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

THE DISASTER TO THE GREAT BRITAIN.

have been locked after the horse is stolen. It was bard
to make out lights at all ; and, as to counting differences
of time, under some instances- it is impossible, or next to
it. The facts are simple ;—The Captain's judgment was
right up to the time of his seeing this not laid down light ;
and puzzled, as he states himself to have been, to account
for not being further ahead when he took it for the Calf,
he acted by that light, as, I verily believe, most men
would have acted under similar circumstances.
" I have only to add my meed of praise for all that has
been done by Captain Hosken since the occurrence—my
admiration of his manly bearing under circumstances that
might well have crushed a weaker mind,—and of the dis-
cipline and good conduct of the officers- and men under
his command, who are working gallantly, I may say,
under circumstances of great trial and difficulty, if not of
danger.
•"fhe compasses were perfectly correct, and the ship
herself so strong, as to defy, hitherto, shocks from rollers
and seas at high water, wbich, in my humble opinion,
would by the end of last week have broken up the strbngest
wooden ship that ever was built.

"The ship lies in the wort position for coming off;
still, if we are favoured with tolerable weather, I see, at
present, no reason to doubt her being afloat by the end of
the week." _

A letter from our own correspondent, dated Saturday at-
noon last, informs us that all the coals have now been got
out of the vessel, and are laid on the grassy land just
above the sands of the bay. They are sold and are being
carted away. On Satutdav morning, a strenuous effort
was. made to get her off. Two of the Liverpool steam-
tugs, Nos. 1 and 2, got alongside her larooard vinFirter,
and steamed away with great vigour, but without effect,
the vessel not having, apparently, started from her position
from flotation or otherwise. The water rose to nearly
the top of that part of the hull which is painted red,
which he took to be her low-water mark.

CORRhSPONDENCE.

EARLY CLOSING OF THE MARKETS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Sta,—ln consequence of the excitement caused by the
early closing of the markets, I was induced to pay a visit
to St. John's on Saturday night last, and satisfy myself
as to the cause ; but to my surprise, I, found there had
been more meat and fish sold at a quarter to ten than on
any previous night during the year up to a quarter to
ten. This information I got from some of the tenints

that have been opposed to the early closing. Being an
inhabitant of the neighbourhood, 1 can vouch for the
peaceable state of the streets, compared to what they used
to be on the eve of the Sabbath. If the Council will
take the trouble to enquire who the respectable people
are at the head of the opposition, they will soon see
through the whole affair.—l am. Sir, yours, &c.,
A NEIGHBOUR OF ST. JOHN'S.
51/i October, 1846.

A SLANDEROUS ACCUSATION AGAINST A
PUBLIC OFFICER IN TOXTETH-PARK.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

SIR,—Having seen in the Mercury of Friday last, a
most slanderous report tending to impeach my character
as one of the Assistant Overseers of the township of
Toxteth-park, in which it is stated that I had assis.ed in
the service of objections on the municipal electors o❑ the
15th of September last, at seven o'clock in the evening, I
now take this opportunity to declare most emphatically,
that the above statement is false, which will appear from
the following facts:— _ _ _

On the evening in question, I went to the office at five
o'clock in the afternoon, and remained at my usual voca
tion until near ten o'clock ilk same evening, and never
was off the premises. After I left the office at night, 1
was with a few friends until near eleven o'clock ; and on
my way home from Berkeley-street to Grey-street, in
which street I reside, a man from the opposite side of the
street came across, and asked me where a person named
Thompson lived. My reply was, I did not know ; why
did he ask me ? This is the whole account that consti-
tutes the above charge; and if I had been guilty, I would
have received the reproof with humility ; but when my
integrity, and the ruin of my family are at stake, 1 feel it
my duty, as an honest roan, to solicit the favour of calling
the attention of the " Vestry," to be held on Thursday
next, to sympathise with me, and grant me that clemency
which I, as a❑ injured man, can but implore under such
circumstances.-1 rem in, Sir, your obedient Servant,
ROBERT AYREY,
Assistant Overseer of Toxteth-park.
Monday, October 51h, 1846.-