The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-01-11 00:00:00

IRELAND.

(From the Dublin Evening Mail of Monday.)
DREADFUL Huniticami.—The metropolis was last night
visited by a hurricane, such as the oldest inhabitants cannot
remember—unbounded in its fury, and unlimited in its extent.
Accounts are pouring in upon us from all quarters of its ter-
rifle and irreparable effects. The tempest commenced at ten
o'clock, from the S.S.E., and varied in the. course of the
night frequently train that to S.S.W.; and though towards
six this morning its fury in some degree abated, yet it still
continues to blow an ordinary gale of wind.
Dublin in many places presents the appearance of a
" sacked city." Houses burning—others unroofed, as if by
storm of shot and shell—a few levelled with the ground, with
all their furniture within—while. the rattling of engines,
cries of firemen, and labours of the military, presented the
very aspect and mimicry of real war.
THE ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY.—The trees in Leinster-
lawn, of full growth, are torn up by the roots, and are scat-
tered like prostrate giants on their mother earth, In Nassau-
street, No. 10, a glass-shop is a heap of ruins. In Kildare-
street, the corner house next to the Royal Society is partly
unroofed, and the front wall in a most precarious state. In
Clare-street, a stack of chimneys fell in, and destroyed a
female, who had not been ten minutes in bed. In Sackville-
street, three houses are unroofed.
The Bethesda Chapel, and the Rev. Mr. Gregg's house
adjoining, are burned to the ground. A fire occurred in the
chapel on Saturday, and the board-room was burned. On
Sunday, at noon service, thanksgiving was made to the Al-
mighty for sparing the building, but early this morning all
was in flames, and.totally consumed.
Considerable damage has been done in the Coombe, and
other parts of the Bari of Meath's Liberty. In New Market
the poor people left their houses and thronged the police
station-house, and the market-house in the centre of the
square, for protection.
The churchwardens of St. John's humanely opened that
church to shelter the numerous poor of the neighbourhood
who fled front their tottering houses.
The ball which surmounted the spire of St. Patrick's Ca-
thedral was blown down, providentially without doing mis-
chief. It had been out of perpendicular a considerable time,
and fell within the railing in the North Close. About twenty-
seven years ago the former ball fell, carrying with it several
feet of the spire.
In Sidney-avenue, in the house of Mr. Collins, a servant
boy and a woman were unfortunately killed by the falling of
a stack of chimneys,

Waltham Terrace—nearly all the chimneys are blown
down, and the venerable elm at Sans Sauci has been up-
rooted.

A portion of the steeple of Irishtown Church was blown
down, breaking its way through the roof of the church.
PninsnortouGn CHundn.—North side much injured by
the cut stone of the belfrey and ridge stones falling on
the roof. Stones upwards of 2cwt. were blown a consi-
derable distance from the church. Scarcely a house on
Phibsborough Road has escaped injury—several fronts and
windows blown in, and stacks of chimneys blown down.
GLASSNEVlN.—Considerable injury was done at Glassne-
yin, and a policeman had his thigh broken.
PRUSSIA-STREET.—A number of trees at ..Mr. Jameson's
demesne torn up by the roots, and several ha.ve.fallen across.
and injured two houses. The entire of this street, from the
oldness of the roofs, has suffered greatly.
In short, there is scarcely a street, nay, scarcely a house,
which does not bear the impress of this dreadful calamity.
The country 'around has equ4lly suffered. The dire disasters
of the sea remain as yet untold; but that they have been
grievous we must expect to hear. It will be our melancholy
duty, as soon as we can collect the particulars, to furnish the
public with a more detailed narrative of these sad everts; as
yet we have heard of but few accidents attended with loss of
life. Two of the Royal Artillery were conywjed to Richmond
Hospital, in a state of insensibility, from injuries received at
the Bethesda; hopes are entertained of their recovery; the
persevering skill and reckless daring of this distinguished
corps was the theme of universal praise ; and to their exer-
tions the preservation of the neighbourhood is mainly in-
debted; nor were the new police deficient in the performance
of their arduous duties. „ . . . _

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'Perhaps 110 part of the metropolis or its vicinity has suf-
fered more from the hurricane of last night than the Royal
Hospital. Commencing with the bend at the Military-road,
almost every tree is levelled to the ground; and here the:sen-
tinel had a narrow escape, though warned of, and therefore
prepared for, .t he approaching danger, by a gentleman passing
about eleven o'clock. He had scarcely time to quit his sentry-
box before it was blown from its stand, and scattered into
atoms. The beautiful avenue which led to the " Old House"
no longer exists. The magnificent back avenue of elms, which
terminated at Kilnisinham, is almost totally destroyed. Sad,
indeed, is the scene of devastation which this ancient institu-
tion presents. The whirlwind of desolation has spared neither
building, tree, nor shrub, and a few of the present generation
will live to see the damages of this fatal night repaired, or
the umbrageous grandeur of its once glorious avenues re-
stored.
In the neighbourhood of Rathfarnham the scene of devas-
tation which presented itself this morning baffles description.
Marley, the seat of Charles D. Latouche, Esq., suffered
dreadfully; many of the finest trees are prostrate, and the
wall near the Grange is levelled. Holly Park, the seat of
Mr. Foot, also suffered severely, and in the neighbourhood of
Stillorgan, Mountanvili and Roebuck, the roads are totally
impassable for carriages. The same may be said of Donny-
brook, Upper Leeson-street, &c. It is even with difficulty
that foot passengers can make any progress; in fact, which-
ever way one torus ruin and devastation is to be met with. It
will be seen from what follows that the ravages of the storm
were not confined to Dublin or its vicinity. So far as ac-
counts have yet reached us, it appears that the tempest was
generally felt throughout the whole county:—
DELAY OF THE MA I Ls.--The Sligo mail, which left Dub-
lin last night, was upset oy the force of the wind near Kinegad.
We have not heard whether any accident occurred in conse-
quence. The guard of the Galway coach reports that there
were several houses on fire in the town of Kilbeggan. Trees
of immense size lying across the road in various quarters
impeded the coach. In the neighbourhood of Athy, the
Waterford coach was for several hours prevented from pro-
ceading—ahe road being literally blocked up with trees. The
Cork coach was stopped near Callow for three hours and a

