The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-09-11 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF CAPTAIN HINRICHSON.

For the last few days considerable anxiety has been
manifested about the arrival of this deeply-afflicted gentle-
man, in consequence of the " Duncan," of which he was
the commander, having been spoken a few days' sail from
this port. Early on Saturday morning the telegraph an-
nounced that that vessel had been off Holyhead the pre-
vious night, and about noon it was learned that she had
arrived off Point Lynes, and that a pilot had just been
got on board. A steam-tug was soon after signalled for,
and the vessel entered the river on Sunday morning at
two o'clock.

Mr. James Aikin, who had throughout exhibited the
liveliest interest in the captain's welfare, had a boat wait-
ing to enable his friends at the first possible moment to
board the vessel ; and as soon as the ship had entered the
river Mr. Parsons, surgeon, of 100, Mill-street, a friend
more than professionally interested, Captain Corkhill, (an
old acqueinsence of Captain Hinrichson's,) and Mr. Wil-
liams, boot keeper to Messrs. Aikin, embarked and boarded
the Duncan when between New Brighton and Egremont.
The duty of conveying to the commander of the Duncan
the announcement of his appalling losses, happily, how-
ever, for those gentlemen, did not require to be fulfilled.
The sad catastrophe, it would appear, had been made
known to Captain Hinrichson on touching for water, &c.,
at St. Helena. The messenger of ill news is ever fleet;
and the vessel had scarcely anchored before a person
usually the purveyor made his way to the ship. He told
Captain Hinrichson that he had news, sad news for him.
" Well," answered the unfortunate roaster, " these are
my mates, I have no secrets, tell me before them." The
purveyor, however, beckoned him to his own cabin, and
there acquainted him, perhaps abruptly, that his wife and
two children had fallen by a murderer's hand. Mr. Hits-
richson stared at first incredulously, even smiled, but,
staggered by the serious deportment of his informant, and
being assured that the intelligence was, alas, but too true,
fell upon the floor in a fit.
Captain Hinrichson is a man of great physical vigour
of strong natural feelings, and it requires a delicate pen
to add subsequent details. The Duncan occupied fifty.
nine days in coming from St. Helena to Liverpool, and
during the voyage the esteemed captain was subject to
paroxysms of the deepest grief.
When the party arrived here and the boat had come
alongside, his more immediate friends first advanced to
the cabin. On witnessing them, he wrung his hands and
cried, "My wife ! where is my wife !" He also referred
in the most affecting terms to his children, and exclaimed
that their father had come and would see them wherever
they were laid. "Is there not one left ?" he eagerly
inquired. " Where is my Ann, (his wife,) where my little
Harry, and where my Alfred ?" expressions reminding the
reader, possibly, of Macduff's passionate exclamation in
" Macbeth" :
"He has no children. All my pretty ones ;
Did you say all ?—Oh, hell.kite I—All ?
What, all my pretty chickens, and their dam
At one fell swoop ?',
he was urged to come home. The word grated on his
ears and aroused recollection. He cried, " I have no
home." Only after much persuasion did he leave the
ship. We ought perhaps before to have stated, that Mrs.
Harrison (the mother of Mrs. Hinrichson) and other im-
mediate relatives bad engaged suitable accommodation for
him at a house in Upper Pitt-street, the number of which,
for obvious reasons, we do not supply. It being about
high water on her arrival, the Duncan was taken direct
into the Prince's Dock, and the coach conveyed the un-
happy sufferer and his friends to the lodgings prepared.
On reaching the house, Captain Hinrichson threw him-
self into the arms of his mother-in-law, and passionately
cried, " Where is my wife ?" He afterwards calmed
down, and retired to rest. It is asserted that he scarcely
slept twenty-four hours on the whole voyage from St.
Helena, and that he kept constantly pacing the deck.
That a man with such great and heavy griefs should be
deeply affected was n natural consequence; but, although
reason has been shaken en her throne, she yet retains her
seat. " Tell Mr. Aikin," cried the poor sufferer, in the
height of his sorrow, on seeing Mr. Williams, " that I
have brought the Duncan safe home." Ile is rational;
but the memory of his mournful loss on recurring na-
turally distracts.
It is, perhaps, worthy of remark, as showing his supe-
rior nature, that much as he lamented the loss of his dead
partner and family, Captain Hinrichson has never yet re-
ferred, vindictively or otherwise, to their murderer.
It is, perhaps, not generally known that the Servant,
Mary Parr, has a son on board the Duncan. The news
at St. Helena bore sadness to him also, for he bad lost a
mother, and his only friend.
On Sunday morning the Rev. Mr. Pollock, the re-
spected incumbent of St. Mark's, referred at the opening
of his sermon to the event of Captain Hinrichson 's arri-
val. He was extremely sorry, he said, that he had misled
his audience on the Sunday evening previous. He owned
that, in common with the excellent clergyman who was his
informant, he had been deceived, although he had taken
every pains to test the accuracy of the information which
they received. If, however, what he had said had been
the means of inducing some of the audience to pray on
behalf of the afflicted man he did not regret the mistake.
That afflicted man had at length arrived, and he was, in-
deed, in such a state of body and of mind as to need all
their sympathy.
The wretch Wilson will be executed on Saturday neat ;
and so great is the interest which the tragedy has excited
that parties even from the distance of Huddersfield intend
to visit Liverpool on the occasion.

