The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-01-31 00:00:00

IRELAND.

FISHERIES.—The Dublin Express says :
long neglected fisheries of the west of Ireland are
length in a fair way of being rendered available.
understand that Captain Symonds, R.N., has been:;,
cently at Clifden and Westport for the purpose of as'-'2,
taining the most proper place for fixinga fishing statioctP4
and it is rumoured that Clew Bay was considered Mov
eligible. It is said that two large screw-steamers are,A
the stocks, constructed so as to carry, in wells, the
alive to market, and at the same time take cattle, _&e;f.
butter, or any goods that may offer, to Liverpool. '..u°,40
can be no doubt that, in either way, this specnial.'
must pay, if properly worked."
Tn bum COURT.—The Lord-Lieutenant held his okel
levee for the season on Wednesday, at Dublin Castle.,i'Pri
attendance was respectable, and comprised a fair spring
of lords, spiritual and temporal.
4
SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—A few days ago an opera. 4,, co
the Belfast Iron Works, whilst sucking with his Inn to
the air out of a pipe through which molten iron
pass—a usual custom in the process—he swallowed a
tion of the melted mass, receiving terrible internal injulip,
INAUGURAL BANQUET.-The Lord Mayor of Thsll3,be
Sir Edward M`Donnell, gave his inaugural banquet, in `.s
King's-room, Mansion-house, on Tuesday. His Exceliell
the Lord-Lieutenant was among the guests.
DREADFUL THUNDERSTORM IN MAYO.—On vriclt
there was an awful storm of thunder and lightning in '0
neighbourhood of Ballinrobe, county Mayo. Colonel 1;0°s•$If
two little sons were returning home from Athaville ,•
g
A. Blosse's), and had a narrow escape, the horse 113v;#
boeeff,nqukiitlleedstununndeedr tbhve jaunting-car,
shock.
Nr,eaanrdtthheesservant tholLer,
belonging to Mr. were killed sollemea.
and ahouse thrown down, and several trees were des.--
Mr. Geoffrey Martin, of Curramore, alsosheep'

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A NEW DRAMATIC ComrosEn has appeared in nit
who promises to deprive Verdi of the pre-eminence M.!: !
so long held. The Carnival season at Milan has oT.e
opened with a new opera, II conrito di Baldassa,
(Belshazzar's Feast), the maiden work of a young r7of
poser named Buzzi. No piece produced at the Scala ',41
many years has created such a degree of enthusiasm; ' 4 .01
Madame Clara Novello, the prima donna, appears to llor
shared in the triumph. This opera is described as b,!,),
a return to the pure vocal style of the olden Italian senuyet
The spectacle is distinguished not only for magnificep 0
but for taste and research. The great scene and tableoo
of the banquet are copied from Martin's well-ktle'
picture of Belshazzar's ;Feast ; and the decorations.
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modelled from Layard's Asiyrian remains in the Brt"-
museum.
.alls I
PRICE OF HOME-GROWN TIMBER.—The grad ,
advancing rates demanded for foreign timber during 'e
past year are now beginning to operate on the price of v:4
home-grown material. We learn from the local roesd
now taking place, that an advance fully equal to '25 ii,
cent. has been obtained on every variety of sound, rie,
grown timber, with a prospect of further increase.--4v
shire Journal.
A SUBSTITUTE FOR GUANO, consisting of dec0:010644
and concentrated seaweed, is about to be introduce!'
Mr. Longmaid, with the view of claiming the prize
£l,OOO offered by the Royal Agricultural Society. to
material is reduced to a powder, and rendered suitable,o
be applied by the drill. Many experiments with regard,y
its fertilising powers are said to have been made during
past year, and an analysis of a sample has been furnisVa
by Professor Way. The process is stated to be simple,
AY
price is estimated at £5 per ton or under, and it is e"';
templated to establish manufactories at various static'''.
on the coast.
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SALUBRITY OF LONDON.—A respectable corn-new.-
eitil
now living in the Whitechapel-road, who is in his 3.v
.f
year. He is nearly six feet high, and has all the aPP;
ante of a man of sixty, with dark hair, and. he is ''''''
active in business. il
NEW TREATEE.—Mr. E. T. Smith, of Drury-lane,
about to build a new large theatre on the site of l'r
Shadwell Workhouse. ~
,
TRADE BETWEEN FRANCE AND ALGERIA.—The Coe
mittee of the Privy Council for Trade, &c., have recell'i
copies of two despatches, enclosing imperial decrees,
.c.:,41
authorising foreign ships to trade between France s
Algeria, and the other extending the coasting trade fat
ties to foreign ships till the 31st of July, 1854. ..,r
afot
TILE EMPRESS JOSEPIIINE.-The history of the -r''''
press Josephine had been very remarkable. She ~e
born in the West Indies ; and it had early been prcr
sied, by an old regress, that she should lose her /
husband, be extremely unfortunate, but she should •
wards be greater than a queen. (The author heard
..,,
prophecy long before Napoleon's elevation to the throb;
from the late Countess of Bath, and the Countess of /rji
cram, who were educated in the same convent WEB
Josephine, and had repeatedly heard her mention ty
circumstance in early youth.) This prophecy, theL
thenticity of which is placed beyond a doubt, was fulnv
in the most singular manner. Her first husband, A10;1
der Beauharnois, a general of the army on the Rhine, 154
been.guillotined (hiring the Reign of Terror ; and :to
herself, who was also imprisoned at the same time,
only saved from impending death by the fall of Robespiec.
So strongly was the prophecy impressed on her MIL%
that while lying in the dungeon of Conciergerie, expeol!.2,
every hour to be summoned to the revolutionary tribani
she mentioned it to her fellow-prisoners ; and, to a. AO',
them, named some of them as members of the bed-cni
ber ; a jest which she afterwards lived to realise on one,
their number. Josephine herself narrated this extrri
dinary passage in her life, in the following terms, in t"
memoirs :—" One morning, the jailor entered the chaff :0
where I slept, with the Duchess d'Aiguillon and !ay
other ladies, and told me he was going to take nay .nt
tress, to give it to another prisoner. Why, said Ms°'
d'Aiguillon, eagerly; will. not Madame de'Reauharct_a
obtain a better one ? No, no, he replied, with fienc'y
smile ; she will have no need of one, for she is about OA/
led to the Conciergierie, and thence to the guillotine. Ad
these words, my companions in misfortune uttered pier
shrieks. shrieks. I consoled them as well as I could; an!!"11
length, worn out by their eternal lamentation, I 'di
them that their grief was utterly unreasonable; that "ce•
-only I should not die, but live to be queen of Frrd
Why, then, do you not name your maids of honour 'al)
Madame d'Aiguillon, irritated at such expressions, at 701
a moment. Very true, said I ; I did not think oftuto
well, my dear, I make you one of them. Upon this,,„„r
fears of one of these ladies fell apace, for they never ownt,t
ted I was mad. But the truth was, I was not gifted, ao'
any extraordinary courage, but internally persuade {ter
the truth of the oracle. Madame d'Aiguillon soon ;jet
became unwell, and I drew her towards the window, 15.," i
I opened, to admit through the bars a little fresh a"*ls' pe
there perceived a poor woman, who knew me, and i 04
was making a number of signs, which I at first COul)", 00
understand. She constantly held up her gown (robe ti.'
seeing she had some object in view, I called out, robc'ti'
which she answered, yes. She then lifted up a stoned
put it in her lap, which she lifted a second time. I !',7,.;, 0
out ' pierre ;' upon which she evinced the greatest 304
perceiving that her sign was understood. Joining 00 '
the stone in her robe, she ialtN eagerly imitated the 'oce:
cutting off the neck, and immediately began to 40
and evince the most extravagant joy. This singular 500
tomime awakened in our minds a vague hope that P°7,001,
Robespierre might be no more. At this moment, ,reP"
we were floating between hope and fear, we heard o.or,
noise in the corridor, and the terrible voice of our ikidci
who said to his dog, giving him, at the same tin3eLe et
' get out you cursed Robespierre.' That coarse p SO'
once taught us that we had nothing to fear,
France waz .aTed."—Alison's Hietory of Buropf. •

TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1854

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

MR. HAT, architect, of this town, has been commis-
%lolled to supply the plans for the church and chapel and
ground of a cemetery for Carlisle.
Runcorn
POOR-LAW BOARD intend to separate from the
i'aneorn, and add to the Warrington Union the following
to •
eawaghiPs :-Norton, Moor, Kekewick, Halton, Higher
"'atm, Lower Walton, Acton-grange, Appleton, and
Btretton,
ItRALTH COMMITTEE.-There being only four mem-
°ers Present at the hour of meeting on Thursday, they
14journed without transacting any business.
