The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-26 00:00:00

GREAT RISE IN FREIGHTS.

The following comparison of the present and ordinary
rate of corn freights was given by Lord John Russell; in
his motion for the suspension of the navigation laws
"I will state to the house what is the ordinary freight,.
for a quarter of corn from various places to this country.
and what is at present paid. From the Danube the ordi-
nary rate of freight is Ios. a quarter ; but the present rate
is 16s. 6d. to 17s. per quarter. From Odessa the ordinary
rate is Bs., and the present rate is 13s. to 13s. 6d. From,
the United. States the ordinary rate is ss. ; the present
rate is 12s. 6d to 13s. From the Baltic the ordinary rate •
is 3s. 9d. to 4s. 6d. ; the preent, supposing the navigation
were open, would be from ss. to ss. 6d. The increase in.
the rate of freight is still more remarkable as affecting the -
supply of Ireland. For instance, the ordinary rate of
freight from London to Cork varies from is. to Is. 3d. a
quarter, and at times is considerably below that ; but at •
present the rate of freight is from 3s. to 3s. 61, and at
the same time there is considerable difficulty in finding
vessels."

THE " SIRIUS" STEAM-PACKET WRECKED AT
BALLYCOTTON-NINETEEN LIVES LOST.

(From the Cork Reporter of Saturday week.)
We regret to announce that intelligence was this day
received by the enterprising owners of this fine vessel of
her having stranded on the coast, in the neighbourhood of
Ballycotton. From the nature of the information receiv-
ed, up to the hour of our going to press, we are only
able to state that the Commander of Coast-guard at the
adjacent station, despatched at the hour of 7 o'clock
this morning a hurried note, to the Directors of the Cork
Steam Ship Company stating that the Sirius was ashore
about half a mile to the west of the Ballycotton station ;
that a portion of the crew were discernable on board the
vessel, and others on a detached rock close by ; and re-
commending for the purpose of protection to the property,
that a military force should be at once sent to the spot.
The writer added that she was in imminent peril of being
lost—an anticipation, which from the calmness of the
weather, there are great hopes, however, will not be re-
alised.

The Sirius left Dublin at half-past seven o'clock yes-
terday morning for Cork, having been temporarily placed
on the line instead of the Ocean.
On the receipt of the note the active and zealous Direc-:
tors of the Company at once took measures to send as-
sistance to the scene, in which they were readily co-ope-
rated with by the Admiral at Cove.
The Sirius is a splendid vessel of 700 tons, and 32G
horse-power, and was the first Steamer that made a voy-.
age across the Atlantic. She was timber built.

-In addition to the foregoing outline, which appeared in
the first edition, we have• now the melancholy duty of re-
cording the loss of human life and of property to a vast
amount, by the shipwreck of this fine vessel.
Between three and four o'clock this morning, the yes-
sel, having made an excellent passage from Dublin to the
offing of Cork Harbour, struck, in a dense fog, on a reef
of rocks in Ballycotton Bay, and instantly a scene of con-
sternation, not to be described, prevailed among the pas-
sengers. Captain Moffett, the commander, then deemed
it advisable to back the ship off the reef, and by much ex-
ertion with the engines and otherwise, succeeded in doing
so ; but they were only a very short time clear of the
rocks when it became evident the vessel would not much
longer remain afloat, as she was making water fast, and
had received serious injuries in her bottom and sides. She
was accordingly again turned towards the land, and very
soon after began to strike on a ledge, called Smith's Rocks,
about half a mile to the west of Ballycotton, with the
certainty of going to pieces in a few hours.
The total loss of the vessel being thus inevitable, the
attention of, all en board was directed to the preservation
of the crew and passengers, and amidst the confusion and
alarm that prevailed,. the life boat, which is usually car-
carried over the paddle-box, was attached to the davits
and lowered, though unfortunately on the wrong side of
the ship. This boat, we understand, was not equal to
accommodate more than eight, but immediately she was
launched twenty crowded into her, principally deck pas-
sengers, and before she was well clear of the steamer,
melancholy to relate she was swamped, and all in her met
a watery grave save Captain Cameron, of the Prince, river
steamer, who was a passenger in the vessel from Dublin.
Retaining his presence of mind at such a moment, he ma-
naged to keep himself afloat, and grasped a rope, by means
of which he was hauled on board. Meanwhile the steamer
continued to thump heavily on the rocks, while the screams
of alarm from the affrighted passengers, and the heavy
surf breaking on her sides, and on the deck, rendered
the scene one of awful danger and intense anxiety.
Soon after the Const-guard boat from Ballycotton Sta-
tion, under command of Mr. Coghlan, chief officer, came
alongside, and the ship's boats having by this time been
also launched, the remaining passengers were got into
them, and safely landed, though with the loss of every
portion of their luggage. We are sorry to learn that the
country pepple of that wild and wretched locality availed
of the melancholy occasion to carry off everything they
could lay, their hands on. One gentleman showed us his
carpet bag ripped open with a knife, and having been
plundered of all its contents, it was thrown on the beach
as useless. In fact the passengers who arrived in town
had barely the cl6thes on their back, and were obliged to
purchase or borrow changes of linen, &c.
The deck passengers who were 'drowned were princi-
pally policemen, some who had gone up in the Vanguard
in charge of convicts.

Up to the last accounts the ship was fast going to
pieces, and probably after another tide there will not be a
vestige of her left. None of the bodies are as yet found,
but it was thought that in the course of Sunday they
would be washed ashore.

