The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-02-12 00:00:00

make their way to and from Woodside by the embank-
ments and bridges—all unfinished—across Wallasey Pool.
The journey was along by the copper works, and by the
lower embankment from the Birkenhead warehouses to
Scacombe: it was most perilous, the wind being so high
and the road so unsheltered that many were thrown down
and not a few turned back in despair from one to the
other terminus. The gale continued with considerable
violence throughout Wednesday, and though the barome-
ter began to rise from an early hour in the morning, and
got up nearly an inch in the course of the day, it was late
in the afternoon ere the wind began to shew any very per-
ceptible abatement. Even then the wind was so strong
that the Egremont Ferry steamears did not ply, excepting
at distant intervals, when the gale lulled.
About three o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, the
American ship John P. Whitney, Captain Gledden, (a
- -- -07 tons burthen), ran aground on a sand-
trance to the Victoria Channel, and al-

ick three different times on various banks, near
mby, before she went down. Notwithstanding the
the weather was so thick at the time, that it
-,sible to get a pilot on board. The crew endea-
by 1-- • life

_ , launching their .e-boat,
Jut, on account of the heavy sea running at the time, she
before any body got on board of her. The
bout twenty-four in number) together with eight
then betook themselves to the ship's two
era afterwards picked up by Capt. Webster,
Bull tug-steamer, and landed in Liverpool in
yen o'clock on Wednesday evening. As the
up the cargo floated off. She was insured,
not learned to what amount. On Wednes-
welve o'clock, the north-west light-ship went
)y the fury of the gale was forced inwards to-
..rds the edge of the bank. She was subsequently
)rought up near N.W. spit. where she rode heavily.
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was swan'

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safety a
vessel b:

but we ha

day, about t

Aeutenant Lord, the marine surveyor, went outside and
ttempted to get out the duplicate light-ship, but was
) so, from the state of the wind and the heavy
He then proceeded in a tug-boat to the

[lnning

-ship, and found that for all practical purposes she
exhibited her lights as usual. Early on Thursday morn-

ing, the marine surveyor

proceeded to the light

-ship with

a steam-tug and life-boat; and, at a quarter to twelve
o'clock, the telegraph reported that the steamer was
alongside, and she was again taken back to her station,
and safely moored.

Way House, a small inn between Egre-
Brighton, the Magazine life-boat landed,

the Dit
Addiso

afternoon, nine passengers rescued from
na, including three females and two soldiers. Mr.
_, of New Brighton, hearing of their predicament
paid for all necessary refreshments for them, they being
much exhausted and benumbed with cold. Another gen-
tleman, of Sea Bank, Liscard, sent money to each of
them to carry them to I •

Liverpool
Captain Evans, of the life-boat, and his crew, used
Ml during the gale to save life, and all of

em were much
A flat called th

L " weather-beaten."
he Mary was seen bottom u

p on the main
_nd no account
had been received at the Magazines up to
fternoon, though it is hoped they escaped
he strongest part of the gale blew from the W.N.V-
itside of the Rock Lighthouse
Sev

Tnursday

.1 fishing-boatswere sunk on the beach near the

Many casks of flour and Indian meal were washed near
to or on shore, both on the Lancashire and Cheshire sides
of our estuary, from the J. P. Whitney. Much wreck
was also floating up on Wednesday, consisting of planks,
beams, &c., with copper nails or fastenings attached.
We heard of no bodies being found on the Wirral coast.
The Magazine boats picked up several casks of flo, d

,ps of the same article, not much damaged, except
zeriorly, the outer wet flour forming a compact cake.
No. 9 pilot-boat met with a misfortune. Before day-
ht on Wednesday morning she was the fourth boat
and was going like a duck before the wind, appa-
'ill safe, when a sea struck her, and carried away
sail and punt. She was nearly thrown on her
4, and was obliged to return to port for a refit.
Ile Sam steam-tug towed up, on Wednesday,
Jout eleven o'clock, one of the lower masts, rigging,
&c., of a large vessel, probably the J. P. Whitney.
The Iron Duke, belonging to the City of Dublin Com-
pany, left here on Tuesday evening, at the usual hour,
She accomplished the passage to Dublin in twenty hours,
her average time being ten hours and a half. The Admi-
ral, Glasgow steamer, was 35 hours on her passage.
At Rock Ferry one of the windows of the front sleep-
ing apartment in Mr. Branch's residence, was blown en-

her ma

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tire into the room, frame-work and basement. The top
of the window fortunately came in contact with a ward-
robe, consequently it was supported in its upright posi-
tion ; not a single pane of glass was broken. The whole
must have been smashed but for this circumstance. The
violence of the gust which caused this singular accident
blew the furniture about the room in every direction,
upsetting a dressing table, and dispersing its brittle ac-
companiments on the floor, not a single article of which,
however, was broken.
A. stack of chimneys fell at Monk's Ferry Hotel, and
' an old and faithful servant beneath the ruins. She
-11 hurt, but is now progressing favorably.
THE STORM IN OTHER QUARTERS.

was mu.

