The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-29 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

FREEMAI;ONRY IN' CRIS/ÜBE. The arrangements
for this pros incial grand lodge, to be holden at Birken-
head,. on tiae 7th of October, are proceeding with in-
to-eased interest. The Rev. R. W. P. G. Master, the
Viscount Co naberrnere, will be met at Chester by a depu-
tation from the Chester and Birkenhead Railway Com-
pany, headed' by the Chairman of the Directors, William
Jackson, Eaq., who has politely placed his own private
carriage at the disposal of Lord Combermere whilst at
Birkenhead. The Craft Lodge will be opened at nine
o'cl•cic n.m., at the Craven-rooms, and the Grand Lodge
at ten o'clock. After the 'lanai business of the province
has been transacted, the brethren will proceed in form to
St. Mary's Church, where a full cathedral service will be
performed, and a sermon preached by the V. W. P; G.
Chaplain—the Rev. Andrew ICnex. the highly respected
incunibe-nt, having kindly granted the use of his church ;
after which, a collection will be made in aid of the funds
of the Birkenhead Dispensary. The brethren will then
proceed to Birkenhead Park-(if the weather should be fine
and time will admit). headed by a military hand, or the
band of the Liverpool Bluecoat School, if such a Willey
can be procured for this diitinguished little body. The
brethren will then return to the Grand Lodge, and ad-
bourn from thence to the Town-hall. where the banquet
will be provided in Brother Gough's usual good taste.
There will br a complete holiday its Birkenhead.
DISTRESSING CASE.—A -number of pour emigrants,
principally Irish. appeared on Thursday at the Police.
court, to complain of Messrs. Rippard, the emigrant
agents of the Orphan, a vessel they had sailed in about
five weeks ago. It appeared that the vessel sailed about.
the time stated, and a hile out met with continued bad
weather : she was dismaated; and returned to port again.
The provisions of the passengers became exhausted, as
well as their little eaoital; consequently they went to
Messrs. Rippards' office, to ascertain whether they could
obtain another vessel immediately, and to have food fur-
nished them. They were told that the allowance would
he one pound of bread stuffs. This they considered insuf-
ficient. In answer to a question from Mr. Rushton, it
was stated there were 275 persona emigrated, 240 of whom
were now awaiting a vessel. Mr. Rushton, after consi-
dering the matter, said he feared, as the vessel had pro-
ceeded on her voyage, they. were forced to stick by the
vessel, the owners of which were compelled to give them
one pound of stuffs daily. They were requested to call
again on Friday, and in the meantime he (Mr. Rushton)
would send for the owners.—The complainants attended
on Friday. when Mr. Rushton informed them that the
result of his communication with Messrs. Rippard was,
that arrangements had been made to take oat all who
were ready immediately, and those who were emigrating
to the far west would be taken in the spring. In accord-
ance with these regulations, fifty would be shipped on
Monday for New York. One of the party handed in a
biscuit, as a sample of the bread furhished to there, and
which, he said, he could not eat. Upon examining it,
Mr. Rushton said the bread would be inspected by the
government agent.
THE SCREW STEAMER MAZEPPA.—A beautiful little
three-masted screw schooner is now lying in the Tra-
falgar Dock. She is called " The Mazeppa, of Dum-
barton," and was built at the latter piece by Denny,
Brothers, and is as fine a model as has appeared in the
Clyde or the Me:sev. Her length is 130 test with fore.
rake, depth of hold 13 feet, and beam 21 feet. Her
appearance externally is most finished, not a sign of a
bolt or bar being discoverable on the closest inspec•ion.
