The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-04-23 00:00:00

insed to many cruelties in-

)unft, man of the name of
captain one

about three weeks,
ther it was brought on by .-
The cook on board the brig depo. to
Inflicted on Scroder. He stated that \ ,Ist
the Bonny river, Scroder was ordered by
to take in some rope, and on his refusing to do so in const
quence of the great danger attached to the request, tin-
knocked him down and jumped upon him rte"
when the captain came on board-
pad confined near the •

whilst the vessel was in

second mate

I night

having been informer' to..
board, ordered him to be fastened to the n
he received three dozen lashes, and remain
all night, without any thing on but his tro
was taken down his back was much bruised,
irons with a chain round his neck, and a boar
into it was placed so to prevent him sittin
mained fastened to a gun two days and or
legs began to swell, and appeared as red as
for the loss of which this punishment was

thrown a dog over-

gging,

n that position

When he

)en put in

down. He re-
night, when his
:oocl. The dog,

in high esteem by the nati
as a god. Several other witr
punishment inflicted upon the deceased
ordered the captain to find bail, himse
sureties in £lOO each, to appear and answer the charge this

and was considered by them
s spoke to the extreme

Rushton

If in £2OO

and two

day, (Friday,) at twel

THE MERSEY ON WCDNESDAY.—SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—
On Wednesday, at noon, (shortly after high water,) the river
presented one of the most interesting marine spectacles ever
witnessed in•this or any other port. The day was fine, with a
fresh breeze from the N. E., favourable for vessels going down
the channel coastwise (southward), or seam-' -,(1 a vast

au..
number of craft of all descriptions consequently pushed out
from the several docks into the stream, until the bosom of
old Mersey bore a fleet which alone would have done honour
to any maritime state in Europe. Some of the vessels,
from the northern docks, could clear the Rock without
making a tack. Other, from points further to the south
were under the -necet mak;
tacking) " a short leg, Id a lomr

or maid

g what sail°.

proximity of numerous yes
collision. The tide, soon a

and in a short time the
tion of probate'
ran d

igh vat

at force, and tended to i

vigation, as some vessels t

others were drifted

with more veloc

Good seamanship, how(
One ve

cident in this respect. _
..el 1,
misfortune—the Lily, an hermaphrodite schooner of Har
rington. She was nearly run into by a sloop,
toria Dock gates, and in avoiding her,clidnot sufficientll
answer her helm, and came against the sea-wall at the en
trance. She carried away her figure-head o
Shortly after.
piers it
forward, but nevertheless proceeded to sea. her bulwark:
wards (about a quarter past twelve) .those on t
that quarter observed a man fall into the river from'e o
the yards of a brig making her way down, and then 0
o u i
shores.
midway between the Lancashire and Cheshire-
There
was evidently immediate alarm on board the vessel,
was hove in the wind, and after some exertion and delay''hi a
which
boat was lowered from her. Meantime the head of.the poor
fellow was seen rising occasionally above the waves, as he
was borne rapidly northward by the stream, and evidently
in great peril of his life ; he passed a fine ship lower down,
and being frequently lost sight of, apprehensions were almost
immediately entertained by those on shore who witnessed the
accident that he would go down. A green-painted gig-boat,
under sail, approached the Victoria Dock entrance, with
some passengers on board. As soon as she came within hail,
one of our reporters, who happened to be on the quay, and
other gentlemen, shouted to the boatmen that a man was
overboard from the brig outside, and requested them to stand
out to save him, and obtain the prize. Some of the palsen-
gers, it appeared, were either timorous on bearing the inti-
mation, or were determined to land at their
were accordingly transferred to a small yew-

'er, met wjth

leisure, anct ttry
A lying alongsidc

the quay. Ti'ie. boatmen then, to their credit, ma,
towards the spot to which it was supposed the
man would then have drifted ; but probably too late

saved him had they reac

The alarm was rapidly sent
to which

along to the Clarence Dock quay, nearly oppost,, --
his head was now and then seen emerging ; and another gig-
boat, then coming from the outward-bound ship the Eleanor
Lancaster, on being made aware of the accident from the
shore, instantly put about, and after considerable exertion
and tact (the tide running strong) succeeded in picking UP
the man—drawing him out, in fact, by the hair of the head,
while he was sinking. The boat was manned by Michael
M'lnlav' who belongs to her, and several riggers. She is
owned by Robert Harrison. With great and humane dis-
cretion these men pulled and sailed to the nearest pier they
could make—that near the northern fort—with the poor
fellow they had rescued, and who was quite insensible and
apparently lifeless. They carried him to the receiving-house
in Regent-street, when he was put to bed. A surgeon was
sent for, and we hope, by judicious treatment, he would be
rescued from the death he was in such imminent risk of
being a prey to.

