The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-11-24 00:00:00

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(From Felix Farley's Bristol Journal.)
A painful sensation was excited in this city yesterday by
rumours which, we lament to state, are since confirmed, of
the total loss of the beautiful steamer the City of Bristol, on
her voyage from Waterford, off the Welsh coast, between
Swansea and Tenby, on Wednesday evening.
The first intelligence obtained of this calamitous occurrence,
beyond the vague rumours of the morning, was the following
note received at the Commercial Rooms from Swansea.
" The steam-boat City of Bristol, John Stacey master,
from Waterford, was totally lost, with all her crew and pas-
sengers, except three, on Wednesday night last, the 18th
instant, inside of the Worm's Head, Carmarthen Bay.
Twenty-six bodies have been washed on shore, and one of the
three saved has since died."
The subsequent accounts add little information to this brief
but sad recital. By reference to them it will be seen that the
loss of human life is estimated at sixteen persons ; but as the
crew alone consisted of twenty-one, including the commander,
Capt. Stacey, (an intrepid and able seaman) and there were
no doubt some passengers on board, we fear there is too much
truth in the first statement.
Throughout the day the anxious enquiries of our fellow-
citizens only led to rumours more or less exaggerated of the
calamitous event, which having ascertained as much of the
facts as could be known at the hour of our going to press we
dismiss, to supply, as far as it goes, authentic information.
The steamer sailed, in due course, from Waterford ; and
of her cargo, and the list of passengers, no account has yet
reached Bristol. It is but too certain, that in the stormy
night of Wednesday last, between 8 and 9 o'clock, she became
a victim to the tempest, and all, except two persons, on board
perished !

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Of this afflicting event the information that may be relied
upon is contained in the subjoined letters, the first of which
is from Mr. Padley, agent to the Bristol General Steam
Packet Company at Swansea :

To THE'BRISTOL STEAM PACKET COMPANY

" Swansea, 19th November, 1840.
" Dear Sirs,--You will no doubt have been informed be-
fore you will receive this, that between eight and nine o'clock
last night a large steamer was lost in Rhosilly Bay, at the
western extremity of our county. I regret to inform you we
have ascertained her to be your packet the City of Bristol,
and all on board, with the exception of two persons, perished.
These surviv•rs, from the sufferings and exhaustion they
have undergone, are as yet unable to relate the details of the
catastrophe. All that could be to-day gathered from them
was that there were on board, of crew and passengers, 18
persons; consequently there are 16 lost. Captain Edwards
went down that (Wednesday) evening to the place, in order
to take measures for the preservation of all the property,
wreck, &c., which may be recovered. I shall receive his
report in the morning, containing all the particulars he can
gather, and have promised to indemnify him for any expenses
he may think necessary to incur in accomplishing the object
of his journey. I remain, dear sirs, &c.,

" S. PADLEY.
" I shall be prepared to follow any instructions you may
think proper to send me."

The next communication received on the subject of .this
melancholy event is the following:—
" Lanrnadock, near Swansea, 19th Nov., 1840.
" Gentlemen,—l am sorry to have the painful task of in-
forming you, that last night the steamer called the City of
Bristol shored in Rhosilly Bay, and am sorry to say soon
went to pieces, and I fear all hands perished, save two men,
who were thrown on shore on part of the wreck, in a very
weak state. The greater part of the pigs are drowned, also
the cattle, but are thrown ashore with a great deal of the
wreck, which I am getting secured. I should feel obliged
by your early instructions. Thomas Ansley, carpenter, and
William Poole are the two men saved. Remaining, gentle-
men, your obedient servant,

" GEORGE HOLLAND."
The following letter has since been received by the Steam
Packet Company :

" Swansea, 19th Nov. 1840

" Dear Sirs,—l have written to you by the Bristol steamer,
with the information of the loss of the City of Bristol packet,
with 16 persons, and in the probability of any delay taking
place in the delivery of which letter, have thought proper to
write the present to state that I have engaged Captain Ed-
wards to repair to the spot, and act according to his discre-
tion for the preservation of what remains of the wreck and
cargo, until you have time to make your own arrangements.
" And remain, dear sirs,
" Faithfullly, yours,
"S. PADLEY."

The above is all the authentic information that has yet been
received of this afflicting shipwreck. It is but justice to that
respectable and enterprising body of our fellow-citizens, the
Bristol General Steam Packet Company to say, that if ever
human foresight, by applying means without regard to ex-
pence, could have averted such a calamity, it is in this in-
stance. The steamer, which was a first-class vessel, was
complete in her appointments, and was only a few weeks ago
put in a state of the most perfect repair and efficiency, with
new boilers, &c., at an expence of not less than £5OOO. The
vessel is not insured. We hear of two instances in which, by
providential dispensation, rather than by chance, individuals
have been saved from this destruction. A person named
King, formerly steward of the steamer, was to have sailed by
her, but some accident prevented him ; and another named
Ashmore, a seaman, was too late to embark.

CIRCULATION OF BIBLES

(From the Oxford Herald)

Dr. Thomson, of Coldstrel&, and a Mr. Campbell, are
holding Meetings in different towns of the North of England,
for the purpose of creating a feeling hostile to the authorised
Printers of the Bible, on the plea that the prices now paid
for Bibles are extravagantly high.
_ _ _

At a Meeting recently heid at Liverpool, Air. Campbell is
reported to have said that the ,monopolists' prices are--

Brevier Testament
Minion Testament.... .
Minion Bible.
Small Pica Bible
Small Pica Bible, fine.

s. d.
0 10
1 0
4 5

Now, Mr. Campbell has Only to inquire at the Depositories
of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and the
British and Foreign Bible Society, and he will find that the
actual prices paid by those Societies to the Printers of the
Bible are—
Brevier Testament..
Minion Testament .
Minion Bible . 2 8+
Minion Bible fine .
Small Pica Bible..
__ Small Pica fine .

Upon the subject of accuracy, Mr. Campbell thus expresses
himself :—" The plea of accuracy is just as unfounded as the
plea of economy. The bulk of our daily newspapers, not-
withstanding the rapidity with which they are got up, are
much less incorrect than many of the patentee editions of the
word of God." It would be highly presumptuous to suppose
that any book so large as the Bible could be printed without
errors ; but Mr. Campbell is referred to the Report on the
King's Printer's Patent (Scotland), 1837, where he will find,
at page 50, that, in order to obtain as much accuracy as pos-
sible, the University of Oxford offers the following rewards :
A sovereign to any person pointing out an error affecting the
sense, in any of the latest editions of the Bible or Testaments
printed at the university Press ; and half-a-crown for a
typographical error.--Why is it that no claims have ever
been made on the University Printers, by either Mr. Camp-
bell or Dr. Thomson ?

Since the above was in type, we have seen a London Paper
of Nov. 12, in which the following paragraph appears :
" Errata in Letter I.—Read, Wanes of sixty thousand
teachers for a whole week, £31,503: profits of the Bible
Monopoly on two small books for a single year, £31,500."
By what mode of calculation the Author of Jethro arrives at
this result, we are not prepared to say : but as it would re-
quire on the part of these Monopolists, a sale of 300,000 each
of the School Bible and Testament to produce this sum, we
are at a loss to discover where Mr. C. finds these profits : it
cannot be supposed, we presume, that the Universities and
Queen's Printer procure their books as the boy procured his
matches ?