half, owing to several large trees belonging to Colonel Bruen
having been blown down. The Wexford mail was stopped
.near Rat hnew, in the county' Wicklow, and it being found
impossible to remove the impediments, the letter-bags were
forwarded by men. They did not reach the postoffice until
one o'clock. At the hour of going to press, the only mails
which had reached the postoffice, were those from Col k,
Limerick, Galway, and Wexford.
Among the most serious sufferers by the gale was Mr.
Guinness, the eminent brewer. 'the back wall of a large
stable on his premises was blown in by the violence of the
wind, burying under its immense weight nine fine horses.
The ruins having been cleared away early this morning, the
stalls presented a pitiable spectacle—the noble animals
stretched everywhere as if sleeping, but with every bone
crushed by the ponderous weight of the wall. Two houses
situated opposite to the brewery, in Thomas-street, were also
blown down, but we are happy to hear that no lives were lost.
THREE. O'CLoCK.—We regret to say that a heavy snow
storm has just Commenced, and that the wind is blowing
almost as fiercely as it was at any period of the night. The
worst consequences are to be apprehended should the gale
continue, as there is scarcely a house in the city or neighbour-
hood the roofs of which have not been more or less injured.

(From the Cork Constitution of Tuesday.)
THE WEATHER.—We had several falls of snow on Satur-
day, and on Sunday night the most violent hurricane we
have had this winter.—Chimneys have been blown down,
houses unroofed, and, in some instances in the country, com-
pletely prostrated. The coaches have been delayed in their
arrival, and we know not how vessels at sea could have with-
stood the squalls, they came on so suddenly, and raged so
furiously. As yet, however, beyond the unimportant refer-
ence in our Cove Letter, we have heard of no damage. Snow
fell yesterday again at intervals, but did not remain long on
the ground.

(From the Belfast News Letter of Tuesday.)
TREMENDOUS HURRICANE IN BELFAST.—On Sunday
night last, and during the greater part of yesterday morning,
this t,twit and its neighbourhood were visited by one of the
most tremendous hurricanes that have ever occurred within
the recollection of the oldest inhabitants. The beginning of
the night was comparatively calm, a considerable fall of
snow having taken place the day before; but about eleven
o'clock a violent westerly wind began to blow, which in the
course of an hour or two increased into a complete tornado,
sweeping every thing before it with destructive impetuosity.
Chimneys were blown down, houses unroofed, walls laid
prostrate, trees torn up by the roots, and consternation and
alarm universally prevailed. In many parts of the town the
houses rocked as if shaken by an earthquake, to such an
alarming degree as to compel the inmates to abandon them,
and seek shelter in places of greater security. In the morn-
ing the streets were covered, and in many instances entirely
choked up, with ruins, so as to be nearly impassable, and
the scene of desolation which presented itself was truly
frightful. It would be impossible to detail all the cases of
damage which have come to our knowledge, and we must
therefore be content with a brief notice of some of the most
important.
The chimney of the Flax-mill belonging to the Messrs.
Mulholland, off Yoik-street, :was blown to the ground. It
was 180 feet in height, and in its fall destroyed a considerable
part of the building attached to the Mill. A store thirty or
forty feet in length connected with the same premises was
quite levelled to the ground. At Graymount, near White-
house, one half of the chimney of Mr. Gray's Mill was pros-
trated by the storm, but we have not heard that any other im-
portant damage was sustained. One of the chimnies belong-
ing to Brookfield Distillery was thrown down, as were also
the chimnies attached to the Mills of Mr. Charters and of
Messrs. Currell and Howie, on the Falls road. An extensive
Mill for the spinning of Linen yarn, and also manufacture
of Linen. cloth by Machinery, which had been lately erected
iu the same neighbourhood by Messrs. Ledwich and Dickson,
gas totally destroyed, and the watchman killed amidst the
ruins of the building. The Barracks, we understand, have
been severely damaged, and the Messrs. Lepper's extensive
factory has also sustained serious injury.
In Lodge-lane, a man was killed in bed by the falling in
of the roof of his house, and his wire, who was in bed at the
same time, was so injured that she had to be conveyed to the
Hospital, where she lies in considerable danger. In various
parts of the town the roofs of houses were destroyed, and the
lives of the inmates endangered by the falling in of stacks
of ebirnneys. In York-street the roofs of two houses are
thus perforated, and in College-squire very serious damage
has resulted from the occurrence of similar accidents. In
t he neighbourhood of Victoria-place, the gable was completely
blown out of a house, leaving its interior quite exposed; but
happily no lives were lost. The brick wall at M'Clean's
fields, a similar wall near the Covenanting Meeting-house,
another at the head of Queen-street, and a fourth in Done-
gall-street, have been levelled to the ground; but it were
endless to particularize, as, in fact, there is scarcely a wall,
of the description referred to, that has been left standing.
In the country districts surrounding Belfast, the destruction
of trees, even of the oldest growth, has been immense, and
furnishes impressive evidence as to the violence of the storm.
We understand that at Belvoir, the residence of Sir IL
Bateson, Bart., M. P., much damage of this kind has been
done • and even the castle itself has suffered. At Aunadale,
the oldest oaks were torn up by the roots, and strewed about,
and indeed, there is scarcely a gentleman's seat, within many
miles, respecting which we have not received similar dis-
astrous intelligence. We fear that throughout the country
districts much distress and suffering will be experienced by
the poorer classes, especially in consequence of the havoc
which this frightful tempest cannot fail to have made amongst

