The Sun.
London, England, 1821-08-17 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIG ENCE.

WORCESTER RACES, FIRST DAY, AuG. 14.
A Sweepstakes of logs each, for all ages. Two miles. (16 Sub.)
Mr. E. L. Charlton's Master Harry, 6 yrs old, 9st. . 1
Lord Stamford's b. c. Quicksilver, 4 yrs old, 7st. 121 b. . 2
Lord Warwick's b. m. Selima, by Sclim, 4 yrs old, 7st. 91b. 3
Lord Plymouth's b. h. Duplicate, aged, 9st. 21b. . . 4
Mr. E. Foley's bl. c. Gleaner, 3 yrs old, fist. 81b. . . 5
The City Members' Plate of 501. each, added to a Swoepstakes
of sgs each. Two mile heats.
Sir W. W. Wvnn's b. c. Thirsts, 4 yrs old, 7st. 121 b. 1 1
Mr. West's b. h. Fitzorville, aged, 9st. 21b. . . 2 2
Mr. Swindill's br. h. Saucebox' 5 yrs old, Bst. 71b. . 3dr
Lord Warwick's b. li. Roman, 6 yrs old, 9st . . 4dr
This race afforded the greatest sport, being well contested:
The Course was well attended by the neighbouring Nobility
and Gentry.

CICICKET.—The Grand. Cricket Match in Lord's Ground,
between Eleven Gentlemen of the Clapham Club, and the
Royal Artillery Club, Woolwich, was decided on Wednesday,
in favour of the Clapham Club:

WOOLWICif.

CLAPIZA.H.

Ist Inns 99 1 Ist Inns ll6
2d Ditto 132 2d Ditto ll6

231
Clapham won

y four wickets.

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Yesterday even-
ing, the Lady AGNES PERCY, a sister of the
Duke Of NORTHUMBERLAND, was led to the lly-
meneal Altar by Mr. BULLER, a descendant of
Judge BULLER. The ceremony was performed,
by special licence, at his Grace's mansion, in St.
James's-square, by the very Rev. the Dean. of
CANTERBURY. After the ceremony an entertain-
ment was given,and soon after, the happy couple
set off for Sion House, to pass the honey moon.
DREADFUL ACClDENT.—Yesterday, whilst a
young man named RICHARD MANNING, was em-
ployed in the repairs of a house in South Audley-
street, the scaffolding on which lie stood un-
fortunately gave way, and he was precip6
tated head foremost to the ground with great
violence. Some persons, who were passing by at
the time, picked the man up in a state of insen-
sibility, and carried him to the IVl.iddlesex Hos-
pital, where he died immediately after his ar-
rival.

EARL Mi-OL.A. PACKET.

FARTHER. PARTICULARS.
(From the LivEnroor. COURIER, August 15.)

Seldom have we had to discharge a duty so
painful and melancholy as that which has this
week devolved on ts. The loss of the Earl
Moira, Dublin packet, is a catastrophe more ter-
rible and agonizing than any which has happened
on the adjacent coast for many years. By this
dreadful occurrence, a multitude of human beings
were, in one rnornie* pf horror, suddenly and
unexpectedly swept into eternity. Hoary age,
robust manhood, feminine softness, and helpless
infancy were promiscuously swallowed up by the
remorseless waves, before the eyes of agoniz4d
relatives and spectators, unable to save them
from inevitable death, being themselves in mo-
mentary expectation; of sharing the like awful
fate. Such a scene of horror must have appalled
the stoutest heart.
The Earl Moira, Captain EnwAnn OwENs,
sailed from the Manchester Dock, at half-past
six o'clock on Wednesday last, crowded with
passengers, the precise number of .Avhom cannot
now he ascertained. The cabin passengers are
supposed to have amounted to:31. Those who were
in the steerage amounted, it is conjectured, to
double or treble that number ; though, from the
not unusual circumstance oranany of Them jumpinc,
on board as the pact: are leaving the Pierhead,e
without paying the', passage money at the office,
the exact number will never be ascertained.—
The crew consisted ,af the-Mate andlik—Seitneti.'
The captain, when he,came on board, is stated,
by many of the passengers, to have been so in-
toxicated, as to be rendeied incapable of con-
ducting the vessel. The owner of the packet
states, on the contrary, that at six o'clock in the
evening, when he communicated to him the orders
to sail for Dublin, he, was, in his judgment, per-
fectly sober. He held a considerable conversa-
tion with him on matters of business, and he never
heard any man spec anore clearly or intelligibly
in his life. Indeed, so complete was his own
confidence both.in the safety of the packet and
the skill of the captain, that the late lamented
death of his respected relative, Captain Phibbs
at Dublin, the news OF which reached him just
before the packet sailed, had already determined
him to proceed in her on this occasion, and he
was only prevented from doing so by the after
reflection, that his presence in Liverpool would
be more immediately useful to the disconsolate

