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new police law, are inimitably drawn. The illustration to
" Frank Heartwell" is beautifully sketched. " The Home-

opathic Apothecary" is very rich : it reminds us of a man 1
throwing a pint of rum into the Thames, to make the fish
drunk—upon Homeopathic principles. The preface is

smartly written

Burnaby Rudge

By Boy. No. 14. Wareing Webb, Li-

verpool

The character of Mr. Chester is one of the most novel
and singular we have met with for some time. He is a per-
fect original. The plot of this inimitable tale thickens. The
manner in which Mr. Chester manages to humbug Mrs.

Varden,-is one of the richest descriptions we have met with
for some time. The plan of operation pursued against poor
Miss Haredale by Mr. Chester is equal to lago playing upon
Othello's jealousy. The illustrations are, as usual, excellent.

A Prize Essay on the Character of the Welsh as a Nation,
in the Present Age. By the Rev. W. JONES.—London:

Simpkin and Marshall; Hugl.e.,, St. Martin's le Grand.
This is one of the productions called forth by the late Royal
Eisteddfod, or Congress of Welsh Bards, held in this town.
It will be read with interest by the natives of the Principa-
lity, and by all who wish to form a correct opinion► of the
actual state of society in that romantic part of the British
empire. English travellers have described the beauties of
the country—pointed out its druidical remains--and detailed
some of its legendary tales; but the author of this essay, be-
ing a native, and intimately acquainted with the reiative po-
sition of the various classes of its inhabitants, and with habits
and customs which he, beyond the glance of mere visitors, has
with a candour and honesty characteristic of an independent
mind, drawn aside the veil, and exposed to view many fea-
tures of Welsh character hitherto unknown to Englishmen!
The work abounds with sketches of the dead and of the
living, illustrative of the various points which the author
considers it necessary to explain on presenting to the public
a portion of the Welsh nation. Some of these we shall
hereafter transfer to our pages. And, in concluding this
short notice, we can only say to our English friends that we
highly recommend the perusal of the work ; and to our
Welsh readers, that we cannot suppose that any Welshman
can rest satisfied without possessing a volume so replete
with information, statistics, and details on Welsh topics
nowhere else to be met with.

