The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-10 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE NEC NIGER. EXPEDITION.
APPEAL IN ITS BEHALF TO THE FRIENDS OF AFRICA.

Considerable interest was recently excited amongst
those who are friendly to the cause of African ameliora-
tion, by means of a pamphlet, published by Robert Ja-
mieson, Esq., and entitled " Outlines of a Plan, by
which, it is believed, Commercial Intercouse with Cen-
tral Africa may be established " ; and the consequence
was, that the scheme, developed in the above publication,
was, in its principal features, approved of and adopted as
the plan of a new Niger expedition, commercial and ex-
ploratory, to be immediately sent out, and to be con•
ducted under the able superintendence, and by the sole
direction of, this distinguished friend of Africa, so well
known for his disinterested devotion to the cause, and his
great personal and pecuniary sacrifices in its behalf. Sub-
scriptions to the guarantee fund, included in the plan
promulgated by Mr. Jamieson, amounting, with those
obtained in the metropolis from Sir Fowell Buxton and
other philanthropic gentlemen, to upwards of £6,000,
have been received, in sums varying from £3O to £5OO.
This was the amount said to have been received in sub-
scriptions up to about the end of last month ; since which
time I have not heard anything further of the proceed-
ings of the committee appointed to solicit subscriptions
in Liverpool and certain other large towns.
I trust that the plan will not lack a fair trial from want
of funds ; indeed, I think that if the public mind in this
great seaport were thoroughly roused to the consideration
of the subject, not £9,000 merely, but £20,000, the sum
originally contemplated, or even more, would be speedily
forthcoming ; and thus the philanthropic and enterprising
gentleman, who has so long devoted himself to the accom-
plishment of such a noble object, would be enabled to
carry on the undertaking upon a larger scale, and with
greater hope of speedy success. Why do not those mer-
chants who are engaged in the African trade come forward
and sabscr,be liberally to the fund, seeing that they are
FO much indebted to the country for whose advantage it
is intended, and are likely to reap considerable benefit
from the success of the enterprise, which, it may almost
be said, is certain, if ample funds shall be contributed ?
Why, twenty of the wealthiest of them could easily raise
the whole of the larger sum. It would be only £l,OOO
from each. Let me entreat them, therefore, to cume
forward immediately, for their own credit, the honour of
Old England, and of the good old town in particular,
which owes very much indeed of its prosperity and great-
ness to injured and benighted Africa.
Let a public meeting be called—let the Rev. Hugh
MlNeile be invited to preside—and the object will be
gained; for there cannot be a doubt, in the mind of any
man who has taken the trouble to examine the contents
of his last pamphlet, that evidence will be furnished by
Mr. Jamieson sufficient to satisfy any candid and reason-
able mind of the practicability of his_ plan, and the cer-
tainty of its success, as far almost as any human enter-
prise is capable of such certainty. Let us have no more
hanging back, no flagging of the interest already excited ;
but, on the contrary, let us arouse ourselves to renewed
and increased exertion, with the indomitable perseverance
characteristic of our country, which, in despite of the
obstacles to be encountered, and the discouragements of
former defeats and disasters, will now, in all human pro-
bability, lead us on to victory.
Remember, the eyes of our French rivals are upon us.
Very lately, an article appeared in a French newspaper
on the subject of this fresh attempt to accomplish what is
now generally consider.td impossible ; and the writer can-
not help expressing his admiration of the indomitable
courage which enables us to persevere, notwithstanding
that the vessels of former expeditions were invariably dri-
ven back, swept of their crews.
A copy of Mr. Jamieson's last pamphlet, which con-
tains an outline of his plan of the contemplated expedi-
tion, should be in the hands of every person who takes
an interest in the temporal and spiritual welfare of the
poor benighted sons and daughters of Central Africa
and may be had, gratis, by applying at his office, Colonial
buildings, Dale-street.