their habitations.
We have been informed that at Dunmurry very serious
damage has been done to houses in the village, and also the
extensive establishment of the Messrs. Hunter. In Car-
rickfergus, in addition to the usual routine of destruction, a
large stack of chimneys fell upon the Court-house, immedi-
ately over the space appropriated to the Record Court, and
carried with it the roof and side galleries into the very body
of the house, thus leaving the interior completely open from
above.

At Comber,-the chimney of the distillery belonging to
Messrs. Johnston and Miller was entirely thrown down, and
various other damage done The other distillery has also
been injured, and the chimney of Mr. Andrews' flour mill is
levelled to the ground.
In Hollywood the effects of the storm were quite as des-
tructive as in Belfast, numerous houses being totally unco-
vered, and the inhabitants compelled to seek for shelter else-
where. But the most melancholy occurrence is the death
of two persons, a man and a boy, who were found dead, by
the coast guards, in a boat which had been drifted ashore
near Cultra. The boy was found reclining on the man's
bosom, to which, it is supposed, the latter had drawn him, in
the vain hope of sheltering him from the blast, and preserv-
ing his life ; but both unfortunately perished. We have not
heard whether the bodies have been identified.
In our list of casualties in Belfast we forgot to mention

that about half past four o'clock yesterday morning a chimney
in the rear of Mr. Robson's china warehouse, in High-street,
fell in with a tremen•lous crash, carrying with it two rooms
in. which were large quantities of.gilt and plain china, fine
earthenware, &c., all of which were totally destroyed. No
lives, however, were lost, but the damage is very considerable,
amounting to about £2OO.
FACTOKY CIIIMNEYS.—Some months ago, in recording
the fall of a large chimney in Glasgow, which caused much
damage to the surrounding buildings of the factory to which
it was attached, we called the attention of the mill-owners
of Belfast and its vicinity to the dangerous state of some
of their chimneys, which, owing to the sinking of the foun-
dation, had declined considerably from the perpendicular,
and were in danger of being overturned on the occurrence
of a severe gale. Our fears have,• untortunately, been too
soon realized; though, in the present instance, from the
event happening during the night, when the works are un-
occupied, it has not been accompanied with the loss of life
which otherwise would have been inevitable. We have little
doubt that proper care will now be taken that these chimneys
are rebuilt in a secure and substantial manner; and that a
few score pounds extra will not be spared to secure the per-
manency of these strictures. This will be true economy ul-
timately, when the chances are considered, of the damage
which must evidently accrue by their downfall, on the re-
currence of another gale of wind; independently of the loss
of life, which may, also, in every probability, be occasioned.

( From the Newry Telegraph of Tuesday.)
TERRIFIC STORM.—On Sunday night, about eleven o'clock,
the wind, which had been previously blowing' hard from the
N.E., rose suddenly to a pitch of -fury rarely paralleled in
this atitude, and resembling the hurricane which so fre-
quently spreads desolation and ruin among the West India
Islands. It continued increasing in violence during the
whole night, but abated considerably yesterday morning.
There is hardly a single house in town unstripped; and a
number of cabins have been, we understand, completely
wrecked. The streets, yesterday, were thickly strewed with
slates, tiles, &c.

In the country, and along shore, the effects of the storm
are still more disastrous. Several ships, it is said, have been
driven on land, more or less damaged : reports add, that
some dead bodies have floated in with the tide. Lofty and
venerable trees, which for probably a century defied the
storm, have been torn up by the roots: the grain, flax, and
hay crops, stacked in haggards. have been overthrown and
scattered • and the dwelling and office houses, particularly
those with thatched roofs, have been, generally, much in-
jured. As one instance of the severity of the storm, it has
been mentioned to us, that, in the parish of Donagbmore, an
immense stack of turf was, in ar. instant, lifted up about a
foot tiom the ground, and then dashed to pieces. - The loss
will be seriously felt by the agricultural population. The
high wind, which still continues, will render abortive any at-
tempt to secure the grain, &e.
Since the above was written, we hear, with deep concern,
that several lives have been lost in the immediate neigebour-
hood. one case a mother and her child were buried in
the ruins of their little cabin : the latter was killed, but the
other was rescued before life was altogether extinct, in the
same district a hog was killed, and rumours abound with re-
spect to otherdeplorable casualties,
We are informed that Dundalk has suffered very severely
from the storm. The postmaster and his assistant were both
so much injured by the fall of a stark of chiinneys as to be
unable. to make up the mail-bags.