and she looks very elegant and rakish upon the water.
The figure-head is a large and spirited representation of
Mazeppa bound to the wild horse of the Ukraine, and
the stern carvings also are very handsome. Her mea-
surement, for cargo, is 211 tons, and, with the engine-
room, 270. The engines, which are exceedingly com-
pact, were put in by Caird and Co.. of Greenock, and
the apartment in which they are placed is exceedingly
well ventilated. They are each of twenty horses' power.
The material of which she is constructed is wholly iron,
with the exception of the decks. and she has four iron
bulkheads, which make five water-tight compartments.
There is a winch to each hold, so that, one bold having
been cleared, she may load and unload at the same time,
if necessary for expedition. Each hold has also a pump
attached, which is worked by the engine, and there is
another attached to the engine-room. The cabin and
sleeping berths are commodious and airy. Captain
Davis, her commander, informs us that she will steam
nine knots an hour in ballast, or seven with 300 tons nn
board, and that with the latter she is only eleven feet in
the water. In her passage hither from Glasgow she con-
sumed only six and a-half tons of coal, though she had a
stoppage of six hours at the mouth of the river. She is
the sister vessel to the Waterwitch, a celebrated trader
between Limerick and London, and is intended to ply
between the latter port and Liverpool, if sufficiently en-
couraged by our merchants.
MANSLAUGHTER.—On Monday evening a wife was
killed by her husband in Thomas-street. The following
evidet.ce, given at the c goner's inquest, de'ails the par-
ticulars of the atrocity:—Bridget Smith said—l am the
daughter of James Smith. and am at present living in the
house of the deceased. Her name was Catherine Tully.
Her husband's name is Owen Tully. They resided in
Thomas street. On Monday evening last the deceased
and her husband sat down to tea together, and while they
were taking it two women came into the shop, and Mrs.
Tully went to serve them. After they had done tea, Mr.
Tully said to the deceased, " It's no use me trying to
keep a shop when you have so many women coming 1
about you drinking when my back is turned." The de-
ceased then said, "Am I drunk now ?" and he replied,
" Yes, you are." She then answered, " Well, if I am
so, let it be so." He then struck her on the side of the
head with his fist while she was sitting on a chair. He
went out into the yard, and deceased called out, " Oh,
my head." I sent a little girl for Mrs. Murphy. a sister
of the deceased's, and she came and said to the deceased,
" Sally, mend you, there's always women here when I
come in." Mrs. Tully then got up to strike Mrs. Mur-
phy, and Mr. Tully got up and made a blow at the de-
ceased over Mrs. Murray's shoulder, but the teceased
stooped down and avoided it, and he then gave her a kick
about the lower part of her abdomen. Two women came
in and put her on a chair, and I then saw a large quantity
of blood on the floor just where she had been standing.
As s( on as she got the kick she gave a great scream. The
deceased was taken up stairs, and soon after she died.
The deceased was a little in liquor, but Mr. Tully was
quite sober. She was not in the habit of getting drunk.
I have not seen Mr. Tully since. The deceased and her
husband used occasionally to fall out.—John Taylor: I
am a surgeon. and have mode a post-morlem examination
of the body of the deceased. On the external parts of the
body I found lividness on the lower part of the abdomen,
and an abrasnre on the lower part of the right buttock,
and the lett labium was engorged with blood. Internally
I found a detachment of the placenta, from which an im-
mense quantity of blood had flowed before death. The
whole of the organs of the body wets quite blanched, and

