The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-23 00:00:00

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the stirrap straps, pct
seized him by the thigi

he animal turned r
i his teeth, dragging Mr. Axe

nd literally worrying him.
was thiown off the horse's back and ran awa
Mr. Joseph Axe, hearing his father's cries, c

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'with 'a stable fork, and, after inflicting, several bl
the animal, made it let go its hold. Mr. Axe; sl

unteh bruised and injured,

EXTRIORDINiuTP

passed 'o-a
ioug'h flying

neighbourhood, so thick kaa,—_
to obscure the light of day. On 'no
autumn thimderstorni did we ever see the na.._
great : while to add to the extraordinary obscuratica. _
a drop of rain fell during the whole day, nor was there a
flash of lightning or the sound of thunder. The cloud,
were, however, densely 'charged with elk, • •
played in lambent flames most beautifully ul
ball at the top of the weather.
The shops in the town hail to be lit up with gas
borough magistrates (for the first time in their
to administer justice by gas-light at noon-day
looked in vain for notices of any similar visita
to the eastward Or 'westward of this neighbouri.
do we find that any storm broke on either si
thronghoutihe day*thr 'barometer stood high and final
—Halffax Guardittn.

vane over the Castle clock,
nd the

lives) had
We have

I either

le„- and

'fpwnEcE.—The ship Nessree has been lost on the
Coast of gindostan, 'within forty miles of Bombay, with
t pwards of 300 lives. The Nessree was an Engllshvessel,
000 tons burden, partly manned by a European crew, and
for some years h‘sTbeen trading between Bombay and the

various ports.on the coast of Arabia. Early in 'April she
was' chartered to,convey a number of pilgiims (who were
'returning, aft -a lengthened pilgrimuge through Arabia,
to tarious'parts of India) on a voyage to Bombay. She
was fitted up accordingly, and, on takng her departure,
had, besides' the crew, no fewer than 400 people on board ;
also a yob/able. cargo. The catastrophe happened on the
night of the77th of June. The ((veiling previous the cap-
tain Bight Bombay, but soon afterwards the weather set
in thick,with rain, and heavy squalls 'blowing on
land- -hich the

..., amid which the ship got ler'iudder'unslnh
iu eonsevence, became umnanageble. The, passengers
aScertalfting the perilous pogition of the vessel, and that
she was'driving ashore, became frantic, and attempted to
eseape'by the boats. The attempt, as may-be imagined,
proved fatal. A tremenduas'rush instantly capsized them,
aid at least 60 perished. The destruction of the vessel
sotefollowed. Shortly flier 'midnight she struck, and
thetext moment her magts, 'with at 'least 100 of the =-
harpy creatures clin7lmg4talhe rigging, gave way and fell
overboard. The occupants were either crushed to death
.or perished by drowning. In the course of affew hours,
tle vessel entirely brake 'up, and the whole of the re-
maining passengers and crew were plunged in among the
weakers. Great sacrifice of life followed. Out of the 460
souls who were alive raihe night previous, ill, with the
exception of 94, perished. The 94 survivors were washed
ashore on fragments of the wreck.

d, and.

AN AFFECTING }NCIDENT occurred at Southampton,
on Saturday, just 'treon the departure Of 'the Euxine
steamer with the In 'mails, and which excited a great
sensation among the 'numerous spectators assembled on
the wharf to Witness her sailing. Directly the vessel
hauled og, a yucng lady, well dressed and of con-
siderable personal attractions, apparently.. bent upon self-
destructkat, cleliterAtely precipitated hersetf from the
standing-place into 'the dock basin. A seaman, who
happened to be "aeon the jib-boom of the Euxine
preparing to set he canvas, instantly' let go his hold
and dropped into the water for the propose of rescuing
the lady. This ":he -effected,' having managed to lay
hold of her, .snettoithstanding her struggles, and to
keep her above water till a boat came JO lair assistance,
into which sheNtras hauled, and: by it' taken on shore,
where the necessary attentions brought .abort a gradual
recovery. A,lx-ymantic story is said to attach to this
strange event. The lady has been, it is said, seduced and
abandoned by a gentlem: in who had taker passage for
India by the Ikirine. Hering of his intended departure,
the young lady 'came to Soutbampton,..and sought an
interview with ;her former lover, at an howl where he
was stopping with an uncle, who had-came down to
see him off. • This being refused, the. lady posted her-
self during the whole of Saturday en the deck of the
Euxine, in the wexpectation of inducing arreconciliation
with her faithless 'friend. On the deprrtura of the vessel
she had to be-removed by force, the servieee.of the police
being called :in "by the officials of the -company for this
purpose. In'themeantime the gentleman, nnsLr the advice
of his uncle, and to avoid an unpleasant scene, had en-
gaged a boat to-eravey' him a considerable 4stance down
the river, where he' leisurely awaited the coming of the
vessel, and secured an uninterrupted embarkation. Find-
ing herself defeatedat every point, the unfortuaate young-
lady, in a paroxysmof disappointment and despair, plunged
into the water, there; if possible, to drown her sorrows and
her shame. Bat ':for the gallant and prompt:Qssistance
afforded by ththbrave sailor who risked his lifelor her, the
poor girl must have sunk into deep water 46iinevitable
death before a'-boat could get to her rescue. :She is now
lying at the 'Canute Hotel, and was to be taken: ,efore the
magistrates yesterday, on a charge of attempting self-
destruction. The Feelings of the heartless man ,who first
dishonoured, and then abandoned his victim, gipcaAlearing
of these eiretunstaneea, may be better imagined:than de-
scribed.

