The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-02-02 00:00:00

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—Two VESSELS Los.

—Yesterday

itelligence was received in the city of the total loss of the
chooner Robert, of Goole, and the Hunter, of Sunderland

(a trader), with a cargo valued at £5,000, which occurred on
the night of Sunday last, in the North Sea, by the vessels
coming into collision. The disaster took place near Inner
Dowsing sands, some distance from Bridlington Bay, a sea-
port situate in East Yorkshire, at about half-past ten
o'clock. From the particulars received, it appears that at
the time the wind was blowing a gale from the westward, and
the night was extremely dark. The Hunter, which was a
fine built vessel, left the Thames for Sunderland in the early
part of last week, and at the period above-mentioned was
• g under press of sale at a rate, it is supposed, of seven
hour. The other vessel, the schooner
voyage from Goole to London, and was
oroceeding at a similar rate. It is stated there was a good
ook out kept on both sides, and that they did not perceive
,ach other until within 200 yards ; and although the crews
trained every nerve to avoid a collision, they came into

Dr e►gt

Robert, was on I

ontact with ti tremendous force. The collision' must-have
been truly awful ; the bulls of both were driven in, and it
was a considerable time before they could be extricated from
each other; and on that being effected, it was discovered
that both were sinking. The consternation that ensued
amongst those on board of each vessel can be better imagined
than described. Some were asleep in their berths at the
time, and were compelled to rush upon deck in their night
clothes. The boats of each vessel were as quickly as possible
lowered into the sea, which being done, the crew threw what
little property they could save into them, and then got in
themselves. The masters were the last on board. Captain
Redman, of the Robert, states, when he got into the long
the water had covered the cabin deck, and Captain Smithson
of the Hunter, says, when he left his vessel, the water was
six feet in her hold, and it was coining in on the starboard
bow like a main sea. Within ten minutes after, both vessels
went down headforemost in deep water. The crews kept
close together, and in the course of the night were picked up
• by the brig Halifax, from Newhaven, Captain Jones, master
e who treated ' ;111 great .t-- safe'

tnem wit. humanity, an. —y put them
on shore at Bridlington. The total loss is said to be up-
wards of £lO,OOO. The vessels are reported to be insured.
—Times of Saturday.
DREADFUL MURDER AT SHEFFIELD.—A very shocking

murder was committed in Thomas-street, Sheffield, on Sun:
day, by a man named George Raney, on the person of George
Belk. Both the deceased and Raney were edge-tool mak-
and it appeared from the evidence adduced before the
-'s inquest held upon the body of the deceased on
•ut from the statement of the prisoner himself,
ibne home about one o'clock on Sunday morn-
arrival at the door, heard voices in the house,
ling fur a moment or two, heard his wife say,
.-1 expect my master home di-

Monday,
that havir

ing, he, on his
and, li

"Now, don't
rectly." The

-give over

an said, " Oh, never mind him, he'll not
ome home yet ; I don't care for him." The prisoner said,
n hearing this conversation, he thbught they were in cri-

desperate struggle then took place between them, and the
prisoner got his hand to deceased's throat, declaring " He
should never do it again." The constable who apprehended
the prisoner stated that he said, " I have not killed him with
striking him ;> I have done it more by strangling than by
striking him." He then asked the constable who the man
was? He told him it was George Belk, who worked atNew-
bould's ; upon which the prisoner replied, " Good God ! was
that the man? There were no persons better friends than
Belk and tue." It appeared when the prisoner rushed into
the room, he could not see who he was striking, as the candle
was out. The prisoner, in his statement before the jury,
declared that he had no intention of murdering the man, and
said if there had been alight in the house, he thought things
. • . ,

ourned for further evidence, and the prisoner removed in
:us tody, amid the hootings of the populace.—SheieldPatriol.
—[The examination of witnesses in the adjourned inquest

upon the deceased was conc

ed on Thursday last, and the
jury, after a few moments consultation, found a verdict of
manslaughter" against George Raney, who was committed
to York for trial. Jane Reany was dismissed; with a severe
reprimand for her part in the matter.]

