The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-04 00:00:00

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round was inundated. The storm was also severely event
Ballinasloe and other parts of Connaught. A vvhicl
1 to the
The gale in the Isle of Man is stated to have been to
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pier were torn away. At Peel considerable claulo 47,1,5_1°1
Geral
At Castletown 50 yards of the bulwarks of the ro
Earl
was done to a fleet of luggers. Several vessels .0 "iie r
Q n driveneen
,on
whichtlie coast.
vessel
sailed
i l life-boated f
from
this belongingpert teont hTehl3arrio
0 bud I
week, was picked up at Castletown bay on Mon
lotted
Mit) beelf.o2
is now in the possession of Mr. Robert Clucas, °- r'
royal
town. At Ramsey much damage was done. 1, 1 the 1
ScomANp.—This part of the country, thoug'y
visited with the full fury of the gale which has wrol
much destruction in the southern part of the islan fili cler
not altogether escaped, the storm of Sunday and 3,0-0
having been severely felt in the west and south o',l the a
land. From the prevalence of the westerly winn their
Clyde was on Monday swollen to an immense heig_bko
lighter craft at the Bronaielaw being elevated from • Cloth
moorings, and great difficulty was experienced in
their coming into collision with the breast of thew
IHROU
a'A
Castle
The flood rose so high in the town of Dumbarto by the
Monday, that sailing boats were made use of for the
veyance of parties in the High-street. At Greene,,' forma'
the same day, a very high tide occurred, which " and b
much damage. Most of the shops and cellars alem ries.
quay were flooded more or less. The West Bli On
dammed back, and rose above the arches of the b i
covering the streets adjoining it. The most of t 11•1 and th
building yards were flooded, so that all the men
leave off work, and many of the poor people of they travell
had their dwellings flooded, and their property
Downi
s rii
CGreatat
ti
Accounts from Port-Glasgow, Gourock, Rothese& Mr.
other places, state that in all these the tide sassy
unprecedented. In the Rothesay Post-office the
secrets
stood ankle deep. At Helensburgh, the flood of SO Los
morning week was most destructive. In the god diplom
Ardencaple Castle, the property of the Duchess 0
of Argyle, a considerable amount of damage was 1 of Foi
the unusual fall of water. At Ayr, on Monday, the:, Non
of the gale were very serious. About mid-day ,e" Es q.,
2 _q.,
course of a few minutes, the tide rose a couple offel" case of
.counte
-detas,
the river was flush with the street, and penetratP4
4. , THE
houses near which it had never been known i° Chan
before. In many cases the depth of water was leilvat Hae,
feet, and a number of families had to leave their d'Coli
THE
The terrible violence of the sea swept away many Yo
the Newton beach, the temporary railway, and, ifrom F
with ti
hundred yards of railway, placed far above ands y(
on the
same breakwater
ne s
coast,
thashe
tide
es iii
tot: state f 4
.mktarTkr.oonT ,h oe
has been known for many years, and some of thes
'wn were flooded to the depth of severe' expect
screw-steamer, which sailed from Tee:: -----------
as well
',ving encountered a severe gale u 4
tburlolied,el]
split her sails and rendered 1)04"
blue sil
morning,nageable a came ashore
eans lelowr el i e ats s
tßt
aatri adsesdi.e early The Tayon 0.$03;1
ail 1 the tot
the boy
in flood on Sunday, and in the course of the ef: Cou
placed
inundated both Inches. The rise above the ordinsile sufficie
of the river was fully fifteen feet. In the south o!.ii
...., aod Monday were wild days. The:
id half w
anday was raging in full flood, covering the grestell An
tion of the White Sands. At mid-day the water
dammed back by the tidal flow of the Solway,
then have been .within about 18 inches of the high
spots. they reached a fortnight ago. On Monday evening tl/1
moderated, though it by no means went dovirollu'or
driver of the Lockerby coach was obliged to go
Hillhouse Bridge, Shillallill having been again 0 reachir
51e ; and he reports the flood in the Annan to he
than it was a fortnight ago.—Edinburgh Advertiser' Ar°
first lc

