The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-28 00:00:00

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cotton and Poorhead. immediately on the vessel settling In
the sand, as every coming sea threatened to break her up,
the Captain took all necessary precautions, and had the decks
cleared, and the pigs and cows forced overboard, while at
the same time but three sailors and Captain Keay were on
board, the others having landed before safely. The Cap-
tain kept her to till midnight, when it was discovered that the
vessel had sprung a leak. Every precaution was had
course to to stop it, but unavailingly,
the hold, and about 2 o'clock the next mor
engine pipes burst, as did also the boiler

Being the exact period, reckoning back to the
deluge
4029
The probability, therefore, seems confirmed that if the flood
was occasioned by a comet, that it was by this. Sonic very
celebrated writers on the subject of the deluge have ascribed
,me of- in it to the influence of a comet—amongst them Halley and
the Whiston. Dr. Halley ascribes the deluge to the influence of
after. The
reasel now became unmans a comet approaching very near the earth ; and Whiston, in his
land, while everything was done geable
to keep
her driftin g
at sea until da towards the New Theory of the Earth, entleavouis to show, from many
light, as the Captain feared if she struck during the dark coincident facts, that a comet descending on the plane of the
y--
ness of the morning, that all on board would have ecliptic towards its perihelion, did pass just before the earth
perished. on the first day of the deluge. Fromthe apprximation of
Providentially she kept afloat until day broke, when the cap- such a body, and the known laws of attraction;o
he accounts
tain determined upon running her on the strand, where she for all the phenomena of the flood.
at present lies, and which was the only beach for miles at
Fisher, Son and
either side ; but between this place and the vessel was a reef

of rocks which threate
lously she was lifted ow
by which all the lives w

Led destruction to all, but miracu-

I driven'on the stil

NUMBER OF MEN IN THE ARMY

eded from ber than the countr
amenced pillaging her, while th

over had the tide
came down and

The number of officers, non-commissioned officers, and
rauk and file which it is proposed to maintain for the service
of the iTnitpri 13 • •

uard Who were i

tely on

the spot, and v

of the day were assisted by

..tuguum oI ureat Britain and Ireland (exclu-
sive of the troops employed in the East Indies) for the year,
from the Ist of April, 1843, to the 31st of March, 1844, is
100,846.

the police
arrived, v

k.t the close of

evening. Mr. M. H. Cc

under continue

fiance of the force

I- The establishments of the several regiments are stated as
they at present exist. It is, however, intended to effect a
reduction on the rank and file of the above numbers, by suss
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Spike Island for a party of military, and r detach
the Depot of the 5

usileers

borne anc

fears being en-

111.11 Weir numoers are reduced to 740 rank and file each.
The total reduction intended to be effected, as compared
with the numbers provided by the supplementary estimate of
25th July, 1842, is rank and file, 5741, viz :
By not augmenting three regiments from 800 to 1200
rank and file each.
By bearing on the present estimates four regiments
from India and China, at 800 instead of 1000 rank
and file

tor furth,

Reduction already effected
3y allowing one regiment of 1000 rank and file, and
58 regiments of 800 rank and file, to fall, by casual-
ties, to 710 rank and file each

Reduction of rank and file
The force at home and abroad of the infantry of the line, as
provided by the supplementary estimate of 25th July,
1812, was as follows, viz.:-
24 regiments in India, at 1090 rank and
file each
5 regiments in China, at 1000 rank and
file each .
5 regiments in New South Wales, at
1000 rank and file each.. _

24,000

34 regiments rank and file 34,000
2 regiments at home, at 1000 rank and
file each . 2,000
12 regiments in the colonies, at 1200
rank and file each
55 regiments at home and in the colo-
nies, at 800 rank and file each 44,000

14,400

60,400

103 regiments, rank and file, 1842-3.... • 94,460
The force proposed to be maintained is as follows, viz.:-
23 regiments in India, at 1000 rank and
file each

3 regiments in China, at 1000 rank and 23,000
file eacl

-.) regiments in New wales,Sontli ** t
1000 rank and file each....

