The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-04 00:00:00

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Ballinasloe and other parts of Connaught.
round was inundated. The storm was also severe)? fel",-----
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bulwarkshave beenof
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will ado
pier were tern away. At Peel considerable claw-0
was done to a fleet of luggers. Several vessels ‘,/!sit,WiNnsou.-
1301 Illainns, fuel, driven on the coast. A life-boat belonging to the
poor of t
Queen, which vessel sailed from this port on Tholll
ace on New
week, was picked up at Castletown bay on Mond*
is now in the possession of Mr. Robert Clucas,
ler Majesty's
town. At Ramsey much damage was done. Iltfore ten o'c
SCOTLAND.—This part of the country, though
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visited with the full fury of the gale which has wroughtyeal children
much destruction in the southern part of the island, F'l'
ear Princess
1 of Aber
not altogether escaped, the storm of Sunday and 310° C)
the riding s
having been severely felt in the west and south of Sc°lld
di,cergy of Wir
Win
land. From the prevalence of the westerly
erald Welle:
Clyde was on Monday swollen to an immense height' '
thlthe arran
lighter craft at the Bromielaw being elevated froca;tithgem'
perinte
moorings, and great difficulty was experienced in ale Cede portion
their coming into collision with the breast of tbe°lll4?l
1.. otthing Clul
The flood rose so high in the town of Durnbartoa
Monday, that sailing boats were made use of for Amountthet9g ron age, reco
of th
veyance of parties in the High-street. At Greenock'
gtflY the Queen'
the same day, a very high tide occurred, which °° ji.:astle on Sati
much damage. Most of the shops and cellars alo g
11 fOrmance this
quay were flooded more or less. The West Butlifeind be contiut
dammed back, and rose above the arches of the hrrYies.
covering the streets adjoining it. The most of the 51 0
n Tuesda
building yards were flooded, so that all the men ha hichthe Y pit w re
leave off work, and many of the poor people of the
„od the new
had their dwellings flooded, and their property ariCourt was hel
e
Accounts from Port-Glasgow, Gourock, Roth .81_ia' yelledb
other places, state that in all the/ the tide was ardlieE WesternYt
l
unprecedented. In the Rothesa Post-office the 7,1 ikett
stood ankle deep. At Helensburg , the flood of SP, '''lr. Aarau
morning week was most destructive. In the grouadncretary to Lo
Ardencaple Castle, the property of the Duchess Wit LORD Jon's
of Argyle, a considerable amount of damage was doo4Plomatic ley
s
the unusual fall of water. At Ayr, on Monday, the e ow ree
'ning- t
of the gale were very serious. About mid-day, is if Foreign Poi
course of a few minutes, the tide rose a couple of feted V"
I.ORTII E-'si
Ca
the river was flush with the street, and pener tedelo sq., of . . .ensl
houses near which it had never been known to owe of a vacan
before. In many cases the depth of water was sr
jid THE REV. N
feet, and a number of families had to leave their dwei bancellor Cr;
The terrible violence of the sea swept away many Isrfis
and 000,1 Heacham,
the Newton beach, the temporary railway,
hundred yards of railway, placed far above usual :10THE COUNT!
mark. The new breakwater has sustained great date om Rome, aci
At Troon, on the same coast, the tide was greater t st year, has
has been known for many years, and some of the 9, i linteSS is imp
of the town were flooded to the depth of several to for some N
The Tintern, screw-steamer, which sailed from Trooo:rase of the I
Friday night, having encountered a severe gale het° pected
and Ailsa, which split her sails and rendered her 11°A.---
nageable, came ashore at Barassie early on Saw'
morning, and she now lies stranded. The Tay was 811,
in flood on Sunday, and in the course of the aftec°,o
inundated both Inches. The rise above the ordinarY"LCourt dresse!