family. In corroboration of Mr. D'Aguilar's
opinion of the captainll apparent sobriety, Nye
can state, on the authority of a gentleman who
observed him while navigating the vessel a short
way down the river, that, so far as he could judge,
the captain, if intoxicated, was not so much in-

toxicated as to attract his notice. But the same
gentleman informs use,, ..that when, about
.three
hours afterwards, aftec the packet struck the
first time on the bank, the intoxication of the un-

fortunate commander became quite' perceptible.
It is a fact, however, -Omitted by one of the
crew when examined bef'e the coroner, that the
captain was not quite vober when the packet
sailed from the Pierhead ; but he gave his orders
to the, men as usual.
The aspect of the weather, though. rather
gloomy, was not particularly threatening at the
time the. packet left the. Pier-head. The wind
blew fresh from the W. N. W., and, had no
accident occurred, the vessel would, it was ex-
pected, have reached Holyhead by (lay-light next
morning. When in the river, the captain .left the
helm, and one of the seamen took it ; and when
off the Magazines, a short distance from the
Rock, all sail was set. The pleasing manner in
which the Earl Moira, in company with the
Newry packet, which sailed at the same time,
turned the Hock-perch, was noticed by several
gentlemen at Bootle.. But the ill-fated vessel
soon experienced a reverse; and. the first of that
series of accidents took place which ended in her
wreck and in an incalculable sacrifice of human
life. At eight o'clock a second seaman relieved
the helmsman. The wind was then • blowing
rather stronger from the west than before. Be-
tween nine and ten o'clock, when the vessel was op-
posite to Wallasey,. on The West. Wharf Bank,
in attempting to tack, she missed stays, and struck
upon the bank. The shock alarmed the pas-
sengers considerably, and those who were below
flocked up on deck. Repeated calls were now
made for the captain, but he paid no attention
to them. The passengers then called upon the
sailors to do their duty, and for some expe-
rienced person to take. the command of the ves-
sel; but they seemed unwilling to. act without
orders. At length the captain made his appear-
, ante. ; but so intoxicated, as to stumble in coming
out of the cabin, and fall on his face on the deck.
The boat was then lowered, and the kedge
anchor carried to leeward ; but, in throwing it
out, it was unfOrtunately lost, and the boat stove.
After beating on the bank a short time, the ves-
sel was, after much exertion, got off. The wea.,
ther a-head now began to assume a threatening
aspect, and some of the passengers requested the
captain to bear away for Liverpool. He re-
fused, and they threatened to tie him to the
mast, and put the command in other hands.
The vessel now began to be in a perilous situa-
tionwas
: the tide was ebbing fast, and she. in
hands that were incompetent to extricate her
from the surrounding danger. About ten
o'clock, she a second time missed stays, and
again grounded on the bank. The alarm
and confusion among -the passengers increased
with this renewed disaster. The foresail was
lowered, but •.the jib and mainsail were
kept up, in the hope of getting the vessel off.
This, however, was now impossible, and orders
were given to make every thing snug until morn-
ing. The passengers were not free from appre-
hension ; but they were assured by the crew,
that there was no danger, as the vessel would lie
safe till the return of the tide, and would then
be got off without damage. These assurances
somewhat allayed their alarm. Most of them re-
tired to their births, leaving the deck to the crew .
who were to attend to the management of the
vessel during the nigllL • Some, however, conti-
nued on deck, anxiously awaiting the return of
the dawn. In order, however, to attract atten-
tion, in case of danger, the captain, who at this

