The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-28 00:00:00

WRECK OF THE BARQUE CORSAIR

Our shipping intelligence contains a brief announcement
of the total wreck of the barque Corsair, Captain Daly, from
Halifax for this port, yesterday morning, whilst in the chan-
nel. The following are the circumstances under which this
unfortunate disaster occurred :

The Corsair sailed from Halifax for this port on the 7th
instant, and after a most dangerous passage, during which
she encountered continued gales, she arrived off Holyhead at
eight o'clock p.m. on Sunday night. Capt. Daly then made
Point Lynes, where he lay till daylight yesterday morning
(Monday). The weather being clear, he made signals for
a pilot, and after standing off and on, under close reefed top-
sails he fell in with an American ship which he supposed to
have a pilot, as she had no signals flying, but it was impossi-
ble to speak her. This circumstance, combined with the in-
creasing gale, induced Capt. Daly to follow her towards the
new channel ; but, unfortunately, a fhll of hail and snow
• came on so heavily as to completely obscure both the light-
ship and the American vessel. Whilst Capt. Daly was en-
deavouring to wear his vessel in order to stand out, she
missed stays, and about half past eight drifted upon the
bank at the north of the new channel.. The gale increased,
and the sea now making a clear breach over the barque,
she soon became leaky. The hail, however, clearing away,
Capt. Daly made signals of distress, which were instantly
answered from the light-ship. Happily the signals were also
immediately observed from the Magazines, and the life-boat
stationed there was forthwith got under weigh for the pur-
pose of proceeding to the relief of the ill-fated vessel. It
fortunately happened that the Queen of the Isle, at this mo-
ment, was passing on her voyage to the Isle of Man, and she
towed the life-boat as near to the wreck as the raging waves
would allow. Owing to the tremendous sea, two attempts
to board the Corsair were ineffectual; but, fortunately, the
gale drove her over the batik into the new channel.
Both anchors were then dropped, but the vessel, from
being water-logged, rode very heavily. After great exertion
the crew succeeded in throwing a rope to the life-boat; one
of them was fastened to it, and drawn through the sea into
the boat ; the rope was again hauled on board by a guy rope,
and this process was repeated till the whole of the crew, 16
in number, four passengers, and two dogs, had been
transhipped to the safety • boat. Every one was after
this manner drawn through the water from one vessel .to
the other. The crew of the Corsair had left her only a
few minutes when she parted both cables and drifted upon
the main. The life-boat having then 31 persons on board
(her own crew being eleven), laboured very heavily, and
got into a swell at the stern of the wreck. Indeed she
was in imminent danger of being swamped or dashed to
pieces upon the main, but, providentially the President
steam-tug, Captain Eccles, with the Liverpool life-boat
[which had been despatched as soon as the telegraphic com-
munication was received] came up to their assistance, anti
she succeeded in towing the boat out of the breakers. Both
boats were afterwards made Oast to the President, brought
safely to Liverpool, and all the parties securely landed on
George's pier.

During her passage•the Corsair carried away foretopsails,
foreyard-Staysails, and forestaysails. She is the property of
Messrs. Fairbanks and M`Nale, of Halifax, and was con-
signed to Messrs. Fairelough and Frost, of this port. Her
freight was oil and timber. She admeasnred 302 tons, and
was in every respect considered a first-class-vessel, having
been entirely coppered and copper-fastened last summer.
She stood AI at Lloyd's. The passengers were Mr. O'Neil,
Mr. Murphy, Mr. Silver, and Lieut. Turner, of the Bth Foot.
Too much praise cannot be given to the crews of the life
boats and the steam-tug, for the promptness and intrepidity
with which this humane exploit was performed, and for the
cordial unanimity with which they acted.

THE LAWFULNESS OF RULERS EMPLOYING THEIR OF-
FICIAL INFLUENCE FOR THE PROMOTION OF TRUE RELI-
GION.—To-morrow evening, at seven o'clock, there will be
divine service in St. Augustine's church, when a sermon on
the above subject will be preached by the Rev. Dr. Tat-
tershall. The sermon will be published on behalf of the
Young Men's Established Church Society.

LIVER THEATRE.—Mr. Rayner, whose performances in
" Love's Frailties," and other pieces, have been so rap-
turously and deservedly applauded, closes his engagement
with his benefit, on Friday evening, when his talents, added
to an unusually attractive bill of fore, trill doubtless ensure
him a bumper. . ,

