The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-05-18 00:00:00

LOSS OF THE WILLIAM BROWN

The following account of the loss of the ship William
Brown, is given by the crew saved in the boat and taken on
board the ship Crescent, and it supplies a few painfully in-
teresting particulars in addition to what appeared in the
Standard, of Friday. It is dated April 28, 1841 :
" The passage was very rough, accompanied by squalls and
loss of sails. On the 19th of April, in lat 43 30 N., and 49
39 W long., making all sail in open sea, and running ten
knots an hour, the larboard side of the vessel struck upon an
iceberg, which stove her in. At ten minutes past nine .at
night we struck upon another. I then proposed to the cap-
tain to take in sail as quickly as possible, which we did ; and
sounding the pump, found two feet water in the hold. On
going below I found that the vessel was rapidly making wa-
ter. All hands set to work to disengage the boats, and at
eleven o'clock they were alongside. I descended into the
longboat, with eight of the crew and thirty•three of the pas-
sengers ; the captain, lieutenant, a lady, and five sailors,
embarked in the jollyboat, and we fastened the boats to-
gether. At midnight the vessel sunk, carrying with her
thirty-three persons. We remained alongside each other
until five o'clock in the morning. Captain Harris then in-
formed us of his intention of leaving us, and making the best
of his way to Newfoundland, and advised me to do the same.
" My boat being full and heavy, I could not manage it;
to pursue that route was impossible : I therefore directed
my course south. In the afternoon we fell in with a large
quantity of ice. Throughout the night the wind blew with
violence from the north in squalls, with rain and hail, and a
very heavy sea. Finding that the boat was literally sur-
rounded by small and large masses of ice, that the water was
gaining upon her, I thoughtit improbable she could hold out
unless relieved of some of her weight. I then consulted the
sailors, and we were all of opinion that it was necessary to
throw overboard those who were nearly dead, until we had
room enough to work the boat, and take to our oars. Tl.e
weather becoming worse it was almost impossible to keep the
boat afloat and disengage it from the ice. At daybreak we
were still surrounded by icebergs. On counting the passen-
gers sixteen were missing, and the rest were in a desperate
state and almost stifffrom sold. At six o'clock in the morn-
ing we perceived to the westward a sail steering an easterly
course. We exerted every effort to approach it. The cap-
tain being aloft in order to steer his ship through the ice,
saw our boat, and, notwithstanding the danger to his own

ship, made sail fOr us. On Thursday morning at seven
o'clock we were alongside of her, and before she had received
us all on board, was struck by the ice, which stove in the
boat. We, however, succeeded in saving her. Banks and
islands of ice were in sight as far as the eye could reach. I
then ascertained that it was the Crescent of Portsmouth
(New Hampshire), Captain S. J. Ball, bound from New
York to Havre. We met the kindest reception on board,
and assistance in the way of food and clothing were lavished

upon us.
Signed by the crew saved in the boat, and two passen-
gers :—Francis Rhodes, mate ; Lemarchal, steward ; H
Murry, cook ; James Patrick and James Black, passe

dr • _
Joseph Stretton, Alexandria Williams, Charles Smith, James
Northon, Isaac Freeman, and William Miller, seamen.
__

The above is a correct statement of the loss of the William
Brown, which I have been able to
_learn from the mate and
passengers