...Tull LATE MESSRS. HoLMEs.-We are informed that
Aar. Isaac Holmes has withdrawn his opposition to the
proving of the will of the late Mr. James Holmes ; and
will was proved at York during the last week.-
Nona's Herald.
THE AINTREE CHARITY BALL, under the patronage
of the Countess of Sefton, is announced for Wednesday,
'next week. This is usually a gay and fashionable gather-
ing, will, doubtless, be as attractive on the next as it
"as been on past occasions.
PRIZE POULTRY.-At the Manchester Poultry Show,
Tuesday,fn
for Captain Hornby, of Knowsley, took two prizes
on..9anish fowls, one for Dorkings, one for game fowls,
Moss, for a cock and hen, and one for geese. Mr. G. W.
ret`°"' ofthis town, took the prize for black bantams ; and
Worrell, of Knotty Ash, for ducks.
4:11 LARGEST SHIP EVER BUILT IN LIVERPOOL
l,_°e launched this week. This immense vessel which
ie7.ueen some time in course of construction at. Messrs.
;or,and Getty's yard, Brunswick dock, is the largest
or,
ever built in Liverpool, and has long been a source
'eteolyriration to those interested in ship-building. She is
*oft r7tetedam on the North American principle, namely, of
darh,.Fßs/VOCAL SCHOOL.-The last admission of pupils
of the present session is announced in our columns
the -°e_liaY. The opportunity offered by the directors of
kaoZ`erei_ d Harmonic Society for the attainment of a
gteuge of vocal music should not be neglected.
I held
f
.at th ISTS AND PRISONS.-A public meeting was 6
COrn-exchange, Manchester, on Monday last week,
or tlie
stou PurPose of adopting a memorial to Lord Palmer,
d,.._,.protesting against the proposal to appoint and en-
K_ Uomish priests to the government prisons. The
i;„3"". Canon Stowell occupied the chair, and, after addresses
ivr4_,various speakers, a memorial to the Home Secretary
adopted.
pjAUTION TO HOUSEOWNERS.-On Wednesday the
a/lace-magistrate was occupied several hours in hearing
vira determining about sixty informations preferred by
rnliresh, the inspector of nuisances, against owners of
, for not cleansing, whitewashing, and purifying
dwelling-houses, which were found in a filthy and un-
i"egome condition. Fines varying from e 2, and costs
Yee were inflicted.
Altaiva.e Our OF TILE GREAT BRITAIN STEAM-SHIP.
tleThe Hurricane, from Port Phillip, in 83 days, brings
news that the Great Britain had arrived in Hobson's
Bay
Melbourne, on the 16th of October. This, we be-
ire, will be 65 days from Liverpool (there being a loss
fro one day going to Australia via Cape of Good Hope,
ta difference of longitude), and the shortest passage
Zr.,!uade to Melbourne, taking into account the greater
Tr MARINE
from Liverpool than Southampton.
I'o lloch
1-street,
MARINE STORE DEALERS.-Samuel,
tiar -street, was brought up at the Police-court, on 'Blurs-
eharged with having in his possession a large quan-
fkloof old metal, ropes, &c., for which he could not sates-
% erd.Y account. When the officers discovered the metal
Premises, he offered to give them a sovereign if
Que.
111:f_would deal with him as lightly as possible." The
x#trate inflicted a penalty of £2 and costs; the license
to be revoked.
treato•E OF NEGLECT AND CRUELTY AGAINST AN
CAPTAIN.-On Tuesday, a third investigation
..214 held before the coroner, respecting the death of a
iaaor
10,_,Ilained Charles Thompson. The deceased was ern-
aqiit'e on board of the ship Ensign, Captain Walker,
cha,." traded between this port and- Bonny River. The
th-geg against the captain were, that he had neglected
_ e deceased, and some others of the crew, on the home-
zward
oYage,and withheld from them lime juice and ether
llZl_ssarY articles of food and medicine. The investiga-
e."een adjourned till next Monday.
4311ITTAL MOTHER.-At the Police-court, on Thursday,
i',,;.-Lzabeth Brown was charged by Joseph Bamber, of the
073. est Derby workhouse, with cruelly ill-using her child
ill.Ledilesday afternoon. The prisoner, who had two
a„..74iinate children, had been in the workhouse for the
al7 nine years, and on Wednesday she obtained leave of
eats.ie!lee, and returned in the evening in a state of intoxi-
se,"ii, and struck her child, about four years of age,
assault times times on the head.-Mr. Mansfield said, if the
to auit had gone further, he should certainly have sent her
gaol for six months ; as it was she must go prison for
wtatY-one days.
dATAL ACCIDENT.- On Wednesday an inquest was
resion the body of Richard Rhodes, aged 67, a butcher ,
p 'mg"; in Upper Mann-street. On Friday deceased was
toeeeg down Warwick-street, when the large gates of
I,r Yard belonging to Mr. Major fell upon and crushed
I,Ti severely. He was immediately conveyed to his own_u
of 113)., e, and surgical assistance was promptly procurpel,
t
d-° avail, The jury returned a verdict of accidental
eath,
b. torTING A COUNTY COURT.-The case of the Queen
of was a special case brought before the. Court of
15t
Queen's Bench, on Wednesday ; the question being
treasurerether the of the County Court held at Man-
t'eater was rateable to the poor-rate in respect of his °e-
n. on of a building used exclusively for the purposes of
tat tts Court. There had been an appeal to the sessions
elanchester, when the Recorder decided in favour of
'leaPnelLant. Lord Campbell said it might have been ex-
pedientinr and just that the poor-rate should still be payable
that effect- this but there was no enactment to
had to consider n the absence of such enactment, the court
euPation, er whether the treasurer had a beneficial oc-
Profit ? liPied as trustee for others who derived
was not a beneficial s Campbell's) opinion was, that there
wag derived, and,
occupation in this case ; that no profit
the statute and, consequently, it did not come- within
judges eZpere°sfsinlizag eth,b so as to be rateable. The other
cor_doer was
affirmedsi.milar opinions, the decision of the Re-
grtheeo4o
scarcity
NDrtyaVnedithinePhoon RELIEF FUND.-Owing to the
price of the necessaries of life, and
te Prevailing distress, a few benevolent individuals in the
Eliie above ward met for the purpose of raising a fund for
e
alleviation of distress. On that occasion £55 was col-
lected, and subsequently increased to £l2O. Notwith-
aluding the Leek of a systematic organisation in the
pensation of the relief, owing to the immediate necessity
,01 the case, soup, bread, oatmeal, herrings, and cotes were
bountifully supplied.
During the five days of the coin-
!ilittee's operations, about 15,000 tickets were distributed
to the most necessitous poor. A favourable change in the
weather took place, the labouring classes were enabled to
resume their employment, and the praiseworthy efforts of
he committee were deemed no longer necessary. Great
codue to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd, of Scotland-road, who
;;.,i,ndlY granted not only the use of their boilers and other
„,-Llveniences connected with their dye-works (which were
soup
adapted for the purpose, in manufacturing
°"_llP and distributing the various articles of food), but
Vs°, for their untiring exertions to carry out the objects of
re committee. Mr. John Dumbell took the purveying
•Pawthrtment, and exerted himself in supplying Mr. Lloyd
th the articles necessary for relief. A general meeting
-I;.t,he committee was held on Monday last week, at Mr.
•*419...,_rd Blundell's, Scotland-road, to settle all accounts,
c0,,,,c",.,,vvag promptly done, and thanks voted to Mr.
tourer Woodruff , chairman ; Mr. Councillor Thomson,
3.-Tr&.. • and Mrs. Lloyd; and Messrs. Dumbell,
I,„Yeaveliss' gehitogaute,,Watson, Blundell, Bowers, M`Millan,
Oulton, Crilly, Simpson, Holt, and
tine
ati g (the ori
, ginator of, the project); and the company
'the ara„crtedalugulY gratified with the good they had done to
Poor of the ward.
rn, et --a-t
tAsibeaIITECTURAL AND ARCHBOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Royal Institution, Colquitt-street, on Wednes-
Francis Horner, Esq., in the chair. Mr. Bolin, the
ii7„,,etarY, announced the receipt of the' following done-
t•o"':-Minutes in continuation, from the Royal Institu-
ail :in et
4. British Architects; Results of Sanitary Improve-
r Souoo Smi Smith M.D., from Mr. Picton ;
Li_ehitectural Notices of Churches recently erected in
s4erPool, reprinted from the Ecclesiologist, from the
the„etarYletter from Mrs. Barber acknowledging
itr:Zeipt of condolence adopted at the last meeting.
bour!`'arrY read the second part of his " Notes on Neigh-
the ing Churches," confining his observations chiefly to
eeeipinting out of the numerous errors fallen into by the
commissloner, and commenting upon the
eher,ilegs and injustice of his criticism upon the new
wieZeg in Liverpool. In the course of the discussion
ensued. Mr. Bolin remarked that if the new
Doitee,,g of this town were not so fine, in an architectural
eo Ovi°„,` view, as they might be expected to be, it was not
°f '`l4 the fault of the architect as it was in consequence
build , desire to supply a supposed want of churches, by
Peeseg as many as pbssible, at the least possible eiF•
and, moreover, that the committees who had built
aeate`Alrehes were not satisfied that they should be
att and substantial, bat required a building which would
uistiaet attention. From a want of funds, the attempt to
e the building attractive must necessarily fail ; where-
ia'slvitli the same amount of money, a church more pure
eira Vie of architecture, though not so attractive at first
eight, might have been built.
