The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-10-12 00:00:00

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now used for that purpose, the front being appropriated as
an inn, anti the cottages behind, forming the square, being
let off at moilerate rents: 'I he tourist would do well to visit
this inn if his time will permit. It is kept by Mr. Lomas,
an old man•of-war's man, who was some years steward with
Lord Nelson, and was in several of the brilliant engagements
of that - naval hero, of which he preserves memorials in
pictures of the several vessels in which he served, and various
articles of nautical vertu. Ile is quite an original, and
amuses his guests by recounting the various scenes he has
witnessed, and the dangers he has escaped in battle and in

storm.
We found lying at anchor off the pier a fine schooner,
of 173 tons burthen, called the " Emerald," belonging
to Kildare. She had left that port a day or two before we
arrived from Liverpool, with between thirty and forty
emigrants bound to St. John's, N.B. Many of her sails
were blown to pieces, and she finally lost her mainmast,
which was carried, away a few feet above the deck, and also
sprung her foremost head. It was with great difficulty
that she got into the Shannon clear of the dangerous outward
shore, and she was now under repair to be rigged as a
brigantine.
Shortly after our arrival at Kilrush I accompanied a party
to the interesting bathing place of Kilkee, which, together
with the affecting loss of -the Liverpool ship Intrinsic in one
of its bays, will form the subject of my next brief sketch.

We understand that the south-eastern and many other
railways have been considerably affected by the late rains—
the embankments being so saturated as to endanger their
solidity.—Brighton Herald.
ADVANCE OF EPISCOPACY IN SCOTLAND.—During the
last few years episcopacy has made rapid advances in Scot-
land, mid we understand that in terms of a resolution come
to by a meeting held at Edinburgh, in August last, it has
bean agreed to erect a college at Perth, for the purpose of
educating students of theology, and the sons of the gentry of
Scotland of the episcopal persuasion. The persons who have
been most active on this occasion Are Mr. Gladstone, M.P.
for Newark, the Rev. Mr. E. Ramsay, and _Mr. Hope of
Rankeilour. This institution will, no doubt, to a certain
extent, affect the interests of the Scottish universities, as
well as serve to promote those of episcopacy.

FATAL OCCURRENCE AT WHITBY.—Loss OE FOUR
LlVES.—Seldom has ifbeen our loss to record a more dis-
tressing and melancholy catastrophe than one which occurred
at Whitby on Wednesday morning last. Shortly after day-
break the sea became mush agitated, with a strong gale from
E.S.E., and several fishing yawls were observed along the
coast, unable to gain the port. In consequence one of the
life boats, under the command of Mr. John Barrett, was
launched, and manned with " a gallant crew ", proceeded
with provisions for the fishing yawls, in order that they
might remain out at sea until it became more tranquil. In
crossing the bar, (the crew being in joyous and happy
spirits, with no immediate danger then apparent,) a heavy
breaker struck the boat, which immediately capsised and
drifted to sea. The shrieks of the ,multitude who congre-
gated on the west pier were truly heart-rending. The other
life boat was promptly seated on the threatening element,
filled with an active body of tnarines, and sent to the rescue
of the suffering crew, four of whom, we regret to add. met
with a watery grave. The remainder clung to the bottom of
the boat, with the exception of one man named Gatenb(, who
was under the hull ? a hole was cut through the vessel, and
he was providentally extricated (although nearly lifeless) after
bing thus placed under the hull nearly two hours. The cap-
sised boat floated some time on the ocean, and in the course
of the afternoon drifted on shore near Sandsend.