' time was almost- insensible, was requested' to
hoist a signal of distress ; but neither he nor any
of the crew offering to hoist one, a passenger ob-
tained a lantern,' which he hoisted half-mast.
About midnight, when the signal of distress
was hoisted, the passengers, although not with-
out some apprehension, had no suspicion of their
lives being in jeopardy. ' A boat w- •a 3, about the
same hour, observed at anchor to windward, and
its proximity tended considerably to tranquillize
the minds of the people who remained on deck.
It was then ebb tide but at no time was the
vessel dry, there being, even When it was at the
lowest, two or three feet water on•the bank. But
the process of destruction commenced with the
returning tide. As the flood set in, the vessel
was occasionally lifted, and, striking with vio-
lence against the bank, produced the leak which
occasioned the dreadful catastrophe that fol-
, lowed. The mainsail, kept on her for the pur-
pose of running her off- the bank when the tide
should rise; had only the effect of sinking her
deeper in the sand, and rendering her situation
more hopeless.
As the tide rose, the passengers discovered
the imminence of their danger. Soon after
fotir o'clock, piercing and repeated screams
from the hold spread dismay throughout the mul-
titude on board. It was now discovered, that the
vessel had sprung a leak, and that the water was
milting_ in with impetuosity. The crew had
never, during the night, taken the precaution
of sounding the . pumps, alleging, when asked
•-w hy they had- not- •dvne so,- that. they•.bad. tto.
orders • ta. sound them. The terror now in-
creased. The Water rushing into •the cal:in and
steerage, forced the passengers on deck. The
luggage was also brought , up,, and piled on
the deck and in the boat which had been
bilged the preceding night. One pump was
employed ; 'but, • notwithstanding the utmost
exertion of the passengers and crew the wa-
ter gained upon them. In the hold were two
fine horses bekinging to the EarlofPortarlington :
they were brought upon deck, the captain, it was
observed, being particularly active in getting
them up. By Otis time the Vessel began to fall
on her broadside, and the exertions which these
dumb animals made to support themselves on an
inclined plane were such as to arrest the atten-
tion of persons who were trembling for their own
lives. It was now determined to• throw these
poor animals overboard. One of the grooms
who had the care of them was anxious to try to
reach the shore on the back of one of the horses.

lie stripped himself for the purpose, but was per-
suaded to desist. They were• then thrown over-
board. One swam to windward, and was drown
.ed : the other made for the land, which it reach-
ed in safety, and was taken by persons on shore
to Mrs. Dean's, at Wallasey.
Before this time, and when the water first made its appear-
ance in the hold, repeated signals were made to the boat, men-
tioned above, to come to the assistance of the people on board
the packet. Handkerchiefs and hats were waved ; but the men
in the boat seemed to take no notice of them. One of the pas-
sengers, a soldier, then fired his musket three times, having but
three cartridges: still the boatmen seemed to pay no attention
to these reiterated signals of distress. At length they approach.
ed the wreck. The boat, it appears, belongs to Mr. Archibald
,ral 111'lloul, of this. port, and was bound to Chester river with
-