31 regiments

4 regiments in the colonies,
at 800 rank and file each 3,200
9 regiments in the colonies,
at 12C0 rank and file
'ach. lO,BOO

59 regiments at home and in
the colonies, at 740 rank
and file each

103 regiments rank and file, 1843-4

Reductions of rank and file for 1833-34 5,740
The total estimated amount to be provided for the army
services for the year beginning on the Ist of April next, is
£6,225,103. This amount compared with that estimated for
the year ending on the 31st of March, shows a decrease of
money to he provided of £139,393, this amount being £94,836
less than 1842-3 for the elective services, and £44,287 less
than the present financial year for the non-effective services.
The charge of the land forces at home and abroad for the
ensuing year is £4,601,708. From this sum is to be deducted
the expenses of four regiments of cavalry and 23 of infantry,
employed in the East Indies; and the expenses of the East
India depots at Maichtone and Chatham. This charge,
amounting to £909,208, is defrayed by the East India Com-
pany. There is also a deduction of £73,181. being appropri-
ations in aid. This leaves the sum of £3,019,327 to be pro-
pitied for her Majesty's land forces at home and abroad,
exclusive of India.

AERIAL TRAVh:LLING.—The Aerial Transit Company
Bill, introduced into the House of Commons on Friday
night, is officially described as a " Bill to authorize the trans-
fer to more than 12 persons of a certain patent granted to
William Samuel Henson, relating to locomotive apparatus
and machinery, and for the establishment of a company for
carrying out the objects of the said patent." The bill was
read a first time on Friday, and is " to be read a second
time ;" but no day is yet fixed for such further stage in its
progress.

A QUEER Fisw —Some fishermen out at sea on Monday,
the 13th instant, were quite in a state of astonishment and
wonder at the appearance of a singular looking animal swim-
ming at a short distance from them, which proved to be a
stag that had on that day been turned out before Lord
Ossulston's stag-hounds from ChiHingham Park, and after a
severe run had positively taken to the open sea. He had
been as afraid of the fishermen as they were of h;m, and left
the tract he had taken, and took to the " Lowe_"

the main land and Holy Island, and latterly sought refuge
upon this very isolated part of his father-land.—Sunderland
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EXTRA ORDINARY SHOOTING FEAT.—For the past week
the shooting world have been on the qui vice, from the extra-

nary announcement

a person being backed to hit 455
pieces out of 500 shots. The event came off on Thursday,
at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at Day's cricket-ground, in
the presence of a numerous company assembled to witness
this novel feat, when Mr. Hurst (a well-known shot) shot at
500, and hit every piece, thus winning the wager, and per-
forming one of the most unequal feats on record. He shot
from three guns, and, although it took him five hours and
minutes to accomplish it, being: at the rate of I 0( -hots

t 8.
per hour, he did not appear in the least fatigued.—Salopian
Journal.

ONIPETITLON.-L

,uriug;thefree•trad

iibition at Drur

lane on Wednesday last, Mr. Villiers, with the most exqui-
site simplicity, addressed to his enlightened auditory the fol-
lowing observations :—you are well aware of all the sufferings
. How many of the workir, class
adequate reward for their labour—

ictisurround you

property- being wasted from the accumulated stores of goods,
;he produce of the industry of the country—how are men re-
uced and worn down by competition !" How are men re-
luced and worn down by competition! A striking truth—
tor yet the less striking, because uttered by a rampant free

_ .
by an upholder of a scheme of industrial production
" competition "is the distinctive essence ! '' Com-
" is the moving principle of the free trade system.
the influence of " competition " alone can the great

use our corn laws prevent "competition " between English
id foreign corn-growers that our corn laws are denounced
Mr. Villiers and his associates ! Yet Mr. Villiers, in the
dst of an elaborate dissertation in praise of free trade, de-
unces " competition."—John Bull.

The Lancashire Central Short Time Committee, composed
of persons of many religious persuasions and shades of poli-
tics, have petitioned_Parliament in favour of Sir James Gra-
ham's factory bill.

The Jupiter, Lawrence, from Liverpool to Ostend, put in
here on Thursday, with topmast carried away and otherwise
damaged : it is supposed she will have to discharge to be
repaired.—Manx Sun.

Two gentlemen in the neighbourhood of Limerick, who
keep extensive dairy farms, have lost three-and-twenty
valuable cows by the now prevalent disease amongst horned
cattle.

The new kingdom of Greece is iddebt and difficulty ; but
its finance minister, Mr. Rally, proposes to relieve it by the
year 1849, if he can procure now a loan of 13,000,030
drachmas.

