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

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

TARVIN HALL SCHOOL,
NEAR CHESTER,
VOR THE EDUCATION OF RESIDENT PUPILS
1: ONLY, under the superintendence and tuition of
the following resident Masters:—
PRINCIPAL.—JOHN B RIND LEY, of Magdalen Col-
lege, Cambridge, Ph. D., M.A. of the University of
Giessen, formerly Second Master of the Grammar
School, Brigg ; and Head Master of the Oldswinford
Hospitll endowed School, Worcestershire.
ASSISTANT.—CHARLES JONES, Trinity College,
Dublin.
FIRST CLASSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL MASTER.—
E. S. CROOK E, 8.A., Pembroke College, Cambridge,
in double honours.
FRENCH MASTER.—MONSIEUR BOIN, 8.A., of the
University of Paris.
GERMAN, DRAWING, AND MUSIC MASTER. H ERR
QUE LL URST, a Native of Hanover.
Justrott. MASTER.—Mr. R. K. BROWNE.
DRILL MASTER. and Play Ground Superintendent.—
SERGEANT COX, late of the 40th Regiment.
The above Masers are resident. ,
TEACHER OF DANCING.—Mr. EDGAR WEBSTER,
Chester.
VISITING SURGEON.—Mr. GEORGE HARRISON,
Chester.
The objects aimed at in this Establishment are,
1. To insure a thorough Scriptural and Gentlemanly
Education, under Masters of high Classical and Mathe-
matical attainments.
2. To provide a sound Classical and Mathematical Edu-
cation for , pupils preparing for the Universities and
learned Professions—and an equally sound course of bu-
siness instruction, with daily practice in the Modern Con-
tinential Languages for Mercantile scholars.
3. To maintain in every department the strictest Dis-
cipline, united with kindness and moderation, and the
at.sence of. corporal punishment, except in extreme cases,
and then to be inflicted by the Principal only.
4. To treat the Pupils as members of the family, pro-
viding them liberally with domestic comforts at the same
table with the Principal and Masters.
5. To include under one charge every ex pence both in
Educational and Domestic departments, that there may
no extras for Stati,tnery, Printed Books, Washing, Medi-
cal Attendance, nor under any pretext whatever.
TERMS:
Under Twelve years of age . Forty Guineas per annum.
Above Twelve and under Sixteen years of age.. Fifty Gui-
neas per annum.
Above Sixteen years of age.. Sixty Guineas per annum.
Private Pupils are allowed a Private Study and seperate
Bedroom.. One Hundred Guineas per annum.
A II payments to be made in advance, either Quarterly or
Half-yearly.
Number of Pupils now in the School SIXTY-FIVE.
Tarvin Hall, September, 1844.

LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.

HOURS OF DEPARTURE.

THE Public are respectfulll informed that the following
1 will he the HOURS of DEPARTURE from LI-
VERPOOL hnd MANCH ESTER respectively, on and
after SATURDAY, the 2,1 November next :

Ist Class Trains.

OM LIVERPOOL.
Mixed T,'ains. I 3d Class Trains.

8 45 AM.
12 0 NOON.
2 0 P.M.
4 0 „

6 30 A. M.
945 „
11 0
2 30 P.M.
530 ~
*7 45 ~
M MANCHEST
Mixed Trains.

6 30 A.M.

*7 45 P.M.
FR:
Ist Class Trains.

PARIS AND ROUEN RAILWAY SHARES.
NOTICE.
FOURTH DIVIDEND, 24f. 70c.

JOHN CUNNINGHAM', Agent for Messrs. C.
Laffitte, Blount, and Co.. of Paris, is now PUR-
CHASING the FOURTH COUPON on the above
Shares, declared at the General Meeting held in Paris,
October 31. Prices, &c. of all the Coupons may be !IA
on application between the hours of Eleven and Twelve,
at No. 4. Castle-court, Birchin-lane, Lqndon. Orders
executed for the Purchase and Side of French Railway
Shares in Paris.
London, November 1, 1844.

BOLTON, WIGAN, AND LIVERPOOL RAILWAY,

SECOND EDITION.

Standard-office, Ten o'clock.

LAMENTABLE SHIPWRECKS.