1: -rings. Two men, named Andrew Fietson and Hugh Wil-
liams, were in it. In their depositions on oath before the coro-
ner, they state that, between eleven and twelve o'clock, tlicy
got abreast of the packet, and, on seeing the • light which was
hoisted half-mast, they came to an anchor to windward, in order
to save the people in the morning.• At daybreak they obServed
repeated signals made from the packet ; but, at that time,
there was not sufficient water to run alongside. They also
heard the report of a musket fired three times ; and, about half
an hour afterwards, there being then-sufficient water to cross
the bank, they hove the anchor, and attempted to pull alongside
the vessel.. They, however, missed, by about half an arm's
length, a rope which was attached to the bowsprit. ,They then
hove out the boat's grappling, in order to bring tier up ;. but,
in the mean time, she drifted a short cable's length trom'the
wreck. They next hailed the people on board to throW out a
buoy.' A. line was accordingly made fast to a cork fender, which
was thrown out; .but the rope was so heavy as to prevent the
fender floating towards them. They then called out for a fender
with a lighter rope, which was not attended to by the people on
the wrack. The sea now began to break over the boat so tre-
mendously, that they 'were under the necessity, for their •own
preservation, of getting under weigh.
,They
.bore away for
Liverpool. . Immediately on their arrival, they gave information
at the office of the packet being aground, in order that a boat
might be sent out, and were told that Daney's boat had already
gone. Such is the exculpatory statement of these boatmen.
Just as these men were about to quit the wreck; No. 11
Pilot-boat hove in sight, and revived the drooping spirits of the
multitude on it. This boat was returning to Liverpool, having
boarded all her licensed pileits, and had on board only two ap-
prentices and two strange boys. About half-past' five o'clock
they passed the wreck, and saw the signal at half-mast; but,
not having sufficient hands on board the boat, and a heavy sea
running, they could not render that assistance to the sufferers
which their humanity prompted them to afford. They observed
the boat, mentioned above, about half a cable's length from the
Wreck. The apprentices on board the Pilot boat, under such
circumstances, deemed it best to proceed directly for Liverpool,
and give information of the disaster. This, was done, and she
immediately returned to the wreck, in time to rescue the. three
last survivors. The persons on board No. 11 are of opinion,
that, from the Jjeavy sea that was running, it would have been
dangerous 'or the small boat with the two men to board the
wreck, or to attempt to rescue the people.
As these boats quitted thein without rendering any assistance,
the hearts of all on board sunk within them. Death in his
most frightful form, stared every one in the face. Every billow
swept souse poor soul into the abyss, and the survivors expected,
every moment to share the same fate. But, even in this.despe_
rate situation, rays of hope oceasionally darted across their minds,
as they saw vessel After vessel approach them. But none of
these vessels offered the slightest assistance as they passed by,
and the miserable survivors were again and again sunk in the
depths of despair.

Soon after the Pilot-boat was out of sight, a passenger re-
solved to attempt to reach the land by means of A trunk. He
placed it under his arm, and boldly plunged into the sea.—
Another trunk just at that moment floated near to him, which
he dexterously seized, and placed under the other arm. In
this manner, he was seen floating towards
.the shore, but whe-
titer he was so fortunate as to reach it alive we have not been
able to ascertain.

•
Before six, the water in the hold was level with the hatch-
ways. Despair was now at its height. The violence of :the
waves increased, making dreadful breaches over the vessel.—
Two passengers, a gentleman and his wife, had got into the boat
on the deck, a tremendous wave washed it overboard, preci-
pitating them into the sea. Fortunately both of them regained
the vessel; after narrowly escaping death in the yawning gillph.
Soon after six, the vessel was thrown on her broadside, and part
of the mast and the weather gunnel were only to be seen. ' The
mast and the shrouds were covered with people. Those on the
lower part of the mast were up to the middle in water, and kept
themselves from being washed away by holding on the shrouds.
Others held on by ropes fastened to the gunnel. The fore part of
t4e'vssel was crowded with a vast number of poor menovomen,
aid children, who were particularly exposed to the violence of
the waves. One female importuned the assistance of those on the
rigging but, on a rope being extended to her, she was too much
exhaustedto keep hold, and sunk. There were about ten men
clinging to one rope, and a woman holding her husband in her
arms. A• tremendous wave swept all away hut three. At
another rope were two men, brothers: one had hold of it, and
his brother clung to him ; but, after supporting himself for some
time in this manner, he sunk, exhausted, into the sea. At the
stern of the vessel were an elderly lady and another, apparently
her daughter ; they held on for some time by a rope, their heads
being lacerated by the waves knocking them against the gunnel:
They both perished. In the same part of the vessel were three
soldiers, having a deserter in charge. They loosened his hand-
cuffs, and remained by him as long as possible. A sea struck
them, and carried off the deserter, who sunk immediately. One
of the sollizrs (the same who had fired the musket) was mined

