The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-24 00:00:00

FURTHER PARTICULARS

The boy Abchurch load been lashed to a spar, and was in
a most exhausted stare when washed on shore. Restoratives
were immediately applied, and he slowly regained consci-
ousness. Before ten o'clock, on Friday, Mrs. Thompson
was washed on the beach, with one of her children. The
unfortunate lady was not quite dead, but survived only a few
moments. The wind continued to blow strongly from the
N.W. during the whole day, and several bodies came on
shore, including those of Mrs. Jenkins (one of the passen-
gers), five children, two sailors, and two soldiers, forming
part of a detachment of the 91st Regiment, who embarked
for England at St. Helena, on board the Conqueror.
Information was immediately forwarded to Boulogne, and
Mr. Hamilton, the consul, arrived at Lorel late on Friday
afternoon. Portions of the wreck and cargo were washed
on shore during the day, and taken possession of by Mr.
Adam, Lloyd's egent at Boulogne, on behalf of the under-
writers concerned. Mr. Hamilton directed a number of
coffins to be prepared for the reception of the bodies of those
drowned, and made arrangements for the proper performance
of the funeral service.

The Conqueror left Bengal on the 18th of September,
1842. No advices had been received by her owners from the
Cape,'but it is conjectured that she had made a very favour-
able passage, from the early period of her arrival in the
Channel. The present was her first voyage, she being an
entirely new ship.

The Tollowindis a letter sent by one of the seamen to his
friends by another vessel made near the coast :
" Off Torbay, Thursday, Jan. 12.
" Dear Father and Mother,—With much pleasure send
my kind love to you, hoping that it will find you in good
health. We have been very unlucky in our voyage home,
and have lost several hands since we left India. Two young
men were drowned before we left Calcutta, and four have
died since. Dear mother, send to Kate and let her know
that the ship has arrived. 1 hope I shall find you in good
health. Give my kindest remembrance to all inquiring
friends. I expect you will see me about Monday or Tues-
day if all goes well. Send to Mrs. Brown, and let her know
her son is well, and hopes she is the same, as well as his
brothers and sisters. So no more at presi.iit from your
affectionate son,

" Mrs. Harcourt, Millwall, Popl GEORGE HARCOURT.
ar,"
The Conqueror was in company with the American line of
packet-ship Westminster during the greater part of Thurs-
day, both vessels continually tacking on each other's course.
The latter ship arrived in the Downs on Sunday last.
It appears that, although the weather has very much mo-
derated since Saturday, strong north-west gales have pre-
vailed, in consequence of which many bodies drifted ashore
during Sunday and Monday, and it is generally believed that
those of nearly the whole of the crew have been recovered.
The situation of Lorel, an isolated point on the coast, has
prevented a frequent communication with Boulogne; but
Mr. Hamilton is stated to be unremitting in his exertions to
render every possible assistance. It is hoped that Abchurch
would have sufficiently recovered to leave the coast for
Boulogne on Monday evening, and a carriage was despatched
for him. He had not, however, arrived when the packet
left.

The few remains of the wreck have been sold by auction.
Among the bodies cast on shore on Sunday was that of a
sailmaker drowned in the Reliance. The remains were
frightfully mutilated, and the head altogether gone. His
identity was proved by the name worked on his Guernsey
frock. A head was afterwards washed on shore.
The Conqueror had a very valuable cargo on board, and is
underwritten to a large amount. Notwithstanding this, Mr.
Green w ill be a serious loser—his vessels being always insured
for a considerably less sum than their actua► value.
The wreck of this ship, which has excited such painful in-
terest in this country, appears to have caused little sensation
at Boulogne, and little is known respecting the melancholy
disaster at that place. Two gentlemen connected with Mr.
Green's establishment left Boulogne on Sunday for England,
and had not then even heard of the wreck.

At Perthcawl, on Saturday morning, at day-break, a ship.
wreck was discovered on shore near Dunraven Castle, be-
tween two and three miles north of the Ness Lighthouse.
Upon the inhabitants hastening to the coast, they learnt that
the crew and master (Mr. Brereton) had landed in safety by
the vessel's boat, she proving to be the schooner George
Canning, belonging to the port of Yarmouth. The vessel has
since become a total wreck.