Mr. Thomas Todd commenced the preceedings by
reading the inscription on a brass plate which was depo-

sited in a cavity under the stone

spot, consecrated to ber service, that they were about to
give her " a local habitation and a name." Music had
been called " the handmaid of religion ;" and though it
was not intended that sacred strains alone should echo
within the walls of the new building, yet, as the tendency
of good, sound music hail, in all ages, been admitted to
be, to sotten the heart and amend the manners—thus,
while affording essential, rational, intellectnal enjoyment.
conducing to the moral improvement of society—it would
not be presumptuous to implore the Divine 'olessing on
their undertaking, humbly trusting that those who bad
been permitted to commence the work would be spared
to bring it to a speedy and prospercus termination.

(Applause.)
Mr. Brancker having used the silver trowel in spreading
the mortar. the stone was lowered into its place. . .

Three tines three hearty cheers were given by the
spectators at the close of the ceremony ; arid in the even.
ing two public dinners were held in the town to celebrate
the event.

CO RRiISPONDENCE.

"THE JESTER-GENERAL OF LITERATURE.'

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

SlR,—The accusation that the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, in
his preaching, aims at winning the admiration of his
hearers instead of producing their gond, that he preaches
himeell and not Cbriet Jesus the Lord, is the most un-
foitunate, as it is the most unfounded, of all that the
malice and disappointed rage of his adversaries have yet
thrown out against him.

If the most homely truths, delivered in the mJst con-
♦incing manner,—if the most profound observations,
conveyed in the simplest words of the preaching of the
naked Gospel of Christ, without those artifices of style
and graces of language which win the auplause of the
multitude, can belie this barefaced assertion, let the re-
vilers of unaffected simplicity and pious zeal receive their
rebuke from their own consciences (if they have any), by
themselves attending, wiih a right and unprejudiced spi-
rit, on his preaching. It is indeed, &r, a fine exhibition
of humility and zeal, to see the most exalted taler,ts and
the most refined genius laid at the cross of the Redeemer.
and he who, on tire platform. electrifies every audience he
addresses by his graceful oratory and winning eloquence,
disclaiming all these graces and qualifications,

free from the ordinary quantity of blood. Loss of blood
was the immediate cause of dea►h, and the result of ex-
ternal violence on the genitals, such as a kick or a blow.
—A verdict of manslaughter was returned against Owen
Tully, who surrendered on Thursday, and was committed
on the coroner'e warrant to take his trial.

. .
Gospel " most adorned when unadorned the 01051:i' not
with " excellency of speech or of wisdom," but with the
determination " not to know anything :morgst his people
save Jesus Christ and him crucifi d ;"—he indeed may
be said, like the Christian preacher's high example, Pau!,
to labour " not with enticing words of man's wisdom,"
that his people's " fifth should riot sand in the wisdom
of men, but in the power of God." Never, indeed, was
beard any address or lyirangue more free from display
than the rev. gentleman's. Every thought -is brought

LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A
NEW CONCERT-HALL.

On 'Wednesday the foundation stone of a spacious
Concert Hall, for the use of the Philharmonic Society,
was laid at the corner of Hope•street and Myrtle•street,
in this town. The architect is J. Cunningham, Esq.

captive to Christ—his is the elequence of f; rnestness and
of feeling: and the remarks of his electrified hearers are
not "What a beautiful sermon !" " What a fine display
of oratory !"—but " What a convincing, what a soul-
telling, what a touching discourse !" the man of taste
may not he gratified, or the man of fancy tickled ; but
the sinner's heart is melted, the trembling inquirer in-
structed, and the Christian's hope encouraged.
Turn we to a different pic:ure—from the Christian
preacher, living in faith, hope, and charity, but withal
near the armoury of God, covered by his Almighty shi- Id
and wielding his Almighty sword, supported by a friend
whose friendship never slackens, and whose power never
fails,—to the petty snarler of the world, jealous of his
peace, and who, though he knows it not, promotes Satan's

The New Concert Hall will contain two fronts—one
towards Hope-street, the other towards Myrtle-street.
In accordance with it. character, the style of architecture
adopted is Italian. The length of the building will be
upwards of 175 feet, its breadth 112 feet, and its elevation,
externally, 65 feet. It was originally intended to sur-
mount it with a dome ; but, owing to the increased ex-
pense which this must have occasioned, as well as the
unnecessary flood of light which it would have thrown in,
the idea has been abandoned. The erection will be en-
ly of stone—the two fronts beinv of white stone, the
bark and side of red stone, finished with white. It is
calculated to contain no less than 2 300 pecple.
The main feature of the plan is the admirable provision

dearest work when he falsely calumniatts and maliciously
reviles the man o

'urn we to his reviler, and %ha

mg his time, the value of which
it seems only the province of the truly great to estimate

lo we see

ckncyed

and tgrer•s. This is accomplished in several ways. On
each front there is an open arcade, with bold pila=ters
rising to the height of the first story, the intermediate

puns, whose puerility belies his manlinocl,- and whose
emptiness disgraces his talents—a fortune-hunter in what

spaces being arch,d, having impost pierQ. impost mould-
ings, &c. There are five arches to the Hot•e-street front,
and eight to the front towards Myrtle-street. A corridor
extends round three sides of the pit, there being on each
side three doors from the arcade, and from the corridor
into the pit no less than eight. Carriages may be ordered
to any particular arcade, and, till their arrival, the piazza
''' form a she" he

pence!—a man whose highest aspiration finds its level in
the compass of a tortured pun, and whose highest ambi-
tion seeks its satisfaction in the character of a Merry
Andrew or a Clown !