A FRIEND OF AFRICA.
Liverpool, Sept. 7th, 1844.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SlR,—Some remarks were made in the Liverpool Jour-
nal respecting me as concerned in a report relative to the
ship Metoka.
The first inquiry I feel compelled to make in justifica-
tion of myself, is, did Lieut. Henry see the ship previous
to her going into the graving deck ? Did he, whilst that
ship was under repairs, see her the last of all, and will he
state the repairs that were given to the ship ? That done,
perhaps questions may be put that will not be very agree-
able. By inserting this, you will oblige
Your obedient servant,
JOHN ASKEW.

TOWN EDITION.

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.

(From our own Correspondent.)
LONDON. MONDAY, NOON.

This morning, her Majesty and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, lef.
Windsor Castle for the braes of Athol.
Precisely at seven o'clock, the Royal party quitted
Windsor Castle, and arrived at the railway station (which
was fitted up as usual on such occasions) at twenty-six
minutes past seve ~ Her Majesty and his Royal High-
ness, as well as the Princess Royal, were neatly attired
in deep mourning, and were received by the gentlemen
in attendance, and conducted to the special train in waiting
for them amidst the cc nr,ratulatory cheers of a number of
ladies and gentlemen who had obtained permission to
view her departure from the railway pl tforrn. The train
consisted of five carriages, and was propelled at twenty-
four minutes past seven by the Phlegethon steam-engine,
under the direction of Mr. Gooch, the chief engineer.
In the meantime, the arrangements at the Paddington
terminus were satisfactorily carried out. A troop of the
11th Lancers mustered at six oclock at the Kensington
barracks, and arrived at the railway at a quarter bt•tore
seven, commanded by Lieutenant Hayworth, where they
took up their position as a guard of honour to the Queen.
A few minutes before seven o'clock five of the Royal car-
riages and a luggage van, drawn by four horses, and two
outriders, arrived at the railway, and remained there until
eleven minutes to eight o'clock, when the bell announced
the approach of the illustrious travellers. Upon the ar-
rival of the train, her Majesty first alighted, followed by
his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who led the Princess
Royal by the hand. The ladies and gentlemen at the
station heartily cheered the Royal party as they crossed
the platform to the Royal carriages destined to carry them
to Woolwich, and the enthusiastic display seemed to con-
tribute to the delight of the Princess who, as she skipped
along by her parent's side, laughed heartily.
Her Majesty, the Prince and Princess did not enter the
retiring room, but at once entered their travelling car-
riage; and one of the directors offered some of the morn-
ing papers to the Queen, but they were declined.
The Royal party were attended by Col. Bouverie and
General Wemyss, equerries in waiting, and Viscountess
Canning and Lady Caroline Cocks, ladies in waiting, and
the French and Euglish preceptresses of her Royal High-
ness the Princess Royal.
The transfer of the whole of the distinguished travellers
from the train to the Royal carriages did not occepy more
that five minutes, and the Royal cortege set off at a brisk
pace for Woolwich, by route of Vauxhall-bridge, Ken-
nington New Cross, and along the Trafalgar-road, Green-
wich, by the lower road, to the principal entrance of the
Dockyard. The Royal party were repeatedly cheered
along the line of road, and on passing the Roy al Naval
ECM:WI at Greenwich, the boys, under the superintendence