By the Mail from Dublin we have received news which
shows that the storm hes been very disastrous on the
Irish coast, chiefly between Dublin and Drogheda. The
brig Shannon, of Whitehaven, struck on a reef of sharp.
pointed rocks, about two miles north of Balbriggan. Four
of the men took to the boat, and though it was swamped
tee Men were dsitted ashore alive. Five men remained on
board the vessel, which was at length capsized by the vio-
lence of the waves, and the melt for a few minutes were
seen clinging to the keel—the next wave swept three of
them away, and they were drowned ' • a fourth caught hold
of a spar, and was saved. Tire fifth held on to the keel,
but when reached the vital spark bad fled.
A large brig, name unknown, laden with wheat, sup-
posed to be from Wexford, and bound to Liverpool, was
totally wracked, at Closhcraboat, and all hands supposed
to be lost, as there was no account of any of them.
Another wreck took place at Atinagaseon, near the sane
place. Name of the vessel unknown. She was dashed.
into pieces. A large vessel, about 700 tons burthen.
named the Rosc, of Belfast, Ikloateemery, 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 fur Belfest. A large quantity of timbers
and other things belonging to ships, were picked up be-
tween Palbriggan and Drogheda ; the figure he ad 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 Balcloyle, Nlalarride, and along the:
coast. A large seeeel, supposed to be an Indiaman—but
all inquiry proved unsuccessful to ascertain anything
about her—was seen in a wrecked condition off Ireland'.
Eye.
At Kingstown Harbour, a timber-vessel, the William
and Isabella, of Suntlerland; was disuasted close to the
quay, against ish•ch the surge of the waves drove her
with violence: beyond her was 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 Afrca, which had put in for shelter
at the commeacensent of the storm; she was secured by
a hawser to the far side of the harbour, and by a cable to
the quay, and had every appearance of riding out the
storm in safety, when a cry was heard that another 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 hoard.
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 culiision 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 rraeceuvre eould be accom-
plished the stern of the Capricorn had dashed against the
bows of the Kingston, the bead of which went crashing
and grinding richt through the I)l4w:irks of the former;
at every gust of wied this scene of destruction was re-
peated, the etsorrnous 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 'beard the Capricorn had
done nothing ; it was reported they had been ill, and were
unable to move. The greeer 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 crew got on shore, with the exception of
one man, who, with great foolhardiness, remained on
board. As soon as the rigging was cut away, the masts
snapped across and tumbled over on the Kingston ; to all
appearance one tell right on the mast who remained on
board, but he with much presence of mind contrived to
give a leap away, end his arm only was caught. We be-
lieve it was orly bruised. not broken.
At eleven o'clock on Saturday night an alarm of fire
was given on board the Kingston. An opinion generally
prevailed that there was a great quantity of gunpowder OR
board, and this naturally had the (-fleet of preventing the
necessary exerCoas to extintu sh the fire. The conse
quence was, that. the devouring element got head ; it
burned during the entire night, and on Sunday the vessel
appeared completely consumed to the water's edge. The
Capricorn, which lay near, bad the side next the fire con-
siderably injured—the burning mast and rigging of the
Kingston fell across her deck, set fire to everything with
which it came in contact, and were it not for the timely
assistance afforded, she would, no doubt, have shared the
fate of the ogher. Opinion is contradictory as regards the
origin of the tire ; however, the prevailing supposition is,
that some persons contrived to get on board 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 idea is 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 Cnarles 11 orsfall and Sons,
of this town, brit we have not been able to ascertain it the
vessel or cargo were insured.
In Addition to the shove, we have ascertained that
"The Success," from Demerara to Dublin, with sugar,
experienced a heave 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 con seqnence was, that
she was thrown on her beams, and was filine with water
when assistance was efforaled ; 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 Ballebrsck. midway between Killiney and Bray, a
seaman's hat was picked up, in the lining of which there
was written—" John Trant, Liverpool, September the
' 16th, 1843, three."
The particulars of the remaining disasters are given
I with sufficient detail in our Monday's shipping news.

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

CHRIST CHURCH SC Sunday, October
27111, two seronms were preached in Christ Church, on
beh4lf of the Christ Church Na7iona! Schi-ols ; that in the
morning by the Rev. Fielding Ould ; that in the evening
by the Rev Dr. Byrth. The or-Hee:ions (including a do-
nation of £5) amounted to the sum of £57. A handsome
ring was put into the box in the evening.
DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE AT SEA.—On the 14th of
October, the Ameriz.an trader, Lien Rumiiey, Captain
Simpson, of t l ull, being on her way home from St. John's,
New Brunswick, was struck on the larboard quarter by a
tremendous sea, which washed the captain and the cools
to the further end of the ship with such violence as to.
cause their deaths shortly afterwnrds.

JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.—Yesterday, two boys, one
about 15 years of age, and the other only nine, ware
charged w•th stealing several handkerchiefs from a shop in
St. James's-street. The older boy wns sent to the House
of Correction for a month. The parents of the younger
Mr. Rushton ordered to he brought up, remarking that
he could not punish such a child, as to was evidently an
instrument in the hands of bigger boys.
INQUESTS BEFORE MR. STATEIAMI, DEPUTY Bo-
ROUGH CORONER.—Orr Saturday, on view of the body
of Daniel Harrison. a working men, aged 52, which was
found on' Friday, tioataig in the Queen's Dock. He had
been missed about a fortnight, and was rather addicted to
drinking. Vr-rdiet, " fou.-41 drowned." Same day, on
the kidy of Alfred Fitzpatrick, a child of three years old.
who was Irft a short time in a kitchen by himself, in Salt-
ney-strcer, on Thursday last, when his clothes caught fire,
and he was so much burned that, notwithstanding surgical
attendance, he di, d on the following day. Verdict,
" Death from burning, but how his clothes became ignited
there is no ev;dence to show."—Yesterday, on view of the
body of Edward Davidson, aged 50. The deceased was
going on board of a flat at the Duke's pier-head, on the
previous Monday ntgbt, when he fell from a ladder into the.
hold, and sustained a fracture of the left leg. He was
conveyed to the Southern Hospital, but mortification set
in on Tuesday, and caused his death on Friday. Tee jury
returned a verdict of " Accidsntal death," accordingly.
AN IMMENSE CHIMNItY.—TiIe large chimney at the
works. of Messrs. William Hill and Sons, manufacturing
chemFsts,Vauxhall-road, is now completed, arid is certainly
the most lofty, and consequently the most srominent spiral
erection in our town—forming, in tact, a conspicuous.
land-mark from the river, as well as the opposite Cheshire
shore fur many miles round. Friday last was the " rear..
ing day," when the apex of thiS huge and tarering Shaft
was surmounted by two British fla,s, which, though
large, appeared but the size of handkerchies. Through..
out the day numbers of parties ascended, in a bucket,
hoisted by a winch in the interior, to the giddy top.
whence they obtained a magnificent view of the town and
neighbourhood, Cheshire, the sea to vest extent, &c.
They appeared to the spectators below to be no larger'
than dolls popping their heads over the top or capital.
The height of the shaft is 309 feet, being about 80 feet
higher from the ground than the spire of St. George.*
Church, but springing from land apparently rather lower.
It is of perfect conical form, and was regularly unturned
by rule as the work prcceed'd, and not, as is s( me• imes
customary, merely by the eye of the workman. The
summer season of three years has been employed in erect-
ing it. It is forty feet in diameter at the base, (on a
lel;c1 with the ground,) and nine feet in diameter at the
top, where there is an ornamental cornice and blocking.
The first course of bricks in the foundatiee was seven..
teen yards in diameter. The circular wall below is, ac-
cording to our own rapid measurement, about five feet
two inches in thickness. The whole lias the appearance
of bei •g perfectly smcoth, and true in its bearings, great
pains haseng been taken to render it secure. The brick-
work,
though plain, is one of the best and firmest speci-
mens we have tern in any building of similar elevation.
The bricks are all without a flaw, and the mortar was
ground by the engine in a manner rendering it equal to the
best cements. It is generally found to be a difficult mat-
ter to accomplish such a work without its warping, and
consequent necessity of sawing. But, in this instance,
the care and time taken have secured the most gretifying
result. There are some chimneys in great Britain of a
rather higher elevation; tut this is entitled to rank, at
least, amongst the highest. It is about the same apparent •
height as the too welt-known soap•boilcry establathnieurs
at Runcorn; but short ut that of Messrs. Tennante. of
Glasgow, w hien is, if we remember correctly, about 409
feet. After all, it is a very msgiiificent "bristle on the
back of nature," end great credit is due to the aroprie-
tors for their liberal and judicious ex eralir tire irt minder-
ing has once an object of interest from its nsaanitutle, and,
ns regards !he public in the neig bourhood, perfectly safe.
The object is, of course, ro carry on exit l.tions from
the works, so as not to affect health or resetation.