ender the hoOm, and clung to one of the stays. As the sea
tiftiel dal vessel, he rose above water several times, but at
Iweorilen:tiitit:
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oott:
thrneervcesy'seyli,ewldhedomtoahmisanfatein. theA
rigging was particularly anxious to save. A. rope. *as thrown
to her, which she laid !sold of and was dragged through the se
' to the mast, and was handed by the passengers on it to her re-
lative. She was one who was talsen off by the life-boat. Another
wonsaa was washed away frOm• the gunnel andfloated towards
the mist. • A gentleman, Who stood on the loWee era rt of it, u•is
to his middle in water, aid holding on the shrOnets above wits
one hand, grasped her by the hair of the head, and in t'eat ea-
sition Biestained her, for some minuteS. A spar saori'floeted near
him. - He pressed it • down With' one foot, and plated it under
the back of the unfortunate woman. This enabled him to sup-
poet her a few minutes longer; but, being himself exhausted,
and having only one hand at libertyehe was reluetarstly eastrip-J-
-led to abandon her to her fate. But the most heart-rending of
all the melancholy spectacles witnessed during , this scene of
horror remains to be told. A poor woman, named Catheei7.le
Grace, wife of John Giace, of Manchester, was in -the fore liazt
of the vessel. With one arm she held her two children, one
between two ande three .years old, the other an infaet at the
breaat ; and with the other hand she held on by a rope. She Was
up to the middle in the- sea, the infant sucking- at her breast,
and its extremities floating- in the water. The eldest child was
drowned-in her arm ; but she eontieued,to hold its corpse. 'Tee
infant also was soon drowned ; but the unfortunate mother still
clung, with maternal grasp, to the lifeless bodies-of her children.
Shortlseafterwards, -a tremendous wave washed. the mother amt
the babes from this scene of misery and death. ''
The sea, fOr a considerable space between the vessel aril the
land, was covered with trunks, and spars, and dead bodies. The
men uniformly sunk and disappeared; but the females floated
about, with their heads beneath the water. The survivors on
the wreck had been so long tantalized with hopes of deliverance
from impending death, that they began to despair. A eareleas-
fleas of Life ensued r. and one of them informs us, so callous had
he become, that the frequent striking of the floating corpses
against him hied ceased to produce any emotion.. '
But effectual relief was now at hand. Between 7and 3 o'clock,
the cry of " A boat ! a boat !" revived the drooping- spirits
• of the survivorse This proved to be the Hoylake lifeboat.—
The crew appioached within a few yards of the mast, and threw
a rope into the rigging, which was eagerly laid held of. Above
thirty individuals soon dropked into the boat, and several pe-
. :Tailed in "endeiiitii ring to gattl it.' .. One igen tlem an , (the f.;3111'.!
who had supported the-unfortunate female), seeing no chance
of beieg „taken- off. by the boat, boldly,- although he had on
a great coat and top boots, plunged into the water, and swain
the length of - the mast- towards - the '- boat. Ile reached it,
but so much exhausted, that he was unable to catch hold,
until a friendly wave raised him up, and he was then drawn
into the boat, in a state of insensibility. As soon as the Ceptai.n
of the lifeboat had taken- off 36 persons; as many as the boat
could with safety contain, he requested those. who held the rope
in the rigging to let it go ; but, despairing of further relief, they
resolutely clung to it, and the Captain was ultimately obliged to
cut it. The boat then made towards the land ; but the Captain
deeming it unsafe to make for the shore directly opposite, on
which a heavy surf was breakin he sailed along the shore to
look for a safer landing place. lie had not proceeded far when
he met one or two boats going towards the wreck ; and, as they
would reach it long before he could make the Cheshire shore
and land his passengers, he hailed them, requesting them to
make haste to the wreck, and sailed himself for Liverpool.
Soon after leaving the ;wreck, the body of a woman was picked
up. It was known by- the passengers to be that of the unfors.
tunate mother who perished with her two innocent babes, the
breast at which the infant was sucking just before it was
drowned being still uncovered. .
The first boat which reached the wreck, after the lifeboat,
was from the Magaaines. John, Thomas, and George Evans.
(three brothers), William Roberts, and William W hittle, as
soon as they heard of the accident, beat down to the wreck in
a gig belonging to the former, through a tremendous sea, and
took off ten men,. who were all in a state of exhaustion. The
boatmen, with ropes round their bodies, and at the risk of their
lives, went upon the wreck, and carried the poor fellows in
their arms through the breakers to the boat. They brought
them. all to-Liverpool, the leg of one of them being so dreadfully
fractured that the bone protruded through his stocking. They
then . determined to return to the wreck, and try if they could
rescue the survivors ; but unfortunately, -when round the Rock,
their gig was overact by accidentally getting across the painter of
the punt of a pilot-boat. They were all, however, fortunately
picked up.
The next boat that reached the wreck was the Lord Nelson,
of Hoylake. Before it arrived, the deck was torn ,up by the
sea and the mast fell. Five survivors were taken off by this
host.