At the Isle of Man a windmill took fire by the friction
of the machinery through the force of the gale, and the
entire building and out-houses were burnt down.
Considerable damage was done in London and its
neighbourhood, and several small vessels were driven
from their moorings. Dublin also suffered. In Limerick
several houses were blown down, and Captain Warner, of
the Energy, was drowned on Tuesday night, when pro-
ceeding on board his ship.

The storm did much mischief at Manchester, carrying
away roofs of large buildings, and many trees were torn
up by the roots. A train on the Blackburn and West
Yorkshire Railway was blown off the line, but without
loss of life.

At Preston the storm upset five of the arches in course
of construction on the valley over the Ribble. A tall
chimney fell through the roof of a bakehouse in the West-
end Shambles, and a baker at work within narrowly
escaped.

The storm raged fearfully in Nottinghamshire, and was
accompanied by thunder and lightning. A tall chimney
fell upon the house of a Mr. Smythe, in the Park, at
Nottingham, and buried him and his lady in the ruins,
but they were extricated without much injury. Other
parties who were overwhelmed in ruins also escaped.
At Blackpool the brig Portice, of Sunderland, went
ashore—crew saved. At Bradford the gale was severely
felt, and the saline water was blown against the windows.
Great damage to several buildings was done at Wakefield,
but no lives lost. Huddersfield, Rotherham, and Don-
caster were equally visited. The destruction of roofs,
windows, garden-walls, &c., was great. Many persons
escaped as by a miracle from destruction by falling mate-
rials. The loss at Doncaster, including a flour-mill, is
estimated at £l,OOO. A writer who dates from Leicester,
dating Wednesday evening, says—" After a few days of
moderate weather, with little variation of temperature,
we were visited with a violent north-wester, which has
continued during last night and to-day. From eight to
nine in the evening the appearance of the heavens was
somewhat singular, a beautiful aurora borealis was flick-
ering in the eastern horizon, and masses of black clouds
gathering in the west, which shortly after emitted heavy
rain accompanied with violent gusts of wind. The latter
gradually increased till midnight, when a perfect hurricane
commenced, which unroofed cottages and stacks, blowing
in windows, and tearing up trees by the roots, or riving
the main branches from their trunks."
At Boston, Wisbech, Gainsborough, Birmingham,
Lincoln, and other towns, much damage was done to
buildings, but we happily nd no record of loss of life.
The Northern Whig states that the storm did great
damage in Belfast. In the workhouse of that town three
boys were killed by the stone and bricks of a flue, which
fell into the room where they were sleeping. Upwards of
a thousand pounds' worth of damage was done to the
Queen's College. About two o'clock, while the storm
was raging with great fury, the chimney of the house of
Mr. William Cowan, of Whiteabbey, was blown down ;
it fell in through the roof to the bed where Mr. and Mrs.
Cowan and a young child were lying. The child was
killed ; but, fortunately, Mr. and Mrs. Cowan escaped
with very slight injuries.
The old oak at Winwick, which has weathered the
storm for four centuries, was blown down by the strength

of the gale

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

services, or

An English gentleman, residing in Sutherlandshire,
was found dead in the snow in Strathmore, on the 16th
ult. He had resided at an inn for some years, and never
mentioned his, name.

The floor of the Greek Church, London-wall, recently
opened for public worship, is entirely covered with a very
superior fabric, manufactured from the cocoa-nut fibre by
Mr. Treloar, of Ludgate-hill.
The Rev. Sohn Lowe, Rector of Ardley, Oxon, was
thrown from his horse last week, the animal rearing up
and falling back upon him, when he received such severe
injuries that he is not expected to recover.

The Plymouth Guardian notifies the discovery of a
very rich and valuable lode of silver lead ore, on an estate
of Mr. Wymond, at Landulph. The ore produced 10 in
20 for lead, and 200 ounces of silver in the ton of ore.

COMPETITION.—The village of Croston contains a po-
pulation of 1500.pei sons, and for the supply of this num-
ber with the necessaries of life there are no fewer than 22

provision shops.
A few days ago, an ice-house was destroyed by fire at
Doncaster. A spark fell on the straw with which the
place was lined whilst some men were, placing some ice
in it.