of the river was fully fifteen feet. In the south of 6°9olth trains refit
land, Sunday and Monday were wild days. The NitbAcientiv droc
Sunday was raging in full flood, covering the greater!) well as to th
tion of the White Sands. At mid.dav the waters Iroidered satin:
dammed back by the tidal flow of the Solway, and Oi,An evening
then have been within about 18 inches of the high 911 e, hemmed
they reached a fortnight ago. On Monday evening theoue silk over e
moderated, though it by no means went down. ',Le top, formin
driver of the Lockerby coach was obliged to go rouligiots. The sle
Hillhouse Bridge, Shillaiiill having been again in3P, he body. The
ble ; and he reports the flood in the Annan to be lug `aced on the
than it was a fortnight ago.—Edinburgh Advertiser' alf, way down
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APPALLING SHIPWRECKS. A robe of vi(
It is at sea that the most fearful catastrophes -pi
utilizes are orna
chso6mrned with
happened. The upper portion of the English
yele4rn another of
was the scene of deplorable events. An emigrant
from Hamburgh, a barque apparently of 500 tons b
1)8001 kened with a
it t bouffant,
named the Louisa Emilia, bound with emigrants t°
Grande, in South America, was wrecked in the band. A
ems a Talma b
Dungeness, and out of 80 souls on board 40
e centre. Cr
drowned. The sufferings of the survivors were of 'Among thedi
most harrowing description. jOhine Blanche
On Monday morning the " Ocean Queen," of LOP
was wrecked off Plymouth.
At* the arms, or
;Ouch smaller.
During Sunday night a large three-masted ship an" t. ends This
oritohwerhys.es:.eitlhs,aslulptphoesiredhatnodbse, sacshoisoniemrsag,
ifnoeudn.derevcylli:izeraid.• '
Heroine,
er distanceoine, lolfr.
.LLy
em eßißegis,Rich,
a master,fine emigrantwh ieh o nslhyi °l,ellitt
tAit sortie
gold.
..„,.tbocording to ti
Tstihroarmes a short time since for Port Philip, was Lvorith long grTash!
Honiton
lost ; and, although the disaster was attended with
sacrfice of life, it is most providential, consideriviOd tied with ri
terrible character of the weather, that it did nob, (The Vely Pa
eittdie much by c
olionnet of viole
fatal to many more of those on board. Some no.ield or silver, i:
lows volunteered to man a boat to go off to their to Bonnets are
Procuring a craft belonging to the Frances revenue
the men, comprising Mr. William Bridle, master
Primrose, Henry Cox, mate of the
wok is of ribbor
packetprmed of nary
three of the Frances's crew, named Black, BearneNilling in floatin
Harvey, pulled off to the relief of the ship's boatsifraille velvets are
of 'pother bouque
were beating towards the port. They had not got
however, when a heavy sea struck and filled the flinch of heart
and, melancholy to relate, with the exception
Bridle, the whole of the couragous fellows perished. tbeond is a full-
two boats from the Heroine succeeded in reachingyerlt, trimmed v
harbour, hut the passengers and crew were in 3,106ke cap is comp
exhausted condition. The ship foundered in the!'" I fancy capote
of the afternoon. oletek velvet and
A brig named the Corinthian, belonging to NO° reds behind, ov
was dashed to pieces on the Thorp Point, and thi.efge* new materi'
were all drowned. A Dutch vessel, called De JA°„l'este appearance
bound to London, was thrown on the main at Orfnnbtall beads.