-Ihe villain, put-bars, has a sore of will grratnrss in
him, and ex!orts admiration of hia tnlente w hilt' hi.

%h. ooelter from t.._ ernencv of the weather.
The musicians will have a separate entrance at the extreme
end. The fl inks of each front in a small measure recede.
A cornice and string course run above the first sorry and
beliiw the upper windows, the interstice being filled up
with panels. Ti e upper windows have architraves,
frieies, and pedimented carved cornices and mould cap-
pi-gs. The whole of the exterior of the building is sur.
mounted by a richly-sculptured block cornice, ornament-

•V•• am.o 41.11G111a, ',DIM Mb
principles meet condemnation; but h • who brings his
manhood on a level with the child, and whose whale life
is spent in enacting the grimaces of a puppet or a
" Punch," who can bear? He brings manhood itself

into disgrace, and each person feels per,onally aggrieved
and is personally indignant. Ridicule is said to he the
weapon of fools, and he who is weed to use it you may

ed with rosettes, &c. ; and on the central breaks of each
front the usual and appropriate musical emblems will becut.
On entering at the principal fronts, branching from the
corridor, there will be a commodious retiring-room for
ladies on the right, and for gentlemen on the left. A

cannot maintain it. 'l he weapcn of the noble adversary
is truth and reaso:t ; but, says our terse poet,

large hall for re-unions is aIL shown upon the plan.
There will also be two retiring-rooms for the profession-
als, with dressing-rooms, working-rooms with apparatus,
and all :equisite convenience. Refreshment-rooms, con-
veniently sitnated, have also been arranged. The orches-
tra itself will be very r

- -
We can well understand and fondly admire the man
that, like the busy bee, extracts honey from every flower,
and culls A moral from every passing circumstance; but
what shall be said of him, who watches for the most seri-
nue subject that. be may create the funnier (!) contrast by
his ? What shall be said of the miserable driveller who
" rushes in where angels fear to tread," and defiles the
most sacred things by his vile and paltry ribaldry? _

andious, being estimated as
capable of affording accommodation to 360 performers.
It will project about 20 feet into the pit, above which the
lower end will. be elevated nearly 5 feet, The length of
the pit, inclusive of the orchestra, is 125 feet; its breadth
64 feet. It will be entirely filled with stalls. There will
be a tier of 27 boxes on each side, each box being cairn-

But, sir, we may well treat with contempt,-and that
rev. gentleman at whom they are aimed with pity, these
shafts of petty malice and unmeaning folly. The world
hai learnt to estimate both patties at their rt•al value, and

Isted to c,intain I.ia persons. They Hre 50 contrived that
they can be made either private or public, there being
small recess or retiring-room behind. The ga--

• • •
whilst one shall leave the scene of his earthly labours and
triumphs covered with houour and full of self-satisfaction,

Lery proper

is at the extreme end fronting the orchestra, and a gallery
will also extend on each side above the boxes. Two pri-
vite boxes, for the accommodation of the committee, will
be placed on each side of the orchestra. The galleries
are separated from the central part of the building by
arches, enriched with devices and ornamental designs.
The whole of the interior will be painted en caustic, with
appromate emblematic ornaments, in a style, we believe,
similar to the Italian Opera House, in London. The
interior of all the rooms is lof y, and every provision will
be made to secure due ventilation and heating. The place
will be lighted on a new plan. Above the cornices sur-
rounding the pit, Mr. Cunningham proposes to introduce
pipes terminating as achroterise in the form of honey-
suckles, which by a simple contrivance may be made to
light the whole of the interior, without the offensive gl..re
caused by the chandeliers and the common modes. The
cost of the whole structure has been estimated at 413,000.
The ceremony of laying the stone excited little interest.
Mout eighty ladles and gentlemen were present.

of Lis Matter, the others will leave no void when they
depart, but, if they are recollected at all, will be remem-
bered as unprincipled scribblers, who would slander their

ther deluded readers by calumniating the greatest and the
best of earthly treasures, that they might catch a sale fur
a cheap and worthless publication
Sept. 23d. 181 d

NIGEL

DISASTER TO THE STEAM-SHIP " GREAT

BRITAIN,"

Mr. Todd, addressing Mr. Brancker, then said that he Great darm,vreeescited in thin• town on Thursday morn.
bad the honour of handing that gentleman a silver trowel ing. by a report that the Great Britain had been driven
with which to lay the foundation stone of the Philbirmonic ashore.

