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London, England, 1844-03-04 00:00:00

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REAT LEAGUE MEETING.
The'Weekly Meetings of the League will in future he held on
bicESDAY in place of the Thursday Evenings, as heretofore.
next WEEKLY MEETING of the LEAGUE will take
place In COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE, on WEDNESDAY EVENING
March B.

The Hon. CHARLES PELHAM VILLIERS, M.P., will take the
Chair at S6ven o'clock.
The meeting will be addressed by Dr. Rowring, M.P., John Tem-
ple Leader, Esq., M.P., 3[. Collier, Esq., and W. J. Fox, Esq.
Cards of admission to the Stage and Upper Circles of Boxes may be
had on personal application at the Central Offices of the League,
67, Fleet-street, during Monday and Tuesday; no application by
letter can be attended to.
The Entrance to the Dress Circle will, in future, be at the. Private-
Dox-door on the Queen's Side, ix Hart•street.
The Cards of Registered Members only, will, as heretofore, admit to
tke Plt and Galleries of the Theatre.
R 0 ME AN D PIS A.

121, PALL-MALL.
GRAND EXHIBITION of the COLOSSAL MODEL of ST. PF.-
TER'S, at ROME, and the FOUR BUILDINGS of PISA, viz.: the
Cathedral, the Baptistry, the Leaning Tower, and the Cainpotanto,
made in Oriental Woods and Ivory, to be viewed outside and inside.

Open daily from Ten till Fire o'clock.

Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria has been pleased to in-
spect them, and commanded them to be placed in Buckingham Pa-
lace, where they remained twenty-three days.

Sig. Gambassini has the honour to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and
Public, that, in consequence of his being recalled to Florence by the
Grand Duke of Tuscany, he will be compelled to close his Eikibition
by the end of June next.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
POPULAR LECTURES in CHEMISTRY and NATURAL
PHILOSOPHY are delivered daily by Dr. Ryan, Professor Dachheff-
ner, and other Lecturers, illustrated by Apparatus of the most valu-
able kind, including ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MA-
CHINE (which is exhibited daily at Three o'clock, and at Eight
in the Evening's) ; LONGTIOTTOM'S OPAQUE MICROSCOPE ;
NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, COSMORAMIC VIEWS, tie., &c.
MODELS of all kinds of STEAM-ENGINES and other MACHIN-
ERY in MOTION, DITER working under water, and the DIVING-
DELL, &c. &c.

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Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price:
Prospectuses of the Classes for Private Instruction may he had
of the Secretary.

'BY AUTHORITY of his MAJESTY the
EMPEROR of AUSTRIA.—WiII take place irrevocably en
the 16th of March, -1844, the DISTRIBUTION of NINE beantind
ESTATES of a value from 1,480,054 Francs, and MONEY PRIZES
roan 150,000 Francs down to 125 Francs of Common Bonds, and in
'he Special Distribution of the Red Bonds 32,509 gains will be obtained,
and each Red Bond must gain a higher or lower amount. Price of a
Common Bond, it. ; a Red Bond, 21. ; for 51. Five Common Bonds and
one Red Bond ; for 10/. Eleven Common Bonds and Two Red ; for
201. Twenty -three Common Bonds and Three Red.

, Apply, without delay, to Messrs. JACOBS and Co., Bankers, Frank-
fort-on-the-Maine ; or to save Postages, Letters nay be addressed to
Mr. Jacobs, 34, Wellclose-sviare.

A NOVEL FROM INDIA.
Just ready, In 3 vols.,
PEREGRINE PULTENEY;
OR, LIFE IN INDIA.

London : John Mortimer, Adelaide-street.

HOOD'S MAGAZINE for MARCH,
is published this day, and may now be had of any Bookseller.

Adam-street, Adelphl.

HEINE BROTHER
during a very short Um,
DIVIDENDS to their Corresponde

DIVIDENDS OF

tS, having REMITTED
le very large amounts of MONEY
ents in Great Britain and Ireland ;
DIVIDENDS OF
£9OO, £6OO to Manchester,
£7OO to East Retford, Notting-
hamshire,
£7OO to Colne, Lancashire,
£7OO to Ryde, Isle of Wight,
£6OO to Cork,
£6OO to Bradford,
• £6OO to Bideford,
£3OO, £3OO to Lisbellaw, Ennis-
killen,

£25,000, £lB,OOO, £9,000, £5,000,
£3,600 to London,
£3,600, £BOO, £7ooto Edinburgh,
£3,600 to Dublin,
£3,600 to Beverley,
£3,600 to Halifax,
£1,200 to Porthleaven Harbour,
£9OO, £7OO, £7OO, £6OO to Li-
verpool.
£9OO to Hull,
£9OO to Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
They beg to CALL THE ATTENTION of those desirous to obtain
LARGE MONEY DIVIDENDS to the APPROACHING TWEN-
TIETH DISTRIBUTION of LUBECK, GUARANTEED by the
GOVERNMENT.
This distribution offers the possibility of obtaining more than
£20,000 upon One Share.
Owing to the great number of Money Dividends contained in this
Improved and unrivalled Distribution,
•EVERY TWENTY-TWO SHARES OBTAIN TWENTY-ONB
MONEY DIVIDENDS, and