Banquet AT MANCHESTER.-There was a grand Reform
politicians
at Manchester, on Tuesday, at which the leading
lea icians of the Manchester school were present. Mr.
tier Gibson insisted that reform should not be put off
showar- It was the very reason why the representation
it Have a more effective control over the expenditure-
largely increased and defended by the ballot.
Dir-aa,ae favourably of-the peace policy of Lord Aberdeen.
coe,a
hilted urged that representation should be redistri-
an in proportion to the increased ratio of population
asapY, and no other principle should be tolerated
a, rmanent settlement of the question. He laid down
Plan for the systematic agitation of the ballot, after the
ranner of the Anti-Corn Law League, and spoke energe-
, r, against going to war with Russia. He declared
nr Russia had no antipathy to England-" Englishmen
e Ibpwliere more popular, nowhere exercise more social
*lwo ,
than in Russia." England and Russia were the
wirYrieeuntries that had a rich aristocracy remaining.
''°b'ien allowed that the proceedings of the Czar,
as
against. Turkey, were unjust, aggressive, and insolent,
aterntevrnadsetiloudl cheered for the sentence ; but then he
thaty our policy should be one of non-inter-
of nee ; or, if we must interfere, why not begin on behalf
u_l.talY, where you have a high-spirited People groa.n
anuer
fe'reign interference. But the question ought to be
:no PIY one of interest to ourselves-and that interest was_
Aberdeen
We had reason to be most thankful to
.L9rd
for the course he had taken, and whose guiding
principle had been to prevent an European war. But war
was
belie untilen ,hedy felt it so, though he would not
ave
pse who now cried for war would be the first to ex-
-4_ in against,
laying came and taxes increased. He pro-
-(v?,teed against
the burden on posterity. They must
vaois the income-tax to twenty per cent., if necessary- In
nelusion, quoting the words of a Scotch divine, be
ra_jed most fervently that we might not have war to put
..,,,btoP to the great improvement in the social system nosy,
il'tga;',ll--" Scatter thou the people that delight in war.
neu..m.q;rvghetntfioollnowed, arguing at length in favour of a
policy. He proposed to lower_thefra„l-
tenelude every trugal, industrious, and aspiring

Local. BILLS.—The following miscellaneous bills, pro-
moted by the undermentioned public bodies, were passed
by the examiners :—New River Company, and London
Life Association—Liverpool Improvement : To widen mid
improve existing streets ; to make a new street from
Dale-street to St. John's-lane; for purchase and appro-
priation of land for the Free Public Library, Museum, and
Gallery of Arts, and for regulation of piers, wharfs, and
landing-stages. Adjourned to Thursday : Liverpool Sani-
tary Improvement, Liverpool Police Superannuation Fund,
and Norwich Equitable Fire Assurance.
A MEETING OP CARTOWNERS was held at the Claren-
don-rooms on Friday, " for the purpose of considering the
determination of the Council to reduce the rates of
cartage."
THE CHILD 02 THE WRECK.—Mr. J. E. Benny,
steward of the City of Dublin Company's steamer the
Prince, having lost a child a fortnight ago, has under-
taken to adopt the little parentless relic saved so singu-
larly in the wreck of the Tayleur. Mr. Benny resides at
39, Great Nelson-street, in , this town ; and, as there are
other claimants for the honour, he has got up a certificate,
signed by 200 of our townsmen, certifying to his respec-
tability and competency for the charge. He is willing,
indeed anxious, that the proceeds of the subscription in
progress should be invested for the personal be efint of the
poor orphan, should it live to come of age. The child is
at present in the temporary custody of the Rev. J. H.
Armstrong, of Dublin.
STABBING.—On Thursday, about midnight, some dis-
orderly women and blacks, a number of whom haunt the
neighbourhood, were proceeding from Old Hall-street
down Prussia-street towards St. Paul's-square, when one
of the women was overheard to state that she would not
mind stabbing the first white man she met. Some dis-
turbance took place opposite the door of a man named
Edwards, the keeper of a beerhouse and lodging house in
Prussia-street ; and, on his going out to remonstrate with
the parties, he was stabbed, it is said, by a coloured man,
who made his escape. Edwards was taken to his own
house, and promptly attended to by Mr. Osborne, surgeon,
St. Paul's-square, who found that he had sustained a deep
punctured wound, apparently, from its extent, made by
some such instrument as the knife which so many foreign
seamen in our port carry in their belts. It had pierced
the thorax, narrowly missing the heart and the left lung.
The poor man lies in great danger.
THE PRESTON STRIICE.—At a meeting of the Masters'
Association on Thursday, it was unanimously resolved :
That this meeting, deeply regretting that although the
applications for work since the 29th of December last have
been more numerous than at any previous period of the
turn-out, still they have not been sufficiently general to
enable the masters to resume work, do at its rising ad-
journ to Thursday, the 23d of February next, with the
understanding that, should it be ascertained in the mean-
time that there is an increased disposition on the part of
the operatives to return to their work, immediate steps
will be taken by the associated masters to open their
mills, and effective measures adopted to proteet the ope-
ratives against any improper interference or molestation.
—The men had a meeting the same day, when it was
resolved, " That we, the people of Preston, are determined
that we will never resume work until our masters uncon-
ditionally comply with our just requests."
TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH THE ISLE OP
Max.—Mr. Charles T. Bright, of this town, and engineer
of the English and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company,
in reference to the suggestion of Mr. John Johnson, for
the establishment of a line of telegraph between Great
Britain and the Isle of Man, says—" The only obstacle to
such a connexion being made is the certainty of consider-
able loss to the promoters, unless some annual guarantee
of traffic was provided by the inhabitants of the island, as
something towards a return upon the outlay ; which, from
Newton Stewart by Barrow Head to the Point of Ayr,
and thence to Douglas, would amount to nearly £12,000.
There are not two submarine cables to Ireland—one only
being in operation from Portpatrick to Donaghadee, laid
by the Magnetic Telegraph Company, four attempts, at
various times, having failed, including that at Holyhead ;
so that at present there is about £30,000 worth of tele-
graphic lost property lying in the channel.
PROPOSED NEW CHURCH AT THE NORTH END.—The
following circular has been issued by the Rev. Rector
Campbell, soliciting aid towards a new church and par-
sonage proposed to be built in the north end of the town :
" Liverpool, January 9, 1854.—Dear sir,—Mr. Leigh has
given me 1,500 yards of land, worth £3,000, for a church
and parsonage house in the north-west extremity of Liver-
pool, near the new docks, where there are now 6,000 or
7,000 working people, and will be 12,000 or 15,000. I wish
to get £5,000 : £3,500 for the church, £5OO for a repair
fund, and £l,OOO for the house. I will give £2OO myself,
and beg you to help me. I shall not ask for the money
till I have raised £4,000, which will enable me to begin
building. The appointment is to be in three trustees—
the Bishop, the Rector of Liverpool, and the Rector of
Walton.—Yours very truly, AUGUSTUS CAMPBELL."
ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH TEA PARTY.—The annual
congregational tea party in connexion with St. Matthew's
Church, Hill-street, Toxteth-park, was held on Tuesday
evening, in the school-room below the church. There
were about 500 persons present. The chair was occupied
by the Rev. Win. Brewster, the incumbent of the church,
and amongst other ministers present were the Rev. Mr.
Wolseley, the curate, and the Rev. D. T. Barry. The
Rev. Mr. Wolseley said his labours in St. Matthew's dis-
trict had been attended with enlarged success, but he had
observed a very strange fact relative to the circuit. He
found that a large number of protestant men had married
Roman catholic women ; but, on the other hand, he had
found few protestant women marrying Roman catholic
men. It was stated that the schools were in a very
orderly, efficient, and, with the exception of a trifling debt,
in a prosperous condition. The scripture reader was now
labouring diligently in St. Matthew's district, and with
the happiest success, and there had been established lately
a system of cottage lectures ; at the last one, though held
in a poor but cleanly cellar, not less than thirty persons
had attended. An exhibition of dissolving views added
much to the pleasure of the evening's proceedings.
