The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-31 00:00:00

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pier, dragging
the men. It was low 1.
and dray fell upon the
The horse was killed upon th,.
The horse, which was a crab
quiet, and had never shown
before. He i
of lightning.
recovered on

the her

The diay, which

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......1...t, us Luu quarry wnere deceased was found
CHARGE OF ROBBERY
s.uunaed, it being on the ebbing tide, she was left dry at sitting was about two yards from the perpendicular steep
Thursday Mr. Ramsey, a
low water, and the crew were taken off before it returned. side, which last was fourteen feet in depth. It appeared
neared to prefer a charge apt,.
The vessel broke, up. A portion of the wreck got foul of there was no projecting rail at that place.
" Askew's Beacon Buoy," and held there until Sunday, The jury found a verdict to the effect, that there was inspector of letter carriers, of stealing
when it was brought up to New Brighton, by the Thomas no evidence to show how the deceased got into'the quarry.
£2O. It appeared from the evir
Stanley steamer, and the Kitty fishing-boat.
On Sunday the same life-boat again started. The ca made by Mr. Ramsey, th,
p- ROYAL LIVER THEATRE.—During the past week that posted a letter in that town on the _
?) Mr. William Brownbill, tea dealer,4B, I
tain had been out in one of their smaller boats "looking old favourite of the Liverpool public, Mr. Baker, has
in this town. Such letter ought, in the co
out for squalls," and observed the signal flag at one of the appeared in several of his best parts, and, with the other
tot have reached this town on the 12th Sr
light-ships. He reached the life-boat about seven o'clock, attractions which Mr. Raymond has provided for the
the ve been delivered the same. morning b'
and proceeded down to the sloop "Adam," of Glasgow, gratification of our playgoers, the house has been well and n
letter carrier of the district. Tl-
which was dismasted, and riding close to " Taylor's fashionably attended, notwithstanding the late inclement
two ten pound Bank of England ,no"
Patch," but finding two steam-tugs there, they did not weather has operated somewhat against full houses. This
September one of them reached ti-
remain. The north, or Formby, light-ship still kept her week we have additional force in the engagement of Mr.
was traced to the possession o'
Ilags up as signals of distress; and as they could not pull Phelps, and our townsman, Mr. Hime. The company
money order office, who recer%
out themselyes, they proceeded to the Albert steamer, improves upon acquaintance. Mrs. Raymond, in " The
the 15th September, in 7
which towed them out according to their own directions, Young Devil," a lively little piece—with an ugly name,
which he got in the name of tt,
until they fell in with the ship "Albion," from St. John's, by the bye,--translated from the French by herself, has
ders, amounting to £8 Bs. 7d., we.
N. 8., about four miles N. by W. of the Bell Buoy. There drawn down nightly applause during the past week ; and
was a pilot on board of her, a young man belongiag to the graceful acting of Miss Treble has been much ad- Messrs. Clarke and Co., of Mancheste.,
boat No. 5. The ship had lost all her sails, and had cut mired. Mrs. Gordon, we may mention as a great ac- milted to them by the prisoner, in a letter, which yva:
produced, in his hand writing. The prisoner said he bad
away two masts, by the pilot's orders—as "she would quisition to the company. We observe that Mr. Baker
not stolen the letter. He was in the habit of receiving
not look at it"—so that the foremost alone was standing. takes his benefit on Wednesday, which we need not say
They boarded and gave all the assistance they could will be a bumper house. money weekly to pay the carriers and sorters, and being
.
treasurer of the children's burial. fund, he often changed
under the pilot's her,irection, whose conduct, as well as that
ELECTION OF GOVERNOR OF KIRKDALE GAOL .—A of the captain and mate, they represent as being most
the money he had in hand for notes, in order to keep it
more conveniently at home. He did not deny that he had
meeting of the magistrates of the county was bald on. Fri
3 the
aw e
ree.
wag'kn:o
Rushtong me but
p 7he
tFdhodeme rup, must
accepthl
03aonvae ep,
bail,
igotwa istdrhfferaeon
remanded
mrta theehnfedu
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di
prisoner
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manly and judicious. The crew and all on board had suf. day, at the Court-house, Preston, for the purpose of
fered dreadfully from cold and exposure to wet, the sea electing a Governor for Kirkdale 'Gaol, in the room of
having cleared e7etything fore and aft, even washing out
Mr. Amos, who had resigned. There were seventy ma
the men's chests, and smashing up the place where they istrates present, the Rev. Jonathan Brooks in the cht!ir-.
had their berths. The life-boat men got the cables out to Thei e were twenty-six candidates. On the votes being
the two steamers that came up, and the vessel was towed
--we was too serious aol M Re'
taken, forty-two magistrates voted for Mr. E. G. H. H•
up the river and docked, in the afternoon, in the Toxteth Gibbs, Governor of the House of Correction at Preston ; -nney found upon
Dock.
nineteen for Mr. William Martin, superintendent of po- -'id if it turf
About the same time, a brig, apparently a foreig •
'4 leave it t
foreigner, lice ; five for Mr. John Godwin, of the 46th Regiment;
'! would
came up the river, with the whole of her bulwarks and and one for Mr. C. Stewart, also a superintendent of po-
stuncheons washed away.
lice The chairman and two others did not vote. Mr.
In addition to the particulars we have given, it will be Gibbs was. consequently appointed, and a vacancy has,
Hende,
found by reference to our usual shipping news, that many • •
therefore, been occasioned in the Governorship of Preston d on
other serious casualties have occurred. The Duke of House of Correction, which will be filled up on Monday. uence r.
Wellington, from Honduras, fell in with the brig Nile, the sixth of November. The salary is fixed at £250, with
Idge, o
(before noticed as lost,) remainded by her some time, and the house and other privileges. A retiring pension of
claimt
those on board saw her founder, with all hands, without £2OO per annum was granted to Mr. Amos, and £5O to
being able to render her any assistance.
Mrs. Herd, the late Matron of Kirkdale House of Cor-
rection. The grant of £8,500 for extending the County
Asylum was voted.