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01). oirt Ehe S'cottish Guardian, if Tuesday.)
THE WEATHEIi.—We have again had abundance of all
sorts Of weather ince our last—rain, hail, high winds, end'a
snow-storm, which commenced on Friday afternoon, exceed-
ingly thick, but as the • ground was wet, it thawed as it
alighted for some time. During the night, however, it must
have been incessant, as the streets were covered to the depth
of a foot on Saturday morning. With short intermissions
the fall continued nearly all the day, and a hard frost hav-
ing set in at night, the snow was changed into ice, masses of
which lay on the pavements, and the walking along on Sab-
bath was of course exceedingly difficult, which difficulty was
rendered dangerons in the evening, when the ice became as
slippery as. possible with a torrent of rain which fell, and
which likewise brought down the snow from the house-tops
with a noise resembling distant thunder. The heavy rain,
accompanied with a high wind, throughout the night, pro-
duced a rapid thaw, and yesterday morning the snow had
almost entirely disappeared. The river was much swollen in
consequence. The Liverpool Mail of Saturday afternoon
was six hours after her usual time, and Sabbath's London
Mail, which generally arrives at half-past three in the morn-
ing, was brought in a chaise and four at half-past ten—the
mail-coach having stuck fast in the snow about twenty miles
off. It was twelve on Sabbath night again ere the Liverpool
Mail reached town ; and yesterday morning's London Mail
did not arrive till about half-past ten.

Andrews, in his Anecdotes, remarks sarcastically that free-
thinkers never wish to make converts of their wives and
daughters.
RECIPE FOR IntrosTuniz.—The Lord Mayor having a few
days ago expressed it to be his intention to endeavour to clear
the London streets of the professional mendicants who im-
pose upon the charitable by a parade of simulated wretched-
ness, the following ingenious plan, by which the same object
was effected in the city of Cork, during the mayoralty of Mr
James Malone, may furnish a useful hint on this subject. Allf
the usual expedients to extirpate the brood having failed o_
success, Geoghegan the constable (and who was also a bare
ber), received instructions, instead of conveying them to the
justice-room to take them forthwith to his own shop, an
thereby shaving, scrubbing, brushing, and scouring, to divest
them of the squalid and loathsome exterior on which all their
hopes depended. Five or six of the sturdy rogues were ac"
cordingly seized and so efFectually operated upon with scissors,
brushes, razors, and we.sh-balls, that though they went in
mendicants, macaronies they came out—objects calculated
by t heir jaunty and debonair appearance to excite admiration,
rat her than the coinmise ration they sought for. This laughable
scheme was attended with such success that the whole tribe
avoided the jurisdiction of the mayoralty as carefully as if it
had been visited with a pestilence,

In consequence of the non-arrival of our Stamps, we
are under the necessity of printing-701f our impres-
sion of this day on Blanks, which will be duly
accounted for to the Stamp-office.

In consequence of the late Post-dfice regulations, the
LIVERPOOL STANDARD is• now dispatched by the
Mail which leaves at half-past Two o'clock in the
morning for London, Birmingham; Manchester, 4-c.
7'his arrangement renders it necessary that Adver-
tisements should be sent to the Office before Eight
o'clock on Monday and Thursday evenings.

Zbe kibtrpoot g"Ttantiarb.

FRIDAY MORNING, JAN. 11, 1539.

THE WEST INDIES.-By the Pandora packet we
have received our usual files of Jamaica papers. The
dates from Jamaica are to the 6th of December, from
Demerara to the 30th, from Barbadoes to the 22nd,
and from Trinidad to the 21st of November. The
chief source of excitement in Jamaica was the election
of members for the new House of Assembly. We
regret that our limits will only permit us to insert the
following extract :
(From the Jamaica Despatch.)