of Lieut. Rouse, were drawn out, and gave a vorifercros
demonstration of their growing loyalty, while their band
struck up the national anthem. On the opposite side of
the road, many of the old weather-beaten tars in thelios-
pital tried to outvie the boys in their display of regard for
the illustrious personages. Her Majesty and Prince Al
bert, throughout the journey, noticed, in a condescending
and affable manner, the warm greetings of their devoted
subjects.
At 'Woolwich, the marines, under the command of
Colonel Mercer, in the absence of Colonel Parkes epee)
leave, mustered at their imrracks at half-past seven, and
100 cf them rank and file lined the Dockyard as a guard
of honour, and the remainder were stationed along the
Vs oelwich road as fur as the White Hem Inn, Charlton..
The assemblage of persons of all classes was very great,
despite the uwavourable state of the weather, the rain
still descending. The splendid bands of the Royal Ma-
rines and !loyal Artillery were stationed.in the Dockyard
and played at intervals.
At nine o'clock the Royal pee y arrived at the principa
dock-yard-gate, and were sat down at the Water-gate,,
fronting Sir F. Collier's, the superintendent's .house.
They were received with due military honours, and wet--
corned thus far en their journey by the Earl of. Aberdeen,
Earl of Liverpool, Sir Jatues Ci:irk, the Earl of Had-
dington, Vice-Admiral. Sir W. Cage, AdMiral bags, Sit
G. F. Seymour and the Hon. H. T. L. Coles. The Hon.
Sydney Herbert, Secretary to the Admiralty, and Cap-
tain of the Engineering Department, were
likewise preient. Amongst the officers from the garrison
were Lord Blomfield, Brigade Major Cuepaee, Colonel
Jones. &e., &e. Sir R. Peel was to have attended, butt
the sudden indisposition of his daughter prevented hina
from coming. tier Majesty, the Prince Consort, aud
11 .R.ll.- Princess were assisted to alight from their ear.
ridge by the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Blomfield and Sir
F. Collier. The illustrious party at once descended the
steps leading to the river, which were covered with green
cloth, and embarked in the William and Mary, steered
by Sir F. Collier, and towed by twelve waterm.ee; and was
safety conveyed onboard the Royal yacht 'Victoria and
Albert, commanded by Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence.
During the time of the emberkation the numerous spec-
tators loudly cheered the Royal voyagers; and the artil-
lery, under the command of Col. Jones, fired a salute of
21 guns. The military bands struck up the national an:
I tional anthem, and the numerous vessels lying off the
dockyard manned yards,and a fleet of steamers, tastefully
• decorated with flagS, were lying to at the time, and imme-
diately after the Royal yacht got under weigh (at twenty.
minutes past nine,) accompanied the Royal squadron
down the river as far as the more. The Blaele
commanded by the Earl of Harclwicke, was the only go-
vernment steamer that kept company with the Royal
yacht. The Eclair having set sail soon after six o'clook
With some members of the Royal household, and the Earl
of Abeideen, carriage, luggage, &c. The Lords of the
Miniralty in attendance wore their state uniforms ; and,
Earls Aberdeen, Liverpool, and Sir James Clarke pro
ceeded with her Majesty to Scotland, in addition td
Viscountess Canning and Lady Caroleie Cocks. The
Royal voyagers, in passing down the liver, were saluted
by the Royal Arsenal, Tilbury Fort ; and. on leaving the
mouth of the river the whole of the royal party appeared
in excellent health andapiriOthrcughout their routefrora
Windsor to WoolWich, which only occupied two hours
and twenty minutes.

