The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-11-13 00:00:00

LOSS OF THE JAMES PATTISON.

(Prom a Correspondent of the Times.)
On Tuesday, September 29, we observed, at half past one
p.m., a good deal of smoke bursting up the fore scuttle. We
went below immediately, as far as the cargo would allow us,
to endeavour to find the cause; but could see nothing that
would lead us to suppose the cargo had ignited. We, how-
ever, battened down the fore and after scuttles immediately,
and stopped all other small apertures from which smoke was
issuing; but throughout the afternoon found the smoke in-
creasing, and bursting out in fresh places every minute, and
the upper deck beginning to get warm, as well as the coat of
the foremast. At six p.m. every thing began to assume a
most alarming appearance. There were now light breezes
from E.N.E., and fine weather. We were standing on a
wind to the S.E. We commenced getting the long boat and
cutter cleared, ready for getting out some hands, drawing
water, and throwing it upon the deck, to keep it cool. At
nine p.m. we lifted the long-boat out of the chocks, to enable
the carpenter to get under her, to do some necessary jobs be-
' fore putting her over the side, and at half-past nine observed
the flames beginning to make their appearance through the
deck, about five feet before the forehatch, on the larboard
side. We scuttled the deck immediately, and commenced
throwing water down through the scuttles, and also around
the foremast. Up to this time the decks abaft the forehatch
had been kept quite cool, and the fire appeared to be confined
to the space from the after part of the forehatch forward.
We succeeded in extinguishing the flames for some time, and
at ten p.m. we got the long-boat over the side, but, to our
great dismay, found her to be very leaky, keeping four hands
continually baling: We put a cask of water and a cask of
bread into her, with eight hands and the second officer, to
keep the boat free. We then veered her astern with the cut-
ter, which was pretty tight, but were sorry to find the long-
boat keeping four buckets continually going to keep her free.
At midnight there were light breezes from E.N.E., the ship's
head being to the S.E., and all hands employed pouring wa-
ter down the scuttled part of the deck. We succeeded up to
this time in keeping the flames down ; but throughout the
night, although the fire was kept pretty well under, it ap-
peared to be spreading very fast below, although every exer-
tion was used by all hands in keeping a constant run of water
down the scuttled part of the deck.
Wednesday, Sept. 30.—Daylight found the fire making
great progress aft, and the deck abreast of the fore-hatches
occasionally in a flame ; we unbattened the fore-hatch with
the hope Of getting some of the cotton out, but could not
start a bale. finding the fire now making such rapid pro-
gress aft, and all hopes of extinguishing it at an end, we
squared the yards and made sail for the Western Islands,
being only 150 miles from them, bearing S.W. A good look
out was kept from the main royal yards for a vessel—some
hands still keeping the flames down as much as possible. At
S a.m. the decks began to give way a little before the main
hatch, and we unbattened the hatch immediately, and suc-
ceeded in getting about 30 bales of cotton overboard, with
the hope of arresting the progress aft, but from the immense
clouds of smoke continually bursting from the hatch, we found
it impossible to get any further into the between decks. At
9 a.m. the deck, from the mainmast forward, presented no-
thing but one body of fire. Still, up to this time we suc-
ceeded, through great exertions, ht keeping the flames from
catching the rigging or sails by the immense quantity of water
kept continually thrown over it. At 10 a.m., however, the
mainmast below the deck was on fire, and the flames be-
ginning to make their appearance up the after hatch, and ap-
pa ently the hearts of all began to droop, having now left us
but our leaky long boat and cutter to save our lives. To the
inexpressible joy of all on board, a sail was descried from the
mast-head, bearing S. W. about fifteen miles on a wind.
The news acted upon the countenances of every one as a
most joyous sound, and a fresh attempt was made to
keep the flames down for one or two hours longer. At
noon, however, in spite of all our most strenuous exer-
tions, the flames caught the fore rigging and mainstays,
and at this time it was impossible to get forward, ex-
cept on the outside to windward. This was done with buckets
of water, and we succeeded in extinguishing the flames about
the rigging and stays for some short time. At 1. 15. p.m.
the ship was going seven miles an hour in chase of the ship
seen from the mast-head, and finding she had tacked and was
standing for us, the fore rigging and stays with some of the
sails, as well as the quarter deck, being in one body of fire,
we were obliged to bring the ship to the wind. We then got
the long boat immediately hauled up under the starboard
mizen chains and the cutter under the stern, but could not
venture to get the long boat further ahead from the flames,
when 19 of us sprung into her and 9 into the cutter. We cut
our ropes and got clear of the ship, and in about ten minutes
afterwards the mainmast fell in a body of fire, and about five
minutes after that the fore and mizen masts followed.
Nothing now presented itself but the bare hull in one body of
fire from stem to stern. We now proceeded down before the
wind in our boats for the vessel to leeward, which was at this
time about three or four miles from us. On our way down
to the ship we found the leak in the long boat gaining fast on
us with four buckets constantly going ; but at three p.m.,
the long boat being half full of water, we got alongside the
barque, which proved to be the Norval of Greenock, from St.
John's, bound to Leghorn, Captain Corban, who readily re-
ceived us on board, and to whose kindness and humanity my
pen cannot do justice. After getting on board and clearing
the boat of the few wet things that were washing about in
her, the Norval made sail on her former course. Some of
the crew saved a part of their clothes and others none, and
at 40.30 p.m. the ill-fated Pattison disappeared in the horizon.

