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

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE NEW 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 Intercou-e 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 expeditioniicommercial 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 la: en 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 beard 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 ants rprising
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 subscribe 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 come
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
M`Neile 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 dtscouragements 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 considered 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 re,pecting me as concerned fife 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 dock ? 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 insetting this, you will oblige
Your obedient servant,
JOHN ASKEW.

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 sere tier Majesty and his Royal High-
ness, as well as the Princess Royal, were neatly attired
in deep mourning. and were received by the gentlemen
innttendance, and conducted to the special train in waiting
for them amidst the c,ngrattilatory cheers of a number of
ladies and gentlemen who had obtained permission to
view her departure from the railway pl tform. The train
consisted of five carriages, and was propelled at twenty-
tour minutes past seven by the Pblegethon 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 o'clock at the Kensington
barracks, and arrived at the railway at a quarter before
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 alio, 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 Ladyy Caroline Cocks, ladies in waiting, and
the French and English preceritresses 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 occupy more
than 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 reeeated:y cheered
along the line of road, and on passing the Royal Naval
ic.Cllool at Greenwich, the boys, under the superintendence

of Lieut. Rouse, were drawn out, and gave a vociferous
demonstration of their growing loyalty, while their band
struck up the national anthem. On the opposite side of
the road, rainy of the old weather-beaten tars in the Hos-
pitai tried to outvie the bays in their display of regard for
the illustrious personages. Her I\l6jestv and Prince Al-
bert, throughout th? 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 upon
Pave, mustered at their birrracks at half-past seven, and
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The assemblage of persons of all classes was 'very great,
despite the unfavourable state of the weather, the rain
still descending. The splendid bands of the Royal Ma-
rines and Royal Artillery were stationed in the Dockyard
and played at intervals.
At nine o'clock the Royal party arrived at the principal
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 wel-
comed thus fir on their journey by the Earl of Aberdeen,
Earl of Liverpool, Sir James Calk, the Eail of Had-
dington, Vice-Admiral Sir \V. Gage, Admiral Bags, Sir
G. F. Seymour and the lion. H. T. L. Coles. The Hon.
Sydney Herbert, Secretary to the. Admiralty, and Cap-
tain 13randrtah, of the Engineering Department, were
likewise present. Amongst the officers front the garrison
were Lord Blomfield, Brigade Major Cuprage, Colonel
Jones, &c., Sir R. Peel was to have attended, but
the sudden indisposition of his daughter prevented him
from cornh,g. ller :Majesty' the Prince Consort, and
11 .R.ll. Princess were assisted to alight from their car-
riage . by-the Earl. of Aberdeen, Lord Blomfield and Sir
F. Collier., The,illustrious party at once descended the
steps leadiug,...o the river, which were covered with green
cloth, and embarked in .the Will:am end Mary, steered
by Sir F. Collier„..and'tovred by twelve watermen, and was
Wely conveyed criThatira Ofe Royal yacht Victoria and
Albert, commanded flay Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence.
During the time d'the etriberkation the numerous spec-
tators loudly cheered the Royal voyagers; and the artil-
lery, under the command of Col. Jones, tired a salute of
21 gtinS. Tht-thilitary bends struck up the national an-
tional antherniand' the numerous vessels lying off the
dockyard manned. y ards, and a fleet of stearneis, tastefully
decorated with flogs', 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 Nore. The Bieck Eagle,
commanded by.the Earl of Hardwicke, 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 member., of the Royal household, and the Earl
of Aberdeen, -carriage; luggage, &c. The Lords of the
Admiralty in attendanee woke their --state uniforms ; and
Earls Aberdeen, LiverpriCk and Sir James Clarke pro-
ceeded with -bar' Majesty 'to Seatl,ted, in addition to
Viscountess Cannityg Marl'- Lady p.‘tfolii-e, Cocks. The
Royal voyagers,-in -pasiluttlOwn the river, were saluted
by the Royal Arsenal,'TiihttrY Fort; and on leaving the
mouth of the river-thelyWole of the royal party appeared
in excellent-healtti'avid .P.lcrlt4Alarrtrig-hout their route from
Windsor to WdoliVich,"iihieh,ronly occupied two hours
and twenty minutes. ' •