THE LATE DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT Dovnu.--:The fire
by which the inhabitants of Dover and Folkstone, were so
much alarmed on the evening of Sunday week, conuiteaced
in premises belonging -to Messrs. Walker and Co., oil
merchants and seed. crushers, and are situate at the Vend
of Snaresbrook-street, under Dover cliffs, something more
than a quarter:4)f a- Milefrom the Dover terminus. !The

premises were of great, magnitude, and comprised suck
compartments, among which were stores for Loll, ward.
houses for depositing the. various kinds of oil seeds, press-
rooms, &c. Each compartment of the building was stored
with goods of great value,.while the mills and 'warehouses
contained some thousand pounds' worth of seeds and
oil-
cakes. The fire was discovered by a soldier of the Rifle
Brigade, who in posing the lrdll perceived smokein dense

bodies h'overing over the south-east side of the premist
Assistance promptly arrived, aLd an attempt was made tic
confine the flames to that nart of the min. thaw nn fine

but unfortunately without success. Fire engines were
speedily brought fix) the. spot, and a telegraphic message
was forwarded to Landon, requesting the aid of the fire

`brigade and engines. These proceeded to the scene of the
conflagration, which they reached'in about.two hours and
tpiirentY minutes after' leaving London. The engines be-
1031g,ing to the barracks, the Royal Artillery, the Com-
missioners of Pavements, and theSonth-Fastern Railway
Company, and the soldiers of. the >.{t7th ReAment_

Rifltßrigade, and the two•companies of the Royal Artil-
lery 'were all on the spa. The soldiers were regularly
relieved every two hours, and twenty-five were kept
on eats engine, and a fimilar number kept in reserve
to suprey their place as they became exhausted. The
soldiers ,tore down, several small buildings, and had
not this been done the flames would have travelled
much further. Even with this precaution, the mate-
rials of the buildings thus trazed became ignited. The
main bodyoof fire continued to rage durint the whole of
Sunday night and Monday morning, and ras far from
being entirely extinguished at seven o'clock on Monday
While the firemen were actively employed a
lost fearful • ateident took place. Mr. Birbeet, a gentle-

evening.

-Iran connected with the South-Eastern Railway Company,
".MO3 busily engaged directing the men in; harge d* the rail-
way engines, when some of the firemen shouted out for all
to .escape, as the tiff was falling. Mr. Birbeck.and Mr.
Birch, the chief clerk at the head station of the lrigade,
had .barely sufficient time to run away, when a portion of
tha ,cliff fell, with a -noise resembling the discharge a a
park ,of artillery, burying under it the hose of one of the
engines, and, it is feared, several persons who were standing
near. The amount of ohalk from the cliff that fell was
nearly 60 feet high, 40 feet wide, and something like 64
feet deep, and it is estimated at 1,500 tons weight. Some
time must elapse before it can be clearly ascertained
-Whether any 'lives have beev. lost ; but it is stated that
several persons are missing, mad that they were seen near
the place where the fall occurred. The loss that Messrs.
Walker will sustain, it is said, will approach £40,000 or
£50,000. The premises in which the disaster commenced
covered an area of ground exceeding three-quarters of an
acre. The buildings were filled with seeds or oils, roughly
valued at nearly £60,000, and it is thought exceedingly
questionable if the salvage will amount to £B,OOO. The
machinery used on the premises was also of great value,
and was worked by steam power, there 'being two engines
in the place from 25 to 30 horses' power each, but the
whole of it has been reduced to a mis-shaper mass by the
fury of the fire. A stock of oil and some other goods
stored in vaults dug out of the cliff have been saved. The
insurance offices interested in the loss are stated to be the
Atlas, the Alliance, the Norwich Union, the Globe, and
West of England.
INTERESTING Facer.—Tlie following singular and authentic
case of restoration of the human hair is worthy of observa-
tion, more particularly as it relates to an article of high and
universal repute during the last half century. Mr. A. Herr-
mann, of Queen-street, Soho, had been quite bald for some
time past, and had tried various preparations for the recovery
of his hair, but without any beneficial result. He waq then
induced to try the effects of "Rowlands' Macassar Oil," and
after daily applying it for about two months, he, much to his
gratification, had his hair quite restored, and now possesses
a beautiful head of hair. This fact speaks too strongly for
itself to require comment,--BelPs Weekly Messenger.
HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS THE MOST EXTRA-
ORDINARY REMEDY KNOWN FOR CURING SKIN DISEASES.
—Mr. A. G. Rehme, residing at Paramaribo, in South Ante:
ries, states, in a letter addressed to Professor Holloway, that
he was troubled for about four years with an eruption of the
skin that defied the skill of the most eminent of the place to
cure or alleviate; in despair lie had recourse to Holloway's
Ointment and Pills, and with such good results, that after
using them for a short time he was completely cured, and he
has ever since been in the enjoyment of perfect health, These
medicines are Ow infallible for scalds and burnt,