GALE ON THVESDA.Y.—FTOIR 9 a.m. till noon, there
were frequent gusts of wind, producing pressure of about
20 pounds -on the square foot. At a quarter before 11 a.m.
the pressure was 431bs on the square foot, this being the
greatest pressure recorded since the erection of the ane-
mometer in 1851. The squall which produced this was
accompanied with hail, and did not last more than two or
three minutes. The atmosphere during the night appears
to have been highly charged with electricity, a large
amount of ozone having been detected at the Liverpool
Observatory by observations with Dr. Schonbein's azono-
meter. The barometer was rising fast during the heaviest
part of the gale, which produced a heavy swell in the river
for two or three hours in the forenoon, and the ships riding
at anchor had considerable difficulty in keeping their
ground. About ten o'clock the new American ship Red
Jacket, which arrived here from Boston on Wednesday,
was driven from her anchorage off Seacombe, and drifted
against the small landing-stage. She was then carried by
the force of the storm in the direction of the Prince's
Pier, and were it not for the timely assistance of three
steam tugs, which took her in tow, she would have struck
against the pier-head, and the results, probably, would
have been disastrous. The Red Jacket was afterwards
safely moored in the stream. During the forenoon, John
Baines, an apprentice employed in the shipbuilding yard
of Mr. Major, at the south end of the town, was blown
from a scaffolding into the adjoining yard of Mr. Cato,
and sustained some fractured ribs and other injuries. He
was removed to the Southern Hospital. In the evening
the wind abated.
Does COMMITTEE.--The weekly meeting was held on
Thursday, Mr. Turner in the chair.—The warehouse sub-
committee submitted a memorial from Mr. W. H. Shakee
-
speare, No. 1, Albert warehouse-keeper, requesting th
consideration of the committee, having been incapacitated
from duty by the loss of his sight. After some conversa-
tion, it was resolved that the committee, denying the right
on the part of any other of their servants to a superannua-
tion allowance, refer the memorial to the sub-committee
the com-
.
—Mr. Robinson said it might be a satisfaction to
mittee to know that the warehouses were all full, and the
sub-committee had lately been compelled to refuse the
reception of additional goods.—Mr. Tobin inquired when
the new warehouses at the Stanley Dock would be ready.
—The Surveyor was afraid they would not be ready before
next midsummer.—The Chairman inquired if they could
not get on with those at the south end.—The Surveysteor
replied that they were doing so.—The Chairman suggeider
d
that the Harbour Masters' Sub-committee should cons
whether it would not be advisable to stop the works at the
quay on the south side, so as to get on with the stack of
warehouses at the south side.—A letter was read from the
Chamber of Commerce, calling attention to the improper
and filthy condition of the dock quays, on which fine goods
for export were placed, and to the serious infury which
was likely to result to the port from the cause. A notice
to shipowners, which was advertised in the newspapers,
was quoted, intimating that, in consequence of the ex-
tremely dirty state of the Liverpool ock quays, the Vision
would load in the Birkenhead docks; and the letter con-
eluded by expressing the regret of the Chamber of Com-
merce that a plan to remedy this evil, which they had
recommended some time ago, had never been carried out.
—The Chairman stated that Mr. Beesley, the owner of the
Vision, had attended before the subcommittee on the pre-
vious day, and stated that he had inserted the advertise-
ment on account of the filthy state of the quays. The
harbour-master and the head sweeper were fully examined,
and the Harbour-masters' Committee were considering
what they should recommend to that committee, in order
to remedy the evil complained of. They had not come to
any conclusion on the matter, but they would be prepared
with a report next week.—After some conversation the
subject dropped, the letter being referred to the Harbour-
masters' Committee.—A letter was read from Mr. Bushell,
chairman of a public meeting held some time ago for the
purpose of considering Mr. Grantham's proposed high-level
railway for the docks. The letter called the attention of
the committee to the resolutions passed at the meeting,
and urged on them the necessity of adopting some such
plan, in order to provide for the traffic along the docks,
which was now so much on the increase. After some con-
versation, the subject was referred to the sub-committee.
WEST DERBY GIIA.RDIANS.OII Wednesday, at the
weekly meeting of this body, Mr. Harrison presided. The
governor's report showed that the number of paupers in
the house was 726, being twelve more than last week, and
an increase of ten over the corresponding week of last
year. A letter was read from Mr. Fitzpatrick, a
medical
officer of West Derby, expressing his surprise that e
of motion had been given for the appointment of a vacci-
nator for West Derby village, inasmuch as he had held
the situation for five years, during which period no com-
plaint of neglect had been preferred against him. He was
called before the board. The objection was, it appeared,
that he resided about a mile and a quarter out of the vil-
lage. He promised to attend for two days in the week, and
was continued in the appointment.—Mr. Cleaver read a
letter from Mr. Samuel Cottrell, contractor for the supply
of bread to outdoor paupers in West Derby district, re-
specting a statement made at the last board meeting, that
he had overcharged for the bread supplied to the poor. He
denied that such had been the case; and stated that he
bad charged no more than 2d. per lb.—Mr. Kirkus ex-
onerated Mr. Cottrell, and the matter dropped.—Mr. Reyes
remarked upon the injustice to contracting parties of
opening contracts and applications for situations after the
day named in the advertisement ; and moved that, in fu-
ture, no contract or application be attended to after the
day advertised. The proposition was seconded by Mr.
Shaw, and carried. The board then adjourned.—The guar-
dians met on Wednesday to transact business, for the first
time, in the new board-roora, which has been erected con-
tiguous to he worlaiouse,

THE irRECS OF THE TAILEUR.

Tarts melancholy catastrophe has continued to excite a
large share of public attention, and many conflicting state-
ments have been published. The pilot who took the
Tayleur out to sea states that he had full opportunities of
examining the compasses, and that there was a difference
of half a point between those on deck and those below.
That the ship answered her helm and steered like a fish.
and that when he left she was making from thirteen to
fourteen knots an hour. Mr. Thomson, of this town, son
of Councillor Thomson, in a graphic account, says, that the
captain and officers were very attentive, but that there,
appeared to be some deficiency as regarded the crew ; that
the captain said, out of a crew of fifty men, he could only
muster about fifteen sailors, and that out of eight com—
passes, one or two that agreed the nearest varied to the
extent of two points. In reference to Captain Noble, he
states that he never saw him taste a drop of liquor the,
whole time he was on board, and that he was attentive to
his duties. A statement, said to have emanated from.
Captain Noble, has been published, to the effect that land
was sighted at eleven, a.m., distant about six miles, with,
the wind S.S.E., the ship being under close-reefed topsail,
foresail, and staysail, when it suddenly shifted to S.S.W. ;
that the hands were turned up to wear ship, and the helm.
put a weather, and the sails turned for wearing, but that
the ship would not go off ; that the helm was put before
again and sail made fast as possible, but sufficient weigh
could not be got to stay ; at the same time the ship was
lying gunwale to, it blowing a most terrific gale and a
heavy sea running. We are informed that Mr. Palmer,
chairman of the Underwriters' Association, and one of the
leading Underwriters of the Tayleur, who would be
relieved of all responsibility had the ship been inefficiently
manned, has stated that, after a minute inquiry at the
• Sailors' Home, where the crew of the Tayleur were shipped,
he is satisfied that she had her full complement, and that
the Underwriters have no ground of complaint against
the owners. We subjoin a
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LIST OF PASSENGERS AND CREW SAVED.
SALOON :—Wm. Thompson. FIRST CLASS :—Samuel
Bishop, Wm. Bishop, Francis Bowden, B. Bowden, G.
Catts, W. Clarke, T. Comballach, Wm. Cuddy, G. Fisher,
Peter F. Framaine, J. Grundy, J. W. Hegarty, R. Hol-
land, T. Johnston, F. Johnston, T. Kemp, R. T. Lauson,
J. WNanghten, Pole, J. F: Robinson, R. Sheridan, J.
Stoddart, Alexander Thomas, J Thomas, T. Tiberton, Toy
S. Tough, Thomas Ward, R. Wearne, Joseph Wearne,
A. Wetyle. SECOND CLASS : —R. Alexander, H. Bray-
man, Gerald Burke, T. Cattram, F. Coppin, G. Downes,
James Eddy, Michael Fleming, J. Gibson, W. A. Gordon,
M. Hurst, Albert Jackson, R. Leahy, John Luscan,J. Miller,
F. Ormsberg, J. Oufferht, J. Phillips, W. Phillips, Yeo
Richard, Michael Ridy, F. S. Shaw, J. Smith, W. Spencer,
W. Starman, Edward Tew, John Thompson, J. Thomp-
son, A Titiss, W. Turner,— Virgoz, John Vont, B. Wat-
son, J. Wilson. THIRD CLASS :—W. Addison, Alex.
Berr, John Berr, J. Carter, John Carty, Anne Carty, J.