LOSS OF THE CLONMEL STEAMER

(From the Port Philip Herald of the Bth of January.)
The plain, unvarnished narrative by Mr. D. C. Sitnson,
reported below, will inform our readers of all the particulars
attending the loss of the ill-fated Clonmel ; it will also con-
vey to them a picture of courage and self-devotion, of which
our national history teems with innumerable instances ; ne-
vertheless, characteristic as they are of the British sailor,
each occasion of their recurrence reflects additional lustre
on his country and his profession.
" On Wednesday afternoon, the 30th of December, I em-
barked on board the steam-ship Clonmel, Lieutenant
Tollervey, commander, bound from Sydney to Port Philip.
The passengers and crew consisted of i 5 individuals. At 4
p.m., rounded the south head of Port Jackson ; wind from
the southward, blowing fresh. Next morning, 31st, found
us off Jarvis's. Bay ; wind still adverse, with a strong head
sea, the vessel progressing at an average of seven knots an
hour. At daylight the Ist of January, Cape Howe bore
W.S.W. of us ; in the course of the morning, sighted Ran'
Head, and took a fresh departure, steering for Wilson's Pro-
montory. The wind was now fair with smooth sea, and our
course S.W.A-W., the wind and weather continuing favour-
able during the day and night. A little after 3 a.m. of the
2,1 of January, all the passengers were startled by the ship
striking heavily. On reaching the deck I discovered break-
ers ahead ; the captain, who had been on deck during
the whole of the middle watch, giving orders to back astern,
and doing all in his power to rescue the ship from her peril-
ous situation. Finding that the engines were of no avail in
backing her off the bank, on which we now found she had
struck, orders were given to lighten her by throwing over-
board cargo, &c., but without the desired effect, the vessel
still surging higher upon the reef. The anchors were then
let go, when, after a few more bumps, she swang head to
wind, taking the ground with her stern, and bedding herself,
with the fall of the tide, upon the sand, rolling hard and stri-
king occasionally. During the whole of this trying scene,
the most exemplary conduct was shown by the crew in obey-
ing the orders of the captain and officers. Daylight had now
made its appearance, and we found ourselves on shore on a
sand pit at the entrance of Corner Inlet, about half a mile
from the beach, between which and the vessel a heavy surf
was rolling.
" Captain Tollervey, on finding all attempts to get the
vessel off by running kedges and warps out, throwing over-
board cargo, &c., unavailing, and a strong sea rising with the
flood tide, turned his attention to the safety of the passengers
and crew. After several trips by the whale-boats first, and
assisted by the quarter-boats afterwards, every soul was land-
ed in safety by two p.m., the captain being the last to leave
the vessel. A sufficiency of sails, awnings, and lumber was
brought on shore to rig out tents for all hands, and every-
body set to work to form an encampment. In a short time
the ladies and females were comfortably housed, having beds
placed for them in a weather-proof tent ; the male passengers
and crew were equally accommodated by means of spare sails
and awnings brought from the ship, and we found ourselves
at sundown as well provided for as we, under the circum-
stances, could desire. A sufficiency of provisions, consisting
of live stock, hams, bread, flour, biscuit, rice, tea, sugar,
wines, and beer had been landed during the forenoon to keep
the whole party for ahout ten days ; water was found hi shun-
dance by digging, but was rather brackish to the taste.
Captain Tollervey now brought order into the chaotic mass
by establishing watches, previously haranguing the passen-
gers and crew, explaining to them the stronger necessity
which existed under their unfortunate circumstances for dis-
cipline and punctual obedience to orders than would have
been deemed necessary on board of his noble vessel had she
been afloat. Universal assent was given to his exhortation,
proper watches appointed, provisions, &c. stowed under a
boat turned upside down, to guard them as well from petty
depredations from the weather, sentinels being posted in all
directions round the encampment, who were relieved every
two hours. When order was thus established, and provisions
distributed for supper, Captain Tollervey and myself lay
down in the tent and talked the events of the day over. The
anxiety of mind and fatigue of body which our worthy com-
mander must have undergone during that eventful day were
scarcely visible either in his manner or appearance, whilst
we were now quietly discussing the means of getting assist-
ance brought to us. He agreed with me that it would be
desirable for a boat to be sent to Melborne for relief, and
having obtained his consent to head the party, I had no
trouble in finding a crew of five volunteers to join me in the
undertaking. One of my fellow-passengers, Mr. Edwards,
of the firm of Messrs. Edwards and Hunter, also volunteered
to join us, and the next morning, amidst the cheers of our
fellow-sufferers, we were launched from the beach by them
in a whale-boat. We proceeded in the first instance to the
vessel to lay in a store of provisions, not wishing to deprive
those on shore of any portion of their scanty stock. Owing
to the very heavy surf which was rolling on the beach, we
were nearly two hours before we reached our ill-starred ship,
being every moment in danger of swamping. The scene
which now opened on ascending the deck was harassing in
the extreme. A few hours before this stately vessel had
been cleaving the waters, bouyant, like its living inmates,
with life and hope—now an immovable wreck ; her cabins,
that had a short time before, been the picture of cleanliness
and order, now one mass of confusion, and strewn with lug.
gage and lumber of all descriptions ; however, as our time
was short, we supplied ourselves with such provisions as
came within our reach, and after hoisting the -Union Jack to
the mainmast, upside down, we shoved off, and committed
ourselves to the care of a merciful Providence. At 8 o'clock
a.m. the 3d instant, we took our departure outside the bank,
steering for Sealers' Cove. Our boat was manned by five
seamen, and besides ours we had a small lugsail made out of
the awning ; Mr. Edwards and myself made up the number
to seven. Our provisions consisted of buscuit, a ham, a
breaker of water, three bottles of wine, 12 of beer, and one
of brandy ; of the latter article I would not take more, dread-
ing the effects upon the crew. The small quantity I took,
however, I found very beneficial administered to them in mi-
nute portions.
" Shortly after leaving the Clonmel the wind came from
the westward ; we were obliged to down sail and pull, and af-
ter six hours vain struggling against the wind to reach the
main-land, we were under the necessity of running for one of
the seal islands, where we found a snug little cove, which we
entered, and, after refreshing the crew by a three hours rest
and hearty meal, we once more pulled for the mainland, and
reached Sealers' Cove about midnight, where we landed,
cooked our supper, and passed the remainder of the night in
the boat, which we anchored in deep water. At half-past 3
a.m., on the 4th instant, I started three men on shore to get
the breaker filled with water ; they had scarcely filled it
and brought it down to the beach, when I observed the
natives coming down upon us; I hurried them on board,
and got under weigh, the wind blowing hard from the east-
ward at the time. After a severe pull of four hours we
were at last enabled to weather the southern point of
the cove, to hoist sail, and run for Wilson's Promontory,
which we rounded at 10 a.m., the sea running very high.
The crew ever since we left the scene of our shipwreck be-
haved remarkably well, being perfectly satisfied with the
scanty allowance which I put them as well as myself and
fellow-passenger upon, who in this trying time kept up his
spirits and assisted me in cheering on the men. At 8 p.m.
we brought up in a small bay at the eastern entrance of
Western Port ; we were glad to get on shore to stretch our
wearied limbs. After a refreshing night's repose on the
sandy beach, we started the next morning at the break of
day, happy in finding ourselves so near the end of our voy-
age. Having a strong and steady breeze from the eastward
we sailed along very fast before it, although we were in im-
minent danger of being swamped, the sea having risen very
considerably, and breaking over us repeatedly. At 2 p.m.
we were abreast of the Port Philip heads, but to our
extreme mortification, when within a mile of being in
a secure harbour, we found the strong ebb tide created
such a ripple and so much broken water, that I did not
consider it prudent to run over it. We were, therefore,
obliged to keep the boat's head to windward from that time
until the flood-tide would make ; we were in this tantalizing
situation for four hours, when, to our inexpressible relief and
joy, we saw a cutter making for the heads, and, bearing down
upon her, found her to he the Sisters, Captain Mulhall, to
whose hospitable reception I cannot do sufficient justice.
He took our boat in tow and ourselves on board, and landed
us at William's Town at 11 p.m. ; having been thus 63 hours
from the time we left the ship to the time we landed at the
beach. I cannot conclude this narrative without expressing
my high sense of the extreme good conduct of the men who
accompanied me on this voyage. Not a murmeg escaped
them, though continually wet and working hard during the
whole passage."