n office

ist Henry (

ice, and the statemer;
'qrs. Gittins, at Shrewsbury
ilth September last

'enThroke-place
irse of business

anes Bostoci

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erk in the

yment of two r

orders,

twn in favour of
and were trans-

eared for the prisoner, %mile

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the charge was too serious a one. lying that
ton also oh-
jected to the money found upon the prisoner being giver
to his family. He said if it turned out that the prison
had taken the notes, he woulA ' 'he court to de
with the money. The Postofficc
party who lost the £2O.
CLAIM FOR W

N AGES.
owners of the ship Clifford,
their attorney, Mr. Payne,
issued on the application of Jar
half Mr. Davenport attended
£3 ss.

nd Cc
last, 1

in t asequence of a summons
.!s Doidge, on whose be-
te Doidge claimed £lO 125.,
..... rid. of which was admitted by the defendants. It
appeared that Doidge shipped in London, on the 13th of
December, 1841, for a trading voyage to New Zealand
and other places. He was to be paid wages at the rate of
£2 ss. per month. The vessel proceeded to Port Nichol-
son, and from thence to Port Nelson, in New Zealand.
She went from Port Nelson in ballast to Sydney. From
Sydney she sailed for Singapore L:-., nassage the
vessel was Jost, at Torres Straits,
last. A quantity of property was sac
the boats, twenty-two barrels of ,-
-.Ns ....a_..__ -

We were favoured last night with a letter dated, Pwll-
hell, Sunday morning, in whicn the writer says :—" 1
have just returned from Portynllaen where the result of
the late tremendous gale, which lasted 24 hours, has been
most disastrous. Triers ore nine vessels ashore on the
beach, viz., the Gleaner, schooner which left Liverpool
on Fridry, bound to the West of Ireland with salt. The
brig Hooton, from Fleetwood for Portmadoc, with coals,
(a complete wreck) ; The Mary Anne, of Aberystwith
the Anne, schooner, of Barmonth ; the Swan, Jones, of
Barmonth ; the smack Providence, of Jersey • the Two
Brothers, of Barmonth ; the Catharine, of Aberdaron ;
the Rosamond and Jane, of Falmouth. Up to the mo-
ment of my leaving no hies have ben lost."