" From the numerous reports that have lately come
to hand, we regret to announce that in several parts of
tee island cultivation is at a stand. The cry of "No-
thing doing" is not confined to St. Andrew's, but ex-
tends to a greater or less degree all over the island.
The numerous properties advertised for sale bear
certainly a discouraging aspect as to the future pro-
spect of cultivation. It looks as if a panic had spread
amongst the proprietors, and a desire to get rid of
property they consider no longer profitable wai oblig-
ing them to abandon estates they would otherwise have
improved with credit to themselves and athantsge to
the country.. ,
" We hear of continual.alarms amongst the poorer
classes of settlers and residents in the vicinity and out-
skirts of Kingston, of their being disturbed by large
bands of negroes. marching into town every week in
military array—sometimes with their heads bound- as
when prepared for tight, (the negroes bind their -fore-
head with a handkerchief to avert blows when they
engage in hostile conflicts,) and bearing torches,—on
other occasions with wooden swords or clubs. Whe-
ther these demonstrations are meant as a defiance to
foes, or merely as. exercises to prepare them for militia
duty, we know not; but they are certainly calculated
to alarm the timid, and, in case of any obstruction be-
ing offered to their martial sports, might lead to seri-
ous consequences. The outskirts of the town require
a careful guard..
" Complaints continue to .pour upiln us of the pil-
fering which is now practised on many estates, and the
necessity which •exists for strong laws to prevent the
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further spread of the crime. A Gentleman assures us,
that the quantity of stolen canes brought into town
during the past week was. sufficient to make twenty
hogsheads.
"We understand a Privy Council assembled on
Tuesday, the 13th of November, at the Queen's
House, for the purpose of considering the conduct of
Secretary Hill. A regular scene was enacted, and the
governor, confronted by his-own servant or secretary,
placed on the horns of a dilemma.
" Mr. Hill was called upon to account for his unau-
thorized circular to the stipes, so seasonably exposed
by Dr. Barnett. He asserted that it was written
according to the instructions of his excellency the go-
vernor, whilst his excellency declared that he had no
recollection of'ever hai7ing given the instructions! •
"The, government mine has been exploded, and the
enemies of Jamaica's peace sent flying in all direc-
tions. Mr. Stipe Daly announced at Half-way-Tree,
on Thursday, that he would call on the governor to
receive his commands respecting the labourers' obli-
gation to pay rent for their houses and grounds. His
excellency stated th it proprietors were clearly entitled
to their rent, and instructed Mr. Daly to recommend
to the negroes to pay two days each week in labour
for the occupation of their cottages and grounds.
When this official representation was made to the se-
veral negroes present at the court house, they left
perfectly satisfied, and have, we believe, shown a dis-
position to resume labour.

" Had his excellency the governor issued a procla-
mation three months ago to this effect, everything
would by this time have settled down in peace, happi-
ness, and industry, anti the sacrifice of large crops
prevented. The fact of Sir Lionel Smith being obliged
to issae the instruction at the eleventh hour, as clearly
substantiates the correctness of .our views as it proves
the mispolicy of Sir Lionel Smith's government."
"The handsome address and piece of plate presented
by the proprietors. of Westmoreland to Lieut. Thomas,
special magistrate of that district, as a mark of . their
approbation of- conduct in the perform-
ance of his magisterial duties, proves, indeed, at once
the very generous liberality with which the people of
this colony are ever prompt to encourage and reward
the exertions of all public functionaries who are of any
real service to the community. Although the majority
of the stipendiary magistrates appointed to superintend
the apprenticeship act were entire strangers to the
people, yet, whenever they have conducted themselves
with suavity and discretion, and with the candour and
rectitude of honourable men, the proprietors have
treated them with the utmost cout tesy and -kindness,
and afforded them every facility to discharge their im-
portant duties with fair and unbiassed judgment.
When they have discharged their task impartially, they
have thanked and rewarded them, but where they have
made their surveillance a scourge to the master, and a
partial means of perverting the negro niind, they have
very properly denounced their administration of the
law as prejudiced and unjust, and calculated to level
and destroy all the barriers of property, the distinction
of rank, and the responsible actions and duties of civil
society ; and, we may add, none but the frantic dema-
gogue, or sans culottes destructive, could be base
enough to pull down every line of demarcation which
separates virtue from vice, vulgarity from refinement,
ignorance from education, or guards honour, inno-
cence, and purity from corruption and sin.

" MANCHESTER AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR NOV.,
.838.—The unfortunate proprietors in this parish are

• .
again doomed to lose a proportion of their present
coffee crop. It is calculated that there will be a loss
of from one to two thousand tierces. for want of pick-
ing. On most properties the negroes felt reluctant to
pick it, until they could get their barrel each—for
which they charged from 2s. Id. to 3s. OW A good
deal of coffee has therefore fallen to the ground ; and
as there are not above ten properties clean in the
whole parish, very little will be found among the
grass, which, in most places, is as high as the coffee
trees. Many of tile people work one week, and squat
down the next. If they keep on at this rate, culti-
vation will gradually disappear. We have heavy rains.
Since rent for houses and gardens have been charged,
many negroes are going to work, in order to pay the
charge on some chancery properties. A great many
are sitting down." .

THE LATE HURRICANE.—In order to make room for
the full details respecting the dreadful effects of the
hurricane with which this town and other pacts of the
British dominions have been visited on Monday last,
we have omitted several articles of local interest, which
will be inserted in our next. Ourcorrespondentstvill,
we have,•no doubt, excuse the postponement of their

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away by twelve o'clock, and she drifted to Black Comilts
to the south east of Whitehaven. They afterwards wore 'sh iP) '
and borenp for Liverpool, and a second time made the Orms,
head. Soon after they came within the limit of the light-sfiiP,'
and were much surprised at not falling in with her. The vessel
then shoaled fast, and the anchor was let ao to bring her
up, but the cable parted immediately. The other anchor
was then dropped, but before half the range of cable was
out, the ship struck on the North Bank, close to the North-
east Buoy. The boats were instantly got out, and the pas-
sengers brought on deck. On consultation it was deemed
advisable to stip the cable, and let the vessel drive. Soon
afterwards the Steam Tug Company's boat Victoria
(No. 1.) came to their assistance, and succeeded in
rescuing twenty-two passengers front the wreck. There
seems to be but one opinion as to the conduct of the crew
of the Victoria, who shamefully abandoned the vessel, under
a pretence of not having coal sufficient to carry her to Liver-
pool. We should not have thus publicly exposed their con-
duct had it not been that a threat of abandonment was held out,
unless a sufficient remuneration was given, and some hard and-
unfeeling language was made use of to the crew and passen-
gers. The company will, we hope, make strict enquiry into
the conduct of the the captain and crew of the Victoria ;
nor will we prejudice the case by any remarks of ours, as
the matter will be brought before the public. A testimony
of approbation from the passengers is about to be presented
to the captain and officers, for their efficiency and attention
to all on board the ill-fated vessel.