Two FEMALES DROWNED.—A very lamentable accident
occurred at Knostrop, near Leeds, on Thursday evening
last, owing, there is little doubt, to the very.thick fog which
prevailed at the time. A young woman of the name of Jane
Foxcroft, the daughter of Mr. Foxcroft, residing in the Isle
of Cinder, Leeds, was on a visit at the house of Mr. Jona-
than Benson, gardener, who lives about two hundred yards
below the Knostrop Lock, at a few yards distant from the
Leeds and Selby Canal, About ten minutes to eight o'clock
in the evening, Miss Foxcroft left Mr. Benson's house on
her way home, in company with Miss Sarah Collishe, the
niece of Mr. Benson. The latter young woman intended to
set the other part of her way. As Miss Collishe did not re-
turn, Mr. and Mrs. Benson felt rather astonished, and Mr.
Benson went to the lock-house about twelve o'clock, and in-
quired of the Knostrop lock-keeper (Mr. Jackson) if he had
seen anything of his niece, but the latter had not. Mr. and
Mrs. Benson retired to bed, under an impression that Miss
Collishe had gone home .with Miss Foxcroft to Leeds. About
eight o'clopk, yesterday (Friday) morning, the lock-keeper
found a check silk bag floating on the water, and on his car-
rying it to Mr. Benson it was identified as the one Miss
Foxcroft had in her possession when she had left Knostrop
on the previous evening. A person was sent down to Mr.
Foxcroft's, and it was then ascertained that Miss Foxcroft
had never reached home. Search was made in the canal,
and the bodies of both the young women were found therein,
and were got out before nine o'clock. They were found
within four or five yards of each other, and about one hun-
dred yards from the house of Mr. Benson. There were no
marks of violence on either of the bodies. , The two females
left Mr. Benson's. the night before, arm-in-arm, in cheerful
conversation, and there is no doubt one had actually fallen
into the canal, and dragged the other after her, and both had
unfortunately perished.—Leeds intelligencer.
Loss OF THE AMERICAN PACKET-SHIP SAMARANG.—
. .

On Thursday intelligence was received of the loss of this tine
ship, reported to be 600 tons burthen, which occurred near
the Goodwin Sands during the tempest on the night of Friday
week. The ship was laden with a cargo of turpentine, oil,
and other goods, and arrived in the Downs from Quebec on
Friday morning, and was progressing to her destination, Hull,
when overtaken by the storm. By a statement received from
her commander, Mr. Franklin Beane, it appears, soon after
the vessel arrived in the Downs the hurricane commenced,
which quickly drove her upon a shoal or sands called the
Brake, close to the Goodwin Sands, off the North Foreland.
In order, if possible to save the ship, he ordered his men to
cut away the mainmast, with hopes it would sufficiently ease
her to float her off; but that not succeeding, the mizenmast
was also cut away. There being a very heavy sea, and it
making a continual breach over her, he every moment expected
she would break in two ; therefore, the only chance was to
hoist the jib and slip the cables ; by doing so she beat over
the shoal. It was then four o'clock, p.m., (Friday afternoon).
As soon as she had cleared the shoal it was discovered that
her rudder was gone, and the water was making rapid pro-
gress in her hold. Finding, the destruction of the vessel was
near, they launched the long boat, and they would have in-
stantly jumped into it, but the waves caught it and dashed it
against the ship's side with great force, by which many of its
timbers were started, and to attempt afterwards to gain the
shore by it was impossible. They all then took to the pumps
and worked vigorously, but instead of the water diminishing
in the hold it was rising fast up to the deck. Their situation
now became perilous, for all knew that the ship could riot
keep above water an hour longer. Many of them had fallen
on their knees, and gave themselves up as lost, when at about
dusk a boat was observed bearing down to their assistance.
She proved to be the Duke of York cutter, belonging to Rams-
gate, manned by eight courageous boatmen, who, perceiving
the sad condition of the ship from shore, had, in a most
praiseworthy manner, pushed off to the rescue of those On
board. Upon approaching the Samarang it struck against
the ship's boat, and stove a hole in her side ; however, they
managed to stop it up, and took off the wreck Mr. Bearse
and the whole of the crew, amounting to 21 seamen. The
storm at the time was raging furiously, the wind blowing
fiercely off the land ; however, after great exertion, they suc-
ceeded in reaching Broadstairs in safety, though much ex-
hausted from exposure. Mr. Bearse states that the conduct
of the crew of the Duke of York cutter is deserving of the
highest commendation, and he and his men owe their lives to
their courageous conduct, for they must all have inevitably
perished in less than an hour had not their boat arrived.
Nothing having been seen of the Samarang since, she is sup-
posed to have gone down soon after they left. Portions of
her cargo, however, amounting to 180 barrels of turpentine,
have been found floating off Dover, and have been brought
ashore at that place. It is not exactly known whether she is
insured or not.—Morning Herald.