MR. BRAHAIVI'S CONCERT, LAST NlGHT.—Yesterday
evening, whilst the admirers of the ballet were worship-
ping their goddess iri the person of " the divine Fanny,"
at our Theatre-Royal, this veteran vocaist, with his two
sons, Messrs. Charles and Hamilton Braham, were de-
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
last concert here, was an excellent one, comprising many
of those standard songs which Mr. Braham has made his
own, and in which his two sons seem destined almost to
rival' their distinguished sire. On the present occasion he
was in excellent voice, little altered from the Benham 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 given
with an effect which left nothing to regret in the change.
Mr. Charles Braham 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 ROYAL.—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 Ellsler, assisted by
Madame Proche Giubelei, Mademoiselle Ferdinand,
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 oldie 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 which
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 chat aster, 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 display of
tie 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 effort-of the fair one. But the gem of the
first act was a pas, by this inimitable danseuse,
partaking more of a hornpipe movement than of anything
else that we can liken it to, in which the rapidity and cor-
rectness of execution excelled everything we ever saw in
ballet action. This dance met with an enthusiastic en-
core, which it well deserved. In this act several beautiful
dances were executed by Mademoiselles Ferdinend and
Barville, both most graceful and talented artistes, and by
Mons. Sylvain, which were loudly _applauded. The•con-
clusion of the act, in which Elleler has to sustain the .part'-
of one dying or maddened, displayed a power of acting:ha-
this talented artiste quite equal to her feats upon the light'
fantastic toe. Like our own Celeste, she is more thaw*
mere danseuse, and only wants the voice to be an aattest
of the first order, The second act displayed, in Flimsy-
Ellsler a lighter, and 'a.more sober order'of dancing, in
which she shone equally dein' 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 Ellsler 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 omit to
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-rate
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-
rooL.-It is hardly credible to what an extent may be
found in, Liverpool, the most wretched poverty co-exis-
tent with the most abundant wealth. Here may be seen
some of those merchants who are like the princes of the
earth in theinultitude of their riches; but. alas ! here also
may be seen many of the workers of our race reduced 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 be recalied 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 is
crowded houses or cellars, destitute of furniture and every
comfort, and gradually worn to despair and death by so
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 reduced them to beggary,
or even to crime, for the support of a most miserable and
precarious existence.—'l'ait'y Magazine.
THE BRIDGEWATF.R GALLERY.—Some account of the
formation and dispersion of the Orleans Gallery has al-
ready been gign. The Italian part of the collection had
been mortgagM for £lO,OOO 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 £13,000. 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 and
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 feet, for £2,000. The forty-seven retained for
the Duke of 13. idgewater 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 collec-
tion, till his death in 1803, when he left his pictures, va-
lued at £150,C00, to his uepliew George, first Marquis of
Stafford, (afterwards first Duke of Ste herland). During
the life of this not leman, the collection, added to one
formed by himself when Earl Gower, was placed in the
house in Cleeeland-row ; and the whole known then, and
for thirty years a,terwards, as the Stafford Gallery, he.
ctirmarequeies of
all over Eurore. On the death of the
Marquis
St efford, in 1833, his second son, Lord Francis
Leveson Gower, taking the surname of Egerton, inn-
rited, under the will of his grand-uncle, the Bridgewater
property, including the collection ct pictures formed by
the duke. The Stafford Gallery was thus divided : that
part of the collection which had been acquired by the
Marquis of Stefford -dell to his eldest son, the present ?.
Duke of Sutherland ; while the Bridgewater Collection,
properly so celled, devolved to Lord Francis Egerton, and
has resumed its orieinal appellation, being now known as
the Bridgewater Gallery.—Mrs. Jameson.