Within the last fortnight three men have lost their lives at
:he works of the Box Tunnel, and two others have had their
Limbs dreadfully mangled.
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At a dinner given at Prior Park last week, in honour of the
consecration of a new papist sham-bishop in the person of
the redoubtable Dr. Brown, of Downside College, at which,
as recorded by a contemporary, " about 110 Roman Catholic
clergy and laity, with a few of other denominations" were
present ; it appears, from the statement of the same contem-
porary, that the " few of other denominations" enjoyed the
pleasure and credit of joining in drinking the health of the
Pope, given before that of our Protestant Queen. What may
he the peculiar tenets of " the few of other denominations"
we know not, but there can, we think, be no difficulty in
arriving at a tolerably correct estimate of their loyalty and
sense of decorum.--Bath Chronicle.

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PRICES OP SHARES, NOYEMMeIt 12.
Prices. This day Last
Per Share. Prices.

RAILWAYS, &c.
Bolton and Leigh lOO paid
Bristol and Exeter
Birmingham and Gloucester
Ditto and Derby lOO ....
Birkenhead and Chester
Ditto, new IS .. ..
Dublin and Drogheda
Eastern Counties
Ditto, Debentures
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 9 paid
Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 20 paid
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar } 30 paid
Greenock, and Ayr
Grand Junction
Ditto half shares
Ditto quarter shares (late
Chester and Crewe)
Quarter 29 IS 0 ....
Great Western 65 .... 83 10 0 ....
Ditto new shares 4O .... 48 10 0 .... 48 5
Ditto Fifth Shares 4 .... 7:7 6.. . 8 5
Hull and Selby
Leicester and Swannington 5O .... 53 15 0 ....
Lancaster and Preston 42 10 u 32 16 0 ....
Ditto, new
Liverpool and Manchester
Ditto quarter shares
Ditto half shares
London and Birmingham 9O .... 164 0 0 ....HIS 10
Ditto new shares
Ditto quarter shares
Ditto and Southampton 39 .... 51 10 0 ...
Ditto & Brighton
Manchester and Leeds 7O .... 85 0 0 ....
Ditto half shares
Manchester, Bolton, & Bury
Manchester and Birmingham 35 .... 92 0 0 ....
Ditto and Ditto Extension
Midland Counties
Ditto, quarter
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO .... 92 10 0 ....
Ditto quarter shares
North Midland
New North Midland 4O .... 36 15 0 ....
Paris and Rouen .
•. 2 7 6 ....
South Eastern and Dover
North Union
York and North Midland 5O paid 67 10 0 ....
BANKS.
Bank of Liverpool .... .....412 lOspaid IS 17 6ex div.
- Borough Bank lO .... 13 17 6.• ••
- Commercial of Liverpool 12 10.. 16 17 0 ....
- Commercial of England. 5 .... 326• • • •
- East of England lO .... 72 6 ••;•
'N,
_..
-of Manchester lO .... 816 s with uIV.
- M'cliester & 14001 Dsct. 15 .... 976• • • •
- Northern and Central
- North arid South Wales lO .... 5 ' 6 ""
- Phcenix
- Royal of Liverpool 500 .... 735 0 oex div
- South Lancashire
- Albion
- Liverpool Union lO .... 11 1$ 0 ....
---- Liverpool Banking Co IS •• • • 8 10 0 ...
- Wilts and Dorset 7 los. "• '
GAS, WATER WORKS, &c.
Exchange Buildings elm paid 158 0 U ....
L'pool and Harrington Water 1 350
.... 477 10 0 • .
Works i

27 0 0
82 10 0 ...
81) 0 0
34 15 0 ...
10 15 0
0 0
8 12 6
4 5 0

28 5 0 ..

4 7 6

19 15 0 .... 19 15 0

32 10 0 ....

214 0 0 -.213 0 0
89 0 0 ....

Bootle Ditto Stock.... 325 0 0 ....
L'pool Coal Gas Company.... Stock— . 380 0 0.. • •
L'pool New Gas Sz Coke Co. £lOO .... 187 0 0 ....
Ditto new shares are now paid up.
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
Liverpool Marine Assurance 1
25 paid 3 2 6 ...
Company
Ocean Assnrance Company.... 0 .... 0 13 9
....
Liverpool Fire and Life 2 103. 1 18 0 ...
DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW C 0220
.P A..71E8,7 &c.
Rock 0
....
Rock Ferry
Monk's Ferry
Steam Tug Company lO . . 7 0 0 ....
Harrington Docks 100 .... 57 0 0 ... •
Apothecaries' Company
* Exclusive of new Shares.

inports.
EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, :arc.
Currency, (374) 1) J Hoare, from Calcutta, 20 cases castor oil, A
Rogers-14 hluis rum, D and J IVl'Donald-160 sks flour, Rawson
and co-1 brl mess, J M•Whirton-62 cases oil, box chertrce,
Allinson-3009 bgs sugar, 1374 bgs saltpetre, 1 box contents unkn,
19 bxs leaf tobacco, 30 bls dry o and c bides, order-631 ps sapan
wood, 1000 pkts rice, 15 bgs horn tips, 127 bxs 60 chts shellac, 2 bxs
pickles, 295 bgs ginger, 28 Ws safflower, 1 cse contg 1 hf brl wine,
103 bkgs tea, 2 bxs conts unkn, 824 pkts 120 pgs turmeric, 352 bdls
munjeet, Bates, Sons and co—P D
WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA.

Jas Wright, (113) J 'Rake, from Jamaica, about 85i tons logwood,
32 tons 17 c ebony, Bushby and Son—d D
Lotus, (281) P T Head, from Barbados and Puerto Cabello, (from
Barbados) 12 bls cotton, S L Trotman—(from Puerto Cabello) 2554
do, A W Powles and co—Q D