In the will of Sir Gilbert East, Bart., of Fitfield, Berks,
proved in Doctors' Commons under 300,000, is the following
curious bequest :—Certain clauses in the will are marked 1,

2, &c.—" I leave to Eleanor Mary East every dog belonging
to me at my decease. be it where it may—shall be kept, in
every respect, as well as during my life, be fed with milk,
barley, or oatmeal, or sea biscuit and tripe, &c., and I leave
to be paid to the person possessing the property set down in
No. 1, for his life, is. a week for each dog ;, and, at the de-
cease of Mary Eleanor East, who shall first keep them, the
person in actual possession of the property bequeathed in No.
1, be he who may, shall continue well and punctually to pay
the weekly allowance for each dog, as before directed; and,
moreover, to find out and employ a trusty, honest person to
look after them and attend them, which, together with any

kennel furniture, when wanting, shall be an extra payment,
over and above the weekly allowance, as shall also medicine:

infirm, under a false notion orcharity. And, further, any
horse or mare belonging to me at my decease shall have each

a run for life, with every possible care and attention paid to
them ; but most particular in winter, when I will that chaff,
n. and hay be daily and plentifully given to them, and
—is for them to shelter themselves in be provided ;
4^ my meadows. at Fitfield

arm she
hii thnt 1

. . ,
during her life, do amply provide for the horses, &c., afore-
lid, and at her decease I leave and bequeath Bs. per week,
) be defrayed by the person being in actual possession of my
set forth in No. 1, for the maintenance of each

3ropert

horse, mare, or gelding ; and who I hereby require to hire a
trusty and honest person to attend them, and administer to
their wants, who shall be paid extra, and not from the Bs. per
week. Further, any parrot that may to me belong at my
decease, shall, at the decease oLElanorMary East, if she

.cii, who,

will in ever}, respect take the greatest care of them., on the'
same plan of keeping and feeding as practised while I was
living ; and to enable Martha Hack to perform this, I hereby
order the person in the actual possession of the property set
down and bequeathed in No. 1, to pay unto Martha Hack,
or any other person afterwards whom it may be necessary to

appoint, in case of any unforeseen circumstance, or the death
of Martha Hack occurring, and which substitute to Martha
Hack ought to be very trustworthy, the quarterly sum of £l5,
making £6O a year. And the person in actual possession of
the property bequeathed in No. 1 shall appoint such successor
when necessary ' • and at the death of the said parrot, only
£2O a year for life shall be paid unto Martha Back, or the
successor actually appointed. A cage similar (being iron) to
the present one shall be provided at the expiration of every
two years, for the parrot aforesaid • to be purchased new by
the person in actual possession of the property set down in
No. 1, at his own expense."

REPRESENTATION OF PENRYN.—We are sorry to learn
that Mr. Freshfield, the conservative member for Penryn,
has announced his intention of resigning the representation
of the borough after the close of the present parliament. Mr.
Freshfield adverts very briefly to his long and honourable con-
nection of fifteen years with this representation ; and to the
expectations which he had naturally formed, that after con-
testing the borough on five occasions, his faithful and useful
services would have been considered by the constituency as
placing him beyond the necessity of competing for the seat
with a stranger. But finding that such a course was expected
of him even by his own supporters, he has come to the deter-
mination of withdrawing from any future contest for Penryn.

We trust that the conservative party is not to lose one who
brings to its ranks, at all times, too large an accession of that
influence which is derived frem high integrity and great ex-
perience in public affairs to be spared without prejudice to its
best interests.—Morning Herald.