Ivy continue ; for, the system of impressment
1 tyrannical in its principles and operation, and
e could never produce good sailors. The remedy for
considered to rest entirely with the
and the Admiralty, for he had often spoken
he subject to members of parliament, who had, one
',..clined to take up such a formidable question as
aging the system of manning the navy. In the
s opinion, the only way to produce able and
effi-
available at a short notice, would be

was unjust v

upon t

1 all, c

Sir Char!

t Servi,

g down some plan which should cause sailors enter-
'erchant Service, to serve some time in the navy.
ce, he would pr,-)pose that apprentices bound
frst years in the Mer-

for inst

chant Service, and the remaining three in that of her Ma-
jesty ; with the option, at the end of apprenticeship, of re-
turning to a merchant ship, or of remaining in the navy.
This system, he thought, would provide, on any pressing
emergency, a vast number of men accustomed to the routine

Lan raw

ands pre

ed into the service against t

offering a good bounty to sailors in the Merchant Service,
who had previously passed some time in the navy. and who
had been disabused, most probably, of the imaginary dis-
agreeables which were generally supposed to exist in it,
there would be, comparatively, no difficulty in gathering to-
sailors, willing and competent to man a
ought to be manned. _ _

gether a body o
British fleet as i

Sir Charles next commented with great clearness and force
upon the eastern question, which, he regretted to say, he
considered far from settled, the Porte having attempted to
impose conditions upon Mehemet Ali, which it was morally
impossible for him to accede to ; and it remained for such
gentlemen as he was addressing, who were interested so much
in the extension of peace, to support the Pacha, and use their
influence to obtain a just and practicable settlement of the
question. The gallant Commodore concluded his admirable
speech by again thanking the deputation for the honour they
had done him.

oected that the business of the visit to Sir

FROMMINGS IN .NALlAmnrr,

'Prom our London Correspondent.)

The House of Commons met last night for the first time

after the Easter rece

"'here was, however, only a small
attendance of members, to listen to one of the periodical
displays of a very small member—Mr. William Ewart—

is occasionally in the habit of taking under his protection the
affairs of the metropolitan public, and who, on this occasion,
thought proper to busy himself about the opening of certain
newly planted portions of the Regent's Park, in order to en-
able the said public to furnish themselves with walking sticks
therefrom at the national cost. After the usual exchange of
courtesies between the said small member and the ministry,
the motion was duly withdrawn, and William Ewart. Esq.,

IY. iC MErplp ON BEHALF -or THE MOP.

SISTAINI

A public meeting of the inhabitants of Liverpool, con-
vened by a requisition to the mayor, numerously and respec-
tably signed, w.is held in the Sessions House yesterday, for
the purpose of " inquiring into the complaints of the assis-
tants and clerks in the tmployment of retail traders; and in
case such complaints appear reasonable, to consider and de-
termine on any recommendation to the public and the
employers for a curtailment of the hours of labour." The
meeting was very numerously attended. Among those pre-
sent we observed the mayor, the town-clerk, the Rey. Hugh
M`Neile, the Rev. Fielding Ould, the Rev. F. Barker, Sir
J. Walmsley, William Brown, Esq., Adam Hodgson, Esq.,
William Rathbone, Esq., James Mulleneux, Esq., J. B.
Yates, Esq., and many others of equal respectability.

The MAYOR, on taking the chair, said that in compliance
with a requisition very numerously and highly respectably

signed, he had called this pub
ation of the assistant shopkeepers whose times of attendance
in their respective occupations he believed in many cases ex-
cessively inconvenient and unhealthy, as well as depressing
to the spirits and comfort of those engaged in many such
pursuits. (Hear, hear.) The town-clerk would read the re-
quisition, which he might now state was very numerously
signed—by clergymen of all denominations, several medical
gentlemen, members of the law, and other professions, as well
as merchants and bankers, and also he believed by many
who took a distinguished part in improving the condition and
ameliorating the hardships of many of their friends, who were
less favourably situated. (Cheers. The number of signa-
tures attached to the requisition exceeded 1800. (Hear.)
The TOWN-CLERK then read the requisition. It was
headed by the Earl of Sefton, and appended to it were the
names of a vast number of the principal inhabitants of the
borough.
The MAYOF

.ic meeting to consider

id lie had received the following letter from
the Earl of Sefton, who was unable to attend the meeting :

" 38, Belgrave-square, April 21st, 1841.
" SlA,—llaving put my name to a requisition to you to
call a pulic meeting, for the purpose of inquiring into the
complaint of the Tradesmen's Assistants, and not being able
to attend at the meeting, which I understand you have been
pleased to appoint for to-morrow, I think it right to trouble
you with a line to express my approval of the intended con-
sideration of the question, and my sincere hope that some
general system may be recommended and adopted by the
tradesmen, which will tend to ameliorate the moral, religious,
and physical condition of that deserving class of men
" The Mayor of Liverpool

"Yours, &c.,
" SEFTON