EVERY HOLDER of ONE SHARE has a CIIANCE of TWENTY-
ONE fa his FAVOR to ONE (ONLY ONE) AGAINST HIM,
as to the receipt of a Money Dividend.
Price of One Share,' £1 ; Two Shares, £2 ; Three Shares, £3 ;
Four Shares, £4 ; Five Shares, £5 ; Six Shares, £6 ; seven Share.,
£7 ; Eight Shares, £8 ; Nino Shares, £9 ; Ten Shares, £lO.
Direct for Shares, WITHOUT DELAY, to
HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK.
*** Tho fail Prospectns, with all particulars, may be had (GRATIS
upon addressing a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK.
January 1, 1844.

-RELIEFTORI INFANTS IN CUTTING THEIR TEETH.
MRS:JOHNSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING
SYRUP. This efficacious Remedy has been in ganeral use
for upwards of Thirty Years, and has preserved numerous_Children
v.hen sufitring from Convulsions arising from painful Dentition. As
soon as the Syrup is rubbed on the Gums, the Child will be relieved,
the Gums cooled, and the inflammation reduced. It is as innocent as
efficacious, tending to produce the Teeth with case; and so pleasant,
that no Child will refuse to let its Gums be rubbed with it. Parents
should be very particular to ask for JOHNSON'S AMERICAN
SOOTHING SYRUP, and to notice that the names of Barclay and
Sons, 95, Farringdon-street, London (to whom Mrs. Johnson has sold
the recipe), are on the Stamp affixed to ach Bottle. FOC* Its. 9d. par
Bottle.

DISASTROUS SHIPWRECKS.
LOSS OF THE CITY OF CARLISLE STEAMER..
During the height of the gale on Wednesday morning
this fine coasting steamer was totally wrecked at the
entrance of Wainfleet harbour, in Lincolnshire. The
steamer, which was om her passage from Honfleur to
Goole, with a cargo of miscellaneous goods, was a large
vessel, of about 200 tons burden, and had two engines of
thirty-horse power each. She was considered an excel-
lent sea boat, having formerly been engaged in trading
between Hull and Carlisle, and has only within the last
two or three months been employed on the station in
running between Goole and Honfleur, under the com-
mand of Captain Proudlove, master. After quitting
Honfleur river, the wind commenced blowing almost a
hurricane from the westward, with a great fall of snow at
intervals. The steamer, however, weathered it in ad-
mirable style, and continued steaming until Tuesday
night, when the storm somewhat increasing, it was with
much difficulty that the fires could be kept in, on account
of the sea finding its way into the engine-room. At
about one o'clock the Skegness light, near the
mouth of the Wainfleet harbour, appeared in sight.
and it was fully expected that in a few hours she would
safely be brought her into smooth water. The usual
track was taken, .and nothing particular occurred until
about foist o'clock, when just as the steamer had got
abreast of the Dog-head Sand (a dangerous shoal in the
[lumber) it came on to snow so heavily as to prevent
the length of the steamer being seen. The crew kept the
helm steady in the hope of clearing the sands, but the
next moment a terrific wave caught the vessel and
carried her completely on the body of the sands, and the
force was so great as to throw those on deck upon their
backs, producing, as may be conceived, the greatest eon-
sternation and dismay on board. The captain perceiv
ing the perilous situation of the steamer, prevailed upar
the crew to lighten her as much as possible, which they
did by throwing overboard part of the cargo, while
others prepared the boats, ready to leave the vessel, and
made signals of distress for assistance. After great la-
bour, Captain Proudlove succeeded in getting her off the
sands, but afterwards the situation of the crew became in
greater danger, for on sounding the pumps, several feet
of water was found in the hold, and it rapidly increasing,
clearly showed that either her keel had been carried
away or that her bottom was stove in. Both pumpi were
instantly got to work, and extra pressure was put
on the steam, in the hope of keeping her afloat and of
running her ashore ; but before many minutes had
elapsed, the engineer and stoker ran upon deck and re-
ported the water had risen above the engine-room floor-
ing and was putting the fires out. There was now not
moment to be lost, for the vessel was rapidly sinking,
and if they remained many minutes longer, their escape
would be beyond all human power. The captaiii having
given the word, in an instant the crew (in all fifteen in
number) filled the boats, and they directly pulled away
from the steamer. Before they had gained 200 yards
from the vessel, they saw her go down into deep water.
The boats were then pulled towards the land, but the toil
and suffering the crew endured was severe in the ex-
treme ; several times they narrowly escaped being
swamped, and most of them were up to their middles in
in water, baling it out with their caps, and any other ar-
ticle they could get hold of. At length the life-boat,
commanded by Mr. Samuel Moody, belonging to Skeg-
ness, came to their assistance, into which they got, and
were safely conveyed ashore, though in a most deplora-
ble plight. The steamer is irrecoverably lost-
WRECK OF A DUTCH INDIAAIAN.—SEVEN-
TEEN LIVES LOST.