MR. BRARAM'S CONCERT, LAST NlGHT.—Yesterday
evening, whilst the admirers of the ballet were worship-
ping their goddess in the person of " the divine Fan*"
at our Theatre-Royal,' this veteran vocalist, with his two
sons, Messrs. Charles and Hamilton Braham, were fie-
lighting a numerous and fashionable reunion of the lovers
of song at the Royal Assembly-rooms, in Great George.;
street. The programme, much altered from that of his
ISst concert here, was an excellent onc, comprising many
of those standard songs which Mr. Braham has made hie
own, and in which his two sons seem destined almost ta
rival their distinguished sire. On the present occasion he
was in excellent voice, little altered from the Braham of
years gone by, and executed the songs assigned for him in
his usual admirable style. In consequence of the non-'
arrival of the gentleman who was to have accompanied
him in the celebrated " Picture Song", he substituted Lo-'
ver's charming song of " Molly Bawn," which was gived
with an effect which left nothing to regret in the change;
Mr. Charles Brehm and Mr. Hamilton Braham greatly
exerted themselves, and were warmly applauded in the?
various pieces assigned to them. The latter gentleman in:
particular gives great promise of future eminence.
THEATRE RorAL.—The spirited management of this
theatre have, this week, manifested their anxiety to con-
duce to the gratification of the public by adding to the at-
traction of the eminent Haymarket performers, who have.
lately been, added to our regular company, the superior
attraction of the unrivalled Fanny Disler, assisted by
Madame Proche Giubelei, Mademoiselle Ferdinand,
Mdlle. Barville, and Monsieur Silvain, principal dancers
of her Majesty's theatre, with a full and efficient corps de
ballet. Last evening the performances were commenced`
with the amusing little piece entitled, "Tom Noddy's
Secret," which was received throughout with shouts of
laughter. The Inkpen of Mr. Clark was full of outrageous
drollery; and Mr. Strickland's Tom Noddy, like all that
gentleman's efforts, was unique. The ballet selected for
the display of the wonderful powers of Ellsler was" Giselle;
or the Wilis" and was excellently put upon the stage;
To describe its plot would be, at the late hour at whilbh
we write, quite impossible. Suffice it to say that, like
most other pieces of the Ballet kind, it is partly of
fairy and partly mortal scenery and character, the princi-
pal and most attractive personage, Giselle, (Fanny
Ellsler) belonging to the former. As a matter of course
it is more a vehicle for affording occasion for the displav'of
t ie wonderful powers of this beautiful artiste than any other
kind of performance, and as such it is most effectual. The
first dance given, at the first meeting of the Giselle and
her mortal lover (Sylvain) was most beautiful, as
were every effort of the fair one. But the gem of the
first act was a pas, by this inimitable dansense,
partaking more of a hornpipe movement than of anythinet„
else that we can liken it to, in which the rapidity and cor-i
reetness of execution excelled everything we ever saw is
ballet action. This dance met with an enthusiastic en:-.
core, which it well deserved. In this act several beautiful.
dances were executed by Mademoiselles ' Ferdinand and
Barville, both most graceful and talented artistes, and by

Mons. Sylvain, which were loudly applauded. The con-
elusion of the act, in which Ellsler has to sustain the part
of one dying or maddened, displayed a power of acting in,
this talented artiste quite equal to her feats upon the light
fantastic toe. Like our own Celeste, she is more than a
mere danseuse, and only wants the voice to be an actress
of the first order. The second act displayed, in Ferny
Ellsler a lighter, and a more sober order of dancing, in
which she shone equally as in the more joyous efforts of
the first. It left upon our minds the impression that,
even in an art, generally esteemed flimsy and often immo-
dest, genius can rise to the height almost of poetic embo-
diment. In this act Elltiler was more than a mere artiste.
She was the creator of. many beautiful and graceful
images, mental as well as of form. We must not omitrto
record our meed of praise to Madame Proche Guibelie.
We have admired this chaste danseuse in her younger
day's • and she is not degenerated from her pristime grace
and elegance. As a whole, including the corps de ballet,
although placed awfully in contrast with the first-rato
performers engaged, we have seldom had so much to
praise and so little to find fault with.
On Saturday the Prince of Prussia, after visiting the
National Gallery, called upon the Earl of Aberdeen and
the Duke of Wellington, and afterwards proceeded to
'Greenwich where his royal highness embarked on board
the Lightening steamer, and proceeded down the river to
Ostend, at which port the Prince is expected to land,
en route for Berlin.