Concert Hall—a building which would be deemel an Tue Great Britain left the Mersey on Tuesday morning
ornament to the town, a creditable monument of public about half-past eleven o'clock, having on board 181 pas
spirit, and a living testimonial to the abilities of the ac- sengers, and a crew of 90 hands. The wind was in her
complished architect. Many obstacles had retarded the favour, and she-appears to have made most rapid prop-ess.
commencement of the work, but happily they were over- Captain Hoskerotook the north-about passage. Through
come, and now the building would be proceeded to corn- some inadvertence, not yet explained, either in the reek--
pletion with rapidity. The want of such a hall had been oning or in the- mistaking of a light, she got out of her
long deplored, and had given rise to a supposition that course, and, at half-pest nine o'clock• at night, the pas-
there was an apparent want of musical taste in Liverpool. sengers were alarmed by a sudden concussion, as if she
He said apparent, for the reproach was unjust, because had struck upon a rock. The shock• was repeated, and
so soon as they should be able to throw open the doors of they rushed upon deck. It was then ascertained that the
the new building, it would, he was sure, be acknowledged vessel was aground.
that the musical taste of the town had not been more fully At this crit;cal moment Captain Hosken exhibited,. it
developed for want of a temple for its celebration. In the appears, the greatest self-possession. lie apprised the
new and magnificent assize courts now in course of erec- passengers that the vessel was on shore, but that there
tiers, a splendid hall and concert-room formed parts of the was no danger. It was blowing hard at the time, but not
plan, and it had frequently been suggested that the Phil- so violently as to cause any apprehension. Captain Lios-
harmonic Society might use either the one or the other; ken inspired all around him with his owe confidence, and
but the one was too spacious • and the other too smali for his orders were strictly obeyed. The Rev. Dr. Cox, with
their purposes, apart from which a feeling of being depen- peat calmness and self-possession, also assisted in re-•
dent upon o hers for accommodation had been severely moving apprehension foam the minds of all persons on
felt. The Philharmonic- Society was in the nature of a board, and so successful were the efforts of Captain labs
club or association for the amusement of music, in the ken and the doctor, that many went to bed and s:ept
saaea manner as the committee of the Wellington-rooms soundly till five o'clock next morning,
was for the amusement of- dancing, and the latter might No one attempted to leave the ship, and no signals- of
not have existed so long, or progressed so prosperously, distress were made. The passengers represent the scene
had their assemblies been held in public rooms, or in any on board when the vessel struck as one of great confusion.
other rooms besides those which were for their own ea- The ladies rushed from their own cabin into that of the,
cluniee use; while in the case of the- Philharmonic Society gentlemen, and the Viennoise children, who were- on
the evil of being dependent was the more apparent from board, are described as " huddled up terrified in a corner,"
the- necessity there was for frequent rehearsals. (Hear, They screamed-terrifically, and Madame Weiss, who was
hear, hear.) It afforded him great pleasure to see Mr. in the midst of the troupe, clasped her bands in agonies-of
Brancker undertake the present duty, for to him the come despair. and cried bitterly. The poor children were all in
mittee felt a deep debt of gratitude. not only for his past bed at the time of the accident, and during the periodi of
exertions as chairman of the Philharmonic Society, but the alarm they were in their night-dresses.
for the very favourable- position they occupied that day. The place where the vessel struck Fes between the
His task in the ceremonial was accomplished. He had Coastguard-station at Clonmaghere. and the Cr&gale
only to express a hope and conviction that the labours of Rocks, the least dangerous spot in Dundrum Bay. the
the Builling Committee, so auspiciously commenced, scene of the disaster. At five o'clock in the morning the
would be brought to a speedy and prosperous conclusion. tide had so far receded that she lay in less than two feat of
(Applause.) water, and, as the country people soon flocked down, the