of the t
The Tinter:,
Frith

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APPALLING SHIPWRECKS. trinems
51 worn ai
ifnogr the
It is at sea that the most fearful catastroehee sleeves
happened. The upper portion of the English c,"# violet 6
was the scene of deplorable events. An emigrant at ha
from Hamburgh, a barque apparently of 500 tonne fastene
named the Louisa Emilia, bound with emigrariteo the cer
Grande, in South America, was wrecked in the o j
Dungeness, and out of 80 souls on board ReAinmeo
drowned. The sufferings of the survivors were forms a
most harrowing description.
On Monday morning the " Ocean Queen," of P"'4
was wrecked off Plymouth. d accordi
During Sunday night a large three-masted ship /0 braid.'
other vessels, supposed to be schooners, foundered A see
Downs. with all their hands, as is imagined. , I with gc
short distance of Lyme Regis, a fine emigrant sill with h
eoeit I lose m
the Heroine, Mr. Le Rich, master, which °nil 0 much s
Thames a short time since for Port Philip, wo,y, and tie
lost ; and, although the disaster was attended ol'icf The
sacrifice of life, it is most providential, considers, gold or
bonnet
terrible character of the weather, that it did 'Obi Bonn
fatal to many more of those on board. Some
lows volunteered to man a boat to go off to tbeil
falling
li formed
Procuring a craft belonging to the Frances revenue
the men, comprising Mr. William Bridle, mastelP
50 black vi
Primrose, Henry Cox, mate of the Honiton Wel,4'
tbe4 } second
vet, tri
three of the Frances's crew, named Black, I-I
anothersTi
dhee iysel
Npee:;,l theTialepec
Harvey, pulled off to the relief of the ship's bed:l4,i°' bunch
were beating towards the port. They had not OP r
however, when a heavy sea struck and filled
and, melancholy to relate, with the excePei°ll il.!
Bridle, the whole of the couragous fellows perishe,ol The car
two boats from the Heroine succeeded in rewseebloo I
'feathersis a
fans
harbour, but the passengers and crew were iii
exhausted condition. The ship foundered in the ends be
of the afternoon. 4 is a nei
A brig named the Corinthian, belonging to
was dashed to pieces on the Thorp Point, and t'3ol small b
theatre
were all drowned. A Dutch vessel, called
and dashed to pieces. Some of her hands were loeol discards
bound to London, was thrown on the main at 011°5,
swiditehoanf
Pioneer, Mr. Taylor, master, on her way to the TY t /0- compose
London, foundered, and four of her hands
with her. The Active, of Stockton, also wove a a
ye A aim
Caistor. The vicinity of the Humber also be 0 the sam
casualties. The Yorkshire coast at the promiol to' Partly o
land, known as Flamborough-head, was expeae"o4 satin.
full fury of the wind. Such a storm had not beeo, blonde;
rs icehnocoende
r.
,there
belonging for at
onsu
the southward of Bridlington. The life-boat was PAU Pretty.
launched in the hope of seeing the unfortunate errolv Plain sa
narrow,
bon, ed,
watery grave. them,
h e m , omatinbtdhe number
hooel
poordf,
6i ii_ edge, w
The schooner Argyle, of Glasgow, bound frots cill'
to Cork, was run foul of by the schooner Faretick
it failed in reaching
Passes I
London, and sank almost immediately. Crew aelfroO satin a
In Morecombe Bay the gale was as h(aVY Of Cocked'
south-west. A schooner was driven ashore wit/
yweaasrfese lalorrwil'esdbree9 el:#11t
of the b
board dead, with the exception of one man. 1 d The t
a tli but the •of the break-water sustained much damage, all
AO and the
house was washed away.
er I plaids if
In the Swin, and almost at the mouth of th ..a
tp insid
the hurricane was as severely felt as in anY.eteit y the e
is
For upwards of 48 hours a tremendous sea exi° reed , feathersc
Mouse lightship was swept away by its fury, g'pe • h
Wlt a s
occasioned amongst the coasters and small craft, el/
The e
ship, named the William and Mary, from Texel,, i double
to the Gunfleet Sands. The crew took to the "lori
fiii ample,
rigging, to which they lashed themselves, In "dtj plaited
tion, exposed to the violent lashing of the sea e'er larger
going the greatest suffering, they remained tile," maroon
the day. Night set in with all its horrors, the'' the mid
lows' sufferings becoming more severe. 11101 1 ing a e
smacks, the Traveller end Emperor, both ofeeltil:l trimme
about three o'clock in the morning, accompliar 0 similar
servation of the poor creatures, who were din 0 J
S lighter
rigging, including the master, Mr. Avery. ,0111,1
Visit
imagined, they were in a very exhausted canalvet. I
got on board the smacks. The ship has sin
cc
velvet,
pieces.
blonde.
broad I
capote
pink ss
terry vs
ear. F
with let
A be
feathers
The edl
ruche e
feather,
with ve
A ea
Passem,
and chc
front.
Capo
crossing;