EXTREMES OF WEALTH AND POVERTY IN LIVER.
POOL.—It is hardly credible to what an extent may be
found in Liverpool, the most wretched poverty co-exia-
tent with the most abundant wealth. Here may baseren
some of those merchants who are like the princes of the
earth in the multitude of their riches ; but. alas ! here also
may be seen many of the workers of our race redirced to
beg, and to beg in vain,
"a brother of the earth
To give them leave to toil."
It is true that this is the case with every large city, but
that -makes it only the more mournful and the more ne-
cessary to bs recalled to our minds. We are too apt to
forget, that, in such a town as this, there are always num-
bers of working people who do not know in the morning
where or how they are to get a single meal for the day ;
most of their clothing sold or pawned to procure a little
bread, necessarily a very temporary resource ; living in
crowded houses or cellars, destitute of furniture and every
comfort, and gradually worn to despair and death by set
wretched a destitution of all the necessaries of life. Nei-
ther are these the offscourings of the people, but men in-
clined to be honest and industrious, although the bad ar-
rangements.of society may have rcdubed them to beggary,
or even to crime, for the support cf a most miserable and
precarious existence.— Tait's illanazioe. •
THE BRIDGEWATER GALLERY.—Some account of the
formation and dispersion of the Orleans Gallery has al:-
ready been given. The Italian part of the collection had
been mortgaged for £40,000 to Harman's banking house,
when Mr. Brien, a celebrated collector and picture-
dealer, and author of the ". Dictionary of Painters," in-
duced the Duke of Bridgewater to purchase the whole as
it stood for £43,000. The pictures, amounting to 305,
were then valued separately by Mr. Bryan, making a'to-
tal
of £72,000 ; and from among them the duke selected
ninety-four of the finest, at the prices at which they Were •
valued, amounting altogether to 39,000 guineas. The
duke subsequently admitted his nephew, the Earl Gower,
and the Earl of Carlisle, to share his acquisition, resign—
ing to the former a fourth part, and to the latter an eighth
of the whole number thus acquired. The exhibition anti
sale of the rest produced £41,000 ; consequently the spe-
culation turned out most profitably ; for the ninety-four
pictures, which had been valued at -£39,000, were ac-
quired, in fact, for £2.000. The forty-seven retained for
the Duke of Bridgewater were valued at £23,130. *
The Duke of Bridgewater already possessed some fine pic-
tures ; and, after the acquisition of his share of the Or-
leans Gallery, he continued to add largely to his collet-
Lion, tin his death in 1803, when he left his Pictures; va.
lued at £150,000, to his nephew George, first Marquis of
Stafford, (afterwards
lifileermsnta
nED,
ahrtklheeue fcoowSl
eul
erre,ht eiwor lnaas,npaddl)ad.ceeddlltoiunroitnilee
thefo jm lei
dfeboyfhittrhrisselfnowb
house in Cleveland-row ; and the whole known then, and
for thirty years afterwards, as the Stafford Gallery, be.
came celebrated all over Europe. On the death of the
Marquis of StLfford, in 1833, his second son, Lord Francis
LeVeion Gower, taking the surname of Egerton, inhe-
rited, under the will of his grand-uncle, the Bridgewater
property, including the collection of pictures formed by
the duke. The Stafford Gallery was thus divided : that
part of the collection which had been acquired by the
Marquis of Stafford fell to his eldest son, the present
Duke of Sutherland ; while the Bridgewater Collection,.
properly so called, devolved to Lord Francis Egerton, and
has resumed its original appellation, being now known as
the Bridgewater s3allery.—Mrs. Jameson. • ,

SECOND EDITION.

Standard-ojice, Nine o'clock.

[BY EXPRESS.]

IUELAND.

REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—Yesterday.

The usual weekly meeting was held yesterday, at which
the recent state prisoners attended. The Lord Mayor
took the chair. Mr. Pierce S. Butler,' M.P. for Kil-
kenny, was admitted a member of the association ; and
the next business, the admission of the Hon. G. H.
Hutchinson, brother of Lord Donoughmore, was received
with tremendous enthusiasm.