NEWSPAPER PROPERTY.—On Tuesday week, at the Auc-
tion Mart, London, Mr. Surridge offered for sale the copy-
right and entire interest of the following journals, which have
for some time been in the hands of the Rev. Charles Eyre,
who is, we believe, a dissenting minister, viz.—The Essex,
Herts, and Kent Mercury, the Essex and Suffolk Times, and
Ipswich Express, all liberal journals. The novelty of the
sale did not attract a large company, there not being twenty

persons in the room. Mr. Surridge, having described the
several properties, which were offered in three lots, observed
that he hoped, as there was no reserve, he should meet with
a fair and liberal competition. He next read a letter from

the reverend proprietor, in which he stated that as the pro-
perty was advertised to be sold without any reservation, he
was determined to abide by it. The auctioneer then called
un those present to make a bidding for lot one, but not did
succeed in his appeal ; be next offered lots two and three
with no better success.

NT TO MASTERS

THE NEW POOR-LAW.—IMPORT
MEN.—The Official Circular of the poor-law commission-
ers of December 24, contains a report of a case arising out of
an application made by certain framework-knitters to the
board of guardians at Hinckley. to be allowed to work at
stone-breaking, rather than to be compelled to submit to a
reduction in the price of their labour—an application which
met with a reply in the affirmative from the poor-law com-
missioners, and thus prevented a depression of wages from
taking place. Mr. Senior, in giving a report of the case,
says, " I am now desirous of reporting to you the result of
this decision. Mr. Law, the clerk of the union, informs me
that the workmen of this town (Hinckley) have got em-
ployment from those same masters who offered reduced
wages, at the former rate ; and the result of the attempt at
reduction has been, that, owing to the sanction and assist-
ance of the guardians in affording labour, in breaking stones,
and relief in bread, the prices of the workmen have for the
present been sustained, and the masters have been prevented
from reducing their workmen.' "

ACCIDENT ON THE BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY

.As the

train from Birmingham that arrives at Euston-square at a
quarter before 7 was on its way from Camden-town to the
London terminus, an accident occurred, fortunately attended
with no loss of life, nor serious personal injury. At the pro-
per distance, the breaksmen used every exertion to stop the
train according to their usual practice, but in consequence of
the slippery state of the rails, the breaks had not the least
effect: The consequence was, that the train proceeded at an
increasing speed until it came in contact with a luggage van
that fortunately was on the line of rails, and which alone

saved by its interposition, probably, the lives of many of the
passengers in the carriages from destruction. As it wa, the
luggage van was struck by the force of the concussion off its
springs and wheels, and was driven in a side direction across
the platform amongst the cabs and omnibuses. A second
class carriage, the foremost of the train, was shattered to

atoms, and the passengers were more or less injured. Had
it not been that the luggage van was in the way, the results
would have been dreadful, as the breaks were quite useless.
It is to be hoped that the company will be provided with
more efficient means to meet such a contingency in future.—
Times of Friday.

PORTSMOUTH.—The Indus, 84, Captain Sir James Stir-
ling, will remove from her hulk during the week, and proceed
to Spithead to complete her crew. The Tweed, 20, Com-
mander Douglas, will also go out of the harbour in a few
days, reported for the South American station. The Snake,
16, in Sheerness Basin, and the Bittern, 16, at this port, arc
to be brought forward for commission. The steam-frigate
Salamander, Commander Henry, remains at Sheerness, under
Admiralty orders ; her destination is not accurately known.
The Dee steamer, Commander Sherer, and the brig Satellite,
16, Commander Robb, are ordered home from the North
American station. The latter was at Bermuda, on the 15th
ultimo, all well, refitting. The Dee left Halifax, it is sup-
posed for England, on the Bth of November; but as she has
not yet arrived, must have taken a circuitous route. The
ships at Spithead are the Iris, 16, a new corvette, Capt. Hugh
Nurse, and Pelican, 16, Commander Napier, the former des-
tined for the Cape and West African station. Both are
awaiting Admiralty orders to proceed. The Calliope, 26,
Capt. Herbert, and Samarang, 26, Capt. Scott, are on their
way from the Brazils to the coast of China, to join Rear-
Admiral Elliott. The steamer Alban, Mr. King master, is
refitting in the harbour to proceed to the Irish ports, when
ready, for men for the navy.—Brighton Gazette.