vessel called tl

Nuova Fortuna, from 1;41
terranenn, was carried asho,th-d
Shanear, on SundaYri
--d. In the

bound to the Me

northward of Port T
and the g
of Crookha%

me crew drowneu. ,
• the Calder, from New York for
was driven from her moorings on to a reef of rerr,
north of the coast guard station, and became a,
A ship, called the Reine des Agnes, was t'oo
Chrislmas-Ciav a few miles to the eastward of 41
and " Lloyd's List" contains numerous other
on that range of coast.

KINCAnDINF,.—.I fair resident in thiS plgce
wooed and won by v. jolly tar. As Jack was.el:,
a long voyage, the preliminaries were hastibrA
and last Sunday week the loving couple were Pale
with a view to their joining in wedlock on 0;04
Tuesday. But, alas, in the single day that t'te,T,
the feelings of the fair bride underwent a coniP',,e,
A former flame, ako a sailor. his eqlP.:o°

trans

narrow

per,:evering energy, and succeeded in inducl%f'er
to become his wife on the day appointed for 'tpe,
By the aid of a friend
procured, and in a Ileedi
unknown, the partielor
personating the u`

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bands 0
half wa'
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barbel
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WAREmousu

Holmes, late proprietor of the celebratedslhaiVl
in Regent-street, appeared in the BankruPtg6F,
obtain his certificate. His liabilities were ''''triej
sets about £3,500. Mr. Holmes had been to .0- pi
1830, and was solvent up to 1848, when lie ei)elierlifi'i
with his creditors at ten shillings in the pound.
ranee, who supported the application for 9,_foA
dwelt on the high character of the bankrupt LA
He had opened his shop in Regent-street at /id./
Regent-street was not what it is now. He
pride in his establishment, and it was justlY
one of the most splendid in Europe,—thegepri
rounding nations. But in 1848 Mr. Holmes 0,001
culties ; money-lenders got hold of him ;
and deeper ; and to the money-lenders and 1„,'1`00
hibition his ruin was to be referred. Mr. 0,.,(1
Fane enlarged the protection for a month, 0" ht
would take time to consider his judgment. "I
SHOCKING MASSACRE ON BOARD l'Obetii
BARQUE GEointenE.—A painful event has
known in relation to an alleged mutiny atnelll'
Chinese emigrants, on board the English ell'1300)
when the master ordered his crew to fire on „efir)
Two of the crew and seventeen of the PosVrii
been killed and wounded. The GertrudeteJO
Belfast vessel, of 605 tons burthen, sailed frow,,
Havanna, with 350 Chinese emigrants (Coo i%
20th of October, a dispute arose among the
which the captain and the crew get'engaged,',,a, VV
was, that seventeen of the Chinese were lii";64lV
captain and several of the crew seriously inilifi'osPa,'lti,
course of an investigation at Singapore, it thrift
there was no interpreter on board of the s"voli
the captain and crew of the Gertrude could ;4!
with the emigrants by signs. A Chinese 'rl g
that eleven and a half dollars, which bad bee; 09,}
at Amoy, were subsequently taken from b.leptq
the passengers were not supplied with sanc.,l.ocl :01
also said—" On the 19th October, we Potty
amongst ourselves, and began to fight and
&c., at each other. Some of these thlogotilr?
captain, and he, thinking they were fighting fotioto
got muskets and fired into us, and sb°cl O
number dead. Two of the Chinese jumPe 00 Al'A
The other Chinese adhere to the deposition,oep
witness. It would appear that there was al tyl
want of food among the passengers, and ttaclitljel
arose from some misunderstanding betweeAiegoP,
among them. About SO of one country, .0 CP,
fighting with 100 men belonging to Cliugeritld
men had complained to the cook of the se'nosltiol
ferent character of the provisions. Theapo9ipte
their statement, corroborate the roen's.,l,oo ,
tvlrm -1-I,at_ had the ship been provided Ns:: „036"
th,l,t7a,gica 'rrence would not have Pr

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