The total number of passengers carried on 50 railways for
one year ending Ist July, 1842, is 18,453,504, that is
2,926,980 first class, 7,611,966 second class, 5,332,501 third
class, and 2,582,037 of a class not distinguished.

Three men have been sentenced at the York assizes to 20
years transportation for a burglary in the house of Mr. T.
Marshall, at Gocdmanham, accompanied with circumstances
of extreme violence.

The practice of sending coins by post is decidedly unsafe.
Notwithstanding the care of postmasters, and the dreadful
consequences of theft, the letters missing, containing coin,
are, linso ; whilst, of letters in general, the missing are
only 1 in 10,000.

The recent Excise prosecutions of chemists and druggists,
for vending spirits, have caused a perfect consternation
through the trade. No less than 500 informations have been
laid against as many druggists, and twenty-five have been
amerced in fines of £5O each.—Atedical Times.
On Sunday night a party of men attacked the house of the
widow Walsh, near Newcastle, county Limerick. and forcibly
carried her away. Two of the principals were subsequently
arrested, identified, and committed to take their trial at the
next assizes.

The week before last, a midwife at Barnsley threw a still-
born infant into a draw-well, with the object of gaining six-
pence which the mother had given her to pay the sexton to
bury the child. She is to be indicted at the sessions for foul-
ing the water used in a populous neighbourhood.
ACTS OF PARLIAMENT.—The return just published of the
number of Acts of Parliament, public, local, personal, and
private, passed in the year 1834 to the year 1842, is as fol-
lows :—Gross total public acts, 913; gross total local, per-
sonal, and private, 1538.

It has transpired that among the offers of the Portuguese
government a reduction of 20 per cent on the present Irish
butter duty is proposed. The duty is now 321 per cent ad
valorem ; is is proposed to make it 26 per cent ad valorem.—
Irish Paper.

On Thursday last a person of the name of Charles Nash
was convicted at the London Excise Office of manufacturing
tobacco from rhubarb leaves, and selling the same. He was
fined £lOO, and all the cigars and leays were ordered to be
seized and destroyed.

Two tfne looking youths were left a short time since at the
boarding school of Mr. Taylor, Clerkenwell, by an apparently
respectable lady, and the poor schoolmaster cannot now hear
of her. A referedce was given to a gentleman, who gave a
false character of the parties.

At a meeting at Bradford. on Tuesday last, a vote of
thanks was passed to Mr. Ferrand " for his bold, unflinch-
ing, and persevering conduct in successfully opposing the
introduction of tread mills into the accursed union bastiles,
and thereby frustrating the wicked designs of the three de-
spotic ' kings' of Somerset House.

COURT LEVEES.—«`e observe that Prince Albert is about
to act as locum tenens for her Majesty, in holding levees,
the Gazette of Tuesday last announcing that his Royal High-
ness will, by the Queen's desire, hold a levee at St. James's,
on the 29th instant, and another at the same place on April
25th, the presentations at which are to be considered as
equivalent to presentations to the Queen.
Rev. Mr. Connery, P.P., was chairman of the repeal meet-
ing at Fedamore last Sabbath, which day the Lord com-
manded to be kept holy, but a professed minister of the
Gospel was principally instrumental in its open desecration !
It is time that this sinful and scandalous violation of the
Sabbath should be prohibited by ecclesiastical authority.—
Limerick Chronicle.
At Marlborough-street Police-office, on Thursday last,
fourteen paupers in St. George's Hanover-square workhouse,
were brought up for refusing to obey the regulations of the
guardians. They were sentenced, according to character,
to seven or fourteen days imprisonment; but the magistrate
did not indulge in any uncalled for censures on the guardians
themselves, as a certain stipendiary functionary is too fond
of acting.

WORDSWORTH.—This real poet and good man is now the
sole survivor of the lake school. He has suffered consider-
ably of late years from a complaint in the eyes, and is sight
is seriously impaired, but his general health was never better.
A letter from Ambleside describes the venerable bard as full
of life and glee. The sprinr, draws him forth, and he takes
his accustomed walks amid' the sunshine and the singing
birds. Long may he live to enjoy his well-won honours
IMPORTANT CASE.—At the Worship-street Police-office,
London, on Thursday, John Ware, clerk to the trustees of
the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, was summoned upon
a charge of having refused several of the rate-payers the in-
spection of the accounts of the parish. The magistrate said
that nothing could be more clear than that every ratepayer
had a right to inspect the parish books, and that the clerk
ought not to have refused to produce the books that were re-
quired. The case was adjourned.