The number of passengers and crew on board the Sirius
was, as near as can be ascertained, about ninety, seventy-
one of whom have been saved. She had a very large and
valuable cargo from Glasgow and Dublin, principally bale
goods, groceries, musical instruments, books, furniture,
packages, &c., and among them it is said five cases of
theatrical wardrobes, worth a large sum, belonging to the
celebrated comedian Mr. George Wild, of the Olympic
Theatre, London. _ _

Her cargo is valued at £30,000, and the vessel at
£l,OOO. The latter was insured for £lO,OOO.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BANGOR COURSING MEETING.-Mr. N. Jones, coroner
of Llangefni, Anglesey, won both cups at the Bangor
Coursing Meeting last week, with his dogs Nimrod and
Lecture. The cups were presented to the worthy coroner
at the club dinner, held at the Penrhyn Arms, Bangor.
Mr. W. Scott has sold his chesnut colt Christopher, by
Hampton, three years old, engaged in the Derby, to Mr.
Conway, for the sum of £l5OO. He is to remain for the
present under the care of. Mr. Scott.

7HE CHASE.
The CHESHIRE Hot'Nns, on Wednesday, at Arley;
Thursday, at Booth's Obelisk ; Saturday, at Darnhall—
at half-past ten.

Sir NV. W. WYNNE'S HOUNDS, on Wednesday, at
Worthenbury ; Thursday, at Iscoysl ; Saturday, at Over-
ton Bridge, at half-past ten.

WISE PRECAUTION.—The late severe weather has
caused in this town an extraordinary demand for Indian
rubber over-all shoes. By one house—certainly by far
the most extensive in the line—Messrs. J. H. and S.
Johnson, Church-street, an almost incredible number
has been sold in three. days. They are generally light,
and by no means unseemly, while they per.nanently resist
the penetrating effects of snow or damp. Some pairs ar©
soled and heeled, and are then extremely neat in appear-
ance—indeed far befora anything of the kind offered a
few years since.

DUMOS'S ANATOMICAL VENUS.—This new and ex-
traordinary work of art, now exhibiting at 82, Bold-street, . •
is the most beautiful and elaborate ever seen. Exter-
nally the figure exhibits the most delicate and perfect •
symmetry, whilst the development of the internal anato-
my is so exquisitely natural, that it is almost difficult for
the visitor not to imagine himself looking upon a real dis-
section, at the same time being so neat as not to inspire
the most fastidious with any other feelings than those of.,
deep interest. The whole of our wonderfully formed bo-
dies, from the outer integument to the bone, is demon-
strated, the figure taking to pieces from head to foot. On
removing the outer skin, the beautiful network of veins,
nerves, and arteries traversing over the body is seen ;
layer after layer of muscles then remove from the upper
and lower extremities, exposing the deep seated blood
vessels and nerves, and the bones. The whole of the
lungs, heart, diaphragm, liver, stomach, pancreas, spleen,
and the entire digestive apparatus remove down to the
spinal column. The brain is also removed from the cra-
nium, shelving all its convolutions,. membranes, 'blood
vessels, &c. Indeed, the figure forms a complete study
on a subject with which every one ought to he acquainted
and must be, to keep pace with the improvement of the
age. None should omit a,visit to 82, Bold-street.
THE SOUTHERN ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS.—A com-
pany of serenaders under the direction of Mr. B. Frank-
land Fuller, arrived here on Saturday last in the ship
John P. Hayward, from New Orleans. Amongst them is
Mr. Rainer, a member of a faniily of vocalists known and
celebrated as the Rainer Family ; Mr. G. B. Swaine ; a
youth designated in the New World, from his pecu-
liar and unapproached talent on the violin, the "American.
Ole Bull ;" Mr. Sandford; and Mr. Burke, both acknow-
ledged superior vocalists. In the Southern States of Ame-
rica, the truly Ethiopian settlements, their success has
exceeded that of any of their predecessors, and that they
may here be distinguished from others they take the title
of Southern Senenaders. Their songs arc new to English
audiences •, and their ability has been so lauded that we
cannot forbear giving insertion to the following from the
Daily Cincinnati Commercial:—" We have long sin 8
discarded the practice of speaking in high terms of
praise of any and all performances gotten up to attract the
multitude and make money. If we cannot praise where
merit is, and censure where it is not, our remarks are
utterly worthless or worse. In view of this position,
which alone makes praise valuable, we feel warranted in
speaking of the Ethiopian Serenaders. We have attended.
three times at Masonic Hall, and on each night was de-
lighted by hearing the melodies, which this band have the
exclusive right and title to sing and play. For originality,
harmony, and melody, the vocal amt instrumental powers
of this band are not excelled in this country, as far as our
knowledge extends, and we fancy we have seen all the•
negro delineators who have attained any considerable
notoriety. It is not necessary for us to speak of the .
separate parts necessary to make a full and efficient hand,
because every intelligent person knows The parts of music
necessary. We have only to say, that from the unap-
proachable bass of Rainer to the alto of Little Ole Buil, a
harmony and beauty exist quite enchanting. To-night is
the last chance to hear the melodies which have been SO
often enented, mid laugh at the extravaganzas of the um-.
thtive negro, all executed to perfection. The solos by
Little Ole Bull, and the banjo playing, the dancing,, the
bones, the tamboriue, in fact, every part of the evening's
Performances is unique,"