Mr. O'Connell shortly afterwards addressed the meet-
ing, but his speech was mainly occupied with-congratu-
lations on his release, and abuse of those who have
endeavoured to stay his seditious career. He said his
sentence was an unjust and illegal one, and that he bad as
good a right to send the judges to gaol as they had to send
him. Having dwelt upon the topic, and spoken of Lord
Brougham as an " indescribable wretch," lauded the
Whigs for having appointed to the bench such men as
Lords Denman, Cottingham, and Campbell ; and ob-
served that if they had remained in power the Chief Baron
of the Irish Exchequer (Brady) would be Chief Justice;
Mr. Pigot would be Chief Baron ; Mr. Moore, Mr.
Monahan, and Mr. Harebell would be on the bench
and the prosecution would never have been heard of.
He alluded to the tranquillity of Ireland, and then an.
flounced h's intended future operations as follows:—
First, as to the Clontarf meeting (loud cheers)—that
meeting which was to have been collected together legally,
and was illegally prevented from assembling. We are
bound to adhere to principle. Our principle was right,
and we are to consider whether it has been sufficiently
vindicated by the verdict of the House of Lords, or whe-
ther we are called upon in its support to hold that memo-
rable meeting: For some time 1 thought that it would
be necessary to call my fellow-countrymen again together
upon the shore of Clontarf, to vindicate our conduct;
but considering that the reversing of the judgment by the
House of Lords has fully done so already, I almost think
it unnecessary. When we have such men as Lords Cot-
tenham, Denman, and Campbell deciding that we were
right—considering that decision, I doubt whether it is
necessary to hold the meeting, and if it is unnecessary,
it should not be held, as we ought not to be insolent
because triumphant. Therefore, upon this day week
I will propose that it be referred to a committee to
Consider the subject. My own opinion, however, is
against it. The next matter to which I intend to refer is
the plan I brought forward last year for the establishment
of a Preservative Assembly in Ireland. This is a subject
surrounded by legal difficulties which we must approach
by degrees, and which we were prevented considering last
autumn by the iniquitous prosecution. My plan you are
aware was this—that three hundred gentlemen should
meet in Dublin in a body, and that the title of each gen.
tleman to form part of that assembly should be his hand.
ing in £lOO. They were to appoint their own treasurer,
and be the guardians of their own money. I would pro-
pose that they should unite together for the purpose of
correcting and controlling everything done by the associa-
tion, the members of which should take no step without
their full sanction and unqualified approval. A body of
that kind would be a drag on the wheel, which would
prevent any danger of revolutionary violence, and would
have the greatest influence over the association to
preserve it from all danger, and to remove its pro-
ceedings from all suspicion. They would act between
the government and the association, and enter into ar-
rangements with the minister which could not be other-
wise effected, and obtain ultimately a parliament for Ire-
land—should it only be a federal parliament in the first
instance. I do not myself approve of a federal parlia-
ment, or think it the best ; but, still, I would not object
to their getting the best they could from the government,
which could not attempt to disturb such an influential
body of men, and which, if properly addressed, could not
refuse them what they asked legally and determinedly,
therefore, upon the next day of meeting I will move for a
committee to form such an assembly, or rules for their
guidance. I will now detail to you my third and last
plan. He proceeded to say that his next plan was one to
which he was greatly attached, and one which he was
-firmly resolved to carry out, namely, the impeachment of
the Irish judges and the Attwney-General. He com-
menced by referring to the monster indictment. which he
said was honestly declared by Mr. Richard O'Gorman to
be incomprehensHe to the grand jury, in which he was
fully borne out by the opinion of Lord Denman, who said
that it was a document of such a nature, it was almost
impossible for any man to come to a conclusion upon its
contents, so voluminous and intrica' e were its complies-
lions. The honourable gentleman after referring at length
to the trial, and announcing his intention of visiting the
people of England six weeks before the meeting of Parlia-
ment, for the purpose of ascertaining whether they coin-
cided with the feelings of the English minister upon Irish
questions, and particularly with reference to the late pro-
secution, concluded to call on the meeting, in the
usual terms, to continue to preserve the peace inviolate,
which had placed them in their high position, and was
certain of accomplishing their most ardent wishes.

