The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-10-06 00:00:00

'he ship appeared

vile high o❑ the sandy beach, and was but

lve feet.

tained that the vessel would 13,

t least this moriiiug's tide

disappointed. T 1

on st ore more than a compa

ively small quan-

tity of the coals, awl great part of thew were of cours

washed away by the succeeding tide. The wind was about

n indicated a gale, or was so con-

sidered by the weather-wise here. and this apprehens

, ...id small carts, congregated at and near the ship
in the evening. The Cow and Calf Rucks appeared quite
naked, but the sea washing over them. Immediately a

and small stones commingled, probaby from the action of

t half-past four the tide came round her, and it became
necessary to recede. The wind was about N.W., but
draughts were flying about in different directions. The

steam-tugs were again employed at high water to bring
off, but with ,ut effect, and they had to put out
into the offing—high water being about ten. The moon
was bright, but to% at ds Turning it began to blow strongly
from the S.W. The ship had timing the night forged on
a little further upon the beach, with her head much more
to the westward, being now nearly bow on to the land, or
bosom of the bay.
At ten this water being at 10h. 40m.)

the ship had evidently forgt•d on upon the land. It we,
fresh, with a heavy surf rolling all alung the beach. The
at this time was about S. or S. by E., one of the
m st unfavourable for thrrm lug the sea into the bay.

The steam tugs (two from Liverpoo►) could nut ap-
proach the ship during thetido, the sort being so high and
threatening, and the rocks around so numerous. The
vessel was nesey stern on to the seii, which occasiona:ly
dashed over her quarters and taffrail. She appeared to
move, or fib it, occas:oliatly ; but though the tide did r,ot
retire until eleven o'clock, no perceptible difference in her
position was visible, the probability being, that (from ap-
pearances) she had got further into the bay by about her
own length. The wind is stilt blowing tieshly into the
bay, and the huge hull of the Leviathan steamer seems to
be so close in upon the land, that it will require the most
extraordinary exertions to get her off. Tuesday is the
highest tide. _ _ _ _ _

have seen a Mr. Janns, sub-inspector of the consta-
bulary here, and now stationed, with fourteen men. at the
t-guard station-house, about a quarter of an English
mile from the Great Britain, where I was most kindly

and hospitably received. Mr. Janus did his utmost with
his men to assist and protect the passengers. Mr. Purdy,
the chief boatman at the station, went on board at the
hazard of his life when the vessel struck, in company with
boatmen, Patrick Hannah, two of his sons, and a man
named Hinds.
Soon after half-pest nine o'clock, when the vessel went
on shore on the night of the 22d, Mr. P. Fuy proceeded
to the beach—he residing in the immediate neighbour-
hood. He saw bluelights and rockets, and heard a gun
fired from the ship, which last was answered from the
Coast•gurad Station. -From the clear lights seen from
the ship, she was discovered to be a large steamer. About
Ave o'clock they succeeded in getting off a boat through
the surf, which was Will running dangerously and
they with difficulty got on board. This was the first boat
that got to the ship, and wi,s welcomely received. The
passengers remained on board for two hours, it not being
daylight, and the coast dangerous. Captain H otken first
landed the ladies; and, so far as I can 1-arn, Mr. Foy was
most active in assisting to land them, and to secure their
luggage from date ,e or pl My own ^

-a. onpresstou is,
from what 1 can learn in the locality, that the people here,
with one or two exceptions, inseparable from such
casualties. and the contusion that occurred, behaved

Another attempt to get the vessel off will be wade to
night, but bow tat this wilt be successful remains to b,

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

tic hospit
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And perhap!

h by the Reform-b
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would have thoneht, tha. . the experience of
.dvantages derivable from improved modes of convey-
, the dawn of the railway era, in the opening of tha
Amster and Liverpool line, would have been
dv hailed by the inhabitants. cf the Potteries;

and so it was. with admiration ! but nothing more.
It never seemed to enter men's minds that a rail-

way might become avalinuie to tats amulet.
The Grand junction Company, after other schemes had
failed, made various offers of accommodation. First
they proposed what is called the T line from Vv'hitmo,e.
which was rejected. Then there was the Crescent line
from Crewe, through the Potteries to Safford. which was
also rejected, and it became evident that nothing less than
a main line would give satisf:c ion. This brings us
to the dose ref 1844, when, at public meetings, called
through the instrumentality of Alderman Copeland (ctie
of the Borough Members.) and Mr. ltidgway, various
plans were mooted, for direct communication wish Man-
chester, Liverpool, and the new Port of Birkenhead. Tne
Grand Junction Company also again proposed its
Branches ; but the idea of them ta as scouted, though there
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leave the matter with the Grand Junction on certain con-
ditions, the stipulation, that they should make the line, to
be pointed Got by engineers, mutually employed, as b, big

the nature of the country would a
much negotiation, it was found that the Grand Junction
Company would not acquiesce in anything likely to im-
pair the value of their_own main line; and public spirit

being now aroused, and the notice of capitalists drawn to
the suhject, it was at I,nwit determined to farm an inde-
pendent company, of which John Lewis Ricardo, Esti ,
the other borough member, became the chairman. No
sooner did the prospectus novelr than the project met
with an almost unanimous support, and as much anxiety
was manifested for all .tments cf shares, as there had

been previous indifference to a participation in such no-
dertvkings. Our readers are aware of the formidable
opposition, and the number of rival schemes which im-
mediately appeared. Fer the way in which opposition
was disarmed by skilful negotiation, rivals converted into
allies by amalgamation, and bubble schemes exploded,
,I F alto -I parliament was gained for the

until tinnily the sanctinn o.
"North Staffordshire Company." we must refer to what
has appeared from time to time in the public papers.

The local companies (pensioners) are called out for
drill and exercise for four days, commencing on Tuesday,
the 13th instant.

MESSRS. LUCAS'S ESTABLISHMENT, GREAT CHAR•
LOTTE-STREET.—Amongst the improvements efferted by
priv*te enterprize in our:town, we have seen few of so
unique adescription as an addition recently made by Messrs.
Lucas and Co., to their well-known extensive Horse and
Carriage Repository, Great Charlotte-street. Many of
our readers have doubtless walked through the splendid
carriage room, which during the race week is appr,priated
to the reception of the leading turf men, and has been

used frequently as a dining room for the members of the
Liverpool Agricultural Society. Under this room Messrs.
Lucas have lately constructed capacious stabling, calcu-
lated to accommodate, in separate stalls aid hoses, from

42 to 50 Ito:s,s, ani

is down a platform from. the yard. The stable its,lf is
floored with asphaltum, excellently drained, and is the
airiest and best ventilated apartment we ever entered.
The stalls, of alvery elegant construe'ion, run up each side
of the stable, with very neat cast iron racks and mangers,
and channels to carry off at once the liquid manure from
each. Down the centre is a row of boxes, railed round

and of very neat construction, affording tn the horses oc-
cupying them plenty both of standing and breathing spaee.
The supply of water in abundance is introduced into the
stable ; and, in fact, the accommodation for the conve-
nience of grooming, &c., is complete. The construc-
tion of the stalls and boxes is upon a plan which allows
Of the whole stable being converted, at not more than an
hour's notice, into a splendid and commodious carriage