/. 38. to 11. 109.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DIY.

LONDON, Nov. 14 —lt commenced blowing a heavy
gale yeiterday at about 4 P. NI., with tremendous squalls
and much rain, and increased in violence and cont►nued
throughout the night and part of this morning. Wind
this day at noon—Fresh breezes from W. to S. W.,
with fine clear weather. •

GRAVESEND, Nov. 13.—1 t has blown a severe gale
to-day.

11
Nov. 13.—The following vessels have put
in here with loss of anchors and chains, viz.—Mary Ann,
Atherton; Haide, Bashustow ; Fame, Walker; Rover,
Frank; and Three Sisters, Gumming; Progress, Butcher,
ditto, and received considerable damage in the harinur ;
Alcyon, Bergman, with cutnater damaged, &c.
SOUTIIWOLD, Nov. 13.—The Ant, Mariot, from Mal_
don to Wakefield, was totally wrecked near here, during a
heavy gale this morning ; crew saved. A loaded brig,
apparently a collier, came on shore this morning. Part of
the crew, in attempting to gain the beach, were drowned,
and the remainder are still (4 P. M. ) in the rigging. A
log-book, dated 1836, Request, Kell, master, ; an oar,
marked G. Stratton, and a beer cask, marked F. Garth,
have washed on shore. Four Dutch fishing schuyts arc on
shore at Cantithe.

HARV tel!, NOV. 1:1.—It blew a heavy gale this morn-
ing from S. W. to S. E., and continues, with every apr
pcarance of a bad night. Several vessels are reported to
be on shore on the Gunfleet Sand, and it is feared none of
the crews have been saved.

LOWLSTOFVE, Nov. 13.—The wind this morning sud•
denly altered from NV, to S. E., and blew a complete
hurricane. At daylight several vessels were dis-
covered with sails blown away from the gaskets. One
1 irge vessel has sunk on Barnard Sand. The Six 13ro-
tilers, Beazley, timbr laden, and the Lincoln, Sand, laden
with barley, were driven on shore at low water, and filled ;
• crew saved.

YARMOUTH, Nov. 13.—1 t blew a gale this morning at
S. E., and is now blowing hard at S. W.—The Hunter,
Broadbelt, from Newcastle to London, has been run on
the beach in a sinking state; crew saved. The Mary,
Scott, from Shields to London, is sunk in the roads ;
crew saved. The Jane Wilson, Henderson, of Newcastle,

lobt both anchors in the Roads this morning, and ran to the
north ward.

PonTsmouTtl, Nov. 13.--It blew a heavy gale last
night from S.S.E., and increased to a hurricane this
morning, and has continued all day with tremendous
squalls. 7P. M.—The gale continues, without any abate-
ment, at S. S. W. The Natchez, Snow, from London to

Savannah, drove from St. Helen's, and got on shore near
Nettlestone, but came off on the flood, and is now riding
with two anchors down. A brig is reported on shore at
Hill-head. Several vessels have arrived at the Mother-
bank during the day.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 13.--It has blown a tremendou3 gale
since two this morning, and Continues.
ALDBOROUGH, Nov. 13.—The Johanna Maria, Leips,
from London to Negcsack, is on shore off Orfordness. A
large brig, with loss of mainmast, has passed the bay in
distress. _

HULL, Nov. 13.—1 t blew very hard this morning at
sea about three o'clock, and continued till ten, when it
veered to the southward, and moderated. The Meteor,
from Quebec, was driven on shore near the Limekiln
Creek, and will discharge part of her cargo to get off.
NEWHAVIIN, Nov. 13.—1 t is blJwing a tremendous gale