The three last survivors on the wreck were taken off by No.
11 Pilot-boat. A Gentleman who resides at Bootle observed the
people, at an early hoar, hanging tip,,n the rigging._ He rode to
Liverpool with all speed, puthimself on board this boat, which
was manned fOr the occasion, and set sail immediately ; and -he
had -the gratification of witnessing the rescue of these three
pbor men from a watery grave. Mr. T. Leistcr, first master
of the Friend's Goodwill, No. 6, with four others, •ik into
the punt for the purpose, and one of the apprentices oft. N0..1
periled his own life by diving for one of tne poor sufferers, all
of whom were almost lifeless when brought on board the boat.
As soon as the vessel arrived in the river, she was moored
at the North end of the Prince's-terrace; and the gentleman
already mentioned immediately landed, and procured for the
men warm and comfortable clothing, and, in about two hours,
they were so far recovered as to be able to walk, with assistance,
into the town.

'The total number of persons saved amounted to fifty-four, of
whom three were females. The precise number who embarked
at Liverpool the preceding evening, for the reason assigned in
the beginning of this narrative, cannot now be ascertained ; but
whether, with one of the crew of the packet, we estimate them
at one hundred and fifty, or, as to the concurrent opinion of se-
veral of the-passengers, at about one hundred and ten, the loss
of human life by this dreadful and heart-rending catastrophe,
has been very great.
Many -of the survivors are in humble life, and, having lost
every thing they possessed .(most of them having been landed
almost in a state of nudity), we venture, relying on the libelee.
lity of the public, to suggest a public subscription, and will
gladly unite our assistance for that purpose with any gentlemen
who may he inclined to further so humane an undertaking.
The bodies of only fourteen of the sufferers have, as yet,
been picked up, four of which. have been brought to Liverpool,
three women and one man. Three men, three women, and
three children have been taken up at 'Wallasey. The nani
of the persons brought here are Elizabeth Yates, Eliza Milner,
Catherine Grace, and Matthew M`Bride, who have all been
interred. Catherine Grace, with her two infants, who had
been picked up at Wallasey, was interred on Monday, the dis-
consolate husband and father having_ come hither rrem Nidnt
.chester.• The names of only two of the persons picked up at
Wallasey have been ascertained. One was Mr. Wm. M
of Port Glasgow, the other Mrs. Margaret Doran, of Dublin,
both of whom, as well as the other persons picked up, have been
interred at allasey.
The Committee of the Underwriters' Association have voted
the sum of thirty guineas to the boatmen and others who exert-
ed themselves in saving the passengers and crew from the
wreck. We dave no doubt that the shipowners and other asso-
ciations will follow the example, and amply remunerate the men
who have so well deserved the public bounty.
. (Further Accounts To-morrow.)

LOSS OF THE ARINUS 111.ARINUS, DUTCH EAST
INDIANAN.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM THE AGENT TO LLorr'3
AT ROTTERDAM, DATED AUG. n.

" From a declaration of the four men saved from the wreck of
the Arinus Marinus, it appears that they sailed from Batavia
roads on the 26th of January, of this present year; that owing to
headwinds and tides they had not got through the Straits of
Sunda on 2d February ; and that on that day the ship got on
ground in 17 or 18 feet of water, soft ground.
.After having
been on ground for two hours, she floated, and continued tight;
on the 4th they anchored off the island Cracatoms, and on the
sth proceeded again on the voyage. On the 7th they had squally
weather and strong breezes, running before the wind under
double-reefed topsails : the wind increasing to a gale, they
handed the fore-topsail and mizen-topsail, and close reefed the
main-topsail. They scudded under, the close reefed main topsail,
foresail, and stormsail, till between S and 10 o'clock in the
evening, when it blew so violent as to blow the sails from the
calt-ropes, the sea running tremendously About eleven
o7clock they shipped a very heavy sell, which hove the long-
boat and yawl out of the chocks, and forced them to lee-
ward, together with a case containing an alligator, the ship
at that time lying on her beam ends, with the leeward shrouds
about six feet under water; the main-top mast, went over the
side, antlAhe ship not rising, they cut away the masts shout
a man's-length above the deck, but to no purpose, she remain-
ing in the same situation. Of consequence, a great deal of water
forced its way to the hold, when all the,soldiers, and such of
the crew as could be spared from the deck, were ordered to
attend the pumps • but this measure proved in vain also ; and
about midnight the ship went down suddenly, head foremost.