THE LATE STORM.—The storm of Friday night, which
seems to have swept the whole of the coast, and of which we
have given full details in another column, was severely felt
in this neighbourhood ; but we are glad to say that the casual-
ties attendant upon it were not so numerous as might have
been expected. Two vessels belonging to Mr. Knowles,
which left Liverpool on the. Friday, were sunk, and sus-
tained some damage ; but they have both been raised, and
their cargoes have been taken out. One of the vessels was
called "The Brothers," and; on her striking the sands, it
appears that the mate and another man on board were
washed or jerked overboard. As yet, the body of only one
man has been found.—Preston Chronicle.

IMPORTANT DECISION AGAINST THE CLAIMS OF THE
SCOTTISH CHURCH. —The Stewarton case came on for
judgment on Thursday, in the Court of Session, Edinburgh.
The consulted Judges had previously given in their opinions,
which were six against the claims of the Church and three in
their favour. On Thursday the Lord President and Lord
Mackenzie delivered their opinions ; and on Friday Lord
Fullerton and Lord Jeffrey theirs. Their lordships were
unanimous in opinion against the claims of the Church, and
pronounced an interlocutor, suspending the proceeding com-
plained of, and declaring the interdict already granted perpe-
tual and decern.

Dover is likely to be this week the scene of an explosion
of gunpowder unparalleled in civil engineering. No less a
quantity than 18,0001b5., in three distinct charges, will be
fired by galvanic means et one moment—that being the ex-
tent of the enormous powel about to be used. The whole
arrangements have been carried on by government, at the
expense of the London and Dover Railway Company. Lieut.
Hutchinson, R. E., superintending the whole, under General
Pasley's directions. It is expected that nearly two millons
of tons of material will be displaced by this one operation—
saving several thousand pounds to the company. The ex-
plosion will take place on Thursday next, at low water, from
two to three o'clock, p.m.

LAW.—In the Bail Court,• London, on Thursday, Miss
Alice' Smith, who conducts an academy in this city, obtained
a verdict for £lOO 2s. against. Mr. Stivens, nroprietor of the
Italian warehouse, High-street; under the following circum-
stances :—Miss Smith left at Mr. Stivens' warehouse, cer-
tain cards (of instruction itj music) printed at the expence of
£lOO, which Mr. Stower, son-in-law of Mr. Stivens, and a
commission agent, undertook to dispose of. Some time af-
terwards, Miss Smith desired to have the cards withdrawn
from Mr. Stivens' and delivered up to her. Mr. Stivens
then had them not ; and Mr. Stower refuted to give them up
unless he was paid £l5 for his services. The case was
abundantly argued by counsel, and the verdict against Mr.
Stivens! was given as above.

THE LATE MARQLIS WELLESLEY'S LIBRARY.—At the
second day's sale of this interesting collection, yesterday, lot
388 excited much competition, and was ultimately bought by
Messrs. Hatchard at no less than 91 guineas. It is thus de-
scribed in the catalogue :—" Letter on the present state of
India, with two Manuscript Notes by the Marquis Wellesley,
one particularly interesting on his Indian Policy, and a Cor-
rection of a passage in Alison's History." The marginal
note by the late Marquis on the above letter was to the fol-
lowing effect :—" The departure from our fixed line of Indian
policy was none of mine—it was the act of Colonel Monson.
He was a poor, weak, but brave man. According to my in-
variable custom, when it was in my power, I sheltered the
reputation of my subordinates when aware that they were
acting from conscientious motives. The words ' departed,'
&c., are, therefore, misapplied. I wish the author of this
pamphlet, who seems a .sensible man, would inform Mr.
Alison of it. Mr. Alison's history is an excellent one, and
most just to me, but he makes some mistakes, which did I
know him or any of his friends I would correct. W."