FURTHER PARTICULARS.
Our readers, doubtless, will feel anxious to be made ac-
quainted with the circumstances connected with the
bereaved sufferer since the publication of the above par-
ticulars, which we gave from the Albion of yesterday
morning. Nothing very material has since transpired ; we
deem it, however, right to state the substance of such
information as we have been able to collect, by inquiries
made in several quarters :—Soon after Mr. Ilinrichson
took possession of his temporary apartments, the effects
of the sudden and overpowering reminiscences which
crowded upon him at his arriving here were apparent; he
continued in a restless state of mind, uttering incoherent
expressions occasionally, as might naturally be expected ;
in this state he remained throughout the night, and
during a portion of Sunday. His friend, Mr. Parsons,
very properly prohibited the intrusion of those anxious
friends who were eager to contribute to the alleviation of
the unhappy sufferer's condition. He was unremittingly
attended by Mr. Parsons, who in the course of Sunday
was gratified at perceiving that the soothing medicines he
had administered began to take effect ; the patient
fell into a composing sleep, under the influence of
which he continued throughout the night, and far into
the morning of yesterday. His devoted friend having sat
up the whole night, now deemed it safe to leave him, and
having attended other patients, :returned to Mr. Hin-
richson about noon, when he was gratified to find his
anticipations realised—his friend was much calmer, and
perfectly sensible of his melancholy position,, evincing
4 a determination to bear, with as much resignation as pos-
sible, the dispensation that has been dealt out to him by a
mysterious but allwise and merciful providence. He con-
versed calmly with Mr. Parsons and Mr. Aikin : other
connexions were also now admitted, and with these
also he maintained the same composed demeanour.
His friend succeeded in preventing those annoying
intrusiona'on the sufferer's privacy which no doubt would
have occurred had the place of his temporary abode been
allowed to transpire to the public. To-day the Rev. Mr.
Pollock purposes waiting upon Captain Hinrichson, to
impart those consolations of which he stands so mach in
need, and after the lapse of sufficient time to enable Mr.
Hinrichson to complete some business arrangements,.
and regain something like his usual composure ; his
friends will suggest his departure from the town to the
vicinity of Hull, where, surrounded by his relatives,
facilities will offer to draw away his mind from dwella
ing upon the horrible circumstances which must present
themselves with aggravated force at every turn during
his sojourn here. It is then hoped that the unfortunate
man will regain his natural firmness of mind, and soon
be enabled again to discharge the duties attendant on his
profession, with the same degree of credit to himself and
those under whose instructions he may act, as has hitherto
characterised his course. Among the sympathisers in his
deplorable lot, not the least gratif• ing and consolatory are
Captain Hinricbson's crew, by whom he is loved as well
as respected.
'That his sway was that of affection rather
than coercion is sufficiently apparent in the observation lua
made when an injudicious bearer of ill news approached
him, full of his bereavement. " Well," exclaimed the
poor fellow, pointing to his crew, " these are my mates,.
I have no secrets, tell me before them."