Friend, Koppin, M. Matthews, Thos. Meara, R. Smearl,
William Thomas.
INTERMEDIATE :—John Ball, Barbio, Rayard, J.
Berryman, J. Berryman, W. J. Blair, E. Dune, M.
Byrne, S. Carley, Sarah Anne Carley, (his wife,) and R.
Carley, (his son,) G. F. Chamberlain, R. Cherry, A. Cow-
ley, R. Dawson, A. De Comers, Messrs Doite, Jos. Faph,
P. Finlay, John Foy, W. Geffrey, Richard Gibbon, John
Gill, M. Green, David Hackney, Herman, Thos. James,
Samuel Jenkins, T. Kerkhouse, A. Lamane, W. Leggo, G.
Lewis, T. Lloyd, Mario, Perrard, S. Prockman,
Richard Ryder, John Ryder, Wm. Ryder, Wm. See, J.
Shaw, Hamilton Sloan, Lorenzo Stehardt, J. Swift,
Samuel Thomas, Joseph Todhunter, J. Tobin, T. Twill,
W. Vevers, —Vonbourg, J. Whitmarsh, James Williams,
J. Worm, G. Yates.
STEERAGE :—H. Abrahamson, C. Barrow, Barton,
Bentz, Henry. Bridgeman, J. Brown, R. P. Browne,
Thomas Browne, C. Chaddick, W. Collins, John Collins,
T. Connor, Thomas Constantine, P. Cormick, Michael
Cormick, G. Crawford, T. Creen, Thomas Crop, J. Dia-
mond, D. Driscoll, A. Fahy, Alex. Frazer, Hugh Frazer,
W. Good. E. Hall, J. Harpen, S. Huntly, J. Johnston, B.
Klatiershaft, William Leneham, Alexander Lyons, A. M
Magee, G. 'Bride, W. M'Carley, J. M`Kay, James
M`Kay, P. M'Mahon, T. Moody, J. Montford, J. O'Brien,
J. Oldfield, James Organ, J. Popham, J. Raleigh, J.
Richmond, Con. Ryan, W. Sawdy, B. Shewell, John
Swan, Thomas Taylor, R. Thompson, (of Ohio,) J. Wat-
son, T. Willite.
An infant of nine months old, with no peson to claim
it ; a man on the island not known; four left the island ;
one black seaman. Total number of passengers saved, 225.
The following are the names of the crew who were
saved :—Abo, Abo, Also, three Chinese seamen ; M. A. R.
Adams, purser ; John Aylmer, seaman ; J. Browne, do. ;
J. Burban, do. ; Thomas Burke, steward ; Nicholas Can-
dari, seaman; Wm. Cook, passenger, steward; William
Cowan, apprentice ; Wm. Denis, seaman ; J. Ferguson,
passenger, steward; H. Fitzsimon. sailmaker ; J. Frazer,
carpenter ; Nicholas George, seaman ; J. Greenub,
steward; Thomas Harper, do.: G. Humphrey, assistant-
purser; Frederick Hunt, seaman; J. Irwine, do. ; A.
Jack, cook's mate ; John Jones, seaman ; Judge Julien,
J. M. Lennan, seaman ; B. Leenehan, cook ; W. Leene-
ban, do. ; A. Maclean, seaman ; J. J. Martin, do. ; John
Marromati, do. ; Charles Maxwell, sailmaker ; R. Mit-
chell, seaman ; Antonio Nicholas, do. ; S. Prairam,
steward ; E. Pratt, second-purser ; Wm. Ray, apprentice ;1
W. Rendell, assistant-steward ; Peter Reed, boy ; John
Rice, cook • F. J. Roberts, steward ; J. Roberts, seaman ;
Thomas Roberts, do. ; Demetri Rolando, do. ; T. Rowland,
do. ; J. Saunderson,, sailmaker ; W. D. Sheridan, boat-
swain; W. Skelzig, steward; William Taylor, passengers'
cook ; Thomas Trotter, passenger, servant ; William
Trurnitll ; H. Wallace, apprentice ; E. • Wills, steward ;
John West, seaman ; J. Williams, do. ; and Peter Wole-
chewick.
Total passengers saved, 225; do. crew, 51; Captain
Noble, 1; William Murphy, chief-officer, 1; Cowan, 3d
officer 1. Total saved, 282. •

THE CORONER'S INQUEST.
The inquiry into the cause of this melancholy disaster
was commenced on Friday, at Malahide, by Henry Davis;
Esq., county coroner, who had two of the bodies removed
by a steam-tug from the island, on Thursday, for the pur-
poses of the inquest. The bodies, which were those of a
fine little boy, the son of Dr. Cunningham, thelate medi-
cal officer of the Tay leer, and that of the second mate of
the ship, were chosen on account of their being best
known, and therefore the most easily identified. A great
number of the friends and relatives of the deceased at-
tended to watch the proceedings.
The CORONER, in addressing the jury, said,—As to the
cause of the death you will have no difficulty in coming to
a conclusion, but your attention will be particularly direct-
ed to the causes which led to such a fearful result, as that
a vessel leaving the port of Liverpool should be ship-
wrecked on an island more like a mountain rising out of
the middle of the ocean, and, as I understand it will be
placed in evidence before you, at a time when there was
no more wind blowing than a sailor would wish to have.
What may have been the cause of the accident it is for
yon to inquire.
The following witnesses were then examined.
John Aisladre, of Yorkshire, one of the passengers, said
—I was a second-cabin passenger, with my wife and
daughter, of four years of age ; I am an upholsterer, and .1
went on board the vessel on last Saturday week, the 14th,
at Liverpool; she was in the roads ; I went in a steamer to
her ; I was on board from that till the following Thursday;
she was in the roads all that time ; I saw a dead body ; it
is that of the second mate ; f I last saw him alive previous
to his being washed over last Saturday ; I also saw the
dead body of a child, but I cannot identify it ; at five mi-
nutes to eleven o'clock, by my watch, Liverpool time, on
Saturday morning, I heard the first cry of " Land ahead
I was then below in the cabin ; I looked at my watch at
the time, it being on the table ; I remained below with my
little daughter for some considerable time, several minutes
before I went on deck ; when I reached the deck the vessel
had not struck ; it was some few minutes before the star-
board anchor was let go ; I can't say who it was that cried
" Land ahead ;" the fact of the cry raised tremendous con-
fusion in the cabin; after the anchor was let go I rushed
on deck a second time, I having gone below a little pre-
viously ; the vessel struck very soon after the anchor was
let go ; it was probably gone twelve o'clock ; we were about
60 or 70 yards, not more that 100, from the land when the
anchor was let go ; I knew it was let go by the noise of the
noise of the cable ; she struck upon the rock broadside on ;
it was rather hazy at the time, but there was light to see
for some two or three miles about us at least ; I was on
deck several times during the morning, but I had not seen
land; I had very many opportunities of seeing the crew;
was very much interested in that affair ; I am not a nauti-
cal man, but I have several times been as a passenger, and
I am living in a seaport town ; I could not form an idea of
the he
number of t crew, but tre wre sadly too many of
them that were not English; he
there were three or four
Chinamen.
To a Juror.—l don't think any of them could speak or
understand English.
Witness.—There was a Lascar steward, but, I think,
there were no sailors Lascars ; there was a regular med-
ley of forrignere ; there might be about twenty of the
crew Englishmen ; I should say the greater part of the
British portion of the crew were able seamen ; accord-
ing to my opinion, the remainder was ordinary seamen ;
I mixed with them a considerable deal ; when orders
were given to the fereigners they did not appear to un-
derstand them.
To a Juror.—That occurred to me long before the acci-
dent • in fact, immediately after leaving port.
Witness.—l heard directions given to reef the topsails
before the Saturday. On that occasion they were not
reefed in proper time ; it took upwards of an hour and a-
half to reef the maintopsail. The delay occurred, princi-
pally, in my opinion, from there not being enough of able-
bodied men to do the work.
To a Juror.—Capt. Noble told me the crew were 70, and
an apprentice told me 32.
Witness : I did not hear the captain make any observa-
tion about the time it took to reef these sails ; in my
opinion there was not half a sufficient number of men on
board for such a ship ; the first time I formed that opinion
the second mate and I were on the ,deck, with several
other passengers; that was on the Friday morning pre-
ceding the accident ; on that occasion I said to the second
mate I thought they were as badly fixed on deck for a
crew as we were below for stewards ; ' and at the same
time I said, "it was my opinion that it was nothing but
proper that we should return to Liverpool or put into
some place to shelter;" he said, "If we put back to Liver-
pool or any other port every seaman on board would leave
the ship; and he said it in such a manner as led me to
believe he would leave himself; he said " there was such a
scandalous crew on board the ship that it was impossible
to manage her in any way ;" about the time we struck,
the captain, mate, second mate, and third mate did every-
thing in their power to prevent the accident.