CONSERVATIVE FESTIVAL AT WORCESTER.—On Wed-
nesday evening the members of the West Worcestershire
Conservative Association held their annual dinner in the
County Reading-room, which was tilled to overflowing. The
principal object of the meeting was to introduce the new con-
servative candidate, Mr. Knight, who has been solicited to
stand at the coming election, in opposition to Cap ain Win-
nington, the present whig member. In the course of his
speech Mr. Knight expressed his warm attachment to Con-
servative principles, to which he thought the institutions of
the country and the property of individuals owed their seen.
rity. The requisition to the hon. candidate was signed by
upwards of 1400 freeholders of the county.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday last, as Miss Hen-
rick, a youthful actress, of the City of London Theatre, was
crossing the stage at the back where the car or den is placed,
where a small flap, which is placed over the aperture through
which food and water is conveyed to the tiger, fell down—the
animal at the same moment thrust out his paw, and seizing
the lady dragged her to the bars of the den by the back of her
Areas, and inflicted two dreadful wounds on her legs. Her
screams brought Mr. Carter, the lion king, to the spot, who
was providentially standing on the stage at the moment. On
seeing him the tiger relaxed his hold, and Miss Henrick was
conveyed in a dreadful state to St. Bartholernew's Hospital.
On examination the right leg from the calf to the ancle was
found to be frightfully torn from the animal's fore paw ; the
left leg is injured also, though in a less degree,