THE LATE MARQUIS WELLESLEY.—The will of the late
Marquis Wellesley has been brought into the Prerogative
Court of Archbishop of Canterbury for probate. It is dated
the Bth of September. 1835, and John Thornton Esq., to
whom a legacy of £l,OOO is given, for his long, faithful and
useful services, is apppointed the sole executor. A legacy of
£l,OOO is given to Alfred Montgomery, Esq., his lordship's
private Secretary, in consideration of his dutiful services.
The Marchioness Wellesley is constituted general residuary
legatee. By a codicil, dated the 18th of February 1839, the
noble testator gives his watch and seals, books and papers
(with the exception of his Grenville Homer), to Mr. Mont-
gomery. To Earl Grey, his George, carved on a large
amethyst, as a testimony of his sincere respect and esteem;
and to his highly esteemed friend, Lord Brougham, his Gren-
ville Homer, in four volumes quarto, as a mark of his high
consideration, and of his affectionate attachment. To all
his servants, his lordship gives six months' wages from the
day of his death, and his wardrobe to his valet. The perso-
nal estate is sworn under £6,000.

ANOTHER 'VELSEL WRECKED NEAR BOSCASTLE—ALL
HAND SLOST.—Soon after that ill-fated Indiaman, the Jessie
Logan, drove on the rocks at the creek near Boscastle, on the
Cornwall coast, and became a wreck, another vessel, called
the Elizabeth Aletta, commanded by Mr. Bakker, was driven
by the fury of the hurricane upon the sands at Cruckington
Haven, situated within six miles N.E. of Boscastle harbour,
where in the course of an hour she was totally lost, and all
on board perished. A party of the coast-guard service wit-
nessed the vessel come ashore, and saw the poor creatures
take to the rigging, where they remained but a short period,
for upon the vessel striking the sands her masts were started
out of their places and fell over board, carrying with them
the unfortunate crew, and none of them were seen alive after-
wards. They were supposed to consist of eleven seamen with
the master. One body has been picked up, and two more
have been seen, but it was impossible to get at them. On
Tuesday the wreck was sold for £93.
TILE MARQUIS WELLESLEY'S COMMENTS ON MR. ALI-
SON.—The circumstance, so wholly unprecedented, of an
eightcenpenny pamphlet, published only in 1842, and still
on 'sale, having procured, at public auction, the enormous
sum of £95 Ils., merely because it had in it two or three
manuscript notes by the late Marquis, has naturally attracted
considerable attention. The pamphlet was purchased for
the Duke of Wellington, and it is said that, on the price
being mentioned to him, he evinced, not unnaturally, the
utmost surprise. The competitor against Mr. Hatchard,
who bought the lot, was Mr. Blackwood, the publisher of
Mr. Alison's history, that firm desiring to possess such tes-
timony to the general excellence of the work. Mr. Hatch-
, ard's order, however, was unlimited—merely " buy it ; "
and, if Mr. Alison 's publishers bad not entered the field,
there were others prepared to go to a very high price. One
gentleman was ready to go as high as £5O, so that his grace
had no chance of obtaining a bargain. The circumstance is
unprecedented in the history of sales of books, autographs.
&c.
NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.—The committee appointed
to investigate the present and past management of the Mid-
land Counties' Railway have made their report, and they
state that, according "to the best of the knowledge and be-
lief" of the secretary, the whole of the liabilities of the com-
pany on capital account amount to £45,740 14s. 2d., in-
cluding the sums payable for reservoirs, &c., and accordingly
urge that the directors shall, as soon as possible, give the
shareholders a full account of them. The committee seem
to think the first step for the reduction of current expenses
will be a decrease in the number and allowance to directors
The salaries of officers and wages of servants...... £6007,958
The cost of coal, coke, &c., £3,180, reduced. 20 per
cent. (from the Ist of October, ]843) •• • • • . 1,630