To a Juror : We were on the larboard tack at the time.
They did everything they could to wear the ship, but she
would not work from the ropes being too stiff and the
crew not being able to the work.
Witness.—My belief is that the vessel had a proper
crew aboard, and everything was right, that we would have
made a most prosperous voyage, and no accident would
have occurred; the ropes would scarcely pull through the
blocks ; the deck was covered with coils of rope front the
manufacturer; we had a nigger on board who worked up
to the last moment ; the vessel was not fit to sail when she
did, and if she was a week longer she would not be fit.; we
had a great many sailors on board as passengers ;
un-
preparedthe state of the vessel and the inefficiency of
crew were subjects, at different times, of conversation be-
tween us ; it was blowing very hsrtl on ThursdAy

and I was very apprehensive we would not get clear of the
Irish coast; we were standing on the larboard tack from
nine o'clock on Friday evening until we struck on Satur-
day ; the wind, when we struck, was S.S.W., but not
blowing very hard ; it was reported on Friday evening
that we passed some land or light ; from the time that I
looked at my watch on Saturday morning, until we struck
we were sailing ; I never heard or saw any soundings be-
ing taken during the voyage.
To a Juror.—l don't think the captain knew what land
it was we struck on ; when we landed he asked for dry
matches, from which I inferred that he thought we were
on an island ; if the anchor had not given way,. in my
opinion the ship would have gone to leeward of the island
and all hands would have been saved; from the time that
the cry of " Land ahead " was made, until we struck, the
captain did everything to wear the ship, but she would not
work, through the stiff ropes, and the inefficient crew ; I
cannot say whether the land was seen first by a look-out
man ; I could not say who had the watch at the time ;
when I had the conversation with the second-mate that I
alluded to, there were several men present • the ship
obeyed her helm well and steered like a duck; I lost my
wife and daughter ; when we left Liverpool it was-blowing
very light, which afterwards increased, and we. left the
steam-tug behind.
Mr. Michael Ready, of Scariff, county Clare, gentleman :
I was on board the vessel when the accident occurred ; I
was on board from the 16th ; on Friday morning, at four
o'clock, I was below, and a friend of mine, a Mr. Holland,
came down to me and said that there was the-greatest
confusion on deck, and that, if any accident occurred, I
would have a better chance on deck than I would have
below, and I accordingly went on deck, and. saw the
greatest confusion ; I saw one of the sails torn, and the
rest flapping about, without any one taking care of them;
there were very few sailors on deck ; there were two sailors
hauling on a rope near the mainmast ' • I went to assist
them, as I saw they were not able to do the work; Captain
Noble came on deck and asked one of the men what they
were doing : one of the men answered him, and• the cap-
tain appeared satisfied. The captain went away for a
few yards, and the man he was speaking to complained
that there were two men sleeping in the cradle. The cap-
tain said if he caught them asleep " they would recollect
the time." I then said to the captain that the passengers
on board felt greatly disappointed in the crew, and the
more so from having a confidence in him, from his charac-
ter, that he would not go to sea with such hands : he
said, " I knew no more of what they were than you did;
they engaged themselves in Liverpool as good and efficient
men, and I had no opportunity of knowing' what they
were until now, and I uow find they are not, and even as
they are the fellows have gone down and hidden them-
selves in the passengers' berths." I said, " the opinion
on board was that there were only twenty-five men to
work the ship." he said there were sixty-five, including
stewards. I remained on deck at that time for about
an hour ; I do not know anything about nautical mat-
ters, but I observed the crew several times attempting to
reef or take in sails ; I spoke to some sailor pas-
sengers, who said such bungling they never witnessed,
and that with proper hands the work they took
two hours to do would be done in ten minutes.
From the Friday morning I formed the opinion that
the crew werel insufficient, and I likewise formed
the question that no person would be justified in thinking
his life safe ; when I went on deck on Friday morning I
only saw two men, but there might have been others on
deck ; I saw some foreign, sailors on board ; I did not hear
a cry of " Land ahead; I went on deck about three-quar-
ters of an hour before she struck; the wind had abated
considerably ; there was heavy hazy weather at the time,
but when I came on deck I saw the land plain ahead ; it
was about a mile or a mile and a-half from us ; that was
three-quarters of an hour before she struck ' • I heard, the
night before she struck, that we had passed some lights,
and one man told me he knew the lights, and that they
were the Isle of Man lights ; while I was on dcck for tbat
three-quarters of an hour the captain was doing everything
he could to wear the ship ; it was not blowing hard at the
time, it was a nice breeze ; I heard the anchors dropped ;
I was on the rigging when she struck; she dropped in
slowly to the rocks, and not with any great crash; the cap-
tain said, if the people would only keep quiet, that he
would be able to construct something that would be :the
means of saving them, but in the confusion, every one tried
to save himself, and the captain's order were not carried out.
Robert Holland, of Galway, gentleman : I was a pas-
senger ; I first went on board on Tuesday ; she sailed on
Thursday, about one o'clock ; the pilot left us about seven
'o'clock in the evening, between Holyhead and Skerrjes
Lighthouse ; after that it commenced to blow very hard,
about half a gale of wind from the south ; I know some-
thing of nautical affairs ; I have had two yachts ; I did not
go to bed that night, in consequence of seeing the ship
was rof properly handled ; I saw some of the sails clewed
up and others flapping ; the mizen topsail and the main-
topsail were torn ; I assisted myself in endeavouring to
furl and clew up those sails, as I saw the men were not
capable of doing it, and thinking my services sadly
wanting; I don't think there was enough of hands aboard
-to manage the ship in the way she was at the time, it
might do very well if there was a stead
there was
of them foreigners ; I spoke to several of them frequently
myself, and they could not understand me, or I them ;
even after they came ashore 1 heard them trying to get
something to eat, but they could not make themselves
understood ; I was' a first-cabin passenger. On the night
of Thursday, or about two o'clock on Friday morning,
my apprehensions were so excited from the manner in
which I saw the ship handled, and the rapid pace we
were going through the water, and the great confusion
that was on deck, I went into the second cabin and called
some -of my friends, as I dreaded we might go on the
Irish coast, which I thought was to leeward, I said to these
that I thought there was no danger, and urged them to
come up ; some of them said they would be no use on
deck ; at this time I saw the captain on the quarter-deck ;
I eonsiderpa we were in great clangor at the times tha
ropes were new, and the blocks were too small for them to
run through, at least the ropes would not run freely
through them; at one time I saw a sailor having to go
aloft to grease some of the ropes in order to lift the main
topsail ; I observed that difficulty on Thursday night, and
I heard the sailors cursing the niggers for the condition
they had sent them to sea in ; from my observations, I
pon't think the crew were efficient, but I am certain that
if she was properly manned, the accident would not have
occurred ; some of the foreigners were not strong-looking
men, others were ; I never went to bed at all until shortly
before we struck, when I lay dowd in my clothes ; about
twelve o'clock on Saturday an elderly gentleman, named
Pierce, came down to me, and said he understood there was
land a head ; I immediately went on deck, and when I saw
the land I knew nothing could save her ; it was now blow-
ing hard at the time, I considered we were too long on
that tack, and I said if we kept much longer we must be
near land ; when I came; on deck the anchor was let go ;
it gave her a little check, but did not do any good; the
vessel would neither wear or stay at the time, I heard
the captain making the remark to cut away the mizenmast ;
I think if it was cut away a great many more would have
been saved ; there was a small screw-steamer put on
board in Liverpool; she was not iron; the funnel was
taken out of her ; it was close to the compasses ; I did not
hear or see any soundings taken ; when I came on deck
the weather was hazy, but I could see half-a-mile.