(Signed)
S. J. Ball, Captain of the Crescent

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.-Mr. Atkins purposes exhibiting
at this fashionable place of resort, during the summer
months, the bombardment and capture of St. Jean D'Acre,
in which Sir Charles Napier bore so distinguished a part.
The first representation takes place on Monday evening
next. A celebrated pyrotechnist will be employed. These
gardens, if fine weather smiles upon them, will doubtless be
well attended. The following animals have been presented
to the proprietor of the gardens since last season :—J. M.
Ashford, Esq., Norton-street, a white dove ; G. Armstrong,
Esq., Abercrombie-square, a cockatoo ; Atherton, Esq.,
South Castle-street, a South American squirrel; J. Appelby,
Esq., Park-road, a pair of Carolina deer ; D. Buchanan,
Esq., Everton, an Indian sheep; Mr. I'. Brooks, ship Eng-
land, a falcon; Mr. C. Belay, Crown-chambers, a pair of
Maltese pigeons ; Capt. Cumming, ship Penang, a beg deer ;
Capain Crosbie, Toxteth-park, a. macaw ; Captain Cawkett,
ship Cordelia, several specimens; Mr. Cook, Upper Hill-
street, 'a Pennentian parrot : Captain Green, ship Columbus,
a tiger cat ; Mr. Greetham, Ranelagh-street, a monkey ;
Mr. R. Gardiner, Bold-place, a green parrot ; Messrs. Har-
ris and Smith, Wavertree, a macaw ; Mr. Henry, chief officer
of the Hesperus, an alligator; G. Hall, Esq., ship North
America, a rattlesnake ; Mr. Howard, barque Air, a macaw ;
Mr. P. Mings, ship North America, a pair of quails ; Capt.
M'Phun, ship Marchioness of Bute, a ringtail monkey : Capt.
M`Millan, barque Thomas Hughes, a young lama ; Miss
Mark, Cornwallis-street, a peccary; Captain Mathewson,
Archer, a ring-tailed monkey; Captain Petre, ship Eliza-
beth' Johnson, a coatimondia, W. R. Preston, Esquire,
Mosely-hill, a peccary ; Captain Rimmer, barque Isa-
belle, a .monkey ; Captain Robinson, ship Nelson Wood,
a grey squirrel ; Captain .Rickerty, ship Livingstone.
a king parrot; Captain Smith,
street, a pair of parroquets ; Captain Simpson two turtle ;
Captain Stickney, ship Mountaineeer, two red Virgenian
nightingales ; W. C. Towuly, Esq., William-street, a mon-
key; Cptain Winfield, barque Air, a currasow ; C •
Williams, ship Mountaineer, a peccary; Captain
ship Haywood, a monkey ; R. Zwilchenbart, Esq.,
peafowls; Captain Corbett, ship Ellen Stewart, a lar;
*tailed ape.
DEFRAUDING THE EICISE.-'-At the Police Court, yes-
terday, Holiday Flewker, Esq., Collector of Excise
ferred informations against Daniel Denny, an auct
for making an untrue declaration of sales effected
in Liverpool, by which the revenue was defrauded to a
siderable amount. Mr. Hodges appeared to defend tile pri
soner, and took a preliminary objection to the notice, which
he contended should have been served fourteen days before
It appeared, however, that 'by a more recent act than ti
requiring fourteen days notice, a notice of only t
days was required, and this had been complied wit
much as the 'summons was served on the 6th instan
James Young, Excise-officer, proved the receiving
notices from the defendant in the usual way. These
particularized a number of sales of books, spreading over
great part of October and November of last year ; they
were signed by the defendant, who had also made returns
for all of the sales to correspond. The offence, therefore,
was that he had accounted for a much smaller amount of
duty than he ought to have done,—the defraud in all amount-
ing to £6 14s 61id. He was proceeded against on only one
of the counts,—or in other_ words for the amount received

by him, and withheld on sales that had taken place from the
27th to the 31st October inclusive. Mr. Holt, collector's
clerk and cashier, said that defendant bad delivered the
account sales produced, and on the 9th January had paid
£2 93 44d for auction duty, from the 12th October to the
7th November. The collector said that on the 9th of January,
Mr. Denny made a return of these sales, and settled the
amount he had put down as due. He (the collector•) sus-
pecting that the declaration was untrue, warned him to be
careful, but he made no amendment in it. Mr. Thomas
Johnson, bookseller, said he had employed Denny to sell
books for him in October and November, at the shop No.
60, Byrom-street. He sold for four weeks, and the gross
amount of the sales was £lB5 17 6, from which about
5.£ should be deducted for sales by private. The duty
was paid by the purchaser. Thomas Rodgers said he er
employed by Mr. Johnson to receive the money for the
veral lots as they were sold, which he paid over to hi,
the morning following each sale, and Mr. Johnson entr
in his book. The several sums paid daily from the
31st October inclusive were then read, and amounted to
£46 ss. Od. The collector stated that the sales accounte,
for by the defendant during that period was only £l2 3s. 0
Mr. Culshawsaid only 12s. 9d. of duty were paid, in plac
£a2e4e so
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act of 32d Geo. 3d : but he was set right '
point, there being a subsequent act which 1.
complied with—the Ist and 2d Willim IV., Chapter 4
Denny entered into a statement of his pecuniary dita.
and prayed for mitigation under the circumstances. i.
Rushton.—l do not see any ground for such an application.
Here are no fewer than four false returns, and you received
the money. The Collector.—This is quite a frauduler
transaction. I even gave him an opportunity of rnakin,
supplementary sheet ; but he declined to do so.
.The
fendant.-1 hope, Mr.' Rushton, you will make
for the circumstances in which' I have been placed. M
Rushton.—l cannot. if the court make recommendation
in improper cases, such as this, to the commissionelms,inten.?
will pay no attention to cases which it is proper to.rnectc,,is
case!
for mitigation. The Collector.-1 must
defendant press
for conviction in the full amount. Th_e_
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RAILWAY TRAFFIC.— .
the sum of £lOO, in terms of the stat! fined thediefeedasilitifiet:
period to which themeveranveed:llowing
eluding passengers, Par
row
58: esßa:npriogds:lhus6tt liEes, oo',, . THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. —T 11 R 1
nArbnuoi tars
evening inconsequence of the protracted debate on ti
of traffic on the several rat
(29 in all) for the
amount of passenge "
tration of .
F and the P
is the total amonn
last
week,
lr are calculated,
coenels:
an 222,210. Total reeeir
carriages, horses, mere:
~
(Engl d) Bill, the Right of Votir- i
shment of Death Bill, stood for discussion I
a ; tit is doubtful whether they would not be a;7,i
forward his motion for church extension, &c ; and to.mor•
Lord Stanley's Irish Registration Bill is to be read
for discussion this week are oleo very numerous.