The centenary of Goethe's birth has been celebrated all

over Germany with an enthusiastic interest which could
scarcely have been anticipated in such troublesome times.
On Saturday night, three very destructive fires occurred
in the metropolis at the premises of Mr. Trott, Prim-
rose-street, Bishopgate—at the hat and cap manufactory
of Messrs. Palmer and Co., Stoneend, Borough—and at
the residence of Mr. Tucker, clothier, High-street,
Clapham .
THE CHOLERA.—During the week ending Saturday,-
there were. 4,339 deaths from cholera and 685 deaths front„
diarrhoea in England and Wales. Of these 264 occurred
at Wolverhampton, 302 at Hull, 106 at Manchester, 129
at Sculcoates, 90 at Clifton, 73 at Bradford, 199 at Leeds,
125 at Hunslet, 84 at Tynemouth, and the remainder in
smaller numbers in other towns.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—On Saturday night a destructive
fire broke out in one of the stables of Sharsted-farm,
in the occupation of Mr. James Edwards, of Rochester,
situate near the village of Luton, about two miles from
Chatham. Owing to the combustible materials, the
flames travelled with unusual rapidity from one building
to another, thence connecting themselves with a raw of
12 stacks, the growth of this year, consisting of wheat,
barley, oats, peas, &c., which were very soon in one body
of fire. The property destroyed, it is stated, amounts to
about £7OOO, and Mr. Edwards is only insured- in the
Kent for £lOOO. There are four horses burnt to death,
three stables, one barn, and along line of other buildings,
with 12 stacks, destroyed.
REMARKABLE INCIDENT.—A few days ago the wife of
a man residing in the upper portion, or, what we may
call "the flat," of one of the houses near Messrs. 'Wise's
distillery, wa3 attacked with cholera, and, at about eleven
at night, was left by her husband as dead. After dispo-
sing the body as well as his terrified haste would allow, he
left the house with his family, locking the door upon (as
he thought) the remains of his wife. The parties who
occupy the lower portion of the premises state, that, in
the cours of the night on which the woman was so left,
they heard her articulate, repeatedly and diitinetly, the
words, " Hannah, Hannah ! water, water !" Hannah
being the name of her domestic servant who had been
withdrawn with the rest of the inmates. Hew it could
have occurred that the people who heard the word failed
in rendering the assi--eance she claimed is beyond compre-
hension ; but, certain it is, that on the following morning,
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Etteraturt.

POETRY.

AN EMBLEM.—A LONELY CLOUD.
(Prom Charles Swain's "English Melodies," just published.)

" Sermons in stones, and good in everything."

A lonely cloud, as eve began,
Its quiet rest did take,
As graceful as a sleeping swan
Upon a moonlit lake :
One star, companion of the west,
Shone 'mid that cloudy sphere,
Like hope, within a human breast,
When sorrow darkens near

And oh ! methought, for all our woes
A lesson here is given :
Would man might thus his griefs repose,
Upon the breast of heaven—
Look upward to that realm afar
When worldly cares have birth,
And rest his hope on God's own star—
And take his heart from earth !

N OTICES.

The Land We Live In. Part XXV. Dublin and its
Environs. C. Knight.
This number is embellished with a map of Dublin acid
its environs, and several views of public buildings in
Dublin, &c., and two views of the Meeting of the
Waters," in the " Sweet Vale of Avoca." This is an
interesting part, and fully sustains the character of 'the
work, and to a visitor to Dublin would be very useful...