Robert Davison, of Kent, was the next witness : I am a
seaman; I was a passenger on board the Tayleur ; I have
been twenty-six years at sea. I went on board on Wed-
nesday afternoon, and she sailed on Thursday; she was in
great confusion, like all other new ships ; when I went on
board the riggers had not done with her at the time ;
there was all new running rigging ; the ropes had been
stretched in cold weather; had they been stretched in
warm weather they would do better; I sometimes helped
to pull some of the ropes, and it was with a great deal of
trouble ; they run very hard. The pilot left us about half-
past seven o'clock on Thursday evening; we were then in
the neighbourhood of a light, which I think was Holy-
head. There was a single reef in the topsails at the time;
the wind was pretty fresh ; I think the vessel fell off to
the westward ; she was on the larboard tack; I came on
deck about ten o'clock that night, it was then blowing
very heavy ' • on Friday morning, about seven o'clock, we
were under double-reefed topsails, the breeze blowing very
fresh ; I remained on deck all day, off and on ; I saw the
crew reef the mizen topsail; the vessel was not at that
time sufficiently manned ; but, in my opinion, when the
men would get accustomed to each other they would work
her comfortably ; I mixed through the crew between that
period and the time she struck ; there were a great many,
I think twelve or fourteen foreigners among them ; I
think about eight of these foreigners understood English,
and the rest did not, and had to be interpreted to by the
others ; I know that better now from hearing them at the
Sailors' Home ; in moments of danger it is of the greatest
importance that men should know the orders given to
them. In my opinion the ship was fit for sea if the
people were used to the gear, and everything in its proper
place; I think everything that was out of place was re-
moved as quickly as possible ; that was done on Friday
the crew were occupied in settling the reef tackles and
other things on Friday that should have been done before
we left Liverpool ; the night before Friday was squally,
and might have put things out of their place ; I did not
hear or see soundings taken ; the captain endeavoured to
get an observation of the sun about noon on Friday ; the
weather was fine for about an hour and a half ; the ship
was on the same tack from nine o'clock on Friday night
until she struck ; during the whole of Friday night she
was not going more than 11 knot an hour; the vessel used
to answer her helm very well when on a wind ; I saw the
steamer that was on board ; she was lashed from the
break of the poop to the mainmast, on the starboard side;
it was about eight feet from the steamer to the first or
" tell-tale" compass, and thirty-three feet to the second or
binnacle compass; the fan of the steamer was close to the
break of the poop ; I looked on Saturday, in the two hours
before she struck, four times at the binnacle compass : the
wind was about south, her head being W.S.W.; Ido not
know the lie of the channel well ; but, if the ship had
made her course with that steering, she would have fetched
clear of everything ; or, if we struck, it would be some-
where about Ballycotton ; with an efficient crew the three
topsails ought to be comfortably reefed in an hour and a
half, one after another ; if the crew were all British
seamen they might have reefed in a better manner;
I saw on Friday the men reefing the mizen topsail,
and it was not done as British sailors might to do
it, they were so long over it, and went so lubberly
about it,' the canvas being new and the gear stiff: we
first saw land about twenty minutes to eleven o'clock
on Saturday ;it was then about one mile and a-half away ;
there were four of the foreign sailors reefing the mizen
topsail, three of whom were good men; after I came on
deck, and saw the laud on Saturday morning, there was
an attempt made to wear the ship ; when it was first
descried the land was on the lee bow ; the wind was blow-
ing a stiff breeze, but not too much for a vessel of her
size ; the weather was very hazy, with slight showers of
rain, very thick ; the captain was on deck when I came
up; she had three close-reefed topsails, and a foretopinast
staysail on her at the time, and, in my opinion, if she had
more sail on her she would have gone clear of land : an
attempt was made to wear her ; she made about a third of
a circle, but'would not go round any further, which, I
think, was on account of there being so many boats on the
spars ; there were a lot of spars, flush with the poop, in
which the boats were placed, in the same manner as whalers
carry their boats ; the attempt that was made to wear her
was the first attempt that I saw made to alter her course,
from nine o'clock on Friday night; I saw the captain
taking an observation, about noon on Friday ; if he had
made it he could have told his position,- and if his coin
passes were( wronfr he could have told It. if he tried; from

the time we left Liverpool until we sighted Lambay, I
had no fear of danger ; on Friday they shook the reefs
out of the topsails and took them in again ; I was repeat-
edly told by the passengers that they thought there was
danger, but I told them that it was always the way in
a new ship ; after we failed to wear the ship the captain
set the foresail, hauled out and set the spanker, and
then he tried to set the main staysail, but the sheet got off
the belaying pin, knocked two or three men down, and
we were obliged to haul the sail down, and, soon as it was
hauled down, the captain shouted out " Let go the anchor,"
and ran forward himself to see it done; the starboard
anchor was let go, and took about ninety fathoms of
cable ; the cable snapped, but it ought not to have snapped,
as there was not a heavy sea, and there was very little
way on her ; there might have been a flaw in the cable ;
before the cable snapped they tried to clear the port
anchor, but, to the best of my belief, it was foul ; she then
fell off before the wind, and nearly cleared the- island,
when the sails filled, and she went alongside the rocks
broadside on ; from the time we sighted Lambay until we
went on the rocks, the captain and the crew, and,every
man on board used every exertion to save the vessel ; I
can only attribute the catastrophe to the vessel being. out
of her course.
In the course of the examination, Lieut. Prior, the
assistant emigration commissioner, was requested to state
the exact number of the crew. He said there were 71
hands, of whom 57 composed the crew, viz., captain, three
mates, boatswain and mate, carpenter, steward, cook, 26
able seamen, 11 ordinary seamen, 6 apprentices, 2 passen-
ger cooks, 2 do. stewards, 1 clerk. Of the 26 able seamen
12 were foreigners, all of whom, except two Chinese,
could speak English. The tonnage of the ship was 1,997
tons, and the complement of men required by the emigra-
tion commissioner was generally 3 to the 100 tons. The
government ships had a complement of 4 men to the 100
tons, even when only carrying stores.
At five o'clock the inquest was adjourned to Saturday.
• SATURDAY.
The inquest was resumed this morning.
J. Noble, of Whitehaven, sworn.—l was captain of the
ship Tayleur. She left Liverpool about noon on Thursday,
the 19th instant. She was 1979 tons register, new mea-
surement. Her draft 17 feet forward, 18 feet 3 inches aft .
The pilot left us between Point Lynes and Skerries. The
wind S.W., fresh breeze, increasing fast- We had single
reef topsail courses. Hauled up maintop-gallant sail,
dewed up. We shortened sail. I had the crew on board
three or four days before we sailed. We seldom know
anything of the crew before sailing. The only men of the
crew I knew before was the third mate's. Thursday night
was very stormy. I was on deck the whole night. I found
my crew to work very well. I had an opportunity of try-
ing the vessel while the pilot was on board, in smooth
water, and she went steady on one tack. Friday, blowing
hard under close-reefed topsails and fore Topmast staysail.
After having the helm aweather and after yards squared
for some considerable time, the ship would not pay off.
This occurred about eight o'clock on Friday morning, and •
was the first time I tried to wear ship. I could assign no
cause for her not paying off, but was much surprised at
it. I know the vessel was built from the keel for a sailing
vessel. She answered the helm very badly on the first
attempt to wear her; and either on that occasion or the
next I attempted to wear her, I had to clew up the mizen
topsail. Even then she was a long time coming round;
it took nearly an hour before she was turned on another
tack, and she drifted about five miles. An ordinary
vessel ought to have done this work in half the time,
and lose °ill* half the distance. I mean by an or-
dinary vessel, the general average of sailing-vessels.
I found a difference in working this vessel and work-
ing smaller vessels. I do not know that there is a
larger ship in England, She was an iron vessel. The
largest vessel I ever commanded before was the Australia,
1,170 tons. Had I the Australia to wear tifuler the cir-
cumstances stated, I should expect to have done in forty
minutes, and not lose more than three miles. We lost sight
of the Skerries light shortly before four o'clock in the
morning of Saturday. The wind was S.S.W., the ship
going about two knots an hour. The whole of Friday I
did not take an observation, although I was on the look-
out for it, and should have done so if I could. I had the
sextant with me on deck that day, about half-past twelve
o'clock. I had the sextant to my eye several times for the I
purpose, but could not get a clear horizon. We made sail
after four o'clock on Saturday morning. From the time
she left Liverpool to the time she struck I never was in bed,
or had my clothes off. I wore ship about eleven o'clock on
Friday night, the Skerries light in sight, and was on the
port tack. The whole night after I was on that tack up
to the time she struck. Up to four o'clock on Saturday
morning she rolled about, and had barely steerage way on
her. A little before four o'clock I set the reef-courses. To-
wards six o'clock the breeze freshened, and backed round
to the southward; after that to the south-east, and, in
two or three hours more, changed to S.E. and by south.
The ship heading S.W. and by west, going about four or
five knots an hour. I heaved the log several times be-
tween six and eight o'clock. The wind increased, and
about seven or eight o'clock set single-reefed topsail and ,
stay sail. Hazy weather, and when the single-reef sails
were set she was going about eight knots an hour. By
ten o'clock on that morning it was blowing a heavy gale.
The ship's head was rather SW., or SW. by south. We
shortened sail about ten o'clock. At eleven o'clock it was
still blowing hard. Ship's 116 d SW. by S. and under
close-reefedfor andmizentopsail, double-reefed maintopsail,
foresail unreefed, foretopmust staysail and spanker. At
half-past eleven o'clock wind suddenly shifted in a squall
to S.S.W. from S.E. About the time the ship was paying 1 I
off to the shift of wind, and I was in the act of taking in
the foresail, but bad not got it started, I saw the land.
Before I saw it I was somewhat farther than what I was.