LECTURES ON ENGLISH VOCAL. HARMONY.—OR Wednes-
day evening, Edward Taylor, Esq., Gresham Professor of-
Music, commenced a course of tour lectures upon this de-
lightful subject, at the Liverpool Mechanics' Institution.
Anticipating a crowded attendance, owing to the popularity
of these lectures in every town where they have been deli-
vered, the directors confined the admission on this occasion
to annual subscribers. It was well they did so, for previous
to the appearance of Mr. Taylor the theatre was densely
crowded in every part, and a little after the aisles, both in
the gallery and body, were thronged with anxious spectators.
Mr. Taylor was assisted in his illustrations by Misses Swain
and May Swain, and Messrs. Stott, Balls, and Boothby;
and certainly we were highly gratified with the manner in
which the Misses Swain and Mr. Balls performed their parts.
Mr. Stott seemed to be out of voice, but we hope he may
recover before the next lecture to-morrow evening. Mr.
Eyton conducted in his usual style. We shall give a full
report of the lecture in our next.

LIVERPOOL GRAND SUBgeRIrTION'
CONCERT&

The second of .this_seriets of concerts.toolbsplacetiondbasist *W
day evening last, at the Amphitheatre, and was as succeasrals,
as its most ardent supporters could Piave wished. Every
part of the house was crowded, and with a most fashionable
audience.

Owing to the severe gale preventing the arrival of the "`.
Dublin steam-packet on Monday, the audience was deprived
of the musical treat which the talents of Madame Dulcken
could afford, she being on board; and a notice to that effect
was early distributed in the Amphitheatre, and expressive of
the sorrow of the Secretary at this disappointment.
The concert opened with a Grand. Symphony in C Minor,
from Beethoyen, which, under the able leadership of Mr.
Herrmann, was played with great precision and effect. The.
next piece, a trie, from Mozart, "Soave sin
troduced the three chief and only singers, Mr. Phillips, Mies
Fanny Wyndham, and Miss Bruce. The piece itself is a.
sweet melody and was delightfully sung. The character of
Mr. Phillips' voice is well established and well known. H.
possesses a most musical tenor voice; every note is inimical
and full of rich tone; and he has in addition a most goad-
humoured and agreeable style of singing. Miss Fanny
Wyndham, combined with the no trivial advantage of heist
an exceedingly fine young woman, possesses a most superior
voice, of great power, clearness, expression, execution, and • •
capable of modulation to a tone
" So soft, t here's nought 'twixt it and silence,"
and at the same time of bewitching sweetness. Mini Brace's
voice is such an one as without competition and injurious •
comparison would be termed an excellent voice. It has cos-
siderable compass, plenty of tone, is capable of much exams-
tion, but there is a harshness and shrillness about it, which •
offends the ear attuned to a softer expression. Mra Phillips
next sang a rather tedious recitative and air, which was fol-
lowed by a recitative and air from Mayerber, by Miss Brute,
which reminds us of a negro's curly head—it was all turns
and quavers. Nevertheless she sung it with considerable
sweetness, but devoid of all simplicity.: Miss Fanny Wynd-
ham next appeared, and sang a recitative and air from Doni-
zetti, exceedingly sweetly, and with a volume of tone and
clearness of enunciation which Was charming. Her eed
humoured smile too won greatly on the audience. After
another recitative, Miss Fanny Wt, ndbam again made' im+. -
appearance, and sang the beautiful ballad of " John Ander-
son my Jo." The beautiful simplicity of style-in whieh she .
song this, and the thrilling feeling and expression she threw
into it, were. rewarded by a rapturous .entore. Withiat
going through the detail of all the pieces, we may mentien• )9,
that the overture from Weber's "Oberon," -which opened, .1414
'the second part was played in such excellent•style aid with .",&
such precision, as to draw down a hearty 'encore. Mr.
Phillips sang a sweet pretty ballad.—
" Go lovely Rose!
Tell her that wastes her time and me
That now she knows,
When I resemble her to thee,-
H ow sweet and fair she seems to be."
exquisitely. The plaintive simplicity of his style of singing
it, with the rich mellow musical tone of every note, were
delightful. This wee enthusiastically encored. A duet lie;''„o./
tiveen Miss Fanny Wyndham and Mr: Phillips, at the con-
elusion of the performance, from the humorous and *lever ,„
style in which it was sung, was twice encored. In coeds-
sion we may add, that Miss Fanny Wyndham has establishes!.
'herself a favourite amongst us, and we hope soon to hear her
again. The concert appeared to give great satisfartion, amd
,"
has fully answered every expectation.
IsOin

LIVERPOOL HUMANE SOCIETY. "f

The committee of the Liverpool Humane Society matt 'll
to-day, and appointed Mr. Court, of the Underwritersi-
room, as secretary and treasurer. They also appointed tae
gentlemen of the committee, to endeavour to discover ties
residences of those persons saved from the wrecks, is order
to supply them with immediate relief; and the following ie
the result:—