THE MURDER AT HORFIELD.—Since our account of this
dreadful occurrence was in type, we learn that on Thursday
morning a purse, which was supposed to be that of the de-
ceased, was picked up near St. Matthew's Church, Kings-
down, on the road from Horfield to the prisoner's residence.
The purse, however, is not known to be that of Mrs. Shed-
den. It was confidently stated yesterday in this city, that
the prisoner had made a confession of the murder to a ma-
gistrate. This, however, we learn, is incorrect. We under-
stand that there is a slight inaccuracy in the statement given
as to Miss Sowerby. That lady, we are informed, stated,
not that she heard the deceased answer the door at three
o'clock, but that she

aeard somebody walking in the house,
xnd, on looking at her watch, found it was five minutes
after three. Now if Miss Sowerby be not mistaken on
this point, we may infer that the murder had not been
committed before that time, as any stranger, seeing the
corpse in the state in which it was found, would instantly
have given the alarm. The person heard walking about was
probably the actual murderer ; and the question then arises,
with the evidence of Rudge's father and Louisa Knight, that
the prisoner was at Kingsdown from half-past one till ten
o'clock at night, whether he can have been the guilty
party ? Among other on ditB on the subject, it is stated that
two suspicious characters, ballad vendors, were seen lurking
about the neighbourhood on Sunday ; and it is a rather sin-
gular circumstance that on Saturday evening a man (not the
prisoner) was seen grinding a lathing-hammer, the very de-
scription of weapon with which the surgeon thinks the mur-
der was committed, at a grindstone on the roadside, by a
blacksmith's shop, within a few hundred yards of Mr. Shed-
den's residence. This circumstance would not have been at
all remarkable had not the man been turning the grindstone
himself, and evidently using it by stealth. The policeman
told Rudge he was taken for murdering a woman at Horfield,
and then he said "Mrs. Shedden." We understand that
Rudge states he can prove by numerous witnesses, that he
was at his father's house to dinner at one o'clock, and that
after dinner he went to a beer shop in the neighbourhood
and there remained till ten at night.—Bristol Journal.

THE FLOOD AT LOWER AND MIDDLE WALLOP, HANTS.
—On Saturday last these quiet villages suddenly became
alarmed by the rapid rise of the water in every direction,
more especially about half-past two p.m., when the various
channels, dikes, &c., overflowed their banks. Many houses
were inundated, and the affrighted inhabitants hastily retreat-
ed to their chambers for safety. About 3 p.m. a sad spec-
tacle was presented, as the flood not only ploughed up the
green turf, but literally swept every thing before it, and flints
were washed together in a heap, so as to render the road en-
tirely impassable. At 3 p.m. the water was 3 feet deep, but
the greatest height was not attained till 7 o'clock that even-
ing. We regret to state that two lives were lost during the

erers was John Vincent, a ihep-
[le employ of a farmer of Middle Wallop : the other
r was a very intelligent little girl, 11 years of age,
named Sarah Newman. She lived in one of two cottages,
and James Grist, a shepherd, lived in the other. They are
both situate in a vale, and, strange to say, there is no chan-
nel or rivulet near ; but the sad catastrophe was occasioned
owing to the turnpike road passing nearly close to the cot-
Itages, and there being some newly-made ground directly in

front of them, the snow water, which rushed in torrents from
the hills, had no proper means of escape, and consequently
rose with fearful rapidity round the poor cottagers, who re-
treated to the upper rooms for safety. Neither of the hus-
bands were at home at the time, and in Newman's cottage
were his wife and a daughter of about 13 years of age, while
in Grist's cottage were his wife, his infant, and the unfortu-
nate deceased. The water at length reached the height of 5
feet : this was about
,5 and when poor Newman return-