But how much I cannot tell. I suppose myself to be about
three or four miles from the land I saw. I did not then
know what particular part of the coast it was. The first
thing I did was to order the halide, Lof
the time engaged at the foresail, to wear ship. Ido not
'ow wnetner the mate had had all hands on deck or not,
but they were all at work as quickly as if they had all
been up. They went at once to execute the orders I had ,
given. After the ship had changed her course the land
bore broad on the lee bow. The ship went off nearly a
point in obedience to the rudder, but from the time. 15
minutes, which she took to go off that point, and from the
rate she was forging throug the water while breaking
off, I saw:sbe would go ashore before she could get her head !
round altogether. The sails alone would not have brought
her round that point without the assistance of the helm.
The latter was not hard to work. I had two men at it at
the time—under the circumstances the Australia would
have cleared the island easily. When I first saw land I
had no doubt whatever that I should have been able to
wear her round, and that the Tayleur would oave cleared
it, and she would have' done so if she had worked properly ; I
by that I mean, if she had answered her helm quickly, and
as any ordinary vessel would do.
A Juror.—Do you think it would have made any differ-
ence if you had had 10 more men on board ?
Witness.—lf I had had 100 more men additional on
board Ido not think I could have done any better. I did
not ask any of the passengers to assist the crew in work-
ing the ship, nor did any of them lay hands on a rope
that I know. The crew were amply sufficient to do so.
In my opinion I had hands enough.
Lord Talbot de Malahide asked witness—Did the new-
ness of the tackle interfere with the working of the ship ?
Witness.—lt was not, of course, as easy to work with
it ; but it did not interfere materially with the working of
it. The tackle was good. The crew were good. I mean
that the ship was properly found. I suppose the compasses
to have been wrong. I detected a difference in them my-
self. After findingel could not clear land I brought the
ship to the wind again and made sail as fast as possible.
I got on additional after canvas. I put on the spanker and
mizen-staysail, maintopmast-staysail, and I had given
orders to loose the mainsail and the jib, but I thought the
ship would not bear it as it was blowing too hard, and I
therefore gave up the idea. No matter what sail I had on,
I do not think the ship would have stayed, as there was
too much sea running. If I could have got her round on
the other tack, either by staying or wearing, I would have
got clear of the island. I do not think that either 'the
Australia or any other ship would have stayed under the
circumstances, but it was my only chance, and all I could
do was to try it. The wind wrs blowing S.S.W., and a
heavy gale. I did not see any appearance of land; except
in the one place Lambay. When I found she would not
stay, and that I could do ns good by keeping ;the sails on
the .ship, I cleared away the port anchor, and let go ;
hauled :down tall the staysails, and let go the fore and
main
.topsail sheet, the mizentopsail sheets remaining
fast, 'and hauled up the foresail, in order to take the
way of the ship as much as possible. The cable of the
port anchor ran out to seventy or eighty fathoms, and
parted, but before it broke the order was given to let go
the starboard anchor. Tt likewise ran out about eighty
fathoms of chain, which was on deck, and about twenty
fathoms out of locker, and parted ; neither of the cables
fouled in running out. The ship was not going two
knots an hour at the time, and the moment the sails
were let go, what way she had on her was lost imme-
diately, as the sea was dead against her. If the cables
had not parted, the vessel would have been saved ; but It
was as much as one could expect them to hold the ship,
with the sea running in on a lee-shore from the whole
breadth of the Channel. The ship S then drifte
took td righe
ht
ashore, and grounded very easily:" he first
ground aft, near the rudder, which she unshipped. I
kept the yards braced full, so as to swing her broadside
upon the rocks, to give the passengers a chance of getting
off. No boat could have lived out, owing to the sea t
running. We had seven boats on board, which were ready
for lowering, if there had been any chance of saving the
passengers by means of them. I never felt myself* a
loss for hands after I left Liverpool. My opinion, as a
seafaring man, why the vessel did not answer her. helm was,
that the foremast, and probably all the other masts, were
too far aft, and perhaps her rudder was too small. The
position of the boats on the spars and in the davits, did
not influence the sailing or trim of the vessel. I was not
hurried in any way on leaving port. I went on shore
myself and told the owners that the. vessel was all ready,
and begged of them to get me off immediately, as there
was a slant of wind at the time, which would take me
clear of Holyhead. No soundings were:taken. No table
of errors was furnished to nee by the parties who tried
the compasses. The boats were not ordered out when the
vessel struck, because I thought it would be injudicious
to do so, seeing the state of the sea. One of the boats
had been lowered notwithstanding. The entire of the
cables had not been run out when they parted. On board
the Australia I had a crew of 33, twenty being able seamen.
Captain Noble underwent a lengthy cross-examination
by Mr. Coffey, on the part of Mr. Codd, and Mr. Barry,
for Mr. Carmichael. In the course of his further evidence
he said he made no experiment as to the capacity of the
ship before she cleared out on her voyage ; nor was he
aware that the owners had caused any experiment to be
made. A few days before they sailed her compasses were
adjusted. The helm of the ship was tried by the pilot in
the tideway after she left the dock. This was done to
avoid the vessels lying in her way. She then answered
her helm ' • if she had not the fact would have been noticed
.at once. The vessel was swung some time in-Nov., when
her compasses were found to be correct; and-from that
to the day she cleared out the vessel was not again swung
for that purpose, but the compasses were examined a week
or fortnight before the vessel sailed. The day the wreck
occurred be examined the compasses, and discovered an
error in three of them. One showed a difference of two
points, another one-and-arbalt and the third also at vari-
auce. When he wore the ship for the first time he found
ber slow to answer her helm ; this proved to be a consi-
derable defect. Every block and every rope in the ship
was in good vicoding, order. At, eight o'clock, and from

it on Saturday he was on the look-out himself—generally.
There- were look-outs properly stationed. He expected to
be at a distance of from eighteen to twenty miles up to
the time he saw the land. He heard no cry of " land"
from any one. He declared it would be false if any one
said he ever observed "he believed the crew to be an
indifferent set, but that he found they were worsethan
he thought them." He also denied that he said that
" some of the crew were hiding below amongst the pas-
sengers." He likewise denied he gave orders to• the
carpenter to " lint stays upon the blocks, to keep them
from bursting.'
Mr. Holland was here confronted with Captain Noble,
who before him made the foregoing denials of his evidence.
After some further answers to points in his direct testi-
mony, the coroner called
The first mate of the Tayleur, Michael Murphy, who
said he read the log prepared by Captain Noble, and be-
lieved it to be correct. He found the crew of the ship a
very fair crew.. Part of them were very good men. There
were 20 good ones of 23 able seamen. Four or five of the
able seamen were foreigners. He heard no complaints.
from the passengers of the inefficiency of the crew. He
found some of the foreigners—not the able seamen—
skulking. He found them in the forecastle, and reported
them to the captain. The other seamen were pretty good
sailors, but not so good as the able-bodied men.
To Mr. Barry.—l do not think the ordinary seamen
were the worst to be found in Liverpool. I did not con-
sider them bad men. The crew was in my opinion suf-
ficient. I saw the sailors reefing the mizentops. The
did not do it in a lubberly manner. The running gear
worked fairly ; it was somewhat stiff, but he did not see
grease put into' a block. If 10 more, or 50 more seamen
were aboard, the ship would not have been saved. No-
ticed the differences in the compasses at eight o'clock on
Saturday morning—the day before there was a slight dif
ference. I have a master's certificate.
The witness Ready was here re-called, and asked did the
captain observe to him that the crew was a bad crew ?
Ready repeated the facts in his evidence. He heard the
captain swear that he would punish the fellows who had
been caught asleep in the tops, and who had been dis-
covered skulking below.
The Captain denied the truth of Ready's statement.
Mr. Fitzgibbon, for the owners of the ship, suggested
that the only question for the jury was, how the deceased
came by their deaths.
The Coroner asked the jury if they were satisfied they
had heard evidence enough ?
Mr. Coffey here produced a copy of a deposition taken
By Captain Walker, in Jervis-street Hospital from Mr.
Nichol, and urged that for the ends of justice this evidence
ought to be taken. He asked for an adjournment of the
inquest to produce further evidence.
Mr. Fitzgibbon not offering any objection, the deposi-
tion of Mr. Nichol was read by the coroner.
I George Cutts, of Hull, a passenger on board the Tayleur,
heard the captain say to the carpenter the blocks should
be stayed.
Captain Walker, R,N., suggested that it was " eased,"
not stayed, because blocks are not stayed.
Witness.—From what he saw he did not think the crew
an efficient one. Before the accident he expressed that
opinion, and he heard others of the passengers express a
similar opinion.
Mr. Coffey said the ship's papers ought to be forthcom-
ing before this inquiry was closed.
The inquest was then adjourned to one o'clock yester-
day (Monday) afternoon.