The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-02 00:00:00

ABSTRACT OF TIRE LOG OF THE ACADIA.

December 16.—At half-past 3 o'clock, p.m., left Bos-
ton for Halifax. Strong breezes and cloudy weather.
17.—Running along the coast. Fresh gales and cloudy.
18.—Strong gales and cloudy weather. At 1030, p.m.,
pased the Hibernia.
19.—At 8, a.m., arrived in Halifax; and, at 1 p.m.,
sailed for Liverpool.
20.—Wind S.W.; course N. 85 E.; distance 218 miles;
lat. 44 52 ; lon. 58 42. Moderate breezes and clear
weather ; midnight, wind increasing.
21.—Wind W. ; course N. 74 E. ; distance 236 miles ;
lat. 45 53 ; lon. 53 36. Strong gales and cloudy.
22.—wind N.W. ; course N. 74 E. ; distance 238
miles ; lat. 46 24 ; lon. 47 58. Moderate breezes and
cloudy.
23.—Wind variable; course N. 74 E.; distance 240
miles ; lat. 46 58 ; lon. 42 20. Moderate breezes and
cloudy.
24.—Wind variable ; course N. 75 E. ; distance 202
miles ; lat. 47 83 ; lon. 37 12. Strong breezes and
squally weather ; midnight, hard gales.
25.—Wind N.W. ; course N. 77 E. ; distance 230 miles;
lat. 48 15 ; lon. 32 12. Fresh gales and cloudy ; 8 p.m.,
decreasing. •
26.—Wind variable ; course N. 78 E. ; distance 237
miles ; lat. 49 3 ; lon. 26 20. Strong breezes and cloudy.
27.—Wind S.S.W. •, course N. 77 E.; distance 222
miles ; lat. 501 ' • lon. 20 46. Strong breezes and cloudy ;
8 p.m. strong gales.
28.—Wind S.W. ; course N. 77 E. ; distance 262
miles; lat. 51 8; lon. 14 6. Strong gales and clear.
29.—At 215 a.m. Cape Clear Light bore E. by S. S. ;
at 4 a.m. abreast the Cape ; at 5 p.m. abreast the Tuskar
Light.
30.—At 30 a.m. off Holyhead, and arrived in Liverpool
at 8 a.m., being 10 days 20 hours from Halifax.

ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.—OD Wednesday
last, a young man, named George Davis, who is respecta-
bly connected, and who, it appears, has for some time
been paying his addresses to Miss Eliza Pearce Batten,
residing with her father at Newfoundland-street, Bristol,
narrowly escaped perpetrating the murder of his sweet-
heart, and afterwards attempted the destruction of his own
life. In the course of last evening the young man Davis
called in as usual at the house of Miss Batten's father.
They had sat together for some time in one of the apart-
ments, when a quarrel ensued between them in conse-
quence of some jealous feeling on the part of Davis. After
an altercation of a few minutes his anger appeared to be
raised to an ungovernable pitch, and, seizing hold of her,
he drew a pistol from his pocket, and placing it against
her chest instantly discharged it, and immediately after-
wards, on seeing her fall senseless, pulled out another pis-
tol and discharged it at himself. • The young lady's father,
hearing the report of fire-arms, rushed in. Finding that
his daughter was not dead, she was removed to a bed-
chamber and medical aid sent for, when on undressing her
it was discovered that providentially the pistol ball had
struck against her steel busk, having passed through her
clothes, and had there become flattened, without having
injured her person beyond a mere bruise of the chest. In
his case, also, the ball had, in the surgeon's opinion, from
the pistol having been insufficiently charged with powder,
failed in effecting its fatal purpose; and, although it had
passed through his trousers and shirt, had only slightly
injured him. The young man was immediately taken into
custody, and in his pockets were found some bullets, per-
cussion-caps, and powder.
PERILOUS ADVENTURE.—One day last week two gen-
tlemen, who originally belonged to Perth, but had been
absent from it for some years, went to the top of Kin-
noul-hill by way of a walk, and to view a prospect which
had often delighted them in bygone years. The hill
became to them pregnant with many pleasing recollec-
tions. The gentlemen remembered the different feats
they had performed about it long ago ; the buoyant feel-
ings of boyhood sprang up in their breasts, and they would
try one or two of them again. They went to the " Leil's
poopit," and sat on the " horse's head ; " but the most
dangerous one was to come—to enter the " cat's cave."
They made up their minds to visit it. This cave is situated
about 20 feet below the table, on the front of the precipice,
or at an elevation of 200 perpendicular feet from the base
of the'rock. The entrance to it is over the brow of the
bill, which has to be descended with great caution, when
the adventurer reaches a narrow shelf of rock, which runs
in a sloping direction for about 50 feet, until the entrance
to the cave is obtained. This shelf is so narrow, that one
has to crawl on his hands and feet along it, and when
about half-way he can neither turn nor get back. The
attempt to do either would almost insure his certain de-
struction. One of the gentlemen had just reached that
criticalaek. part, when he lost nerve, and could proceed no
further ; he felt he could not turn, and could not crawl
b
In this perilous predicament he exclaimed to his
companion, who was a little behind, that it was " over
hils'nfeberin.g':, The latter, at once guessing the true state of
heels in a second.immediately
Marking,told him that he would beat his
therefore, well the nature
of the space between him and friend, to guide himself
in crawling back, be went forward
to knees), at the same time using words him
encouragement,
hands andt
and so guided his movements as well as 1-insnorwagnaesnto'
reach, after inconceivable peril, the top of the rock. The
gentleman immediately fainted when be reached the table,
and the adventure has taken so strong a hold of his feel-
ings, that he has been bedfast ever since.—Perth Courier.