The subjoined particulars, respecting the total loss of
the Dutch ship Nickerie, and fate of her crew, are ex-
tracted from a letter received at Lloyd's on Friday
morning:—
" ST. MARY'S, SCILLY ISLANDS, FEB. 27.—Since my last,
I regret to announce to you a deplorable shipwreck, with
loss of many lives, which took place during the late tre-
mendous gales near this place, and which has produced
the deepest sensation. On receiving the intelligence on
Sunday morning, I immediately proceeded to the scene
of desolation—namely, Rosewear, one of the little unin-
habited islands—and found that the report I hadreceived
was too true, the vessel being about 800 tons burthen,
called the Nickerie, Captain Harvey, belonging to Rot-
terdam. I found the wreck entangled among the rocks
at the back of the islands, both masts and all her rigging
were gone, and she was fact breaking up, the sea sweep-
ing the whole of her decks, thus preventing any one
getting on board to save any of the cargo, which, lam
given to understand, was valuable. There were on
tioard, at the time of her loss, 19 person, all of whom, it
grieves me to say, lost their lives, with the exception of
two seamen, of the names of Simon Greve (an English-
man) and Christian Soupe. From these individuals, I
have gleaned the followinr,:—lt appears that the vessel
was on her passage from Batavia to Rotterdam, with a
cargo of coffee, tea, sugar, and other articles. On the
night of the 21st, the vessel encountered a heavy gale
of wind from the westward, which she bore gallantly
against. As morning approached the weather became
thick and hazy. The ship was not brought to, but they
continued the passage, as they thought in safety, but
suddenly they observed the Scilly light in a direction
which they knew to be dangerous to the vessel; and be-
fore it was possible to avoid it, the ship went clean on
the ledge of rocks on the Rosewear Island, and with
such force, as to throw the mainmast overboard. They
describe the scene that immediately ensued to have
been of a heart-thrilling description. While some were
lashing themselves to the rigging, another dreadful
crash took place, and in an instant the ship parted in
several places, and all perished excepting Greves, and
the other seaman (who is a Dutchman), who were saved
by lashing themselves to fragments of the wreck which
were washed ashore ; but they were in a most pitiable
condition, and suffered severely from the cold. They
remained walking about the island for two days before
discovered."
Another letter observes, that the situation of the
wreck was such, that it was impossible for it to have
been seen from any of the inhabited Scilly islands, or in
all probability the crew would have been saved. No
part of the cargo can be saved, and scarcely anything of
the vessel or materials ; indeed, nothing worthy of no-
tice. On Monday night the remains of two of the un-
happy- crew were thrown up on the beach, and this
morning (Tuesday) three other bodies have been picked
up. They have all been buried in the island. The loss
of the vessel and cargo is estimated at 15,0001. The
Thames steamer, it will be recollected, was wrecked on
the same spot three years ago.
YARMOUTH.

The loss of life and property off this port during the
late piercing weather and snow storn has been truly
alarming. Soon after day-break on Sunday morning, a
brig, heavy laden, apparently from Newcastle,
with coals, was perceived to the northward ;
all her sails were carried away, as well as
her topmast, and evidently the crew had lost all control
over her, for she was being carried in the direction of
the Gunfleet (a second Goodwin) Sands. There were
one or two attempts on the part of those belonging to a
schooner, lying with two anchors out near the entrance
to the'roads, to render assistance to the distressed vessel,
but the terrific sea that then prevailed rendered it be-
yond human power to save either the lives of the unfor-
tunate persons or the vessel. In the subsequent five
minutes she was carried into the sands, and became an
instant wreck, the crew falling overboard with the masts,
and periShing in the foaming serf It was a dreadful
sight, but what could be done in such a storm? Shortly
afterwards another shipwreck was witnessed, and but for
the prompt and well-disciplined exertions of the coast-
guard service, there is no doubt but all on board would
have been drowned A vessel named the York Union,