The Dublin Evening Mail, in reference to the conduct
of the late prisoners. says—" The affair passed off with
perfect peace and quiet, except a scene of terrific shout-
ing, groaning, and hissing' opposite the house of Mr.
Hamilton, the foreman of the jury who tried the prison-
ers. Mr. O'Connell's speech from the balcony of his
house was also ' not for war.' Indeed it was distinguished
by a much greater freedom from virulence and vitupera-
tion than usually characterises the declamation of the hon.
gentleman. Why should we be angry ?' he truly and
relevantly asked. When we were losing we kept our tem-
pers; should we not do the same now native are winning?'
So say we all : no man has less right to be out of humour
than Mr. O'Connell; his star is now in the ascendant.
The government have played his game : their discourage.
went of the friends of British connexion, and their ob-
vious determination to loosen the few bonds that now
remain to connect Irish Protestants with the people of
England more closely than with their Roman Catholic
fellow-countrymen, are already producing their results.
Protestant gentlemen,' said Mr. O'Connell, on Satur-
day, ' of rank and fortune are crowding around us, and
another joins us on Monday.' The Repeal conver-
sion here alluded to is, we understand, that of the
Honourable Mr. Hutchinson, a bother of the Earl of
Donoughmore. Within the last few days Mr. J. G. V.
Porter, High Sheriff and deputy Lieutenant of Ferma-
nagh, and son of the Rev. Grey Porter, a clergyman of
large property, and long distinguished as possessing the
strongest possible feelings, has published a pamphlet,
strongly and ably advocating the cause of repeal.
These occurrences cannot be denied to be the signs of
the times. What does Sir Robert Peel think of them ?'

COLLISION hi the OUTWARD CHANNEL,
and LAMENTABLE LOSS of LIFE.

We deeply regret to state that this morning shortly
after two o'clock, the Dublin mail Iron steam-ship " Iron
Duke" (600 tons burthen,) came into collision with the
brig " Parana," (200 tons,) outward bound from this port
for Montreal, about three leagues to the eastward of Point
Lynas Light, by which the latter vessel was nearly cut in
two, and so sudden was the accident that six of her
crew, including her commander, (out of eleven on board
in all,) were thrown into the water, and perished ! The
brig, it appears, had a light on her poop, and her mate
also elevated the binnacle light in his hand, and shouted
towards the steamer when he saw her coming rapidly
into dangerous proximity ; but, as he conjectures, he
was not heard, owing probably to the noise of the en-
gines, and the steamer, before the brig could effectually
alter her course, ran into her abreast of the fore hatch.
The night was thick, or what seamen term " dirty," and
it were improper to attribute blame to either party, from
the information we have yet received, though it is derived
from both parties.
The following is a copy of a report from Lieut. Parsons,
R.N., with which we have been kindly favoured :
"At 2 15 p.m. on the 10th Sept., struck the Parana, a
brig of about 250 tons, with general cargo, from Liver-
pool to Montreal, out one day. Her captain and five of
her people went down, three jumped on board the Iron
Duke, and two were saved by the boats which were
launched for that purpose. Capt. Wilson, who perished,
is stated 10 be the principal owner, and has left a wife
and family. Lynas Light bearing W. 3 leagues when the
collision took place. GEORGE PARSONS."
Another report states, in addition to the above, that
the night was dark, and that the engines of the Duke
were stopped at the time of the accident.