2tith to

4, Sec. 1

is

:1 the motion of Lord Sandon, for he
the proposition of government could
ment of slavery, while, at the same
elf opposed to the repeal, or to any
He held a small property in the
was, notwithstanding, fully of opinion
no injustice to himself in supporting the
.on of protective duties on sugar.
ND thought that the falling off in the revenue
;lent justification for the Chancellor of the
woposing such extensive changes in our pto-
The government either went too far or did
igh. They should have declined to bring for-

such a proposition under the circumstances or-they
ild have proposed an equal ad valorem duty on all our

HASTIE S

n.ted the proposed financial alterations,
Ito the government that, if defeated in
neasures, they should resort to an equalisation
cy duty, from which the landed property of the
om was exempted.

ER. supported the motion of Lord Sandon,
thing could be more fallacious than at-
m labouring classes in this coun-
corn laws.

ted the proposition of the Chancellor of
contended that, even under the protec-
proposed to be adopted henceforth, the
ry would pay annually £2,400,000 in aid

t India colonies

Mr. A. CRAPMAN contended that the proposed alteration
the protective duties would be injurious to the shipping
terests of this country, because at present the whole of the
'Tying trade of sugar from our colonies was conducted un-
.r the British flag ; but if foreign sugar were to displace
lonial produce, the shipping interests must suffer, for the
reign sugar would be carried in foreign bottoms.
Sir E. L. BULWER contended that a fixed duty of Bs. on
lest would not be a sufficient protection to the agricultu-
a. A change of some sort was, however, necessary ; and
was decidedly in favour of protective, instead of prohibi-
,

fr. HOME supported the government proposition, as cal-
`ed to afford relief to the white slaves in this country,
rgely to extend its commerce. He contended that the
-icy of the revenue was entirely owing to the increased
cure to which the government had been urged by
;s of the house. He had no doubt but that the
.lor of the Exchequer intended to carry further the
i of the tariff, which now contained over 1,100 arti-
He hoped he would strike out altogether 600 or 700 of
. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in justice to him-
, to his own propositions, and to the public, should, be-
fore the close of the debate, lay before the house the full ex-
tent of all that he contemplated with respect to the revision
of duties. Though he supported the motion of the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, yet he would not, in committee,
agree to the duties which he intended to propose on sugar.
He was opposed to all protective duties, as being imposed
for the gain of a few to the prejudice of the community at
large. He denied that cheap corn produced low wages, for
it had hitherto always been the case that wages were highest
when bread was cheapest.
At the conclusion of the hon. member's speech, the de-
-,as adjourned.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented a number of petitions
from Liverpool, Manchester, Norwich, and other places,
praying for an alteration in the present Marriage Act. One
of the principal alterations sought for by the petitioners was,
that a widower might be permitted to marry his deceased
wife's sister, who must be supposed to have a greater inter-
est in him and his children than any body else.
The Bishop of LONDON contended that the existing laws
were founded on Scripture, and the clergy, for the most part,
were in favour of their maintenance. If a man was allowed
to marry his sister-in-law, the next thing would be that
brothers would seek to marry their own sisters. lie should
be sorry to see the day when the prohibition on this subject,
which now existed, should be done away with, for, in his
opinion, they would lose more in morality than they would
hope to compensate by occasional instances of utility. For
these reasons he could not consent to any alteration in the

existing 1

Lord MELBO URNE presented several petitions praying for
e abolition of church-rates.
Their lordships then adjourned.