The names of the gentlemen appointed sheriffs for the
neighbouring counties are—Cheshire, Sir Arthur Ingram
Aston, G.C.B. ; Derbyshire, Robert Arkwright, Esq, ;
and Yorkshire, William Rutson, Esq.
Captain Horatio T. Austin, C. 8., has been offered, and
has accepted, the command of the intended new north-
west expedition to proceed in further search of Sir John
Franklin.

The Mark Lane Express devotes a whole column to
the list of noblemen and others who have submitted to a
reduction of their rents, varying in amount from £lO to
£2O per cent.
On Wednesday sen., Mr. Toke Simmons, of Canter-
bury, for a wager, galloped his celebrated brown horse,
Walter Gay, twenty miles, leaping in the first seven miles
twenty hurdles, within two minutes and a half of an hour.

SHAMEFUL HOAX.—A paragraph lately appeared in the
papers, stating that an accident had happened to Mr.
Lumley's right hand. Anxious inquiries were instantly
made at the residence of Jenny Lind ; when it appeared
that she had met with no injury whatever.—Pasquin.
The bullion in both departments of the Bank of En-
gland has increased from £16.784,201 to £16,811,159,
being a difference of £26,951. The paper in actual cir-
culation had decreased from £20,877,135 to £20,831,396,
being a difference of £45,732.

One hundred and seven prisoners were committed to
this prison (Lanark) during the last twelve months. Of
these, 38 were charged with the crime of theft, and, to
my knowledge, 22 were intoxicated when they committed
the deed.—Mr. D. Lennie.

Mr. Peter Warren, of Moor Wood Farm, near Disley,
has a fine brood of chickens, which left their shells on
the last day of December. It is remarkable that the hen
set herself in a cart shed, where she was exposed all the
time of sitting to the inclemency of the weather.

An infant and an older child, at Tring, have perished by
poison which the mother gave in mistake for medicine.
The father of the children had carelessly left the poison,
apparently arsenic, in the same place where magnesia was
kept ; and the poor mother took the wrong packet.
Lord Albert Denison 1-:rys pi:rchased in one lot, for ten
thousand pounds, the whol:, of the plate belonging to the
late Queen Dowager. The Queen bought two dessert
Id the other of

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chapel property amounts to nearly eight millions of money,
all made over to the Wesleyan Conference; and, what to
them is of great importance, they are not liable for any of
the enormous debts owing by the chapels.
The John and Ann, one of the seven fishing vessels
which left Hull on the 22d December, and had been miss.
ing from the 27th, and were believed to have been lost
with all hands, arrived at Scarborough yesterday week,
with the crew all well, having taken refuge in a port of
Norway during the storm.
On Sunday Elizabeth Bradford, the wife of a carpenter
at Exeter, drowned two of her children, females, by push-
ing them into the canal; she had intended her son to
share the same fate, but his cries bringing assistance, he
was rescued from the water. The woman is supposed to
be insane.

he gross

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A- destructive fire broke out on Saturday night at the
village of Ashwell, Herts, which destroyed twenty-six
cottages, the malt-houses, a handsome Independent
Chapel, the produce of six large farms, and parts of two
houses. The calamity has rendered thirty-two families
houseless.

FATAL EFFECTS OF FRlGHT.—Recently, as a little
boy, about eight years of age, the son of Mr. Rigg, Wes-
leyan Minister, of Bath, was sitting in a room, with other
children, a cat suddenly sprang out of a cupboard near
him. The poor little fellow was so terrified that he be-
came very ill, and died on Monday week.
At Gloucester, on Tuesday, a man, named Gill, was
convicted as a rogue and vagabond, for keeping an illegal
lottery. He had a wheel of fortune, and !parties paying
is. had the chance of a prize ranging in value from two-
pence to perhaps ss. or Ms., none of the tickets being
blanks.

