The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-05 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION.

Standard-office, Ten o'clock.
LAMENTABLE SHIPWRECKS.

By the Mail from Dublin we have received news which
shows that the storm has been very disastrous on the
Irish coast, chiefly between Dublin and Drogheda. The
brig Shannon, of Whitehaven, struck do a reef of sharp-
pointed rocks, about two miles north of Balbriggan. F,:ur
of the men took to the boat, and though it was swamped
the men were drifted ashore alive. Five men remained on
board the vessel, which was at length capsized by the vio-
lence of the waves, and the men for a few minutes were
seen clinging to the keel—the next wive swept three of
them away, and they were drowned ; a fourth caught hold
of a spar, and was saved. Tire tifih held on to the keel,
but when reached the vital spark had fled.
A large brig, name unknown, laden with wheat, sup-
posed to be from Wexford, and bound to Liverpool, was
totally wrecked, at Clogherabont, and all hands supposed
to be lost, es there was no account of any of them.
Another wreck took place at Annagasson, near the same
place. Name of the vessel unknown. She was dashed
into pieces. A large vessel, about 700 tons burthen,
named the Rose, of Belfast, Montgomery, master, was
driven violently on shore at Skerries, but most fortunately
the crew, consisting of fourteen men and one woman, a
passenger, were all got off safely from the wreck. She
was timber laden. and left Quebec this day five weeks.
She was bound for Barest. A large qeantity of timber,
and other things belonging to skips, were picked up be-
tween Balbriggan and Droghed.; the figure load of a
ship and a piece of board with the name " Fairy Queen"
was found at Balbriggan. Several small craft were more
or less injured at Baldoyl.., Malabide, and along the
coast. A large vessel, supposed to be an Indianian—but-
en inquiry proved unsuccessful to ascertain anything
about her—was seen in a wreck. al condition off Ireland's
Eye.
At Kingstown Harbour, a timber vessel, the William
and Isabella, of Sunderland, was disn.asted close to the
quay, against which the surge of the waves drove her
• with violence: beyond her vies a coal-vessel, which had
completely settled down, her masts standing above water.
At the entrance of the inner harbour lay the Kingston, of
Liverpool, bound to Africa, which had put in for shelter
at the commencement of the storm ; she was secured by
a hawser to the fur side of the harbour, and by it cable to
the quay, and bad every appearance of riding out the
storm in safety, when a cry was beard that ani.ther vessel
was dragging her anchors ; this proved to be the Capri-
corn, of Liverpool, a 'West Indian vessel, from San Do.
mingo, with a valuable cargo of rum and sugars on board.
She had been anchored at a distance of about 400 yards
ahead of the Kingston; it was about ten minutes to three
o'clock when she began to drag her anchor ; it was fully
half-past three before she reached the devoted Kingston.
As soon as it was perceived that the collision was inevita-
ble, directions were given to cut, away the cable of this
latter vessel. and to get her round, so that there might he
less resistance ; before this maticeavre could be accom-
plished the stern of the Capricorn had dashed against the
bows of the Kingston, the hoed of which went crashing
and grinding right through the bulwarks of the former;
at every gust of. wind this scene of destruction was re-
peated, the enormous bowsprit of the Kingston spring-
ing and starting from its seat, as though it were a
lath. It was now evident that were the vessels to con-
tinue in this regard to each other, both would be speedily
dashed to atoms. The crew on board the Capricorn had
done nothing ; it was reported they had been ill, and were
unable to move. The greater part of the crew of the
Kingston leaped on board, and commenced cutting away
at the rigging to the windward. Whilst doing this the
remainder of the craw got on shore, with the exception of
one man, who, with great foolhardiness, remained on
board. As soon rr the rigging was cut away, the maws
snapped across and tumbled over on the Kingston ; to all
appearance one (ell right on the man who remained on
board, but he with much presence of mind contrived to
give a leap away, and his arm only was caught. We be-
lieve it was only bruised, net broken.

At eleven o'clock on Saturday night an alarm of fire
was given on hoard the Kingston. An opinion generally
prevailed that there was a grrat quantity of gunpowder on
board, and this naturally had the effect of preventing the
necessary exertions to exticierfsh the fire. The comic,.
quence was, that the devouring element got head ; it
burned during the en'ire night, and on Sunday the vessel
appeared completely consumed to the water's edge The
Capricorn, which lay near, had the side net the fire con-
siderably injured—the burning mast and rigging of the
Kingston fell across her duck, set tire to everything w;tb
which it came in contact, end wr.re it not for the timely
assistance afforded, she would, no &min, hate shared the
fate of the other. Opinion is contradictory as regards the
origin of the fire; however, the prevailing supposition is,
that some persons contrived to get on hoard with dishonest.
intentions, and that having made rather too free with
rum, of which there was a large quantity in the vessel,
the fire took place by accident. This idealits strengthened
by the fact that a boy, in a deep state of inebriation, was.
found concealed between the rocks were the brig lay. The•
Kingston was the property of Charles liorsfalt and Sons,
of this town, bnt we have not been able to ascertain i. the
vessel or cargo were insured.

In additio-n to the above, we have ascertained that
" The Success," from Demerara to Dublin. with sugar.
experienced a heavy sea and violent gale on Saturday
evening, at five o'clock. She had her main top-sail and
reef fore-sail blown away, and the consequence was, that
she was ►hrown on her beams, and was tiling wi!b water
when assistance was afforded ; she was brought into har-
bour without sustaining any additional injury. A large
portion of the cargo is much damaged, and part of her
ground tier of sugar was wholly washed away.
At Bally breck, midway between Killiney and Bray, a
seaman's hat was picked up, in the lining of which there
was written—" John Trait, Liverpool, September the
16th, 1843, three." _ _

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The particulars of the remaining disa,turs are given
w:th sufficient detail in our Monday's shipping news.

REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The rent for the week ending
yesterday, has tumbled down to £289.

THIRD EDITION.

Standard-office, Two o'clock.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THIS DAY.

The amount of s;deft to-d:t in Cotton will be about
2,500 bales, without any cliauge in prices—Al to the trade.