SECOND EDITION.

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Standard-office, Nine o'clock.

[BY EXPRESS.]

INEtEMAAND.

REPEAL ASSOCLITION.—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 amoughmorc, was received
with tremendous entliu,iasm.

Mr. O'Connell shortly afterwards addressed the meet-
ing, but his speech was mainly occupied with congratu-
tations 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 had as
good a right to send the judges to gat,l as they had to send
him. Having dwelt upon the tonic, and spoken cf Lord
Brougham as an " indescribable wretch," lauded the
Whigs for having appointed to the bench such men as
Lords Denman, Cottingliam, and Campbell ; and oh-
served that if they had to mained 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. Hatchell would be on the bench
and the prosecution would never have been heard of.
He alluded to the tranquillity of Ireland, and then an-
nounced his intended future operations as follows :
",First, as to the Clontarf meeting (loud cheers)s-sthat
meeting which was to have been collected together legally,
and was illegally prevented from assembling. We are
bound to adhere to principle. One 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 I 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 jodgmentliythe
House of Lords has fully done so alreedy,.l,atmost 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'nrinecessary,
it should not he 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 ow❑ opinion, however,• is
against it. The next matter to which I intend to refer is
the plan I brought forward last yearfor 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 yon 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 Attorney-General. He com-
menced by referring to the monster indictment, which he
said was honestly declared by Mr. Richard O'Gorman to
be incompreherisi'-de 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 mart to come to a conclusion upon its
contents, so voluminous and intricate were its complica-
tions. 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 terrifie shout-
ing, 'groaning, and hissing' opposite the- house•of Mt.
Hamilton, the foreman of the jury who tried the ptison-*
ers. Mr. O'Connell's speech from The balcony of his
house was also ' not for war.' Indeed it was distmeniihed
by a much greater freedom from virulence and vitupera-
tion than usually characterises the declamation of the bon.
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 thatwe are winning?'
So say we all : no man has les3 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.•
ment 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 QII MondaY. The Repeal, conver-
sion. here alluded to 'ls, we understand, that of the
Honourable Mr. Hutchinson, a brother 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 in 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 corn ihg 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 carga, 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 lo 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, an 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 Lynes 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 bad 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
the engines was so great that he conjectures he was
not heard,) and immediately took the light from
the binacle and held it up, but without effect. The
brig was on the starboard tack, steering about S.W. 4 W.
when the steamer struck her a little abaft the fore
rigging, between the fore rigging and the fore-
topmast-backstay—and wenthroughhethe starboard morn-
ings of the fore hatch, and reached larboard ones, thus
nearly cutting her in ton. In thist situation f of the
crew managed to get on board the Iron Duke, by bow-
sprit; and the mate, who ran aft to call the captain, who
was lying on the lockers, got entangled with some of the
wreck, and was severely, though not dangerously, hurt.
lie was eventually saved by the boats of the steamer, but
hr,w he has not the least recollection. The mate, as well
as all the seamen we have seen, positively state that the
e" e, were not stopped until alter the collision tmk
place—but that the night was exceedingly " nasty,

?Lttrraturr.

PO E'l R Y.

THE DYING GIRL.

And thou art dying, beautiful and young
When smiles cf joy should on thy lips be playing,
And thou shouldst bound with sportive glee along,
Where merry maids are in the meadows maying.
The spring sun shineth through thy window pane,
The pleasant breeze with balmy breath is sighing,
And thou must 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 tity gentle eyes
Have feared to look upon the coining morrow?
Thy cheek bath never paled with anxious care,
Thy heart hatli 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 ?
Why unto us went 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;
Hasten on blissful wing to that glad sphere,
Where thou wilt glory evermore inherit.
Mingle and dwell among the angebband;
But, oh! N,hile stars beneath thy path are burning,
Think thou at times upon our sinful land,
And plead fur those whose gaze is upwards turning.
—From ' The Wandering Angel, and other Poems,' by John Bol-
ton Rogerson, 1844.