IMPORTANT TO COUNTY VOTElLS.—Conservatives who
intend.to qualify themselves to be regitered as County or
Riding voters, at the next registration, as freeholders, copy_
holders, and customary tenants, or tenants in ancient de-
mesne, should be reminded that they must be in actual pos-
session of the premises, or in receipt of the rents and profits
thereof to their own use, before the 31st January, or they will
not be entitled to be registered during the present year_
Loss OF THE WILLIAM H usErgsoN.—The Lord Mayor,
yesterday, stated, in the Public-odice, at the Maniion-house,
that he had received a letter in praise of the noble conduct of
Captain Clegg and his crew, and suggested a subscription
for them in London. His lordship intimated, that he would
most gladly receive subscriptions, if sent to the Police-room,
Mansion-house.—Sun, of SattiMay.
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Lieut. Lord, Marine-surveyor, reports, in a letter dated
Jan. 26, and addressed to the Chairman of the Dock Com-
mittee, that " the Voel Nant station is again in working order,
and signals pass along the whole line as usual."
CAUTION TO OWNERS OF HACKNEY CARRIAGF.S.—We
are informed, that during the past week, some theif or thieves
have been industriously employed in plundering numerous
hackney coaches, cars, and other carriages of the inside cushi-
ons, and also taking out the linings of the inside; in some
instances the linings have been cut and completely destroyed,
and the material (curled hair) with which they have been
stuffed taken away, for the sale, of which a mere trifle would
be obtained, in comparison with the serious expenses incurred
by the owners in replacing the same. The robberies have
been generally effected in the evening, or during the night,
when the carriages have been unemployed. The "Associa-
tion of Hackney Coach and Car Proprietors " have offered
a rewind of ten pounds for the discovery of the offenders,
which we trust will lead to their detection, and prevent fur-
ther depredations of a similar nature. The following parties
are the principal sufferers :—Messrs. 'Welfare, Greaves,
Griffiths, Disley, Kell, Whittaker, Robinson, and Penn.

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THE. CAPTAIN AND THE OWNERS OF THE SHIP
HUDDERSFIELD.—A report has, most unaccountably, got
abroad, that Messrs. Charles Iforsfall and Son had not only
expressed their disapprobation of Captain Clegg's conduct in
interrupting his voyage to save and bring to port the passengers
on board the William Iluskisson, steamer, when she was
foundering, but that they had even dismissed him from their
service. The report is mentioned in a letter which now lies
before us, which, though the writer of it is anonymous,
shows that it has received credence from many. Now, who-
ever set the rumour afloat could not have been actuated by
good motives, for a rumour so utterly without foundation was
never fabricated. All who know the Messrs. liorsfall must
be fully convinced,
that, so
_from having been guilty of
in their employ a man of so much courage
the crime of censuring Captai Clegg, they must have re-
as to lead him to risk the safety of himself and
I 'oiced that they had
carnedw in humanity
heroic attempt, which ty
proved successful, of
• rescuing a multitnde of their fellow-creatures from a watery
As, however, there must have been some
malignity
grave.
i
on the part of the inventor of the rumour, and as, if not
contradicted, it might still circulate, we now state, from
authority, that it is utterly without foundation, Captain Clegg
being still in Messrs. Horsfall and Son's service, who heartily
approve of the heroic conduct which he evinced on the recent
melancholy and trying occasion.—Albion.
UNBELIEVING SOCIALIST- CAVIL AGAINST THE CHA-
RACTER OF CHRIST.—Some of our modern infidels, with
that disingenuousness which has always characterised infi-
delity, turning away their attention from the ninety-nine
lovely features in the character of Christ, and fastening their .-
objections upon a single spot which seems to give a handle
to them, have cavilled at Christ's miracle of the herd of
swine, and, upon the strength of it, have actually accused
him of injustice, and oppression, and unkindness. This is
one of the cavils publicly promulgated by the socialists in
some of their infidel meetings. The miracle in question will
be found recorded in the sth chapter of Mark; it is an ac-
count of the man in whom there was a legion of devils. (See
the Bth and following verses.) Now God makes a distinction
between clean and unclean animals—Leviticus xi. 7. and 8,
where swine are mentioned as unclean, and the Jews pro-
hibited from touching them. An unclean animal could not
be offered in any of their typical sacrifices. In this case,
then, what had the Jew in question to do with keeping
swine ? They could not be eaten, for they were unclean ;
they could not be offered in sacrifice, for they were unclean
to that nation by God's own covenant. What, then, could
they have been for ? Swine were a favourite heathen siteri- •
free, because of the quantity of their blood ; and it appears
that the Jew, whoever he was, to whom the herd of swine
belonged, must have been keeping them for the purpose of
selling them to the heathen. lie was so far forgetting him- •
self as to minister towards fill ungodly sacrifice—towards
heathenism : he was doing what it was contrary to tialaw
of God to do. • In this point of view, therefore, Christ was .
bearing a high testimony against the unlawfulness of this
Israelite making a gain by breaking the law of God ; and the
miracle was a ridding the land from uncleanness-76e root
of which was covetousness, which is idolatry.—Sermou.
GRAND BALL AT THE TOWN-HALL, IN HONOTTR or THE
QUEEN'S MARRIAGE.—The day on which the marriage of
the Queen takes place will, no doubt, be a gala day through-
out the country. The Mayor of Liverpool will throw open
the Town-hall to the public on the occasion, and upwards of.
a thousand, we hear, will be invited to a ball in honour of
the Queen's nuptials. We hope to see the event distin-
guish_
ed by the same display of loyalty and good fe-eling in
thisoWn which marked the Queen s coronation. On that
occasion, men of all shades of political feeling-, sinking their
diffeyences, united to honour the sovereign ; and the same
excellent example will be followed, we hope, on the still mote
interesting occasion which we are shortly to witness.