'W 10£,188
'While some saving, it is said, may also be looked for in a new
arrangement of the banking account, and a more advanta-
geous purchase and distribution of the stores.
It further appears to be considered that subsequently a
saying will be made in the maintenance of the way, which ,
taking it at only 30 per cent., according to Mr. Barlow's re-
port, amounts to
And interest on the debt, taken at I per cent ......
on £368,753, amounts to
3,687

£7,57
Leaving out of the question for the present a further ant 7 i-
cipated saving from the reduction of the interest on the re-
mainder of the debt when it becomes payable.:
THE LOSS OF THE CONQUEROR.—The following is the
statement of the boy Abchurch, who, it will he remembered,
was the only survivor on the occasion of the melancholy loss
of this Indianian :—" We had encountered some very bad
weather for many days before the unhappy day. The last
place we touched at was St. Helena, and Captain Duggan did
not distinctly make out land again until the vessel struck.
When this event happened the captain, from the state of the
weather and the appearance of the coast, was at once aware
of the hopelessness of our situation. The Conqueror grounded
by the stern, the raging sea dashed over her bows, and
rushed in torrents down the hatchways. The long-boat was
immediately cleared, but such was the fury of the gale that
it was found impossible to launch her, and then Captain
Duggan called the unfortunate ladies around him, when he
informed them that he had done all in his power to aid them,
but he had no longer that power, and all he could do was to
commit them to the providence of Almighty God, whom he
trusted would extend his mercy to preserve their lives. The
ill-fated ladies heard the captain's statement with composure,
and were with the children put into the gig, which was sus-
pended to the davits. As many others as this boat would
safely hold were permitted to enter, including the boat's
crew. During the whole of this painful scene Captain Dug-
gan retained his firmness and self-command. From the en-
tangled state of the cordage the gig could not be lowered,
and it was deemed necessary to cut her away from the fasten-
ings, she dropped into the-sea, and was soon after struck by
a tremendous wave ; she quickly righted, but was again struck
by another wave, and I then found myself in the bows of the
boat, clasping one of Mrs. Thompson's children in my arms,
and there was another child in the stern. The ladies were
floating in the waves, and shrieking horribly around the
boat. The little girl which I had in my arms said, `Where
is mamma ?' I told her she was gone to heaven ; she re-
joined, And we're going to England.' At that moment a
wave washed her from my arms, and I lost all recollection."

PUBLIC MEETING IN CIIELTENHAM.—A public meeting
was held in Cheltenham, on Thursday, the sth instant. The
chair was taken by the Rev. Francis Close, incumbent of
Cheltenham, who, after hearing Mr. Nangle's reply to Mr.
Hall's attack on the Achill Mission, at the termination of the
meeting made the following observations :—" I think before
I bring this meeting to a close, I ought to propose a vote of
thanks to Mr. Hall, for to him we are indebted for the very
'able statement of my dear friend and brother; while refuting
the observations of Mr. Hall, he has given us a faithful
pictorial representation of the Settlement of Achill. The
aninius of this tourist is quite plain, and it is a sad thing that
as parents we cannot offer to our families books of travels,
however beautiful, without first sifting them naarowly. The
case before us reads us the practical lesson, that at a moment
when we are thinking of nothing so little, we may he putting
into the hands of those we love best, that which cannot fail
to have a tendency to poison their minds. On my visit to
Ireland, after having passed across two hundred miles of
that unfortunate country ; unfortunate in many respects, hut
most of all in its religion ; seeing the miserable hovels, the
direct result of Popery ; I should have thought the sight of
the pretty row of houses in the island of Achill—its modest
comfortable hotel—would, if he had a heart or a soul to feel
anything, have made his heart melt within him at the kind-
ness and management of the good man who had effected all
this. But this Mr. Hall, of whom I know nothing, save
what I have heard read to-day, is a sad illustration of enmity
antinst God, against Christ, and against. His Gospel; that
Gospel which has civilised Achill and New Zealand, and
shall proceed, in spite of all opposition, throughout the whole
habitable globe. Let us help forward this heaven-descended
cause ; not by yielding to our brother that worthless sym-
pathy which the writer alluded to, gave to the poor wander-
ing boy—a pretty speech, or a well-turned period in a book
—but by some more substantial proof of our heartiness in
his cause."—(Cheers.)—Cheltenham Chronicle.