Mr. J. B. BRANCKEB, having accepted the trowel, after passengers were taken ashore in carts, cars, &c. Vehi-
a few introductory remarks, said, that being a native of cies were procured from Downpatriek and other places,
the town, and a long resident in it, he must be aware., and and the majority of the passengers proceeded to Belfast,
he must assert without fear of contradiction, that the ge- others went to Newry. and on to Dublin. The Sea King
neration of their fathers enjoyed greater advantages than brought, on Thursday morning, to Liverpool, the mail
they did, both in the possession of an edifice dedicated to bags, the purser of the Great Britain, and about fif'y,
musical performances, as well as in the energy and-zeal of passengers. On Friday, sixty more arrived by the Wind-
those who carried- them on. The Music-hall, in Bold. sor. from Belfast.
street, was eminently adapted for the objects to. which it Madame Weiss and her troupe of dancers arrived in
was devoted, and fully adequate to the wants of the popu- Liverpool on Sunday and they will appear at the Adelphi
lation; but, since its appropriation to other objeote, music Theatre this evening in three of their most popular pieces.
had sought in vain for a roof to shelter it. As a necessary A letter. from Mr. Leonard Watson, under date of Fri.
consequence, the efforts of its friends flagged and-drooped, day last, states that the ship does not appear to have re-
and had it not been for the Philharmonic Society, its ceived any. damage. She wes nearly dry all round that
name would scarcely be heard among us. It became, as morning's ebb. He strongly recommended that an an-
Mr. Todd said, one of the earliest convictions of the chor of three tons with a chain 100 or 200 fathoms to
Philharmonic Society that the possession of &building to correspond, to be forwarded: over arid to be ready to
be erected by them, and devoted to theh sole use, was an run out, and also additional hands on board the tug steam-
element eesential to their very existence—nay, that that ers in order to have sufficient strength for the next rise of
existence hung by a thread, and must draw to a ter-mina- tides. They commenced on Thursday to discharge a per-
lion, unless the object was accomplished. That it had tion of the coals from the centre of the vessel. Captain
been accomplished this day's proceedings gave evidence. Hosken was preparing to get the rudder to act. The yes-
Great difficulties had to be overcome, considerable re- sel would remain quietly until the tides put up.
sponsibilities incurred—difficulties and responsibilities A gentleman of M )ntreal, who was on board, says, that
before which the efforts of many had given way and broken the ship drifted about a. mile before striking, the night
down. To the Liverpool Philharmonic Society it was being at the time stormy, and the sea breaking over the
that the town of Liverpool was indebted for the ability to ship. The captain said, they were near Ai dglass- An
cast off the stigma it had so long and so deservedly la- officer (says the informant) was examinining the compass,
boured under, of a want of taste in the cultivation of mu- and an opinion prevailed that that was the cause of the
sic. In every respect, connected with her material inter- disaster; but he adds that Captain H isken declared that
eats as a commercial emporium. Liverpool had long stood there was nothing wrong with the compass. On the yes.
high ; and it would be also admitted, from the number of sel striking, acrd during the remainder of the night, blue
her religious and charitable institutions, that the spiritual- lights were burned and terns fired. Captain Hosken con-
and temporal wants of the people had been well attended thiued cool and composed, and several times referred to
to. But she hart been confessedly deficient in those marks his charts. Notwithstanding the cenfueion on b3ard, it
of civilization, of which the institutions for the cultivation was found next day that one passenger had never awose
of the fine arts afforded tangible evidences. Painting had until morning.
an edifice, and by that circumstance, it was known, the In common with our contemporaries, we have been
success of the Liverpool Aca lemy had been mainly obliged to avail- ourselves of tho accounts of passengers,
brought about. But it was now, and now only, that, which ought to be received with caution. Captain Hos-
after a long separation, music was once more invited to ken will no doubt state publicly the cause of the acci-
dwell among us. It was now, and now only, on this (lent.