John Mahony, furnished with funds, to proceed-to Kerry,
and C. Williams, ditto to Welshpool.—The abtive bold a
respectable station in society, out lied lost all their property
in the wreck. • •
James Toinlinson, wife, and. four children, a joiner
trade, lost his property but saved all his family,—weri ter--''lA
Dished with clothes and funds for their temporary *ants. -I,l*
Resided at Bristol, but remaii,s at Liverpool to endeavoar tis
procure work. - • ;tc
R. Bown, confectioner, from Warwick,, has lost wife
one child. Was relieved with clothes and temporary elleitz"
Intends returning to 'Warwick. , In Northern liospital:: '
Margaret Umalvanney.—Husband resides is
lost two children, and father, mother, and sister, and expecte
to be confined about Match: At 'present in the NOttliern,:
Hospital, being severely frost-bitten. •
Wiliam Cohan, shoemaker, and wife.—N.Wisk to retina to
Newtown, Queen's County. Lost all their clothes sad pi..
perty: Relieved : will be sent home when able to move. •
Seta to the Poor-house.
Wm. Moncrief, front Perthshire.—Lost all his property.
Relieved, and wishes to be sent home.
Charles. Smith, wood-turner, from Sheffield.—Lost his
clothes and property. Has a wife in Sheffield, and will
return when able. Sent to the Poor-house.
William Vasey, and his two children, and one child of his
brother's, from West BromwicH.—Lost his swife, brother,
and brother's wife; one child of his brother-in-law's eared. •
Lost all his property. Relieved, and will be sent-bowie.
John Sayers, plasterer, from Leamington.—Lost his wife
and two children, with all his property. Was relierad aid
will be sent home. Sent to the Poor-house.
Elias Martin, miller, from Tipperary.—Lost all his prey
perty. Was relieved, and will be forwarded to Kingsten,.
Canada, where he has friends. In the Poor-house. • - ,
Patrick .Maley, labourer, from Leitrim.--Lost hi. pre:
perty. Has a brother in New York, and will be seat there.
John Akitt, boiler-maker.--Lost his sister, and all hie
property. Will be sent to West Bromwich. Sent to the
Poor-house.
Daniq Whalley, brickmaker, (brother-in-law to Williany
Vasey,) and one child, from West Bromwich -Has lest
wife and two children, father and mother, two brothers with
their wives, and nine of their children, with all his property.
Will be sent home. Has received clothes and teralierari"' !s"
relief.
Mary Rowme.—Had no friends on board. Wesides is toil'
County Down. Much' bruised, and in the Infirmary'. WM; '
• • pit
be sent home when sufficiently recovered.
Locharran.—At present in the Northern Hospital.'
Was recovering from some slight injuries, and had relief
given.
All the preceding are saved from the Lockwoods.
Edwin Redman, seaman .on board the Brighton.—Freat-
bitten and. injured. Friends-at Swansea, and will be seat
home when fit to move. At present in the Northern Hos-. ';
pital.
Those persons in the Poor-house are comfortably. accoat.,,,-:
modated, having a room appropriated to themselves.
they will remain, receiving the kind attentions,of tifeCgsiree2;;;''
nor and his wife, until they are sufficiently recovtriclie'prst-oo,„.
ceed to their respective destinations. The visitors -
tissue to use their best endeavours to discover:the rentioAk!"
is
of the unfortunate sufferers. ass dtierc
WM. ,HUSON,
JAQUES MYE4,
1
-S•riSM

Liverpool, 10th January, 1839.