The veteran JOHNSTONE is now performing hi
range of Irish characters at the Liverpool Theae
tre; after which he takes his final leave of the

stage.

T 111:• LONDOiI JOURNALS.

DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS,

August 17.

RNI (..; POST.
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Fresh links of the conspiracy which marshalled
the people.against the Civil Power and the mili-
tary, are every day discovered. The existence
of pre-organization is no longer doubtful, and it
only remains to consider what measures ought to
he taken to bring its authors to condign punish-
. ment. The subject, we have reason to believe,
is in a course of examination, and should it be
found that with all their care, the planners
of that most audacious outrage have not been
able to keep entirely without.the reach of the
law, they will be made to feel the full weight oT
the awful responsibility which they have in-
curred. The peace of a whole metropolis is not
to be broken—the lives of the people are not to
be sacrificed—nay, the very rest of the dead is
not to be disturbed at the beck and pleasure of
an unprincipled faction, who, by attempts such
.as these, seeks to inure the ignorant and the de-
luded to insurrectionary movements, in the hope
that.the time may come when they will be suf-
ficiently drilled to dare at once to undertake re-
voletion. That obscure wretches should assemble
holes and corners to plot conflagration aild
murder, would excite more horror than surprise ;
for the act, however detestable, Would not be
new. But that men should violate the sacred
trust reposed itt them, and instead of maintaining
order amongst the people, should secretly organize
the means of destroying the public tranquillity,—
that they should teach and prepare resistance,
where they ought to enforce obedience to the
laws and loyalty to the throne—that they should
pervert the spirit of thousands, who but for them
would have remained peaceable 'and dutiful sub-
jects, when they ought to give an example of
steadiness and fidelity—these are deeds which,
if theyshould happen to be proved, must create,
not only deep astonishment and regret, but fiery
indignation. Every sincere patriot must Atish
that the matter should be seriously investigated,
and the country has a right to demand investiga-
eon in order to obtain justice.

[MORNING cintoNiCnt.]
The Turks are in great force in Moldavia and
Wallachia, _much greater than was imagined,
w ith a numerous cavalry.—At Odessa there are
upwards of 4,000 Greek Refugees, andthey were
no sooner liberated from quarantine, than they
commenced a wanton attack in open day upon
the poor Jews!! Their Synagogue was plundered,
and scarcely one of the Israelites escaped
without damage to his purse or his person.
A second riot had taken place of the same
kind, and the Russian Authorities were actually
afraid to touch a Greek until some decisive
measures with Turkey were adopted. It is
melancholy to' see men fighting., as it were, for
their own- religion, making such an attack, and
under such circumstances, on another. It ap-
pears that Baron Strogonoff was highly indig-
nant upon. hearing that his protest had been
printed and published at Odessa. And it was
the more ridiculous at Constantinople, as there
litterally-Was not at the time a real Russian ship
within the Bosphorus.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
It is noticed in an article -of intelliffence from,
St. Petersburgh, as a circumstance deserving of
particular attention, that the Russian Govern-
ment has established an Asiatic Museum, for the
purposes of cultivating the languages and his-
tory of the Eastern Nations, and for promoting
their political and commercial relations with
Russia. We really are not aware that from
such a circumstance, to which public attention
is so particularly drawn, we should be justified
in deducing motives on the part of Russia
which might indicate any improper ambition.
The promotion of useful knowledge is at all
times desirable, and that Russia, enjoying as
she does so many peculiar
.advantages, should
endeavour to cultivate commercial and political
relations with the Eastern States, is neither new
nor surprising. There is no evil in the political
as in the moral world, however great, which does
not provide in some degree an antidote against
itself. raw—