MELANCHOLY DEATH BY DROWNING.--It is our painful
duty this day to record the premature death, by drowning, of
Lieutenant George Frederick de Carteret, of the 30th depot,
stationed here. The deceased was on board her Majesty's
cutter the Raven, lying in our docks, on yesterday evening,
accompanied by some of his brother officers, and on his re-
turn by the verge of the docks, between eight and nine
o'clock, he unfortunately walked too close to the brink, and,
having lost his balance, tumbled over.—Galway Paper.
In the trial of a commission of lunacy at London last week,
Dr. Munro stated, in consequence of the object of the in-
quiry having said that she was comfortable in the asylum
where she was confined, and did not wish to be removed,
stated in his examination that he believed she was conscious
of her state of mind, and that he had met with many who
knew their minds to be wrong ; and in Bethlem, particularly,
many had 1.

aegged he woold try to prevent their being I.(
moved, as they wanted protection.

NEW METHOD OF MAKING TYFE.—A patent is about
to be taken out for producing printing types on a new princi-
ple, without the necessity of casting. The amalgam of the
metal will be different to that now used, being harder, con-
sequently more lasting, and better adapted for machine-
printing. The cost, it is expected, will be rather lower than
at present; but the principal economy will be in its dura-
bility. With the aid of the electrotyping process, some
ingenious practical men in London are realising money by
supplying small founts, and what are technically termed
lines, sorts, and fac-similes, at very reduced prices.—illaga-
zine of Science.

DEATH BY THE INSTRUMENTALITY OF MR. B. HAWES,
M.P.—The adjourned debate on Lord Palmerston's motion
died last night by a sudden and characteristic death—it died
of Mr. Benjamin Hawes. The house had listened to Lord
Palmerston, as the mover; to Sir Robert Peel, for reasons
which always insure to him an anxious attention, whether in
office or out of office; to Mr. Macaulay and Sir Howard
Douglas. Last night it heard Sir C. Napier and Mr. D'lsraeli;
but when the hon. member for Lambeth rose to discuss a
grave question of diplomacy and of international relations,
flesh and blood could bear no more. All but thirty-four
stubborn or sleeping lingerers took flight, and thus the drama
ended.—Standard.

THE LAUREATESHIP.--The death of Dr. Southey causes
a vacancy in the laureateship. The office was only a nominal
one in his hands, and we presume that it will now be per-
mitted to die away. In old times the emolument was a butt
of sack annually—the origin of Sheridan's joke that the
laureate's instrument of court-praise was a a sackbut. Dr.
Southey had his reward in a more rational form, and he
merited all he received. If he penned no high-flown odes,
he performed a much more important and useful function—he
devoted his energies to the support of the msnarchy and to
the defence of the church. Poor Southey ! like Marlborough,
he fell into a melanchely state of mental imbecility, but he
has left behind him that which will live as long as the English
language lasts.

vu LUC utasgow Court of Session, the action
of damages raised at the instance of Mr. Clark against the
majority of the Presbytery of Dunkeld, came
before a jury,
in the first division, Lord Cunningham presiding. The fol-
lowing was the issue submitted to the Jury, with the defences
for the Presbytery :—" Whether, on or about the 30th day
of March and 27th day of April, 1841, or either of them, the
defenders, or any of them, wrongfully refused to take trial of
the qualifications of the pursuer, as presentee to the church
and united parishes of Lethendy and Kinlock, to the loss,
and damage of the pursuer. The jury unanimously
to the e‘' --Aq entitled t-

LULU the pursuer was entitled to the
.nount of stipend for the years 1841, 1842, and 18-13, and
that they also awarded as solution; the sum of £1,500. The
jury were requested to assess the amount of stipend for the
three years, which they did, finding it to be £670. Damages,
in all, £2,170.

Paraquet, Cloid, from Pal6rmo, at Cove. On 7th March, spoke
the Freedom, Selma and Patriot, from Malaga, and the Queen,
from Palermo.
Fatmos, Beverley, from Odessa, at Cove
Ayrshire Lass, Jacks, ditto ditto
Pioneer, Morgan, from Genoa, at Crookhaven