LECTURES ON POPERY.—The seventh Nature oa the deer
nines of the Church of Rome will be delivered by the Rev.
D. James, of Kirkdale, this evening, in St. Michael's Church,
Pitt-street.
LECTURES ON THE POETRY OP THE HEUREWS.-14r. M.
J. Raphall, of London, the editor of the Hebrew Reviser,
and joint editor of the new translation of the Sacred Scrip-
tures, last evening commenced a course of four lectures ua
"The Poetry of the Hebrews, as contained in the Sacred .
Scriptures," in the Medical-hall, Mount-pleasant. We ;re-
gret tbat the melancholy events of the early part of thewirek, •
the details of which occupy so large a space of our present
number, preclude us from noticing more fully the °penis?:
lecture of this talented gentleman, but we trust, next week Is
be enabled to follow Mr. 11. through his sublime discourses.
LIVERPOOL HUMANE SOCIETY.--At a public meeting of •
the merchants, shipowners, and others ietereated in the' .1-
commerce of this port, it was resolved to forsu a society far
rewarding the services of those brave men who have exerted -,
themselves in rescuing their fellow-creatures from destrne..,*,,
boo during the late hurricane, and to encourage and' reward ;.,.
such enterprise in future. This society is to be called ..4--The
Liverpool Humane Society." Such an institution ilearkervi:
been wanted, and is at once an honour to the port, and Are...
fleets the greatest credit on the promoters of so benevolakt rt,'%
an undertaking. , :,:.• ei..i mj,
We have not heard of the loss of any strainer on tlAtit4._..,pit
during the late gale. H. M. Steamers, Meteor, Lient.,PflV %
chard, Aron, Lieut. Townley, and Shearuater, Mr. Siiithilt;4t
commander, were fortunately most of them well to winivhirel
when the gale came on. The Lucifer, Lieut. Tailor, 0415411'
not so fortunate, being close on the bank from I a.m. eatinmorning of Monday, until. 2 a.m. on Tuesday, whee,laf
breaking his scars, bulkhead, &c. he succeeded in gam
the river.
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST'S CHURCH, TOXTETiI rattx.—„
vvadesz e,
understand that the injury done to this chnepe r...- -, ---
of a portion of the spire, during the late, i
as was at, first stated. ,A considerable n'
indeed made their way through the roof,
of the pews in the gallery at the wester
church: but, descending no lower, they
remainder of the interior is quite uuinju
to board riff the gallery alluded to until it
sion being made below, for those who pith,
in it. Aud the portion of the spire now
pronounced by a person whose opinion an,
relied on, to be firm and secure.
VALUABLE TESTIMONIAL.--We have
superb gold snuff-box, value 200 guineas,
Mr.,Daniels, of Lord-street, and which is i
seated with much ceremony to Charles 5,.. ..sq.,
Scarisbrick Hall. be his neighbours and tenants, as a teMi., ‘
monv of thcitapProbation of his spirited conduct, in resisting,'{
• the iitterii.PLOf the Liverpool and Leeds Caaal Compasy.ter:r
- impose a tax on tillage conveyed to .the farmers- of Searle-n;'1
bricle,,by:the canal,. they being specially exempt from tollisy'S
the iiiiii.l.om
. cpalsy's act. It is one of the most finely fiaislierliz'
i piticlis,9l workinanship of the kind we have seen, aid refleftpa.
_ex ilk :Au the makers. It will be exhibited fort IfOrt 41
-:tt
to embody
baon,dlyin sopfetchteleinnsweirlitprteicaPitir Ir:
itst
b.., grateful leehafisal • .
'•
• trilatsr.amibt
,:orifry°isPiti.nTlierfollowing is a copy
the numerous tenantry and neighbours of Charles Scarishrselt, •
Esq., of Scarisbrick Hall, for his spirited and saccessfal
k 7.T:i".::11e". rfect.atLte(m"pi
rests:M*o;i 04a onpressive exaction, sought to be issAPeN4
upod iks*by t 4 Liverpool and Leeds Canal 'Company, is..
preseked
!with a view that the remembrance of a great and
lasting:Atenclit should outlive the memory of those apallir,
whop' it was conferred. 1138." -i,
:r. NORTH-WEST LIGHT Slam—Again, during tlissisnetri
gale, when most needed, to guide vessels in dtstresic• 1111 M - :
this vessel parted her moorings. It is scarcely two mutatkite
since she parted her moorings before, in a gale, and istali*s ,
into port. To us this is very extraordinary and lorxplicithiCie .
'['he Formby light-ship is exposed to heavier sales ami ill'e''
heavier swell, and vet never parts her moorings; threliklitri
ship off Triskar never parts hers, and she is more eiposeso •
than the north-west light ship. There are three light shitta_
in the Downs, exposed to all the swell and the salts whitli
sweep across the German ocean, and they newer 'part Alinti'z
moorings; whilst scarcely a gale of any severity emirs; bet':
into port comes the North-west light strip. Ilia. iireletiit".
strange. It sppears to us that there must be culpability some-
where : and in a ease of this kind where human Wooled pfas:..
perty to great amount are risked by the absence of the'light,
ship from her station, the most strict iuvestigatioa aught I-:
be instituted as to the cause of it. To say that the violin's-
of the gale drove her from her moorings is absurd. We he:,,,;
here the light ship has cables strong enough to rifle a 74#
whilst she is so built that she holds neither Whit-ROT NM,
and with plenty of length of cable ought to ride es easy tit-
duck oil the water in the heaviest gale that ever -blew.. We ~
have heard it stated that the anchorage ground is stiels'ilvit
it wears away the cable by friction, et the anchor. If that
be so, why not have the cables examined every month, Or i-
every fortnight if needs be. Or, if the cables she has, be ear'
sufficiently strong or numerous,- why not have them. swell =' '
stronger or inure numerous. She ought to be seeuristilisr".
that her bows would tear out sooner than she would'lltgr•
way. We have also heard surmised the possibility oleorredl6l47.
ise prompting the nicking of the cable chains in a geld; lialla(
that that may be the secret of her so frequently partinglier -_,-
cable. We hope, however, that the stricteseenquiry yrill4W7
instituted. In one point we do not hesitate to say thatteyttem
there appears to have been great negligence, when the ligliri
ship did come into port, in not towing out, at almoirintrit
risk, another vessel with sufficient moorings and liginig wogs
take her place, till she could be replaced. What is Willi*
of one•vessel and three or four lives, to be enmPared Ito tblrg•
risk of perhaps half a score vessels and scores of lives, 1
want of the guide which the north-west tight-ship affords ? - '-",'

!hurch by the fallint
gale, is not so greet
lumber of the steno
and damaged many
In extremity of tike,
v rented there, 'The ' .
led. It is itgended..!
t be repaired, provi- ,s.:,
or
herto ocoipied,piie
.v
v standing. haws "pi
nd judgiihtliiol , %
„t Att
,fil iD ..;!;;/ i :%
0414.0 K OPP.lit*
,irt manufactotesi by
intended, to be prip.
Scarisbrick, Esq., of