from S. S. E. to S. S. W.
MuNnEsLEv, Nov. 13.—The Champion, Cubben, from
St. John's, New Brunswick, to Hull, was driven on shore
on Haisborough Sand last night, during a gale at S. E.
Crew and passengers saved.
SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. l3.—The Nimrod, Martell, bound
to Shoreham, drove on shore during a heavy gale to-dav,
and received considerable damage, and has discharged.
The Ajax has receivetidmarre.
DEAL, Nov. 13.—1 t has blown a gale throughout the
day from S. W. to S. S. W., with heavy squalls, and con-
tinues. Several vessels have parted their anchors and run
for Ramsgate or Margate Roads. 720 r. M.—Still blow-
ing very hard, with every appearance of a stormy night.
BRIsTOL, Nov. 13, 6 P. is blowing a heavy
gale from S. to S. W.—The Hope, Tucker, bound to
Cork, is on shore in the river, near the Powder House.
SEI.I3Y, Nov. 9.—The Jane, Jones, arrived here on the
3d instant, from Bangor, with loss of bowsprit, bows
stove, &c., having been in contact with a steamer off
St. Ives.
FALmouTit, Nov. 12.—Wind, W. S. W. to S. S. F.,
fresh gales and squally.—Off port, the Fares, Helleur,
from Rio Janeiro.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 13.—Wind, E. S. E., fresh breeze.
—.Off port, the Nith, from Miramichi. Sailed the Para-
gon, Coleman, for Calcutta; Hero of Malown, Ingleby,
Bombay ; Congress, Adams, Havannah.
SwANsEA, Nov. 12.—Arrived the Stephen Wright,
English, from Quebec, with loss of foremast, main-top-
mast, boats, &c.
CORK, Nov 11.—Off port, the Britannia, Burridge,
from the Cape of Good Hope.
TYNEMOUTH, Nov. 12.—Off port, Skipton, Quebec.
YouonAL, Nov. 9.—Arrived the Champlain, Dunn,
from Quebec.

IRISH MANUFACTURE.—WC congratulate our
readers, we congratulate Ireland, on the astonishing pro-
gress which, in little more than one short month, the use
and adoption of Irish manufacture has made. All classes
have joined in this simple but powerful remedy for a con-
siderable part of the grievances of Ireland. The Catho-
lic priest, the Protestant churchwarden and manufacturer,
the Quaker manufacturer—all have joined at last in one
great absorbing question. It is a glorious confederation ;
and we hail its commencement with more delight than we
know how to express.—Pilot.

FRANCE.

CIRCULAR ADDRESSED TO THE FRENCH DI-
PLOMATIC AGENTS AT FOREIGN COURTS
BY M GUIZOT, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN

AFFAIRS.

After a short pr, am'de, stating under what circum-
stances the Crown lad called upon him to take the di-
rection of the exteinal relations of the country, M.
Guizot then resumes the leading principles of the policy
adopted as relates more especially to the Eastern
Question.

The policy of the King's Government with respect
to the East, as everywhere else, had for its object the
preservation of peace. Peace is in its eyes the surest,
and perhaps the only, guarantee for the independence
and integrity of the Ottoman empire.
It was under this conviction that the King's Govern-
ment repelled the employment of coercive measures and
foreign assistance to regulate the division of territorial
possessions between the Sultan and the Pacha of
Egypt : those means appeared even contrary to the
object proposed, and more calculated to shake the
foundation of the Ottoman Empire,. and to trouble the
ocace of Europe, than to strengthen those objects. It
considered that a pacific compromise, which would con-
trol the pretensions of the different parties, would alone
be alvantageous to the superior Powers of Europe, as
well as to those of the East, and that the influence of
the European Powers exercised with this view, ought,
sooner or later,with equity and perseverance, to succeed.
The King's Government was consequently justified
in keeping aloof from the convention, which was
signed on the 15th of July, which might, for the pur-
pose of arranging a minor affair, give rise to the most
serious events in the East. It considered at the same

time, as a vigilant guardian of the dignity and interests of
France, that it ought to place the nation in a position
to maintain its rank, and to encounter the chances which

it foresaw and declared. Such have been the senti-
ments of the King's Government in the position which
it has taken. It does not disguise from itself the con-
sequences of the isolated position in which it finds itself,
and which causes serious inconvenience likewise to all
Europe, because every enterprise of a European
character is exposed to the chance of remaining im-
perfect without the concurrence of France. But if, on
the one hand, there exists no doubt of the honour of
the contracting parties to the Treaty of the 15th of
July, on the other hand, the King's Government could
not sacrifice that independent policy which is suited to
the French nation, and it confidently expects that,
seconded by the wisdom and firmness of the nation, the
King's Government will maintain peace, and be ready
for every contingency.
I invite you, Sir, to regulate your language and de-
meanour in conformity with the views of the King's
Government. Make those views be understood on
every occasion which may present itself. A policy so
consistent with the interests of European order must
gain ground according as circumstances shall bring it
forward. The King's Government will know how to
wait for those circumstances. GUIZOT.