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Lieutenant Hockley, the commanding officer of the
Winterton coast-guard station, and a body of his men
were in attendance to work the life apparatus, which
was on the spot. The instant almost that the ill-fated
vessel struck, the mortar was fired, and a line carried
over the ship; consequently, in a few minutes, a com-
munication was formed with her from the shore. The
next operation was that of dragging the crew through
the surf to the beach, which we are happy to say was
safely accomplished, and thus the whole of them were
saved, to the great delight of all assembled. In the
course of the same morning, another vessel, a sloop,
called the Sarah, master Mr. Welldrick, of and for
Goole, from London, was driven ashore about half-way
between Gorton and Garlestone, and from the danger in
Which she lies, it is expected she will ere long go to pieces,
The captains of the colliers arrived in the roads this af-
ternoon, report that upwards of five vessels were lost off
Tynemouth-bar during Saturday morning, and that the
harbour, when they left on Sunday night, had the ap-
pearance of a ship-breaker's and timber yard, owing to
the immense quantity of wreck floating about, most of
the vessels having, by the violence of the sea,,lsfoken
out. The accounts received from Staithes, bearing
Tuesday's date, state that that coast, during the last
two days, has been visited with one of the most terrific
storms at sea remembered in the neighbourhood. It
commenced on Saturday at noon, the gale blowing from
the north, and by night the sea was an entire foam. The
fishing cobbles at sea were capsized, and the crews were
picked off the bottom of their boats and landed in safety.
The cobbles belonging to Remswick, a small fishing
place near this, were similarly situated. One was cap-
sized, and a man named Robert Trattles was drowned ;
the others were saved.

Near Stockton no less than nine vessels were driven
ashore in the course of Sunday morning, and many of
them have since gone to pieces. They are the Unity of
Faversham, the George Of Cowes, the Hope of Scarbo-
borough, the Felicity, belonging to Lynn, the Ponte-
fract, froin London to Stockton, the Niseus, from Hull,
the Ondine, from Boston, Lincolnshire, the Lark, of
Woodbridge, and the Rosehaugh, of Cromarty. Those
vessels which have become a total wreck are the Lark
and the Unity ; they were both laden with a general
cargo, and unfortunately neither of them are insured.
In nearly the whole of the cases the crews saved them-
selves by clinging to the rigging until taken off by the
life-boat people, whose labours and exertions were ar-
duous in the extreme. Further up the coast, namely, at
Hartlepool, four vessels went ashore, and remain in a
dangerous state of ever again being brought afloat ;
the crews were saved. The sloop Glengarry, of
Dungarvon, for Swansea, which sailed from Angle
Milford Haven, on the morning of the 24th ultimo,
was lost on the following morning on the rocks
a little to the southward of Sheep Islands_; the crew
previously saved themselves by taking to the boat. A
few tons of the cargo may probably be picked out from
among the rocks. At Warkworth, on the coast of
Northumberland, a large brig called the Blackbird was
driven ashore at a place named Wellheaugh Lock, and
was completely lost ; all hands were saved.
Within a few miles of Wainfleet Harbour, in Lincoln-
shire, two other distressing shipwrecks occurred
(in addition to the loss of the Carlisle steamer, pre-
viously mentioned), and several persons perished. The
first took place at about three e'clock on Monday morn-
ing, on the Mamby Sands, the unfortunate vessel
proving to be the Iris (a sloop), of Hull, laden with
barley, bound from Ipswich to Fradingdon-bridge.
There were on board six persons, consisting of the
master, his wife, and one child, an apprentice boy., and
two men, all of whom (the master excepted) perished.
At daybreak the Iris was found a perfect wreck, and
her cargo strewn along the beach. The other vessel
lost was the Thomas and William. It happened on the
Wainfleet Sands, but in this case the crew were lucky
enough to save themselves by the boats.
It is sadly feared, from the terrific violence of the
storm, that many other fatal and fearful disasters
occurred at sea during its fury.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
THIS EVENING, MARCH 4,
Will be repeated, by permission of Charles Dickens, Esq., THE
CHRISTMAS CAROL Principal Characters—Messrs. 0. Smith,
Wright, Lyon, Maynard, Forman, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Mathews,
Miss Chaplin, and Miss Lee.
To be followed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA MARRIED
AND SETTLED. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Woolgar.
After which, ULRICA ; or, The Prisoner of State. Principal
Characters—Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Maynard, Forman, Wieland,
and Hamilton ; Mesdames Yates, D. Lee. and Chaplin.
To conclude with the Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD. Ri-
chard, Mr. Wright; Lady Anne, Miss E. Stanley.
Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Second price at Nine. Doors
open at Hal -past Six, commence at Seven o'Clock.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE
THIS EVENING, MARCH 4,
Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE LAST SHIL.
LING, supported by all the Company.
After which, HAMLET, supported by Messrs. Saville, Hughes,
Hicks, Neville, IL Honner, Heslop, Johnson, W. Smith, Miss E.
Terrey, and Mrs. H. Vining.
To conclude with A TALE OF MYSTERY, in which Messrs.
Saville, Hicks, Neville, Johnson, Heslop, Mrs. Daly, and Mrs.
Hughes will perform
Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box..
office, from Eleven to Four.