We learn that at Downpatriek some of the gentlemen
were compelled to pay as much as 10s. for a bed, and
even a guinea was not considered to high a demand for
the cormorants, who hoped to make a harvest out of the
calamity. This conduct is contrasted by that of the men
of the preventive service and their wives—some of the
latter actually refusing pay for their services in housing
and protecting the luggage. The usual fare to Dowtipa-
trick is 21. ; but one young lady had to pay 14s. by one of
the conveyances. The poor dancing girls, forty in num-
ber, were sheltered, in the school-lvaise at Dundrum,
where they remained for want of friend.; a suggestion
had been made if they were taken to Belfast they would

be enabled to obtain sufficient by performing to bring
them home. A report was current that they were to be
taken to their destination for £2OO, half of which had

been deposited !mix- to embarking ; the remaining half
was to have been secured to the caotain out of the pro.
cee'ts of their engagement at New York, which was £5O
a night.
The following account from a passenger, of this rnelan-
ch, lv accident will be read with painful interest :
" The ship left the dock about 11 o'clock on Tuesday
morning, and, after clearing the Bell buoy, bore away
under considerable canvas direct in a course for the Calf
of Man and the scene.of the disaster, and at from 4 to 5
o'clock in the afternoon the island was distinctly visible
on the starboard bow. Shortly after it set in to r;tin, and
the wind increased, the ship making excellent prcgress.,
and the passengers uncommonly delighted with the vessel
and her admirable qualities as a sea boat. Night then
dosed in, dark and wet, and the wind gradtrally freshened
in.° a half-gale. The log was repeatedly taken. About
half-past 9 o'clock we were startled by a cry and active
movements upon deck, and a general fear prevailed that
the ship was in collision with some other vessel. The
ship, however, had stranded. The night was dark and
stormy, the ship beat incessantly upon the sand, the
breakers repeatedly breaking heavily over her, and ore
of the life-boats was carried from its fastenings on the
quarter. Alarms and cries instantly pervaded the ship,
and apprehensions were general amongst the passengers
that the ship would break up during the night beneath
the force of the breakers which constantly burst over her
decks. Throughout the emergency Captain 1-losken be-
haved with admirable self.possession and energy ; and
immediately after the ship struck, he went down below,
and, by his assurances, quieted the excited apprehensions
f •the passengers. His efforts were successful. A por-
tion of the passengers returned to 'heir berths and slept

until morning. The anxious hours of darkness being
passed, towards daylight preparations were made to land
the passengers and their luggage, and then it was disco-
vered that the ship had struck upon the s ft sandy beach
of Dutidrum Bay, near the w•atchhouse of Tvrella, a little
to the west of the Cow and Calf Rocks. Providentially
the vessel cleared these dangerous spots; for, had it been
otherwise, it is more than probable that few, if any, would
have escaped. The landing of the passengers aaa nccom-

between

le hours of a and 7 o'clock on Wednes-
day morning, and, from the protected position of the ship
and the nature of the beach, with perfect safety; and a
number of them afterwards, wi,h their luggage, which
was protected by the arrival of a magistrate with a body
of police, departed, and dispersed to the neighbouring
towns of Do.vnpatrick, Dundalk, Newry, and Belfast.
Several of them hare since returned to Liverpo by the
Channel steamers. The Irish on the spot behaved like

savages

" Tne steamer is high on the beach in but a few inches
of water, in an oblique direction, heading ncrth•ea•t. and
would appear to have sustained little damage. No leak-
age iris been observed, and no p rticular injury is so tar
known to have been received, excepting the loss of her

will be made until the next s

to get her off

hut mt

to render her position as seem e as possible. The absurd
statement circulated in Belfast, that her coals ' were
• floated out' through her bottom, is wholly untrue.
"These are the principal features of the disaster. Of the
captain and his vessel I and the passengers unanimously

admirable qudities as a sea-boat, and the captain, subse-
quently to that occurrence, acted as well as man could
act, placed in a situat:on such as his. But the cause of

the dir•aster we cannot explain; and though many sur-
mi,es and statements are r.fluao, yet it would be wrong
and injudicious to give these unfounded statements cre-