Sampson Seares, an old man, died lately in a garret of
a public-house in Marylebone in a most wretched condi-
tion, apparently starved to death. He had vegetated in
i the garret for years, receiving 3s. 6d. a week from a
servants' benevolent society; yet he had no less than
£lBOO in the funds.
A Treasury Warrant appears in Tuesday night's Ga-
L zette, which orders that in future a uniform rate of four-
: pence shall be charged on all letters, not exceeding half
an ounce in weight, and posted in this country fur Bel-
gium, or on such letters sent from Belgium to this coun-
try, or to any of the British Colonies.
CHANGE OF FORTlTNE.—Anthentic legal announcement
has been made to Thomas Strickland, carpet-weaver,
living in Kendal, that he is heir-at-law to the estates of
Miss Burns, of Cringlemire, near Bouth, who died re-
cently at Cheltenham. The value of the real estate is
stated at £14,000. The fortunate successor to this pro-
perty has hitherto been in poor circumstances.
The London correspondent of the Manchester Guar-
dian affirms confidently that the price of grain will sink
lower and lower until spring, when its cheapness will be
surprising. He also says that the more judicious of the
London bankers and solicitors are of opinion that before
one or two years are over our heads there will be a great
change in our landed proprietary.
A STEAMER BURNT.—On Wednesday, the Isle of
Arran steamer, which plied between Ayr and that island,
was discovered to be on fire, and so rapidly did the flames
spread, that she was burnt to the water's edge, when she
sunk. Nothing whatever was recovered from her. She
was 80 tons burden, and was all ready to start from Ayr
on her voyage.
In the Central Criminal Court, on Tuesday, the two
men, Cape and Pile, accused of obtaining money under
false pretences, by inserting advertisements soliciting
subscriptions towards the projected exhibition of works
of art in 1851, were acquitted, the prosecution not having
prepared any evidence to show they had given orders for
the insertion of the advertisements.
GAS.—On Friday, the bill of the London New Gas
Company for better supplying the city with gas, and other
places adjacent, was declared to have complied with the
standing orders. The capital proposed to be raised for the
purpose is £250,000, in 25,000 shares of £lO each, with
power to borrow £25,000 ; the price of gas to be limited to
4s. per 1,000 cubic feet. The promoters propose to con.
struct their works outside the city.
By a return just issued from the Post-office, it appears
that the total number of letters delivered in the United
Kingdom during the past year was 337,500,000, while the
total in 1839, under the old system, was 76,000,000. The
increase has been steady since that period, but it was
smaller in 1848 than in any other year, owing, doubtless,
to the interruption to trade caused by the disturbances
on the continent.
Lieut. the Hon. Francis Egerton, son of the Earl of
Ellesmere, promoted from the rank of mate, May 4, 1846,
appointed to the Raleigh, 50, May 18, 1846, and subse-
quently appointed flag-lieutenant to Commander Sir
Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., commander-in-chief on the
south-east coast of America, has been promoted to the
rank of commander on Sir Thomas's haul-down nomina-
tion.

LoNdevrrY.—The Times of Wednesday says,—" The
united ages of eight persons, whose decease is announced
in the obituary this day, gives a total of 663 years, being
an average length of life of nearly 83 years each." Next
day the same paper mentioned the following curious coin-
cidence :—" Our obituary of this day again announces the
singular fact of eight persons having attained an average
age of upwards of 82 years, their united ages giNing a
total of 658 years."
DISTRESSING CASE.—On Monday last, a plasterer,
named Hunt, a steady man, living at Bath, destroyed
himself and infant child by drowning in the river Avon.
The unhappy man was afflicted with a wasteful, drunken
wife, who had several times been imprisoned for theft.
On the day when he destroyed himself and child she had
been again apprehended, and the husband on hearing of
it became greatly excited, and shortly after put an end to
his existence.

A married sunday-school teacher in a Dissenting chapel
at Spittal, near Berwick-on-Tweed, having eloped with
a female who also attended revival meetings, the parties
were burned in effigy by the inhabitants. The man was

represented with two fiices one of which was looking at
a prayer-book which he held in his right hand, while the
other, which was painted black, was grinning at the wo-
man, who was represented as delivering religious tracts,
which were clasped in her right hand.
The old oak of Ross, which has for centuries been an
object of attraction to the town of Ross, was destroyed by
fire on the evening of Wednesday last. The " old oak of
Ross" is supposed to have been 1,500 years old. The
circumference at base was 15 yards, and 11 yards at three
feet from the ground. Its destruction was caused by

some boys lightlgaire in its trunk ; and notwithstand~
ing the efforts of the people, assisted by the town engine,
it was all but totally destroyed, nothing being left but a
heap of blackened ruins.—Bristol Journal.

A daring act of robbery has been committed during
business hours at the Worcester Old Bank, at Worcester.
A tradesman sent his son with a quantity of gold and
silver to the bank to pay in to his account. The youth,
aged about 18 years, was engaged counting out the silver
on the counter, and placed the gold on a piece of paper
by his side. On opening the paper, however, a few
minutes afterwards, he found that his little parcel of gold
had been exchanged for less valuable coin, and that the
thief had decamped. No clue has been obtained to lead
to his detection.

THE LEAD TRADE.—The large demand for France
has been followed by the arrival of extensive orders for
haveto St. Petersburg,
and sales to a consi-
derable during the week for that
market at improved prices. These sales have so com-
pletely exhausted the stocks of the large producers, that
spring
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extentim en
t
they now decline entering into fresh contracts, except at
a further advance of 20s. per ton upon the rates of the
late transactions. This makes the total advance since the
month of October last about £2 10s. per ton ; and,
should the present large export demand continue, much
higher rates will yet be obtained.—Mining Journal,