and dashed to pieces. Some of her hands were lost* froOr he crowns el
Pioneer, Mr. Taylor, master, on her way to the TYoeAolth an open blc
London, foundered, and four of her hands went '"„ olearded quick
pros 3 vie of the ere
with her. The Active, of Stockton, also went dO/I,7erslanosed of se'
Caistor. The vicinity of the Humber also bad 98,:esathers ornamel
casualties. The Yorkshire coast at the prominent ", tbrt simple and
satre or coneei
land, known as Flamborough-head, was exposed t%pes same form 1
full fury of the wind. Such a storm had not bee°,e,,etly of a deep
schooner, belonging to Southwold, was carried asb°`encle ; and c 4
rienced there for a number of years. The v`;', ttletnt.y. Tuhepoinnsiit
the southward of Bridlington. The life-boat was
iltaufaniciehdedioinretahceh
ihopereaching
t beef
Ins a, vi
andn g
thethe poorunforfteullnoawtes
metere s:l.th
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ea•ilt)r,ro'yand poi
asChreewaysy
watery grave. ,0 I,li 11 satin:then
The schooner Argyle, of Glasgow, bound from 0.11.1,5` an, edged with
to Cork, was run foul of by the schooner Favourlr' te, with three
saved' . • , ,
London,ln
ivi andort c
osank e almostii ay
the
gale immediately.
was
(rote ekes between e
south-west. A schooner was driven ashore with l'orlun marks wl
board dead, with the exception of one man. The " htekades of blo
of the break-water sustained much damage, and the 3 Aire bonnet.
house was washed away. The blue capo
In the Swin, and almost at the mouth of the Tbelltoi the crown is
the hurricane was as severely felt as in any other fir the ribbon
For upwards of 48 hours a tremendous sea existed'badeed flat over
Mouse lightship was swept away by its fury, great is lined.
occasioned amongst the coasters and small craft, and° t
ship, named the William and Mary, from Texel, crown. So
drifeAtiers are plac
to the Gunfleet Sands. The crew took to the waingl, a small wre
rigging, to which they lashed themselves, In this olownie open edg
le front. di,
tion, exposed to the violent lashing of the sea andlew fif:Pl:, the first
going the greatest suffering, they remained the
ortte d black to
the day. Night set in with all its horrors, the P°°t r than th(
lows' sufferings becoming more severe. However' telig
5 roon terry ve
smacks, the Traveller and Emperor, both of Colche
middle of tl
about three o'clock in the morning, accomplished the Ptite
tigra a demi-wre
servation of the poor creatures, who were clinging t°
rigging, inciuding the master, Mr. Avery. As nisylitliimed inside
0 h ar to the t
imagined, they were in a very exhausted condition
_ter and mor
got on board the smacks. The ship has since gc°
, Visiting bona
pieces. nova• A
tow
A vessel called the Nuova Fortuna
, from Liver 0i• The euvet, cut ing( ?
bound to the Mediterranean, was carried ashore
wort!llir°nde. The ci
northward of Port Lorgan, Shanear, on Sunday
vielorad band of
and the greater part of the crew drowned. In the ente with api
of Crookhaven, the Calder, from New York for Licerf !ik satin cap(
was driven from her moorings on to a reef of rocks °
wrecliltllr7 velvet.
north of the coast-guard station, and became a
A ship, called the Reine des Agnes, was wrecUeldirth Flowers e
leaves of b
Christmas-day a few miles to the eastward of Bould A
dio bonnet of
and " Lloyd's List" contains numerous other ethers of the
on that range of coast.
,he
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edge of th(

dog 9
etiolltee::letiefivoeowl
flowers.
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di:tsi:Fecroa,
erfteio,l°).sseementerie.
ansversel
KINCARDINE.—A fair resident in this place
wooed and won by a jolly tar. As Jack was en
a long voyage, the preliminaries were hastily
and last Sunday week the loving couple were proclodtld
with a view to their joining in wedlock on tbe f°ls,etiel--• h°lll of Pi
•
Tuesday. But, alas, in the single day that intefi
jog &I.
gl:i
ernd: subsequently b 3"
signs.
the feelings of the fair bride underwent a complete r
ngs of one
A former flame, also a sailor, renewed his courtsl,,fbr.l,4
persevering energy, and succeede fined inducing f"" it)," crow ribbons,
bands with his rival. By the aid of a friend the o'ol° indsapfote of
o blue v(
mation certificate was procured, and in a neiglibo°, Ofway on the
town, where they were unknown, the parties v‘ter'iPil ,suet bands int
ried—the happy husband personating the disall" bres on each
bridegroom. Witth velvet c 1.