ed home, Ewing teanut 01 toe resort, ne ran about in a state
of frenzy, not knowing what to do : at length, however, he
seized a ladder, and by rushing into the water with it, fortu-
nately extricated his wife and daughter. Almost at the same
time the front of poor Grist's house gave way, and the de-
ceased and Mrs. Grist and child fell into the surrounding wa-
ter, and deceased sank. :Fortunately for Mrs. Grist, she
maintained a standing position, and was discovered by a pig-
dealer of Winterslow, who was returning from the Andover
market with his horse and cart. He left his horse and cart
in the turnpike road, and boldly ventured through the fastly
increasing body of water, at the peril of his own life, and at
length succeeded in rescuing the woman and her infant from
an untimely grave. The verdict was " found drowned ;"
and in the case of Sarah Newman the jury attributed her
death to the want of a proper water-course under the newly-
made ground in front of the cottages. The bodies of 'the
sufferers were interred immediately after the inquest, and in
presence of a concourse of persons.

A COINERS' DEN.—The coiners were at their work. A
man, seated on a stool before a desk, was entering accounts
in a large book. The man was William Gawtrey. While,
with the rapid precision of honest mechanics, the machinery
of the dark trade went on in its several departments. Apart
—alone--at the foot of a long table, sat Philip Morton. The
truth had exceeded his darkest suspicions. He had con-
sented to take the oath not to divulge what was to be given
in his survey ; and, when led into the vault, the bandage was
taken from his eyes, it was some minutes before he could
fully comprehend the desperate and criminal occupations of
the wild forms amidst which towered the burly stature of his
benefactor. As the truth slowly grew upon him, he shrunk
from the side of Gawtrey ; but, deep compassion for his
friend's degradation swallowing up the horror of the trade,
he flung himself on one of the rude seats, and felt that the
bond between them was indeed broken, and that the next
morning he should be again alone in the world. Still, as the
obscene jests, the fearful oaths, that from time to time rang
through the vault, carne on his; ear, lie cast his haughty eye
in such disdain over the groups, that, Gawtrey observing him,
trembled for his safety ; and nothing but the sense of his own
impotence, and the brave, not timorous, desire not to perish
by such hands, kept silent the fiery denunciations of a na-
ture, still proud and honest, that quivered on his lips. All
present were armed with pistols and cutlasses except Morton,
who suffered the weapons presented to him to lie unheeded
on the table. " Courage, mes amis !" said Gawtrey, closing
the book,—" Courage !—a few months more, and we shall
have made enough to retire upon, and enjoy ourselves for the
rest of our days. Where is Birnie ?" Did he not tell
you?" said one of the artisans looking up. "He has found
out the cleverest hand in France,—the very fellow who helped
Buchard in all his five-franc pieces. He has prOmised to
bring him to-night." " Ay, I remember," returned Gaw-
trey, " he told me this morning,—he is a famous decoy?"
" I think so, indeed!" quoth a coiner; "for he caught you,
the best head to our hands that ever les industriels were
blessed with—sacre fichtre !" " Flatterer !" said Gawtrey, •
coming from the desk to the table, and pouring out wine
from one of the bottles into a huge flagon—" Here's to your
healths !" Here the door slided back, and Birnie glided in.
" Where is your booty, mon brave ?" said Gawtrey. "We
only coin money ; you coin men, stamp with your own seal,
and send them current to the devil !" The coiners, who
liked Birnie's ability (for the cidevant engraver was of ad-
mirable skill in their craft), but who hated his joyless man-
ners, laughed at this taunt, which Birnie did not seem to
heed, except by a malignant gleam of his dead eye. "If you
mean the celebrated coiner, Jacques Giraumont, he waits
without. You know our rules—l cannot admit him without
leave." " Bon ! we give it,—eh, messieurs ?" said Gawtrey.
" Ay—ay," cried several voices. "He knows the oath, and
will fear the penalty." " Yes, he knows the oath," replied
Birnie, and glide back. In a moment more he returned with
a small man in a mechanic's rouse. The new-comer wore
the republican beard and mustache,—of a sandy grey—his
hair was of the same colour; and 'a black patch over the eye
increased the ill-favoured appearance of his features.—Night
and Morning: a new Novel, by Sir E. L. Bulwer.