Augus

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MELANCHOLY DISASTERS ON THE FORMBY

SHORE

LOSS OE THE BRIG

" MARY" OF LIVERPOOL

The brig Mary, Captain James Turner, sailed from the
Bay of Honduras—with a valuable cargo of mahogany,
logwood, and cocoa nuts for stowage, and called at Cork
for orders, proceeded towards this port. Until she reached
Holyhead, she held a favourable gale, and on Thursday
morning took a pilot. On the afternoon of that day, it
came on to blow, and she was laid too until two o'clock
on Friday afternoon—when the gale moderated they run
a short distance—and let go both anchors; unfortunately,
however, the best gone way—and as the larboard anchor
was only an inferior one, and could not in any probability
hold—it was shipped, and the crew reefed the fore-topsail
with the intention of again laying her too; but, so violent
was the gale at this time all attempts to set it after it was

THE SHIP ST. PETERSBURGH.—The passengers on
board this ship, bound hence for New York, have pub-
lished a statement, dated 25th Oct., in which they say,
that "in consequence of the violent gales, head winds, I Sydney slie sail:4or iti,g
he 19tapore, ( which h
.
ti-
and heavy seas which we continually experienced since vessel was " t .ti
..ok.eb
owners
our departure from the port of Liverpool, the ship sprang
ed ,
;£tvv2oeon.tY ,:tr
a leak, and kept the pumps continually going, without
gaining on the water; and after five days
Sand nights being
paint, and other goods, which ssolotossed about in the channel, during which time we did admitted an order for £3 ss. Bd. u to the arrival at New
not make more progress than one day's sail, at length,
on Zealand, to which place she had carried freight. As the
the fifth night, a most terrific gale arose, together witll a vessel went from New Zealand in ballast; it was con-
very heavy sea, which repeatedly washed the deck, where tended that the men could not receive compensation for
it was dangerous to remain. The seamen on board, and their services after her arrival there. Mr. Rushton de-
others long inured to the sea, said that they never beheld tided that the men were entitled to the residue of the
a vessel in a more perilous situation, (the weather being proceeds of the goods saved, after deducting expenses.
very thick,) than was the St. Petersburgh on the whole Mr. Payne said the amount of wages was £200; the
of the day of the 24th inst. Thb sea raged mountains balance of proceeds was £33. Mr. Rushton said there
high ; the winds whistled with tremendous violence, dash. must then be an equitable adjustment of the claims of the
ing the foaming billows, momentarily, over the bulwarks men, each receiving according to the proportion due to
of the vessel, rendering it dangerous for any other than a him. Having examined the account, Mr. Rushton found •
seaman to venture on the deck." The captain, it appears
was desirous of prosecuting the voyage, but the seamen' that the captain's passage home was charged as an item of
the expenses, and deducted from the pr2eeeds. This
worn out at the pumps, refused to work the vessel out, amount was X6O. This was added to the 411640(144i00L
total of £93. Mr. Davenport inquired if ferr taxa' R n
and the passengers one and all agreed to the resolution of
salary were included in the £2OO. On"latdettalEk 'w
the sailors. This left the captain no alternative but to
that it was so included, he reminded the tkag;t:tivatpj-it
return. The passengers returned their thanks to the cap_ salary
captain did not claim under the earn
~ /asa r--- - n
tain and officers for their exertions, and declared the for-
men. The money due to him was a m . Ctilrolit---‘l3 41.,>
_,
mer to be a perfect gentleman, and a brave, intrepid, and
owners. Mr. Rushton acquiesced, an - '4. :4 -.4
thorough seaman. The ship, on her return into the port
captain, £3O, was deducted from the £ --d - . Alp
of Liverpool, on the 28th inst., narrowly escaped total
amount to £l7O. It was found that '' "-g- to ,ir
shipwreck, she having dragged her anchors in Bootle
Doidge was £3 165., which, added tot •
Bay, when no steam-tug would venture to give her any
mitred, amounted to £7 ls. Bd. -'
assistance.

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