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A LONDON SHAWL WAREHOUSE.—Last sc-ereil to The coiffures
Holmes. late.proprietor of 4kime . ‘..... ..- , .........• t vat they, The Na or t
in Regent-street, appeared In the Bankruptcy CA. 4tad.
: The plat
sets about £3,500. Mr. Holmes had been in trau',,itart green silk stor
1830, and was solvent up to 1848, when he cotanolig like enamaj
with his creditors at ten shillings in the pound. gr:Acid, simple spring
ranee, who supported the application for a cerfilf4racefully over
dwelt on the high character of the bankrupt before filii, green velvet 1
He had opened his shop in Regent-street at a tir° be„uedilaced forward
Regent-street was not what it is now. He bad '''‘ietlit which front 1
pride in his establishment, and it was justly reef,/ siimatee feather
one of the most splendid in Europe,—the envY :"„clii An elegant c
rounding nations. But in 1848 Mr. Holmes felliaw
dee Chness, is cot
culties ; money-lenders got hold of him ; he went 0 'vers shades, a
and deeper ; and to the money-lenders and the GrfssioAlia buds and
hibition his ruin was to be referred. Mr. Conaf°lB,o fattened on a
Ldeuble row c
Fane enlarged the protection for a month, an
would take time to consider his judgment. of Isertions of 1
SHOCKING MASSACRE ON BOARD THE PI 0 °lvers with fli
BARQUE GERTRUDE.—A painful event has beel,ojl,l% left loose i
known in relation to an alleged mutiny among a, 11.000, 4, mixing w
Chinese emigrants, on board the English ship ile'eo lii half-dress
when the master ordered his crew to fire on the Pr 5 low of lace rot
t pefvkoenfotteoef feat he
oh:
jefdet
Two of the crew and seventeen of the passeng,e Orden by two I
been killed and wounded. The Gertrude, vfliAir el
Belfast vessel, of 605 tons burthen, sailed from -n-ebri u the top, ant
Havanna, with 350 Chinese emigrants (Coolies)• oto, the
bunches of
20th of October, a dispute arose among the ernikre res IA Pretty Ital
which the captain and the crew got engaged. Tpe„d f °Ode. There
was, that seventeen of the Chinesewere killed, fi'fro "g the front
course of an invesWation at Singapore, it transPn tterfow gauze
captain and several of the crew seriously injured•...-a tp_wng a kind
rater on board of the ship, 9°,oeMridation ban
,01' Novel
for tr
cc:7w of the Gertrude could only cu stgrbon and whit
tAakeCn
and a half dollars, which had been Blued r
hifnroemse
tittninate the 1
iniwitnessro, r
3,10. hii i!k coiffure of
the right ei
also said— 'On the 19th October, we bads gborti 0 left side is
nnnmg'seo.aaeirs were not supplied with sufficient f°°„9o, soldered in gc
etch other. Some of these things str cc 111°.
baPlendid ribl
and began to fight and throwo e . u,?on.
thereatwtath:tieeeat
A; :cpnmeaatagl whptsoes
passengers
se,
ourselves,noli
captain, and he, thinking they were fighting again of
got muskets and fired into us, and shot foor,oat ~ i'''ovel galoni
number dead. Two of the Chinese jumped over by t; :teige, and poi
The other Chinese adhere to the deposition toode„i ell!, y,_Bes•
witness. It would appear that there was a geo,er'ciussd The s•
want of food among the passengers, and that tue,t se• e',,l en racine
arose from some misunderstanding between dig' ens 9r; 4ecarnier, 4
among them. About 80 of one country, Tarte •,",, 4 4aths of lea
fighting with 100 men belonging to Chuan Chad itjiew or silver, 1
men had complained to the cook of the scantY (Taped! th blounting
ferent character of the provisions. Thep asTiro'o, /it re° bands c
their statement, corroborate the men's dePos!'tear top Of the h
affirm that, had the ship been provided with aoe 1.
She trvical occurrence would not have happen