The Newry Telegraph of Thursday, after a few pirtieu-
lars derived from another authentic source, and confirming

additional fact, that there was another rock, contiguous
to the Cow-and-Calf, and to the cnast, callcd Carnecha
hock, and that had thevessel not " providentially thread-

of the passengers walked ashore from the steamer, she
being then lying' high and dry' on the sands, from which

Or OM

under exibtin

lowingsuggestion :—" If her Majesty's present government
have hitherto been unpersuaded of the imperative necessity
of a safety harbour on this sea-board, a disaster of such
magnitude as this will surely bring conviction home to
their minds, and, at the same time, induce them to take
measures forthwith for having the great dpsideratum im-
mediately supplied. lf, as in all probability is the case,
the Great Britain has been sacrificed, and her valuable
cargo damaged, there has been more capital thus lost in
one night, through want of a safety harbour un this coast,
than might have sufficed to perfectly complete the works
crntemplated for rendering the noble and capacious Bay
of C liar

word a haven of safety, to which all vessels i-
yen by stress of weather on this coast might, at all times

" The multitudinous con

•••••• •• ••••• MA • 4.. %I L.U,/ IIAWSVS•
the management of the Carlingford Bar project, have now
an opportunity for doing something more sensible and
practical than running on bootless errands to Dublin.
This casualty has provided them with:. Givntirfahle nunnr-

tunity for-enlisting, in aid of thefr purpose, the warm
sympathies and energetic services of the whole mercantile
community of Liverpool and of the influential Underw•ri.
trrs at Lloyd's. Let theta see to it that they 'strike
while the iron is hot.' if they be but prompt and zealous
in securing the simultaneous co-operation of the repve.
sentatives of the commercial interests of Liverpool and
London, we are sanguine enough to anticipate that the

great national undertaking, which it is their mission to
(Luther, will not remain long unsanctioned by the. Board
of Admiralty, wbbse approbation will ensure the immedi-
ate execution of the project."
The Belfast News Letter. of Friday, furnishes a few
additional particulars, from which we extract the follow-
ingA:m—okg the passengers were Mr. King, late minister of

the United States at the court of the Tuileries;:the Rev_
Dr. Cox, New York, and several American ministers, re-
, turning from the late meeting of the Evangelical Alli-
ance; besides a whole troop of children. lately organized
in imitatiankot the eelebrated band of Danseuses Vien.
noises. The purser of the Great Britain, who came to
Kit,haiisnssget,nofgwoenrraliisreaehi
riaepordg
oefr},oo
from
and
dthheti
hsmeoaGnilio\bywae.gsdwiurdradayflebrvAyerratdhlrecosfatenhae;
-,.nd nearly one hundred proceeded last night (Friday) by
s'e Windsor for Liverpool.
One of the passengers concludes a..
Artws gutter; (and•corresponding wit.. --- --,
:—Dtlych will depend on the weather whether
will or not be got off; She was, when I left, totally un-
manageable, having_uashipped her rudder, and the flange
of her screw being locked in the keel. In addition to
about 150olter passengers, we had on board about forty
dancing girls,. from, four to ten years of age. It is but
right for me to state, that every attention was shown to
the passengers by the coast guards stationed at Tyrella.
Captain Hosken is acknowledged, on all hands, to be an
able and experienced seaman, and he will, no doubt be
able more fully to account for this• accident." ,

follows

a account given to

h the above,) as

The Nerm:Letter, in conclusion, saps !--" Various
reports were in circulation yesterday in town, to the effect
that the Great Britain, had been got elf; but from the
latest intelligence we have been enabled to collect, we
understand that such is not the fact. The St. Mungo.
tug steamerleft our quays in order to render all practi-
cable assistance, but she had not returned from Dundrum,
this morning when wa were going to press. It is the
opinion of several' experienced persons with whom we
have conversed—one of them a passenger in the Great
Britain—that there is a-probability of her not getting off,
should the equinoctial gales intervene between the present
time and the next spring tides; bet the strength and:
peculiar nature of heriron.build offer hopes-in her favour
which couid.not be entertained for no ordinary vessel."