We accompanied the mate, au exceedingly intelligent
seaman, and three of the crew, to their residences, and
from them we learn the following particulars :—The brig
Parana, Captain Wilson, a vessel of 200 tons burthen,
sailed from Liverpool yesterday, with a general cargo, for
Montreal. About two o'clock this morning, when about
six miles to the eastward of Point Lynas Light, made a
vessel that proved to be the Dublin mail steam-ship the
Iron Duke. Saw her bearing down upon them, but was
no way alarmed. The brig had no light forward, but had
a poop or high quarter deck, and no bulwarks on the
quarter, (merely a rail,) and a towering skylight about
three feet above the deck, in which a light was fixed. As
the steamer neared the mate hailed her, (but the noise of
at s engines was so great that he conjectures he was
heard,) and immediately took the light from
the binacle and held it up, but without effect. The
brig was ons
tthem steamer
tack, steering about S.W. W.
when the
ye_rasnlrk her a little abaft the fore
rigging, between the fore rigging and the fore-
topmast-backsta went:through the starboard coom-
jugs of the fore hatch, and reached the larboard ones, thus
nearly cutting her in too. In this situation four of the
crew managed to get on boardthero Duke, by the bow-
sprit ; and the mate, who ran aft callcaptain, who
was lying on the lockers, got entangled withe
some of the
wreck, and was severely, though not dangerously, hurt.hut
lie was eventually saved by the boats of the steamer;
how he has not the least recollection. The mate, aswell
as all the seamen we have seen, positively state that the
engines were not stopped until after the collision took
place—but that the night was exceedingly" nasty."

The names of those saved from the brig were—William
nichell, mate, (badly hurt); William Coser, and John
Martin, seamen; John Craig, cook and steward. Ano-
ther man, whose name we could not learn, was also saved.
Those drowned were— Wilson, the captain ;
Alexander Stewart, second mate ; George Coates, sea-
man ; also the carpenter and an ordinary seaman. The
captain was, it is stated, a married man, and has left his
wife and five children in this town to deplore his loss.
A subscription was immediately entered into on board
the steamer, on behalf of the survivors, and, we learn,
very soon amount d to about X-10.
The only damage sustained by the Iron Duke was the
carrying away of her bowsprit, and a slight but not dan-
gerous leak.

-----
OVERLAND MAIL.

INDIA AND CHINA.

By Extraordinary Express from Paris we have just re-
ceived the following
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCEI :
THF. CONSUL OF FRANCE AT MALTA TO THE
MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS._

MALTA. Sept. 4.

The Indian mail, which has been expected here for
eight days past, has arrived this morning, having left
Bombay on the 19th of July. It contains only the news
of a mutiny in a Bengal regiment, and of the loss of
about SO reapers (or harvest men) anti irregular horse,
surprised by the enemy near Shickarpore, and the ex-
pectation of a plentiful harvest in consequence of the
abundance of the monsoon rains. _

Lord Ellenborough was waiting at Calcutta the arrival
of his successor.

On the 20th of May last, which is the latest date from
China, Sir Henry Poitinger was on the eve of his depar-
ture for Bombay.—Times.

Etteraturt.

POETRY.

THE DYING GIRL.

And thou art dying, beautiful and young
When smiles et* joy should on thy lips he playing,
And thou shouldst bound with sportive glee along.
Where merry maids are in the meadows maying.
The spring sun shined' through thy window pane,
The pleasant breeze with balmy breath is sighing,
And thou canst hear the feathered minstrel's strain,
In that still room where thou art pale and dying.
Why is thy spirit summoned to the skies.
Untried by years, unvisited by sorrow ?
Why art thou called, ere yet thy gentle eyes
Have feared to look upon the coining morrow?
Thy cheek hath never paled with anxious care,
Thy heart bath never throbbed with guilty sadness;
Even as thyself thy course was pure and fair,
Hallowed by love, and cheered with looks of gladness

Why didst thou leave thine own immortal heaven,
For earthly guests to cherish and caress thee 7
Why unto us wert thou, sweet girl, given,
And called away when we had learned to bless thee ?
Why wert thou fashioned lovely to the sight?
Why were thine eyes with tender radiance streaming ?
Why didst thou come, young being of delight,
To fade like mirage on the pilgrim gleaming?
Selfish and weak !—why should we wish thee here?
Pass to thy home, unspotted, happy spirit;
II asteii on blissful wing to that glad sphere,
Where thou wilt glory evermcre inherit.
Mingle and dwell among the angel-band;
But, oh! while stars beneath thy path are burning,
Think thou at times upon our sinful land,
And plead for those whose gaze is upwards turtling.
—From The Wandering Angel, and other Poems,' by John Bol-
ton Rogerson, 18-11.